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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-11-26

A las cuatro de Ia tarde de
aver salio ell Excmo. Sr. Gober
nador General, acompanado de
senior Secretario y un Ayudante
de Campo, con o5jeto de visitar
algunos establecimientos publicos
de esta Capital, dirigiendose pri
meramente al Hospital Militar,
despues a la Carcel, y por dltimo
a la Casa Consistorial donie va
lie esperaban los Sres. Concejale>
en- traje de etiqueta y preparado
ell salon con el lucido cortinalt.
que Sc usa en- los actos de mayor
solemnidad. S. E. recorrIo los di
ferentes departamentos en- que So
encuentran las oficlnas, quedando
satisfecho del orden que Sc ad-
vierte en- todos ellos, y bajo
despues a la Biblioteca Pdbh-
ca acompanado de la Corpora
cion. En- ell local de aquella
dirigi6 al Blbliotecario frases de
satisfaction por ell progreso de
aquel centro y la forma en-
que Sc venia fomentando, d Gu
Va manifestation contesto ell BIZ
bliotecario con una modestia que
lie honra en- alto grado, y que
mereci6 un cortes saludo de S. E.
Y de todos los senores del Ayun
tamiento.
Felicitamos a la Corporation y
al Bibliotecario.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-11-26
He aqui un chiste que maldito
81 chiste tiene: es de Et BuscdpiS:

81 chiste tiene: es de Et Buscapis.
Cd Manuel Valiente, alcalde del
Naraujito, ha sido conlenado por los
Tribunales de Justicia, eu Ia causa one
se lie segufa por detenci6n de IN indi-
viiuo en- tempo de elecciones, porque
m l.evaba ceiula de vecindad.
81 todos los detenidos por igua
concepto en- las eleccio1es pasadss hu-
bieran ejercido su derecho contra tales
abusos de autoridad, no cabrian en- la
carcel d estas horas los alcaldes sin
condolences.
0 de otro modo, y sera ma.
exacto.
81 a todos los que hablan mas
de 10 conveniente y de 10 justo
hubiera que ponerlos d buen re
caado para que contuviesen Ia
lengua, de seguro que no habria
hastantes carceles en- todo ell orbe.
mo cree este cierto Ei Busca
pies
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-11-26
Tambi6n Comerio.

Nos comnnica el Sr. AleaIde
de aquel pueblo que ell Municipio
que preside esta al corriente con
Ell Profesoralo de instruction.
Anade ademas que esto mismo
viene sucediendo en- Comerio des
de que FL, ell actual Alcalde, sc
hizo cargo de la Delegation de-
Gobierno y Presidencia de aquel
Ayuntamiento. 4
Sc 10 trasladamo5 a nuestro
colega La Instrucci6n.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-11-26
CAPITANIA GENERAL
DE LA ISLA DE PUERTO-RiCO
DO MA YOR.

SOldadoS, Marines q Folantdrios
A unos Y q otros diriio la palabra
al mismo tempo, porque a todos
os considero dotados de las mlsmas
virtudes & igualmente dispuestos q
asegurar el orden interior, a hacer
respetar Y cumplir las leyes, Y a
defender la integridad del terrific
rio, que tai es en- conjunto, como
sabeis, la mission augusta de la
fuerza armada de un pals.
Seguro de que mngGn sacrlficlo
os parece grande cuando sc lleva a
cabo por la patria, desde el honro-
so puesto que s. NJ. me ha contia-
do, os envia Sill afectuoso saludo
vuestro Captain General y compa-
nero
Luis Daban J Ramirez de ATslklO.
Puerto Rico, Nbre. % de 1884.
k pirsni6ny Reduction del BOLETlN MERCANTILE
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-11-26
productos del Pals.

Segdn vemos en- la Gaceta, du-
rante Il mes de Setiembre liltimo
di6 ell siguiente resultado la ex-
portacion de los principales pro-
ductos del Pals:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-11-26
Felicitamos a todos.

Los despachos telegraficos de
SAM Thomas corroboran la grata
noticia de haberse firmado ell Ira
tado de Comercio con los Esta-
dos. Unidos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-11-26
Ha5iiantes tie Puerto Ricd

Por Real Deereto de q de Octu
Dre pr6ximo pa>ado, he sido nom
brado Goberladof General de esta
ysla, q la cual lego animado de
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-11-26

Demuestran perfectamente las
arteriores cifras las ventajas que
ha obtenilo ell Comercio de>de
que rigen las actuales ordenanzas. /.
Tenga,e, pues, tambien presente
este dato en- pro de nuestra al
ministra"ion general.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-11-26
MULTASY COMISOS.

