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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-03-23
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relative al derecho7 Un juez 8
magistrate es quien 10 escribe.
1 Habla de Administrator A.
gun funcionario pdblico 10 ha ins.
pirado. ITrata de asuntos poll
ticos2 Alguien Sc ha colade per
las puertas de su reduction. ISa.
le en- sus columns este 8 aquel ar
ticulo, que agrada y arrebata un
APPLAUSE? Un nuevo colaborador
oculto Sc ha echado ell BoLETIN.
1 Trata de religion 8 materias flo.
soficas2 A'gIn desconocido hay
por el medic.
Esta es la mania de algunos, y
por ESQ, no por otra cosa, al decir
H Clamor que q su redacci6n
habian llegado rumores de que
el senior Potous viene siendo CO.
laborador de ell BoLETN, en- 10
cual nos honraria mucho tan
bueno y querido amigo y anti
quo compafiero de profesorado,
dada su ilustraci6n y talento,
hemos debido afirmar Ia verdad,
rectificando aquellos rumores,
que, como los otros, llegan STEM
ore q la redacci0n de dicho CO.
lega.
Ell BoLETIN no tiene, como
81 Cyon,Or, la suerte de mu.
chos cola6oradOres ofciosos; tie
ne dnicamente los que forman
,u Direction y Redacci6n, que
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pero capaces de escribir sin con !.
.u!tas nj conSejos de redacci6n
sobre aquellos temas y otros que
1 diario SO ocurren q la prensa,
como 10 estan demostrando. Aca,
so sea este un titulo que acredlta
al BoLETIN. Al amigo que nos
honra con alguna cosa, ya sole
mos no otros hacerle Ia justicia
de sus iniciales 8 de algdn pream-
bulo, que 10 indique.
El ClamOr, cual 81 dijera una
cosa nueva, exclams: "Ya sabe
Ell pdblico que ciertos articulos,
publicados en- estos dltimos meses
por Ell decano, y que sin duda por
su sobriedad y mejor sindsresis,
no Sc parecian a los que a jiario
propina 4 sus lectores el 6rgano
Unconditional no SON obra del go
nor Potous."
81, senior; SON obra del BoLE.
TIN mismo, y, 81 quiere el colega
detalles y pruebas, ell Director
puede darselas.
Bueno que ell BoLETN tenga
que sostener largas campafias;
bueno que haya tenido tamblen
que soportar muchos rigores; bue.
no que por muestra de gra-
titud no haya recibido jamas otrs
cosa que enthusiasts aplausos y
parabienes, de un lado, 8 decep.
clones y amarguras de otro, pero,
siquiera que no Sc le quite el
merito, aunque sea pequero, de
su esfuerzo, de su buen deseo y
de su entusiasmo, "a que de yea
en- cuando hasta los mismos ad.
versarios sc 10 reconocen.
Sc sabe quienes SON los 90
critores del BoLET1N. y dispGn.
senos Ell pdblico, 10 mismo que el
colega, 81, por aquellas razones,
hemos dado q esta replica mas
extension de Ia que SO merece.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-03-23
CARRETERA DE CAYEY 1 ARROYO.

En- Ia Gaccta ndmero 50, cores.
pondiente al Is del actual, Sc pu.
blica un anuncio, fijando el B de
Abril pr6ximo para Ia adjudica-
ci6n gu pdblica subasta de las obras
de construction de los trozos %.
gundo, tercero J cuarto de IA ga.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-03-23

