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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-01-16

Ses -, porIue tantO Gu
ia. Puerto Rico piden con So
prada justicia que Sc atienda q sus
lntereses, tan sagrados como los de
la Peninsula. Ell citad6 proyecto de
abolicion. cuenta otras abstenciones
muy 'signi6catiyas pues no lie dieron
su voto los generates Matinee Cam
DOS, Jovellar, Marques de la Haba-
q. Pavfa, Ell dpque de Tetuan, los
pndes de Puhonrostro y de Xique-
nj. afgunos otros personaies !;
slendo de notar que entire esos NOM
bres fguran los de tres ministries
que preseitaron Fl proyccto de abo-
Lcion.
En- polftica solo Sc piensa hoy en-
hacer calculos sobre IN nuevo par
lido que dicen %. propone formar ell
Sr, Posada Herrera, aunque no falta
lien crea que ESQ es hablar por ha-
ar, porque' este hombre p1bIico
iensa yolYer dentro de Focos diss 1
v
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-01-16

concrete. por decreto del Gobierno
provisional. los puertos dc Monte
Christy, Samand J Puerto-Plata, Sto
Domingo.
Ha sido nombrado aduanero del
Resguardo de Ponce D. Carlos Amer
~ Allegro, cabo licenciado de la Guar
dia Civil.
-En ell t&rmino de Is dias con-
tados desde ell l5 del corrieute, los
presidentes de las Juntas locales de
los pueblos que en- la Gaceta Sc citan
deberan remitir d la junta Superior
de Instruction pdblica los estados
trlmestrales y selnestraIes de las es-
cuelas correspondence a los amos de
1878 y 1879.
Ell 2l del corriente Sc venderan
en- publica subasta en- esta aduana
43, $50 cogollos de palma de yarey
que fueron desembarcados de Ia gole.
ia Dolores procedente de Manzsnillo
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-01-16

Llamamos la atancion de nuestros
lectores sobre la siguiente revista
inedita con que nos ha favorecido ell
ilustrado y c6lebre joven D. Luis
Bonafoux y Quintero. 0 mucho
nos enganamos, 8 ess novel abogado
ha de adquirir tai nombradfa, 81 s.
que estudlando y no Sc extravfa, que
Ilegara la fecha e1 que Puerto-Rico
dispute Francia SUI cuna. Su esti-
10 suelto y chispeante, su elegaucia y
gr4cejo ell ell decir, sus arranques Vi
riIes, su especialidad, en- fin, revelau
corazon y talento. Pocas de nues-
tras notabllidades !terarias han es.
critic q los q amos como Bonafoux
He auui su trabaio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-01-16

Ne he deiado arrebatar en- alas da
la poesia, y va me falta tempo para dis.
currlr en prosa. 70 tambign tuve mis-
conatos J yisiumbres de poeta, aIin
10 soy ratos perdidos porque la poe
sia, en- este siglo, no estriba unicamen-
to en- 10 rima hay poesia en- Ia prosa
Pero fui tambien poeta al uso. B pre-
sendi serio. Voy 4 contarte, lector be-.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-01-16

de sanc6rrit, que
se creido fuers d,
ro con oios centel
hicieron decaer
aoma, y diiole
do Y triste ; lue
Adj
me- -,.sos, ID. p,
as, porque yoy 4
Ia muralla.
Vete, bendito
| Sanc6rrit, sin Mrs
No yolvi 4 verle
que 20 me arroiars
no me di6 tan fue
murio, de pesadu
10 de mi poesia.
dado 20 por NOR
Pero mo le
muerto, que, al
IA dc La honra I
libro dc Poets Rs
Era 20 aasonces
que l. reae lon q
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20
Fencing.
necessary

