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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-03-14
Il ASUNTO DEL OIA

La Camara de Delegados ha hecho
un buen trabaio de economias en- la Ii.
mitaci6n del presupuesto que ha redu-
edo a algo menos de cuatro millones.
No es poca la economic de mas de
tres millones, que establece la Camara,
aunque Sc estima que, en- amos sucesivos,
puedan hacerse algunos ahorros mas.
La Camara en- este particular, ha sa-
bido ponerse a la altur ade las circuns-
tancias.
Ahora falta yer en- que actitud Sc
coloca el Consejo Executive y 81 la pru-
dente actitud de la Camara, encuentra
en- el alto organismo burocratico la opo-
sici6n que es de temerse. Y no es que
partamos nosotros de un preiuicio ca
prichoso. Desgraciadamente, es la ex-
periencia, es la prictiea, la que nos ha
ensenado que los jefes de los departa-
mentos no hallan medic de adaptation
nuestro ambiente modesto Y Sc Green
q. aqui Sc puede como en- la Metr6poH
gastar sin imitaci6n y sin peligro ma
yor...
SECURE es que, en- el Executive han de
hacerse tentativas empenadas para sa-
car al pals contribuyente mayor tribu-
taci6n de la que la Camara baja ha
creido, discretamente, que EN- ostos mo-
mentos pueda resistir.
Siempre pecaron de inconsiderados
nuestros tutores, y gastaron, desapren-
sivos y sin lucimento, 10 que el pals ha
venido tributando con esfuerzo tan
agostador.
La opinion veria con agrado que los
jefes de los Departamentos, va que no
trataren de introducir en- el bill de pre-
supuesto, economfas mayores aln que
las apuntadas por la Camara respeten.
al menos, las que nuestro ORGANISING po-
pular ha querido que Sc establezoan.
Suponemos que va no habra un solo
iele de departamento que este creyendo
aquella consoladora patrana de que la
prosperidad sigue a la bandera.
Con menos tempo aqui que los seno-
res conseieros, con mucho menos item
po, el Gobernador wager Sc pudo dar
cuenta, en- seguida, de que no estabamos
nadando en- ORC precisamente.
Y como es un caso de fuerza mayor
los senores del Executive, por obstina-
dos que quieran ser, tendran que CON
vencerse de que de NADIA habria de ser
virles tener asignaciones que hubieran
de quedar forzosamente en- descubierto
por la extenuaci6n que hemos llega-
do.
Los senores del Executive no deben
pretender que el presupuesto rebase los
limiIes fjados por la Camara. 81 algu-
ma partida hubiere, que la rama popu-
lar de la legislature haya intentado su-
primir y que Sc crea indispensable, al
reponerla el Executive debe buscar la
economic por otro lado.
Esta no es una recommendation capri
chosa. Els la necesidad que Sc impo-
ne, con tales apremios, que desoir su
voz, fuera insensato.
%NE
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-03-14
LERRoUX, DERRoTADo.

Madrid, 14-Los tltimos datos reel
idos en- esta corte procedentes de Bar
elona con respecto a las elecciones, in
lean cue los Regionalistas han alcan
ado una completa victoria contra los
lem3s adversarios. Entire los diputa
dos derrotados fgura ell batallador lea
der radical, Alexandra Lerroux, cuyc
trlunfo Sc daba como un hecho cierto
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-03-14
En- Rio Piedras

Aver lego a Rio Piedras, en- vista
pastoral, ell obispo cat6lico Monsenor
Jones, siendo recibido a la entrada de
la poblaci6n por numerosisimas perso-
mas
S. S. |. sera obsequiado manana con
I'm banquete en- casa de la distinguida
sonora Manuela s Viuda de Ferndn-
dez.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-03-14
Homenaje a
Perez Galdos
Suma anterior $945


