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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-04-17
RbC0RDAADOA A BISMARCK

Ell iterato j. Won Eckardt, que esta-
ba en- amistosas relaciones nBismarck
ly su familia, cuenta en sus "Recuer-
dos'' los siguientes episodes de la vida
del gran canciller:
I'm dia, visitando punt0s muy lejanos
de SUI propiedad de Sachsenwalde, Bis
marck acabo por perderse en el bosque
Icansado, hambriento y malhumorado
entr6 en- una solitaria choza para pedir
un vase de leche Encontr0 una vie.!a
sentada en- un banco, hacienda media
| y meciendo una criatura Al enterar
| Sc del deseo del foraster0, le dijo con
La mayor naturalidad que con gusto
ir1a al establo ordeiiar la vaca, 81 el
senior entretanto quisiera mecer al ro-
irro. En- efecto, el principe consinti6
en- hacer ell ofcio de Ia abuela hasta
ique esta volvi6 con la leche Men
tras la estaba bebiendo, la vieja lie pre-
gunto 81 tai vez era ell inspector de
monies. No, contesto el principe; soy
bismarck, Ell ammo mismo. De este NADIA
Sc, fue la contestacion de la vieja; pero
mucho me h1Ibiera gustado conocer al
senior Inspector de montes Bismarck
mismo cont6 este. lance, para compro-
bar, segdn dec1a, ell limite estrecho en-
que se mantuvo su popularidad.
Bismarck era gastronomo y ademas
lfuerte comedor. Despues de haberse
lpuesto en- cura con ell famoso doctor
lScmeninger, este tuvo que afrontar mas
de una vez Ia ira de su paciente, para
hacerlo apechugar con el consabido me-
MI die i'sopa blanca, pescado blanco y
carne blanca, rociado todo clio con vino
blanco !"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-04-17
CR0N|CA VALERA
DE LOLA A VEGA-ALTA.
F'Para Ell BOI1ETIN AEERCANTII.. ;

Despuntando ell rubicundo Febo su
mAgico esplendor, por las cumbres y
os llanos de este suelo tropital; escu-
Ichando ell du;lce trino de sonoras ave
cillas; ell balar de la Oveja; ell arreo
Idel pastor; vel mugido de la vaca, CON
testand ole la cr1a; las gallinas caca-
'eando, frente a frente a sus cantores.
mas parados y orgullosos que los ''Bru-
jas" de San Juan, me meti con la ia
lmilia, mi querido director, en- un CO.
che que nos trajo de Lola hasta Hato
Rey, admirando las campinas hori-
zontes de mi patria, que producer al
vfajero, embriagaciones del alma, sa-
tisfaciones inmensas, que Sc anidan y
Sc agrupan Ell el pecho borincanO, CO.
mo dulces, amorosas y risuellas espe-
ranzas, siempre y cuandO no Sc esfumen
cuales bellos espejismos que Sc pier
den vagarosas' en- las sombras de La
Inada
"A las 10 Ca. m. estabamos en- la Cen
raj Carmen" de Vega Alta, casa
'esidencia de mi lhermano, quien nos
esper6 con los brazos abiertos
Visitamos en- esta Central sus mil
tiples maquinarias y diversas depen
dencias.
Orden, aseo y limpieza, dentro y fue
ra; por doquier Sc observa la hygiene
no hay charcos nj pantonos.
Nos fuimos visitar ell pueblo de We
ga-Alta Asombro lleno de agradable
sorpresa me cause la transformation dc
este pueblo. Hace cuatro amos, SUI as
pecto era completamente distinto.
Plaza asoleada Ell forma de cruz, ca.
| Hes limpias, aceras; casas de moderna
]y bonit ia construction todas en- uns
linea rigurosa, fernando un belllsime
aspecto Hasta en- los bohios tipicos
lque habita Ia pobreza puertorriquena
Sc observa la perfecta llnea, y estan nu
merados. Abundante comercio. Ell
cuaGquier parte y hasta en- los subur
bios Sc observa absolute limpieza, hi
giene, sanidad, SALUD.
Oh, la higiene i-T1 eres el mejol
ant1doto para neutralizar los efectos dt
un contagio!
Se conoce aqu1 demostrado por Il
idea y ell hecho puesto Ell practica e
buen ejemplo de una buena marcha ad
ministrativa y por tanto una cuidadoss
y excelente como activa autoridad mll
nicipal.
Mi MAS cara felicitacion al AIcald,
y al Concejo Municipal, que tan bue
mas medidas adopta en- sus tareas ad
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-04-17

