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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-08-27

visto Ia luz p1blica en- los peri6dicos dc
Ia plaza.
/ Ha habido quien Sc permita des.
mentir las rotundas aseveraciones que
contienen? Hay quien quiera hacer
10? Arroio el guante. A recogerlo,
pues. 0 Sc me prueba 10 contrario,
es una verdad inconcusa cuanto he di-
cho.
Hoy, violentando las condolences de
mi caracter, hago una afirmaci6n mas.
Aun en- los albores de mi administra :.
ci6n SO vislumbra un no lejano porve-
mir de riqueza y bienestar para ell que
hace corto tempo era casi un arruina-
do pr6dio, levantandose en- pocos me.
ses por el cello y economic con que Sc
maneja.
7 Cuents, senior Jues, que cumple
mi honra dejsr demostrado en- el terre.
no legal para que siempre conste en-
autos cuanto Consigno On este escrito
y en- los snteriores de su refsrencia.
Con ese exclusive fiu;
AV. s. suplico sc silva disponer que
SO instruya de ga contenido & los fir
nantes del comunicado 6 aviso inserto
on el Bo1ETN MRRoANr1L de esta plaza,
de cuyo peri6dico acompa6o un n6-
nero, y que, con intervention de ellos,
SO nombre una comisi6n pericial, en- la
cuaI pueden tomar participation, para
que constitnida en- Ia finca Ia examiner
y declaren en- forma legal no solo su ac.
tual estado, sino que sobre todos los
extremes & que me re6ero en- esta mi
manifestation y en- las snteriores, sin
perjuicio de que por medic de la prenss,
doy publicidad al presente escrito,
pues 81 p1blico ha sido ell cargo que
quiere hacerse, p1blica tiene que ser
Ia negaci6n absoIuta que por mi psrte
hago de 81.
San Juan de Puerto Rico, sgosto "a
de EMANUEL FERNANDEZ.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-08-27
DON Antonio Arsuaga lsaguirrs Conn.,
sario mombrado en- la quiebra de don
Federico Asen1o.

AL pdblico hago saber: Que en- providencia
dictada el dia de la fecha eu la segunda sec
ci6n de los autys de la quiebra reterida Sc ha
dispuesto la venta en- p1blica subasta de toaos
los artfculos de comerciO cue componen su &C.
two que detalladamente SO encuentran de
manifesto en- el oticlo del actuario, por ell ter
mino de ochO dias, sehalandose para su rema.
to el dia dos del pr6ximo mes de Set.embre
siguientes, habiles, a la una de la tAlde en- la
casa de coEercio del quebrado, situada en- la
Gale de la Fol taieza numero 20, sieado de adj
vertir que no Sc admiLlran posturas que no Gu
bran las des terceras parties del valor total que
a dichos articulos So les ha 0ado Gu ell inven-
tario general practicable por los Sindices Gu
va subasta go veriflcara con aslstencia del Co.
misario que suscriDe, por ante el resente es,
cribanO y por medic del Vendutero pdblico.
Lo que Sc pubiica por medic del presente
para conocimiento de todos los que quieran
lnteresarse en- la subasta. Dado en- Puerto.
Rico veinte y tres de AgoSto de mil ocho-
cientos ochenta dos-Antonlo Arzuaga-Jo-
s6 Maria Sanjuan. 2-3
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-08-27

nos hemos tornado este Sconcepto del
que 10 escribi6.
Que, 6 este es un loco, y por 10 mis-
mo irresponsible, aunque sus actos
merezcau Ell calificativo de oficiales, "
6 es I'M audaz capaz da llegar en- su
atrevimieuto hasta donde no alcanzo
ninguno.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-08-27
AVSO.

