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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-03-01
D!ARIO-.REVISTA.
DE Il A PENINS UL A
Madrid. 8 de febrero de 1882.

FEBRERo, 1o.-Para ser consecuente
con Il prop6sito de consignar en- mi
revista 10 de mas relieve ocnrrido en-
Espans, empezar6 por decir que la at
m6sfera esta cargada de electricidad q
consecuencia de Ia marea politica que
Ievantan los deseos de Ia mayoria y que
hace complicada la situaci6n para el
iefe del gsbinets aIgunos peri6dicos
de la oposiol6n Sc empenan en- sostener
que la crisis es inminente; y algunos,
como EI Est0nd0rte, desIlndando va loo
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-03-01

sin embargo la gents, que acude lof
aones, animadfsimos con la proximi.
dad del Oarnaval; la grandsza sbre sus
salones aristocratioos, 81 Real PaIacio
prepara tres grandes bales, y los tea
tros Ultima hora abren sus puertas
para recibir la allegro juventud que
Sc solaza con la mentirosa careta.
Y mientras SO baila y se goza, hoy
corren rios las lagrimas de las po.
bres madres que veran sus hiios salil
del hogar para sufrir la suerte del sol.
dado. Hoy se ha veri6cado la quinta
en- toja Espana. A la hora en- que es.
cribo estas lfneas cuantas madres llo-
rarau Dichosas las madres puerto.
riquefas que no conocen el dolor de ese
tribute de sangrel
D1A 3.-L|ovizna por la noche para
calmar la sed de agus que dev ora q los
habitantes de la corte, alarmados con
las Intermediates y muertes repentinas,
que solo aprovechan los m6dicos =
los enterradores; pero apenas caen al
gunas gotss, vuelve & diafanizarse Ia
atmosfsra, por decirlo ssi, y el buen
tempo vueIve alarmar los &nimos
pero este, repito, DO es obst6culo para
que las gentes acudan los bales y 4
las diversiones, porque los duelos con
baile son menos. El sol espl6ndido de
estos dias es como el csnto de las sire
mas. as s. "4
Los gremios siguen gritando. Los
politicos esperan y SO desesperan, que
viene & ser 10 mismo, seg1n djo un
poeta. El TELEGRAPH nos tlas la noticia
del iucendio de un almac6n de la Gale
San MAtsas, en- Granada, donde han
muerto abrasados cinco hijos de los
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-03-01

COuSUoAUSo 6ahH 0I0SIAdS1 05h UuIO6 pHZ
esas santas esperanzas en- las falaces
doctrinas de Ia incredulidad que hoy 81
reviste con el pomposo nombre de "Es
piritu del siglo ., por que ALI NADIA dc
ESQ Sc encuentra.
En- medic del infortunio 8 del dolor
verdad es que alguna vez la vanidad ds
aiientos al incredible para parecer sere.
no; pero comunmente los rasgos COZ
que en- tales situaciones Sc dlstingue
son la pusilanimidad 8 la desespera
ci6n, el apocamiento de Amino 6 el fo.
ror. 7 este es logico, por que 81 todc
acabase en- la TERRA, 81 no hubiese u1
mas ala despu6s de la tumba, 4 que
consuelos puede ofrecer Ia increduIldao
4 un padre y a una madre desolados
por la p6rdida d. un hljo querido: d
an desgraciado que sufre en- el lechc
del doior sin esperanza de humane re.
medic aquel que por imprevistoe
azares queda reduoido q Ia indigencia,
a esa clase Ia mas numerosa en- todos
los pueblos de la terra que se We for
zsda q ganar un escaso sustento con el
sudor de So frente; = hasta el rico que
hastiado de placeres considers va la vi
da como una insoportable oarga9 All,
Sres Los consuelos que Ia increduli-
dad ofrece, los maldecidos frutos que
produce demasiado los vemos en- esoa
horribies suicidios tan frecuentes On
nuestros dias y que tan extraordinaria.
mente raros eran en- los siglos de fe y
de piedAd cAt0liCa 10 que Ia inCreduli.
dad NOS ha trsido es I'm considerable
aumsnto en- los stacados de ensgenaci6u
mental 10 que Ia incredulidad ha sem.
brado sobrs Ia TERRA es el egoismo sal.
vsje, que produce ricos sin entrAias y
pobres rencorosos J sobsrbios, dispusa.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30
FROM HON. GEORGE r. talbot

