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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-11-11

DOS PALABRAS AL LECTOR.

al terminar el cuento anterior yeo
que he llegado al t6rmino del tomo J
a1n no he escrito todo 10 que yo quiero
escribir de LAS MADREs
81 el pdblico es tan benevolo copmigo
ahora como otras yeces, en- otro vol1A
men continuare Las MADREs. NADIA es-
cribo con tanto amor, con tanto deseo
de agradar al leotor.
No Sc 81 este libro tiene algun valor
pero 20 le quiero mas que ningun otro
de los muchos que llevo escritos cue
siempre 10 malo abunda, porque es-
cribiendo este libro me acuerdo tanto
de mi madre ..
iCuanto hubiera ella amado este liz
brol
6 FaosTAuaA,
Enere u, ISIS,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-11-11

En- las habitaciones de la madre de
Laura fue instalada la desdichada Ju.
liza, y asistida por las dos con amorosa
Y caritativa solicitud.
El dia siguiente al del trueno de los
dos cafes, Laura hablo con Julia, la
tranquihz6, 10 mostro 4 la nina, para la
que habia dispuesto una camita junto
al lecho de Ia enferma, derram6 en- su
corazon consuelo y esperanza Pero no
Ia habia para la infeliz, segun declare
el medieo do la casa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-11-11
i !.

La cdatarina que Laura llevo q su ca
SD. contra la voluntad de su marido, es-
taba muy enferma, tan enferma, que
aquella noche, cuando dejo sin coneluil
La Erase de la cancion, fne porque de su
boca sali6 sangre, no era la primera
yez que le sucedia, La infeliz estaba
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-11-11
V

Adolfo no habia salido de su cuarto
en- aquellos dias, mas que 10 precise, y
estaba muy preocupado.
Ell quinto dia su mujer llamo muy
temprano en- 10 puerta del cuarto do su
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-17
A Great Copper Lode.

Next to the Calumet conglomerate
stands the Pewabic lode as yielder of
copper. The noticeable mines operating
on this deposit to any extent now are the
Quincy and Franklin. The progress of
the former has been marked by a series
of prosperous years, and in 1876 its pro-
duct was the largest ever obtained in any
twelve months before. The Quincy is
now the deepest mine worked on the
lake, and its lode at the lowest point
wrought is as rich as it ever was in its
upper levels.
The Franklin, notwithstanding the
mine was badly disabled two years ago
from the treatment it received at the
hands Of the tributers, who for some
time had operated it, afforded more cop
per in 1876 then it ever did before. Com.
paratively speaking, this mine is shall
low, and it has a good stretch of lode.
The success Of the industry since its re-
vival shows that the portion of the
Pewabic deposit it is working is capable
of being mined proftably under judi
cious management. Barring unforeseen
accidents and drawbacks, the coming
twelve months the Franklin will do bet.
ter than it did in 1876, and with the
large amount of virgin ground there is
economically available for years-the
mine, as long as it is kept on the right
track, is permanency-one of the
solid industries of the district
The company, owing to the tattered
and torn condition the underground and
surface Of the mine were left in by the
tributers, has been obliged to expent
large sums of money in repairs, etc
The working plant above and below is
in tirst-class shape The Franklin mil
is now one Of the best on the lake. Will
copper at anything like a fair figure dur
ing the next year, the results of the mine
in 1877 will no doubt meet the approba
ton of its stockholders, as well as those
who have heart in the progressive de
velopment of the mining interest of this
district. Portage Lake Mining Ga
zRitc
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-17
Survival of the Fittest.

The Chicago Evening Journal says:
This man was a scholar and
sn antiquarian-a student of nature and
books; he had been man of wealth and
position, but had lost the one and re-
nounced the other-had indeed become
a misanthrope, and retired with what
means he had left, determined not to live
when his property was exhausted. The
late Rev. DR.. Reynolds was warm per-
sonal friend of the recluse, and enjoyed
relating his first meeting with him. The
doctor was slowly passing his grounds,
when he observed workman telling
some dead trees. He stopped to remark
to the supposed laborer, that the foliage
which remained was much improved by
the loss of the others. eyes, d" replied
the man in the blouse, still swinging his
ak, "it is a case of the survival of the
tittest."
"Why," said the doctor, i'll surprise,
"has that phrase come down to you ?"
eyes," was the bitter reply, "but in
my case it is q misapphcation.
Tue doctor saw his mistake and recoG-
nised in the man before him one to
whom even his learning and Judgment
could defer.
Shortly after this man died; wilfully
abstaining from food and medicine, reso-
lutely determining to know the secrets
of the beyond. At his funeral the Rev.
Robert Collyer delivered this sentiment:
"There are men who die before they are
dead. They lose all interest in the world
and the world loses all interest in them
our friend was one of them"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-17
The Indian Tribes Of Maine.

