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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-08-27

Puerto-Rico, agosto 20 de 1880. 2 -3
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-08-13

HERE are two anecdotes that recentls
drifted past on the stream Of chit-chat
at dinner party. An American gen.
tleman, while takinga walk in London
one day. CHANGED TO behold in = gro
GERS window an immense pile Of hams
stamped with the name and address Of
\ dealer IN Chicago. while overhead
hung . placard inscribed: BEST Cana
dian hams-one shilling and six pence
per pound The proprietor Of the e.
Enlistment Glanced to come to the
door. and the gentleman called his 1t
tention to the incongruity Of selling
Chicago hams a. = Canadian product
.Ah, YES. yesr' exclaimed the grocer
with an air Of conviction. Chicago i
one Of the United States; had forgot
ten that" Next comes the story Of an
illiterate dame who possessed . very
fine gallery Of pictures. including spe--
cimens Of the old masters as well - OF
the modern school She was one day
engaged in showing OF her art treas
ures to . visitor. seasoning her dis
course with small facts relative 70 the
artists whose works she possessed
Now, that picture she said. pointing
10 large NEUROLOGICAL scene. that !
Nv Rubcns. He's dead "-farss Cor
| Pnilodelphia Telegraph
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TKAcu yourself. and your daughter
after you. 70 perform al household du-
ties with a. great dispatch - consists
with perfcc. thoroughness- DO not
give needless time 90 any piece Of
work. Never wash. and scrub. and
rub after all dirt i removed from clothes
and woodwork. just TO be certain that
they are clean" When VOC know that
fact. be satisfied
There are some women 50 extra
thorough that IL becomes like any VIZ
tue taken Ia exccssl = positive vice.
Mrs. r. used TO scrub 80 increasingly
about her kitchen and sheds. and steps
that they were always in the uncom-
portable process Of drying. always damp
and unwholtsome, never white and
sunny. and neat
Learn TO stop when you are through
Very elzborare work Of an kind =
not TO great profit. especially in the
matter OF table fare. When one reals
the difficult details Of some wonderful
article for dessert. which takes hours
Of skilled labor in the hot kitchen 10
make il. we wonder n the patience
which holds out through II all. but
sigh ITO what purpose was this waste
Not waste OF money. for that i trid ne
compared 70 the great waste Of woman
life power which was given 10 her Tor 20
much nobler purposes
A greater simplicity in the prcpAra-
ton Of our daily fopd would save full
day out OF every week 20 NAM ahsuse-
mother. and save many dear ones from
the rack of a, spepsia in later years
Mt one III mothers children" said
LADY IN middle life 70 me one day. but
has suffered ayonie- from dyspepsia;
All the result Of mothers splendid cook.
ing
with proper dispatsh m simple,
wholesome and delicious pudding ca
be made in i've minutes and set in ths
oven 10 s.cook ITSELF" while IN inft
gestible pie takes \ great deal mon
time and wezrying labor. and : no. =
satisfactory TO \ hungry person aPPe
tite.
Young household members can b
trained up lust ~ YOU please in this ~
spect. but il i hard 10 change the Gus
toms Of those who are joined 70 thes
idols A hint may be found IN TN
truth for young hon>ekeepers Just De
ginning 10 form habits for the house
A wise simplicity in al your doing
Is for the advantage Of all parties
gives time for rest and self-improve
men.. and for the exercise Of neigh
borlv kindness and charity. and great
IL conduces 10 the heath o. = family
PLAIN fruits and vegetables prepares
in a most excellent put simple manner
with suitable variety on sue eedin'
days. are dishes = iii to set before n
king.--Cor. harai Aer Yorker.
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IsoroLp proposes to write book
Mark TWAIN. Il Is said. has given
up iecturing.