AMONG the most perplexing ques-
tions affecting agriculturists at the pres
ent time is the subject of fencing-with
what material to fence that will be du-
rable and at the same time safe from
endangering the life of stock. The old
time worm rail-fence can not be thought
of except in timber regions. The fence
of posts and boards will last but a few
years until it decays. The Usage hedge
answers an excellent purpose where
there are no weak spots in the line, but
they are frequent, and on much of the
land the whole thing is impracticable.
The barbed wire has of late been the
material round which the hope of the
farmer has conferred, and this, while
making barrier for the large domestic
animals that is impregnable, has other
serious objections that render an abso-
lutte reliance upon it as extremely doubt
full. From very many sources come the
complaint of valuable animals being lac
Grated and sometimes MANNED for life
from coming in contact with it. Not
long since an acquaintance came very
near losing an eye, while putting up a
line of barbed wire, caused by the staple
intended to held the wire in place flying
out, and the wire being drawn out of a
straight line flew in the face of the ope-
rator, striking him just above the eye
and tearing the eyebrow. This mate
rial has not been long enough in use to
thoroughly test its durability, and it may
be an open question whether rust may
not soon corrode it and weaken it in
spots and thus become short-lived.
Wherever practicable we would ad-
wise the use of the Usage orange and
make live hedges. This requires fire.
quent trimming to keep it down to a
proper height and in good form, but
this will involve no more labor than the
occasional repairing of wood fences, be-
sides being durable.
1t is possible that our domestic ami
mails, through greater familiarity with
the barbed wire fence, will become so
accustomed to look out for its presence
as to be more on the alert and thus
avert the serious consequences that
have so often attended its use so far.
Yet we are of the opinion that to make
it completely safe from danger to ami
mails in the midst of their playful gam
bols, it will be necessary that some more
bulky and consequently more visible
substance be attached at frequent inter-
walls to indicate its presence. But this
will add materially to the expense of the
fence.-Burlingto HGs0keue.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20
g SOcietY" Girls.

THE poorest use to which girl can
put herself is to become what is popu-
larly known as ''society" girl; for it is
the hardest of work, with the least COM
pensation. Society, cultivated at first
from the fascination and pleasure which
woos the pretty and attractive young
girl at the entrance to what seems to be
a perpetual round of gayety and amuse-
ment, is soon discovered to be madly
rushing whirlpool, from whose enthrall-
mentit is almost impossible to escape, and
which exhausts life and strength faster
than standing in shop-faster than
any amount of hard work. This is not
over-stated. The history of society girls
those who are seen every where, who
attend balls and parties, who keep late
hours, who eat late suppers-is the same,
at least IN large cities, and it is not very
different in smaller towns. Five years
is as long as they hold out; if they are
deficient in health and vitality to begin
with, one, two, or three years is enough
to do the work. Many die of consump-
ton, some are Frustrated by debility,
others succumb to the modern nervous
disorders which attack the stronghold of
life so insidiously that no one knows
what has been done until the citadel has
been undermined, and it's forces given
into the hands of the enemy.
OF course no one begins with the in
tention of digging their own grave in
this idiotic way. The wine drinker
never begins with the intention of being
drunkard; social pressure is brought
to bear continually, vanity is fattered,
and the danger is all the greater be-
cause it is not realized. Who carries
an umbrella, or looks out for storm in
fair weather? and if the sky were to al
ways remain clear there would be no
necessity for preparation for storms at
all.
But even in the midst of the bright
ness, girls of any sense or intellect feel
distressed at the waste of the young,
strong, bright years, in such hard, yet
purposeless routine. Time keeps sound
ing the pitiless gone, going, gone; and
nothing remains for the vanishing
years to show but some notifications
and heart-breaks, pieces of torn tulle,
some faded (artifciaD flowers, a legacy
of corns from tight shoes, and blank
AuouiO' OSSe'oAOH"liJ a. OOdAIJ dlu u
belle will be "suapped up" within the
first few years of her career by some
courageous man. There is no attempt
to disguise the fact that this is the ex-
pectation and main objects of society
girls in general; it can not well be 9TH
erwise. But the chances are no more
than would occur in a lottery, and the
success-what is it? If the man is rich,
the young wife becomes his property
part of his establishment-with only so
much of individual existence as he
chooses to allow her. If poor, she very
often becomes a complaining and un-
happy drudge, or sinks into listlessness
because she is unfit to perform the nat
ural duties of her position, and her
means are too narrow, her resources too
small to permit of much social excite
ment or activity.-Jennte June, IN DEM
orest'S Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20
The LOckiaw.

