davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-03-05

dian ser mas desconsoladoras pa
ra los accionistas de una tan iitil
empresa, Y de aluf nuestras ex
citaciones en- dicho articulo, dirigi-
das estimular a aquellos en- ell au-
mento de cello tendente a levan-
tar los tan intereseS decaidos de
la asociaci6n martina.
Lo por nosotros escrito enton-
ces, que 20 pudo ser nj mas sua-
We nj mas benevolo para ell buen
concepto de los aludidos en- dicho
articulo, nos produjo una serie
de conferencias con algunas per-
sonas respetables, y de las que
tnicamente sacamos en- Hmpio
que nuestras atinadas considera-
clones, hijas, en- todo caso, de la
mejor buena fe y de los mas sanos
prop6sitos, no habian gustado a
todos, 10 cual deplorabamos amar-
gamente, puesto que no era nues-
tro amino herir susceptibilidad
alguna, y 81 tan solo defender en-
nuestra esfera los intereses de una
sociedad tan digna de aplauso y
de respeto, y tan beneficiosa para
la futura prosperidad de la isla.
Mas, 81 por alguien ha podido
ponerse en- duda nuestro exact1.
simo acierto, ell tempo Sc ha en-
cargado de darnos la rdz6n COM
pleta.
Bajo los mismos auspicios de
decadencia y casi evidente ruina,
continue la Empresa hasta el mes
de Agosto del afio 1883, en- que
vino q hacerse cargo de su agen-
cia general la respectable casa
mercantil de esta plaza de los
Sres. Chavarri y Mendizabal.
No 10 decimos nosotros, nj tam
POGO 10 inventamos 8 exageramos
de cualquier modo. Core va por
mano de todos los accionistas ell
estado demostrativo, que inserta :
remos fntegro otro Ola, de los in
gresOs q gaStoS de la Empresa
Martina Puertorique1a en- los
tres cuatrimestres del ano social
que termin6 ell 81 de Diciembre
dltimo. Por el consta claramen-
te Ell siguiente balance del % cua-
trimestre en- dicho a1iO a cargo de
la anterior Agencia:
Ingresos. zee. ................ $48,917-58
GaStOS...... .................. Oo,S9S-@O
Perdidas. ......... 0,081-70
En- cambio viene ell Ser cua-
trimestre, a cargo de los seflores
Chavarri y Mendizabal, y he aquf
el resultado:
IOUrpg09. XOU.UNl=EU
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-03-05

Durante el mes de Setiembre
1ltimo hubo en- ell Asilo de Be-
nefcencia y Manicomio este mo
vimiento: entraron 5; salieron 8;
murieron 4. Quedaban a fines
del mes 453 acogidos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-03-05

Los siguientes senores son los
elegidos en- la junta general de-
domingo para constituir la Direc-
tiva de la Empresa Martina
Puertoriouefa:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-03-05
GACETA DE HOY.

Trasladado q la villa de la We
ga con igual cargo el Alcalde del
Corozal D. Jose G. Pastor.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-03-05

PreSidente:
D. Ricardo Mendizabal.
Vce- -preSidente:
D. Antonio Arsuaga.
VocoleS:
D. Joaquin Pef1a.
" Secundino Melon.
Secretari0:
D. Jose Antonio Daubon.
SuplemteS:
D. Manuel Canal.
:" Eustasio Zalduondo.
" Juan B. Font.
" Rafael Daubon.
La comision nombrada para
revisar y comprobar las cuentas
de los ex-Agentes Sres. Silva,
Ferrer & Co. qued6 constituida
en- esta forma:
Don Ricardo Mendizabal.
" Secundino Melon.
4" J. M. Lopez.
SuplenteS:
Don Marcelino Ante.
" Felix Arrillaga.
4" Claudio Arricruz.
Comisi6n para modificar ell Re-
olamentO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-03-05

La distribution de fondos que
para este mes publica la Inten
dencia asciende a $302,242'72.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-03-05
s 184.595'53

Comparando este resultado con
ell obtenido en- igual mes de 1883
por los mismos conceptos, advier-
tese en- los derechos de exporta
ci6n, para Enero dltimo, un alza
de-. de.........."............$ 220...
Baja en- los de inn
portaci6n.. ...." 4,145'42
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-03-05
IMPORTATION Y EXPORTACION

Segdn ell estado que publica la
Gaceta, durante el mes de Enc
70 dltimo rindieron los dere-
chos de importation la cantidad
de. ......... ............. S 170,564'25
Id. los de exporta-
ci6n. n.................... 14,O31'28
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-03-05
Don Manuel Alcala del Olmo.
Jose Cerra.
+" Jose A. Daubon.

