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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-04
caHcjdn en- tinicblas.


En- Puerta de TERRA. en- el calIej0n
qne hay en- la Gale de San Agustfn,
Ell la parada 6 a Y media entire el
antique Centre Socialista y La fibri-
ca de fideos. hace tempo viene rel
nando la mas completa oscuridad.
pcsar de yivir allf seis familias ho-
norables. que pagan altos precios por
las habitaciones que ocupan.
Parece que anteriormente' hubo una
bcmbilla, pagada por la duefia de la
casa, que sc encendia desde las s de
la noche hasta las nueyes 0 .diez de la
misma luego Sc apagaba hasta el tifa
signiente.
Hoy permanece c0mpletamente os-
curas, exponi6nddse sus habitantes a
rohperse una costilla el dfa menos
pensado, Q que cualquier pr6jiino Sc
yalga de Ia oscrridad para .cometeF
una fechorfa con aquellos habitantes
pues el sitio Sc presta para clio, por
tcner que pasar p0r varios escalones,
al llegar frente cada habitaci6n.
Seria una Obra de HunsGniddd que
.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-04

enviados por correo al iltimo conffn
de la Isla, estan a la venta en- las bien
conocidas librerfas de Cantero, Fer
nandez Co, Gales de Salvador Brau
Y Fortaleza.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-04
La Voz de Puerta de Tierrs

Sc coIocara una bombilla frente a Ia
entrada de dicho calIej0n o Sc obli-
CARA a la ducha de dicha casa a CO.
lecar la antigua bombilla durante to-
da La noche.
De otro modo, tendra que resignar-
Sc los que viyen en- tai sitio a perma-
necer encerrados en- sus casas desde
las seis de la tarde, suceda no aIgo
anormal en- sus faniliares, 81 no quie-
ren exponerse a. dar traspies en- los
escaIones piedras del citado sitio.
Trasladamos todo este al activo Co
.misario, Sr Hernandez, que puede
trabajar en- favor de esta justa de-
danda.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-04


Ldis dc Eorint0, noyela p6r Crlsto-
bal Castro.
Los Cantin0s del Hundo, pur el fucr
te escritor Pic Baroja.
CON Ia Puma y con et Sable, del
miSmO autOr.
La Rama Fidjerd, pOr Julio 1CambA
EI Encanto de BaeRos Aires, por Il.
Gomez Carrillo.
dos ejemplares muy pulcros, muy
lindos, de ana biblioteca llamada a
los mayores exitos:
Silria, por Gerardo de Nerval.
Aqua Gu Cisterna por Eduardo Mar
quina. q
Todos estos libros, que pueden ser
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-04
Una Mocion

estime prOcedcn.e. a los efectOs de
que puelan adoPtarse las medidas
opor;unas para poner salvO los de-
rtchos esenciales del Pueblo de Pto.
Rico. que pudieran ser perjudicados
por la menci0naia resolution de d.
cho Hon Tribunal Supreme de T.. r.
San Juan. +. L.. JUNO 3. 1921.
Pas6 a la C0misi0n jurfdico civil.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-04
Los libros mas recientes

Ell Gltimo correo llegadO de Espaha,
ha trafdo para las populares ltbrerfas
de Cantero, Fernandez y Co., unos Ii
bros que no HAN de estar muchas ho-
ras Ell los escaparates; en- cuanto que
el pdblico lectOr sepa que han llegado.
He aquf la breve lista. que hara tenn
blar de emoci6n, al lector de retinado
gusto:
FL Seaorito Octario, por Armando
Palacio Valdes.
StelIo, novela de los tiempos de la
revoluci0n francesa, por Alfredo de
vigny.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-04

QUININA EN- FORMA SUPE-
RIOk. Ell efecto t6nico y laxantc del
FLAXATIVO BROMa QUININA ie
lace superior la Quinina ordinaria.
no 'afectaNla cabeza. La firma de
:. w. GROVE Sc halia en- cada ca
iita.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-04

En- Ia session d.. la Camara. de- aver
tar,le. los Representatives. Sres iastra
Y Arizona. presentaron Ia moci6n que
sigue:
En- Ia cdmdrd dc Representatives.
de Puerto Rico.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-04
Al ESCRbR A Los ANUNCANTES AENCONE Eel IMPARCAL"

DORADO. PLATEAbo. NIouE.
LADo Y BRoNCEADo.
The Porto Rico Electroplating
Co. Inc. e
Luna A. Telef. 1921.
San Juan. P. R.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
Mysterious Feat of Rats

