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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03

Berlin, Is dc id.-Los di9ntasos Il
bre-cambistas alemanes han celeOrado
una conferencia con una delegaci6n de
obreros ingleses acerca de las prinlas
que Sc conceden q los azhcures. Aque-
los ofrecierou tratsr del asunto eu IA
pr6xima legislature del Reichstag
Viena, id. de id.-Se ha prohibido Ia
importation de los trapos procedentes
de Espana
Nueva- York, id. de id.-Los peri6-
dicos de esta ciudad publican ei 81
guiente telegrama de Madrid:
'' Las negociaciones relativas al ira
tado de comercio entire .os EStadoS- :
Unidos y Cuba Sc haIlan tan adelanta
das que su conclusion Sc llevara d cab9
con gran celeridad."
Paris, II de id La opinion publ
ca muestra yisiblemente preocupai'
CON motivo de la guerra Goa China.
Reina descontento general.
Madrid, id. de id. Sc reciben noti
cias de grandes inundaciones en- diver
sos puntos de la Peninsula, que han
destruido las cosechas.
Madrid, id. de ida Gaceta pu-
6lica IN decreto declarando hmpio ell
puerto de Alicante.
Roma, Is de id.-En ell dia y noche
de aver hubo en- Napoles 544 nnevos
casos de c6lera y murieron de la eplde-
mia trescientas personals.
Liverpool, id de id.-Los precios del
azdcar han estado hoy frmes en- este
Roma, 10 de id.-Darante las dlti-
mas "a horas han ocurrido en NapoIes
437 nnevos casos de colera y han
mRerto 2S7 personals.
Nueva- York, id de id.-El Herald
de esta ciudad publica un telegrama de
Madrid, en- ell cual Sc dice que desde ell
regreso d aquella capital del Presiden-
tie del Consejo de ministries senor Ca
novas del Castillo, habia tenido mny
entrevistas con ell minis
tro americana Mr.. Foster, dando por
resultado ell haber vencido ell absolute
los oostaculos que Sc oponian D la prom
IL realizaci6n del tratado de comercio
entire los Estados- Un;dos y Cnba y
Puerto Rico. Ahade ell despacho que
en- Ia actualidad queda reducido ell asun-
to 4 mera question de pequenos deta-
lies.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03
GACETILLAS.

Bayam6n. - Ademas de las
anuuciadas carreras de caballos, habra
ell pr6ximo domingo un baiIe de con-
fanza Ell aquel pueblo. Esperase que
quedara muy concurrldo.
Tambien Sc rifara una novllla, por
la noche, terminado el bale, habra uu
tren con vapor para las personas que
quieran regresar la Capital.
Fiscalia de Imprenta. - Ha
vuelto encargarse de la Flscalia de
Imprenta, segun nos participa, ell muy
digno sehor d. jose de Alarc6n d quien
enviamos nnestro cordial saludo.
Decentralization motive de Ia
aperture del curse escolar de 18S4-65
hemos tenido ccasi6n de saludar d va
rios amigos nuestros que han venldoI
de distintas localidades de la isla ira
yendo 4 sus hijos. alumnos del Colegio
de Santurce unos y ctros del Iustitato
Provincial.
Reciban uuestra cordial bienvsnida.
Triste suceso.-Cuenta 10 que
sigue ell peri6 iico de San German:
"Se dice pdblicamente que atent6
contra So vida, tratando de envenenar-
be con una gran d6sis de licor de Fow-
ler, la seflora de un Guardia Civil.
Los recursos facutatiyoS aplicados
en- los primeros momentos contraresta-
ron acknowledgements los efectos del We
memo"
Encarcelados.- -Segun un cole
ga, estan va en- la careet de San Ger
man la antora del enveaenamlento de
Sabana- Grande y otras personals con
plicadas en- ell horrible cfimen de que
tienen noticia nuestros lectores.
Observation-Disclosures distin-
tas fechas, segdn ell Boletin de la DID
cesis, cl NJ. |. Sr. Gobernador Ecleslas-
tieo ha tenido bien nombrar:
Saeristan seglar de Ponce, d don Nj
colas Boisiolf.
Contliutor de San German, al Pbro.
don BaIdomero Montaner
Sacristan pbro. de San German, al
Pbro don Juan Alvarez.
Cura Ee6nomo de Camuy, a. Pbro.
don Baldomero f. Gomez.
Coadintor de Vieqnes, al Pbro. don
Beuito Alvarez.
Sacristan segIar de Cayey don Ru-
70 Vazqnez Colon.
sacristan seglar de PenneIas, q don
Pedro Perez.
Sacristan seglar de Lajas, d don
Juan Jose Tllbade.
Cnra Ec6nomo de Barcelonets, al
Pbro. don Gabriel Gonzalez.
Saeristan seglar del Corozal, a don
Fernando Rios.
Sacristan seglar de Barros, d don
Eladio Rodriguez.
varias cosas.--COlecci0n dc ara
ricuIos, narraciones, cuadros de COS.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03
GuStaVO G. BindSoil
Comisionista, ca zportadOr y agents dc
fdbricas no SO WGaea Street.
NuerG- York.

