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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-04-06
SERVICIO DEFICIENTE..

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turce nos escriben pidiendones a.
establezcamos una queja contra ell
actual sercivio de reparticion de
correspondence en- aquel impor-
tante barrio.
Nos dicen nuestros amigos que
Sc ha dado ell case de recibir ellos
en- Santurce un lunes por la tar
de cartas que han sido enviadas
de San Juan ell viernes, 10 cual,
como es l6gico suponer, les irro-
ga muchos perjuicios en- algunas
ocasiones.
La queja es contra los reparti-
dores, y la trasladamos al jefe de
La oficina de correos.
Ell TENIENTE ORTIZ.
En- asuntos relacionados con
su cargo ha venido a San Juan
nuestro amigo estimad1simo don
Francisco Ortiz, jefe de la polic1a
de Caguas.
Reiteramos nuestro saludo al
distinguido Official.
Ell INFORME POLICIACO.
Con respecto al hallazgo de un
cadaver en- ell kil6metro dos de la
carretera de Cataho a Bayam6n,
nos han dado hoy en- ell Quartet
General de POlicia una nOta one
dice ;asl:
"En la noche del d1a 4, entire
los Kilometres l y 2 de la carre-
terra de Catano a Bayam6n, fu6
encontrado muerto ell individuo
Mat1as Collazo como de so anos
de edad.s~El cnerpos del muer-
to ten1a la pierna derecha COM
pletamente mutilado y ell bra
20 del mismo lado dislocado 10
que hace suponer que fuera AFRO
llado por la maquina No. 5 de la
"L1nea Ferrea del Oeste" que
cruzo por ALI momentos antes de
encOntrar ell cadaver.
Sc procedi6 al arresto del ma
quinista Angel Rivera y fogone-
TO Arcade Pacheco quienes fue-
ron puestos a disposition del
Juez de Paz."
OTROS ARRESTOS.
La polic1a arrest6 en- Guayama
a Martin Navarro y Eugenio L.
Perez, a quienes Sc acusa de ha-
Der violado La ley de Rentas In
ternas.
NO HA MUERTO.
La Joven que atent6 contra su
vida en- Rio Piedras, y de cuyo
hecho dlmos cuenta aver en- un
suelto titulado "Amor que ma
ia slgue un POGO mejor dentro
de la gravedad de SUI estado.
Los m6dicos que la asisten han
tenldo con esta mejor1a una leve
|esperanza de que la romantica 10
ven logre conservar la vida.
EN- VEINTE PARTES
Nos informan los seflores Por-
tell y Garcia que manana proyec-
taran, en- ell cine que tienen en-
Carolina, la gran pel1cula "La
Dana de Monsereau'', que cons
ia de veinte parties.
Esa pel1cula gust6 muchfmo
en- esta capital, donde fue pro-
yectada hace algunos d1as.
AGREDIDOS EN-
UNA IGLESIA.
Nuestro corresponsal en- Jayu-
va nos dice que en- la parte inte-
rlor de la Iglesia Cat6lica, los
individuos Clotildie Gonzalez Y
Slmplicio Santiago fueron agre-
dldos por Virgilio Roman quien
les infirio varias heridas con una
navajo. El agresor fue puesto
a disposition de la autoridad iu-
dicial.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Held Up His Hands.

Warwick boulevard in front of their
home. From them l took v dol
lars, a diamond ring and a wedding
ring. / sold the diamond to a jewelry
company and received n hundred
and seventy dollars for 1t. I sold the
wedding ring to a ~pawnshop for one
dollar and seventy-ive cents"
He gave a long list Of INT of peo-
Pile he held up, also their addresses.
When Brown came to Kansas City
last summer he was unable to find
work, he said, and resorted to high
way robbery to get funds with which
to keep his family. About two hun
dred dollars worth Of jewelry that
Brown had taken from persons he had
robbed has been recovered, and in
most instances he remembers to whom
they belong.
Brown told the police that he came
here from Texas. He refused to name
the town, but said he had been the
city marshal there. He claims he did
not commit any robberies outside Of
Kansas City.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
INDIVIDUALITY AS A FACTOR
impossible to Separate What Is, and
Must Be, the Part Of Mans
Own Being.