Here's another mystery problem to
set beside that Of how the EeyDttans
built the pyramids. G. W. Young
Mood. business man of No 125
South Broadway, Los Angeles. Is re-
sponsible for it.
1oungblood related that on operdDp
his office one morning he found hat
ra:s had chewed off the tops of car
nations which were standing in a 81 ass
vase about IA inches high. Acco I'd
ing to the real estate man, the ats
did not move chair next to the V: ,se
and thus reach the succulent stel rs.
nor was there anything else near by
on which they might have stood. = md
he does not believe the rodents co Md
have climbed the sides of the smo 9th
vase. Still the flowers suffered heav ily.
And to make the problem har, Ter,
Youngblood said that the rats. dis
playing a highly developed arti site
sense, carried roses from one desk to
another which lacked posies. { low
did the rats accomplish their task ?
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
AlREl)ALE DOG NOT SCOTCH
Breed Had Its Origin in Yorkshire,
England, and Is a Compar.
alive Newcomer. s,

Your airedale is not a Scotch dog
He is not of Scotch ancestry and no
blood of Scotch dogs flows in his
veins He is an Irish and English
dog. The name of his breed does not
come from the County Ayr in Scot
land, but from the River Aire in
Yorkshire, England. Nor is the aire-
dale an old breed of doa:. as such
things are measured in the dog world
1t is neither an ID family nor a
first family" among dogs. The aire-
dale is a newcomer. Dogs of this
breed were first exhibited at Shipley,
in Yorkshire in 1876, and they were
then called, not airedale, but water
side terriers" These dogs We're pro-
'duced by crossing an English otter
hound with an Irish terrier, believed
to have been red terrier, and later
adding a dasif of bull terrier blood.
The combination produced a dog Sec
'ond to no other dog in intelligence,
bravery, gameness in a fight, loyalty
TO his master and his masters family,
Und kindness to children.
The word "airedale}' as the name
of this new kind Of dog, was first
use d in 1883 at the national dog show
at sirmin CHAM, England, where these
entr YES were described as "airedales
or raterside terriers" The name
wat, rside terriers" fell into dsuse.
The English Kennel club was slow
and umservatfve in recognizing tnis
as a ew and distinct breed Of dog,
but re TERED to them as 'brok
haired Rrriers."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
HIS WAGES ONE CENT A YEAR
Early Carrier of Mails Certainly Not
In the Business for Purpose OF
Making Money

Maurice Proctor, man OF wealth,
was so anxious for his coach to bear
the distinguishing 81. S. Mail" sign
OF the postal service that he made alb
solutely certain. when a service line
was established between Mineral Point
(Where he liyed) and Dodgeville, Ia
he would be the lucky one allotted the
honor
There were 20 competitors and each
turned sick with disgust when they
heard of the bid of the Weather Aan;
says an early volume of the Strand
Magazine. 1t was the custom then to
ask prospective employees to bid for
the Job, as contractors bid now. Proc
tor bid 1 cent Which is to say, he vol
unteered to do the job for a remunera-
ton OF cent year in wages.
Every day, rain or shine, he twice
carried the mail between the two cities,
proud of the ~. S. Mail" on the side
OF his coach. At the end of the year
his enthusiasm had not worn off, so he
renewed his contract, agreeing to do
the work at the same rate for four
more years-in all, for cents. The
government considered him financially
responsible for this amount, and gave
him the job. The cents were paid to
him in four annual installments.
His pay for the first year came in
the form of a postal warrant signed
by the secretary Of the treasury and
made out to the order Of the carrier,
Maurice Proctor. 1t was in payment
for his services, and the amount was
l cent Needless to say, it was con-
sfdered as great curiosity, so the
carrier sold 1t at once for $50.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
HIS PRIVATE SWIMMING. POOL
Wise Willie, For hidden Trip to Cool
River, Found Substitution That
AnsWers the Purpose.

On certain occasions Willie stakes
HIS mothers Instructions literally
while other times he doesn't When
Wlllie's mot her told him that she did
not want Iim to leave the building
all aftern0 IN because he had dlsobe}ed
her BY e ling swimming in tIe river
on the sIay previous, Willie carried
out HIS mothers instructions to the
letter. He did not leave the Building
all aft 4rnoon. When Whites mother
arrived home from her shopping tour
late II the day, however. she was sur
prfse6 to find that her sons hair was
wet.
7 hope you didn't disobey meaand
go in the river again." said his
mo- ther.
Nope" Willie replied.
Then how 3ia YOU get your hair
T et?" his mother asked
"Swimning." Willie replied
"SwtmmingY easpea his mother
~ told you not To taava IRIS building.
Now you will 60 to bed without any
supper
Il didn't leave the building" Willie
| insisted
How could you go swimming
without leaving the building? said
his mother There's no place to swim
In this apartment house"
"Ain't there, thought" asked the
youngster. did you ever try the wa
ter tank on the roof?"-New York
Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
GREAT ACTRESS KISSED POET
Sarah Bernhard Made Her Meeting
With LongfeiIow an Event to
Be Remembered.

