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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-02-22

case, Sc refere a manifestations i'm
portantes de personals que va han ia
llecido y que por tanto no puede con-
tradecirla, es indispensable que sea
robustay corroborada pues 10 contra
rio daria ocasi6n a aprovecharse de
la nuerte de la persona cuyas mani
sfestaciones tratan de acreditarse.
Las manifestaciones en- ell momen-
to del bautismo, hechas por el Sr. Lo
renzo y atribuidas a don Lucas Diaz
estan solas, aisladas, sin corrobora-
cion y 10 mismo ocurre con las mani
festaciones producidas por don Fran
cisco Gallard referentes a otro mo-
mento y epoca distinta a aquella a.
que Sc refiere el anterior testigo.
En- cuanto La de don Guillermo
Alvarez no solo esta en- las mismas
condiciones sino que ademas result
ia algo nverosimil que don Lucas
Diaz no siguiera ell conseio que lie die
ran su procurador ysu abogado y ade
mas la manifestation puesta en- boca
de don Lucas de que habia dado una
finca a su hiio Eladio aparece contrt
dicha con el contrato de compra-ven
ta V tambien con las declaraciones
de Eladio de que aIn debia parte del
precio de esa flnca.
Por 10 expuesto es que estimamos
que la prueba presentada no es bas-
tante para acreditar que don Lucas
Diaz reconoci6 como hijo suyo natu
raj al que los demandantes tienen |
por su padre.
Pero 4 masde Ia carencia de prue-
ba en- este particular hay otro punto
importante con respectO al mismo.
Para poder negar 4 Ia conclusion
en- el supuesto de que el hecho pre-
eedente Sc hubiera probado. de que
Eladio Diaz era un hiio natural re-J
conoeido de don Lucas Diaz 6 indis-.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-02-22

Ha renunciado ell cargo de Algua-
Gil del juzgado de Paz de Salinas ell
Sr. Eustaquio Torres, y nombran-
dose en- SUI lgar al Sr. Vicente Raspai
paldo
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-02-22

PARA CURAR UN RESFRIADO EN-
UN Ola tome LAXATIVE BRoMo-oUIN1NA,
FL boticario devolvera Ell dinero sino Sc
cura. La firma de Z. w. Grove Sc halla
cada cajita
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-02-22
D. Eduardo E. Sa|da6ayCasanaTe
INGENIERO MECANICO.

Participa a sus clientes y al pu-
blico en- general que ha trasladado
SUI oficina a Tetuan No. l6, altos,
frente al American Colonial Bank.
San Juan p. r.
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Pam ala es una cura positiva pa
ra ell paludismo. Un ensayo 10 de
jara conveucido. De venta en- toda S
las droguerias.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-02-22