La Junta general de accionistas en- sn Sc
sion de % de Julio 6ltimo acord6 que la car-
ga y descarga DIR los Vapores "San Juan" v
"Orist6bal Colon " en- el puerto de esta Oapi-
tai, en- los demas de 20 isla los do Vieques Y
Santomas, sea desde el % del corriente mes
por cnenta de los remitentes receptores, Sc.
g6n estipuien entire ellos, cesando de pagarse
ese gasto por los fondos de la Empresa Y
para que llegue conocimiento de- los intere-
sadoa 10 hacemos p6blico On San Juan de
Puerto Rico 20 de 'Agosto de 1882.
Los Agentes Generates,
SILVA FERRER Co. 2--3
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-08-27

!" Rovisado tOdO ei O0digo de En-
juicismento criminal; examinadas las
observaciones de los seiiores Romero
Gir6n, Martinez del Campo, Pardo,
Besson fiscal de la Audiences de Bur-
gos; los se1ores ministro de GraCia y
Justicia y Romero Giron. han conve.
nido en las bases para Ia redacci6n del
proyecto de jurado, que Sc presentara
en- los primeros ocho dias de la pr6xi-
ma legislature.
La organization de los iuzeados
municipales sera objeto de una ley es-
pecial.
"A la ley de Eniuiciamiento criminal
acompanar6 un pre6mbulo digno de Ia
reputation del Sr. Alonso Martinez, ex.
plicando el motive y Il causa de las re.
formas."
Algunos peri6dicos anunOian como
pr6xima la publicsCi6n dc an decreto
ascendiendo brigadier dc 10 armada
al diputado senior Vivar.
Dos pintores espanoles, Pradilla y
Oasado, han obtenido medalla de orc
en- Ia Exposition de Visns.
Eu Ia fragata de guerra iuglesa Bo
chantc han lIegado aI Ferrol Los hijos
del principe de Gales.
Con arreglo & los estados generates
que mensualmente remiten Las Direccio
mes de las armas Rl ministerio de Ia
Guerra, Ia fuerzas de nuestro ei6rci-
to, exception hecha de Ia guardia civil
carabineros, foe en- el mes de julio IL.
timo Ia siguiente:
Iufanteria EN- activo, 9,O61 con
licencia ilimitada. 62,850; reclutas dis
ponibles, 1913. $50; en- Ia reserva, ZIG $50.
Total, 531.775.
Oaballeria. EN- activo, 13.777; con
licencia ilimitada. 7.946; en- la reserva,
4245. Total, 25 5968.
Artilleria. EN- activo, $3.50 con Ii.
cencia ilimitads, 6.137 on la reserva,
1896. Total. 25987.
Ingenieros. En- active, 4.126; con
icencia iimitads. 2.986; en- Ia reservs,
483. Total, z 695.
Administration militsr.-En activo,
l.O2S; con licencia ilimitada, 207. 10.
tsl, 1.310.
Sanidad militsr.-En activo, 452 {;
con licencia iIimitads, 159. Total, 6OS.
Milicias de Osnarias. Formsn un
total de 1858.
Total de ias citadas armas.-En ac-
two. 07.689; con licencia ilimitada,
80S7l reclutas disponibles, 193.250 /;
y en- reserve, 231 933
Total general 597 101.
H4 llegado & Milsgs, de paso para
Oeuts, el ex.-cabecilIa cubano Ma
Geo, que Sc hallabs en- Ohafarinas y ha-
bia soIicitado su traslaCi6n.
A Ultima hora Continusban s. NJ.
en- Comillas siendo objeto de incesan.
tes obse4uios.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-08-27
SlStema met leo deci NAL.

