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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-12
SUCES0RES De J. SALA & GO.

Giran letras sobre todas las capitales
y pueblOs de la Peninsula, Islas Baleares
v Canarias
Giran para ell extranjero sobre Paris,
Bayona, Bordeaux, Cette, Hendaye, Lion,
Marseille, ST. Jean Pied de Port Oloron,
Orther, Glasgow, Berlin, Hamburg, Franc
fort I'M, Viena, Lisboa, Oporto, Gibral-
tar
FORTALEZA 81. -
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-12
GUARDIA CIVIL
COMANDANCIA DE PUERTO. RICO,
ANUNCIO.

Debiendo venderse por desecho en-
phblica subasta, el dia "a de lactual d
las 8 de su mahana, los Caballos del
Escuadron de dicha Comandancia de-
nominsdos Colorado, "Manati, +"
{" Fortuna" & "1nvasor" ntmeros 1913,
222, S23 y $50 resrectivamente, Sc
hace saber al rdblico para que los que
quieran interesarse en- Ia subasta, acu-
dan Ell dia y hors indicados, a Ia Casa
Quartet del puesto de esta Capital (San
Justo 81.
Puerto Rico, s de Agosto de 1885,
El Ter. Jefe accidental, Francisco Her
ndadex Ferrer. "a
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-12
MULLENHOFF g. KORBER.

Casa de giros comisiones Dan avances sobre
t.u:os etc. Giran 4 corta vista sobre Londree
Parts Eaeva-York,
CAMBlAN DTNERO.
Ascguran contra ncendios riesgos maritimos.
Representa- Las C.muantas Noete-G rmAnica,
Laucashiere, Brit All, Frein ' casos de ave-
rias los As grado es de HAmbnrgo, Parts, Bur
dcos, Nuova York Philadelphia.
Ag~ntes de Ia Compania Hamburguesa- americana
de yaports
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-12
F. GARCIA DEL REAL, Sol A.

CASA DE PRESTAMOS sobre eng emo de prem.
das, muebles, maquinas de coser de toda ella. {
de objetos tipo modico.
Sc venden prendas, ,nurbles maquinas de c. SER
que hayan vencido el termino, pre- CLOS mamen te
batatOs compran billetes, bonos resduos d
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-12

Te!egramas sobre el colera.
Uno de ellos 10 conoce va ell
Iector.
FL oiro va en- este numero.
Ley de presupuestos de esta
isla para 1885.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-12
DE LA ISLA.
HEDlLLA & PORRATA.
PLAYA DE PONCR.

Comerciantes Comisionistsc, alnaccn de ,ive
res, ferreterin, losa Deposito dc r.aderas Com.
pran, venden cmbarcsn tods clsse de frutos dsl
pals. Depdsito de cal viva dc Juana Dias nara
cuaIar aHnoa'1 y en- tersones para mamposterla;
Tabaoo en- rama, de GiharR Unicos receptores on
Puerto Rico de Ia acreditada cervexa "Stock Beer
EN- caias de dcs botellas i'd medias. Apente
para Ia venta del screditadado chocolste de Ia "a
Coruna Wv :"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-12
GUIA LOCAL.

SAN JUSTO /.

SAN JUSTO II
Casa dc giros comisionos. Agente de Ia Com
pania general TrasstlGntica Francesa, de Ia de
Marques de Campo, de Companias de segu
contra incendoS de los Sres. Gail Co. de Paris
y general para Ia lsla de Puerto-Rico de la Ban
lu. TrssatIAn iqus de Paris.
t,ENE ADEMAS CASA EN- AGUADILLA.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-12

Como el tempo de las elecciones ge-
nerales Sc aproxims, aunque no Sc ha
fiado el dia de la eonvocaci6n de los
eieetores, ha comenzado la preparation
del movimiento electoral.
La concentraci6n de las fuerzas re-
publieenas, al rededcr de los hombres
del oportunismo, halla muehas difficult
tades. Lo misno sucede en- ell campo
de los radicales, de los socialistas, anar-
Quistas, intrsnsigentes, J en- las demss
numerosas fracciones del republicans
mo.
Los imperialistas estdn tambien d.
vididos en- dos fracciones incoherentes.
Las eiecciones pr6ximas daran 10
gar 1 muchos desengafos. Los rssui'
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-12

auATAhA. (P. R.)
Comsrcisntsr, Tienda mixta. Impor.aaors. \.
todas prccsdencas, de generos ferreteria onins.is
al por mayer astAli, ''~'"'
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-12

iel farrocarril de Ia Capital q Rio-pie
dras, sobre el caflo de MartinPrn /.
Asistieron ell Sr. Gooernador Genera
con sus distinguidas hijas y el Sr. Pro
visor del obispado, que fu6 quien actnt
en- 10 Sagrad0 de nqQella ceremonla
con otras varias personals.
Felicitamos al Concesionario.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-12
RODRIGUEZ, M0REN0&C0

