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The National tribune., 1881-09-17
THE STORY OF A VALISE,

A few days ago an old man got off the main
line train at Wilton to look about, and left an
old valise in the seat. When the signal was
given he jumped upon the Southwestern train
and did not discover his mistake till near Musca-
tine, and then there was some lively hunting for
that old ragged valise. 1t was not found for
several days, but at last turned up in the bag
gage-room at Iowa City, among some rubbish
When the old man got it back he opened it and
quietly counted out $4,000 in gold, which it con-
tanned all the while it was knocking around
Muscatjpe Tribune.
The National tribune., 1881-09-17
A SUMMER SONG

Under the willows the wild birds sang
In the sunset glow Of fiery gold
And the echoes back from the forest rang
Like fairy chimes in the days of old:
''Tu whit, tn weet
Tu whit. tn weet
Our days are blest, our dreams are sweet,
Though nights be dark and cold -
Under the willows the wild birds sang
In the sunset glow of fiery gold,
And answering notes from the forest rang
Like fairy chimes in the days of old;
Sweeping sorrows into the past,
With a Joyous scourge and backward east,
Hurting the demon of discomfort
To his native gloom with pinOns rent.
While paaan followed his flying feet,
And the air was filed with songsters feet
'Tu whit! tn weet!
Tu whit, tn weet,
Our davs are blest. our dreams are sweet
Though nights be dark and cold,''
Under the willows the wild birds sang
In the sunset glow of fiery gold,
And the melody back from the forest rang,
Like fairy chimes in the days of old.
To a weary soul they brought release
From famished grief unto restful peace;
And touched with a wand from Lethe's shore
On its golden hinge swung the secret door,
Barring the way TO passion : beat,
Again the heralds their notes repeat:
'Tu whit! tn weet!
Tu whit tn weet!
Our DAYS are blest our dreams sweet,
Though nights be dark and cold"
John p True in the Youths Companion
The National tribune., 1881-09-17
THE FRUIT TRADE,

The fruit trade continues lively. Canning pro
ceeds on large scale this year and the shipment
of fruit and grapes East is very heavy Produc-
ers generally are getting good returns this year
A HealdSbuTg fruit grower has sent his peaches
and plums to this market, getting $40 ton for
the former and $40 and 500 ton for the latter
The earliest and best grapes at Vacaville brought
S10O ton for shipment East DR.. Wells, of that
place, has been offered $40 ton for the whole
yield of his vineyard while G.. G. Briggs has con-
tracted to deliver 1000 tons at Davsville for 500
ton. One speculator i'll grapes who had con-
tracted to take the product Of twenty acres OF
Briggs'S vineyard. at Winters, for shipment East,
sold out his bargain to Brewer, of Sacramento,
for $4,000 profit before he had touched grape
1t is stated that the canneries can hardly fill a
third of the English demand for apricOts, The
nectarne is coming into favor also. As can
ming fruit it is excellent and the superintendent
of the cannery at Riverside last season stated
that 10000 bearing trees now would be but
drop in the bucket" toward supplying the
demand.-AHd Californian.
The National tribune., 1881-09-17

into strcng relief by the solid snowwhite bodies
of vapor which were slowly rolling and settling
away down in the east.
| have been in many an engagement, but this
was the first, last and only time | saw ship
captured in fog.-From An Ocean Free Lance
The National tribune., 1881-09-17

Man endures opposition and reprOof more read
lily than we suppose, only he will not endure
them when violent, even though they are de
served. Our hearts are flowers; they continue
open to the y-talling dew, but close against
the stOrm-.JedR Paul.
Some bad people would be less dangerous it
they had not some goodness
In difficult cases do nothing.-EdgerOrti.
The National tribune., 1881-09-17

Life is too short to waste
In critic peep or cynic bark,
Quarrel or reprimand;
Twill soon be dark,
All, mind thine own aim, and
God speed the mark Emerson.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-12-23

HE who can heroically endure sdver-
sity will bear prosperity with equal
greatness Of soul.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-12-23
Hom an Indian RON sho0ts.

