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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-10-20

PAsl sss0R.s gabanes negros de seda 1l-
TINA novedad, chambras bordadas, enaguas,
camisas de hilo bordadas, cuellosy pufios idem,
fxus, trajes 10 pompadour, abrgos de lana,
talmas ricamente adornadas, surtido de manti-
las negras y blancas de seda, grenadines ne
gras de seda lisas labradas, velos mantilla de
seda, fecos negros de idem, ENGAGES blancos
negros de algodon, blondas blsncas negras
de seda, bordados, entredos y feston, corses
varias classes, gros fallas negras varios pre-
clos, popelin de seda y algodon colores lisos y
labrados, surtido de cintas de gro y de razo,
los celebrates percales de colores la pompa-
dour, ETC., etc
PARA cABALLERos: sombreros de Ultima no.
yedad, casimires vareados desde reales So
vara, ldem en- cortes desde reales IS uno,
csmisas de hilo y de frente de hilo y de algo-
don & precios sumamente varatas, calzoncillos
de hilo de algodon, calcetines desde la clase
mas inferior hasta la mas selecta de hilo de Es-
cocia, camisetas de merino Y de algodon, cue
los pnfos de hilo, pahuelos de hilo y de seda
para bolsillo, chalinas y corbatas de varias ella
ses, surtido general de calzado, etc, etc.
PARA NIsos NIsAs trajes de pique elegan-
tisimos, rico surtido de sombreritos, gorritos Y
capotas adornados, surtido complete de calza-
do, abrigos de lana, medas blancas y lie colo
res, avios para cristianar, gorritas y zapatitos
para idem, camas de hero elegantes, jugue-
tes de varias clases, velocfpedos, etc., etc.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-10-20

Cuantio ell mes anterior trae 81 dl4s el va
por sale dc San Thomas el dis 4 las Dc
Ia noche.
SEGUNDC .V[.JE MENSUAL.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-10-20

AL puente de S. Antonio con derecho 4 IN
viaje de ida v otro de vuelta, "a,
AL Id. de Id. con derecho q dos viajes de ida
y dos de vuelta, Sc.
AL III. de Martin Peiia con derechO 4 IN
viaje de ida otro de yuelta, $s
AL Id. de i'd con derecho d dos Wales de Ida
y dos de vuelta, $12.
AL Rio-piedras con derecho 3 i'm Yiaje de ida
otro de vuelta, $40.
AL Id. con derecho Q dos yiajes de ida dos
devuelta, $l5.
Los lines ] sabados saldra ademas i'll
tren de Rio piedras & las s de la tarde. Este
mismo tren saldr6 q las A de Ia Capital (
Rio-piedras.
Sc admite cargas precios m6dioos.
Puerto Rico, SetDre. 30 de 1880 = PABLO
UBARRI. h 9I nQto.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-10-20
TARIFA PROVISIONAL.
PRTMERA GLAsEs

PRTMERA eIAsEs
De la Capital s. Antonio vice-versa. ctr
- la id. & Martin Pefia yiee-vefsa. 20 iI.
-- la Id. a Rio -piedras yioe-versa. so Ia.
- s. Antonio Martin pena 8 vice~versa.
10 id.
s. Antonio d Rio-piedras vIoe-yersa.
20 i'd s.
- Martin Pena Rio-piedras vice-Yersa.
10 Id.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-10-20
Afnacion y reparacion.

PIANOS Y ORGANOS.
Constructor de Paris.-Toma abonos por
afinacion UN PESO al mes. Vive calle del
Santo Cristo, 20, bajos. 2-s
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-10-20
TRANVIA
De la Capital a RiO-PiedraS.
ITINERARIo PROVISIONAL.
HORAS DE SALIDA.

Este ITGNERARIO Sc establece provisio.
nalmente para los dias laborables. Los dias
de fiesta regira ell siguiente
Capitald Rio-ptedras, Rio-piedras Capital
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-10-20

Llegada salida del vapor para Puerto
Plata. Habana y M6jico. Llega q San Juan
81 ala IL & las de la mafiana. Sale de San
Juan ell dia II las de la manana.
Para mas informes dirigirse q los consig-
natarios Latimar Il Co., San Juan Puerto
Rico 8. 26
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-10-20
NuevO ServiciO

'tos dd las Atiuas, va Neva York. los psey1os sguetee
i AzUOAR MEL CAFE CACAO
IToSEL DA.l Ella DA. TOEELADA T0NELADA SECURE
, 1880-07-10
COLONIAL NEWS.
A tt G. u A.

