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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-12-04
fr@cu@mcia 10 que los pollimos.
Por JOSE ECHECARkY.
Traducjdo al ingles por Manuel J. Roure.
Traducido del ipg|es po[ f. Colon.

toy aun en- algunos lugares de Espa
ma. Una rueda rodaeada de un MI
lmero de tinajas las cuales suben lie
mas de aqua Y bajan vacias cada
vuelta de la rueda, es eXactamente
10 que sucede en- la vida real. Noso
tros luchamos en- la vida para subir
llenos de esperanzas, y luego baja
mos vacios hasta que legamos al
fondo de la sepultura.
El aparato de la rueda era ilnpul
sado por una percha cuyo extreme
tenia Ia Iuerza de un pobre a asno que
Sc moyia eontinuamente en- I'm circu
10.
Asi trabajaba sin cesar aquel mi
serable animal casl hambriento, gas
tando sus fuerzas para enriquecerl
a otro ,in que el tuviese beneflclo a L
guno de sus sacllflcios. NJ eontralio
81 por I'm nlomento trataba de descan
sar, venia su despladado amo y cas-
tlgabalo para que contlnuara su ia
rea, p,es que e necesitaba su horta
, liza siempre bien regada de aqua. 10
mismo hacemos muchos de nosotros
/ hoy dia. gastamos nuestras vidas pa
"a pMlgeer de agua las hortalizas de
otros.
II holtelano 4 que nos referimos,
movido por el deseo de evitarse 70
das las molestlas posibles. le ocurio,
una idea muy ingeniosa Ia vez
Que cruel. Esta conslstia en- dismlnu
il Ia raccl0n del asno para q. Sc sin
tiera slemple hambrlento: luego sus
pender directamente en- frente del
pohrc animal TN mazo de verba Tres
ca Y tlerna. colocada de mode que
no pldiera ser alcanzada por aqnel.
! y asl tenerlo slempre en- movlmlen'o
Iestrmulado por Ia ansledad de alean
zar an exquisite bocado.
| l. idea do muv huen resultado
4 esta eseena era la que comtenlpia
ha an dia Don Angel de Alcocer ccr-
ca de "Fucnte Caida" Sc encontra
ba & con Ia mirada triste y en una
2ctitld melancolica cc,.siderando
lillosoficamenfe qne aqn Ia ll.eda
;vie]a Y mohosa, aqlel IN IL asno
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-12-04

dad personifleada en- particular con
| los animaleS'
Don Tomas Sc hahia detemnado
4 eneontrar IA verdadera causa de
aquel acto, y por fin tuyo buen eN'
to al hacer anistad con el professor
pues este lie jreifirio toda su historic,
desde su juventud hasta Ia presentc
epoca. Durante ese tempo haha sll
ifrido muchas luchas Y decepclones,
viendo d fin desvanecidas sus espe
ranzas, s,s mayores ambiclones.
Ell desenlace de la historic es mo
desto casi grotesco, pero slmbollza
en- su rustica simpllcidad los dlas d9
la juventud de Don An gel con 10 que
quedara explicada su actitlld.
Ina ginese ahora el lector uno de
esos pozos que Sc ven en- Arabia, Esip
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-12-04

poeta de merlto en- su juventud que
ahora era un professor de fislca en- una
cercana universldad en- donde habla
contraido la tuberculosis pulmonar
Satlsfecha la curiosidad de los con
currentes acerca de Don Angel. ma
die 1olvid a ocuparse de el que cont
nuo en- su mlsma actitud. Nunca Sc
quelaba de las comidas aun cuando
no estuviesen bien preparadas, ia
mas protestaba de causa alguna.
Siempre estaba callado. pacffico.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-12-04

limo de a qua era el circulo alredcdol
del cual habia ARA strado su mlsera
rable existencia; slempre 10 mlsmo,
sin beneficios, ,muv arida. FL asno en-
su trabaio era el simbolo de Don IN
gel, siempre trabajando con ahin%o
para provecho de otros. FL mao =,
yerba fresca Sc transformaba en- ei
rlistico simbolo de slls esperanzas 4
flotaban siempre delante de q, sm
que jamas estuviesen a su alcanee,
Estas esperanzas hablan sldo Ade
la, uno -hermosa joven quien elpro
fesor habia amado con la paslon Y
vehemencia de su primera luventnd.
Dogel Sc habia eonqulstado Ann
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-12-04

