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The Detroit times., 1909-07-21

Among the many memorable words
which fell from the lips " our Trend
just before they were closed forever.
the most remarkable are those which
have been quoted by a previous speak
cr.-"I still live" They attest The
serene compcsure of his mind, The
Christian heroism with which he was
able To turn his consciousness In upon
himself. AMI explore. step by step The
dark passage OZARK TO us. but To him,
We trust. already lighted from abo,e).
which connects this world with the
world TO come. But l know not what
words coull have been better chosen
to express his relation To the VOL Id
he was leaving still 1--we" This
poor dust IS Just returning 10 the dust
from which II was taken, but | feel
that | live hi the affections OF The
people to whose service | have conse-
Grated my days. Il still live"
The Icy hand OF death is already
laid on my heart, but | shall still live
In those words of counsel which
have uttered 10 my fellow-citizens. and
which | now leave them as the last
bequest of a dying friend In the
long and honored career of our lament
ed friend. there are efforts and tri-
umphs which will hereafter fill one OF
the brightest pages OF our history But
| greatly err Ii the closing scene-the
height OF the religious sublime-does
not. in the judgment OF other days. far
transcend In interest the brightest ex-
PLOTS OF public life. Within that
The Detroit times., 1909-07-21
MOST ANYTHING

they lont look at anybody else.-Lon.
don Answers.
Even IL Walter Wellman doesn't
succeed In discovering the north pole.
he will have had the benefit OF a lct
OF advertising.
About three-fourths OF the world'a
cotton supply comes from this coun-
try.
whats bard?"
"A bard?"
I've seen the word frequently In
Print"
"Oh. yes. Why, a bard is a poet
who won't work steadily. Washing.
ton Herald.
The weight OF the diamonds export.
cd each year from the Cape is about
three-quarters Of ton.
To keep label on tin box, warm
lsh over the top OF 1t.
In one way that was strange hap
pening in Philadelphia. House col.
iapsed upon 80 occupants, not one or
WuOHs was dSittp dI tie blkut.
Some diabetes have no control CT
hunger or thirst; will even eat cake
OF soap.
At this season of the year more
actors pre- going to star this fall than
you ever dreamed OF. And you won't
have TO wake up. either, to find out
that mere than half OF them aren't
going 10.
Thunder sours milk and kills lob
sters In shallow boxes near the sea
surface. Germs may do this killing
and souring.
Russia's prisons are constructed 10
hold 10000 prisoners Over lsO,00V
are now lodged in them.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-21

Light has been cast on the deceitful
employer who works little children n
his factory or shop. by the National
Child Labor committee OF New York.
This modern variety of lawbleaker,
figures show, takes more children 5
lives out OF their bodies and JOY out
Of the lives of those who survive than
did King Herod when he ruled Ia
syria with his corps of associate child
butchers.
Herod used TO kill children with
sharp swords, we are told. DEATH
came to them suddenly.
Suppose KIM Herod were living To
day Would he shoot down children
with gatling guns? Coating guns
weren't invented in Herod'E day. OF
he PROBABLY would have used them)
No, we don't think that this woulC
appeal 70 Herod, who was conslm
mate in his cruelty. He rather vouio
own a planning mill. glass factory Oh
chain of bookblack stands where
he could get parents to send lheir
The Detroit times., 1909-07-21

cess rooms, asking her permission Tor
a few minutes interview. and directly
afterward the messenger returned,
saying that Diana would be very glad
to receive him.
Diana. having been utterly worn
out, had spent practically the wholc
of the day in slumber. and now she
looked rosy and refreshed
AS she came forward TO meet him
Strong felt little embarrassed. There
was much that II was necessary To
say and good deal that required
some delicacy OF expression.
And to the last Strong's luck held
good, for toward o'clock he receiv-
ed a message from the "Di' which
was then on the westward, that Chur'
ston had observed four aeroplanes ap-
preaching at a great speed from the
west.
Strong ordered Churston TO continue
cruising in his circle until he had
fetched up behind the larger airships
Then he commanded the Victor ana
her sister airships to move rapidly
toward the oncoming enemy
Within ten minutes time Strong
cOulQ see the tutlhy app OoNhlAo' ~'-N
.nen what happened came about 81
swiftly that Strong. in after days, was
hard put to it to remember all details
OF the fight.
He had felt pretty certain when the
kaiser had acquiesced at Potsdam &C
the arrangement which practically
amounted to settling the affairs OF tho
world by single combat. that his ma
jesty must have placed reliance or
the capacities Of the airships VIII
which ne proposed TO dispute Strong
dictatorship.
But though he had forseen this
strong was for a second utterly takel
aback by the forces which were sud
denly arrayed against him. In the
twinkling Of an eye he realized thai
the aeroplanes were sailing as fast
mot faster, Than his own air craft. The,
came on with a curious rising anC
The Detroit times., 1909-07-21

