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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-08
LAS 'CONDICIONES DE LOS AUS
TRO-GERMANOS Y LA DURACION
DE LA GUERRA.

Viena.-El feldmariscal austriaco Cvi-
tovlc publica en- la "Neue Freie Presse"
un largo art1culo examinando la situa-
ci6n general de la guerra hasta los pri
meros d1as del mes de noviembre.
Ell feldmariscal afrma que los alema
nes han tenido raz0n para apoderarse
de Amberes; pero que este movimiento
lleva aparejada la desventaja de poner
a los aiados en- condiciones de reforzar'
Sc con toda tranquilidad.
Duda mucho de la efcacia de los pro
p6sitos de invasion alemana en- Ingla-
terra, aunque no duda de q. puedan en-
10 porvenir constituir una seria amena-
"a contra la tranquilidad del pueblo in
giles.
Respecto a La duraci6n de la guerra
anade ell feldmariscal-en la primavera
pr6xima Inglaterra podra poner en- jue-
go un nuevo ejercito. Durante ell est1o
y ell otoho de 1915, podran recibir re
fuerzos los ejercitos de ambas partes
pero en- 1916 es indudable que ell reclu-
tamiento de nuevos soldados sera casi
impossible.
L0gicamente pensando, antes de llegar
a esta situaci0n habra podido decidir-
Sc ell exito de las operaciones militares,
que hoy por hoy es diflcil de prever
pero es 10 cierto que al llegar el ano
1916 no habra hombres disponibles para
ell gran matadero europeo.
ST otros Estados toman parte en- la
contienda antes de esa 6poca, la guerra
pOdra prolongarse en- veZ de abreviar-
Sc, sin pensar en- que como las colonias
europeas estan distribu1das por todo ell
mundo, acaso ell dominic de los mares
de lugar a una nueva y grande lucha
mar1tima, de la cual hasta ahora solo
hemos presenciado las primeras insigni
ficantes escaramuZas
Acaso ell final definitivo de la formi-
dable pelea Sc deba en- su d1a mas q las
preocupaciones de orden econ0mico que
la fuerza de las armas. De todas suer-
tes, no cree ell eminente cr1tico militar
que sea aventurado pronosticar por 10
menos un ano mas de duraci6n q la que
ira actual.
De la misma opinion participa ell CON
de de Apponyi, expuesta en- la "Zeit
expresando ademas SUI tenor de que ell
resultado de la cruenta lucha sea en- de
finitiva desastroso para los dos imperios
de la Europa central, y atln mas grave,
por consecuencia, para la nacion mad
gyar, cuya debilidad, acentuada por la
derrota, ser1a origen de total dispersion.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-08
LA VIEJA ERA UN SOLDADO,
ALEMAN.

Parls.-Varios soldados zuavos he
ridos en- la batalla de Flandes y que han
llegado aqu1 han contado 10 que sigue:
"Nuestro regimiento Sc hab1a encon-
trado en- las ruinas de un pueblecito de
Flandes a una pobre vieja que, en- su
dialecto, Sc lamentaba con amargura.
Decla que una granada alemana ha-
b1a estallado sobre SUI casa, matando a
sus hijos nietos.
Solo ella quedaba entire tanta desc
laci6n.
Un belga nos tradujo 10 que dec1a la
vieja, y nosotros, compadecidos, lie diji-
mos que Sc viniera con ell regimiento.
Desde entonces nos sigui6 a todas
partes apoyada en- SUI bast6n 8 cogida
del brazo de uno de nosotros.
Gonna de nuestro rancho y lie procu-
ramos ropas de abrigo.
La llamabamos abuela mas de uno,
viendo su faz arrugada y su pelo girls, Sc
acordaba de su madre y lloraba a hurta
dillas.
D1as pasados, ell regimiento fue envia-
do a Dixmude para que apoyase a los
fusileros marinos, que desde hac1a tres
semanas resist1an el ataque de los ale
manes.
En- Dixmude hab1a un gran dep6sito
de alcohol; pero los alemanes deb1an ig-
norarlo, por que no ca1an bombas ALI, y
ST sobre otros puntos de la poblaci6n.
La noche que precedi6 la toma de
Dixmude por los alemanes, la vieja Sc
separ6 de nosotros no volvimos q ver-
la.
Seg1n despu6s he sabido, dicha vie
ia penetro en- el edifcio donde estaban
los dep6sitos de alcohol, subi6ndose al
tejado hizo seilas con unas bujias en-
cendidas colocadas delante de unos re-
fectores de hoja de lata
AL amanecer los alemanes rompieron
ell fuego de can6n con gran violencia
| contra DiNmude, tomando como blanco
preferente ell dep6sito referido.
Este Sc incendi6; las llamas Sc comu-
nicaron a otras casas inmediatas, al
mediod1a verdaderos rios de fuego inun-
daban las GALES.
Fuimos a salvar unos caiiones de Is
milmetros que hablan sido puestos en-
bater1a cerca del incendiado dep6sito.
Cuando nos retirabamos con ellos, vi
mos ell cadaver de nuestra vieja junto
a las ruinas del deposito de referencia
Uno de los nuestros, que hab1a visto
como Sc hab1an hecho por la noche sena-
les luminosas los alemanes sc dirigi6
al cadaver y lie quito las ropas.
La que todos habiamos tornado por
una vieja flamenco, era un soldado ale
man, un esp1a que hab1a estado viviendo
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-08
AVISO

