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Sur de Puerto Rico t0c0ssdo en- Ponce.
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Margary y Comp.
Gale de Ia Marina, ,sssnsero z.

Ofrecen de ventaa precios m6dicos los efecos sigu.
entes:
Azdcar centrfugada de La en- bocoyes barres.
Idem idem de "a idem idem
Idem msscabado de diferentes.. classes.
Aguardiente de cana en- boeoyes.
Rollos de suea superior, un complete surtdo de
liversas maderas del extranjerO del pals. s.Puerto-
Rico Is de Diciembre !6e 1879, 2-6
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pARTE MERCANTIL.
Bevista Quincenal Mercantil.


pasrto. Rico "a de D;ei.msrs de 1875.
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instruction priIlslia superior.

Ell que suscribe, la ensehara veinte alnmnos entire
internos externos.
La matricula est4 alberta en- la n1merO %, ca
lie del Cristo.-Manuel S. Cuevas Bacener 1-3
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RIO.

Onzas Espaholas IL ps una.
Colombianas l64 ps. una Soo,,n .onva
Americanas (E. u 21 ps. id nvs n,e oaro;aI
Confines 81 ps. i'd, AAo o10i"l
Plata espahola. 81 p.9
Descuento mercantil del 70 al Is p.s annal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-12-26

Sobre L6ndres, de $3.50 q $5.25 por e.
" Paris de F. 4.75 4.8O por 81.
EspaTia II p.S premiO.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19

but Nelson was equal to the occasion.
He went to the Knlckerbocker Life In.
surance Company and told them he
wanted to borrow SIC, 900 on piece Of
property he had just bought for $780,
900. An examination of the deed
showed the facts to be. apparently, as
stated, and the company's appraiser
was directed to examine the property
and report its value. Several parties
to whom he was referred by Nelson ap-
praised the property at from 800, 600 to
$125, 900, and report was made accord
ingly. The company's lawyers drew
up the necessary papers, mortgage
was executed, Nelson received the $7O.-
900, paid Herring $45, 900, and pock-
eted the remaining $25, 600. There is
no need of his coming West to grow up
with the country. He had better stay
in New York.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
AN INDUSTRIOUS SPIDER.

A spider constructed it's web in an
angle of a garden, the sides of which
were attached by long threads to shrubs
at the height of nearly three feet from
the gravel path beneath. Being much
exposed to the wind, the equinoctial
gales of this autumn destroyed the web
several times. The ingenious spider
now adopted new contrivance. 1t
secured conical fragment of gravel,
with its larger end upward, by two
cords, one attached to each of it's op-
posite sides, to the apex of its wedged-
shape web, and left it suspended as q
movable weight to be opposed to the
effect of such gusts of air as had de-
stroyed the webs previously occupying
the same situation. The spider must
have descended to the gravel path for
this special object, and, having attach
ed threads to stone suited to it's pur-
pose, must have afterward raised this
by fixing itself upon the web, and pull
ing the weight up to height of more
than two feet from the ground, where it
hung suspended by elastic cords.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
NOT ENOUGH INTRODUCED.

Our lady readers may find nice
little moral in an incident that hap
pened recently at Nashville, which is
thus described by local paper One
of Nashville's brightest and most
sensible young ladies was busily en-
gagged few mornings since in making
cake. She donned calico dress and
pinned flaming red shawl about her
shoulders, fastened her heavy brown
hair into coil on the top of her head,
and had just plunged her hands into
the dough when the door-ben rang.
She happened to be the only one in the
house at the time, and SO was compelled
to answer the call herself, which she
did after hastily washing her hands,
and was Mortified at discovering her
visitor to be spruce young gentleman
friend end three strange gentlemen.
An embarrassing introduction took
place, the visitors were seated in the
parlor, and then the young lady ex-
cused herself, to reappear in a few mo-
ments in costume better suited to the
parlor During her absence she made
such complete transformation in her
appearance that she was mortified at
finding her stranger visitors did not
recognize her, thus rendering second
introduction necessary, which ceremony
the Nashville young man performed by
saying "She is the same young lady
we met at the door, gentlemen-the
very same young lady"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
- ABOur EGGS.