Ofrece sus servicios al comercio de
esta Antilla en- tcdos los ramos de Ia
industrial americana y posee inmensas
facilidades para la compra y venta de
toda clase de artfculos.
Hace especialidades de toda clase Ell
coches y carruajes, arneses para caba-
Hos y sillas de montar d precios suma-
mente bajos que desafian toda compe-
tencia en- estos ramos.
Solicita correspondence y da cotiza-
clones de todo genero de productos y
artefactos. ~
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03
Censo de poblaci6n.
Una muerta resucitada.

Un peri6dico de Ndpoles refere este
hecho singularisimo:
Hace pocos dias que, yendo d coger
pan una muier llamada Mariana Tolla,
esposa de Pusariello, Sc sinti6 atacada
de un malestar tan agudo & imprevisto,
que cay6 por terra sin dar IN giito.
Acudieron d socorrerla, pero NADIA de
10 que Sc hizo bast6 para que recobra-
Sc sus sentidos. Entire ell llanto de to-
dos 10 que la rodeaban, y sin haber
proferido una sola palsbra, estirose la
pobre hasta adquirir IA rigidez de la
muerte, quedando su cuerpo completa-
mente frio con todo ell aspecto de un
cadaver.
Creyendola muerts en- efecto, y des-
pues que an sacerdote confirm6 la de-
function, la desconsolada famiIia dispu-
so los funerales para otro dla, amorta-
| is d Mariana, compr6 unos cuantos ci-
rios los encendi6 en- torno del cada
yer.
Ofrecieronse varias personals de la
vecindad q velar d la difunta; pero el
desventurado marido, presa de la an
gustia mas profunda, rehus6 obstina-
damente toda asistencia, y quiso guar
dar por 81 mismo los restos inanimados
de la que lie habia hecho feliz en- vida.
La esceaa que sigai6 esto fu6 tristi-
sima. POGO q POGO Sc retiraron las We
ciaas, no quedando en- la humilde vi
vienda mas que Pusariello junto al ca
d&ver de Mariana.
Ell maritlo tomb .entonGes una silla, y
Sc diSpuso apasar la noche velando
la muerta.
Pocas horas despues, y como Sc sin
tiese falto de fuerzas, scudi6 d uus
botella de ron, cuya eficacia habia ex.
perimentado en- varias circunstancias, J
trago q trago apur6 casi la mitad de
coutenido.
Animado por Ell efecto, sigui6 bebiep
do hasta embriagarse, J cnando va nC
debia discernir So estado, nj 10 que Il
rodeaba, nj la perdida misma que habfe
sufrido, Sc acerc6 al cadaver, aplic6 Ii
lbotella de ron d los labios de la difan
ia, y fernando IN POGO vaci6 ell resto de
active licor.
La mayor parte de este Sc presume
porque nadie pudo verlo. Lo positiv,
es one 4 las cuatro de la madrugada III
grito agudisimo, salido de casa de Il
difanta, hizo correr hacia allf los po
cos vecinos que en- aquel momento de
liaban Ell lecno.
| Imagfnese cu&l no serla la sorpres'
lie estos cuando, al entrar, vieron
Pusariello tendido por ell sneio. no he
Irido nj desmayado, sino durmiendo
pierna sueIta, y la pobre Marian'
| Tolla con el rostro alterado, pero dand
sefiales de vida.
| AL rumor del snceso acuiieron otra
lpersonas, entire elias IN mancebo d
botica, quian declare, con sorpresa d
Itodos, que la pobre maler no estabi
Imuerta, sino desmayada a conseeuencii
de alguna fuerte emocion.
| Asf era en- realidad.
| El ron Ia habia hecho volver del lar
| 90 siocope que Ia priy6 de sensibilidat
liez 8 doee horas antes; pero q la visti
Ide los cirios y de su mortaja, recibi6 Ia
impression de eSpauto, que, .anzando e
lgrito dido por los vecinos, volyi6 cae
ldesyauecida.
| El mariio dormia mientras tanto Ell
| el colm0 de Ia enbriaguez Durant
su suafio desapareci5 DE- la casa tod
se1al de duelo, y recobr6 los sentido
Mariana Tolla, de modo que al desper
tar Pnsariello y encontrarsela viva nj
iquerfa dar cradito q sas ojos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03
Existencia en- esta fecha.
q. 1902

