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railroad have been washed out.
Efforts to dynamite the jam to-
day, failed.

Pittsburg, Pa, April .2.-Con-
tinued rains last night and today
again caused fear that another
disastrous food may visit the
Pittsburg district. The rivers are
rising rapidly.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-12-30
D. Julian Bengoechea
y Aguiliano

Ell sabado ha fallecido este buen
amigo nuestro y persona que, porsu bon
dad de caracter Y honradez intacAable,
gozaba de general estimaci6n La maer-
te del senior Bengoechea Ia sido sentida
no solo por. sus compatriotas espanoles,
sino por todos los puertorriquenos que
tuvieron OCCASION de tratarle apreciarle.
FL entierro tuvo lugar aver tarde, a
Las cuatro media, y el duelo fu6 des
pedido en- sentidas frases por el presi-
3ente del Casino Espanol, don Antonio
Alvarez Nava.
Ell BOLETlN envia el pesame a. IA
cobnia espanola Y la sonora dona Edu-
yina lIacias, viuda del finado, por Ia
irreparable perdida que acaban de ex-
perimentar.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-12-30
MAS NOTICLAS

Anteanoche eontraJo matmmonlo en-
esta ciudad el distinguido joyen don Ber-
nardo Vale, active agente de varias ca
sas comerciales amelicanas. con la bella
senorita Carmen Espasas, hermana de
nuestro particular amigo don Antonio
Espasas. La boda fu6 en- farffia, asiA
iiendo los intimos,
Deseamos a la nueva pareja una eter-
ma luna de miel.
En- Ia parada ocho y media el CARO-
el6ctrieo nlmero yeinticinco arroIlo q
sa5ad5 al senor Pedro Garcia quien re
ci5i5 eravisimas heridas.
ii 44e4tnm6yil de don Dami5n Piz1
q de Mr. Kolmcs, cftroe42on e slbado
en- la oalle de San Francisco. Ambos We
alculos sufrieron desperfectos
\ las seis de la manana de hoy eI
autom6y11 ntfhero mil guiado por el
ingeniero senior Lippitt cboc6 c01f Il e.
CAIRO elfctrico n1mero diez nueve.
El autom6vil Sc ocasion6 yarios desper-
fectos
FL senor VI. Y. Estrada, active re-
presentante del rom Bacardi, en- Pto
Rico nos ha hecho un bonito regalo
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-12-30
Una publication
delDr. Ruiz Arnau

En- el nltimo nGmero de la revista
< 'Anales Ndlicos" ha pubHcado este
ilustrado madico un caso clinico de
pseudo-t6tano que merece fgurar en- una
monografia, pues viene a corroborar la
existencia del citado proceso y enrique
GER la exigua literature m6dica que SO
0re ell mismo hay hecho hasta el presente.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-12-30
MUNDO4 SOCIAL
Continuation de la Ira. pagina.)
EN- Ell CASINO

Para maiiana microbes, las nueve de
la noche, esta -seilalada la celebration de
un bale de sociedad que dara ell Casino
Espanol
Para ell suntuoso bale hay inusitada
animacion.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-12-30
iiPUEBLOM iBASTA DE ENGANOs! irNO MAS GUARAPOs!
iNO MAS BREBAJES QUE PRODUCER C0ICOs POR CERvEZA!

Las UNICAS VERDAD Las UNICAS cervezas dc
"ZACHERLBRAU" E "INDIA- WHARF, de CADERNO
Fl eabecmiento despovsto qusas cervezas
CUIDAD de las FALSIFICACIONES Una
III Esto es ceveza VERDAD nurc; que da vida gobu
LAvANDERAs, AHoRRAD TEMPO " DINERo
BROWN' Jabon impia
cIenclss mas eaStc Is ab6n mas baoy mas fno del mercado
lRES tENIAVOS CADA BARRA, de
nendo so barras Soicd
dad ha eausado a
cADIERNo HERMANos. Apentes exclusives
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-12-30
SALVADOR MANDRY.
BODA.

