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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-11-15
CABOs sUELTOs.

LO menos que Sc puede pedlr al
ser racional es un POGO de sentido
comatn, y sin embargo, esta que po-
dria llamarse la principal facuItad
del alma, suele ser el menOS c0m1l1|
de los SenfidOS.
Para penetrarse de esta verdad
no hay mas que entrar en- la redac-
ci6n de cierto peri6dico, donde cam
pean todos los absurdos Y aberra-
clones, sin mezcla de raciocinio al
guno, y cuyos redactores nos re-
cuerdan la estatua del celebre Ma
lebranche.
Bueno que no haya ciencia, nj co.
nocimientos de ninguna especie, nj
aun las reglas del buen decir, pero,
al menos, s&anos licito desear y pc
dir que tengan siquiera un POGO del
cOmaln SenhdO.
Por amor a Cervantes Y demas
autores, y con e! fin de que pudi6
semos entendernos, habiamos pedi-
do una cdtedra de callar para FL
Asimilist0, y ahora resulta que 10
que Sc le ha dado es una c0tedrd de-
hab/ar en- el Institute, y NADIA me-
nos que para hablar de Geografia G
Historic.
No sabremos que podra decir Ell
Asimiiist0 con referencia a esas ma
terias, como no sea, uerbi -gratia,
en- geografla, ell sitio que ocup6 la
Gaia de Ahorros, Y en- historic, la
de una casa aSimilada Il otra cosa
semejante.
Por fortuna que el nombramien-
to es INFERNO, 8 acaso menos, por
que 81 nO,..........
Aqul Sc hacen catedraticos como
Sc construyen los toneles, q ojo dc
buen cubero, y peor, 81 Sc quiere,
porque nj ese ojo ha habido aqui
para el nombramiento de catedrati-
cos.
Renunciamos ahora a la prueba,
y pedimos perd6n a la Junta; pero
no nos conformamos con ciertas dp-
htudeS tu1roneraS, en- cuyos labios
Sc ha puesto la ciencia.
Lo sentimos por los discipulos.
Hablamos Ell terminus generates.
Los peri6dicos de Madrid hablan
de una nueva escalera de salyamen-
to para incendios con la que Sc pue-
de descender del tejado de I'm edifi-
clio, por alto que sea.
Sc la recomendamos a Gel Asi-
milista . para cuando empiece la
chamusq,tina No olga luego que
lie abandonamos en- la hora del peli-
gro, por mas que 81 nos ha vuelto
la espalda en- los fugaces dias de su
ficticios y efImeros triunfos, sin re-
cordar 10 que unos y otros somos,
fuimos y habremos de ser.
Al efecto lie anunciamos, por 81
no 10 ha llegado conocer aun, que
ell pals esta harto de soportar cier-
tos politicos que todo 10 someten a
las caprlchosas combinaciones de su
interes.
Un peri6dico de Madrid COM
para al Sr. Sagasta con Ner6n.
ST, como dicen que Ner6n toca-
ba la fauta, hubiese tocado el vio-
lon, a nosotros sc nos hubiese ocu-
rrido comparar al Trovador de la
Roca Tarpeya con El Asimilista" :,
que 10 toca acknowledgements, sobre
todo, cuando Sc propone decir en-
serio 10 que actualme1ate estd paSaa-
do en- Puerto-Rico, pues muchos no
parece sino que han nacido para
10 buf0, y de ellos tan solo hace
case un Arderius y el pdblico que
va q los 6ayos para reir 8 dormir.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-11-15

