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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-22

Ha sid0 nombrado escribiente en- eos
rreoA despues de haber ceAeblado exa-
menes, la senorita anita Lopez, de Ma
yag1pez.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-22

Sc eneuentra acttlalmente en- la isla
en viaje de inspection el jefe de la po-
licia senor Shanton, quien presentaa
luego, un record, al gobernador acer-
ca de sus investigaciones.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-22
L. ESTER 4.
RMUDEZ HERMANOS.

Importation da de las rncpaes Fabcas Europa Esados Uni
dos
detail scanaado lo
Rued de ce ana de dos caba
dOble
$500 de plan
chadOr Baues Maletas So de At Pnturas Barnces se
zadoras de eche Aras Cacda Escrva
FORTALEZA No. %.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-22

Aver. rn Puerta de TERRA, frente 4
la parada s, IN carro tirado por dos ga
ballo> y gHado por Francisco Fernan-
dez, choc0 con 0trO que gu uiaba Dionisio
Lopez Escribano, cuyo carro result5 ro-
to y eI caballo herido. Fernandez fue
arrestado por infracci6n al eglamrnto
de carlnteraS
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-22
vENTA DE vACAs DE LECHE

Sc desea vender algunas vaeas pro-
pias para lecheria y Sc toma ganado a
Guido, en- buenaS cOndiciones.
Para infornes dirljase su dueno
JOSE ARGUELLES JOGLAR, Apar-
tado No. %, Rio Piedras.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-22

Tenemos de alberto
Opica
ria Relojera
Este Departameno ha sido equpado
jero contamos los servicios de Opico graduado.
facidd aquos
aho obhgados los Etad Uido
personal
Nuestros los los de
del todo
Dehmo cuaur por compcada que 6sta sea
6rminO de "a no
P BoURET HUSTE sucesor de Tnaud Principal Juan
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-22

Jose Maria Ramos (a) Sese. acusadn~
de ataque para cometer vioaci6n quien
Sc encontraba lequisitoriado desde Ell mes
de abril por la COrte de Paz de Lola.
fue capturado aver por fuerza de este
distrito.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-22

Iia >ldo nombrado don Jose Rafael Ri
vera. maquinista encargado del Rolo dc
Vapor No. :, bajo las 6rdenes del ms
pector Niajero, senor Cosme Torres del
departamcnto de Obras Publicas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-22
DE PIANO
TEORIA MUSICAL

La senorita Elisa Marvez, profesora
de piano y De teoria musical. ofrece sus
seryicios en- San Juan, Puerta de Terra,
Santurce Rio Piedras, Catano y Baya.
mon, precios m6dicos.
Direction: Tetuan 21 Hotel San
Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-22
(Ni o..
NOTICIAS

Han Sldo puesto, en- libertad, Manuel
Marines Cruz, que cumpli6 ocho meses.
por el delito de seduction Y Nicasio Es
pmosa Cruz, que cumpli6 tm ano. pol-
el de eScalamiento en- primer grado.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-22

Aver Sc despidi6 de nosotros cI dis
tinguido joyen don joaquin Martinez
Cintr0n, hijo del reputado galeno doe
tor Martinez Guasp.
FL .oven MARTINEZ va para los EStado>
Unidos i continuar slls estudios de me-
dicina
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-22

Aver cmbarearon en- el Carolina ?
nueStros estimables amigos don Tomas
Nazquez don Jose &. del Vale, qnlenee
van a fjar su residencia en- Espana
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
The Geese Were Ducks.

The following little incident took
place awhile ago at a Northeastern
station in Yorkshire:
Some geese had strayed on the rail-
way and were observed by traveller,
who, fearing that they might be run
over. said to one of the porters on the
platform:
'Who owns the geese, my MANI"
"Them's Ducks" the porter replied.
Again the question was asked. with
the same reply. Somewhat annoyed.
the traveller called the station master
and told him the story, stating that he
full well knew the difference between
geese and ducks.
The station master laughingly re-
Piled: The man is quite right. Those
geese are Ducks. They belong to Mr..
John Duck, the farmer."-London Tit
Bits.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
TN aATTfEsBUR3 news
P.py. and 'th. Comet.