There is no special news from this
colony. The Observer writes thus
of the weather and the crops.
"The weather has held fair for the
month, enabling sugar making to be
proceeded with. But while the elt-
ments have favoured the planters, we
hear continued and almost universal
complaints of the i%rregularity Of the
labour supply to take off the crop,
even the usual attraction of cane cut
ting, with the use of sweets by the
labourers without stint, failing this
year to command the necessary nun
Der of hands from day to day. Some
few estates have nearly finished crop,
but in the middle district of the
island as we'll as at windward there is
a great deal of sugar yet to be made;
indeed one planter in the latter dis
trict told us that under the most favor
able circumstances he would not be
able get to off the whole of his excel
lent crop before September, and We
believe he is not an exception to the
rule in that quarter. The shipments
of produce to date are M~uscovado
Sugar 64O3 hhds. 1857 ira, 1885 bbls
Concrete do. 315 hhds. 81 ira, GAS
bbIs., equal to 1924 hhds. Sugar.
Molasses 3679 puns., and IS puns.
Rum. A few vessels with produce
for Europe and America will clear in
all the next fortnight"
, 1880-07-10
II RINID A D.

The Chronicle reports some heavy
showers during the latter part of June,
and portions of the railway had been
flooded. An interesting table of ex-
ports for the flst half of the year is
given with figures for the same items
during the past three years. The
export of Asphalt, that curious pro!
duct of the famous Pitch Lake, was
increasing, and amounted to nearly
$4,000 tons down to 26 June. Sugar
to same date was "A, 900 hhds., besides
5000 lbs. coffee, 5000, 900 lbs. cocoa,
and 100000 ~cocoanuts. That the
colony is rising is evident from the
following passage:
Buildings, from the small suburb
an cottage to larger dwellings for the
more fortunate, are or have lately
been going up in more than usual
number, in every direction about and
around the Town. Carpenters never
were buster on private dwellings, nor
equal evidence seen of the expansion
of the Town. Yet vacant spaces con-
tinue to abound in it, offending the
, 1880-07-10

would send them to Constantinople;
and was again refused there. The last
stage in the story is both serious and
funny, and is thus given in the Times.
y /" The harem Of Ismail Pasha has
embarked on board a steamer for Con-
stantinople, it is stated, notwithstand-
ing the prior receipt of a despatch from
the Porte declaring that the ladies
could not be received. Redif Pasha
accompanies them, with, the object Of
inducing the Sultan to allow them to
remain in Turkey. Should permission
be refused, the harem would, it 10
added, be taken to Egypt, but if not
allowed to disembark there, it would
be brought back to Naples"
Blondin, the celebrated performer on
the tight rope, who began his career
some twenty years ago by crossing
the Niagara falls on a rope stretched
from cliff to cliff; has been exhibiting
his really wonderful feats to the Rou-
manians. While in England Blondin
proved his skill before the Crystal
Palace Directors by, among many
other feats of skill, sitting on a chair,
one leg only of which was supported
on the rope.
, 1880-07-10
"THE AVIS"
~CHRISTTANSTED 81. CROIX.
Saturday 10TH July 1880.

In our notes of the meeting of the
Colonial Council published on We'd
nesday we find that we were in error
in regard to the history of the protest
against MI. Birch's election. The
protest was not sent to the Electoral
Board, as we stated, but direct to the
Chairman of the Colonial Council;
and the division in the Board was not
therefore in regard to the protest, but
in regard to the original question
whether Mr.. Heibrock's vote should
or should not be accepted
, 1880-07-10

Ismail Pasha, the ex-Khedive of
Egypt is in trouble. Since losing
his sovereignty he has been residing
at Naples. For some reason or other
he is now anxious to get rid Of his
family, which, as everybody knows
is somewhat complicated. In the first
instance he applied TO his nephew
Tewfk, who now reigns in Ibis stead,
to allow the whole household TO- be
sent back to Egypt but Teyfk de-
clined the honour, He, then said he
, 1880-07-10
GENERAL NEWS.