PORTLAND, Me-, Dec. IA, 1882.
have received, as they have been issued, the
published numbers of the Ninth Edition of Messrs.
Blacks Encyclopaedia Britannica, imported by
Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons.
This Encyclopaedia serves for me the uses Of a
library. 1t brings ready classified and ndexed to
my hands of accurate aud useful in formation
that ii would be long and weary labor to gather
from the largest aud best appointed collection Of
books.
1t is an almost indispensable tool for any man
who has special literary, critical or scientific
work on his hands, and do not see how the person
do without it who reads only to add to the
stock of his knowledge, or to crafty cultivated
taste. Its historical biographical and political ar
ticles bring within reach and available for i'm
mediate reference, the best summary of all that has
been written upon those subjects. The scientific
papers well abreast of the most recent discover
les and investigations, and are written in lucid
style which fairly interprets to the popular COM
prehension the abstruse subjects upon which they
treat while purely critical topics are discussed in
spirit vigorous and free. and unnampered by con-
yentfonal prepossessions.
Prepa ed, as the work has been, by men whose
scientific reputation literary eminence extends
throughout the world, tim be consulted with con-
fdence, and deferred to as authority not to be
questioned by any educated man.
GEORGE +. TALBOT.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30

To all appearance s, the man Westgate.
who lately obtained free passage from South
America to England upon his confession of
pomplicity in the Phoenix Park murders, is
an imposter. The English authorities have
discharged him, and say they are satisfied
that he could have had nothing to do with
the crime. II is among the possibilities that
the discharge is blind, and that Westgate
has really given some information which
will be the better developed with him at lib
erty. If it is true that the fellow invented
the whole story simply to get a trip home
again under government auspices, he is
doubtless prepared by this time to warn his
fellow men against any attempt to do like
wise. The British have never been cele
brsted for tender-heartedness toward prison
ers, and The wretched Westgate, what with
his long sojourn in the dungeon of a Span
ish-American Jail, and his still longer expe-
ricnce in irons in the hold of British man.
of-war, must have paid more dearly for his
ride across the Atlantic than any other man
who ever crossed it.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30
FROM r. B, BuRvHAm, ESQ.

BURNHAM & MORRILL,,
New Franklin Street,
PORTLAND, Me-, Oct. 4. 1882
Charles Seribner's Sons
Dear Sirs:-Your letter of the Sd inst at hand.
Pardon the error in signature of letter sent you.
My cwu wa intended.
You state that you understand that have sold or
disposed OF m, thirteen volumes of Britannica, and
want explanation.
fere to exchange Appleton's for Britannica, saying
that if did like it he would exchange back. In
short time my son rem arked that having occasion
to look up the life of Benjamin Franklin, he was
disappointed ia the mesgre account given by ppe,
tons, compared with that in the Britannica and
that in fact, he did think it ha SO interesting
on any subject he had read in the Britannica and
wished would get the volumes back again l did
not like Appletons myself, and returned 1t and re-
ceivei back my Britannica That is ali the sellii g
or disp sing that have had in the premises.
Now your explanation is in order. Why not
write me and learn whether or not wanted tie
books Ohat I agreed to take from you and you
agreed to DELIVERY and not take hearsay that did
not want them.
All chatting aside. do want the Britannica.
would not give 1t for Wilderness of Appleton's
thereto e, send me the volumes as fast as ready
the faster the better for me-and much oblige
Yours truly,
P. B. BURNuAM.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30
New Haven,s Black Ballots.

There appears TO be some doubt as to the
political control of Connecticut for the year
TO come. Walters title to Office is likely to
hs questioned. The case is this. At the
municipal election in New Haven on the
9th inst, the Democrats used ''black bal
lor' the names thereon being in white and
the rest of the impression being in black.
The ballots were printed from a block on
plain white paper. The Democrats were
successful at the election. The Republican
candidates questioned the legality of the
Democratic ballots on the ground that they
we're printed in black for purposes of coer-
cicn, and therefore were in violation of the
Law which says that the ballots shall be
"plaln white paper, with the names of the
candidates written or printed thereon" The
Democrats asserted that the peculiar print
ing was adopted simply as a method to pre-
vent counterfeiting. The dispute went into
the courts; and Judge Park decided in ia
vor of the Republican contestants, thus CIV
ing The municipal government over to Re-
publican control.
1t seems that similar ballot was used by
the Democrats at the State election in No
vember, and that if the seven thousand votes
cast for Waller, in New Haven, are thrown
cut, his Republican competitor must be de-
clared elected. If the Republicans care to
60 before the courts il is altogether likely
that they can secure the State government.
Their claim appears to be legal.
They will be foolish and dishonest if they
attempt to take this advantage. Their
claim may be legal, but it is not equitsble.
Ii may be that the "black ballor" in some
instances, perhaps in many, served the
purposes of coercion; but it is unreason-
able to assume that seven thousand voters
or considerable fraction of the number,
were inundated. 1t is evident that MA
jority of the people of Connecticut wanted
10 make Mr.. Waller, Governor of the State.
Their wishes should be respected. We are
confident they will be. We do not believe
that the Connecticut Republicans will sit k
themselves to the low level of the Garcelon
gang that attempted to steal the State gov
eminent of Maine in 1879.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30
FROM DIR. V. n. v0s Il.

