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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-11-25

E mismo peri6 lico, siempre genero-
so, So entretiene en- echar pullas nues.
ira amigo don Fermin de Thomas con-
denado por ell iazgado de Hlmacso, Sc
gun SO dice, dos msses dc arresto ma.
y3r por hechos qus. seg1n expressmos
oportunamente, nos haolan esperar un
faIlo absolutorio.
Maestro amigo Ia entablsdo la co.
rrospon1iente apelaci6n esperemos,
pues, J feioitem os entire tanto 81 senior
Thomas por haber merecido las iras
del vecino y d este por su generosidad
siu iacha.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-11-25

S9g1n una copia de Ia seuteneia que
haInos vistr, Ia Ex,ma. Audiencia del
Territ3rio h4 daclarado txeDto de res
poussbili1st 81 guerdia do Otdeu p1.
bloo A5elardo O.ih1e!a procesado hace
aigda tempo 20. hJmicidio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-11-25

Lo mismo decimos respeeto la
SCALA del articulo 30 que hemos C;
t.do. Hallamos tan l6gioa, tan pro-
pia, tan natural est. escala, que de
permaneeer la que narca la Gaceta,
resu.tlra que mientras en- la PENN
suIa el impuesto sobre ell capital
mobiiiario es de s. por $1,000 en-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-11-25

A continuation insta 81 colega q un
senior Dapena De Yabuooa que, On 81
,aso de que no 50 obtuviese aqui JUS.
t.cis, no sab4mos por que asunto, vaya
hast1 al Tribunal Supreme.
Oon estas desoohfAuzas ofsnde el co.
legl la rectitud J Ia respetabllidad de
nuestros jnzgados ha.ta de la Excma.
r ,al AudlenciA q, tan devote de la
buena Aiminist acion de Justicia
lCw tam Udrie1
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-11-25

sin estar gravad3s con derechos pc
drian slsborarse ventaj o8amente por Ia
abundsucia ie primeras m4tsrias. No
go haga, pues, question dc ar8uceleF, ls
que en muchos oasos SOLO 10 ea de- fats
de ioiciativa.
de FL Imporcia')
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-11-25
,OIetiR AercaDtil de Puerto Rico.
Ju6ves, "a de NOviembre de 1881


que, en- nombre del Partido Espa-
mol sin condolences de la Is.a de Pto-
Rico. ha alberto ell CoNITE CENTRAL
del mismo para la erection de uu
monumento que perpetde la me-
moria del ilustre patrlcio, del dis
tinguido escritor pdblico, del mas
elocuente, del mas decidido y ace
rrino defensor de los intereses de
Espana en- America, Don JOSS
PEREZ MoRIs, barbaramente ase.
slnado en- la uoche del 80 de Sc.
tiembre ultimo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-11-25

Dice el veoino que on Oaba hay co.
ronoles do Voluntarios autonomistas.
Ill coiega ha oido tocar las mpanas
y no saba doude tooan, como deola ell
otro.
Ea oambio aqui hay ministeriales in
ternacionalistas. \ y6ysse 10 uno por
10 otro.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-11-25

Ademas, que el Tribuna; Supreme
case una oausa no imphca que Sc ha-
va aqul heoho una lnjusticia, que 6sta
solo mace del delibera 10 amino de CO.
meter!a, no de las leyes.
A 10 mas, impioarja que no So ha-
bia ent5ndido aqul perf9otamente la
question.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-11-25

Dice 81 de Ia veciudad: "Ya verSn us
tedss como, 81 fla y al cabo, 81 eensurar
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-11-25

De $40 UUU en adeIaute.~.. z
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-30
4 Bald.IIGnded IIeathen.

They wore walking on the avenue in
Detroit the other evening when it was SO
very warm, anaycd in their summer
clothes. In the distance shono the light
of an icc cream snloon, merry inside with
the jingle of spoons and dishes.
ooh Augustus, it is 80 warm.'
$50 it is, pct"
"Don't you think, dear, that we could
find cooler place than on the strcet?"
"Perhaps we'd better go in the park
and get drink of watcr."l
"I'd scream first"
"Why would yon scream, love?"
ooh! bccausc-bccnuse, oh look,
Gus, there's an ice cream saloon"
"I read, Angclique, darling, in the
paper, that ice cream contained the germ
of smallspox. That's the reason didn't
ask You to have some. Lets go and get
somc soda water" -,--.-r~~
When Angclique got home she scream
ed to ma that she'd "never go out with
that stingy, old, bald-headed heather
again." ...
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-30
Fight Times Their Weight In Gold.