Esta de venta en- la Imprenta del
BoLETIN la iEteresante obra titulada
8istema0 mStrico decimal pesas q me-
didQs, CON Wguras q Za6las CON-
pletas de redwcci6n, por don Ramon
Martinez Garcia, profes or de Ia es
cuela pdblica superior de esta Ca.
pital.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-08-27

Hay impresiones en- ls vida deElo,
pueblos y cruzan estos por 6pocss tar
sumamente desgf faciadas, que las plu
mas mejor cortsias se embotsn a
formar una description suciLt do
aquellas.
Oaando aun no habiamos disipado
un taDto el juato sentlmisnto que expe.
rimentamos con la premature muerte
lie nuestra convecina Y excelente seiiors
done Dolores Arroyo de Bou 20. G.. a.
nos sorprendl6 el inesperado falIeci.
miento del venerable Cura P6rroco de
este pueblo don Jose Rafael Rodrfguez,
pues 81 bien contabs la edad de 81
amos 3 meses z diss, gozaba de buene
sslud. Ambos acontecimientos b IN 81.
do muy sentidos por todo el vecinda.
rio de esta localidad.
Ei venerable Padre Rodriguez fn6
Cura Parroco de este pueblo durante
eI tetmiuo de A amos, pues al erigirse
ests Parroquia el afio de 1888. Sc le so.
iicit6 por el vecindario para servir di.
cho cargo, pues va se tenian anteceden.
tes de sus buenss cuslidades Dor sus
servicios prestados en- el pueblo de
Yabucoa.
Como prusba de su humildad, dis.
puso dicho Parroco en- su testamento
que 50 entierro faera llano y su c6da.
YER depositsdo en- Ia Iglesis, donde 10
veiaran doce pobres de los mas ineo'.
ventes, conduci@ndolo estos su 1lti
ma morada sin ostentaci6n nj spara.
to alguno.
Qde tsmbi6n dispuso no se hiciera
invltaci6n alguna para So entierro y
que solsmente SO verifcara en- esta for.
ma: "Senores vecinos de esta pobla.
ci6n. Mprl6 el Oura P6rroco Pbro.
jose Rafael Rodriguez ell que pide 10
perdonen por Jesucristo; y como no
tiene padres nj parientes cercanos, gu
plios 10 encomienden 81 Senior para
que perdone sus iniquidades.
Barros On POGO mas de un mes ha to.
nido Ia desgracia de perder dos seres
queridos de todo el vecindario y COR
tai motive los que suscriben elevan sus
sentidas preces al Altisimo, para que
acoja On 81 seno aquellas aim -, reci.
biendo la justa rocompensa que por
sus vlrtudes fa3ron acfeedores en- este
m uLdo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-08-27
AVISo.

El que suscrihe particira 8 eus emf
COS en- general haber trasladado gu
domicilio la Gale de la Fortaleza ND.
mero 82,-Puerto-Rico Agosto 20 de
1882.-FEDRo CoMAs.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-08-27
Abanicos.

En- LA C1UDAD CONDAL Sc
han recibidos muy elegantisimos
Novedad de Paris y Viena.
ARTURO RAIMAT r Co.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-08-27
Para LIS PlR0Ils DI GJsFO.

Los magni6cos Pianos de media cola de. Ia
gran &brica de "Bord. sfslNs4
Nuevos modelos extra-c -catllego iguales
los preSentados On Ia Ultima exposici6n de
Melbourne, en- Ia que obtuvieron Primer
tremlo Medalla dc Orc por sus excepCia.
males cualidades de sonido, y extraordinaris
solidez.
Pueden verse estos elegantes Pianos on I'll
CENTRIC ARTISTIOO DE TERMIN
TOLEDO, Fortaleza 20.
Gran dep6sito de Pianos nuevos usados.
Ammonium Armonifutes y 0rganos mecA-
nicos
M6sica de todas clases.
Ouerdas de Guitarra Violin.
Musiqueros, tabureteS, fundas, metr6nomos.
z6calos 8 aisladores, cubre-teclados etc. etc.
hta-7 sebre.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-08-27
GAIA de pr6StamoS.

