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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1886-04-30
LIBROS.

Sc han recihido en- esta 1mpren-
ia, por el dltimo vapor-correo de
la Peninsula los siguientes:
LEY de Enjuiciamiento Civi.
apotada y encuadernada en- pasta
a $3.50 ejempiar.
OBRAS de Amicis.
VETERINARIA, por Arag6.
TACTICAS de infanteria.
COLECCIONES de las obras
de Alarc6n.
HISTORIA natural, por Pc.
reda.I
CURIOSIDADES gramatifa
les, por Martinez Garcia.
HACIENDA municipal por
Abella.
OBRAS comp,etas de Mora.
tin.
Ell MARTYR del G6lgota, por
Perez Escrich.
GALERIA de mujeres celebres
por dona Maria del Pillar Sinues
de Marco.
IIISTORIA de la Religion, por
Mazo.
Ell CATOLICISMO en- pre-
sencia de sus disidentea, por Eliza.
onirra.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1886-04-30
LICOR De BREA YEJETAL
DEL DIR. GONZALEZ.

DIEz axca de G4ito mas de cINCUENTA NIL
enfermes curados alxunOs de una manera prOdiSosa,
sou la mejor prueba para demostraT que sl LIeoR
sALskMrco DK BRzA vRcErAL DEL DR. GONZALEZ
es e que meior eobate los eatarTos croaiccs toses
rebeldea, erpeetosaciones abundants, aanA, hron-
quits dem4s afeoeiones del tubo respraserio. Pre-
serva de Ia tsis til los de IL veiga,
puri6ea Ia sangre de Sua mslcs humcres tisns una
aecon tonca sObrc todo el orEanimo de sAl sueEte,
que con su uso Sc abre el apetto So engords.
Enfemos eansados de tomAr otrAs msdicinAs haA
recurrido al IIcoR pK BREA DH GoNxALRE, y 4 su
benefco inAujo han reeuperado sl don mas prseiOsO
de Ia vida que Ia salud. No debe eonfundifse 81
LIcoR DE BRHA DIR GONZALEZ con Osros que llsvAn
nombres parecidos.
U-Ss vende en- todAa las hotieas De Ia Isla de
Cuba los deposi,os al pOF mayor son. en- Ia Habana,
5efiea dc Ssn Iesf, AguaI ndmsro 100, IaN dzcgus
riAs La RsSniSs y lie CsStrSk
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1886-04-30
CONTABILIDAD
MUNICIPAL.

Juego complete de Libros arre-
glados a los formularios publica-
dos por ell Gobierno General.
Impresos de todas classes para
los Municipios.
De venta en- la Imprenta del
BoLETIN.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1886-04-30
BOleti1 NerCantl de PuertO-RiCO.
PERIODICO CONSAGRADO
LA DEFEESA DE LOS INTERESTS EACIONALES EN- AMERICA
0RsANO DRLOS ESPANOLE INCOEDUIONALES EN- PTO RICO
CONDICIONES GENERATES acordadas por la Direction
para toda cIase de remitidos Y anuncios

La publication los snuncios medic de preo
vencionales Sc determnsan los
Los omunicados rmtido gaceas dben
frma del asumira onsabad consecun ade
mas con la de responsible de
Los remid gacetias Sn
devueltos aunque o publquen.
No 8 e responde de de clch6s
La coumna del pe6dco considerable cenimetrv
de largo
81 nuncante ndra derecho exgr
publication de En- desea concederse pags
10 p.9 sobre e preio de tarih.
Ell anunciante en c publication de auuncios
drA una bonifcscon de 10 p.9 sobre los de tari
Cuando pesos
recba ped de En-
el primer ndmero
Para los uscrpo del BoIErS Inca de gacela communicate
emitdo secci6n
Los suscrpos endrdn 25 p9 de bonfca6n so precio
cetilas comunicados 8 remitdos
Fl de las suscrpcones anunco gacea
cados anticipate.
dase de sair pe6dco temporalmente
nunciane regado pubones
deado de sair.
Tarifa para La publication de anuncios
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1886-04-30