El que suscribe hace constar que no
paga nj reconoce cuenta a]guna, hava
contraido 8 contraiga, en- 10 successive,
SUI hijo Jose Alay6n. Utuado Diciem-
bre de 1914.-Carlos Alay6n.
Advt.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-08
Dr. Crustavo Mu1loz
TETUAN No. 81. Altos

Consultorio de enfermedades del ana.
cato Digestive del Sistema Nervioso
Horas de Consulta:
De 8 a 911A A. M.
DE 3 a AZ P. M.
Telefono No. 326.
Box 811-San Juan, P. r.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-08
ALRtDED0R DE LA GUERRA

con nosotros y participando de nuestro
rancho
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30

Or, take another very general New Years
resolution, that of getting up at a certain time
in the morning. When the day dawns, any rea-
son whatever is grasped at to evade this. The
weather is too cold, the alarm was not loud enough,
he is sure his watch is fast, he doesn't really
feel well enough to risk getting UP earlier than
usual, and, after all, he asks himself, is there
any real reason why he should? A thousand-and-
one excuses the average individual will make to
himself rather than perform what he has designed
to do. The world is full of wobblers of this kind,
and the more they wobble the weaker they be-
come.
Another reason perhaps why the average reso-
lution-makers so seldom achieve their purpose is
that they attempt too much. They make two,
three, sometimes six resolutions at once, whereas
to carry through one resolution successfully is
quite an admirable feat.
AS Thomas a Kempis says:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30
CONVERSATIONS

The color magenta is named after
a battle which was fought in the year
of its discovery. 8
Lake Erie produces more fish to the
square mile than any other body of
water in the world.
Gardner Savage of North Arson,
Me-, although totally blind for many
years, is a telegraph operator and can
take apart and repair his instrument
whenever necessary.
In Baltimore, as a result Of an in.
vestigation, experts figured that the
minimum amount on which a single
woman could live decently was $3.50 a
week. Eighty-one per cent of the de-
partment store women in Baltimore
get less than that.
A Connecticut inventors clothes
prop that will not fall from a line
has a hole IN n side of the upper
end, covered with a fiat spring that
holds 1t In place.
A paper cap has been invented to
be fastened to the end OF a cigar as
It is made to insure its sanitary o n
dition and also to serve as an adver.
Using band.
An ice cream freezer Of English in.
vention in which ice and salt are
packed in a cylinder that revolves in.
side the cream delivers its product in
a continuous stream half a minute
after the crank is turned.
The sun valve. invented by Gustaf
Dalen of Stockholm. win be used in
connection with the lights on the Pan
anna canal. The sun both lights and
extinguishes the light. The inventor
Of the sun valve recently received the
Nobel prize for this clever device.
Clarmont Daniel Of Calcutta uniyer
sity. basing his opinion on the state
ments of the monetary writer, A. De.
Mar, estimates that in 300 years be
tween tho middle OF the sixteenth and
the middle OF the nineteenth centuries
the gold and silver imported by Indis
from the West amounted to $4,000, 900
OOO.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30

