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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-01-20
De TEATKo
La Gheisa

AnOche repris6 la compa1il Que ne
ae actuando en- ell Municipal :, Ia pre-
clOsa Opereta del Maestro Jon con el
mismo reparto que la vcz anterior. r
Dor tanto con ell mismo exito
Sc distinguierOn mucho la Srta Bru-
40 Y la Sra Vicini Ambas fgeron oh
ieto de una gran ovaci6n
Tambien fueron aplaudidos los Sres
Aerighe, Vinci Grillo; este cant6 mu-
chos cuplGs.
Manana cantara la compa1ia. La
Fiuda Allegro. Canta la protagonista,
Amelia Bruno y la Valencien Cleo Vi
cini.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-01-20

ros de la Bandera AmericaBa de
que los enigrantes espaHoles no vienen
Puerto Rico restarle trabajo los ma
tivosi
Pnes 81 sc eaterarou enfundenae eF
mocho cor que tontamente han preten-
dido anenazarnos Y busquen un medic
mejor, mas de6eado, de hacer pafria. -
Nttur Hugo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-01-20
ESPECIAL NOTTCEv

San Juan, R. 70, rors.
Correos SANTURCE
loca e
Urinario
tuncionameno de la Ohcna
No debe buena
luz natural Loadad central lejos
edihCo ben
Be eva e derecho dc ehusar pposiciones
Para Correos
Mr. Lands, Postmaster 8 que susbribe,
E. n. Hathaway
inspector.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-01-20
Ell senor Cortes

IIcmoS tenido cI gusto gtc sal1dar
aver en- San Juan, nj Sr. Cortts. preSi-
dcute del Casino EspanoI dc Manati y
amigo nuestro mHy cstimado
III SeHor CorttS regreS6 por IN nocne
81 Residential.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-20
The Sixth Commandment
CBy E. Newton Bungey)

FEAR to the settlement of MOlopo.
M in Western British Bechuana
- land, there is a gold mine from
which much gold has been taken. and
from which there is yet much gold to
take. II has a distinctive name in
Dead Mans Mine" and of the finding
Of it there is a story to tell.
About two years before the war in
South Africa, Jack Edgecumbc and
Reginald Shelton organized an eXpedi-
ton to find this mine.
On the 27th day out, Shelton pointed
ahead with the stem Of his pipe.
Hit it at last+' he muttered-
Thank Cod" said Edgecumbe.
The dead natives story was perfectly
true In the shelter Of a low hill, where
grew ample vegetation, and from where
a river ran to somewhere unknown
they staked out the mine And because
of a grinning skeleton that sat on the
very center Of the site, they gave the
mine its grim name.
After spending two days in the vicin-
lty OF the mine, the TWO Englishmc1
decided to start back in order to take
the necessary steps for occurring and
working the mine.
Tt seems to me- said Shelton, who
had been studying a map, that there
IS an easy way to Walfisch Bay over
the mountains. Once there, we can go
round by coasting steamer to Cape
Town. 1t viii be a long way round, but
and healthy"
The idea of returning in the same
manner as we came is certainly not in
viting," replied Edgecumbe "But then"
he added cautiously, we know what
we've got to face, and We don't know
much about the way to Wal1lSch Bay
After some discussion they decided to
settle the route by the simple method
OF tossing q coin
It's head" said Edgecumbe.
Then it's Walfisch,' replied Shelton,
and they made preparations to start.
Two natives with four oxen and q
wagon were left at the mine.
Whereas they had come nearly 500
miles over fiat country, there now lay
before them some 800 miles, principally
over mountains.
On the third day they shot the four
remaining oxen, and left the wagon on
an unknown mountain side. Then the
two natives disappeared with a pack
age containing brandy and spare am
munitiOn, but Still they climbed on over
rose in all its horrors before them, until
Edgecumbe luckily shot stray ante
lope.
They cooked all the meat they could
get off the animal, and strung it about
them. There were only three cartridges
left now, but still they climbed on over
the mountains
I've should be within 100 miles OF
the coast by now" said Shelton, as they
camped on the evening of the 10th day
of their journey.
1T might as well be a thousand" re-
piled Edgecumbe grimly.
Each of the two gaunt and weary
men knew what lay before them. They
had enough meat to last them another
two days, and in their weak state all
they could travel a day about 10 miles.
Then the presence Of death opened the
fOOdgates of their confidence.
Have you any friends?' Edgecumbe
asked.
No one who cares a snap Of the fin
gers for me-" was the reply.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-20
"A Years Ago To-
From The Herald OF H.
This Date 1893 Uay

