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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-18
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oye pararse barras Estare recora de las
siete 4 esta bien asi sehOr?
ST va habremos comido podre disponer de mi ITEM
po Lo sospechaba aadi6 el rector para sus adenros
ca esaba SECURE de que haba agna maquinacion pero
a traves de la nube por fin rayo de SOL
Cos6e gran trabao al rector consegur su sobrina
Sc retirase habtac6n cuando legaron Pero pu
do convencea dcendoa que haa que hablase con Ca
1eb podra esabecer la cerdumbre lady Dewar tom6
possession de ella, la persuadi6 gentmene ambas
beron la habitaci6n de Mlie
Es 10 mas prudente duerida mia -anadio la carinosa
ladytu ito referira despues todo 10 que Mr. Ca
leb lie com,mque.
i Pero podriamos telegrafar Reidhaven -.
Jorge?
-Aseguremonos prmero-fue la quieta respuesta. La
y Dewar por 10 general la mas mpaciene de las muje
res desasosegada irritable pero guerra
exponer los pobres esposos mala inteligenca-
Lo has soportado todo paciente resignation, ben
puedes esperar I'm POGO mas.
i Oh. .cata momento me parece I'M ano. .pienso
Jorge desesperado ala...
Va para poco querida: tardaremos salir de dn-
das Pensa las terrbles consecuencias de equi
vocaci6n.
Y asi pudo calmarla tranqulzarla habiendo preve-
nido que la amasen cuanto aparecese Caleb North.
FL hombre prudente tena ntenci6n de que
mady estuviese presente la enrvsa as que le esper5
fuera lie ntroduo despacho cerrndose por dentro
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-18

Entonces la belleza peculiar de las
grutas, belleza de indole musical, Sc
nos hizo clara y transparente y al subir
otra vez, POGO poco, en- procession de-
tantasmas hacia la salida, y al abrirse
antes nuestros ojos, asombrados por tres
cuatro horas de obscuridad, la inmen-
sa boca de la cueva, prorrumpimos en- un
hurra de victoria a la naturaleza sin par
que, despues de regalarnos con tesoros
de hermosura en- la superfcie, guarda en-
sus entranas la maravilla laberintica de
esos palacios, palacios de ensueio, de
vaguedad y de m1sica, que caen mas
ALA de los doninios y del lenguaje hui
manO.
Miguel s. Oliver.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-18

nass,dos Sue Philemonis somnii; Costa
y Mobera la ha continuado no ha mucho
en- su Deira del GEM grech Y son innu-
merables los conatos intermedios de in
terpretacion lirica de tan extra1o asun-
to.
Y digo extraiio. porque es sumamen-
te compleja Ia impression que deja en- u
alma del espectador aquella grandiosi-
dad inerte, ria, apagada, petrificada.
Acaba por producer un efecto deprimen-
te, un efecto parecido al de los glaciares.
Els la ausencia de circulation y de vi
da? Es la suspension brusca del ritmo
bio6gico 6 VITAL que no deja de acom-
paharnos al aire libre, en- medic de las
arboledas y traves de los campos So
bre la costra animada del planeta? Algo
de este hay, sin duda. Algo hay de la
bel!eza pasnada en- estatua de crstal.
de falta de calor, de inmovilidad, de
insipidez: belleza de tercer grado, pura
mente mineral" en- la que no colabora
apenas ell elemento dinamico y agitador
de la vida; belleza abstracta, en- suma,
destinado a producer mas asombro que
emoci6n. Acaso esa emoci6n corresponda
plenamente al dominic vagaroso impre-
ciso de la mdsica, Y haya que buscar su
sentido en- Mendelsshon y la 's'-Gruta de
Fngal,'' mucho mas que en- la muche-
dumbre de odas Y fantasies moriscas de
esas que comienzan: 81 Salve, palacio lie
los Gnomos, salve" Por este tambien
nos producirla fascination tan grande ell
concerto con que nos regalaron hace
amos, en- la sala de la banderas. Fernan-
dez Arbos v sus compai1eros de cuarte-
to, como va conte otro dia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-18
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sY conoca usted bien los personaje "a Mr. Gilt
herve mujer?
ST. les conocia al otro hombre tambien; un vlano..
el mundo agradec6 que 10 quitaran de enmedio.
He dido decr que la esposa mur6,-dijo Mille
INSECURE tono-quiero decir la esposa de Mr. Gilt
herve.
-SQue ha dido usted?...
Que murio; que hubo equivocacon; que deberon
enterrar otra su lugar y...
Sc detuvo, pues Caleb North la qued6 miranda CON
gran asombro
-jQuien le ha dicho usted ESQ., milady?
Mas de uno. .vive esta en- Inglaterra
It Mrs Clitherve? -
ST.
NO esta a menos que la resurrection no haya CO.
menzado yarepc6 Caleb categ6ricamente-L vi morir
desventurada mujer, ayude ponena en- la GAIA .yo
estaba encargado de la sa donde esuvo hasta que mu-
r1o no puede volver al mundo .Jpero que ocurree
La exclamation justifcada pues Mile Sc habfa le-
vantado temblando paso INSECURE acerc6 Caleb
plntada en- su rostro expression extrana vioenta
-iRepta usted ESQ. .hagame ell favor -balbuce6-ns
he comprenddo ben. .y.....
hubese caido al suelo 81 Caleb prevniendo el hecho
no la hubese recibdo en- sus brazos
-Pero que ha ocurrdo9-pregunt6le su cuiiada-
! La habre asustado sin pensar2
No. que ha estado enferma esta odavfa bier
del odo Ponla unt oa la puerta ell are la ara volver
en- 81. ,.s..,t "a
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-18
Hotel Paris
GALE MENDEz vIG0 Mum. IN
MayagIez.