sued One Of them is the biography of Senator Lane of Oregon, who records
himself as Harry Lane, Democrat"
Senator Du Pont of Delaware takes up twothirds of a page reviewing
hism military and political careers. Senator Salisbury of the same state takes
up the other third OF a page. Representative Raker of California and Repre-
sentative Cyclone Davis of Texas each take up more than twothrds of a
page.
congressman Brtten of Chicago modesty repeats that he var the only
Republican to defeat a sitting member for election to the Sixtythrd con-
gress. .- -
self in tn first directory printed after his election, has evidently changed
as view, as the new issue contains nothing ever related to the radiant
Similar high personal mention which stood out in a former sketch of Repre-
sentative Lttlepage of West Virginia is missing.
Harry Hull, Republican, of Iowa, says he had only ten days to make
lis campaign as the successor of the late Mr. Pepper, and that he made a
run that was accepted by the whole country as proof of how the farmers
would vote and of the weakness of the Progressive cause"
JEFF McLemore of Houston, Tex, asserts that he is "a bachelor and a
newspaper man." He also prospected for gold in 1879, but did not make a
strike" Mr. McLemore also says that he had but little schooling because
of hiss aversion to teachers" -
David H Kincheloe of Madsonvile, Ky, proudly says he is married and
"ha M girl now seven and a half months old"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30

schools has decreed an old-fashioned
husking bee for every schooIhouse in
her district. Improvement and in
crease Of the school libraries is the
purpose for which funds are being
sought.
Few hospitals in civilized lands can
equal the record Of the hospital for
eye troubles carried on by H. T. Hol-
land OF Shikarpur. India. In n month
700 operations. largely for cataract.
we're performed in this institution.
Seven hundred out-patients are some.
times treated in a single day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30

to the Carolinas, and OIL trawl lines and in nets with other fish
there are gathered more than 100000, weighing O N al average of rs
pounds each, and giving, when cut into steaks food that in bodybuilding
qualities is equal to sirlon steak. All of this splendid food is either thrown
overheard or left on the shores to decay, and if it were sold ever at the low
est price it would pay the fishermen, for they take it without extra trouble.
The appearance of the fish is against it. It. averages a length of about
three rect with broad, depressed body. and the powerful jaws are provided
with a double row of strong teeth.
The first spine of the dorsal fin is detached and inserted on the snout
and bears a tf, which serves IS a lure for its prey. It's loose, notified brown
skin is covered with numerous short paps, which arr regular in size I'M
arrangement around the edge of the jaws. Because of the enormou head, On
winch theref IS little meat, there is a good bit of waste to the fish, only 35 per
cent Of tn whole body being used for food. Most of this is edibh-in fact.
80 per cent may be used, as the skin and bones form such a small part. One
0 the advantages in it's use as a food for man would be to lessen the extent of
Its destructveness to other fish. It is voracious, eating almost every kind of
animal OF a suitable size that lives in the sea. Besides fish, it feeds on
worms, starfsh, molusks, HOLSTERS, crabs and various waterfowl, including
ducks and geese. 1t is excessively greedy, al a single meal sometimes
weighs half as much a the fish itself
While its good qualities are only just becoming known in this country
the goosehsh has long been a favorne in Europe. 1t abomds in the North
sea and other waters of Europe and its annual consumption amounts to
millions of pounds.
Though called the sea devil" in Germany it is highly esteemed. M
there are many ways of preparing it. 1t is equally popular in Great Britain
boxed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30

the persons who take the lessons, The expectation is that several Of the
men now taking Spanish lessons will in time be promoted to field duty and
detailed to Central Of South America IN some phase of the bureaus varied
commercial activities. Others will have opportunities to turn their hnowl
edge of Spanish to profitable account in private employment
The growing commerce between the United States and LatinAmercan
countries makes It very desirable that some OF the employees of the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce have a working knowledge of Spanish
While keeping the practical side in mind, however, the satisfaction which
comes to persons who master foreign languages also is not being lost
sight Of N#1
The Russian language is generally believed to be much harder to master
than Spanish. but the growing commerce between the United States ana
Russia promises to make II well worth while for the few employees who
have undertaken u study OF the Russian language at their own request
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30
OUT OF THE ORDINARY

a state lunch in China comprises LAG
dishes.
There are COZ pawnbrokers' shops
within a radius Of ten miles from the
Royal Exchange in London,
Mrs. Catherine Roberts of Rich
,mond. Mo-, is cutting her third set
Of teeth at the age Of ssventy-six. The
teeth appear to be well developed, and
II Is thought she will have a full set
when the ordeal is pagt.
A Kansas county superintendent q
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30

approved and supported financially by
congress. Colonel Harris has mapped
out a comprehensive plan for convert
ing the 327 acres of unimproved land
southeast of Potomac park and Just
across from the Seventh street
wharves into an athletic paradise"
The plan is so broad in scope that
it can be carried out only gradually.
Colonel Harris estimates that ten years
should see its completion.
The feature of the plan is the
erection of a stadium capable of seat
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30
Corn Clubs In Brazil