When Sarah Bernhard cane to
America in the seventies sculpture
was her side line" AS soon as she
arrived In Boston she expressed a de-
sire to do the bust of Longfellow, says
the Christian Science Monitor. Long
fellow. however, though not insensible
of the honor, declined. He said that
he was about to leave for Portland,
Me-, and feared that Nine. Bernhardt
would have departed before his re-
turn. Then, to mitigate the curtness
of his refusal, he asked the tragedienne
to his home, inviting. William Dean
Howells and Oliver Wendell Holmes to
meet her
They became very amiable toward
one another, and Longfellow, who
spoke excellent French, praised Nine.
Bernhardt's performance Of "Phedre."
telling her she surpassed the great
Rachel. whom he had seen 80 years
earlier. The actress, not to be out
done, told the poet how much she en-
1oyed reading "Hiawatha," which she
pronounced Hee-a-vatere
Evidently the affair OF the sculp-
tured bust did not rankle, for on her
departure. as the poet and his other
guests were escorting her to her car
Rage, she turned about suddenly, i'm
pulsively threw her arms about Long.
fellows neck and. kissed him on the
check, said: "Vous etes adorable"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
BUNGALOWS BUILT BY BIRDS
Are Not Used as Nests, but Seemingly
Only Constructed as Matter
Of Decoration.

Arbor-like bungalows are built by
Australian bower birds. These bunga.
lows are decorated by the birds with
flowers and other bright objects.
Sometimes one bird will move a
flower placed in position by q fellow.
The result is free fight, for none of
the birds will tolerate interference or
criticism.
There are several different kinds of
bungalows, and each is built by va
riety Of the bower bird. These struc-
lures have nothing whatever to do
with the birds nests. There is a gar
den In front Of the bungalow, and
great attention is paid to keeping this
fresh. Some Of the birds prefer
shells as a garden decoration; others
use gaily-colored beetles and other in
sects. while one bird lays out 4 lawn
Of moss, which it decorates with all
kinds Of odds and ends. As soon az
any part Of the garden becomes faded.
the moss, leaves, or flowers are car
galow.
Dancing Displays are given on the
lawns, especially at counting tme,-
when the males Sadopt al kinds Of
queer attitudes al sing songs to IT.
-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
RECORDS HUMIDITY IN AIR
Both Temperature and "LIvabIIty'
Shown by Twin Thermometer
Likely to Become Popular.

Sensations of heat or cold, as ex-
perienced by a normally healthy per-
son, are caused almost entirely by
the condition of the surrounding
atmosphere. If it is STILL damp, and
about 70 degrees or more in temper
allure, feeling Of disagreeable heat
and oppression results; while II Of
the same temperature, but dry and in
moderate motion. 10 discomfort rs
felt. The reasons for this are that
dry, moving air takes away bodily
heat about as rapidly as it is gen
Grated. while damp. still air does not,
explains a writer in Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Therefore in designing an instrs-
ment to determine whether atmos-
pheric conditions are conducive TO
bodily comfort, other factors than
temperature must be taken into
account. For this reason the ordinary
dry-bulb thermometer is unreliable
ana has been supplemented by another
instrument Of the So-called wet-bulb
type, in which the bulb is inclosed in
a fabric mesh bag which keeps 1t
damp. To use, both bulbs are i'm
mersed in hot water until they register
40 degrees. They are then removed,
and the time required for each to
drop to atmospheric temperature
noted The wet bulb will always cool
more rapidly than the dry one. This
difference in cooling rates serves to
index the degree Of comfort one should
be experiencing, as it roughly indi-
Gates the moisture In the air land
whether or not dir Is In motion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
WALTON & sMooT' DRUGGISTS
REASON FOR c0L0RED EGGS
mother Nature Painted Them That
They Might Be Preserved From
Their Natural Enemies.

