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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-07-10

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-07-10
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CxagCE techo foo cona econona
nara carbon haanzas de mostrador de
evover rifles
oea dsgranadoras oa Giv5 exraer los elos
durezss moia nj or os ruedas patentc
echs ntas de todas
cuadros Gas moHtar
, cbao sudo general Ell de freteria quncaa
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
BAD DREAMS
Caused by Coffee.

i have been coffee drinker, more
OF less, ever since can remember nm.
I'll a few months ago became more
ana more nervous and irritable. and
nnally l could not sleep at night for
l was horribly disturbed by dreams
OF all sorts and species of distress.
ing nightmare.
FINALLY, after hearing the exneri-
ence of numbers of friends who had
gut Gomez and were drinking Postum
and learning OF the great benefits thew
mad derived, concluded coffee must
De the cause OF my trouble. so T cot
some Postum and had 1t made strictly
according to directions.
was astonished at the favour and
taste. 1t entirely took the place of cot.
fee. and to my very great satisfaction
began to sleep peacefully and sweet.
~ MY nerves improved, and | wish
could wean every man, woman and
child from tho unwholesome drug--or-
binary coffee.
feeple really do not appreciate or
realize what powerful drug II 10 ana
what terrible effect II has ON the In
llah system. IT they did, hardly a
pound of 1t would be sold. would
never think Of going back to coffee
again. would almost as soon think
OF putting my hand In IRE after
mad once been burned
A young lady friend OF ours had
stomach trouble for long time. and
could not get we'll IA long M she usea
eeaee, She finally quit coffee ana he.
san the nae of Postum and Ia now mar.
ieetIy well, Yours Cor health,
head The Road TO Wellyllle," In
pkgs, "rhore'a a Reason"
NNes read ahe above lettere A 49,
ese annshFs Team stme aO slsseo. rsss..
sssssMss aaaMee tFasa ana sall aa huaaaga
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
p 1-- -
RICHARD BARRN

yearold boy, and the powderbags look much the
a UNDERGROUND sack of flour, cylindrical in
shape and studded with Jumps where the sticks of nitro
protrude) The trpper pulls the lower lever from his
car the first powderbag falls; another lever, and the
second is in The brass forces them behind the
she'll The plugman gives huge wrench to the breech,
and it's mushroom head slides up the powder-bags.
The loader slips primer in the touchhoe, then folds
tiny piece of steel that forms the electrical
necton.
All is ready These the hard moments. You clasp
your cap tightly in your hand You become ratified.
Though you locked in the coffin there might be a
heavy breeze blowing, the trousers flap against
your legs The has ground its way back the shut
tiers have cosed the it at attention. The place is
as clean and neat and silent as at inspection
1t is up to the pointer. He grasps his unWieldy
mechanism; he closes and wrestles with the vast and
complicated steel. The ship her stately and
predetermined way while the seconds fly and every
ond counts against the prze-money this pointer may
earn against the trophy this ship win. The barn
big buls-eye Dances fantastic his magned field
of vision. He twists the wheel hair and the muzzle
of the gun responds by nch he reVerses and up,
she surges slowly, mperceptibly The ship is waiting
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

