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July 4. 1875, was adopted talthough
it was not signed until the next
month";. The grave step was taken.
The congressman stood committed.
The had crossed the Rubicon" and
were ready to take the consequences
band of patriots. He was John Joach-
i'm Zubzy, Swiss, who had emf
grated to America in early life and
had settled in Georgia. Zubly vas
not only prominent as scholar and
a statesman, but was preacher as
we'll He had shown great indigna~
ton at the colonists' wrongs and mad
both written and spoken In protest
against tyranny.
So patriotic was he that Georgia
chose him as one of its five delegates
to congress In 1875. There he worked
hard for the peoples cause and even
drew up a petition to King George ILL.,
upon the present unhappy situation
of affairs" Altogether, he was look"
ed upon as an ardent patriot. Indeed,
it is hard to understand the sudden
and terrible change in the man
AS soon as Zubly found congress
was determined to adopt the Declara
ton he fought the proposition most
bitterly and utterly refused any part
in it. He denounced the idea OF
republic and did everything In MS
mower to stem the tide oil opinion.
Had this been all he did no great
shame need to have been attached 10
him. But he was not content WIN
refusing to vote for the Declaration.
He actually entered into secret cor
| respondence with the enemy, betray-
! ing to the British the patriots prlVa'e
plans and giving warning that the
Declaration was about to he adopted.
What further harm he might nave
done the cause Of liberty cannot oe
guessed, for a fellow congressman
Samuel Chase OF Maryland found
reason to suspect him. A reasonable
| letter from Zubly was intercepted
Chase exposed the mans whole black
treachery to congress
| Zubly fed in hot haste from Phiia-
| phia to escape punishment hs
went at once to Georgia. There, ut
terly casting away his cloak OF patriot
ism. he sided openly with America
| foes. For this he was banished from
Georgia and half of his property was
declared forfeit He rushed to ths
British for protection. After a Re"
years of misery and disgrace he died.
in 1881, with the Revolutionary war
! was still at its height.
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SeIf-Sacrificinq Women.

Rev Harold NJ. Ryder, pastor of the
Methodist church at Bay Shore. L. l.,
was taken to the Seney hospital. in
Brooklyn, the other day, and the sur
geon decided that an operation was
necessary. 1t was performed, and a
speedy recovery was expected But
the patient began to sink, and trans
fusion of blood was decided upon. Be
It said to the honor of the women
that 25 nurses on the staff of the hos
pital offered to open their veins to
save the life of the patient A
healthy girl Of eighteen years OF age
was selected, and she tainted under
the ordeal. and it took a week to re-
store here vitality. But her heroism
failed its purpose. for soon after the
TRANSMISSION he died.-Christian Her.
aid.
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Caligula, the "Crazy" Emperor