The cut-nowcr business, another phase
of horticulture, is perhaps greater in the
United States than in any other part Of
the world. Certainly the use of cut
flowers in New York for bouquets, bas-
kcts, and other designs, il far greater
than III either London or Paris, and the
taste shown in their arrangement here is
vastly superior. 1t il estimated that
three million of dollars were paid for cut
flowers in New York in 1880, one-th.rd
of which was for rose buds. Immense
glass structures are erected in the sub
urbs for the special purpose of growing
cut flowers to supply the bouquet
makers of the city. Not less than twcn-
ty acres of glass surface & devoted to
the purpose of forcing roses alone, dur
ing the winter months. At some sea-
sons the prices paid for these forced rose
buds are perfectly astounding. Ono
grower, of Madison, N. j., took into
New York three hundred buds OF the
crimson rose known rs General Jac-
oucminot," for which he received,
ut Wholesale, three hundred
dollars, and which, no doubt, were re-
tailed Mt a dollar and fifty cents to two
dollars each. A flower dealer in Four
tecnth street, few days before Christ
mas, received tho only four of this same
variety of rose that were offered in tho
CITY. and found customer for them Mt
sixty dollars, or fifteen dollars apiece, or
: eight times the value of their weight in
J gold,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-30
TRI-W.E .EEK.LY EDITI(
by THE NORTH SEA.

Miles, and miles, ana miles Of dcsolation!
Leagues OH leagues Oh leagues without change
Sign or token Of some eldest nation,
Here would make the strange land not 80 strange
Time forgotten, yea since times creation,
Seem these borders where the sea birds range
Slowly, gladly full of peace and wonder
Grows his heart who journeys here alone,
Earth and all Its thoughts OF earth sink under
Deep as deep in water sinks stone.
Hardly knows 1t II the rollers thunder,
Hardly whence the lonely wind Is blown.
Sharp and soft In many curve and line
CLEAN and glow the sca-colorcd marsh-mosses,
Salt and splendid from the circling brine.
Streak on streak Of glimmcring seashinc crosses
All the land sca-saturate as with wine
Far and far between, in divers orders,
Clear gray Stccplcs cleavc the low gray sky;
Fast and firm as timc-unshaken wardcrs,
Hearts made sure by faith, by hope made high
These alone In all the Wild sea borders
Fears no blast Of days and nights that die,
All the land il like as one mans face IL,
Pale and troubled still with change of cares.
Doubt anu death pcryutle her cloutcd spaces;
Strength and length Of life ana peace are theirs
Theirs alone amid these weary places,
Seeing not how tho wide world frets and fares
Firm and fast where all IL cloud that changes,
Cl0ud-clOgged sunlight, cloud by sunlight thinncd
Stern and sweet, above the santl-hil ranges
Watch the towers and tolnbs of men that sinned
Once, now calm as earth whose only change is
Wind, and light, and wind, and clio I'D, and wind
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-30
Land without an Owner.