two de los altos destinos a que deben
tlegftimamente aspirar hombres por GU
Iyas virtudes c1vicas y por Ell grado de
mentalidad por ellos alcanzado, sc les
esta reclamando incesantemente, y con
apremio, a un glorioso porvenir, como
factores principales de una civilization
a la cual Sc deben y en- medic de la cual
|se agitan indiferentes; a ese funesto
sistema hay que opener el de la raz6n ;
y al de ia barbarie, el del pr0greso In
cesante, que conduciran hacia la noble
conquista de todos los derechos por
Las Was luminOsas de la hbertad.
Decla Victor Hugo: ''que ell exito de
las grandes empresas que la humanidad
acometfa, no consistia sino en- el m6rito
de haberlas intentado"
No desmaye el eximio luchador, que
quiza yea coronados sus mobiles esfuer-
EOS, como hombre que es de elevados
prop6sitos y nobil1simas tendencias
Jose Landaeta Bremont.
San Juan Il de Abril de 1911.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-04-17

sitio de la TERRA, esta escrito en- los Gle
los, y en- su coraz6n refejado en- Ell man
to blanco de sus virtudes.
Dios ha querido nevaria a su Santa
Mansion; y para demostrar mas las cua.
lidades insuperables de Sor Isabel, ahi
esta toda esta noche santa en- la Capilla
del Cementerio de esta capital, delante
de Nuestro Senior Jesucristo tambien en-
la Santa Cruz, velada constantemente
por dos hermanas de su misma Orden
que no separan su Santo Rosario de las
manos y de pronunciar plegarias en- ho-
nor de esta santa hermana que nos aban-
dona eternamente.
Paz a sus restos, y que Dios la lleve
hoy mismo a gozar de los bienes de los
cielOs.
Juan 4. SObri1O.
San Juan, Abril IA de 1911
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-04-17

iministrativas para el levantamiento de
un pueblo.
| Ardl en- deseos de conOcer personal
Imente al Alcalde me fue presentado
Ipor este Honorable Juez de Paz, el
Sr. Escalera. Llamase Don Teodomiro
Ramirez, los amos pesan sobre el, en-
su arrugada frente Sc ,esconden las ini-
|ciativas del Progreso. Como ell Alcal-
de de mi pueblo, el Sr. Hernaiz Veron-
ne, es pequeno de c1lerpo, pero de CO.
razon gigante. El Alcalde de Lola. es
tambien active e incansable 5Sera
|porque es hijo de Vega Alta?
La nueva Ley de Sanidad, en- 10 que
respecta a urbanizaci6n NADIA tendra
que thacer EN- Vega Alta
Lo dnico que lie suplico a Don Teodo-
miro es que lie pregunte al Celador del
Cementerio en- que estado Sc encuentra
la mansion de los muertos, y que 10
Iobligue a lm'piarla, cortando y arran-
cando aquel 'malojillo'' que exube-
rante crece entire los muertos, pues no
guarda proportion ell 'bonito aspecto de
la poblaci6n, con ell abandono del Ce-
| nenterio.
iLoor los hombres que saben levan-
| tar los pueblos
G.. G. DE LA n.
Vega Alta, p. R., Abril IA, de 1911.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-04-17
>HeTmanas de Ia Carload
SOR ISABEL MARTI
RECUERDO POsTUMO