Concentrates en- todos los ar!!culos del rano de
quincalis. Surtido general dc pleles.
Ag ntes generates de Ia fabricG dc baules de esta
Capita cuya exstenca de 900 nidos reali1ara de 4,
5000.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-12

LOTERIA PROVINCIAL
DE UERTO- RICO.
PREMIOS MAY0RES del sorteo ordina-
rio numero 1875, que Sc celebro aver,
10 de Agosto de 1885.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-12
Bienvenida.-Se la damoS a

DUH VbuIud,- I'd UdL1U0 q
nuestro amig> y correligionario dou
Mig1eI Lloreda, seguado Jefe del B.
talon de Voluntarios de Mayastiez,
que hace unos dias Sc encuentra en- esta
Capital y al cual hemos tenido ell gus
to de sa udar cordialmente.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-15

WHY 1T COMES ON THE FOURTH OF
MARCH.-All of our readers know that
Cleveland is to be inaugurated on the 4th OF
March, but few of them have ever thought
to enquire how it is that the fourth happens
to be Inauguration day. In very early
times, when March 3rd was supposed to be
the last day to which Congress could extend
itself in the year with propriety, it would
occasionally be found hard at work as the
:}rd passed into the 4th. AS the 4th Of March
is the day for the Inauguration of the exec
utive department of the government of the
United States, that date has become the
first in this nation. 1t was fixed upon in
17SS by action of the Continental Congress,
which, on the 18th of September, adopted
the following resolve, preceded by pream-
BILE which set forth in order the reasons for
the action of that Congress at that time :
"That the first Wednesdayin January next
be the day for appointing electors in the
several States which before the said day
shall have ratified the said constitution /;
that the first Wednesday in February, next,
be the day for the electors to assemble in
their respective States and vote for PreS-
dent, and that the first Wednesday in March,
Congress (NeW York; the place, for COM
mencing the proceedings under the said
constitution" The first Wednesday in
March, 1889, fell on the 4th of March, and
hence, the precedence of that day in our
history under the constitution. 1t was not
till the 3Oth of April, 1889, however that
Washington became President, owing to
various circumstances; but in 1893, when
he entered upon\ his second Presidential
term he was ina ;i;|25G the 4th OF
March. = nuuuu1feh
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-15
VOL. 81.
Selettea gaetrg.
THE BLESSING OF SONG.

EY CLARA H. TARDY.
"What friend we have in Jesus
Sang little child, one day, J
And weary woman listened
To the darling's happy lay.
All her life seemed dark and gloomy,
And her heart was sad with care;-
Sweetly rang out baby's treble
"All our sins and griefs to bear
She was pointing out the Saviour
Who could carry every Woe:
And the one who sadly listened
Needed that dear Helper so!
Sin and grief were heavey burdens
For a fainting soul to bear
But the baby, singing, bade her
''Tak it to the Lord in prayer
With a simple, trusting spirit, - 4
Weak and worn she turned to God,
Asking Christ to take her burden,
AS He was the sinners Lord.
Jesus was the only refuge,
He could take her sin and care,
And he blessed the weary woman
When she came to him in prayer. -
And the happy child, still singing,
Little knew she had part
In Gods wondrous work of bringing
Peace unto troubled heart.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-15

ART OF TIINKING.-One of the best
modes Of improving the art of thinking is
to think over some subject before you read
upon it, and then observe after what man
ner it occurred to the mind Of some, great
master, you will then observe whether you
have been too rash or too timid; what
YOU have omitted and what you have
exceeded; and by this process you will
insensibly catch the manner in which a
great mind views great question. 1t is
right to study; not only to think when some
extraordinary incident provokes you to
think, but from time to time review what
has passed, dwell upon it and to see what
trains of thought voluntarily present them
selves to your mind. 1t is most superior
habit in some minds to refer all the partic-
ular truths which strike them to other more
general truths. This kind of understanding
has an immense and decided superiority
over those confused heads in which one fact
is piled upon another without any attempt
at classification or arrangement. Some men
read with pen in their hand and commit
to paper any new thought which strikes
them others trust to chance for its appear
ance. Which of these is the best method
in the understanding must, suppose, de-
pend a great deal upon the understanding
in question. Some men can do nothing
without preparation; others, little with it;
some are fountains, others reservoirs.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-15