It's nice TO have fads. but one must
always bear in mind that" they had to
be paid for. For instance party
OF high-browed gentlemen in Philadel-
phi have accepted the notion that 1t is
right and proper and an excellent way
of relieving the monotony OF city life.
to freely speak to strangers on the
street or wherever one is met.
These reformers declare that our
conventionality is responsible for the
NONCOMPLIANCE of many people who
should know each other. They con.
tend that an unattached man upon
seeing a lady who appears To be un-
married should have the privilege Of
addressing her. and, II mutually
The Detroit times., 1909-07-21
The Man
Who Stole
The Earth"
BY W. Holt Whit


SEIfT = N 6NNts-k
To Strong, indeed, the complete
overthrow OF the kaiser was alreadJ
an accomplished fact and therefore
the way lay clear for him TO complete
his plans for the total subjugation o.:
the world. Russia, by his possession
OF the czarewich, he practically held IN
the hollow OF his hand; Germany on
I the morrow would be his willing ally;
France could not afford TO stand alone
| and the strict neutrality OF Great BTU
ain was at least assured.
That lef: only the United states 10
be considered, and Strong, Tor the
time. ruled them out Of the question:
when he lad enforced on Europe the
general regime OF peace anu reform
which he was slowly evolving, 1,
would be tine to see that America
fell into line with the rest OF the CIV
ilized world.
Nv o'clock I'm the afternoon he
bad practically completed all his ar
rangements, and toward 4 o'clock M
Stalyin. Gen. Martel and Arbuthnot
gathered in his room for = briet cor
sultation before each man went TO his
post a..
Even at that busy time Strong Ola
not forget bis debt of gratitude 10 TN;
editor OF the Daily Wireless, and. SEND
ing for Miss Hunt, he gave her the
outline OF his campaign, with full per
mission to use ii as she chose.
He knew that Il could not be caDied
hack 10 Germany until too late 70
serve any useful purpose there Long
before Strong's final announcement on
the affairs of the world "ould reach
the kaiser the. kaiser would be at
erins with him above Bomberg
There was certain uneasiness
about the town. for rumors had got
about az % the approach OF the Ger
mans. To allay as far as possible al
nublic anxiety, Strong toward nightfall
issued a proclamation calling on the
neople to put their trust in him ana
RI remain tranquil during the coming
conflict.
He explained that the coming en-
gagement would be short, sharp am
decisive and that at the close or tue
coming battle Bahama would. uhuer
his dictatorship, be at the head al the
affairs OF the world.
He even thought II az well to take
the people into his confidence 10 tne
extent OF telling them that the battle
could we'll be watched from the MORN
ing hills. -
This he lid, partly with the desire
To drain the city OF its population az
much as he could in the morning: Tor
the reason that the fewer people there
we're in Bomberg the easier he wonih
he able TO deal with them from a dis
ciplinary point Of view.
AS dark set in he sent TO the prin-
The Detroit times., 1909-07-21