Este maravilloso bGlsamo sana infaliblemsn
to las heridss sntiguAs, las IlagAs, y los male
de piernas y dc pecho. Por medic de su inilusn
cia las tlceras virulentas toman muy pronto
I'm aspecto convaleciente desaparecen. "a
mas deja, este unguentO ferigerante. de- nre
ducir una curs perfeota de Las ateOciones "A Il
miel, los cOnstipadOa, las toses y 81 reamstis
no, aun cuando se ha aUelAdo en- vano te
dos losdem&s remedies.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1886-04-30

The Propriesors of the " BOIstiH
MercantH " have the honour of re-
questing English advertisers to hand
their orders to Mess. AMEDEE
PRINCE & c. who are the sole
Agents for all English q French
Advsrttsing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24
Banana Fritters.

Pare and cut six bananas in round
slices about half an inch thick. Place
them in bowl and sprinkle over them
two tablespoonful of sugar and one of
brandy, or wine, or the juice of an
orange, and let them stand one hour
Beat two eggs very light, and add half a
cup of milk. Pour this gradually on one
cup of -four and beat well. Add one table
spoonful of oil or melted butter, half
tea-spoonful of salt, drop few pieces
of the banana in this batter, and fry in
hot fat until brown. Drain on paper
and sprinkle with sugar. After cutting
the fruit Mrs. Daniels poured over it
the libation of wine, little at time,
taking up the bowl and giving tia quick,
deft toss, which mixed the fruit, without
breaking it, between each additional
spoonful. The bananas for fritters, hav-
ing stood the required hour in liquor,
were dipped in delicate batter and
drained. This same batter will do for
oysters and is very delicate, but has
hardly sufficient body to use alone for
" batter fritters." Very nice.-BoS-
ton Cooking School.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24
Liquid Manure.

Mr.. Editor:-There has been some
discussion in this vicinity among the
young farmers who are struggling for
an existence on soil worn out by our
fathers as to the best way of saving
liquid manure, the majority claiming
that by the use of dry loan or muck
placed in the cutters and under the sta
bles, and mixed with the solids, better
results can be obtained than in any
other way, while the few claim that as
there is no more plant-food in the alb
sorbents thus used than in the common
soil in the field, there is nothing gained
in hauling it to the barn and back to
the field again, and that the best and
most economical way is to catch it in
a cistern and distribute by means of
sprinkler. What we want is the best
results from the least labor. Please
give us your opinion. H. w. Town.
REPLY BY AGRICULTURAL EDIToR.-
The question of economy in the use of
absorbents for the retention and preser-
walton of the liquid excavations of our
cattle is one best settled by each farmer
himself. But in using them he ought
to make sure that the particular absorb
ent he uses does actually absorb and re-
tain all the liquid. According to our
experience, upon cemented floor, it
takes an immense quantity of straw or
sawdust to take it all up-far more than
is commonly used-so that three-fourths
and more will 60 through an open floor
and be lost, under ordinary circum-
stances. We do not believe that we
can afford to collect and use enough of
any absorbent to accomplish the pur-
pose, unless it is dry muck. This is by
far the most powerful, and when used
freely, with a covering of straw for
cleanliness, it will preserve treble the
liquid of any other substance. Next to
it comes dry loan, but it is a very
heavy substance to draw in and out,
and very large quantity is required
to save all the urine. With us, if we
were large stock-keeper, the alterna-
tive would be cemented cellar with
plenty of muck, or cemented tank
under the tie-up, and sprinkling cart
or sled to distribute the contents as it
accumulates. The tank system is prac-
ticed in the town of Irasburgh by
several farmers, and they are entirely
satisfied with the results after four or
five years. trial.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24
Oysters a la POulette.

Put one quart of oysters on to boil in
their own liquor. When they CON-
mence boiling, skim carefully and pour
into strainer. Drain well and set
aside. Put one-half pint of the oyster
liquor into saucepan, and when it
begins to boil stir into in one heaping
tea-spoonful of flour, mixed with three
tablespoonful of cold water. Boil
gently five minutes. Put one pint of
cream into double boiler, and when hot
add the thickened oyster liquor. Season
with salt and pepper, little nutmeg
and grain of cayenne. Beat well
four egg yolks, and add half cup of
cold cream. Now add to The cook
ing mixture the oysters, one table
spoonful of butter and finally the egg
liquid prepared. Simmer for three
minutes, stirring constantly. Remove
from the fire Immediately and serve
with border of puff-paste cakes, cut
in any fantastic shapes to form an at
tractive border.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24
Soft Custards.

