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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-10-06
G A G E T IL L A S /.

Zeatro.-En las funciones queel sabado
y ell domingo do en- nuestro teatro ell se-
nor Bosco, demos.r6 que no han exagera-
do los peri6dicos sur-americanos, al pro-
clamar al bYaje del Plata como una YER
dadera notahilidad en- ell arte de Ia presti-
digitacion. Hace las suertes con extrema-
da limpieza: tiene unos modales fnos, una
palabra facil y una presencia simpatica
que cautivan los espectadores. El joven
Bosco, DO reptile juego alguno de los mu.
chos que hace; to1as sus funciones son
variadas, juzgar por las dos que hemos
visto y por 10 que el mismo ha manifesto.
do al pdblico.
Ell Silforama collection de cuadros di.
solventes, con cuya exhibicion termina
sus funciones, es cosa digna de verse,
sobre todo las vistas que representan pai-
safes estatuas.
A prop6oito de estos cuadros, no debe.
mos callar un incidente que pas6 ell do
mingo, que prueba 10 sumamente adicto
que es a la persona de S. M. ell Rey
(q d. 81, ell pueblo de Puerto Rico. En-
ell momento en- que entire los acordes de la
marcha real apareci6 en- medic de un sol de
rayos movibles deslumbrantes ell retrato,
por ciertomuy parecido, d Alfonso XII,
parti6 del piso superior del teatro que
estaba atestado de gente, la mayor parte
de color, un espontaneo, prolongado y nu-
trido APPLAUSE, que fue secundado por los
espectadores de los palcos y lunetas. Ell
mismo hecho Sc repiti6 cuando apareci6
ell escudo espanol en- ell telon del escena-
rio Este sencillo incidente prueba que ell
honrado pueblo de esta isla, desde los
artesanos que con tanta sbnegacion Sc
spresuraron & ingresar en- el Cuerpo de
Bomberos, hasta los hacendados, los co
merciantes Ga, que Gguran en- las 6las de
voluntarios, todos aman al Rey y Ia pa
| tria; todos estan satisfechos con la paz
moral que dchosamenfe disfrutamos, gra-
cias al digno general SanS, que ha conse-
guido deste, rar del pals los odios politicos;
todos; puerto-riquenos J peninsulares,
blancos de color, estamos inspirados en-
el mismo noble sentimeuto de conservar
Ia tranq,ilidad, la prosperidad y Ell ver-
dadero progreso de la terra borinquefia.
Volviendo las funciones, diremos que
el domingo no fue tan nurnerosa como es-
perabamos la concurrencia al teatro, de-
Dido sin duda una jira muy concu,rida
que tuvo lugar en- la segunda Inca decide
las dos y media de la tarde hasta las doce
lie la noche, y en- la cual Sc comic, Sc
bail6 y Sc cen6 en- grande, h9biendO con-
currido ella mas de so par.jas de 10
mas granada de nuestFa sociedad.
Crsemos que hoy mkrtes sera mas fa.
vorecidO ell Sr Bosco.
| Cay,se -Durante los dias 10, IL, IL y
13 del correntc mes, se expendera en- esta
| ciudad Ia hbraIde carne de res vacuns, el
primer dia 20 cuartos, el segundo 7
tsrceFo 4 90 7 81 6ltimo 22
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-10-06

slsmbres I08, 900 millas, y antes uni,
oamente habia 900 aparatos J
1900 millas de alambre. Solo de
aparatos de Wheatstone existen hoy
100.
Los gastos del seryicio telegrafco
exceden a los ingresos, por 10 que FL
Times del del actual propone que Sc
aumente la tarifa para la trasmlsIon de
telegramas, y que Sc cobre un pen''
que por cada palabra en- vez del che
lin 6 rs. vn.) que hoy cuesta el des
pacho con yeinte palabras.
Ell referido colega, aun1us firme
en- su doctrina de que ell sEstado es
sempre NAL productor como indus
trial comerciante, reconoce que ell
encargo de las comunicaciones no de-
be ser, como aquf Sc le ha liamado
mucho tienpo, una re'sta Slno IN ser
gicio pablico, EN- cuyo dessmpef1o las
sn1presas particulares, atentas 500 4
81 proyecho, no sirven mas que aque-
Has fneas y comarcas donde obtienen
gsnancias, descuidando todas las de-
mas que no las producer, al paso que
Ia administration pdblica puede en-
U!ear 10 que CANA en- unas l1neas en-
supEr la perdida que otras ocasionen,
hasta perder algo en- ell conjunto
del servicio, como sucede en- Ing ate
IRA cor gran yentaja de los admins
tados.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-10-06
NOTICIAS RECIENTES.

