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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-11-21
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TARIFA DR FLETE PARA NUEvA-YoRK.

Cafe, Azncar, Mieles, etc, segun con
venlo especial con los agentes, hbres de
capa.
La MAS BARATA RUTA para Europa
VIA NEw-YoRK con opcion permanecer Ell
dtrho punto los pasajeros todo ell tempo
que juzsuen 0pOrtUnO.
Conocimiento y boleta de pasajes directos
Sc dan en- todos l1s puertos donde los vapo
res de la compania tocan, para Eur pa, Ca
1lGdd y b StOn en- ConeXion con las slguien-
tes lneas dc vapores:
VIA NEW YORK. .-Por la de C,o,ard,
White Star, & Lt".dt para desde LiUerpOOL
North Grrmdn Ltogi para desde Bremen.
I-HdntGuTg AnteTtcan Pdchet Company para
| y deSde 4nt6ereS. - General IrdIlSdt GLttic
Company para desde Hdcre. .-Atsch p Line
para desde L6ndreo Y GtaSgotU. -MerchdntS
DeSpdtch d International a Line para des-
todos los puntOs del CdnGdd. lietrOpO l.
dp Line para desde Boston.
BOLETA DIRECTA PARA EUROPA.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-11-21
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eadp. MoRTERA o MANUELA.

NurITAk, sr %. D. P. q. Dol2. y oor1p.-GIBaEA.
nueAGoree de SilA A. Rodriguez OQmp,- aARAooA. Il.
1iayo Comp.-fjV -, Sres. =. ? l.. Ros y Coelp.-
Eip Bernedo byUApILLA Eres. Anell sllia CT
RuTaro is.Co 4! IriRrte, Herniano te 0sracer s
' Comr.--SANIE Las. Sres. Lamb Dorcp,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29
She Kept tie Secret.

A3orO3)OS Of the Tarrytown-Andre CEN
tennial celebration, the New York Times
tells the following story, which shows
that woman could keep n secret one
hundred years ago:
Mrs. See, an old woman living on the
Bedford Road, about two miles from the
Tarrytown depot, tells picturesque tale
OF succeeding events as it was told her
by the participants Mrs. See, famil-
iarly known as "Aunt Betsy" says that
party of "Skinners" with their prisoner
went directly to "Mug Tavern" near
White Plains--a hostelry presided over
by Aunt Polly Reed Strange to say
considering her sex-Aunt Polly was
notorious for her curiosity and inability
were sizzling in the pan for the hungry
"Skinners," Aunt Polly was struggling
to ascertain the identity of the melan-
choly young stranger. who was so hand
somely clothed in blue overcoat, claret-
colored coat, and nankeen waistcoat and
breeches. Finally Paulding seized her
by the wrist and drew her close to him.
Can you keep secret?"
eyes," stammered the old woman
with hardly suppressed eagerness.
"We've got British spy"
In three minutes the old woman had
intrusted household cares to her girl, sad
died her white horse, and was galloping
to the next house, in place called
"Twitchings." But the fences and
brush proved an obstacle, and Aunt Polly
was forced to make long detour 10y the
road The "Skinners" finished their
meal and departed, making straight cut
across the country toward Twitchings. "
AS they approached the house they
cauget sight of Aunt Polly flying up the
road on her white horse, daylight show
ing between herself and the saddle at
everp leap. Her hair streamed out be-
hind. In one hand she swung her huge
poke bonnet by the strings, while she
shrieked in shrill, quavering voice,
They've got the ID spy! They've
got the ID spy !"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29

the artichoke. They contain a large
quantity of honey, and SO prove an at
traction to bees. The seeds are valu-
able food for poultry; ground into flour.
pastry aud cakes can be made from
them and boiled in alum water, they
yield blue coloring matter. The care
fully dried leaf Is used as tobacco. The
seed receptacles are made into plotting
paper, and the inner part of the stock
into fine writing paper the woody por-
lions are consumed as fuel, and from the
resulting ash valuable potash is oh
tanned. Large plantations of them in
swampy places are protection against
intermittent fever.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29
A Heroine in O Fix.