Gro no Us eSCO aun 10 mas gran
de.
Lo mas grande es que, 81 Sc les
deja, no pararan algunos hasta echar-
nos tOdos nOsotros como quieren
echar a los Jesuitas.
No en- vano nos llam6 ell otro dia
I'm orador legista, a voz en- cuello,
aveS de paSo.
Que lie ensuciamos ell techo.
Esto 10 diria sin duda ell orador
para disculpar en- cierto modo el
POGO aseo de SUI conciencia.
Hay tantas de estas que en- vez
de tales son cloacas
Y a pesar de todo el acueducto
no viene.
iCuando nos hace extrema falta
para barrer tantOs escOmbrOs!
El AsimiHSta Sc ha dado en- estos
dias a barajar, junto con ei nuestro,
el nombre del jefe de nuestro Par
lido.
E Asimilista, por 10 visto, es de
aquellos que, 81 no agradecen los
benefcios, tampoco Sc resienten de
ofensas y desprecios.
Sc 10 podemos probar, respecto
de este case concrete.
Hijo, estdmago tie de Dios, que
ell saber POGO tie vale
Pregunta Ell Agente::
"lQui6nes son aqui, pues, los verdade-
ros separatistas?
Nadie en- mejores condolences
para declararlo, contestamos nos
otros, que los que asi nos inter-
pelan.
ST echan una ojeada a sus amigos
y parientes.
Sin embargo, bueno es que Sc an
de Ell Agente con pies de plomo.
Por respeto al axiomatico refrain
aquel de que no es bueno mentar
la soga en- casa del ahorcado.
Dice Ell Agente que nosotros es-
tamos echando chispas.
En- cambio otros las toman, Y
gordas.
\ no entire nosotros.
Dice Cesar de Bozdn, en- SUI penul-
TINA correspondence, y a guisa de
epilogo:
"Ofrezco solemnemente saldar mi cuen-
ia con usnra en- la pr6xima opcrtunidad.
No debi6 haberse apurado ell
corresponsal de El 4 gente.
De saldar SUI deuda Sc ha encar-
gado el Tribunal de Tmprenta.
Dice El Agente:
Tratandose de recibir dinero, todas
son facilidades."
As1 hay por estos mundos de Dios
quien no solo Sc contenta con reci-
bir el suyo.
ST que tambien ell ajeno.
Porque tan ajena es la hacienda
particular como ell dinero del Esta-
do.
Y sin embargo, hay quien tan
bonitamente Sc queda con el
Y engorda como ganado puesto
a cebO.
Porque en- algunos la elasticidad
del abdomen core parejas con la
de su moralidad y sus creencias po-
llticas.
Que Sc dilatan 8 comprimen en-
proportion a las exigencias del ham,
bre.
" Lo inico que hay por aqui, dice un
perl6dico, es alguno que otro ganso."
Parecenos que estamos oyendo d
El Asimilista pedir la palabra para
una alusion personal.
Porque de ganso a patio, maldito
81 hay gran diferencia.
Ambos son anfbios.
Dice Ell Agente:
"-4qu< tenemos un Tribunal que ab-
sueIoe q los detract0res virulent0s del es-
pan0Asmo."
GQuerra decir el colega con esta
herejia que presiente SUI absolucidn ?
Gran don es sin duda ell de
leer EN- el porvenir.
mi gitano que fuese el colega de
la vecindad!
Ha dicho El Agente a Ell Asimi-
hSta que este emplea NAL en- sus
columnas la voz iquidar.
Y le replica por su parte FL Asi-
mihSta:
Conteste por nosotros Ell Diccionario,
y 81 ell colega Sc digna recorrerlo, hallara
la explicaci6n siguiente: "aclarar, des-
enredar."
Trabajo le damos 4 Ell 44simi-
HSta 81 Sc decide 4 desenredar sus
enredos!
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-11-15
VIVIAN NUESTR0S REYES!

