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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-06-28
Ell enflaquecimniento
y sus remedies

No hace muchO tempo dlscutlmos EN-
estas columnas la question ole 10 obesl-
dad. Hoy nos toca tratar de su contra
ria 8 sea ell enfaquecimiento. 5D0nde
esta, pu6s, La salud-se dira--sl gordos
facos Sc cosinderan como enfermos?
Aquf solo cabe replicar que caer de un
vicio de nutrici6n en- otro opuesto no
es encontrarse en- estado normal. La
fiebre es evidentemente un fen6meno
morboso pero la algidez no 10 es menos.
La anemia es un NAL pero la congestion
no es un bien. Una moderation, un
equilibrio, es la verdadera ley tisiol0glca
del ORGANISING. FL Ne quid minis es tan
aplicable La sanidad f1sica del hombre
como 4 la moral La obesidad va vimos
que era tausa de un sinn1mero de tras-
tornos muchos de ellos de gravedad. Ell
enfaquecimiento no entra de menos en-
el dominic de la ciencia m6dica
Pero aun todo deben distingulrse dos
terminos que Sc toman equivocadamente
como sin0nimos: es ell enfaqueclmiento y
la delgadez Esta Ultima puede consti-
tuir en- ciertas personals el estadO normal
por ser refractarias La gordura sigan
ell regimen de vida que sigan No ne
gamos que llevando las cosas al extreme
y apurando las causas de dicho estado
constitutional no descubramos un fond0
de artritismo de nerviosismo mas 8
menos acentuado Sea como quiera la
delgadez aparece como un estado fisio-
logico en- ciertas epocas de la vida como
la adolescencia y La vejez. En- La prime
ra ell crecimiento absorbe todas las re-
servas de la economic animal quema
las sustancias grasas. En- la vejez ell
cuerpo adelgaza por efecto de la atrofia
8 reduction de todos los organos. Sea
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-06-28

como quiera, ambas epocas, a11nque den
tro del tipol normal, constituyen excep-
clones, pues La adolescencia es un perfo-
de de TRANSITION muchas veces compro-
metido por academies 6esteo-articulares,
estoacales, neryiosos, circulatorios, ETC.,
y la ancianidad es una expression de de-
|cadencia cuando no de ruina organica.
Con todo, hay familias en- que la del
gadez parece ser un attribute hereditario
~ que no ofrece senal alguna de enfer-
medad. A veces este caracter puede ser
patrimonio de raza, como ocurre entire
los ingleses y mas adn entire los norte-
americanos. Aqu1, con todo, debe pen
sarse en- la parte que el ejercicio al aire
libre y al sport en- todas sus formas pue-
den ejercer en- aquel hecho. Sea como
quiera, no es la delgadez 10 que ha
de ocuparnos sino ell enfaquecimiento,
estodo anormal siempre peligroso &
veces porque revela 8 traduce graves
Ienfermedades internas Las causas que
son capaces de determinarla pertenecen
| al orden mas variado. Unas veces trata
de un regimen alimenticio insuficiente va
en- cantidad va en- calidad, otras de afec-
clones agudas cr6nicas del ORGANISING.
As1, pues, 10 primero que debe discutirse
en- ell enftaquecimient0 es su causa deter
minante para atenuarla suprimirIa. De
todos modos las lineas generates en-
cuanto q los mediOs de caracter higie-
Inico son comunes en- gran parte q amhos
casos, es decir, aquellos de obedecen 4
un NAL regimen y los que son debidos
una enfermedad.
La formula es muy sencilla en- el fon-
do: aumentar los ingresos nutritivos Y
disminuir los gastos organicos Lo pri-
nero consiste en- alimentarse mas pero
hacienda recaer la election de alimentos
sobre los que favorecen la formation de
La grasa Ante la diversa composition
de las substancias alimenticias para ell
hom bre, hay que establecer algunas dis
tinciones, Desde luego ell uso, de Ia car
ne sola Ell general de los alimentos nj
trogenados no puede contribuir al fin
que nos proponemos. Por una parte,
aquella no Sc digerir1a, y por otra con
una cantidad reAtivamente debil de
substancias azoadas, puede mantenerse
la energ1a organica. Ell equilibrio Ell
la nutrici0n Sc obtiene much0 mayor
combinando en- cierta proportion la ear
ne con las grasas y las feculas hidra-
tos de carbono.
A primera vista parece que 10 natural,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-06-28