Senator Turney left for Fort Stock
ton today on legal business
H. Stone left on the Mexican Cen
trail today for San Luis, POtOsi-
J. W Levy has returned from New
York after an absence Of four months
The G. H. flag has been taken down
and viii not be raised again except
on special occasions
Will Caples arrived on the G. H yes
terday- Mr.. CapIes has been on
short trip to Maria, Tex
Theodore Lester returned today over
the Southern Pacific from Alaska by
way Of SkagWay, Seattle and San Fran
cisco.
Eight cars Of Mexican oranges came
in over the Mexican Central today and
We're turned over to the Santa Fe for
shipment north
Civil engineer Reese and two assist
ants went north over the L. P & n E
yesterday morning to do some locat-
ing for that line
The tax rolls Of FL Paso county as
forwarded TO the controller snow an
increase Of S153,596 in the valuation Of
last year. The total value. according
to the report, was s9,5S6,1SO.
W P. Jenkins. traffic manager OF
the Hammond Dressed Beef company
in Chicago was in the city today and
was being shown the sights by alder
man Scott. his former schoOlmate-
Col. Joe HampsOn was passenger
on the Santa Fe this morning in his
private car. He expects to be in this
city for few days and will then con-
tinue his journey to the City of Mex
leo.
About 125 cords of oak wood in the
Mexican Central yards over the river
were burned this afternoon The FL
Paso fire department pumped water on
the fire until the tank was exhausted
The loss is about $3.50 Mexican cur
rency.
Professor Putnam. Of the public
schools, has about completed the play
ground for the children Of the Central
school. so that hereafter they will not
have to play in the street The pro-
lessor secured the property in the rear
of the school for the purpose OF a play
ground.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-20
EUROPE LEADS IN CRUSADE AGAINST SMOKE
In Of LndOnSmOk Abatement
Society Conduc Educational Campaign
- By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

fine is shifted to the shoulders of the
firemen responsible for the smoke
Many foreign cities have found that
laws do not enforce themselves. and
that often the municipal authorities
are not inclined to enforce those which
are on the statute books Although
the public health act of 1873 and the
suppl emental one of 1891 gave the au-
thOrities ample legislation upon which
to act, the London authorities refused
to NOV e in the premises. When con-
ditiOns became intOlerable the Coal
Smoke Abatement society was formed
for the purpose Of securing "a cleaner
London The society itself furnished
the machinery for the enforcement Of
the law, employing a force Of inspec-
tors. In one year 1000 violations OF
the law were reported, and 1900 COM
plants filed Several hundred plants
agreed to install smoke preventing de-
vices to escape prosecution.
Convictions of YTOIators.
Although the European systems or
municipal government may seem 10 be
more favorable to the enforcement Of
smoke prevention ordinances, because
they are somewhat further removed
from the influence of the big employ
ers of labor the experiences Of Euro
peau cities are perhaps that as many
difficulties lie in the path of the smoke
abatement crusader abroad as at home
For instance. in LONDON, even with the
aiG Of the Smoke Abatement society.
no less than so complaints were filed
with the West Ham corporation with
out its having instituted a complaint in
a single case. and in Two instances the
violations were so notorious that the
adjoining borough or Poplar, being di-
rectly affected, went outside of its own
boundaries, and in a suit brought to
conviction the men whom the courts OF
their own borough would not even at
tempt to convict.
Europe has q large number Of smoke
prevention devices Some of these con-
sist of automatic stoKers and mechan-
zeal furnace feeders. others introduce
Jets of steam, and still others resort
to dOWn-draft furnaces to accomplish
the desired end 1t has been estimated
that the number of smoke prevention
installations in England are proper
tiOnately much greater than in the
United States.
TomOrrow-The Pittsburg Investiga-
ton.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-20
A TRIBUTE To sunny JIM.s