The remarkable shooting Of the young
Nez Perces Indian boy, Otto, Was wit
messed by large audience of those in
terested in rifle shooting. The most re-
markable feature of the exhibition was
the lightning quickness Of the boy. But
very few Of the attempts failed. The first
shot was at five-cent piece on the head
Of figure representing man, and was
hit, the distance being Fifteen PAGES. The
next was the cuttingof string that sus-
pended figure at the rear Of the stage.
This rife was picked up from the stage
by the lad after he had turned q somer-
sault, and the shot was fired almost IN
stantly. The most remarkable shot of
the evening was accomplished by the use
of peculiarly placed appliances, in the
following manner In a small steel
frame pistol-barrel was suspended be-
hind the barrel razor had been fixed,
and on either side Of it was suspended a
glass ball The boy was then taken to
the front Of the stage and blindfolded,
with his face TO the audience. At the
command about face" he turned,
raised his rifle, and, after only mo-
mentary hesitation, fired. The ball
passed through the pistol, was split by
the razor, and each glass ball was broken
by half the bullet This shot is said to
be due the boys wonderful gift Of the
power of location. The precision Of the
4 aim is secured by taking position di
rectly in front Of the object, and aim i:
taken by certain pressure Of the rife.
stock against the shoulder and cheek
An exhibition bayonet drill followed
The boy was applauded for his MARKS
manship and dexterity. y.--,San francisco
call.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-12-23
Taking ont Patents.

Apropos Of the editorials that are gen.
orally written on patent reforms, the
Scientific american notes the fact that
the line of argument is substantially
identical in most newspapers. 1t holds
that the idea that an inventor who has
brought forth, painfully or otherwise,
something Of value to the rest of the
community should be compelled to pay
for the privilege, heavily or lightly, is
simply absurd Also that the penalty
imposed should increase with the amount
Of the benefaction is still more absurd.
1t says Indirectly the successful in
veatlon does contribute to government
support in taxes in proportion to the rate
at which It increases individual and pub
lie wealth; but that is for service by the
government other than aud Independent
of the issuance Of an official certification
of the invention in the form OF letters
patent. The assertion that the majority
of patents are worthless is so contrary
to the evidence of fact that it cannot be
set down to ignorance. The american
lenounces the advocacy Of the policy
of extinguishing useless patents, on
the ground that it is mischieyous as
sumption to presume that all patents
which are not speedily developed and
made commercially productive are use
less The american pointedly observes
that the aforementioned positions on
this subject are taken by those, and
those only, who are peenniarily inter-
ested-as principals or atturneys-in so
modifying the operation OF the patent
law as to facilitate the seizure and en-
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-12-23
Cannibal Scotch,uen.

When Scotland had a climate very
much like that of Canada to-day, when
the Hebrides boasted great forests Of
immense trees, and when, too, man
could have walked ON dry land from
Edinburgh to Stockholm, the primitive
Scotch-folk were as peculiar In habit
and head.
The skulls of this period, which are
still occasionally dug up, all belong to
what is Enthusiastically called the
boat-headed |" type, and the good
people who owned them indulged in a
variety Of savage practices, from having
q community Of wives to eating their
own children.
Prof. Owen says: "The lowest skull
in the Caithness series of an ancient
stone-period resembles that Of q West
Indian negro" He also found child's
jaw (which had been. broken, for its
dental press was not gnawed by beasts,
and concluded the race to be cannibal."
Little wonder after this that one sci
entific observer asserts the antique
Scotch skull is far more animal-like
than those Of any European race either
known in history or hitherto discovered
III blC-AlopoAAO uOlAOo Va blAC AhO4At bAOh1C
or latter stone periods"
There is something almost humorous
in the contrast thus presented between
modern Scotland--demure and devoted
and the old, old Scotland where kind
of unutterable savage was in the habit
Of rampaging about, combining whole
sale Mormonism with the delectable
habit Of feasting on cold baby.
Prof. Huxley goes so far as to link
these primitive ancestors of Sir Walter
Scott and the Marquis OF Lorne with the
Australian Maories, but they were so in
ferior to the latter that they had no
sense Of ornament, not single frag-
ment Of bead or bracelet belonging to
these dim ages having ever been found
in all Scotland through.
Almost depressing is this idea Of a
people who belonged to SO debased and
low type of humanity. One comfort
hes in the fact that they lived very
long time ago, when Glasgow was the
site Of sea, and what is now the bed Of
the German ocean did not contain water
enough to have filed teacup. -BotO
Bells,
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-12-23
y Rule That WORKS BOth WAYS.

