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las NOVEDADES. !"
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y
En- este acreditado establecimien.
to, Sc ACADIA de recibir drectamente
de Europa, un estenso y variado sur.
lido de mercancias de todas classes,
sombreros para senoras, caballerot
y ninos, surtido de calzado para ids.'
canas de hero y mosquiteros d,
varias classes. gran surtido de muiie
cas- y otros juguetes, mdquina par.
cocer de cadeneta y doble pespupte.
lavamanos elegantes con todas Lar.
pleas necesarias y espeio 8 6in6nidsd
de artfculos de novedad para todo.
gustos. dificiles de detallar. Conque.
sfrvanse dispensar una vista a = Lar
N'vedades," = saldrdn todos com
placidos.
Y. LLoMPART z Ca. 9.
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EpIlego de Ia expedition polar.

UC despacho de San Petersburgo re.
fiere que un ballenero americana en-
contr6 cerca de una isls, en- las regio.
mes polares, I'M bote lleno de cadavares,
y al lado de 6stos diferentes utensilios
y cubiertos de plata, en- los cpales esta.
ba grabsda la palabrs Jeannette, nom
bre del buque que 81 periodlco Q. Herald
de Nueya- York mand6 los mares
boreaies para hacer investigaciones Glen
tlficas.
Rssuita, pues, que los na1fragos de
dicho buque que sc embarcaron en- uno
de los tres botes del mismo, despuss
del nsnfragio, han perecido.
So cree que Ia causa de su muerte han
sido el hambre = el frio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-02-10

bos mares on comunicaci6n pof medic
de I'M canal. Fueron enviados dos in.
genieros famencos al istmo, pero en-.
oontrsron dificultades invencibles al
Oonsejo de Indias expuso los males que
ocasionaria Ia monarqufa Ia ejecucion
del proyecto, por cuyas ra1ones Felipe
IL prohibio que SO voIviese hablar de
semejsnte asunto."
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V6ase, por 10 que va & continuation,
como Ia arpertura dsl Istmo de Pa
nams fl6 conce bida hsce slglos por el
amino emprendsdor pertinaz de los
espa 1oles como 50 g6nio, 81 bien des-
graciadamente sin 6xito, hubo de an
ticiparse 4 los dbseos de M. de Les
seps.
Un peri6dico de Venesuela, dice
el Di0sio de Barcsl0sG, publica una car.
ta sobre el primer pr0yecto de aperture
del istrno de PauAm6. En- una obra
iGpresa, dice, hace mas de Glen aiios '
en- la que SO trAta del descnbrimiento,
Oon3u STD 6 historic politics del Nuevo
Mundo, se zee 10 alguients sobre ei list.
mo de Panama:
"En q reinaao de Felipe III se ide6 81
lproyscto do Abrlr =. lstm0 u poner am.
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TELEGRAMAs VIA SAN THOMAS.

Nueva. York, febrero 3-Dicen que
el Presidents , el director de La Union
General haE sido reducidos 4 prisi6n
por estafa.
Hs sido arrestado en- Irla nda ell
municipio en- mssa de una ciudad por
resuItar c6mplice en- el asssinsto de dos
individuos.
Los delegados del Schleswig en- Pru
sia no han querido prestar el jursmen.
to reglamentario.
Ia dado 4 luz nm ni1o la soberana
de Gfecia, 0 ga.
I lem. 4 Telegramas de Ia Gran
Bretana nlegau qua aquella nsci6u hs.
ya accedido & Ia proposition de Gambet.
ia. a cerca de una intervs zci6n armada
ep Egipto.
lem. 6 - Guiteau, el asesino de
Ga field, hs sido condenado & morir en-
b rca. Su rjscuci6n tendr& lugar el
80 de- JUNO.
Ua despacho de Paris por Ia agencia
Reuter- MEGA que la fragata expedida
para Guatemala lleve mission alguna di.
plom&tics.
MEROA DOS.
N. 7, 6.-Az1 ,sr crist iisado g. & u.
Gamble sobre L6ndres 484.
Londres, id.-M .scabsdo 10 oh. 6 D.
Descuento del Bsnco 6 p.%
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PARA CURAR TODAS

las intermediates del cults: Barros, herpes,
reuma aguda y otras afecciones c1t&neas
suavizar hermosear 4 cdtis, 6sese el jab6n de
Alcatran y Enebro fabricado por Caswell Ha-
zard y Ca Nueva-York. Su uso es mas con
veniente y mas facil que el de otros remedios
evitando las molestias de las composiciones
grasesas, actuamente de moda O. 20
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Es un hechO hist6ricO