Any attempt to define the ultimate
spirit Of the individual seems doomed
to failure.
There is a saying of Bishop But
ler's which might well be recommend
ed to the philosopher: Everything is
what it is, and not another thing"
So individuality is simply individ-
uality; and the attempt to discover
some further meaning for the word
car only lead to error.
We might be tempted, for instance,
to suggest that a mans true ego is
nothing more than his character.
But individuality goes deeper ever
than character.
Character changes; the individual
remains the same.
Thus a man who in his youth is hon
est may meet with temptations that
make him a thief; SO, too, the senti
mentalist may become a cynic.
The changing character is no more
than a manifestation of the individu
ality beneath.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
BUILT FORTUNE ON THUMB
German Surgeon the Fortunate Pos
SCISSOR Of Digit That Had Remark
able P~eeullarities.

Not long ago a famous physician
In Saxony, Doctor Metzger, celebrated
his seventeen birthday. He had been
retired from active practice for some
years, owing to the fact that he had
become immensely wealthy through
the use of the wonderful thumb of his
right hand. This thumb stands out at
a right angle from his hand and, it is
said, cannot be bent back automatic
ally. He soon found it Of great serv-
ice in massage, and when he became a
specialist in intestinal disorders he
was called as assistant to the greatest
surgeons of Europe, bringing relief to
many illustrious patients.
The queen of Roumania sent for this
doctor with the curious thumb when
she suffered from facial neuralgia,
while the late king of Sweden once
drove a beautiful span of horses over
the border of his kingdom to consult
the doctor and Oh returning left the
horses as a token of gratitude to his
preserver.
There was a time, early in his ca
reer, when the use of this curious
thumb was looked upon as a form o.
charlatanism, but SO well did Doctor
Metzger establish his reputation tha'
the medical profession accepted hi
thumb for what it was worth, without
trying to explain the phenomenon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
"Footinq II" Is Favored.

The United States public health
service has issued a warning that fall
ure to walk shortens life. The medics
make this plea for more pedestrians:
"The death rate after the age Of
forty is increasing, in spite of more
sanitary modes of living. The expec'
tation of life after forty Is less than ii
was thirty years ago. This is due
largely to increased prevalence of the
diseases of degeneration.
"Take daily exercise. Have a hobby
that gets you out of doors. Walk fol
the sake of walking. Join a walking
club and keep your weekly scores o,
miles. Gymnasium work is good FOL
those who like it and a afford it, bu'
avoid heavy athletics, You may no
burn the family carriage, as Benjamin
Franklin suggested, but at least, as hi
advised, walk, walk, walk"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
PEST IN LIBRARIES
SiIVerfish an Enemy Universally
Dreaded.
Housewives Will Be Glad to Learn
That There Has Been an Effec-
tive Method Discovered Of Do
ing Away With Nuisance.


prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
One of the most Troublesome enc
mics of books, papers, card labels,
starched clothing and occasionally OF
stored food substances, is the insect
known as the silverfish. This pest,
commonly known by such names as
the silverfsh, silver louise, silver
witch, s~ugarfsh, etc, is especially an
noying to housewives from its habit
of eating into articles containing
starched clothing, linen or curtains, 1t
will frequently cause wall paper to
scale off, by feeding on the starch
paste.
In Libraries considerable damage is
done by the insects to the binding OF
books, and it will frequently eat on
the lettering on labels to get at the
paste beneath. Heavily glazed paper
seems very attractive to this insect,
and it has frequently happened that
the labels in museum collections have
been disfigured or destroyed by 1t,
the glazed surface having been entire
ly eaten off. In some cases books
printed on heavily sized paper will
have the surface of the leaves a good
deal scraped, leaving only the por-
lions covered by the ink.
An effective means of getting rid of
this pest is to spread a poisoned paste
upon bits of cardboard, and tuck these
into crevices in bookshelves, back of
mantels, under washboards, and in
the bottom of bureau and bookcase
drawers. A thin, boiled starch paste
should be prepared by adding to the
-four from 8 to 5 per cent powdered
white arsenic (poison), and then us
ing sufficient water to boil into a thir
paste. This should be spread upon
cardboard and allowed to dry. The
preparation, however, Is poisonous te
human beings as well al to insects
and it must be used with the utmost
care. The silverf1sh readily succumbt
to pyrethrum, and wherever this car
be applied, as on bookshelves, 1t fur
nishes one Of the best means of con
troll.
Sodium fuorid, now recognized al
one of the most efficient roach pow
ders, will doubtless also be equal!
effective against silverfish. Wher'
such course is possible it may b.
busted by hand or with a powde
blower in the situations where silver
fish occur.
For starched clothing and simila
objects liable to injury by 1t, frequen
handling and airing and the destruc
ton by hand of all specimens discoy
cred is to be recommended, in add
ton to the remedies noted above. LII
tie damage is likely to occur in house
except In comparatively moist situf
tons or where stored objects renal
undisturbed for a year or more.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Landlord Likes Chess Players.

