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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-01
-APh0DlNE DAVID
AFOOINA DAVID
PHDORAS LAxATIkAS
esvsehseo do les Gfsccfoass kefssaasxms.


WA % ME % Nt N bU
Ml Essssntns,ento es afecclon tan freouenfas
a1uo no se cuenta Ia cantidad de medica-
aa00es propuestas una despues de otra. re-
1ag, ademas, ofFeCen al enferme Ell grave
an0onvsniente de un habitO bastante xA
pt0O En esas condolences, aten1ase, y 90
aMprescindible aumentar su 0osis para
alegar IN resultado Es esta necesidaG
an verdadero peIigro para las personals que
~eienen que apelaf los laxativos, pues EN-.
pseEa por irritarse ell intestine, luego ea
~sstrentmiento no tarda en- hacerse mas per
aanax que sntes del pleO de los uatsmaa
Entran en esta ca!egoria los pQrgantsa
~aailnos, el acibar, la escamonea. La ialapa.
10 ool0Qu1n'' gonna guta que constitu
yen Il bas" q mayoria de Les preparar
@asoass lAxa.
C&M eenta =. .4:.tS acud1f a otYos me-
atcament0s para n0llar un veFdadePo espa
oaflc0 de Ia constipation. No basta, ss
4sIecto, provocar deposiciones; es precise
AaAemas Y sobre tod0, curar una afecci5E
qne Yesults tan peligrOsa para quien %
aaaia aqueiado 10 La nsisma Cuantas
,sntsFmedades resultan de es:a
Evening star., 1911-08-19
House Warming Equipment.
From the Columbus Journal.

From the Columbus Journal.
II Is said that in some of the smaller
cities around the central hot-water
heating system makes a good business
We have such an institution In Colum-
bus. but II is not prepared to cover
the city. 1t might be suggested that
smaller centrals be established in
various sections of the city. II 1t pays
In a city Of 10000 population. 1t would
surely pay In ten-thousand- population
sections of a greater city.
We refer to this because the heating
problem is the most serious one con-
fronting the city. The supply OF gas
will be only of short duration; coal is
becoming dearer. and the use of u in
city is likely to be limited on the
ground Of cleanliness and health, one
of these days. Smoke production will
be put under suppressive regulations In
the near future. So domestic heating
VIII be compelled to resort to some
new and effective plan, which now
seems to be a central water heating
system. IT Is a great attraction to any
city to have good home-warming equip
ment.
Evening star., 1911-08-19
BEER MAY GO UP.
Scarcity Of Hops Is Causing Brew
ers Serious Concern.

A condition declared to be without
precedent in the history OF the brewing
trade now confronts dealers in hops
throughout the world. The supply of
hops in this country is practically ex-
hausted. 1t is said. however. that the
man who takes pleasure in purchasing
his daily glass OF beer will be able to
continue that pleasure for some time.
But It is possible that the price OF
beer, like the price OF meats, may take
a rise. Whether the demand would lessen
If the price OF 10 cents were charged
for a glass Of beer was a question
saloonkeepers did not care to discuss.
Brewers declare that they are now COM
PEELED to pay a price for hops double that
which ordinarily obtains at this time OF
the year.
For the first time since 1882 according
to information from New York, hops
hanging on the vines in that state are
quoted at SO ceEts a pound. This exces
sive price is said TO be due to q peculiar
blue mold which has attacked the crop
in many other sections. In Europe the
crop has suffered because of a severe
drouth. Unless relief arrives soon the
price OF bohemian hops viii be almost
prohibitive.
Evening star., 1911-08-19
The Woman Flax Grower.
rom the New York Mail.

From the New 1Ork MAIL.
Miss Emily Lawson, a teacher in the
public schools In districts adjacent to
Greeley. Col. had observed that the
farmers thereabout had for several years
in succession met with virtual failure In
their operations. They seemed industrious
enough, they were sober and methodlcal,
but the fact remained that they were do
ing much hard work and getting poor
returns for It,
She resolved to learn the reason why.
She therefore purchased q farm and
began this year to cultivate 1t, hav-
ing resigned her work of teaching. She
planted her land in flax and the crop was
grown for seed The results Of this first
years work are striking enough to awak-
en- every old farmer In that country and
persuade him to go down to Miss Law
sons place and learn how to farm. The
land planted in fax has yielded twenty
bushels of seed to the acre. and as the
seed sells for So per bushel, the crop rep
resents a total Of $500.
To state the results IN another way the
money received by Miss Lawson for her
first years work as fax grower Is con-
siderably more than the farm cost, with
out taking into account her smaller crops
OF grain. fruit and dairy products, and
leaving out entirely the proud fact that
she has acquired a little realm of her
own.
Evening star., 1911-08-19
OLD "SKYSCRAPER" SOLD.
High House" Of Century Ago Was
Three Stories Tall.

