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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-19

A GENTLEMAN AND WIFE, WHO HAD ENGAGED
n board in private family, have been compelled to
leave town. and take pleasure in recommending excel
lent Board and Room, two if desired, to those wishing
good accommodations at moderate price. Call at adj
dress 322 West Fourteenth street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-19

THIRST CLASS BOARD AND ROOMS CAN BE PRO.
H cured for the summer, at reasonable prices, at
Newburg N " situated the Hudson River, in bean.
t location Apply address, with referen x. Y
a. Journal Office Newburg N. Y.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-19

7O1 GRAND STREET.-THE LET, A NEATLY FUR
LOT nished front Room and Bedroom, suitable for two
three gentlemen OF man and wife; also Room suit
able for two gentlemen and wife with without
Board terms moderate Apply all the week.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-19

A ST MARKS HOTEL. NEW BRIGHTON, 8. LA
"a suite, with Paror and two Bcdroons also two Cot
tagcs sonnccting TO rent from MAY 70 to Juno ~ Apply
~ OF auircss DE cAMFA c0IE. Proprictors ~
A PREMIUM POINT HOUSE IMMEDIATELY ON
-. the sound one mite from New Rochelle dcrot
Nnw OPEN Fine s"a bathing fishing, boating dclhhtfui
drives. Apply 10 H. L. now " Pine street. or n q.
"-SNFToN. - IVES. Twenty .onrih street
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-19

LADY, LIVING ALONE IN A CENTRAL. LOCA-
IA ton, will let neatly furnished front Room mod
to gentleman and wife, with Board lady.
Address CENTRAL box III Herald Uptown Branch office
l. Broadway.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-02-21
GACETILLA. G.

EsenegiciO del So. AsIol.-EN .iu6ves %
tendra lugar ell beneicio del intelligent
tie y aplaudido galan j6ven d. Euge-
MO Astol, Elpdblico havisto los cons
tantes desvelos, ell decidido empeno
de tan apreciable actor para compIa
cerle; la function es de mucho mGrito,
y el pdblico puerto-riqueno, estamos
seguros contrlbuira con su presen-
cia q dar una prueba de simpatia q
el j6ven que, nacido en- esta bella pro-
vincia, sin mas macstros que su estu-
dio y So Imagination Sc ha hecho
acreedor al aprecio general
La funcion constara del magnlG-
co drama de D. Ventura de la Vega,
en3 actos cpyo tltulQ es; Las memo
- A.&s
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-02-21
tabisssinsitsat6s tbisiisit ibdiastrialss sug5so:; l.

tarifa n1mero 3.
Hay qnien ncuentra difcultades en- Ia
reunion de gremios, en- la designation do
clases; en- la gradacion de las categor1as J
nos atrevemos 4 segurar que en- el terre~
no de la pratica, la forma de hoy ha de
ofrecer menos inconvenientes que la de
aver; nos fundamos en- 10 sucedido en- la
Peninsula. Ell ano 41 estableci6 D. Ale-
jandro Mon el sistema tributario que ri
ge en- ell dia con la oposicion mas grande
que puede tener un impuesto; encomen
dado sn planteamiento en- las provncias
personas id6neas, Sc fu6 comprendiendo
sn mecanfsmo y sus ventajas, y ell tempo
y la experienced han venido demostrar
que sus excelencias son grandes, su m6rito
innegable y que a1n no Sc ha encontrado
un medic de suplir con benefcio de los
contribuyentes Ell lngreso que proporciona
ell subsidio Industrial y de Comerclo.
Esto hace la mejor apologize de la re-
forma que Sc establece y 10 que en- nues-
tro concepto debe tranquilizar a todos
los contingencies, Estudien pues nues-
tros lectores la instruction que con ell de.
creto de S M. Sc public6 en- Ell suplemen-
to la Gaceta Official no 1876 de 81 de
octubre dltimo; pongan en- practica sus
artfculos; former los gremios, hagan sus
clasifcaciones de buena fe, y no duden
que ha de llegar pronto ell dia en- que Sc
reconozca que esta reforma en- vez de
lastimar intereses creados y respetables
ha venido areparar una necesidad 2dblica
cual es la justa reparticion de las cargas
en- proportion de los recursos de cada con-
tribuyente.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-02-21
E. h.