SlOeTdclOn pOI Ids ullSILldS IdZOucS
precedentemente consignadas.
Resta por ultimo la prueba testi-
fical. De la declaration de don Jose
Lorenzo Collazo resulta que en- el
momento del bautismo de Eladio
Diaz, dijo don Lucas Dfaz al cura que
10 pusiera como hijo reconocido de
ely de Maria Delgado ;que trato por
veinte amos mas don Lucas con g.
mistad familiar y nunca mas le oy6
decir 10 que en- la iglesia por mas que
hablando con el alguna vez respecto
a Eladio lie dijo que era muy legal y
que lie habia puesto una tienda con
La garantia de otra persona.
Don Francisco Gallart declare.
que siendo professor de instruction Sc
le presento don Lucas Dfaz para ha-
blarle de la ensehanza de SUI hijo Ella
dio. por quien con freeuencia pregun
taba, Iamandole su hijo.
Don Guillermo Alvarez dice que
siendo procurador de los Tribunales
Sc lie presento don Lucas Dfaz dicien-
dole que deseaba otorgar su testa-
mento pero que interesaba conocer
81 habia algun medic de excluir de el
a su hio Eladio porque va lie habia
dado varias cantidades y hasta una
finca: que ademas lie dijo que tenia
apuntado en- la paToquia a su hijo
Eladio y cuando 10 llevo ante TN abo
gado este lie dijo que no lie aconseja-
baque hiciera 10 que pretendia por-
que exponia a pleitos su succession y
10 mejor seria q. no hiciera testamen
to.
La prueba de los demandados res
pecto q este particular consisti6 en-
las deposiciones de don Vicente Ro-
dnguez pariente politico Y amigo in
timo de don Lucas, Ell que ignora que
Eladio fuera hijo de SUI amigo V este
nunea lei habl6 de clio; v Ia de don
Mateo Rucabado que es de igual te-
nor que Ia otra. Ademzs una escritu.
"a de compra-vents entire don Lucas |
Diaz Y don Eladio Y el testamento-
de este en- que declara ser deudor 4 |
don Lucas Diaz de algInas cantida-
des que le ha suministrado por 10 que
h resta de La estancia que le eompra-
"a. W.
"Cuands laprueba, COMO en- este
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in midair like the pictures of Daniel
Webster in debate. FNo, sir, nothing
lis too small nor too insignificant to af-
feet the progress of the world. why
sir, no less a man than John Ruskln
i forget what district he came from
saws that if you take SCOT and treat
it properly it viii give you dla-
mond.'
So l sent the flower seeds all oyer oyer
the district / sent them IN little
packages, each one containing hNe
| small envelopes with various sorts OF
seeds for home consumption, Why, BilI'
some of those seeds are so fine that
You couldn't pronounce their names,
! but I have written them down for your
edifcation. Here they are: Antlr-
rhinum, Coreopsis, Candytuft. MignoTn-
cite. Nasturtium and then some 9th
| ers. 49, ,
That seemed all right, didn; Z it? But
it WASH t., not by lugful. Inc letters
from angry constituents began TO come
in yesterday. and my the Things Lng5
called me would even make you Dlush,
Bill. II seems that the packers up at
fhe agricultural department got into
the wrong bin. They sent seed that
was intended to stamp out the hook
worm; other things that had FOR thelr
object the death OF the potato bug
and still others that were evidently IN,
vented for the purpose OF showing now
big and how high good, strong
healthy weed would grow. ,s
At any rate, the back yards OF sliI5 nalI
the houses in my district are now nliea
with the most luxuriant growth 9 or
weeds that ever happened In the middle
west. Why, Bill, some Of those pcev-
;eh constituents even sent me photo,
graphs % showing how their goods and
ehattcls had been hidden from sight
by thc cxuberant. ambitious and grow
wbile.you-sleep weeds. One Of them
said that the weeds had wandered INTO
the stable. and that unless the whole
forestry department was called ont INC
live stock would be choicd 10 death
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Ldventures of a New Congressman

bug books. I made the rounds Of the
house in vain endeavor to beg, borrow
or steal enough additional books TO sat.
isfy those requests, but it was all in
vain. The members gave me the merry
ha ha.h | didn't go down TO the
house the next morning but some of
fcious person at the Capitol took it on
himself to send my letters to my room
At first they came in trays, and after
that they carried them in big basket.
fuls. The flood continued that day and
all the next day, and then, after that
all the day that followed.
/ was buried, Bill literally buried in
nm avalanche of requests for bug books
from my district. | looked up the hg.
ures and found that every human being
in the district, man, woman, children
babies and infants in arms, has re-
guested copy of that awful bug book.
I can Z give il to them, of course, and
each one Will think that ] have discrim.
mated against him and have given the
book to some preferred friend.
] Will have 10 answer every letter,
too. | calculate that ii will take about
two boxes of stub pens, four quarts of
good black ink and about half wag-
onload Of stationery. By the time il is
over, Bill, | maybe in n padded cell.
! don I know what you would do about
it under the circumstances, but, really,
| thought at one time that ID go down
to the Potomac and jump in. Only the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13
DETAILED BY HIMSELF
v. He Tries to Make Friends.
BY GEORGE BARTOl

