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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-27

El Simbolo de la luna que en- el pudo-
rOsO aZul de la nOche centila como una
pagina de Las Mil Y una Noches en-
trana un misteriO encantadOr V lejano.
como el de la filosofia india. es impe.
netrable?
FL simboIo del pradO de la carload en-
donde Sc abre la flor de Buddha. la flor
de media noche, escondida V sagrada.
bajO las alas adOrmecientes del compasi-
vo Silenoio, es impenetrable
FL simbolo crisdlefantino de las auro-
ras que en- ell ienzo infinite traza mara
Villosamente ell paisaje feliz del alma de
DiOS, es Impenetrable
El simbolO virginia. de las almas per-
fectas que viven recluidas Ell Su torre de
cristal y rosa, banadas por la gracia de
los cieios, es impenetrable
FL simbolo doloroso de los ponentes
autumnales que tienen las palideces
lumnOsas de un sueHo ancestral vago.
es mnpenetrable
Los SEmbOlos Y los signos empleadOS
en- la astrulogia, sea. los Siete animales
zodiacales y los siete coloreS primaries.
son impenetrables
FL simb0lo del hombre armonioso e
iluminado que cruza los senderos de la
mdlancolia en- los que hOrece la amarga
flor del NAL, Y que eincela como un plas-
tic0 0rfebre de magistrates orfebrerias,
versos emotivos que son como marayillo-
SOS toisones de piedras preciosas, es am
penetrable?
iiiOh, 81 ell conjunto de simbolos que
forman la vida son impenetrables para
los que no conOcen las palabras cabalis-
ticas de la iniciaoi6n nj esctlehan las vo-
ces vagas del Silencio!
Cuando 81 mlstico iluminado, presenta
en- la uit1imbre fina de stls versos salmi-
cos ell simbohsmo esoterico que es la re-
presentation del gran Todo, exclaman
los no iniciados; ESQ es falso
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-27

Es pOrque no ven la luz nj aspiran cl
perfume, nj ven la flor Ell ell fondo de
los simbdlos. Y lie dan a la idea una in
terpretaci0n pobre Y material.
Entomces nacen las polemicas, las po-
lemicas tristes y absurlas.
Ell Sr. Arias persiste en- la idea de
negarIe Brau el derecho de haber su-
frido la gloria de haber triunfado del
dolor.
81 la idea que motive la estrofa es la
que el Sr Arias Sc obstina en- defender,
desapareci6 por complete al tomar for
ma en- el cuadro euritmico de la rima.
Me extrana sobremanera que el Sr.
AriaS olga que has espinas, las luchas
las tristezas, las afiicciones, los egois-
mos, las imdiferencias, Y las ingratitu
DIES no batieron Slls alas tenebrosas EN- ell
sendero de la vita de Rrau Parece ser
que cl Sr Arias ha pasado toda su vida
en- eli dulce limbo de la felicidad. ageno
la incOntrastable fuerza del Destino
impiadOsO que nos sOterra bajo la tira-
MIA de un etelnO d0lor. ..
Brad como autor dramatico. como
dista triunf6. porque siempre triunfa
la cicl6pea energia del titan que rompe
con su piqueta de bronco ell coraz6n Gu
ro. duro rojo de la llanura de la vida
pOrque ell sol siempre vence la nOche
prenada de figuras funambulescas, por
ell Arcangel siempre vence a Satanas :;
porquc los murcielagos son aturdidos
pOr la maravilla conmOvedora de la
luz.
No lie neguGis al poeta ell derecho de
haber sufrido. No negueis que 6l tuvo
un coraz6n recio para recibir las techas
envenenadas del hado. No negueis que
el, abrazado la cruz del martirio, re-
cibi0 azotes cruz0 la senda inmensa Y
Oscura, Y ensangrentado Ell la cumbre
del Gtlgota, bebio sal hiel Ell la espon-
ia saturada de la maldad de los huma-
nos. No negueis q. el vivi0en angustioso
y grave Olvido y que tuvo para la vida
hasta ei ultimo momento una honda V
amarga Erase. a
Brau POGO antes de morir, estrui0
i 1
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-27

co.......... diciendo. con una profun-
da y terrible amarga ironia: III A me
dida que siento Que la vida Sc extin-
que. Cuiero palparla =.
Decidme, ique os revela esta Erase
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-27
V erd a des
incontrovertibles

