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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-01-30
RUMORES FALSOS.

No habiendo recibido invitacion
algunos jefes y oiciales de volunta-
rios para ell baile que, en- honor del
regio enlace, dieron ell domingo en- ell
arsenal los se1ores jefes y oficiales de
Ia Real Armada, circularon rumores
de haberse hecho un desaire 4 aque-
Hos, i consecuencia de 10 cual ell Id
mes por la no-he Sc reunio la junta
de jefes y oficiales de voluntarios con
ell fin de aclarar 10 que hubiese de
cierto Ell ell particular
En- esta reunion tom0 la palabra
ell Excmo. Sr. primer jefe, manlfes-
tando que por la comision de dicho
bale Sc lie habia pedido una relacion
de los jefes y o6ciaies s-que facilito
y que no habiendo recibido invita-
cion y habiendo llegado esta omission d
oidos de la galante comision citada,
uno de sus dignos miembros lie hizo
una vista y lie dijo, para que 10 hi
ciera saber a los senores jefes y of
ciales a sus 6rdenes, que nj por aso-
mo habian pensado los representan-
tins de la Real Armada en- esta pro-
vincia, siempre delicados y corteses
con todo ell mundo, hacer ell menor
desaire a la digna institution de vo-
luntarios que, por ell contrarlo, con
ell mayor gusto dirigieron sus invita-
clones a los Sres. jefes y oficiales del
battalion, y que 81 no llegaron todas
4 sus destinos debe haber consisti-
do en- un error 8 descuido material
de los sirvientes encargados de re-
partirlas, como ha sucedido con una
multitud de elias dirigidas a particu-
lares, habiendo sido algunas utilizadas
por personals no invitadas, 10 que SEN
tia en- ell alma, puesto quela Armada
siempre tiene q honra fraternizar con
ell digno cuerpo de voluntarios tanto
en- los momentos de peligro, como
en- los de expansion y regocijo.
Esta explicaeion espontanea que,
unida d otros muchos detalles, Sc SIR
vio dar dicho senior comisionado, la
consider0 satishctoria la junta; opi-
nando, empero, que para desvirtuar
las interpretaclones irrltantes que
corrian y desvanecer chismes enca-
minados 4 turbar la buena ammonia
que siempre existi6 entire los cuer-
pos armados dc esta isla, tanto de
Marina como de Ejercito y Volun-
tarios, convendria Sc publicase la
verdadera oausa dc no haber llega-
do SUI destino varias invitaclones, y
habi6ndose ofrecido 4 hacerlo en- ell
BoLErIN ell Official que 10 dirige, con
anuencia del Excmo, Sr. Comandan-
te Principal de Marina, Sc di6 por
terminado este incidente.
Cumplimos, pues, con este grato
deber, competentemente autorlzados
para clio, no sin advertir quela for
ma con que los sefores jefes y oacia-
les de Marina invitaron i los del ba-
TALON fu6 la misma con que los prl-
meros 10 hicieron para el bale que
ell ej6rcito y voluntarios dieron en-
los salones del Casino Espanol, de-
bieado anadir, por lltimo, que he
mos visto en- el Arsenal tarjetas bor-
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OLETII MElGlTTIL BI PUERTO -RIG0.
Martes 20 de enero de 1873.
AVISO AL PUBLICO.

El BoLETIN MERcANTL sc ha
undo a Ell AGENTE para la pu-
blieaeion de los telegramas que
como de su servicio particular
ha venido hasta ahora dando d
luz aquel peri6dico. En- 10 su-
cesivo, pues, continuaran am
bas empresas publicando juntas
los despachos que Sc nos comu-
nique del exterior, poniendo al
frente de ellos Seroicio especial
del BoLETTN y Ell AGENTE. = Bo-
letin de telegrumds.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-01-30
Correspondence del BOLETIN.
REVISTA POLITICA
DE La PEN SIJLA.
MADRID, enero s de 1877.

MADRID, enefO 8 de 1871.
Ell ano 1877 Sc despidi6 de una
manera ruidosa, dejando ingratos re-
cuerdos una carta de mas trascen-
dencia que las de LIanes, ell patlbu-
10, dramas callejeros, desenganos pa
ra los sonadores pollticos, etc. No
anticipemos los sucesos !; procurar6
condensar todo 10 possible los apun-
les de inter6s de mi cartera, para
que puedan encerrarse Ell los llmites
de una carta.
Ha causado mucha sensation en-
los clrculos pollticos y en- la prensa
de Madrid la siguiente earta que pu-
blico en- el ETgaro la reina dona Isa-
bel:
Senior director: No esta en- mi ca
racter nj en- mis- costumbres el tener
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radas dirigidas d personas distintas
de las que manifestaba su primer
nombre, todayia legible.
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sad story.