para aumentar La gordura de un sugeta,
es proporcionarle la grasa va formada-
Desgraeiadamente, La grasa tiene un II.
mite de digestion muy reducido Sc ne
cesitar1a un est6mago de lap0n de ea--
quimal para DISORDER impunemente Ia
grasa que convendr1a un ORGANISING en-
faquecido. No hay duda que aquelIos
puebios que consumer grandes cantida-
des de grasa de foca podrfan resistlr
aquel regimen, como 10 resistirian tam
bi6n los tartaros del Asia Central, que
sc alimentan corrientemente de grasa de-
carnero. En- cambio, en- las poblaciones
clviIizadas no puede pensarse en- seme-
Jante Extravaganza, pues ell regimen ali
mentic1o m1xto Sc ha hecho va una ne
cesldad. Asi, pues, debera recurrirse
q las feculas, que son mas faciles de
digerir y de mas alto valor nutritivo.
En- general, Los alimentos deberdn to-
marse hien divididos y desmenuzados-
Esta regIa es sobre todo APPLICABLE las
carnes. Igualmente pueden ingerirsa
en- pulpa y en- polvo, en- cuya forma se
obtiene una mayor lozanfa y gordura del
ORGANISING. Esta experienced contradict
La opinion vulgar de que el regimen car,
neo no engorda jamas PrescindiendD
de 10 eXagerado de esta opinion hay que
hacer notar solamente que ell secreto de
los resuItados de una dieta 8 especie de-
aiimentaci0n, estriba muchas veces erE
detalles del modo de prepararla. En-
una paiabra, los e1ementos azoados sir
ven para devolver al organismo la gra~
sa perdida, n1ientras Sc administren err
Ia forma conveniente. En- cuanto & la
leche, que usada sola mas bien consti-
tuye al ent1aquecimiento, es carsa de-
un aumento de peso cuando Sc agrega
a una alimentac10n abundante Las fG-
cuIas hidratas de carbono antes merr--
cionadas Sc daran EN- forma de pur6s "
harlnas, fOrma en- que fatigan el estd--
mago Y resultan mas aslmilables
Sc ha creado una enorme agitaci6n
acerca los famosos aperitivos, Dejan=
do aparte los casos frecuentes de, ,desgra-
cia, en- que los pinos y el1xires para re-
eobrar el appetite conducen poco p0cs
al aIcoholisno, hay que advertir que ta--
les medios son IN auxiliar y NADIA mas
Modernamente la extenci6n que ha to-
mado en- muchas Intermediates La all
mentaci6n artificial con la sonda enseH&
que sc puede conner y digerir sin ape,
alimentos liamados de ahorro, destinadoS
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-06-28
Almacenes generates de dep6slto
e.. La Marina de San Juan, P. r.
j. 7. SILVA

Abertos pdbco Edfco conrudo de ac ce
ueno FUEGO cae del Comero cerca de los niue
,es V del Ferrocarrl.
recien mencs dep6 quncenas meses pre-
.tsd de Tarifa m6dicos ,
r 10 deptado asegura de ncend en- las mas tuer
Companies de Seguros
Los de las rentas nerns pueden depoase IN
los durante plazo
largo No efectos ueren reepado uera de
Contra los recibos de dep6o expn obene dinero nter6
m6dco plazo dure ell dep6sito
En- un Depaamento especial del mobario bje
negndoosa
considerable
puesta muebes riesgos
efecto vendidos
de Ia Autordad
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-18

the next day he rose to his feet, re-
peated the third chapter of Nebuckad-
nezzar backwards, then swore streak
which blistered the lining out of new
Sears & Roebuck steel range. The man
who can rear family Of mules from
helpless infancy to maturity without
display of rough-necked profanity Is
too good for any church.
The farmer who is too poor to buy
q pair of warm blankets for his team
with hogs at 50 and milk at $3.50 a
hundred ought to try doing the chores
in q gauze union suit and see how he
likes it. The man who will allow a
faithful team to stand for hours In
the teeth Of bitter wind while he
hugs the grocery store stove and set
ties the tariff question has DISPOSE
ton which would make a hyena turn
green with envy. We have seen men
who had plenty Of time in which to
gable about old Joe Cannon and the
steel schedule, but were too busy to
slip couple Of blankets on SILVER
ing team. II there is a hell, the man
who allows his team to freeze to the
pavement on a winters night will Ne
called upon to do Jig at the tail of
toasting fork that will last 10000
years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-18
FAIRFiELD.

