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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-28
ADNON. CENTRAL DE- CORREOS
DE LA
ISLA DE PUERTO RICO.

Terminates Ell definitiva los traba-
JOS para el establecimiento del Correo
de la Linea Central ramal de Rio
piedras d Fajardo, esta Administration
General pone en- conocimiento del Co
mercio y del pdbIico, que desde ell dh
Is del corriente mes, empezara q pres
tarse dicho servicio, y per consiguien-
tie que desde esta fecha la expedition
del Ceutro y Este que hasta aqui hacia
su salida a las 10 de Ii mailana 10
veri6cara d las II, admitiendose CO.
rrespondencia ordinaria hasta media
hora antes. Los peri6dicos seran ad-
mitidos de 8 d Ii de la maflana.
Puerto-Rico, Julio Il de l6S5.-El
Administrator General, ENRIQUE r
CARRIzo. ii
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-28

C0nDalIa oral. qrasatldndca

VAPORES C0RRE0S FRANCHISES.
IN IER a RIO.
Linea directa de San Nazairo Veracruz
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-28
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-28
Linea intercolonial de San Thomas
pto. Rico & Jamaica.
Linea de Havre-Pauillac-V

Los pFeoios lie pasaje para Santander y
st. Nazaire son.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-28
Aqua FENIX.
PARA TEEIR y HERMOSEAR Ell CABELLO,
Prsparada por el Doctor GONZALEZ,
FsrmacEutieo.
Betiea de San Jose,
GALE DE AculAR, No. 10s, HABANA.

As como ei ave Ftnix, segun cuenta Ia MitolOgts,
naea periodcamente dc sgs pfopias censas todos
los attributes de la uveutud asi tanblen ei de
este pTeciosO eosnstico los eeuan los pro-
gresos de Ia edad aparecen joYenes ostentsndo su
eabeIlerz cen todos los atavies de IA edad primefa
Ell Aqua Eenix devuelYe al cabelio de IN modo uni
formey al msmo tempo pausstino gradual el color
que tuvo la juyentud, comuniczndole hrillo
suavidad que exincn eI uso de sceites pemadas
Cen extirpa Ia caspa fortaece el bulbo
pEodactor del cabeiio, auHentsndo crecimiento
tiene Ia nmenss ventaja de manehar la piel, que
Is Ell mayor de hos ineonvenienses que tienen
algunos de los tiates conocidos; olor es grato y
no ofende al sentido de Ia vista nj niguna
paSte del osgsnismo.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Klowa surgery.

Il is the habit of coroners' deputies
while conducting autopsies to describe,
for the benefit of those around, the va
rious functions of the organs examined
in determining the cause of death
When the operation is over the various
cuts are sewed together, and the body
is left looking as if it had never been
mutilated. While an assistant was sew
ing the parts of the scalp of a man at
the morgue, the other day, spectator
said: ..... t...
THAT reminds me of a cut saw on
the head of a Kiowa down in the Witch
ita mountains, In Indian territory
There was fight, and the Kiowa got a
slash more than five inches long right
over the top of his head and clear into
the skull. His friends laid him out on
his back and proceeded to shave the
hair all away on each side of the wound,
except single row of hairs right along
the edges. When they'd got that done
they took those hairs, one on each side
of the cut at a time, and tied them to-
gether. Then they gathered up hand
full of weeds and chewed them into pulp
aud put it over the cut and tied it on
With a red cotton handkerchief 1t
wasn't ten days till that Indian was as
well as ever"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01

A Dusky Congo oueen.


On the Kwa, deep, rapid tributary
OF the Congo, is native town called
Musye, the residence of Queen Gankabi,
where Mr.. Stanley, while exploring the
river, stopped to pay a visit to its femi-
nine ruler. The arrival Of the smoke
boats created great connection in
the village. Unfortunately oankabi
was not at home she had gone up the
river, and the natives were afraid to re-
ceive the strangers in her absence. AS
heparty steamed away, with the ayowed
intention of finding her royal highness,
Stanley was entreated not to frighten
the poor queen with the great paddle
wheels.
Brighten her, indeed, A canoe soon
came in view in which was seated a
female, padding vigorously for a few
strokes, and then in Il peculiar style
bringing her right arm aklmbo to her
waist Without the slightest sign of
timidity she steered her forty-fye-foot
canoe alongside. This yer, action on
her part denoted person OF character.
She brought her paddle in-board, and
with her right arm to her waist, she
examined US keenly and attentivcly for
some minutes without speaking. Tx
cepting her hair and color, she had moth
ing negroish about her Draw Il figure
, with the Martha Washington type OF
face, color it with rich bronze, put short
frizzy hair of negro above and one
has striking likeness Of queen Gan.
kabi. y
This Amazon, sturdy and uare
shouldered, stood, with bare feet, full,
five feet seven inches in height Hel
costume was an ample graSS-clott
folded about her substantial form, an(
her wrists were adorned with hcav,
copper bands. ReSolute and earnest
eyed this woman showed neither terro
nor establishment at the smoke boat
and its crew, but at once issued com
mands with the air of one accustomed
to be obeyed. Mr.. Stanleys interview
with this dusky queen is one of the mos
amusing incidents in his fascinating
book
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01