Suma anterior $245
San Juan
Senores:
Wenceslao Bosch I
M. Melendez Munoz, (Cayey) /
Ponce.
Luis Bas
Jose Pou
Pedro Armstrong /
Alberto Vidal I
Jose Berdiel
Manuel Mayoral
Antonio Mayoral
joaquin Armstrong
Otto Wantzelius
Francisco Oliver
Hilari0n Sanchez
joaquin Pou |
Luis Yordan
Francisco Parachini
Efrain Brunei
Carlos Morales
Guillermo Cortada
Fernando Toro
Total, 1865
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1914-03-05

tpaaan ala, e0ei fuoIlut nouFi pl5s, Ii1d, elei fuouui
nouffi pl6s, Min Ell oliIi 2ristusfaan nousTut pl5s, ia
Min diff ebbottomasti foitfi I5nneisIdnId, maan fiitos
Sumalar, 0riStuS nouii pl0S fuoQeiSta ia me Iaammt
mpDS pI1s nouSta 6dnen fansianfa. GnTimdiFue ope
~tuSlopflle ie oil iuurt ibme, fun iainat fuula, ettd
9erra on nouSiut pI1s. 9ouraufI elta lie BELLE tuntui
ia luuiotutielta: Wte luulimme 9dnen fitii, iota maaii
moan tulema oil. Wuutamat omat meitd pelidtt6neei
pl1s nou iemiela. ettd bdn muta OH nouoiut pl5s
1dmm6'1ee aIemaan ioutuu paliemneintiu idrfi tule.
naifin oIoihin mdbben ia f~ittentin afiot ppipwdt aIioina,
tuolleet n%ouiepat, Sopa noufi montu ppbdin ruumteia
arismfien ristiud fuoueeiafin. SeeIue ndstti 10 eId.
mdnid ~pdiWdad IelWdstt toteen berditdesIddn min
monta fuouuttu, iOiia ct fiuointuon iarfi ~fdiittdnpi.
perra, 10 ban bniiee. ianoo idrteiiid. aDoi iarti parto,
ia iittentin mouen moni iuofi iarien iuonia bsnseairsia
aIioiSia.
VIE ioifa olemme iaaneet outuuoen mnnon epnrfe.
liumin iaornon touto. iotu Ianan la ppbdnbensen moi
maliIeeti i~potiuttau meta Ipntein anieetfi iaamiesto ia
ibonosta eidmdsid idmdn oioliien elamda idlteen. min
me toipolimme etei tutaan enGd i6rteiNIi tuolletten
pl0s nouiemiieS ta ia lid lestd eldmostd, Daan iai,oif
tdnG pddid iend SeeIus OH nousiut hiss ~fuoaetsia
eIdd iiantaitfiest, Min mind uston S~eeintieeu ia elan
mpDs 6dneu idbteaId Sdnesid, ia tddud uiusIa Ia finer
ii1iIeStt field, l npt en- taripitle end6 idrteillG, ipa, n
tunnen Sauesid pIDsnouIemtien moimon 10 / .iesIanr
rpoimau iesti fpaituttutpan, ia Jos iuru tpahaa mieIen,
bdn ibmeeliien beiidsti lobouttaa minua, iilloiu otan
y. fdnan ia imtftu it'd min euutpon, ettd idptpp epdiipt
len fartoittuo pois minusta, Ia Min iaq Sumaia Jar on
tautta ieittdd monta tdrfed aiiaa ia mtd Ell Jana 10
iddua ieIittdd Min ne %ielfenee ,ten field ioeid taifti,
iotfa tddud iddndt Ialiiiduteen i~eItenee field 81 ibanaa
aiotusta ia namtintoa nellie itIee idmme fuibeli6ihae
etd metb6n Iieluistamme bdfpi66 ep6ueto Ia ep6iIps
ia find ~md6rdsi6 tuin meistd epdilps ia epduefo bd
DiGG ia pfIinterloinen usfo ia luottomus ncimlStuu
min me find madrdsid iaomme 'utu Seeiutieu nlosnou
iemiIen poimaa ia 6dnen ~bentenia oioat iuuta, ioln
~muoboQa me ~tuoqeiben plos non Iemutiesia ~eIintpnGt
olemme. Sanfoon tuoIeista nousIu Serra SeeIue
tdtd tettdudfIi tebod faifiIe, tdmatin plDsnouiemiieuio
muisio iublona.
9oiwUo: : .. Seimonen.
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1914-03-05
AsiamieS l~uettelO.

