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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-08-03
GRAN BAZAR DE ROPA HECHA.
Cruz It. SaStrerla de Tomas Herlnanos. CRUZ IT,
PUEI(TO-RICO.


de Peninsula
lena de
elesaaeia, raeieaad y taratuea,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-08-03

Eidra de Gijon en- H Cot"aado.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-08-03

Jamon de Westphalia en- EI Colmado.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-08-03
FLET T e s .

Longanizas de vich frescas en- El Coln,ado
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-08-03

Galletitas inglesas surtsidas 81 N gelalado.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-12-26
HnuMn Hate To Rest

Our seasons of rest are so short that
many hard workers have forgotten how
to enjoy them. some men, long worked
hard, must 90 on working. There is no
other chance for them. To sit down is
to break down; to rest is to die. Indul-
gence is in one respect like indulgence
in strong drink. Having got into it you
must 90 on, otherwise there come mani
fold morbid and painful experiences.
There are those who tell you that once
they could be moderately happy when
resting; now they dare rest no more.
They may try TO make work less urgent,
less feverish: but it will not do to stand
still. They are kept sane and service
able Cnly by giving the mind perpetual
occupation. Every one remembers how
Luther said Il rush out among nv pigs
rather than sit still and do nothing"
1t rs sad, but it is true, that human be-
ings, not much like Luther in any char
acteristic are like him in this: that they
dare not have a quiet think. Hence the
sorrowful resort TO alcohol, opium, chic
raj; hence the craving for unconscious
ness, which is temporary humiliation.
If pigs can help you, as they helped
Luther, be thankful Some folk, clever
and good, need more than a pig can
do-even such an animal, a poetic
breeder, proud of his age and dimen-
sions, called his Aud Lang Swine. In
any case few minds are scli-suthCing.
Ali human beings who. have attained
middle age must be buttressed from
without. 1t may be sacred nature,
green grass, green trees, gardening, pigs,
horses, human companions, worry or
quiet occupation; but the longer 1 live,
the more assured I am that most men
live in mortal terror of themselves.
Years ago, short years, but a good many,
when this hand was young, it wrcte
discourse of Michael Scott's Familiar
Spirit, which (as the legend gOes) de-
manded that its master should provide
it with constant work or it would tear
him in pieces. Thus in parable is set
forth the educated mans relation to his
own mind. You must find it ceaseless
occupation, or it will make you miser-
able. The little girl Of seven years had
found this out who cried, "Oh, read me
a story to make the time pass quick"
People find it out waiting three-quartels
of an hour at country railroad stations.
They will diligently read all the adVer-
tisements stuck about the squalid street
rather than sit down idle.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-12-26
Drawing the Long Bow,

Concerning the lOng-bOws no Ameri
can effort can surpass one that comes tC
US from Scotland:
at was told that Col. Andrew M'Dow.
all, when he returned from the war, was
one day walking along by the Myroch
when he came on an old man sitting
greetin' on a mukle stane at the road.
side. When he came up, the old man
rose and took of his bonnet, and said:
'Ye're welcome hame again, laird
Thank YOU said the Colonel: adding,
after a pause, 4 should surely know
your face. Aren't you Nathan MCul-
lochF
'Ye're richt deed says Nathan; it's
Just me, laird
You must be a good age now, Ma
than says the Colonel.
Pm no vera auP yet, laird was the
reply; I'm Just turnt a hummer
"a hundTedI' says the Colonel, mus
ing; well, you must be all that. But
the idea of a man of a hundred sitting
blubbering tnat wayl What ever could
you get to cry aboutP
It was my father lashed me, Sir
said Nathan, blubDering again an he
put me cot, so he did,
u; is he alive YETI
'Leeving! ay,' replied Nathan; I ken
that the day tae my sOrroW.'
Where is hep says the Colonel.
What an age he must be would like
to see him.
ooh, he's up in the barn, there says
Nathan AN no in horrid guide humor
the moo, aither.'
They went up to the barn together,
and found the father busy threshing the
barley with the big fail and tearing on
fearful. Seeing Nathan and the laird
coming in, he stopped and saluted the
Colonel, who after inquiring how he
was, asked him what he had struck Ma
than for.
The young rascall' says the father,
there's noe dooing' VII him; he's never
oot o. mischief. I had tae lick him
this mornin' for throwin' stanes at his
granfatheT
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-12-26
PENNSYLVANIA Boy.