Sc nos ha favorecido con la siguien-
te carta que inseltamos con tanto ma
yor aprecio cuanto que versa sobre
un asunto de que va nos hemos ocu-
pado anteriormente en- ell BoLETIN:
Ponce q .tebrero II de 1872.
Sr. Director del BoLETIN.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-02-21

r;as del diablo. El duo de tiple y ba-
rftono de la zarzuela Jugar con f4ego,
cantado por ell benefciado y su sonora,
y como fin de fiesta, la comedia en- un
acto, iPrese1ste mi General
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-16

ury will not be run Ia their interest.
They have no hope of inaugurating
Black Friday" or setting up a syndicate
on the moneys of the Treasury. All the
" scalawags, "carpet -baggers,n and
thieves who have plundered and pillaged
the Southern States will, of course, be
against Mr.. Greeley, for he Is against
them; he Is for peace and universal am
nesty he Is for honesty, Justice, and
equality; he would end the war, in fact,
as well as promise; all their ayocations
would be gone. But, gentlemen, let It
not be forgotten that the question now
presented to us all.-Democrats, Liberals,
Republicans Greeley or Grant. Gree
ley nominated on platform to which
there Is no Objection-pledged to its main
teHance, and promising peace, Iambesty,
aud reform-or Grant indOrsed in all bis
practices of gift-taking nepotism, and in
all his schemes TOR personal ease, comfort,
and agrandizement for himself his friends,
and the vast hOrdes Of speculators, pecu.
lators, and robbers he has called about
him.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-16
bringing to Market.

The operation of raising the oysters
from the Princes Bay and other beds In
summer is interesting. In winter they
can lie long time in vessels without de-
trinlent, but in hot weather they must he
taken TO the consumer as quick as posi-.
bic after leaving the water. In former
times much Inconvenience was experience
ed by Staten Islanders In getting their
vessels loaded in time on summer morn.
ings. They would have to begin at mid
night to suit the tides, because one peoul.
larity of the delivery Of oysters Is that
they should lie on hard, clean surface
nnder water during one shifting Of the
tide to clear themselves Of mud. From
this substance Of course they obtain
part of their food, and when first raked
from the bottom they have much Of It
within their shells. II left few hours
on clean. hard surface under water,
where they can draw in only water, they
clean themselves, and thus present no
unpleasant morsel OF mud TO the conSum-
er. The custom was formerly to pnt
them on a sandy beach, or II that could
uOt Ut HhU, " tlATu tluU VT hOlb iUtulON
bottom, where the high tide wonld over
flow them. The fishermen were often
much put out waiting for those high
tides, shifting little as they do every
day. Finally q man named Thompson.
who is still large dealer, invented a
remedy for the difficulty; he bnilt the
first oyster.hoat.n These. receptacles
might be called "oyster bathing, houses"
They are seventy.ive feet long by twenty
two feet wide, and hold from FIVE to nine
hundred bushels. They are made Of flogs
and plank, the latter half an inch apart,
to permit free passage of water. These
affairs save time and labor and greatly
equallze the work. For in the warmest
weather even the oysters which are laid
on them from four to twelve inches deep
may remain thus for days without detri-
ment. The planter can go now to his
well.repleniShed float (which has been fill-
ed by his men at their leisure a day or
two before) Just in time to load up and
take favorable wind or tide for tie
city.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-16
Kidnapping In Mexico.

A late number of Es Monitor Repu5R.
eaao, Of the City OF Mexico, mentions
sixteen cases of recent kidnapping, all of
which were accompanied by the most
horrible barbarities. Among Others,
Senior Ceryanies, a wealthy citizen, was
discovered in thicket near San Lucas by
Governor Montree and detachment OF
police. Senior Cervantes was captured
by five robbers while In a coach going
to his family to bis hotel. ..,
His mouth was bandaged and his ears
stuffed by the PlagiariOs or kidnappers
While In the hands Of the kidnappers
they gave him but one egg a day to live
upon. In house adjacent to where he
was found important documents were
discovered which show the existence Of
a secret society composed of various
natiOnallties and known as Lower Italy,
but more commonly termed the Terrible
Society" ...if @F
ofthe five robbers who were engaged
In the Cervanter affair, three were
captured, two Spaniards, aged respectively
eighteen and twenty two years, and one
Mexican, aged twenty-five years. They
confessed their deeds, and stated that the
Z" Terrible Society," was formed outside
the republic Of Mexico. On the afternoon
of their capture the three men were
publicly shot in the plaza Of San Lucas,
before an immense assemblage. In the
pockets Of one ofthe victims was found a
list Of forty persons who had been kid.
mapped.
One case of atrocity Is mentioned which
probably has never been exCelled for It's
brutality. The band above mentioned
kidnapped a Frenchman named BassOt,
aud tlien cut ont his eyes and tongue.
Basset died In their hands. Fifteen per.
sons have been arrested on suspicious Of
being connected in the shocking affair.
The Terrible Society, and the great
number Of Plagiarios Independent OF It,
have, of'late created tile greatest con
sternAtion. When these bloodthirsty
Villains cannot procure large ransom
for their victim, they usually kill him.
They are capable Of committing the most
outrageous horrors, and seem to delight
IN maDgling the unfortunate ones who
fall into their bands. For atrocity and
barbarity the Plagiarios Of Mexico rival
the most vile brigands OF Italy, The
Federal md State laws OF Mexico decree
instant death to. Plagiarios. Knowing
the fate that awaits them they show no
mercy. Sworn enemies Of society, they
devote their lives to robbery; plunder,
murderers and assassinatiOhs. Although
hunted down Ike wild beasts. and their
ranks rapidly thinned by,ldtee number
captured and killed, still the country Is
infested by them, and they seem to spring
up like the fabled dragons teeth. The
outlaws comprising them have nearly all
been soldiers in the European and Mexican
armies. ~. .rl1
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-16