Don Angel de Aleoeer que no poseia
titulo algdno de nobleza. nj mucho
menos mostraha su aspecto decaden
cia alguna. pero una usls mclplente
le habia obligado a mezelarse aauel
ano con Ia orguliosa concurrence de
los banos de Fuente CalIda.
Don Angel era hombre como de
10 amos. muv bien pareeido v de una
vasta ilustrael0n. pero demostraba
ensus actOs estar muv trlste Y desear
mas bien Ia soledad. Jam5s Sc le vio
en- 81 salon de bale nj en- diversion
alguna durante 81 permanencia allf
Era de earacter bondadoso especial
mente con los nIhos los animales.
Al principle de Su llegada excite
L. curiosidad de los banistss. sobre
todo por su sctit,Id. Mas llIeso se 81
20 que el recien llegado habia sido
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-12-04

concurrido el hotel de
Fuente Calida con motivo del
gran numero de personals de la aris
tocracia europea que acuden ALI a
reponer la salud gastada tomando
los bailos que llevan ell mismo nom
bre del citado hotel.
Entire los banistas Sc encontraba
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-12-04

frutado de conlodldades paseandose
en- hermosos caruaies y sin que nada
ID peocupase. LEGO donde .\dcia
Il. conquisto como habia hecho q
Continda In Ia pagna "a.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-12-04

Tenia cerca de
la boca
manojo
de
yerba fresca
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-12-04
d Sabio de luen(e CaIida.
Como un @nt@mdido pr0f@@o

~ ODOS los amos, durante al
- gunas semanas Sc We muy
cnnrurrido e] hotel de
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-08-27

after the crack oi doom, and would
impose a bonded deit which staggers
the imagination); are we going to let
this sort OF thing SO blind us to the
present and imperative task, as to
leave the DIRT roads to utter ne
glect? We have right to ask these
questions. The people, FROM
WHOSE TAXES COME ALL THE
PAYMENTS FOR ALL PUBLIC
BUSINESS have right to insist
and to insist with imperious tones
that their interests shall be properly
subseIved by the proper care OF those
roads in which 90 per cent. of them
are most deeply interested. And ii
pubic officials will not listen to these
demands of the people, then turn them
out. No reasonable man objects to
paying reasonable taxes But he does
not want his money spent for that
which is not bread He wants some
reasonab return for his reasonable
taxes. When public officials are either
too incompetent or too untrustworthy
to understand this simple demand, ii
is time for such public officials to be
made to. understand that they are not
acting as the peoples servants and
are NJ longer wanted
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-08-27
STUDY THIS STATEMENT
ONE very impressive figures face
the public. in the Empire STATE

the public. in the Empire State
~ Motorist, from the pen OF II.
K. Bishop, first deputy OF the State
Highway Commission OF New York.
Mr.. Bishop says
Few people realize the cost OF
maintaining and keeping in good con-
dition improved roads OF the water
bound macadam type Roughly, it
may be stated that the cost OF main
tanning such roads is approximately
$500 to $500 per mile per year. Be
sides this cost OF maintenance there
must be set aside each year approx
mately 5000 per mile TO resuriace the
road at the end OF the life OF the top
course. making total yearly cost OF
maintaining one mile of waterbound
m&cadam highway OF sixteen feet
width from 81 900 to SLIGO every year
The people would do well to paste
these figures in their hat \ thousand
dollars per mile every year TO main
tain stone roads, is going some for
!. an ordinary agricultural community,
where dollars don't grow on busheS
and where people pay taxes out OF
very moderate incomes. And yet
stone road which is not "maintaned'
is worse than none. We have some
such in this county at the present
time-roads that have cost some nine
to ten thousand dollars per mile and
are going to pieces almost before
| their building is completed. All of
which emphasizes the contention we
! have been making for some time, that
| the DlR1 roads are the ones we must
| chiefly consider il we are to serve the
real interests OF the people. There
are some 600 miles OF road in this
county. Suppose we spend the whole
| al the countys share OF the five mil
lion State loan (SI6s,oo and the
whole OF our $25o,ooo county loan on
State roads. What then? Well. we
have only built about 80 to 40 miles
OF such roads out of total mileage
OF too-that is 500 or $40 miles of
roads on which the people travel have
not been improved" although the
people have a five million debt on the
State and a quarter OF million dol
lar debt on the county, with a few
stone roads that will cost as much to
maintain as we spend annually on
! the whole road system OF the county.
| II these figures and facts are not i'm
pressive, we are much mistaken. In
deed, we find the people in all parts OF
the State are waking up to the true
lnwardness OF this road question
Politicians thought it a popular move
ment and grabbed it. Touring auto
mob!lists thought it shame that they
should not have their pathway made
smooth and easy. Some impractical
theorists sincerely saw i'll it the dawn
OF new era" In the meantime, are
we people here i'll this county lat any
rate, going to be swept off our feet BY
III Are we going to be so blinded
with the prospect Of stone roads
| (which at the present rate of building
! would cover the county considerably
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-08-27
Crothers AT Small Politics

