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a aassGs t9s sfgsufeRtea arsie,sl0s. que Sc re-
5s 1ss y sf3 s5Ets, Fr0fcsOfeS dc Instruction ee-
.Saefiaf,a & los afss. Gufas paffoc0s, 4 las
2a aa0sas 4 t0dCs les aiiei0nados Il los bue-
ss q los ansaIl--ss de los belos paisaJes para
sta sfiEaelDaes.
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g .sis - rs IA Portugal de perfes'to grabado
saF esi4 jgs. de 1916 Contient, las Hneas fer
se asssss snt6 egl1zan por Ia Peninsula. por
sesttt tadE los pueblos que 10 eireundan. asl
c3E l9s enfIiBcs de hero que pfft-ll de egta graz.
sssn8i 1 folHs las proyincias. Tn gran pliego de /
atea eeS nler0s aHcho por - centliuetros de alto
sfl presto aA-3a
as Ian acelnas ios Iaapaa generates de Ocea-
Africa, l9i cue SO halian aslornados con
u4s gta Ge inlertsanses yinetas. de5ie Sc ven las
sto5snes = agtefactos de cada paiS. su hoFa, los
sUs h9h2tantes, por altni, una cnriosR
de aags uacfOn segun los InaS recentes
a0s. les par5ieu&res de las tres pfovincas de Va
leueia. IsS5elou De Ia Piana Alicante en- una soa
lI9ja Los Dc las Antiilas Mejico Brasil Colombia
Issaea-U UHdos: 81 preco de todos cllos desde :
hasta Il feaies fueFEaS
Vfsias generates de ciddades de ESpaiia otros
pqAtos de Europa America, iluIninadas con per-
fetei0G initando 81 natural de una exactitud tai
como que son copadas de f0tografias Estas vstas
teresante panorama. Entire elias a4 9lcuentran las
de las eiudades de Madrid SaE Sebastian, Mala<a
CdiZ la GOrufa, Aiicate, Seyilla, Valencia, Eerrol
Santander. San juan dc Puerto Rico Iaenos Aires.
Nontevdeo, Rp- -Janeiro. Itsboa, NcnBeias La gran
Basilica de san Pedro en- Roma I1ndree LIVERPOOL,
laciQ Jardines de san CiouC. de Fransia s1-25.
Coleeeiones del Nia-Crueis, de Il he4mosas lami-
mas 4 pesos.
Saeras para altares. desde Il reales hasta pesos
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p,a5e e.ta mes en- adelante eontinsl1r5s yiaies
perit5,isos Il este puerto el yap0c frances aciaae
en- coneXion los vap9res tras atGai't7 @te 7e''
de Santh0mas. ., Nozaira
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marca I'll itina af3trta. s, CO.,
Sc admiteB tlete7 preei9s 'iVttatUoS 2sssa, 7pii
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C0NSTGNAT..AE.Ius..