Nearly forty years ago in South Hunt.
ingdon township, Westmoreland, Pa.
says the Pittsburg Telegraph, lived JOhI
Hinton. He was an orphan boy, rude
and uneducated, and had wandered
there from the neighborhOod of Mason
town, Fayette county. With no know
he was kicked about from ont
family to another till manhood. En-
listing then in the regular army, he
served in the Florida war. At its close
he helped to escort the Cherokees be,
yond the Mississippi. From Indiar
Territory he went to New Orleans anc
shipped q common sailor on Vesse.
bound for the East Indies. At the Bay
of Madras, on the western shores of
the Bay Of Bengal, he deserted, and en-
listed in British regiment. He served
many years, and during the memorable
Sepoy Rebellion was noted for his dar-
ing bravery. At his discharge he was
presented with a gold medal by the
governor general himself.
He is next heard of travelling in 8
caravan from Delhi, westward across the
Indus river, through Afghanistan and
Persia, to Turkey and back.
In time, from trading, he became I'M
wealthy, ana was the owner
Of five caravans, containing over 1900
horses and camels, and fifty elephants
In 1854 he visited Cabul, the capital of
for copper, great quantities
of which are there mined and smelted.
His magnificent retinue attracted the
attention of the Ameer, and he was
invited to an audience-an honor never
before received by a Christian. A
present of hundred of his best horses
and three tusiKed elephant made the
Ameer his eternal friend. When, yearly,
It was followed by similar presents be-
sides camels and merchandise, John
Hinton had the monopoly of trade
from the summit of the Hindoo KOsh
Mountains to the confines Of Beloochis-
an, and in real power was second only
20 the Ameer himself. About 1870 he
was made Military Commander of the
District of Herat, and in 1876 suppressed
l Local rebellion to the great satisfaction
If his sovereign. Trained in the arts
If war among the sayages of North
America, and among the superstitious
natives of India, where he became
familiar with British soldiers
md resources, together with his years of
service as the idolized commander of
he Mohammedan tribal armies of
Afghanistan, amounting to tens of thous-
lnds Of halfcivilized men, he is to-day
he ablest soldier of Asia.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-12-26
The Writers Of the Bible.

Moses wrote Genesis, Exodus, Levitt
Gus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Joshua, Phinehas or Eleazer wrote
the book of Joshua.
Samuel is the penman of the books of
Judges and Ruth. He also wrote the
first acts of David, and probably Nathan
and Cad wrote his last acts; and the
whole was formed into two books, which
were named after Samuel, as the most
emiAent person, called the first and sec
Ond books of Samuel.
jeremiah probably compiled the two
books Of the Kings.
Ezra compiled the two books of the
book bearing his name.
Nehemiah wrote Nehemiah.
The author Of the book of Esther is
unknown.
Eihu was most probably the penman
of the book of JOB. Moses may have
written the first two chapters and the
last. Some think Job wrote them him
self.
David wrote most of the book of the
Psalms. Asaph penned a few of them.
Solomon wrote Proverbs, Ecclesiastes,
and the Songs of Solomon.
Isaiah is the author of the phophecy
of Isaiah -.tt
jeremiah wrote the book bearing his
name, and the Lamentations of jeremiah.
Ezekiai. Daniel, Hosea, Joel. Amos,
Obadiah, probably Jonah, Micah, Ma
hum, Habakuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Ze-
chariah, wrote the books Of the prophe-
cies bearing their respective names.
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John wrote
the Gospels named after them.
Luke wrote the Acts of the Apostles.
Paul is the author of the Epistles to
the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians,
Ephesians, Philippians, CoIlossians,
Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, Phile-
mon, and Hebrews.
! James, the son Of Alpheus, who was
cousin-German to Christ, and one of the
apostles, wrote the Epistle of James.
Peter wrote the Epistle bearing his
name.
The Apostle John wrote the three
Epistles Of John.
Jude, the Apostle, the brother of
James, also called Lebbeus, whose sur
name was Thaddeus, a near relative of
our Lord, wrote the Epistle of Jude.
st. John. the Divine. wrote Revelation
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-12-26
Bogus Charley,