water there is so muddy, that | didn I
have the heart TO do IT.
1t reminds me of the German who
had n fight with his wife He left let
ter saving that he was tired of life
and had made up his mind 10 hang him
self 20 a certain tree in the park. The
frantic wife called in the police and
German suspended from tree, but the
piece of strong hemp that he had car
ried with him for suicidal purposes was
fastened round his rather stout waist,
"Say,' said one of the rescuers,
"what did YOU mean by putting that
rope round Your waistl Why didn Z
you put il round your neck?'
"Vat, gasped the astonished Teu-
ton, ''and shoke 10 det?'
That's the way it is with me, Bill II
it WASH t for the inconvenience attach
ing to the performance I'd nc strongly
tempted TO follow in the footsteps of
the melancholy prince from Denmark
and shuttle off this mortal coil.
| think | made some friends last
week by voting for bill that | didn Z
know anything about. Ii all came
about through my attempting TO lee
ture one OF the members from Massa-
chusetts. ] said TO him:
''Why do you 90 along on TINS leg'sS-
y
for yourself2'
He gave me a stony stare and then
said with that Boston drawl which goes
with baked beans and culture:
'What's the use of thinking when
YOU can get some one else TO do ii for
You? Uncle Joe does all of my think
ing, and You can I imagine what saw
ing il is, and how much wear and tear
it saves my mental machinery
,r1 tL,N 1.
was all right anyhow, and that tho phil.
osophy Of the man from Boston was not
half bad. Anyhow, on the strength of
going along ! determined 10 go after
some patronage | had done something
and | expected something in return
Three men in my district were anx
ious 70 be appointed 10 positions in the
army. They all came from good, large
families; Roosevcltlan families. fami-
lies of ten aud twelve sons. and no end
Of cousins and relatives throughout my
district. | went TO the war department
and made j strong plea 10 secure their
appointment. Bill, / worked day and
night for nearly three weeks TO secure
those appointments. | went without my
meals I lost sleep that | should have
had | smoked bad cigars that I didn Z
enjoy, ] laughed at chestnuts that
didn even have a germ of humor in
tncm. ana Sel up Inc ulluNS loi Nplo.
mel Bob Moore and his friends until
il looked as if there would he a cor
ner in the beer and whisky market,
At the end of that time ] was graf
flied to learn that two of the three
candidates 7 had presented had been
appointed 7 thought that was mighty
good, 70 get two-thirds of what 7 had
worked for, and | expected TO be
cheered and toasted as n patriot But
what happenod' | ask you calmly, if
sadly, and without any feeling what
over, what happencdl OF the two per
sons that were appointed, one was sent
to the United States legation in Pekin,
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Cure for Liquor
Habit
Give orrlne and Destroy All Desire.
Sold Under Guarantee.