THE BRAIN a SCRAPBOOK.-What is the
brain but Il scrap book: If, when we are
asleep some one could peep in there, what
would he find? Lines from favorite poets,
stray bits of tunes and snatches from songs,
melodies from operas, sentences from books,
strange, meaningless dates, recolections OF
childhood lovers, the first parting of bosom
friends, the word of praise or the word OF
blame from fond mother, pictures of men
and women, hopes and dreams that came
to nothing, unrequited kindness, gratitude
for favors. quarrels and reconciliations, and
through them all the thread of one deep
and enduring passion for some one man
or woman that may have been a misery or
q delight.--.SMn Frllncisc0 Chronicle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-15

WEATHER SIGNs.-If one could read the
signs, each day foretells the next; to-day is
the prOgenitor of tomorrow. When the
atmosphere is telescope and distant objects
stand out unusually clear and distinct, a
storm is near. We are on the crest of the
wave, and the depression follows quickly.
1t sometimes happens that clouds are not so
indicative Of storm as their total absence.
In this state of the atmosphere the stars are
unusually numerous and bright at night,
which is also bad omen. 1t appears that
the transparency of the air IS prodlglously
increased when certain quantity of water
is uniformly ditfused fromit. MOuntaineers
predict change of weather when, the air
being calm, the Alps covered with perpetual
snow, seem on a sudden to be nearer the OBJ
server, and their outlines are marked with
great distinctness on the azure sky. The
same condition Of the atmosphere renders
distant sounds more audible.
There is one redness of the east in the
morning that means storm another that in
dicates wind. The first is broad, deep and
angry; the clouds look like an immense
bed of burning Goals, the second is soft and
more vapory. At the point where the sun
is going to rise, and few minutes in ad-
vance Of his coming, there rises straight up
ward a rosy column, like shaft Of dyed
NdpOI, DIellliliS With ttiu ~ P"A'iy ~
rated from the clouds, and the base of which
presently comes to glow like the sun HIM
self, the day that follows is pretty sure to
be windy. 1t is uncertain to what extent
birds and animals can foretell the weather.
When swallows are seen hawking. very
high, it is good indication, because the in
sects upon which they feed venture up there
only in the most auspicious weather.
People live in the country all their lives
without making one accurate observation
about nature. The good observer of nature
holds his eye long and firmly to the point,
and finally gets the facts, not only because
he has patience, but because his eye is sharp
and his inference swift. There are many
assertions, the result of hasty and incom-
plete observations, such as, for instance, that
the way the milky way points at night in
dicates the direction of the wind the next
day also, that every new moon indicates
either dry or Il wet month. There are
many other stories about the moon too nu
merOus to mention. Again, when farmer
kills his hogs in the fall, if the pork be very
hard and solid he predicts a severe winter,
if soft and loose, the opposite, overlooking
the fact that the kind Of food and the tenn
perature of the fall make the pork hard or
soft. Numerous other instances could be
cited to proye that the Would-be shreWd
farmer does not interpret nature in the right
way, and that his conclusions, being hasty
and incomplete, are wrong; and until he
studies nature understandingly, using lit
tie common sense, so long will he be more
or less under the ban Of superstition and ig-
nOrance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-15

sag- R.st satisfied with doing well and
leave others to talk of you as they please.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-15

DON'T SAY Gust My LUCK."-He is a
foolish man who says, "It is just my luck"
when something goes against him. Don't
say, 81 wish lived in world where there
is no sorrow and no disappointment" 1t
would be pitible world; it would mean
intellectual and moral death. No wisdom
or skill can keep us from trouble; for trou-
BILE is universal and whatever is universal
under the government of God must be good.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-15