Mikko Lamsa, Fitchburg, Mass. /.
NJ. Hemming, Whitemout, Man,
Canada.
Milo Wanska, Chatham, Mich.
John Mattson, Tripoli, Wis.
| Matti Lampi, Roberts, Mont.
Otto Raatikainen, Troy, N. HI.
Matti Laakso, Beechwood. Mich.
II. o. SINH, Reedley, Cal.
| Chas. Mattson, Brandon, Mimi.
Oscar Oman, Nasel, Wash.
Peter Karinen, Lake Norden, s. Oak.
Henry Ronni, Wakefield, Mich.
Mrs. Val. Sippola, Bessemer, Mich.
John Anttila, Maple, Wis.
K. p. Kaartinen, Berkeley, Cal.
Andrew Arc, Brainerd, MINI.
J. f. Jackson, Iron Belt, Wis.
G. Pikki, Waino, Wis.
Hilda Johnson, Mccall, Idaho.
Victor Maxi, Kalavala, MINI.
Nestor Maxi, Mohawk, Mich.
John Maxi, Embarras, MINI.
John Laspa, Van Buskirk, Wis.
J. p. Matala, Virginia, Mimi.
John Winter, Fairbanks, Mimi.
J. Hill, Gilbert, MINI.
John Wirtanen, Frazee, MINI.
| Loviisa Vita, Sandy, Mimi.
M. N. Westerback, Brocket, N. d.
Jacob Jampsa, Frontier, Wyo.
Isak Maxi, Oakley, Wyo.
Isak Lipdala, Annandale, Mimi.
| Maria Westergord, New Rochelle,
N. Y.
E. Turppa, Lewiston, Mich.
Ida Hendrickson, Baltic, Mich.
| Matti Nixon, Palo, Mimi.
David Salminen, Fairport Harbor,
Ohio.
J. Krankkala, Eben Junction, Mich.
Matti Mustamaa. New Finland,
Sask., Can.
Ida Rantala, Cleveland, Ohio.
John Laiti, Marengo, Wis.
| Sam Pelto, Mellen, Wis.
| Andrew Paakk0nen, Nashwauk,
MINI.
Jaakko Pouttu, Amasa, Mich.
N. Back, Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio.
| Chas. Mattson, Van Etten, N. Y.
Hiskias Johnson, Tamarack, Mimi.
Hjalmar Hill, Plummer, MINI.
Mrs. Anna Walkama, Jersey City,
N. j.
Olga Ilmonen, New York City, N. Y.
Efraim Peura, Finlayson, Mimi.
Anti Hassel, matkoilla.
Matti Hirvi, matkoilla.
Paitsi yllamainittuia ovat kirkko-
human papit ia heidan asettaman.
ga asiamiehet valtuutettuja toimi-
maan lehtemme asioilla.
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1914-03-05
KuoIIeiden yl0snousemisesta.