tured to death while 10 ate
During a single year h. vested all OF
Tiberius' carefully hoarUa4 fortune
more than $4,000 ,0uQ-aud then over
taxed the people to gain new money
for eXtrayagances. one NJ his favor
tie methods of getting wealth was to
force his rich courtiers 20 gamble with
him for enormous sums. They dared
not win, for fear OF death.
He professed TO be direct de-
scendant of the gods and le once al
tempted to fight a duel with the myth
ca, deity. Jupiter, by throwing stones
at the sky during thunderstorm One
nobleman was executed for being bet
ter dressed than the emperor, another
for being better looking
CaIigula had a horse he loved. He
kept it in an ivory stall and fed It on
gilded oats from manger Of marble
and gold In an outburst OF insanity
he even bestowed on this horse the
ran kof high priest and "concul."
Seeking military glory, CaIigula once
hurried dU d' lily llIlO hti many. 1 II
ing of this campaign before battle
had been fought, he decided to invade
Britain. SO he embarked his troops for
that island. But scarcely were they
aboard the ships when he ordered
them all on land again. Then, draw
ing up his army in line Of battle on
the beach, he commanded his soldiers
to fill their helmets with shells and
pebbles. They did so, and he returned
to Rome. announcing that he had con-
quered the ocean He also dressed a
number of his Gaelic subjects In Ger.
man costumes, then had them public.
ly executed as prisoners Of war cap
tured in Germany"
The imperial mailman ruled the
world as might violent maniac taken
from an asylum and given lfeand
death control Of everything. But his
crimes and follies were too great for
even the callous Romans. An officer
whom Caligula had grossly insulted
formed a conspiracy against him.
On January "a, Al A. DIN the
twenty ninth year Of his age and the
fourth year Of his vile reign-the con-
spirators forced an entrance into his
palace and slew him.
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wish was the third emperor OF Rome.
prObab BILE lunatic who filled his snort
reign with comic opera absurdities and
with unspeakable horrors. His real
name was Caius Caesar Augustus eGr-
manicus His habit Of wearing cali
gaze" or military boots, led the SOL
diers among whom he spent his boy
hood to nick name him "Caligula."
julius Caesar had made Rome ruler
of the world. His nephew, Augustus,
had been its first emperor. Augustus
| was succeeded by Tiberius, miser
and tyrant. After the murder or IL
berius in 81 A. D. young Caligula
great grandson of Augustus) became
emperor He is generally believed to
have caused Tiberius' death in order
to clear his own way to the throne.
The beginning of Coliqula's reign
was all that could be desired. He gave
promise of being an ideal emperor. He
lightened the peoples burdens, forgave
political enemies, set prisoners free
and governed the country so wisely
and mercifully that, when at last he
fell dangerously ill, all Rome went
into mourning.
| Unluckily he recovered from the Ill
ness. But he came back to health a
wholly different man. The sickness
10 supposed to have crazed him.
That Is the kindest judgment posi-
BILE. The gentle liberal emperor had
changed into a demon. His first step
was to begin a wholesale slaughter Of
his former friends. When there were
no criminals to throw to the wild
| beasts in the arena he ordered dozens
of innocent spectators hurled to the
lions. He had set OF torture imple-
ments placed in his dining hall SO that
he might enjoy watching prisoners tor
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-11-23
FIVE COWS, A GIRL
and A BIG AUTO
Romance of a Young Lawyers
ScorChIess ScorCh on a
Highway.
BY ADA NIXON.

Copyright. 1912, b. Associated Literary
Young Harold Inlay OF Chester
had graduated in law and been taken
into partnership with his father He
was having what he called niue
fling before settling down to the stern
business Of law. and he had an auto
to help him out The auto revolved
around the country at various speeds,
none of which was less than forty
miles an hour.
On a certain morning when It was
taken out to scorch up the highway 1t
refused to scorch In sact, 1t went
dead" That's not 90 very rare
case There is little something out
of killer and the man that knows how
can remedy 1T in a few minutes. The
trouble IN this case was that nobody
in the village knew how. The clock
tinker, the blacksmith, tbs cobbler
and the doctor all diagnosed and pre-
scribed, but without avail. Then tin
peddler came along and hoped off
his wagon and fused for minute
and hoped on again and drove az.
The arto was now all right The
young lawyer offered free seats. but
they were declined with thanks. 1t
wasn't their day for dying. The de-
cliners saw man and machine d!sap-
pear down the highway like cannon
ball and felt that it was good TO be
alive and have dinner coming to them.
Very few lawyers take any mans
word for anything, and not one In ten
would believe peddler under oath
Young Inlay hadn't cut his legal eye
teeth yet, and he fondly believed He
would have said to jury that the
peddler could have no possible mo-
tive in lying to him. and the absence
OF motive always raises big doubt
of the guilt of the accused Perhaps
the man did not knowingly lie. Per
haps he thought balky auto could
be fixed as easily as a balky wheel
barrow At any rate. after run Of
| three miles, young Inlay discovered
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mad trusted. he OoT1'I HoOG'
was patriot who suddenly turned
traitor at time when America and
liberty needed every true mans aid.
The colonies had long groane@ I'M
der British oppression. When they
rose against England, in 1878. it was
less with an idea Of breaking loose
from the mother country than of show
ing resentment by force Of arms where
argument and appeal had failed They
simply wished to bring England to her
senses and to obtain relief from In
Justice Even George Washington
in later years confessed: THE idea
of independence was at first abhor.
rent to me-"
But soon he and all the rest of the
patriots realized that the time for
halfway measures had passed. There
must be either dumb submission or
open defiance. And. should they choose
defiance, they must free the colonies
wholly from the British yoke and de-
clare our country free and independ-
ent.
1t was to discuss this that the con-
tinental congress met at Philadelphia
in 1916
We are apt to think that congress
was a collection of ardent patriots, pant
ing for liberty at any price. This
was not wholly true. While the ma
jority of the delegates were firm In
their resolve to declare for independ-
ence, several of them threatened to
| balk at SO rash a step.
Nor can they be severely blamed
for hesitating They were men OF
property and importance. They had
| more to lose than had most Amert-
cans. Should the Revolution fail their
goods would doubtless be seized by
the British government and they them
selves would be hanged. AS Benja.
min Franklin said, in grim Jest:
I'VE must hang together or we'll
! hang separately"
But, to their eternal credit, these
wary delegates at last yielded to the
| popular voice. The Declaration Of In
dependence was drawn up. and ON
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-11-23
The SMOKING Habit,

