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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1871-08-23
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Los diputados que suscriben, en- vista
del escandalo ocurrido en- la session de esta
tarde, en- 10 cual Sc ha negado ell uso de la
palabra al senor Sanchez Ruano, despues
de habersela concedido, con ell prop6sito
deliberate de que no Sc tratara de la cues
tion de crisis en- ell Parlamento; Y conside-
rando que la garantfa de las oposiciones
parlamentarias estriba en- la fiel observan-
cia del reglamento, violado ell cual Sc fall
sea por complete el sistema representa-
two VICENTE, quedando solo erigida la ar
bitrariedad en- sstema de gobierno, S n
que las oposic ones tengan medic alguno
legal para combatirlo:
CONSIDERABLE que la resolution de las
crisis ministeriales que surgeon en- los go
biernos constituencies caen baio la COM
petencia, dc los Cuerpos colegisladores in
terin no sc suspendan onstitucionalmen-
re sus sesiOnes:
CONSIDERABLE que cualesquiefa que fue
an Las ra5ones que pudiera alegar ell Sc
nor vice presidente Martin de Herrera
para ligitimar la suspens on de la session,
no pod q nj decorosamente debia hacerIo
sin haber dido antes al Sr. Sanchez Ruano.
4 gdjep habia copced.do Fl uso de u pa-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-01-20
NUTRITION FOR THE BRAIN.

Some time ago Professor Agassiz, in
aspeech before Boston assemblage, as
serted that fish diet, on account of the
quantity of PHOSPHORUS contained in
il, is especially adapted to nourish the
brain, and that those persons who SUBJ
sist on 1t largely, are consequently, more
likely than others, if possessing the
same natural powers, to be distinguish
ed for their brightness and intellectuali-
ty. Professor Agassiz is generally
regarded as being, i'll such matters, the
highest authority in the United States,
If not the very highest living, and this
estimate is undoubtedly correct; but
DIR. ID. NJ. Beard, excellent scientific au-
ihority, opposes the Professors theory,
IN an able magazine article, arguing
that brain work requires richer and
more substantial food, and q larger
quantity of it, than mechanics and Ia
boring men, because:
L. Labor of the brain causes greater
loss of tissue than labor of the muscles,
three hours of hard study producing
more important changes of tissue than
whole day of muscular labor.
=. Brain workers, as class, are more
active in their work than mechanics and
laborers, the thinking powers, the tools
of trade of the brain workers, being al
ways at hand and seldom idle.
8. Brain workers exercise, more or
less, all the organs of the body as well
as the brain.
DIR. Beard, to corroborate his views,
cites various nationalities. For exam
pie, the Romans, Persians, and Babylo-
mans, were dominant nations among
the ancients, and they were free and
luxurious in their habits of eating. In
modern times the English, Germans,
French and Americans, are ruling ma
tons, and they are good feeders, and
some of them pretty hard drinkers.
So our brain-workers have two the
cries between them, and they can take
their choice. Shall it be fish or roast
beef?
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-01-20
A WONDERFUL STORY.

The following beats all the stories of
remarkable escapes which we remember
to have seen: "On the passage of the
ship Alexandra from New Orleans to
New York, lad about IA years of age,
from naturally frolicsome aud mis-.
chievous disposition, became so trouble
some in his pranks, that he was threat
ened by the captain, if he continued that
he would confine him in a water cask.
Our youngster took no heed, however,
&C the next offence, was put in the cask,
which was headed up, leaving large
Dung hole for the admittance of air.
That night the ship encountered vio-
lent storm, and in a sudden lurch, the
cask containing the boy rolled overinto
the sea. Fortunately the cask struck
Dung up, and floated about for thirty
hours, when it was thrown upon the
beach at st. Bias. Here the boy made
desperate efforts to eXtricate himself
from the prison, without success, and in
despair gave up to die. Some cows,
however, strolling on the beach, were
attracted TO the cask, and in walking
around II, one of them, it being fly time
switched her tail into the bung hole,
which the lad grasped with resolution.
The cow beloved, and set Off for life,
and after running some two hundred
yards with the cask, struck it against a
log on the beach and knocked il to n
smash. The boy was discovered by
some fishermen on the point, and taken
into Apalchiola, where a small collect
ion being made for him, he was enabled
to proceed north by the way of Column
bus.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-01-20
OUT AT NIGHT.