Traducinos las principales que, re-
cibidas por ell cable, han publicado Ell
TSdende y eli Times de Santh6mas:
Eel vapor Investigator lego a
Kinsgton Ell Is por la noche de S. Pc
.dro, Jamaica, conduciendo 100 hom-
bres de la tripulacion del Shannon y
todos los enseres de mesa, guarda
ropa y una parte del cargamento ave
riado Ell vapor de S. M. B. Dfyad,
quedaba al lado del Shannon. Las Ill
timas noticias de Kingston nos infor-
man que el Shannon ha naufragado
comp etamente. Ell vapor de la Rcal
Ma|a inglesa NSle salio de Jamaica
para Santh6mas & las II del IA para
reemplazar al buque perdido.
Sc dice de Russia que han sido ar
restados 800 socialistas que fo-mabar
parte de un movimiento formidable
que Sc decia tener rami6cac:ones en-
toias las classes de la sociedad.
Nueva-- York, setiembYe "a - E
Drgad lego 4 Kingston ell "a de los
cayos de San Pedro, trayendo 4 bordc
los oficiales del Shannon. AL hacer e
Dryad vapor, revent6 su chimenea
matando al maquinista principal y
dos fogoneros.
Idem, sdena 25.-De Alemania 81
anuncia que el partido catolico ha sa
lido triunfante en- la election de su.
candidates para la Dieta bavaria.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-10-06
SECCTON LITERARIA.
LAS ONDINAS-
(De don, II. del Palacio,l

(De do,, II. del Palacio,
Del lago azul y limpido
las ondas cristalinas
surcando va fantastica
sin eco y sin rumor,
la hueste mitol6gica
de siltides y Ondinas
que alientan CON el c66ro,
que duermen en- Ia aor.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-10-06

Cuanto soh6 ell espiritu
de seductor y beIlo,
en- sus semblantes c&ndidos
idealisado esta
sus lAbios son de pdrpura,
, de nacar es su cuello,
y & Ia asucens palida
su seno enVidia da.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-10-06

Cuanto so66 ell espiritu

Razszmaa asnms9
Cuanto soh6 Ell espiritu
de seductor y beIlo,
en- sus semblantes cAndidoE
idealizado esta
sus kbios son de pdrpura,
de nacar es su cuello,
y & la asucena palida
su seno enVidia da.
Con danzas y con canticOs
alegran su existencia
en- la mansion rec6ndita
que les labr6 81 Senior
un coro son de orfgenes
de paz y de inocencia;
: sonrien, pero ay mfseras!
no saben que es amor.
A veces un estrepito
la superfcie altela
de la laguna pl&cids
do bullen sin cesar;
y al ir con ojos languidos
buscand0 una quimera,
ven solo sus imagenes
tranquilas refejar.
De noche a los purisimos
destellos de la luna,
cuando ell hermoso ejercito
al sueno Sc entreg6;
parece yer de t6rtolas
cubierta la laguna,
y lleva ell aire lagrimas
que al paso recogi6.
Asl con vuelo rapido
tu pensamiento, Elisa,
de un veftice q otro vertice
desvanecido va:
as1 navega intr6pido
tu corazon prisa, ~
por ese mar sin limites
dond6 a ahismo esta.
Cual de tl lAbio tremulo
ell beso grato fuera!
Cual de.tu frente m6rbida
ell celestial fulgor
ST hallando al bien est6riles
tn afan y tu &rrebato,
lograras por bien 1nico
saber 10 que es amor.
Hoy, como estatua f1nebre
sobre ell sepulcro yerta,
nj das al dolor balsamo
nj estlmulO al placer.
Inerte y melanc6lica
parece tu alma muerta
despoio de un aut6mata
con forma de mujer.
Vendran las horas tetricas
d., augusta y de quebranto
caeran los rotos fdolos
del carcomido altar:
de tu semblante ceIico
Sc borrara ell encanto,
yiay, ST te falta ell 6ltimo
consuelo, ell de llorar
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-10-06
De noche a los purfsimos

De noche a los purisimos
destellos de la luna,
cuando ell hermoso ejercito
al sueio Sc entreg6;
parece yer de t6rtolas
cubierta la laguna,
y lleva el aire lagrimas
que al paso recogi6.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-10-06

Con danzas y con canticos
alegran su existencia
en- la mansion rec6ndita
que les labr6 81 Senior
I'm coro son de origenes
de paz y de inocencia;
sonrien, pero ay mfseras!
no saben que es amor.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-10-06