Nota: La baja que Sc advierte en-
Ia concnrrencia es debida al anterior
estado sanitario de la poblaci6n, que
a principios del trimestre no solo pri-
v6 muchos de asistir d tan laudatoria
ocupacidn, sino que dejaron de exis-
tir varios de ellos, especialmente en- la
clase de tropa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03

tunbres, satiras y iuicios literarios, Sc
guida de varias semblan1as de escrito-
res pusrtoriqnenos, por D. Manuel FeI-
nandez Juncos. Acaba de ponerse d
la venta este nuevo libro que contiene
los trabajos siguientes:
La nueva esgrima, El INFO, La ven
ganza de Perico (novelilla), desde ell
Pindo a Ia Inteadencia, La muier en-
Puerto Rico, Al Gobernador, General
(carta), Respirando amor (parodia),
Don Juan Ponce de Leon, Sobre Ia
election de novelas, Astrologia c6mica
Ell Jfbaro, Question de nombres, Mo
u6logo triste, Fiestas de San Juan,
Ciertos son los toros, En- Caugrejos
Cetriila), Calderon Zen ell Centemrio),
Cervautes Alarcon, Francisco Alva-
rez, Miguel Sanchez Pesquera, Sem
blanzas Puertoriquanss: Don Manuel
Alfonso, Don Jose J. Acc ia, Don Ale
jandro Tapia.
Consta de mas de 300 paginas en-
cuatro, Y sc vende & IS centavos et
ejemplar en- la Redacci6n de FL Bus
uDi n II IIibreril de ID. Jose Con
zaleh Foat (Fortaleza 2O, y en- Ia de
D. Manuel Lopez, de Ponce.
Sc envian e]emplares frances de por
te quien remita Is sellos de correo de
ii 5 ceutavos por cada uno.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03
MOSBAcHER & co.
Murray l3-Comisionistas Apartado 2223
MUEvA-YORK.

Dedican particular atenci6n & b
compra, empaque y expedition de to-
da clase de articulos procedentes de b
industria fabril norte americana; en-
grandes 8 pequefas cantidades todas
parties del mnndo, con especialidad 6
las Antillas espafolas.
Catalogos, cotizsciones J claves te-
|legraficas se suministran mediante
aplicaci6n. Sc solicita correspondent
cia. l4O
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03

Con6rmado tambien por r. O.,
en- ell destino de Telegrafsta pri,
nero, don Manuel Benegas y
Juste.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03
Ley de caza.

Dispuesto por la Intendencia
General de Hacienda que Sc sa
tisfagan 10000 pesos por amor.
tizaci6n { intereses de billetes del
Tesoro.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03
GACETA DE HOY.

Confrmados por R. O. en- e
destino de Telegrafstas segandos
don Juan Castro Garcia y don
Demetrio Santaella y Corton.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03
Son aprovechados.-Dice un CO.