Fathers and mothers, look ont for
your boys when the shadows of even
ing have gathered around you. Where
are they then? Are they at home. at
the pleasant, social fireside, or are they
running the streets? Are they gaining
n street education If so, take care the
chances of their ruin are many. There
is scarcely anything so destructive to
their morals as running abroad at night.
Under cover of darkness, they ACQUIRE
the education of crime they learn to be
rowdyish, if not absolutely vicious, they
catch up loose talk, they hear sinful
thoughts, and they see obscene things,
and they become reckless and riotous.
If you would save them from vulgarity,
and from ruin, see to it that night finds
them at home. More than one young
man has told the chaplain of the State
prison that here was the beginning of
his downward course, that finally bro't
him TO the felon's cell. Let parents SOL
emnly ponder this matter, and do all
they can to make home attractive to all
the children, so attractive that the bows
will prefer il to roaming in the streets.
There is no place like home, in more
sense than one-certainly no place like
home for the boys in the evening.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-01-20
VALUE OF 4 SCRAP ROOF.

Every one who takes n newspaper
which he in the least degree appreci-
ates, will often regret TO see any one
number thrown aside for waste paper,
which contains some interesting and
important articles. A good way to
preserve these is the use OF scrap book.
One who has never been accustomed
to preserve short articles, can hardly
imagine the pleasure it affords to sit
down and turn over the pleasant and
familiar pages. Here choice piece of
poetry meets the eye, which you re-
member you were SO glad to see in the
paper, but which you since would have
lost had it not been for your scrap
book. There is witty anecdote--it
does you good TO laugh over it yet,
though for the twentieth time. Next is q
valuable recipe you had almost forgot
ten, and which you have just found in
time TO save much perplexity. There
is sweet little story, the memory of
which has cheered and encouraged you
many time, when almost ready to des-
pair under the pressure of life's cares
and trials. Indeed you can hardly take
up single paper without perusing it.
just glance over the sheet before you,
and see how many valuable articles it
contains that would be of service to
You hundred times in life. A choice
thought is far more precious than bit
ofglittering gold. Hoard with care the
precious gems, and see at the end of the
year what rich treasure you have ac-
cumulated.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-01-20
LETTER FROM COTTONWOOD FALLS.
Satisfactory Growth During IS7O-Flat-
tering Prospects for VIE Future.

EDITORS News 1T sometimes hap-
pens that when there is little noise or
hustle in town; when all things keep
the even tenor of their way, the idea
viii get abroad that the place is dead,
when in fact all of its business men are
doing well, and its condition is really
prosperous. Such is the case with Cot
tonwood Falls. Ia no previous year
have our business men done near as
well as during 1870 In no previous
year has the town made more pros
porous growth, and yet the idea has
gone abroad, and many outsiders be-
lieve the place is dead. To show how
erroneous this idea is, | will briefly
state what has been done here during
1870: In the first place We have, during
the year, secured at this place a first
class bridge over the Cottonwood,
which will be ready for travel by Feb
ruary LIST; two stores have been built,
in which business is now being done
Mr.. Doolittle has put up an addition to
his hotel, two stories high, twenty -four
feet by forty, in which he intends to en-
terrain the travelling public; nr. Com
ack has built fine two story residence
Mr.. Candy, Mr.. Miner, Mr.. w. S.
Smith and Mr.. Irwin have each put up
good story and half residences, and
Mr.. Beck, Mrs. Fallett, Mr.. Miner, Mr..
Hassler, Mr.. Jensen and Mr. Warren
have each put up smaller buildings
Mr.. ii. l.. Hunt has remoddled his
store and built an addition, and both he
and Mr.. j. Johnson have built addi-
tions to their residences. These i'm
provements, including the bridge, have
not cost less than twenty-five thousand
dollars.
With the opening of the season, three
stores, feed stable, a Methodist church,
and half dozen residences are to be
built, and we confidently expect to
see the place double in population dur
ing 1871.
Our town is situated nearly in the
center of population of the county, and
will continue its county seat. II has q
beautiful site, one of the best water.
powers in the State, has O good start
and will continue to grow. The rail.
road passess it n mile and q quarter
north, but considering that the most OF
our trade will come from the south and
ours is the only bridge over the Cot.
tonwood in the county, we do not think
this will injure the town. Cottonwood
Falls is destined to be the town of Chase
county, and to-day offers superior in
ducements for enterprising GO
ahead men.
Yours truly,
w. II. BROWN.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-01-20

