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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-05-16
PASAJES INTERCOLoNIALEs.

La C0mpaila como SO We en- la tarifa de
paSajes hace una importantisima reduction
a los sehOres empleados y oiciales del
Elercito en- esta isla J sus familias.
lUONDlCIONES #
81 valor de Las monedas extranjeras ser& fiado
por Ia Agencia, de manera que Ia Lom pafia reciba
siempre el mon'ante de los pasajesy aetes fran
cos, 81 equivalents en- moneda corriente, a tipo
que niasen Ia plaza al expedirlos.
coNCEsIONEs,
Esta Agencia expide pasajes de ida vuelta en-
un 10 pS dc Iebala; On los tr0satldntcos vaiidos
por un ano, con nm 70 pS dc rebaja ii
A toda famllia cuyo pasale cumpute 81 .montante
de paeaies de cAmAra, 90 ls concederA nna rebaja
de l6 p.S =, a,a- ,.
Una mlsma persona familia no pusde tener de.
recho u Yea las dos concssiones antes sefaladas
Los limos msnOres de snos iran gratis dc i
| amos pagarAn la cuarta parte de paaaie: de II
ance IL mioad; De IL eumplidos en- adelante "A.
varos ninos memories de tres amos solo uno ira Rra
lis, los dsanAs pagarAn IN cuarso dc pasaie.
| GJ PAsAJEs DE CRIADOs
Los precios para los crLAdos con deetino Burdso,
, Havre, serAn de frances GOO
FLETEs.
kLos conocimientos de carga deben ser presen,a
doe en- Ia ASenciA CON IA dsbida antelaci6n, no I'D
mitierdose los qu trAigAn sellos sA lugar de hrmAl
Para .OdA elAse de inturnes dirigirse Al Agent
principal
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31
The Destruction of Invention.

Society proffers its highest honors and
rewards to its inventors and discoveries;
but as matter of fact, what each in
ventor or discoverer is unconsciously try
ing to do is to destroy property, and his
measure of success and reward is always
proportional to the degree to which he
effects such destruction. II tomorrow it
should be announced that some one had
SO improved the machinery of cotton
manufacture that 10 per cent. more of
fiber could be spun and woven in given
time, with no greater or q less expendi-
ture of labor and capital than heretofore,
all the existing machinery in all the cot
ton mills of the world, representing an in
vestment of millions upon millions of dol
lars, would be worth little more than so
much old iron, steel and copper; and the
man who should endeayor to resist that
change would in face of the fierce COM
petition of the world, soon find himself
bankrupt and without capital.
In short, all material progress is effected
by displacement of capital equally with
that of labor; and nothing marks the rate
of such progress more clearly than the
rapidity with which such displacements
occur. There is, however, this difference
between the two factors involved. Labor
displaced, as condition of progress, will
be eventually absorbed in other occupa-
tons; but capital displaced, i'll the sense
of substituting the new for what is old, is
practically destroyed.-Hon. David A
Wells in Popular Science Monthly.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31
A sketch of Won Moltke.

The great strategiSt represents in its high
est development the modern military mind
His intellect is scientific, cold, mechanical
He was remarkable in his youth for his great
powers of sustained thought Imagination,
though not absent, is i'll allegiance. For all
great scientific, even mechanical achieve
ments, certain amount of imagination is
necessary. He is constituted to be the soul of
q machine. His genius, which is constructive
and not creative, Is faculty for mechanical
combination, for scientifically manipulating
military forces; combining, dividing. con-
centrating, launching them in new combina-
tions, reaTranging them, and hurting them
again so as TO thwart, paralyze and decimate
systems OF opposing forces, according TO far
reaching, elaborate schemes
Yet his method is not rigid or bizarre. his
plans are not LAID down according 10 mere
theory, as Were those of the strategist of the
Russian army in Turkey-in consequence of
which defeat was heaped upon defeat.
Moltkes plans are simple and general. essen
italy vital flexible, adaptable, giving perfect
ly free scope for modification EVERYTHING
Is taken into account; everything calculated
for; all is contrived with perfect tact of cir
cumstance, with regard to all contingencies.
all situations, with a foresight that has ap-
peared well nigh prophetic. Again and
again during the last war he OWNED the enc
pyis plans and counteracted them
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31
The Conscientious Newspaper Man.