The removal OF Mr.. William L.
Amoss. director OF Farmers lnsti-
tutes since the organization OF that
department some thirteen years ago,
to make room for a political servant
Of Governor Crothers is an object les
son to the people OF this county,
where Mr.. Amoss and his life long
interest IN the welfare of the agricul-
turists are 50 well known, which
serves to emphasiz the small politics
being played by the Governor in his
efforts to build up a Crothers ma
chine. When it comes to talk and
loud profession OF devotion to the
welfare OF the farmers, CrJyhers can
make more noise than a regImen:
but when the performance comes we
see exhibitors like the removal o.
Mr., Amoss-Bel Air Times.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-08-27
BLYTHEDALE

Mr.. Harold Cooper is visiting rela
tives in Baltimore.
Mrs. G. w. Jackson was the guest
OF MIR. and Mrs. w. l.. Taylor, on
Thursday
Mr. and Mrs. James Hammond and
children, OF Perryville, is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Eleanor Taylor.
Miss Helen Little, OF Philadelphia
was the guest OF her uncle and aunt
Mr. and Mrs William Thomas, over
Sunday
Mrs. Mary OFT and her grand
daughter. Miss Lillian Nell, OF Phila-
delphia, returned to their home, after
spending a couple OF weeks with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Meek
ST., on Sunday.
Messrs. William Hartman, Frank
Ralston and J. G. Connaughton, o
Baltimore, were. the guests of Mr.. J
B. Connaughton's parents, last week
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-08-27
AT LAST
T is at last announced that the
Public General Laws OF 1910
are published and are being dis

Y T IS at last announced that the
Public General Laws OF 1910
u are published and are being dis
tributed-five months after the Legis-
lature's adjournment and three months
after the laws have gone into effect.
All statutes (unless otherwise pro-
vided in the statute itself take effect
on June Ist, succeeding their passage;
ignorance OF the law is no excuse for
its violation; and yet for three months
after their passage these laws are not
published TO the world-that is the
people are kept in ignorance of their
provisions. The Governor lays the
blame on the printer. The printer
lays the blame on the Legislature.
The Legislature does not have to lay
the blame anywhere, because it is
dead and gone. But somebody is at
fault and seriously at fault, for any
such slovenly (might we not say crmi-
naD management OF pubic business.
While the Governor is making much
ado about his devotion to the public
business and the general efficiency OF
his administration, it might be we'll to
remind him that this is only one OF
many incidents which go to show
that the Governors training as law
yer is possibly responsible for his
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-08-27
The Public Service Commission

The much heralded and much-prais-
ed Public Utilities Commission has
been in session now for more than
three months, has already cost the
State about $4,000, and if anything
to benefit the taxpayers and people
generally has been accomplished, there
has been no public mention made OF
the fact. 1t is true there has been a
great parade made OF the questions
that have been asked certain corpora
tions, but the answers OF these cor
poratons, as was expected, have
shown that they are and always have
been devoted to the service. OF the
people, and there the matter has ap-
parently ended.
These questions have often been
asked by newspapers, and have been
as promptly answered, and there ii
has not always ended.
The truth is the newspaper press is
the best public service commission,
and corporations OF every character
are more apt to be brought to time by
the newspapers than by any body of
sslared officials The only thing the
corporations fear is the newspaper
press. The officials. sooner or later,
belong to the corporations, and pub
lie service commissioners are usually
no different from others.-Frederick
EYening Press
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-08-27
Real Estate Transfers

William s. Douglass, of Philadel,
phia. to The Wildwood Club of Cecil
County, three lots of ground with i'm.
provements at Charlestown, Sc, 500
John /. Manlove and wife to Viii
liam B. Davis, property at Cecilton
$227. 27.
Charles r. Foard to William D
Henry, Trustee. $50 acre farm neal
Elkton, SIS and other considerations.
Mary L. Marshall and George w
Marshall, her husband of Milford
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-08-27
AT 1T AGAIN