They were watching a comet In
Pepys' day. though HALEY at the time
was but eight years old. my Lord
Sandwich this day." says the diarist.
Dec. 81. 1854, writes me word that
he hath seen at Portsmouth the comet
and says 1t is the most extraordinary
thing he ever saw" Again on the
oath: ''Having sat up all night till past
2 o'clock this morning. our porter be-
ing appointed. comes and tells us that
the bellman tells him that the star is
seen upon Tower hill; so |. that had
been all night setting in order of my
old papers in my chamber, did now
leave off all and my boy and l TO
the Tower hill. 1t being a most fine.
bright, moonshine night and great
frost. but no comet to be SEEM" Later
the same day. however Pepys saw
the comet. which now. whether worn
away or no. know not appears not
with tail, but only is larger and dull
er than any other star"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01

Chief Justice Marshall used to mar
rate with great glee the following cor
respondence on point Of honor be-
tween Governor Giles Of Virginia and
Patrick Henry. The governor wrote:
Sir-I understand that you have called
mo a bobtail politician. 1 wish TO know
II IT be true and, If true your meaning.
w. r. GILES.
Patrick Henry's reply came prompt
ly:
Sir-I do not recollect calling you q bob
tail politician at any time, but think It
probable that / have. l can't say what /
did mean, but II you will tell me what
you think meant I will say whether
you are correct or not. Very respectfully,
PATRICK HENRY.
This was leaving it to Giles with a
vengeance; but, as there was no fur
Their correspondence, the governor of
Virginia must have read satisfaction
somewhere between the lines Of Pat
rick Henry's brilliantly equivOcal re-
ply.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
A Or. johnson Story.

DR.. Johnson had some ideas on edu
cation, especially on that diversion
known as learning piece by heart" "
One day Mrs. Gastrel set little girl
to repeat to him Cato's soliloquy.
which she went through very correct
ly. The doctor, after pause, asked
the child, "What was to bring Cato
to an end?" She said it was a knife
"No, my dear, it was not So" MY
Aunt Polly said it was a knife"
"Why, Aunt Polly's knife may do. but
It was a dagger, my dear" He then
asked her the meaning Of "bane" and
"antidote," which she was unable to
give. Mrs. Gastrel said, You cannot
expect so young a child to know the
meaning Of such words" He then
said, "My dear, how many pence are
there in sixpence?" 81 cannot tell.
sir" was the half terrified reply. On
this, addressing himself to Mrs. Gas
trel, he said, Nov, my dear lady, can
anything be more ridiculous than to
teach a child Cato's soliloquy who
does not know how many pence there
are In sixpence"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
How Thew Got Out.

Uncle Ephraim had two hogs, which
he kept in a pen at the rear end Of his
little lot. They were of the razor
back" variety, and, although they were
fed bountifully with kitchen waste. it
seemed impossible to put any fat on
their attenuated frames One morning
when he went out to feed them they
were not there. They had disappear
ed, leaving no clew to the manner in
which they had made their escape
Whats the matter. Uncle Eph?
inquired neighbor, noticing the deep
detection with which the old man was
looking down into the empty pen.
my hawgs is done gone. sah," he
answered.
"Stolen?"
mo. sab; l don't see no signs dat
anybody tuck EN-"
did they climb out over the top?"
mo; dey couldn't "a done dat"
How do you think they got away"
"Well, sah," said Uncle Ephra i'm,
"my 'pinion is dat dem hawgs kind
o raised deirselves up on aidge an
crope through a crack youths Com
paniOn.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
Shooting Jack Rabbiss.

"Jack rabbits In Kansas are Just as
numerous as they were the day the
first covered wagon moved across 1t
toward the Rocky mountains" said a
Kansas farmer. st appears to me
they are galloping around in greater
numbers than ever. Did you ever try
to exterminate jack rabbit? II you
never did you've something to learn
about shooting
"a jack rabbits movement starts
with spring in the air He lands
on all tours. and the intervening space
from the time he jumps and the time
he lights is just about nothing. but he
covers from ten to fifteen feet with
every jump. There's only one way to
take 'em alive and that is to leave the
top off pasture well overnight. Next
morning therell be plenty. because
Jack rabbits will jump into any kind
of hole that's open. They seem TO
have a fondness for dried out wells
They outrun the average dog with
ease, but can't beat the greyhound
Shooting them on the run is as diff
cult as shooting birds on the wing.
possibly more difficult. Possibly $4,000
are killed In Kansas every year. and
yet they seem just as numerous as
ever."-St. Paul Dispatch
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
President jackson Speaks.