cause and by their interests, and 7 would
gladly have exchanged the enormous ma.
jorities that a. sectional division Of the
party has given US in the southern and
eastern part of the State to have redeemed
those great agricultural counties, which,
in early years, were the home of the De-
mocracy. [Applause.l ! believe that now
is that opportunity and though my career
III politics may be drawing to close, !
stand by the honest men, the good and
true men of the interior districts who
have carried our flag for the last quarter
of a century. IApplause.l
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-16
uured Of HydrophObIa.

The popular Science Monthly, IN
speaking of man who was bitten by n
mad dog says:"The wound was at once
caute' lied, but In due time hydropho.
bia was developed. The 1ttack itself
was characterized by the usual hydro
phObic symptoms great difficulty Of
breathing and OF swallowing, distress
at the pit OF the stomach, cOnvulslOns,
frlghtiul struggling and bowling, wild
expression OF cOllntenance, ffOthy dis
charge from the mouth, and OH one
occasion a strong pppenslty to bite.
The parOxysms Succeeded each other
at intervals Of about ten minutes, and
perceptibly grew worse az they contln-
tled Shortly after being called In, the
attending physician began the admin
.istratlon Of rlilnral-hydlate III twenty
grain doses. After the third dose, the
violence Of the symptoms began 10
moderator the fourth dose WIS follow
ed by still greater improvement; and
the fifth dose put the sufferer to sleep,
Sleep was kept up by giving the same
dose at longer intervals.
For the next twenty four hours
nothing OF any consequence occurred,
with tile exception Of slight ttwitchlngs
of the face and. jerking Of the arms
aud legs during sleep. These were
allayed at any time by an extra dose
ofthe ohloral. Beeftei, mutton broth,
common tea, or water Cruel were
given 10 him occasionally, which he
swallowed without much objection
when thoroughly aroused. During the
next three days the spmnolency was
kept up by the medicine, only few
twlchings showing themselves. On
the morning OF the fifth day he hwoke
oit OF gentle slumbsr aud said to his
wife, "I feel as II / should like TO hlte
someboly,r This was the last symp-
tom noticed OF hvlrophoblc chafac-
rer, After the fillh day the chloral.
hydrate was discontinued, and the
Iofantlty taken altogether amounted to
100 grains. When 1T to travel the
patient went into the country, subss'
auently returning able to attend to
business. .FFTI
This, we believe, is the only case on
record OF q complete cure IN clear
case ofwell developed hydrophobia.
a r..I L.I.N I .
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-16
Chr 1smasrat
Items Of Interest.