Felicitamos a la Empresa Ma
ritima Puertoriquera por ell acier-
to que ha demostrado en- estos
nombramientos hechos en- perso-
mas tan dignas, pues los anteceden-
tes de todas elias abonan muy IL
sonjeros exitos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-03-05
$48,917-58
58,899-28
0,981-7O
Perdidas.

En- cambio viene ell Ser cua-
trimestre, a cargo de los serlores
Chavarri y Mendizabal, y he aqu1
el resultado:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-03-05

Comisi6n para modi6car ell Re-
glamento:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-03-05

actlvas dlllgenclas rescatar cinco ga
cos del fruto robado, que con las for
malidades prevenidas fueron entrega-
dos d So duefo, y capturar tres suje-
tos presuntos autores del hecho, que
asf mismo fueron puestos a DISPOSE
cion de la Autoridad local.
Los Guardias del mismo puesto An
gel Puga Narveira y Hermenegildo
Pascual MOnevar, capturaron en- Ell
barrio de Anones, de la jurisdiction de
dicho pueblo, dos sujetos presuntos au-
torres del robo de igual ndmero de sa.
cos de cafe al vecino del mismo Jose
Carles, rescatando dichos sacos que en-
tregaron q su due1o, previas las forma-
lidades del case = poniendo los delin-
cuentes q disposition de la Autori-
dad.
Habiendo recibido confdepcia el Ale
ferez D. Mariana Campos Lopez, Jefe
de Ia Inca de Rincon, en- la Conan
dancia de Ponce, de que en- ell barrio
de Naguabo, Jurisdiction de Anasco,
Sc hallaba nm sujeto en- quien reca1an
vehementes sospechas de complicidad
en- el qufntuplo asesinato perpetrado en-
Ell barrio de Anones, salio en- su bus
ca acompanade del Guardia 90 del
puesto de Rincon, Jose Leiva Rodrf-
guez, consiguiendo su captura y pO-
niendolo disposition del Sr. Juez de
Ia Instancia de Mayagtiez.
Por los Guardias Benigno Moreno
Ballano y Feliciano Perez MARTINEZ,
del puesto de Cayey, en- Ia Comandan-
cia de Puerto-Rico, fue detenido y
puesto d disposition de la Autoridad
IN sujeto presunto autor del .obo de
IN reloj de plata con cadenA del mis-
mo metal al vecino del migmo D. Viz
sente Barros.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
A CON CHEESEMAN'S STORY.

Congressman Blackburn, of Ken
lucky, tells the following story of hif
experience in the confederate army:
"Four days before I went to the
front with my regiment we had a little
girl baby. She is now grown and you
will always see her with me at any so.
cial gathering. Well, in our army the
furlOughs came very rarely. When we
got into line there was no great chance
for a man to get home. It was three
years afterward that a few of us were
n night going down the Mississippi
on a river steamer. I haa been sick
and was returning to my command,
but pretty well broken up, even then.
As for money, we did not have any,
and the night was hot, and 1 laid down
on the deck, my throat almost parched
with thirst. Pretty soon a little girl
came along with q big glass of lemon
ade. 1 tell you it looked good to me.
She saw me cycling it, stopped a min
ute, looked doubtfully at me and finally
came up to my side. "You look as If
you wanted something to drink" said
she, and offered me the glass. 1t
wasn't quite a square thing to do, but
I took it and handed it back to her
empty. 1t was like nectar to me. Then
I thanked the little creature and sent
her away. Soon after, just like every
child, she came back, leading her
mother, to see the poor soldier. By
Jupiter, it was my wife, and the girl
was the baby whom l had last seer as
q baby but just born. You can
imagine the e-union. They were with
my brothers family, and happened to
be going down the river. That was the
only time during the four years. fight
ing that l saw my wife and baby, and,
under these circumstances what man
would ever forget it?n
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
THE MAN-FROG AND MAN-GOOSE
From Chambers Journal

oouAh
The man-frog was first exhibited in
1865, at a French country fete. He had
a stout, ill-shapen body, covered with
a skin like a leather bottle, and a face
exactly like a frogs, large eyes,, an
enormous mouth, and the skin cold and
clammy. He attracted a good deal OF
attention from the academy of Medi-
cine, and a delegate was deputed to
make him an object of study. He
went all over France, and at the end of
a few years retired to his native place.
Puyre, in Gers. The man with the
goose's head was first shown at the
gingerbread fair in 1872. He wa
twenty years of age, had round ewes, a
long and flat nose the shape and size
of a goose's bill, all immensely long
neck, and was without a single hair on
his head. He only wanted feathers to
make him complete. The effect of his
lntcrminable long neck twisting about
was extremely ludicrous, and was Sc
much appreciated that his receipts were
large. He now passes under his prop
err name of Jean Rondier, and is estab.
iished at Dillon as a photographer. He
is married, and, thanks to enormously
high collars and wig, is new tolerably
presentable.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
A G. B AND SHAME.