T. S. Jackson, president of the
Commercial Club, called the meeting
to order and delivered very happy
and effective little talk preliminary
to the reading of a lengthy commune
cation by the secretary. Mr.. Jackson
said the meeting had been called
for the purpose of inducing a general
discussion of one of the most import
ant matters that has ever been placed
before the people of Hattiesburg.
Going a little into the history of the
fight for lower freight rates, he said
that it covered a period of about five
years, and that in anticipating a pos
sible defeat before the Interstate
Commerce Commission, he and the
secretary of the club began casting
about for possible solution of the
difficulty. In looking for an outlet via
the Mississippi river, the organization
of the Mississippi Valley Transports
ton company was reported and
the officers of the Commercial Club
Immediately opened correspondence
with the company. The result of this
long correspondence was the coming to
Hattiesburg about two weeks ago of
two representative of the company,
at which time several verbal propo-
sitions were made. Feeling that the
citizens of the city had had an >ele-
CANT sufficiency of intangible propo-
sitions, Mr.. Jackson told the repre-
sentatives of the company so, but
further informed them that whenever
they were ready to submit in writing
some tangible, feasible proposition,
then he would submit it to an open
meeting of the Club, and the people
of Hattiesburg, he thought, would be
ready to do business with them. The
visiting gentlemen took the hint, and
also took their departure, and their
visit was followed few days ago by
one from ]. R. Peachy, general traffic
manager for the Mississippi Valley
Transportation Company, who made
the verbal proposition under discus.
sion, and the final nail was driven,
Mr.. Jackson said, Monday, by letter
from Mr.. Peachy, confirming their con-
versation. and extending to the city
the Meridian basis of freight rates on
classes and commodities.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
Arrangements With Railroads.

Arrangements have been made with
railroads leading out of terminal
points into the interior, and friendly
relations will exist between these
roads and the transportation Compa-
ny. mot a railroad in the country
will be affected" said the speaker,
but the big trunk lines, paralleling
the Mississippi river" The connec-
tons of the company will be wide and
far reaching in scope, and will affili.
ate with all the boat lines on all the
streams tributary to the Mississippi
river.
Explaining the benefits of the in
vestment, Mr.. Moser said that the
passenger boats alone would pay a
dividend of per cent on the total
stock, and that he firmly believed the
company would not make less than a
20 per cent dividend the first year
He cited instances of foreign compa-
MES making as high as so per cent
The organization of the company, he
said, is the result of years of study
and foreign travel by w. H. Kavan-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
A BRIGHT IDEA.
Unusual sasacity That Was Lauded by
the Professor.


That the proverbial absentminded
professor is sometimes ably abetted by
his wife is illustrated by a story told
of Professor Bunsen. One evening
about the usual hour for retiring he
took it into his head to run over to
the club just as he and madam were
returning from an evening call.
But" said the lady. II must have
the front door locked before | retire."
This emergency staggered the pro-
fessor, and as he looked bewildered at
his wife the lady, seized with an in
SEPARATION. continued;
"Pll go in and lock the door and
throw you the key from the window"
This program was carried out. and
when he reached the club the profess
or related the incident to a friend as
evidence Of his wife's unusual sagac-
ity.
The friend greeted the story with a
roar Of laughter.
"And why. my dear professor" he
said. "did you not simply admit your
wife, lock the door from the outside
and come away?"
True" calculated the learned man
Of science, 1--WE never thought of that"
The climax of the incident was
reached an hour later when, returning
home, the professor discovered that
the lady in her excitement had thrown
out the wrong key.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
OUR POOR LITTLE EARTH.
A Mere speck Compared With Some
of the Monster Suns. :.