The corhclub idea, which was received with o much enthusiasm nv
american schoolboys. has recently been introduced in Brazil. The minister
q agriculture OF that country considers 1t a splendid means Of increasing the
nations corn rop. and with the help OF the department Of commerce has
succeeded IN starting over 300 boys corn clubs during the pat year.
The bulletins Of our own department Of agriculture dealing with he corn
club movement have been translated into Portuguese for the benefit or tbe
boys OF Brazil, and have done q great deal toward making the experiment q
success. Already the clubs have accomplished encouraging results. At the
nst Brazilian corn exposition held at Sac Paulo recently, under the auspices
Of the National Society OF Agriculture, many boys we're awarded prizes for
their fine exhibits Of corn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30

On two other afternoons at the same
time a number of employees of the
bureau gather to take lessons in Rus
sian.
The language lessons were in
augurated by DR.. Edward Ewing Pratt,
chief Of the bureau, as a part Of the
welfare work among his employees.
No employee Of the bureau is re-
quired to study Spanish or Russian
or any other foreign language, 1t is
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30

into a delicious and appetizing food.
So little is this fish valued by the
fishermen of the Atlantic coast that
every year they throw away about 49,
10000 pounds, But goosetish is of a
higher nutritive value than the famous
New England Goldfish.
This angler, or monkfish, as it is
also called, is a most unsightly mon.
ster. 1t has a very large head and
mouth, entirely out of proportion to
the rest Of its body. 1t is album
dant along the Atlantic coast down
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30
Jan. 1. 1915.

vdus 10 i0lOs
Russians invaded Hungary, split
ting Austrian army by their oper.
atoms in Carpathians.
Russians in East Prussia driven
across border into Polish province
Of SuWalki.
Turks invaded Russia but failed
to enveIop Russian forces.
British battIeship Formidable
torpedoed and sunk in English
channel, 600 lost.
German aeropIanes bombarded
Dunkirk again.
Rockefeller Foundation bought
100000 bushels of wheat in Chi.
cago for BeIeians.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30

ing 100000 1T is not our intention to have a stadium with 10000 empty
seats always gaping across the field" said Colonel Harris. THE tentative
plan calls for a Ushaped grand stand with a seating capacity of 10000 Now
when occasion demands, the two ends of the big " can be extended to the
end of the field, and then, if more seats ar desired the u can be completed
into a huge ovalshaped stand, seating a world series crowd"
In addition to the big field, there will be Ii smaller baseball diamonds
for the use of the public. Some of the other features in the tentative plan
are: Two swimming pools, one wading pool, two cricket fields, 28 tennis
courts, an 1Shoe golf course, four basketball fields and a combination rooue
and croquet field.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30