Fairfield will be the scene Of Z biz
old fashioned picnic on September Is.
such as was held many years aeo. N
the present plans Of the Jefferson
County Old Settlers association are
carried out. The annual meeting 81
he old settlers this year will be turned
into a picnic and Will be held in the
city park.
Those in charge Of the event tfia
year have thought best to change the
regular program, cutting out the
parade which has heretofore been :
feature OF Jefferson County, Old Set
tiers celebrations. and making the day
one Of actual reunion.
A number Of committees for this
preparation OF this big picnic have
been appointed by Mace Clinkerbeard.
president of the association. They are
as follows:
Arrangements-Mace Clinkenbeard
s. ]. Chester, G. ID. McGaw. william
Sullivan and w. B. Murray.
Speakers-Hon. J s.. McKerney. J.
p Starr. A. q. Jordan and J. r. Ready.
William Ball. F. J. L. Black and DR..
J. Fred Clarke
Thorne. George Bonfield, william
Wells and Charles Gage.
Old Rsiics-W. II. Sullivan, w. b.
Murray, G; W. Gage and Jay Perkins.
Free Coffee-Mrs. r. J. l. Black.
Richard Gaines and J. e. Cummings.
Music-Hiram Heaton, J. T. Davies,
J. Fl. Stuckey.
Finance--R- w. Lanson, 8. s. Crane.
and Newton williams.
Bureau OF Information--ln charge Of
J. w. Mclean.
The music committee has already se-
cured tho services Of the drum corps
and Unkr!ch's boys band for the day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-18

Amy Crosby was entertaining Gerald
Blake. They sat on the front porch OF
farm house enjoying the early even
ing breeze. Amy occupied the ham,
mock and in Farmer Crosby's low
rocker sat the young man who had
recently returned from the east. Amy
never tired of listening to the stories
of the wonders he had seen.
She wondered now why he was sill
ent.
Gerald she said confidently.
There was no answer and this was
something serious for was she not his
fiancee and entitled to attention?
Slowly she turned her head. Ger
AIDS eyes were glued to an object COM
ing up the road.
"By jove!" he said, ut is"
Amy was staring her best at the
dainty approaching vision In a rose
hued gown and wide hat with roses
nodding above the brim.
"It is what?" said Amy.
cts Annabel Leighton"
81 heard she was coming today; her
people have moved back here. you
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-18
FIVE CASES FILED
Four Actions to Quiet Title and One
Application For Liquor
Permit

Five cases have been filed In the
district court by County Clerk George
Phillips, four Of which are quiet title
actions and one an application OF F.
w. Mills for permit to sell intoxi-
eating liquors in his place OF business
corner Second and Court streets. The
four quiet title actions are entitled w.
d. Thompson VS. Mabel Thompson and
Jennie Thompson, William 8. McRey-
nolds vs. William H. Dillon ct al, B. r.
Bright VS. Fred Hauley ct al, Edward
James VS. Thomas p. Pedrick ct al
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-18

s"The attempt of the enemies OF
Taft within his own party to besmirch
his good name by the alleged Con-
trollsr Bay scandal will not only fail
but will prove a boomerang says the
Burlington Gazette, democratic.
THE Gazette must confess that IL
is not losing any sleep admiring TAFT
nor does it think much OF his policies
or his administration, but 1t does know
that he is good man incapable OF
anything dishonorable. His enemies e.
can find plenty of legitimate grounds
for attacks upon him without sinking
into the mire and throwing mud"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-18

Senator Kenyon is pushing bill for
the amendment of the interstate COM
merce law to compel the punishment
of offenders by imprisonment, instead
of by fine. The law at present permits
punishment either by fine or imprison-
ment and as long as there is this
alternative, Mr.. Kenyon says, the
courts will continue to punish trust
Offenders by fine. In arguing IN be-
half Of his amendment the senate de-
clared that no punishment but i'm
prisonment is effective in preventing
violations of the law.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-18
EDUCATING THE FILlPINos.