The following from Cabul under
date 9Th June refers to the pending
conflict between Russia and China.
"Last week a number of Khokandis
arrived in Cabul. They assert that
the Chinese have already advanced
into the Russian territory from Kash-
, 1880-07-10

The "Ocean Traveller" Captain
Brown, arrived at Frederiksted from
Boston, on Thursday morning. On
her voyage out a Swedish sailor,
n of the crew, was unfortunately
lost overheard.
, 1880-07-10

The Brig 7. Towmey, Capt. Perkins,
came into this. port on Monday with
a full cargo of provisions from
New Haven for Mr.. Frank G.. Phipps's
business here.
, 1880-07-10

nave OccupIDua aiSIafge pOruOn OF
Kuldja and have fakeH9 POSSESSION of
the fort Of Nhrin; claiifnfKfgE; Up to the
Issik Kul Laks,a ahairafontier; hat
they have also occupied Gu1cha, in
Russian territory, between sKashgar
and Khokand. But they were them
| selves bearers of letters from many
Of the principal men of Khokand,
inviting the late Ameer, Khudaljar
Khan, who is now in India, to return,
when the whole country, which is
almost denuded of Russian troops in
order to oppose the Chinese advance,
would rise on his behalf. The &C
counts given by these Khokandis are
most circumstantial, and, if they are
true, they must o be confirmed.
| It is evident that if China is serious in
her determination to ecover her lost
possessions, the political situation in
Central Asia may be greatly modi-
fed.
The Times correspondent at Berlin
says:
"Your readers may care to see the
document by which the Gear intimat-
ed to his subjects the decease of his
Imperial Consort, which runs thus -
owe, Alexander H., &c. by Gods
grace, do hereby give our faithful sub
jects to know that it has pleased
Almighty God in the unsearchable
ways of His Holy Providence, to send
down upon us a~grievous trial by visit
ing us and our whole house with
boundless tribulation, for on the 22nd
Of May (3rd ofdJune)oaom dearly
beloved spouse, the Empress Maria
Alexandrovna, fell asleep, after a
heightened illness, which had for
long continued to create apprehen-
sions. All the means recommended
by experienced physicians for the res
toration of her health, with all the
zeal and tender care of her attendants,
animated towards her by ardent love
and genuine devotion, proved to our
deep sorrow powerless against the
disease which ended her precious
life-that life which self denyingly
and unshrinkingly she devoted till the
last to the lofty duties of her earthly
calling and to w6rkss,,ooff Chlristiapmer-
cy. The incessMt motherly care
felt by the Emptess' now reposing in
God for the welfare Of the, numerous
young creatures belonging to the
educational institutions under her
immediate control, her sympathetic
interest in the victims of the late war
and their families, which did not
restrict itself to the limits of the
Fatherland, but also extended to
remote companions in the faith, will,
we firmly believe, for ever deeply set
tie in the grateful recollection of those
who have been blessed by her benefits,
and will, according to their merits, be
appreciated by the alI-good and
righteous Judge in another and a bet
ter world. While, therefore, drawing
our only consolation from this convic-
ton, and bending humbly before the
will Of the Highest, we appeal to all
our faithful subjects to send up heart
felt inward prayers for the repose of
the pure soul of her who has now
departed to the heavenly spaces of
, 1880-07-10
c. Notice.

THE UNDERSIGNED, intending
to leave the island for Europe
next month, requests his friends and
customers politely to settle their ac-
counts so as to enable him to meet his
W engagements.
st Croix July 9th 1880.
III. I. PETERSEN.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-03-12

DECCA MUSLIEs.-The Decca mus
Inns Of India are among the most won
derful evidences of the hand3kill of the
strange people of the mysterious East.
These fabrics, which are spun and wov-
en- entirely by hand, and are the product
of obscure and curious processes un-
known to and unattainable by the West
ern nations, like the fabrication of Da-
mascus steel and the making Of camel's
hair shawls, are marvels of ingenuity
and skill, and they illustrate the poetry
of cotton. The most delicate of these
fabrics is known by the name Of woven
air" 1t can only be made in the early
morning and in the evenings, when the
air is full of moisture and the dew is
on the grass, The processes by which
it is woven are kept secret, and people
who do the work are compelled first to
pass through long course OF training
and initiation. Their delicate wares
are of such ethereal texture as to be al
most invisible, and yet SO enduring that
they will bear washing and wear in a
wonderful manner. This precious stuff
is monOpoliZed for the use OF the ladies
of the oriental harems, and is said to be
worth hundreds of dollars per yard.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-03-12