A writer in the Medical Journal, %
discoursing on dyspepsia, says: We
have seen dyspeptics who suffered un-
told torments with almost every kind of
food. No liquid could be taken with
out suffering. Bread became burning
acid. Meat and milk were solid and
liquid fires. We have seen these same
sufferers trying to avoid food and
drink, and even going to the enema
spring for sustenance. And we have
seen the torments pass away and their
hunger relieved by living upon the
white of eggs, which have been boiled
in bubbling water for thirty minutes.
At the end of a week we have given the
half yelk of the egg with the white, and
upon this diet alone, without fluid of
any kind, we have seen them begin to
gain flesh and strength, and refreshing
sleep. After weeks of this treatment,
they have been able, with cure, to begin
upon other food; and all this, the
writer adds, without taking medicine.
He says that hard boiled eggs are not
half as bad as half-boiled ones, and ten
times as easy TO digest as raw eggE,
even in egC-noQ,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
a sHAKEsPEAREAY READER


A village ten miles from Covington,
KY, has literary aspirations which take
the form of debating society. This
organization received letter from
Clarence Stanley Offering to give read
ings from Shakespeare, the payment to
be simply bis expenses from Covington
and his board while there. This seem
ed u generous proposition, and it was
at once accepted. Mr.. Stanley came.
He was intellectual of face, but ragged
of clothing. Would they loan him a
suit of clothes A public-spirited vii
lager said he would, and his best broad
cloth was soon upon MIR. Stanley. An
admission fee of twenty five cents was
charged, and long before 8 o'clock on
the night appointed for the reading the
hall was full. When Mr.. Stanley ar
rived, he asked one of the committee
to lend him watch to use in timing
his entertainment, and got it. Then
he slipped down to the ticket-ofice and
told the seller to give him the receipts.
The young man supposed it was al
right, and counted out the money that
had been taken. Mr.. Stanley put it in
one of his borrowed pockets, glanced
casually at the borrowed watch, and
sauntered off. He may be sauntering
yet for all that the lyceum knows
| about it.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19

PREVIOUS to the outbreak of the war
project was under consideration for
the political unity of the peninsula,
which now contains fragments of three
States-Delaware, Maryland and Vir-
ginia. This project was abandoned for
weightier considerations, but Il Is now
revived by the DelawGre State journal,
the most influential newspaper in the
State. Chesapeake Bay forms a nat
ural boundary for the three States.
Maryland would cede the eastern shore
and 125, ,387 population, Virginia an in
considerable fragment and 17,415,
which, with the present population of
Delaware, would amount to 245, BIT,
more than is possessed by Florida, Ne
braska, Nevada, Oregon, or Rhode
Island. The project is harder upon
Maryland than Virginia, but the dis
advantages of such an unnatural di-
vision as the present areobvious enough.
The peninsula is one, and the interests
of it's inhabitants are identical, no mat.
ter to which of the three States they
belong. The matter was discussed by
the journalists of the peninsula at re-
cent reunion, and preliminary steps
were taken by forming a peninsular
editorial union.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
HABITS OF TIE ALLIeA TOR.

A Southern naturalist has made some
observations on the habits of alligators.
Among them he records the following i:
That alligators swallow their young,
have had ocular demonstration In a
single case. I was engaged in making
q survey ON the banks of the Homo
chitto lake, near the Mississippi river.
The day was warm and sunny, and as I
halted near the margin Of pond, near
y dried up, to pick up some shells, /
started litter of young alligators that
scampered of, yelping like puppies ;
and retreating some twenty yards to
the bank of the Homochitto. I saw
them reach their refuge in the mouth OF
Ave foot alligator. She evidently
held open her mouth to receive them,
as in single file they passed in beyond
my observation. The dam then turned
slowly round and slid down beneath the
water passing into large opening in
the bank, beneath the roof of an ash
tree. Doubtless this refuge. is tempo
rary, and the young are released at their
own or their mothers pleasure; the
descent being but partial. and In no
way reaching or interfering with the
process OF digestion"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
REM1N1soENoEs OF pREvr1oE.