A WORD FOR WIvEs.-Only let a wo-
man be sure that she is precious to her
husband-not useful, not valuable, not
convenient, simply, but lovely and be-
loved; let her be the recipient of his
polite and hearty attentions; let her
feel that her care and love are noticed
appreciated and returned let her opin-
ion be asked, her approval sought, and
her judgment respected in matters of
which she is cognizant; in short, let her
only be loved, honored and cherished,
in fulfllment of the marriage VOW, and
she will be to her husband and her chill
dren, and society, a well-spring ofpleas-
ure. She will bear toll and pain, and
anxiety; for her husbands love is to her
tower and fortress. Shielded and
sheltered therein, adversely will have
lost its sting. She may suffer, but SYM
pathy may dull the edge of her sorrow.
a house with love in it-and by love
we mean love expressed by words, and
looks and deeds, for / have not one
spark of faith in the love that never
crops out; it is TO house with love as
a person to machine-the one is life,
the other is mechanism.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-01-20

THE CASHMERE GOAT IN NEBRASKA.
The raising of goats in Nebraska,
and their wool-growing qualities is not
now matter of experiment, as the
fine specimens of animals, wool, and
fabrics exhibited at the State fair by
Col. w. X. Furnas, of Brownville, suf-
ficiently attests. He has now a flock
numbering nearly 200, and has been en-
gagged in the business about five years
with the most satisfactory success. The
committee on sheep aud goats at the
late State fair made special mention of
the goats on exhibition, from which we
make the following extract:
"Your committee would make men
ton of the full-blood cashmere goats
exhibited by Col. r. w. Fnrnas, as be-
ing an enterprise worthy the attention
of every farmer in the State. The hardi-
ness of the animals, small expense of
keeping, the certainty of a market both
for the clip and increase, and adapta-
bility to climate, at once commend
them. Recognizing the existence of
manufacturing as well as agricultural
interests as essential one to another,
and the advantage of manufacturing
our own products at home, we should
specially recommend the raising of
cashmere goats in Nebraska, when the
stock can be procured and raised in our
own State. "-Omdha Herald.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-01-20

OLD Age WITHOUT RELIGIoN.-Alas 4!
for him who grows old without grow
ing wise, and to whom the future world
does not set open her gates when he is
excluded by the present. The Lord
deals SO graciously with us in the de-
cline oflife that it is shame to turn a
deaf ear to the lessons which He gives.
'The eye becomes dim, the ear dull, the
tongue falters, the feet totter, all the
-seGses refuse to do their Office, and from
every side resounds the call, ''Set thine
house in order, for the term of thy
pilgrimage is at hand" The playmates
of youth, the fellow-laborers of man
hood, die away and take the road be-
fore us. Old age is like some quiet
chamber, in which, disconnected from
the world, we can prepare in silence
for the world that is unseen.-IhO-
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-07