From the Springfield (Mass.,) Republican,.
On the 21st of July an obscure sheet
in the city of Buffalo, which has been
running only some LOO numbers and
is sold at l cent a paper, whom most OF
the good people Of that city never heard
of, published an outrageous and lying
scandal about the private life of Gov
ernor Cleveland, one of the candidates
then already nominated for the presi-
dency, charging him with seduction,
open p%rofligacy and d~ebauchery. That
charge has already fallen to the ground
as exaggerated, false and malignant,
but the republican press and p%artisans,
all the time protesting their horror of
of the u%ncleanness, are constantly
using, supporting and circulating these
foul ISLANDERS in their grossest form.
Our weekly exchanges come to us
loaded with this filthy story; the news
boys ON the streets ever to the remote
country villages are still hawking the
Buffalo Telegraph, v before heard
of in this region. Special correspond
ents have been posted to Buffalo to
magnify the scandal, with precious
small results as yet. The republican
newspapers are full of %chuckling referen
ces and spicy illusions to stimulate Gu
riosity and spread the sale, all the time
protesting sweet horror that any such
thing should be admitted to their vir-
tuous sheets.
Such a degradation of a campaign
has never been witnessed since the
days when Mrs. Jackson was driven to
her grave, between the time of her hus-
bands nomination and that of his in
a%uguration. The republican organs
cannot disclaim the responsibility Of
this scandal in behalf of their party, for
it is the style of warfare to be
expected from a campaign managed by
Elkins and inspired by Mr.. Blaine.
Unable to find a flaw in Mr.. Cleve-
lands official career or a blemish on
his integrity and high character as
mayor of his city and governor of his
state, his opponents are driven to this
contemplate and mean resource to
blacken his character. 1t will take
something than a mere vote
passed by the national republican COM
mlttee to convince people that the re-
publican campaign managers are not all
active party in the spread and propa-
CATION of these lies.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
MEDICAL USES OF SNAKES.
From the Danbury (Ct.,) Letter.

A Danbury man treats rheumatism,
sprains, swellings, lameness, and other
disorders with the help ofblack snakes.
A terrible pain in the head of long du-
ration is said to have been suddenly
and completely cured upon the person
OF Carley. William Hurd, whose ankle
was so swollen as to almost prevent his
walking, was induced to test the snake
cure. He was taken to the snake doc
tors house on King street. After
showing the swollen ankle to the keep
er Of scrpents, he allowed him to do as
he pleased. A large box containing
perhaps a dozen black snakes, was
brought into the room. Selecting one
about three feet in length, the Snake
man proceeded to wind it about the
rheumatic limb, which was barred. The
serpent Missed and tried to escape, but
after another attempt it was held firm
ly, and i'll a few minutes became quiet.
Twenty minutes elapsed and the snake
fell Hurd's leg, apparently stupe.
lied. The pain, which had been inten-
siticd by the journey, was pronounced
gone. Another application was made
with a fresh snake, as the one Just used
could not he made TO stay on. Soon it
fell to the floor as the other had done.
The swelling had by this time entirely
disappeared and MI. Hurd was able to
walk home.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
JOHN KELLY, HANGMAN.
From the New York Herald.

lfrOm the New York Herald.
Kelly says in the Star, recently, re-
ferring to the governor of this state,
Grover Cleveland
"The democratic party has never yet
been headed by a hangman. He made
a good sheriff, we believe. But learn
ing how to adjust a moose is not the
best way to prepare for administer.
ing the government for a party led
by scholars and statesmen"
The brutal vulgarity of this is appa-
rent to every one. Its special indie
cency consists in the fact that Kelly
was himself s'hangman" of New York
at one time and was not ga good sher-
iff," as he admits Cleveland was, but a
very bad one. Kelly actually made
the hanging of the poor wretches who
fell into his hands the means for out
rageous extortions OF money. He
charged 1924 25 for shaving James
Stephens before he hanged him.
The democratic convention has lust
%emphatically reminded Reilly that it
does not propose to be led by ga hang
man"-of that kind.
Grover Cleveland was an honest
sheriff, is an upright governor and will
make an able president.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
SHORT WIT.