Cual de til labio tr6mulo
el beso grato fuera
Cual de.tu frente m6rbida
ell celestial fulgor !
ST hallando al bien est6riles
tu afan y tu arrebato,
lograras por bien 1nico
saber 10 que es amor.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-10-06

As{ CON vuelo rapido
tu pensamiento, Elisa,
de un veftice q otro vertice
desvanecido va:
asf navega intrepido
tu corazon 4 prisa,
por ese mar sin limites
donde e4 abisrno esta.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-10-06

A veces I'm estrepito
la superGcie altera
de Ia laguna placida
do bullen sin cesar;
y al ir con ojos languidos
buscando una quimera,
ven solo sus imagenes
tranquilas reaejar.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-10-06

Hoy, como estAtua fGnebre
sobre ell sepulcro yerta,
nj das al dolor balsamo
nj estlmulo al placer.
Inerte y melanc6lica
parece tn alma muerta
despoio de un aut6mata
con forma de mujer.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-10-06

Vendran las horas tetricas
d. augusta y de quebranto
caeran los rotos fdolos
del carcomido altar:
de tu semblante ceIico
Sc borrara ell encanto,
yiay, 81 te falta Ell dltimo
consuelo, ell de llorar
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-07-15

A few days ago as lady, who resides in the
south part Of the city, WAS standing at the gate
in front Of her residence, she Was startled by .
rustling sound in one Of the shade trees, and in
stAntly Afterward heard some heavy object drop
with loud thump on the plank walk. On pick
ing up the object it was found to be about two
inches long and three-quarters OF an inch thick,
and apparently composed Of exceedingly dense
iron, with yellow blotches that resemble sulphur,
and covered with black substance resembling
coal tar.
When picked up it wAs found to be uncomfor.
tably warm for the hand snd I'LL tho circum
stances combined led irresistIbly to the conclu-
sion that the little body is fragment Of q lar
ger one. which WAS meteor or aerolite. The
sides Of the fragment have the appearance Of
having boen split from another body, and pres
ent longitudinal striA in the direction Of the frac-
| ture. The ends seem to have been squarely
| broken on somewhat like the fracture made by
the breaking OF the mineral known as gaena.
This little piece fell at about O'Clock in the af-
| ternoOD, when the sun was shining in = cleAI
sky, aud no doubt the greater body burst in the
| extreme upper regions Of the atmosphere i'll the
full blaze of sunlight, and 10 escaped observa
ton.
| II this had happened during the darkness and
| stiffness Of tho night the light and the noise
would no doubt have attracted attention. A
moments inspection Of this fragment is sufl
| oent to show that it closely resembles in ever,
respect the aerolites that are known to have
fallen in many parts Of the world and that arr
| treasured az great curiosities in many museums
| the more go as to the substance Of which it ii
composed resembles, in its chemical combina
tions, no mineral OF terrestrial origin. Wher
ever these bodies or fragments are found the.
may be instantly recognized by this peculiarit.
their substance being known As meteorc iron
A body Of this kind was found in South Ameri
ca that is estimated to weigh 81, 900 pounds +; an
other. in the Yale College cabinet, which wa
found in the Red River country, Weighs l., SO
pounds. Illinois Slate Journal.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-07-15
CHQauaa In Rnlal amars,

The season Of croquet is now Ut its height, aud
ncarly every fine afternoon the lawns Of Druid
Hill and Patterson parks are thronged with
players. late innovation is running white cord
around the ground on pegs TO mark tho boun-
dairy line. II, when taking croquet, ball is
sent outside the line it 10 .isad," and the player
loses the remainder of Ids surn. The object of
this IL to prevent the hard stroke which eiiables
players to 80 any pace after balls lying
safe at the extremity OF the ground. With
this new rule the player going after balls at
distance On 10 compelled to judge the strength Of
losos bis turn, and Il he does not not play h hard I'd
enough he will mako an uncertain shot. It ID
tho same playing for hoop sitter . roduet The
dead boundary rule gives the player who 10 out
better chance to get IN than in the game as us
The latest mode Of setting the hoops il to
place them 80 ~ no hoop shall be less than
eight yards from the boundary, and each player
10 compelled to run the middle hoop four times.
late variation Of the game is to have two
four'balI games, one set starting from each end
Of the lawn. II ball belonging to another set
u in the way 1t may be taken up and replaced
by . rule inst adopted at starting, the players
ball ls to be placed one foot from the frat hoop
and opposite it, centre, inste2d ri p.o}tet
ssh fbt 6sii g not taken lp but renains whereit
lies, and is liable TO be made use Of by the other
balls, whether they have run the first hoop or
no.. This puts = player At the first stroke Of
his FIRST turn in precisely the same relation to
all the balls as he is at tho commencement Of all
subsequent turns. Thus, player may at his
first turn play either for hoop or roquet. For
merly he had to run the first hoop before playing
for . rooquet; now he may play for .roquet be-
fore taking any hoop. Striking balls tight is
aboli he'd, but pegging out retained 1t is q
sore point, especially with ladies', when about TO
go out, to have ones plans spoilt by an adyer.
sary who knocks tou outside the boundary, but
this is in the chances Of war and makes the game
more interesting. ng.-Bdlto. Sun.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-07-15