THERE have been frequent accounts
in the newspapers of late regarding at
tacks of lockjaw, or tetanus, with usu-
ally fatal ending. 1t is said that there
are more cases of this terrible affiiction
in the United States than in any other
temperate countries, owing to the higher
and more sensitive nervous organization
of the inhabitants. 1t is marked by an
involuntary, persistent, intense, painful
contraction or cramp of the voluntary
muscles, nearly the whole body being
sometimes affected The different sets
of muscles are generally affected in a
certain degree of order, the muscles of
the neck, jaws and throat almost always
giving the earliest evidence of the pres
ence of the disease. The patient expe-
riences difficulty and uneasiness in bend
ing or turning the head, and is apt to
imagine that he has stiff neck. He
also finds it rather hard to open his
mouth. Finally, the jaws close, some
times gradually, though with great firm
ness, and occasionally, it is said, all of a
sudden, and with a snap. Along with,
or very soon after the symptoms have
appeared, the deglutitory muscles arein-
tluenoed, and very soon an acute pain
at the lower part of the sternum, extend
ing to the back, sets in, and is frequently
excruciating. This depends, in all prob
ability, upon cramp of the diaphragm,
and is subject to paroxysmal aggrava-
ton. The spasm extends to the mus
cles of the trunk, to the large mus
Giles of the extremites, to the muscles of
the face, and lastly to those of the tongue,
hands and fingers, which often obey
the will of the sufferer after all other
voluntary muscles have become fixed.
The muscles affected continue perma-
nently contracted until either death or
recovery has taken place, and some of
them, the muscles of the abdomen, for
example, are so rigid as to sound like a
board when struck with the fingers.
The spasms grow more violent every
ten or fifteen minutes, commonly begin
ming by an increase of pain at the
sternum, and lasting from 120 to $50
seconds. As the disease advances the
paroXysms become more frequent. The
strong muscles of the back generally
overcome the muscles in front of the
body, and then the patient is frequently
obliged, during the paroxysms, to rest
solely on his head and heels, while his
body is arched and elevated During
the exacerbations, the face of the suffer-
er often assumes frightful appearance.
The tongue is likely to be badly bitten,
and the contractions are occasionally so
violent as to break the teeth and rup-
ture powerful muscles. Death results
generally from a combination of causes,
but mainly from suffocation, coupled
with loss of power and degenerate ac-
ton of the heart. The two chief sources
of tetanus are exposure to cold or damp
and bodily injuries. When the former
happens the disorder is called idiopath-
ic; when the latter happens it is trau.
matte, which is much more frequent
than the other form of the disease. Te-
tanus is liable to follow any sort of hurt,
from trifling cut or scratch to q COM
pound fracture or the severest opera
ton, and is much commoner in tropical
than in temperate climates.-New York
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

me kind-hearted Galveston lady
nanteu MN out a plate with some cold
meat on i, but the tramp turned up his
nose and said: "I need something
noa'lsnlng. Havn't you a bottle of ale
anu a rare done beefsteakp'' Still she
dlant get mad, but merely said: g
don ! see what you need strengthening
1000 ,orP You don't do any hard
worA' - mo, but have to walk so
Tar. Your State of Texas is so much
bigger than those have been accus-
toned TO. Galveston NeeOs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

THERE was once very smart man, and he
met man who was not smart, and said to
him: "See here, | am an awful smart man.
know everything and can do anything, yet
my pocket, my purse and my stomach are a
trinity of emptiness-three in one and I'm
the one; while you, who are not smart, go
clothed in purple and fine linen and have
your ribs regularly adiposed. Now tell me,
why is this?" And the man who was not
smart answered and said that he did not
know, but he supposed it must be because the
market was overstocked with smart men.
Moral: There is none.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

"A couple of Galvestonlans, who
have just returned from a hunting ex-
cursion, tell pleasant little incident Of
the UP near Richmond. They went
up 10 tne house of farmer to get some
milk and experienced considerable diff
tIculty IN getting the gate open. One OF
the parry said to the sturdy old gran
ger. We had good deal of trouble
getting the gate open" ayes" re-
sponoed the granger, dryly: &c fixed il
up TO Keep the hogs out" Galveston
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20
Wheeling Intelligencer.1
Looking Rack to i72.

Ihat the great campaign now upon us will
exceed that of 1872 when the "'Go West ,
philosopher p" was in the field and fray, no one
doubts. Time works wonders; but with
some things it can make no change, as the
following from our esteemed fellow citizen,
II. f. Behrens, ESQ.,, will show: have sold
the Hamburg Drops since 1872, and have
never heard complaint; / know families
who would not be without the Drops for any
thing. Every dealer says the same.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

Hero of the late war; and now United States
Senator from Illinois, writes: "Some years
ago | was troubled more or less with rheu-
matism, and have within the last year or so
suffered intensely with same disease. III be-
gan to take 'Du"ang's Rheumatic Remedy,
and am thoroughly satisfied that have been
cured by its use. do not hesitate to recon-
mend it to all sufferers"
It's taken internally and never fails to cure
the worst case in the shortest time. Sold by
all wholesale and retail druggists. Write
for 40 page pamphlet to 4. K. Helphenstne,
Druggist, Washington, D. G.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