AL you get to do is to plant the cab
bage, and nature will come along after
a little while and put a head on it.
The easiest way to mark table linen:
Leave a baby and blackberry pie alone
at the table for three minutes.
Kansas City boasts of having a wo-
man who can speak eight languages.
1t is needless to remark that her hus.
band is dead.
The degree of "Professor of Contem-
porary Antiquities has been conferred
in Boston. He is not, however, the
manager of ballet troupe.
&C! have lost my dog" said Mrs.
Rarity. "Why don't your husband
look for him?' some one asked. "Who
Jim? Why, you know Jim's on the
detective force. He can't find any
thing"
A young man having asked a girl If
he might 60 home with her from sing
ing-class and been refused, said:
"YOu're as full of airs as a musical
box" "Perhaps 3d." she retorted;
.'but if l am, l don't 60 with a crank"
1t is something about an educated
person who colGrs clothing and the
political editor of a daily paper, and
the answer is: Gone is a learned dyer
and the other a burned liar" but the
conundrum has managed to escape from
the office.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
WHY SHE DIDN'T.
From the Merchant Traveller.

From the Merchant Traveler.]
A young woman from the country
was suing her ex-sweetheart for breach
of promise, and the lawyers were, as
usual, making all sorts of inquisitive
interrogatories.
"You say," remarked one, "that the
defendant frequently sat very close to
your
eyes, sir" was the reply, with a
hectic flush.
allow close ?"
"Close enough, SOS cheer was all
the sitin' Dom we needed"
"And you say he put his arm around
you 2"
"No, I didn't"
"What did you say, them"
81 said he putboth arms around me-"
"Then what?"
"He Rugged me-"
every hard?"
eyes, he did. So hard that 1 come
purity near hollerin' right ont"
"Why didn't you holler ?"
"Cause." {
"That's no reason. Be explicit,
please. Because what 2"
"Cause, l was afeerd he'd STOP"
"The court fell off the bench and had
to be carried ont and put under the n.y.
drant for the purpose of resuscitation."
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
A CLEVER SQUIRE.
From the Arkansas Traveler.l

FROM the Arkansas IraVeler.I
Squire Patterson, wearing an air Of
deep concern, approached his friend
Farmer Glover, and, without speaking,
leaned on the fence and sighed.
"What's the matter Squire 2"
"I don't know what this country's
comm to. What would you think if
your daughter should u away and
marry an ignorant hired man 2"
"Oh, 1 don't know, Squire, but l
would not take it to heart if I were
you. I would try to think that it hap
pened for the best"
"Would you forgive the girl?' asked
the squire.
eyes, 1 believe I would. There's no
sense in holding out, you know. When
did it happen ?"
"Just a while ago."
"Who performed the ceremony 2"
81 did"
"What ? Then you could not have
been opposed to the marriage"
ooh, it makes no difference to me-"
replied the Squire, s.for you see, it's
your daughter instead of mine."
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
ANOTHER CALCULATION.

A lightning calculator by the name
of Fallett has joined the greenback
party, and has figured out how it can
ses at half the greenback vote,
multiplies it by two, adds 1t to the re.
publican vote and leaves the democrat
ic party in a minority of $4,000. This
calculation appears in this mornings
Globe Democrat, and it is sad to think
that Marmaduke has gone off cam
paigning in the rural districts without
knowing that he is already beaten.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
THE BOY AND BEE.
How the Bystanders Diagnosed the
symptoms Of the Case.
[From the Detroit Free Press

