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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-04-22

absjo.
--Te llamo, 10 dJo D. Rafael, para
saber 81 has ganado ell vestido que to pro-
nett.
ST, senor, va le he gsnsdo; oontest6
la nina, con mucho despejo algeria.
-Eso abora 10 vamos yer; porque
aupque va Sc que eres muiercita de biep.
la formalidad es formalidad.
Asl dioieado, d. Rafael sac6 del bolsi-
llo un libro impreso, anadi6 dAndose!e:
--Vamos o YER que tai lees en- este
iibro.
La nina ley6 de corridO, 3ando per-
fecto sentido la leotura:
'La hus dol artssano forma CON aIgu.
LOS trapos la mansca que niece en- Gus
bfazos con ese instiuto de maternidad
comun en- las ninas, y Ia prepara sus co.
midas en- cssccs de plato, que su imagi.
nacion CONVERTS en- espieodida vajlla; y
80 81 cam 20 SO We los aIdeanitos hacer
con un pedszo de tabia y una ouerda un
caro-, que, cargado de- piedras. arrastran.
imitando las faena. agrIcolas. Mientras
no conocen otra cosa mejor, este les basta:
pero 81 Ilegan a yer los juguetes dc los
nifSos ricos, reparsd en- la avidez 81 de
SEQ con quo los eontemplan, os dara
pena su pobleza. El trabaio inoesan1e. la
fatiga, tai voz Ia miseria, les aguardan an
la vida, y ahora, en- los diss tranouiIos
do ID infancia, no tienen nj siquiera un
juguete con que divsrtirsel
''Vosotros, los que discurrfs y os i'm
Psoisntals para elesifselos nueYoa 4 nidoy
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-04-22

leerle a uno la leceion, y dtjar Que luego
Ia rapase J aprende.
Themes razon y eco es 10 qua voy E
hacer, oontess6 Maricbu; 6 iouasd,ats-
mente ley6 de corrido toda Ia leccion, CON
gran admiration de Antonohc.
En- lstra de molie, dijo este, va no
necesitas saber mas; pero donde to quiero
20 YER % en- letra do pIuma.
Antonchu sbri6 el proceso, que tenia
letra redOnda y clara, de la que habian
generalisado en- Vizcaya en- el siglo pasa-
80 = principios del presente dos hombres
muy notables, cuyos manuscritos abun.
dan en- este pals, que fueron D. joan Ra-
mon de Iturriza, autor de muchos tssba-
ire ollcs una historic
ny eonocids, por-
.egado & imprin;rso,
~0rren 10 menos treinta eiewpisres de
ella, hermosa y paciepta.nente mannscri-
tos por su autor, d Marcos jose de
Retuerto. abogado do merecidis;ma fama.
QUE tuso gran parte irhueneia duraDte
50 lsrga vida en- los asun,os p1bl,cos en-
la administration del Sehorfo; pero natu-
ralmente, peser de ser tar clara la lstra.
nj Marichu nj Antonchu pudieron leer
mas que alguna que otra ps abra,
Antonchn soDri6 lleno de satisfaction
al yer que todsvfa 10 quedaba la segunc a
psrte de 50 papel de maestro.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-04-22
8 FOLLETIN.
POR
%. AHTONxO DE TRUEBA.
(C0ETIHuACIoS).

---iQuierss, le pregunt6 Marichu, un
POGO eDgreids con aquel elogio do an
pssestro, q,,s to ensefc la leocion quo has
do dsr mahanas i
AntoncAu vsciI6 un momento antes de
eontestar, porque morti6csts un POGO ca
amor prcpio sl passr de rsponte de macs
trc s discipulo; pero 81 fin contest6 AFR.
naetivsmente, persuadido Dc que Marichu
- iha & conyencer de que coufiaba de
aa.isdo en- d p1opis.
EmYssd leer Antonchu, pero daba 6
s.ss Psso ah tropezon, y tspia que acu-
CTR 81 deietreo pss> segnir adelsnte, pues
% maestro % limitaba & seffalarle eli er-
fuF con un-'sNo dice ESQ.,
-iConcho! exclam6 al fin Autopchu.
disgustado Dc si mismo y dc Ia sonrisits
buIlona Dc Msrichu; td no eres buens
maestro.
--lPor quSi
-Porque 81 maestro debe hacer 10 que
Il mite hsce Conmigo, J contigo hseo 70:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-04-22