A poor farmer once owned an enor-
nous goose, that laid a golden egg
every month; but as the farmer was
very anxious to pay of a mortgage on
his property, he killed the phenomenal
goose and got more gold from her body
than could be obtained from couple of
gold mines. In fact, complete trans
formation was wrought in the farmers
affairs and prospects; his near-sighted
acquaintance suddenly found that they
could recognize him in a dense fog; the
wart on his nose, which had previously
been regarded as hideous excrescence,
was ascertained, on closer inspection,
to be unique, picturesque and esthetic
equipment; and the neighborhood wag,
who had often said that when the
farmer talked it WAS like running the
English language through the sausage
grinder" now affirmed that his speech
was remarkably free from the hamper
ing conventionalities of the day. The
farmer was soon master of a princely es.
Enlistment, and built him dog-house
of solid gold
Moral-It is wasting time to catch
fish with hook when you can rake
them in by the bushel with a seine; and
it is useless to walk up nine flights OF
stairs when you can take the elevator.
River Drying Cr
The Connecticut river, once a naviga.
bic stream for a considerable distance,
Is said to be drying up because of the
destruction of the forests along its
watershed.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Recreation for Londou's Poor.
lI.eland,s London Letter.

The benevolent of London are rum ing
wild on recreation for the poor. The
ladies 60 stunning" they see girls and
youth dirty, hungry, ill-fed and housed,
and say forthwith: What dismal life
nothing to cheer it-no pleasure; no
amusement; let us give them recrea
ton" They see the poor creatures suf.
fering for want of bread, and so pro.
pose to give them cake and candy, or
penny ices. l believe | know these
people as they are, quite as we'll as their
benefactors, and in my opinion it is not
recreation that is needed, but higher
wages.
The poor girls in the east of Lon
don who earn and live upon shilling a
day, count by scores of thousands, and
for these recreation is now the cry
Truly if one could double or treble their
wages they would find recreation fol
themselves fast enouth, as youth or age
generally does without much help when
it is fed, washed, clothed, and decently
housed.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
liam. $ Free nan Clarke. |


People often eulogize practice who's
they only mean routine; boasting then.
selves as practical teachers, intending
thereby that they only do what always
has been done, and do not mean to do
any better tomorrow than they did yes
terday. Practice and theory must 60
together. Theory, without practice to
test it, to verify it, to correct it, is idle
speculation! but practice without theory
to animate it is mere mechanism. In
every art and business, theory is the
soul and practice the body. The soul
without the body in which to dwell is
indeed only ghost, but the body with
out soul is only corpse.
l sometimes pass a sign on which the
artisan has painted, John Smith Cor
whatever the name may be-, Practical
Plumber" should not wish to en-
ploy him. When the water-works in
my house get out of order, want a
theoretical plumber as well as one who
is practical l want man who under
stands the theory of hydrostatic press.
ure; who knows the laws giving resist
ing qualities to lead, iron, zinc, and
copper; who can SO arrange and plan
beforehand the pipes that he shall ac
complish the result aimed at with the
smallest amount of piping, the least ex
posture to frost, the least danger OF
leakage or breakage; and this merely
practical man, man of routine, cal
not do. The merest artist needs to the
orize, i. e., to think-to think before
hand, to foresee; and that must b.
done by the aid of general principles
by the knowledge of laws
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
The Philippine Islander and His Hat


Felt and wooden hats are exported in
large quantities from Germany to the
Philippine isles. The hat is the great
article of adornment worn by the ma
tives- nobody is anybody without it,
but it must be of European origin. The
homemade cane hats are relegated to
homely wits and slender purses.
Especial value is placed on a bright
eolored silk lining, with a ticket nicely
printed in gold. Indeed, when the hat
is new, the Manila dandy carries it in
his hand, so that people may admire the
internal splendor. 81 .r t4f
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Tho wonders of an Egg.