Situado este establecimiento eA eE
centric de La calle Mendez Vigo, cen.
un jardin al frente, es ell que recne
mayores ventajas comodidades para
los senores viajeros, y el que cuenbs
con mejores habitaciones frescas, ven.
tiladas, magn1ficos banos y duchas.
- Comidas todas horas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-28
NORWAYS MANY MEALe- e Eating Among Well-to-po
 Startling to Foreigners.

we came to know typical Norwegian households with their wholesome. serene atmosphere" writes Caroline Thurber in a pleasant narrative of "A Motor Inva- sion of Norway" in the Christmas Gen. tury Long evenings were spent among musicians lovers of Grieg, who interpret ed his strange music for us as only Nor wegians can. We learned much of the intimate and personal side of Ibsen and Bjornson from their own friends, and were made familiar with the artists who are making a name for the young north ern school of painting.
 ''From the children in these homes we had glowing descriptions of the famed winter sports-skee-jumping, and coast ing down the mountain side and through the forests about Christiania, under cleo trio lights, when, at the hour for eating the snow about the quaint log hotel of Holmenkollen Is planted so close with skees stuck upright in 1t as to look like some new kind of colossal porcupine.
 "Among the well-to-do in Norway the frequency of meals and lighter refresh ments is something startling, at least to the average American. Breakfast at g.; dinner at 8; coffee at s:S0; regular tea, with many dishes In English style, at l:3o; supper at T. and at Il nature Is finally fortified with further nutrjment for the long radiant night. These long. radiant nights, by the way, are a con- stant peril to Christiania. They encour- age many forms of dissipation and im- morality, much as the corresponding darkness of tho long winter brings in it's train a certain sordid depression, both mental and physical.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-28

The Anniston people have extended an invitation and will welcome the Birming- ham crowd with open arms. stop cou,d be made at Pell City for while and A delegation of the Peil City folks oo,,,d continue on to Anniston with the nartv Such a trip would do much to keep up the good roads enthusiasm which has been created by the recent pathhnd- ing tours.
 That live bunch of business men over in Gadsden have proven the pioneers of good roads In this section. rivalry nas developed between Gadsden ana Anniston as to the Birmingham-Atanta course' ana
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-28
Missed the Mark.

The minister of largo parish had TOT some, time been much troubled by the .candalous gossip that seemed to be oc- cupying the minds of . portion Of his flock, and, after exercising great amount of tact and perseverance,. at last susossdins in runatng ts earth the orig
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-28
WORLD STORIES
sone of tho Great Myths Which Are a
 Valuable Part of llfe.