1. II. Bromley, a correspondent of
Lhe New York Tribune, gives the follow
ing as his interview with the Modoc
Chief:
1--WE stopped at the edge of the field to
feed our horses, and at our invitation
Bogus Charley came out and we talked
with him about the present condition
and prospects of the tribe. He speaks
| English quite well and understands
readily ordinary conversation. Like all
the Indians we saw, he seemed shy and
tsilent, answering our questions freely,
but making no conversation himself.
| He told us there were los in the party
| that came here Ito the Indian Territory
in 1873, but that they had dwindled now
| by deaths to 100. In answer to our
inquiry if they were contented, he said,
sadly, 'Oh, we'll, l expect we stay here
now. We no get back But don't you
like it hereP No, we not ike it. he
said. Too many die. We come here
one hummer tfty-6ve-We only one hun
ner now. Ali over there, and he pointed
to the burial-place over on hillside
half mile away. There was an ex-
quisite tenderness in his way of saying
this, and his only one hummer now was
so full of gentleness and gravity that
though he plainly did not aim at any
effect beyond answering us, he did
really touch the feelings of all of us.
Then when we asked him if he wanted
to 90 back to his old home among the
lava beds, his eyes just frightened a
little and turned westward with the far
away look of hOmesickness and longing,
and he said, Yes, like to 90 back my
sister there, my friends there.' ] was
much interested in this chief, Bogus
Charley. Other Indians complained or
begged, were sullen or naughty; either
posed or grovelled. This man with felt
hat, blue shirt and overalls, without
bead or feather, or touch of color, an
utterly unherOIc person in appearance,
with no effort at display OF attempt to
excite sympathy or admiration, seemed
to me great; great in the simplicity of
his talk, his unstudIed eloquence, his
profound natural pathos, his dignity
without haughtiness and grace without
atfectatiOn; and greatest of all in the
philoSOphic resignation with which he
accepted his fate with hardly murmur
or complaint. As he stood there on a !
little eminence overlooking the corn
field, his arms folded and his 1.-the !
figure limned against the sky, not look
ing at us as We drove away, 1t was not
difficult to picture in him a heroic Last
of the Modocs. He had said little, but !
the tone and manner of what he did |
say so impressed me that for awhile 1 |
did feel as though this man represented |
an aggrieved and despoiled race, and
that 1, as Representative of the race that |
had wronged him, had something to be
sorry for.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-12-26

Afternoon, parson, and ma'am hain't
forgot me, have ye2 Member that Job
you did for me last spring2 Never did
anything better in that line, bet your
life. Didn't know how it would turn out.
Getting married is kinder risky, any-
how. But you won't find happier pair
this side o. Canaan, that's sure. And SO
I thought twas bout time 1 brought
along the rest of the fee. Where'l you
have these things, parson P'
The minister went to the door, and
there was the cart" literally loaded
with fruit and vegetables of every de-
scriptiOn. Such a store was never before
brought into that house
"0h, don't trouble yourselves bout
thanking for this" said the man. 'Noth-
ing but a fair trade, YOU know. But if
you must thank somebody, thank Sara
Ann. The garden sass is from her. She
kinder thought 'twould relish this hot
weather. Very hot and dry, pastor, this
season. Been 'specting the crops wouldn't
mount to nothing, but they is gettin' on
fust rate. The Lord generally brings
things round bout right, 1 notice. Don't
go much on the churches and plaguey
little on some of its members, but you
don't catch me going back on the Lord.
Was tellin' Sara only last week tnaL We
must go over and hear Y0l preach some
pleasant Sunday. S'pose you give 'em
the ra'al Bible religion, don't you?
That's what all say they do, anyhow"
The minister and his wife had but
itne opportunity to uttera word, their
friend was so talkative; but they would
insist npon expressing their warmest
thanks to him and Sara Ann" for the
truly generous donation.
After the store had been deposited in
the house, the man took the minister by
the hand, leaving in it bill, sayin:
THAT'S my part of the fee; thank
Sara Ann for the sass" And then jump
ing into his wagon he drove away.
The minister unfolded the bill, and
lol its7worth was twenty dollars Mrs.
Watson clapped her hands, and fairly
shouted for JOY. The needed dress and
pants we're bought, and to this day
there is no story which the minister and
his wife love so well to tell as that of
"The Wedding Fee"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-12-26
BELSHAzzAR.
rHASsLArED FROM HEINZ