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sueesores de Silva Rodriguez Comp B4zshcoA, Il.
4 layo y Comp.-CUBA, Sres. 5. Ii tos Comp
i,ANTo DOMINGO. Sr. ID. Juap GoQs-At hY AG3EZ goh
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, N40 So $40 $40 SIS
Esie5 9ra2io@ son orO a la n6f.
Sp eHbendeu blIletes de retor2lo para tres lA es.
iliDi re.lsaeta - ne luenO Dor 1h atin I* -"
VisI y tFae1. lantIcus. stiS meses para las Ah -
Sc 3 toe ana Gebaja lie Gn seXto en- los upoS e5tapecl-
da e favor ae Ias familiaS pero solo en- los c;isa
p cue ei nDoftedel pasae, 81 sc carSa en- su tollr
dad oGr I'd Ia Ia camilla. fuere igual al lmporte total
lcl pa4aje de euAtro pasaJeros adultos de Camiril
III tr3ino famiiia solo comprende los padres, stIs
hosy sits eriados. la rebaja no sc hara Las per-
9tnas Cue tomen bletes de retorno. a pasaIeros
que tonen billetes los precios mas balos para des
dc Europa. a.
Los limos m6nos de amos. uno gratis de 3 a 5 la
( cuarta parte de ~ la mitad:
los pasaieros para Francia q cualQuler parte de
Turopa pacllen quedar Is dias en- lngaterra 81 asl
GUSTAV vice versa los para lnglaerra pueden que
Ga. en- Fiancia. Los pasajeros por e5tos Vaports
tcdrin q prvilego de yiaJar en- el clmlno de nerfo
oniue Cherbourg, Paris, Plymouth Londres, una
raj3aif, 5le 10 p9s los embarcados en- este puerto
tsslii prohibdo q los pasileros embarcandQ en-
este lrrto tomar Dietes sine en- la Agenca de la "a
GQnsuado ingles Po.- Rico: el paSaje tornado bordo
ua4ari 10 p9S de recArgo Los vapores que salen de
san Juan los dias Ii n de mes tocaran con los va
pores anericanos entire Newly ork y Brasil.
Para pormenores sobre fetes, dirigirse al Agente
De la Compaflla.
en- efectivo metales preciosos joyas Sc embarquen
en- los yapores de la Inca con destino Europa San
ThCjmas Habana 8 cualquer otro punto de su ruta.
49, w, b. PAUL..
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SILABARIo LIBRo PRIsIERo DE LECTURA; (;
adoptade Dor texto para. las escuelas pri-
nlarias de .aIabos sexos por La Junta Supe-
rior de esta DfoYincia, tomo cartone, por
fIAcera Sa-25 V el eiemplar. r....................
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Vdpor Alicarte, eapfaa Iashua.
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De SANTo DOMINGO.
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Ell SRCRETARIo PUERTo-RIQUEfo o sea COM
pi6to manual de cartas Obrita interesante
principalmente para los j6veneS que Sc de-
dican al comerci0, encuadernado en- medla
pasta 50 cents en- cartone 3S y en- rlIstiea. <.
iEiementos de Geometria al alcance de los nl-
nos vol laminaS ......... ...............
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MANUAL. De MORAL PRAcTICA RELIGIosA: -
Obrita aprobada de texto para las escuelas
de ninas nor la Junta Superior de esta pro-
yincia. tomo cartone, por docena s2-25 y
al
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TEsoRo de URBANTDAD. consoles morales y
rAglas para liz conversation obrita de texto
t0nlo eartone IS centavoS en- rustIca....
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RI GuIRNALDA DE DIvINAs FLORES. compile
fisimo Devocionario "a edicion puerto-ri-
Guena considerablemente aumentada. Es-
ie devocionario el primero que Sc la pu-
% de cllantos Sc han dado a luz: mas de 30
CI)ras Sc nan tenido q Ia vista para forniar-
lo Tn toneo de 528 paeinas encuadernado
en- Barcelona en- diferentes pastas. desde
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poe0 seria cuanto pudiera decirse en- elo-
autor. III solo titulo que df6 este su obra
reuerda Ia del maloP~ado Balmes. y tan
taiz como el en- el desempeho de su propo-
sito, va 4 colocar su nombre al lado de este
esclarecido espafiol, valiendole su obra CO.
europea sino universal
Revista de Fspafia, literaria, de industrial.
politica mercantil; interesante publica-
cion de los amos 1871 y 70, Sc compone de
los tomos 16, 90 70, %, q, 25, &c, 27 %. cada
tomo Observation-Disclosures. .:..........
WALTON = Vida de Nuestro Senor JesucriSto
serun los cuatro Evangelistas. traducida
Arzobispos y Obispos dc Francia: vol.
ldminas pasta flna..
Royo = instruction Moral Religiosa. Mo-
clones ilnportantes para uso de las eseue-
las dc % ensei1anza: l tomo con Etminas
Observation-Disclosures. ...................-.....
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-06-08
Lost and Found.