nature equips all living things with
protection Of some kind against their
enemies.
Inc larger animals are able. By req
son OF their strength, to give a rood
account Of themselves In combat. Birds
and many of the smaller animals de-.
pend upon the rapidity of their move.
ments But there Is another effective
means Of self-preservation known as
protective coloration."
Snakes and many varieties Of fish
form an excellent illustration. Their
scales are so 'colored that they blend
with the surrounding rocks or the shad.
ows of the water, MAKING them al
most Invisible to the eye. In fact Il
is only when one Of these protective
~ colored animals moves that its pres
ence is apparent.
The same principle is responsible
for the different colors Of BIRDS eggs
The mother bird is unable to fight
aggressively, so she has to seek refuge
In flight. During the time she is
away from the nest. either seeking
safety from her enemies or looking
Tor food, the eggs must be protected
In some manner. It Is for this reason
that they are colored to blend with
the surroundings In which they are
laid--some Of them spotted because
they are laid in the sand or among
pebbles. others bufr-colored or green
to match the material Of the nest
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
CULTIVATE HABIT OF THRIFT
Practice Means That One viii Be
Ready to Seize Opportunity
When II Comes.

Practice thrift habitually. Make II
as much a part of your routine as
eating and sleeping. Get yourself sys.
temauzed. Work on a definite SEIZED.
ule. Save regular amounts. Plan your
work and your actions so that you
| Will have no idle time, no lost motion,
no wasted energy.
These are among the secrets of sue
cess, happiness and progress.
The time to begin the cultivation of
thrift habits is now.
The most important message that
can be conveyed to the people Of this
nation today is: Get the thrift habit"
Practice thrift not for a brief inter-
val or internationally, but habitually.
Disraeli said, "The greatest secret
OF success in life is to be ready when
your opportunity comes"
This brief sentence furnishes one OF
the best reasons for practicing thrift
that ever has been given. 1t presents
phase of the question to which not
eDough attention is paid. Ordinarily
thrift is looked upon as a means Of
safeguarding one against possible
emergencies or Of building up an ac-
emulation of money for some definite
purpose. But there are many unex-
pected turns in the pathway of life
Thrift Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
ROMANCE EVEN In NEW YORK
Almost the Last Place on Earth One
Would Look for IL, but It Is
There, Nevertheless.

Two New Workers. have set I'D Jew
eled tablets in a fashionable uptown
cafe, where they first met the women
who became their wives. The tab
lets commemorate the felicitous
events.
However incredible this may sound
to race OF wives whose husbands for
get their wedding anniversaries and a
public that does not associate fash
ionable cafes with connubial constancy
or New York with sentiment, it may
easily be confirmed by looking in at
the grill Of the Cafe Beaux-Arts.
Both memorials are bronze pfAoues
fnlaid in the wall In alcoves Of the
grill and inclosed with glass. The
first is set with a fiery opal and car.
res the mystic inscription Happy
Dawn, September, 1906" nothing else.
Andre Bustanoby remembers who mt
1t there, but does not say. The other
was the work Of a celebrated local
lawyer. 1t is set with a large tur-
quoise and engraved, "A. and L. Acre
Perennius, MCMIX." Like the other.
1t celebrates the meeting with and
hours spent with the wife to Be. And
II years have elapsed since the Sec
0nd Wa put - withouk any seeuem
~ psEmlaA = a1e9 - $1,000
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
Friendly WARNING,

Under the caption "a Friendly Hint"
the following forcibly worded adver.
dsement In Rfvington's New York Ga
zette OF January ID, ITS, was directed
against a resident who had made a
grievous financial error, very much to
his own advantage:
If merchant of this city who lives
near the Exchange, not many miles
from Broad street, does not within Ia
days from the above date return f1O
which, by mistake, he was overpaid in
settling an account, a narrative of the
whole transaction, with his name at
length, will be published in a future
paper and the truth of 1t supported by
an affidavit II, in the meantime. the
gentleman should recollect the error
and will make any overtures to Mr..
Boole at Mrs. Haight's, in Smith street.
secrecy will be observed"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
HORSES ABLE TO TELL Tlne
Steeds Hired by the Hour Good Judges
Of Distance, According to This
Stable Manager