From St, Nicholas Magazine.
 In tho old days, before men understood how this world was made and why so many wonderful things took place In IL every day, such, for instance, as the rls- ing and setting of the sun or the coming of spring, the growth of trees and nowers and the falling of rain-in those old days they made up stories about these things. Since they knew nothing more wonderful than the human beings about them, they imagined that all these marvellous results were produced by creatures like them selves, yet different, wiser and more pow erful. Thus they thought that every tree contained a dryad. lovely girl who made the tree grow and brought It's fruit to perfection And all the streams and fountains had their naiads, the sea it's mermen and mermaids, and the life itself of the people was supposed to he ruled and ruided by these beings, to whom they gave various names and ascribed dlner- ing powers.
 wonderful stories about these creatures. Gradually these stories got written down; and even now, so many thousand years later. we can read them. Our ideas have changed we no longer believe in fauns and tritons and nymphs. But It would pc q pitv if we stopped reading these stories because of that. For in their own way these tales are as true as the actual facts we learn nowadays of just how the trees and plants really do grow, and what It Id that makes the sun seem to rise and set They are true because they tell how men.s minds grew and began to take hold of ths problems of life about them, and tried to explain things. and how they real tzed the beauty and the wonder or the world. These books are true pictures or the lives of those far-away people, and IT we had never heard or read or them, great part of what goes to make us what nowadays we ere would never be under stood by LII.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-28
R, T, PIE CKHAM,

this rivalry is resulting in good It Is suggested now that Birmingham-An- niston- Gadsden-B Birmingham loop be cre- ated, and with the present foundation the idea is exceptional good. That 1t will take well is an assured fact. It would give a splendid course of about 175 miles. A good race could be worked up.
 Automobile long distance travel Is prov ing its popularity in Alabama. During the past week there have been a number of autoists to pass through Birmingham, most of them spending day or two here One party hailed from south Ala bama, while one lone traveller was fight ing 1t out in a small runabout from Texas to Richmond
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-28
inator of most of the settlement.s soci-

inator of most of the settlements soci- ety islander.
 The guilty one was a regular attendant at the schoolhouse services. and the min ister knew that should he take him to task personally and individually he would inevitably lose . sheep-albeit 8 black one 50 he decided to sermonize him. Accordingly, . special discourse vas prapAred and the following Sunday after
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-28

noon literally hurled at tho offending member as he set on desk In the corner of the schoolroom.
 Everybody present appeared to fully appreciate the situation. and at the close of the service departed quietly and thoughtfully for home.
 All except the black sheep. whe rs- marked, That wer' . fine sermon. sirg Til bof tha$ hit some on 'em pretty haId.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-28
A Royal "Geezer."
zeryhodv's Magazine.

From Everybodv's Magazine.
 "And now" said the teacher. i've come to Germany, that important country gov- erned by kaiser. Tommy Jones. what Is a kaiser?"
 Please. ma am, a kaiser is a stream of hot water springin' up an disturbin' the earth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14
THE AGE- HERALD

E. ". BARRETT ...........E Editor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14
Typhoid Flies Are Coming

Dr. Howard, the government ento- mologist, urges the people, especially of the south, to begin at once a cam paign against the typhoid fly, which is none other than the common house fly. It is an insect that is bred in filth and that is never happy away from it, and If it temporarily leaves filth 1t goes loaded on it's hairy stomach and feet with germs gathered from filth.
 Dr. Howard asks every householder to clean up everything, and above all else should the refuse of stables be speedily removed and screened. As a rule flies are bred in and about stables. But if the breeding of flies cannot be prevented certainly their swarming in the homes of the people can be, where they alight on butter or other articles of food, thus placing typhoid germs right where they can most speedily do damage to the human system.
 There Is no family so poor 1t cannot afford to screen its home. > If wire screening be out of the range of the family income black mosquito netting costs but a trife and is efficient It will turn away all flies as well as mos quitoes. The unscreened house, in other words, is a dangerous thing, and screens on windows and outside doors are an excellent investment from sev- eral points of view.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14
A LUNATlc AUDIENCE.
the London Daily News.