2uoleiben plDs%nouieminen on iprffd pastofobta
idrfeisopi0e, fqd idrfi Ell ~mttenfddn NOT toiuta fd
aiaa, ettd fuinto fuoueet nouienat ia minfdlaiiiao run
militia ne fihen moifpot nousta. Spetuslostsn eiimerffi
on tdbdn oiaan outapa tufea, ettei idret mot taiuta
pI5snouIemista. @iateIaonpa, JOS toiietfin oIimai mtft
meet raamottua, min olipatbon Seeiufien opetuslapfet'
Elm Fta t~utfineet, ia Iiiben liidffi nieId 9erra Seeius
ufein pulpit BELLE farfimiestadn, fuoIemastaon ia pl5s.
nouIemifestaon, ia %ftenfin ppIpi tdmd oiio BELLE iaIat
iuutena: 9iltDDn iinuIe ie tapabtufo, ionoopi ptetori,
iobon bdn iaopi buomaututien 6errolto, ettet pmmdrrd
fuin SumuIan ofuot. paatpaIi nubtelee 2orinton
IeirafumtaIaiia idrfeiIpstaan tasTa ~ofosia: Niinfuin
fis fofo ouiuuben ofia on lalaiiuus ibmisIuonnoIe ia
iarieue, Min on mp5s pIosnouieminen ~fuoneista. Wautta
f~uitenfiu buoIimatta iarien ~iuonistu, fuoaeet ~fuiienfin
nouietpot pIDs, iofa oppi on nbin oppeia y raona'
tusIa. T.e ppipirmme fofonoon ipnntn ia perfeIeen
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1914-03-05
ft1uiSta ruojaaSi.
s 3. Seimonen.
3oipuo:

SinG pstGtpd, iofa tenties tunr ct iteii pienetfi
beito Ell, ~fultiesiofi tdmdu pnuhaopou mailman ISri
SinG, iofo olet fentiee pffi ntetd monieto. ioitten o.
tdptpnpt idtt6d, %ratfnnn %ipntpmd fooiu, idn ia Sioin
neliet ia Iiiaret, Sefd toitfi tunnetut nsiGpdt Seit6
olet ottanut iGdbpipSilet. ebfd piimme'ien ferrnn lob
eeidi nierno1e maale. ytdin s%rotesionn foitisto omai
istoan, iontu,t ibminen %niintuin iurmaton Iinnuu poit,
ionta on tdptpnpt idtdd peidnid ytpt mont nnorutl linen
ia neitonen, tuntee' %treniA ppiuin %tpopaotii, meremaa
mibin baIuitoa IN iefemddn minfd pnrbaafTi luuIee.
Gibdn ole ponbempoin EImd n6femasIa, eitd torpo
fuulemasia Ylaa on fpieras, fen tania ia fieli on QUITO
Si0oin uiein iuIee mieeen aiatnfIia eIdmSn moni puoIi.
fista ipnibsIuista, tuenaiIuis on foifti oripoitusta
WloaiIma on onennut Iooiolti fImdin eteer; fen mont
puoli5et turmiotNiet butpit on bo~ut,ttelemasIa, antoutu'
moan fofonoon iihen noutintoon, ioia ietorioo. Wonia
mailman turbiSto bnipeieto nauttipan ibmistd toriou.
tuu pstdmiffi, iemmoiTiqefin nuorutoiile, ioito Ell ole
niisid mieId Ioostuttoneet %ppbimpid tanieiioon Wtuto
MT, Fun on ioubuttu fauas pois fotimoosio. tuniee
iofainen iIenid p~fTnaiietTi ia uiein ontnuiuu Iemmoisten
ibmisten ieuraon, iotta Iupaatpot %moImisiou tloiinutia
fenpt mieIiIiin iIoibin. so min iaaitapot monta hyfuip.
Elm faspatettua nuprufaisto tdmdn mooilmon turmiol
liiin nantinnoibin, ioisia menettdd Fielunia iefd rnu'
WttUIu. NJ tu VI IL tluiOu Iculhhct SAtu ptut u
faiffi entHet pstatpdt fotimaasiu, ioita IupoIi oinofin
firiee Qifesti muistaa; iIdue ia dibiqenfddn Ell tuIe nicin
firioiiettuo, ia alma bartpenee, fumes piimeiu Iotfoo
fofonoor. Wtuisio, beiStd Jos poIoa mieIeen ie tuoiton
main liidG rauboitomuutto Ia Min ~beitapttnp oino Iui
remmosIo ~md6rdsId f%e,pntmieliiin noutinnoibin ia min
Iortmu uIein atfid e~ldmdsid. ioaben pobon lopun.
Siina fdp Ttien toieen tamd iofa Ell funnioita ponhen,
pionIa, Ell Ie feIn fauan menestp.
Wutta Jos find talbot pdltdd iiei iouiumasto on,
nettomuuteen ia baaffriffoon e~Idmdsia, Min muisia,
ettd inmIa on pstdtpd, iofa Ieuraa fnua ,peraaIIatin
maaua ia tattoo iobtaa Fnua fuIfemaan %oifeaIa tieua
ia narielee Tinuo pabosta ruumiin iefd felun puolesia.
SeIoinen pstdtud on Serra SeeIus 9dnen feurosIaon
on bptpd fuIfea. So maitfa eli %IaiFfaan tdmdn mailman
fuItaa eifd funnioa, Min idiIpttdd ainafin bptpdn oman.
tunnon ia Ie on parempi Fun tamdn mailman befimaI
linen eIdma, ia fen idlesta iiantaiftinen fabotus. Wutta
ne, iotta Seeiusta ieuraa, iaattaa Sdn fotiin, tpieroaIta
mooIta. So field faa nabba faiffi omaiiet, iotta ustosyo
omat fuolIeet. 8aifti omanla SeeIus mie ioitpaoIeer.
Waitta tddud onfin monta ipastoin fdpmtstd, ioiSIo
meta ~foeteaaon, Min ~fuitenfin SumoIoon Iuottaen, me
foifti poitamme. 9nna indfin pstdfpd iIefi raftoon
Seeiutien feuraon ia Min iaomme ftten oino ola pI5s.
n~ousieen Wopobtoiamme fonsfa, nauttimasIa Ftd iloa
ioto Sdn omileen on paImietanut. WatfaIa fotin!
q. 9oaroIa.
The Chitina leader., 1914-04-21