"That must be false rule, ".says the
Interior, requiring virtue, cleanliness
and good temper and conduct in women,
while many men may go on to any
length almost, and society one and all
wink, if not blink, at our faults. What
evar ~ deorades a woman also degrades q
man Take some of the vices and hab-
its of the day. A man smokes filthy
CIGAR. or carries about half an ounce OF
tobacco in his cheek, and yet expects
his wife to preserve clean mouth and q
sweet breath. Again, young man
starts out to spend the evening with his
adored Evelina. Shonld he md her not
at home, but In the peighborlng saloonI
however centeel It might be, that would
be lis last visit In his estimation she
would have sunk below his level, anc
yet that young man himself is daily
visitor TO chat same saloon, and engages
in all it's exercises. Xxx
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-12-23
The weigh Of the Transrress.

BY almost universal consent, the light
weight championship is conceded 10 deal
ers in coal. As water unto milk, and
glucoae to the lager beer, 50 are the
platform scales to the coal cart. Il
would be unjust to large numbers Of
honest and reputable dealers to say that
their coal is like thefellow who said that
when he was mad he weighed ton, but
the conduct Of disreputable and dis
honest dealers has q tendency TO throw
suspicion upon all Of them. According
10 the statement Of one who has tried 1t,
it requires the spirit Of a martyr TO be an
honest dealer, at least in New York.
He tells a dolefulstory Of the difficulties,
not I'd say the dangers, he encountered
in trying 10 deliver 1000 pounds for
ton to his costumers He began by an
nouncing that any one buying coal of
him could test its weight at any Of the
public scales. The result was astonish-
ing. Orders came In from all directions
and not more than one in ten ever
wanted to test it. When cartmen came
from other yards he had 10 enlarge their
carts. For these offenses he was set
upon by member Of the Coal Associa-
ton and beaten his cartmen were got
away from him they tried TO prevent
his vessels from landing broke bis der
ricks, and he had good reason to think
that they either shot at him or had him
shot at. So that it is not the weigh Of
transgressor, but the other mans, that
] is hard
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-12-23
washington INTRODUCING Lafayette.

The following letter from General
Washington, introducing to Governor
Lee of Maryland, the Marquis de La
fayette, together with several French
officers of distinction, has been left for
publication in the Sun by Mr.. Charles
O'D. Lee, the great-grandson of Gov
ernor Thomas Sims Lee, in whose family
it has been for many years cherished
possession:
New WINDSOR 9Th Dec., 1880.
SIR-I have the honor Of introducing to Your
Excellency the Marquis de la Fayette, Major
General in our army and an officer Of rank liz
those Of France. This gentleman's character,
illustrious birth and fortune can not be un-
known to you, though you may be unao-
quainted with his person.
I should be wanting in that Justice which is
due to his great merit, TO his early attachment
TO the American cause, and to his powerful
support OF 4 here and at the Court Of Yer
sailies, was to permit him TO depart for the
Southern army without this testimony of the
sense entertain Of his worth and recommends
tion Of him to your attention.
He will probably be accompanied by his
brother-in-law, the Viscount de Noailles, and
Count Damas gentlemen Of family. fortune
and rank in the French army at Rhode Island
whose zeal TO serve America has prompted
them TO make q winters campaign tothe south
ward II permission can be obtained from the
Count of Rochanbeau to be absent from theil
respective commands so long. With much es
TEEN and respect, have the honor to be you
Excellency most obedien and humble servant
'.F GEo. WASHINGTON.
His Excellency, Governor Lee.
Baltimore Sun.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-12-23
A Japanese Hotel.