NEW YORK. August 19.-What was at
one time the highest house about River
head. l. L. skyscraper at the time 1t was
built, 100 years ago. has been sold and the
buyer will have II rebuilt at q beautiful
spot on the Peconic bay shore.
The high house was built by Joshua
L. Wells and is of frame and three
stories high. Mrs. David w. Hutchin-
son Of Paterson, N. j., granddaughter OF
the original owner, yesterday sold il TO
Henry Prellwitz, a New York artist. A
contractor will take down the high
house" carefully, carry the sections TO
Indian Neck and reconstruct II there. To
be Prellwitz's summer home.
Evening star., 1911-08-19

to avoid the possibility OF trouble they
will put the cigars In the hats OF the
guests.
Them he added, 1T is necessary for
the patron to put hat and cigar on his
head. When he gets away from the
hotel he may take of his hat and get his
cigar
In West Virginia II Is against the law
to Ash on Sunday or to have fish in
your possession.
the angling guests OF the Blue Mountain
House at Pen Mar last week. When he
went to the mountains for an outing lie
never dreamed of going bass fishing, but
he soon learned that Lake Royer. near
Pen Mar. had been stocked with bass
about seven years ago.
Going to the lake early one morning,
the angler found II necessary TO eaten
his own bait. Soon he was on the lake
and he was surprised at the sight OF a
big bass coming from the water. Trout
and ring perch were also caught.
'The water Is almost as cold ~ Ice.
said the angler, 'and the fish are lively
enough to make the sport interesting
Each morning he went to the lake he
caught from a dozen to fifteen hsh. ana
now many anglers are on the lake each
morning. Edgar Whitlock and Mrs.
Miriam B. Wolf. sister of Mr.. Brylawski.
also enjoyed the fishing.
John Hartung and Eugene Heard tried
their luck near Glen Echo Monday after
noon. They went to the river with n
good supply of mad toms, expecting they
would get a few bass. and they were not
disappointed Having but short time
to fish, the two anglers went to the near
est point where they thought they would
find bass.
They fshed in the rough water and
landed seven bass. The fish were not
very large, weighing less than two pounds
each. Several strikes were missed. but
they had enough of them to convince
them that bass are still in the river about
Glen Echo.
Former Capt. T. Brooke Amiss. who
enjoyed many days bass fishing near
Riverton Va. this summer has returned
He is able to tell interesting stories OF
the big ones he caught and other big
ones that got away. Now he Is enjoying
short trips on the river In this vicinity.
A favorite fishing place for him Is the
feeder at the second lock It is possible
to land an occasional bass IN the feeder
while many Mississippi catfish and a few
rockfish are also to be caught there. One
! day this week Capt. Amiss caught a
| the feeder.
Patrick Riordan's latest fshin- trip
| proved disastrous and offers an explana
! the assistance OF crutches. He was wad-
| ing the river above Harpers Ferry week
ago. carrying a. string of five bass. when
he suddenly slipped and fell His ankle
/ was badly sprained, but he saved his
string OF fish.
John Lyons and W. J. Sturbitts accom-
panied John W Hurley to Weverton and
Sandy Hook last Sunday. Col" Hurley
blsmes his bad luck on the condition OF
the water. He blanked one OF his COM
panions with a score Of to o, while the
third member of the party caught but
one fish
Evening star., 1911-08-19
A Greenland Duel .
From the London Evening Standard.

From the london Evening STANDARD.
1t Is rather pity for the gayety Of
nations that French men Of letters cannot
fight their duels as duels are fought In
Greenland. In Greenland. when one man
has been insulted by another, the ad-
versaries each compose a satire in verse;
This each man recites to his household
until tho servants and the women know
it by heart. Then a place of meeting Is
appointed. The two men, the insulter
and insuIted, the offender and offended
stand face to face. and each recites
his poem. His friends and servants
form a chorus. Each man tries hard to
raise the laugh against his adversary.
Each man speaks in turn, whipping the
two hours of this wordy battle the meet
ing gives the victory to him of the two
adversaries who has amused the whole
assembly most
Evening star., 1911-08-19
SHARKS QUEER DIET.
Umbrella, Steel Junk and Other In.
digestibles in Maneater's Stomach.

