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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-13
IaKulleSSe del CaSiuoESDa6O|
POR LOS HERIDOS DE MELILLA

Cuanto Sc escriba en- elogio del Club
de damas, es palido para 10 que merece
esa sociedad de damas distlnguldas, que
ha prestado tan valiosa v gentil ayuda a
Ia Comision del Casino, y ha sumado
4 los esfuerzos de esta el noble y alto
" bello gesto de la mujer todo corazon, y
todo entusiasno todo generosidad VI
altruismo.
Hay un detalle que merece ser conslg-
nado, para ejemplo de muchos hombres.
Lo han dado las mujeres, las ilustres
mujeres que forman el Club de Damas.
CAST todas elias viven en- Santurce. y
desde Santurce vinieron bajo el diluvlo
del sabado, con elias vino la emulaclon,
la excitaci6n q cooperar decididamente,
heroicamente. al acto humanitario y pa
tr6tico organizado por la Comlsion del
Casino
Trabajo tan meritorio, ha podido, ha
/ debido tener compensaciones mayores, va
que tenia I'm fin tan alto la obra reali-
zada
Pero no han faltado rasgos plauslbles,
generosos, esplendidos rasgos conforta-
dores ademas de la brillante concurren-
cia de elementos puertorriquefios que CO.
mo tantas veces confraternizaron con los
espanoles dieron a la Madre Patria, SUI
adhesion y su obolo.
Nuestro buen amigo Generoso Candi-
na, nos mostro anoche Ell donatlvo que lie
hicieron para la kermesse, varios distin-
guidos caballeros casi todos amercanOs,
I; quienes la desgracia ocurrida a un es-
timado conterraneo suyo, ell sabado,
les ha privado de aslstir al teatro.
Los seiiores Behn Brothers le entrega-
ron 20 dollars. Mr.. Frank M. Welty, 20
dollars, Mr. w Mex Jones, 10 dollars,
y otros 10. Mr. John D. Leavitt.
Ha sido I'm rasgo que merece gratitud
de los espanoles.
Nuestro distinguido amigo don Ricar-
do Casal, tuvo la feliz ocurrencia de ven-
der en- $3.50, los objetos que lie tocaron
en- la tombola, entreg5 dicha cantidad
q nuestro compaiIero Perez Losada, para
los fondos de la Kermesse.
Los objetos del senior Casal fueron ad-
quiridos por ell popular sportman Julio
Palacios.
Tambien ha recibido esta mailana nues.
tro compaiiero, $25 dollars de don Pedro
A. Arsuaga Pehagaricano, para ell mis-
mo objeto T. a'1rEs54
No pudo asistir la Kermesse, Y esa
es su contribution tanto mas digna de
APPLAUSE por 10 expontanea y oportu-
ma.
Las sefloras del Club, y algunas otras
damas de Santurce, regalaron la Co.
mission las flores vendidas en- ell teatro,
las dos noches de Kermesse. Ell Club
de Damas envi6, ademas, dos esplen-
didos, jarrones para la t6mbola, que fue
cubierta con los objetos, algunos muy
valiosos, que regal6 ell comercio de San
Juan, y otros donativos, entire los me-
jores, un artistico jarron de la se1ora
doha Luisa Guayta de Venero.
Ell trabajo de las comisiones del Club
de damas, es inapreciable; ell auxilio
que ha prestado 4 la Comisi6n del Ca
sino ha sido de imponderable efcacia.
La comision nos encarga reiterar su
agradecimiento, su admiration su
entusiasmo hacia las generosas y be-
Has damas que han sido ell alma de la
Kermesse.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-13
Fl nueYo Sobernador

Ell nuevo gobernador de Puerto Rice
les Mr.. George Cotton, que desempens
|actualmente el cargo de collector dt
|Aduanas de Manila
No Sc sabe cuando embarcara Mr.
Post.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-13