Two OF the most popular literary
men in English society just nos are the
Americans. Bret Harte and Henry
James. Jr.. whose books are sold large
" NJ railway stations
III. H..wHo Is now in England. y IN
derstood 70 have completed book on
the wrongs done 10 the American In
dams. which may see print under the
title Of "a Century Of Dishonor."
WILLIAM MoRRis. the author Of the
Earthly Paradise" has abandoned
poetry and taken TO making carpets.
The Hammersmith carpet Il the name
Of the new production with which the
poet desires to cover the floors Of the
earthly paradises.
THE books of John Stuart Mil are
among the most popular in Russia and
all Of them were translated into Rus
sian many years ago His reputation
has now reached Germany, and new
edition Of his works was recently issued
in LEIPZIG in twelve volumes
Nix. ARTHUR SULLIVAN Is reported 70
be engaged in the composition Of an
other comic opera for production in this
country next season. the librctto being
by Mr.. Gilbert In this connection II
may be stated that the latest rumor in
I the English papers Is that Mr. Sullivan
will soon be described IS Sir Arthur
Sullivan
JAMES JACKSON JARvEs declares thai
Boston. notwithstanding its serious ar
tistic aspirations. IS singulariy unses'
thetic in temperament Like Athens
Of old. il breeds men and women who
speculate ceaselessly on matters d
ethics. science. and dilettanteism gen
orally. restlessly agitating the abstrac'
and practical problems Of life. but. un
like the Athenians. manifest no passion
for the beautiful itself-"
SIR ROBERT CoLLfER has no faith II
art critics. and while he says that ths
public IS growing in intelligent appre
citation Of pictures. he thinks that tn
writers who talk about the painting
which are put on exhibition are lar be
hind the public. The educated pub
lie. he says are more TO be preferred
especially in matters concerning land
scape art than the doymatic ar critic
who write al one another.
.wE are pleased 10 learn" saws "a
New Orleans Pscayuse. that Mr.. Joe
Chandler Harris. author OF the guam
and charming sketches published here
tcfore from time to time in the Atlant
Constitution. under the caption
..Uncle Rcmus' Folk Lore" Is about
issue them in book form The pres
has universally conceded thit thes
sketches embody the best imitation
the negro dialect. character and Gus
toms vet attempted They are natural
graphic and amusing 10 young and Old
and will be doubiv appreciated .
those in the South who have stil sol
spot in Their hearts for the god oil
time. and tear trembling in the ey
.. lid and ready TO be shed tothe me nor
! OF the sable .uncles' and -aunties'
! their YOUTH
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HUMOROUS

CLEAR GRrI-Cheap sugar.-Aersd<n
Recorder
BAD Bur woRps-. Charge il to me-"
-Maruthon Independent.
WISE IS the owl il said 60 be. he i
bird liable to have his head turned very
easy N D. Rcdyune-
IL YOU want correct information about
any kind Of business. ask the individual
who has never engaged IN IL Nhst<haA
Hnsss.
He was from the mountain side. and
was buying his first glass Of soda Il
wish you a skim of that scum boss; l
amt payin' for no fr0th. you bet -
NorUsch Star
OSE swallow may not make sum-
mer, but one horse can make spring
N. Y. Gr1phic. And one small boy.
give him cherry tree, can make afalL
Bostcn Advertiser
..Tars suspense il killing meg' said
. murderer who was awaiting . dccis-
ion As to whether he should die or not.
..Oh. You wait till they settle the mat
ter said the jaiIer. you'll find cut
how suspense kills. You don't know any
thing about it yet Tontsys Jasere-
A BADLY-sHAvES gentleman. suffer-
ing from general debility. consults =
celebrated oh ,sician- do you shave
yourselfy' asked the doctor. CHANGING
Il his slashed cheeks. Yes Stop
IT, You are losing too much blood
That's what's the matter with you -
Philadelphia Caronicic-
VIZ often hear . small gathering Of
men alluded to a knot Of men Oi
course If the gathering IS composed Of
puyilists and burglars it may properly
Be called = hard knot. and if it i
composed Of young. unmarried men
il may with propriety Dc called
beau knot II not. why nots-hoEs.