dipping and rising motion suggestive
of the fight of a swallow.
Strong signalled $1,000 feet. and the
Victor" the State" the "Balkania"
and the Princess rose like rockets.
And so great was the pace Of the on
coming areoplanes that they shot past
beneath them.
There had been no time TO steer so
that the airships could be Unanswered
above the aeroplanes, and they passed
each other harmlessly by without so
much as an exchange of shots.
AS the aeroplanes rushed past be-
meath him Strong ordered his own all
ships TO stop dead. Through the glass
es he took rapid survey of the foe.
The aeroplanes were of a descrip-
ton which he had never expected To
see. Each o., them had three sets OF
wings fashioned like the wings OF a
swift, which apparently worked easily
backward and forward and up and
down from slots placed in the body.
The bodies were of Immense length
Strong guessed about 200 feet
while the wings, from tip to tip must
have been 300 feet across
Strong watched their flight keeniy
/ 10 ascertain the best means of meet
! ing them, and he saw at once that his
own forces were at any rate superior
in mobility.
! But though the kaiser's aeroplanes
were steady and turned about, they
turned cumbrously and heavily, where
as Strong could turn his airships in
their own length.
But what followed the turning OF
the aeroplanes was so sudden and 81
astonishing that Strong was for the
moment disarmed. The aeroplanes De
gan to climb swiftly into the sky until
they had reached some 10000 feet
Strong decided not to put up his
own airships until he had been able tC
grasp the motive OF the extraordinary
elevation OF the enemy, for he recog
nized that TO have put his own air
ships up would be to challenge the
Germans to a trial OF endurance. II
would simply have been question ol
whether he or the kaiser could react
the greater elevation.
Perplexed and momentarily anxious
Strong watched and waited for the ces
sation OF the aeroplanes' ascent.
The enemys aeroplanes were about
| five miles distant, and appeared as
dots only In the sky. Then they were
quickly tilted TO an obtuse angle, and
| descended toward Strong. who was
then at an elevation OF about 10000
| feet.
They then came hurting down
through space like boats on a water
chute. only at velocity which made
strong hold his own breath to thins
In wondermept that mortal man coulc
dive at such a speed through space.
There was little time. however, FOL
/ establishment; for scarcely before M
understood their intention the aero
planes were upon him.
strong ordered the airships to dive
I'm the opposite direction to the oncom
ling aeroplanes. And just In the nicl
NJ time the Victor and her sistei
airships swept beneath the hurting
iaeroplanes. IL was an exceedingly mar
row squeak
,To 10 ContinuedD
The Detroit times., 1909-07-21
King Herod Lived Too Soon
Nowadays lie Would BE cutie a Respeetable Citizen

children TO work for him. " he was
sufficiently slick-and history shows
that he was slick as well a. supsrsti-
tious-IIerod would probably biI0e a
factory Inspector or two, kick alinight-
lily If child labor laws were outsider
ed in the state where he lived, and Sc
cretly send his lobbyists and lawyers
to fight the child labor laws.
Then Herod. being in the chilG-kill
ing business on wholesale scale.
would get rich fast, for that is why
children are worked in factories and
on the streets at night Eventually
Herod would become a plutocrat. get
his name in the society columns ard
go down to Washington on a vacation
TO help revise" the tariff
We hear q lot about cheap labor
and high protection nowadays. oct
mighty little about cheap cl.ld laoor
by the big employers.
King Herod lived in day of swift
retribution. Nowadays employers
seem TO be luckier.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-21
Paying for His Little Fad

, agreed, becoming her friend upon such
acquaintance.
This is interesting and may have
some Justification. but. az has been
said. fads must be paid for. One or
the reformers tried the fad upon a
pretty girl at Atlantic City within the
week The girls brother. big OF mus
Gle If small OF mind. seized said re-
former. stretched his body PROSTATE
upon the walk and polished his shoes
on the seat OF the Philadelphia gen.
tleman's trousers.
The reformer felt outraged. and
thought the brother a stupid and bru-
tai fellow. A cop came alone to de-
eide the argument. The faddist spent
a night In jail, and paid SIS fine.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-21
Famous Gems of Prose
THE LAST HOURS OF WEBSTER
By Edward Everett,

From Speech in Faneun Hall, Oct 81 1864.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-21

Anyone will throw a drownin' man
a life preserVer-in case one don't
need it oneself"
Some people are confusing the tariff
bill with the Taft Bill.
Mary had a little lamb,
Its wool was long and kinky.
And when twas sheared the lamb APP
peared
In size Just twice as dinky.
Not few persons consider Aldrich
the greatest statesman OF the age.
But not everybody lives in Rhode Is
land.
Chicago woman paid s525 for a dog
in London. which doesn't at all prove
:hat dogs are scarce in Chicago.
Said he: Young Smythe and Miss
Browne are evidently In love with
each other
Said she: Judging by the way they
look at each other?
Said he: No: Judging by the way
The Detroit times., 1909-07-21