En- Cabo Rojo han undo sus destinos
Ia bella Y eneantadora senomta Della
Luisa Lopez Y ell rico agricultor de San
German don Jaime Acosta Fores.
Apadrinaron a los iiuevos esposos don
Franciscos Cansas Ortiz y dona Emilia
AldFuin.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-12-30
\ e u

Sc espera que los viajcr les +. i
dos Unidos visiten la TX 5ici6a [.
Puerto Rico-New York, So Aven.la
Mo. 100 smetaaa at a. Va
lidades y ventaias. lie conEiars cam d
impresiones con Mr. Mortim Remirg
ton-Geren1e.
Igualmente Sc le tratas en..ei
reau de Information, San Francisco II
No. 30, San Juan. 81 desea zpouer +,
propaganda aig@n articulo Sc j. .et
cedera local sufciente
G. r. Corr9a,
Jefe del Bureau de iniorma. !.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-12-30
LAS FIESTAS DE PONCE

Para Gas fiestas carnavalinas, va esta
esbozado el programa de los festejos en
Ponce.
Enero 25.-Noche: bale en el Centre
Espanol.- Enero 80 Entralla del Car
nava-Febrero 10. Bale de la .Goro-
naci6n.-Febrero 2. Mana1fa: Fiesta &c
los Bomberos Tarde: Fuegos artificial
les y bales en- ell Centro y Casino.-Fe-
brero 3. Concurso de comparsas jue-
gos cuaticos-FebrerO t. Cabalgatas Y
concurso de carrozas. Bales en- la no
che. .-Febrero s. Entierro de la Sar-
dina.
SALVADOR MANDRY.-
El10 del pr6ximo mes, embarcara eli
Barcelona runbo Puerto Rico, el esti-
mable caballero de Ponce, don Salvador
Mandry, a quien acompana su estimablc-
familia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-12-30

Otra boda La encantadora Matilde
Frau, dl estimado joven don Francisco
Torres, icenciado Ell farmacia.
La boda fu6 ap3rttfinada por don OHM
pio MARTINEZ + la sonora dona Bofin-
.quen Renard
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-12-30
EN- YAUCO.-

Y en- Yauco, mas azahares. La gent
liSima Maria Antongiorgi Y ell laureado
poeta Lclo. Vicente Rodriguez Rivera
La ceremonial fu6 brillantlsima Ell
temple cat6Iico estaba totalmente ocupa-
do por 10 mas exquisite de Yauco. Ma
ria, luci6 rico traie blanco de factura
parisina Ell noyio. correctisimo, de frac
Apadrinaron los padres de los despo-
sados, don Angel Antongiorgi esposa.
Y la palabra sagrada, las almas de
los noyios Sc besaron, en- aquella union
sagrada.
EN- Ell ''UNION CLUB
Manana por la noche Sc celebrara
un bale de etiqueta en- los salones del
'Union Club"
LUIGI.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-01

and then suddenly one of these crea.
lures will carry off some lad bathing
in the river or even attack some one
padding along in his boat know Of
a Dyak girl who. when sitting and
padding at the stern OF a canoe, was
knocked over into the water and car
ried away by a crocodile and her
companions could do nothing to save
her.
There seems to be no reason why
the crocodile should suddenly show
man eating propensity in this way.
The Dyaks account for It by curious
superstitions. They say that II food
is offered TO a person and he refuses
II and goes away without at least
touching it some misfortune is sure
to befall him and he will most prob
ably be attacked by a crocodile.
Also it is said that one of the ways
the gods punish crime is by sending a
crocodile to attack the culprit; and |
have often heard it said by Dyaks Of
SOlhC Oub VIM mas btcu hllltu W q
crocodile that probably he has dis,
pleased the gods either by paying no
heed to the warnings sent him in
dreams or by means of omen birds
or by committing some crime.
The Dyaks of Borneo will not kill
a crocodile except in revenge. If the
animal will live at peace with him the
Dyak has no wish to start a quarrel;
if, however, the crocodile breaks the
truce and kills some one then he feels
justified in retaliating. Under these
circumstances the Dyaks set to work
to find the culprit and go on catch,
ing and killing crocodiles until they
succeed in doing so. The Dyaks gen
orally wear brass ornaments and by
cutting open a dead crocodile they
can easily find out If he is tho
creature they wish to punish.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-01
SAVES GLASS; THIEF FLEES
Long islander Prefers Unbroken Win.
dow Pane to Shot at Night
Marauder.

