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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-12-27
Ell ACUEDUCTO

FL proyecto de esta grande obra
que tanto valor est& llamada & dar &
las fncas urbanas de esta capital y
que hace tantos amos yacfa en- ell sue
no del olvido, acaba de ser desentcr-
RADIO de entire el polvo de los archives
por ell Excmo. Sr. Gobernador Gene
raj y, gracias a su bene6ca y podero-
"a iniciativa, en- breve Sc empezaran
& ejecutar los trabajos que han de
surtirnos de abundantes, limpias y sa-
ludables aguas.
Por Real Orden de IL de enero de
1862 Sc autorizaron los estudios de
esta obra magma y por acuerdo de es-
te Municipio de 21 de abril del mis-
mo aflo Sc invito, dandoles tres meses
de plazo para presentar sus solicitu-
des, a los ingenieros que quisiesen
nacer los pianos y presupuestos con
arreglo al pliego de condolences que
en- dicha fecha Sc public6. Arbitra-
ronse fondos que en- momentos de
apuro pasaron 4 la Hacienda y todo
parecia haber pasado la historic sin
que nadie se acordase mas del pro-
yecto. Llegaron a las esferas del po-
der los reformistas y sin embargo de
sus pretensiones 4 representa- genui
namcnte ell progreso de esta Antilla
descendieron del mando sus capita
mes generates seflores Baldrich, La
Tore y Primo de Rivera sin haber
hecho la menor diligencia para llevar
4 cabo esta justa reparacion que la
opinion pdblica imperiosamente re-
ciamaba. Esta gloria estaba reservada
al general SAM que ha venido esta
isla resuelto q devolverle la prosperi-
dad de sus mejores tiempos
.Pero antes de seguir escribiendo
las consideraciones que Sc despren-
den naturalmente de esta gran refor
ma de utilidad pdl'lica, que dejamos
para otro n1mero, seanos llcito, para
satisfaction del pdblico insertar la 81
guiente memorable acta del Excmo
Ayuntamiento, resultado de la session
que Sc dign6 presidir nuestra primera
Aut0ridad:
"EL SEcRETARIo DEL ExcMo. AYUN
TAAIENTo QUE SUBSCRIBE.
Certifca: que en- session ordinaria
del dia 81 del actual celebrada por la
Corporation bajo la presidencia del
Excmo. Sr Gobernador General Sc
acord6 entire otros particulares ell 81
guiente:
"Seguidamente di cuenta con el
importante proyecto redactado por ell
Sr. comandante retirado del cuerpo |
de Ingenieros d. Timoteo Lubelza
sobre conduccion de aguas potables
para ell consume de esta poblacion |
desde la "Quebrada grande y rio de
Rio -piedras" perteneciente 4 la juris-
diccion de este pueblo, componiendo
&c aquel de la memoria descriptive,
pianos, pliego de condolences faculta-
twas, y presupuesto, importante este
I'll imo documento 1,60S.265 pesetas
So centimos, bajo Ell concepto de pro
porcionar % litros por segundo, mas
237, 448 pesetas en- ell case de ser ne
cesario aumentar dicho volGmen de
aqua hasta 81 litros.
Hecho comparecer al expresado Sr
Lubelza que Sc encontraba en- ell salon
Immediate y que fue citado a IA session
con Ell fin de que desc cuantas expli.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-12-27

clavos el Excmo. Sr. Marques de u
Esperanza y D. Manuel Fernandez 2c
y por los que poseyeron menos los
seflores D. Severe Baston y D. Luis
Cssanave.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-12-27
A. PINEDA.

tCoASMk1tton.
Aquel iay indescripsible fus con.ea.Ado
por el eco de una carcajada exAciamonso igual 4
h primera que habia resonado anses y por una
VOC vaga, confusa, que cxclamaba 1 10 leios
IA! ja! ia! Demonio de Julian, / qaA
ls hAbrG sucedidoi Juraria que % 10 hA llsvsao
slgun muerto, NOS quedamos ain Il, y. 10 que -
peor, sin cena mahana!....
Era Il VOC de Pedro
Al caer Julian del Arbol con 81 eachao de-
monte en- IL mano, habia clavAdo inadvarsida-
mente CON 81, ID capa en- el saelo, y ii levAnsAr-
se, como era natural sint6 que u siraban ds ella,
, loco de pavor no pudo advcsiir Il esnsA De
aauel fatal incident.
Entretanto, Ia camPana del cemensesio daba
sus fGnebres nolaa d viento.
X.
Fl dia empelaba clarsar. LAs nubss d l.
pasaex tosmenla iban dssapareciendo sv.rxen.
aAias 4 Ia radiante luz do L aurora qms paxmsba
por asomE entire d vsle 4 b aoshs pcr Orisnie.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-12-27

