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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-08-22

Les dueflos de este nuevo establecimiento
Sc ofrecen al pdblico en- todos los trabajos
de su arte. Sc compondran relojes y pen
dulos por complieados que sean sus desarre-
pHHs ponea prendas por dfficii T que T paresca su
arreglo. En- ell mismo establecimiento hay
siempre permanente, como antes en- GEL
lente de oro," un variado surtido de espe-
juelos de todas classes. Tambien Sc compo-
nen objetos instrumentos de optica y SO
montan cristales.
La modicidad de los precios y ell esmero
Y Ia puntualidad con que SO haran los ira
bajos es seguro que nos atraeran numerosa
clientela. agto. 1.o
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-08-22
Sc VENDE.

Por no poderlo atender su duefo el esta-
'raA cells de IA EQgtalezaaamegV ~ IS
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-08-22
SOCIEDADES.

Azdcar de pilon en- Ell Colmado.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-08-22

Al.aidoa ingles en- ~ cQlptedo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-08-22

Aceite reanado en- latas en- n Colnsado.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-08-22

Galletitas inglesas surtidas en- El Colnlado
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-08-22
Prenios para escuelas
LIBROS BARATOS

sopa q la Julienne en- El Colmado.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-08-22

.., CANERIAs. .,is.
De plomo, zinc y lata, y en- las composicie.
mes ell 80 p% de rebaja; tode Sc hace barats,
muy barato, demasiado barato
JUNO S. G''egorio LaQttns.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-04
Did He Mash Him at Recess

The teacher was endeavoring to incul
cate into the plastic minds of her pupils
the degrading effects of habits, and by
way of illustration told the story wherein
Sir Walter SCOTS slavery to vicious
custom is perennially set forth. "When
Sir Walter was small boy" said the
teacher, she had been at the head of his
class for many weeks, to the envy of the
boy next him, who tried hard to take
the place of the future baronet, but
without avail. Noticing one day at re-
citation that Walter invariably grasped a
certain button on his jacket whenever a
question was asked him, a sudden idea
shot athwart the mind of This boy,
which he was not slow in putting into
operation. The next day, just before
recitation, he contrived to cut this par
ticular button off without being OBJ
served. The class was called up, and
the first question of course came to
Walter. lnstinctively he grasped for
the button. 1t was not there. 1t was
gone. He fumbled around convulsively,
stammered, and failed miserably." At
this moment hand was raised it was
the hand of little Johnny Brown.
Glowing with an approving conscious
ness of having indelibly implanted val.
liable lesson in the tender memories Of
her wards, the teacher asked with un-
wonted eagerness, "Well, Johnny dear,
what is itl' Replied Johnny, his fash
ing eyes, rigidity Of muscles and clenched
fists showing his earnest sympathy for the
buttonless Walter, 'Dd he mash him at
recess p-Boston Transcript
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-04
/" From the East"

He was dapper little fellow, as tidy
as new pin, and as he entered one OF
the sample rooms" on Woodward aven-
ne, yesterday, the barkeeper mentally
remarked:
"That fellow will call for champagne.
But he was mistaken, the little fellow
leaned over the bar and said
IL want tumbler two-thirds full of
water, and some pieces of pure ice in
the tumbler"
1t was handed him, and he asked
''Do you ever have lemon about the
placer"
eyes"
"Well,, gently squeeze one into the
tumbler.'
The squeezing process took place, and
the little man continued:
"Do you have raspberries out here y
1--WE do
"Wcll, put two into the tumbler."
They were added, and he put his hand
to his brow, tried hard to collect his
memory, aud suddenly exclaimed
"Ah yes-sugar knew l could
think of it. Add spoonful of sugar
While it was being added the little
man dropped on to three kernels of cot
fee, a powdered cracker and bit of cheese
and then said
IF you keep Madeira You can add a
spoonful"
The Madeira was added, the glass
shaken, and the little man opened long
Morocco case which he took from side
pocket, took out solitary straw care
fully cut off an inch or two from one
end, and said
Sowing to the prevalence of malarial
diseases in your Western country, l find
it the best way to carry my own straw
with me- A fellah kinder hates, you
know, to use everybody's straw, especi-
ally out West here"
He pinned his handkerchief under his
chin, brushed back his moustache, and
began drawing. The barkeeper's pet dog
came in when the glass was half drained,
and the little man took the straw from
his mouth and said
"Plwease remove your dawg to the
rear room. l can nevah dwink lemon
AIDE with dawg in the ROOM
The "dawg" was escorted out, and
when the barkeeper returned the little
man had disappeared, and the glass had
been emptied of even the lemon peel
Detroit Free Press.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-04
Improved Tenement Homes.