Baldwin, L. CHARLES Kessel sat at
the foot of a fight Of stairs in his
home here at 8 o'clock in the morning,
watching a burglar trying to enter the
house and waiting patiently for him to
pry open window, so that he could
shoot the intruder with gun he had
brought from his room. But when a
slight noise frightened the marauder
away Kessel breathed a sigh of re-
lief.
I'm glad something happened to
prevent me from being a murderer"
said the latter, for l would have kill
ed the fellow just as sure as I'm here
had he entered the house"
AS it was Kessel opened his front
door and fred a shot at the thief,
which materially accelerated his
fight
Kessel was aroused by his son, who
had been awakened by the noise the
thief made in boring a hole through
a front parlor window to get at the
lock. When Kessel went downstairs
with a shotgun he could plainly see
the man at work outside.
81 could have shot him through the
window, but what was the use OF
wasting a perfectly good pane Of
glass;" said Kessel.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-01

ter's second term in the White House. 1t was in
1872 that Mr.. Morton conceived the idea Of this
unique holiday and he forthwith introduced be-
fore the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture, OF
which he a member, a resolution setting
apart April 10 of that year as tree planting day"
The legislature finally adopted the resolution
as proposed by Mr.. Morton, although some Of
his colleagues thought that Sylvan Day" would
be a better title for the newly-created festival.
and there is portion of the public that inclines
to this belief today. The new scheme proved an
emphatic success and more than one million
trees were planted throughout Nebraska on that
first Arbor Day. Not only were the children OF
the public schools interested from the outset but
individuals and local societies Of various kinds
participated This was due in part, no doubt, to
the fact that the Nebraska State Board Of Agri-
culture, which created the holiday, offered prize
of one hundred dollars to the agricultural society
of that county which planted properly the largest
number Of trees, and provided a farm library
and purse Of twenty-five dollars for the person
who planted the largest number of trees.
The next year Arbor Day was observed through
out Nebraska with increasing enthusiasm and in
1874 the governor by official proclamation, desig'
mated the second Wednesday Of April as Arbor
Day for Nebraska In 1885, when the legislature
of the state formally designated Arbor Day as
holiday the date was changed to April %. If Ne
braska can be taken as an example, the influence
Of Arbor Day is certainly most beneficial and the
only pity is that other states could not have
placed the holiday on their official calendars as
early as did Nebraska. Statistics show that in
a period of sixteen years following the date on
which Farmer Morton secured the adoption OF
the Arbor Day project total Of three hundred
and fifty million trees and vines were planted in
Nebraska as the direct outcome of this move
ment
The first states to follow the example of Ne
braska in adopting Arbor Day were Michigan and
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-01
Ge4RF X72Z5
elEkl5TEEEZW CRCLnEEeHyCIE

Minnesota, which took action in 1876 Thereafter
there followed steady procession of other states,
the legislatures Of which became converts to the
popular idea. In 1887 the movement took root
in Canada the Educational Department of On
tario setting apart day on which the trustees of
every rural school and incorporated village were
desired to plant shade trees and make flower
beds. Oddly enough, the State of New York did
not fall into line in this movement until the year
1885, but when the state legislature did take up
the matter it enacted very explicit legislation,
prescribing for exercises in the public schools
tending to encourage the planting, protection and
preservation of trees and shrubs.
Thus far only one foreign country has adopted
the American holiday known as Arbor Day. The
nation that has paid US this compliment of imi-
tation is Spain, but in the land Of the Dons the
festival is known as fiesta del Arbol, meaning
the Fete Of the Tree. The Spanish holiday was
inaugurated in 1896 and is celebrated earlier than
in this country-namely, on March 3d. On the
first Tree Day in Spain the young King Alfonso
with the queen regent and the ladies of the court
proceeded to grounds situated near the village Of
Hortazela, some two miles distant from Madrid.
Here the king planted a pine sapng and two
thousand children selected from the schools Of
Madrid Immediately followed his example Then
gold medals commemorative Of the event and
duly inscribed with the date were distributed
among the youthful tree planters. Although only
Arbor Day several other countries, notably
France Great Britain Japan and New Zealand,
have holidays that are very similar to our tree
planting festival.
1t is probable that very few Of the children who
plant trees or assist in planting trees on Arbor
Day realize that the United States government
maintains big institution the primary purpose
of which is not merely to encourage but actually
to carry on tree planting This establishment,
for the employees of which every day in the year
is Arbor Day. is known as the Division Of Silvi-
culture and is branch Of the U. S. Forest Serv-
ice. In the average year Uncle Sans official
tree planters set out upwards of half million
trees most of them located in the national for
ests. Moreover, not only does Uncle Sam main
tain his own nurseries as a source of ly~for
his perpetual tree planting campaign, but he also
aids private owners who desire to set out trees
on their property. Finally Uncle Sam Is con.
Quoting valuable experiments in nursery opera
tons and planting work in cooperation with nine
different universities and state agricultural ex
pertinent stations. The object Of these expert
ments is TO ascertain what species are best adapt
ed to different regions and to improve methods
of planting and cultivation.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-01
g elczlN e AUzAAe R08a4nNd @IREe1ZxNYg