Continuation de la 2da plana.l
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-27

81 ID ordena agna Philadelphia Chicago cuquera
oa udad ALA de New York
e conomiento de compahf
& 10 Bridge Street, nooros haremos cargo del
TRASBORDO NUEvA YORK
recargo Haremos
es oe SD Aente de Trasbordo cobrandos
garnos nosotros
Encsfgdo en Puerto Rio r. E. SHAFFER Moee No San Juan
AGENTES EN- PUERTO RICO: re,stone TO-
Roig
MayagHez-Pagan, & Co Faiardo.-
Onver&
- & Co
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-27


Enrique Ramirez de Arellano. nieto
de Brau, l0ven que pOSee un precoz Ia
lento Y un Sano cOraZ0n lleno de la be-
lla sentimentalidad de los elegidos. me
ha dicho, que su pobre abuelo sufri0
mucho en- la vida. va ven IDS. como 81
grave adolescente ha snfrido honda
mente a yer que Sc MEGA el sufri
mientO de su abuelo
FL Sr. Arias fue amigo del poeta. pc
ro estuvo muy distante del alma del
que fif un martir. COMO todos los oic
poseen una fina organization Ell armo-
MIA Goa una hiper- sensibidad celeste
Yuma idea semejante Ia de JESUS.
FL Sr. Arlas no We NADIA de estas re-
condlteces que no son insondables pa
ra un nnmero, y 81 para la totalidad.
porqle segtm sus propias palabras
esta tan cOrto de vista. que nj ann
con vldrio de aumento consigo yer cosa
alguna "
iQue miopia lamentable
Pero Dios es sabio -
La paloma de la Eucarastia esta EN-
ell ciel0
NO 10 sab6is?
LA esfnge milenaria guarda al Sc
creto
! \ Manana 49,
;Qucdara la sombra en- la. sombra
Evaristo Ribera Chevremont.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-27
Sc ALQU1LA

Una habitacion para persona sola O
matrimonio sin hijos, con sin comida.
Informaran Tetuan, 2, bajos.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-30
.AYHAWKER JOTS

If Old Sill White would stick to
the editorial page of his Emporia Ga
zette and other miscellaneous literary
endeavors there would be even more
worshipers at his shrine. Read this
near classic he jotted down in reply
to such aspersions as facetious Kan
sas newspapermen directed against his
family horse. "Old Tom,'' since the
beast had the proud pleasure of drag
glng Colonel Roosevelt through the
elevating lanes of Emporia: "Old
Tom, of course, is no Maud s. nor Joe
Pa5chen-for several reasons. But
he has the same number of legs at
tached and his heart beat is true. He
makes no claim to speed but his car
buretter always works and while he
mas but two cylinders he brings his
guests back in one piece and leaves
them at home rather than down town
at the undertaker's to be assembled
by total strangers into their aliquot
parts What if he isn't speedy; what
If his best record is mile in 5 min
utes? SO far as that is concerned, the
pyramids have been 1000 years max
ing a distance that Tom can do in q
few desultory minutes, and no one
sneers at them. There are too many
smart alecks running newspapers who
jeer at useful things to raise a laugh.
Old Tom may not have a wind shield
or speedOm But-what would he
do with them He is fully equipped
with a few kind words and whalebone
ator, has faced every form of man or
beast the broad empire could pro-
duce. Princes and potentates, far
women and brave men have lolled
luxuriously back among the 81 springs
of the surrey behind Old Tom and
have seen Emporia and Lyon county
whiz by them at four miles an hour
without fear or anxiety. They knew
they were safe. He will go longer
though perhaps not quite so far-on a
Accent bale of hay than these new
tangled vessels of wrath fitted unto
destruction will go with a bucket of
gasoline and a cord of rubber. Then,
of course. there is this important
thing to say of Old Tom While, of
course. it is difficult to get new parts
when he breaks, yet, after all. he is
paid for, and there's no ninety-day note
turning up every season to make the
years a melancholy procession on the
other side of the street from the bank
That's not much, perhaps-but still us
something. Taken up one side and
down the other-Old Tom has his good
points,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-30
by THE WAY
BY HARVEY PARs0sF&

