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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-05

NlluiIu . COutcuIlOu 10 SOuuu Ills
team today is the same that won II
straight games last year. Each play
er is improved just SO much as a
years experience, gives confidence
and smoothness.
But one infeld place, second base,
is in doubt, and the .'O1d Fox" has
one of the best-looking youngsters
ever seen in major league uniform
in Joe Gedeon, last year with San
Francisco. where he played the out
field. He threatens to GUST Frank La
Porte, the smuggling veteran, and Ray
Morgan, the fast fielding youngster.
Gedeon is 10, six-footer, fast as
cricket, a reliable batter, and he
has the nerve of book agent. He
may not start the season at second,
but will be there before the leaves
begin to fall.
The other promising infield mate
rial consists of Rebel Williams,
from Newark, o., and Morley Jen-
nings, last year Knoxville's short
stop. Williams is 10, has speed, can
hit and has baseball brains.
Nine outfelders reported to Crit
fifth, llt the odds have always favored
the veterans Milan, Shanks and Noel
Ter Milan led the country in stolen
bases last year and has no competi-
tor Shanks, whose hitting was too
light, and Moeller, whose shoulder
bothered him last fall, have a fight
on their hands.
|. Prominent competitors are Jacinto
Calvo and Baldomero Acosta, Gu
bans; Calvo hit 1856 in the Cuban
league, Furnishing Bender and
Coombs last fall. He is 20, fast, and
hits with the best men on the team.
Acosta is 16 and led the squad at bat
in training camp. He acts like vet
eran and runs bases like Milan.
Also there are Joe Connolly, from
Montreal; Bill Allen, from Sharon,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-04

rarla musical, y un magn1fco baile, el
primer aniversario de su fundaci0n.
A este efectO, ha designado una CO.
mission compuesta de los seilores don
Ramon Villa, don Francisco Bird don
Manuel Gle j. Canine, miembros todos
ellos de la Directiva prestigiosos el4-
mentos de nuestra Sociedad, para ouc
organizer ell programa de los f2steios a..
81 hemos de juzgar por los informes
que tenemOs, habran de rpsultar lucidi
simos.
Sc habla de comprometer 4 un oradoi.
para que haga ell discurso de apertura
de varias poes1as recitadas por un Ian.
reado poeta; de varios nj1meros de co..
clerto lnterpretados por una distinou;
ola Sra. de la sociedad de San Juan, cllvA
preclOSa v0Z de "mezzo- -sOpranO' ha
sldo aplaudida Ell diferentes ocasiones,
y del estreno de un iuguete c6mico ori
glnal de uno de los socios del Casino
amenlzandO tOdos los entreactOs 4
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-04

Mayagiiez, 3.-Anoche, a las y y 43,
ell barrio de la "Salu.d' fu6 testigo de
un violento incendio que redujo ceni-
zas la casa No. 30 de la calle de San
Rafael, cuyo inmueble era de madeira y
de la propiedad de Jose Cuevas, y esta
ba asegurado Ell $50 pesos.
beside dos primerOs momentos acudi6
a prestar los auXilios de salvamentO ell
Cuerpo de Bomberos, ell cual no pudo
intervenir en- forma alguna por la fal-
ia material de aqua, cuy0 liqudo hl2O
act0 dc prcsencia, cuando va la casa ha-
bia sido reducida 4 cenizas, sirviendo
solo para apagar los escombrOs. Tn
gent1O Immense acudi0 tambien al lugar
de la catastrofe, censurando energica-
mente las autoridades por la apatia E
incuria de que dan muestra, teniendO
a la poblaci6n desprovista de aqua,
cuando, debido a las muchas construccio-
nes que hay de madeira, pu6den ser. fire.
cuentes, casos analogos al de hoy. De la
ciudad sc ha ap0derado rlm panico
indescriptible, pues circuIla ell rumor de
que ante la crisis que Sc avecina, muchOs
propietarios industriales pretenden
resolver la situaci6n por medic de las
llamas.-El Corresponsal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-04
Desde Rio Piedras

La Junta Directiva del Casino de es-
ia poblaci6n, entidad social que debidO
al entusiasmo creciente de la culta ju-
ventud que la integra, marcha de triun-
70 en- triunfo, Sc prepara a celebrar dig
namente con una velada art1stico-lite-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-04

Ell dinero busca dinero. Y entonces,
5qu6 hace usted, 81 quiere vender sus
art1culos efectos sin anunciarse en- ell
BOLETIN.
jNo sabe usted que ell BOLETIN 10
lee todo ell mundo?
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-04
O O {
nEBPLIDADI !
ID SEXUAL