A poem entitled sunny Jim" re-
ceived in the white house mail, so i'm
pressed president Taft that he decided
TO give it out for publication The
composer is Marvin NJ TAYLOR. OF VVOr-
cester, Mass, who accompanied it with
the following explanation Of his poetic
flight:
Two days ago, while in New York
city, I went into old Trinity church TO
attend the midday services held there
every day for the business men and to
listen TO the organ recital, also given
there. Just before entering the church
/ passed banner flying across thrOug-
ing Broadway, a Taft and Sherman
banner and IL set me thinking Of the
results Of the recent election and Of
the death of vice president Sherman
so short time ago While the master
at the organ was playing, I wrote upon
a scrap of paper, in the dim light Of
this famous old church, the incIOsed
lines
knowing the esteem and love which
you had for Mr. Sherman, I venture,
with great hesitation, to send them 20
you"
The poem follows.
SUNNY JIM
Tribute Of tributes.
That after the strife
Of an earnest and brave and strenuous
life,
With the failures and triumphs which
came to him,
He still should be known as
sunny jim"
Praise of all praise.
That through ali the time
From children's joys to manhOod's
prime,
The gladness OF. childhood stayed with
him,
And he remained always
sunny Jim
Wreath Of all wreaths.
That through the tense stress
That surges around the road to sue
cess.
None whom he had crushed did hiss
at him.
But his fellows all called him
sunny jim
Crown Of all crowns,
That in his home.
From wedding day till the last days
glOam
ChivalrOus love dimmed not in him,
But he was the same true
sunny jim.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-20
GrOans of A Crouch
By Jupiter.

Turkish cigaret makers have plenty
Of material for trade names out Of this
bulgarian Montenegro Creek Turk
ish thing.
The cholera germ is said to be more
deadly than the bUllet-but death by
it is less heroic and more painful.
It is rumored that one Of our most
prominent refugees has left for
Ysleta7 where he is in hiding. Secret
service please note
Have you priced your Thanksgiving
turkey YETI That about the war in the
Balkans affecting the price Of the
gObbler SENS no idle spool after all.
And what has Turkey to be thankful
for, anyway?
Some humOrists are wont to tell rs
that punning is the lowest order Of
humor- We must admit that we can
see no humOr in that.
Did you see the professional Eng
lishman with the Wash Hessings2 He
ought to come out from behind the I'm
derbrush and meet the world face to
face-like a man.
The hat from the head of a man rid
ing a horse blew off the other day at
San Antonio and oregon, and blew
the hat blew-On top OF a street car.
The motorman stopped the car. and,
climbing out on the front pOrch-Or
whatever you call it on a car-returned
the hat to the equestrian. Everybody
laughed-but the horse Which shows
that horses are more polite than they
are supposed to be and the horse laugh
a bit Of fiction
On Mexico street car only yester-
day two men of middle age and seri-
Gus mien insisted on standing during
the entire journey abroad. And there
were plenty of seats in the car They
stood in the center. hanging TO the
straps. Everybody wondered why.
Comments went like this:
Paying an election betY'
Just got up and want to stretch?"
Been standing in front Of a bar all
day and got the habit2"
1t was finally decided that they were
metropolitan suburbanites and, used
all their lives to the subway, had the
strap-hanging habit so firmly rooted
that they wouldn't feel comfortable
sitting.
A mOralist has told US to pay cash
and be kind Those are two hard COM
mands, especially when the coal ar
rtves at nine per and we live in a flat
three flights up.
They have one of those hOrseIess
pianos in a local hotel which sounds
dixie an orchestra-in some ways. If
it's out of tune you know that the
Mexicans are playing.
Chop suey and even chilli con carne
are unpopular in Ell Paso as com
pared to other cities. Those alien
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-20
Regulated Irrigation Service


occasionally especially by who have been
habit of trying of then
just government treating alike under these projects
and playing no avte Moreover there are rules fOr the One o. al |
penalty shut off One of
that viii be furnished only for beneficial USE and another
water paid promptly regularly
In control will
will find that
ent is held out to the competent and careful % and none at all " the
spshOd graspng only idea Of watering his land
TunaOn to flood the public roads after the land
has all t hold.
The new rules in the Salt rve valley go
year that; they also fair to ALL
principles Three feet
water year. payable
I % :. 5r each month for the month preceding and water will not be
furnish unle all ue payments
by government cheaper
~ M old for many If m more careful irqators and no higher than the old
except wholly
neghbos
the ~ that has prevailed under the ancient system of management the water
released
properly irrigated
excess requirements
careless practice productive
of the Salt contract gives the government the night
already waed build d
for drainage intervening land
i1outcom to the owner 0 81
supply drainage
cultivation and therefore OF no value to the owner te should P OF the
purchase fair
per would cOnfscatOn and therefore illegal
secretary Phoenix recently inves
gate
farmers ne neiu lnat PuOn' pOlS ul ~ 20 = - 80 -
contract is illegal because in the interests Of the
public
closer together
course would lead to better understanding and do away with the friction
hampers attitude of hos
On the whole secretary fully position
substantially submitted
Bear in mind that it was in Delaware not Turkey, ery
antOny wedding
progress
We are all pretty close to savagIy'
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-20
The HeraId's Daily
ShortStOry