The waits between the acts in Chinese
,heater are long enough for a young man to
go out and chew cloves, play six games Of
billiards, take nap of six hours, go twenty
miles into the country to see his Aunt Hill,
attend base ball match, eat his supper get
shaved and fight a duel Then he can &c
back in the theater before the curtain rises
on the second act,-NorriSto1e Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

THE circus season just closing has been
very successful. To be sure, business was
vigorously pushed. At Little Rock, Ark,
two lions were let loose. In Carolina an
elephant got on the rampage and keeper
was sacrificed. "Ads." like these tell. En-
terprise is sure to succeed. One manager
said he was bound to make money If he had
to have the entire brass band eaten by the
tigers. His patrons wished he had, and
thrown in the clown to boot.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

A CLERGYMAN past middle age, after hav-
ing united loving couple in the holy bonds
OF matrimony, was asked by some one pres
ent at the marriage feast how he, bachelor,
could consistently engage in such ceremo-
MES. The good mans answer was signif-
cant: sin a mans life there are two
periods when he is likely to marry-one when
he is young and has no sense, the other
when he is old and has lost his sense. He was
glad to inform them that he was past one,
and not vet reached the other.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

Did you ever know any person to be i'll
without inaction of the stomach, liver or kid
neys, or did you ever know one who was well
when either was INSTRUCTED or inactive; and
did you ever know or hear of any case of the
kind that Hop Bitters would not cures Ask
your neighbor the same question. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

DIR. A. A. PRATT, of this city, says: St. ia
cobs Oil is splendid. All to whom have sold
it, pronounce it the best medicine for rheu-
matism and pain they ever used.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

ALL respecta BILE dealers sell Frazer Axle
Grease, because it is the Genuine and gives
perfect satisfaction.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

THERE are now 10000 Greek soldiers in
Athens, and more than 10000 in the whole
kingdom. Afternoon drill is the event of the
day in the capital.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

In recent charge the Recorder of Dublin
said that of 6, 200 dwellings let in tenements
in that city 1890 houses, occupied by about
80, 600 people, are reported unfit for human
habitation
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

PROGRESS that gives four cubic feet of all
apiece to its children andscalls the measure
ment Public Health.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

A SACRAMENTO bride whipped her father
because he induced her husband to drink in
bar-room. -'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

CONSIDERING that kind words cost nothing,
what a poor stock of them is in the domestic
arkets.-Ph,ladelphio Bulletin. a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

ALAwYER's advice is of greater value than
friends. He charges for it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

REDDING's RUSSIA SALvE is the universal
remedy for burns, scalds. cuts, bruises etc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

A SERVANT girl is the champion cro-
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

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Sam
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Bernhardf's Appearance.

Paris Correspondence.
| never was more agreeably disap-
pointed in the appearance Of a per
son than when Sarah smilingly and
merrily tripped-I would almost have
said danced-intO the room, which,
by the way, was so Uttered up with
gigantic ships and crowns of flowers,
that it was quite a puzzle to know
where to sit down without crushing
them. She looked infinitely fresher,
brighter and prettier than | had
ever seen her on the stage. Her
photographs are perfect ~caricatures
every one of them. They
give no idea Of those wonderfully
clear, translucent, great blue eyes.
with their now soft and melting and
now keen and penetrating glance; of
her fresh and fair complexion, which
on the stage is hidden under a thick
mass Of horrid paint; of her beautiful
light blonde hair, which lacks Just a
shade of being golden, and is curled
in the most graceful and artistic fash.
ion; of her tender and sensitive mouth.
the slightest motion ofwhich is full Of
character and expression. l had never
considered her pretty. 1 now, after
a most careful and p~ainstaking inspec-
ton, decidedly thought her so. She
was charmingly dressed, too, and her
thiDness of person, which is so gene
rally remarked, but which she ridi-
cules herself, was most artistioally
disguised. The waves of lace and
rufie which fell about her neck ap-
peared to hide a bust worthy Of Diana
herself. | wish | could describe her
dress. ITO know her is a liberal ed
ucation," was once said Of a famous
woman. To describe her dress would
mean a liberal education in every
ramiGcation Of the science Of dress
making, which, alasl has been denied
me,