que los cuentan por docenas, quienes
no les divierten va, Iacordaos de los que
no tlenen nlnguno, y el gozo que vuestro
don ma dc .,lGaa:2-au. Ga2E-a By Co os recompensara
smpiiamen IT, r reouerdo.n
-Basta, baA Dl dijo D. Rafael,
retirando dc las nndA ) de Ia nina el libro,
que era 81 titulado Ercuysioaes yecuerdos
de Adolfo dc Aguirre, el mas sentido y
mas bello qae han inspirado Ia natursleza
y las costumbres de Vizcaya. Ahora,
anadi6, nos resta la segunda Ultima
prueba, que espero sea tan sasisfaotoria
como Ia primerR.
I D. Rafael sao6 del bolsillo una carta,
que alarg0 Marichu, y esta Iey6, 81 no
de corrido, al m6nos con cortas vacilacio-
nes y con buen sentido:
"Querido hermano Ramon: Ne alegrare
que to halles bueno, en- compsnfa de tu
amigo Salvador. Aquf, gracias Dios,
todos buenos. Mama esta on Bslmaseds
con Leoneis; pero ha salido tan picotera
que da gusto eirla (1). Me dices que me
yes jugando en- Ia escuela; pero ahora va
me explico algo mas, para ir donde Il y
abrazarte, y ganar mucho, y volver rico,
y comprar un coche con tres mulas nm
sombrero dc copa alta como el de v.
y llevar a Rafaela en- el coche (2)."
ul LA picotera no es la mama, como pareoe. sino
LeonoIa, que nina pequenta
t2D ESta carta la eScrihi0 an hormano oue tia.
ne on Parana un nino lamado Manolito del Cor.
raj YES. es un oaballero que SO distingue en- el
a Mn nnRnn L.
ha GriNdV, :" :"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-04-22

nas.-D8 como MaTichu Ran6 en- los exame les CO.
lea s IN Il cAsta mar 10 que sabr4 e curioso eo-
tI -11tr9ducelon dc un uuevo oantco do u Rs
l'ol- -h4yo de esperanto -i.ay0 dc luZ-MarUI n
80 cmpenA on IT Ameri.a.-Martn SO sale con la
suya-Malas MOTTO as-Martin 80 libra do una
tunda como por mila9ro -Azadita Oh mano.-A
Lucia la hace lorar su hjo 6su hijo 10 hacen lIo
rar unos cigarr0S.
I'm otono Cd una de las estaoicnes mas
apaciblss y hsrmosas on Viscaya, donde
ell buon tempo susle prolongarse hasta
6itimos de diciembre, que es cuando CO.
mienzan los frlOs, las lluviaS las grant.
zadas, cuyo aspero Feinado 40 tsrmina
hasta MARIO.
Una marana temprano andeba D. R.
faei & caza DC liebres en- los castafaros do
MeDdialde, y como oyene conversation y
risss de ninaS hacia uu grupo de frondo-
sos castanos que Sc alzsban al pie do una
colina desde donie Observable & aus per-
ros, cuyc lsdrido 80 ola 10 l6jos, ba6
hScis aquel puuto y con grsn satisfacoion
snys vio que los nifios eran Anton1hu y
Msriohu, que despues do haber recogido
cada uno nn taIeguito do castaiias de las
que el viento del Sur habia derribado
durante la noohe, Sc dispouian & regrosar
aus casas.
-Oye, Marichu, dijo D. Rafael & Ia
nihs; deja a ese, que con ra2on t;ene pri-
"a para ir d 10 escuels, sube aca, que
to quiero dar an recado.
La nina dej6 81 pie de un oastafio oil
talegaito subi6 al enouentro de D. Ra-
fael, mientras su companero, con ol tale
.gcillo al hombro, empreudi6 castalar
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-04-22

y essstss q lisbEs = los csssdos.s Do cast.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-01-01
POLITICAL,

The California Legislature, in joint conven
ton on the Goth, elected Governor Booth Qn-
dependent) to the United States Senate. The
vote stood: Farley (Dem.), IS; Booth, 81
Shafter Rep.), 20.
Judge Hager, of San Francisco, has beer
chosen United States Senator for the short
term, by the California Legislature.
The Legislature of Virginia adjourned OF
the Esd. No action was taken upon the ques
ton of the removal of the capital.
The City Solicitor of Boston has given al
opinion that women cannot legally serve OF
the Boston School Committee. Four women
were chosen to that position at the recent
election.
Official returns make the majority for tbs
new Pennsylvania State Constitution 145, $50
The Changers of Northwestern Missouri
Eastern Kansas and Southern Nebraska met
in council in st. Joseph, Mo-, on the oath
and adopted the platform Of the Illinois Far.
mers' Association. They also added two res.
olutions, setting forth determined opposition
to special legislation, and demanding uni.
form currency, on the ground that they are
now obliged to sell their grain on a gold basis
and to buy their supplies on the basis of de.
preciated paper money.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-01-01
PER SONAE..