A rider needs q strong hand and "a
firm seat to ride the hired horses of q
certain suburban riding academy when
he attempts to go beyond an hours
distance from the stable, according to
the New York Sun. The rates are So
for two hours, and the horses have be-
come so accustomed to going one hour
out and one back that when the first
hour is reached and the rider does not
turn back toward the stable his horse
insists upon doing it for him.
Beyond this first hour, if the rider
still wishes mistakenly or extrava-
gantly to ride still farther away from
the stable he VIII have to fight his
horse every twenty-five or Thirty yards
as the horse attempts to turn back,
and there will be no further Coy In the
ride. If he complains to the manager
Of the stable, the manager viii be
politely regretful if the rider is a
stranger, or he will tell him-the honest
truth If the rider is an DID acQuain-
lance.
II get so many inexperienced
riders" the manager VIII tell YOU
"and they have no sense Of direction
and keep no track of the time, and If
it were not for the good sense Of the
horses the riders would either lose
themselves in the countryside or would
perhaps realize at some point that
their limit was nearly up and then
would come laundering IN With winded
and steaming horses.
"These horses manage the ri de them
selves and the riders have very little
to do with it, said the stable manager
land in that way they protect the
riders, they protect themselves ano
I they protect me-"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
Advertisers at Firxt Shv

1t took several years after the e.
adjustment Of newspapers in Amer
lea for advertising to become popular.
John Campbell, the postmaster Of Bos-
ton, who, in 1904, started the Boston
News Letter, the first real newspaper
in this country, had great difficulty In
persuading his townspeople to adver-
tise their wares or their wants
William Bradford and Peter Zenser
In New York were hardly more for
tunate at drst, and even BENJAMIN
franklin. for many years after be b.
gan the publication Of the Pennsyl.
vania Gazette, found his Advertising
columns very meager. After 1880.
however, the reluctance to adyertise
dted aWay and m IL leadinx papecs
ssssa ~ ehy usga us1 -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
lDuIes, by the Hour.

In Con cord, Mass, there used to Be
a. livery1 nan who rented horses for
tri ps arc, md the town, all his horses
ex cept ont Duke invariably was rent
ed by the hour. One day, when the
iiw eryman was about to retire on .
20, h-sized competence. he explained:
n uke," he said. Illustrates the poe'
sIh nity Of Ns1bie motion without higks
y visible p mgress.' 1t should b M
oen stood tina the liveryman dated back
10 the day Ct the Concord sch00i Of
PM losophy. Duke" he explained.
49, hes no nmey by the trip, but BY
~ hour !. wel1 DUKE when
ms 90 fosm lrsa int ~ - al1nues
M = aAah - -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
Offers Cared For

A pair of fully developed offers av,
been discovered in slough along TIL,
Brandywine, near West Chester, Pa.
and have been watched with int res
by many persons.
They are the only ones reported! in
Chester for probably 40 years, an6
are very carefully protected by the
owner Of the property where hey
have made a den in a bank beside 1.-THE
still water.
The animals are said to be al tout
four feet in length and very act i've.
1t is believed a number of young may
be produced in the den beneath the
bank and prove the founding of a col
ony which will arouse much flu 1ure
iterest
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
New Dickens Drama,

At recent Charles Dickens d inner
In London regret was expressed that
dramatic versions of the Dickens nov
els are not more popular. For ihwith
a certain Bransby Williams pr opposed
to undertake to popularize the Vic
torian novelist in the theater. At
Birkenhead he will accordingtr insti-
tute repertory season with adapta-.
ton Of David Copperfield,~ OLIVER
Twist" and "Barnaby Ridge" to be,
written by members Of the Dickens
fellowship under the directions Of said
Mr.. Williams.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
Long PlGeasfa Flloht

One Of the longest pigeon tigfs on
record will be attempted from. Ed.
monitor, Alberta, to San Antonio, Tex
Arrangements for the flight have ~ zen
made between the Edmonton B.onling
club and the San Antonio Iouling
Hub. The distance is 1000 u les-
Between 40 and 80 homing pigeons
will be shipped from San Antp MO and
liberated there by W. Lees. resident
of the Edmonton Homing club.
The longest flight Oh record accord
ing to information, was from Rome
to Liverpool. distance Of aore than
a thousand miles, over rdifn cult coun-
try.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-05
The Man With the Toe.

Here is an extract from an article
in the Geographical Magazine, In
which the writer describes the labori-
GUS culture Of rice on hillsides in the
Yangtze valley:
1.-The roily water makes the hoeing
Of his rice field impossible; SO he does
not hoe 1t, he toes 1t. With bare foet
he feels about the plant with his toes,
and II he finds a weed, he toes It out ;
then presses the dirt firmly In place
again. With his right foot he toes
two rows, with his left foot he toes
foun rows as he goes. That's tn
way he hoes"
White men can never expoct
should BE- expectedte cosnpet1s sil
thls 1T g thinG
vi