as to- population, communications,
production, territory and political
power, presents the essential features
for a place for The National Exposi-
ton. And these are supplemented
by the pre- eminence of her own
manufactures in extent and variety,
These features and the demonstra-
ton of last year have given substan-
tial ground for. the permanent estab.
lishment- of this annual National
Exposition at Cincinnati.
And. how we come to some OBJ
seryations upon the objects and use.
fulnessS ofssuch an@industrid expo
sition. We suppose the first great
Objects topbring practical manufac-
turers, machinists, artisans and in
ventors together with their produ, is.
to show the progress of machinery
and manufacture and thus to promote
thier progress and their mutual inter
est. The second great object, as we
understand it, is to extend the mar
/ tket of all these articles In that line
the exposition is a great national
fair, where each one brings samples
of the products he has to sell, and
thus makes known his name to the
whole country The artisans of the
country also find here all the i'm
prolyements in their. respective lines
of sindustrys and acquire information
| to aid them in that ambition which
every one has to- raise himself from
employed, to employer.
L, And besides those who view the
various. features of the exposition
with a Especial interest, every aintelli-
gent person, with or without occu-
PATTON, takes an interest in the indus
trial condition and progress of the
country, as an essential part of its
history, its social condition, it's ma
tional wealth and power; as the ba-
sis for. intelligent opinion or political
ECONOMY, and as that knowledge,
| without which, the pretence of states
manship or of governmental capacity
is an imposture. Thus the industrial
Exposition concerns all. This fact
was plainly recognized in the last
years exposition; for while it at
tracted manufacturers, artisans and
merchants from all parts of the coun-
try, it drew large crowds from So
ciety in general, men, women and
children, all of whom manifested 8
deep interest in this gathering of the
industries of the country.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-07
a Novel Duel.
lFrom the New Orleans Times


In our chapter on dueling, in last
Mondays Mosaic, we omitted an anus
ing incident which occurred good many
years ago between two men in Mississip-
pi, whose names have since become his
torical in the annals of this country. We
refer to RobG. j. Walker and Doctor
William NJ. Gwin, Duke of Sonora. An
alteration occurred between them which
led to challenge from Mr.. Walker.
Walker was man of remarkable dimin-
utive size, while the Doctor lowered like
a giant, with the Drawn and bone of a
London porter. Walker was bent on
fighting, but the Doctor, who was natu-
rally joVial and kind-hearted soul, did
not feel at all aggrieved toward his adj
Yersary.
Be that as it might, the Doctor accepted
the challenge, and chose the Indian war
tomahawk as his weapon. The terms
were so arranged that on a given day
the combatants were to be posted one
hundred and fifty yards apart, and, at a
given signal, to rush past each other like
knights in tournay. flinging their to-
makawks in their course. -. -s1
The Doctor caused it to be bruited
about that he practiced every day in a
savannah, few miles away from the
town where both resided. Piqued with
curiosity, Mr.. Walker allowed himself t.
be persuaded to visit the spot surrepti-
tiously, and view the achievements OF
his antagonist-not so surreptitiously
however, that DR.. Gwin was not aware
whose prying eyes were fixed upon his
movements.
Measuring off one hundred and fifty
PAGES from the solitary stump of a pine
tree, the Doctor bounded with spring
and a yell that would have delighted
Chingachook, the venerable padre of the
last of the Mohegans; his temahawk
poised high in the air, a grin of demoniae
ferocity lighting up his strongly marked
features. As he neared the stump he
projected the missile, with a powerful
sweep of his arm, clean up to the handle
into the soft pine, and, painting, came tc
a dead halt. .l.-
There was something SO ludicrously
savage in all this, that Mr.. Walker anc
his companion burst involuntarily into &
fit of laughter from their ambush. The
laugh betrayed them; a reconciliation
took place, and up to the breaking out O.
the Confederate war, and, it may be, VI
to Mr.. Walkers death, they were fast
friends r-..--.. -.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-07
ssLittle BrealkdOWns'' TO our
CONSTITUTIONS. |

The story is told of man who had for
years carried an old and cherished watch
about him, who one day called on its
maker, and told. him it was no longer
useful, for it would not keep time cor
rectly. ---.-s..---s. .-----.-
s'Let me examine it, said the maker
and taking powerful glass, he looked
carefully and steadily into the works, till
he spied just one little grain of sand.
81 have it," he said, 81 can get over
your difficulty" ,....-
About this moment, by some powerful
but unseen power the little grain, sus-
pecting what was coming, cried out,
"Let me alone! 1 am but small thing,
and take up so little room, can not
possibly injure the watch. Twenty OF
thirty of us might do harm, but L can
not, so let me alone"
The matchmaker replied, "You must
come out, for you spoil my work, and all
the more so that you are so small, and
but few people can see you.''
This story is suggestive to those who
would care well for their physical health.
The little causes must be looked for.
There are the little errors in diet, the lit
tie violations in our habits of exercise,
study, sleep, dress, ETC., etc. The wise
and prudent will carefully attend to the
little things.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-07
Good Manners. :.