IMPROVED FARMING IS
hoped that returning prosperity
lessen the care for true economy
rightly understood. means u-as
most and best of everything. I-s.
habit which is the basis of tIr.,. e.
times by saving what would ....-
be wanted, sometimes by iLl-a-
penses leading TO increased V----..
ard greater profits. We need gu
deal Of this latter kind az 5-
The resources Of this country 5-a e
half developed as they should be- -
not speak Of the millions Ct a-Trs u .
titled land At the far West. some
is 50 far beyond the reach ~ c-F--
that II can only he cropped lT
everything without regard On EgsE --
the fertility Of lie soil Better
such land until the time comes WIZ
can be faTmed rs land should De-
there are millions of acres -sa-
markets in Middle and Western '-
which need manure and uude--ll--
TO be farmed rs they should De-
these lands the effect Of higher ~
should be seen in an improved s.s.s-
farming and increased TrolL-----
acre. Our advantages OF cltal,-
viii not enable American farm
grow wheat at an average OF
bushels per acre. and send i a-.-5
ocean TO compete with iLe -.-
farmer who averages twen-y---15 u.
els. The first thing which A-
prosperity should do fOr Amen
mers Is 10 make their farms more --...
-C0lmtry Gentleman.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-03-12

A Loo RAILROAD.-A log tramwav
or railroad in use by the Richardson
Brothers at their mill, south of Truckee,
is a very ingenious piece Of machinery.
Logs. ten inches or foot in diameter,
are hewn round and smooth and their
ends are coupled together by iron bands.
These logs, laid side by side upon gra-
ded ground, for a distance of perhaps
three miles, form the track. OF course
the road looks quite like an ordinary
railroad track, except that logs are used
instead Of rails, and the ties are at much
greater intervals. The wheels of the
engine and cars are concaye on their
outer surface, and fit the curve of the
logs The power is applied to a wheel
in the middle of the forward axle on the
engine. The most remarkable loads of
logs are hauled upon the cars, and the
affair is a decided success. 1t is very
cheap, its construction is simple. it is
not easily damaged, and its operation is
all that could be desired. By means of
this log railroad the Richardson Broth
ers are enabled to get their logs to the
mill from the forest, three miles distant.
at cost far less than it is ordinarily
done.-Truckee (NeU. Republican.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-03-12
A New Use for Old Tin Cans.

Mr.. Thomas F. Uagerty describes in
the american Macbinist the following
plan for making use of old cans which
have been used for fruit and vegetables
Collect all the cans you may require,
say 100 quart cans prepare bright
fire in the kitchen stove, and have the
cans close at hand Have a cloth in
each hand place can on the stove lid,
and when the solder which holds the top
on or bottom to the body begins to melt
place can on the other lid and remove
the first one, and with an old knife, old
f.e, stove litter, or anything at hand,
knock off whichever end you may have
placed next to the fire. In most cases
it viii drop off. With the cloth in the
left hand hold the can, and with the
right hand whip the melted solder from
the inside and outside Of the edge quick
ly before it sets. Remove the next can
and replace it with another. and repeat
the operation until both ends of the 100
cans are freed from their tops and bot
toms. GOu now have 100 tubes, Al in
ches long by inches in diameter.
These one hundred tubes can, with
little skill, be converted into 35 feet )
inches of 4inch drain pipe, which, TO a
farmer or house owner. would be worth
more than the original cost of the 100
cans Hlled WlJN tomatoes. In order to
prepare them so that the end Of one
tube will enter One-fourth of an inch in
side of the other. take a tube in the left
hand, place one edge over the corner Of
n pine table, if nothing more convenient
is at hand, and with mallet, hammer,
or a piece of stick hammer the edge
downward, turning the tube regularly
at every stroke. Place the other edge
of the tube on the edge of the table and
strike it from the inside, turning regu-
larly. BY this operation one end Will be
Crimped. and the other enlarged. It re-
quires but little enlargement to make
one end enter and admit of being driven
tightly into the other. They should be
put together in lengths Of six tubes
The seams should not come on a line
with each other. To insure strength
the joints might be tackled with a solder
ing iron, but if they are forced tightly
together they will be water-tight. a
coat of common paint, or tar, inside
and outside, would make this pipe last
for years underground, and if properly
packed in the earth it will have ample
strength to resist external pressure.
Enough fine solder can be saved from
what is wiped off the joints to mend all
the household tinware for lifetime.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-03-12