A gentleman walking along the shore of
Hastings, lost his ring. We think he was
stretching after dog in the water, but at
any rate the ring slipped off, and was not
found. A year after-it is even said on the
very anniversary-the gentleman was again
strolling along the shore when fisherman
ran after him, and inquiring, "Did you
drop this sir ?" held up his own ring lost
10 months before.
A gentleman bought an umbrella and
taking it in his hand put down sovereign
in payment. Presently, the bill having
been made out was presented but when
the shopman put his hand forth to take up
the money, it could not be seen. The gem
tleman thought it extraordinary-the shop
man equally so. The former was sure he
had deposited the coin, the shopman equal
" certain that it had not reached his hand.
What was to be done? 1t ended in the
gentleman again paying the amount. Some
time after the gentleman was again in the
shop, and being there took occasion TO ask
if the sovereign had ever been seen again.
No. said the young man i've never
found ii. Just then the gentleman, open
ing his umbrella to show what be required
alrered, gave tia shake, when out rolled 9
sovereign. the very one Of course 80 long
missing. The strangest part Of II is that
the umbrella had been constantly used
since the day it was bought. t.-- CHAMBER .
Journal.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-06-08
Effects Of a Long Sermon.

The large congregation that attends the
- Congregational Church, were much
amused the other Sunday, by the eloquent
and learned Pastor, who was preaching on
s'Saint Thomas" He had devoted some
half an hour to that disciple, whe some-
thing led him off on Joseph Cook, and also
some ofthe subjects which that gentleman
had recently been lecturing on here. For
getting his manuscript and the watch that
lay on the desk before him, he went on for
another half hour in flight of eloquence
that was very interesting to everybody but
the residents OF --- avenue, who were
keeping one ear open for the semi-occasion-
alSunday horse car that takes them home.
Suddenly its approaching bell was heard
by all but the clergyman. As the sound
grew nearer and nearer, some of the would
be passengers arose, hoping to quietly slip
out unnoticed. Just then one of them-a
gentleman--dropped the watch that he
had been holding half open in his han d.
1t struck the floor. and rolled short dis
tance witha noise that covered the depart
ing persons with confusion. especially as
the parson, suddenly coming to himself,
gazed at them blankly an instant, and then
looking at his watch, stared at the lateness
of the hour, shut the leaves of the neglect:
ed manuscript with a bang, and exclaimed
That's all I have to say about Thomas, I"
and gave out the closing hymn. Spring
field Republican.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-06-08
Mark Twain and His chinaman.

I spent apart of my days, or rather
nights, with Marcus the Second at Guys
old hotel, where the frogs and fried perch
were just in season. Parsloe was there
every day-the actor who is to play AA
Sin. "
'Iook at him." sail Mark, faint he a
lost and wandering Chinese by nature :?
Those two front teeth Of Parsloe's, just
senarated enough to give him the true
Mongol look. s.-a--4--4.z-4. -,
''Yes,' said Parsloe, "when the fellow
knocked out that middle tooth some years
ago was mad. But now I amt ono bit
mad"
"There," said Mark, ",here is the in
stinct or art. He would lose his jaw; his
dyspepsia or anything to be an artist. He's
a devoted fellow a-s
The piece is to rally around the Chinese
character. 'iAh SIM will be the title.
Nobody but Palsloe aud Clemens snperin-
tending it. Mr. Harte, the associated au-
thor, being out of range he selected Ford's
theater for several reasons, partly because
it was out of the way, and because Ford is
an accommodating. painstaking manager
of great experieene whose family has
tastes like his own; all of them with dram
attic inst inct. Twain works at this with a
regular, slow, shrewd, journeyman's hand,
and also mind. But think he will never
make partnership piece again. He has
written two characters in it.-Gath sn the
Granite.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-06-08
Heavy Salaries.