Ell dia 81 de! corriente 90 pondran en-
p1bica subasta las prendss de los
talones que a continuation Sc expresan,
por cuenta de quien correspondent y
orden de los Sres. Grato Ti0aud Y O.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-08-27
SOCIEDAD ANONlMA
DE CREDlTO MERCANTIL
SAN JUAN PUERTO-RICO

8Stu0cioe de Ia cajG en- este dsa.
REOURSOS.
Existencia en- efectiVo metalico.. $308, 992 O4
Valores on cartera, obligaciones,
contormidades y pagarss. S6l, l,S67'3O
SPONSABILIDADES"
Ubligaciones la VISTA
Ouentas corrientes. =. 168, 079 30
Wales en- circulation. $3.50
Ter. dividendo Tres
tol........... 24l-86
20 id. id. ........ 505.S8
Ger. i'd. id. ..... 705-68
~ id. i'd. ....... 49462
81 i'd. id. ....... 48l-54
s. i'd. i'd. ....... 17134l
4. Q i'd i'd. ...... 2357-21
8. Q III i'd. ..... 1424-20
3. Q Id i'd ..... 4363.93 12l9O-83
Oantidad exigible por ere
ditos abiertoS ...... 49,, ,908. So 3l8, 1858
Obligaciones plaZo. o.-Imposicio-
neH con interes .............. 10000
Operacionss efectuadas desde Il ds
enero de 1882.
Valoree descontados =. 3O2, 540.76
;'r6stamos hechos.. t3i, ,S44.6
Jf6dilos conesdidos. -. 573, ,570.94
Total. So. 81 1G7, ,964 80
san Juan. P. R., % de Agosto de 1882 El
,;orJador, j GIRoNA- . =. > E. Director
acci entail, FRANCISCO BAsToN,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-08-27
LJoyds Agent.
AGENCIA LLOYD SAN JUAN P. R.

Pongo on conocimiento general que don j
FL. Stevens Consul de s NJ B. quedar6 enca +.
gado de esta Agencia durante el tempo de
mi ausencia de esta Isla. Todas las cOmuni.
caciones Sc deben dirijir al Oonsulado Britt.
nicO, calle Fortaleza numerO 79.
OHAs. %. GIBBONS
LLoYDs' AGENT.
&hn IN N
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-08-27

Barros, 16 de Agosto de 1882
Sr. Director del BoLETlN MERoANTIL.
Puerto-Rieo.
Muy Sr. nuestro /: Si V. estima con.
veLieLte insertar eE su ilustrado peri6.
dico la adjunta manifestation, Be 10
sgra deceran sus atentos s. s.
s. Q. B. M.
HQrios uecinoa.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-12-21
PRESS OPINIONS.

1t is not hard to understand why all
the cunningly devised plans for the
suppression of Mormonism in Utah
fail in their object. We do not know
how to deprive the polygamists of
their rights without impairing our
Own.-Philadelphia Record, Ind.
The commission has practically
made tariff to suit the iron and steel
interests of Pennsylvania. The rates
are nOminally reduced, but the reduc-
lions are ten to fifteen years behind
the progress which has made in the
manufacture of iron and steel. Around
the steel and iron factories of this
country the wall of prohibition is to
be continued, not perhaps so high, but
still as effective as befOre-Chicago
Tribune, Rep.
1t will be good time to consider the
postmaster generals recommendation
of postal telegraph after the adop-
ton of IN efficient civil service reform
measure. 1t would be very bad to
have all the telegraph business of the
country under the control of party
with the ''spoils" system in full blast
But. with civil service based on
merit, the argument for the postal
telegraph would be very strong.-Bos-
ton Herald, Ind.
The talk at Washington is that the
Republican congressman intend to get
even with the Democrats for beating
them in the late elections by cutting
down appropriations so low that the
next Democratic congress can econo
mize no further Well, to much the
better. Economy cannot be begun toe
soon. Suppose they carry out the idea
of getting ahead of the Democrats still
further by putting all the Republican
Ind
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-12-21
Telegraphing in Cipher.