Publicamos con gusto la siguiente carta
que nos envia un buen espahol puerto
riqueno:
Arroyo, dicie,nbre % de 1874.
Sr. Redao.or del BoLETIN MERCANTIL.
Muy Sr. mio: tengo el honor de parti-
eipar u, todos los espaholes sin
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-12-27
vELADA SEGUNDA.
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-10
How to Make a Good Bed.

PERHAPS some of the housekeepers who
read the Farm Journal would like to
know how they can make an inexpensive,
and at the same time good and durable,
bed, or mattress and bolster. And then,
perhaps, those same housekeepers, after
reading this article, will throw it aside
with the remark, merely whim." That
is what my friends said when told them
what | was doing; one of your whims;"
but it did not discourage me; persevered,
and the result shows that the "whim"
was not bad one. have bed that
will with good usage) last a lifetime. 1t
is merely tick, the same as for straw,
or husks, with openings in the upper side
to insert the hand for stirring, and filled
with cut paper. Now, reader, do not
throw aside the paper with disgust, but
if for nothing but curiosity finish the
article; it will do no harm; possibly you
may be induced to make one. The work
of cutting the paper is not such long
Job as you would think. Take any kind
of clean paper Except straw wrappings)
and fold it, or roll, SO that it can be cut
with one clip of the shears, and then cut
it; you need not be particular as to the
width, although the narrowerit is cut the
better it is. These clippings are like
almost as light as feathers, and after
using the bed they will not break up and
grow fine and dusty; but are clean, and
can be stirred as light as when first used.
i have heard people who have slept on
them say they were the best beds they
ever slept on" prefer them to feathers
or common mattresses; hair mattresses
are nicer, of course, but few of us farm
ers' wives can afford to buy them
whereas, the paper bed we can have
without cost, except the work, and in
that the smallest child you have who
can use pair of shears will help you,
and if not kept busy too long at time
will think II but play. The same material
makes nice pillows for lounges, chair
cushions, cradle ticks, etc. ] have box
to keep waste paper in, which is out OF
the way, and at the same time handler
than the rag-bag; and when 1t is full
cut them INTO another box, and put them
into the tick. use the same ticks that
] have used for straw; wash them and
sew up the openings, so they are just
large enough for the hand to pass
through readily; three openings are suf
ficient
But, we ask, where can we get enough
paper to fill q bedS That Is the very
question ! should expect you to ask, anC
here is the answer: If you do not take {
liberal supply of newspapers, II would bt
a hard matter to get enough for bed
bat, as you are a reader of the Farm
! Journal, l will suppose that you are wei
supplied with reading matter of al
kinds. Some papers after being one,
read are good for nothing but 70 cut up
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-10
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The Velocity Of Rivers.

THE velocity of river depends upon
the inclination or fall of its course, and
its surface velocity can be ascertained
by determining the rate of that fall per
mile, and Uice persd we can ascertain the
inclination by measurement of the surface
velocity. But, as every one who has
stirred up the bottom of a brook has OBJ
served the surface-current flows faster
than the under-current The particles of
sand at the top of the water are always
carried some distance beyond those at
the bottom. This retardation of the
under-current is caused by the friction of
the water against the bottom and sides
of the brook. While, therefore, IL is easy
to measure the velocity of the surface
current, 1t Is difficult, because of its re-
tardation beneath, to determine the mean
velocity or actual flow of the river. This
has never been satisfactorily done before.
Many experiments, with a view to the
of this end, have indeed
been made by eminent men, but they
have failed to establish the relationship
between the depth of the stream and the
velocity of the flow NJ. Revy has estab-
lished that the velocity of a river is
directly proportionate to its depth, dimin-
ishing or increasing Herewith. "Thus
If shoal occurs in the middle of chan
mel, the velocity of the current over the
shoal is less than that of the deeper
water on either side; and this diminution
of speed is proportionate to the loss of
depth. So direct is this relation that
plan of the surface velocities, If projected
on an appropriate scale, comedies very
closely with the section of the bottom of
the river Any want of parallelism be-
tween the two curves is capable of expla-
nation either by the curvature of the
banks, of by some physical irregularity
of the channel" 1t was determined by
actual experiment that the greatest
velocity of current is at the surface and
the least at the bottom, and that
the increase of velocity =" is in the simple
ratio of the distance from the bottom" 4"
This decides that the mean velocity of a
stream is to be found at half its depth.
A result perfectly consistent with the
previously expressed law that surface
velocity is proportionate to depth, it is in
fact a corollary, and one that was verified
by experiment.-P0putdrS Science Monthly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-10
The Dangers Of Paris Green.