Every one who eats his matutinal egg
eats a sermon and miracle. Inside of
that smooth, symmetrical, beautiful
shell turks a question which has been
the Troy town for all the philosophers
and scientists since Adam. Armed with
the engines of war-the microscope, the
scales, the offensive weapons of chemis-
try and reason--they have probed and
weighed and experimental, and still
the question is unsolved, the citadel un,
sacked
Professor Bokorny can tell you that al
bumen is composed of so many molecules
of carbon, and nitrogen, and hydrogen,
can persuade you of the difference be-
tween active and passive albumen and
can show by wonderfully delicate exper-
iments what the aldehydes have to do
in the separation of gold from his com
plicated solutions; but he can't tell you
why from one egg comes a 'little rid
hin, and from another bantam.
You leave your silver spoon an hour
in your egg cup and it is coated with u
compound of sulphur; why is that sui
phur there: Wonderful that evolution
should provide for the bones of the
future hen There is PHOSPHORUS also
in that little microcosm, and the oxygen
of the air passing through the shell
unites with it and the acid dissolves the
shell, thus making good strong bones
for the chick and at the same time thin
ming the prison walls. Chemists know
a good deal now about albumen, and if
they can not tell us why life differen-
tiates itself therein and thereby, they
can tell you how not tospoil your br sak
fast by OVERRIDING your eggs.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Washington in a New Light.
iMcMnSter'S History.


HE Washington died in his 6Sth
year, and in the heyday of his glory and
his fame. Time has since dealt gently
with his memory, and he has come down
TO us as the greatest of all leaders and
the most immaculate of all men. Nc
other face is SO familiar to us. His
name is written all over the map of oul
country. We have made of his birth.
day national feast. The outlines OF
his biography are known to every school.
boy in the land. Yet his true biography
is still to be prepared. Gen. Washing
ton is known to us, and President
Washington.
But George Washington is an un
known man. When at last he is set he
fore us in his habit as he lived, we shall
read less of the cherry tree and more Of
the man Naught surely that is heroic
will! be omitted; but side by side witt
what is heroic will appear much that il
commonplace. We shall behold tn,
great commander repairing defeat will
marvellous celebrity, healing the dissen
sions of his officers and calming the pas
sions of his mutinous troops. But W,
shall also hear his oaths, and see him il
those terrible outburstS of passion t
which Mr.. Jefferson has alluded, anC
one of which Mr.. Lear has described
We shall see him refusing to be paid b,
congress, yet exacting from the famil,
of the poor mason the shilling that wa
his due. We shall know him as the coll
and forbidding character, with whom
no fellow-man ever yentured to live o.
close and familiar terms; we shall re
spect and honor him for being, not tn
greatest of generals, nor the wises
of statesmen, not the most sanity of hi
race, but man with many human frai
ties and much common sense, who ros
in the fullness of time to be tn
political deliverer of our country"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
An Arctic Appetite.
tExchange,l

If intensity of appetite is the measure
of pain suffered by persons who are
starving to death, it would seem that to
die in the Arctic regions is a much
greater agony than to die in the tropics,
for cold sharpens hunger. Lieut.. Greedy
says that his party had ferocious appe-
tites during all the long sojourn in the
north, each man eating with relish
three meals of animal food and two
lunches every day, and craving fat,
though not to the extent some Arctic
travellers report. AS a means to fortify
the system against cold or brace it up
for forced marches, whisky, rum and
other Observation-Disclosures were regarded
as of little benefit
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Flowers in the Tropics.

lienry q. FORBES, r. Il. q. :
There is an erroneous idea about the
profusion of fine flowers existing in the
tropics. This is Just one of the pro.
ducts of the summer of the world
that the traveller fails to see unless he
searches very well and very closely. The
great forest trees are too high for one
to be able to see whether they bear fruit
or flowers. OF the great mass of lower
vegetation nothing is seen but green
foliage. Hours and hours, sometimes
days even, have traversed a forest,
bounded roadwidlcut seeing blossom
gay enough to attract attention.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
A UNIQUE PEPPER weight.
Chicago Trlbune.l

That's a rather unique looking paper
weight you have there, said Alpha, in
dicating a curiously-shaped article lying
on the table of his friend Omega.
''Yes," said the latter, picking up the
object and eying it critically. you know
they have begun to teach cooking in the
public schools, and this is doughnut
baked by my sister Clio after taking
only six lessons in the domestic arr"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
4 Better Reason Why.
Philadelphia Call.