One quart of milk, one-half cup of
sugar, one-half tea-spoonful of salt,
yolks of eight eggs and whites of two;
flavor; beat sugar and eggs together,
and add little cold milk. Let the re-
the beaten eggs, and stir constantly
until thick. Then add salt. When
cool, flavor. When ready to cool any
thing, where time is an object, do
not use an earthen bowl or pitcher, as
it will cool twice as quickly in tin or
granite. Replying to a question. The
eggs called for in the recipe are two
whole ones and six yolks. In making
any custard beat the eggs with spoon,
as it is only essential to break them up
so that they will mix readily with the
milk. If you beat them very light you
will have spongy custard, full of
holes. One rule is to beat only until you
can take up spoonful of the liquid.
To this l add, when sufficiently beaten,
cup of cold milk, which I saved out
before. This prevents the hot milk
cooking the egg when first put in. Be
sure your milk is boiling hot. Remem-
Der it will not boil up like water, but,
beginning at the outer edge, the whole
top fills with bubbles. Put in your
spoon and be sure S'he hot milk is
thoroughly in motion before you pour
in the cold egg and milk. In stirring,
also, stir carefully down from the sides
and all about the bottom. When your
custard is done, the white foam that
covers the top at first will have disap-
peared, leaving clear air bubbles in its
place. To this, as soon as remove it.,
l add the half tea-spoonful of salt.
Add to this the vanilla and set aside to
get cold.-BoSton Cooking School.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24

culture and horticulture as "hum-
bugs" Every year we see that word
applied to small fruit-growing, bee
keeping, poultry-keeping, dairying, and
even to general farming. All these
businesses require patience, persever-
ance and careful study, in order to Sc
sure success.
Let us point out the mistakes that
G. W. S. has made, which, If corrected,
will enable him to keep his Wealthy
apples, and to develop the good quail
ties they certainly possess. In the
first place, he made the enormous mis-
take of leaving them a month too long
on the trees. The Wealthy is fully
ripe for gathering in our orchard by the
middle of September, being well col
ored. and the seeds brown. This is
the test for apple-gathering, and fruits
left on the trees after reaching this
stage are losing, in the September suns
and October winds, all those good quail
tiles that give them value. All our
Wealthys (and we have over four hun
dred trees of this variety in bearing)
are gathered during the third week in
September, carefully handled and as
sorted, and placed in good, clean bar
rels, care being taken that they shall be
perfectly cooled off before being bar
relied. 1t is better to pick them in the
morning, or on dull days, to prevent
the effect of the suns heat upon them.
The barrels are at once placed in cool
cellar, the windows of which are closed
by day and open at night Thus man.
aged, the Wealthy has not failed, in
the nine years we have grown them, to
keep well until the warmth of spring
begins to penetrate the cellar, or say
till the last of March. So handled, the
quality of these apples is such, both for
cooking and dessert, that they have
brought in our local market from fifty
cents to one dollar barrel more than
Baldwins brought up from New Hamp-
shire, and have kept quite as well.
Last year was an off one with our
Wealthy orchard, and many complaints
were made by our customers that we
could not supply them all, though we
asked and got SO barrel for what we
had, while Baldwins sold for $1.75.
G.. w. S. says of another Northwest
ern apple: " The Pewaukee apples are
looking fine, and have decayed very
little yet They have very small core,
with thin, soft hull"
With us the Pewaukee is much infe-
rior in quality to the Wealthy, coarse
looking, coarse-feshed and coarse
favored apple, and, worse than all, it
is so lacking in hardness of tree that
we have uprooted them all. But in
Washington county they would prob
ably stand the winter better. They
keep longer with us than the Wealthy
but no better, for the time they do keep.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24
Treatment of Wrecked Trees.