the Importance Of trees to US as a nation. The
American people have suddenly awakened to the
fact that not only is the lumber supply Of the
country being exhausted at dangerously rapid
rate, with no prospect of replenishing, but worse
yet the wantOn waste of our forests has a sequel
In climatic changes that may mean hardship for
many citizens of the republic Indeed, some ex
perts go so far as to attribute to this cause the
terrific heat OF last summer and the approx
mately exceptional cold Of the past winter.
Tree Day" would be quite as appropriate a
name as Arbor Day for the spring holiday and a
notable feature of its observance in the average
community consists in the planting of trees and
shrubs along roadsides and in other suitable
places. In some instances the work devoves by
decree OF tme-honored custom, upon magistrates,
local officials or publicspirited citizens, but for
the most part it Is in the hands Of the teachers
and pupils Of public and private schools. 1t Ia
not too much to say that Arbor Day, like sew
eral other Of the spring festivals, is primarily a
young peoples holiday.
For all that most communities observe Arbor
Day in April the fact remains that 1t is a NOV
able festival, and there are some sections Of the
country where, owing to the climate 1t Is desir-
able to have the tree planting exercises at some
other time of year. In majority Of our states
the date for Arbor Day is either selected by the
state legislature by the governor Of the state
acting under legislative authority Usually, su-
perintendents of schools supplement the guberna-
torial proclamations on the subject of Arbor Day
by the issuance Of open letters bearing upon the
aim and object of the holiday and with due ref
erence to the lessons it teaches.
The state of Nebraska gets credit for original
ing Arbor Day. for 1t was the pioneer in what
has become a national movement. The individ
ual who was the original author of the scheme
was none other than Mr.. ]. Sterling Morton, who
afterward became Secretary Of Agriculture In the
Cabinet of President Cleveland during the lat
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-01
COFFEE HURTS
One in Three.

1t is difficult to make people believe
that coffee is poison to at least one
person out of every three, but people
are slowly finding 1t out, although
thousands Of them suffer terribly be-
fore they discover the fact.
A New York hotel man says: Each
time after drinking coffee l became
restless, nervous and excited, so that l
was unable to sit FIVE minutes in one
place, was also inclined to vomit and
suffer from loss of sleep, which got
worse and worse.
"A lady said that perhaps coffee was
the cause of my trouble, and suggested
that | try Postum. / laughed at the
thought that coffee hurt me, but she
insisted so hard that / finally had
some Postum made. have been u.s.
ing 1t in place of coffee ever since, for
noticed that all my former nervous
ness and irritation disappeared. be-
gan to sleep perfectly, and the Postum
tasted as good or better than the old
coffee, so what was the use Of stick
ing to a beverage that was injuring
me?
"One day on an excursion up the
country l remarked to a young lady
friend on her greatly improved appear
ance. She explained that some time
before she had quit using coffee and
taken to Postum. She had gained q
number Of pounds and her former pal
pitation of the heart, humming in the
ears, trembling of the hands and legs
and other disagreeable feelings ia
disappeared. She recommended me to
quit coffee and take Postum and was
very much surprised to find that l had
already made the change.
she said her brother had also re
ceived great benefits from leaving on
coffee and taking on Postum" There's
a reason"
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
one appears from time 20 time They
are genuine true, aRd full Of humal
interest.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-01
ODD BELIEF OF THE BURMAN
Thinks the Spirits of Human Beings
Butterflies That Fly When the
Body Sleeps.

Burma.-Never anywhere in all our
wanderings had We seen so many but
terflies at one time. They swarmed
in the sunshine like clouds of gnats.
Butterflies of every conceivable hue
like the throngs of gay, silk-clad Bur
mese maids who gather about the rail
road stations of Lower Burma. They
carpeted the trail, futtering up before
our horses hoofs, perhaps to light up
on us, or upon the horses themselves,
or to drift of down the valleys, or to
settle on the trail ahead, only to be
started up again.
The Burman believes the spirits of
human beings to be butterflies, which,
when the bodies to whom they belong
are at rest, may go fiuttering about the
world at will. Thus only for the
gravest reasons will one Burman wax
en- another; for that butterfly spirit
may be wandering, who knows where,
and illness or death may come to him
who is walked before his spirit has re-
turned gently to arouse the sleeping
body.-Mary Blair Beebe, in Harper's
Magazine.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-01
runLIsnnD wErKLY.
ELECTRICITY AS CURATIVE.