~ HE Hon Isador Rayncr, the
distinguished Senator from
= Maryland, who undertook last
Fall to declare the unconstitutional
ity of the U. S. Constitution now I'M
dertakes Gin a letter to the Baltimore
SUM to declare the unconstitutional
ity OF the U. s. Tariff Law" What
will the Senator leave us, except UNI
measured admiration for his lonely
intellectual heights and recollection
OF his advocacy of the Wilson Tariff
that superb example OF Democrats
economics which filled the cities with
soup houses and favored the farmer
with CSC corn. Evidently the Senator
is better on 'constitutionalities than
he is on corn prices.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-08-27
The FARMER WILL BE 1.-THE COAT

~ HE Frederick Evening Press,
in quoting Mr. Joseph D. Ba-
u ker on A State Agricultural
Commission, says:-"Governor Gro
theirs has made some effort to i'm
prove the public roads, ostensibly in
the interest OF the farmers, but really
in the interests OF automobiIists; for
the new roads under the Crothers
plan, have been started rather to open
easy and direct routes for touring
Automobiles, than to furnish con-
venient ways OF transit for farmers in
the different sections Of the State. y
When it comes to the steadily in
creasng taxes to pay for these auto
mobile routes. the farmer will realize
that he has been the goat"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-08-27

deluson that talking is doing-that
the spoken word can replace the real
achievement While the Governor is
Investigating" things in general,
suppose he investigates the shortcom-
ings OF his administration. There are
plenty of them to keep him occupied
and that might possibly keep him
from talking.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-08-27

Del, to- Philip B. Housekeeper, 50
! acre property in Fifth district, $500.
Hester Jones to Henry Boulder,
property at Cecilton, $3.50.
The Washington times., 1910-02-25
Bayberry Candles Usually Surrounded
By Different Superstfions of Good Luck

IT. He maid OF olden times used TO
go singing "Bayberry candles
burnt 10 the socket bring luck
to the house. and gold To the
pocket" as she searched field and
hedgerow for the fragrant berry OF the
bay, with which 20 mold with her own
hands two Bayberry dips, one for her
selc and one for her lover over the
sea Then Of an appointed night, when
the dips were lighted, the Incense from
the candles was supposed 20 drift to-
SeJher, a symbol Of the unity OF their
love, thus typifying tha blending Of
their destinies.
Another old rhyme from the old
Country AImanack' runs To learn
your luck FOR the year. they say, burn a
Bayberry dip on New Year Day, and
if flame burn bright and the light
shines clear, good luck viii he yours
throughout the year
As early as 1884 a Swedish naturalist.
travelling in America, wrote the follow
ing account Of Rayberry candles:
There IS a plant here from the ber-
rfes OF which. they make kind OF wax
or tailow. ard for that reason the
Swedcs call f. the talIow shrub. The
English call the same tree the Candle
berry tree or Bsyberry bush. t. grows
abundantly in a wet soil and seems 70
The Washington times., 1910-02-25

thrive well in the neighhorhOod Of the
sea.
The berries look as II -four had been
strewn on them. They are gathered late
in the autumn, being ripe about that
time, and are thrown into Kettle Of
boiling water; by this means their tat
melts out, floats on top OF the watel.
and may be skinned OF into a vessel
The tauow. when CONCEALED, looks IKE
common wax. but OF a dirty green c'lor.
BY being melted over sud refined 81
acquires a fine transparent green color
Candles Of this do not easily bend nor
melt IN summer and burn better and
slower. nor do they cause any smoke,
but yield an agreeable smell when eN-
tinguished, insomuch that nice people
often put them out or purpose to have
the incense Of the expiris snuff
These berries were considered OF such
value 10 the Colonial communities that
laws were made limiting their gather
ing and at one time fne was levied
upon anyone caught gathering them be-
fore September 10
The hint OF antiquity that fingers IN
the smoke OF the BayberTy candle has
revived the fashion for them and once
more the sea-cosSt villages OF New Eng
land are manufacturing the fragrant
tapers
The Washington times., 1910-02-25
Faience Known as ''Satsuma
Best in japanese Ceramics