Miss B.-I wish that conceited fool
wouldn't annoy me so much with his
attentions. / wish he'd mind his own
business. .....,..-
Miss F.-He can't mind his own bust
ness.
Miss because he's got no bust.
neSsl HrEI
Miss because he's got no mind.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01

The sultan of Constantinople is named
Osman Bey. His twenty wives make
him syn his name o. Bey.
New-York tribune., 1885-01-13
SHORT AND PHELAN ABROAD.
THEIR SHARE IN THE DYNAMITE WORK.

THE PRISONERS CONNECTION WITH THE CORK
CoNsPIRACY-HOw KEARNEY ESCAPED.
LONDON. Jan. 12.-Richard Short, who made the
attack on Phelan, suspected by the Irish police
authorities to have been connected with the Cork
dynamite conspiracy. When FeatherstOne was
arrested in March. 1SS3 Shorts house searched.
Short thereupon went to America. His wife re-
turned to Cork some time ago, and is now in the
wOrkhOuse there
Phelan assisted Kearney to leave England when
the latter was suspected of being a dynamite con-
spirator by the Glasgow police. Kearney used to be
signal man on the Caledonian Railway at
Glasgow. lie left his signal box just before the rail-
way company's works and the corporation gas
works were made the objects of dynamite out
rage He had attended dynamite meetings and had
been associated with FeatherstOne. 1t is 50 d in
some quarters. however, that Kearney was not sus-
pected of being connected with the dynamiteurs
and that he remained in the service of the Gale
DOMAIN Railway until March, 1SS3 when his con
necton with them was disclosed at the trial of the
ten Glasgow dynamiteurs at Edinburgh. He was
traced to Edinburgh, from there to Newcastlc-On-
Tyne, and from there to Hull. From Hull he
escaped To America.
OPINIONS OF THE ENGLISH PRESS.
All the newspapers speak in satrical manner Of
ODonovan Rossa's prudence in being absent from
his Office during the quarrel Friday. The Times
says:
n there be grain Of truth in Pheans revelations they
woud offer u sufficient cause To England for demanding
kcarneys eXiraditlOn. II has been great misfortune
hitherto that respectable Americans have not sufficiently
realized what was ransprng In their midst. Their eyes
are now opened and American law will make short work
OF Rosa and his accompices u their guilt can be proved
The time has certainly arrived to set the law in motion
no DYNAMITE ON THE STEAMER QUEEN.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. IL. The Off eers of the National
Line Steamship Company state that Phelans story
about dynamite having been sent tn England on
the Queen in an invention. No dynamite was ever
found on any Of the National Line steamers.
New-York tribune., 1885-01-13
SHOT BY AZ EDITOR.
Inv TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUSE.i

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12.-This city has again
been thrown into state OF great excitement by shoot
ing ARRAY ON Saturday last The Mascot weekly publ
cation contained an attack Oh W. T. Houston Judge OF
one of The civil courts OF this city To-day about noon
J. d. Houston state Tax Collector OF the Ist District
brother OF Judge Houston. accompanied by ROBERT
brewster Register of Voters went to ihe Mascot
office and found there George Osmond, the Editor ana
Adolph Zarncck wood.cngravcr Houston struck
Osmond with "a cane. Osmond Immediately TOOK from
q drawer a evover, and Houston stepped bacK ana AT
tempted draw his pistol from his hp-pocket Osihond
Houston In the right hand the ball DreakinSa hhger
and penetrating the neshy part OF the hand
Although IIouston's arm was almost paralyzed, nc
In drawing his pistol transferred II TO his eft
hand and fired once at Osmond shooting him III tie DIS
tol hand infcting slight wound He then attempted 10
fire again but the weapon failed to or swapping Ve
times Zarneck the cngraycr In the meantime had gone
10 the assistance OF Osmond, and having no weapon
threw "A stOveld Houston Brewster, seeing Iafncck
Join IN the fight, opened fire on him. ana Osmohd then
shot Brewster four times. one ball passing throgh MN
aud coming the right side TWO more shots TOOK
effect In his left arm, and still another penetrated MS
right hip Brewster and Houston, being disabled, re-
treated down stairs. Cabs were summoned ana thcy
we're both taken To the Charity Hospital IL was mere
found that Houston painfully but not dahgerousy
hurt and that Brewster mOrtally wounded. osohu
WAS
New-York tribune., 1885-01-13
MR.. LEGATE MAKES A DENIAL.