AS THE handling and using of dry Paris
green, especially by persons unaccus-
toned to its use, is attended with consid-
cradle risk and often followed by serious
consequences, we make the following
suggestions, founded on our experience
as manufacturers:
All packages, whether large or small,
should be plainly marked poison.
There is great danger in the mixing of
this green for potato bug and cotton
worm poison, owing to the fine dust
which arises in the process, which is in
hailed and also rapidly absorbed by the
pores of the skin, especiallyif the person
using ii should be in state of perspira-
tion. To guard against this, the hands
and face particularly nostrils) should be
protected as much as possible, andshould
be carefully washed after working in it,
or in any of the preparations of which it
is an ingredient. AS it penetrates and
poisons wood, gets into the seams and
crevices of articles made of metal, and
even into earthenware that is at all porous,
all household utensils, or anything in
barn or stable which cattle or horses
could have access to, in which the article
may have been mixed, or from which it
has been used, should be carefully set
aside and never again used for any other
purpose.
Malignant sores are not infrequently
caused by scratching the skin when itch
ing or irritated from handling the green.
1t should be constantly borne in mind
that it is more dangerous and deadly
poison than arsenic, and farmers. plant
ers and others when purchasing should
be duly cautioned to exercise the utmost
care in using it.
As a remedy for the poison, the free
use of milk as a beverage is recommended,
but we have found hydrated peroxide
of hpn "a simple, harmless remedy the
best antidote. Sores caused by the green
should be well covered with it, as with
an ordinary salve, and teaspoonful in a
wine-glass of water should be taken
twice day internally, while working
with the green. This remedy can be OBJ
tanned from any druggist or chemist.
The consumption of Paris green has
largely increased within few years, and
the article il now applied to such va
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-10
A Tree that Keeps a Standing Army.

AMONG the varied means of defense
developed by plants in their ceaseless
struggles for existence, there is, perhaps,
none more wonderful or effective than
that of a species of acacia which abounds
on the dry savannahs of Central Ameri-
ca. 1t is called the bulfs-horn thorn,
from the strong curved thorns like bulls
horns set in pairs all over the trunk and
branches. These, no doubt, help to pre-
tect the tree from attacks of browsing
cattle; but it has more dangerous enc
mics in the leaf-cutting ants and other
insects. Against these the tree maintains
a numerous standing army, for which it
provides snug houses stored with food,
nectar to drink and abundance of luscious
fruit for dessert. When first developed,
the thorns are soft and filled with
sweetish pulp, much relished by species
of small springing ants, never found eX-
cept on these trees. Making hole near
the point of one of each pair of thorns
these ants eat out the interior, then bur
row through the thin partition of base
into the other thorn, and treat it in the
same manner. The hollow shells thus
formed make admirable dwellings, none
of which are left untenanted, as any one
may discover by disturbing the plant,
when the little worries swarm out in
force and attack the aggressor with jaws
and stings. The leaves of the plant are
two-winged, and at the base of each pair
of leaflets, ON the mid rib, is
gland which, when the leaf is
young, secretes honey-like liquid
of which the ants are very fond. This
insures their constant presence on the
young leaves and their most jealous ser
vice in driving off other insects. A still
more wonderful provision of solid food is
made for similar purpose. At the end
of each of the small divisions of the COM
pound leatlet there grows a small fruit
like body, which under the microscope
looks like golden pear. When the leaf
first unfolds the little pears are not quite
ripe, and the ants are continually en-
ployed going from one to another to see
how they come on. AS these fruitlike
bodies-which appear to have no other
use than as ant food-do not all ripen at
once, the ants are kept about the young
leaves for considerable time. When an
ant finds one sufficiently advanced it
bites the point of attachment, then bend
ing down the prize breaks it off and bears
it away in triumph to the nest. These
ants. species of pseudOmyID1d, are found,
as already noticed, on these trees; and
that the trees really keep them as body
guard seems evident from the fact that,
when planted in localities where their
little protectors do not exist, they are
speedily defoliated by leaf-cutters, which
let them severely alone on the savannahs,
while their honey glands and golden
pears offer no attraction to the ants of
the forest. Apparently both acacias and
pSeudOnlyrnldS have been mutually modi-
fed in tie course of time, until they are
now quite dependent on each other for
support and protection.-ScientJfc Ameri-
c1n
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-10
The Perforating Power of Roots.