A woman was recently taken be.
fore a Justice at Baltimore on d
charge of vagrancy. 1t was alleged
that she was insane, but the magis.
trate after hearing her story, thought
otherwise and released her, The
story which she told on her hearing
is in the Baltimore Gazette, and reads
like chapter from a romance, 1t is
in substance as follows She was tho
daughter of Minnesota farmer
Six years since she married against
the wishes other parents, to William
Anderson, a carpenter, They went
to Pittsburgh to live, and all went
well for a year or so, when William
commenced to drink heavily, Az
this period he is alleged to have beat
en- andabused both hiswife and child,
the lattersui1ering death at his hands
while in II state OF delirium. "Tho
little one" she said, "died in my
arms. But he still was my husband,
and | could not give him up TO JUS
tice; so 1 concealed the crime. Tho
strain upon my mind was so terrible
that lost all consciousness of my
surroundings. As afterwards learn
ed, l remained in this helpless con
dition for six months, and when my
reason again returned he was gone,p
She subsequently, went to Balti-
more and obtained employment in u
hotel, but did not stop long, because
the proprietor had made infamous
proposals to her. She now seeks to
return to her parents and be recon-
ciled, after cruel separation of sir
years.
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BE Something.

1t is the duty of every one to take
some active part as actor on the stage
of life. Some seem to think that
they can ycngetatc, as it were, with.
out being anything in particular
Man was not made 10 rust out his
life. 1t is expected he should "act
well his part" He must be some-
thing, He has a work to perform
which it is his duty TO attend to-
We are not placed here to grow and
then die without having done any
thing for the human race. | is a
principal in the creed Of the Mahom.
etans that every one should have a
trade. No Christian doctrine should
be better than that. Is man to be
brought up in idleness? Is he to live
upon the wealth which hisancestors
have acquired by frugal industry Is
he brought here to pass through life
an automaton? Has he nothing to
perform as a citizen of the woTldH A
man who does nothing is useless to
this country as an inhabitant. A
man who does nothing is a mere
cipher lie does not fulfil the obli-
cations for which he was sent into
the world, and, when he dies, he has
not finished the work which was Civ
en- him to do. He is mere blank
in creation. Some are born with
riches and honors upon their heads.
But does it follow that they have
nothing to do in their career through
life? There are certain duties for
every ono toporform. Be something
Don't live like a hermit, and die un'
regretted.
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Attachment TO Newspapers.

The strong attachment Of subscrib,
ers to well conducted newspapers is
fully confirmed by publishers, "Stop
my paper" words of dread to begin,
ncrs in business, lose their terror af.
ter a paper has been established for
a number years, So long as a paper
pursucs u just, honorable and judi
cious course, meeting the wants of
its customers in all respects, the ties
of friendship between the subscrib'
ers and the paper are as hard to
break by an outside third party as
the link which binds old friends in
business or social life. Occasionally
defects and errors in u newspaper
are overlooked by those who have
become attached to it, through its
persual, for years. They sometimes
become dissatisfied with it on ac'
count of something which had slip
ned into its columns, and may stop
taking it; but the absence of the fa'
miliar sheet at their homes and Of
fees for Il few weeks becomes an un-
surportable privation, and they hast
en- to take it again, No friendship
ON earth is more constant than that
contracted by tho reader for u jonrn'
al which makes an honest aud CON
tinued effort to merit its continued
support, Hence conscicntiously
conducted paper becomes favorito
in The family
When over young ladies learn so
to stick pin in their apron strings
that 1t won't scratch u fellows wrist,
| iI...,,. ,,;1I ko ,nnro tnuFrinupg
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Whiskoy ana snnslrOke.

The mortality from the heat is,
with few exceptions, directly trace
able to intemperance and vicious
habits of living. The heat is not ir+
furious, and people who know how
to take care of themselves are not
apt to suffer from its effects. OF
course, there are cases ofillnesswhich
are aggravated by the heat, and the
infant mortality is always larger
when the thermometer is up in the
nineties. But an examination of
the list of deaths shows that at least
ninatx nor cant Of tha raartalitp iss
ss4en ner cent. Is due TO an unfcr-
tsnateimprndence. If we had no
.dfuIkards in the CITY the increased
mortality would not have been no
ticeable, and the lesson of the heat is
a lesson against intemperance in
eating and drinking. 1t has been a
dreadful and expensive lesson, and
its warning is worth needing by ALI
but it is a disaster so clearly and so
easily preventible that it ought not
to cause any apprehension or alarm,
but it ought to make us more tenn
porate and more careful.-S. Louis
Post.
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The Ocean Floor.