La venerable hermana de la Carload
|"Sor Isabel Mart1," que fue superiora
del Auxilio M1tuo, ha sido uno de esos
seres privlegiados, que unen el carino
|y. ell respeto, y de una resignation in
comparable aceptando gustosa las en-
fermedades, que lie mand6 ell Senior, 10
que le hizo mas soportables los sufri-
mientos
Esto que dejo dicho y muchisimo mas
que pude apreciar de cerca en- las dis
tintas acosiones que en- ell Auxilio fut
tan admirablemente asistido por ella y
por sus compaheras de la misma insti-
tuci6n, no podr1a reducirse columnas
de peri0dicos, necesitaba escribir un IL
bro de gran vol1men ailn no 10 dir1a
| todo.
Sus meritOs personales sc reconoclan
en- aquellOs momentos de abnegaci0n, de
Eespontaneos actos de voluntad, que sc
presentaban en- ella como desprendimien
tos de una bondad inagotable, eran yer
daderos escapes de dulZura que Sc exte
riorizaban de la hermosura de su alma
consagrada a Dios y al servicio de sm
semejantes
| Sor Isabel, no era una de esos seres
que Sc comprenden inmediatamente que
sc tratan, no: pertenec1a a la clase que
Sc da a conocer, despues que conocer
fondo y sin ninguna clase de dudas
a las personals que tratan. En- ella M
pudo entrar la hipocres1a, llamaba bue
no a 10 bueno, y malo 10 malo, sin min
gun reparo.
| Imitadora fiel del fundador de la Or
den, que tanto enaltece la humanidaC
entera, San Vicente de Patll," cum
pli6 acknowledgements los mandates QUE
nos hacen las tres virtudes teologales
slend0 la tercera de estas: amar q Dio!
sobre todas las cosas, y al pr0jimo come
nosotros mismos
Yo sc de antique, que estas santas hi
jas del Senor, tienen latente en- su ina
ginaci0n, abandonar 10 mas pronto posi-
BILE este mundo, por La seguridad qu(
concfben de ir a gozar de Dios en- lo
cielos. Pero nosotros los que utilizamo
sus asistencias, pedimos a ese mism,
Dios, que es ell Padre Supreme de todoS
|que les conceda vivir la mayor can't
dad de TEMPO entire nosotros para qu'
icontinden siendo balsamo necesario Ell
|nuestras Intermediates.
Con la muerte de una hermana de 4;
| Carload, Sc separa de la humanidad, III
Ellbro colossal que mas que en- ning1n otr,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-04-17
Reception en- Ia EoIta!eza

La Senorita Cotton recibira d sus
amistades ell jueves 20 de abril, duran
te esta temporada, de 4 a 6 de la tarde
Siendo este su ultimo d1a de recibo, de-
sea ella que todas sus amigas concu-
rran.
The Winslow mail., 1911-10-07
Minstrels Make Good.

]. M. Busby's Minstrels played
to crowded house last night
They were by far the finest min
strel troop that ever visited our
city. Anyone who likes minstrel
shows could not help but be
pleased with their singing and
dancing, which was greeted
round after round of applause
The show is new, clean and up
The Winslow mail., 1911-10-07

The warm weather is now
over and it is time to think of
the coming cold weather Bah
bitt Bros. have the finest line of
stoves and ranges you ever saw,
and their prices are right. See
Mr.. Porter of the hard ware de-
partment of that establishment,
who will be pleased to show you
the stock, and at prices that
will surprise you.
Read the Mail.
The Winslow mail., 1911-10-07

Miss Polly Duggar, operator
for the Santa Fe at Cliffs, is Wis
iting here this week with her
father and sister.
Mrs. R. w. Nelson and baby
returned Saturday evening from
their visit in Los Angeles.
Just received a large shipment
of fine, fat cattle, at the City
Meat Market. !
The Winslow mail., 1911-10-07

Messrs. James c. Tehan and c.
]. Spellmire, of Babbitt Bros.
Mere. Co., were Flagstaff visi-
tors the early part Of the week
on business.
The Winslow mail., 1911-10-07
A Good Show.