M01r0CQAS
Ha sido nombrado concejal de Moro.
|vis ell senor Gabriel Batista por renuncia
del senior Jovito Rodriguez,
Los se1ores, Eusebio Prats. Juan B
|Gendrique y Antonio EscaIera, han SO
|licitado del Ayuntamiento Sc les au-
|xilie con cincuenta dollars cada
|uno, para trasladarse los .EstadOs
|Unidos, estudiar una carrera.
En- la noche del sabado, como en-
tire 8 9 de la noche en- La casa sta
Ell la esquina del Cristo, y bajada al
|cementerio. el joven Fausto Monies dc
|edad de 16 18 alios, ultrajo a la nj
ina Carmen Lopez, como deo6 a 8 amos
|de edad, quien fue reconocida en- Ia
| sala de Socorros, por ell doctor Cueto
Ell muchacho fue arestado por el de
|tective Vargas, ell cual manifesto Ell
presencia del Hon. Juez Municipal, y
del captain Fernandez Mater y de va
rios senores mas que 81 era el que ha
bla ultrajado q la expresada mia.
Han dado comienzo las obras para
la construction de la casa escuela Ell
| ed pueblo de Yauco.
Anoche fue asesinado Ell Ell barrie
|tCandelarian, de Toa Baja, -Demetrio
Martinez, por. Jose Estrada. Este hs
\ sido capturado y puesto disposition
del juez habi6ndose dado oportune
aviso al fiscal del Distrito.
Los se1ores M. G. Suarez y Co., del
comercio de esta plaza han hecflo cir
cular profusamente un artfstico aalun.
clio de Ia magnifica CERVEZA GOLD
'BLUME, con los cliches de ola viuda
alegre," (The Merry Widow represen-
tando Las escenas principales de Ia
aplaudidlsima opereta.
LA CERvEZA GOLDBLUME tiene
ya un gran plblico en- Sam Juan.
Los sei1ores NJ. G. Suarez y Co., en-.
viaran una copia de su anuncno (recuea
do de "Merry Widow a cuaaquiea
persona de la isla que les envie Gin.
co centavos en- selEo.
Anoche las .ocho, Sc dclar6 un in
cenNio en- La Central Telef6nica, d.
Carolina, por cruce de alambre de IL
luz con la del telefono, fundiendo-
Sc estos totalmente inuntilizandost
la comunicaci6n.A Ell fuego fue SOTO
cado despues de grandes esfuerzos.
En- la tarde del sabado, Sc cayeror
de un andamio, produciendose varia.
contusiones graves, los trabajadores d
la Planta Elsctrica, Felix Flores e Isl
dro Gimenez.
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De Ponce