1t is my experience that conscientious
newspaper man will do Shis work-inter-
viewing included-about right If the man
who has the news to give will only let
him. Reporters don't wilfully and ma
liciously misquote takers and misstate
facts, as they are so generally credited
with doing, and | find that the best plan
to pursue in giving material for publica-
ton is to state the facts clearly and let
the reporter do the dressing up. These
fellows who always insist on being re-
ported verbatim, and who must dictate
the text of every item they furnish, in
varfably make a sorry mess of it. An
other thing I've noticed: If man has a
speech prepared for a banquet, presenta-
ton or any occasion of that character, he
had better give the reporter the manu-
script and so it blind than trust himself
TO stick to mis- prepared speech, for, nine
times in ten, he'll get away from his
paper before he is half through, in which
case he'll thank his stars forever that the
reporter has a grammatical and reason
ably coherent composition to print instead
Of his disjointed .'impromptu" speech
Dan Linahan in Globe-Democrat.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31
consequences of Intermarriage.

''Do cousanguineouS marriages neces-
sarily lead to diseases in the offsprings" is
a question which has been argued pro and
con for . great many years. Alfred Henry
Huth has furnished very carefully con-
sidered answer in the negative in his work
entitled ''The Marriage OF Near Kin"
london: Longmans, 1880. Mr.. Huth
examines, in the light OF all the known
facts, first: Whether consanguineous
marriages are themselves, by the mere
fact of consanguinity and irrespective of
any inheritance, injurious to the off
spring; whether in marriage between
two relatives who are both perfectly
healthy, who live under healthy condi-
tons, and whose families are perfectly
healthy, the children born will probably
be unhealthy. And, second: Whether
consanguineous marriages give greater
proportion OF unhealthy children than
non consanguineous marriages; or, in
other words, whether it is fact that con-
sanguineous marriages, through lntensi-
fication of previously dormant heredi-
tary family faint, give greater proper
ton of unhealthy children. His conclu-
sion, substantially, is that providing both
parents are healthy, no harm need be ex-
pected to result TO the children Of such
marriages; while if both parents exhibit
a proclivity to any particular form OF dis
ease las, for example, scrofula), the ten
dency is likely to be exaggerated in the
children This accords with the prac
teal, everyday experience OF the stock
raiser and horse breeder.-Chicago Her
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31
n-,nr ON Board ose.a steamer.

Dyl0Y on t5Oglo OOco>A SSCSAAA%kS
Every steamer which enters or leaves
New York should be provided with the
necessary ice boxes and other accommo-
dations for keeping the remains Of passen-
gers who die en- route, and the latter
Should be conveyed to port and delivered
TO those who have the right to dispose OF
them. Even if the passenger dies on the
first day ont. MS remains should be kept.
The running time of the majority of
steamers plying between. New York and
England or France, is seven or eight days.
Some of the German lines require from
from twelve to fifteen days, but their OBJ
legations to land their passengers, dead or
alive, are lust as great IS those OF the cam-
panies which make quicker time.
I could cite a number OF narrowing
cases. which show the inhumanity of the
custom of burial at sea, but every reader
can form a notion of how he would feel
il informed that his mother, brother OF
sister. whom he awaited on the pier, had
died on the vessel and had been wrapped
in winding sheet and dropped into the
enguling waters. Coupled with the hor-
TOR of such news is the aggravated con-
seriousness that the captain and his officers
have oyerstepped the bounds of duty in
thus disposing of the remains Of one
whom the bereft person would rather see
dead than not at all. There is an in
tensely gloomy sentiment in the fact that
our friends-those whom we most love
and cherish-are filling nameless graves
And it is beyond reconciliation to think
of them anchored to the bottom OF the
deep, the bait of marine scavengers.-
Leon Mead in The Epoch.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31

The other day CHANGED 10 be Inter
der Linden" as the guard made its daily
march passing the palace OF the emperor
The music and soldiers had approached
and were passing just as the curtains
parted, and there stood the aged kaiser,
bowling pleasantly to the enthusiastic
crowd, vko were waving hats and hand
kerchiefs and hurrahing Justify. sob,
what sweet looking old gentleman ex-
claimed . female voice in my neighbor-
hood, and. turning, saw a very pretty
American girl, all eyes and excitement.
The once ssalwart, powerful form OF vii
helm is bent with age, and his steps are
becoming inhrm, yet the wonderful old
man who can enjoy the pleasure Of salut-
ing an enthusiastic people, with the fine
little year old gandchild Of his noble
and beloved son at his side, drew forth
many admiring remarks at his splendid
preservation in his advanced aSe.-Berlin
Cor. Courier-JouFnl
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31
A Rarher's Observations.