@~As O-A@S
Says late writer in Hdrpcr's Afaga-
zine, talking about Geo. d. Prentice:
The editor Of the Journal ev1nced his
eminent fitness for his profession. He
wrote not only nervous leaders, but
telling squibs and pungent paragraphs,
which. being something new in journal
ism, attracted great attention and were
widely copied. He is reputed to have
been the originator in the American
press of the short and pointed para
graphs, now grown SO popular, by which
al antagonist may be more readily over
thrown than by the most elaborate edi-
torial. Here are some specimens, culled
at random
"The Eastern Argus says TINT the
administration goes on sYimmingly. It
has tumbled overheard, and must go
swimmingly or not at all.
s'An editor in Indiana threatens to
handle us without gloves. We would
certainly never think of handling him
without at least three pairs, and thick
ones at that"
"What would you do, madam, if you
were gentleman ?'' 'sSr, what would
you do if you were one 2''
"We know some men who, when they
are perplexed in argument, get out jus
as poor debtors sometimes get out of
jail-they swear out"
"We have before us copy of the
famous postoffice circular, soliciting
contributions for the Postmaster Gem
erals picture. On the whole, we are
not surprised at his resorting to this
expedient. Having expended the last
farthing in his possession, what is he to
do if he cannot run his face 20
'sThe editor of the Advertiser says
he was the first to apply to Gen. Harri-
son the title of the Hero of Tippeca-
noe, and that he applied it ironically.
The title of the Lion-hearted' was first
given to King Richard by his own harle-
quin, yet it was worn most proudly.
Though given by fool, it was borne by
hero"
San exchange has this: The editor
of the Journal said he has caught as,
but he finds he hasIcaught it. Yes, we
mistook your gender. We stand COR
rected."
cit has been thought strange that q
dinner to which man has not been in
vited is generally the one that sits the
hardest upon his stomach"
Each issue of the Journal contained
from dozen to forty such paragraphs.
Many of them were very bright, while
others were labored, often common
place. All of them, after year or two,
gained great currency as well as popu-
larity, and contributed SO much toward
the circulation of the paper that it
would have fallen off materially with
out them.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19

OLIVE oil is produced in large guam
titles in Tunis. The olive crops dur
ing the past two years have been so
abundant that there is still q great deal
of oil in the country, notwithstanding
the immense quantities, amounting in
all to 8, 472 tons, of the value Of e125,-
893, that have been shipped during the
past year to Great Britain, France and
Italy. It is said that unless great
reaction takes place in the oil trade of
Europe, venders IN Tunis will be puzzled
to know what to do with the supplies
they will have on hand. The deposits
or tanks in the town are said TO be capa-
bic of containing 5000 tons of oil, but
they were not clear of the old supplies
before the new was ready to be brought
In. So far as the working Of the native
oil-mills is concerned, it is stated that
no improvement has taken place. An
italian company contemplates the in
PRODUCTION of steam mill. For this
purpose the British Vice. Consular
house and it's premises have been
bought, and are to be converted into q
mill. Some years ago one WAS tried at
Mehidia, bat did not answer. A second
was erected near Susa, with the view of
buying up the refuse or oil-cake after
passing the native mills, and submitting
it to further pressure; but this in the
hands Of the natives blew up.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
THE POTTER FAMILY.

The recent appointment of one of the
Potters as Supervising Architect of the
Treasury. says the New York Tribune,
calls attention afresh to the remarkable
amount of brains generated in the fam
" of the late Bishop of Pennsylvania.
One of his sons, Mr.. Howard Potter,
represents one of the great financial in
fuences of the metropolis. Another.
Mr.. Clarkson N. Potter, is an infuen-
tial member of Congress. A third
brother is President of Union College.
A fourth brother is the rector OF Grace
church, New York, who has just declined
his election to the Bishopric of Iowa. A
fifth brother, Gen. Potter. of Rhode
Island, was gallant officer, and made
an admirable record during the war.
The sixth, the new Supervising Archl-
tect, has already risen to prominence In
his profession. And even yet the sup
ply is not exhausted.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
RIVAL YES.