LEWES. Del, August ia man-eating
shark seventeen feet in length captured
yesterday at the mouth OF Delaware bay
by James Keyes, member OF the crew
of lightship No. 90. had an umbrella
with the covering intact In its stomach.
There were also several large pieces OF
oilcloth, lot of steel junk and other in
digestible things.
The shark was caught by Keyes after a
hard fight. When he succeeded In bring
ing IL to the surface he used Q steam
winch to land the monster on the deck
Of the lightship.
Evening star., 1911-08-19
Extent Of the Damage.

THE damage done IS not due to Its
present position, but to the tissues In
jured during the passage Of the bullet.
The principal part of the damage was In
the injury to the nerve which supplies
the vocal cord. This damage cannot be
repaired"
At the small assemblies which the
mayor has addressed briefly since he re-
covered his speech he has articulated
with considerable difficulty, interrupted
by frequent coughing.
Evening star., 1911-08-19
A Charming Story.

Lucille King Is author Of one OF the
prize entries in our next Sunday Maga-
zine, Icalled Roses and Rue This is
one of the most charming little love
stories we have printed this year. in the
competition or out-the love tale of
delightful old lady. like some very
young fairy sort OF godmother." to
whom love and happiness came after
years of heartache and waiting. The
pictures. made by Corwin *. Linson,
are as charming as the storv
Evening star., 1911-08-19
USES NOX|OUS GASES,
CURES CONSUMPTION
Claim Made by EngIishman Is
Brought to Attention
of the King.
Special cablegram to The Star.


LONDON. August 1s.-Interest in
creases in the claim by DR.. Bryant Of
Thornton, Bradford, that gases arising
from maggots and putrefied flesh are
cure for consumption. and during the past
week he has received about 400 letters
from consumptives in England and Scot
land.
He has also been visited by many peo-
pie suffering from the disease, especially
from districts in Lancashire, who desire
to remain and subject themselves to the
treatment. Most Of these. however, have
had to be sent home. as he has already
on his hands as many patients as he can
accommodate. So numerous. indeed, are
these that they have to sit in the room
where the gases are produced In their
turns.
Reports Substantial Progress.
In every case Mr.. Bryant claims the
patients are making substantial progress
toward recovery. 1t has been suggested
that the gases should be bottled and sent
to consumptive people SO that they might
be inhaled at their homes but for the
time being Mr.. Bryant is taking no steps
In that direction. The erection Of larger
the investigation by DR.. Kaye. the medi-
cal officer Of the West Riding Of York
shire, who has been requested by John
Burns to report on the discovery.
This Investigation will take place ere
long, and Mr.. Bryant awaits the report
with the utmost confidence.
Brought to Kings Attention.
It may be mentioned that gentleman
who has taken q keen interest In the
discovery has drawn the attention Of the
king to 1t, and he has also written to the
National Society Tor the Prevention Of
Consumption.
Mr.. Bryant in the course Of a conversa-
tion stated that the members of the
medical profession were now taking his
claim more seriously than they did at
first and some Of them had acknowledged
that they were making experiments with
trimethylamine. and ammonia, the gases
which are supposed to effect the "cures." !"
Evening star., 1911-08-19
EDUCATION.
1.-THE AMERICAN SYSTEM.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

Within the last year considerably more
than half billion dollars have been ex-
pended in the United States on educa-
ton in its various forms. The value OF
property devoted to educational purposes.
not including public library buildings.
amounts to fully two billion dollars. The
interest on the money thus invested
would give an annual income amounting
to ten million dollars. These figures In
clude only the valuation Of property be-
longing to regularly established institu-
tions Of learning-namely, the public
schools. universities, colleges and tech
nical schools. the private schools OF va
rious kinds below the college grade and
the professional school. including theol-
ogy. medicine. law. pharmacy. dentistry
and pedagogy.
Each year the growing population OF
the nation increases the demand for edu-
cational facilities. and the buildings
erected and the new institutions being
opened keep rapid pace with this growth.
Despite the oft-made criticism of Amer
ica's educational system or the lack OF 1t.
very little consideration viii show that
the two billion American dollars invested
in permanent educational facilities are
paying q growing dividend of intelligence
and prosperity to the whole nation. There
is no other country in the world today
which compares with the United States
either in the equipment Of its educational
plant or the annual expenditure to pro-
mote its efficiency.
Evening star., 1911-08-19