the umpire. you've broken a powder-bag."
Indignant, protesting the three men quickly pick up
the scattered grains, each big a mans middle
finger. They look carefully all about then rush back
quickly to their stations to continue. They look
to the umpire with the expectancy of dogs asking for
crumbs Every second is eating into their record This
rotten powderbag will cost them penalty They may
not qualify they may fall below the second rate Hor
rors! The ship may descend from trophy class.
The umpire is memorable. moi" says he. That's
all this Climb down there and go into the corners
of that shutter; brush out every crack / take no
chance"
Grumblng, the go about the prevention that the
umpire thinks is worthy any ton of postmortems
boards of inquiry But the men, with the AngoSaxon
light of contest in their remember only the ord
officers dctum-better 40 killed than to lose
the trophy.
He wants to keep down." they mutter
"Hes from the -, and we're their only rivals" The
gun captain goes out to protest to the turret officer
The welltrained resolves ITSELF with expert sud.
denness into mob of baked Americans clanoring for
fair play An umpire's job is no more popular on a
batteship than it is on baseball diamond
At last they count the powder grans-37. THAT bag
was half In, growls the loader Il could have rammed
'er home an no oned known if that - hadn't
been here. Now we get Las per minute an we might
"a had 210. Rats"
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Now, until you hear again that command "sience!"
you will hear only two words:
Commence iring!"
Rambling from. below With a grating crash the
tomato shutter drops in the ammunitionhoist and the
shecar climbs its grinding, steady way to the top Sud
denly you realize that the machine is working of its
own accord. You movement on the part of any
to set it going. Except for that umpire, who like
the that the foolkiller will doubtless time
get has really business there the turret contains but
officer midshipman, and he is with the other gum
all here enlisted The officers a1oft spot
ting the shells they strike below setting the
ranges with intricate instruments and delicate adjust
About the gun itself the and the machinery
automatically drilled to precision. Their last
instructions Ito take easy; consequently they
work like buttons in shirt.
The plugman pulls open the breech the hoistman
locks the car the loader completes the passage from
open breech with ring of pounded brass; the boy
trpper jerks down his lever and the huge SHE'LL nearly
half ton in weight drops to its all but final resting
place. The hammer holds down his long release
cable gripman throws back his lever, and the smooth
brass head forces the shell up till its soft copper rim
takes" the r1ing of the gun (When shell is not
properly placed" in this way-f it's collar does not
'ake"-it will surely be miss And IL the powderbags
placed wrong end to there is grave danger of
hang-fre, and hangire is than a miss-fre-
almost bad s a fareback-and a bareback as every
knows is what probably did up the Georgias tur
ret One of these shells is about the size of three
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

will it be over until sealed tube has been suosu
tuted.
The umpire is only too well aware of this danger as
he critically watches every of the crew Inc utter
silence still prevails The gun has been once nreo anu
is being loaded for the second time; the first minute
has not passed, and still not word.
The second shot is fired. Again the easy unDeHeV-
able reco than anywhere in the ship do you feel
it here at the trunnion of the gun IT'S always In
storm-Centers is the calm; in the of the acorn
dwes the germ. AS Dsrael said the only joy in being
prime minister lies the certainty of your knowledge
that nothing is happening on the inside Here, in the
ethal chamber at the center of destruction pre-
vail only silence and quiet.
A third and fourth time the smooth recoil The crew
works with the delight of Geneva clock vastly
complicated, but of a single purpose and single
thought You are locksd up with single gun. Sepa-
rated by skin of steel is its mate. When that speaks
the is jerked the the unred gun
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
The Artless Boy,

The boy bowed politely to the gro
Ger.
81 understand" he said, "that you
want boy, sir. Will you kindly look
me over"
81 only pay 49," said the grocer. abb
ruptly.
81 understood" said the boy, that
you paid four"
The grocer nodded.
Il did pay four" he said, until /
saw in the paper the other day that
Millionaire Rogers began his business
career on So week.
The boy smiled.
"But don't expect to be a million.
aire." he said. 81 don't care to be
rich-Pd much rather be good
The grocer was so much pleased
with this artless reply that he COM
promised with the boy for three and
a half.
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crossing black lines of his telescope must place
bull'seye before he presses the trigger. They must
THEY MUST!
He pulls-as easily a child cracks toy reyolv-
Look! the gun is discharged. Yes: it went off just
l it did Sure enough The great breech
sinks through the floor the sleek shiny haunch slips be-
meath your grasp weches away there in the glazed light
of the letha chamber drops till it's crest is low
its belly lay then poised slips to its first
son lies patiently, modesty, for the next charge,
graceful spring tigress made moont
road feline with stealhy swiftness decisive oiled
piston strokes
And your hand has been IL inches from the launch
ing of that thunderbot! Oh, WELL this is easy Who
need be afraid here? This is place for grand stand;
here may gather all lovers of royal sport Great sport
indeed it is, for watch the precision and
swftness of that silent working against time.
The pugman unlocks the breech and pulls it open
The loader leaps the chasm fips up the tiny
guard that breaks the electric connection and
tracts the primer. Automatically the air-blast
works, you hear the swift escape, of steam,
it cleans out the rife, blowing away and stray
der grains. The egg smell Of the nitro and the
sweetness of the ether.
Then the grind from the hoist the shutter and
up springs again the Looking down. you there
the that lies in all shpshe direct location
of the gun-breech the powder magazines. burnt
grain falling down there with inefficient shutter the
only protection is constant danger Over the building
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
Your Salary,