EDUCATING ne FI.'T'>S
"If there is any colonial government
IN the world administered as cleaniy
as is the civil government OF the fhli-
ippine islands, do not know Wnere
Il is.,' said Newton w. Gilbert, vice
governor Of the Philippines. who IS
now In washington on his leave OF
"Every official of the civil govern
ment Of the Philippines from the high
est to the lowest takes great per
sonal pride in seeing that the admins
tration is clean. The result Is that the
government and the courts enjoy the
confidence of the people to an unusual
dapree and the credit for establishing
a,,ch a government belongs to the
vhole United States. Of course, mis-
takes are made, as they always are
when the human agency enters IN
and We sometimes have to alter our
plans accordingly"
According to Mr.. Gilbert the school
system established by the United
states in the Philippines is doing
great work. He said there are now
more than 6O0, 900 Filipino children at
tending the American schools, and
Iii of them are being taught English
N the ten years since the civil gov
eminent began it's school operations
an a general scale, students are now
be,ng graduated from the higher
grades for the first time. Mr.. Gilbert
said it was fact which could not
he ignored that many Of the younger
educated men hoped to see the day
when the Filipinos would govern
themselves. and, he added nothing is
heing done to discourage them in this
thought. On the contrary, they are
being urged to fit themselves for self
II.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-18

'Not everybody knows that the long
silence of the best loved poet of the
west, James Whitcomb Riley, Is but
the prelude to the eternal earthly
silence" says the Lincoln Journal.
mo more books, save last farewell
volume, will come from the pen OF
the Hoosier poet, who Is slowly dying,
with the end not far away, at his
Indiana home The world of literature
Is forever enriched by his life and
millions OF men and women and chill
dren are his everlasting debtors"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-18

In 1907 it was raised to 5000. Now the
rural carrier who serves a9route OF 81
much as twenty-four miles in length
is to be paid a salary OF 81 900 q year
Those who are below the twenty-foul
mile standard will receive an increase
in proportion to the number of miles
travelled in delivering mail.
1T Is we'll that the pay Of the rural
carrier has been increased. No ser
want Of the government in the past has
been less adequately compensated fol-
his service. The rural carrier, 1t must
be remembered, must supply his own
horse and he is ION the Job" pretty
constantly. He must traverse his route
through summers heat and winter
cold 80 long as the roads are not rem.
dered utterly impossible. by storm or
blizzard. More than that, he Is requ1r'
ed to deliver the mail with safety and
celebrity, whether it be registered let
ter for country merchant or seed
catalogue for hill-billy farmer.
The rural carrier has his trials and
tribulations. His occupation Is no soft
snap. He is expected to please every
body along the route and keep the
rural folks In good humor with their
Uncle Samuel. Instances are not lack.
ing where he is a greatly overworked
Individual as result Of his desire to
keep on good terms with his patrons,
While he is cultivating friendly rela-
tons with all the Inhabitants along the
line, blooded bulls and biting dogs In
Guided, he must needs keep close watch
lest he smash some of the rules and
which the government has
laid down for his guidance. Above all
things he must follow schedule day by
day as nearly as the exigencies Of each
particular trip will allow.
1.-The average city man wouldn't
have the rural carriers position 1T
twice the money with horse and a
chrome thrown in by way OF lagn1ap'
pc. Why any one should prefer 1t to
blowing corn or hoeing potatoes or
mauilng ralls is somewhat OF mys-
terry, aside from the innate desire OF
American citizens to hold down, fed
eral job. Nevertheless, the rural car
rier is ..ere and he has come to stay
and Uncle Sam finds plenty OF appli-
cants for the place. Inasmuch as ne
has become so important an arm OF
the postal service 1t is right and proper
that he should have living wage"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-18

IL ID OADy IL AO
is an Episcopal
ian, but II he Is
q Hardshell Bap-
fist it is a little
doubtful. We had
q M etho d / 8 t
neighbor VINO
tickled the cur
riculum Of .
mule in a NOM
ent Of playful
ness and had
both OF MS eye
teeth rivited to
his collar button
In reward, and
Uhen ho came to
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-18