Russia's prisons are constructed TO
hold 10000 prisoners. Over lS0.ooV
are now lodged in them.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-21

everybody by announcing that the would m because she
had taken so MUCH of the laudanum.
She had taken than her could absorb with the resu.
that most of il had to be dispeled by the stomach
poison remaining her gotten out by means OF stomach
pump the young the matter before trying
again o the silver chord
The Detroit times., 1909-07-21
From Another Point of View

gone OF business after many
downs
the OF several night riders
Mark Twain is losing his of humo
been necessary OF late for him to buy loaf OF
OF price thew
In with a verdict that he is hopelessy
philadelphia carried the
his the
point =, - - Wv
Philadelphia leaving suicide
discouraged that fact before looking
cards In the the
reading matter the few ~ '' VI
The Detroit times., 1909-07-21

Following a quarrel with her
lover, a Detroit young woman at
tempted suicide by swallowing four
drains of laudannm.
A doctor was summoned, but little
hope of saving the young woman $
life was entertained, as she had
taken a big dose of the poison.
When the doctor arrived ne
cheered everybody and surprised
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-08
HA FALLECIDO..

Aver, en- las primeras horas de la tar
de, lament6 nuestra sociedad la muerte
de esta respectable anciana, esposa del
senior don Joaquin Servera Nazario v
madre de nuestros amigos, el doctor, Joa-
qufn Servera Silva y don Francisco del
mismO apellido La virtuosa DANA fene-
cida pertenecfa una de las familias
mas distinguidas de esta ciudad, v go
zaba en- todas las classes sociales de ge-
nerales simpatias por su alma generosa
y buena.
Ell sepelio Sc verified en- la tarde de
hoy con un sequito numeroso.
DID las gracias a nombre de la familia
Ell Lcdo. Martin Travieso Jr., en- breves
y sentidas palabras..
Nos asociamOs q la familia Servera
Silva en- el justo duelo que lie produce
esta irreparable perdida al mismo
tempo elevamos nuestra oraci6n & Dios
por el reposo eterno de Ia recien fene-
cida.
CoEresponsal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-08

el editorial del martes, nj Sc pueden de-
ducir de SUI texto.
Y es lastima que ell Comisonado de
instruction, que un funcionario de esa
categoria proceda tan a la ligera en-
aslntOs de tanta seriedad como ell edi-
torial de un peri6dico, que no admite
rectifcaciones, nj debe consentirlas, por-
que debe expresar un criterio sereno Y
un alto punto de vista del case que
trate, libre de prejuicios, ageno toda
clase de intereses parciales, inspirado en-
la justicia y en- el bien general.
Cuando los peri6dicos como ell BOLE-
TIN,-sepalo Mr. Dexter -hacen una
acusaci6n como la que ell comisionado
rechaza protesta no sabemos quien,
tienen la prueba de SUI exactitud. Guam
do no la tienen. no la hacen. y cuando no
la hacen no Sc les debe acumular.
En- nuestro editorial que respond1a a
reiterados llamamientos de la opinion v
a excitaciones ineludibles de la misma,
desde luego Sc conten,an scveridades Y
reprensiones que no cren. precisamente
EN- elogio del Comisionado de Instruc-
ci0n. %
Cre1amOs v segulmos creyendo que Sc
ha hecho NAL con ell traslado, pero 10
c,,o al cai,or Daytar nos atrihuve Snria
una lijereza, que el BOLETIN procura
no cometer jamas.
A esta aclaraci6n por nuestra parte,
corresponds una rectificacion por la de
Mr.. Dexter La esperamos. Tenemos de-
recho que Sc nos juzgue por 10 que
escribimos, no por 10 que caprichosa-
y viciosamente, Sc nos quiera atrlbulr.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-08
De regreso

Hemos tenido ell gusto de estrechar
la mano a nuestro amigo don Salvador
Perez, de la acreditada firma de esta
plaza Perez Hermanos, que regres6 de
Europa, via New York, en- el vapor
uCarolinaD.
Don Salvador Perez tiene muchos
amigos en- la Isla, que sabran con gus
to la noticia de que esta de nuevo en-.
tire nosOtrOs.
Sea bien venidO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-08
Club de Damas
VISO
AVISO

Sc participa a todas las socias de-
Club de Damas por medic de la Prensa
que desde ell sabado de Octubre Sc re:
nudaran las reuniones familiares que We
nian dandose en- tiempos atras los saba.
dos Dor la noche de s 10 en- los salo-
nes de dcho Club.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-08
N@Gp@ del @]6@