rresponsal neo-yorkino:
De todo sacan partido los empire
sarios americanos. Ustedes recorda-
ran que hubo quien proyect6 contrut 'r
d Gniteau, ell asesino del Presidente
Garfield, para exhibiro al phblico y
racorrer asi todas las ciudades y pue-
bios de los Estados-Unidos. A los
asesinos del bandido Jesse James, des-
pues que fueron absueltos por ell iura-
do, los exhibieron por ell pals hlclendo-
les tomar parte en- un drama en- que Sc
representation las tropelias Y atrocida-
des cometidas por la boria de bandi-
dos que Jesse James capitaneaba. Aho-
ra ha encontrado un empresario nue.
vos sujetos dignos de exhibici6u, y son
los hombres que acompafiarou oil te-
niente Greely en- su viaje de explora-
ci6n al Polo Nortr, alguros de los cua-
les Sc hau prestado, o mejor dicho, Sc
han alquilado, d formar parte de una
companfa que representa- un drama IT,
talado Storn Beaten, cuya acei6n pasa
e las reglones artcas, y en- una de Gu
yas escenas aparecen ellos flotaudo en-
tGmpanos de hielo, vestidos con los
mismos trajes de pieles que llevaron
Ell su memorable excursion. Por su-
puesto, mucho gente Va al teatro por
la curiosidad de yer Is los heroes de
que tanto Sc ha hablado, y ell pdblico
los aplaude y hace salir repetidas We
ces con gran contentamiento de ellos.".
y del empresario. "
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03
JOSE MExfxpEzy 10
III PEARL STREET.
p. q. BOX 317Z.
NEW YORK

INI w OIG1A
Ofrecen sus servicios como comisionistas
e, general, para compras de cuantos articulos
conciernen la industria productos Norte-
americanos de itil consume en- las Anti
Has bispano americanas.
Reciben consignaciones de productos tropi-
Gales, hacienda adelantos sobre dichas consig
naciones en- credito sobre las principales pla-
zas de Europa Norte America.
Sc daran garantias 8 cuantas referencias
sean necesarias. La remuneration ser& 10 mas
imitada al case.
Para mas pormenores dirigirse 4 los mis-
mos AZ
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03
GARCIA DEL REAL.
snL NOV. h0.

CASA DE PRESTAMOS sobre empeno de prem
das muebies, mAquinas de coser toda cIaes de
objstos, Atipo modico
Sc yenden preadas, muebles mAqnhas de CO
ser, que hayan vencldo 81 tsrmino, precios suma-
mense baratoe y sc compran biIletea, bonos. , Fel
fuos dsl resoro.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03
CORTAPLUMAS

Finos y etretinos al detalle y
al por mayor en- Ia Imprenta del
BoLETIN.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03
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Total.........s2.2s5,S ,S20-6

Total.........s22s5, ,S2O-6s
Hpos par priaamos descssnfss.
uAbtA CuhLrO me5eb - P6
Cuentasde credito con interes mutuo... 10 %
San Juan Puerto Rico, Stbre. 80 de 1884,
Ri Contador INFERNO, r. MoLisA.-V.e B.
El Director, FRANcIsoo BAsr6K
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03
RODIGUEz. MORENO & CO.

Concentrates en- todos los srticulos del ramo de
quinealla. Surtdo general de pieles
Agentes generates de Ia fabrica de hanles de esta
Capital euya existencia de 500 ndos de T. realiza
e6-40,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03

Quincalla Y Ferreter1a.-En la
lie Armas y Jlmenez, Crnz l3, Sc ven
den, d precios sumamente baratos, loza,
cristaleria, vidrios pianos, cordeleria,
estano, clavaz6n de hero, bronco, CO.
bse : zinc.
Chinches, cucarachas, rato-
nes, hormigas, moscas, mosquitoes, in
scctos de todas clases, destruidos por
medic del Rough on Rats" Pidase
d los boticarios.
Superior a todas las aguas de
Colonia es la legitima Aqua Florida, de
Murray & Lanman. Comp6nese de la
iestilaci6n perfecta de las mas ricas
flores del Tr6pico, cogidas en- toda su
lozania. Para ell Bano y ell Tocador no
h,y NADIA igual. Perfuma, fortslece,
calma, refresca y deleita. La legitima
lleva al rededor del cuello de la boteila
una tira blanca en- que aparecen graba-
das en- acero las palabras "Marcs In
dustrial', y el facsimile de la frma de
sns hricos propietarios, Lanman 4
Kemp, New York.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03
Biblioteca Publica Municipal.

Biblioteca Pnblica Municipal,
E talo demostrativo del movimien-
to de este Centre de Instruction en- e3
tercer trimestra corrido de Julio q Sc
tiembre iltino:
Concnrreltcs 4 leer en- dicho
trlmcStTG.... l,4O4
ldem. EN- igual periodic del
ano anterior. r................ 1850
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-03
ARMAS g. IIMENEz. Cruz ia

Establecmiento de ferreterta y quincalla, surtidt
general en- el -amo, vensas al por mayor detail
tenen constantemente piedra plhstica Portland par
tanques. algtbes lavadcros. Precios muy limita
Ioa
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-13
Cheap Homes
ARKANSAS AND TEXAS.