taxes per dollar Of capital they render
ed in 1903 27 per cent more service per
dollar Of earnings over operating OK
penses than they did In 1889. Quanti-
Ties OF labor and commodities which IN
1890 could be bought in exchange Win
one ton mile, required for their pu1-
chase Ice and 1.43 ton miles respec-
lively in 1907.
The statistics indicating the ratio 81
passengers killed to passengers maui
ed one nile, demonstrates that on tns
average in 1909 passenger coula
travel 1000 times the distance around
the earth without being killed, or 10
state the matter in another way NJ
could ride at the rate of SO miles an
hour for 22O years without having
fatal ACCIDENT. Similarly the figures
giving tn ratio Of the number OF EN-,
ployes in service to the number killed.
shows that on the average an employe
could work for 637 years BEFORE pelns
killed.
since twenty years ago. the ef-
ficiency per passenger locomotive nas
been increased SO per cent; per pas
senper car. AZ per cent; per fre1gnt 10
Connective. az per cent: per freight car.
~ ner cent: and per employe, - per
cent These results have been achieved
in snite Of the fact that conditions OF
employment have become more 1aVoI-
ahle to Inc employee SO that he WORKS
less hours per day for a months sal,
arr. and runs less miles in train ana
engine service in doing months
work.
Do YOU fully appreciate what the
present average rates Of 1872 cents per
passenger and 0.76 cents per ton mne
means? The former Is little less tna'l
the value Of two-cent postage stamp
vet for the cost of this small stamp;
the railway transports passenger . anu
his luggage one mile, and IN addltion,
. soo ihs. OF vehicle to seat him, 6bo
lbs, Of vehicle for his luggage. and -.
ooo lhs Of sleeping. dining and parior
en,,;nmen. for increasing his comfort
For the same tiny stamp the railway
carries 2M tons Of freight one mile Tor
tho .hipper. and provides and nauls on
its messenger trains for the post Office
denartment the equivalent Of fully
continued post office on wheels weigh
ING K to so tons distance OF about 4
Of mile.
Multiplying the saving in rate for
each Yea. the passenger and ton mile
age and adding the products, shows
That in fifteen years s7,144.343.000 was
saved to the public in transportation
charges. Some conception OF this
amo,Int may be formed by considering
that it means an average saving per
day over the entire period Of little over
II 400 900, and that for the year 1909 1t
means a. saving to the public OF So
100 900 every twenty-four hours.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-18

unhappy woman who enlists her SYM
pathy.'."
The advice editor dropped pair Of
very wet eyelashes over two shining
eyes. "The answer is-though my ad-
vice being mere insincere drivel, can
not help any one the answer is.
Don't be discouraged. Ask her
again."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-18
WONDERLAND MARKET PLACES.

~ Iner0 mas USSA muSA Aha
the Des Moines press OF late over ~
prices paid for groceries and plouuce'
The papers have published comPaia
tive lists showing that Des Molnes
prices are higher than those OF olne.
iowa cities. A market house at SONS
convenient place down town "aele
farmers and gardeners may sen hrss
hand to housewives is suggested as
the remedy. Dubuque has sucn al ~ y
stitution as this and 1t is q success, put
It has been in operation In Dupuque
for q long period Of years. It IS nreeu
n behalf of the market house expert.
mont for Des Moines that It Woula
greatly lessen household expenses II
the people would do their marketing
In It. but it Is questioned whether
enough housewives would go to Market
with baskets on their arms 10 make II
nav ali parties concerned.
The Marshalltown mes-Repubhcan
II not inclined to believe that the peo-
MIA az the average city would give up
the present conveniences they enjoy
md % hack to the old method OF
marketing. even for the saving 1t
would bring. "The complaint as to the
cost Of the retailers pront, II says,
'is very much complaint against our
own insistence upon convenience. Tue
average woman will not travel ooWn
town to buy her vegetables ana her
groceries and the average man nus
neither time nor inclination to 40 tue
daily marketing in person. the tele-
phone and the delivery wagon nave
pushed the market place aside, anu
auated 1t with past customs less en-
titled to endure. Time was when the
purchase of daily supplies was maze
IA person and mainly for cash, WHICH
was forced into high activity Tor chal,
fering on prices and by division OF
trade between retailers. But neither
tha man nor woman of today will run
nyer town pricing and purchasing pro.
d,,ce The telephone, the delivery
wagon. the handy package. canned
beans and canned everything else
sealed packets of crackers, conVen
fence and quickness accomplished py
=, anv hands have instituted new era
Of |housewifery. s
vt costs more because those VINO
work must be paid; but 1t Is propaoiy
worth the money. Housekeeping is
verv different affair nowadays from
the house slavery Of generation ago.
Women are different. They have more
time to be different. The complete
domesticity Of thirty or fifty years ago
approached slavery. Women don I
work as they did then. And poth
women and the rest Of us are the pet
ter that they do not.
"It is we'll enough to have q Market
place. 1t works to charm IN Duou'
me: but remember that Dubuque IS
ninety per cent foreign born or OF Tor
eien descent and has not lost and Tor
gotten the customs of the German
villages. It is well enough to. have
market place, but it will be long
time before the American housewife
sewers her connection with the tele
nhone and the delivery twice Day
She could reduce expense If she chose
to do her marketing and carry nome
her purchases now So could her nus
hand. But they don't choose. Iney
want and need the time for something
else. And the American woman has as
much right to her time as the AMER,
can man. Moreover she knows 1t ana
Intends to have it and is worth It..