The loquacious BARRIERS now and then
have intervals when they remark Incl
dents that escape the attention of many in
the tear and rush Of life. you sleep on
the right side of your body" one of them
said the other day, as he clipped the semi
blonde hair of customer. why. Be-
cislse don't you see that your hair is
thicker on the right than on the left side.
We can readily tell on which side Gus
toner sleeps. The heat is confined to the
side of the head resting on the pillow, and
thas heat makes the hair grow thicker
about the temple" The barber didn't
explain the accepted statement that the
constant wearing of the hat produces so
much heat that men addicted to the prao.
tce are bald.-New York Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31
A HUcKLEBERRY MARKET.
Canadian Berry Pic;<ers and Eryers.
Long Distances to Market.


! The huckleberry market at Grand Bay
gave me another glimpse of Saguenay life.
At my camp on the beach l watched the
tide steal up the sands till the great bay
was filled to the brim, and the terraces
of inhabited lands, a verdant amphithea-
tire under bald granite peaks, rested in the
silence Of midnight. Then walked over
to the wharf to see quaint market scene
by starlight on the shores Of this savage
river. AS / drew near the medley OF
sounds divided itself into many signs of
human life; the driving Of horses, the
calls of men and women, the talking OF
multitude filed the obscurity with invis-
IDLE yet eager spirits. The road was lined
on each side with carts and buckbOards
piled with boxes, and half draped with
protecting boughs and grass. Half a
dozen buyers moved about among the
crowd, and their lanterns showed forest
of rough booted legs, Of shaggy fetlocks
and muddy wheels, and when the light
was raised to examine an opened box OF
berries the tanned, furrowed, eager faces
of men came out of the night like heads
by Rembrandt The darkness was full of
strong human feeling, questions, answers,
offers, refusals, approximations, signs of
disbursement.
A little booth at the end Of the wharf
was filed with a crowd watching some
boisterous men playing cards for candies;
with hats tipped back and chins out
stretched in eager disputations, they had
shufTied off their mortal responsibilities
onto the jack of trumps. In the opposite
booth four strong, shaggy, black eyed
men and a wrinkled dame sat about
dirty table and ate dry bread by the light
of candle. The talk in this dingy cabin
was low and gloomy; Lad lying on his
back on a bench announced in precise and
bitter speech the condition of things:
1.-THE boxes must be large, well filled with
clean fresh berries; the price, then, ladies
and gentlemen, is fifteen centsr'
Just So" replied one of the men, as he
crunched his crust with vim; 1--WE are
fourteen; we picked hard during two
days, and got sixteen boxes; they gave me
So 40 for the lot; eighty cents off for the
boxes, leaves me SLIGO for the profit. II
they think that pays, let them pick and
Wen buy"
''No DANGER said another, "of their
tramping over the rocks! And we're fools
to spend our time for them. Now I come
from near Lake st. John, about fifty
miles from here, with twenty boxes, and
I've got So net for picking three days with
twelve hands, and for driving hundred
miles,
Then they were silent for while, till
the old woman said, in a calm, resigned
way:
well, yes, that's all true enough, but
what can we do' Blueberries are the only
blessed thing that can be sold for cash.
Where else could we get the $4,000
gear that comes into the country? It's all
very we'll to tell us to improve our farms
instead Of picking berries, but we'd starve
to death on the farm alone &C. H Farm
ham in Harper's Magazine.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31
Actresses OF tho Stage.

Of the stage actresses may be roughly
divided into two classes, one composed Of
those who try to carry its glamor into
their daily lives, who never allow any one
unless it is their maid to gee them until
they are ''made up" and to further help
art assist nature receive their visitors in a
darkened drawing room Or in boudoir
with drawn blinds and rose colored shades.
They flatter themselves that in this way
they preserve their reputation for beauty,
bravely ignoring the fact that what pleases
the eye in the perspective shocks it in
proximity The other class delight in
showing their utter disregard for personal
appearance, and revel in freedora from
wigs and whitewash-New York Press.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31
The Darwin Theory in Commerce..