I'm engaged to be married"
Poor devili' muttered Shelton.
And to the sweetest girl that ever
walked Gods Garth continued Edge
cumbe. his weary eyes Sparkled with q
momentary fire. 1T is to her I want
you to take message, if never live to
reach the coast"
Shelton nodded again.
Her name is Riving tOn-Miss Kitty
Idvington-and she lives at Chorford, II
Bucks"
.Ahr" said Shelton, with a sudden
start And you love each Other?"
Why, of cOurseH
Then there was silence again.
IF only one of US reaches the coast"
the ownership of the mine?"
1T should belong to the one who
reaches the coast" replied Edgecumbe
after some thought.
Again there was silence, until the
heavy regular breathing Of Edgecumb be
told that he slept. Then Shelton rose
to his feet and walked away into the
night. After a while he paused and
looked down into a stony valley
so she had chosen" he muttere6
abound And to think that / have lived
all this while with the man that she
has chosen. The irony of fater He
laughed a dull, mirthiess laugh, and
then the fire came into his eyes again
Kitty, my darling he murmured
brOkenly. 4 could have made you love
me had you let me try. But my chance
has gone, it's too late noW,"
He became silent again, and then IN
consciously his fingers clasped them
selves round the handle Of his knife
MS sole remaining weapon
why nOt2" he muttered. There's
sufficient food to take one of US
through safely. It would be all over
in a moment, and Kitty would love me
perhaps, II there was no one else.
With his mind full of his CHASTITY
project, Shelton crept back to the camp
knife in hand.
,, -
sleeping companion He raised his
knife Just then Edgecumbe stirred
uneasily in his sleep, and slight smile
crossed his features Kitty" he muir
That was all, but it sufficed. It drove
the madness out of Shelton. He picked
up something from the ground beside
Edgecumbe and started at it. His eyes
lost their unnatural brightness, and
sObs shook his Waster frame
Out into the night he stole, till ne
stood once more over the lonely val
ley.
Kitty he muttered brokenIy. He
will be able to come to you after all;
there's enough for one. Goodbye, dearr'
And then he stepped out into the mid
air, and his lips pressed against the
something he had picked up by Edge
cumbe's bed. There was a dull thud on
the rocks below. and then all was still.
But before the sun was over the horizon
EdgeCumbe was awakened by the
hOarse cries of the horrible carrion
birds.
Down in that lonely valley Edge
Cumbe saw his lost companion. There
was no way down into it. and, with a
half deliriOus prayer on his lips, he
stumbled on. He was well nigh mad
now, and an unnatural energy kept
him going till he suddenly came in
sight of the town of Barmen, which was
not marked on Shelton's map.
Here he lay between life and death
for weeks, until life conquered, and he
was reunited to his sweetheart
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-20
NEVADA az s.5. e q 2. e. o. ~ 75s s5:

EV THEN the Architect of the Uni
NJ verse had finished making the
United States He had a large
section of material left over for which
He had no use. That was a great many
years ago. No use has been found for
most of it yet.
This waste pile was finally made a
state because the Republican party need
ed two more senators. When it was
admitted it had 10000 inhabitants, of
whom 10000 afterwards escaped. For
many years there We're only 10000 in
habitants in all of Nevada's 10000
square miles. Most of them were en-
abled to exist by reason of the sena-
tOrial contests which were held every
three years.
Nevada is a large patch of sand hills,
sage brush and alkaH, tied up with
state line and mitigated here and there
by extensive gold deposits. The gold in
Nevada makes it palatable like the
sugar in medicine. Most of the state is
as devoid of humanity as the moon and
the man who viii 90 into eastern Ne
vada and settle down VIII have 100 miles
of front yard all by himself. When the
Union Pacific trains cross Nevada the
porters lock the windows and pour tar
in the cracks, but even at that no
passenger gets out Of the state with
out carrying a full line of real estate
samples with him.
Nevada exists for the encouragement
of prOspectOrs, politicians, pugihsts and
bored married folks. Its output per year
is a ton of gold, one legislature. a few
prize-ring champions and several hun
dred divorces with high-class, imported
principals Reno, Nevada, is the center
Of the divorce industry and no wife who
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-20
One-Sentence Philosophy
QUAKER lIEDITATIONs.
PhiIaelphia Record

philadelphia Record
AIS fair in love, if you don't care
for brunets-
The worst thing about loves young
dream is that you wake UP.
Tell a woman she is dull and she is
apt to disprOve it by cutting you.
The next best thing 10 profiting by
our mistakes is not to make any.
In a poker game, the fellow who bets
on a pair of deuces is apt to be re-
duced.
Many a man hesitates to put his best
foot forward for fear Of Stumbling his
toe
The trouble with the man who finds
fault is that he at the same time loses
his temper.
When an actor tells you he was
greeted by a storm of applause. would
You consider it a plausible story?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-20
SMALLPOX SCARE SUBSIDIES;
BUT ONE CASE AT SANTA RIOS

