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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-08-13
RESPUESTA AL SR. ROSICH
soBRE Ell EMPREsTITO.

Nuestro ilustrado amigo ell Sr. ID.
Miguel Rosich como presidente de la
Sociedad de Agriculture de Ponce
nos ha dirigido una extensa y erudita
carta en- refutacion de algunas de las
ideas que hemos emitido contra el
emprestito.
Antes de insertarla en- nuestras CO.
lumnas como nos pide su autor, con-
yiene que aclaremos nuestro pensa
miento, que es ell de la mayoria del
pats, como 10 prueba la reunion de los
Diputados provinciales que en- estos
momentos tiene lugar, para tomar re-
soIuciones en- ell mismo sentido en- que
nosotros escribimos, y los millares de
frmas de expropietarios de esclavos
que estan llegando esta Capital, pi,
diendo respetuosamente q 3. NJ. ell
Rey % D. G. 10 mismo que nosotros
hemos pedido desde estas humildes
columns. A pesar demo haber mas que
cinco dfas que Sc estan recogiendo
firmas contra todo emprestito que no
sea a la par, va han venido las de los
tenedores de 10000 cedulas, que re-
presentan la tercera parte de los inte-
resados en- este negocio trascendental.
Empezamos por dar las mas EXPIRE
sivas gracias al Sr. Rosich por la JUS
ticia que hace q nuestras intenciones
Nadie respeta mas que nosotros los
intereses que lastim6 la ley de 22 de
MARIO; pero puede afectar de tai mo
do al porvenir econ6mico y poIltlco el
emprestito, 81 no Sc realiza en- condl-
clones convenientes, que temblamos
4 la sola idea de que maf1ana Sc pue
da imputar al partido de que lorna
mos parte ell cargo de que, estando
er ell poder sus hombres mas distin-
guidos, Sc haya hipotecado la isla,
y estamos profundamente convencl-
dos de que no cumplirfamos nuestro
deber en- la prensa, de que no serfa
mos 6rgano genuine de los espafoles
sin condolences, 81 no senalaramos al
pats los peligros q que Sc expone 81
Sc hace ell emprestito 4 otro tipo que
a la par y al 6 por ciento de interes.
Entremos en- materia.
Manifesto ell Sr. Ros ch que no es-
ia de acuerdo con la idea por nosotros
emitida de que los propietarios re-
nuncien a los intereses de los tftulos
en- case de que les sean entregados
estos. Pero esta insinuacion nuestra
es un detalle secundario que nada
tiene que yer con la question princi-
pal. Los expropiados tienen ell dere.
cho que les da la ley a ser indemni-
Eados con intereses en- case de que nc
Sc les paguen sus creditos al contado,
y es puramente potestativo en- ellos el
hacer 8 no ell patri5tico sacrifcio que
hemos indicado como muy convenien
te para que en- diez afios cabales nos
quitaramos de encima esa onerosa car
ga que sobre los hombros exclusiva-
lnente de Puerto Rico puso la Asam-
blea republican,.
Pero en- ell fondo de esta question
nuestro benevolo contrincante esta
hasta cierto punto de acuerdo con nos
otros puesto que en- sus dos 1ltimos
proyectos de indemnizacion dice que
ell Gobierno podrfa pagar al contado
100000 inmediatamente y con-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-08-13

mi. AL principle no recordaba yo nada
de 10 que habla pasado; mas las piernas
va frias de un cadaver que estaban encima
de mi, en- breve devolvieron toda su lu-
cidez mi memoria. A la confusa luz
vespertina que aun lanzaba algunoS reHe'
jos sobre aquella ldgubre escena, distingul,
al incorporarme, Rodriguez que habla
caido de espaldas hacia donde yO tenla
los pies dejando los suyos encaramadOs 80
bre mi vientre. LIE tente, un palmo mas
abajo de la garganta lie halle mi cuchlllo
clavado hasta ell mango. En- sentido opues-
to estaba ell cuerpo de Betancourt con sus
ojos espantosamente abiertos en- la oscu'
ridad. Entonces tuve miedo y trate de
huir de aquel sitio; pero mis- pies estaban
infamados, y los grandes dolores que sen
tia en- mi cuerpo, y la debiIidad me mo-
lestaban atrOzmente. Me revesti de valor
y tuve todavia ell su6ciente para arrahcsF
mi arma del segundo cadaver. Ella era Ia
1nica defensa que me quedaba en- aquei
desierto. Me oriente como pude y hasta'
para c0nservar seias seguras del sltlo, tuVo
la precaucion de cortar ramas de trecho en
trecho haata llegar al sendero; desde alll'
descansando cada momento y apoyAndo,,
me en- un palo que me proportions con el
cuchillo, me dirigf a esta fnca donde 10
suponfa V. durmiendo sobre sus laureS'
A veces un sentimiento supersticioso 50
apoderaba de nj en- medic de la oscurl'
dad: creia yer a Betancourt y Rodriguez
parsiguiendome como somOras con sas
ojos vidriados fjos en- mi. Ri nuevO dIa
me vino q dar amino y fuerzas como
media legua de aquf, dis ancia que ms
pareci6 interminabie. He concludes 70
delnas 10 saben Vds. s =
lceAsiSNQd.l
.v A@s- aazsa NH7gvEs ~ "
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-08-13