1t is now generally admitted that the
blight and curse. How can New York
be delivered from it Wise legislation
will do much, systematic and thorough
administration even more, to promote
the welfare of the working classes, but
if the one hundred thousand families
who now live in tenements are ever to
have clean, comfortable and healthy
homes, new buildings must be con-
structed As soon as improved accom-
modations are furnished at low rentals
the better class of tenants will move
into the new buildings, and the tene-
ments which they give up will be occu-
pied by a poorer class. The worst
rookeries would be left vacant; the ten
ements that were not so bad would be
mended, and the worst of them would be
made over from the bottom, and in this
way the whole system would be levelled
upward.
Three New York capitalists, we are
glad to observe, have taken a step in the
right direction. They are building near
the Grand street ferry block of tene-
ments six stories in height on an i'm
proved plan, which has been successfully
introduced in London. The character
istic feature of the design is a central
tower leading from the sidewalk to the
roof In this tower are circular stair
ways inclosed by fire-proof walls, and
from the landings balconies with slate
flooring give access to the rooms. The
danger from fire is thus reduced to
a minimum. Each family has q set of
two or three rooms entirely apart from
the other tenements on the same floor,
and each apartment has direct light and
thorough ventilation. From the living
room door opens into an extension
which is fitted up as wash room, with
a water closet in the rear The rooms
are large, the windows are of unusual
size, and all the appointments are ex-
cellent.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-04
Equal Rights.
Transvaal.

A tramp applied for food at the house
of suburban agriculturist recently,
and while he was eating the rations that
had been furnished at his solicitation, he
was asked:
why do you not go to work 2
II have looked long for a place that
would suit me, he replied, ''but have
ever found it.
''Is there not plenty of work farming9'
asked the interrogation.
"Oh, yes" said the tramp, plenty OF
it, but you see, sir, l want to find q
vineyard where the man who goes in at
the eleventh hour is the first to come
out and draw full days wages. In
the olden lime they dealt fairly by a
man. That is new testament treatment,
and that is what am looking for"
At the close Of his meal he started
again in pursuit Of that coveted ag-
riculturaI opportunity Norwich Bul-
letin.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-04
4 Plain Statement.

The Argonaut has the following upon
Chinese immigration
eve are alarmed upon this coast at
this incursion of Chinese. 1t is not av-
arice, greed or cowardice that prompts
us and all classes of our society to say
to the law makers of the east that we
have serious apprehension of the con-
sequences Of Chinese immigration. In
the language of Senator Booth we de-
clare that it is our conviction "that the
practical issue is, whether the civiliza-
ton of this coast, it's society, morals,
and industry, shall be of American or
Asiatic type" It is to us a question of
property, civilization and existence.
We are in earnest, we are compelled to
be, and what we now demand is that
the American people shall consider this
question. We do not ask for action or
legislation except as the result of mature
and deliberate thought-conviction fol-
lowing investigation, action following
conviction. But we do repudiate, with
indignant contempt, the hypocritical, re-
ligious, praying, superficial cant of trav-
cling preachers and mercenary lecturers,
who visit this coast, and then think to
cheat God and the eastern people by
their superficial and sentimental bosh
upon a question they have not the hon
esty to examine or the intelligence TO
comprehend. With such men as Mr..
Justice Field, of the Supreme Court,
Senator Booth, the entire press and pull
pit, and all the leading men of all the
professions of the coast, united in re-
garding the Chinese question as one Sc
riously menacing the national, moral
and political welfare of the country, we
may at least ask the thinkers, politicians
and statesmen of the country to give the
question deliberate and careful consider
alton"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-04
The Mystery of the Lakes.