THE BUslNEss OF MANUFACTURING ICE-CRkAM II
Thls cITY-How MUCH 10 SOLD IN A wKIK-FIA
voRs, C0sr, &G.
Tho Ice cream business, in this city, like al
other trades in which there is money, has been
considerably cut up and divided amongst quite d
number OF manufacturers and dealers, until
there arc no more millions In it," We
have NO very precise data to 60 by in estimating
the daily consumption Of ice-cream In our city.
but we are indebted TO Mr.. George II. Robinson,
for whom ~ think, We may claim the itle OF
chamPton ice-cieamist, for tho information which
ie the basts Of our calculations. There are Ia
this city about nine places whore ios cream Il
Manufactured In large quantities, end quite q
number OF places WHARF 1t 10 made in smalles
quantities. From information 5rom vaxtoua
manufacturers m ws are 1aseaasd = psacine
W nysrege dAnlv consumption Of ice cream
~ i2C gallons per day, except on market days
when the quantity is augmented by several
country manufacturers. One Of these country
dealers generally sells from 80 to 35 gallons 1t
each market, and there are two others who We
presume are not far behind. Estimating the
three leading country dealers at 80 gallons each
Tor each market We would then have $50 gallons
for the week which added to the amount sold
daily BY the home manufacturers, gives total
consumption Of 900 gallons per week. r..
Ice cream varies very much in the price per
gallon, generally ranging from tL25 TO S1.75,
and In some cases e200. 1t IL however fair to
make $l.50 the average which would net the
handsome sum Of e1350. 90 per week as the cost
of our little cooling. The small dealers gem
orally buying from the larger ones their sales
would not increase the figures above given.
The materials used in the manufacture Of ice
cream are 80 costly that il gallon Is made Of
the purest and best articles, there il not much
money In it at S1.75 per gallon. The vanilla
bean imported from Spain, and which is the
most popular flavor used, costs .28 per pound,
And n ats,
That much. Chocolate, and the flavor from
The different kinds of berries, and from peaches
Are cheaper. Pure cream costs 81 90 per gallon,
md will make three gallons Of ice cream, and
the pulverized sugar used ranges in price, by
Wholesale, from to IL oents per pound. The
quantity Of ics used Is hard to arrive at, but our
Informant states that he uses about q ton and
half day, At y cost Of $5 per ton, 'i a.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-07-15

THE ROMANTIC CAREER OF WOMAN WHO HAS
BURIED Elk HuspANDs-HER Longest INTERVAL
OF wrDowHooD FIVE YEARS.
On the 3Oth ult., Benjamin Abbott and Mrs,
Mary Pratt were welded At Smyrna. This 10
the seventh time the bride has been lcd to the
altar, and tho Smyrna Times prints some inter-
esting gossip concerning her past life.
The contracting parties to these nuptials are
well up the ascending grade TO 30 years. The
groom IL quiet, unasnuming old man, WIDOW
or, with means enough (particulArly IL combined
with her income) to meet his not very numerous
wants. The bride WAS the relict OF tho late ex-
sheriff Henry Pratt, Of Kent county, who Vas
the last anti-Democratic Sheriff who has filled
that Office in that county. He was elected bher-
III in 1914, by the Wings. His descendants.
children, grandchildren and great grandchii-
one hundred and tfty-sir, and yet he had ne sr
then had but one death in his family-his hrst
wife.
Mrs. Abbotrs names have been eight in ALL
Miss Williams, Mrs. Truax, Mrs. Fsrrow, Mrs.
Riggs, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Berry, Mrs. Pratt,
the Times, savo the frat, she has married widow
ers some Of them with goodly number Of chill
dren sho however, has never sustained the
maternal relation by consanguinity. She was
reared in this community as have been All hei
| husbands, 10 far ~ We can learn, and hence her
| record has been ~ an open book to all her seven
companions, yet record, age. nor nothing
else seems 10 work fatality to 'the charm thai
WINS" whxther that may be-and to tind tina!
out is the rub. The five years and over pi
present husband is the longest she hal
endured, We believe. This, however, may
not be wholly hor fault, % we are certain that
IN one instance at least she offered to share hel
comfortable home with one of our most worthy
old citizens, but the mere proposition hlled hin
with fear and trembling, and to avoid repeti
ton he hurriedly married young lady In he
teens, with whom, and bis little prsttler, he Il
now enjoying the fullest share Of domestic bliss
We have no intimation, however, that her nu
merous conquests have been made by open, di
rect assault On the contrary, We think the!
have not. It has besn asserted on good author
ity that she has confessed to apresentment tha
she should have seven husbands. she now on
lows the fulfilment or this prophetic notion, and
halo, seventy odd, she wears her bridal wreati
with becoming dignity.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-07-15