Kansasfarmers are raising small patch
es Of cotton.
Grape leaves fried in batter nre
Western dish.
California's biggest tree is only forty
FIVE feet in diameter.
The timid man is alarmed before III o
danger, the coward during II, and the
brave man after II.
london letter.carriers work Civhthours
day, and, on an average, travel twenty
miles during that tins.
The formers Of Minnesota will have
net less than 10000, ,OO0 bushels OF Sur.
pins wheat to put in the market.
The Mississippi River is 2,Gl6 miles
in length, md Is 1850 feet above the
level OF the Cult nt It's utmost source.
This latest addition to the family Of
worlds revolving between the orbits Of
Mars and Jupiter brings the numbcr to
1874.
We hear great deal nhout labor re-
form, hut there seems to he greater
need Of reforming some of those fellows
who don't labor.
A correspondent inquiries, Tf bread is
the staff Of life what Is butteri" The salt
we got was forty cents pound. That's
all we heard about II.
Neckties made Of leather, with Rilt
buckles, are said to have heen proposed
as the fashionable novelty for gentle.
mems wear the coming winter.
A wing, in what lie knows about firm
ing, gives plan IN remove widows
weeds; he saws good.lookin0 man has
only to say, "wilt thou," and they wilt.
The quantity ot milk sold dsilv in New
York il abOnt 800. 600 quarts: 900,000 ot
this Is sold at retail and 100000 whole
sale to hotels. procers, etc. The number
Of wagons nsed In the trade, single horse.
Is G95, and for the wholesale business
(two hOrsesl about 800.
A witness In describing certain events,
said 'the person / saw at the head Of the
stairs was man with one eye named
Jacob wilkins" What was the name Of
his other eye1" snitefully asked the op-
posing counsel. The witness was disgust
ed at the levity Of the audience.
The most polished man in Belfast, Me-,
Just now Is a dry goods merchant whose
wife undertook to bathe him all over
with halsnm for the rheumatism. After
the job was well done she looked Mt the
label Of the hottie and found II was furni-
tnre polish she had been using.
II will he remembered thnt three men
were murdered in Cas- County, Mo-,
some time ago for mn alleged fraudulent
issue OF county bonds. Now tie widows
have brought suit aaninst the sheriff and
others for the loss Of their husbands, the
largest amount which they can recover
under the law being 5000 each.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-16

DnMoSps.-Messrs. Riltar. Leverson
4 Co., diamond brokers, Of London,
have sent communication to the city
editor OF the London Times, which, II
true, will throw discredit on the Arizona
mines. They state that q few months
ago m American came TO London and
bought large number OF diamonds in
the rough, regardless Of weight or quail
", and that these stones have been nsed
as specimens by tile alleged 1iscoverers
OF the diamond mines In Arizona.
General Mcclellan declined any public
reception in San Francisco, and rays his
visit has no connection with tile diamond
mining company. He knows but very
little about diamond matters, and Is not
even certain TINT the diamonds exhibited
came from Arizona.
The United States Treasury balances
are: Currency, s7,M3,444; coin, S76-
92l,0 ,0O8; including so, ,7s5, 900 coin Ger
tihcates.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-16

CURIOUS RAlN.-A letter from Bucha.
rest n ports n curious atmospheric phenom.
enon which occurred there at a quarter
past nine in the evening. During the day
the heat was sitting. The sky was cloud.
less, In the evening everybody went out
walking and the gardens wero crowded.
The ladies were mostly dressed in white,
low.npckcd robes. Towards nine o'clock,
a small cloud appeared on the horizon and
a quarter OF an hour afterwards rain be-
gan to fall, when, 10 the horror Of every
body, 1t was fotri to consist Of black
worms Of the size Vi an ordinary fly. All
the streets were strewn with many Of
these curious animals. We trust there
was some one in thetown sufficiently IL.
terested in natural history to preserve
some specimens, and that We shall hear
something further respecting this phenom,
enon.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-16

REFUSING TO Run OVER A CHmD.-
There is horse at present in the Isle OF
Man, possessed OF such singular intelli-
gence and amiabilIty Of disposition that
the sooner he is bought from his owner
and transferred to London the better.
This good.natured animal positively re.
fused to run over human creatures, and
will throw himself into the most intricate
contortions rather than injure u hair in
their heads. A few days ago, according
to to the Manx Sun, the horse in ques.
ton was proceeding through tile market
place in Douglass, harnessed to an in
side carr While thus engaged IN the
performances Of his duties, q child, aged
two years, the son Of a fruit dealer, ran
across the road in front Of the car, and
was knocked down by the horse. Our
own London horses, encouraged by their
drivers, would have made short work Of
the hapless infant not SO, however, the
Manx horse, which was observed 10 make
sudden pause, move its right forefoot
about, and having plncedits hoof lightly
on the child's breast, to again LIT 1t up,
putting It down by the child's side with.
out injuring it. The bystanders imme-
iiatoly extricated the child from its per.
ilous position, and the horse resumed its
journey, carrying with it the respect and
admiration Of all who witnessed the
scene, among whom 1t is stated, were
two gentlemen Of high position in Dou-
glass, whose names, II necessary, might
BE- given,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-16
An Empty Nest.