The main facts of astronomy are
highly interesting 1t is only dry text
books that have made us turn away
from them. Read good popular as
tronomy and you will gain dim, re-
mote idea of infnity and eternity.
Sometimes you think you see big
star, but you do not. You merely see
the light from it which has been $500
years in reaching us.
Almost everybody knows that our
solar system. Jupiter would scarcely
condescend to notice us. But they do
not know that our sun itself sits be-
low the salt. 1t would not be admit
ted to a congregation of important
heavenly bodies. Campus, the lar
gest star that we see, is 10000 times
the size of our sun. and our solar cen
ter is hopelessly outclassed by Aide
baran, Rigel, Sirius. Betelguese and
countless others.
Mark Twain put this fact very well
In one of his stories, Captain Storm
fields Visit to Heaven" When the
captain arrived and announced that he
was from the earth the recording an
gels could not remember ever having
heard Of such place before. One
tie planet belonging to a poor little
solar system away down in a dark cor
ner of the heavens.-New York World.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01

to 100000 annually in freight rates
to the people of Hattiesburg; and
as the company only asked for sub
scription of $4,000 of the stock, the
city would show saving of at least
100000 at the end of the first year,
whether this stock should prove to be
worth much or little, and the saving
would go on from year to year, and in.
crease as the business of the city in
creased. He said that if the people of
the city were to donate $4,000 to the
company, and not trouble them with
they would make big money by the
transaction"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
ASBESTUS.
Thsre Are Many Varieties of This Pc
cuIiar, Puzzling Substance.

There Are Many Varieties of This Pc
cuIiar, Puzzlng Substance.
OF all the queer minerals which ma
ture seems to have provided for no
other purpose than that man might
show his ingenuity in their use moth
ing compares to that meteorological
vegetable asbestus, which in its native
state is both fibrous and crystalline,
elastic and yet brittle, stone which
VIII float and which may be carded,
spun and woven like flax or silk. AS
bestus is mined in practically every
section of the globe, and the asbestus
of the various countries differs as
greatly In appearance as does the foil
age Of the trees and plants native to
each. 1t is alike in but one feature
that 1t is absolutely indestructible, no
known combinations of acids even af-
fecting the strength or appearance of
it's fiber and the fercest flames leav-
ing 1t unscathed 1t is a nonconductor
Of heat and of electricity
Some varieties of asbestus are as
compact as marble and will take the
highest polish others have loose, silky
f1bers. Mountain wood is variety
presenting an irregular filamentous
structure, like wood, and other vari-
cites, taking their names from their
resemblance to the various materials,
are rock, cork, mountain leather, fossil
paper and fossil flax
Asbestus is really variety of am
phibole or hornblende, composed of
separable filaments with silky luster.
It's colors are various shades of white,
gray or green, passing into brown, red
or black. Although as perishable as
grass, it is older than any order Of
animal or vegetable life on earth.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
augh and others, and the men at the
head of it are well known and compe-
font
Wants Hattiesburs to Subscribe.


He said that the company wanted
the people of Hattiesburg to subscribe
$4,000 worth of stock-S25,O00 now
and $4,000 when the line is put in
operation. The stock is worth $50
per share, Is per cent of which is
to be paid when the subscription is
taken, the balance in notes six, twelve
and eighteen months after date, which
will draw per cent interest.
Mr.. Moser will be in the city for
some time, and will try to call on
each business man here and explain
the proposition thoroughly. The SEN
timent expressed at the meeting last
night bespeaks for him a cordial re-
ception
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
Wonderful Memories,

We are told that Pascal never for
got anything he had seen. heard or
thought Avicenna could repeat by
rote the entire Koran when he was
ten years old, and Francis Suarez had
the whole of ST. Augustine in his
memory. In three weeks Scaliger, The
famous scholar, committed to memory
every line Of the "Iliad" and the
odyssey" Another scholar, Justus
Lipsius, offered to repeat the 'Histo-
ries'' Of Tacitus without a mistake on
forfeit of his life.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
Rose to the Occasion.

Mr.. Kajones, who happened to step
into the parlor while looking for a
body slip hastily off somebody else's
knee.
"Ah, Bessie" he observed pleasantly,
this is merger, is it7 Or is 1t a
limited partnership"
Neither, papa" said Bessie, recover
ing herself instantly; George is my
holding company-that's all."-Chicago
Tribune.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
MISSOURI TEACHERS
TO STUDY FARMING.

Special to The Netos.
Jefferson City, Mo-, March 1.-Mis
souri, teachers through their reading
circles will this year study farming
instead of pedagogy. Agriculture has
been one Of their equipments for
teachers certificates and more stress
will be placed upon the subject in
public schools and higher educational
institutions of the state.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
The Best She Could Do.