SEATTLE, April 21.-Two mag.
nificent steel passenger steamships
now building for the Hill railroad
system in Philadelphia and to be
operated between Astoria. Ore, aud
San Francisco, will be launched in
July this year, and will be sent
through the Panama canal to the
Pacific. While the actual construc-
ton of what Louis w. Hill, presi-
dent of the Great Northern, declares
will be the finest passenger vessels
ever built in the United States, was
placed with an eastern ship building
firm, Seattle talent and Seattle
executive capacity play big part
in the designing and equipment of
the two vessels.
c. C. Lacey, marine superintend-
ent of the Great Northern Steamship
Company, will have charge of the
equipment and furnishing of the
two vessels, which are to be named
Great Northern and Northern Paci-
fic. ]. v. Paterson. president of
the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock
Company, is the naval architect who
designed the two vessels, which are
to cost close to S5,000,G00.
These two magnificent passenger
vessels are to have a speed of 23
nautical miles an hour. They will
be alone in their class as to speed,
safety in construction and operation
either here or in the Atlantic coast
wise trade. They will be 524 feet
long over all, so feet inches depth,
nodded and IS feet beam. Expensive
hard and soft woods will be used
in the interior finishing. There will
be very spacious dining saloons and
lounging and smoking rooms, and
deliberately furnished staterooms
and suites.
No one yet has definitely deter
mined the time that will be con-
sumed in the voyage between
Astoria and San Francisco by the
new Hill steamships. 1t will prob
ably be a day and night trip-no,
much in excess of "a hours. The
ships will be oil burners and they
will carry a maximum of $50 first
class passengers, ITO second-class
and 200 third class.
The Chitina leader., 1914-04-21