''The Great Yale Funeral" one of the
best tales yet in Gelett Burgess New
York Arabian Nights Entertainment, in
the Sunday Magazine OF tomorrow's Star.
Evening star., 1911-08-19
MAYOR GAYNOR'S INJURY.
PROAbLY PERMANENT
View of Surgeon Who Knows
Condition of Wound
in Throat.

NEW YORK, August 1e.-when Mayor
Gaynor received loving cup August 8.
the anniversary of the attempt made on
his life by James ]. Gallagher. he said:
And now 1t has pleased God that at last
the principal cause Of my lingering phys
icaL impairment should wear itself out
and that my general health should be
restored"
An eminent physician who was asso-
clated with the council Of specialists from
the day the mayor was injured does not
agree with him.
No Campaign Speeches.
1t is the opinion Of this specialist tha,
Mayor Gaynor's optimism. as expressed
on the anniversary Of the shooting, is
based on false hopes II the mayor holds
to the belief that he again can take his
place as a campaign orator. 1t has been
the back of the mouth. where 1t was
lodged, and thta Mayor Gaynor now Is
convinced that the lead has been dis
solved by natural chemical process.
Bullets never dissolve said the sur
geon, emphatically when asked II there
could be any possible ground for such a
hope in the case of the mayor. They
either reach the surface by liberation or
they become encapsulated, nature throw
ing out cells around them which become
converted into flbrous tissues. Some
times. under the influence of gravity OIL
other forces, the sustaining effect Of the
capsule is not sufficient to prevent bullets
from changing their places. Usually
however. the capsule Is strong enough to
restrain the bullet from movement and II
remains imbedded in it's place for many
years, or even a lifetime.
This is probably the condition in the
case or Mayor Gaynor. although the bull
let Is not likely ever again to give him
any trouble.
Evening star., 1911-08-19
WEATHER.
Fair tonight and Sunday, with moderate temperature.
CONDITION OF THE WATER

Temperature condition of Great Falls
Temperature condition. Daecarla
condition condition south connection
Georgetown distributing resevoiTemperaure 81 condition
infuen gatehorse gatehouse
UP-RIVER WATERS
Dispatch o
HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, August ro-Potomac clear and
Shenandoah very cloudy.
TOMORROWS TIDES.
Low-11 am. and 1859 pm High-35o and ABS pm.
Evening star., 1911-08-19
IN NUMBER
OF PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram 70 The star
VIENNA. August 19-Much interest
has been excited here by the recent papal
decree DE diebous festis,'' proposing
the reduction OF the number OF public
holidays in Italy and other Roman Cath
olio countries. In the Catholic parts of
Austria fourteen church festivals which
do not fall on Sundays are kept as holi-
days. besides the day Of the patron saint
of each province, and 1t Is considered
that the frequent interruption of work in
factories and business generally puts
Austria at q considerable disadvantage
in the economic competition with Prot
estant countries such as England, with
its four bank holidays.
One Hundred Holidays.
In some Of the eastern provinces OF
Austria the holidays Of the Jewish and
Greek orthodox population are also kept.
and the total number Of week days on
which business Is more or less paralyzed
amounts to about 100 In year when
the Jewish Sabbath is included. a cir
cumstance which is itself enough to ac-
count for the economic backwardness Of
these parts.
A conference of Austrian bishops will
visibility of having the papal decree
made applicable to this empire. Manu-
facturers, mine owners and many classes
of artisans are in favor of the reduc-
ton of holidays. but publicans coffee
housekeepers and the owners of thea
tears and music halls are strongly OPP
posed to any change. because holidays
are their most profitable days.
Opposed by Newspapers.
Newspapers. too. are not In favor of
the proposal. as they do not appear on
the day after holiday. The falling of
in sales does not affect them much, as
nearly all papers are taken by subscrip-
ton here. Clerks. schoolmasters, not to
mention the schoolboys, public officials
and all the rest of the great host who
draw regular salaries are not at all
pleased at the thought of losing ten free
DAYS in the year, and 1t Is rather doubt
full il the change can be carried through.
Evening star., 1911-08-19