"a nOV a nuoSLrOS lecCOroS.
Segdn telegrama que Sc ha CO.
municado al Excmo. Sr. Goberna-
dor General con fecha de aver, la
Real Consorte de nuestro augusta
Y amado Monarca ha dado a luz
con toda felicidad una robusta In
fanta.
La noticia cundi6 por esta Gu
dad con la celeridad del rayo, e in
mediatamente la expression mas vi
va de regocijo y placer Sc mani
fest6 en- todos los semblantes. Vie
ronse engalanados los edifcios pd-
blicos y algunas casas particulares,
ondeando gallardamente en- los pri-
meros la adorada ensena de nuestra
nacionalidad. Las mdsicas del ejer-
cito y vOluntarlos cruzaron nstan-
taneamente las GALES de la pobla
ci6n, tocando aires nacionales que
repercutian el eco dulce de la Pa
tria, cuyo solo recuerdo nos hacia
verter lagrimas de ternura hacia
nuestros Reyes y de amor a las ms
tituciones.
Ell BoLET1N MERcANTIL, que en-
punto patriotismo nadie cede su
puesto entire los mas enthusiasts, con
tan plausible motive saluda respe-
tuosamente a los egregios Consortes,
en- este momento dichoso que trae
a la memoria gratos recuerdos de
una restauraci6n felizmente reali-
zada. Dia memorable que quie-
ra Dios senale una era de felicl-
dades para la Patria!
AL rendir nosotros ell homena-
ie de nuestra lealtad hacia el Mo-
narca que actualmente ocupa Ell
Trono de San Fernando, creemos
hacernos Interpreters de los senti-
mientos de este pueblo digno, fiel
y generoso, y no deseamos mas
slno que, siendo aquel un dia el
mas ilustre de los Alfonsos, llegue
a ser el mas poderoso de los Reyes.
Hacemos fervientes votos por la
prosperidad de la Naci6n, por la
felicidad de nuestros Reyes y de
sus augustos sucesores, por la union
y concordia de todos los espanoles,
en- ambos hemisferios, y porque ell
iris de la paz con la aureola de la
bienandanza continuen brillando de
uno q otro confn, sin que vuelvan
ser oscurecidos por larga serie de
centenares de lustros.
Asi la Patria volvera 4 ocupar el
puesto de honor que lie corresponds
por su honrosa & incompatible his
toria asi Sc abrira al genio espa-
mol su carrera de gigantic, y musas
como la del gran Quintana, levan-
tando sus .abatidas frentes, tornaran
4 cantar nuestras inmarcesibles glo-
rias, rindiendo justo tribute de ad-
miraci6n al pueblo que llev6 sus
estandartes victoriosos y con ellos
la cruz de la redenci6n a paises
desconocidos.
iFeliz el dia en- que, unidos todos
los espanoles en- sentimientos y OPT
ni6n, rodeen ell trono de sus Reyes,
para afanzar con ell apoyo de todos.
con el amor y la lealtad de todos,
ell alcazar de las patrias institucio-
mes! iOh! iQue poder tan grande
entonces Ell manos de un Gobierno
bienhechor! iQue nudo tan estre-
cho en- ell misterioso santuario de
nuestras aspiraciones! iQue felici-
dad tan inmensa para los hijos de
ese siempre grande y herdico pue-
bio, que dom6 la terra y ensanch6
los mares, dando al mundo ell ejem-
plo de las mas grandes virtudes y
proezas!
Ahora he aqui 10 que nos dice la
Gaceta con relaci6n tan fausto
acontecimientO:
GOB1ERNO GENERAL
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-11-15

..- SECRETAR1A. -- NEGOCIADO 10
Ell Excmo. Sr. Ministro de Ultra
mar, en- telegrama fecha de hoy,
dice al Excmo. Sr. Gobernador &C.
neral 10 siguiente:
Tengo la satisfaction de comu-
" municarle que S. M. la Reina ha
" dado d luz 4 las siete y cuarto no.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-11-15

Es principle moral y fisico que
hay una fuerza en- todo que marca
su respective puesto a todas las ap-
titudes. Pero es 10 cierto que esta
regla ha tenido SUI exception en- ell
nombramiento de los catedraticos
interinos de. Institute, pues muy
pocas son en 6l las aptitudes que
estan en- su puesto.
Y hasta nos 2arece que la fuerza
misma que marco su puesto 4 cada
aptitud estuvo fuera del suyo, y este
podria obstruir ell engranaje de las
ruedas, y perturbar las funciones de
la mdquina.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-11-15
GOBIERNO GENERAL
DE LA
fSLA DE PUERTO - RICO.

sECRETAR1A. - NEGoC1ADo 10
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-11-15

Ell socialismo cunde por Europa, y de-
ia sentir sus efectos de devastation; So
bre tcdo, en- Francia es ahora donde mas
trabaja; en- varios puntos anda lista la
policia prendiendo gente non sancto de
esa asociaci6n infame. En- Montceau-les-
Mines ha abortado un plan general de
insurrecci6n, y en- los peri6dicos encon-
trara V. algunas dc las fechorias de los
socialistas. Unos fabricantes del Alto
Rhin recibieron bajo sobre sellado en-
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-10-12
West Virginia.

The election Of Gen. N. Golf, jr., Repnb-
lican, to Congress from the Clarksburg and
Wheeling District, and the probable cleo
ton OF Hon. j. W. Mason, Republican.
from the End district, now represented by
Judge Hoge, has infinitely more signifi-
canoe. as the result relates to national poll
tics, than the defeat the Republicans s,,s-
tanned in Ohio. In West Virginia it was u
square, contest between the two parties
without any side issues or complications,
and to have gained two members from that
State is cause for congratulation. 1t indi-
Gates weakening of Bourbon strength in
the heretofore solid South, and gives hope
that West Virginia may wheel into the Re-
publican ranks in 1884. There, is no doubt
as to what Ohio will do in thar lection. The
nominee of the Republican National Con-
vention will receive tue electoral vote of
that State
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-10-12