muy singular pero tampl6n perfectamente YER
dalero que los E tad IS Unidos, con su inmen-
ia. Eo ass o ma eGa
de lechones que, en- ese pals hicieron estos.
Do Soto fue eli primero que los Ilev6 Florida
en- 1886. Y en- la a. tua!idad los desendieD-
to. de esos mismos lechones son quizas los que
proporciona la sustancia la 'Manteca Agui-
la" >iQui6a sabe?.
Sea ue clio 10 que fuere, la "Manteca Agui-
Ia" es dura al misno tempo que saiudable !!
Ia mas barata mirandolo blen. A probarlay
a a
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-02-10
ANUNCIOS DIvERsOS.
Sc drrienda.

La estancia ''San jose" radica On ID iuris.
dicci6h de Rio-piedraS, media hora de Ia Ga.
pital por TERRA 8 por mar: tiene terreno de bue.
mas vegas, pastos y montes y una magnifca
casa haUitaci6n, y est& rodeads dc aqua Dol
la quebrada de Juan Mendez Cruz l9 infor.
maran ga
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VELAS de com posici6n IL ocha-
vos paquete s.-Fortaleza "a. 9. +.
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| Billetes del Tesoro

En- la Gale de Ia Fortaleza nGmero b6, es.
qnina Ia de 10 Tanca, 30 conprsn & buen
precio premiados 8 sin premiar; cupones
desde elnGmero al l3, 4--6
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Casa.

Sc desea comprar una de alto bieH situada
en- ,esta ciudad de 6, & 5000 pesos costo, pien
dos tefreraa de cOSt0 equivalents.
En- esta Imp epta intormaran. 2-4-6.
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LicOr BdlSdn1icO
DE
BREA VEGETAL.

El mejor pectoral y depurativo conocido
hasta el dia, concentrate ydosi6cado prepare.
do por el Lido. en- Farmacia
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5O1O9
La Fama de Puerto : Rico
F.ARRABAL&CO.

En- este acreditado estab1ecimiento se aca-
ba de recibir un escogi 10 y variado surtido
on telas de hiio de to1as clases, como creto-
mas do tOuos an nos, tr,t4las, creas, grlno
de orc, y teas de ross, precios sumamene
modicos h. l9f
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DE la CAPITAL A RIQ-PIEjRAt

Oon motive del bale que tendr6 lugar es
Rio-piedras eI l9 del cdrriente, habrk dos trs.
mes extraordinariOs de Ia Capital Rio-piedras
y vce-versa, mas do los de servicio de Il,
diss fsstivos; , en- 10 successive siempre qus Il
Sociedad de R'o-diedras de bale ,haLr4 10
dos mismoS trenes extraorlinarios.
Salidas de Ri a-pi.draS ST tartie y II nochs
de Ia On ital 81 noche y, II noche
Puerto Rico febrero de 1882. >.
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iAviso al plbhcot

La casa comercisl que giraba on esta plaass
bajo la raz6n sycial de A. r Sedano Ca. b..
cesado; sigdendo Ia misma casa bajo ol solo
nombre de D. Felipe Ortiz. L.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-14
The Causes and Cure of Old Age.

From the Genteman's Magazine.
l.. LANCER has recently been engaged in the
comparative analysis of human fat at different
ages. He finds that infant fat is harder than
that OF adults or old men, that there are oil
glObules in our fat but none In that of babies;
the microscope shows one or two Oil globules in
every fat cell of the adult, while very few have
tat crystals. The fat cells Of the infant contain
no oil globules. and nearly every cell contains
fat crystals. '.Infant fat forms homogeneous.
white. solid. tallOw-ike mass, and melts at As
deg. C., while adult fat standing in a warm
room separates into two layers; the lighter and
larger Is transparent yellow liquid which
soildifes below the freezing point of water. the
lower layer Is granular crystalline mass melt
ing at 50 deg. c. Infant fat contains g.. Is per
cent of oleic acid, adult fat $3.50. Infant fat
contains 81 per cent of palmitic acid, against
s-16 in the adult, and 32S of stearic acid against
2.o4 These latter, the palmitc and stearic
acids are the harder and less fusible, while the
oleic acid is the softer and more fusible consti-
tuent of fats
No attempt Is made to explain the reason of
these differences, or to suggest any means by
which we may reharden or repalmitiZe our fat.
and thus regain our infant chubbiness.
Old age is evidently due to changes Of this
kind, not only of the fat. but also of the other
materials of the body. The first step toward
the discovery of the elixir Of life, the ''aurum
potable" of the alchemst, is to determine the
nature Of thee changes, the next to ascertain
their causes. and then to remove them. II. as
we are so often told, there can be no effect
without cause, there must be causes for the
organic changes constituting decay and old
age. Remove these, and we live forever The
theory Is beautifully simple.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-14