Here is an end ofall romance about
hidden ocean depths. Wccanspccu'
late no longer about perils in cham
bers of pearl, or mermaids, or hoaped
treasures and dead mems bones whit
ening in coral caves. The whole
ocean floor is now mapped out for us,
The report of the exploring expedi-
ton sent out from London in Her
Majesty's Ship Challenger, has re.
Gently been published. Nearly four
years were given to the examination
of the four oceans of the world.
The Atlantic, we are told, ifdrained
would be a vast plain, with u noun
tain ridge in the middle running
parallel with our coast, Another
range crosses it from Newfoundland
to Ireland, on the top of which lies
submarine cable.
The ocean is thus divided into
three great basins, no longer "un-
fathomed depths" The tops of
these sea mountains are two miles
below u sailing ship, and the basins,
according to Reclus, fifteen miles,
which is deep enough for drowning,
if not for mystery. The mountains
are whitened for thousands of miles
by a tiny, creamy shell. The depths
are red in color, heaped with volcanic
masses. Through the black, notion
less water of these abysses, move
gigantic abnormal creatures, which
never rise to the upper current.
There is an old legend coming
down to US from the first ages of the
world on which these scientific deep
sea soundings throw a curious light.
Plato and Solon recorded the trad
ition, ancient in their days, of
country in the western seas where
Aourished the first civilization of
mankind, which, by volcanic action
was submerged and lost.
The same story is told by the Cen
trail Americans who still celebrate
in the fast of 1zalli, the frightful
catoceysm which destroyed the land
with its stately cities.
De Bourbourg and other archeolo,
gists assert that this lost land extend,
ed from Mexico beyond the West
Indies. The shape of the plateau
discovered by the challepgsr CORES,
some deem Yankee should yet tdredge
out from its unfathomed slime The.
lost Atlantis? -
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| shV hpup44bVA- w AuVM tlhb ucl
little boy was guilty of such a dis
gusting habit as this2" pointing to
Emy cheek, where the tell,tale quid
had yainly tried to stand its ground.
81 must leave now" she continued
"but here is my card, and if you come
to me most any evening, l shall be
glad to see you, and perhaps we can
be of service to each other"
"She gave me her little gloved
hand, and to my dying day l shall
never forget the sensation of that
moment. / could not bear to part
with herr without her | felt that l
could do nothingj with her l could
grow to mans estate-a man in the
truest sense of the word. From that
moment tobacco never passed my
lips.
"As soon as could summon enough
courage called upon that lady
Well do l remember how my heart
beat as waited in that elegant par
lor for her to come down; and how
awkwark | felt as | followed my
guide to her private sitting.room.
"Here she got at every point Of
my life, and before | bade her good
bye it was arranged that l should
spend two evenings of each week at
her house, and study on just what
she thought best.
"No lover ever looked forward to
the meeting with the mistress of his
heart any more ardontly than l did
to these meetings with my friend.
81 grew careful of my personal APP
pearance, careful of my conversation,
and strove in every way to be wor-
thy Of this noble friendship, Two
years passed in this delightful man
ner-two years that made me, My
friend not only attended to my stud
les, striving also all the while to SOW
the right kind of spiritual seed, but
she procured me a business situation
with u particular friend of hers,
where remain to this day.
Nobody but God knows what /
owe to this woman. During the last
three months of those two years l
noticed that she grewconstantly pale
and thin; she never was betrayed in
TO speaking Of herself. Some times
when | wopld ask her if she felt
--.-.,.l..,,, .>',.s.' ,zV'IV-''''''
"0h, no! l am only little tired
that is ALL"
"onc evening she kept me by her
sofa much longer than was her Gus
tom, while she arranged lessons and
laid out work enough, it seemed to
me, for months.
"Why so much to-night?" l in
quired conscious that my heart ach-
ed, and vaguely expected the cause.
"Because, DEAR" she answered, ]
do not want you to come for the next
week, aud l am anxious that you
shoqld have sufficient work to be an
ticipated, as we'll as keep you busy.
| think can trust you to be u good
boy, John?'
II think you can ma'am," an
swcred, almost sobbing.
"If | should see your mother my
boy, before long, what shall l say to
her for your
Then | knew all; my grief gave
no bounds. 1t is no use to 60 on
She died two days after; and when !
hear folks saying, There's II woman
at the bottom of it." l feel like tell.
ing the whole world what woman
did for me-"
Attachment 10 Newspapers.
M - ,It,aL,,,,,,t oe o,,hSnri n.
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Some people are always putting
their duties off. ThOy are just going
too" all their days, but the last day
comes and nothing is done. Lova-
tor says lie who prorougues the
honesty of to-day till tomorrow will
probably proroguo his to-morrowS To-
eternity.
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How Far.