SEATTLE, April 21.-The three
masted gasoline schooner P. ]. Adler
is fitting out for her trip north,
to sail for the northern coast of
Siberia on May l and remain in the
Arctic waters until late this fall
The Adler has been chartered by the
Arctic Commercial Company, a new
corporation, capitalized at $4,000.
Capt Ole Aannevik, who last year
took the steam schooner Kit into the
Boring sea on a walrus hunting
trip, will be in command of the
expedition. The Adler is owned by
E. A. Borne, of Ballard, who will
accompany the expendition.
NEW YORK. April 21.-The in
jury to the jaw of Corporation
Counsel Polk, who received a bullet
intended for Mayor Mitchell, is
gradually improving, since the re-
moval of the bullet. The assailant
has been definitely identified as
Michael P. Maloney, and some con-
tend that he is a little. queer in his
mind. When he was arraigned In
court and his bail fixed at $4,000
he exclaimed, why not boost it a
little higher, the more the merrier.
Maloney is nearly 70 years of age.
Eastman Kodaks and supplies a:
list prices. e. A. Hegg.
Read the Daily Alaskan.
The Chitina leader., 1914-04-21

lar train will leave on Thursday
morning. Another train bringing
passengers and mail from the in
terror arrived at Cordova this after
noon at 3:15 o'clock.
NJ. Tierney, who has been con-
Quoting boarding house for the
railroad workmen in a car at Mile
173, is in town and will return to
the interior on Thursdays train. He
is arranging to transfer his board
ing house to tents for the summer.
He says that saw mill is about to
be erected at Mile 173, to supply
lumber for Mccarthy and other
points in the interior.
The barge America, in tow of the
ocean going tug Tatoosh, arrived 1t
Valdez yesterday at noon. This
fleet left Seattle on April and re-
ports had been circulated that both
tug and barge had been lost. They
brought 40 carpenters and a large
lot of machinery for the CRANKY
Mining Co., in connection with oper-
atoms on the Midas mine For sew
eral days the wires from Seattle had
been kept hot trying to locate the
tug, as nothing had been heard from
her since she left ketchikan on
the 10th.
Ned Hill returned last night from
a short trip to Valdez. He will
leave on Thursdays train for the
Shushanna.
John Tug, one of the superintend-
ents of the Alaska road commission,
came over from Valdez on the
Northwestern and will go to the
interior on Thursdays train. He is
at the Windsor.
B. F. Watson, general agent of
the company that operates the
Admiral steamers, came over from
the westward on the Northwestern
and will return to his headquarters
at Juneau on the Evans.
The Chitina leader., 1914-04-21


SEATTLE, April 21-Franklin
D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of
the navy, is now a visitor in this
city, having come up from Califor-
mia. In an interview on his arrival
yesterday morning he said, "the
navy is fifteen times more powerful
now than it was during the Spanish
American war" Yesterday after
noon he spent several hours in con-
ference with Admiral Doyle, who
is in charge of the reserve fleet at
Bremerton. Referring to his visit
to the coast Mr.. Roosevelt said:
81 am here to make a thorough
investigation of the naval needs of
the Pacific Coast, that the plans #
the navy department may be ma
tured as soon as possible. We have
two well-equipped naval stations on
the coast at present, and another is
to be established at this end of the
Western Coast line. If the un-
pi6dSdulueSS III MSAlCO is ScltlSu ny
next year, you will see a much
bigger fleet of battleships here than
that which made the round-the-
world cruise. In any event, I hope,
you will have a fleet of II first
class battleships, 20 destroyers and
eight or ten auxiliary vessels on the
coast for six months during the
exposition.
AS a permanent thing, though,
the department never will consider
a division of the battleship fleet,
with half the vessels stationed on
each coast. The Pacific is entitled
to half the navy, but it will be
divided in time and not in strength,
as it would be fatal error to split
our sea forces. Almost any nation
! could defeat us if they got at one
half of our fleet at a time, but only
two nations, England and Germany,
could, by the widest stretch of
imagination, defeat the fleet as a
unit
The Chitina leader., 1914-04-21

NEW YORk, April 16.-Vincent
Astor is now considered out of
danger and it is possible that his
marriage on the 30th to Miss Hunt
ington will come off according to
schedule.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-17
HOW A COMET CAME BACK
Returning Astral Visitor Expected to
Be Visible to the Naked Eye About
Christmas Time.