waste OF his hard-earned money. We simply
Wish 1t known that it is the few and not the
majority who do this. Very many cowboys r,de
the range all summer and return east ana south
friends and relatives. Very many cowboys are
from the south proper, especially Tennessee,
Kentucky and Georgia
In the suppression of Indian outbreaks and
swift humiliation Of border outlaws, the cow
boy has proven always a most reliable and efrec-
tive instrument. The Texas Rangers are nearly
all cowboys. and cowboys of grit and leather at
that. The writer has very dear friend a cow
boy, who was last heard from as government
scout near the White river (Ute) agency In Col
orado. pay $50 per months, and royal good
time during peace.
As population increases, and the grazing
regions are settled up. there will come a time
when the raising of wild cattle on government
lands. as at present, will be impossible. Then
the cowboy, like OQiello, ''hs occupation
gone will have to seek his living in some
other industry. Natural inclinations will lead
him to outdoor camp life. and as long as he can
secure such work he will prefer freighting and
packing to the drudgery of hiring out as
ranch hand Stripped Of his rig, than which
there is none more becoming or picturesque in
the world. all his marked pecuiiarities of man
ner and language ground off smooth. he will
be reduced to the common level of common
place people. Possibly the change may better
his happiness and usefulness, for it is a truth
that mounted men. leading nOmadc life are
bad when bOthered-witness Arabs, Bashi
BaZouks. Tartars, our own horseback Indians.
and ya-as our cowboys. Too often the most
daring criminals are from horseback people.
Possibly it were better to unhOrse the cowboy
but You can never get him to part his hair in
the middle. wear plug silk hats. and rig himself
out in dog-eared collars. bald-faced shirts, and
other forgery affected by our vast horde of use
less cityfied non-producers. He is made of
ether stuff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-14
Signs of Modern Decadence.

From the London Evening Standard
Mr.. j. II. MaplesOn has published the terms
which Nine. Patti has accepted for another trip
TO the United States Regarding this matter
philosophically, without imputng a shadow of
blame either to payer or payee, or even to the
public, who virtually endorse this extravagant
sum, one must admit that the effect is democrat
izng. Working persons who have hard strug-
gle to make both ends meet will be shocked and
disguised. unreasOnably. no doubt, but sim
cerely. Weak souls among them will be further
urged upon course of discomfort too common
already. The selfish luxury of the rich is the
most telling argument of the agitator. and he
mas grand example here For Mr.. MaplesOn
expects to recOup his outlay with inter-
est and prices must be raised prOpOrtionatelv.
The speculation may prove unfortunate, but
1t is based upon experience and cOmpari-
son. no doubt. Fabulous sums paid for brief
and sensuOus pleasure are sign of decadence
In her last days of freedom, Rome possessed an
actor. the most famous of all time. When he
had made the fortune which he thought suffi-
cent. Roscus declined to play for money. He
gave his services gratis for the amusement and
instruction CT the people. 1t would be interest
in the habit of receiving, and what fortune he
thought equal to his dignity on retirement. If
we may Judge with any degree of truth the sala-
ries of actors free men like Roscius by what is
recorded OF the sums paid to philosophers and
lecturers in ancient times, they would almost
bear comparison with Nine PATHS rates. The
rigorous Aristides accepted "a 900 from Da-
mianus for single lecture; Herod, the younger
gave something like ESQ, 900 for three discourses
to an orator who pleased him; and to another,
for single discourse. ten horses. ten porters,
ten secretaries, and two beautiful young slaves,
with nearly E4O.O 600 in money. We have not yet
reached such madness, but We seem to be travel
ing that way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-14
Bran Beds for the Babies.