To imagining Japanese hotel, good
reader, please dismiss all architectural
ideas derived from the Continental or
Fifth Avenue. Our hotels In Japan,
outwardly, at least, are wooden struct-
ures, two stories high, often but one.
Their roofs are usually thatched, though
the city caravansaries are tiled. They
are entirely open on the front ground
floor, and about six feet from the sill or
threshold rises q platform about foot
and half high, upon which may be seen
the proprietor, seated on his heels, busy
with his account books. IL it is winter,
he is engaged in that absorbing occupa-
ton of all Japanese tradesmen at that
time of the year, warming his hands over
q charcoal fire in low brazier. The
kitchen is usually just next to the front
room, often separated from the street by
only latticed partition. In evolving q
Japanese kitchen out OF his or her imag-
nation the reader must cast away the
rising conception Of Bridget's realm.
Blissful, indeed, is the thought as we
enter the Japanese hotel that neither the
typical servant girl nor the American
hotel clerk is to be found here. The
landlord comes to meet us, falling on his
hands and knees, bows his head to the
floor, One or two Of the pretty girls out
Of the bevy usually seen in the Japanese
hotels comes to assist us and take our
traps. Welcomes, invitations and plen-
ty Of fun greet us as we sit down to take
off our shoes, as all good Japanese do,
and as those filthy foreigners don't, who
tramp on the clean mats with muddy
boots. We stand up unshod, and are
led by the laughing girls along the
smooth corridors, across an archec
bridge which spans an open space IL
which is a rookery, garden and ponc
stocked with goldfish, turtles and ma
rine plants. The room which our fan
guides choose for us is at the rear end O
| the house, overlooking the grand seen
cry for which Kanozan is justly noted
all over the empire Ninety-nine valley
are said to be visible from the mountain
top on which the hotel is situated, ant
we suspect that multiplication by tel
would scarcely be an exaggeration.
world of blue water and pines, and tn
detailed loveliness Of the rolling land
form a picture which / lack power +
paint with words. The water scenes
the type Of repose, the earth of motion
!. --Lippi1coH.
HE who can heroically endure sdyel
J ".
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-12-23
Fighting Their Own Battles.

There are so many women who sadly
shrink into corner when irsulted and
abused, that it is refreshing now and
then to hear of one who takes her own
part and fights her. own battles. THO
Rochester girl who smote an impudene
man with her hynmsbook, is a pleasant
instance of the fair exercise of woman's
rights. While on her way to church
smooth-tongued rufiian offered to be her
companion. Seeing that his offer was
tor no good purpose and that there was
but one way to get rid of him she
promptly took that way. The hymn
book was her only weapon, but she made
the most Of it. ~ In short metre, she hit
HIM powerful blow on his face, causing
him to sing something which did not
sound exactly like a halleluiah or an an
them Of jubilant praise. Indeed it was
more like recessional anthem, for the,
rascal retreated as he sang it. Near
Brooklyn there was another and more
serious case. A tipsy fellow followed q.
young woman who was driving in light
wagon In which she was carrying the
mail He tried to drive his wagon in
ront Of hers and when he failed In this
ne pushed her vehicle into a ditch,
knocking off wheel. Then he assailed
her with abusive language. Thereupon
the young woman smote-, him with a
whip-handle, and prevailed against him,
wounding him and leaving him in his
own wagon, with his head hanging over
the tail-board. 1t seems that this pun
iahment was greater than be could bear,
iof In the course Of the following night
ne died. The woman could not be
blamed for this result, for she had not
intended TO do more than to defend her
sell As for the man there is not much
cause for sympathy with him. The fel-
E low who, thus conducts himself towards
woman takes all the risks and deserves
all theicoasequences.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-12-23
practical Arithmetic.