According to statistics there are
consumed In the United States every
day 21,71S,44S cigars and 23.736,190
cigarettes, without including those
rolled by the smokers themselves.
These figures are large. Taken alone.
they seem to confirm the fears Of
those who go about dreading the raw
ages Of the cigarette scourge. But
measured against the population Of
the country they are seen to be small.
They show a per capita consumption
Of less than cigarette day for the
male voting population alone. and con-
siderably less than a cigar a day
Tobacco Leaf.
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that he was flying, and that the ma
chine was beyond his control to stop.
Five miles from where the auto
started out and half an hour before
it did start, a saddled pony was led
around to the door of a manor house,
and Miss Irene Galbraith mounted
and galloped away. Something of al
artist she was, and she had hs7
sketch book with her. Two miles
down the road she found her subject
Five COWS which were running at
large contrary to the highway laws
were standing in the middle of the
dusty road with half-closed eyes and
their tails lazily switching at the
flies. They had arranged themselves
as If for a photograph and the girl
dismounted and got out her materials
"Honk! Honk! Honk!"
Miss Galbraith had heard the sound
a thousand times before, but there
was a note in this to make her rise
to her feet That honk was a danger
signal.
Five rods down was the river On
the other side the highway ascended
for mile, and at its crest she saw
an auto. In ten seconds she made uI
her mind that 1t was a runaway ma
chine. 1t honked at every fifty feet
Those blasts could only mean: LOOK
out-clear the road"
Young Inlay had put in the fastest
half mile he ever expected to before
reaching the crest Of the hill, but be
instantly realized that there was q
mile q minute pace before him
Straight down over the crazy ole
bridge, and
Cows IN the road" he said to him
DoN.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-11-23
FIRES ON RUSSIAN STEPPES
Dreadful CONGREGATIONS That Sweep
the Plains, Driving Peasants to
Seek Refuge in Water.

Midsummer in Russia has been
ushered in by a great epidemic OF
fires on the steppes.
The intense dryness Of the season
has spread these fires over huge
area. One OF the most dreadful fires
that the Russian steppes have ever
seen ragged a few days ago In the
province of Turgal, on the other side
OF the Ural mountains, and to the
northeast Of the Caspian. On these
steppes vast seas of grass stretch to
the horizon raised only by shrubs OF
the wild cherry and dwarf almond
on the hillsides or by clumps of worm
wood when the soil is clayey. Herds
OF cattle and horses Craze on the
plains.
II was early In the morning when
mighty clouds OF smoke suddenly rose
up from the steppe, sure sign to the
Inhabitants that a fire was in pros
ress So appalling was the speed
with which the fire rolled over the
dry and yellow grass that the peas
ants had quickly to concert measures
for saving just their own lives from
destruction. Feverish activity pre-
vailed in all the villages until the
tongues of flame which came on near
ear and nearer with uncanny sWiftness
appeared on the horizon.
Swept forward by the rushing wind
sparks from the conflagration kindled
in advance another fire. which in
short time enveloped 10000 acres OF
grazing ground Swifter and swift
err before the wind dashed on the
wall of fiery waves. Enormous pill
lars OF fame shot up into the air.
The suction was SO strong that slabs
Of turf and burning branches were
hurled up into the air and thrown far
away.
Men and cattle were hard put to
It to save themselves. Their least
danger was of being scorched by the
fiery breath which swept on ahead OF
the furnace. Women and children
who sank helpless to the ground were
dragged along by the other villagers,
for only hasty flight was now Of any
avail. But even this would not have
saved them had not a lake lain In
their path, into which they all rushed
wading in as far as they could with
out drowning.
Imagine, then, hundreds Of persons
standing in the waters up to their
shoulders, while all round them
masses of flame ran along the banks
and sent out Pickering tongues over
the water in their direction, baffled
In their thirst for victims.
Some Of the inhabitants of the vii
lagos on the steppes directly they
saw the fire advancing set to work
to burn large areas, and on these
GASES they collected all their cattle
and household goods. At last heavy
shower came and extinguished the
prairie fire Many persisted in the
flames or were stifled by the smoke
FIRE In one village. three in another
and SO on. Besides this there was
great destruction OF live stock, large
and small
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-11-23
Body Shields for Policemen.