From the London Globe.
A French doctor has invented a new bed for
babies which holds them safe In It's custody and
prevents them from ever giving any trouble at
night to their attendants. This gentleman has
subjected his system to the NEST trying Of all
tests, for he has applied it toian his own chill
dren, and considers that the life Of one Of them
is entirely owing to its USE. The idea is to all
the greater part Of the cradle with bran and
immerse the legs and part Of the body of the
child In this nest. covering them over In the
usual way, but fastening down the counterpane
tight so as to keep him firm in his place. WHY
this change Of tactics should have the effect OF
taking away from the infant HIS usual desire to
howl during part of every night Is question
which we will leave nurses to explain for them
selves after they have tried the system In the
meantime, until that trial has been made it is
only civil to believe the Testimony OF Drs Bour-
geOis and vigoureux, who in two French papers
OF some authority declare that such is the In
variable result. This Is not, however, the only
advantage to be expected from the system. The
bran is supposed to have warming and slim
ulating influence superior to any sort Of cotton
or cloth, and to allow children of the more
sickly kind to develop more quickly and to be
sooner able to use their limbs. The inventor of
the system declares that they delight In their
bran beds, and always "qnit them with regret, !"
when removed at the age Of tyr, TO one Of q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-14
A Michigan Liar.

Lets see, they raise some wheat In Michigan,
don't they1" askeda Schoharie granger Of Michi-
gander.
RAISE wheat! Who raises wheat? No, sir;
decidedly no, sir. 1t raises itself. Why, II we
undertook to cultivate wheat in that state It
would run Us out. There wouldn't be any place
to put our house."
"But Eve been told that grasshoppers take q
good deal OF it,"
"Of course they do. If they didn't don't
know what we would do. The cussed stuff
would run all over the state and drive us out
choke US up. These grasshOppers are God
send, only there amt half enough Of them"
us that wheat nice and plump"
plump! Why l don't know what you cali
plump wheat, but there are seventeen in our
family, including ten servants, and when we
want bread we just go ont and fetch In a kernel
of wheat and bake It.
do you ever soak 1t in water frst?n
oh. no; that wouldn't do. It would swell q
little, and then We couldn't get it in our range
oven"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-14

From the N. 7. Sun.
1.-THE fashionable flower for the past season
was the rose" said the veteran seedsman, Peter
Henderson, land never knew such prices to
be paid for roses. The older sorts, such a. the
Safrano, the Douglas, and the Isabella Sprunt,
are yet grown, but they are giving way to what
are popularly called fancy roses, such as the
Perle des Jardins. But those for which the
highest prices have recently been paid are the
hybrid perpetual roses, particularly tho variety
known as Magma ChartA Last year everybody
was frantic to get General Jacqueminots, which
are OF the same class as the Magma Charta. But
the cosliest rose this year has been the Baroness
Rothschild. It has no fragrance, but ID beau
tiful flower. Buds Of this rose I have sold to
retailers for Of each, and the retailers made q
handsome profit. They were scarce, for as yet
they are rarely forced to flower early. For sin
gle corsage bouquets for an evening party last
winter as much as $40 and eos was paid. These
hybrid perpetuals viii, think, soon be sup
planted In popular favor by newer class, known
as hybrid tea roses. Of which the Duchess Of
Edinburgh {bright crimson), La France eight
pink. the Duke Of Connaught (scarletl. the
Duchess Of Connaught deep carmine), and the
types
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-14
Dc Lam, a Strayin,.
Elaboration at colored camp meeting. The dialect
is that of Mississippi piantation.l

Elaboration at colored camp meeting The dialect
is that of Mississippi plantation.l
Look out, backslider, whar you walkin'7
Make misstep, shOS you bon.
tell you what, it's no use talkin',
Ell you Slip up, chile, you gone!
De road Is full er stumps and Stubble,
Ruts an sink holes eberywhar',
spec dey'll glib you heap er trouble,
IF you don't stop yo' fOoin' dar.
It's dark eZ pitch an mighty cloudy,
Spec de debbils walkin roun',
Fus' thing you know he'll tell you "hOWdy -
Liz his hoof an stomp de groun,
Man, can't you see StOm'S a brewin'7
Hear de awful thunder peal!
Look! BlaZen' Hght'nin' threat'nin' ruin
Oh, backslider, how you feel?
Drap on yO knees an go to prayin',
AK de Lawd to hep you out.
Chile, tell him you's lam strayin'-
Done got los an stum'in' bout,
An den you'll see de stars a gleamin'-
Luminattn all de way.
Yea, bout ten thousan' twinklin', beamin'-
Smack untwell de break err day,
But eff you fail, debbi git you.
Fetch you slap! right In yO eye,
You'll feel mos like er grape shot hit you.
Drapp'd rom half way to de sky!
ROBERT MCGEE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-14
Church BELLS in ENGLAND.