The Augusta (Me.) Journal says: The
remnants of two Indian tribes continue
the wards of the State-the Penobscot
and Passamaquoddy. The past year
there has been expended for the first
named tribe $3,43701. The census of
the tribe shows the number to be 448.
At the annual election, held the first of
November, Toner ATTAIN was elected
governor; Saul Neptune, lieutenant
governor; and Sabattis Dana, delegate to
the Legislature. A larger vote was cast
than at previous elections, many partici-
pating in the election who have in former
years refrained from voting, and the in
dications are thata much pleasanter state
of political feeling prevails than for sew
eral years past. There has been less de-
mand for labor, and consequently low
er rate of wages has prevailed among the
tribe for the past year. Sales of baskets,
ETC., at summer resorts have been less in
quantity and in price than in any pre-
vious seasons. No prevalent diseases
have ragged among the tribe during the
year, and their condition socially, morally
and physically have remained about the
same. The expenditures the past year
for the Passamoquoddy tribe were $4,-
S95.0S. Game has become scarce, and
but very few can gain their livelihood by
hunting. Tribe numbers 509-260 males
and 24S females. AS specified in treaty
made with the different sections of the
tribe, dated February 28th, 1852, upon
the death of John Francis (then COVER
nor of that portion of the tribe living at
Pleasant Point vote of the whole tribe
should be taken, and the majority should
decide whether to elect another governor
at Pleasant Point or to be content with
the one living on the Indian township.
The office having become vacant by the
death of John Francis, the tribe decided
to elect another governor at Pleasant
Point, and have made choice of Selmore
Francis. They have also, in accordance
with the provisions of the treaty, chosen
Peter Selmore Acknowledgements at
Pleasant Point.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-17
The Romance of Figures.

If one cent was set out at compound
interest in the year l at four per cent,
the first of January, 1906, it would
amount to one quintillion POI, ,55S quad
rillions 332, 900 trillions of dollars. If
we were to take this sum as capital and
use its yearly interest -four per cent. }
then the income tax we would have to
pay at the rate of one per cent. would
be 480 quadrillions 583,320 trillions of
dollars. Ii we paid the tax collector
this sum i'll silver he would need 3,006,-
345, 900, 900, 900, COO wagons for its trans
portation. Provided the whole of the
earth's surface, both land and water,
were peopled as closely as possible we
should have but the two-millionth part
Of the drivers required, and the line Of
wagons would have the length of eight
trillions 442, 900 billions of miles. The
speed of light is 1872, 900 miles per sec
ond, and it would take 759, 600 years to
reach the collector, beginning at the far
thest wagon on bc tn sides, stationed
himself In the center of the line. Again
a robbery could be committed on the
hindermost wagon which would not be
discovered till the "a, 780th generation of
tax collectors. If, on the contrary, in
stead of using the interest on the capi-
tai (the bulk of which, by-the-bye, would
be equal in gold to A globes) this capital
were distributed among the people of
the earth, each one Of its 1000, GOO, 900
of inhabitants would receive about l. 200
trillions of dollars to live on, and could
every second use $1,000 900 for 38, 096,
600 years without reaching the bottom
of his purse.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-17
4 New Hair RestOrer.

The British consul at Nicolaieff, South
Russia, reports to the foreign Office the
discovery of a new hair restorer. He
says: In the summer my attention was
drawn to several cases of sudden bald
ness of bullocks, COWS and oxen and the
loss of tails and names among horses.
A former servant of mine, prematurely
bald, whose duty it was to trim my
lamps, had habit of wiping his petro-
leum-besmeared hands in the scanty
locks which remained to him, and after
three months of lamp trimming expert
ence his dirty habit procured for him a
much finer head Of black glossy hair
than he ever possessed before in his
recollection. [ subsequently tried the
remedy on two retriever spaniels that
had become suddenly bald, with won
derful success. My experience induced
me to suggest it to the owner of several
black cattle and horses affected as above
stated, and while it stayed the spread of
the disease among animals in the same
sheds and stables, it effected a quick and
radical cure on the animals attacked.
The petroleum should be of the most
refined American qualities, rubbed in
vigorously and quickly with the palm of
the hand, and applied at intervals of
three days, six or seven times in all, ex-
cept in the case of horses tails and
names, when more applications may be
requisite.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-17
Excitement in Nova Scotia.