A few days since one of our Bay
street firms, among other kilograms in
cipher to their various correspondents
in the interior, sent one to a dry goods
house which has recently begun bust
ness in Il middle Georgia town, and
the fact that no cipher code" had
been sent them was overlooked. The
Telegram read: "Globes. Easy.
Abroad. Adjure. Grading" The
translation of which is us follows:
"a sudden demand has sprung up.
Buyers are operating freely. Mid
dlings 94c. The market is poorly
supplied with the better grades"
Saturday the Bay street firm re-
ceived letter from their interior
friends, of which the following is a
copy; ..,.., g 49,,
formed us that globes were easy
abroad We have thought the matter
over since Saturday, and for the life of
us can't see why the information
should be sent us. Our predecessor
dealt in lamps and their fixtures, while
we deal only in fixtures for women.
You also instructed us to 'abjure
grading So far as this relates to
handling pick on railroad beds we
are not greatly in need of advice, as
this step has never been taken or even
contemplated by either member of the
firm, and surely house that feels the
interest of its customers always mani
Tested by you would not advise us to
'abjure grading SO far us cotton is
concerned. What does it mean?"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-12-21

A gentleman who presided at the
recent school board election in Man
chester, England, gives an amusing
though somewhat gloomy account of
the illiterate voters who presented
themselves to him. Many of them
had even forgotten the names of the
candidates whom they wished to sup
port. They had been told that it was
their duty to vote for this or that
gentleman, and they were prepared
to perform it if the presiding Off
Ger could only refresh their memo
ries on the vital point of names.
One woman being asked the name of
those she desired to have elected,
cheerfully replied: Indeed, 1 dunnot
know, sir, but you must, because you
make out the paperl" Others, who
expressed their intention of supporting
one particular set of candidates, voted
for the opposite set. In short, it was
purely matter of chance. how their
votes went, and, for the matter of that,
they did not seem to care much
whether the right or wrong candidates
got them.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-12-21
Improved Methods of Milling.

In his recent address before the an
nual meeting of the American society
of mechanical engineers, Prof. RObt.
II. ThurstOn, of the Stevens institute,
Hoboken, the able president of the
society, drew attention to the i'm
provement in milling and the superior
flour thus produced. 1t has been
found, he said, that the cutting action
of the milestone is not best adapted to
the preparation of good flour, but
that the crushing action of the mortar
and peStle, or of rolls, is much more
efficient. Roller mills" have been
long in use in Europe, and the Hun
garian flour, so long noted as the finest
in the world, owes its excellence,
not simply to the gluten
charged wheat from which it
is made, but largely to
the system of high-milling and
cylinder-milling by which its fine
grades are produced. The system of
"high-milling is a process of gradual
crushing and grinding by a succession
of operations, each of which gives a
finer product than that preceding,
while the intervals between them per-
NIT the grain to lose the slight heat
produced by the slow-running stone.
The first step removes the silica coat
ing and the grain is next cracked, then
broken up, and finally reduced to fine
flour without loss of gluten or other
injury, and with less waste than by
the familiar system of low-milling.'
BY the latest and best method, the
grain is gradually reduced to fine flour
by passing through succession of
pairs of rolls. In the great "Walzen
Muhle' at Pesth, from eighteen TO
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-12-21
Butler a Republican Governor.


Gen. Butler has jumped the fence
again, if report be true, for it is said
he remarked few days ago that, hav.
ing been selected mainly by Republi.
cans, he was a Republican governor
This may not please Massachusetts
Democrats, but the general did not
pretend to go into the canvass for Their
sakes; he was working for himself
as all other candidates. irrespective OF
party, were doing a few weeks ago
Whether the Republicans will rejoice
that the wandering sheep has been
found again, or, rather, that he never
was lost, depends on what the general
may take it into his head to do, but
that he still belongs to the party OF
moral ideas should do a great deal to
ward pacifying that astonished and
aggrieved Massachusetts patriot Sen
ator Hoar, for to him Massachusetts,
Republicanism seems to cover more
sins than charity ever could find with.
out looking many times.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-12-21
HOME, FARM AND RANCH.
Professor Kolhe,s Experiments.