OFFICE OF EDWIN f. VosE M. d.
All Congress street,
PORTLAND, Me-, Dec. 10, 1922
Charles Scribner's Sons
Dear Sirs:-In response to your request for my
opinion to the comparative merits Of the Ency-
clopada Britannica with other works of the kind,
have only to say, that as far its value to is
concerned it far surpasses them ALL Indeed, after
COMPARISON with several of its competit for ub-
lie favor it is Difficult; to how any doubt of its
vast superiority can be entertained. Take, as ex-
amples, its chapters on Anatomy Architecture, AS
tTonomy, on Notifications, its elaborate work on
Finance, entirely wanting in of the popular en-
cyclop@dias), ana careful comparison with the
same subjects in other works will convince the
most skeptical. AT all events although having, or
having had, several of the best encycoI adas pub
lished, and when subscribing for the Britannica
feeling that it bit of extravaganza my part
now feel that could not afford to be without it,
Yours truly,
EDWIN F. VosE.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30

An unseemly controversy has been in
progress in London journals for some time
over the relations of English authors and
English and American publishers. 1t began
with the complaint of novelist that prom
inent New York house had issued one OF his
stories without paying for it, when, as it
turned out, full compensation had been
made to his London publisher. Consider
ing that no international copyright sgs,en
exists, publishers on each side must be cred
tied with liberal rather than narrow
treatment of authors on the other. The
best-known houses are more considerable of
the moral claims of foreign writer's than
could reasonably be expected in this age in
which doing as one would be done by is not
a rule of trade,
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30

PORTLAND, Me-, Dec. 16, 1882.
Charles Scribner's Sons;
Dear Sirs- 1t seems to me quite unnecessary foi
tn publishers of the Encyclopaedia Britannica to
ask the opinion of any of their subscribers as to the
merits of this work, for its reputation is too well es
tablished to need any testimony in its behalf.
When subscribed foi it had reason to believe
fr m my knowledge of the proposed plan of its pub
lication that it would prove TO be most thorough
work. and the best that had yet been offered tc
the public, and am happy to say that after an ex
animation of the fourteen volumes | have received
my most sanguine expectations have been realized
To sustain this publ alton it is unnecessary to a
tack others, aud may here say. that. in my judg
msnt the criticisms upon it by the publishers of
prominent American Cyclopadia have largely in
creased in this vicinity the number of friends o.
your work.
My OILY anxiety (Which, from its being proper
tonae to the value of the book and my satisfaction
with it, may have seemed to you sometimes unreas
onable) is that you shoud complete the whole worl
at the earliest possible day.
Yours trnly,
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30

Among anecdotes of first nights Of new
pieces the following deserves place: 1t was
the first highland morning-of "Monte iris
TO, drama which, for its length, might have
been Of Chinese origin. Alta quarter before
me In the morning the curtain rose upon the
asst act. MIR. Charles Fechter, in the charac-
ter of the hero, is discovered seated in con-
aemplative attitude. Like the ghost in "Alon-
70 the Brave" he moved not he spoke not;"
bat there came from tbs gallery. in q clear,
somewhat sad, but gentle voice, these words:
II hope Ne are not keeping you up, sir" The
eGsst may hs inaSinsd. London sosisty
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30

THE promptness with which the tariff
Commission passed in its report encouraged
the hope that the inevitable revision of du-
ties would be made this winter. But the
best authorities at Washington are now con-
WINGED that the bill will be left hanging in
the air. There is no prospect of final action
by the Ways and Means Committee before
the middle of January. The revised reYis-
ION will then be holly contested in both
branches, on account of what it will as well
as what 1t will not contain. At that stage
Of the session, with the most important ap-
in its present temper, 1t will be very easy ia
talk the tariff bill to death; and in that way
It bids fair to be disposed of
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30
FR0wW0r- r. w-EODDxRD
PORTLAND, Dec. 20, 1882