Electricity was formerly the mystic
remedy Of the quack. but since cleo
Iical apparatus has become so essen.
tial for Sray work. more serious at.
tention has been given by regular
physicians TO the physiological effects
OF this powerful agent Among the
notable results has been an electrical
method Of arrestlng the degeneration
OF the arteries so common IN prema-
ture old age. A new announcement is
that OF DR.. Labordle. a French medical
man. who gives details Of a method
OF treating sciatica by tonlzation with
sodium hyposulphite and shows what
appears to be an effective cure for a
painful disease. The effects are at
tributed In this treatment TO sulphur
oxide from electrolytic decomposition
instead OF the direct action OF the
electric current itself. A thick layer
OF absorbent tissue saturated with 8
per cent solution Of the sodium hypo-
suiphite was covered over a piece Of
TIN as the negative electrode. which
was placed on the rear Of the thigh
over the sciatic nerve. The positive
pole. wet with water, was put in con
tact with the calf of the leg. The pa
tient had been unable to use his legs
Tor ten months. but after ten sittingl
OF forty minutes he could walk a mile
and recovery seems to have been com
plete.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-01

Physicians tell us that 65 per cent
OF the children in the public schools
Of Boston are physically defective,
says the Boston Globe. The trained
nurses who attend the pupils have per-
formed good service in correcting TEN
porary defects. Now it is proposed
seriously to not only fed the hungry,
but to furnish medicated baths for
children suffering from skin troubles,
1t is also urged that more attention
should be paid to school clinics by
teachers and parents cooperating for
that purpose. A wise medical sugges-
ton is made that there should be less
competitive work in the schools and
that the pupils should be relieved Of
some studies, homo lessons abolished
and children promoted or graduated
with more regard to their actual men
tai capacity as shown by their daily
efforts.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-01
CROCODILE HUNT IN BoRNE0
superstltlous Natives Of Island XIII
the Creatures only In Spirit
Of Revenge.

sandakan. Bofneo-It Is a common
sight In Borneo TO see a large croco-
die summing himself on the muddy
bank Of a river lie takes no notice
OF the natives even though they pass
quite near him. So common Indeed
Is the sight that the Dyaks them
selves pay no heed to these dangerous
reptiles; and yet II Is no unusual
thing In Borneo to hear Of some hu'
man life being taken by a crocodile.
For months perhaps the crocodiles
IN a river live at peace with mankind
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-01

Experiments at the Pasteur Insti-
tute in Paris have demonstrated that
chickens can thrive without bacteria,
though most vertebrates seem to re-
quire them. The experiments we're
made by Doctor Cohendy at the sug-
gestion of Professor Metchnikoff. Doc
tor Cohendy used a storilized incuba-
tor. He introduced three eggs which
were about Matching. Gle sterilized
them on the outside, the air apparatus
was carefully filtered and all the food
was perfectly sterilized. Several sets
OF chickens raised in this way were
found after six weeks to be too big
for the incubator and were taken out
and compared with chickens which
had been raised in the ordinary way
The tests showed that the incubator
chickens were absolutely free of mi
crobes, though after some hours OF
unsterilized life their digestive tubes
contained thousands Of them.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-01

months, each Of twenty-eight days,
which would leave one extra day in
the year, and this he beautifully plans
as a free day for every one-free
from interest charges on money, the
necessity of work, the wage scale, etc.
Then each month would commence on
Sunday, and the first, eighth, fifteenth
and twenty-second days Of each month
would be Sundays. President Hadley
of Yale is quoted as saying that the
month Of four weeks will come as a
commercial necessity" The adjust
ment to the change would be very
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-01
Hurt Her Womanly Dignity

ing his heels for another ten minutes
while the seal-bedecked doorkeeper
without and the Black Rod within
debate the genuineness of his creden-
tials. After an interval which strain
ed the Americans patience to the
breaking point they were Ushered in
to the august chamber, where the
woman was given a seat in a little
back pew on the main floor, while the
man was accorded the privilege Of
standing behind her. Once inside the
hall, the mans political instinct as
serted itself, and he became deeply
interested in the debate, but, to his
dismay, his wife got up after about
FIVE minutes and said:
Come on. can't stand this
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-01

Painting and sculpture are condu-
ctive to long life. Yet music kills men
young. Schubert, with all his wealth
of song. died at 81; Mozart, who
danced and laughed his melodies into
being, died at S5, the same age as
Bellini; Bizet, the composer of Car
men," died, like Purcell, at 81; Men
delssohn survived to 3s; Chopin. who
loved life so we'll, had done with 1t at
80, while Weber expired at the age Of
40 and schuman at 46. But Verdi
lived and flourished as a nonagenarian.