/ used to know the late G. p. r.
James, whose novels at one time enjoyed
a very large circulation. One day /
called upon him, as we had agreed to go
ont somewhere together. found him
dolefully seated over manuscript. He
was not writing, but he was gazing Mt it
with melancholy despair. l thought he
was i'll, and asked him whether this was
the case. No, he said, he was physically
well. What, then, was the matter with
him? anxiously inquired 1T is my
heroine, he answered q have got her
in such fix that can not extricate her
without slight violation of the rules of
propriety." ''Then let her be improper,
and don't let us be late for the train," /
hippantly said. "My dear friend" he
replied, edo you want to ruin me? Are
you not aware that live by never allow
ing my heroines to do anything to which
the most stringent mamma might object !?
If once the slightest doubt were raised
about my novels being sound reading for
the most innocent OF school-room girls
my occupation would he gone" And so
we missed the train, but the heroine
emerged from the pages of the novel
model of all that heroine ought to do
under difficult circumstances. --London
Truth
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29
Afghan Gratitude

Many curious stories are told of the in
fluence exercised by the Afghan chiefs
over the followers, among the most strik-
ing of which is the following A young
English subaltern attached to the Cabul
expedition of 1841-42 rescued an Afghan
pilgrim from some British soldiers who
were handling him roughly. The pill
grim thanked his deliverer, saying, with
emphasis, that g an Afghan never for
gets q good turn or bad one" Some
months later, during the fatal battle of
the Murd- Cabul Pass, our hero 50 " one of
the enemy point to him repeatedly, and
concluded himself singled out for de-
struction But, to his amazement, he
remained unhst amid the hottest fire,
while his men were dropping around
him like leaves, those who had molested
the pilgrim being the first to fall. At
length several of the army disarmed and
dragged him down by main force, check
ing those who wished to kill him by
declaring him to be under the protection
of their chief The chief in question
proved to be identical with the rescued
pilgrim-a disguise assumed to aid his
designs against the English-and the
officer, having been Hospitality enter
tanned, was dismissed without ransom.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29
Changes i'm English Fiction.

Marvellous changes both in the quality
of English novels and in the personal Of
their writers have been witnessed since
Dickens and Thackeray passed away;
Shirley Brooks, George Lawrence and
White Melville are no more. Anthony
Trollope ambles along at the well-known
pace on the same old nag. Charles
Reade has laid aside the pen. Wilkie
Collins grows increasing more spectral
and shuddery, and less like his old
master. George Eliot keeps for the
most part silence, or, when she breaks it,
does so only TO bore a'publc which
would fain admire. Miss Brandon,
Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Oliphant arc
still weaving the familiar plots out Of the
accustomed material Miss Broughton
has almost exhausted the resources Of
her prllrient imagination. Ouida alone
possesses that in full vigor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29
For /" Fashionable Men,"

A fashionable man of to-day dresses
very plainly. He wears morning suit
of the toughest possible material. He
puts on frock coat at p. m, and
changes it at for evening dress. He
wears no jewelry, except heavy gold
ring on the small finger of the left hand,
with one or three stones set flat The
most fashionable stones are cat's-eyes
and sapphires. Diamonds and rubies
are discarded. Nothing is used in the
shirt bosom bat a single pearl, black or
pink pearls being preferred to white ones.
The scarf-pin for the morning must be a
light, fancy one. In the afternoon big
pearl, clover, or some ancient engraved
stone is required.
Extravaganza is admitted only in sleeve
buttons, which may be of great value.
but they must look plain.
In the arrangement of the house the
main tendency of fashion is toward
pictures and books. Bric-a-brac is being
given up, as having been conducive to a
vulgar and ignorant craze for collections
Thoroughly well-bred men never ask
the price paid for q horse or a picture
They admire or criticise it without the
slightest reference to the price. They
also never enter into any kind of bargain
with friend. Everything that is bought
and sold goes through the usual business
channels and in the open market. 1t is
very fashionable to be close at bargains.
Making numerous purchases, without
showing much attention to the price, is
regarded characteristic of an upstart. 1t
is accordingly considered good taste to
make purchase alone, without being ac-
companied by anybody: for if one has
with him friend, especially lady, he
cannot bargain, and has to give the price
asked for, however extravagant it may
be.-NctD York SIN.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29
Funerals i'm France.