"You can't add different things to-
oether.y said an Austin school teacher.
2 II YOU add sheep and a COW together,
"A does not make too sheep on two cows.
A little boy, the son Of an Austin av-
enue milkman, held up his hand, and
said:
"That may do with sheep and cows,
but if YOU add a quart of milk and q
Quart Of water, it makes two quarts ol
milk. I've seen ii tried. "
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-12-23
The pleasures Of the Table.

The simplest food will not suffice to
maintain a community in mental and
physical health, and to produce the
highest form Of efforts. A people who
1--we on rice will usually be found unfit to
do anything better than grow rice.
Monotcny in food, asrin other things,
beQets dullness. For all classes there
must be something in life to look for
ward to if men are not to become soured;
and. constituted as We are at present,
the pleasures Of the table must continue
TO form an important element among the
pleasures available for man. But # the
use Of luxurious food be defensible on
these grounds, absolute waste OF food,
at any rate, produces the Ill effect
pointed out, without any compromising
advantage. The dinner at every glut-
tonous city feast contributes his quota
TO the already existing distress In some
other part of the community. So does
the guest at a charity dinner. The
money he subscribes to the charity is
merely a transfer of wealth which leaves
the world neither rich nor poorer; the
dinner he eats or leaves increases the
poverty of his neighbor.--Ihe Fort
nightly RevietO. sa
AN Edinburgh professor has discov-
cred that an animal struck by lightning
or by an electric shock, under scientific
direction, is rendered delightfully."- ten
der in moment. Read this paragraph
out at supper in presence Of the assem-
bled boarders. It may startle the land,
lady, cause her TO invest in an electric
battery, and change the hard and stony
hearted beefsteak from " q thing Of duty
and chaw forever" into soft and ten
der-hearted dream Of Mary's little lamb
--Nev York Commercial Advertiser.
TIE revised edition Of the New Iesta
mont failed to catch the popular favo
that was expected. Copies Of the wor
are offered for sale in the East at greati
reduced prices.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-12-23

RrcoRps show that in thirteen Sep
TENDERS in the past thirty years no
rain fell in San Francisco. The rain
in the remaining eighteen Septembers
ranged from .O2 Of an inch to LOB
inches.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-12-23

Az ExoHAITFeE speaks Of "a male
Ian Ian, The sex Of trains has always
.x peen q matter Of some doubt; but train
sno9id mot be called mAls because d
smokes and " oheas. " 81.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-07-24
PRIMO al MERII0

C0piam0s de un peri6dico matancero
Con satisfaction sabemos que los magnifc0s
cigarros de Z" In BelIeza, que habian obteDi-
do especial menci6n de la Sociedad Earopea
de Paris, que los distngui6 por su excelencia
con medaia de orc de l. : clase, en- los pri-
meros meses del presente afo han alcanzado
lustamente el primer premi0 en- nuestro Ger
tamen Industrial.
Comprendemos en- este case la imparciali-
dad iusticia del jurado gu los clasiic6, Y
40 podemos meaos de darles nuestro esponta-
neO franco parabien.
Ell Sr D. Andres Rodriguez Guic0 dueno de
la F4brics " La slleza, iamas ha escatima
do medic alguno para eleVar gran altura el
ere Ito de dcha fabrica, tanto en- estas provin-
cias como ell extraQjero al anunciarse 10 Ex-
posi- ion de Matanzas Como dice muy bien
nuestro colega " Ell Tabaco' ell Sr Rodri-
guez quiso reudir un tribute de gratitud la
proviuca al pueblo que con tanta protection
acojs los productos de su ta0rics, fgurando
de un modo diguo en- Duestro Certamen.
E mportante credito de- que h5y g0za en-
MatanZas los cigarros " La Belleza" ha sidO
torment .do con gran cello por su agente el Sr.
d. Isdro J. 0 eda cuya activldad intelig en-
ella son de todos conocidOs
Damos, pues, la mas cordial enho-abuena
al s. Rodriguez nuestro particular amigo
Il Sr, Oeda, Is
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-07-24