GAMBLED INTOSLAvERY.-The are ter
kinds of legalzed gambling in Siam, and sc
absorbed do the Siamese become in gaming
that when their money and personal effects
are gone they will stake their own bodies
on the turn Of the game, going into volun
tary slavery if they lose. In this event be-
fore he is permitted to leave the place, the
, gambler must surrender himself, in fee sim
, pie, to his owner, who procures from the
Amphor District Judge) san kromatar
(deed) in which, among other stlpulatlons
he binds himself to render such service as
may be required until the pecuniary Oh.
legation is sdischarged. The ownermay also
exact interest on the amount Of indebted
ness at the rate of fifteen per cent. per an.
mum, but no more as this is the highest
rate the king permits his subjects to charge
If a greater sum is demanded, and the fact
can be established by acceptable testimony
in a native court, the debt is cancelled and
the slave becomes free. If for any reason he
becomes dissatisfied with his owner, OF
master, which is often the case, he may
secure another one by transferring the deed
without asking the consent of the owner
provided the redemption or taking over
(as the Siamese express the transactlOn) Is
made in pursuance of law. If he can prove
to the satisfaction of the district judge that
his wife possesses the requisite amount, he
may apply to the court for an order COM
peling her to pay the debt and thus redeem
him from servitude; but, inasmuch as the
government is not supposed to encourage
gambling with wife's money, the law re,
quires that the assignment of the san kro.
matan shall be made to the wife; so that,
when possessed of this formidable docu.
ment, with the official seal duly attached,
she becomes the absolute and bona tide
owner of her husband by an indisputable
title which nothing but a royal decree can
possibly annul.-IHe Current.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-15

MANUAL DEXTERITY AND THE LETTERS.
1t is we'll known that in it's development
each new born being passes through very
much the same stages that his ancestors
have been through before him. Even after
birth the growth Of the child's intelligence
stimulates the progress of the human race
from the savage condition to that of civiliZa-
ton. 1t has been shown by Preyer, and
Others who have studied infant develop
ment, that q faculty which has been acquir-
ed by the race at late stage is late IN
making its appearance in the child. Now,
reading and writing are arts of compara-
lively recent achievement. Savage man
could reap and SOW, and weave, and build
houses, long before he could communicate
his thoughts to person at distance by
means of written speech. There is, then,
reason to believe that child's general in
telligence would be best trained by making
him skillful in many kinds of manual labor
before beginning to torture him with let
ters; and the moral to be derived is, that
primary instruction should be instruction in
manual dexterity, and that reading and writ
ing could be learned with pleasure and with
ease by a child who had been fitted for
taking them up by the right kind of prep
aratiOn,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-15


POTENTIALLY OF THE HUMAN MIND.
The potentialities Of the human mind are
something which perfect environment
alone can develop. Every man has some
genuine good in him. The real mischief OF
fife is that we predicate the whole of human
character upon what is true only of a frac-
tional part. The result is, that two biogra-
phies are possible of every man, the one a
euogy, the other defamation. Wholesale
defamation is as illegal as it is absurd. AS
the author is greater than his book, so the
man of genius is greater than his whim.
Because johnson would not enter a room
except with his left foot foremost, or Mar
shall SAKE abide in the presence Of cat, or
Augustus Caesar the reverberation Of thun-
der-they are not, therefore, to be relegated
to the coterie of fools. They are simply to be
turned little, and at the proper angle we
will see the divinity in each.-Dr. Parton.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-17

Leigh, Mrs. Adelaide, Washington. F0ur , mt
bred and twenty acres VI ianu w. Ho1,1-
north by Mrs. Dunbar. front 0y pay iS Go Nv
tableau, rear by bayou Carroh, Delo" ".
town of Washington. Amount OF STATE $ anSn
parish taxes for the year 1854, 1orty-lou&
dollars and four cents and costs.
Lejeunne, David, Mallet. Horses amount eai L VI
State and parish taxes for the year 1854, one
dollar and sixty-fOuP cents ana costs ACt
the year 1884, one dollar and sifty -four cents
and costs.
Lejeune, Joseph, Prairie Hayes. Eighty acres
of land bounded north by ROZe, south
by Meche, east by bapOu PlaQuemlne, WesJ
by Richard. Amount OF state ana parlsh
taxes for the year 1884, two dollars ana nIty-
six cents and costs.
Lemon L. t. H. Two hundred and seventy and
seventy eight hundredths OF an acre OF lana
situated i'll Prairie Laurent, bounded north
by Thee. Chachere, south by Coulee Bour-
Deux, east by Jos. Balquie aud west ny
Pierre Barnabe. Amount of State and par,
lsh taxes fer the year 1884, one dollar ana
twenty cents and costs.
Linton, Tom, f. H. C. Garland, near OpelOusas.
Mares cattle and vihicles. Amount of State
and parish taxes for the year 1884, two dol
lars and twelve cents and costs.
Long, G. c. Fifty-five acres of land situated on
Atchafalaya, bounded north by Lyons Es-
tate south and east by Atchafalaya, west
by H. B. Hartman. Amount Of State and
parish taxes for the year 1884, eighty cents
and costs.
Lormand, Clafrville. Eighty acres of unin-
proved land bounded north by Homestead
Entry. south by Louis Richard, east
by Jacob White, west by White. Amount
of State and parish taxes for the year 1884.
two dollars and twenty eight cents and costs.
On said day of sale will sell such portion of
each of said specific property as each debtor
shall point out, and IN case the debtor shall not
point out sufficient property, will at once and
without further delay sell the least quantity OF
bidder will buy for the amount Of the taxes,
interests, and costs due by said debtor. The
sale will be without appraisement, for cash, III
legal tender money of the United States, and
the property sold shall be redeemable at any
time for the space of one year by paying the
price given with twenty per cent. and costs
added.
State Tax Collector parish of st. Landry.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-17
NOTICE.
LAND OFFICE, at New Orleans. La, I
Santarn haI. O01 1898
sep 12-5t