Are you a chess players" a land.
lord asked a prospective tenant. u
much prefer to have my house occu'
pied by chess players"
mo, / am not a chess player and ]
can't account for such a singular pref
e%rence," replied the would-be tenant.
1T is simple enough" said the land
lord. "Chess players move SO seldom
and rarely without great elaboration
New York Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
HAIR OR NO HARP
Il 10 Certainly Up to You and cutI'
cura. Trial Free.

Hot shampoos with Cuticura Soap,
followed by light dressings of Cuti-
cura Ointment rubbed into the scalp
skin tend to clear the scalp of dan
druff, soothe itching and irritation and
promote healthy hair-growing condi-
lions. Nothing better, cleaner, purer.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. KY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
How to Win Her Heart.

We know a boy who knows girls, all
right.
He's only six years old, but he OBJ
serves things. We heard his mother
calling him down for rudeness at play,
the other day, and u eavesdropping
was rewarded with this:
Billie" called the mother, Il want
you to quit teasing that little girl!
Aren't you ashamed of y%ourself?"
We'll / got to tease somebody,
an"
you've got to tease somebody?
That's a fine idea, l must say! And
So"
Eyes, n she wants to be leased. If
I quit, she'll go play with some other
little boy."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

New York.-Mrs. Arthur Horwitz
said she didn't are when her hus-
band bought silk socks and let her go
with holes in her stockings. Nor did
she care when he bought an automo-
bile and refused her money for gro
ceries. But when he brought his
mother to live with them. Mrs. Hor-
Wits sued for a separation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
No Place for That Boy.

"Joseph," said the grocer to his new
boy, what have you been doing in
the back room so long?"
"Pickin' the dead flies out of the
currants, sir" Joseph answered brisk
ly.
The grocer's lip curled. $50 that's
what you were doing, is it, Joseph
he said. "And your father told me
that he knew you were cut out fol
the grocery trade. Well, Joseph, you'C
better study for the ministry Lon
don Opinion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Restricted Sport.

IT feel the call Of the wild this
morning" said the head bookkeeper.
What do you think Of doing?"
asked his first assistant.
"Of course, / can't get away now,
but if my present mood lasts long,
shall certainly drop into a shooting
gallery during the lunch hour"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Tommy Set Riaht.

Corporal Ito soldier reporting sick)
What's the matter with you?
Tommy Atkins-Pain in my habdo-
men.
Corporal = Habdomen be 'angedl
Stomick, you mean. It's honly hofh-
GERS as as habdomens.-Boston Eve
ming Transcript.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Ira A. sankex sued BY wIfa.

Bridgeport, Conn.-Frances w. San
key of Greenwich was granted a d.
vorce from Ira Allan Sankey, a
wealthy resident Of the same place
and son Of the late Ira S1nkey, the
famous evangelist and song writer, on
the grounds Of intemperance and in
tolerable cruelty. Mrs. Sankey was
allowed. the sum of $10.5Oo and $40 a
week.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Not Her Lord and Master

Coroner-We found nothing in the
mans pockets, ma'am, except three
buttons, one handkerchief and a re-
ceipted bill.
Sobbing Inquirer-A receipted bill!
Then faint my husband.-LondonTit-
Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
GORGEOUS Globe of blossoms.