Out in Butler county, Pa, two miles
from Bakcrstown, lies seventy acres OF
land for which no owner can be found.
Forty five years ago, i'll 1886, Richard
Gibson and his wife bought the land and
there they lived until death claimed
them. Those days, from all accounts
were not days of pence md happiness.
OF worldly goods they had enough and
TO spare, but both were Of taciturn
disposition, grulr and rnsociahle. Their
nciphbors Stunned them, and isolated
from the world they lived and quarrclrd
until 1870, when Richard. Gibson laid
down the burden and passed across the
dark river. After his death Mrs Gibson
shut herself up more closely than ever.
Alone III the farmhouse she managed
to exist until the people i'll the vicinity
came to look upon it as the most natural
thing in tho world. Finally, time
camo in March, 1880, when she was
missed. No one had seen her for several
days and the house was forced. Lying
on tho floor they found Mrs. Gibson
suffering from fit. She never rallied,
but died in two days. The Gibsons had
no children, no known relative, no
friends. The people who had closed
Mrs Gibson's eyes in death searched
the house. About her clothing and in
various hooks and crcviccs 1888 were
found, but no papers which would reveal
who she and her husband were. The
money was turned into the Butler
county courts, and two men named
Shepard and Ferguson were appointed
administrators Naturally each went to
his attorney for instruction, and each
attorney Immediately notified the Attor-
ncy General of the State that an estate
without heirs was lying in Butler
county.
A search was instituted to discover
the past history of the deceased. 1t was
found that in 1896 he had owned n sad
dlcry shop in Leeds, England, before he
came to the United States. In 1910 a
brother had lived with him in Butler
county, got in debt to the amount OF
/ throc hundred pounds sterling, nnd lett
going down the river, from which time
nothing has been heard of him. About
the same time Gibson had q brothcr-in
law, named Gill, in that city. He was
engaged in the livery business, the firms
name being Gill & Whitclcy, but n'
| trace can be found of either of the part
! ncrs. So the case stands. Tho propert,
, is worth 800 an acre, and if ut the enc
Of seven years no heirs come forward, j
goes to the State. One-tifth of it's value
will be the reward of the person wh'
first informed the Attorney General tina
the property had no claimant, and tin
question is which of the lawyers got hi
work in first.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-30
Not My Fault.

"No, l am not one of the old veterans
of the war;" he slowly replied to the in
quiry, "but it is not my fault. wanted
to he there, but something always held
me back"
"That was too bad"
eyes, it was. When the war broke
out I offered to go, but was in Jail Oh
a six months sentence and they wouldn't
take me. I was innocent, Of co;i c,;1icer had
had to refuse me. Lands but how I
did ache to get down ut tho front and
wade in gore !"
"And when you got out of jail ?"
eyes, L got out, but just then my
mother died. I was on my way to enlist
when she died, land of course That altered
my plans. No one knows how badly I
wanted to be down there and wade
around in blood and glory"
"Well, you didn't have to mourn all
through tho war did you ?"
ooh, no. Bless your soul, but only
monrncd for thirty days, and then I
started out to enlist in the artillery. I
was just about to write down my name
when constable arrested mo for breach
of promise, and it was four months be-
fore L got through with the suit. All
sir, but if you only knew how 1 suffered
at being held back when others were
winning glory on the field of carnage
you would pity me -
"But the suit was finally decidcd?"
eyes, finally, and within M hour after
the jury brought in verdict / started
for Toledo to enlist in tho cavalry"
And you enlstcd?'
Almost Twas being examined by the
doctor when got II dispatch that the
old man had mmblcd into the well, and
of course had to go home. had to go
home. / hadn't got the undertaken paid
before lightning struck the barn. Then
some one set fire to the cheese factory,
and soon after that I had three ribs
broken and was laid up for n year. When
I finally did got around to enlist the
doctor rejected me because 7 was color
blind, ncar-sighted, lame and deaf. [
tell You, sir, when [ think of the glory
lost and the gore didn't shed it breaks
me right down and don't even care for
soda water. Hear tho band See the
old vets and the exprisonersl Hang my
Int, but why wasn't born with legs long
enough to kick myself over into Canada!'
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-30
JohnsOn'B Boy.

johnson was boy. There Is nothing
peculiarly startling in this assertion, but
there is something peculiarly startling
in that boy. His name is George and
every time George makes n move the
whole town gets up and whoops itself
and goes out Oh target excursion after
George.
George has shaved more cats with his
fathers clipping machine, has broken
more windows, knows moro about water
melon patches, catches more salted fish,
rands, and abounds in moro pure GUS
scdnoss than any urchin of his size,
weight, age, length of feet in all Closter
When the neighbors look ut their bro
ken window or hunt around for things
that Georges mischicvous propensitics
have induced him to hide, they feel like
hiding him, and remark that Johnson
must have been dcvilcsh fond of children
to raise that boy
Johnson isn't the only man that raised
TINT boy. Ho has been raised by nearly
every citizen from the Huckcnsack to the
Hudson.
The other day poor old decrpit native
drove into town. He drove crowbait
horse, and wagon rs old and stale rs
last years pie.
The native drew up in front of tho
| hotel let himself down out of the wagon,
and went in to got n 'drap NV apple
jack.
He had just loaded the glass up to the
French roof when tho train came along.
When the whistle shrelled the horse
summoned MI its latent strength, and by
an almost snperhuman effort prickcd NJ
it's ears. Then it started off.
The native dropped the contents OF
the glnss--down his throat, and started
after tho animal. The horse was about
one hundred yards ahead when he pnsset
J0hnson's stable. George took i'll tn,
situation Mt n glance. He rushed ont
yelled whoa, started after the animal
changed his mind, turned around ant
caught the old man.
Lemme CO. yelled the native, Il wan
to ketch that horse.
George said, 'Oh, let the mnn CO. an'
started after the horse again.
Then he again changed Ills mind ,cam
back and caught tho citizen again, re
marking:
"By Jimmy l can't stand idle an Sc
this thing going Oh. must ketch sum
think, I'll hold you, and he did. 49,.
At the junction is n drug store. Th
horse didn't know which road to take
t and choosing happy medium wen
Johnson says that tho boy must sav
up and pay for damages. We think h
l. will, for We saw him playing pool recent
ly, and every time he won game Il
said:
= "rhcre's another round saved.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-30