Cuando respondimos ell microbes, a las
pretendidas rectifcaciones que qulso Po'
ner el doctor Dexter 4 nuestro editorial
del martes, tratando del traslado de la
"High School, no sablamOs que el com!-
sionado Sc hubiese referido al BOLE-
TIN, al decir que 40 contestaba a la
trivial acusaci6n, hecha por nosotros en-
el editorial del martes, expresando que el
traslado de la t'Hign SCHOOL, sc habla
hecho por el doctor Dexter para compla-
Ger a algunos amigos y miembros del
gobierno.
Considero esto-agreg6 ell funciona-
rio-tan en- extreme trivial, que no creo
necesite contestaci6n Basta estudiar la
lista de estudiantes para comprender,
desde luego, la falsedad completa de tai
acusaci6n.
La lista esa la hemos estudiadO, la he
mos analizado nosotros, Y no porque nos
importase probar con clio que estaba
iustifcado ell cargo Que el seilor Dexter
nos atribuye.
e: iSabe espailoI. ei seE,r Dexter? SiTno
. 10 sahc. tempo es va de que 10 sepa,y 81
tan dificil Sc le Ilace 81 comprenderlo.
blsuuese un inte1prete cue lie traduzca
con tideIiiad, con exactitud, con honra-
dez cuando o,,iera raferirse a escrltos
del BOLETIN para .hacer rectifcacio-
neS.
Declines eSto. pcruue el Comisionado
de instruction. s,agir Il; version de Ii.
Democracia -. dijo que an ell editorial del
ROLFTIN. el martes, Sc lie acusaba de
haber hecho el traslado de la High
Schnol" con objeto de complacer al
prnos amigos n,irro bros del gober-
no
ESQ as inexarto. absolutamente.
FL ROLETIN no ha aicho ESQ. Ell 30
LETIN no dice nunca NADIA que no pue-
da probar.
Cuando Mr.. Dexter hablaba ash. no es-
ta|,i nrnsnnte en- u oficna del Comlslona-
do. ningun representante del BOLE-
TIN.
De encontrarse ALI, hubiera negado
rot,ndamente la afirmaci6n de Mr.. Dex-
ter como la negaIaos nosotrOs, desde este
sitio.
No es cue nos asnste la acusaci0n.
pero no es nuestra v 81 fuera nuestra
mantenida en- este sitio, estarla robuste-
cida por pruebas y datos, que no darlan
lupar a las rectifcaciones oficiales.
Ell BOLETIN no lama, no ha lanza-
do nunca, sin pruebas terminates una
acusaci6n contra nadie, que envuelva
la gravedad de esa que ha soiiado leer
Mr.. Dexter en- nuestro editorial del
martes.
iD6nde estan esas palabras a las que
Sc refere en- estos terminOs un redactor
de nuestro estimado colega ella Demo-
cracia"9:
"Mr. Dexter manifesto que ell BO-
LETIN MERCANTIL en- su editorial
del martes 1ltimO, lie acusaba de que ell
traslado de la "High School" Santurce
habia sido hecho con objeto de compla-
Ger a algunos amigos y miembros del
goberno;;"
81 en- los momentos en- que tales fra
ses fueron pronunciadas, hubiese estado
presente un redactor del BOLETIN.
que lego minutes despues, al despacho
del comisionado, el error hubiese que
dado deshecho en- el acto. =: go
Porque lie hubiese podido probar, como
ahora Sc 10 probamos. que las frases que
tanto han doldo al iefe de La instruc-
c6n MIA isla, nj estan contenidas en-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-08
NOTICIAS

Ha salado para los Estados Un'dos,
el delegado a la Camara, don Caye-
tano Coll Cuchi, quien representa-
"a a dicho ORGANISING en- las oonferen-
cias de Mokou-Lahe.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-08
h director De la CarIesOendenGja'

Ha llegado aver procedente de los
Estados Unidos, nuestro distinguide
compafero en- la prensa, don Manuel
Zeno y Gambia, director de ola Co.
rrespondeuciap.
Reciba el notable novelista n1estrc
salud0.'
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-08
81 senor Larroca

Aver present6 la renuncia de ST
cargo de miembro de la Junta Esco
lar de San Juan, don Eduardo Larro
ca, CONCEAL de este Ayuntamiento.