De Ponce
Sc encuentra gravemente enferne,
en La ciudad eI venerable anciano, don
Felipe Sanchez Castro, antique E Illus
tire professor de instruction piblica,
DiOs devuelya La salnd al noble yete-
rano del magisterio.
Mejora de su enfernaedads 4e ure
mucho celebramos, ell aenor Gersaan
Castanera, reporter que fue de NsEI
Aguila''
Hoy fa salido para Salinas ell senar
don Ramon Lavause rico propietarie
de aquells eosnarca.
Ha sido nombrada professors gradua-
da de ing1es, en- la vacante de La sefsrt
ia Casals, L. selorita Antonia Marti
nez de Colon.
Sc encuentra recogida en CANA, alta
cado de leve dolencia, nuestro distin-
guido amigo el Gcenciado don Donaiu-
go Sepulyeda. Que mejore.
I'll prestidigitador Mr.. Billiot Grega de
butara esta noche eH 'ELa Perla'' en-
comblnacion con una csmpania cire-
matograics
Muy concurrida qued,5 La retreta sg-
lebrada snoche Ell ell Parque de la Aha-.
lici6n.
Ha regresado de San Juan el Iusfrs-
do professor doR Juan Cuevas Abex-
Catedratico de literature dc L. High
School de ests ciudad.
Ha resuItads incierto el ruxner uus.
circulara entire los alumnos de Las es-
cdelas pdblicas de que Mr.. Chas Fl.
Terry. Supervising Principal de Ia ciu-
dad, habia sido nonbrado Supervising
La solicltud hecha por la Junta Es-
collar al Concejo Municipal solicitando
la consesi6n del Kiosko Arsbe para es-
tablecer una esc1eia de Kipdergs nfeu.
ha sIdo denegado par aqaieLa corpora
ci6n.
La poesla "A Lincoln, captc pre-
mlado con primer premio en el eerta-
men Hterario del Casino Espanol de
esa cludad. pertenece al dlstinguido,
poeta don Felix Bernier, hoy Ell Colom-
bia. ESQ nos infermaron hoy, amigos
sstimadfsimos.
Ell joven don Antonio NlirabaI re-
gallo aver Ia BibIioteca Municipal un
ejempIar de la noveIa Maria de Jor-
ge Isaac bellamente encuadernada.
Sc asegura que uR nuevo salon de.
Iectura sera alberto en- dichab Blblsote-
ca. Ell Alcalde senor Moret Gallart es-
ia llevado de un gran entusiasmo asi
como ell BibliotecarIo senior Matos Ber-
nier, por coiocar nuestr0 Biblloteca
Municipal Ia altnra que ella mere
ee. : g.
Una nueva INSTALL aci6n de luz electri-
ca <'Honlstea'' esfa f,aclGnGose en eE
salon de sesiones del Ayuntamiente, la
installation costa de cerea de doce Ian1-
paras, aniqueladas, que dan una potter
te fuerza de iuz que Iuminan esplen-
didamente el salon
Correspousal-
-~@tS)SS-
CinA puapto Ria
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-13
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n Cine Puerto Rico
Ell ESTRENO DE HOY

Colorado pOne esta nOche en- el tea
|fro Municipal, la primer pelicul2 fa-
|bricada en- el pals, y trabajada por q,
len su acreditado establecimiento fota-
|grafico.
La cinta que Sc estrepa hoy, rcpr9-
|duce Ia parada del 4 de Julio.
Ademas, exhibira otras vistas, todzx
nuevas de las mejeres procedencias eE-
|tranjeras-
Ell espectacuio es dign0 por todas
|"onceptos del hv0r del plhlic0-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-13

Aver tarde en- la parada AZ y medias
)currio I'm suceso, que afortunadamen7
e no tuvo fatales consecuencias. Los
,arros ntmeros Y 9 chocaron en- la
,xpresada parada habiendo la consi--
yiente alarma.
Tantos inspectores y tantos vigllan1
es, total para NADIA. Bueno es que
Sc tenga mas cuidado con ell plbllco|
Entire y 6 de La tarde del sabado1
paseaban en- un bote los se1ores Mr.
Partridge Y Mr.. J. d. Leunts, y con-
,ecuencia de haberse volcado ell bote al
lar una vuelta, cayeron dicho se1ores
al aqua pereciendo ell primero y sal
vandose ell segundo. Ell hecho ocur-
rri6 >frente al castillo de San Geronimo
Mr. Partridge era un caballero dis
tinguido, fino y de una cultura muy
extensa. Hace tres dias que fue nom
brado Secretario del Comite de fran
quicias, cuyo nombramiento Sc aprob6
en- La session del Consejo Executive. La
muerte tragica de Mr.. Partrigde, ha
sido sentidisima en- esta ciudad DON
de el finado tenfa muy buenos amigos
Ell "Uni6n Club" enarbolo la bande-
Ira & media asta en- senol de dueQo. Ell
cadaver del malogrado joven conve-
embalsamado, sera condu-
edo Nueva York, en- el correo pro
ximo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-13
Notss De IA PoIcIa

Servicios prestados per La fuerza de
lis policfa meular del Distrito de San
Juan, durante las "A horas de aver 6
hoy.
PUESTO DE SAN JUAN
Por infracci6n de Ordenanzas NUM-
|cipales IL. P0r acometimiento Y agre-
sion S. Por alterar Ia paz 2. Por vio-
Raci6n 1.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-13
N01rlCQAS

Ha sido nombrado concejaI de Moro
Wis ell senior Gabriel Batista p0r renuncl
del senior Jovito Rodriguez
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-13