There is a mystery about the Ameri-
can lakes. Lake Erie is only 60 or 20
feet deep, but Lake Ontario is 592 feet
deep, $50 feet below the tide-level of the
ocean, or as low as most parts of the
Gulf of St Lawrence; and the bottoms
Of Lakes Huron, Michigan and Supe-
Tor, although the surface is much higher,
are all from their vast depths on level
with the bottom of Ontario. Now, a.
the discharge through the river Detroit,
after allowing for the probable portion
carried off by evaporation, does not ap-
pear by any means equal to the guam
tity of water which the three upper
lakes receive, it has been conjectured
that subterranean river may run from
Lake Superior, by the Huron, to Lake
Ontario. This conjecture is not impos-
sible, and accounts for the singular fact
that salmon and herring are caught in
all the lakes communicating with the st.
Lawrence, but no others. AS the Falls
Of Niagara must have always existed, it
would puzzle the naturalist to say how
these fish got into the upper lakes with
out some subternnean river; moreover,
any periodical obstruction of the river
would furnish q not improbable solution
Of the mysterious fux and reflux of the
1~koa
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-04
He Was Fined, All the Same.

\ pale-faced, over-dressed Italian
named Frederick Fernando, drug clerk,
was in the Court of Special Sessions the
other day, charged with an attempt at
indecent assault upon Fannie Toberts, a
pretty young blonde. According to her
statement, Fernando made it point to
lay in wait for her on the stairway or in
the yard when his wife was out, and at
tempted familiarities with her.
Justice Smith-"What did the pris-
oner do to you"
Miss Toberts-"He put"
Justice Smith-"Yes, he put-Why
don't you go on"
"Well, he put his arm around my
waist"
"Was that all Now 90 on. This
hesitancy is not natural, and the court
can't waste its time in this way. Now,
60 right on and hesitate no more"
ale put his arm around my waist,
and-and drew me toward him, and tried
to kiss me.
"Did he succeed He's very wicked
man to do such things in the absence CT
his better half. That will do, you may
step down"
Fernando said that the story was false
from beginning to end, and that Miss
Fanny, who was continually making adj
vances to him, was endeavoring to get
him into trouble because he would not
reciprocate.
Justice Smith, ow, did you or did
you not hug and kiss Miss Fanny Come,
out with it..
81 never did. She should be behind
the bar instead of me"
''The Court finds you guilty Of kissing
or attempting to kiss the complainant.
We will send you to the penitentiary for
one month and fine you $50, to stand
convicted until the amount is paid.
n. Y Star.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-04
Woman's Strategy.

Jack" said pretty girl to her small
brother the other day, 81 want you to do
something for mc--thnts n good fellow"
"What IL itJ' growIcd Jack, who is
the brother 81 tho period.
"Why, you know that wig and nous
tachc you used IN the tbentricala.
"WcII r
"well, won't you just put them Oh
and 70 ~ tbs concert tonight Angus
tus and will bs thsre. and Jack, !
want you ~ stars ~ ms the whole even
ing through jour glasses
What yop want me- " do That Y
"Yes, ard as 49, cams out you must
stand ir tl,s desa and ny and slip mo n
nose take ears that Gus s1es you too. "
"WeII. I declare e
because you ses. Jset. Gus likes me
/ know, hut thsb hess awful slow, and
he's wslIon and lots ~ other girls are
aftSr him, ssd-hss got 10 bc hurried
up lit.le. ~ IL we're. Exchange
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-04

WHEN Dubufe's celebrated paint
ings Of Adam and Eve were on ex-
hibition, Mr.. McNab was taken to
see them, and was asked for his
opinion. IL think no great things Of
the painter" said the great gardener.
"Why, man, Ewes temptin' Adam
WI pippin of variety that wasna
known until about twenty years ago."
"COME home, my son." said a
parent to one who had been absent for
some time, ''cOme home, and your
mother will kill the fitted calf for
YOU" "Tell her not to do it, father"
replied the offspring. 'for l have
lived on veal ever since I've been
here. Tell her to kill quarter Of .
pig instead"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-04
Beautifying the Capital.