Dean sale In the place Of gold. Dutca
metal IS used. which qaickly discolors
and turns black. II IS quite Impossible
10 procure specimens OF this kind ln
japan. as same IS made solely for ex-
pSrtatiOn-
With regard 10 the porcelain p-odi-r-
lions or Japan. We are pro5abiy more
familiar with that OF KUga than anv
other. the FIRST specimens being mo-
duced al Kanga toward the close of th-
seventeenth century. The clay from
which ibis was manufactured was dis
covered al kutani, where factories were
ere%ted 10 carry on the work.
The body Is or Gne texture, which IS
closely decorated. red and gold being
the predOHdnating cOIors, and really
good specimens rank highly IN the col
lection OF the connolssuer-
The beauty of the paste and novelty o.
the decoration created demand
among lovers Of china in European
countries. 20 meet which sddtionaI fso-
tories were opened IN neignboring pro--
inces, the manufactured specimens be-
Ing sent 70 Kutani 70 be decorated.
IN these specimens. while the de-orz-
ton r. equal 70 those manufactured n
Kanga- the porcelain IS not os suob
fine texture Here. again, tne demand
was chiefly for the oheaper specimen.
and 20 meet this the workmanship was
gradually allowed % deteriorate, ynfr
al length the specimens reaching this
country were. and are, WITHOUT the
! slightest artistic merit. and compare
most UnfavorabIy with our own produc-
tions. although one regrets 10 notice
I they stiu have a ready sale.
Another form of porcelain with which
we are more OF less familiar is that
which. decorated chiefly with REQ, blue
and gold. Is l-nown 20 Us as Imari Tho
factories we've started at Helzeq IN The
/ sixteenth ce7.tJs5y by some potters who
( Of porcelain manufacturing, IN which
the Chinese held at that tine the fore
most place.
/ The paste Al this period Vas OF eZ-
/ ceptionauy fine substance, 'Se decors-
ton, which was light and graceful
I showing the most careful treatment
the beauty OK the glace being plainly
( discernible owing 70 the large portions
I which were left uncovered
With the European demand, however,
I the paste f-adusIlv deteriorated. til
/ decoration was OF distinctly inferic
] quality. and. 20 meet Western tastes
I considerably more crowded
/ The bowls which ara sold in this coun-
/ try in such quantities as Inarf Va-e
( bear no resemblance 70 the true Do-ce-
lain except in the coloring OF -ths7decor-
| alton
The Washington times., 1910-02-25
Stand Frames Straight
In Stretching Curtains

To insure proper hanging Of curtains
the frames in which they are stretched
must stand straight.
Carelessness here can not be rishted
nfterward Carefully stretched, the next
special feature is the, pressing All
points are carefully pressed. the edges
being stes n-dampened by using the iron
over a wet cloth. Hook holes along the
plain edge are obliterated by dampSu-
ing and working between the fingers.
tapcd edge made wavy and irregu-
lar By the hooks is traiShtened by
working the steam-dampvucS curves
outward with one hand while pressing
With the other. Any slack or tension
OF material may be steamed out with
q wet cloth and iron. The same pro-
cess, using several thicknesses of cloth,
viii remove traces of unfortunate
gcorching, a fact not generality known.
Iron rust sometimes resulting from
contact with corroded hooks may be
removed by application OF salt and
lemon juice. steaming it out as above,
steam being more efficacious than the
1ime-honored sun in removing rust
stains Large holes are machine mended
or caught up by hand; small ones are
steam dampened, opposite threads
crossed over and held by pin point
W w-iIe the iron is being applied, and not
q trace is left
The Washington times., 1910-02-25
AN ATTRACTIVE BODICE
Daily Fashion Talks.
Bv FRANCES CARROLL.

& INCE draped blouses arc sanctioned
- by fashion the woman who wishes
to economic may 're-enforce her ward
robe with the slightest expenditure Of
time or money. Graceful and attrac-
tive. the fashion offers many cpportuni-
ties for the employment Of left overs
from former outfits, pieces Of trimming
amp remnants Of silk which would
otherwise remain i'm the scrap bag or
offer themselves merely as incidentals
in the sewing room.
Crepe meteor. net chiffon or any of
the novelty silks which have been worn
for, thu past two seasons offer them
selves in the fabrication Of the attrac-
tive 5raped bodice presented.
Baby Irish lace. figured net or any Of
the cIystalIcd, jetted, or gold mash nets
would make an effective finish for the
bodice. tic same material being used
Tor the short sleeves
The May .Manton pattern, No. go re-
quired may be had dt GoldenberS 5.