Sentinel
OxE OF the most heart-rending sights
Is the Young man who affects delicate
shades O clothes. cloth CATERS. immac
ulate cuffs and bosom. checked neck
tie OF dainty colors. and stands OF
church steps and hotel verandahs
nibbling and "cribbing the head Q
small cane. We always feel lik'
packing him in excelsior and sendin:
him home to his grandma --New HareI
Register.
Yrs. daughter. you should 60 com
I. where this summer. You cannot sta
at home during the warm weather an
live. To be sure. your mother. VII
hasn't been out Of town since she Va
: married. can stand Il. but then she
old.fashioned and doesn't know m
better. AMI besides she has fun enoug
doing the washing and ironing. BY y
means 20. Get . linen buster .
basket and 70 at once. --BErhsgso
H1rkcvc.
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The recent remarkable fasting test
bv DR.. Tanner has led TO the exhuma-
ton Of = curious book written by one
Wanlev. entitled .Wonders of the Lit
tie World" in which the writer has re-
corded the following feats OF alleged
long-continued abstinence from food:
Paulus Lentulus. . doctor in the
Province Of Bern. Switzerland. in
book entitled /. A Wonderful History Of
the Fasting Of Appolonia Schreira, .
Virgin in Bern" says she was By COM
mand Of the Ma Abstracts brought 70
Bern, and .shavlng strict guard put
upon her and all kinds Of trials put IN
practice for the discovery OF any coilu-
sion or fraud in the business, in con-
clusion they found none. but dismissed
her fairly. In the first year Of her last
ing she slept very little; in the second
not at all, and so continued for long
time after"
Gerhardus Bacoldianuss. physician TO
the Roman King Macmillan, tells Of
Margaret, . ten-year old girl. born In
the village Of ROcd. near spires, who
began abstaining from all kinds Of food
IN 1889, and tasted for three years.
walking in the meantime, and talking
anu l4u8uiuS onu Gt.I 10
children u her age would do she Was
by special order Of the Bishop oil Spires
delivered into the hands Of the parish.
priest and By him narrowly OBJ -erved-
Afterward BY command q the King. Dr..
Bacoldianuss took charge Of her and
subjected her to the closest scrutiny Tor
twelve days. when finding that no de-
ception was practiced he allowed her 10
return to her friends
Katherine Binder. born in the Pala-
innate. in 1855. Is reported By Fabritiu.
to have fed only upon air for period
Of over nine years; another maiden,
aged fourteen, born in the Dukedom ol
.JuIiers. Il credited with having done
without food for three years.
The Maiden Of Meurs tasted for four
teen years. Her name was Eve Fiei
gen. and her wonderful feat i record
cd originally. in Dutch. From thu
time she became twenty-one years old
until she reached the age Of thirty-six
she il said TO have taken no sustenanc'
whatever. She tasted from the yea
1861 until 1911, and the fact il testifie'
10 by the magistrates Of the town o
Meurs. and b. the town minister. VIII
closely observed her. Over pictur
If the starving maiden Is written
Latin verse Of which the following Is
translation:
This Maid % Mcun thirty and six year
Fourteen * which she took no nourizhmeni
Thus pale and wan she rits sad and alone,
Ag~rdcns all she loves 70 look upon.
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people, who have cows 10 sell take
them 70 King cattle yards on Monday
morning. and people who want % BUY
cows 90 a. ere 70 select their animals
There Is always = BIG crowd and any
amount Of chatting. Cows 81 AL Color
aces. shapes and sizes are tied 70 the
fences. and the owner will take his oath
that nothing but amorigAge on his farm
could have Induced him 20 part with his
favorite.