From the London Times, May %.
London to-day acquires new distinction. It's
cathedral church will boast the biggest bell in
the kingdom, and one of the dozen biggest in
the world. Guide-books will give the fact due
prominence. and tourists will pause, as the hours
come round, to distinguish the solemn note IN q
babel OF sounds. 1t cannot be said that till a
quarter of a century ago LOndOners missed the
privilege, or wished the hours and royal deaths
to be announced in louder thunder. They were
generally under the impression that their own
bell was very big one, and very fine one.
Few Of them, however, had heard the bOurdOns
that do every duty abroad, and that, we know
not why, beat our own largest bells in the SOL
emnity of their tones. They were also unac-
qnainted with the history of st. Paul's bell,
which is, we believe, only recast Of that over
the old gateway to Westminster. In this cOun-
try, too the taste for bells has gone into an en-
tirely different direction from that of the whole
continent. Christians are here generally called
to service by chimes, instead Of the tOlling of q
sinN1Dbell, as is usual abroad. Our chief use of
bells1y for bell-ringing, almost unknown abroad
10 be sure in Belgium, all the great churches
have carillons every hour, and in some cases
every quarter-Inany every half-quarter. At
Antwerp Malines and Client, it may be said
the bells are always going, and at the first of
these cities one may occasionally hear a long
piece played on hundred or more bells. But,
upon the whole, the continent tolls bells; we
ring and chime them. The Reformation was
the great point of divergence. At that date
and long after, the popular party in our parishes
melted the big bells into smaller ones, convert
ing peals of three into five or six; and, upon the
whole, the big bell went out of favor. Popular
feeling must have been against big bells, or at
least very Indifferent, when Henry VIII could
stake and lose at a game OF cards all the old
bells of st. PauIs. There has long been
a reaction. For century our village
church bells have been increasing in
weight as well as number. as a large
proportion of our church towers testify by their
shattered state. Parliament itself has contri-
buted great impulse to the change of feeling
by building the tallest clock in the kingdom
aud by trying to furnish it with fitting peal of
bells. 1t has unaccountably failed SO far, Big
Ben No. having been condemned from the
first; No. Q having been found incapable of
standing the blows Of its own clapper. The
reason OF this is mystery in which wise man
will not rashly intrude. Bell-founders stand on
their honor, and resent any reflection on their
skill, or on the casting, as one well-known
amateur has found to his cost. So we must
have time to explain why failures, that one does
not hear of abroad, should be taken as almost q
matter Of course in this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-14
The Butcher-Cart Came.

Superintendent Waling, of New York, was
asked if the plan of the assassination in the
Phoenix Park resembled, in respect of the ar
engagements of the murderers to reach their vic
Tins and then effect their escape, the plan
adopted in New York by that daring and pro-
verbally successful class known as "butcher-
cart t ths0e Well applying the butcher
or, perhaps, New York "job." We cali
these robberies "butcher-cart'' robberies. but
many that have happened here have been
done with four-wheel vehicles. Take the
Rupert robbery; that was done with a
covered wagon, in which half a dozen men
could have been concealed. cannot remember
to have read or heard of 'butcher-cart' robberies
in Europe, and believe that few have occurred
outside of New York and its envrons. This
style of robbery started many years ago in q
petty way. Herds of swine ran at large in the
streets Of New York, and thieves would hire q
horse, generally good one, and wagon; they
would then drive to where there was herd OF
swine, capture one of them, throw it in the
wagon and drive of. They were seldom caught
The hog-stealng business was improved upon
in time. 1t merged into the business Of driving
up to store, selling a case or package Of
goods, throwing it into wagon and getting
away in flash. Then came the business OF
standing up" men in the street. This began
about twenty years ago. remember its start
There were several petty cases. and then a bank
messenger was robbed Of a large amount, on pa
per, in the vicinity of Wall street, by gang who
operated with a sleigh and fast horse The
scheme was in time perfected and such cases
are the most annoying that fall to our lot. The
gang first look after the horse. It must be a
good one and well trained. Old hands would
not employ driver not in sympathy with them.
II the Phoenix park assassins hired q vehicle
and driver, detection should be all the more
easy. Now, the Goody gang, for instance. have
always owned a frst-class horse, and the Phoenix
park murderers may have owned one and
trained it for months. For . "butcher-c cart
scheme horse must be trained. 1t must start
smartly, be nervy and not startled by q commo-
ton or pistol shot, and get off at full speed the
moment the job is done and the robbers are
clambering into the vehicle.