Along the line Of the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway, Texas and
Pacific Railway and International and
Great Northern Railroad, are thousands of
acres of the choicest farming and grazing
lands in the world, ranging in price from
$500 to $500 and $500 per acre, in a
healthy country, with climate unsurpassed
for sslubrity and comfort. Send your ad-
dress to the undersigned for copy of sta.
tistics Of crops raised In Arkansas and Texas,
in 1882, and make up your mind to 60 and
see for yourself when you learn that the crop
for 1883 is so per cent larger than that of
1882. To those purchasing land owned by
the Company, and paying one.fourth, one
half, or all cash, a proportionate rebate is
allowed for money paid for tickets or freight
over the Companies lines.
II. c. TOWNSEND, Genl Pass. Agt.
..... St. Louis, Mo.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-13

here alonep Where is your motherpn
ri do not know. l ran away from
her, Elsie said in timid whisper.
"Ahi And how was 1t she did not
,ring you to meP" so. 9
= She would not bring me-" Elsie fall
tered. 1.al l.,lHf r.
A stern look settled on the doctor's
kind face. and without further ques-
tioning he led her away to his own
hOme.Ui bnnfa siunt u. tL
"See, Jessie, y he said to his wife, Q
sweet-faced lady, ''this is the little girl
| spoke to you about. l have found
her. and alone in the streets. " 'N
poor child!'r, Mrs. Lester said pity
ingly. I'VE must do what we can LOT
Eyes. All, Tiny" he added, as . lit
tie fair-haired, blue-eyed child came
bounding towards them, "see. l have
brought you a sister to love-"
And Elsie felt pair of soft arms
pressed closely round her neck, tender
lips kissed her brow, and q sweet child
ish voice whispered: sNO- w
II am glad you have come. / will
love you very much! Papa told me
about you. Lam so sorry you cannot
see.N 7.sro on sts..tj.-.2t ..'t n.
Elsie soon regained her sight, and
saw once more the golden sunlight
which had been hidden from her so
long. .i,i ~ TO-. %
But even then she did not leave her
kind friends; by Tiny's especial wish
she continued with them, nor was Mrs.
Lester averse to keeping the pretty
gentle child with her. .. 81. ,..a..-..
"She reminds me SO much of Bertie,"
she said one day to her husband, "The
same large black eyes and sweet ex-
"Pes, have noticed the likeness
myself. Poor Bert. often wonder
what became Of the little child stolen
from him. "1'o" 't'q
They were to see Susan Wilson
again, for one day recognizing Elsie in
the street. she followed them and
promised for good reward to reveal
the secret OF the child's parentage.
II stole her for the clothes she wore,
and gold chain round her throat. 1t
was through the effects Of fever that
she lost her sight" .
"And do you know who were her pa
tentsP" DR.. Lester enquired, eagerly.
mo, but l kept the photographs that
were in the locket, in case should
want them one day. There they are,"
and Susan handed the doctor q small
piece Of paper. in which we're enclosed
two tiny photographs, one man, the
other lady.
II knew it," he murmured. "She is
Berts little girl. How strange that
after all these years should find her"
And SO Elsie, blind no longer, was
made happy BY the knowledge that Su-
san was not her mother. that she was
the daughter Of her kind friends only
brother now dead. So the last cloud
slipped away from her life, and hence
forth all was sunshine. ns
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-13
Advice TO Mothers.

Are you disturbed at night and h-'ken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth3 If So
send at once and get bottle of Mrs. Wins.
lows Soothing Syrup for Children Teeth
ing. Its value is incslculable. 1t will re-
lieve the poor little sufferer immed
lately. Depend upon it, mothers, there is
no mistake about it. II cures dysentery and
diarrh9a, regulates the stomach and bow.
els, cures wind collie, softens the gums, re.
duces Inflammation, and gives tone and
energy to the whole system. Mrs. Wins.
lows Soothing Syrup for Children Teething
is pleasant to the taste, and is the prescrip.
ton of one of the Oldest and best female
nurses and physicians in the United States
and is for sale by all druggists throughout
the world. Price 25 cents bottle.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-13
d You Heah Me, Sab.