A la manera que nos hacemos
eco constantemente de las quejas
del Comercio Y defendemos a este
como principal sostenedor de las
cargas pdblicas, sin que por clio
abriguemos ell mas minimo pesar,
pues, antes al contrario, estamos
dispuestos a continuar en- la misma
noble tarea, asi tambien, siendo
lustos, debemos hacer constai los
datos que facilitan ell fomento de
aquella importante industrial Y
honran sobre manera d Ia pdblica
administration.
Sin embargo de las justas Y re.
petldas queJa5 que aun Sc oyen
contra las actuales ordenanzas de
aduanas, no hay masque comparar
las cifras de 10 inpuesto por mM
tas V comisos, desde la promuIga,
zion de los ararceles actuales, con
20 recaudado en- los amos anterio-
res por ell mismo concepto, para
comprender que Sc ha mejorado
mucho en- una materia de tan
vital interes para ell comercio.
He aqui, por amos econ6mlcos
y con distinction de fechas, el
estado demosttativo de 10 que
acabamos de decir, en- cuanto a 10
ingresado por aquellos conceptos:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-11-26
GoBIERNo GENERAL
rsrA DE PUERTo-RrCo.

DE La
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-11-26

Aho econ6mico de l87s-79. $3l ,924-35
" de 1879 so. 24.324-o2
de lSS0-8l. 33,66S-13
" de lSSl-82. 28,2O9-4l
Nperos ardacs(ss.
Aho econ6mico de lSS2-s3. $l7 422 Is
de lSS3-S4. lS,5l9-S3
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-08
Better Beef and Mutton.

At last there seems to be reason for
hoping that breeders of beeves and sheep
will turn from the aims and ways of
breeders Of porkers, and instead of
striving to produce the greatest guam
tity of fat, will aim to place before the
intoxicating public the greatest possible
amount of good, nutritious beef and
mutton for given outlay of food and
time. Since the Tribune called at
tention to the gross wastefulness of the
old system large number of neWspa-
pers have followed its example, The
Cleveland Herald says on this subject:
eff it ever comes down to genuine
beef, not a carcass of fat, there is a
show that the Devons will work them
selves up to the point Those who saw
the beeves after dressing at Chicago
would hardly select a roast or round
from one of them; the fat was so great
that there was a great waste in the pur-
chased beef. We need a beef animal
something like the hog of q few years
since, streak of lean and streak of
fat. The citizen does not want to buy
tallow he cannot eat, but to get good
streak of lean he must buy the fat
The movement in the direction of the
production of mutton and beef, tender
and juicy, yet free from masses of tai
low, may be fastened by offering
special premiums, valuable enough to
be worth competing for, to breeders
who shall at the fat-stock shows ex-
hibit thos0 sheep and beeyes which,
when stripped of all superfuous fat.
shall Show the greatest quantity and
most nutritious and palatable quality Of
flesh for the food and time given. It is
not altogether unlikely that this would
bring into greater prominence than
they have ever enjoyed breeds of stock
not now generally recognized as profit
able neat-producing animals. What
ever else might come from this. the.
consumer of meat would be tickled in
taste and benefited in purse if not in
hsalth Chicago Tribune
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-08
Stingy Men.

Talking about stingy men, said the
conductor of a Pullman car, as he sat
in the smoking room while the porter
was doing the work, ''the worst speci-
men ever saw came out of Detroit the
other night. His wife, a great, fat
woman, was with him, and they took
seats in the ordinary coach. Pretty
soon he came back, selected bertha
single upper--and then went back to
his wife. Pretty soon he returned and
went to bed alone. About an hour
after this / was going through the train
when the fat woman stopped1me and
wanted to know if I had any empty
berths. told her there were plentYof
them, when she brought her lips To-
gether like wise and clenched hef Hat
hands as she said: Il thought asA5k ch.
Here, take ms Dag with you, and flake
me up the best section you have.s VII
be back as sopra as the train , bps
again. = You see,e ehat selfsh1pen- II a
husband of hers mad told .tEgrY here
wasn't an empty berth 1-%-Bdt tIYhad
found chance to share bunk 10y an
acquaintance. He was the maddest
man you ever see next morning, when
he had to hand over five dollars for her
night rest in addition to the two dol
lars and fifty cents he had paid for his
own. He gave the porter only two
cents for shining his shoes, and scow1ed
so the porter didn't dare to kick for
more. Oh, but he was tough one.
Chicago Herald.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-08