From the London Daily News
 "One of the most appreciative audi ences I ever had" said Harry Lauder, after his return to England, was a thou sand lunatics at Wards Island. I sang them The Softest of the Family and they didn't mind at all, but joined in tho chorus. Then I taught them to sing I Love a Lassie,' and I never heard 1t sung before as they did 1t. They nearly lifted the roof off.
 Harry Lauder told me how he initiated the lunatics Into the psychology of sue cessfui singing. '1 told them the first time they sang the chorus each to think he was going toward his sweetheart; she was very far away, and he was to try and look his best and smile his best as he went toward her singing That time they are to sing 1t quietly, but the second time I told them to think they had her in their arms-and then they lifted the roof
 "One of them, an old lady took me aside very confdentially," he said. "She told me, For heavens sake, MT. Lauder, do nothing to let them think you are a little bit mad. Don't make any faces or anything of the kind. If they see the slightest sign of insanity. God help yout for they'll take you and lock you up in this terrible place."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14
BtIanta'S Commission Scheme

A charter revision commission in At. lanta is considering the establishment of a commission form of city govern ment, similar in many respects at least to the governments established in Gal weston, Houston, Des Moines and per haps dozen other cities.
 Under the plan proposed in Atlanta a mayor and six commissioners would be elected. All other officers, except a comptroller, would be appointed by the commissioners, removable at any time. The comptroller would have charge of the city's finances and he would be elected for a fixed term. It calls for referendum on all leading public questions, and also for full pub licity. Even the board of education is to be appointive The initiative, ref erendum and civil service are all fea- lures of the proposed plan. The whole 
 plan is to be submitted to the people with a view no doubt of laying the result before the legislature when 1t meets next June.
 Atlanta Is always alert, and 1t Is plain it proposes to get again into the limelight by adopting the commission plan. Its commission is, however, to be larger than the commissions of some cities farther west. The plan is comprehensive and its development in Atlanta will be watched with interest. The legislature will no doubt let the people of Atlanta have their own way in this matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14
Acoulrinu Homes.

Speaking of the enormous amount of building going on In Birmingham, a busi- ness man who has recently become con- nected with a local building and loan as sociation, said last night:
 T have been surprised to find what an easy thing credit is in Birmingham. Under conditions prevailing here. the only won- der is that anybody lives in a rented house. l believe the individuals and cor porations here who are building houses to sell on the installment plan are away up in the hundreds
 The building and loan associations with something like s1,5OO,000 loaned out. are only small part of the installment nav plan of supplying people with homes of their own. Many contractors make busi- ness for themselves in that way. Lumber men engage in it as a means of selling their wares. Land and investment com panies by the score and a host of indi- vidual operators swell the capital thus employed into many millions. Just at present the business is enjoying a great prosperity, and most of the signs For Rent may be attributed to the removal of the occupants to homes of their own. In fact, l can easily see how in this way the For Rent sign may be really an emblem of prosperity and the more of be hard on the owner of the vacant house, but he has an easy remedy by joining the hosts who sell for so much month";
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14
What the Schools Need

A Gadsden correspondent whose opinion The Age-Herald respects says that Alabama cannot have a strong and efficient educational system until she gives the rural schools the same advantages of local taxation that city schools possess, and until competent superintendents are provided for in the 67 counties of the state. The school superintendency is still considered a political plum, and it goes as rule to men who do not know a good school when they see one-certainly to men who do not know how to inspire teach CTS in better work.
 Local taxation in school districts calls for a constitutional amendment, but if the legislature would submit an amendment the school districts would do the rest Only teachers should be eligible to the office of county super intendent, and politicians should be barred out of one office in a county.
 Should these two subjects be in- cluded in a call for an extra session, it is believed action would follow and great reform be inaugurated. Public sentiment leans toward the public schools, especially since the state poured out money with a lavish hand to the institutions attended by the Few. The public schools are attended by 100000 children, and these children will be the Many of the future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14
BOOTH IN BURNT CORK.