Colonel Casey, Superintendent OF
Public Buildings and Grounds, has sub
mitted to General Wright, Chief of En-.
gineers, United States Army, his annual
report for the fiscal year ended June 30th
last. Colonel Casey states that during
the year the work upon the public build
ings and grounds under his charge was
principally of the character necessary for
their care and preservation. With the
large extent of grounds, about .wo hun
bred acres already ornamented, the ap-
preparations available could do little
more than to keep them in repair, and
the many improvements that can be sug-
gested could only be applied in few
places. and then mainly by way Of expe-
riment. The planting of foliage and
blooming plants in several of the reser-
vations has proved success, and in
future seasons can well be extended,
while the introduction of asphalted
walks upon the main lines of travel
through the parks meets with favor from
those having daily occasion to use them.
At the greenhouses needed repairs were
made and additional shelving put in
place, increasing the growing space for
ornamental plants. About $4,000 sub
tropical Towering and foliage plants
and 10000 hardy ornamental plants and
Towering shrubs were propagated during
the Winter and Spring months. From
the nursery about 5000 trees and shrubs
were transplanted in nursery rows, and
a quantity of seed saved from valuable
trees growing in the public grounds was
sown in prepared beds. Of evergreens
and decidious trees and shrubs, 2,S76
were purchased during the year, num-
Der of which was planted in various
parks, and the remainder temporarily
planted in the nursery, preparatory to
their final planting in the public grounds.
The conservatory of the Executive
Mansion is so much decayed that there
is great danger of its roof and upper
portions being blown off during some
Summer storm. The structure, which is
of wood, should be renewed in iron. Es-
Inmates for an iron building of the same
style and shape are inclosed. Attention
is called to the muddy condition of the
roads leading to the southern entrance
CT the Executive Mansion. They should
be paved, and an estimate for that work
is submitted. For refurnishins the Elk
ecutive Mansion, larger amount is re-
quired for the year ending June 80,
1881, than is usually supplied. No re-
furnishing of carpets or upholstered ar
ticles has been practicable for several
years, and much OF that on hand is worn
out The necessity for additional watch
men upon the public reservations is rem
dered more apparent from year to year.
The number should be increased for the
protection of the parks and the property
in them, and also to protect those who
visit the squares for their personal pleas
ure and comfort The necessity Of put
ting in order many of the unimproved
reservations, particularly those on Capt.
tol Hill, in the vicinity of the extensive
private Improvements made in that por-
ton of the city is strongly urged.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-04

How rapidly, says the Burlington
Hawkeye, q man looses all interest IN
politics and national finances when be
shuts q door On his own thumb.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-17
Tho DeoIina Of Earn.

A veteran gambler of Washington
has been complaining to a newspaper
reporter who has, Of course, published
his complaints, Of the degeneracy Of
these days, meaning that public mon
no longer fight the tiger With the
energy of old. Senators, representa-
tives, foreign diplomats and all the
rest used to risk their money literally,
but now, if they loose a few dollars at
the table, they leave the game in a
very despondent franc Of mind and
If they win a small amount, they inn
agine themselves favorites Of fortune,
The late Humphrey Marshall played
with GOODNESS, but alwaya heavily, and
was generally lucky. Tom Marshall
played irregularly, and was apt TO lose
unless very drunk, when he was often
successful. All the Russian disio.
mats gambled faithfully according to
this authority, Bodlsco setting 40
much aside for the purpose, and when
it was gone he withdrew, saying the
appropriation had been exhausted.
Thsd stayens was a scientific PLAYER.
and always with blue chips. He sent
for the recitiug gambler the day he
died wishing 70 see him before he
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-17
A FUNERAL POSTPONED.
Remarkable Case Of Trance Reported
from Sullivan County, Indiana.
Special to Cincinnati Enauiror. ,

Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.l
FREELANDsvILLE, IND, March II.
What is considered a remarkable
case of trance has happened here late
ly. The victim is Miss Flora Feihle-
man, the daughter of a well-to-do
farmer, residing near this place. The
facts, briefly as possible, are these :
Miss Feihleman, whose family are
Catholics, returned from the school
Of Notre Dame, Ind, last December.
She returned to stay. Since her re-
turn she has been in very ill health,
seeming to be generally affected, moan.
ing and tossing in fever at night. I'm
mediately after the late cold spell she
was attacked with pneumonia, now so
fatally prevalent in this region. Not
withstanding she had the best medical
attendance to be procured in this vi
cinity she died on Monday, March Sd,
or at least apparently died, for the
village physician in charge SO pro-
nounced her.
We're it not for the fact Of Miss
Feihleman being an only child, it is
probable she would have been buried
immediately, but as it was it was de-
cided to hold the corpse until rela-
tiyes from Ohio, who had been sent
for, could arrive. This delayed the
burial until March 8. The funeral
was to take place at 2 pm. At that
time, as the friends and relatives were
taking a last look, the corpse not yet
having been taken from the house, the
mother being last TO view the remains,
suddenly bent over the body, and,
uttering a cry, declared that she saw
the eyelids move as if ia life. The
father, with other friends, commenced
Immediately 80 try by gentle move.
ments to withdraw her from the room
They had nearly accomplished thil
when the corpse, to the aurprise Of all
suddenly arose and assumed a sitting
posture in the coffin. Miss Feihle.
man is said, by those who witnessed
the scene, to have gazed around with
vacant, surprised stare, and then sanI
back apparently exhausted. She wa
Immediately removed and placed il
bed, but 1t was, perhaps, three hour
before she was conscious enough I,
give any account of herself,
The period she passed in trance sh
is perfectly dead to-seeming a per
feot blank. The last she remembers,
was before her apparent death whel
lying in bed, andth intervening spac
is to her like a droamless sleep. Tn
parents are overjoyed, aud the cas-,
excites much common. in the neigh.
borhood.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-17
DOUsLy LICENSED TO MARRY.
A Queer Episode IN the Wyoming Su'
burb.

Last Sunday night Squire Bob
Carson, Of Wyoming, was aroused
from his slumbers by a ftful rap on
the front door of his residence, and,
responding to which, he was accosted
by a young girl of about nineteen
summers, named Mary Cist, and by a
young man from Chester Park named
George Fighter, whom Mary accused
of being her lover. Miss Mary
opened the dialogue with the asser-
tion that she had brought the young
mar along with her for the purpose Of
having the Squire compel him into
m%atrimony. Il am afraid" con-
tinued the girl, . hat George is going
back on me"
"0h, no, | won't" said George;
" and Ill just raise my right hand
here and swear that I'll marry YOU
Well, | just want the matter set
tied" said Mary. There is another
Teller in town who wants me, and if
George isn't going to marry me right
off, | want to know it. I'm bound to
have a husband from some quarter
The Squire told the anxious fair
that he couldn't marry them until
they were licensed, and that an afida-
Wit from the young man affirming his
intentions would do no good. If he
intended marrying her he would GER
tainly marry her without swearing
that he would do so. Very much dis
appointed, George and Mary departed.
Meantime, Charles North, an old
widower, was celebrating his approach
ing nuptials with Mary Cist, in
Schmidt's saloon, in Lockland. Armed
with a license which he had procured
Friday to marry her, he had set up
the beer by the pony full for all the
boys in Lockland and Wyoming. He
had re6tted up his snug little home in
honor of the prospective bride, and in
prospectu was receiving volly after
yolley of congratulations.
Monday poor North was to lead Miss
Mary to the altar, but on Monday
Mary and George we're licensed to
marry, and together stood up Monday
night in the home of Mary's mother,
IN Wyoming, and by Squire Carson
were pronounced man and wife.
For an hour or two North was in
consolable, and then, smoothing the
wrinkles out of his face and swallow
ing the big lump in his throat, he said
to a boon friend
Well, ives license to marry Mary
Oist. l had my house all fitted up for
her, and I'm bound to have a wife
any how. My license says Charles
North and Mary Cist.' I'll Just 20
down to the clerks Office and have
Cist scratched out and in its place
have written Spoonauger.' Illmarry
Mary Spoonauger I'm bound to be a
married man."
Mr.. and Mrs. Fighter are happy,
and the rejected lover says he soon
will be.