neto en- kilos, marca cop que SO h;zo Ia
importation, dia de la entrada del bn-
lae del farro csrril, y nombre de es'
to 6 de Ia via f6rrea.
T. De las ventss one 81 hagan para al
consume de- la plaza tambien 81 dafa
psrte al Excmo. Ayuntsmiento para
que este de IN psse al comprador, pues
t0do tsbaco de Puerto-Rico que se en-
cuentre sin conocimiento del Excmo.
Ayuntamiento se le cousiieratl como
importado frauiu lentsmeute, por 10
tanto osgara 5 tAntos do derech total.
g. E. pa limsnto para Q! consume sc
haIa poniendo ell nombre del buque 8
via fsrres por donde Sc inporto, dia de
IL importseion m%rcss, peso bruto y
neto por el cual 81 liquidara ell arbitrio,
caussndo bIas en- Ia cuenta de existen-
cias.
g. Dada vez que Ia Exoms. Corpora.
cion 10 srea conveniente girara una vi.
sta los dep6sitos domSsticos, bs-
lancssra las entradss y sslidss con las
existsnciAs que hsys gu casa del impor-
tsdor, y 81 80 encontrare meuos csnti-
dad de 10 que debe existir, SO 10 CO.
brara ell arbitrio por 10 que falte, y sde-
n s., como pena la fslts de fraude q 1e
ha querido cometer, se cobrsra cinco
tautos de 10 que importase el srbitrio.
10 E; arbitrio Ie se estsbecs es el
de cts. On orc por csda kilo neto
del do Puerto-Rioo que SO consuma en-
ests ciu lad, segnn sutnriEaciou del
Excmo. Sr. Gob,ruador 0snersl de II
de setiembre.
IL Lss declaraciones, passes y pedi.
mentos de tr4nsito y consume 80 suje-
tarAn nj ormulario marcado con los nu-
naros l, 2, 8, 4. 5y6.
IA Ests disposition empezara 4 re-
gir desde 81 -. 1880. para cuya fachA
todas las existenoias qua haya del tabs-
co de Pnerto-Rico, importado con an
ter;oridad, SO declArsran tambien para
que no les pueda parsr psriuicio q sus
tenedores, cuya oontsbilidad SO llevars
spsrte.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-07-24

Paseieros salidos en- Ell SAN JUAN.-Para
Arecibo Saliva Tor Ledes ia, Julian B'anco, Pc
dro C6rdov,, Bsteban dc la Rosa, Jose Santos,
Marcial 10 ~ Ram6a TrasaucO. Para Aqua
dlIla Emilio Rodriguez, Andres Pedrosa, Mi
gneI Pc iross, Manuet Fernandez Leon Lopez,
Elias Gonzalez, Pasrual Aceyedo. Para NJ va
cd z Andrs, Caparr6s, Tomas Vera, Candi-
do Guasp Y n.h), Miguel Pesquera, Isl
dro Capps, Carlos B Meltz, Brauho Galvan'
V Duchenl, joe A Oartag ma, Enrique Stahl
sefior S1tera L1go uihos. Alfredo Ca
sails f,milia, Andrea Monge, Francisco Ca
pte uinos, B9nto Padills, Justine ESco
bar, 3 ninJs Jacinto Soiis nihos, Antonio
Oortes, jose Ballesteros, Emilio Vale, Juao
Gonz ,lez, Jacinto Mendez, Pedro Cuerdo, Pc
dro Flores Y hermana. Para Ponce JuaB
Cuevas, Fermil San Juan, joe NJ Fernandez,
jose Perez J0aq un OalVo, B. Anderrou, Pc
dro Fernandez Para Humacao; Jose q. Agul-
lera
En- ell ARNO Alfredo Fl >are, Luis Rodri-
gu q, Maou3l Rodrigue1, E. Cabrera.