BY WILLIAM =. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.
PROVINCETOWN, Mass,
August II, 1911.
There Is splendid automobile road all
the way from Bostontown to Province
town. It was built by the state chiefly
for the benefit Of automobilists, and is
what Rev. DaJbney c. Jones. our chauf-
feur. calls an academy road" 1t Is
smooth and hard with a foundation of
crushed rock eighteen inches deep. COW
cred with a mixture Of fine sand and
crude petroleum. which packs down and
becomes as elastic as rubber.
An immense quantity of petroleum has
been used on the New England high
ways and it is q great success It sheds
the rain like rubber coat and is prac-
tically dustless. The highway commits
sioners of all the New England states
consider 1t the best surfacing material
when mixed with sand and crushed rock
that has ever been found. 1t Is the per-
fection of the method devised by Mac
Adam. the Scotch engineer, more than
100 years ago, which has been the basis
Of all modern road building. Tar and
asphalt have been used to some extent.
but crude petroleum is superior to either.
The Massachusetts highway commission,
after employing every known test, is or
the opinion that this mixture is the best
that it has ever tried to withstand the
weather, the automobile traffic, the hoofs
Of horses and steel-shod wheels.
Evening star., 1911-08-19

Richard Harding Davis contributes the
leading story. My Buried Treasure" to
tomorroW's Sunday Magazine.
Evening star., 1911-08-19

try's population. are OF first considera-
ton in this respect. the higher institu-
tions of learning also are developing
along this same line. It Is nows recog-
nized that applied mechanical skill has
as much educational value as classical
literature. The engineering degrees
c. E. NJ. E or e. E.-are quite as hon
orable an attainment as the professional
degrees of the physician. lawyer or
clergyman.
Of equal advantage Is the advance made
in agricultural education. which Is the
distinctive note of progress for the twen-
t1eth century. Rural education including
the consolidation of the small country
schools, the provision for high school
courses in rural districts and the de-
velopment of the state agricultural col
lege. has made its greatest strides durin z
the last five years.
Higher educational facilities. especially
In the sciences, may now be found in
America than exist in Europe. While
many American students still go abroad
to study, each year increases the number
OF foreign students coming to study here.
That the attainments Of American uni
versities are recognized in Europe is evi-
denced by the number of professors now
found In European universities. Only last
year professor Of English in an Ameri-
can university was invited to Cambridge
to teach English to the English. and al
most every large institution of Europe
now has American professors on its stan
OF teachers.
Evening star., 1911-08-19

made. averaging 100000 . year. Since
1903 the appropriations have been made
I'm lump sums to cover fev years expend
itures-half a million dollars to be usee
each year.
The highway commission contends that
one very important effect OF these Inn
provements has been to spread the popu-
lation in farming districts. 1t ha:
ascertained that In twenty-five counties
in states in which there was oni,
there was population loss OF an aver
age of 3.112 for each county during ten
year period. In twenty-five other coun
ties, in the same states, where 40 pei
there was an average increase In popu-
lation Of 81, 1,O95
Benefits Of Good Roads.
THE benefits Of good roads may be dis.
covered in every relation OF life." the re-
port continues. I'm five good-road states,
including the three southern New Eng
land states. the average percentage of
improved roads Is 1892 and the average
percentage Of attendance of enrolled
school pupils is TIA In five bad-road
states these percentages are 1.51 and
59.16, respectively. Four good-road
states. three Of them in New England
show the percentage of illiterates born
of native parents to be O34. and the per
centage of good roads to be 1886; while
the four bad-road states show 476 and
1.51 per cent respectively"
Lighthouses and life-saving stations are
numerous on both coasts OF Cape Cod
peninsula and are built OF wood in order
that their tenants can run away to save
their lives when necessary. Before the
lighthouse board understood the eccentric
habits of Cape Cod gales, the lighthouses
were built of stone close to the shore. but
many of them were undermined by the
action Of the waves, for. like the house OF
the foolish man In the Bible. their foun-
datons were only sand. Now the light
houses are built of wood. so that wher
the waves wash away the bluffs on which
they are located rollers and planks car
be put under them. and they can be
moved back where they will be safe.
The life-savtng stations arc treated the
saYne, WAY