is our calm deliberate Judgment and sense
of conscientious duty which direct our
course. We care nothing for men in this con-
test. They are mere figure-heads. 1t is the
great underlying principle which is to be
successfully asserted. or meet with tenn
porary chez k. 1t is the cause OF popular
government, of civilization. of human pro-
gress and material advancement. which lie
under all this mountain Of abuse. villifica-
ton, SANDER, and vituperation, which
comes like an avalanche from Bourbon
threats, and would divert attention from
the real matter in controversy. And it is
this cause. and not the qualification of the
personal ambition of any man, which the
people must pass upon in November next.
1t is with them to say whether the Liberal
forces now striking for the rights and liber-
ties of the people shall succeed. or whether
the Bourbon faction. whose history is one
continuous expression of hostility to all
that the Liberals contend for, shall be re-
stored to power, but to abuse and prosti-
tute it,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-10-12
The Comet Speeding Away.

CruPs comet which for the past three weeks
has been the subject of so much comment, is
speeding out of sight at the rate of two and u
half millions miles day. The announcement
made Friday that the nucleus had separated
into tree fragments resulted i'll some little
speculation as to whether the fragments would
scatter and travel in different directions,a per-
torrance which is not unknown to comets.
As in this event the chances Of collision with
some OF those planets which lead less yagabond
lives would be multiplied by three, the ques-
zion was thought to be important.
Professor Sharpless, of HayerfOrd College,
remarked that he was not certain whether it
had ever been seen before, although it very
much resembed the comet of 1913. 1t had not
caused any change in the temperature of our
atmosphere. AS it is rapidly leaving the
earth the chances Of its doing anything 10 dis
tinguish itself before it is entirely lost to sight
ale rather remote. Technically speaking"
he said, "the position of the visitor is: AS
censon, 10 hours "a minutes; declination, 8
degrees south. Its distance from the earth is
one hundred million miles, or, in other words,
ten million miles farther than the distance OF
the SUM- Fur us this may seem plenty of stars
exist one thousand times as many miles away.
1t will probably be visible for two or three
weeks more. After this time it may disappear,
never to be seen again by the inhabitants OF
this globe, or it may pay us another visit III
two or three years and then fall into the sun.
At present the farther il gets from the sun the
slower 1t goes. On September II it came
within ninety million miles Of the earth and
within one hundred thousand miles of the sun.
This is the nearest it has been 10 either of these
bodies. 1t is conjectured that if it were to be
drawn into the sun IA great deal OF heat would
be felt on tue earth, but This cannot be spoken
of with certainty. As for its composition, it
is made up of sodium, carbon and number of
other elements. 1t may be one solid mass or
IA collection ofsolid Jumps like stones, attracted
to one centre. II is not known if it revolves
on its own axis, like the earth The best time
to see it is letween half-past four ana five in
the morning. The brightness of The tail is not
conclusively accounted for. The taiI,however
is a sort Of atmosphere on which the light
probably shines"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-10-12

1t is stated in the newspapers thatfa bill
has been filed in the United States Circuit
Court for WestVrginia, asking that the White
Sulphur Springs property be placed in the
hands of receiver. This means that some
body is to be caught. It indicates that the
company is insolvent, and that its creditors
are to lose their claims against it. 1t is known
that several of the corporators are very
wealthy men, and amply able to pay every
obligation of'the company and have plenty
left Bnt under the law, the property of the
individual is not bound tor the debts of the
corporation, Notwithstanding the standing
and credit of the company were given on
account of the wealth Of the individuals
composing it, We presume the outcome of
the business will be the sale of the Springs
property again, its purchase by the wealthy
corporators, as individuals, and the absorption
of the debts due by it. This is all wrong
It is one way to get values under false pre-
lenses and defraud creditors out of their just
dues. We learn that several of our citizens
are creditors of the company TO considerable
amounts and some Of them are not able to
lose their claims. But under the operation
of the law the CHANGES are that they will.
and the wealthy c0rporators who inspired
confidence in the company, will sail smoothly
on, while the deluded victims Of misplaced
confidence will suffer. There ought to be a
remedy for such injustice, and the laws SO
framed that each Individual would he bound
for the corporate debts.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-10-12
Invested Capital.