There is one French custom we should
like to see introduced into the United
States, and become universal.
In France, when funeral passes, every
man raises his hat to salute it. The de-
ceased person may have been q child, q
pauper, beggar; it is no matter; the
corfege is saluted by every man, whether
he be prince, millionaire, or mendicant.
1t is a good and lovely custom.
Few things are more humiliating than
TO see q funeral trotting down Broadway,
in New York, winding in and out among
the vehicles and other distractions, ex-
citing no more remark or attention than
if it were procession of old hacks going
to the repair shops. In New York, the
rapid pace seems unavoidable, owing to
the great distance to the cemeteries.
Elsewhere, funerals at least move with a
decent slowness, and the evident sorrow
of the followers seems to plead to the
passer-by for some sympathetic recogni-
ton. 1t were mark OF civilization in
us to bestow it upon them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29
A Conversation.

A New York gentleman took down
yerbatim the conversation of two fash
ionable ladies during morning call
viz:
Chow do you do, dear?"
pretty well, thank you" CThey
kiss
Chow have You been this age2"
"Pretty we'll. How have you been p
every well, thank you.
pheasant day"
Eyes, very bright, but had a shower
yesterday"
"Allyour family quite well p
"Quite well, thanks. How is yours ?"
ooh, very well, thank you.
"Have you seen Mary B. lately?"
"No, but have seen Susan Q.
"You don't say SO! Is she quite
well ?"
eyes, very well, / believe" (Rising.)
"Must you go?"
eyes, indeed; I have seven calls to
make?'
"Do call again soon"
"Thank you; but you don't come near
me once in an age"
"Oh, you shouldn't say SO, dear; I'm
sure I'm very good"
Good by"
"Good by, dear"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29
RELIC OF THE CUSTER MASSACRE.
How Lieut.. Crittcndcn's watch Was
Found i'm Canada and Restored Ia
EEis Friends,

Found in Canada and Restored 10
Els Friends.
A most interesting and curious moi
dent has occurred in connection with
the terrible story of the massacre OF
Clusters command on the Little Big
Horn, on the Goth of June, 1876 Among
the officers who fell ON that dark day, it
will be remembered, was a son of Gen.
No traces were ever found by his sor-
rowing friends of the personal effects Of
the gallant and unfortunate young Lieut..
Crittenden. He had returned from a
trip to Europe not long before he went
West upon the service in which he was
destined to fall, and among other things
brought home by him from the Old
World was a handsome and valuable
gold watch of English make by which
lie set great store and which he was
known to have worn on the day when
he met his death.
A short time ago the Adiutant General
of the army received letter from resi-
dent in the Winnipeg country In Canada
asking whether any officer bearing the
name of Crittenden had taken part in the
luckless expedition OF Custer. The writer
gave as his reason for making the in
quiry that he had purchased some time
ago from half-breed gold watch which
the half-breed told him he had obtained
from one of the Sioux warriors who
sought refuge in Canada after the mas
sacre of the Little Big Horn. The watch
bore no owners name. The works had
been trified and tempered with after the
manner of the savages by the Sioux from
whom it was procured, and who assured
the half-breed that he had slain the white
brave to whom it belonged in the battle
with Clusters men. The writer of the
lettee finally purchased the watch for So.
On examining it he found engraved in
the case the name of the Liverpool
maker and the number of the watch.
Upon this he wrote letter to the watch
maker asking him if he could in any way
identify the purchaser of the watch. The
matchmaker promptly replied that he
had sold more than four years ago n
watch bearing the number cited by his
Canadian correspondent to an American
gentleman named Crittenden, who, as
his books showed, had at the same time
bought lady's watch as well. The kind
and intelligent resident of Canada who
had taken all these pains to trace the
ownership of the waif SO strangely
brought to his doors was rewarded by a
prompt assurance that the watch I'M
doubtedly belonged to Lieut.. Critten-
den, and it was thereupon Immediately
forwarded so the War Department, to
be handed over to the representatives Of
that officer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29
A Gentleman Defined.

"What is gentleman ?" asks an in
terested exchange. As we grasp the
subject, p gentleman is q strange med
ley of curious mysteries. IL il living
and moving human being, that hangs
out Mt hotels, wears cardinal hose and
fears not to show them, sports dimin-
utive cane, bridges his nasal beacon
with eyeglasses hiiched to q string,
oglcs pretty girls on the street or at the
theater, bores editors and other weak
livered dyspeptics, smokes the clear
quill, kinnekinick filler, with tissue pa
per wrapper, plays billiards muchly,
swears elegantly, waltzes the Racket"
divinely, talks slicker than boiled
grease, knows the ropes, intimate with
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29
A Queer Statement.