The New York correspondent of west
ern paper says: Take walk with me any
day in the centres of the financial, irsur-
ance, commercial and manufacturing inter
ests, and I could point out score or two of
men whose salaries are over $5, ,0O0-many
more who receive $25, 900 per year and hun
dreds whose income from salary alone runs
from $1,000 to $4,000. Not by any means
does the remuneration depend upon educa-
tional advantages. On the contrary, some
of the highest priced officials are self-made
men with good, common s'cart horse sense
Away up town is the superintendent of
refinery who gets $50, 900 per year. Many
years ago he came here poor German SUI
gar-retiner, and worked for day wages. He
was fertile in genius, experimental great
deal, and made valuable discoveries in the
refinery process. He was rapidly promoted
in salary and position, and, when he receiv-
ed and was about to accept salary of 1885,
600 from rival refinery, he was offered
$4,000 to remain. In the brewery busi-
ness l recall persons whose salaries run
away up into the thousands. Two mama
gers Of large breweries in this city and
neighborhood are paid $25, 900 each, five
are paid $4,000 each, and seven receive
$4,000 per year. Many of our railroad Of
fetal receive princely salaries. Jewett, re-
ceiver of the Erie, gets $4,000; Toucey,
Superintendent of the New York Central
and Hudson River railroad, it is said, re-
ceives $40, 600; the general manager of the
Pennsylvania railroad, is credited with re-
ceiving S75, 900; the "head man" Of the
New York and Boston is paid $35, ,OO0,
while few general managers ofleading east
ern roads receive less than $4,000. At
least six receive $50, 900 per year each; nine
range from $25, 900 to $4,000, and great
number from $4,000 to $4,000. The
same is true of the steamship interests
large number of the higher officials pocket
ing all the way from $4,000 to $50, 600 per
year for their services to the corporations
which they represent. Life and fire insur-
ance furnishes a field for great expectations
on the part of those who aspire to become
D, esidents and secretaries of companies.
The companies have always been shy of
exposing the sums paid to their chief off,
cials. Fortunately our legislature took the
matter into consideration, and forced the
leading companies to give the information
desired. Eighteen companies responded
very reluctantly. Three presidents receiv-
ed $50, 900 or over year; three $15, 600 or
over, three $4,000, and the balance ran
from $3, 600 to $11, 1885, Mr.. Hyde, Of the
Equitable Life, has had "rich placer"
since 1859, when he began at $1,000. In
the past eighteen years he has received
$4s5, ,905.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-06-08
John a. the Auction.

This morning, at an auction sale on G
street, lot of worn-out household furni-
ture was under the hammer, when a Chi
naman, who had been carefully watching
operations for some time, put in bid of
"two-bittee :" for an old dilapidated wash
stand.
"Two bits-do l hear three ?" shouted
the auctioneer.
There was very long pause, broken by
the Chinaman bidding again.
"Tree bittee.''
The crowd laughed at the Celestial for
raising his own bid, and the auctioneer,
taking in the situation, sang out:
"Three bittee-do / hear the four? ?' and
looked over at John.
There was another long pause, but at last
Fo' bittee came from the Chinaman and
a roar of laughter went up in which even a
number of old women joined so heartily as
to almost shake their false teeth out.
Still the auctioneer held on to the wash
stand, and the Chinaman, determined to Sc
cure it, bid five, six, seven, eight 81 bittee y
successively, and it was finally passed over
to him for dollar. He received it with a
smile of awful dimensions, remarking, sMe
katchee washwash, you bettee heap
cheapee - Tirginja City Chronicle. Mag
19th. 9t
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-06-08
Fast Railroad Travelling.