La solieitud hecha por la Junta, Es-
collar al Concejo Municipal solicitando
|la concession del Kiosko Arabe para es-
|tablecer una escuela de kipderga nfen.
ha sido denegado par aqueDa corpora
|ci6n.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-09-04

Queen Elizabeth and her courtiers
were duly amazed by certain miracu-
lous tricks performed by the court
physician, DR.. William Gilbert, though
many of the graver or more supersti-
tious mobiles declared his feats worth
Ter of a conjurer or sorcerer than
dignified medical man. Gilbert bal
anced a light steel needle on a pivot.
Then he rubbed amber against some
rough surface and placed it near the
needle. The bit of steel promptly
swung toward the amber, impelled by
q force no one could understand.
Other Observation-Disclosures, sap
phires, opals and amethysts, for In
stance-attracted the needle when
rubbed even as did the amber, while
emeralds. coral and jasper did not.
Gilbert had studied the phenome-
non and had discovered that some
unknown force, which he called mag
netism, was generated in certain sub
stances by friction. He did not know
what this force was, but he carried on
his experiments until he proved the
whole earth is one vast magnet, with
north and south poles" and that this
fact accounts for the dipping and
| shifting of the compass needle. Going
on this theory, he invented an instru-
ment for showing sailors their lati.
tude without help from sun or stars
Gilbert may justly be termed the IA
Their of electricity. He 1t was who
| first called sciences attention to this
| subtle power, and strove to solve Its
mysteries. In reward he was regarded
as a quack and magician.
Robert Boyle, an Englishman, who
lived few years later, added to Gil
bert's information the discovery
that amber would attract hanging
needle even after the effects Of thu
friction had worn on. Also, that boil
heat and friction added to the powel
of magnetic attraction. Otto Vol
Guericke, a German, who lived durinl
the same period of the seventeenth
century, went step further ant
found that by mounting ball of sui
First climmerinss ;ns .r; s and rnt
of Electric hine n hriskl
Light. hotb ,;oht ON
sound of a sort could be produced
This was the first rude forecast of tn
present electric light" To it an Ems
lishman named Hawksbee in 1705 col
tributed the discovery that light coul
be produced by placing mercury lin a
, exhausted receiver and forcing con
mon air through it. Light rays wer
given of by the globules of mercur
this displaced.
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Romances Of Progress
By Albert Payson Terhune
PROGRESS MAKERs-who Played with Lightning.

But It was Stephen Gray who, In
1929, made experiments in electricity
which paved the way for the tele-
graph. He found that certain bodies
had the power to convey electricity
from one object to another, and that
others had not In other words, that
some substances were conductors"
and some were non-conductors.
Experiments were baked by the DIFF
ficulty in storing enough electricity
for any such purpose. To get around
this Prof. Muschenbroeck, in 1745, de-
vised at Leyden, Holland, an inven-
ton which revolutionized electrical
study. Knowing how quickly electrici-
ty becomes dissipated in open air, ne
hit on a means of storage" by sur
rounding it with a non-conductor.
Placing water in glass phial, ne
charged this water with electricity
and bottled it. AS his assistant was
withdrawing the wire with which ne
had electrified the water he received
| a shock that knocked him down. The
storage efficacy Of the "Leyden jar.
as it was called, was proven Enough
could now be now stored to 60
through 12,000-foot. wire.
BENJAMIN Franklin, improving on
experiments of a DIR. Watson, estab
Franklin Draws tanc . Of positive
Down sne -'s" and negative cleo
ming. tr;c noles and
demonstrated that all the phenomens
and effects produced by electricity II
duplicated in thunder and lightning
He was the first to prove this and II
draw electricity down from the clouds
He performed this latter feat by send
ing up during a thunderstorm, in June
1852. a silk kite with an iron point OF
its summit. This he attached to
long cord at whose other end sill
ribbon was tied. At the juncture o
ribbon and string hung key. B.
rapping this key with his knuckles h
produced a series of sparks-provinl
his theory true. incidentally, b
risked his life, for there was ever
(chance that a shock powerful enoug
to cause death might have been trans
mitted.
i All these men merely played wit
} electricity, each adding something I
: his predecessors knowledge OF. tn
: subject. To them it was but a sciel
] tific toy. Yet, none had devised
/ means for Harvesting this wonderf'
: force and to make it do the world
, work. That browning feat was r.
= served for a later generation Of mel
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MARTIN LUTHER - The Peasant
Who Conquered an Emperor