Santa Rosa, NM, Nov. 2O.-The small
Dox condition in this vicinity has failed
to assume the alarming proportions that
were feared, and so far as known there
Is but the one case, that of the convict
in the road camp, two miles south of
town, which is now under strict quaran-
tine
1t was reported to the health officer
that several parties had the disease at or
near the we'll from which a part of the
town supply is obtained, and that the
case at the convict camp had been con-
tracted there. Health officer Van Horn
took immediate steps to investigate
with a view of placing these reported
cases under quarantine, but has failed
to find any trace of the disease in the
vicinity of the well. He also reports no
further outbreak in the road camp.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-20
HUSBAND SENTENCED
TO QUIT HIS JOB
Wife Says He Beats Her When He
Works and Makes Money; That
He Dofes on Work.

Chicago. H., Nov. 20.-Judge New
conner, in the municipal court yester-
day, imposed the sentence Of indie
terminate idleness on Joseph Girsch.
who had been arrested on complaint
Of his wife.
Joseph has good Job, is ablebOdied
and perfectly willing TO work, but all
this distu-bs the otherwise happy
household and he must quit The court
entered the strange decree after hear
ing the story of Mrs Girsch-
Il can't stand JOe's conduct any
longer" Mrs Girsch testified. You'll
Just have TO put him under bonds to
refrain from working He's a mOlder.
He's just crazy about holding. but
when he gets paid off he buys liquor
and comes home and beats me. I've
got plenty OF money aud can support
both him and myself. Just send him
home and keep US out Of the divorce
courts.
'All right" said the judge IT'S a
little unusual, but let the order be is
sued
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-20

dishes always give one a pain or some
thing else
One never considers the great task
of doing little, everyday things. TAX
ing off ones trousers, for example.
One cannot sit down and do it Meth
er can one stand up and do it. One has
to stand and remove the upper part,
then sit down and raising one leg
pardon-limb at time take off the
rest. And we men do it every day!
Did they ever try to dynamite you
from forty a month for an alleged
apartment that you couldn't get into
with a shoe horn and olive oil?
Just because Diogenes lived in a tub
is no sign he ever took a bath
The Mexico North Western railway
has been destroyed again A pleasant
time was had BY al
Buy a home in Fl Paso and walk
Aeroplaning is the highest sport
Woodrow Wilson looks pleased even
in the pictures that were taken months
ago. So does Taft.
Down with verything-except fish
bones.
You don't say! Yes, and his wife
looks so troubled
Fl Paso is in Texas when the wind
blows from the west.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-20
THE PIANO By Walt Mason
UNCLE WAITS
DENATURED POEM


NN "Ihy
applaud
might the hrid folks
the wet
grief they punch the sung from You be lying sick bed
matters not piano eank will slam door, until
o
undertaken there to take uncle the Omb and while hair
stripped
they'll cling like eoeebuE till all pianos equipped with Maxim senceT
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-20
MOE EARLY MAILING.

Business houses having calendars to
present to their customers are urged
to mail them early The poStOftlce
officials are urging the local merchants
to get their rush of the annual calen-
dar mail sent out before the Christmas
rush begins. in order that the deliveries
may be made promptly and the pack
ages delivered in first class condition
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-20
GLOBE SIGHTS.
CAtchison GIobe.)

The main drawback with candi-
dates pOliteness is the suspicion that
il is too good TO last
While the human refrigerator may
be a capable man in many respects,
he should keep out Of politics.
People who get mad and won't speak
to their enemies may be rather &C
cOmmOdating than reVengefui.
1t seems there is never such a de-
mand for workmen that one can't go
out and scare up a flock of IOafers.
1t is hard for a business man to ad-
init he is getting his share of trade
unless he isn't, and wants to sell out.
Music hath charms to sOoth the
savage breast, but piano practice fire.
Quently works from the other angle.
There are so many fools, it is a Won
der the dangerous kind who carry re-
VOlvers aren't more numerous.