A Portsmouth, N. H., correspondent,
a sufferer from the terrible ice-storm
that worked so much damage along the
New England coast upon orchards,
forests and ornamental trees, early in
February, asks of us some suggestions
as to the treatment of badly torn and
broken limbs of trees, and also as to
whether any preparation would be of
use in preventing further decay.
Undoubtedly, the first thing to be
done is to remove the stumps of broken
limbs as smoothly as possible, and to
securely bolt together, with iron bolts,
limbs and trunks that have been par
TALLY split asunder. When this has
been done the cracks, and smaller
wounds caused by the removal of
branches should be painted several coats
with some heavy bituminous paint.
This probably had better be deferred
until warm weather. When large or
deep cavities are left by the splitting
out of heavy branches, about the best
thing that can be done is to fill them
smoothly with cement mortar. Be-
sides painting, especially when there is
large surface exposed, a covering of
painted canvas, oil-cloth, or sheet lead
or zinc may be moulded to the place
and strongly tackled at the edges.
Where the wounds reveal internal de-
cay, or open cavities in the trunk, the de-
cayed portion should be removed as
well as possible before filling with
cement. But an injured tree which re-
veals much internal decay is generally
past recovery, and had better be re-
moved. Sound and vigorous trees will
often almost totally recover from very
severe injuries, if carefully and per-
sistently treated as advised above.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24
Don't Like the Wealthy.

G. W. S., Montpelier, VT, writes of
the Wealthy apple as follows: I" have
had this variety on top gratis for two
years, and wish to say to the lovers of
good fruit that the Wealthy is a poor
keeper-not worth more than half-price
compared with the Baldwin. l have
raised two barrels of the Wealthy this
year, and nearly all of them fel! off the
tree by the 18th of October. They are
very soft, and therefore easily dam
aged by falling. They make nice pie
apple, but cannot be kept with profit
later than January 18TH"
We are glad to print the above, be-
cause it shows how it is that such very
different judgments regarding a single
fruit get into circulation. Here is a
fruit-grower who sets his Judgment
against that of all the experienced
fruit-growers of the Northwest, as
shown by the reports of the state hor-
ticultural societies and leading orchard
lists of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin
and Illinois, as well as of the American
Pathological Society, the American
Horticultural Society, and of similar
organizations in the Provinces. And
yet he claims only two years. expert
ence, and unconsciously reveals the
fact that he is quite unacquainted witt
the proper way of handling apples t'
secure their keeping and the retention
of their valuable qualities. 1t is thi
lack of patience and study, and thi
tendency to snap-judgments, that cause
different people to denounce each an'
all of the various specialties of agri
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24
Household Hints.

BRASS utensils are often ruined be-
cause the salt and vinegar necessary
to their perfect cleansing are forgotten.
FRUIT or rust-stains on table linen
or other white cloths may be removed
by soaking in weak solution of oXalic
acid.
No kitchen should be without scales
to test the integrity of things purchased
by weight and to measure the quanti-
ties of various recipes.
IT is mistake to bring potatoes to
the table in porcelain dish with a
tight-ftting cover, and the people who
served them between two towels were
wiser.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24

THE Fourth Annual Report of the
New York Agricultural Experiment
Station, for the year 1885, has been
printed with unusual promptitude, and
we heartily thank the able director of
the station, DR.. E. Lewis Sturtevant,
for copy thereof. The amount of
hard and faithful labor embodied in
this volume of three hundred forty
eight pages is with difficulty realized
Much of this work is necessarily pre-
liminary, and its value will not become
fully apparent until it is correlated with
work yet to be done and recorded. But
solid foundations are being laid, and if
the work is continued in the same
spirit most valuable results are sure to
appear. We shall make use of this re-
port frequently for the benefit of our
readers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24
Chestnut Culture.