The Electrometallurgic society,
which has its factory at Neuchatsl.
b as received an order to construct a
certain number OF body shields duck
hrs) for the police Of Paris. These
shields, the invention Of a Swiss
named Paul Girod of Neuchatel, have
been tested, and are said to have sue
cessfully resisted revolver shots
Geneva Correspondence London Stan
dard.
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Leading Question.

Shelf you could have only one
wish what would 1t be?
He-It would be that-that-oh. II
only dared to tell you what it would
be.
She-Well. go on. Why do you sup
pose ! brought up the wishing sub
yect.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-11-23

A REPU B l. | C.
n is little bet
- ter than a
government t
of devils! so de-
clared J o b n
Joachim Zubly, a
man on whom
our country had
relied, and whom
he RevolutiOnists
had trusfad He
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-11-23
SfY w I S II +! "
shouted Cali
gula, in one

&C RACES, that the
Roman people had
but one neck, so
that | might sever
1t at a single
blow"
The man who
voiced this gentle
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-23
Utuado, Julio 20. 1912.

Gobernador, San Juan.
.TrabaJos sanitarios Sc llevan a cabo
de perfecta conformidad entire oficinas
de :Sanldad Y la del suscribiente. Ira
baJos limpieza higienizaci6n son eff
clentes y Ell pueblo Sc encuentra en- bue-
mas condlclones. Administration muni
clpal en- buen estado y siempre dispues-
ia hacer 10 que necesario sea en- bene-
ficlo salud pdbliea. DR.. Cueto. Alcalde
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-23
Rio Grande, Julio 20. de 1912.
Gobernador, San Juan.

Gobernador, San Juan.
Contestando ell telegrama de V. Fl.
reclbido hoy puedo informar 10 siguien-
te: Las ordenes del servicio de Sanidad
Sc cumplen con regularidad. Ell pue-
bio autoridades municipales dentro de
los medios de que disponen, cooperan al
meJor exlto del servicio. Respetuosa-
mente. NJ. Pimentel,, Alcalde.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-23

bio Sc estan llevando d cabo de una ma
nera satisfactoria. Tanto ell pueblo co
mo las autoridades locales y de Sani-
lad marchan de perfecto acuerdo en- dl-
chos -trabajos y hacen todo 10 qlie esta
su alcance para evitar una probable
invasion de la epidemia einante } ).
Rivera Alcalde.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-23
Arroyo, Julio 20. 1912
Gobernador, San Juan.

Gobernador, San Juan
Trabajo lirnpieza extraction ba SUI
ra en- poblaci6n Sc hicieron por junta de
Defensa con fondos colectados volu n
tariamente entire vecinos. Trabajos d e-
sinfeccion en- balandro GuilIermito fu e.
ron hechos por Sanidad Matanza e
perros fue hechas por policias pagandose
por sanidad gastos Valeriano V Uri-
be, Alcalde.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-23
Cabo Rojo, Julio 20. 1912.

Gobernador, San Juan.
IrabaJos ole sanidad Sc llevan a cabo
en- mayor parte por Ofcina Sanidad
otros por ayuda vecinos. Pueblo V an
torldades hacen 10 possible en- estos trs.u
0aJos Limpieza poblaci5n bien. Fal-
ia algo que hacer para meiorar condi-
clones sanitarias. +. Silva, Alealde.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-23
Patillas. Julio 20. 1912
Gobernador. San Juan.

Gobernador: San Juan
Junta de Defensa y autoridades ira
baian de acuerdo con Official de Sanidad
y probende por todos los nedioS su
aIen e a la limpieza y saneamiento de
Ia poblaei6n. Estado general satisfae-
torio prevenido contra cualquier even
tualidad que -surja p Pic6n, Alcalde.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-23
Fajardo, Julio 20. 1912.

Gobernador, San Juan.
Municipio lleva a efecto los mas Inn
portantes trabajos de "limpieza y sanea-
miento y extinction de ratas como prof
lacticos de la peste en- las zonas pobladas
hasta la semana pasada Manuel de
Guzman, Alcalde
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-23

den. Creo que el Official de sanidad
deberla estar solo en- dicho cargo. plles .
dlflculta el cnmplimiento, teniendo que
aeender los enfermos del pueblo Y a los
trabaJos de Sanidad toda vez que tam
! pen desempela el cargo d< nieedico de
Ia mtnlclpalidad- S Aponte, Alcalde
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-23
Salinas. Julio 20. 1912
Gobernador, San Juan.