The London Court journal says: The
following are the highest, authentic instan-
ces of high railroad speeds with which we
are acquainted: Brunei. with the courier
class Of locomotive ran Is miles in ten min
utes, equal to rs miles per honr. Mr. P.
Surfing of the Great Northern, took, two
years ago, 1e carriages 10 miles in IS min
utes, equal to rs miles per hour. The
Great Britain, Lord of the Isles, and Iron
Rod, broad-gauge engines, ON the Great
Western railway, have each run from Pad
dington to Didcot with four or five car
riagessin 474s minutes, equal to 66 miles an
hour, or an extreme running speed of 7s
miles an hour; the New Midland coupled
engines running III the usual course, have
been timed 6s, 10 and IS miles an hour.
The 10 d. n. express on the Great North
ern from Leeds, We have ourselves timed,
and found to be running mile after nile Az
the rate Of 4 mile IN 53 seconds, Or 69.aa an
hour.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-06-08
The Telephone.

The following hint of the Telephone is
found in q book of scraps from English
newspapers printed about hundred years
ago:
On rod of iron, insulated on silk strings,
are hung small bells of different sizes for
the different notes; there must be two bells
which are unisons to each note, one sus-
pended by wire and the other by silk. A
metal ball suspended by silk between each
two unison bells serves for hammer.
From the bell suspended by silk descends
wire, whose end is fastened by another silk
line, and terminates in a ring to receive
small iron lever, which rests on an insulated
iron rod. Matters being thus disposed,
upon turning the glass globe the bell, sus-
pended by the wire, is electrified by the
rod or conductor which supports it; and
the other bell, suspended by the silk, is
electrified by the other wire rod, ON which
rests the lever. By pressing down a key
raise this lever and cause it to touch anoth-
er insulated rod, at which instant the ham
mer moves and strikes the two bells SO
quick that only an undulous sound is pro-
duced, initiating, in some manner, the ire
mendous sound of a great organ pipe. As
soon rs the leyer drops on the electrified
rod, the hammer stops; thus each touch
answering to lever, and each lever to its
bell, any any tune may be played, as on a
harpsicord or an organ. This kind of a
harpsichord has an advantage in commen
with the organ, which the common ones
have not, of preserving the sound of note
in its full and even force as long as the KEY
is kept down. We have heard of an oracu-
lar harpsicord; this is SO, in some sort, as
well as an acoustic one; and when played
on in the dark, the eye is agreeably enter
tanned, as well as the ear, by the brilliant
sparks which flash out at every touch.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-06-08
WHAT THE WITS SAY.


A good sneeze will help man wonder
lully in pronouncing some Of those Russian
names. Try it on Kischeneff.- Richmond
Enquirer.
Kate Claxton's route through the coun-
try is said TO be carefully. marked on on in
surance maps now.-Boston Commercial
Bulletin. .a
The Massachusetts, papers are discussing
the question Should cousins marry We
should hope so. We don't see why cous-
in hasn't as good right to marry as a
brother or uncle or aunt or sister.-Haack-
eye.
To the cultivated and naturally delicate
musical ear there is nothing more disagree
able than to have hand organ woman
pause in the middle of a bar to let go the
Press. Press e''' 'A'''s"A h''rn'n- worcester
Worcester Saacs A waiter in Nevada
restaurant turned out to be Russian no
bleman in disguise. He betrayed his iden-
tity by one day losing his presence of mind
and yelling down the elevator: "Beanski
for twooff p
81 think, my DEAR" as he took his night
shirt from under the pillow, "that we''
give dinner bye and bye, and have Sher-
ry-''
"Rutherford y said Mrs. Hayes. r.
-s'have Sheridan and some of the army
people," concluded the Commander-in-
Chief, as he adroitly slipped into bed and
left Mrs. H., to tuck up the baby and turn
down the gas.-Boston Commercial Bug-
letin. ae aa
'sDid you never" asked a trancendedtal
young lady, just three weeks from Vassar,
of West Hill young man, ''did you never
feela vague unrestful yearning after the
beyond9 A wild, strange, impulsiye long
iag after an unatainable? 2" And the West
Hill man said he had often, last sum-
mer. as such times as he was trying to
scratch full square inch of hives between
his shoulder blades out of reae h of anything.
,-Haaokeye. -i.@
''Are the children safe9" asks the Christ
ian Union. Quite safe, we assure you.
They are up in the garret playing hotel
fire. Jimmie is the clerk and is trying to
slide down the water pipe to the ground.
Willie is guest hanging to window sill
and waiting for the flames to reach his
hand before he drops on the the roof of the
shed two stories below. Tom is heroic
fireman and has tied his fishing line around
the baby's body, and is letting it to the
ground. Oh, yes; the children are all right,
just finish your call and don't fret about
the children.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-06-08
A Black Hills Character.