Enfermedad frecuente que Sc
soporta en- secreto por creerse YER
gonzosa siendo debida aveces a
causas inocentes, abusos de la iu-
ventud 8 exesos. No Sc abandone
pues es tan importante Conservar
la salud sexual como la general,
por que aquella Sc refeja en- el Sis
tema nervioso y debido q este la
debilidad sexual. trasforma al
hombre en- inutil y la mujer en-
debil nerviosa { histerica; con-
duciendo q aveces a la locura, para
Isis, melancolia, epilepsia, y mu-
chos trastornos que indican el pro-
fundo desequi1ibrio de los Centros
nerviosos. ST su poder sexual esta
muerto 8 dormido;x-> Crea por ESQ
que ha desaparecido su function 8
perdido su fuerza, pues solo es TN
estado de PARALYSIS temporal que
para curarlo Sc necesita el uso del
heroico vitalirador CORDIAL DE
CEREBRINA COMPUESTO del
DR.. UIrici de New York, que de-
vue1ve su actividad, sencibilidad y
estado natural; tonifcanlos Cen
tros nerviosos Cerebro Y Medula
debilitados por los gastos de la
vida moderna, abusos 6 enferme-
dades. Pruebelo; por que su podel
1e ha dado fama y rechase todo
sustituto. De vent-- en- las princi-
pales Farmacias y Drogueriaas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-04
Un incendio
en- Mayaguez

Apdtin de las 0utO1d0des-Ld pO-
blaci6n sili agua.-Al bonro muerto...-
PdRicO mdoScWptible.-L'n runOr
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-04

acredltado seXtetO que dirige ell cOmpe-
tente maestro senor Hgueroa
El enuusiasmO es mucho; los elemen.
tos que han de tomar parte en- la vela-
da, Gle reconocido prestigio; los deseos
Gle diversion de nuestra iuventld. no
hay que decir que superan a aqu6llos
por 10 que Sc augura un exito complete
Ia comlsl0n Organizadora de la fiesta.
Oportunamente dare detalles de ella
tan luego este compuesto ell programa
definitivamente.
Ell Corresponsal
Rio Piedras. 4-6-913.
q <~a~ 'ee,'-ss4*<% aeaa -sus,. =. r,-.
TIE KNEELAND SHOE
San Francisco, 81.
&N1A.Aan nsErRG sAsx-4a4 , .sase 4,r...x
Obras de diferentes autores.
en- ell BOLETIN MERCANTIL.
Esquinas, Fortaleza y San Jose
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-01-01

8arQ0n. very lew Sports GILL % pro-
pagated by seeds; they must con-
sequently be removed from the parent
and multiplied vegetatively, that is,
by cuttings and layers or by budding
and grating. Many examples of new
varieties of plants which have original
ed from bud variation are met with
among garden flowers such as roses,
carnations, chrysanthemums, tulips
and pelargoniums. Also in this man
ner have arisen practically all the
varigated- leaved and weeping forms
of ash, willow, box, holly and other
trees and shrubs. Among farm crops
potatoes are subject to bud variation,
but it's occurrence is extremely rare
varieties bearing tubers with purple
skins have, however, been known to
produce single white tubers among
those of ordinary color, and purple
skinned tubers have been observed
with one or more white eyes which,
on being cut and propagated, have
grown into plants of viii to- skinned
tubers only"
There are many varieties that have
their origin from seeds, but many OF
these are not sports-they are hybrids.
The word ''sport'' should not be APP
piled to new variety produced by
hybridizing. The cultivator can make
any number of hybrids but as Gray
says above, when the plants sports
1--WE know not how it is done. The
fruit grower can produce as many
hybrids as he likes but he does not
know how to proceed to cause bud
variations, so he calls them sports.
No doubt but some sports appear
among seedlings but we are not able
to know whether a particular varia-
ton among seedlings is the result of
the plant sporting or by reason OF
cross pollination. Only when varia-
ton comes from buds do we know
positively that we have sport. Plant
breeding which consists in producing
new varieties by hybridizing may call
it's productions pedigreeded stock
but the word pedigree is enormously
applied to sports. Only that change
produced by process of breeding
from one generation to another can
appropriately be called pedigreed. Ii
we call the selection of sports pedi-
greeting we must use an old word in a
new sense. l once thought that this
could be done, l doubt it now.
SOME PRACTICAL QUESTIONS.
There is a discussion going on
among fruit growers on the question
of pedigreed stock, and number OF
questions have come to me with the
request that / answer them; hence,
the discussion above given. l wish
to answer some more of these ques-
lions before I close this article. One
is, can bud-variations be transmitted!
If such variations are caused by en-
vironment such as soil, degree OF
fertilization, moisture, etc., then we
need not expect them to continue
under different circumstances. Per
cival in his agricultural Botany
says. on page 304: Generally il
may be said that variations of this
kind. induced by changes in the
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-01-01
SPORTS.