A DOUBLE BABY.-There is at pres
ent in Bombay a living object that may
rightly be classed among the most curl
Gus phenomena of nature. At home
in MaZagOn may be seen a pair OF female
twins, separate in every respect but
from the breast-bone to the lower part
of the abdomen, which is closely Joined.
The upper breast of each infants Joined
into the other, the outer skin covering
both trunks. The twins are Joined front
to front; shoulders, arms, lower limbs
and feet perfectly formed, and Develop
ment healthy, while the heads are we'll
shaped and the faces really pretty, with
beautiful eyes, large and bright, The
twins are six months old, are in perfect
health, and measure twenty inches in
height, one appearing, but in very
triflIng degree, larger than the other
Both have vigorous appetites, and take
kindly to the feeding bottle, are ex-
tremely lively and appear good-temper-
ed. The pulses beat in unison; they
generally fall asleep or keep awake to-
gether, and their actions are usually
simultaneous, though sometimes one
would cry while the other was quietly
drawing at the mOuthpiece Of its bottle.
The strangely united pair was born at
Danpooli, in the Rutnagherry Collec-
torate, the father being Mohammedan
and seafaring man, while the mother
had besides a pretty little daughter
about 10. The infants feed separately,
each having a bottle to itself, and draw
vigorously at their nourishment. The
doctors have declared it to be impossible
to separate them without extinguishing
life. The twins have up to this time
never grown i'll, and to every appearance
are likely to grow Bombay Times
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-03-12
oRIGIs OF FRACTIONAL CURRENCY.

The origin of the fractional currency.
which has been in the past few years
superseded by fractional silver, is some
what peculiar and not generally known.
The appearance of this currency, which
at first was always spoken of as postal
currency" was due to the premium on
specie. In 1862 small change became
very scarce. Gold being up and taking
with it silver, these coins disappeared
from circulation Stockings were bro't
out, and the precious metals found their
way to the heels and toes. IL was more
than a days search to find liye-cent
silver piece or any other small denomi-
nation of the coin. People could not
find exchange for small transactions.
In buying dinner in the market change
had to be taken in beets, cabbage, pOta-
toes and what not. General Spinner
was then treasurer of the United States.
He was constantly appealed to from all
quarters to do something TO supply the
demand for small change He had no
law under which he could act But
after buying a half dollars worth of ap-
Piles several times and receiving for his
half-dollar in change more or less differ
ent kinds of produce, he began to cast
{ around for q substitute for small change.
| In his dilemma he bethOught him of the
/ postage stamp. He sent down to the
poSt-Otfice department and purchased
quantity Of stamps. He then ordered
up package of paper upon which gov
/ ernment securities were printed. He cut
! the paper in various sizes. On each of
/ the pieces he pasted stamps to represent
different amounts. He thus initiated a
/ substitute for fractional silver. This
( was not, however. a government trans
action IL any sense. 1t could not be-
/ General Spinner distributed his impro-
/ vised currency among the clerks of the
( department. They took it readily. The
idea spread the postage stamps, either
/ detached or pasted upon piece Of paper
! became the medium Of small exchange.
/ 1t was dubbed postal currency" From
/ this Gen. Spinner got his idea of the
fractional currency and went before
! Congress with it. That body readily
/ accepted it, and, but short time after
General Spinner had begun pasting op-
erations, law was on the statute book
/ providing for the issue Of the fractional
currency which became so popular.
/ The fac-simile of postage stamps was
put upon each piece Of currency, and
! for long time it was known as postal
currency" The introduction of postal
stamps as money entailed considerable
! loss to those who handled them. In a
short time they would not take letter
/ on its way, and were therefore worth
I less.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-03-12

The FIRST WATCH.--At first the
watch was about the size of a dessert
plate. 1t had weights. and was used as
pocket clock" The earliest known
use of the modern name occurs in the
record of 1852 which mentions that Ed
ward VI. had lone larum or watch of
iron, the case being likewise of iron
gilt, with two plummets of lead" =" The
first watch may readily be supposed to
have been Of rude execution. The first
great improvement--the substitution of
springs for weights-was in 1860. The
earliest springs were not coiled, but
only straight pieces of steel. Early
watches had only one hand, and, being
wound up twice day, they could not
be expected to keep the time nearer
than fifteen or twenty minutes in twelve
hours. The dials were of silver or brass
The cases had no crystals, but opened at
the back and front, and were four or
five inches in diameter. A plain watch
cost more than 81, 500, and after one
was ordered it took year to make it.