Inconvenience Ell emprestito siemur.
que no Sc haga 4 la par y al 6p9 "a,
ra saldarlo en- 16 amos, tempo iguaI al
que nececitara ell Tesoro para recooer
los tfulos con interes 81, como espeps
mos, Sc entregan estos los expropia.
dos.
Ell inter9s mfnimo de 8 10 n :
que pide para los tftulos ell Sr. Rosicb
nj esta arreglado al tipo europeo, nj Al
que ha fjado ell Gobierno de S. NJ. al
publican ell e,npr6stito, nj convene :
los propietarios porque Sc eternizaria
la derda y tendrfan que pagar con
una mano 10 que percibiesen con otra
Ahora hS aquf ell trabajo de nuestro
apreoiable amigo:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-08-13

"soCIED AD DE AGRECUHTuRA
DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE PONCE.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-08-13

VIRGINIA PRATS.

(cOntinuaeion de EEL TEsoRo DE Los PIRATAs.")
pOr Id. BOse Perez Morris.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-06-11
Italian MesmeriStS.

Charles Warren StOddard writes TO
the San Francisco Chronicle from Flor
ence We had a little adventure, my
comrade and /, under the very shadow
of the Pitt palace, this morning. Hear
ing the sharp notes of a trumpet we
turned ard found a young fellow, of
about five-and-twenty, / should say,
gathering an audience in the bare space
before the palace. His companion, a
lad of fifteen, or thereabout, was sitting
on camp stool patiently and humbly
awaiting his fate. While the crowd was
rapidly collecting any one can attract
a score or two of PEOPLE at a moments
notice in Italy-two policemen strolled
by The trumpe'er hid his instrument
under his coat, and the policemen suf-
| fered the performances TO go on without
further interruption. The elder boy,
with his long, thin lips, his bright,
nervous eye, and his engaging smile,
began a brief lecture on mesmerism.
In the midst of it, still talking glibly,
aud addressing himself first to this one
and then to some one on the opposite
side OF the circle that had been formed
three deep around him, he held the
attention of all, and with very few
pdSStS ONtI bLlt hIdN w 'AiN gO"htSNA
boy put him into a deep sleep. The
young fellow was as quiet as lamb: no
seemed % have no will of his own he
gave way almost Immediately TO the su-
periOr will power of his companion. The
experiments began at once. We were
asked our names, and though we whis-
pered them in the ear of the mesmerist,
the young fellow, who was seated at
some distance from MS and quite out Of
hearing, gave them distinctly when
called for. Moreover, though he was
bliudfolded and though we stood be-
hind others III the crowd, so that for a
momeDt he was invisible TO us, he knew
whether tho mesmerist was touching
our shoulders or the shoulder OF some
one else near us. We threw dice on a
plate, and having reckoned the sum of
the numbers that were uppermOst, he
told tnem inTalliblv, though we were
the only ones who knew them even the
mesmeIist was not permitted To see
them. | have seen man and woman
in Naples, and again in Venice, who did
all manner of marvellous things in the
same line; and in Rome there was
girl of fifteen who went from street TO
street mpsmerizing her little brother,
who was but eight years of age, and the
feats they performed were certainly
startling.
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In the Arcadian village of Tracadie,
near the mouth of the Miramiohi River,
says the Toronto Canada Globe, there
have been lepers for the last eighty or
ninety years. A hospital for their bene-
fit is supported by the local govern
ment. A correspondent of the Church
Journal, who has recently made visit
to the establishment, says the lszarettO,
though we'll kept as far as it goes, is
much too small to furnish the requisite
accommodations. The sexes are kept
apart, and every thing is done for the
comfort of the unfortunates that is pos
sible with the means placed at the dis
pOsal of those who manage the institu-
tion.
The leprosy which they suffer is eLe-
2IhGntiaSiS 9rOcOr1I173, so called from
It's tendency to make the limbs swell to
elephantine proportions. The disease
is understood to have been brought
here by a French vessel, which, on it's
return voyage from Smyrna, touched at
the Island of Mitylere, and took on
quantity of clothing and other stores,
aud on her way to Beaubaris Island,
a French military port, she was wrecked
near the mouth of Miramichi. The
people in the neighborhood played the
part of wreckers, aud helped themselves
to clothes cast ashore, which were sup
posed to be tainted with leprOsy, the
consequence of which was that the dis
ease soon broke out among them. An
other account is that the vessel in que S.
ton brought two lepers from st. Ma
loes, and that every leper known in Ira
cadle descended from one or the other
of these men.
The opinion there is that the disease
is not contagious, but simply heredi-
tary. The people have no dread of it,
and persons engaged about the
lepers for years never contract the dis
ease. Not only do the lepers marry
among themselves, but such is the feel
ing among the poor French in Tracadie
that there is no repugrance in many
cases among perfectly healthy people
to taking lepers for husbands or wives.
The taint generally manifests itself in
every alternate generation. In this
way the disease has become permanent
ly seated in the locality, while the
general poverty and not very healthy
habits of the French population tend
to excite and intensity it.
1t first shows itself in the form of
small white spots on the breast, then
the face assumes a puffy appearance,
and there is much pain, langour and
drowsiness. The fingers become crook
ed, the Leck sweIls, the limbs show all
the symptoms of dropsy, the nails fall
off, and at last the throat and lungs are
attacked, and the sufferer dies, mere
mass of loathsome disease. It's dura-
tion varies from five to twenty-five
years, according to the strength of
constitution. Leprosy is not nearly so
rare disease as is generally supposed.
It is on the increase in many of the
British dependencies. In some parts
of India one person in every hundred
is a leper, and i'll some parts of the
West Indies, as we'll as in the Sand
wich Islands, it is also very prevalent.
Leprosy is generally thought to be in
durable. 1t may be mitiRated to some
extent by cleanliness ard attention to
diet, but that is all. The certain pros
poet of death from such a disease must
be horrible beyond conception.
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A Great Hotel.