The universe pays every man In MS
own coin; if you smile, 1t smiles upon
you in return; if you frown, you will
be frowned at; il you sing, you will
be invited into gay company; If you
think, you will be entertained by
thinkers; and if you love the world
and earnestly seek for the good that
is therein, you will be surrounded by
loving friends, and nature will pour
into your lap the treasures OF the
earth. Censure, critise and hate. and
you will be censured, criticised and
hated by your fellow men.-N. W
Zimmerman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

mond, Va, for transferring freight
from the vessels to the warehouses
and cars, and it is said to operate
much more economically and with
greater facility than the hand propelled
trucks formerly used for the purpose
1t consists of a pair of trolleys ON an
elevated runway, carrying a frame
with hoists for raising and lowering
the merchandise trucks, The system
is electrically operated, and the con.
troll is conferred in a cab attached Ia
the device, in which the operator Il
located.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

of Swift after his victory over Wood
and Walpole. He loved his country
men more than he hated her oppres-
sors. Swift called up the Irish people
to resist foreign tyranny. Berkeley
pointed out all that it was within their
power to achieve at home, and babe
Ireland turn her gaze inward. Ire
land represented for Swift political
cause, for Berkeley a problem of hui
man character. Yet Swift, for all his
fame and popularity. had mare linn
tied conception Of Irish patriotism
than Berkeley. 1t should not be for
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

ing, like the quick flush of womans face the
snap of the "Silence!" cuts like a whip.
AS though parayzed, the action of the turret oles
The loader pauses the of inserting the brass con-
nectngray the hand of the tripper falls from its lever
the sighsetter slips from his headress the hoisman
up in front Of the umpre the open breech or
gun the thinnest cirrus froth like the hrst
wreath of smoke from choice Pinar del Rio.
The umpire points sternly below 1t is ne who has
called. The hoistman and the leaders climb down the
hoise and pick up ight-brown chunks that look
like broken sticks of horehound candy pierced with
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

gotten that when Swift spoke of the
Irish nation and Irish rights what he
meant was something very different
from what we speak of under those
terms to-day. The Irish nation for
him was the English Pale -hpe was
the champion of the colonist. Catho-
lie and Celtic Ireland hardly existed
for him. He complained bitterly of
the Importation of Englishmen to fill
lucrative places in Ireland, but he was
a stanch upholder of the test acts,
and would have those places strictly
confined to Irishmen of English de-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
OF WIDELY DIFFERING TYPES

OF them had exactly what the other
lacked. Swift's nature was the more
intense and passionate; he was a
master of satire and invective, nigh
ty political leader, capable of rous-
ing a nation to the highest pitch of
patriotic fervor. Berkeley's character
was larger, sweeter, more humane,
but he never touched the chords of
passion, no cheering crowds ever fol-
lowed his footsteps as they did those
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
A Realist.

81 am a great believer in realism"
remarked the poet.
"Yes?' we queried with rising In
Election, thereby giving him the desired
opening.
81 sometimes carry my ideas Of
realism to ridiculous extreme" con-
tinued the poet.
'Indeed!' we exclaimed namely,
somewhat impatient to reach the point
of his witticism.
YES" continued the poet, "the other
day l wrote a sonnet to the gas COM
pany and purposely made the meter
defective"
At this point we tainted.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
Fitted for the Job.