The pun in the last line can scarcely
be awarded the first prize, but it was
lost upon Carrie, +" for she never re-
ceived the letter One more specimen
of this class of postal literature will sui.
fee:
TO George W. Knowles this letter is sent,
To the town of Brighton, where the other
went.
No matter who wrote it, friend or foe,
To the State of New York, want it to CO."
-WaShington Cor. Christian Herald.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-08
PLUCK AND PRA YER.

There want any use o. fretting,
An told Obadiah SO,
For eff we couldn't hold on to things,
We'd jest got to let 'em go.
There were lots of folks that'd suffer
along with the rest of us,
An it didn't seem to be worth our while
To make such dretfte fuss.
To be sure, the barn was most empty,
An corn an pertaters Sca'ce,
An not much of anything plenty an cheap
But Water--an' apple-saSs.
But then-as l told Obadiah
1t want any use to groan,
For flesh an blood couldn't stan it; an he
Was nothing but skin an bone.
But, laws! eff you'd only heerd him,
At any hour of the night
,A-prayin' out in that closet there,
'Twould have set you crazy quite.
patched the knees of those trousers
With cloth that was noWays thin,
But it seemed as eff the pieces wore out
As fast as set EN- in.
To me he said mighty little
Of the thorny way we trod,
But at least dozen times day
He talked it over with God.
Down on his knees in that closet
The most of his time was passed;
For Obadiah knew how to pray
Much better than how to fast.
That eff things don't go Jest right
/ feel like rolIn' my sleeves up high
An gIttin ready to fight
An the giants slew that winter
/ amt gOin' to talk about;
An didn't even complain to God,
Though think that He found it out
With the point of cambria needle
/ druv the wolf from the door,
For knew that we needn't starve to death
Or be lazy because we are poor.
An Obadiah he wondered,
An kept me patchin' his knees,
An thought it strange how the meal held out,
An stranger we didn't freeze.
But said to myself in whispers:
" God knows where His gift descends;
An tisn't always hat faith gifts down
AS far az the fingerendS."
An wouldn't have no one reckon
My Obadiah shirk,
For some, you know, have the gift to pray,
And others the gift to work.
Josephine Pollard, in Hdrper's Weekly.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-08

Mrs. Catherine Dix, the lately de-
ceased widow Of Ex-Governor Dix, was
born in 1907. At the age of fifteen she
was betrothed to the General, the mar
riage taking place three years later. OF
her four sons Rev. Morgan Dix. rector
of Trinity Church, New York. is the
sole surYiYor.-N. 7. 1ribuqse.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-08

But beat 'em all bad at their little game,
And think I conceded to them enough,
When went oil and left EN- this nice little
cuff
1t is likely that the original owner of
the cuff dumped " his bill at some
hotel, leaving only this behind. S1me
wag drew the picture and wrote the
rhyme, and endeavored to send it to
the fellow, but the mail could not over
take him, and the cuff finally brought
up in the museum.
SOME MORE expert " WORDS.
l took peep into the album of cor
rect guesses. /" The temptation to
give few examples of chaotic orthog-
raphy is too strong. to be resisted:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-28
OPERATIONS OF THE TARIFF.
Mr.. Nimmo's Report of the Working of the
Act of March 3, 1888.