The other Monday the sport OF the
ward was q COW with tail about 1901
and half long. The weather was
awful hot and the fiies plenty. and sne
not only worked that old stub for all u
was worth, but made il pretty lively for
insects with her hind feet
~ see smiles and hear laughter
said the owner as he faced the crowd,
s.but this very bob tailed COW Is worth
any four in the yard. She don't look
finished out with that stumpy-tsil. but
here IS another case wherein the inven-
tive genius Of man can overcome the
lost forces Of nature" :.
He thereupon deity affixed small
bush to her tail BY means OF string.
and the COW sent the flies sky-high At
every rap
sand now how did this COW lose her
tail?' continued the man. IS ne hung
his coat on the fence. "She Didn't 90
slathering around = mowing-machine--
oh, no. She didn't get i hung IN the
barn door-not by . jugfull- She didn't
cut il on herself to spite the family. for
she knows how we all love her. Why,
gentlemen. when 1 started with this
Cow this morning there was more weep
ing and bowling in the town OF BEDFORD
than ever heard at any funeral. tell
We. bob-tailed cows not only have
place in this worlds green pastures, but
also in the affections Of the public I've
cot TO sell that COW to buy liver-pads
for my family. and tell you ! feel sad
clear down TO my boots Excuse these
tears, hut that animal has got . strong
hold on my affections. and we are
family that never conceal our real feel
ings."
~ this time everybody in the yart
was in the circle around him. and thu
man wiped his eyes and said:
About her lost tail Last week
stranger came along looking for . Gov
which would give twenty quarts o
milk at one milking. told him he wa
my huckleberry. That COW has dom
it time and agin. and shell do It ever
day in the year. The stranger laughed
That kinder stung me, and ! told HIN
If she didn't pan out twenty full quart
of milk I'd cut OF her tail. II sh
did, he was to give me fifty dollars 70
the COW. Ladies and gentlemen, 50
down and MIXED. l felt IS sure o
them fifty dollars as l do Of leavin
this yard alive. but alas! this is s vai
world. She had got hold Of somethin
wrong that day. and all / could &c
out Of her was nineteen quarts. on
pint and one gill. l am man Of M
word, and of went her tail. Now
then. il there is any person here VIII
isn't dodrotted particular about tbs
missing gill Of milk let i'm step for
ward, plank down twenty-five dollar:
and take the best COW which eve
pulled grass in Wayne County. -Detro
Free Press.
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SArs = writer in the London Word !:
Frank Buckland. the friend OF fisher
men and MONKEYS. j., am sorry 70
say. in falling health Owing % the
dropsical nature Of his complaint he
finds walking diticult- Is if. % use his
own expression. his legs were IN Wei
lington boots full Of water Not nth
standing those physical troubles lie =
full Of interest 70 the naturalist MI.
Buckland .; home is surrounded BY AL
his pets. from dried gorillas 10 living
creatures Of everv sort He sits In
John Hunters chair. regardless Of IN
comfortable angles. and considers i
more delightful than the downiesf Of
couches without historical interest,
and the angles. too. are 90 convenient
for the monkeys. They can SIT alofl
and watch the progress OF the Fishery
Commissioner reports. and Pcunce
do~n among prcof-sheefs at viii M
Jamrach- retired orgap-monkeT- Is
great favorite with his master. and
shares with him the frugal meal q
which his doctors limit him There i
not much ceremony observed on thess
occasions, for everything Is turn about,
even to the clare. and water. The ex'
preston OF the monkeys face. - il sit
watching an opportunity for raid.