fmpenados en- que repltamOs etpr'
namente 10 que quisieramos habel
'lvidado, en- obsequio suyo, poi
cierto.
lConciliaci6n, concordia!
iQue son imposioles la conci
liacion y la concordia entire 10,
esl iritus de tirios y troyanos er
este paisl
10 ,e quienes han hecho impo
sibles Ia concordia y la concilia-
ci6n somos los incondicionales!
iQu9 audacia!
ESQ sc atreven 4 escribir, er
letras de molde, con tamafia i'm
pudencia, sin confundirse:
Los que no han esgrimiao otr,
arma contra sus mobiles adverse
rios, desde que squi la politica Sc
conoce, que la difamaci6n, el me
nosprecio, Ia calumnia y ell ul-
traje.
Los que han hecho y siguer
hacienda la nefanda politica de
acd q el ollG, pretendiendo, muy
en- vano, arrojar lodo sobre ell ele
mento peninsular.
Los que han querido constan
temente concitar contra sus ad-
versarios q las masas inconscien-
tes, presentando a aquGllos come
enemigos, y explotadores, y de-
tractores del pals, sin caer en- |.
cuenta de que ellos, los acusado-
res, Jamks hicieron nada dtil n
conveniente en- beneficio de est,
mismo pals, y ST obstaculizaron )
entorpecieron, aunque no pudie
ron anularlas, sus mas fundadas J
provechosas aspiraciones.
Los que intentaron-hay qus
decirlo sin descanso-sitiar por Q
hambre, y aniquilar, plagiando @
boycott irlandes, los comercio,
honrados, y las industrias benGf
Cas- de sus adversarios.
Los que hasta llegaron q aeon
sejar, en- meetings de parodia, er
tours de tGrce de ridfcula oratoria
Que los psdres de familia nesaser
las manos de sus hjss q sus pre-
tendencies, 81 estos eran incondi
ciopales!
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-03-23
E ClamOr del Pats dice que

H ClamOr del Pats dice que
en- estos dias Sc viene discurrien-
do sobre la c0ncilidci6n de los
partidos, y por 10 mismo 81 SO
propone fallar en- el litigio.
De ahf el exordio de su sermon
en- perspective.
En- eli cual-ie el inocente lem.
pieza por enumerar los mil y un
agravios que. q su juicio Gel de El
Clamor del Pats, que es un juicio
bastante extraviado) ha inferido
el incondicionalismo q los tres
veces santos partidarios de la Au
tonomia borinquefla.
Y, dadas estas premisas, va
puede inferirse Ia consecuencia.
Con semejantes resultandos, va
sc We venir la sentencia.
lNada! "lQue los incondi-
cionales son los que han hecho
aqui impossible la conciliaci6n de
las voluntades y los animos, que
de.uni6 Ia passion politica"l
Despues de haber negado, CO.
mo dice EI Clamor del PAS. ell
pan y la sal a sds inmejorables
adversarios.
Ese, indudablemente, ha de ser
ell fallo que siga a los resultandos
v considerando dos de El CldnsGr
del Pals, de esejuzgador de nuevo
cufio, que no hace mucho deseaba
yer q determinado juez en- un CO.
rreccional.
Esa la consecuencia de su pc.
regrina argumsntaci6n.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-02
Indebted to Our Fat Men.

The world does not know how much it is
indebted to its fat men. In office fat men
serve as ballast to the ship of state. They
are always conservative. They believe in
old ways. They are cautious and averse to
trying dangerous experiments. They will
not adopt anything that has not been tested
They never amuSe themselves by scheming.
They like to have things quiet and still
They are not likely to overdo anything, ex-
cept eating and sleeping. They believe in
going to bed early, and in making up for it
by getting up late. They are regular in their
habits, one of which is being ready when
there is call for dinner. They are never in
hurry. They are not in favor of rushing
things through. A man weighing but III
pounds will make more disturbance at any
sort of meeting than ten men each weigh
ing $50.
Some people Of observation and experience
do appreciate the value of fat man. A
hotel keeper will extend more cordial greet
ing to fat than to very lean man, though
he knows that the former will eat twice as
much and will demand a room on the parlor
floor. Iailors never demand extra pay for
making a suit of clothes for fat man, though
it calls for an extra amount of cloth and
much more labor and thread. \ thin man
gets into a street car that is tolerably well
filed and is obliged to stand up the entire
distance he rides. No one thinks to crowd
up a little so as to allow him a seat. Let
fat man, whose seating capacity is twice as
large, enter the car, however, and room to
accommodate him is Immediately made
This is as it should be. Fat men promote The
happiness of society, and their comfort should
be carefully studied by those who derivel
benefit from them.-Chicago Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-02
In an Old English Village.