Col. Visscher, of Denver, who is de-
livering his lecture, Sixty Minutes
in the War, tells a good story on him
self Of an episode or something Of that
nature, which occurred in the days
when no was the amanuensis Of Geo.
D. Prentice. s
Visscher, in those days, was fair
haired young man. with pale blue eyes,
and destitute of that wealth of brow
and superficial ares of polished dome
which he now exhibits on the rostrum.
He was learning the lesson of life then
and every now and then he would
bump up against an octagonal mass of
cold pressed truth Of the never-dying
variety that seemed to kind of stun and
concuss him. .Es-sfs
One day gFisscher wandered into a
prominent hotel in Louisville. and, OBJ
serving that "boiled lobster" was one
Of the delicaoies ON the bill Of fare, he
orderedSon one. 5000 t
He had never seen lobster and a
rare treat seemed to be in store for
him. He bresthed in what atmosphere
there was in the dining room and wait
ed FOL. his bird. At last it was brought
In. Mr.. Visscher took one look at the
great scarlet mass Of voluptuous limbs
and oceanic nippers, and sighed, The
lobster was as large as a door mat and
had q very angry and inlamed appear
ance. Visscber ordered in a large
cocktail 10 give him courage, and then
he tried to carve off some Of the breast.
The lobster is honery even in death.
He is eccentric and triAing. Those
| who know him best are the first to
evade him and shun him. Visscher
had failed to straddle the wishbone
properly with, his fork, and the talented
bird Of the deep-rolling sea slipped out
OF the platter, waved itself across the
horizon twice, and buried itself in the
bosom Of the eminent and talented
young man. The eminent and talented
young man took it. in bis napkin. put it
carefully on the table and went away.
As be passed out, the head waiter
said: q 1,sl o. ID. ..t
"Mr. Visscher, was there anything
thegmatterGwith your lobsterp'' -saI
Visscheris q full booded Kentuckian
and answered in the courteous dialect
of the bluegrass region. e. agg
| Anything the matter with my lob.
ster, sahP No, sab. The lobster i.
very vigorous, sab. II you had asked
me how l was, l should have answered
yousvery differently, sab. | am not al
all we'll, sab. II l was as we'll and as
ruddy and az active as that lobster, sab,
l would live forever, sab. You heal
me, sah.lN ;aT2n asa 4.....,
/ :'Why, Of course I am not, familia,
/, with the habits of the lobster, sab, and
do not know how to kearve the bosom
OF the bleotnin' peri Of the summer sea-
bat that's no reason why the inflamet
reptile should get up on his hind fee
and nestle up to me sab, in that earnes
and forthwith manner, sab. y .r = rp
| ~ love dumb beasts, sab, and the,
love me, sab; but, when they Are dead
sab, and undertake to kearye them
sab, l desire, sab, that they should re-
main as the undertaken left them. sab
You doubtless hear me, sah!"-Bil
Nye in Neso York Mercury. ,,.,-.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-13
An Unexpected Question Popped.

"Miss NJ. may ask you a very
important question:" said bashful
young man to a young lady to whom he
had been paying attention for some
time, and he spoke in the most uneasy.
sepulchral voice imaginable. why"
said the young lady, somewhat start
led at the solemn turn of affairs. II
don't know that there would be any
serious objection if you have an impor-
tant question to ask" well" draw
ing little closer, and in more conf
dental whisper, edo you think this q
propitious time?" There's no one
near to hinder that | see," was the CO.
quettish answer as the young lady
glanced about the room. "And do you
do you think that-that you could
grant the requestp" why, really,
Mr.. ---7, how can you expect me to
answer before / know the question:
"Yes--true--really --well I-well-"
We'll, whatp' with just the slightest
impotence in her voice. well, you
see, had been thinking for some time
that Tiff there was really no objection,
Iwould like to ask you with what
what sort Of powder you clean your
teethp l had noticed how nicely"
but the slamming Of door as the
young lady left the room broke short
the sentence, and, after waiting her re-
turn for fifteen minutes. he took his hat
and in mild surprise wandered home
ward. The next day be told his most
intimate friend that Miss NJ was "a
little off, the night before, but he
couldn't think Of anything he had said
or done to offend her. WY ~ '-'