IT is indeed wonderful how easily the
roots of plants and trees bore through
hard, impacted soils in search of nourish-
ment. They use for this purpose "A sort
of awl, of immense power, situated at the
end of the root, and capable, with the aid
of the other root machinery, of thrusting
aside heavy weights and getting through
almost any distractions. Yet the awl
consists only of a mass of microscopic
absorbent cells formed by protOplasm or
vegetable mucus-the fluid in which vital
action is first set up. The roots of the
elm and the maple will bore through the
hardest soil of walks or streets, enter
drains, twine about water pipes, and pen
citrate through the seams of stone and
brick structures. The roots of some
plants have been known to pass through
eighteen inches of solid brick-work, and
make their appearance in wine-cellar
below. Plants have vast power in over
coming obstacles, when foraging for food.
They are like hungry animal which no
fences can restrain when there is food
beyond. The movements of roots in soils
proceed on certain principles of utility in
connection with the welfare of the plant
Some need much more moisture than
others, and the roots will drive through
rocks to obtain it; others need silicious
food, and will penetrate through a clay
bank to reach the desired foraging ground.
The urgency with which nature drives
plants and animals in pursuit of food is
almost sistible.-J0urnal Of Chemistry.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-10

SAFETY OF AN4EsTHETICs. If the force
of statistics be of any value, ether ap.
pears, beyond question, to be the safest
anesthetic. BY combining American
and British data relating to this question
the result shows conclusively thai chloro.
form is eight times as dangerous as ether,
twice as dangerous as a mixture of chlor
oform and ether, and, as far as expert
ence goes, it is more dangerous than bi-
chloride of methylene. The report OF
the London chloroform committee, ap
pointed TO investigate this subject, states
that not only is ether less dangerous than
chloroform, but that with every care
and the most exact dilution of the
chloroform vapor by the most skillfu,
hands, the state of insensibility may
pass in few moments into one of immi
| nent death
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-10
Treatment Of a Bad Horse.

A BEAUTIFUL and high-spirited horse
would never allow shoe to be put on his
feet, or any persons to handle his feet In
an attempt to shoe him recently he re-
sisted every effort, kicked aside every
thing but an anvil, and nearly killed him
self on that, and finally was brought back
to his stable unshod This defect was
just on the eve of consigning him.to the
plow, where he might work barefoot,
when an officer in our service lately re-.
turned from Mexico took a cord about
the size of common BEDFORD, put it in
the mouth of the horse like bit, tied it
tightly on the animals head, passing his
left ear under the string, not painfully
tight, but tight enough to keep the ear
down and the cord in its place. This
done he patted the horse gently on the
side of the head and commanded him to
follow, and instantly the horse obeyed,
perfectly subdued, and as gentle and
obedient as a well-trained dog, suffered
his feet to be handled with impunity, and
acted in all respects like an old stager.
The gentleman who thus furnished this
exceedingly simple means of subduing a
very dangerous propensity intimated that
it is practiced in Mexico and South Amer
lea in the management of wild horses
~ Y. Commercial Adpertiser
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-10
Iowa Republican Platform.
The resolutions adopted by the recent
publican State Convention Of Iowa are