MR. NllhilOS ; report OIL the w OfklnS OF the
Act of March 3, 1888
WASHINGTON, April 26-Nimmo chief of tho
Bureau of Statistics, to-day handed the Sec
retary of the Treasury his report in regard to
the operations of the tariff act of March 3. 1889.
1t appears that the act caused a reduction of
about per cent. in the average ad valorem rate
of duty on imports In detail the changes are
as follows:
Sugar and molasses, reduction. 9 32 l 90 per cent
Iron and steel, and manufactures thereof 6 1900
per cent.
Clothing wool, So 100 pc; cent.
Combing wool, IL 29-lO0 per cent.
Carpet wool 6 1-l00 per cent.
Manufactures Of wool - 100 per cent
Manufactures of cotton, increase, l 92100 per
cent
Manufactures of silk reduction. S2.I00 per cent.
Earhen and ehinaware, increase, 13 ll.l00 per
Cut-glass and glassware increase l 9.1OO per
cent.
Spirits and wines increase. l 3 29.IOO per cent.
Malt liquors. reduction, 50 l-1G0 per cent.
The report which is a document of seventy
two pages, embraces a somewhat elaborate state
ment in regard to the change in the ad valorem
rates caused by the tariff act of March 3, 1888,
and 10y the fall i'll import prices of commodities.
Il contains also a considerable amount of statis-
teal and other important information in regard
to the production of sugar, iron, wool manufae-
tories, silk and spirits and vines in the United
States. The report treats with some particular
ity of the production in the United States of the
three great classes of wool known to our tariff
laws, namely, clothing wool, combing wool and
carpet wool, and the extent to which these three
kinds of wool are used by the manufacturers of
worsted and WOODEN goods, hats carpets and
other articles
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-28

Viscount harrington is dead.

Viscount harrington is dead
Stern Brothers, of London, are issuing new
Portuguese loan of f3 SOC, 600.
The Pope accepted the resignation of Cardinal
Ledochowski of the bishopric of Griesan and
Posen
Dr. Adolph Bruening, To- largest manufac-
turer of drugs and chemicals in Germany, has
just died at Frankfort
A fire in the premises of VIM. Whiteley. deal
er in general merchandise, in West Bourne
Grove Eng. destroyed one building and dam
aged four others. Loss, E250,000
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge is making rapid
progress toward the completion of his book of
American "reminiscences Some of his friends
declare that the book when published, will ere
ate a sensation.
The proposition of the Rt Hon Hugh c.
Chiders, Chancellor of the EXchequer, to lower
the existing standard of gold coins is meeting
with hearty and we'll organized opposition from
the British public, in whose eyes the integrity
of the coin is dearer than the constitution itself
James Russell Lowell presided at the monthly
meeting of the Browning Society. He spoke in
high eulogy of the poet to whom, he said, he
owed long standing debt of gratitude "There
is no poet, he declared, who has given great
er variety shown more originality. He is Of
all others the masculine, the virile poet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-28
A BRUTAL MURDER.
An Old Farmer Dragged from Bed by FouI
Men and Hanged from Tree.

DEs MONIES, Ia, April 27.-Information has
been received here of the brutal murder of
Hiram Jelenson, near Audubon. Jelenson
was harmless old farmer of IS
years. Saturday night four men entered
his bedroom, dragged him from bed, pulled
the old mans hair and whiskers out by the
roots, dragged him naked to a tree in
the yard and hanged him to limb
The men then rode away. Mrs. Jelenson
came to the door and tried to alarm the neigh
bors, the nearest Of whom resides about 400
yards away, but the murderers stopped
her with threats of hanging her
Also There is no clew to the perpetrators
as it was too dark for Mrs. Jellenson to recog
nize them. There are strong suspicious that
some of his family are mixed up in the murder.
His daughters husband John Smythe, a hard
character, is freely charged with the crime.
1t is also supposed the old mans son
Cicero was one of the party who did the hanging
The family is not bright one The son is said
to be almost foolish and just such man as could
be persuaded to do such deed The whole
country is aroused, and if the men are caught
there will probably be another hanging without
a trial
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-28
SAMUEL j. RANDALL.
A Comparison ofHis Statesi lan ship with that
of other Leaders.