The great "Palace Hotel Of San
Francisco is approaching completion,
and promises 70 be the pride of the city.
IT, e details OF the building show its ex-
tent and perfe;tness. All the outer
rooms have bay windows, every room
he's fireplace and a clothes closet, and
to every two rooms there is bath and
toilet room. This makes IA total Of 34S
bay windows and BIZ bath rooms. The
total number of rooms in the hotel
above the garden floor is 755. To reach
these rooms there will be four elevators
leading to the upper story, and fifth
for the transportation Of baggage. The
hotel is entirely fire-proof, but TO guard
against possible danger there are four
rtasiau wells. and n reservoir with n
capacity of 675, 900 gallons. A supply
OF q 600 feet Of hose connects with a
fire apparatus upon each floor. Some
idea of the elaborate fittings Of the hotel
may be obtained from the following
items from the linen and upholstery
bill: 1925 dozen table napkins: $3.50
wards of damask table~lmen; 800 ards
uf fine linen; 12O fire damask table
cloths: ID. 900 yards Of pillow linen;
I,2OO quilts, Sc by 80; dozen bath
blankets, 4 feet by 7; 10000 yards of
linen sheeting; 300 dozen Turkish
towels; 5000 yards OF crash towels; %
dozen tray cloths; 800 linen pillow
shams; 900 yards of Canton flannel;
900 Nottingham lace curtains; $50 pieces
of fine plush; 100 pieces of fine satin;
Is bales OF ticking. Among the articles
of furniture are mentioned ], 900 large
easy-chairs, /, 900 ladies' easy-chairs, 800
rocking chairs, and $50 sofas. More
than $1,000 yards Of carpeting will be
required to cover the rooms. The hotel
will be opened about tine 1st of Septem-
ber.
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Indian ElOquence.