The resolutions adopted by the recent
Republican State Convention Of Iowa are
as follows:
We, the representatives Of the Republican party
of the State Of Iowa. In convention assembled, do
adopt the following platform OF principles;
Resoiped, l. That, as the policy Of the Republi-
can party In relation to finance has afforded the
people not only safe, sound and popular cur,
Of our common country, but has likewise greatly
improved the credit Of the country, at home and
compile eompsSSents E ' in % tbIs re regard and, while re-
affirming the policy announced by the party In
triumpSsntly Endorsed by the people at the polls
"a policy which, while contributing to the pub
lie credit, has also enhanced the Individual
and collective prosperity of the American
people-we favor such legislation as shall make
national banking free to all, under Just and equal
.awe, based upon the policy Of specie resumption
at such time az Is consistent with the material
and industrial interests of the country to the end
that the volume of currency may be regulated by
the natural laws OF trade. -
2. That we reafirm the declaration of the Re
publican National platform Of 1sIS In favor Of The
payment by the Government Of the United States
Of all it's obligations in accordance with both the
letter and the spirit of the laws under which such
obligations were issued; and we declare that In
the absence Of any express provision to the con
trary. the obligations OF the Government, when
issued and placed upon the markets of the
world, are payable In the worlds currcncyto-wit,
specie.
3. That under the Constitution of the United
States Congress has power to regulate all com
merce among the several Stntes, whether carried
on by railroads or by other means, and IN the ex-
ercise of that power Congress may and should so
legislate as to prohibit under suitable penalties,
eXtortion, unjust discrimination and other wrong
and unjust conduct on the part of persons and
corporations engaged in such commerce, and, by
virtue of the same constitutional power, Congress
may and should provide for the improvement of
our great natural waterways.
4. That the State has the power, and It Is its
duty, to provide by law for the regulation and
control OF railway transportation within its own
limits, and we demand that the law of this State,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-10

others, perhaps, have some good recipes,
poetry, or anecdotes, that you wish to
save If so cut them out and put the re-
mainder of the sheet in your waste-paper
box then you have old letters, and, as |
stated above, any but straw paper. When
you commence saving paper, 1t will as.
tonish you to see what a quantity will
accumulate. Now, to finish this article
/ will tell you another of my "whims !"
that is what used to make of the reci.
pes, poetry and anecdotes | cut from
waste paper. trim the edges nicely,
and with little paste fasten them into
some book that is useless for reading,
but has good binding; and thus save
them for future reference, each kind in a
book by themselves, and thus / have a
recipe book, book of anecdotes, and book
of poems, by different authors, that will
compare favorably with some that are
for sale.-C0r. american Farm JOuradL
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-10
COlOring Cheese.

ONE of the means employed to give
cheese a rich cream-color is to expose the
curd before and sitter sailing to the air
press as is usual with the majority of
dairymen. Every cheese maker must
observed the fine golden color acquired
by the particles of curd that have acci-
dentally remained out of the hoop and
exposed during the day to the atmos-
phere. This is the precise color desired
by the dealers, and in warm weather an
exposure long enough for the desired
colsr is practicable, and the appearance
of the curd can be materially changed
for the better by letting 1t remain in the
vat or tub until it has acquired the
proper temperature for the press. IT is
always preferable to cool curd in this
way, instead of using water or cold
whey on the curd as is sometimes done
for this purpose, as these last have
u tendency to impoverish the
cheese by washing out a portion of
its richness, besides injuring somewhat
its flavor. Fine flavor, quality, and the
proper texture in cheese are important
requisites to ready sales and good prices
But all these may be present and yet the
cheese sell low in market for its bad ap
pearance. The eye must be suited as
well as the taste, and it is difficult tC
make the consumer believe that pale
white cheese is as rich as that which has
fine cream color. Again, many dairy
men are troubled more or less in pre-
serving a smooth, elastic rind; the rint
checks, and deep cracks are found here
and there in the cheese. This results
often, and for the most part from the all
being allowed to blow on the young
cheese. Cheese, when il comes from tho
press, and for several days after, or unit
the rnd has firm consistency, should
be kept where the air may not blow di
rctly upon it, and washing the cheese
twice week with hot, sweet whey will
add much to its outward appearance
Annatto'is In general use during spring
and fall for cOloring milk for cheese
making, but as much Of it is adulterate'