Let no one suppose from this head
ing that I wish to treat of "sports'
in the sense in which it is used when
reference is to sporting men who are
defined by Webster, "fast men; gam
blers; sportsmen What wish to
speak of are sports in fruit growing.
The same word is used to denote gam
blers and fastmen; it is also used to
denote variations in fruits. Hence,
one definition of the word "sport" as
given by Webster is Fan animal or
plant which deviates in its organism
from the normal condition. Books
on botany often use the word in this
sense. For illustration, Prof. Asa
Gray in his admirable work entitled
"The Eleme nts of Botany" page 176
says: "Such peculiarities often
surprising enough--now and then
originate, we know not how (the plant
sports the gardeners say; they are
only preserved, propagated and gen
orally further developed by the cul-
tivator's skillful care. Ii left alone
they are likely to dwindle and perish,
or else revert to the original form of
Species - These variations do not
have to do with genera or species but
are confined to varieties. Our stand
ard apples can all be classed under
the head of Pyrus Malus, pyrus being
the generic name and malus the
specific name. The difference in our
standard apples has reference only to
the variety. A Ben Davis belongs to
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-01-01
"THIS IS A
REAL NURSERY"

A year or so since we quoted the
above remark make by practical
orchardist and horticulturist, who
dropped in to see our plant after he
had visited most of the nurseries in
Washington.
What this gentleman saw on that
particular day was what goes on
here at shipping time for about four
weeks in the fall and six weeks in
the spring, besides which he, of
course, saw the fields of full-grown
stock ready for digging while the
spring visitor would see the plant
ing being done.
In other words, he saw big
packing house, we'll system atized,
everything in it's place and fine,
clean, well-rooted stock being pack
ed out in good order for customers
in every section of the Northwest.
He saw about 140 varieties of APP
Piles, about 40 pear, so peach, 20
apricot, 35 plum, 80 prune, 40 cher
ry, etc., right down through all the
staple fruits, shade and ornamental
stock, totalling 1920 varieties, each
in it's own place.
And that's why this is real nur-
sery. We grow full assortment of
all the best that belongs in COM
plete plant. It's delivered to our
customers in good order, and it's
backed up by a dependable con-
Germ, whose highest desire is to sell
good trees to critical public.
That concern is us.
washington NURSERY CO.
Toppenish, Wash.
We can use more statesmen. Write us.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-01-01

burg.
The sports in apples apply only tc
varieties. II we go back far enough
we may find that what was once only
difference in varieties in fruits has
become finally specific. We do moi
know much about changes in ages
past. Gray, above quoted, has this
to say on this point: SIN an enlarg
ed view, varieties may be incipient
species; and nearly related species
probably came from a common stock
in earlier time. There are, at nearly
the lowest computation, as many as
one hundred thousand species OF
phanerogamous plants, and the cryp-
togamous species are thought to be
still more numerous. They are al
connected by resem blances or rela.
tionships, near and remote, which
snow that they are all parts of one
system, realizations in nature, we may
affirm, of the conceptions of One
Mind This is beautiful concep
ton when a man like Asa Gray car
"look through nature up to natures
Cod"
TWO KINDS OF SPORTS.
There are what botanists call bud
sports and seminal-sports. Some
variations come from buds and some
from seeds. Gray says: ''Bud-
varieties are those which spring from
buds instead of seed. They are not
common to any marked extent. They
are sometimes called sports, but this
name is equally applied to variations
among seedlings
Prof. John Percival in his great
work called Agricultural Botany
devotes several pages to the considera-
ton of these two kinds of sports. On
page 294 he says: "The buds upon a
plant resemble each other SO much
that they all develop into shoots very
closely alike, so far as their color and
form of their stems, leaves flowers
and fruits are concerned. 1t is, how
ever, occasionally noticed among
perennial farm and garden plants that
single buds upon certain individuals
grow out and produce Shoots which
differ very greatly from the shoots
arising from the rest of the buds upon
the plant. Thus, single buds upon
peach trees have been observed to de-
velop into shoots which instead OF
bearing peaches, bear nectarines, and
plum trees ordinarily producing pur-
pie fruit have been known to give rise
to single shoot bearing yellow plums
of totally different character from
any previously known. Such sudden
and extensive variation is termed
variation or sporting and il
most frequently met with in those
species of perennial plants which have
been under cultivation for very Ions
periods of time. 1t is extremely rare
among annual plants and uncommon
upon perennials which have only re-
Gently been introduced into the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
COLLEGE GIRLS
DECLARED BEST
HOME MAKERS
Speakers Say University Training
Equips Women for the Various
Duties of Family Life.