The cOlOred ministries were
witnessed by a large and appre-
ciative audience here last Tues
day evening. 1t is very seldom
that we get to see so good a
minstrel show as this one except
in the larger cities. The darkies
were right there, both in singing
and dancing and were encored to
almost every number. The show
carries fine brass band which
rendered some excellent music =
Genesco Post. Winslow Opera
House, Tuesday Oct. 10th.
When in need of good things
to eat in the line of meats, fruits
and vegetables or canned goods
call at the City Meat Market. +
Mrs. Moore, accom- panied by
her son, John c., returned the
past week from Los Angeles and
other California cities where
they have been on a vacation
visiting with relatives.
The Winslow mail., 1911-10-07

District Attorney w. P. Geary
returned Sunday evening from
Flagstaff whert. he has been for
some time assisting District At
torney X. N. Stevens of Coconino
county during the court session,
The Winslow mail., 1911-10-07

to-date, replete with new songs
and certainly deserved the excel
lent patronage which it received
-AIva Daily News. Winslow
Opera House, Tuesday OFT. 10
The Winslow mail., 1911-10-07

Read the Mail.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
Delay in Justice.

Americans who CrIticiSc the courts
for delay in the administration of ius-
tice in this country have I distinct re-
minder in the progress of the Camor.
rist trial in Italy that we are better
off than some other nations in this re.
Spcct At Niterbo the Camorrist trial
has been dragging its slow length along
since last March, and dispatches state
that the jury has become so weary OF
the proceedings that it has requested
through its president. that no more evi.
dence be submitted
The same dispatches announce tha
the attorneys upon each side of tho
case will wish to consume about two
weeks in summing up the evidence. II
addition TO this, each OF the Camorrist,
has personal attorney who will dc.
mand opportunity 10 be heard: and it j.
among the possibilities that the famou.
trial will last year before the decision
of the jury can be reached
The United States has nothing com
parable with this delay in the processe.
of justice While some criminal trials il
this country have been too long DELAYED
and have strung out 10 almost interim
nable length. nothing like this has eve
, occurred. In the Haymarket trials il
Chicago. the nearest approach to tn,
Camorrist cases in America. justice wa
comparatively swift and sure. In tn,
Mcnamara cases the trial was brough
forward with reasonable dispatch, AM
had il not ended by the sudden ant
abject confession of the accused
would have been concluded within
reasonable time.
But in Italy the apprehension of tn,
accused camorrists was delayed man,
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
Much in the Cactus.

If press reports from California are
to be accepted as true the latest achieve
ment of Luther Burbank, plant specialist,
promises the practical solution of sew
eral problems which confront modern
civilization. According TO these reports,
the plant wizard has not only evolved
species of cactus without spines. but
has made ii of great practical value.
Ii is said that its leaves can be con-
verted into paint and whtewash. that
the fruit is as delicious as the straw
berry. and that the pith of the stems
makes an excellent substitute for rubber
and can be used in the manufacture OF
wood pulp from which paper is made.
Mr.. Burbank also claims that the leaf
of this cactus contains as much food
value as a large-sized beefsteak.
AS we have no data for confirming
or entering denial of these claims of the
large worth of the spineless cactus, we
can only hope that they are all true, and
that practical methods will soon be
found to utilize for the we'll being OF
humanity all the fine qualities of Mr..
Burbank's latest addition to plant life.
Perhaps, however. the operations for
Transforming the plant into paper. rub
Der, and beefsteak, or their equivalents
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
immigration Declines.