hear more of them. But the clergy
were furious. Luther was charged
with heresy and ordered to report at
once in person to the pope. He re-
fused and continued to preach his be-
liefs. He declared the Bible should
be free to all men to read and inter-
bret as they chose, and that its pre-
cepts should not be doled out to them.
The controversy waxed holly, Luth-
err ever gaining new adherents.' At
last, in 1920, the pope accommodated
him and ordered his books publicly
burned. Luther retorted by burning
the writ of excommunication Mean
time all Germany was rent asunder
over the quarrel, and the emperor.
Charles w., thought best to interfere.
He summonded Luther to appear be-
fore him at the city of Worms in the
presence of the diet (counciD to an
swer charges of heresy. Knowing
how many adherents Luther had. the
emperor promised him safe conduct.
Yet the accused mans friends, know
ing how uncertain was the promise OF
a sovereign, urged him not to put his
head in the lions mouth by obeying
the command. Luther replied: Even
IL there we're as many devils In
Worms as there are chimneys on the
houses would go!"
And he went Fearlessly he con.
| fronted the terrible emperor, hurting
defiance at him, expounding his doc
trines and refusing to retract His
Enters the Lions friend hurried
! Mouth. him away just in
time to escape the imperial wrath
and forced him to stay in hiding fol
a year. He spent his retirement In
beginning q translation of the Bible
into German, so that even the poorest
might read it. His is the Bible in use
In Germany to-day. The emperor pro
claimed him an outlaw threatening dire
penalties to all who should befrient
him. Nevertheless, Luther went fear
lessly abroad and preached through
out Germany denouncing corruption
and begging men to lead better lives
So deeply had the common people
and many of the mobiles become at
tached to the reformer that even thu
emperor dared not modest him.
i But his later years were embittere'
by religious quarrels among his owl
followers and by perils and discouI
agements of every kind. In 1916, q
the age of So. he died, soon after wri,
ing to a friend the ensuing iette
which showed how thoroughly he ha
, paid the price Of misery which IL tn
lot of all progress-makers:
: Il am old, worn out, weary. M
spirit is broken. / am blind of on
, eye. long for little rest and quie
. Yet as much work remains to be don
7 as ever / am so weary Of the worl
and the world is so weary of me tina
!. thu parting will be as easy as that q
: a guest leaving an inn"
~ (Copyrigbted.)
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members of the genus homo, YET a1ter all hot "a W
normal human type
The embryonic world albeit rudimenta nevertne
less organism living whole The ces as spencer
viewed Them are big organic his body The arteries OF trade
cuaory system As he develops his sundy parts become CO.
onated They hang together better They knit together more mt
may They nearly Instead OF mutudes OF te
beings he begins to behave one being
this society have tokens syndicate
trusts monopoies only phase the unifng life Many little
formerly competed with each other different entities eacn OF
which struggle separate existence Now they mage INTO one
gigantic, throbbing life.
Larger than the city owneps and organizations are the national
Every added Sans OF growth
on the part of the of the world 1t organization OF
the industries falling the jurisdiction OF that department ana
the organization industries marks their ifcaton In the new
labor the latest department to be ADDED
our national all the interests of trade capital and LABOR are
gathered together identified before And they acquire
national solidarity hitherto appreciated by Uncle Sam
These course and momentous But INT
No of the and the building OF larger units mol
limited to trade government 1t patent everywhere society
methods Last New Years day Is young chicago gr
met at the friend to receive callers OF the season
They thought fun than entertaining In smaller way
separately And they testified to the spirit of the times 10
of club women doing sort of things ppeuay Ihey REIN
ouish the lesser glory hosp individual home an
club concerts receptions club uneons club parties OF
manner and variety
The mind of the social organism is growing In
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1t seemed that quite a number OF peo-
pie have some one particular theory to ac-
count for earthquakes, which must be
pushed to the front, to the exclusion OF all
other theories, as if there must necessarily
be only one cause in every case. Why may
not comets at one time, and planets, by their
tidal effects on subterranean molten seas,
constitute the essential disturbing factor
at other times, without excluding other
causes at still other times do not believe
the interior of the earth is either entire
ly solid OF entirely liquid.
1t is the belief of writer on this sub
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-09-04