With few exceptions the houses are built
close to the street; one steps from the side
walk into the front doorway. The exceptions
arc the houses of the gentry" These are
built behind high walls, with locked iron
gate to keep OUT intruders, at whicE one must
pull bell wire if lie desires admission.
Within these walled enclosures are usually
handsome gardens; indeed, found one or
two pretty ones behind very unattractive
houses not SO enclosed. lie average English
man has no idea OF spending money and time
Ter the deieCtation Of other peoples eyes; he
wants his pleasant sights and smells all to
himself and his CHOSEN friends, and will toll
crate no unlimited partnerships There is no
lifting OU0 doors il Highland, as VIII us, and
Il the !argcs- private gardens one seldom
sees a Ee:.ch Or q se,tte. An ElgliSLmaI'S
house IS lis castle, al / lie feels mos0 Ike its
Commander wheI be is within its walls
" iI-.-.l /. I.@sIey IL IL o2s republican
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-02

N large numbers TO DO honor TO their be-
loved sovereign. A guard of honor, consist-
ing of the merchants Of the place, was formed,
and, in all the glory Of black broadcoth and
white kids paraded on the edge of the dock
to which the vessel moored at just sufficient
distance to prevent people from stepping ON
board Seats were erected ON the bank, tier
above tier, like those of circus, to accommo- |
date the thousands that assembled to gaze on
the spectacle of an anointed queen.
Her majesty good naturally remained on
deck, to crafty as much as possible the
curiosity of the bonny Scots, and promenadedI
about in full view of the immense crowd. |
The Prince of Wales, a child of about or 81
years, was with her. Among other things
placed on the deck for the accommodation of
the queen was a costly and very splendid
sofa, ornamented with tasselS, and the prince,
like other boys of that age, being OF de-
structive turn, began TO pull at one in
a manner that threatened to detach it.
His mother observed the act, and ordered
him to desist He did so, but as soon as
her back was turned seized the tassel again
to give another jerk. The queen appeared to
have expected something of the kind, for she
was at that moment watching him from the
corner of her eye. In an instant she turned,
and, seiZing the luckleSs heir apparent of
England by the ''scruff of the neck" elevated
one of her feet upon the sofa, hoisted the
youngster over her knee, adjusted him in the
position mutually familiar to parents and
children generally when such ceremonies are
to be performed, and gave him a sound
spanking.
1t may be proper to mention, en- PEASANT,
for the information of youths who sometimes
find themselves similarly circumstance, that
the illustrious sufferer kicked and beloved
under the affective dispensation quite as lus-
tily as boys of lowlier birth are wont to do.
The amazement with which the spectators
witnessed the example of royal domestic dis
cipline may be imagined but scarcely de-
scribed in fitting terms. A dead silence
prevailed for a moment, but was suddenly
broken by tremendous roar of laughter,
which could not be suppressed by any thought
Of decorum, respect for tho queen or sympa-
thy for the victim of her displeasure. The
explosion recalled the royal mother to a
sense of her position, and, having turned
toward the crowd for a moment, her face
suffused with crimson, she hastily descended
into the cabin. and was seen no more by thel
expectant populace.-Aberdeen Paper, 1874.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-02
Results of q Wrong Idea.

Much evil results from the idea that mar
riage is the end and aim Of a woman's life.
Full of this supposition, and desperately
afraid, in this age of female preporderance,
of being left, to the scorn of victorious
matrons, an ''old maid" girl will accept a
man without the slightest thought as to
suitability of temperament, nay, will some
times accept a man she positively dislikes
There are women whose tastes and tempera-
ments totally unfit them for finding pleasure
in wifely and maternal duties, and if urged
into matrimony by the force of public opinion
decreeing marriage to be the only happiness
for womanhood, they cannot fail to be un-
haDpy.-London Telegraph
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-02