from the Detroit Free Press.1
A boy, about 10 years old, who was
yesterday slouching around the Bates
street end of the Central Market, sud-
denly gave a yell, clasped both hands
on his stomach, and began a war dance
that soon drew a crowd.
81 'spected as much!" shouted a wo-
man, IS she waved her hand toward
the boy. "Them ere boys eat any
thing, from a green melon down to
peach-stones. Serves him lust rightl I"
"I thought he looked kind o. colicky
around the mouth afore he tackled
them spilled gooseberries, added a man
who had come in with a load of pota-
toes.
81 don't see how they keep from dy-
ing, really l DON'T" put in a woman
with a cucumber in each hand eff there
was any way-any lawful way-to
open that boy and look into his stomach.
you would find three or four old banan-
as, a piece of watermelon, six or eight
green apples, four OF five tomatoes, at
least two cucumbers, and a lot of sour
berries"
"Say!" yelled the boy, as he capered
around. "Somebody git the perlcecc
or somebody"
"Oh, it's all very nice to want the
police and the doctors and the medical
college ambulance" sneered a fat man
who had some tomatoes in a basket.
tsbut why didn't you think of these
things beforeI"
Sand with the cholera raging in
France and likely to come over here
any day !" added a peak faced woman
who had been buying a fish.
The boy laid down and rolled owe
and sat up.
"Well, l don't want to be on the cor
oner's jury" said a man whose hair
and Whiskers had Just been dyed i'm q
barber shop near by.
land l wouldn't see him die for a
Sio Dill" added a young man with eye
glasses on.
Just then a policeman pushed his
way into the crowd and asked the
trouble, and some one replied that n
boy had been seized with the bilious
collie.
"Seized me right here!" whincd the
lad as he stood up and clasped his
stomach.
He had on a shirt torn down the front
and held by a single pin, and his pants
"oio iiciu up ny II strap. Inc officer
opened his shirt, and q humble bee,
looking as large as a walnut, crept out
and was brushed to the ground. Just
below the boys chest was a red SWELL
ing larger than his fist and still grow
ing.
ono collie about that" observed the
officer, as he crushed the suffering bee.
Only one person in the crowd had a
remark to make, as the boy loped off.
That was the pms with the cucum-
bers. She sort o. shook them after the
retreating figure, and called out:
"This orter be a great moral lesson
to that boy, but l doubt it = cart help
but doubt it. If we had any right
any legal right-to open him to-mor-
row and look into his stomach, we'd
wonder why that bumble-bee fooled
his time away instead of tacklins a
grindstone!"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
VERY MUCH SHOCKED.

An enterprising Vermont man has
his house and store connected by tele-
phone. The other day, during a
storm, the lightning entered the store
by the wire while the proprietor was
talking to his wife about when he
would be home to dinner. AS he re-
covered his consciousness the first
words he spoke were, can right,
Maria, don't hit me again. I'll do just
as Won saw"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
FATHER AND DAUGHTER.
[From the New York Sum-

She had just returned from Vassar,
and papa was stroking her hair fondly.
"I hope, my DEAR" said the old man,
tsthat you haven't acquired any of the
vulgar slang phrases which so many OF
the Vassar young ladies are said to
USE"
"You bet 1 haven't, papa" she re-
Piled brightly. "When anybody catch
es me talking slang he is specially in
vited to slug me in the seventh-rib."
"That is right, my daughter, never
indulge in slang. 1t gives a young
lady dead away"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
BLAINE AND THE IRISH.
From the Boston Post.]

We say to Mr.. Blaine now that had
he been a defender of the rights of nat
uralized citizens when those citizenf
were flung into foreign prisons untried
and unchanged the Pilot would support
him to-day, and a million Americans
of the Irish race would vote for him III
November. But he did not do it, and
his pretensions of fair play and friend
ship now are sheer humbug. He and
his party have a lesson to learn from
all this, and so has the democratic
party. The advantage of the latter is
that its lesson lies in its coming oppor-
tunities.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
ONLY A SUB NOW.
From the Philadelphia Call

From the Philadelphia CALL
Jinks-"Why Finks, old boy, how
+ you? My gracious, how you have
changed"
Finks-ssIn what wayT
Jinks-ssYou seem to have grown
rather careless. You used to be quite
a dude"
Finks-"Oh, that's it, is it Well,
Pm married."
Jinks-"Not a dude any more, then"
Finks-"No; Pm sub-dude."
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
HOW IT READS.

The Philadelphia Times reads the
democratic ticket after this fashion:
'tFor president Honest Government;
for vice-president, Historic Justice"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
JOHN E. CHEATHAM Il SON
ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS.

WE BUILD sTAIRwAYs, GIVE
w Plans and Specifications, with al
full detailed drawings, for any kind Of
architectural work. al low figures. R4.sA
Where we are employed to hulld we make no
charge for Drawings. We sell for the mann.
%1actnrer, Mnrbelized Iron Nantes, Heurths and
Crates. New styles Of ManteIs on hand Very
handsome i%nlvoaic'
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
Lexington

In this reportthe wholesale prices are given in
cit hand column and retail prices in right hand
column. In country produce, the figures on the
on the right the prices at which they sell.