! A Comparison of His Statesi lan ship with that
of Other Leaders.
! Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
| WAsHNGroN, April 27.-rhere can be no
doubt of the fact that Samuel J. Randall, of
Pennsylvania is the most astute statesman in
the House Of Representatives. His statesman
ship borders on prophecy when compared to tho
foresight Of other Democratic leaders here. Dur
ing his candidacy for the speakership he re-
marked one day that if he was defeated tho
party would feel it incumbent upon itself to re-
wise the tariff in the most decisive form that it
could be.
Now" said he we are in fair way to the
presidency. am aware that it is charged that
the only thing want is Office. That is all
right. We cannot get Office unless we please the
people, and if we do that we deserve official
honors. Considering the fact that we are so near
the goal it will be pity to let anything fool
hardy ruin our chances to reach it.
l consider the revision of the tariff
! foolhardy now 1 would go as far as any man
i'll the party to do what is right and what will
benefit the people, and bear defeat as uncom
plainingly any if we fail in the effort; but
it will be enough to exasperate a man Of polt-
ical sense to see our opportunities thrown away
upon this thing. If cannot be elected Speaker
/ hope some other man who is willing to let
good enough alone will be chosen
How far these words have proven true the
country is well aware. Gloating over the vic
tory free trade won in the election of Carlisle
the party was compelled to plunge headlong into
tariff revision. 1t owed it to the party who sent
the men here who elected Carlisle to do So No
one knows any better to-dayi than does Mr.
Randall that the party has not a ghost of
chance to elect President, and he is free to say
that it is useless to nominate man who is of the
tariff ilk that Carlisle is.
Tariff reform booms went skyvard like rock,
cts on the very night that the caucus selected
Carlisle as the Speaker They have been COM
ing down like sticks with dull thud, one by
one till there is not one sinner in the political
armament The party has heart now. Even
the brag and bluster is out of it to-day. Like a
limp rag it is ready to be thrown out or sent to
the laundry.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-28
THE ALLEGED DYNAMuTERs.
Reasonable Documents Found in Possession
of Egan and DalY.

or Egan ana Daiy.
LONDON, April pa Birmingham dispatch
says; James Egan, the supposed confederate of
John DAILY, was araigned to-day. Poland,
prosecutor for the government, declared that
DAILY and Egan were accomplices, and that the
police had found tin can belonging to Egan
containing reasonable documents. One, dated
1862 gives an explanation of the constitution OF
the Irish republic. Another is a manifesto pro
claiming that in case England should become
involved in war, Ireland must rise or Irish
tionality would become a by-word and reproach.
The brethren are exhorted to provide themselves
with arms, practice shooting and subscribe
money for the purchase of war materials. They
are urged to work quietly, but determinedly.
Besides these documents, the police also found
samples of cartridges and arms Papers were
also found in Daly's pockets containing the
New York. Eagan was remanded for another
week, in order that he might be arraigncd with
DAILY
John DAILY, the suspected dynamiter, in jail
the last two weeks, in Liverpool, awaiting trial.
has been transferred to Birkenhead, where the
arrest was made and where the trial will take
place.
A Dublin dispatch says: Universal activity
has been displayed by the police Of late. 1t is
believed the government has received informa-
tion which renders it eXpedIent to be keenly
alert.
The grand master of the Orangemen at Bel
fast has received letter warning him that the
lnvincibles are on his track.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-28
THE DISTRICT DELEGATES.
Colonel Ingersoll Not Responsible for the
DissensiOn in the Party.
al 70 tba Ind

Colonel Ingersou Not Responsible for the
Dissension in the Party.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 27.-It is claimed by the
friends of some of those who voted in the con-
vention in this District for Republican delegates
TO Chicago, and the friends of the two delegates
selected, that the trouble that has arisen out of
the convention and which may lead to hold
ing another convention, that Colonel Ingersoll is
at the bottom of the disturbance; that if he is
not directly instigating the charges that there
were frauds and briberes. that they are his
friends who are moving in the matter
An intimate personal and political friend
of that distinguished orator stated to-day
that not only was Colonel Ingersoll not moving
in the direction of another convention,
but that he would not accept a dele
gateship rendered by second convention.
There can be not the slightest doubt that
frauds were perpetrated in that convention and
that another one should be held, but it is i'm
probable that it will be done, and if IL was it is
believed the men chosen lately would not sue
ceed in being recognized out of Chicago
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-28
7 artingg g Shot!

The musical cOh who has been whole agonzng with
which has papabe decid-
edy eye he energies the controversy
well with the eight yearod he had borne
Ponius advice to Ieres Beware Of entrance QUARREL but
being in bear it that the oppoer may beware of thee"
It not worth while for the MODEL join issue with the BEAN
EY the question respective veraes The habit gambling
is generally o conduce o truhfulness.
The public will bear the its arrival here the
MODEL has the respect confidence
this community and that has only been obedent to the laws of
the land but oervan decent respect the religious political
beliefs and opinions Of all The MODEL neither bgoted
holds
Meanwhile shall continue the selling
clothing of better quality and lower than BEANERY
GOATERY in the land