contemporary, referring to the fact that
over eight thousand miles of main track
railroads have been laid in the nine months
OF this year. and that at the end of 1882
the total will be ten thousand five hundred
miles, says, the ''capital invested in these
railway enterprises is withdrawn from ac-
tive use, and, enormous as it is in the ag
gregate, cannot fail to affect the condition
of the money Market We do not sub
scribe to this view Of the matter. Capital
used in the construction of railroads is not
withdrawn from active use, but really
placed in active use and distributed
throughout the country. to stimulate indus
tries in all departments of trade. Money
is only withdrawn from active use when it
is locked up behind iron bars, and it is
this kind OF capital that is forced out in
the prosecution Of the character of improve
ments referred to. Whether the railroads
pay or not, the money appropriated to their
construction is scattered among the people
the railroad corpOrators are benefited or not.
Money is never idle unless it is made so
by the wealthy or miserly. Once get it
out from the strong boxes, and let it
be- snsed for any public enterprises what
ever. and it commences a current of
usefulness. Great ing values as it moves,
and enriching the State as the result
Wealth is ,neverslost. Itsmay depart from
individuals as it ought to do more fire.
auently than it does, built goes Into more
general circulation and diffuses It's adyan-
tages' in all the departments of Industry
A community or a State f never made the
poorer by the collapse Of a corporation or
the Insolvency Of an, individual. Certain
persons, In Close business relations to
them. may suffer, but the original, capital
IS out doing good SOME where and will con-
tinuea to do SO until itcis gathered and
hoaded by. some astute genius, with rare
gifts for accumulation. The construction
Of railroads requires money and labor, and
as the one demands the employment ofthe
other, the capital thus expended finds its
way into the channels gof general trade
GNU 0t1iuoCc ITO OCuCiILS III tvSly dHeCLlOH
A suspension or collapse Of railroad or
any other corporation, may affect the mon
ey market by frightening the, timid and
causing them to- seize their purse strings
with tighter grip, but it is only in this way
It can. The capital INFESTED in an unprofit-
able public enterprise is not, therefore,
Withdrawn from active use, but just the
contrary. 1t is put to proper uses. and
performs the uses for which money was in
tended, Of administering to the wants of
the many. For this reason xe are always
pleased to hear Of railroad projects and
their construction, because it is certain that
the .aboring classes will receive some Of
the accumulations of the wealthy, commu-
nifty become more prosperous by having
developments made and values created,
whether the projectors are any better of or
mt.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-10-12
The Ohio Election.

The result of the election in Ohio was
not surprising to any one who has watched
the canvass in that State and the influences
operating. Each party was prepared for
defeat. for in no previous contest had there
been so much uncertainty in the data upon
which to reckon conclusions. The Demo-
Gratis were as much at sea az the Republi-
cans, and from surface indications and
the issues pressed upon the people, well
informed Republicans looked for defeat on
the State ticket and a corresponding result
in some Of the Congressional DISTRICTS.
Whether they calculated upon q majority so
large as thirty five thousand for the Democrat
ic candidate, or such modification of the
strength OF the two parties in Congression-
al representation. it was not stated The
question at issue had no relation to national
politics. but the forces were mas sed for
State purposes. and there was no discrmi-
nation made in the ballots for Congressman.
1t is not defeat of the Rep iblican party
on the recognized principles which it main
tains. but the success Of the Democratic
party in league with free whisky and Sab
bath dissertation. The Republicans, in tine
State canvass, declared for restriction npon
the sale Of spurious and malt liquors-d
manded that they should be taxed for the
support OF government and the costs incident
to criminal prosecutions, of which whisky
primarily was the cause. They demanded
hat tha Col ,ofh ho
all the saloons closed on the Lords day.
just as all other secular business is sus-
pended one day in seven. The Democrats
were substantially in favor of free whis-
key and non- Sabbath observance. The Ger
man element in the cities, accustomed to
convert che Sabbath into day Of recrea-
ton at the beer gardens, opposed both the
restriction upon the sale OF liquors and the
christian observance of the Sabbath. The
German vote is the balance OF power in every
elections is cast with the Republicans. In
this contest it went with the Democrats,and
the conclusion announced elsewhere is the
result. 1t is the success of free whisky and
Sabbath dissertation. .t5
OF course our Democratic friends are jul
bilant over this accidental and really i'm
mater ial result, 80 far as it relates to ma
tional contest. 1t is straw which they
W i'll seize upon as would drowning man,
and make the most Of it, But rot even
Democratic stupidity will attach to it any
significance, except as the Democratic vote
in Congress is increased by the result re-
corded. 1t is natural for them to become
enthused over the appearance Of an oasis
in the wide desert Of their experience, and
it would be cruel not to allow them to jol-
| lily and glorify to their hearts content in
the unenviable victory they have achieved.
| The moral sense OF the nation will con-
| denim it, but Democratic partizans care
nothing for that SO they get office and
emolument. 1t is victory that will turn
| to ashes OIL their lips. and SO revolt popu-
lar conscience as to invite an avalanche OF
wrath at the next test Of political power in
| the Buckeye State. 4...-