A correspondent sends us the follow
ing item, which hardly needs comment:
"Ldnd and Water makes the curious
statement that in certain counties in Eng
land, whence the chief supply of geese
is drawn, young children are frequently
detained from school or work that they
may lie in bed 10y turns for tho sole pur-
pose of Matching goose eggs placed there
with them" Here is another proof that
the Americans are a progressive people
and ahead of their English neighbors, as
it is an acknowledged fact that it does
not require force to keep the American
children in bed long enough to be late
from school or absent from their work. =
Nev York World.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29
Yalue of the SunflNYer.

In Southwestern Russia, between the
Baltic and the Black seas, the sunhower
is universally cultivated in fields, gar
dens and borders, and every part OF the
plant is turned to practical account. a
hundred pounds of seed yields forty
pounds of oil, and the pressed residue
forms n wholesome food for cattle, as
also do the leaves and the green stalks,
cut up small, all being eagerly eaten
The fresh flowers, when little short OF
full bloom, furnish a dish for Che tab
which hoaru foxorn1,1u r<.e>,<n<Grrf~~n~>
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29

that she was born on the 18th of June,
1868, and had already become the moth
en- of two children when the present EN-
peror of Germany was born, nearly
eighty-four years since. OF her fifteen
sons and daughters only three have sur
yived their mother. Mrs. Singer last
year buried her eldest daughter at the
good old age OF 81 years. She possessed
all of her faculties except that of sight.
Frederick the Great died when she was
Is years old, and she had just come of
age at the outbreak of the French Revo-
luton. She asserted that she could dis
tinctly remember the rejoicings which
took place i'll her native town on the oc-
casion of the first partition of Poland in
I'LL.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29

GEN. GRANT explainedo some Hart
ford acquaintance how h became so at
tached to the cigar. L. first tried
smoking at West Point, bit did not care
for it, and it was not unit he was en-
gagged in the early contess of the war
that he began to acquire e. habit. He
found cigar of seryic i'll relieving
mental strain, and during battle he
often had one in his math-thouoh
even then he was not d inveterate
smoker. Newspaper correspondents,
however, began to describeliin rs smok-
ing, and 50 many boxes ofsxcellent. ci-
gars came into,his headqua4ers MS gifts
from all parts of the country that he
WINS soon confirmed in the hbit.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29

Mn. JAMES REDprH writes OF certain
counties in Ireland hat showed an IN
crease last year in .avings-bank depos-
its "The increasc noted did not come
from the small farmrs at all, but from
the shopkeepers, TIL pawnbrokers and
the 'gombeen men Cor petty money
lenders), and, instad Of indicating a
condition Of prosperty it showed that
every business was oppressed. y
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29

the kitchen mechanics, owes everybody,
pays nothing, not even attention, and
frequently wrestles with the existence OF
mustache. The thorough breed al.
ways belongs To some club. He is an
ornament to himself. - Bloomington
Lito
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29
Hints for Window Gardens.

Pretty window gardens may be made
by taking the tin boxes in which mack
erel is put up; paint them green or scar
let, ana put in such plants as grow well
together. When watering them do not
use more water than will be absorbed
during the day. A few experiments will
then enable one to Judge correctly in re-
gard to the amount, and it is surprising
TO see how the plants will thrive in utter
defiance of all the wise things that are
said about drainage. The tin or zins
cases in which thread is packed will also,
when painted and placed in q stand,
make very good window gardens. Wa
ter in which the gridiron and frying-pan
have been washed is an excellent fertil-
izer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29

SAxoNY seem to i a hot-bed Of So
cialism. At an eletion held there re-
Gently the Socialis candidate polled
1856 votes, against 4,22l for the sue
cessful Conservative candidate. In the
city of Leipsic the Socialists seem to
have everything thar own way. Yet,
and notwithstanding the entreatios OF
Bismarck. the Sake Government re-
fuses to declare Lepsic III Il state Of
siege.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29

AN old lady, aged 10 Mars, lately
died at Glowitz, small tow in Silesia.
She possibly headed the list Of Europe
AN centenarians. THIS remarkable per-
son, 10y name Judith Singer was a jew
ess. and furnishes another Instance of
the longevity of her race. 1 is stated
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29
Cue Jras Mpstlerasr.
FRIDAY, oo'oBER 30, 1880.