"Calamity Jane'' is Black Hills char
acter, who reminds one strongly of Bret
Harte's heroines. AS she sits asrride her
horse there is nothing in her attire to dis
tinguish her sex save her small, meat fitting
CATERS and sweeping raven locks. She
wears buckskin clothes, gaily beaded and
fringed, and broad -brimmed Spanish hat.
She comes from Virginia City. Nevada, fam
lily of respectability and intelligence. Dom
ming male attire in the mining regions,
where no restraints were imposed for such
freaks, she sstook the road" and has ever
since been nofpadiein in her habits-now with
one of hunting party, then in mining
stampede, again moving with freight
train. and, it is said, she has rendered ser
vice as scout. She has had experience as
stage driver, and can draw the relns over
six horses, and handles revolver with the
dexterity and fires it as accurately as a
ranger. She is still in early womanhood,
and her rough and dissipated career has
not altogether Z swept away the lines where
beauty fingers. !
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-06-08
The Flag Of the Prophet.
From the Philadelphia Press.

What is this flag Of the Prophet, around
which the turbaned, the faithful, are call
ed upon to rally? The best authorities
state the original color was white, and was
composed of the turban of Koreish, cap
tured by Mohammed. A black flag was,
however, soon substituted in its place, con-
sisting of the curtain that had hung before
the door of Ayeshah, the faVorite wife OF
the Prophet, whose affection for her was
so strong that he was wont to say that she
would be the first of his wives to whom
the gates of Paradise would open. The
Saniak-Sheriff is regarded by the Moham-
medans as their most sacred relic. 1t was
first in the possession of the followers of
Omar the second Caliph of the Moslems,
and generally regarded as the founder of
the Mohammedan Power, as from a mere
sect ne aOse TO the rank oil a conqueTng ma
tion, and left his successors an empire
larger that which Alexander of Macedon
made and ruled in olden time. 1t was this
Omar who assumed the title of s'Comman-
der of the Faithful" (Emir-alM Mumenia,)
by which, the readers of the "Arabian
Nights Entert ailments" will remember,
the Caliph Haroun-al-R -Raschia who was CO.
temporary with Charlemagne, was always
addressed. The flag of the Prophet passed
from the hands of the followers of Omar at
Damascus into the hands Of the conquer
ing Abbasides, in the middle of the eighth
century, next into the hands of the Caliphs
of Bagdad and Kahia. It was brought to
Europe toward the close of the sixteenth
century by Sultan Amurath III, with
whom Queen Elizabeth made treaty or
commerce in 1878. 1t was deposited in
Constantinople, where, covered with forty
two wrappings Of silk, it was deposited in
a chapel in the middle Of the seraglio, and
where it is perpetually guarded by several
emirs with constant prayer. Tt is known,
however, that the banner unfold ed by Mos
lens at the beginning of a war, and like
wise carefully preserved, is not the same
identical flag which Mohammed had made
out of the white vale of Koreish. The
Moslems believe that it is, and will fight
bravely under it, thus verifying Mokanna's
declaration, that
Faith, fanatic Faith once wedd ed fast
To one dear falsehood, hugs it to the last. s.t