1t turns out that the suspicious yes
sci on the coast of North Carolina
which was under the vigilant sur7eil-
lance Of Uncle Sans revenue cutters,
was not intended for a filibustering ex-
pedition in aid of Castro, but for the
use OF the Venezuelan government. So
the ship has been allowed to so on the
way rejoicing and no harm done,
while other nations have had an OBJ
ject lesson as to the vigilance of the
United States in preventive illegal en-
terprises.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-09-04

The Chicago University professor
who says that woman is to blame for
everything ought to be ashamed at
this late date to be falling IN line with
the generations of plagiarists Of Adam.
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Two men were riding through q
German forest One of them was
John Tetzel, monk, who had been
sent by Pope Leo X to peddle "Indul-
gences" through Germany. The other
was a stranger Tetzel had met on the
road few hours before. The monk
was explaining to him how to pay for
rebuilding St. Peters cathedral IN
Rome the pope was selling at graded
rates tickets or parchments which abb
solved the purchaser from guilt for
his various sins. These parcnments
were known as 'Indulgences."
81 wish to commit robbery" OBJ
served the stranger. "Will you sell
me an indulgence. and for what
price?"
The sale was quickly made. At its
conclusion the stranger proceeded to
overpower Tetzel and rob him OF
every valuable he possessed. Then he
rode away safe and happy in the
knowledge that his sin was forgiven
! in advance.
This incident raised laugh all over
| Germany. But two men did not
laugh. One was Tetzel and the other
was a young peasant who had been
educated for a lawyer and who. to
the disgust of his family, had become
a priest. This peasant-priest was
Martin Luther, father of freedom Of
thought and founder of the Reforma
ton.
Religion had during the fifteenth
century become far degraded from
the pure principles of the Catholic
church of today and from the origina
l., holy precepts o
rIooo ! zoe that church. Thu
CorruPs'on' evils chronicled II
this article have no reference to tru'
Catholicism, but to its abuses by un
scrupulous men in the Bark Ages
Luther, shortly before this affair o
Tetzel's, had gone on pious pilgrim
age to Rome. What he saw there hal
Mortified him and set him to thinking
Then came the public sale Of indul
|. gences. This was the last straw
/, When Tetzel came to Wittenber
Luther shocked and amazed the Who'll
: world by mailing on the door of tn
church where the monk was to preac
paper which declared the followin
truths:
That such indulgences as Tetze
| sold were worse than useless; tina
God alone can forgive sin and no mo-
tai has the power to peddle divin
pardon; that true repentance alon
t can wash away guilt; that indulgence
were money-making schemes, and tbs
no one can buy his way into the kim
dom of heaven.
s Europe was aghast at such new
o strange theories. The plain peopl
, read them and began to think Il
themselves When once People b
! gin to think, Tyranny's course Is rul
The mobiles, too, espoused the pea
ants teachings and were eager I
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Messina has had another earth
quake visitation. Comparatively lit
tie damage was done, for the grim
reason that the destruction wrought
last December was SO complete. But
IN severe were the shocks that. had
the city been in the former condition,
the disaster might have been on a
fr,ehtful scale. The circumstances
would seem to discourage the idea OF
rebuilding in SO dangerous a locality.
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And now comes the disillusioner to
remark that man-eating lions are the
old, decrepit fellows with bad teeth.
1t is too bad. Next they will be tell
ing us that gorillas do not twist gun
barrels around their necks.