IOWA CITY. IOWA. June 2S.-Uni-
versity girls are not spoiled as homes
makers by their college education, ac-
cording to Mrs. James Swan. of 221a
Kenwood Parkway, Minneapolis, who
responded to the toast, THE Lady
and the Ginger Jar" at the Univer-
sity Of Iowa banquet, the social fea-
ture of the hfty-third annual COM
mencement exercises at Iowa City.
Mrs. Swan was Miss Ethel A. Elliott,
of the class of 1906. Iowa University.
Mrs Swan declared
1T is all folly to say that university
girls do not make good homes. The
woman who has complete four-year
course in the university is fully
equipped for her place in the home.
when a girl is given all the adj
vantases that great State university
can well afford to give her through its
university course; when her mind is
trained to quick and sensible action
so she can with wOmanly grace adjust
herself to the different and varied del
mands upon the presented day matron:
when she is on an intellectual equali-
ty with her better half when she
has a trained Imagination to grasp
and understand a view different from
her own then will the home be a sue
cess
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Asks Divorce When
Husband Denied Her
Right to Comb Hair
Wife Tells Court That Inasmuch as
Suffrage Is Given Woman She
Should Care for Tresses.

Los ANGELES June 2s-"Suf-
frage has been accorded TO women:
why then can l not comb my hair
when and where l want tor"
This question. addressed to Judge
Monroe by Mrs. Lucille Evarls. rails ad
one of the most veXing points he had
been confronted with in the divorce
court. Mrs. Evarts demands a di-
vorce from Eugene B. Evarts for the
above cause. To think it over. Judge
Monroe continued the case.
Wouldn't he let you comb Your
hair?' the Judge had asked.
Not only that, but the way ne
made me stop was anything but that
Of a gentleman" asserted the plain
tiff.
Il will say" continued Judge Mon
roe, that every woman mas a right
to comb her hair. In raCt It is q
highly commendable trait when 81
woman will insist on being undis-
turbed while doing So
Mrs. Eyarts tripped out of court
evidently highly pleased with the
ease she had made out
He cannot deny he inteferred,
was her parting comment.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
State Wont Pay for
Mark Twain Statue
Missouri Refuses to Honor Warrant
of Sculptor and Monument Will
Have to Stay Covered.

HANNIBAL, MO, June 2S.-Therc
viii be no dedication of the Mark
Twain Monument in Hannibal this
year, although arrangements had been
about completed to have the dediCa-
ton in October in connection with a
fall celebration, Judge l.. J.. Scho-
field. a member of the monument
commission, made public this report:
The Legislature appropriated So
600 for a monument to Samuel l..
Clemens. A commission was APP
pointed 10 contract for the erection
of the monument.
we forwarded a warrant for So
900 to Mr.. Hilbert, who has the con
tract for making the statue. To my
astonishment he informed the com
mission that the State Auditor re-
fused to honor the warrant"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
EQUINE TRAMP
FALLS THROUGH
TIES Of TRESTLE
Horse Fares Forth to See World
But Comes to Grief on Bridge.
Firemen Rescue Him.

ST. PAUL. June 2S.-Bent on see
ing the world, a horse belonging to
Roland Folk, S13 Jackson Street. for
sock his stall and hit the ties" on
the 500 line tracks leading eastward
out of St. Paul. He had reached the
middle of the long trestle near Cort-
land and Maryland Streets when his
feet missed the ties and he found
himself struggling for freedom with
out avail.
Before he was freed he had sue
ceeded in tying up traffic in both di-
rections for nearly an hour, and the
500 passenger train from Chicago
with more than 800 passengers on
board, was compelled to wait.
His predicament was first discover
ed by a section crew passing over the
bridge The men worked over the
horse for nearly half an hour before
they called upon John A. MOak, ami
NAL agent of the humane society. He
used all devices at his command to
no avail. Meanwhile the 800 passen-
gers on the train, as well as the en-
gineer ard conductor, were getting
somewhat impatient.
Then some one suggested mat the
fire department might be called to
help the horse down. Hook and Lad
der Company No. responded to the
call. Raising their ladders to the
treste with the aid of a few ropes
and a large squad of volunteers, the
firemen soon hal him bound and let
him down safely to the ground be-
low. The train then proceeded.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
HEIRS To RICHES
LEFT BY TITANIC
VICTIM SOU Gil 7
J. Montague Smart, Prominent
Business Man, Left Fortune.
No Trace of BenefciarieS.