To obtain a gorgeous globe of bios
sons, get two hoops. Place n within
the other SO as to form a spherical fig
ure and nail firmly to an old tree
stump or other preferred foundation.
Plant running flowers around the base
and train the blossoms upon the hoops.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
EFFECT OF WAR ON BOOKS
Idea ls That Novelists VIII Be Called
Upon to Do a Great Deal Of
demonstrating.

Practically the world in which we
were born came to an end at the be-
ginning Of last August and a new
world was created" says st. John @.
Irvine, the Irish novelist I'VE shall
have to shed many beliefs and acquire
many new ones before we are able to
move about again in the comfort we
had before the war began.
The process of adjustment will be
difficult and tortuous for all of us, but
It will be a thousand times more tor
tuous and difficult for the novelist and
the imaginative writer, who has not
merely to fit himself into the new
world, but has to discover the re-
adjustment made in the lives of other
people.
Men a go on producing machines
and buttons and clothes and knick-
knacks after the war is V e very
much In the way In which men pro
duced these things before the war be
gan, but the novelists will not be able
to write novels in the old way.
"The man who produces patent
medicine will be able to continue pro
ducing it as If there never had been
a European disaster, but the man who
writes novels dealing with his owl
times must take the war into account;
and because Of this the novelist Of to
day is at a disadvantage compared
with the novelists Of other times.
"Jane Austen was able to write si'
novels without mentioning the Ma
p~oleonic wars, during which she lived
although they must have touched ne
intimately, for two of her brotherI
were in the navy. A modern novelist
dealing as realistically with our TIM
as Jane Austen dealt with hers, sim
ply must let the war into his story
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
SO YEARS IN CELL, GETS RIDE
Five Oldest It Michigan City Instltu'
ton Given Outing In an
Automobile.

Michigan City, Ind.-The five men
who have served longest in the state
prison here were taken on an auto
mobile ride to Laporte by Warden
Fogarty. One Of the men has served
SO years, and the average period spent
in prison by the convicts is 2S years.
ALI are serving life sentences for
murder. The 2S-mile trip was intend.
ed as a reward for the prisoners good
behavior.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Up.to-D ate Idea.

Miss Tango-Been away?
Miss Bunny-Yes, over to Philadel-
phia to see my aunt.
ooh, indeed"
Eyes, she told me all about the old
time dances-the money musk and
the Virginia reel. She's living in the
past"
Gee! You don't call that living!"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
He Couldn't See.

BILL see among several wrinkle
removing devices recently patented
is one consisting of a head harness to
pull back the ears and slightly draw
up the skin of the face.
Jill-But even then l can't see how
that proceeding is going to influence
the wrinkles in a mans trousers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Her Regret.

Shelf I'd rejected you would you
have given me up?
He-Not much! I'd have kept right
on trying to win you if you'd turned
me down a hundred times.
She-Ah, what a lot of fun missed.
Boston Evening Transcript.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Tn The System

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC You know
what you are taking. as the formula is
printed on every label. showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a ~tasteless form. The
Ouinine drives out malaria, the Iron
builds up the system. so cents. Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Luck.

"Of course" said Noah, this deluge
is going to be attended with a vast
amount of danger and discomfort. But
there is one thing about the situation
that may be regarded as very lucky"
whats that?" asked Japhet.
Submarines haven't been invented
yet"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Sure Sian.

Curate-I'm so glad to hear your
husband is showing SC much improve
ment, Mrs. Stiggins.
Hopeful Wife-Oh, yes, sir, thank
you. Els SO much better! Why e
don't say is prayers no more of a
night now!-Passing Show.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Safety First.