Perfect self-command is the best help
to good manners. q The example of the
Quakers is commendable. They, when
sitting down to meals, spend a minute
or two in silent prayer. Such a course
checks laughter and unseemly conversa-
ton, and gives them an opportunity to
start their conversation anew from want
age ground. Manners are great reveal
ers of secrets. The change in ones eX-
perience are manifest in their counte-
nanees, even if we are not always subtle
enough to understand them. A lady
loses much of her power when she en-
deavors to express undue admiration for
an object. Be temperate in your appro-
val, and we shall be credited with mean
ing what we express. Proper compan-
ionship is indispensable. A man who
thinks well will incite another's thought.
No man can be master in conversation
who has not talked with women. Be
ware of jokes; they are inestimable for
sauce, but poor for food. Things said
Tor conversation are chalk eggs. Avoid
talking shop or other forbidden subjects
before company. Again, the great game
is not to talk with those who know less
than yourself, but rather tilt with those
who are wiser than ourselves. We shall
then be overthrown, and learn true wis
dom thereby. Do not look sourly at the
club or society which refuses to admit
you. If you really belong to the circle,
the loss is theirs as well as yours, and
when you once get admitted you will ap-
preciate the barrier, and prize the rules
as greatly as any of them.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

A member of the. Kentucky Legisla-
ture, Captain Cogar, of Jessamine coun-
ty, recently extinguished the gas in his
room at hotel in Lexington by blowing
it out. He was nearly suffocated. There's
verdaney in high places for you.
The pious DR.. Duvall, who is serving
out life sentence in the Waupun (Wis-
consin) prison for numbering his wife,
is supporting his daughter by writing
religious music, his last composition,
'sThe Beautiful Band" having just been
published. 4
Lo, of the Chippewa tribe, has been
stealing corn out in Minnesota, and was
hauled over the Goals about it. He offered
fight, and a white man named Hardwick
killed both the noble savage and his
squaw. Where is the Kuklux Commit
tee?
1t is asserted that the sum of $126, ,919
was received at the Treasury for the
"Conscienee Fund" up to the 30th of
July. But we have no data from which
| to determine the amount that has been
stolen from the Government in the last
ten years, which would probably rather
astonish people, if known.
Some wen-posted newspaper man who
sknows how it is himself' relieves his
mind thus: tTnere is variety of news
| paper bores. The most tiendish and re-
lentless of his class, however, is the SUI
peranuated Anger who picks up a paper
somewhere and finds .'devilish good
thing, that haven't seen in your paper,
and which perhaps you've overlooked +;
it's something you ought to have"
Since the days of the first of these 'Au-
| gers, not one of them has ever fohnd
anything fit to be printed in any paper,
and certainly nothing that ought to have
a place in your paper. What he officious-
lyeffers has invariably been passed Gas
it should have been passed )iby scissors
manwho has grown bald and gray in
the business of getting together interest
i ing reading. Poor old Scissors grows
/ balder and grayer whenever the finger
marks of the selecting Anger are made
visible in his good work, and if Scissors
steps out in the hall a bit to ease his bur-
dened soul with quiet Swear it is
reasonable to suppose that a "tear from
the Recording Angel will,' etc.
One of the sharpest and most original
advertising dodges that has ever fallen
under our observation was that of ia
NOUS patent medicine charlatan of New
York, who made pretended atte npt tc
shoot himself at Long Branch one day
last week. Unfortunately, he did not
succeed. But another trick, and one fal
deeper and more successful, is that of q
''ring'' of dead-beats who recently put
on loot an ingenious story in regard tc
, the virtues of an imaginary remedy for &