Incomplete reports from the ports OF
entry in the United States show consid-
cradle falling off in the number OF i'm
migrants coming to this country during
the calendar year 1911. At the port OF
New York. where the great majority
of immigrants land, the estimated ar
rivals for the year are 78I.o58, as against
I.Io2o3o for the year 1910 and nearly
the same number in 1909.
This decrease may be only tenn
porary lulI in the action of the tide, as
was the case in 1908, when the number
of immigrants landed was only 55o,738.
This year. as in 1908 the lesser number
OF immigrants coming in fell suddenly
from above the million mark, but the
decline in 1908, as already pointed out,
was merely temporary.
The cause for the decrease is not
easy to assign. 1t may be due TO the
uncertainty of industrial conditions in
this country. which may have had de-
terrent effect upon the European people
who make up the immigrant host. 1t
may he that a larger proportion OF
wealthy people have been travelling 10
and fro this year. thus making it pos
sible for steamship agents to relax
their efforts in seeking passengers among
the poor people of Europe. Again, II
may be that the natural ebb in the tide
has set in because the supply of lmmi-
grants is showing signs of exhaustion
But. whatever the cause. the United
States has several hundred thousand
fewer Europeans to aSsimilate into its
population this year than last, and the
fact affords some relief to the minds OF
those who have long felt alarm over
the European invasion. \ time will
naturally come when the tide Of immi-
grafton to this country will grow less
because of the foreigners inability tc
prosper under industrial and social con-
ditionS in America, and it may be that
the decline in immigration during the
present year is the beginning OF a de-
crease in the movement of European
lower classes to this country
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
Pay and Allowances.

1t is quite natural that there should
he considerable protest against the ac-
tion OF Congress in placing a time linn
itation upon the filing of claims for pay,
bounties. and allowances due to veterans
Of the civil war and the war with Spain.
The proposal is to limit the period for
the former to December 81. 1912, while
the Spanish war veterans are given
until December 81. 1914.
The argument is made that if pay,
bounty. and allowances are due a SOL
dier, the government should not enact a
statute of limitation against him. 1t
is said, also. that it has been the Gus
tom OF paymasters to guard against er-
ror by making payments which were
manifcstly less than the amounts due.
while the accounts were often so COM
plicated. being made up of several items,
that the soldiers were unable to deter
mine whether or not they had been cor
rectly paid As their condition has be-
come more neceSsitous through advanc-
ing age. many of them have asked for
an examination of their accounts, with
the result that one-third of the appli-
cations have disclosed Indebtedness on
the part of the government.
1t is certain that the proposed law,
which is a provision of the urgent
deficiency bill, will meet with much op-
position on the part of the old soldiers
who insist that they are entitled to re-
ceive the money which is justly due
them, even though the adjudication OF
their claims be delayed until they are
compelled by necessity to ask for a
settlement.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
A GOOD WORD FOR ARIZONA.
II Is state Where Men with In
duStry Can Succeed.