Tuesday afternoon the Sioux chiefs
called at the Interior Department, in
Washington. The Indians were all
attired in their feathers, paint and
trinkets. The Cheyenne River Indians
arrived first and we're introduced IN the
order of their rank, Long Horn beng
fist. Shortly after Spotted Tail and
his delegation appeared and were IN
troducsd in the order Of their rank.
Spotted Tail wore his new black silk
hat, and when introduced said, How
art YOU ?" They were soon followed
by Red Cloud and the Ogallallas, who
we're each introduced, shaking hands
with loud How2"
Commissioner Smith gave them
short speech in welcome.
After pause Red Cloud arose. and,
advancing 20 Commissioned Smith and
shaking hands, said
"When / speak ] always call on the
Great Spirit 20 hear me, because, / tell
the truth. The white man tell me lies,
and l became so troubled / wanted 10
come TO Washington and see the Great
Father himself and talk with him.
That is why have come 20 see you"
Hero he took his Feat. A moment
later he rose again and said "Wheu
| spoke of white men telling me- lies j
did not mean the white men present.
daughter, in which some Of the chiefs
joined).
Spotted Tail came up smiling. and
shaking bands, said:
81 am glad 10 see you, and II you
can do any thing 10 help me to-day 1
want you to do IL, aud we will help
each other. / haven't got much 10 say
to-day. / have brought my own in
terpreters, and want You 60 hear what
they have got 10 say. (How how y /
have one friend in Washington he
treated me good when I was here be-
fore. and want TO go 10 him again"
The interpreter explained that he
meant the Washington House, where
he stopped on previous visit,
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THE BOSTON EXPLOSION.
Startling Scenes and Wonderful Escapes
mo Explanation of the Catastrophe
except CarbOnic Acid Gas.

Startling Scenes and Wonderful Escapes
mo Explanation of the Catastrophe
except CarbOnic Acid Gas.
The building, large, four story brick
structure, was filed with offices, dwell
ing-rooms, etc., and the ground floor
and basement with the drugstore, and
the manufacture of soda-wat was a
princiC al branch of business. A large
number of persons were in the store,
and the streets were crowded, when
there came sudden, binding fash of
light, cloud of vapOry, gaseous smoke,
and a dull, heavy shock. At the same
instant the building seemed to lift from
the ground into the air, and in an in
slant to descend into the cellar into
chaotic mass of building material. One
man, who was drinking soda at the
counter, found himself in the middle
of the street unipjured another, who
was passing on Lagrange street, was
blown through the shop window of a
store opposite, and somewhat cut by the
glass. A horse car passing on Wash
inRton street was lifted from the track
and thrown to the opposite side of the
street. All the passengers were stunned
and thrown into heap at the bottom of
the car, and one of the horses was killed.
A hack passing about the same time was
blown clear across the street. A large
numter of persons who were in the
building at the time were carried down
among the mass of debris, and probably
many are still beneath the ruins. Mrs.
Lizzie Compton, a woman apparently
fly years old, was 10 the third stery,
and either was thrown or jumped from
the window to the Sidewalk, striking
upon her head, and killing her instantly.
The cause of the disaster seems to be
mystery. Mr.. Dows and lis clerks
deny that any nitro glycerlne has been
in the store, and can't give the slightest
explanation of the affair. In the next
building a stock of gunpowder was kept,
but was safely removed after the ex-
plosion, and the building is only dam
aged to the amount of $500. The ruined
building was not blown outward, as if
by guupowder, but everything fell in. as
is the case when giant powder or nitro
glycerine is the explosive element.
When the roof fell in over the debris
of the demolished building, portion of
1t seemed to remain unbroken. From
beneath this section was heard the cries
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-06-11

He drove his team close up to the
fence, got down and raped on the
door. The widow Gilkens opened II,
when he said Mrs Gilkens, I am
cognizant of the circumstances by
which you are at present surrounded,
left, as vou are to trudge down the
Journey of life through a cold and
heartless world-no longer sustained and
encouraged by the noble one to whom
you gave the treasures of your hearts
affection, and bowed down by the
manifold cares and responsibilities in
cidental TO the rearing of eight small
children on forty acres of sub-carbOn
ferrous limestone land; yet, Mrs. Gill
kens, you are aware that the season is
now approaching when dark, dismal,
dangerous clouds at frequent intervals
span the canopy of heaven and when
zigzag streaks of electricity dart prom
iscuously hither and thither, rendering
this habitation unsafe for yourself and
those dear little ones hence, therefore,
let me sell you a copper wire, silver
tipped and highly magnetic Lightning
rod"
The woman staggered back a few
PAGES aud yelled: "Narcis, unfasten
old Crouch In another instant a
savage bulldog came darting around
the corner of the house, with bristles
up, thirsting for gore. The dog had
already mangled machine agent and a
patent soap man, and was held in great
esteem by the better class of citizens
for his courage and service but when
his eve met the hard, penetrating gaze
of Mr.. Parsons. his chops fell, and he
skunk off aud hid in the currant bushes.
Then the man said: my dear lady,
you seem to be a little excited. Now,
if you will allow me to explain the
probable inestimable-"
"Dern ye, 1 know something that
will start ye," said Mrs. Gilkens, as
she reached under some bed clothing
and brought forth a horse pistol but,
owing to the shattered condition of her
nerves, her aim was unsteady, and the
charge of buckshot missed, save where
a few scattered ones struck his cheek
and bounced off. A hard, metallic
smile spread over his countenance as
be leaned his shoulder against the door
frame, and again commenced my
dear madame, such spasmodic ma, l.
festations of yOur disinclinatiOn to
make a iudicious investment of few
paltry dollars"
"Hl-eo !" shrieke1 the widow, and
collapsed into kind OF Jerking swoon,
aud before SHE had recovered a highly
magnetic lightning rod decorated her
humble domicile, and Parsons had the
bank note filed out all ready for her
signature.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-06-11
How JettiPs are Made.