In country with whose domestic life and habits
was unfamiliar, ! could not 10 much wonder
1t my mistake. The patois Of the servants, TOO,
had helped to mislesd mo ; aud had seen no
others.
dared not look 1t him. The gentle dignity
Of his last words overpowsred me, even while,
In spite of my confusion and dsmAy, my heart
was thrilling with newborn hope.
lifted my eyes at last to meet his hlled with
inefTable tenderness.
"You know my secret" said. "Bhsll you
take me At my word, n. LEstrange, must 60
sway" U.I
"Nay, stay" he whispered. "It WAS for this
that we were thrown together that October
morning. Was 1t not charmed, the token gave
you ? Stay now and, II you can win her gen.
tie heart, will give you yet another pearl-my
Marguerite y
Just an long as live mean to remember in
my prayer the gentleman who "misssd oonnec-
nectons at syracuse y for, II II had not been
for him, would ever have worn tho rare, pure
pearl that was given to me two months since by
my brother Hippolyte LEstr.nge2 .
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-07-15
The Attempted office Juggicry.

From all parts of the State letters and petit
tious have poured in upon the President in sup
port Of DR.. Prettyman, and in the fullest en-
dorsement Of his management Of tho Office. An
almost universally. signed petition from Milford,
where the Doctor lives, WAS forwarded to head
quarters on Saturday, we arc informed by gem
lemsn just from there, and none sustain him
more cordially than his bondsmen.
In the absence OF any official misconduct on
the part of the Doctor to give the ma!contents .
clue, = surreptitious scheme was planned tc
effect his removal. But the surreptitiousnesi
brought those to his support who might other
wise have looked aupinely on, and secured to him
| it is hoped, the office he 30 ably fills.
We believe the change under the circum
stances, would result in no good, unless 1t be il
the matter Of salary to the now inoumbent-cer
tAinly none to the party or the Department
| When, from no cause whatever, except TO SO
cure . place for person who thinks he ough
to have one, competent officer is made to Civ
up to All untried candidate, there il too mucl
political jobbery for the good Of the public ser
|
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-07-15
The stole OF lho rrinl.

In tribute to the character Of Mrs Beecher,
the st Louis Globe Democrat speaks in this
way:
II she was seeking truth, how keen must have
been the agony with which she followed the
VARYING evidence, how torturing the suspense in
which She waited for the verdict But, suppos-
ing her to haye been closely acquainted with the
exact history Of the entire affair-and this is .t
least plausible upposition-supposing her TO
have known the precise extent OF her husbands
guilt or weakness-for 1t is certain that he was
weak and wanting in some respects-what re-
markAble figure :she presents as she sits there,
during more than three months, resolute, self
contained, impenetrable and imperturbable.
She is one woman who stonily and tciy re-
flutes the slander that her sex is sievelike in
holding secrets. She is one woman who can
keep her own counsel, one woman whose lips are
not easily unclosed. She has her own secrets
no one can doubt that she knows great deal
of that we may be certain.
1t may well be supposed that che could let {
flood Of light in upon the case but neither BY
word nor BY sign does she give expression to thu
thoughts that are within her. Her place is BY
the aide OF her husband, and there she remains
grimly unfinching, iufexible, never faltering o.
failing until near the end, and then her tempo
rary Weakness may easily be accounted for b.
exhaustion, age or previous disease.
II she has any contradictions Of the testimon,
or any elucidations Of it's entsnglements, the.
are locked up within her own breast II she ha
any castigations to administer, or any words O
cheer or comfort to speak, they are adminstere
or spoken in the utmost privacy. The multtud
may gaze upon her, admire her, wonder at her
but she IL far beyond their reach.
Will the final failure Of the great trial, its ut
ter indeterminateness,b be acrushing blow 70 bel
or will that, too, pass her a. everything else ha
seemed to pass, leaving no impression 1t
impossible to answer these questions, and it
equally impossible to avoid regarding her ~ th
central and strangest figure OF that remarkAbl
Qroup.