Z petition numerouslV signed has been pre-
sented to Congress, asking that Abraham Lin
coins birthday, February 70, be set apart as a
national holiday.
By the deed of endowment of the school at
Penikese Island, given by Mr.. Anderson, the
tobacconist, Professor Agassiz had the right
to select his successor as President, and he
chose his son, Alexander Agassiz.
The wife of Alexander Agassiz, son of the
late Professor, died in Boston on the night OF
the 22d, of pneumonia, superinduced by ia
tigue in attending upon her father-in-law.
The published report ofthe Executive Com
mittee of the National Grange says that or
ganization has raised 100000 during theyear,
has paid its debts, and has surplus of $780,
600, of which $4,000 have been invested il
Government bonds.
Representatives from the seventeen subor-
dinate Oranges of the Patrons of Husbandry
in New Hampshire, took part in organizing g
State Grange at Manchester, recently.
Ex-Mayor Oakley Hall, recently on trial fol
completely in the Tweed robberies, has beer
acquitted.
The city of Chicago has commenced suit
| against ex-Treasurer Gage and his bondsmer
to secure the moneys (between $500, 600 ant
| $500, 0OO) due the city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-01-01

for the paymaster to issue all the blank
cts and pea-jackets in his department to
the prisoners, who were hardly fit to
be seen in their rags. This was
speedily done, but, as there was. still great
destitutiOn, orders came for every man on
board to give their own blankets and spare
wearing apparel in the good cause, prom
ises being made that all would be replaced
on the arrival of the ship at Key West
The officers and men cheerfully complied
with this order, only preferring that it
should be issued as a request, in which
case they would have obeyed with just as
much alacrity. Every heart was touched
by the pitiable condition of the prisoners
The poor fellows report that they were
barbarously treated. The surrender took
place at Moro Castle, six miles below
Santiago. A receipt was given for the
prisoners.
1t was reported in Santiago that when
1t was found that the Virginius had been
lowed out OF the harbor of Havana, a
large number of officers of high grade
rendered their designations to the home
government by telegraph.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-01-01
Signs, Tokens and Warnings.

pelleVe IN signs, warnings and tokens.
say thls Knowing that many will criti-
| else, but have had too many demOnstra-
lions TO allow me to doubt that certain
coming events cast their shadows before.
Ii you drop your dish-cloth it is a sign
that some one in the family is going to
die. | have seen it tried. My mother
dropped her dish-cloth one morning, and
| just seventeen years after, to an hour, nv
grandmother fell dead.
If you break looking-glass it is a sign
That you are going to move soon. I knew
a family once where the woman broke a
looking glass and said she defed the sign,
and that any one who believed in signs
was lacking something in the head
What followed? Why, at midnight that
very night her house took fire; the fire
men came, and the unbelieving woman
was f1oated right out into the alley.
If the tea kettle sings it is a sign of
some accident. There was Jones; he
didn't believe it; said he'd lick the hide
right off of any his children who enter
tanned any such belief Now, mark the
result Just eleven years, five months and
twenty-six days afterwards, Jones fell
down stairs, drove his thumbs up, broke
his knee, put his arm out of joint and in
JufeQ MS spine Tor lie.
If you happen to set three lights in a
row its sign that present plans will turn
out as you hope for. I had an uncle who
set three lights in row, and his plans
turned out all right. He got the horse,
just as he had planned, and was well out
Of the neighborhoOd, but the sign could
not do any more, and he was overhauled
by vigilance committee and left hang
ing to a tree to mediate. He wasn't
worth much, except as corpse. after he
got through meditating.
If you see a white horse and don't spit
over your shoulder and make wish, it is
another bad sign; you are going to meet
with a great disappointment. a relative
Of mine used to pooh, pooh such things :;
shoulder if he met forty white horses
But he caught it. He didn't get drawn
on the Circuit Court jury as he planned,
and was Obliged to go to work and earn
his bread or starve. Since then he has al
ways spit over his shoulder at the sight
of a white horse, and he is always on the
jury or gets big wages for being a
witness.
IF load of hay tips over in front of
your house, it is a good sign; it is a token
that friends are coming with presents. [
didn't use to believe i, until on one oc-
casion, just as a hard winter was setting
in, and wood was $12 per cord, a load Of
hay was upset at my gate, and three days
afterwa-d my brother-in-law and family,
uncle a family mother-in-law, two
aunts and cousin arrived at my house
to spend a month, bringing me several
presents, among which were two pounds
of dried apples, recipe for making a new
kind Of soft soap, pair of stockings for
the baby, and a bunch Of herbs. After
these seventeen persons had been in my
house whole month, [ was ready to be-
lieve in almost any sign or anything.-M.
quad, IN FEreSGde Friend.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-01-01
A New SWIndle.