It is related in foreign scientific
journal that fresh-water clam was,
during voyage from Australia to En-
gland, kept in perfectly dry state for
231 days. On being thrown into water
at the expiration of that time, it gave
evidence of being healthy and lively.
Arrived at Southampton, 498 days after
leaving its native waters. the mollusk
was restored to the liquid element.
when it Immediately opened its valves
and resumed it's usual habits. Recent
experiments have shown that other bi.
valves have an unsupported power of
retaining life. M. Hamon, of Nantes,
once had occasion to leave basket of
oysters untouched for seventeen con-
secutive days in the hottest term of
summer. When examined afterward,
they were found to be uninjured, though
they had not been treated to drop of
water in all that time. On being placed
in bed at Cancole, the same oysters
throve luxuriantly.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
A TRUE GENTLEMAN

In our day it is common to speak of
gentlemen or position. gentlemen Of
means, gentlemen of the press, COM
rnercial and sporting gentlemen, etc.
T. was not IN this vague sense that
James L, who, when his nurse entreat-
ed him TO make her son gentleman,
replied that he could make him lord,
but that it was out of his power to make
him a gentleman. The word does not
now bear the Interpretation it formerly
did. While at one time it expressed
the idea which the term ge1tilhonanae
does in France-where it retains its
original Significance to designate the
members Of caste, distinct and apart
it has, in successive periods, been ap-
piled to degrees more widely extended.
As now understood, the term is indica-
tive OF conduct rather than lineage
of character rather than position-of
the qualities that contribute to its for
nation as much as their manifestation
in life. A gentleman is something
unique, apart from any consideration OF
rank, education or pursuits. There are
many men of plain manners and limit.
ed means as thorough gentlemen as
any noble in the land. A certain Judge,
in his charge to the jury in an action
wherein it was alleged that the. defend
ant had said to the plaintiff, IS Do moi
speak to me; ] am q gentleman. You
are a tradesman,'' 2 took occasion to OBJ.
serve g Gentleman is q term which il
not connned to any station. The man
of rank who deports himself with dig
nifty and candor, the tradesman who dis.
charges his duties with integrity, and
the humblest artisan who ful6lls the
obligations incumbent upon him with
virtue and honor, are alike entitled to
the name gentleman, in preference to
the man, however high his station, who
indulges in ribald and offensive re-
marks. The true gentleman may be
unassuming-even bashful-by nc
means brilliant in conversation-noi
noted for good dressing or lavish ex-
penditure but be cannot, stoop to a
mean thing. He never struts in bor-
rowed p1umage. He never stabs in the
dark. He is not one thing to mans
face and another behind his back.
Papers not meant for his eyes are
sacred. Bolts and bars, locks and keys,
bonds and securities, and notices to
trespassers, are not for him. He is a
consistent observer of the second great
commandment whatever he judges to
be honorable, he practices toward all.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
rHE pErRIFIEp FoREsr.

The Healdsburg (California) Flag
says g The famous petrified forest of
Napa county is eighteen miles from
Healdsburg, by way Of Windsor, and
lies just across the county line, The
trees are all PROSTATE and lie scattered
quite thickly over an extent of fifty
acres. The proprietor of tho forest has
lately been engaged in digging away
the soil and lava from the partially
buried trees. Lewis Face, of Coving-
ton, Ohio, and 4. r. Childs, of Healds-
burg, visited the place this week, and
report that the trees that have been
unearthed far surpass in size any that
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
ANOTHER MORMON HEGIRA RU-
MORED,

The recent rumor that the Mormons
were going to leave behind them their
well-built city of Salt Lake and the we'll
cultivated farms in Utah, and emigrate
to some point beyond the Jurisdiction
of the United States, is again current.
Now we hear that they are going to
Mexico, about che last place to which
these people would betake themselves.
They have perfect freedom for their re-
igion, and Mormonism is as free to
grow as any other sect. It was only
when it took form which was opposed
to morality that it has met with opposi-
ton from the government and people.
In Mexico there is but little liberation
for creeds, let alone practices which are
directly and palpably antagonistic to
every phase of Christianity. That Nor
monism is destined, sooner or later, to
succumb where it is now located, is
probable, and the migratory character
of the Mormons would also seem to
lend color to a projected exodus, but
they are divided among themselves on
the subject of polygamy. Besides, it
is not as easy to move from Salt Lake
as from Nauvoo.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
WAsHINGfON'S STRENGTH.