This application of Darwins great
theory to commercial competition is more
than parable. 1t is the scientific expla-
nation of causes which have wrecked
civilization in the past and may wreck
them in the future. The struggle must
go on while men are .impelled by the de-
sire for greater profusion of what sus-
tains life or makes it happier. 1t often
has been, and often is, carried on by the
sword, but important victories may be
won, and disastrous defeats sustained, by
more peaceful means.
The discovery of the passage round the
Cape transferred the trade of the east
from the Mediterranean TO London and
Amsterdam, and most merchants in the
city affirm that the cutting of the Suez
canal has once more deprived England of
the advantage of situation. The COM
mercial success of Switzerland, however,
proves that national characteristics are at
least as important as geographical posi-
ton, and it is well from time to time to
ask if we are doing all that in US lies to
train those who shall follow Us to main
tain what our predecessors have won
Nature,
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31
Sunday in the French Capital.

All Paris works on Sunday; the shops
are open and much Of the city work goes
on as usual. The city has $50 wagons
and 1000 horses collecting the garbage.
So that by o'clock in the morning the
whole city is clean. The wagons have
immense revolving brushes fastened to
them, and men, and even women, wash
the streets with quantities Of clear water.
You can cross a street the year round
without soiling your shoes.
think you have to be out in the streets
of Paris at all hours to really know it.
The women among the working classes
wear such picturesque caps. / run after
every woman l see and fix her cap with
my eye, and then hasten home and try to
make one like it-but they are always so
stiffiy starched cannot succeed in giving
mine just the right air. l wish I could
buy every cap see.-Elizabeth Nourse in
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31

Connected with the dead letter office is
a sort of museum, where curious articles
that come in the mails and cannot be re-
turned to owners are placed on exhibition.
In the cabinets which extend round the
room are shown articles innumerable and
varied, many of which have histories.
There are pictures and toys and jewelry
without number. Several Indian hatch
cts which were unclaimed give to one of
the cabinets an archaeological appearance,
and a pair of Indian pipes of red sand
stone cross each other in truly peaceful,
style. One of the rare curiosities is
sheet of parchment, on which is pinned
the Lords prayer in fifty-four languages.
1t is said to be a duplicate of parchment
which hangs in st. Peters's at Rome
Chicago Herald
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31
How Q Locomotive Wrecks Itself.

OF all the accidents most feared by rail.
road engineers. and one of frequent &C.
currence is that of the breaking of driy-
ing rod while the engine is running at a
high rate of speed. How 1t can occur, as
it often does, and those in the cab escape
with their lives is always Considered a
miracle The minute the heavy bar, or
rod, as it is commonly called, breaks, or
the crank pin which fastens the end TO the
driving wheel gives way, the massive
piece Of iron goes whizzing through the
air, striking the engine and the ground,
battering and smashing everything that f;
comes in contact with. Old engineers can
relate some very interesting experiences OF
this ktnd.-Albany Express.
Ben: Periey Poore left a great amount Of
valuable papers He had tens Of thousands
OF autographs, and he began to keep sufo-
graphs with one which Andrew jackson gavs
him. Ee never allowed ANYTHING interesting
to 90 TO waste. and his collection is very
valuable one historically. Els wife. who is a
very accomplished wonla1, Is spending the
winter in Washington. aud she lives az the
Ebbitt house, in the same old ROOMS which
she and Mai. Poore occupied last year. she
helped Ben: Perley Poo-e very much with
his work. and she was asinterested in his sue
cess ss Mrs.. John A Logan was in that of
the general Washington Let
ter.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31
Anna nicEipsop

To one who remembers how great figure
Anna Dickinson cut a quarter of a century
ago, there ls something not merely mourn
tuI, but almost shocking, in the neglect with
which the great public treats her To the
mass OF the northern people she was for a
time sort of inspired prophecies; they
crowded TO listen 10 her harangues with en-
thusiasm, and took her most careless and
petulent utterances for sublime truths: and
the slightest gossip about her life. her dress,
her peculiaritiea were almost as largely read
as the news from armies in the field. And
now she is poor and almost forgotten
Rochester Post Express
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31
The Health Man.