PORTLAND, Dec. 2s, 1882
Charles Sc5ibners Sons
Gentlemen-An Encyclopedia. however compre
hensiye, emanating Great Britain, cannot be
expe ced contain full and minute references to
local American biography. history geography, as
if it were issued from this side of he Atlantic.
But to American who ought to be more in
need of information touching he Eas tern Hemis-
phere than his this is, in my estimation an ex-
cellence rather than fault. So with the compl int
that some of your scientific articles too abstruse
and profound +, ordinary comprehension. Doubt
less, portions of them SO, but what matter, SO
long as these articles contain larger amount
of perfectly ineligible informa ion than can be
found in any oher Encyc oradia? Again the ex-
clusion of biographies # living men, however emf
nent, is beyond question wise and prudent; no one
REASONABLE, fad fault if his canonizaton is de-
ferred at least until his death.
If your great work has blemish, it is in my judg
ment, thisIhat seve al very important essay state
as facts what appear to me to b speculations;
while others assert the generally received belief
of the best scholars what | regard as the opinions
of small minority of acknowledged authorities.
and very recent opinions at that. Pardon my frank
in excepting this single feature from my gener-
al hearty approval of the work.
am, geut emen,
Your obedient servant,
c. w GODDARD
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30
LOG ROLLING.
While wrestling with a fallen Free a
Lumberman Receives consequential
Damages.

While on a hunting excursion in the great coal
ami wood region near Carbonate, Pa, the writer
met William Coil, lumberman. Accustomed to
life and labor in the forest from early manhood he
was true Knight of the Axe. Many a tree had
fallen before his ringing strokes and fleets of RATS
had borne away to market the sawed products.
Coil is character and if Oscar Wilde is right in say
ing that all movements in unhindered labor are
graceful, our friend william stripped for his work.
and attacking tree as Richard 1. assaulted the
heavy doors of Front de Beufs Castle, must have
presented an admirable picture.
One day howeyer,-but let him tell the story him
self, as he told it to me:
81 was out iu the woods, you know, trying to
start log down hill. Thinking could get a bet
ter purchase On it from the 10 yer SIDE tackled it
there with my log-rolling hook and threw my
weight on the lever. She started she did, but as
luck would have it, before 1 could get out of The
way, she rolled right over me- # it hadn't been for
a lot of sma limbs and brush lying in the road
which lifted her up, she'd crushed me fat As it
was got up without broken bone, but with some
mighty bad bruises
"Tnen you were all right " said his auditor.
mot by blamed light, stranger. / took cold
rheumatism get in, and if l hadn't heard of BEN
son CAFFEINE POROUS PLAsTERS and used
'en, it's my opinion I should never have made
another chip fly. But the Capcine tfok hold quick,
and I'm bout good as new. But there's one
thing you kin calkilate on:-I shall never wrastle
with another log unless have the advantage of the
ground. Fur, as told you before, If it hadn't been
for them bushes I'd been smashed SO, you could "a
sold me for door matt
The Capcine is the thing for rheumatism 1t
doesn't keep you waiting The word CAPCiNE is
CUT in the center of the nuine. Price 25 cents.
seabury g. johnson, Chemists, New York.
decz7 W,S&w2w
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30

THE Hon. Harrison Bailey of Lexington,
Kentucky, finding that his valuable COW had
broken into cornfeld and gorged herself So
that she was about to die, made an incision
IN her side, took out over six bushels of
corn and stalks, sewed her up, and she is
getting well.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30

TEN years ago Senator Jones Of Nevada
was worth $4,000, 600, but it is said that he
planted his money in such improbable ven
lures that it would tire him to gather up
$50, 900 after his debts are paid.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
subscription
FROM HON. A. HI. DAVIS.
OFFICE OF CLERK OF crRcu r coun.

OFFICE OF CLERK OF CIRcU CoURr.l
for the u ). 10 the District of Maine
PORTLAND, Dec. II, 1882.
Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons.
Gentlemea When | subscribed lately for the
Encyclopaedia Britannica, was aware that it was
human pr duction. 1t will need a superhuman
revision, doubtless if either the ninth or nneteth
edition is to be without trace of human error.
Meanwhile-stardy British oak that it is, of a
centurys growth-a Ii tie wind of criticism OF COM
p4rison will Ladly disturb its long held position Of
pre-eminence
The Ninth Edition, by giving due prominence to
American topics treated by American writer's WILL
of course greatly enhance its value in this country
Very truly yours, All. DAVIS
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30
THE PRESS.
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We do not read anonymous letters and commusi-
cations. The name and address of the writ are In
all GASES Indispensable, not necessarily for ublca-
zion but as guaranty OF good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
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The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30
FROM DIR. r. M. GERRHsn.