Considerable attention is being given
to the planting of chestnut orchards in
some localities. The trees are easily
transplanted when young, and come
into bearing about as soon as apples.
S. G. Moore of Bucks county, Pennsyl-
vania, says, in the Orchard and Garden:
The best variety that has ever been
introduced into this neighborhood is
the " Numbo," a hardy, vigorous Amer
lean seeding of the European species.
1t is an early and regular bearer, enor-
mously productive and perfectly hardy;
the nuts ripen early, are of fine color
and bright, glossy appearance; very
large and of superior quality. When
boiled or roasted they are scarcely dis
tinguishable in flavor from the best
small, sweet chestnuts. None of the
very large chestnuts are as sweet or
delicately- favored as the small wild
ones of the American forests. They
are of coarser texture, and possess an
astringency in the skin surrounding the
kernels which, in some cases, amounts
to bitterness. The superiority of the
Numbo" lies in their large size and
fine appearance, which makes them
command high prices in market, and in
the larger yield of the trees. They do
not bear any more nuts in number, but,
owing to large size, will measure more
quarts. In favorable seasons from
forty to fifty selected nuts of the
Numbo,' or from sixty to seventy of
the average size, will make a heaping
dry-measure quart. If the trees are
planted forty feet apart twenty-five on
an acre., they should be forty feet high
and yield an annual average of two
bushels of nuts per tree when twenty
five years old.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24
UNFOLDING the Fallen.

"The Lord upholdeth all that fail."-Psain crlu. a.
o deem thou not that God is with the victors only
And with the tempted and defeated not at all;
His pity is the deepest for the sorely tempted,
His mercy is most tender unto them who fall
He is a God Of strong and infinite compassion,
And his compassion flows most richly to the weak
Our weakness, not our strength our need, and not
our fulness,
DO ever move him most, when grace to help we
seek
Take comfort tempted one, in conflict never ceasng,
Lean less upon myself and lean on God the more;
SO shalt thou surely find him faithful that hath
promised,
store.
o learn 10 know myself, sinful and helpless
And learn to find in him thine all-suffcient
strength;
'Ts worth the cost Of tears, of failures and of an
guish,
II this al-needful lesson thou but learn at length.
And see that thine own weakness make thee tender
hearted,
Nor look with glance of scorn on those who,
tempted fall
But learn to speak the word of hope unto the hope
less,
Let thy life's bitter lesson helpful thoughts recall
give us of thy spirit, ever loving Father
For In our lesser nature we would be like thee;
And knowing for ourselves thy love and tender pity,
To errng ones about would more tender be.
r. NJ 06ord, in Neg York Observer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24

has called him home to his reward.
Who will fill his place here and carry
on the work he has laid down? We
have many able men, but comparatively
few who are interested in the welfare
of their fellow-men and who have the
courage of their convictions. Most
men use their abilities in taking advan-
tage of the ignorance, and many even
of the vices, of their fellow-men for
their own profit, instead of laboring to
enlighten and elevate them.
FARMER JOE.
Corinth, February 5, 1886.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24

THE proof-reading of the Springfield
Republican, which used to be almost
perfect, is now the worst and most
stupid of all the dailies in New En-
gland. The " intelligent compositor,"
whose most characteristic performance
is to substitute for any word that is new
to him the one nearest like it which he
happens to know, has pretty much his
own way in the Republican office.
Hence we have ensilage and solos {"
in a recent issue of our mugwump con-
temporary.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24
Cake without Eggs.

No. 1.-Two and one-half cups of
flour, one cup of sugar, one cup of sweet
milk, one-half cup of butter, one tea
spoonful of cream of tartar, one-half
tea-spoonful of soda. Flavor with lemon.
No 2.-Four cups of flour, two cups
of sugar, two cups Of sour milk, one
large tablespoonful of melted butter,
one tea-spoonful of soda. Spice and
raisins as you please. E.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24
Y. f. Jameson.

/ have often thought with deep regret
of the death of your esteemed former
contributor, u. e. jameson. / never
was personally acquainted with him, but
have met him a few times at farmers
meetings. / have seen many articles
of his writing in the papers and have
always been impressed with the sound
common sense and the high moral tone
of his utterances. i believe he was a
man whom the farmers and the com
munity at large can lily afford to spare.
But his work is done and the Master
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24
Poultry Notes.

DON'T keep too many fowls upon one
place, and never attempt to keep a
dozen varieties within the space that
should be properly devoted to only one.
BE sure that the ground floor in
the poultry-house is enough higher than
the surrounding ground to keep it per-
fectly dry. Damp floors are very pro-
ductive of disease.
SELECT good breeds and properly
manage them after you get them. This
is the secret of success in the poultry
business. Boston Post.