The question Of precedence having
arisen between certain queens counsel,
an affidavit was read in the supreme
court of Nova Scotia, setting forth that
the seal attached to the commission of
queens counsel appointed by tie local
government, was not the great seal of the
province, but the old seal which was Or
dered to be returned by the imperial
government in 1869. The premier of
the local government admitted the gov
ernment had been using the old seal.
The court expressed astonishment at
such contempt for her maiesty's author
lied and expressed opinion, and said that
all acts requiring the great seal done
since 1869 were totally void.
This state of affairs leaves Nova Scotia
to-day without parliament and without
a government, with all grants of mar
riage licenses, consequently marriages,
and all commissions since 1869 totally
void. The greatest excitement prevails
in consequence. The chief justice, after
intimating that it would require i'm
perial Legislation to rectify the matter
adjourned the court for ten days for {
ull inquiry.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-17
Don't Lose O Minute.

Keep busy. The man who has moth
ing to do is the most miserable of beings.
If you have no regular work, do chores,
as farmers do when it rains too hard to
work in the field. In occupation we for
get our troubles, and get respite from
sorrow. The man whosemind and hands
are busy finds no time to weep and wall.
Ii work is slack, spend the time in read
ing. No man ever knew too much. The
hardest students in the world are the old
men who know the most. If you lack
books, there are free and very cheap IL
braries, at least in cities, at your COM
mand. The man who does not acquire
some item of useful information between
daybreak and bedtime must mourfully
say, with the Roman emperor: 1T have
lost day."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-17
Found his Boy.

Not long after the stealing of Charley
Ross, little son of Henry Dochmueler,
of st. Louis, was stolen. The father
had but little property, and was unable
to pay the expenses of an extensive
search; but he shrewdly hit upon plan
for accomplishing the object effectually.
He read the newspapers carefully, and
whenever he saw an account of the find
ing of a supposed Charley Ross he sent
to learn if the boy was not his lost one.
At length, two years after the kidnap-
ping, he saw an account of a stray boy
in Illinois, and, on going there, he found
what he had been so long in search Of.
The child's hair had been dyed, and he
had changed much through sickness and
deprivation, but there was no doubt as
to the identity. He had been stolen by
wandering beggars, who had made his
pretty face profitable in exciting SYM
pathy. The father is now prosecuting
the supposed kidnappers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-17
A Rash Bet.

A Rochester man, according to the
Sunday Herald of that city, bet five
do lars the other day that he could put a
billiard ball in his mouth. If he had
been q newspaper man no one would
have taken the bet, but being another
kind of hairpin, the V was planked.
Sure enough, the feat was accomplished,
but the performer could not get the ball
out. Physicians were sent for. The
most attractive ladies in town were put
vjs-a-UiS with the victim, but they
couldn't attract worth a cent. Sam Hill
dreth, who has the reputation of drawing
the biggest ball ever held in Rochester,
was called in he couldn't conduct salts
factorily. Finally the doctors tried
again. One got loadstone, another
took cue-rious instrument and caromed
on the two tonsils /; he then made a cush-
ion shot on the larnyx, and tried to
pocket the ball in the bronchials. After
some skillful play, with several scratches,
he nursed the ball out. That whale of
prophetic billiard spheres, now swallows
Goldfish rotundities.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-17
Fashion Notes.

Net mittens are revived.
Tilleul is a leading colCr.
Foulards are fashionable.
Full dress demands the bonnet.
White chip is declining in favor.
Demi-saison styles are coming in.
Bonnet trimmings are not elaborate
Yellow and tilleul are leading colors.
Mittens are all at once very fashionable.
The old Tuscan straw braids are re-
vived.
Open, lace-like straws are coming in
vogue.
Leghorn straw bonnets are most
sought for.
Mandarin is one of the new shades of
yellow.
Rough straw twists are preferred for
round hats.
Moonlight blue is the popular shade
of this color.
Shawls of every kind will be much
worn this spring.
Yellow italian straws are the first
choice in bonnets.
Some mittens are of white, others of
black or colored lace.
Persian khenna is an instantaneous,
inodorous hair dye.
The newest bonnet ribbons are woven
with plush effects.
Tilleul, or linden green, is a pale tint
of yellowish green.
All shades of gray are seen in the de
beiges and vigognes.
The fashionable color, tilleul, is very
trying to the complexion.
All oriental fabrics are very fashion
able at the moment in Paris.
Vesuve is the newest shade of red. II
is a brilliant flame color.
Straight curtain bands are seen Oh
most of the Leghorn bonnets.
Square crowns for bonnets are more
called for than pointed ones.
Shot camels hair goods are made with
smooth surfaces this season.
Round hats are worn only for shopping,
travelling and demi-toilet.
The dry goods counters are gay and
bright with new dress fabrics.
Some of the percales have light gray
drab, tilleul and white grounds.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-17