The population d delaware is 49,
654. The males slightly exceed the fe-
males in number. Tn Pre- are "A, 1913 of
the former, and 7,0I of the latter !;
s,472 residents of te State are foreign
born. There are 3,4S6 colored people
in the State. In $50 the population OF
Delaware was 1875. 0j.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29
A LETTER has been received at Copen

A LETTER has been received at Copen-
hagen from young Danish sailor who
is with Stanley in africa lie writes
that yellow fever had so weakened the
expedition that several of the members
were for turning back, Shereupon Mr..
Stanley called them tCgcther and said /:
Not one of you shall Iallow to turn
back before the expedition is over. My
motto is Forward ; AMI, eTen If thou
sand devils with revoyeis or daggers
opposed Us, or illness pestilence and
misery threatened us vita destruction,
not even then should I pillow a single
person 80 turn his nose ldneward.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29

A BIG locomotive has )een construct
ed for use on the New York Central rail-
road 1t is named William H. Wander
bilt. 1t is an "eightvheeler," with
driving wheels six and a lalf feet, thirty
three inch trucl.-wheels, ifty-inch boiler
and cylinders eighteen by twenty-four
inches, and ie furnishedvith air brakes
and the new "sparlk-arester," some
what improved. 1t is cAimed that this
locomotive can draw wenty loaded
coaches. This will be vast improve
ment, us the old-model eigines have hal
trouble with sixteen, evel when two en-
gines were drawing the tain.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29

THE reason why the poets always
speak of October as "sober" is because
sober is the only word they can find to
rhyme with October.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29

ThR British Secretay of Legation ut
Washington has just ient in his report
down to Aug. /. 1t shows that the States
were never SO prospectus and stable as
they have been lately The failures for
the first hail of 1880 appear to be for the
whole United States Gly 2, 1917 in num-
Der, with liabilities amounting to barely
$50. 900, 900. Railroads are having more
prosperous returns than before, and ag-
riculturists were neverSo wei of as they
are now, after having enjoyed three I'M
precedentedly good larvests in sue.
cession.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-29

JAMES WATSON, Chauncey Weaver
and Fritz Wolfken went on bear hunt
in the Black Hills. While following
a trail through the thick underbrush, an
immense cinnamon bear sprang from
the cover ten feet distant. The hunters
turned flee, butthe bear overlook Wolf
ken, when terrific struggle ensued,
Wolfken being unable to use his rifle
and having no knife. His companions
clambered into tree, and, after risky
shots, succeeded in killing the bear.
They then descended and approached
Wolfken, who presented a horrible
sight. His entire lower jaw, one eye
and nose were entirely gone, and the
teeth of his upper jaw were dangling
from the cartilages and both arms were
broken. He was standing erect, unable
to speak, and seemed TO be making mo-
tons with his finger, as much as to say !:
"Look Mt my pitiable condition" He
was carried on litter to Spearfish
creek, where he fingered till midnight,
when death resulted. He was formerly
employed in the coal mines near Rock
Island, Ill. Bruin weighed 600 pounds.
TIE well-known sawdust swindle bav-
ing been stopped so far rs the mails and
express companies are concerned, sew
eral of the holder operators have made
successful personal tours i'll the South
west. Processing to be a buyer of
produce or stock, the swindler conducts
the business i'll the ordinary fashion up
to the point when the stuff Is ready for
shipment. Then the amount agreed on
is counted out in good money. Picking
up one of the bills, he says ooh,
that's counterfeit Let me give you
another" The farmer examines the
note, and, of course, can find no differ
ence between it and the others. A
conversation on the subject ensues.
The swindler confidentially confesses
that he has box full of the wonderful
counterfeits, and finally offers, with
seeming reluctance, to pay his indebted
ness with them, giving $40 for 81. His
only proviso is that the box shall not be
opened until after his departure with
the produce, and then nothing but saw
dust is found The farmer usually keeps
silence for the sake of his own reputa-
MON