Bacon-This paper says st. Louis
policemen have been instructed to
keep their uniform coats tightly but
toned when on duty.
Egbert-Gee! st. Louis must have
some very clever watch thieves.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

"Why do you call him the human
pinwheel?"
Because he gets up so>much spec
tacular speed and always finishes
Just where he started"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Discretion

do you believe in ghosts?'
81 decline to answer" replied MI.
Erastus Pinkley. 81 amt gineter talk
about nobody benin is back; not even
a ghos'."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Luck.

Have any luck on your fishing
trip?"
"Yep. Not a single native insisted
that / should have been there a week
before"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
important.

"He seems to be man Of some i'm
portance in this village"
Il should say he is. He's the only
chap we've got here who owns a silk
hat and a frock coat, and we have to
use him for all state occasions"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Germ Crank.

The Author describing his play)-
And then the villain is made to bite
the dust.
The Lady-How very insanitary!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
GET LEADING MAN
OF HOLDUP GANG
Told Police He Held Up So Many
He Could Not Remem-
Der All.
CAUGHT WHILE ASLEEP
Mysterious Telephone Message Leads
to Arrest Of Robber-Has Large
Assortment of Plunder-Tells
of His Deeds.

Kansas City.-In the capture OF A..
w. Brown the police got the leading
man. of a holdup gang that has been
operating here since last September.
Brown made a statement in which he
confessed that he had committed SO
many holdups here that he could not
remember all Of them.
A telephone message from a source
not learned, which was sent to the
Westport police station, was the
cause of Browns arrest. Patrolmen
Michael Haligan and Edward Wilson
went to Browns home. Mrs. Brown
and her t~wo-year-old child were in the
back yard when the officers arrived
and entered the house to search for
Brown. They found him asleep IN
bed. From beneath his pillow they
took an automatic revolver and a
flashlight, and on a stand near by they
found another revolver.
After taking possession Of the
weapons the officers awakened Brown,
who jumped from his bed and reached
under the pillow for his revolver.
When he found it was gone he held
up his hands.
The patrolmen searched Browns
home and found many watches, rings
and clothes that did not belong to any
members of the Brown family. These
were taken along when the policemen
took Brown to the Westport police
station, where Brown made a state
ment.
Tells of Holdups.
THE first robbery l committed II
Kansas City was some time in Septem
Der, 1914" Brown said, according tt
the police.
"a short time after that I held vi
an Italian named Paul Lang OF
Twelfth street between Broadway an
Washington street. l robbed him o
a revolver, a small diamond ring an
ten dollars.
SIN October / held up a man and
woman near Forty-first street an,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

Our idea of a foolish woman is one
who is jealous Of every woman who
comes within a mile of her wage
Garner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
What Pa Knew.

What is vulgarity, pa?"
Wearing diamonds on the right
hand"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Hay Ideas.

II have been promised a job in the
forest service said the politician.
what are your duties to be-"
Il don't know much about the propo-
sition. l have been told that l may
be sent out to inspect government pre-
serves"
For what purpose?"
ITO see if they comply with the
p~ure-food laws, I suppose"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Its Kind.

Now is the time to think about
how to get in ones winter coal"
Eyes, that is a burning question"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
ne orlaln.

"Pa, what started the saying that
a mans wife is his better half?"
Some mans wife, | reckon"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
A suggestion.

Mrs. scrapp-I've talked to you till
I'm worn to a FRAGILE.
Scrapp-Why not shut up for re-
pairs?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
A Fine Point.

rs your brother stuck on his job?'
Hardly. He makes barbed-wire
fences"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
startIna trouble.

my husband says he has an idea"
Your husband is always boasting."
Houston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

Over half the newspapers published
in the world are printed in the English
language.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

If a man is a coward he tries to
make others believe he is cautious.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

And q man is also the architect Of
most of his own misfortunes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

After it became apparent that cloth.
ing was the proper thing, it was Eve
who said: II told you So"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

An income tax means an outgo
check.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

A lucky man is always pointing will
pride to his superior Judgment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
TALKING Shop.

81 don't like to wait on grouchy cus-
toners"
Nor l."
81 hate to have a customer growl at
me-"
Mine don't growl," said the dentist,
but they all show their teeth"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

Being happy is often a matter of not
having anything to make you other
wise.