4 AAN NoA oVNN ,. fhANHNCAN aSNN
ing individual, and he occupied a
whole seat in the Indies car. The
conductor inquired for tickets; the
threadbare man shook his head sad
/ Ily.
"Well, money then, Be quick
Come man, brace up"
"No money" still sadly.
sect of at the next station"
"Yes, sir, of course"
The station was reached, the man
got of, but got on as soon as the
train began to move, and resumed
his old position,
Again the conductor approached
him.
"What, you here? thought told
you to get off"
"Yes, sir"
"Well, did you?"
ayes, sir of course"
eBut you got on again?"
"Yes, sir, of course"
"Well, my friend, next time l
want you to get of, and stay off. Do
you remember that?"
Obtaining no answer, the irate
conductor passed on. AS the train
stopped in the next town the con-
ductor looked in the car-the seat
was empty.
Satisfied, the conductor passed
through the car as soon as they were
out of the city. There sat the thread
bare parsonage in the same seat, very
much interested in the scenery,
The conductor gave him vicious
dig in the ribs.
"Didn't l tell you to get off and
stay OFF,"
"Yes, sir, of course"
"Well, you didn't do it?"
"Yes, sir, of course"
"Whut?"
Not"
"Well, now, my friend," went on
the conductor, do you know what |
am going to do with you? I'm going
to make an example for cheats. =
The brakeman and will kick you
from one end of the station to the
other when we stop"
SIZES, sir, of course" answered the
sesaIx msp, msskly, ly,.--..--.,--...-,=
ductor and brakeman laid in wait
for our meek but penniless friend,
and when the train stopped at Wor-
cester they seized him by the collar
and kicked him from one end of the
depot to the other.
"There," said the conductor, 81
guess we are rid of him"
The train steamed out of Worces-
ter. The man of checks went through
the usual routine, and when he came
to the ladies' car he saw the much
abused patient individual in the
same seat, gazing southwark.
He approached him.
"Well, my man, you didn't get
cnough?'
"oh, yes, sir, of course"
The astonished conductor thrust
his hands into his pockets, and drawl'
ed out:
"Well, now, where in heavens
name are you going?'
"Well, conductor, | am going to
Boston, if my pluck and my pants
hold out"
"You can ride" said the conductor
as he passed on, and the last words
he heard were a triumphant:
ayes, sir, of course"
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A Woman Al tle Bottom oft.