Orrlne is the most successful cure foJ
the liquor habit that the world has ever
known. II Is a home treatment. given
without publicity detention from husi-
ness or loss OF time. and is absolutely
guaranteed II the simple directions on
each box are carefully followed, So re-
markahlc have been the changes wrought
for suffering drinking men by orrino
that leading ministers, charity workers,
phllanthropists and druggists everywhere
recommend the treatment. Thousands OF
Endorsements have been given for the
remedy. The Smith Drug Co. and Druchl
& FranlIon have been selling OTrine Sow
eral years in this city. Fead what they
say:
I'VE have known several parties who
have been benefited by The use of OR
RINE, and we heartily lndorse II as a
remedy FOR tho cure of the liquor habit" "
Orrine Is prepared in two forms. No.
!. "A powder. absolutely tAstelcss and
odorless. given secretly in food or drink.
Orrine No. .. In Pill form. is for those
who wish To cure themselves. Orrlne
costs only 81 doN. In every box is a
guarantee which entities YOU 20 refund
OF your money IL Orrinc falls To effect a
cure. Write FOR free OTrinc Booklet
(mailcd In plain sealed cnvclopc) 10 Or
riDc Co.. 773 Orrine Bldg, Washington, II.
g. Orrinc is Tor sale in this city by the
smith Drug Co. 2d So. and Main, and
Druchl * Frankcn. 2Il So Main.
They know Qrriue IS a reliable and eff
cacious remedy for drunkenness and they
will not offer you substitute
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RiU. | cxpcct every minute 10 DC ar,
rested on the charge Of encouraging ana
maintaining nuisance.
IT seems there is no use IN Trying 70
please Your constituents; IT IS IKE Try.
ing TO get TO heaven-lt seems almost
;mnossibIe Colonel Bob Moore SAYS
that IT'S not work but care That klIls.
As humble member of congress J beg
to amend that so as to make IT. read
.SIt is not work but constituents that
KILL
All this is preliminary to telling YOU
that T made up my mind TO send out .
few copies Of the magnlhcentlY Illus,
frafed government publication called
1.-THE Bugs of North America. ! told
one Of the newspaper men here about u
and he put paragraph at the tan end
of his Washington letter Then went
fo fbe chief clerk of the house and
he fold me that each member was en-
t;.lod TO twenty-five copies of the book,
hut that, because he liked me, be was
Going to give me thirty copies.
That was mighty nice, WASH I 1T; Bill
7 fcIt so good over il that took Col
onel Bob Moore and several friends
over 10 one of the saloons on Pennsyl.
yania avenue and spent nearly all my
loose change in buying imported Ger
man beer, which, | am told, is manu-
factured in Baltimore. That was about
two weeks ago. Today the requests for
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China, and the other was detailed in the
Philippines. OF course, that means that
they are of no use TO me. But what
happened TO the fellow that was not
appointed9 Not much except that he
is at home, devoting all of his time,
with the assistance of his sisters, and
his cousins and his aunts, to telling the
people of the district that am "has-
been, never-was, and a four-husher. -
So, there you are! And all from trying
to be a friend!
You know, sometimes, Bill, / get a
notion that it would be wisdom on my
part TO let those maxims alone. They
look well on paper, but IN be darned
If they go very well In practice.
YOUR UNCLE JOHN.
p. S.-I am sorry that 1 can t comply
with your request as TO omitting post.
scripts from my letters. II ] did that I
would have TO stop writing, for | would
have no place to put the thing l wanted
to say most. Drop .postscripts7 Why,
it would be like tying a Frenchman 5
hands behind him and then asking him
to recite ''Horatio at the Bridge
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ashington, February 10.
blll-They say the way TO
II to be one. Well, I've
the result is enough 10
from the marble eyes of
OF George Washington in
H Capitol I've also been
of those fellows that man
Eams that ii is more
dlstnlst people than 10 be
them. Well, I'll bet the
4anded that out TO an eX-
We was never in a real
Political contest.
I'm wandering from my
q rubber band around my
70 prevent this very thing,
4 use. 1t reminds me of a
member Of The house from
lie intended to buy a new
'tgot 1t as regularly as the
lily, as a way of refresh
|4ory; he put a big Turkish
y old hat so that ihe sub.
eome to his mind as he left
tne morning. He got up
~ at the usual hour and
aal picked up his hat. He
towel tucked away on the
headgear. Did il refresh
Not on your life, He
towel angrily, and throw
Exclaimed:
% Know who had the nerve
soBsl in my hatl'
as said once before, that
te NOT there. What ! start.
"as to tell about my first
make friends, You know
my district love flowers
lnsplratlon. ! resolved &c
.aicultural department an6
sos | could and mail then
'.uents through the cour
postoflice department.
Sonel Bob Moore about il
"a ~ u he thought that i
~ Insignificant for a states
9 ne replied, with one arm
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The bug book began to come in. There
were ten i'm the FIRST mail. That tickled
me me some, because it made. me feel i'm,
portant. In the next mail, two hours
later, there were twenty | believe That
is what they call geomctrical progres..
sion." II satisfied and yet alarmed
ne, because in two mails mad reached
thc limit Of my allotment.
When the third mail came in little
moist perspiration began 10 gather on
tho massive brow of your Uncle John.
Tint mill contained rcqncsts for sixty
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tening intently to Connor's narrative,
his teeth closed on an unlighted cigar.
"Well,' continued Connor, ''this
O'Donovan wanted to take up the baby
in his arms. and of course l let him,
for | wasn't going TO hold on to it
forever,
Z" WHAT'S this?' he SCI all of sud
den, and pulls out n letter from some
where in the baby's clothes, which, by
the way, were kind OF cheap and rag.
ged.
:" You read it, sez he. and ] could
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as mighty good place to drop the
bundle.
60 Come in sez she. tired-like and
heaving little sigh What have you
got7'
q Well, I sez, lifting up the bun
die which kept slipping down, I've
brought your new baby'
''Before my words got cold, Colonel,
wished thousand times / hadu t
said it, for that little woman threw up
her hands, and let out one scream after
another.
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L don't want any valentine, she
Maybe you III want this one. Miss
MS o Donovan. / sez. Cant we 90
in by the flres' For through the open
door ] noticed nice FIRE burnin in
the sittin' room, and to tell the truth
Colonel, was tired Of holdin' the
baby and wanted to land il somewhere.
and alongside a good fire struck me
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cause the kid commenced to whimper.
1t didn't cry 'Wah! wah' like any 9th.
er baby / ever heard, but Jest whim-
pered soft, like it wished someone to
speak TO it. You know, Colonel, that
noise from the baby seemed TO break
O'pouovan all up and he jest crum'
pied.
a. 'Mcbbe it's smotherin' scz he.
Mebbe it is said l.
Mebbo we might undo it., sez he.
:" Then you get busy sez L; this
is the first time [ ever had one in my
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13
Briofless Barristers Happy,

Special Cable 10 Tho Tribune.
LONDON, Feb. Ito many OF the
brieflcss barristers of the temple the gem
eral election campaign has been a cause
of much rejoicing. for their services We're
In great demand speakers. particularly
on behalf of Tory candidates. Many OF
them were in their element as anti-home
rule orators. and il was wonderful-to
local audiences, at any rate-what elo-
uueuce they are capable OF displaying. 4
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13
"a RIDSTHE SYSTEM
|ebSA OF CKTARRH