1t Is with a sense of relief that as
ronomers have heard Of the safe re-
turn of Enckes comet, which has Just
been located in the constellation of
Perseus by Russian astronomer in
the Crimea. This comet was due to
appear on one Of its periodical visits
early in 1908, but to the bewilderment
of the astronomical world two comets
turned up in the predicted place
within a few weeks of each other. A
subsequent mathematical investiga-
ton identified the second Of these two
as the genuine Encke, but the sugges-
ton was put forth that the other
comet was, perhaps, a bit of the Encke
comet, which had been broken off as
the result Of collision with some I'M
seen body.
AS this particular comet is not built
on massive lines it was feared that it
would not survive another celestial
collision. Happily, 1t still survives to
give astronomers another chance of
solving the mystery Of it's steady ap-
proach to the sun, dangerous habit
which no other member of the solar
system has yet copied. If all goes
well the comet should be visible to the
naked eye about Christmas.-Pall Mall
Gazette
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-17

1t is reported from Washington that
the forthcoming annual report of the
Postmaster General show that total
OF 100, 900, GOO packages was handled
10y the parcel post services during the
past year.
This immense total it Is stated,
Is far beyond the estimates of the most
enthusiastic champions Of the parcel
post Or the number there were 300
100000 parcels weighing in excess of
one pound, Other branches Of the
postal service have shown the effects
OF the European war, but the parcel
post has kept on growing and has
made such progress that it Is impossible
to forecast any limit TO It's development.
There never has been from the time
OF its establishment moments doubt
as 10 the success OF the parcel post.
The growth Of the service has sur
prlsed even those who advocated IL
for years before it was instituted. The
possibilities Of further growth are
large, and this without reference TO
the probable increase in weight limit
oil packages. In fact the parcel post is
doing so well under present conditions
that there may be some question rs TO
the ACCESSIBILITY just yet Of increasing
the size Of the parcels carried
The public, Of course, will welcome
any Improvements in the service that
add TO It's convenience and usefulness.
IL only reamains for the wise men In
Washington 10 give the parcel post a
iair show for development. That be-
ing assured it will continue to gain In
popularity and revene.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-17
WHEN THEY MINED THE NILE
Primitive Weapon Of Destruction
Might Have Been a Great Sue
cess but for One Reason.

At a time when submarine mines
must be much in Mr.. Winston Church
Ills thoughts one wonders whether he
ever recalls his early experiences OF
those destructive agents In the SUI
dan campaign of 1898. AS the Brit
ish troops approached Omdurman the
Khalifa Abdullah conceived the idea
of upsetting the British gunboat ex-
petition by mining the Nile. A former
officer of the Egyptian army whom he
had long held prisoner was ordered
by the khalifa to construct couple OF
with. They were primitive in form.
consisting, In fact, Of two old iron
boilers stuffed with gunpowder, In
which wac concealed pistol with a
string attached to the trigger whereby
the charge could be exploded. The
first mine was laid by the Ismailia,
worked by a native crew, and demon
strated its efficiency by exploding on
the instant, sinking the Ismailia and
killing the crew, including the mine
constructor.
The khalifa was delighted, not at
the accident, but at the testimony to
the power of the invention, and i'm
mediately ordered the emir in charge
of his arsenal to lay the second mine.
The emir, profiting by experience, in
sured his safety by putting the Nile
into the boiler before he put the boiler
into the Nile. He then carried out the
immersion successfully, to the JOY of
Abdullah, who loaded him with pres
ents and praises. Manchester Guard
ian
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-12-17
Substitutes for Daylight.

AS a substitute for the ordinary
glass lamp-globe, there has been in
troduced in Germany a globe made OF
thin, translucent marble.
The light produced from this globe
is declared by experts to be almost
the exact counterpart Of daylight. An
other German novelty in illumination
consists of a screen coated with an
aluminium powder which, when placed
before a light. transmits a glare ex-
actly like daylight. by means of which
even colors can be judged with perfect
accuracy.
Should these German discoveries
prove to be all that has been claimed
for them, they will doubtless be uni
versally adopted. Artificial light that
is a perfect substitute for daylight Is
what the world has been waiting for.