phantasmagoria before Y minds eye,
bcheld the wild iush o he midnight ex-
press, and dreaded-I hew not what.
For all that 1 could rel &c was, that the.
storm was growing fiet with every mo-
mcnt, and Polly and thpby were out in
its fury.
| AS steadily rs could, worked my way
| down toward the traclbut more than
once | became bewildcrS and had to stop
aud reflect before coul {esume my quest.
And at length when c be out close to u
ruined wood and water htion on the edge
of tie track, l knew TT was full half
mile below the White {slackbird
And in the dstand a heard the long,
| shrill shrek of the mid ght train.
Some one else had h rd it, too, for as
stood thus, saw, fainS visible through
the binding snow, sIdowy figure issue
from the ruined shed hd come out upon
the track, looking wit "a bewildered, un-
certain air, up and dwn-the form Of
Polly, my wife, with he little baby in
her arms!
l hurried down to III as fast as the rap
idly increasing snow lifts would let her
but 1t was only just time to drag her
from the place Of peril and stand, breath
lessly holding her baf, while the fiery,
eyed monster of stead swept by with a
rush and rattle tina nearly TOOK away
my breath.
"Polly!, cried. po lyl speak to mel"
ohe turned her wa dcring gaze toward
me, with her vague eyes that seemed
scarcely to recognize 10.
"Have you seen mYlusband2', said she;
Zone Jacob Colterel, brakeman on the
local exprcss2"
'Pollyl little WON h don't you know
me2" gaspcd.
And L thought, p1rbaps," she added,
vacantly, 'tyou might lave met him. It's
very cold here, and--sp pd-'
And then sha fainte{ ir my arms.
The long, long brait fever that follow.
cd was sort of death, There was a time
when they told me she would never know
me again, but, thank God, she did. She
recovered at last. And since that night
l never had tasted dnp of liquor, and
please heaven, 1 neverwill again. Tho
baby, bless it's dear little heart, wasnt
harmed at all 1t lay mug and warm OF
its mothers breast. BIT if hadn't hap
pened to be close by them at that instant
the night express would have ground then
into powder.
And the white stripe came into my hal
upon the night of that fearful snow storm
That's how 1t happeneG, sir.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-30
Horse-Rnccs and Religion.

Jobstown, New Jersey, probably
named after the only prophet Of IL bilious
nature spoken of in the Scriptures, was
until IL few years ago, nh obscure village
u few miles outside of Mount Holly,
Burlington County, New Jersey. Cup
the rond piece" from the CROSS roads
store of jolly Sam Weatherall is the mag
nificcnt stock-brceding farm Of Pierre
Lorillard, covering upward Of three
thousand acres. Located there is fine
old mansion, surrounded by splendid
stables, barns, residences, outhouses,
wind-mills, an artificial lake fish houses,
md n hundred other objects of interest
stretching into the distance, found only
on stock breeding farm of such pro-
portions. There were lively times at the
farm last Wednesday when the news was
flashed by cable from England to that
remote place in Jersey that Iroquois had
won the Derby, for it is where tho splen-
did animal had lived since yearling
The boys on the place sent down to
Weathcrall's store for flags and brooms
and these cmblcms were quickly trans
fcrrcd to the houses and stables of the
place, making it look like gala day.
eve will get n new Episcopalian
Church now," snid one of the old citizens
of Jobstown to the writer.
"Why, how is that?" inquired tho
listener.
"WclI, Mr.. Lorillard said if he won
tho Derby he would put up church for
us, and he always keeps his word. .
"Wcll, then, it's big victory for the
cause of religion rs well as for American
horse flesh"
ooh, yes; but then Mr.. Lorillard is
liberal in those matters anyhow, and
gives to MI denominations.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-30