| ''Si -" t'N VIZ" HStu0 tllc GNCuluH
paper, and faced the little group in
the parlor, II am fast growing out oi
patience with this text: "a woman
at the bottom of it." II would be
strange in this world, made up a;
far as We are aware of two sexes, if a
woman would not occasionally be
found at the bottom of any good
thing 1t is the injustice of the
thing that makes me angry, Now
there are hundred of us poorfellow:
who owe all we are, all we have, and
all we can hope to become, in thi:
world or the next, to the unseltisl
love of woman"
The gentloman's face was flushed
and he spoke very warmly and feel.
ingly, so much SO that his wife rock.
ing her baby to sleep in the farther
corner Of the room, inquired
"But why should you care Johni
1t always has been so, and always
will be So We don't think much
about it now, because we have been
taught to expect it,"
"But you should care, and you
should fight for each other more than
you do. There is one chapter in my
life's history that l have always kept
locked in my heart, but tonight /
feel it is my duty 10 open it for your
inspection; and l do it for the love of
woman-for the love of one woman
who made me what am worthy to
be, the husband of a good woman"
"Why, Johnl" said Mrs. Hayiland,
softly approaching-babe still held
tight to her bosom-"you absolutely
frighten me"
Lets have the story" said the
rest Of tbe cropn certain that some
tbinp good nirbt bo pnticinotad and
John commenced at first u little
tinid, bat gaining confidence as he
proccs1cd
"When first came to New York,
at tbc ago Of twelve years 70 sael
,nv f,rtnio mn c,Ii myssIf I. nra,
e soSious cban,witbou, dancer of bo.
ing occnsod.nf m nm,,snal doorao If
I saIsahnreni..,inn q was nn;oE 70
I.,;HrHt ,m;.S fI., ,to had os ,nolr -
ifKo .good ssi,. ora{t,lo,,a,.,,so1 ry,r.so
'tangafise isspicsed up oatiis he
drbpped:wj.li.a "a paIGralness that sur
pissed avrit,. ri;Eself. The boys in
the Office ali chewcd tobacco. This
vas little the hardest job ever at
tembtcd, but after two weeks Of
nausea and" indescriablo stomach.
wrcncli6gs, | came off victorious,
and got away with my paper u day
with the best of 'em."
pTruc, every word of it, continued
the speaker,
,"onc afternoon l was sent with a
note from my employer to a house in
the upper end of the city, l hadn't
any thing to read but | had plenty
of tobacco, and with that | proposed
to entertain myself during the two
or three hours | must spend in the ,.;
passage, For some distance l did
not notice who were beside me- but
by and bya a lady said very softly
aud pleasantly, would you please
little boy, be more cafeiNN l "n,
going to II party this afternoon, ana
should hate to have my dress spoil
cd"
'"I looked into her face 1t was
the sweetest face | ever saw Pale'
earnest and LOVING TO my oo!iS"
heart it was the conntenanco Of an
n,,,,l ~
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Many of our troubles are brought
upon us by our insisting upon hav-
ing our own way.
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Ifyou were as willing to be pleas
ant and as anxious to please in your
own home as you are in the company
of your neighbors, you would have
the happiest home in the world.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-08-14

A mules hind leg has only ono
season, 1t is always a beautiful
spring
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selfshnoss, of whatever sort, ,begets
morosencss, faul!.anding and dis
trust.
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JoNM ". ENGIis3,

A ttornev at Law.
WILL practice in the Courts oi Mason,
w Putnam and Jackson counties, ana IN
the Court OF Appeals OF West Virginia.
Address Point Pleasant, Mason county
West Va. Office in the Court House.
dec 10. 1S72-lv,
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ATTORNEYS At LAW,
Point Pleasant, W. Va
WILL practice in the Courts Of Mason
wv and'putnam, and in the Supreme
Court Of Appeals.
Mr. Miller will regularly attend the Cir
cnit Court Of Mason and Putnam.
ADDRESS S. A. Miller, Charleston, W. w,
ord, VIC Armstrong, Point Pleasant, W.
Va, [nov, II, '7-ly.
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The use of poisons for the protect
ion of growing crops against their
common enemy, the fly and beetle,
has become so frequent that farmers
are apt to forget the properties ofthe
article they are handling, and seri-
Gus results often follow its careless
use. From many places we hear of
a large number of fcathered beauties
dying from the eating Of the potato
vine on which Paris green has been
used. Quails, orioles, and robbins
suffer severely in this way. Dead
fish are found floating upon the sur
face after eating the bugs washed in
to the ponds and streams. A mel
ancholy incident is the death of a
promising girl in Connecticut, from
eating currants on which Paris green
had blown from a potato field,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-08-14

Recent instances of sudden death
while bathing should put every one
on guard against going into cold
water who is troubled with cramp,
though it may be only slightly. The
great shock to the system by i'm
morsion in sea water on warm day
is liable to produce very sudden and
fatal consequences. Persons who
have arrived at fifty years of age
should be particularly cautious
They can seldom venture on n sea
bath with safcty-at least we heard
this remark made by an eminent
physician.
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This is an old story, but it is loca-
ted in now place. "a Bangor wo.
mans turkeys ate the rcsidunm Of
some cherry rum which she threw
into her yard the other day, appar'
emily died and were plucked by the
hired man. The ncxtmorning, how
ever, they appeared in the barn yard
alive, but in an undrcss uniform"
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A young woman in Sacramento
has become u raving maniac through
a single years use of arsenic for the
improyement Of her complexion,
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PHYSICIANS.
ANDREW r. BARBEE, NJ. D.,
Oh. 8. q. SHAW.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
nEYDERsAs professional services to the
4 Erublir. Csllsiron the country prompt
Ipattenletl to. Office, corner Of Main and
third Streets opposite the old Presbyterian
Church. -, ''fapril 5,.lS7G-ly.