The general consulted the topo-
graphical chart. you understand,
colonel" he said, "that this charge on
the enemy's fertilization necessitaties
the most reckless disregard for hui
man life?" Il understand, general"
the colonel replied. 1.-THE forlorn hope
that leads the movement will be COM
posed exclusively of amateur chauf-
feurS"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

scent and Protestant religion. He
thought the abolition of the Irish Ian
guage would be noble work." and
prepared a scheme for that end-he
would not even have the gentry &C.
quire it in order to converse with
their tenantry lest the SAVIOR of 1t
should cling to the tongues in speak
ing English.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
swift and Berkeley TWO Great irish
men Directly Opposite In
Character.

Not often do we see two master
-,,,de ut work in the same country
.nd AZ the same time. so completely
illustrative of two opposing types as
we're swift and Berkeley, 7. W. ROLES
sop saws in the Fortnightly oppos'
me hut not necessarily hostile. Each
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

doctors failed to help. / was discour.
aged. Doan's Kidney Pills brought
quick relief and final cure and now /
am in the best Of health"
Remember: the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents box. Fog.
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

0ISSA
On the other side the
pointer, with his assistant
also rides pickaback. Here
is the eye for which this
whole ship was built: here
the nerve and quickness for
which the 10000 tons, the
seven millions of dollars,
the five years of making,
have spread their august be-
ing. His accuracy may sink
a warship; his weakness
ruinsa nation. To find him
and his like half a million
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

The whistle! Time begins The umpire snaps his opWach
firmly his hand the little red book which defines
nicely that this expensive foolery
the following three minutes this will try to put five shots
imsy mile the quiet water
of its namethe bay of the Magdaene
ship gdes along like steel through flesh
"Sience!" The gun-capan of the leaders, speaks!
What s"slence 1t precedes and closes vital
lies potency of command such
gesons obedience needed in the anteroom of death
recruit to chaf his mate after that command Slence
The guncaptan stepped to him. without
blow the face with gnarled
hand the welt for week; by no,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
The Exenpts.

"why are all women 20 anxious to
get rid of freckles?"
Some of them aren't; but these
don't have freckles.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

Iook about and observe companions in the she
aI chamber They two trainers two pointers o
i+n ono trimmer two leaders, plugman Anu
the other outslder-he 10 w
umpire; he single stripe of the ensign So;
ofcor and he lust about to keep he
straight to omit sdestep the bursting OF
and so oerpeed faith ther let this umpire Oe
the sky-pio of the turret! 40 .ua Neither
The trimmer slight of perhaps Is years Neltn
hoe bo over seen big he is to stand there ana
null the lever the shell and its following
into the carryngase before the breech In an undesnr par
waits the word He was caught
nl wear ago of Minneapolis whittier ne hao come
the farm suoo,
IN on the left barrel ncased in leather headdress
tho locked to the telescope that pro-
rous tumble wires and the green speaknguoe trail
ing aft He Wheel chauffeur his steerlngga
barbette the 130ton turret Below him.
between his legs assistant sets his sights They might be
~ these along the slope of that sleek
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
Q NJ Z OSFOTF
M TWEZNE--hYCH- SHELL

dollars has been spent in a
single month. In three minutes
now he can qualify and have SO
a month added to his pay for
year. For we have penetrated
to the very viscera of wars ma
ture. Here is the man behind the
gun. He does the trick. His eye
searches the telescope sight, his
left hand turns the wheel that
raises and depresses the muzzle
of his gun,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

TeIpherage System Success.
A telpherage system capable of
handling three-ton loads is in use on
the wharf of steamship line at Rich
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

of the ammunition hoist
directly above the maya
zines the navy has fought
one of it's sternest inter-
nal wars and the war is
still far from finished:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

AMILIARITY, it's said, breeds
contempt; but 1 have an extreme
respect for a Pinch gun on
battle-ship. The very last thing
| care for in that connection is
either familiarity or contempt.
The men who work it, who some
day will fight with it-let those
men explain how innocent such
a gun is, how facile it's manage
ment, how bland it's temper, how
exquisite it's adjustment. Not 1.
Listen to those men a while and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

are the cause. Cure
them. Mrs. s. D. III.
lison, N. Broadway. "a.
mar. Mo-, says: kid.
ney trouble wore me
down till / had to take
to bed. I had terrible
pains in my body and
limbs and the urine was.
annoying and full of sed.
iment. / got worse ana
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

on. the voice of
his index finger,
and he grow s
a n US; his
W h ole b e in G
pours it S e | f
along the wheel
to a resolution
Of that terrible
70 bl e m. An
hour, a minute,
five seconds, a
Week-how much
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