Editor The Washington Herald:
In the current number of Scribner's
Magazine there appears poeticaI con-
tribution bearing the title of THE Exile"
In which an imaginary sufferer from tu-
berculosis, who left his home in far-away
New England to seek health in the heal
ing atmosphere of Arizona, describes the
new State as "a God-forSaken land" The
evident intention of the writer of this
Poem Is to call attention to the soul
satisfying things which are only to be
found among the hills and valleys of
'Old New England To do this IL was
necessary for him to send his patient to
some country in which the white plague,
instead of striding through the land with
its deadly reaping hook, as it does where
the gold is in the sunset" finds an enc
my before which it withers like the green
leaves of autumn in the first killing frost
In developing the simile the poet says
some things about Arizona which are
not true.
The people of Arizona are not inviting
to the new State men and women with
fever in their veins" and the sign of
the white plague in their hollow cheeks"
scores ol the dllIOSl HOpeleSSlS dllllClGu
go and there regain their health and
strength. But Arizona does extend a
generous invitation to men OF mind and
muscle-men who have push and pluck
men who stand for and stand by the best
things revealed by the light of twentieth
century civilization, to make their homes
in this new land. And the invitation car
ries with 1t the reliable assurance that
they will not find barren plains, but
fruitful fields, surrounded by every evil
dence of substantial prosperity and ru-
raj luxury observable in the most IA
Nored portions of "old New England" or
any other section of this great country;
that they will not find frontier villages,
but growing towns and rising cities,
where church towers glsten in the sun
| and school bells ring; where every mod
ern comfort and convenience found with
| in q thousand miles landward from Ply
mouth Rock is conspicuOusly present.
where womanhood is honOred with a
zeal which might with credit and profit
he emuIated even in Boston; where child
hood is sacredly guarded and girlhoOd Is
held as a jewel upon which no man dare
with lustfuI intent lay a polluted hand.
| And this is the truth about Arizona. Not
a bad country, is It?
I EDWARD s. TAFT.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
THE POSTAL BONDS.
Government should Make Every Ef-
fort to Maintain Them at Par.

Government should Make Every Ef-
fort to Maintain Them at Par.
From tho Roston Commercial Bulletin
Having induced small depositors in the
postal system to invest their savings in
the new 2Iss 1t goes without saying that
the government is under a moral obliga-
tion to maintain the bonds at par. Ger
tainly it would be a disgraceful spectacle
to see a wage-earner who had deposited
$500 i'm n postal bank and had surrendered
his deposit for n government bond obliged
70 assume 2 loss of $50 or $40 in the event
that sickness. death. or other misfortune
Obliged him to turn his bond back into
cash But the sooner the government
takes stems to relieve itself of this obli-
cation the better Let it by all means
protect those who have already pur-
chased the postal bonds. but let 1t cease
10 issue any more. II 1t is designed to
have the bulk of the postal savings ulti-
mateIy invested in government bonds. let
the law provide that the bonds shall
bear n rate of interest which shall al
ways insure their selling at par without
government interference. Better still,
make It plain to the postal bank de-
positor that though the government guar
antees the deposit, 1t will not guarantee
that he will always be able to dispose OF
his government bond at the price which
he paid for IT, All that any reasonable
mortal can ask is that the government
shall redeem its bonds at par on the
date of their maturity.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
GIVEN FAREWELL DINNER.
Pay Director McDOnaId's Friends
Wish Him Bon Voyage.

lrcm III, Philadelphia Evening Star.
Pay Director Capt Mitchell Mcdonald
L. s y. was given farewell and bon
voyage al a dinner in Dooner's Hotel last
night. His hosts We're the "old guard" a
cot-rip Of LAWYERS. doctors, Journalists,
and travellers. who gather in the Belle
vue-Stratford every once in a. while.
Capt Mcdonald is about to sail Tor Yo-
kohama, Japan, whittier he has been or
dered by the Navy Department
He has been stationed in Philadelphia
six years, and has obtained the friendship
of many men prominent in the city and
State He was formerly stationed at GO-
kohama. and was a close personal friend
Of LafCadio Hearn. the AmeriCan-Jap-
anese poet and writer. Capt. Mcdonald
sails from San Francisco on the steamer
ManChuria on January ;.
Among those at the dinner last night
were Admiral George w. Melville, DR..
Edward BedIoe, John NJ. Campbell, Mai
John NJ Carson, of the Department of
Commerce and Labor. Washington; John
p. DIVER. George J. Brennan, Henry
Starr Richardson. Frank n. Barksdale.
George F. Hoffman. Robert Brannan,
Frank Reed, Dr. Stern, DR.. Brinton. Ed
ward ]. Dooner. James O'Sullvan, Lewis
Boss. Laurence Mccormick. Theodore
Bird, Patrick Dougherty, James W. King,
and Thomas ShallCross.