FREDERIC Henry GERRIsH NJ D.,
675, Congress st eet
PORTLAND Me-, Dec. 10, 1882.
MessrS Charles Scribaier's Sons, Gentlemen:
Iu reply to- our request for my opinion concern
ing the Encyclopedia Britannica It gives me
pleasure to state that am entirely satisfied of its
superiority to the other works of the kind in the
market In every important respect it is without
an eqnal.
Yours truly,
r. IT. GFRRTsu
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30

In the number of letters sent In 1880 the
leading states rank as follows: New York,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,, Illinois, Ohio,
Missouri, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Con-
necticut. New York sent I'll ABE. $40.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30

A CORRESPONDENT of the Chicago Times
calculates that the total hop crop supply of
the year 1882 is 125, 1850, 900 pounds, and that
the natural consumption up to the next crop
would be IT'S, 1875, 900 pounds. This country
10 supposed to be 4,32o,OoO pounds short.
Germany alone reports handsome surplus
while England is represented to lack about
q. 62S. 600 pounds.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30
FROM REV. HENRY A. Nicely, D. ID.
PORTLAND Me- Dec. IA. 1882.

FROM REV. HENRY A. N EELY, ID. ID.
PORTLAND, Me-, Dec. IA, 1882.
Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons
became sub criber for the new edition OF the
Encyclopaedia Britannica account of the pre-emi-
nent merits of former editions of the same great
work, and of the arrangements made to assure for
this latest edition the scholarly completene S.
My examination of the volumes already issued has
been only partial las pose must be the case with
most persons other than professional critics or rival
publishers so that cannot speak from fulness of
knowledge of their contents; but am prepared to
say that the articles to which / have had occasion
to REFER quite up the old standard in ability,
conscientious research, and exact learning. Lean
ptt but regret the tone of few of the writers on
reigousdopics and the concleuions which they have
exp essed, these being not only adverse to the gen.
era faith of the Oh istian church, but as believe,
not in accord with the best results of independent
inquiry. But the authority of no particular article
is higher than tat of the indivi ua writer and in
gene al, those on religion and theology are sufic-
ienty satisfactory. On the whole, l have BEEN dis
appointed only by the hardness with which the later
volumes have appeared, and shall greatly prize the
possession of the completed work.
HENRY A. Nicely.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30
Ed1tioy1.


PORTLAND, Me, Dec. II, 1882.
Charles ScriJneT's Sons:
Dear Srs-As a subscriber for the Encyclopaedia
Britannica and aleady the owner of fourteen vol
umes, cheerfully comply with your request to
give my opinion of that excellent work. 1t is not
necessary that should speak Of the Britannica as
the leading Encyclopedias in language, for
that, suppose,is not open question. But dealing
as it does in most master and exhaustive manner
with many and various great subjects, is it adapted
to the practical every day wants of the average
American student ana man of business
Doubtless all who can afford it should possess
both this and Appletons Cyclop@dia-the leading
American work. But there are those-and their
name is legion-who mnst forego the tsoofold priv
lege. To such wou d say: If you have Webster's
Unabridged Dictionary --LATEST revision) good
handbook OF living American biography and The
Encyclopedia Britannica, you are already in posses
sion of good family library, and that, too, at 8
comparatively moderate cost
Very respectfully yours,
r NJ RAW
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30

JERSEY CITY bias been praying for relief
from the English sparrow nuisance. but
when recent colony of owls settled about
the town and began to eat the sparrows, the
loafer about the city began to shoot the
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30

THE New York Tribune takes the Buffalo
Express to task for ere diting Mark Twain
with the d"ggerel, "Punch, brothers, punch
with care" 1t says Mark Twain didn't
write that famous doggerel, although he
has appeared willing enough to assume it.
The verses we're originally connected by Mr..
Isaac 81. Bromley, with the aid of one or
two Of his associates then on the staff of the
Tribune.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-30
FROM REV. $. WINCHESTER AID
RIANCE.

WooDFoRD's, Dec. ., 1882.
Charles Scribaer's Sons, Dear Sirs:
Allow me to thank you for the great privilege you
are opening to us all in offering the Encyclopedia
Britannica at such reasonable rates. Its clear and
beautiful maps and thorough information on all
points, make it invaluable to every household.
S. WINCHESTER ADRIANcE.