The Midnight hour was dying on;
flushed into rest lay Babylon.
All save the royal palace where
Was the din Of revel and the tOrchs fare
There high within his royal hall
Belshazzar the king held festival.
His mobiles around him in splendOr shine,
And drain down gOblets of sparkling wine.
The mobiles shout, and the gobiets ring;
Twas sweet to the heart Of that stifnecked king.
The cheeks of the king, they flushed with fire,
And still as he drank his cJucet grew higher;
And. rnaddened with pride. his lips let fall
Wild words, that bIaspheme the great Lord Of An.
More Wanting he grew. and his basphemous sneers
Where hAlled by his lordly rOut with cheers
Proudly tie king has g mandate passed;
Away HE The the slaves, and came back full fast
Many gold vessels they brought with them,
The spOils of Gods House in Jerusalem.
With impious hand the king caught up,
Filled TO the brim, sacred cup;
And down to the bottom he drained it dry,
And aloud with his mouth afOam did cry
-Jehovahl scofT at thy greatness goneI
am the king of Babylsn-"
The terrible words werp ringing still,
When the king at his he.s felt 3 secret chill
The laughter CEASED, the lords held their breath,
And all through the hall it was still as death
And see. see therel on the white wall, see,
Come forth what seems mans hand TO be-
Then it wrote and wrote in letters of flame
On The white wall-then vanished tine way it came.
The king sat staring he could not speak,
His knees knock together, deathpale was his cheek
With cold fear creeping, his lords sat round,
They sat dumb-stricken, with never a sound
The uagicians came. but not one of them all
Could interpret the writing upon the wall
That self-sarne night-his soul God saint
Was Belshazzar the king, by his mobiles slain
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-12-26
HOW CAN WE SORROW.

How can we sorrow, when everywhere lying
God scatters blessings like leaves from treef
How can we sit in the darkness denying
The love that around US beats on like the sea?
What though our eyes read not through thick
shadows;
Radiant CLEANS from the overarched bow,
Lighting for clearer eyes hill top and meadow,
7vor Gods covenant shineth we know.
How can we grieve when remembering ever
The balm-drOpping notes of that sweet 'Iittle
while."
even tho round and about Us forever,
Prison bars frOwn between US and His smile;
Ah when the the cloud gates shall part and before u.s.
He we have walked for in glory shall come,
Who viii remember in that gladdened chorus,
Sorrows that struck saddened earth voices dumb?
Lin up yoIr eyes that are heavy with weeping
Sorrowing onel see the promises shine,
Thicker than dews on the morning grass sleeping,
Brighter than vines that on ruined walls twinel
When through the shadows you break to the glory,
When, meath your glad wings the earth mel.s away.
Never a tone from its fever-dream story,
Shall with the soul that Gods love claspeth stay.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-12-26
ARipese Funeral.

Coming up town lately, says a CORES
pOndent, a Chinese funeral passed me at
a brisk trot. Seated with the driver Of
the hearse was q Chinaman who was
diligently scattering slips of paper along
the street. Picking some Of these up,
found them perforated by q sharp in
strument, cutting them in several places.
/ stopped some Chinese on the walk, and
asked the meaning Of them, but could
get no satisfactory answer. l learned
from a friend, however that these paper
charms are thrown out all the way from
the house to the cemetery, the object
being to keep the evil spirits from get
ting the body. It is supposed that they
follow the dead body in crowds, deter
mined on mischief, but that, being very
curious, they stop whenever they see
these paper slips, examine them CAREFUL
ly, and try, as did, to get at their sig
nifcance. Meanwhile the procession
hurries on, other slips being thrown out,
thus keeping the little spirits occupied
in their studies till the friends get the
body buried, and beyond their reach.
A Chinese funeral service reminds me
Of those Bible passages which make
mention Of hired mourners. These ORR
entails employ women to do their public
lamentatiOn. The coffin is placed upon
a bier on the sidewalk, hanked by the
inevitable pig or pigs, there being two,
one roasted and the other uncooked, but
both decorated with flowers and paper
heiroglyphics. The priest talks little,
and then the professional mourners,
dressed in white-Which is the mourn
ing color of the Chinese-lament little;
then more talk from the priest, followed
by more lamentation from he women;
and so on to the end, when the dead
man and the dead pigs are hurried of
together to the cemetery with shower
of paper enigmss to tease and cheat the
demons on the way.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-12-26
Celery.