Mine is the song Of an empty most:
Others will bring you bayer songs;
But mine must utter my hearts behest,
Though sing 1t to needless thrOngs,
Ny steps were over the blanehOd leaves
That had taken the frost's untlmOly kiss
Not long ago we'd carried the shoaves,
But the season was ali amiss.
with hanging head and with loItGring feet
Toward the open land went,
Through placcs that summer had made so swee
With glamour but briefly lent
1 Itrod upon something son and dry,
For my eyes were full on the flaming west
And Just where the grass was thick and high
Was lyins-an empty nest.
oh, tho visions OF faded spring;
oh, the mem'rios Of sileneed song,
ofbr'Oding breast, and Of Rlanolng wing,
To an empty nest alonol
And tho thought that suddenly came to me,
Close to the water, facing tho west
Was OF some singing that used TO bo ~ l
In another forsakOn nest.
There were two birds that began to sing
Low in the Held OF yellow corn
Not for tho heed their song should bring,
But for love Of the dOWy morn.
Birds Of one feather and sister birds,
Crowded out Of a roof.tree nest,
Hatehe within sound oflowing herds,
But flying away from the west. 4.
Birds OF one feather fare best together;
Singing, they built them another nest,
Sat In itAnd sung in the worst Of weather,
Each loving the other best.
Bat we who listened one morning knew
That only one bird was left to sing;
That never had sung apart, the two,
And We talked OF a broken wing. -, o..
Now, should you chance to pass that way,
You should valnly listen for any song;
But what regrets for the vanished lay
To this empty most bOlongl lAJHa.eH
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-16

PLuoKY.-A Hinsdale (Mass.) farmer
recently took his usual marketing trip
to the village, and after he bad made
his purchases. the salesman attempted
TO shove the bundle under tho wagon
seat but met with such fierce and deter
mined opposition that he withdrew his
hand in great haste, The cause was
found TO be an old hen that was sitting
there upon nest Of eggs, and which.
with the pertinacity Of fowls ut the period
Of incubl ton, had stuck 10 her nest
throughout the two miles ride from the
farmers wagon shed, and now put in q
"bill 70 stay The proceedings
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-16

ONE CASE WHERE FARMING PAID
An Englisllman who came to this country
in 1865 has gone back to his old homo,
and his story is Thought worthy OF being
told in the london AgicHlimdl GdIttts
There Is nothing especially remarkable
about tit is simply one Of many cases
where competency has followed steady
work on farm. Briefly 1t is this:
Charles Butcher, unable to read or write,
accompanied by n grown.up son and
daughter, arrived in New York in May,
1855. The father and son found work
on farm in Monroe County, n. Y, at
s16 per month each-the daughter find.
ing work in a family, and not again ap-
pearing in the story. They were so poor
that when harvest came they had not
money enough to pay for the mittens
needed MS n protection against the this.
ties. They worked on, accumulating be.
tween $500 and 5000 in three years
They then bought n farm OF 64 acres,
for $50 an acre, paying $500 in cash.
The farm was in bad condition, SUBJECT
to overflow and the rnvages OF the wire
worm. The sklllful application OF labor
stopped the overflow, and good culti,a.
tion was given. The son married. In
five years the farm was paid for and
fairly stocked. After year or two o
better farm Of 140 acres was purchased
at sos per acre, the old one being sold
for $50 per acre. This Is paid for, and
the Whole property is valued at some.
thing over $4,000. The father, at the
age Of So. has sold his interest to the
son for $4,000, payable in u years,
with I per cent. interest, and feels him.
self entitled to the rest and pleasures Of
o visit to his native country and old
friends. H''s' 'l''sif'f
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-16

A WARSNo.-Not long ago steam.
boat was burned to the waters edge on
the 81. Lawrence River. There were II
good many passengers OH board, but
careful arrangements were made for
their escape, and as there were plenty OF
life-presetyers, every person on board
was saved except one-a lady. The cir.
cumstances causing her death were do.
tailed to us by q friend, and we give them
to our readers, believing that they may
be useful to others II they should be
placed in similar danger. Most Of the
passengers, according to directions, after
putting ON liie.preseryers passed down
through the gangwny, and sailors with
ropes were; stationed at various points
to give aid to any who should need 1t
after gong into the water There was
time enough to do everything needful,
and no panic. The ld1y referred to,
instead OF passing through the gangway,
was seen 10 jump into the water from
some other part OF the steamer, and i'm.
medintely sunk, head.foremost. When
ler body was recovered life was extinct.
It was found that the life-preseryer had
been put on most carefully, every strap
and buckle fastened securely; but In.
stead Of putting IL close up under the
arlnpits, she had arranged 1t so low down
that on jumping into the water she at
once lost her balance. This sad expert.
ence may serve as a warning to Others.