A BROOKLYN pawnbroker has hit upon q
new idea for the improvement of business.
He pledges in his own Office a worthless
ring, made in imitation of gold, and ap-
parently worth about twenty dollars. The
ticket for this bogus pledge, on which a
loan of five dollars or Whereabouts appears
to have been made, is then dropped on
the street near the door of the pawn office
to tempt the cupidity of the first way farer,
while the enterprising broker calmly
watches his bait. Very soon the ticket is
picked up and pocketed by the finder
with chuCkle. In short time call is
made for the pledge; the loan and inter
est, at high rate, are paid, and the finder
believes he has more than doubled the
value of his money, until some friendly
jeweler, to whom the ring is shown, &C
qualntS him with its true value. which is
generally about three cents. The finder
of the ticket is usually satisfied to let the
matter rest there, as he feels himself a
little at fault in connection with this pet
ty sWlndIe. Three well-knoWn BROOKLYN
ties were victimiZed in this way a few
days ago, and as they had ALWAYS
been considered tolerably sbreWd
men OF business they feel some
what annoyed at heinz sc
easily imposed upon. Nj. William Force
who found the ticket, generously allowed
J. j. White, the Democratic ex-County
Clerk of Kings County, and Jacob CoheT
to "come in" and participate in his good
| fortune. All three then agreed to &c
"share and share alike" in redeeming the
pledge. When Messrs. Cohen and White
ascertained its value, however, they were
equally desirious that Mr.. Force SHOULD
have his luck" to himself So they pro
tested that they did not think it fair TO de
prive him of any part Of the prize FL
took the ring at their kind solicitation
and promised to foot the entire bill; bu
he has not done SO yet, because his jew
| eler told him it would not pay. As itw
a friendly transaction on the part of tn
three gentlemen, who thought they wer
drawing a prize, they are now putin!
their heads together to discover som
plan of getting even with the pawnbro
kerr They don't care about the money
All they now seek is satisfaction for thu
imposition practiced at their expense
Brooklyn Paper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-01-01
PrecOciOus Children.

What with our infant day-schOols, Sun
day-schools, night schools, and studies at
home, the minds Of some children are
kept constantly on the stretch They
become precocious, commit chapter after
chapter in the Bible, and hymn after
hymn to memory, reciting the same to
astonished fools, who praise the silly
mammas and proud papas on account of
the achievements-ment gymnastics
of big-headed and little-bellied boys and
girls. ooh" said foolish mother, my
darling Eva never was a child; she was
born young lady! Before she cut her
teeth, she could tell all her letters, learn
so smart! We could wake her up out of
a sound sleep any time, and she would
perform for tie entertainment of neigh
bors and visitors who called. AS She
grew from infancy into childhood, she
had none of the wild and boisterous ways
of street children, but preferred her books.
Nor did she care for dolls, or other play
things. Oh, she was such a bright child %
"Where is she nOw?" we inquired
Dead" was the reply. "She was i'll
two days, and died of brain fever. The
doctor gave her medicine, but it had no
effect. The poor, dear child is an angel
now! The Lord giveth, and the Lord
hath taken away"
Now, angels are all veIv well, perhaps,
but we like, for our daily associates, real
live. warm bone and muscle" not myth.
In children, as well as adults, we prefer
less brain and more body.
The foregoing is simply the experience
of thousands. Precocity in children is
TO he deplored, not encouraged. A dull,
sIeepv child, makes the best man. The
business of childhood is to grow, rather
than shrivel up in school and die. Colts,
mt into harness, or kept under a saddle
before they get their growth, make poor
or indifferent horses. Half our college
graduates, who smoke tobacco and COM
nit other indiscretions while pursuing
their studies, are "shelved," being used
ND. and good for nothing before reaching
thirty wears. Would not little physiO-
LOGICAL training be more useful than so
much Greek, Latin, and rhetoric?
Precocious boys and girls should not
be kept in school, but out ofdoors-int the
Garden. on the farm, in the playground,
rolling hoops, flying kites, riding horse,
climbing hills-all in northumberland,
if properly fed, clothed, and trained, they
will learn enough later in life They
should also sleep abundantly. Children
grow most when they sleep best.
If the human race is to be perpetuated,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-01-01