IF every year we could root out one vice we
would sooner become perfect men" Impatience
is at the root of many defeats. 1t is customary
nowadays to sheer at the virtue for which the
name Of Job is synonymous, but those who say
that patience is the virtue of an ass or a beggar's
virtue are not so wise as the Spanish proverb-
maker, who said:
"Patience! and shuttle the cards." Most people
shuttle the cards eagerly enough, but the patience
is lacking. Seeking to grasp che stars at a bound
they fall back to the earth.
And SO, if people at The commencement Of a
New Year adjusted their desires in accordance
with their abilities. and instead of signing for the
unattainable made the very most Of the oppor-
tunities vouchsafed to them, one would hear less
of broken resolutions and wasted lives.
do the duty which lies nearest to thee which
thou knowest to be a duty said Carlyle. Thy
second duty will already have become clearer"
The Turning Of New Leaves.
Good resolutions have almost gone out Of fash
ion. On the last night Of the year we no longer
sit down to review our past lives and resolve to
be "better and wiser" than we have been in the
past. ut is of no use making resolutions, | never
can keep them" is the plea that is usually prof
fered. This is a mistake, however. 1t Is COM
mendable to resolve ian alarm clock helping one)
to get up half an hour earlier than usual in the
Aloihil6I ONOu LuOuSn IL ISSulI6-dS, dldS! II 100
often does-in one getting up half an hour later.
1t is what one aspires to be that counts.
If people could live more in the present it
would help them enormously in the keeping Of
good resolutions. So many people persist in be-
ing just a little ahead all the time.
Tomorrow" they say, we will REFORM but
the tomorrow Of their imaginings never dawns.
Ancient and modern philosophers have agreed
as to the dangers of procrastination. Such wide
ly diverse people as Horace, the Latin poet who
fourished in IS B. c., and pushful persons who
flourish (exceedingly) at the present day, Join
issue in this particular.
Who begins, possesses half the deed saws
Horace.
Dare to be wise; make a commencement"
Do it now" is the curt command of the mod.
ern apostle of Hustle" Again, Horace says, IF
you are %ignoran. how to live Alright, give place
to those who have learned the lesson"
Get on or get out" says a manikin, following
In more concentrated, IL less courteous language
the same line of thought on a somewhat lower
plane. The one was concerned with the things
OF the soul and the spirit; the other with worldly
advancement. There are some who contend that
the two cannot 60 together, but IL las has been
commended by many men Of wisdom) what a man
is is OF more Importance than what he has. II is
well to make spiritual advancement as the years
go by. II we have not made progress, we have
gone back. The soul never stands still. Time has
no terror for those who have learned wisdom.
Pass thou, wild heart, Ut
Wild heart of youth that still
Hast half a mind to stay.
! grow too old a comrade;
Let us part,
Pass thou away.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30

men for the new congressional direc-
tory.
One of the features of the new d.
rectory is the brevity of many of the
biographies. CONSERVATION reigned in
the government printing Office several
years ago when Representative Lind
bergh of Minnesota sent in his biog-
raphy this: "Lindbergh, Charles A,
Republican, Little Falls"
There are more than a dozen
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30
Uncle Sam Now Boosting the Goosefsh as Food

r HE bureau of fisheries is doing its best to exploit the commercial posi-
\ olht1es of the goosefsh and has issued a bulletin upon this unappreciated
IS in which it gives ten different recipes by which it may be converted
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30
Jan. 2, 1915.

Germans began offensive move
ment against kielce, Russia.
Captured Polish towns fortified
by Germans.
Turks captured fortified Rus
sian town Of Arabian.
Arrest Of four German reserv.
lists on liner in New York harbor
resulted in exposure of big fraudu-
lent passport plot.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30
Spanish Becomes Popular Study at the Capital

n RoMPTLY at 435 o'clock two afternoons Of each week a core or more
L of employees of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce NEE in
one of the rooms in the department of commerce building to study for a half
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30
Athletic Paradise Is Planned for WASHINGTON

WITHTN ten years the District of Columbia will have n of the most
w complete public amusement parks in the world, if the present plans of
Col W. W. Harris, superintendent of public buildings and grounds, ar
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-30

And SO 1t happens that the large army Of peo-
pie who wait for the New Year before e~ffecting
q in their lives are seldom success
ful in carrying out their intentions. They are
not possessed of the spirit of energy and resolu-
ton necessary to achievement. 1t may be
argued that it is better to make good resolutions.
even though they are not carried out, than not
TO make them at all. This is open to question.
however. Unless one is absolutely determined
TO do what one has decreed, it is perhaps on the
whole better not to make promises to oneself.
Onful1lled resolves continually repeated, tend to
weaken the character, and to reduce ones faith
IN oneself, just as resolutions put into practice
are conducive to strength and self-confdence.
Very little tends to overbalance the resolutions
OF the average person. In fact, many people vel.
come any excuse to exonerate them from the
carrying out of their resolves. One Individual
determines, let us say, never to lose his temper.
He comes down on New Years morning with a
set smile on hiG face. Alas! it is short-lived
The whole world seems in conspiracy to drag
him back to his former frame of mind. The cot.
fee is cold, the letters which look SO alluring
prove to be chiefly bills and begging e~pistles. he
falls over the doorstep as he leaves the house.
All these minor annoyances, which, If rightly
met, would have helped him to conquer his weak.
ness, serve but to throw him back into his
original state, and before evening he is as bad
as ever he has been.