People have different ideas of happi-
ness but it really seemed to us that q
slight degree of unhappiness would have
been more becoming in Mrs. Murphy
just then.
We went on with the letter in sort
of blank amazement, and read that, on
the writer's arrival at the Murphy man.
sion, the first person she encountered
was the deceased himself. AS may be
conjectured, he had never been dead at
all, although he had been very i'll with
fever in hospital, and eancying himself
dying, he had made the request to have
his remains sent on to his parents. The
occupant of the next cot had died, and
the two became somewhat mixed up in
the minds of the officials-hence the mis-
take, which, although inconvenient, was
cheerfully borne with for the sake of
seeing the lost son walk in alive and well.
Clothed in his right mind, too for he
had long ago deplored his evil ways, and
his industry and self-denial had accumu-
lated a nice little sum for the purchase of
cozy home nest. Thither wife and child
were to be taken at once and Mary wrote
joyfully that she never knew how much
she loved Will until she saw him stand
ing before her at his fathers door, when
she had supposed him to be dead.
Not a word of poor Carl Blumenthal,
except to say that Will was so good, he
did not blame her or Mr.. B. in the least,
and would certainly shake hands with
the latter should he chance to meet him
only, he was very glad that he got
home when he did.
We rejoiced, of course, in Marys Joy /:
but, if the truth must be told, we were
very sorry for ourselves and as to poor
Mr.. Blumenthal, he was scarcely to be
thought of at all-his future stretched
before us such gray, dismal blank.
We broke our dreadful news to him in
fragments, giving him morsel at time
as we thought him able to swallow it.
After long period of silence, the de-
serted German shook his head sorrow
fully, and said : "That one little
woman she have d dreadful smile " (poor
fellow, he meant irresistible y, "and
she speak German like to break nv
heart. She should not ought to with
her husband not dead"
Evidently he could not divest himself
of the idea that Mary was in some way
to blame for Mr.. Murphy's unexpected
appearance.
Br1lnhilda actually cried for sympathy,
and took melancholy pleasure in run
ming to the door for our letters. But
such is the ingratitude Of human nature,
that she was probably compared, some
what to her disadvantage, with the lost
one.
About six months elasped, when we
one day encountered our blighted friend
with fair haired little woman clinging
to his arm and looking very happy. She
was evidently German, and as evidently
his wife and he subsequently informed
us that she was an old sweetheart who
had followed him from home. She had
arrived just at the right time, to act as a
poultice for the wounds inflicted by
"that one little woman" with the
"dreadful smile"
This arrangement naturally "made
things comfortable all around, with the
exception, perhaps, of two lone women
who had lost a treasure that could not
be replaced.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-17
How to Succeed.

If your seat is hard to sit upon, stand
up. If a rock rises up before you, roll
it away or climb over it. If you want
money, earn it. 1t takes longer to skin
an elephant than mouse, but the skin
is worth something. If you want conf
dence, prove yourself worthy of it. Do
not be content with doing what another
has done-surpass it. Deserve success,
and it will come. The boy was not born
O man. The sun does not rise like q
rocket, or go down like bullet fired
from gun; slowly and surely it makes
its round, and never tires. 1t is as easy
to be a leader as a wheel horse. If the
job be long, the pay will be greater; if
the task be hard, the more competent
YOU must te to do it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-17
Mining Property.