The recent State Grange of Minnesota ADOPT
ed resolution that all members and purchas-
ing agents of the order are instructed not to
purchase any machinery of the pillow manu-
featuring firms entering into the agreement
of October last, or of their agents, or
of the manufacturers and dealers in any other
| farming implements who may open like
warfare upon the farming interests of the
State.
a very large mass meeting of working-men
was held in Chicago on the evening of the 21st,
at which resolutions were adopted demanding
that the city should furnish them with work
or aid through the winter.
Harry Genet, recently convicted member
of the Tweed ''ring'' in New York, was to
have been sentenced on the ed, but the Dep
uty Sheriff who had him in charge had the
day before permitted him to visit his family.
and he had not been seen since. a reward of
s. 900 was offered for his recapture. An order
was given by tie Court on the 10th for the
| confinement of Genet in the Tombs until SEN
tence had been pronounced, which order was
| entirely ignored by the Sheriff
Governor Austin, of Minnesota has received
petitions from citizens living in Murray and
COJtOuWOOu COuulles, DOLn OF which are To-
Gated in the southwestern part of the State,
near the Iowa line, stating that there was
much restitution and a need of food and
clothing.
According to a Washington Associated Press
dispatch of the 23d at is now quite certain
that if the estimates are reduced, as pro-
posed, and other contemplated reductions
| in Federal expenses are made, increased tax
alton will not be necessary. Secretary
Richardson favors the abolition of the sink
| ing fund for one year, or until the revenues
| increase. This would give about $4,000, 600
to the Treasury, which, together with the
reduction in the estimates, will be money
enough without resorting to increased taxa
| TOM
Late Washington dispatches say our Gov
eminent will enforce its demand on Spain for
naturalization to the families of American
citizens slain at Santiago de Cuba, as soon as
it can procure the necessary evidence to sus-
tain the demand
At Riga, Ohio, on Christmas day, there was
a shooting match, at which two brothers en-
gagged in a personal alteration over the load
ing Of a rife. One shot the other dead, and
the crowd present hanged the fratricide to the
nearest tree.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-01-01

some attention must be paid to the laws
of health. To become parents of robust
children-of children with enough vital
ity to keep the lamp of life burning into
old age-requlres right living" on their
part. Children are affected by the physical
and mental conditions of their parents.
Stock here, as elsewhere, is an important
consideration. "Blood tells" We may
improve or impair the quality of our
blood, by the way we live, the habits we
form, the pursuits we follow, and by our
very thoughts.
But enough. Sensible parents will
have sensible, not precocious, children ;
take proper care of them, raise them,
train them, and they will live and perpetu-
ate the family name, and be a blessing to
their parents, the State, the nation, and
race.
Silly, foolish, fashionable, dissipated,
ignorant and ambitious pas and mas
shall not live out half their days.
Science Of Health.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-01-01
DOMESTIC.

A. j. Perfect (eolored) a Chicago wife muir
derer, was hanged at Joliet on the 18th. he
having been respited for one week bythe Gov
ernor.
The Post-ofice Department estimates that
120,300,000 postal cards will be used during
the next year, at a cost to the Government of
S1.39T per thousand
A Washington dispatch of the 21st saws. it
seemed Ito be understood in official circles
that the Attorney General had given his opin-
ion that the VIginius had forfeited the right
to bear the flag of the United States, and at
the time of her capture was carryingit without
right, and improperly. In view of this opin-
ion, our Government will, in accordance with
the terms of the protocol, institute inquiry,
and begin proceedings against the
Virginius, and against any persons who NAV
appear to have been guilty of Illegal acts in
connection Herewith. As Spain has proven
to the satisfaction of the United States, ac-
cording to the Attorney Generals opinion, that
the Virginius was, at the time of her capture
carrying the United States flag without right
and improperly, the salute to the fac on
the 25th day of December will be DISPENSED
with as not now necessary, but the United
States will expect a disclaimer of intent f.
offer indignity to its fag-in the act which wa:
committed
The Postmaster General announces that he
has arranged system by which European
mails shall be dispatched from New York fou
times week on steamers sailing on any
given Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Sat.
urday, which, according to the past record
best fulfills the conditions of speed, security
and certainty.
A late Utica On. " telegram says the Erie
Canal was perfectly clear of ice, and no trou
BILE was expected by boats wishing to get tc
tide-water. Probably 100000 bushels OF
wheat, and as much corn, were still on Tho
canal.
The time for holding the next annual State
Fair of Michigan has been changed from Sep
TENDER 81 to September IA, 1874.
The annual report of the State Superinten
dent of Public Schools in Nebraska, shows
Ga, los scholars in the State.