LAND OFFICE, at New Orleans. La, I
September 22d, 1885.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the Judge
or Clerk of Court at OpelOusas, La ON the
Sd, day of November 1885, viz:
PIERRE BELLO.
who made Homestead Entry No. $3.50, for the
lot No. One ID Sec. % Township South OF
Range East, La Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of said land, viz:
Michael Prud'homme, Sr. Olivere Derbonne.
Firmin DerbOnne, Michael Prud'homme Jr. all
of the Parish Of st. Landry La.
C. B. DARRALI,
sept post Register
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-17
NOTICE.
LAND OFFICE at New Orleans. La, !

LAND OFFICE at New Orleans, La, 4
Sept 4th, 1885.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his Intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that saiu proof will be made before the Judge
or Clerk of Court at OpelOusas, La, on October
18th, 1885, viz
ADAM U. MAYER.
who made homestead entry No. 1926 for the
Lot 3, Sec 5, Tp10, RI W, La Meridian.
He names the following witness to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
Louis Mayer. Aurelien Clement, John P,
Breaux and Jules Mayer, all OF st. Landry par.
ish, La.
sep 12-5t Register.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-17
NOTICE

LAND OFFICE at New Orleans, La,
Sept. 4th, 1885.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support Of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the
Judge or clerk of court at Opelousas, La, on
October 18th, 1885, viz:
JULES MEYER,
of st. Landry parish La Homestead Entry No
1921 for the Lots Nos. and 4 or S w of See
IT TIP 10 S r West.
his pon and
of said land, viz:
Jean p Breaux. Adam U. Meyer. Joseph L.
Trahan, and Louis Mayer all of st. Landry
parish, la.
c. B. DARRALL,
sept12-5t Register.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-17
Ssrvyees o.. StOgess.

EHROM the plantation of c. R. Steele in Belle
II yue, about February or March, 1885, a black
COW with white belly, white spot in the face
The end of one horn broken off little; brand
onNthigh unknown /; branded on shoulder thus:
e. She has with her red heifer yearling,
also a red and white spotted or speekled two
wears old bull. A liberal reward will be paid
for their delivery in Opelousas, to
aug LIT G. L. HAYES.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-17
w. s. FRAZEE,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
OFFICE WITH LEWIS 6 BRO,
oPELoUsAs, La.
oPELoUsAs, La.

Will practicethei profession in the Courts of
Southwest Louisiana and the Supreme Court
and Federal Courts.
10 Notarial Deeds of all kinds executed
here and in all parts of the parish.=A9
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-17

Honey for sale, crop of 1885, so cents
per gallon. Apply to Thos. j. Bell, at
this Office,
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-17

Lebnuf, Octave, Pointe Noir. Forty acres of
land bounded north by DR.. Parker, east by
Evans, south unknown, and west by rail
road land. Amount of State and parish
taTes for the year 1884, four dollars and
twenty cents and costs.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-17

Guillory, Orville. Forty-oue acres of land
bounded north and west by Q. D. F0ntenot,
south and east by J. Bite, D. d. L. Fontenot.
Amount of state and parish taxes for the
year 1884, one dollar and sixty-four cents
and costs.
Cutlery, Simeon, Petit Prairie. Horse.
Amount OF state and parish taxes for the
and costs.