A NoRBY young traveller IN Texas went
into o store and asked the proprietor II he
had black kids The young man doesn't
sec why the storekeeper came over the
counter and broke up all the furniture
with him,
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-09-08

Of acres arc planted In cotton, sugar,
corn and other products, which DO
not yield enough 10 pay expenses Of
planting, cultiYnting and harvesting.
At the end ofthe season the farmers
discover that they have made moth
ing. They do not try TO discover
the cause OF their failure TO make
payings crops, but continue the same
plan year after year. By the hardest
kind OF work they are barely able to
make both ends meet. The truth is,
they have not the capital and labor
to cultivate their lands as it ought
to be cultivated, They undertake
too much with their limited means,
and the result is they accomplish
little or nothing They would be q
great deal better of, and would get
ahead in the world much more rapid
ly, II they would sell all the land they
have which they cannot properly
care for. They cannot, however,
reconcile themselves to the idea OF
parting with any part Of their land.
They do not seem to realize that il
they have only capital enough to
work one hundred acres they can
make more money by cultivating
that number Of acres than by at
tempting to cultivate two hundred.
They forget, also, that by selling
portion Of their land. and in that way
encouraging the settling up Of the
country, they increase the value OF
the portion they retain beyond what
their tract Is now worth. As long
as they pursue their present course
they win never be able to improve
their circumstances. They will work
hard and remain poor to the end Of
their days It is simply a waste OF
labor and money to half farm land.
The soil may be ever so rich, and yet
II will not yield abundantly if it is
not properly treated. Il seems that
the farmers OF Mississippi are begin
ming TO see their mistake and to cor
rect it. We hope the planters and
farmers Of this and other Southern
States win learn lesson from what
is taking place in Mississippi. I'm.
less they do, they may expect to be
always forced TO mortgage their
growing crops at q ruinOus rate of
interest.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-09-08

New Orleans Times.
We have frequently and earnestly
advocated the adoption Of the system
Of small farms in this State and in
this section Of the South. We are
convinced that small farms would do
more towards influencing immigra-
ton in this direction and In advano-
ing our prosperity than Ell other
means at present employed or that
could be employed. The New York
Herald published an article on this
subject q few days ago, which shows
what small farms are doing Tor
Mississippi The Herald says
Twenty years ago the State OF
Mississippi, always famous for it's
cotton yield, contained about forty
thousand plantations, averaging
three hundred aud seventy acres
each now she has nearly twice as
many, but the average Else ia only
half that OF 1850 The number OF
acres under cultivation is less than
in 1860, for scarcely any rough land
has been cleared, and some pIanta-
tions have been injured By broken
leyees, and yet the cotton crop Il
about twice as large as It was in the
good old times. No better proof
could be wanted to establish the de-
STABILITY Of decreasing the size Of
farms and increasing the number oi
owners; but this lesson should bG
learned elsewhere as well as in the
South. Whole countries 10 the Uni
ted States are Wretched poor because
every farmer is trying 70 handle 8
quarter sectiOu'-One hundred and
sixty acres-With only enough CAPT
tel and working force 70 properly til
3 quarter as much soil. A farmel
with two poor horses, tWo bad ploWs
= boy or two OF & hired man, can gel
no more money out OF 3 hundred
and sixty acres Of land than from
forty, but year after year be win trJ
70 do It and succeed only IN getting
poorer"
From the above It appears that h
| Mississippi twice as much cotton 4
produced now as there were twentl
Years ago, although there are not q
many acres under cultivation, Their
are, however, twice as many farm
/ now as there was then, which iusllfe
| The conclusion that : small farm vel
cultivated will produce twice asmuCl
| In proportion 10 lie size as q larg
one that is not cultivated. Ia III
and ihe adjoining States thousand