Gobernador, San Juan
Trabajos de Sanidad de esta mum
cipalidad Sc efectuan con gran actiyl-
dad Y efcacia Pueblo, Jnnta de De
fensa autoridades prestan todo con
curse ayuda dichos trabajos J Ben
venuty, Alcalde
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-23

Gobernador, San Juan.
Iiabajos sanitarios llevados "a eabo
cen efcaeia Limpieza poblaci6n. des-
trucci6n bohios NAL estado, asi como GER
ras alrededor pueblo continuan We
cinos y autoridades secundan esfuerzos.
Limpieza pohlado Florida no Sc ejecura
pol cagancia p2rtida suprimida Dire tor
1anidad: Lopez, AIcalde.
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ART|cULOS De FAMA

Sin dnds alguna 10 son en- todo Ell
mundo los que fabrican The Carter's
Ink Company, de Boston, Mass. E. u.
de America, contandose en- primera IL
nea Ell Fluido dc escribir de Carter, que
es La tinta mas apreciada hoy en- 81
mercado, por sus condolences de fir.
meza, color, durabilidad y envase
Ell uso de la Tinta de Garter SO ha
generalizado de tai manera que en- Ia
at,tualidad es casi la 1nica que Sc en-
pl ca en- el comercio y en- las ofcinas.
De venta en- 81 BOLETiN MERCAN-
TnI ssa 80 ~EwS
*sA .assA< : I
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-23
San Lorenzo. Julio 20, 1912.

Gobernador, San Juan.
Antoridades mllnicipales, policias y
particulares Sc han portado bien, los
empleados de Sanidad hacen 10 que pue-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-23
Moca Julio 20. de 1912.

Gobernador, San Juan.
Las autoridades locales hacen cuanto
es possible por secundar trabajos limpie-
"a que lleva cabo la sanidad Y. Con
zalez, Alcalde.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-23
Juana Diaz, Julio 20. 1912.

Gobernador San Juan
Asunto sanitario llevado aQui con eff
cacia. y meiora en- la semana pr6xima
Aetividad en- limpieza y destruction ra-
las usando veneno seg1n ordenanza Ell
mayas y perros. Creemos haber hecho
bastante. Junta Anti-pestosa. siendo
Presidenta Official Sandal trabaja en- to-
dos sentidos y 10 seguira hacienda en- la
pr6xima semana, con mayor efcacia. J.
B Pacheco, Alcalde
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-23

Gobernador, San Juan
Limpieza y eXtirpaei6n ratas continua
Official Sandal active Municipio, Junta
DefenSa coadyUvan. Ortiz, Alcalde.
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(Contin1a en- la Ia. pagina. J
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-23

Santa Isabel, Julio 20, 1912
Gobernador. San Juan.
Los trabajos de sanidad de este pue-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-01-11
MILLION IN DEBT
EDWARD r. THOMAS, FORMER
BANKER, coNFEssEs JUDO
MENT FOR $1,2a4,4e7.
HAS AN INCOME OF $4,000
Panic Of 1907 10 Blamed for Financial
Undermining Of Spectacular Plum.
ger-Was Associate Of Morse,
HAinxe, Letter and Blaine.

New York.-With an income OF
$4,000 a year Edward r. Thomas.
former wealthy Chicago banker. is a
bankrupt. He confessed liabilities in
the supreme court OF 11.234,4S7.
At the time this confession OF Judg-
ment was filed there was signed by
Supreme Court Justice Giegrich an or.
der garnisheeing the @l60.OOO income
that Thomas draws from the estate OF
his father. the late Gen. Samuel
Thomas, each eyar. This order was
granted to The Bowling Green. Trust
company. creditor for $59.1OO. and
will permit the company to apply
$4,000 of Thomas income annually
toward payment OF the debt.
Thomas. who was a dashing figure
in the world Of finance, has been in
Paris for two years with his "A wife,
Mrs. Linda Lee Thomas, who was one
Of the celebrated beauties OF Newport
and New York. Thomas went abroad
after being crippled in an automobile
accident in 1908.
The big judgment against Thomas
is the result Of the 1907 panic.