have only seen equaled in the chiidre'
brought 70 our London hospitals from
povertv-stricken homes The face o
the starved human baby liz up with
CLEAN Of gratitude 20 the nurse- an
the face Of the spoiled monkey. sittin'
in mute admirafion Of his kindl
master, are alike TO : wrinkle
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A wsxE near Ancona- Italy. was last
month exploded with 80 powerful =
charge Of powder that small yacht
two miles OF was lifted ont of the seA
and c. Psized b. the conclusion
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vERnrx OF BIRDS Keep the perches
and wire portion Of the cages clean BY
frequently washing with . weak suds
made with carbolic soap and warm
~ater. Apply with . cloth Dry wire
and pcrrhes thoroughly after each wash
ing. Then dress BY means Of feather
both perches and wire with light coat
ing Of the best table sweet oil Place
inside II the cage in the top or peak >
small piece Of loose cotton batting
Fasten the cotton in place with thread
or string and change daily This treat
ment perseveringly executed will give
favor able re sulfs
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THERE are certain obstacles in every
path that can be overcome only BY the
presence Of sef-confdence- There are
outward hindrances 70 encounter. oppo-
sition to meet. difficulties TO surlnount.
prejudices to sweep away. the very
presence Of which will terTify and apPA
the wavering and des 2ondent. VII lie
they will melt away before the firm
dignity Of self-respect and self-reliance-
There are also the innumerable obstacles
within. inclinations 70 curb. passions 70
restrain, desires 10 guide temptations
10 resist; these also need not only the
powcr 70 dcai with Them but = con-
iidence In that power that can alone
make IL effective.
, 1880-07-28
THE COMING MAN IN ARABIA.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.
Sir,-To understand the reality OF
Arab plans of independence on the
Syrian border, it will be necessary
for your readers to remember that
not seventy years have elapsed since
the eastern districts of Palestine, the
Glands beyond Jordan" formed part
of an Arabian empire. In the early
years of the present century the En-
pire of Nejd, founded by the Wah-
habit Princes of the Saoud dynasty,
had so far extended itself that it en-
braced all those towns and villages
now held by the Turks which lie
south of Damascus, and skirt the pill
grim-road to Mecca. MAN, Belka,
Zerka, with Bora and the so-called
"Giant Cities" of the Hauran, distinct
ly Arab in population, then owned
allegiance not to the Turkish Sultan,
but to a Sultan of Nejd. Even north
of Damascus such places as Palmyra,
and Jerud paid tribute to the Wah-
habit Imam, while Damascus itself
was at one time captured and held to
ransom by him. This state of things
was put an end to only in 1918, when
Ibrahim Pasha marched to Nejd and
broke up the Wadhabi empire; nor
was ea@tern Syria finally subjugated
TIL Mehemet Ali conquered it in 1881.
Tie %ferocity with which he then car
RED out bis plan of military anneAa-
non is still a distinct remembrance
with the inhabitants of these towns,
and the destruction of their free life is
with many of them more than a tradl-
ton.
, 1880-07-28

in immediate danger of sack or me-
mace. His present object would seem
to be to assert his claim to the Hau-
ran, and to watch events from a near
er position than he can command at
home. He wishes, too, l suspect,
above all else, to bring in the Roala
and Bisshr Sheykhs to his Arabian
league, and | make no question he is
at the present moment entertaining
more than n of these notables In
his tents. Every Bedouin whom he
thus receives this summer will 60 back
to his tribe with a tale of the power
and splendour of the native Emir, for
Mohammed affects precisely that sort
of magnifcence which impresses most
the Bedouin mind,-unbounded hos
pitality, splendour of arms, of slaves,
of mares of noble blood. He has
with him too, doubtless, an encourage
of the Nejd nobility, and a sufficient,
force of fighting men from the Sham
mar and their allies TO enforce respect.
A phenomenon like this will not have
appeared in the Syrian Desert since
the days,of Abu Nocta, and I shall be
much surprised If the summer goes
by without Mohammed ibn Rashid's
receiving the submission of half the
Anazeh Sheykhs. In him I already
see the central figure round which the
Sheykhs of tho north will group
themselves when the hour of fate
shall have struck for the Ottoman
Empire,-she force which shall bind
together the bundle Of Desert sticks.