NEW YORK. June 2S.-During his
active life ]. Montgomery Smart was
a man of mystery. Now that his
bones lie in the sunken Titanic, his
past is a greater puzzle than ever,
and so far il is unsolved. Usually
when man dies. even though ne NAV
have been of distinction, his hidden
history is buried with him. But
Smart was a man Of wealth, and it
became necessary to try to discover
vital facts of his intimate personal
life.
Thus began a world wide search
that has served only to make the case
of J. Montgomery Smart all tn"
stranger. He was an honored ana
successful man of business, whose
transa ctions were international in
scope. even extending from New YORK
to Australia.
Necessary to Find Heirs.
Having left money, it became nee
essary to find his heirs. 1t was re-
membered that this man of silence
never described his family. 1t was
known that he had been married and
that his wife had died ten years be-
fore. Vague words dropped here and
there were gathered and It became
apparent that Smart had two chill
dren, a boy of 90 and a girl Of IS.
But no one could be found who ha
any definite idea of their where
abouts.
Into three countries of Europe the
flaments of inquiry extended. The
American Consuls of many ports
were asked to aid in the hunt. That
was in May, 1912.
one fact was discovered in the
course of the Belgian hunt. 1t was
asserted that the children we're n
charge of a Mrs Cook who was
great friend of Mrs. Smart. and that
Smart was paying her literally to
care for them. But who was Mrs
Cook? Her identity was also impos-
sible to discover and the hunt settle
down into a hope that the guardian
would write for funds, thus solving
the riddle. But she has been swal-
| lowed in silence.
Had Many Acquaintance.
As president of the American Cod
| Storage and Shipping Company,
Smart had made many acquaintance
among prominent business men oil
New York, London, Berlin, Paris ana
many other cities throughout the
world. Many believed that they knew
him well. But when the test came,
| they were surprised to find that ONLY
| the barest information was obtain
able about his personal affairs
| Smart was a hermit in a great city.
and he was a hermit in his many voy-
ages and travels in foreign countries.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
SCHOOL ROLLS
FAIL To KEEP.
UP NITHBIRTHS
Wide Discrepancy Is Shown in
Number of Pupils and In
crease of Children.

WASHINGTON. June 2S.-Chap-
tiers on Roman Catholic Schools"
Typical Health Teaching Agencies
Of the United States" and Parent
Teacher Associations" are special fea-
lures of the annual report Of the
United States Commissioner OF Ed
ucation. just issued
In addition TO these the report con-
tains substantial chapters on the fol
lowing subjects: General survey OF
the year; educational legislation dur
ing 1912; higher education: city
school systems; rural education; re-
cent movements in negro education.
review OF agricultural education;
progress in vocational education, Ii
brary development. education i'm
Alaska, the Philippines, Hawaii, Porto
Rico, and other dependencies: Indian
education; educational activities in
canada. America, Great Brit
ain, Northern Europe, France and
Switzerland, Germany, Southern Eu-
rope and Russia; together with "a
general view Of conditions in ASIA.
Africa. Australia and New Zealand
In his introduction to the report
the commissioner discusses the wide
discrepancy between the increase I'M
the number of children Of school ag,
and the actual enrolment; an appar-
ent reduction in teachers salarie,
during the year; the remarkable in
crease I'm high schools and high sChOo
enrolment throughout the country;
the decrease in professional schools
due to the enforcement of higher
standards, lack of preparation OF
teachers. which DR.. ClaNton CharaC.
terizes as "one Of the greatest evils
of our school systems" the shortnes,
of the school term in the United
States as compared with other civil.
lied nations; and the abnormalll
large percentage of ilIitcracy in th'
rural districts,
In noting signs of real advance
ment during the year, Dr. ClaXtoI
lays special emphasis upon the grow
ing realization of the unity of all edu
cational effort. That education, how
ever differentiated and complex is on,
thing, not many, seems to be bette
understood than Il has been for man!
years" he declares, This is probG
bly, the most important symptom o
AN"