Gen. Wilson relates an account of q
conversation with Mr.. Curtis, from
winch he obtained some interesting
personal "reminiscences of Washington
During a visit at Arlington House,
Va, in 1854, the writer asked Mr.. Gus
tbs If Washington could, like Marshal
Sake, break o horseshoe, and received
for. reply, that he had no doubt he
could had he tried, for his hands were
the largest and most powerful he had
ever seen. Mr.. Custis then gave sew
eral instances of the Generals strength,
of which I recall the following When
Washington was q young man, he was
present on one occasion, As locker on
of wrestling games. then the fashion in
Virginia. Tired of the sport, he had
retired TO the shade of tree, where he
sat perusing pamphlet, till chal-
1enged to bout by the hero of the
day and the strongest wrestler in the
State. Washington declined, till,
taunted with the remark that he feared
to try conclufions with the gladiator,
he calmly came forward, and, without
removing his coat, grappled with his
antagonist. There was fierce strug-
gle for brief space of time, when the
champion was hurled to the ground
with such tremendous force as TO jar
the very marrow in his bones. An
other instance of his prodigious power
was his throwing the stone across the
Rappahannock st fredericksburg "a
feat that it is quite safe to say has
never been performed since. Later in
life q number of young gentlemen were
contending st Mount Vernon in the
exercise of throwing the bar. Wash.
ington, after looking on for some time,
walked forward, saying, ALLOW me to
try, and, grasping the bar, sent the
iron flying through the air twenty feet
beyond its former limits. Still later in
his career, Washington, whose age
was like q lusty winter, frosty, but
kindly, observed three Of his workmen
at Mount Vernon vainly endeayoring to
raise large stone, when, tired of
Witnessing their unsuccessful attempts,
ne put them aside, and. taking it in
his iron-ike grasp, lifted it to its
place. remounted his horse, and rode
on - IL
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
| DECET FED BRIDEGROOM AND 4
DLSAPPOLNTED BRIDE.

O441G k~O1N16O BRIDE.
The Wilmington Dell Republican
tells story Of sudden and total in
terruption of tha.. course of true love.
1t says: Thursday week two lovers
took passage on the afternoon train
from this city to Philadelphia for the
avowed purpose of being united in we'd
lock. On their arrival in Philadelphia
q messenger was dispatched to Camden
to secure the services of a certain
preacher whom they desired to offciate.
At $50 o'clock the loving pair appeared
before the reverend gentleman and an
nounced. themselves ready to take 8
new departure" into the state of
naatrimony. The minister was required
either by the law of his State or the
regulations of his church to keep cor
rect and complete record of the names
of all parties married, also their real
age, their nativity, the full names and
age and nativity of their parents. The
ceremonies commenced in due time !;
the intended bridegroom answered all
questions promptly. To the question,
how old are you ? he replied 25 years.
The intended bride answered all ques-
tons until she was asked her age.
This question she point blank refused
to answer, whereupon she was politely
informed by the officiating preacher
that he could not proceed further unless
she would give correct answer to the
question. She paused for few min
utes and then responded, I am 81 years
of age T This unexpected announce
ment seemed to surprise the intended
bridegroom, and apparently with great
feeling he stated that her mother posi-
lively declared that she was 26, and, as
he was IS, he considered this an at
tempt to deceive him, and after further
discussing and considering the situa-
tion, he finally decided not to marry
any woman who was SO much older
than himself, and who had tried to de-
ceive him."
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
THE STORY OF THE APPLE TREE.

THE STORY OF THE APPLE TREE.
The following story is told by Penn
sylvania paper ssNear Mount Pleas
ant lives rich farmer, and, as is the
case everywhere, he has poor neigh
Dor. The times being hard this winter,
the latter, whose family is large, had a
tight time of it. His neighbor, al
though rich, is kind-hearted man. He
helped the poor neighbor and gave him
permission to cut down and take home
for ire-wood an old, hollow-butted
apple tree, which had stood the storm
of many long year. The man did cut
down the tree, and discovered in the
hollow thereof something to make his
heart glad. With him hard times,
tough struggling, and battling with the
cold we're over, for in that hollow, rot
ten trunk he found at least hat full of
gold, enough in value to make him q
comparatively rich man.