Prof. Kobe, of Leipsic, has recently
been making series of experiments
with regard to the preservative action
of carbonic acid on meat. He hung
pieces OF beef, including fat and bone,
in cylindrical timed iron vessels,
which were kept in warm room of
the laboratory where the temperature
at midday rose to 81 deg. Fahrenheit.
Each piece was hung from a cross bar,
a plate for dropping liquid stood be
low: lust over this was a tubu-
lar passage for the entrance of car
bonic acid; the cylindrical lid of the
vessel entered an annular trough hold
ing glycerine, and had tubulure in
the middle. When nearly all the air
was supposed to be drawn out through
the latter tubulure by the entering
gas, the elastic tubes connected to
both tubulureS were pivoted with
screws. After eight days in the yes
sci the beef was not distinguished
from fresh beef in aspect or taste
after cooking, and the gravy
was like that from fresh beef.
After a fortnight the beef had become
somewhat gray externally. Sometimes
beef and gravy had weakly acid
taste, which was easily relnedled Win
little carbonate of potash. After
three weeks the beef was still of the
same good quality, only softer than
fresh beef, and requiring less time
to cook, 1t was quite free from
bad smell rven after four or five
weeks, but the cooked gravy then
no longer tasted so good as fresh
gravy. The experiments ceased
at that point, and it is believed to
prove That carbonic acid is an excel
lent means of keeping beef from pu-
trefaction and maintaining its good
taste several weeks. 1t is noteworthy
that mutton under like treatment be-
gan TO smell badly after eight days,
veal too, could not be kept so long as
beef. Fowl and game were not tried.
Fish, lobster, oyster and fruit could be
kept only a short time.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-12-21
HENRY WARD BEECHER
PrOmulgates His Opinion Of the
Worlds Vanities in Connection
With CarnarS

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher appeared before the
senate committee on grain corners to-
day. He said that if any man could
buy all the wheat in the country and
starve the people it would be crimi-
nal deed. He thought the species of
gambling carried on 10y merchants
was far less Injurious upon public
morals than are the effects produced
by church fairs and religious lotteries.
He has been, he said, minister of the
gospel for fOrty-iive years. Il hold"
he said, that man with along head
fOTeSees his advantage over his neigh
bOrS III these SpeculatiOns, but
on that account his speculation
should not be counted i IMMORAL.
The age in which we live
is an age of combinations. I think it
is partly profession to deal in fu-
lures, There are two WAYS of dealing
in future-One in reality the other in
risks and chances. \ lldn may sell
what does not exist. One, two or
twenty men who looked ahead suffi-
GENTLY prophesy what would come to
pass in future and were right in their
CONNECTIONS, and thereby reaped a
profit. cannot see that such actions
are illegitimate. There is but little
danger of famine in this country. If
you take the gospel side of this ques-
ton you are all wrong. From top
to bottom of society there
is no man who loves his
neighbOr as himself: but as a mere
commercial judgment l do not see
cause for any special complaint. Sup
ply and demand are the principles
which regulate prices. The law of
price is the law of brain. The value
of the finest silk dress that was ever
made is what fools are willing to pay
for it, and that is determined by the
vanity of the fool who bids highest.
To ii railroad company my place in
PeekSkill might not be worth $40; to
me it is worth $4,000. There is moth
ing in our civilization but what calls
for intermediate men. One makes
chairs, another stoves, then a railroad
takes them to distant cities and they
are sold by other men; but all selfish
ness is wrong and all commerce is sell
ishness. Money making in Wall
street is an illusion. A peoples assem-
bly, can do very little, for the law can
not make morality. i have been much
enlightened since congress has been in
session. have read more about Van
derbilt than they would ever read
about me. think it would be a good
thing if you would come down about
once d year. l think these inveStiga-
lions are public instructors. L once
bought number of Panama shares,
and paid 800 share for. them. l was
glad to get rid of them. That IS all l
know of stock speculation" In the
course of his testimony, speaking OF
public morals and bribery, the witness
said: There was George Washington;
he could not be bribed, but he swore
| like trooper"