The blank spaces in the General
Sickles' scandal story Indicate the al
vantage of being in New York society.
Had the woman in question been out
side the society reservation, there
would have been no blank spaces in
the story.
Carter Harrison wants the Chicago
dogs killed off, and says it. 1t must
be true, as reported, that Carter Har-
rison doesn't want to be elected again.
man may advocate the chloroform-
ing of all blonde children or the de-
STABILITY of a z O'Clock curfew law for
men, and get by with it, but when he
advocates the destruction of a pet
dog, he loses a vote.
IT see by the papers" says Hondo
Murphy, that the Rock Island is go
ing to put a stop to free rides, and
approve. In my brief experience as a
hobo, I had no trouble with the train
crew. My only trouble was with sew
eral other buns who climbed into the
same empty, and decided that 1 didn't
belong to the hobo's union, and
should therefore be frisKed. 1t CHANGED
that they didn't frisk me, however, as
they found me standing directly be
| mind my only baggage rusty OLD SIX
shooter. I rode on the back platform
of that gat from late Argentine to
early TopekaS There was quite dis
turbance, andeI got an impression OF
buns in general which conceded per-
fectly with the views of the Rock
Island officials-towit, that they
shouldn't be allowed to ride
The Georgia militiamen killed sew
eral white persons, but no negroes.
The phenomenon is easily explained;
there were no negroes within range.
They called him woody in Con-
necticut, but the chances are he
doesn't care what they call him so
long as they keep on calling him.
Our weather prediction is taht if
the local weather bureau keeps on
predicting fair and warmer long
enough, it will eventually strike it.
But. if the merry villagers care
enough about it to take drastic meas
ures, there is no doubt but results
could be obtained by getting out an
injunction against the fair predic-
tionS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-30

vase and bowl with roses. Rosamond
bent her pale face over them. It's
sheaven,'' she said. II feel as if had
died and had been waited into Para
disc"
When Aunt Fan repeated this remark
to her nephew. he wiped his eyes open
ly. THE blessed child,'' he said husk-
lily; 1.-The blessed childr had the roses
there for her, because they match her
name"
Every day Castlewood came to in
quire about the wirk and ask after
the condition of the sick father. When
he's better, you shall both go out with
Aunt Fan and me to our home at the
great"
You are so good" she said.
But she doesn't seem to realize that
l love her." Castlewood complained one
morning to Aunt Fan; she just seems
to look upon me as a fairy godfather,
instead of a Prince Charming and I'm
not so old was only forty in July"
And she's twenty said Aunt Fan
SOFTLY You must act like a young
Prince Charming walked the princess
with a kiss said Aunt Fan, and
chuckled. Tell her how much you care,
Bob, and let her think about it, She
hasn't dared to let her heart speak 10
her.
Late that afternoon the little seam
stress was sitting at rest and gazing
out at the sunset through the wide
west window. when a red ros dropped
to her lap She looked up startled, and
saw Castlewood looking down at her,
with eyes which made her lower her
lashes.
Little Princess he said softly, I've
something to tell you. Deep in my heart
is a great love fer you. VIII you think
about it and let your own heart
answer"
oh she whispered, II must not let
my heart speak, must not"
Something in her agitation made Cas-
tlewood ask earnestly, "Why?"
You would only marry me out of
pity" she said. you are rich. and you
know how have struggled
Castlewood laid his hand over hers.
Il I were poor?' he asked, and his
voice was deep tenderness. "If 1 were
poor little princess, what them"
Il would follow you to the ends Of the
world she whispered, and then there
fell between them a long silence.
And out of it Castlewood said: II
thank God-this woman loves me-"
He took her in his arms and vowed !:
Now you shall marry me whether you
say yes or not, for I know that you
have spoken the truth-and that you
love me. "-(Copyright 1912 by NIcClure's
Newspaper Syndicate-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-30
GLOBE SIGHTS
eY THE ATCHIsofs GLOBE.