comes Of impurities and morbid npaase " The
la is disease only attacks mucous @ ooerno
polon OF the body lined with delicate skl
1--we flesh blood vessels are
this surface and is these that the iei
ives its is kept in heatnlu Cities the
sser the blood with catarrhal The
diseased gets foothold in The
Uatarrh by such With er.
the head watery buzzng noises IN the ean These
often difficult breathing and chronic @ Ioca1
suptons and while sprays, inhalations ana nti the
relieve them Catarrh cannot % 1 CLEANSING
OF the exciting S. S. s. cures
impure catarrhal matter It goes doW % 1 ticle of the
k the disease and removes every pa
pur Innings all suppneu 49, etat
@ allowed heal instead of being kept IN nd anv
~ the matter Special book on Oataln
uee. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA VA
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arms and ] can't get head or tail to it.
HHe seemed to be willing. and be-
gun to Undo the fastenings, and when
it got uncovered and the kid felt the
warm from the FIRE, and saw the blaze
shining, ] II be darned, If it didn t Jest
look up and smile. and do you know
Colonel, | never knew babies could
smile like that -
The captain was sitting quietly, lis
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{, Take il away take it away, oh,
John, John.'
"Well, the tall Teller put his arm
around her, soothing like, and led her
ont into another room. | set down
IN chair then with the baby in my
lap, aud presently he came back into
the room.
'' | must have looked like big fool,
setting there by the fire, and moro so
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al, was very chill and
Kew from the northwest
pa i,snuy sop outside, Cap was
H 'nxeyfth ne the desk sergeant, as
- ne sixth Precinct swung
/. . ott.arnoueh anr the street door,
n - snorted the captain
~ II / know anything
S'u, g Connors',
ns,y s, sir.D replied the ser
ns al familiarity and real
u 1sttmosphcre that something
w with the captain.
2nk o,,,t,iing and growing
w. I'm /" room. and had just re-
.;s 9w4 fnr-collared coat when
M tonnor entered the outer
!. trife late, to be sure,
y 4 N the desk as fast as his
n II let \, him. He should have
~ htslf ts an hour before, but
,sn,inded of his Christmas
Y. 'hr the ache in his back,
IA oyer-strong on his legs,
;ss;de. waitin' for ye,
NJ sergeant with a nod to-
~ you to say for yourself
.,nvled the captain as Big
tSe private office:
Ss1n Il. Colonel answered
.,;ealIy. He knew it would
shief to call him colonel,
4 military record some
the captain s history and
nroud Of a soldierly. title.
Il life's little vanities he
Il sputtered some words
Il could not grasp, and then
.rfly to the papers on his
<.re will interest you said
.hsrnly. Snow, listen! The
-omap was picked up in the
Ia morning,
,ye o start of surprise, but
, than to interrupt.
liz only been dead a few
a on the captain, dropping
|;te the chant of a hymn,
woman-body emaciated-
M OF coarse underwear
III neiticoat-red wrapper. y
|lsrted again and mumbled a
||zmntion,
Exclaimed the captain,
Il matter with you-know
Colcuel, {" replied Bill; "Ill
|hnt I've got to say after
auppr-' repeated the cap
"a again to his report, 'sno
o1e black shoe-one brown
at the morgue, awaiting
n Take it up. Connor, ard
I'd place her right. -
ID placed the slip on the
Led al Bill, who made no
nrture. "Oh, yes. you said
-ethiDg to say. What was
-znted TO tell you, Colonel, y
Biz Bill. as he swallowed
Ind in his throat, 50 before l
|shy / was late this morning,
ONE relation to this case, |
otd voice of Counor and his
speech attracted the cap
"a. He had started a pro-
ring Bill's excuse, but he
'dlHk better OF II. - Well,
be quick about it, he re-
Nv.
Connor raised his hand,
||ar a twist, cleared the husk
Cat, and began in his home
{'faet way:
q trotting home last night,
a little distance from Duff
lound the corner, / noticed
u o bundle in her arms fol-
ne- Well, an You know,
I no sort Of a man for the
and ! get along pretty well
y and ] must say, ] didn I
'@ Of the female with the
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SnMR STOMACH

~ used Cascarcts and feel like new
man. ] have been sufferer from dys-
pepsia and sour stomach for the last two
years have been taking medicine and
other drugs. but could find no relief only
for n short time. I will recommend
Cascarets to my friends as the only thing
for indigestion and sour stomach and to
keep the bowels in good condition.
They are very nice TO eat.
Harry Stuckley, Mauch Chunk, Pa,
Pleasant, pnlatablc. Potent. Taste Good.
Do Good. Never Sickeu. Weaken or Gripo.
Ice. 2Sc, Soc. Never sold IN bulk. The gen
ulne tablet stamped { c c, Guaraa to
Curo OF your money back. SA