The Rosita Inder says: A correspon-
dent Of the Chicago Tribune shows a
talent for advertising that ought to bring
him fortune. He writes:
The Pocahontas mine, eight miles from
Silver Circle, has 400, 900 tons of ore on
the dumps. It is valued (the mine) at
81, 500, 900, and its pay streak averages
So, 535 per ton. The Virginia, Hum
boldt, Polonia and Senators cannot be
bought for less than $3.50, 900 each
If the above statements could be ac-
cepted as facts, in ten years from now we
might expect to see Rosita contain O
population of 1,000,0 900, while twenty
years would suffice to cancel the debt Of
the earth. But, alas instead of the
400,0 ZOO tons of ore on the Pocahontas
dumps, we have only 400, while the
average value of the ore per ton is $125,
instead Of 1886.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-17
A Fragment.

Long years agOne, in childhood's dawn
l heard mystic lay
Still DER my soul its billows roll
As if it were to-day.
A phantom fleet, its weird notes beat
A fairy minlstresy;
With rhythmic swell they rose and fell
In wondrous melody.
Yet if, to hear, bent my ear
No more those weird notes beat
But faint and far, in muffled car,
They died in echoes sweet.
Now evermore-I walk the shore
And listen-all in vain;
For evermore, all nevermore,
l hear that mystic strain
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-17
Pull Down. Etc,

The Cincinnati Enquirer prints the
following bit of history in answer to the
inquiry of q subscriber: The expression:
"Pull down your vest, was first heard
in this country in 1853; A New Eng
land deacon named Spilkins had vest
which was too short for him. When il
q heated debate or controversy his vest
would work up under his chin, People
who were listening to his discourse would
interrupt him, and tell him to pull down
his garment, and in this way the express
sion came into use as means Of check
ing bores.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1877-05-10

SroF benz Trotsffe eiurr @n;abl
Ssnatorsn unter oenen fi& aud Serr
8eao, Der Senator unieres Etariftee
befaHe, in weldsns tiefelbeR flag bar.
aetbau. Dog Die Bib Die Sc nsintbeiluna
Ses etaates in @ongreb.G stritte Be.
trsHsnS ni&t in llsbereiuftimmuna nit
Den Statuten Der Ser. etaaten jf,bt
ole bcftlmmeu, ras bic berfdieoeueu
Oifrifte in einem Staate aus ;uiam.
menbaHeeRoem Serritorium btReben
folen Ise 10 nahe ale tballia Sht,tbr
SeosttsrzRs babm folen, nab oas
an9 Die 6onFitrtion bes Staotes
Wthouri in Der &~nnabme Ser Sin Der.
iett irurory inbem be giG nid,t mic
oeltlmmt, on 6rsi ssrfaR6eaeM 2aaen
in leesm SaHfs Der 2esislatar perIefen
uuroe, bot Der GOuperseur e. bennod
Tur gut befunbeH bird feline Inter.
i@r'ft Der Bin S:febestrsaft gu pers
le'ben. 3atlrIid, mas madt bas ei.
'stm fold aIten 8arteiflepper, ME gou.
Ybelps Is 1T, ans. @enn feiner
$art'i borit scbient if, boun 1T ieo,s
WitteI erIaubt-
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1877-05-10

B@- aim nadaen 9onntos fnbei
auf Der 6arm 6es Srn. Charles Bed.
mann, tDie aus Der betrefenben Mnseise
erf@tIid, Elm bon benz biefsen Sdiben'
8erein beranfaltetes orobes e@aben.
feft ftatt. Oab Is bel biefer GeIesen.
belt luitis sugeben wtr6, 6aflr burger
uns Die friiber bon Oisiem gerein Der.
anfoIteten SefIidfeiten, bic nod frif&
in Der Grinneruns siGer Sbeilnebmsr
fOrtIeben unb ;u ben ansenebmiten Der.
artisen Grinnernusen ;dbIen. 9fads
Dem bic Sdiben unb ibte Srennbe ia
beim Glaie @ein unb benz Iuifisen
Snattern Der gepebre ipabrenb bes
Sa9es iber in 9ottes freier 8atur or
eanaen, mirS bic Geieli6aft Nbenbs
in Bars Suue einen srobeu Ban per.
anitalten, ia benz Sherman freunolt9ft
lit. Gintritt u Is Gents
fur Serrsn Damien fret, ipie bies BEL
iold saIanten uno Suportommenoen
nidt anbers ~ ~eriuarfen mar.
0cTentli& mirb Der @sttereIerf, Der
bis iebt ieoen Sonntas 8esen auf benz
RrOsramm bate, Elm Ginfeben baben
anb ums fur oieien einen Sag Sonnen
unb beitere 9uft fpenoen.