TOPEKA, Jan. 12.-Ihe State journal this
evening prints an interview with James Legae In re-
lation TO the letter published to-day purporng to have
been written by him TO r. c. Keens OF ST. Louis After
reading the letter carefully Mr.. Legate said:
"This letter Il a cold booded forgery. never wrote
ANYTHING of the kind him one IL IL wilfii ana
malicious lie from beginning TO end never knew nr.
Kerens and met him except once rode with nun
from Cincinnati to Columbus some ten days before the
october election when ho told the methods OF tho CAM
pagn in Cincinnati.
Mr. Legae also declared that he never made any such
proposton written oral that Governor ST. John had
never talked him on the subject had never ohoren 10
make auy terms with Republicans and that St John had
never authorized him to make any proposition ana ta
ony charge that he had done wilful lie gotten
up to iniure ST. John.
New-York tribune., 1885-01-13
BROOKLYN 1NFAVOR OF Mr.. EVARTS.

ADDRESSES AT THE RINK MEETING BY JUDGE DAVIS
AND GENERAL wOODFORD.
The meeting i'll the Brooklyn Rink last evening
of citizens in favor of the election of William VI.
Evarts as United States Senator was large and earn-
est Every seat was occupied and among those
present were many prominent men and number Of
women. On the platform, besides the speakers, were
Alexander ii. Van Cott. Henry Sanger Snow, j. G.
Palmer, Henry X. Demilt. John H. Dingman, A. d.
Wheelock t. X. Horton, G. w. Alexander, w. T.
Is. Milllken, Judge George G.. Reynolds, II. L.
Pratt. Walter 4. Hatch, Charles Dennis. ir.. II. J.
Kimball, Will II. Williams Dr. l.. g. Wilder
n. Is. H0xe, jr., w. j. COombs W. C. Uerrick The
Rev. Henry Baker, Benjamin Estes the Rev 7
Hyatt Smith, Willis l.. Ogden, r. H. thomas II e
Burrows. Henry Coffin Robert Hunter, w. w. Ste.
phenson James Dunnng, James H. Thorpe Leon
ard Moody and Abon Man.
Joshua NJ Van Cott was called to the chair and n
list of vice-presidents was read amos2 them were
5. Ii. CbIttenden. Franklin Woodruff Leonard
Moody. j. s. 1. StranahaD. Albon Man, the Rev.
Edward +; Terhnne, Augustus storrs, Thomas f.
Heath and Theodore r. Davis. The secretaries
were James s. Case and Henry c. Swain. MIR. Van
COtt said;
ltieal meeting II IL convened without the use of tho
ordinary political machinery, aud Is spontaneous
precision OF the popular sentiment OF the Republicans OF
Brooklyn In favor OF sending TO the Senate the most emf
nent citizen OF New-York, William NJ. Evarts. lGreat
Applause.l
General Stewart L. Woodford was next intro
Guced with ths remark that he needed NO introduce
New-York tribune., 1885-01-13
SURPRISING BULWERs LETTERS.
FROZEN ~ THE NORTAERy ICE.
FEARS FOR THE SAFETY OF SHIP OF THE HuD-
son BAY COMPANY.

FEARS FOR THE SAFETY OF 4 SHIP OF THE HuD-
son BAY COMPANY.
MONTREAL, Que, Jaa. 1.-THE officers OF
the Hudson Bay Company in this city
have just received alarming dispatches from
Moose Factory regarding one OF th' E
finest vessels the Prince Wales honcwad boondwtn
cargo valued nearly S250.oO0 The Prince Of
Wales started for Lon don about October She encoun-
tered heavy weather the Bay and arriving at the
Hudson Straits found the ice impassabe. She then re-
turned to point within 80 miles Of Moose Factory and
a boat was sent to Moose Factory to get the neces-
sary supplies OF fuel and clothing. After
difficult passage in which the crew suffered terribly
the Intense cod the fort rcached on tho next
day OF the large boats belonging 10 the FORT well
supplied with provisions clothing. axes,
sleds, moccasins, httens, etc, I"t
wintern g, started for the vessel: Tho boat
miles through the fields OF ice, when she
was firmly in It with great difficulty thae
she was and the party returned 10 the Tort
Recourse was had to the Indians, who we're dis
patched to find the vessel They also returned IN the
course of few days. saying they could not her On
November another expedition In ligt open boat waS
sent out having made eight miles with great
difficulty and having endured night OF terrible cold.
ali returned from the unsuccessful search. The only
hone il that the vessel has reached Charlton Island,
which, at least, is wooded aud will afford supply OF
fp.l