The latest fad in England is the health
map. 1t is simply diagram of the muscles
of the body, with directions how 10 exercise
those which ones particular habit of life
negiects. The various parts of the body are
divided into groups. Group five relates TO
"cold feet The exercise prescribed would
be Of great benefit, / should think, to those
men who invariably leave card table when
they have won stake.-New York Star.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31

The Persian's Social Position Shown by
che Number and Value of His Pipes.
The Eternal Water Pipe-The Etiquette
of Smoking.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-10
Y. NJ. c.. A. Notes.

Y. Nj. q. A. Notes.
The monthly meeting of the Young
Mems Christian Association Saturday
eevening was of special interest. Pa
pers were read as follows "The pri-
mary object of Association work." by
S. L. Sprague; Responsibility of ac-
tive MEMBERS" by t. 1. James "How
to strengthen the young mems meet
ing" by Secretary G. L. Page "How
to kill the young mems meeting" by
c.. j. Peterson. Rev. F. E. Dawson
gave a good talk in line with the above
subjects, and Secretary Page read ex-
tracts from letters received from a
number of young men who had moved
away from here, testifying to the value
and far reaching Influences of the work.
These letters were from many parts OF
New England and from the South and
West. The monthly reports rendered
were very encouraging, and 18 new
members were voted in to the.Associa.
ton.
One of the interesting and profit
able gatherings held at the Association
building each week is that of the Local
pastors every Monday, when thoughts
are interchanged and subjects of gen.
eral interest discussed.
At the regular meeting Sunday o.
the woman's auxiliary to the Y. NJ. c.
A. it was voted to raise funds to pro-
cure piano for the Association rooms
and steps will at once be taken to Sc
cure that result.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-10

Rev. Henry Hazen of Boston
preached thoughtful sermon at the
North church last Sunday evening up
on the text "beginning at Jerusalem" !"
By way of introduction he referred
very pleasantly to the late DR.. Goodell
and the fact that he was his seat-mate
at AndOver for two years. The thought
of the discourse was that as the -disei-
pies were told to begin at Jerusalem,
which was the place they were in at
that time, so the field of labor for the
Christian is just where he is and not
far away.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-10

"A local livery man, who was min
istering to the needs of a very sick hog
the other day, surrounded by a number
of sympathizing friends, gave express
sion to his want of faith in the final
recovery of the patient by the remark
''I'd sell that hog for cent" A man
in the crowd forthwith paid over the
cent, procured team and conveyed
the hog to another barn. A few days
skillfuI treatment resulted in the re-
covery of the patient and the final sale
of the hog for $3.50, which the specu-
lator thinks pretty good margin of
profit on the original investment of one
cent.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-10
4 Cheap Boston Trip.

Many of the Boston dealers in dry
goods, clothing, groceries, produce,
shoes, crOckery, hardware, drugs, etc.,
have established what they term "mer-
chants week." during which country
merchants and their families will be
sold railroad tickets at half rates Nav
IA and Is, good till May 10, inclusive.
Reduced rates are also had at United
States hotel, Quincy and American
houses. This includes Vermont and
New Hampshire entire, but in order
to get the reduced fare application
must be made for credentials before
May 9 to Geo. Hutchinson, secretary,
"a Federal street, Boston.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-10

You are feeling depressed, your appetite is poor,
you are bothered with Headache, You are fdgetty,
nervous and generally out of sorts. and want to
brace up. Brace up but not with stimUlants.
spring medicines or btters, viii h have for their
basis very cheap, bad whisky and which stimulate
you for an hour and then leave you in worse
dition than before. What you want is altera-
tive that will purify your blood, start healthy
ton of liver and kidneys restore your vitality, and
give renewed health and strength. Such a medi-
cine you will find in Electric Bitters and only 50
cents a bottle at Flint Bros, drug store.
ch q W dec
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-10

Fred Wiley who is employed
about the st. Johnsbury house is af-
ficted with a nervous trouble that
causes him to jump about and perform
all sorts of queer antics at times. Fri
day someone threw an empty bottle at
him without any intention of doing
him personal injury. The bottle, how
ever, struck Wiley on the head and
seriously injured him. Had it struck
a half-inch lower down the accident
would have proved a fatal one. The
whole business was a piece of cruelty
that ought not to go unpunished.