The work of constructing jetties i
much simpler than most people sup
pose. The general idea WIS that
would take very long time to improv
the mouth of the Mississippi by thi
means, but the contractors are conf
dent that it will require but q few
months to demonstrate the practica
bility of the work, and to obtain de
| cided results in the way of deeper
channel. Parts of the work, such al
ter Linal piers, etc, may require some
| time for completion, but it is an en-
cOaraging feature of tie plan that the
main object. reliable outlet, will be
achieved, If at ell, III a mnch shorter
time than by any ether system. That
being secured, SO that vessels can pass
in and out, the finishing touches may
be put on at leisure and without OBJ
structlng commerce.
The manner OF construc' ing ietties
is among the simplest af ali engineer
ing works. The materials and plan at
the South Pass will be very nearly the
same as those used in the river Mas,
in Holland. The materials will be
willows and stone with scarcely any
thing else. The willows are bounI in
long bundles, nine to twelve inches in
diameter, and those are called fascines
Other material than willows could be
used, provided the branches are lon",
slender and tough, with few leaves and
no lateral branches. They must pack
close together and not yet be rigid.
OF these fascines, large RATS or mat
tresses are constructed at the place
where the twigs are cut, and hOated
down to the mouth. After being
towed to the spot where they are to be
used, they are loaded with broken
stone and sunk. The lower raft or
mattress must of course be the widest,
each succeeding layer narrowing to,
ward the top. The work will thus be
composed of alternate strata of fascines
and stone. The sides of the work thus
formed would be series of steps, but
these will be covered and the Incline
made uniform by broken stone or rip
rap dumped in. To be short, jetties
are nothing more nor less than levees
raised to confine the channel the only
difference is that being under water
they must be of such materials as will
Withstand the wash of the water. The
work will nearly all be in very shallow
water, and out of the channel, and the
sinking Of mattress of fascines in
such a place is very simple affair.
Sinking these RATS and dumping stoue
in shallow water along line of guiding
piles is about all there is of the prac-
tical engineering problem. The mag
nitude of the work consists in the i'm
mense quantities of materials to he
used and the distance they must be
transported.
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AN AWFUL CATASTROPHE.

| Burning Of n French Catholic Church ~
| South HOIyOke' MsssHchusetts-StKty y
| SIX Met, Women amt Children Perish
| I'm the Flames.
Que of the most terrible disasters
in the history of Massachusetts,, Oc-
Cured on the 9th inst, in the burning
| of the French Catholic church at south
| Holyoke, during the evening services,
| involving the death of sixty six men,
| women and children. The exercises
| had nearly closed, and vCsper service
was being sung when the drapeties on
| the altar caught fire from q candle, and
| the wall being low, and the flames
| streaming up, the building was set on
| fire. The audience numbered about
| 700 people. Those in the body of the
church escaped, but on the stairway
leading from the gallery, human beings
were packed in a dense mass, strug-
CLING to reach the floor. As the flames
rushed toward them many leaped to the
floor beneath, and were trampled to
death.
The gallery skiTted both sides of the
Building with only one entrance from
the front.
THE SCENE WAS FEARFUL
while it lasted, for IL was all over in
twenty minutes. Besides sizty-six dead,
there are enough fatally wounded to
carry the total loss of life up to seventy
five.
The priests house which joined the
church on the rear, was also burned.
The efforts of the priests to keep
order were fruitless. The screams of
living and the moans of the dying made
a deafening tumult above the orders of
the pastor, who worked most heroically
and was personally instrumental in
saving many lives. One family of four
were in the church and all were killed.
Many were pulled out by the arms and
feet so badly burned that they lived but
a few hours, the flesh peeliDg off on
being touched. Some were taken out
with scarcely any flesh remaining on
their bones.
The sisters of mercy from the con-
vent were soon on band, cariGg for the
wounded and holding services over the
dying.
Those who were too badly burned 30
recover we're put under the effects OF
morphine and pas sed away without a
struggle.
The scenes at the doors are described
as terrible. They were blocked with
struggling people, seeking exit outside.
The people cleared a way several times,
but as often they became blocked up
again. The windows we're broken open
and several escaped that way.