Sometimes one is told to take his choice
when there isn't any.
Jude Johnson's only policy is to disagree
with every one else
Devote most of your enthusiasm to
your regular work; but not ALL
1t is hard to possess an extensive voca-
bulary without talking too much.
theory, the janitor would own the build
ing.
All some men are good for is to raise
their hats when funeral procession goes
by.
state flower is usually considerably
less important than its other agricultural
products.
A poor woman's notion of heaven is
somewhere she can spend all the money
she wants for pretty clothes
Cheerfulness is most constant
charm. but gloom gathers a little when a
hearse passes and we aren't feeling very
well.
Also, the falling of the leaves is par
ticularly sad to the boy who knows ne
must rake them off the broad, rolling
lawn.
One will not, however, get any great
benefit from signing the pledge if he does
that often enough to MAKE it amount to
practice in penmanship.
About the time a man begins to think
he owns the world that small portion ne
does own is taken from him. Don't Tor
Heavens sake, become conceited. 1t will
r1li
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-30
SAYS UNCLE CAV

If the new science of advertising
has done nothing else for the world, it
has taught us that the man who hopes
to succeed by telling the truth about
himself and his goods, mental or ply
steal, is pursuing no iridescent dream.
For some unnumbered thousands Of
years the world has theoretically
recognized the principle that the
truth and the truth only pays, and
has been trying to avoid it. If we had
put in as much time trying to be hon
est as we have in trying to beat the
game by being dishonest, the milIen-
MUM would have arrived before Christ
and there would have been no poverty
on the earth these three thousand
years. Since the first dim perception
of the unknown and unseeable began
to percolate through the indurated
foreheads of our forefathers, religion
and morals have taught US that hon
esty and honesty alone is good policy.
Certain philosophers have taught US
the same thing by a series of deduc-
lions approXimating mathematics In
principle, but logic itself has failed to
carry conviction.
1t remained for the modern bust
ness man, gathering his gains in the
white light of publicity, to drive home
to himself and the world the vital
truth that big things are not won by
buncombe. If advertising has taught
us anything it is that honesty is the
best policy, because sooner or later
dishonesty is detected, and there's a
devil of a time to pay the fiddler. Ill
gotten riches are no longer either re-
spectacle or safe. Where every man
knows everybody else's business, a
clean name is worth a good deal more
than it was when the means of COM
munication were exceedingly limited.
We soon learn what you are doing
and whether you are on the square.
The fact that you are in Manila and
we are in New York doesn't seem to
alter the perspective. If you are doing
a world business, you need a world
reputation behind it. If you are writ
ing or painting today, you are putting
your brain and heart on canvas or pa
per for the world, and the world
wants to know that you are doing it
honestly and unreservedly- If you
are not doing your best in all sincerity,
there is no mountain fastness where
the newspaper and the telegraph will
not seek you out and expose you for
a maligner.
So publicity, of which advertising is
the busy handmaiden, has lifted our
morals and showed US the light. 1t
is becoming daily more important that
we be what we pretend to be. and
truth has become the priceless jewel
be.-(Copyright 1912, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-30
UNCLE SAM TO TEACH FARMERS.

UNCLE SAM TO TEACH FARME-INo'
Farm and Fireside, an agricultural
paper published at Springfield Ohio
contains an account of the plans OF the
United States government for adVanc-
ing agricultural interests throughout
the country, in the coming year. Fol
lowing is an extract;
THE federal government will expeno
about s125,0 600 this fiscal year in pro-
noting the cause of better farm man
agement, through the medium of coun-
~ agents. who will impart instruction
directly to the farmers and to farmers
organizations.
.eSuch expenditure has been assured
bv a provision in the agricultural ap-
preparation bill which allows 100000 for
acknowledgement purposes. A part OF
this sum will be used in pursuing the
acknowledgement Investigations OF
which William ]. Spillman has charge
Mr.. SpilIman, under whose division IN
the bureau of plant industry the direc-
ton of farm-manage cement matters fails
estimates that about $4,000 will be
available for the employment of agents
in various counties and for the organl-
cation needed to make the work OF
these agents effective.
s.Farn-management efforts of the de-
partment of agriculture have thus far
not been of a nature to bring the farm
ers of the country and the farm man
agement experts of the department IN
close touch. But a new order of things
is at hand. Plans are being perfected
that will eventually result in the best
expert advice of the department on
practical problems of farm manage
ment being given to farmers in many
counties directly. What is going to
oe done by the government this year
is only a beginning. Next year, there
is good reason to believe, congress will
largely increase the amount allowed
for the spread of instruction and sug-
gestion as to farm management. That
the government will soon be paying
out a million dollars a year for this
purpose is not only possible but proba-
BILE
1.-The plan is for the federal govern
ment to pay half the salary and expen-
ses of the agent for each county. The
other half is to be raised locally. That
is, while the government will have
about $12500O to spend for this purpose
between now and next June so, the
end of the fiscal year, the fact that
an equal sum will be raised in the diff
ferent counties that want agents will
bring the total expenditure for the pro-
motion of farm-mana cement advice
and instruction up to $3.50, OOO'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