That the force is likely to be employ
ed for good, and not Tor evil, 1 have
no doubt at all /; and in justification of
my faith, l beg to refer your readers
to what l have already written of
Ibn Rashid's scheme of government
in his existing State of Jebel Sham
mar. If security for life and proper
ty, light taxation, Immunity from
CONSUMPTION, and a healthy interest
in the politics of their country be
blessings to a people, then the extern
sion ofthe Emir's rule shouldappealto
all our %sympathies. 1t is desirable,
at any rate, tt.at English statesmen
should be aware of the fact that the
Arab race is bent upon self-goveru-
ment, and that in expectation of the
coming collapse OF Turkey, there are
native rulers on foot able and readv
to succeed the sutan.-I am Sir; &c.s
WMFRED ScAwEN BLUM It.
, 1880-07-28
GO Notice.

THE UNDERSIGNED, intending
to leave the island for Europe
next month, requests his friends and
customers politely to settle their &C
counts so as to enable himto meet his,
own engagements
st Croix July 9th 1885,.
"a. ]. PETERSEN.
, 1880-07-28

varying fortune, Ibrahim Pasha sue
ceeded in capturing the Wahhabi capi-
tai, in massacring the chief inhabi-
tants and sending the Imam himself,
Abdallah ibu Saud, a prisoner to Con-
s~tantinople, where he was without
ceremony beheaded. The whole of
Arabia, with the exception of Oman
and Hadramaut, was then overrun by
the Turks, and Nejd itself held in
subsection to Constantinople for nearly
thirty years. Then came a wal of
independence, in which the Turks
were driven out everywhere but in
Mecca and Medina, and a new monar-
chy of Nejd was founded. In 1852,
when Mr.. Palgrave visited Rad, Fey
sui ibn Saoud, the new Imam, had re-
gained nearly all that his predeces-
sor had lost. Only the towns of
eastern Syria and the Syrian Desert
seemed lost to Arabia for ever.
Since Mr.. Palgrave's visit, however,
a great political change has occurred
in Nejd. Wahhabiism, never very
firmly rooted in the affections Of the
Arabs, has rapidly declined, and with
it the religious influence OF the Ibn
Saouds, A new family of princes,
remarkable for statesmanlike ability
and protesting national rather than
religious principles Of government.
and 50 infinitely more popular, has
taken their place /; and ct the present
day, Mohammed ibn Rashid, Emir of
Jebel Shammar, is looked upon in all
Northern Arabia as the true heir to
the old monarchy and the representa-
tive ofnational ideas. Though laying
no claim to any of the titles of the
Ned S%ultans, he does, in fact, possess
a large portion of their power, and a
portion which is ever increasing. By
a system of general Cancellation, join
ed with occasional displays Of vigour
where Cancellation has failed, he has
managed to unite to his standard tribes
hardly ever before seen acting to-
gether; and within the last FIVE years
he has opened friendly negotiations
with the Roala, and even the Bisshr
Sheykhs of the far north, hereditary
enemies of his house, but who have
latterly appealed to him more than
once in their quarrels. With the Sham
mar of the Jesireh Mohammed is natu-
rally allied, being himself Shammar;
and he has neglected no opportunity
Of ingratiating himself with travellers
from the north, or of renewing inter-
course by friendly messages with the
Sheykhs of the Desert towns of Syria
formerly under Wahhabi rule. His
sovereignty has now for some years
been firmly established in the Jof
oasis, and was extended in 1873 to
KAT and Ittery; while, as I announc-
ed the other day, he has within the
last six weeks appeared in the Hau-
ran, not sixty miles from Damascus.
Mohammed ibn Rashid Is, then, the
chieftain of whom I spoke as the
looming man" of Arabia, and his idea
is tina restoration of a northern mo-
narchy OF Nejd. The limit of his am
bition northwards is probably cock
tensive with that of the old Neid
Empire, but it is not likely that he
has any immediate design upon Syria
west of the pilgrim-road, or north. of