"We've got to cut down our ex-
penses," said Woody. I'VE are living
In style that makes everybody think
my income must be twice as big as il
is."
WELL" his wife replied. what more
do you want, seeing that there is no
chance for you to double your income p
Chicago Record Fl erald.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
A Mean Accusation.

The plump and pretty waitress was
being teased by youthful male board
er when a sedate middle aged man en-
tered the dining room. To him she
made prompt appeal
els there anything on my facer she
demanded.
"Why, yes" was the reply, after q
lengthy scrutiny. There Is some Gu
ttcle on it."
ooh, there is notr she said In high
dudgeon and founced out Of the room.
-Lippincott's.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01

companys Representative Introduced.
President Jackson introduced rep
resentative of the Mississippi Valley
Transportation Company, Mr.. w. H.
Noser, who described infinitely the
working of the company so far and
what they proposed to do. The freight
line between st. Louis and New Or
leans is to be opened within sixty
days, the boats for the initial service
having already been chartered, and
new boats being under construction.
The present plan of the company is
to build several steel freight boats,
which will be $50 feet long and sixty
feet wide, and constructed so that all
freight will be carried in the hold in.
stead of laying on the top of the boat.
Each boat will carry 5000 tons Of
freight and draw only six feet of
water. The company also proposes
to build 80 barges along the same
line and will carry like tonnage and
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
Up to Hattiesbura.

Now" said Mr.. Jackson, ut is up
to the people of Hattiesburg to re-
ciprocate by subscribing to some of
the stock of this company, which pro-
poses and guarantees to do so much
for this city"
Continuing, he said that the propo-
sition meant a saving of from $3.50, 900
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
Writing For Money.

Fond Father-Yes, my boy at the
varsity has written several articles for
the magazines
Friend-But he's not professional
writer, surely?
what do you mean by profession
alp"
'Why, he doesn't write for money!
Doesn't he? You ought to see
some Of his letters to mep'-Exchange.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
Mr.. Conner Endorses the Proposition.

Mr.. Conner Endorses the Proposition.
After the reading of the communi-
cation by the secretary, w. M. Con-
ner addressed the meeting He said:
Il regard this as a crisis in the his
tory of Hattiesburg. We are nearer a
permanent solution of the difficulty we
have labored under for so long than
we ever were before, and we cannot
afford to let this proposition go by
without serious consideration. The
proposition, as / understand it, is
that the Mississippi Valley Transpor-
tation Co. proposes not only to place
but to maintain Hattiesburg freight
rates on a parity with Jackson and
Meridian. The question is of vital
interest to every man, woman and
child in the community, and the con-
sumner will be benefited more than
anyone else. l believe the stock of
the company will make money; but
even if it does not, and we invest as
high as $4,000 in it and lose every
dollar of it, we would make it back
on freight rates in a short time The
taking of this stock is merely wanted
by the company as an evidence of
good faith, and interest in this COM
pany, upon the part of the people of
Hattiesburg, and in addition to taking
it the natural result of things would
be for us to throw as much tonnage
as possible to the company we are
interested in. If the rate is estab-
lished-and it will be-every railroad
in the state will, before long, be
knocking at our door and asking for
tonnage"
A prominent railroad man, Mr..
Conner said, whose road will not be
affected by the new company other
than to lessen it's present tonnage
and rates, had told him that the plan
was entirely feasible.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01

draw only 80 inches of water. These
will be used ON smaller streams for
taking freight to terminal points of
the company on the Mississippi. Two
combination passenger and express
boats will also be built and operated
on a fast schedule between st. Louis
and New Orleans.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
TRAINMEN PERISH In
Y. N. c. A. fire

Schenectady. N Y, March LIN
fire which destroyed the railroad Y.
M. CA building at Rotterdam juno
ton, on the Boston and Maine Rail
way. early today, three train employ
ees persisted. The bodies have not
yet been recovered
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
Insult Upon Injury,

And to make matters worse" COM
planned the employee who had Just
been blown up by a premature explo-
sion in a quarry, "when l claimed
damages the foreman called me a
blasted fool."-Lippincotts.