That celery is a very healthy vegeta-
bic there is no question. The Journal
of Chemistry recently gave the following
account of its virtues: The habitual
daily use of this vegetable is much more
beneficial than most people are aware
of. A writer who is familiar with its
virtues says: II have known many men
and women who, from various causes,
had become so much affected by nervous
ness that when they stretched out their
hands they shook like aspen leaves on
aWindy day, and by a moderate daily use
of the blanched footstalks Of celery as a
salad they became as strong and steady
in limb as other people. l have known
others so nervous that the least annoy
ance put them in state of agitation,
and they were in constant perplexity
and fear, who we're also cured by a
moderate use of blanehed celery as a
salad at meal-time. I have known others
50 be cured Of palpitation Of the heart.
Everybody engaged in labor weakening
to the nerves should use celery daily In
the season and onions in its stead when
not in season" To this We may add
that a prominent New York druggist
draws in winter from his soda fountain
a hot extract Of celery, mixed with
Liebigs' meat extract, under the name
Of celery. It is a nourishing drink at
lunch time, far better tnan coffee or tea,
and is doing great deal in this neigh
borhood to promote temperance. We
give celery almost daily TO our canary
birds, and it cures them Of fits; they are
little animals, with very delicate nerves,
easily frightened, and therefore they
need such a remedy very much, and the
relish with which they take it is a proof
that their instinct guides them to eat
what is good for them. A manufacturer
Of perfumery, of our acquaintance, some
years ago, commenced to prepare an ex-
tract of celery seed, put up in bottles,
and intended to give strength to old or
exhausted persons who, by over-indul-
gences, have reached such state as to
require restoratives.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-12-26
TOrpedo Practice On Sharks.

Not 4 year, indeed hardly month,
passes, but shark spoils British ship
of one or more of her hands. While
the vessel is in the harbor or riding in
the ofhng, man tumbles overheard, or
is capsized from a boat, or attempts to
swim ashore, and is torn in pieces by
sharks within sight of help and human
voices. The Alice Davise, of Liverpool,
recently returned to the Mersey, and in
her 'log" is duly recorded a terrible
catastrophe of this kind. She was
anchored off a small river known as
the ProbOlingO, on the coast of Java,
and one of her crew, Welchman by
the name of Owen, went with four
others to bathe. They were all good
swimmers, and Owen, who was the most
skillful, had ventured some little dis
tance from the vessel, when he was
heard to utter a piercing shrek. A
large shark, rising suddenly from the
bottom, had bitten him Immediately
below the fifth rib, and literally tore
him to pieces, A rope was thrown to
him, but his injuries were SO terrible
that he immediately sank. His COM
panions escaped uninjuTed, but of Owens
body no trace was discovered. The
shark which attacked him was, we are
told, judged to be some fifteen feet in
length. Such dimensions, although large,
are yet not unusual in the japanese seas.
The shark is not so much the tiger as
the vulture of the sea. Like the vul-
ture, he hesitates to attack anything
with life in it; but, if hungry, becomes
for the time possessed with a courage
not his own. Weshall never extermi-
nato him, and his presence in tropical
waters must always remain a constant
source Of 1anger. Meanwhile 10 has
at least this merit, that wherever he
may be found he affords a certain rough
species of sport. There is nc better
sport than fishing for a shark with a
hook the size of pitehforly, and huge
piece OF pork by way Of bait. Harpoon-
ing the creature is also an exciting
amusement, although seldom praciiced.
OF late years, too, the shark has been
hunted in novel and scientifi ways.
There is no better form of rifle practice
than to shoot at him over the stern with
explosive bullets. If you miss him, he
still follows on; if he is hit. a great hole
IS rent in him. He rolls slowly yer on
his back, displaying his cruel, gaping
jaws and vast expanse of white 'Inder
surface, and his brother sharks coming
up from. around, quarrel and lispute
franticall.' over the carcass. Best, how
ever, of all modes of shark chs be-
cause most scientific, and consequently
most amusing, is that recently adopted
in l.er majesty's navy, of combining
torpedo drill with shark fishery. A
miniature torpedo is enclosed in bait Of
junk or pork, and lowered with proper
care. The battery is duly charge, and
at the moment the huge fish seizes, and
as pike-tsher would say, pouches"
the tempting morsel, the circuit is COM
pleted. The effect is instantaneous. The
head and Jaws of the monster are blown
INTO fragments and bubbIing circle in
he walk marks the spot where, q few
seconds before, his dersal fin showed
above the waves. sa