For Colds and Gripp-capudine.
E7icxs' Capudine. Relieves the aching and
feyerishness. Cures the cold-Headaches
also. It's Liquid-Enects immediately-lQ
25 and Soc at Drug Stores.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

4 lXyI 'The Fool
xE/ Who Looked
on Forbid
den Things"
We are on the range. Some one
calls. "Starting-buoy," and you know
that in another minute this double
twisted, original imitation Of billy
blue hell will commence. You reflect
that blast pressure of II pounds to
the square inch will kill a man. You
know that the pressure on the air
near the muzzle of this gun whose
breech you are beside, when 1t is
fired, is several tons to the square
inch. You remember that only few
wears ago a green sailorman stood on
side Is feet, that some one called TO
him to lie down just as the gun was
fired. that he was in the act OF lying
down when it was fired, but that the
suction of the air going with the
shell drew his head from his body
and broke his neck This does not
add to the pleasure of your situation
for YOU can easily reach out there
nat that cold haunch.
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is pu1leu
from it s
e q u / libri-
UNI. This
is the back
lash. After
every shot
the trainer,
W i t b a
quick twist
of hi s
W h g e | i,
subtly abb
serbs the
backlash.
For the
fifth time
the shutter
opens, the
grind as
cends, the
t r / p p e r
pauses to
flip his le-
yer, when
Silence!
The tone is
"a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

Silence
The tone Is
raised. It
has anger,
C o ncealed
buf glow.
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alton this the turretcrew of the Georgia went to
death, and that has ever found out how it
happened that in precisely the same way the Mis-
souri, burned to death 20 and that not one in that
steel cage escaped.
Credit ~ The face of the umpire Stopwatch in
hand he stands behind the breech looking down into
abe powdermagazines. You know he is there to pre-
vent recklessness. Though these men are firing
against time he will let them do nothing foohardy
1t he twill be the side of caution ca The
knowledge that thousands of times guns like this have
been fired from turrets like ths-and all came out
alive. You do not enter railway trains timdly be-
cause dozen people were killed one year before
FIVE thousand miles away. Yet, when you enter the
surret Of a 12inch gun
They lock you up. There is no escape. You stand
there nerVousy by the trunnon and somehow it is
like factory railway coach street car or any
other moderny approved limb-mangling device These
things were built kill and presently these fellows
are going touch electric spark which will loose
enough anxious and determined gas to drive an $50
pound shell 10 miles and put it completely through
steel plate thick the that is supposed to
protect you
Yet there you are the Thing before you and you
can reach out and pat it the shiny, cold haunch
m it wobbles spring breaks trunnon has mis-
%akenly got itself rusted the rife barrel refuses
accommodate the shell. you will be fit brother for a
Hetected cockroach. If there is bareback you have
Ahe slightest possible chance of escape your cap
ever your face don't breathe hurl yourself under the
barrel and fall into the handlingroom You may break
a few bones, but if the burning gas gets to more
than 80 per cent of your skin you will live; that is
Aow the single mdshipman who escaped from the
Ceorgia saved himself. Yet tell how that
ras gets in its work. Sometimes it burns away the
flesh and never touches the clothing; again, it singes
MI all the hair and touches the flesh; again, it
burns the clothing on cream ana leaves you Naked out
safe.
So, They have locked you up in this steel cage.
srhe others have reason here. With them it is
vork duty contest If killed they die nobly, get brass
sohIats in the wall with their inscribed pen
ions co to their families the newspapers call them
heroes If you die they will cut on your obscure tomb
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
DlscouRAaED WOMEN,
a WORD Of Hope for DeapaIrlnq ons.,

Kidney trouble makes weak, weary
worn women. Backache. hip pains
dizziness, headaches, nervousness ian.
guor, urinary troubles make women
suffer untold misery. Ailing kidneys