James J. Ford in McClure's Magazine.
 Edwin Booth was, In his younger days, member of minstrel company and, unless I am mistaken appeared in sorHe of the variety shows of that period He $Gyed to become one of the most noble and dignified figures of his day, as well as one of the most dis tinguished actors that the English speaking stage has ever known. Joseph Jefferson was also a minstrel in the early part of his career and prior to that he and his sister-both mere chill dren-had been wont to perform on Boston Common and pass the hat among the bystanders.
 camps of California and in the early variety theatres of San Francisco long before she came east in the sixties, to win money and fame-"a dramatic cocktail" John Brougham called her in the legitimate business of Broadway. William H. Crane used to play the tam bourine in a wandering minstrel com pany. Nat Goodwin. Lillian Russell and May Irwin came to the front in the early eighties at Tony Pastors theatre. MT. Goodwin gave limitations of popular actors and has lived to become an ex- tremely popular actor himself. Miss Irwins remarkable humorous gifts were shown in the condensed versions of comic operas that brought MT. Pastor entertainments to a close; and 1t was in one of these that Miss Russell leaped into fame in a single night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14
New York'S Supremacy Threatened

The Panama canal Is spectacular and expressing. and comparatively few peo- pie know that the state of New York is building a canal from Lake Erie to the Hudson river that will float boats 800 feet long. 40 feet beam, 10 feet draft and capable of carrying a cargo of 2500 tons. The locks are to be BPS feet long in the chambers, 45 feet wide and 12 feet deep Barges will be loaded at Duluth or at Chicago or at Gary and unloaded at New York. This canal is to have no towpaths, but no practical way has been devised for ap- plying as power on the canal storage batteries or trolley wires. Screw pro- pellers will do the~towing It is sim ply barge canal, towboat and barge canal.
 The estimated cost of the new canal is S1O1, ,000, 900. This sum will be con- siderably increased by additions to the original plans to give additional sec tions of the state the advantages of water rates. The present railroad freight rate from New York to Buff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14
Last Thursday In April

George Washington was inaugurated on the last Thursday in April, and the Senate, true to precedent, has already twice voted to change the day of in- auguration to the Washington selec- tion. The House in each instance re- fused to accept the Senate's proposed amendment to the constitution, but the House will, in the light of later events, presumably, conform to the views of the Senate. As a matter of consist ency the Senate should adhere to the date it has already twice voted for.
 The states stand ready to accept a change in the inauguration date. Re ports of sickness" says the Washing ton Herald, "and the death of visitors to Washington last week come from every quarter If list of the victims of the blizzard could be made up, it would be appalling. The treacherous  character of early March weather was emphasized in a most deplorable man. ner. Today the strongest advocates of a change are those governors who came to participate in the ceremonies, and the legislatures of their states may be depended upon speedily to ratify the action of Congress"
 Let all concentrate upon the day utilized by Washington, the last Thurs day in April, and then let all demand action in the extra session.
 Washington is an attractive city in the last days of April. Its grass is dark green, its flowers are abloom, and it's trees aleaf. If we are to have an inauguration circus every four years let us indeed select a day in a mild spring month. The present date is barbarous, uncouth and cruel to all inauguration participants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14
BELASco AND HIS OLD FRIENDS.
From the New Times.


 While David Belasco was in San Francisco. whence he has just returned after a months visit with friends, he hadn't seen in many years, a call was sent out for the old boys of his time at Lincoln school to have a reunion at the Cafe Bismarck.
 Tt was very pathetic" MT. Belasco said Principal Marks, nearly 80 years old, called the roll, and sometimes a there came the answer Dead and now and then somebody responded Pres ent.' The principal put us through our paces again at the old lessons, and dealt out cuts on the hand with very little of the old time vigor. I got on a chair and recited The Madman,' a piece I used often to give at school 35 years ago.
 T didn't know the names of all those who came. but by and by would recog- nize the glance of an eye or the turn of nose and remember that I knew the boy years ago. They were so much altered-one of the greatest scamps of the school. well known banker, and another a portly physician of high standing, and so on. It was very tn- teresting and very pathetic''
 Mr. Belasco as a true Californian, be- lieves firmly in the future of San Fran cisco; indeed, he declares that the catastrophe has done it good. With all the lower part of the city destroyed. the upper part has been developed, and he illustrated the result of the earth quake by supposing that if all lower Manhattan was thrown down, Harlem would then be boomed, and after the old business section was restored 1t would still remain prosperous and im- portant.
 The old landmarkes are gone" he said. The romance has been destroyed, but the spirit of '49 has been aroused | and the new San Francisco will be | greater than ever"