TFrom the Chicago News.1
Cold facts are dispensed by the iceman.
Buy experience if you want a perma-
nent investment.
Some married women want shorter
hours and more alimony.
The proof of the pudding may be in the
amount left over.
The man who is untrue to his friends
can never trust himself.
Most men make good 1oafers who can't
make good at anything else.
Even a married man may do as he
pleases-as long as he pleases his wife.
Unlike most workers. the mosquito pre-
sents his bill before he does the job
If some men have plenty to drink with
their dinner they never complain of tire
cooking
pensive hat may be one that she can buy
for song
lust because a man does the things his
wife wants him to do is no sign that he's
stuck on the position.
When a young widow faces the parson
for the second time she is apt to balk al
the 'shonor and obey clause.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-30
A Drummer Bo, Astrav.

a Scotch story is that of a dirninu-
tive drummer in a local brass band,
who was in the habit when out parad-
ing with his comrades of walking by
sound and not by sight, owing to his
drum DeIng so high that he was I'M
able to see over it. The band on Satur-
day afternoons. paraded usually IN
one direction, but the other day the
leader thought he would change the
route a little. and turned down a by
street The drummer, unaware of this
movement, kept on his accustomed
way. drumming as hard as ever ne
could. By and by, after finishing his
part. and not hearing the others, he
stopped, and, pushing his drum to one
side, he looked to see what was the
matter His establishment may be i'm
agined at finding that he was alone.
'Hae? he cried to some bystanders.
has ony o We seen band hereaboot ~
The Argonaut
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-30
Wines of the Ancients.

Nearly dfty kinds of wines were
known to the ancient Romans, includ =
ing several varieties used for medicinal
purposes. FaIernian was a home wine.
resembling the modern Madeira. and
was not commonly used until it was
ten years old. After it was twent1,
years old it affected the drinker IN
tavorably, causing headache.
Other wines were foreign. Chan.
also called Ariusian, of which
there We're three varieties-aus
tere, sweet and intermediate-and the
Lesbian. considered to be a diuretfc
were of this kind. Some wines We're
named after their color as white dark
and red. The white were thought to
be the thinnest and least heating; the
dark eoiored and sweet the most
nourlshing; the red the most heating.
Certain wines named Myndian, Hail
carnassian, Rhodian and Coan, were
made with salt water They were con-
sidered not to be intoxicating. but to
promote digestion. Two wines. enid
ian and Adrian, were also medicinal
Mustum was Il name applied to Wine
newly made, or the fresh Juice of the
grape. Protropum was the juice
which runs from the grape without
pressing. MulSum was a mixture =
wine and honey Sapa was mustum
boiled down to a third. Defrutum was
mustum reduced to half. and Carenum
was the same reduced to a third
Passum creticum, also a sweet wine. is
believed to have been the same as the
wine which our forefathers called
Malmsey, the wine in which the Duke
of Clarence. brother of Edward the
Fourth. elected to be drowned.
A wine called Murrhina has a cur
Gus history The Greeks had a wine
of this kind which consisted of pure
wine perfumed with odorous sao-
stances. The Romans had a wine sim
ilarly named. which is supposed to
have been vine mingled with myrrh It
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-30

was administered to those who were
about to suffer torture in order to in
toxicate them, and to remove the sense
of suffering.
The ancient wines retained their
place probably until the end of the
Middle Ages, but there is no reliable
evidence bearing on this point Very
slowly the names, rather than the
wines, changed generally. The ancisnt
wines, even those in use in Shake
speare's time seem to have been less
charged with alcohol than the wines
of the present day. Even Malm9ey,
the strongest If them, contained Cai:
about IL per cent. of spirit and Sack
a little more than half that amount
The Ideal Grocer.