A DookXeeper IN u bank Or railroad Office can
hardly expect TO start a bank or set up his
own little railroad. Thirdly, is it business
you want to follow all your lifel VIII you
be content always TO be a clerk, and nothing
but clerki Plenty OF people, both men and
women, never expect 10 be anything else,
and lead quiet, sensible, safe, and often very
happy lives, saving money and earning the
respect OF all who know them.
Strike your own trial balance. There is
the hard pan of the matter What do you
thinks Is it good thing for you-the best
thing you can do' Nothing like having II
straight up and down talk with yourself
about the real bottom facts of the case.
Would you like it, That's the point. Now
we are fat on hard pan. Would you like it'll
What a man likes he does well; what he
does well brings good wages A mans work
is for his life. 1t Is not for this month or
this year. You are not working for next
Saturdays pay. You are working for the
wages you will get when you are forty years
older. II you like accounts, if the work is
interesting, if you mean to rise to be q
cashier, or chief bookkeeper in some great
house, all right. Work, study, practice,
prepare to rise, for you must rise if you do
these things. Go into the business as life
work Climb on the clerks stool, resolved
to stay there.
But if you dislike to go to the desk in
the morning, and are glad the close the big
ledgers at night, consider well these things
You will Wear neat clothes, have white,
weak hands, and pale, thin blood, good pay
and nice home, and with frugal wife
may lay up a little money, join a building
association, and some day own a little home
of your own-and you will hate it all your
life long. Better climb down from that
stool, and dig about among the real facts of
this world till you come to the hard pan of
your lite.-Charles Barnard in Once Week.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-02
Gen. Phil Sheridan's Horses.

81 entertained Gen. Sheridan for three
days sorely against my will, said Professor
Cabell, of Norwood institute. at was during
the war, and he had his command with him
at my place in Virginia, on the James river.
The soldiers dug trench through my farm to
divert the river at that point and prevent it
carrying supplies to Lee. 1t was the fortune
Of war, and my sympathies were all with the
Union, but the devastation was very serious
to me-"
"Eave you forgiven Sheridan for his part
in itl'
Long ago. We have talked over it many
times since he was my enforced guest, and
always without any bitterness. He abandoned
a thousand horses on my farm, where hissol-
diers killed them to prevent their falling into
tho hands of the Confederacy. gave my
men orders to have them removed and buried.
Some time after came upon an old darby
belonging to the place who was blowing with
n remarkable looking horse. In place of an
eye it carried a lead bullet. l found several
others with distigurements of various kinds,
which had been saved from the carnage and
were put to work by the same economical old
uncle, who was oversear of the plantation.
When l demonstrated with him he coolly
said:
"'Tit fo' tat, Massa Cabell, dass wah luck"
Detroit Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-02
Beware

skill necessary Ii the fitting of them, but it
is absolutely requisite that the wood forming
the pin block should be of the very best sea-
soned material. Outdoor seasoning is the
only method by which this wood may be
perfectly cured, no matter what the kiln
driers say to the contrary. Outdoor season.
ing requires long time and the keeping on
hand of immense stocks by the manufact-
urer, representing an investment of thou
sands and thousands of dollars. There are
not many manufacturers who can afford to
keep SO much capital lying idle, and they are
obliged, even if they preferred to do other
wise, to use the kiln dried wood in their
pianos.
HEAT FROM A FURNACE.
''To the coming into use of kiln drying is
due the great increase in the number of
pianomakcrs during the past few years. The
artificial heat in parlors, especially if it is
hot air from q furnace, acts disastrously
upon this kiln dried PIN board, and no piano
containing one can be made to stay in tune
after three years use, because the wood
shrinks gradually, and the pins move in the
block from every hard blow on the wires.
AS to the action Of furnace heat on pianos, it
Injuries even those of the best makers. 1t
warps the keys, loosens the hold Of the great
number of screws used in the wood, and
causes the keys to stick or rattle. thus sadly
affecting the action Of the instrument. A
piano should be kept away from the direct
influence of furnace heat as much as possible
"In spite of all the efforts of the makers,
do not believe there is one piano in a hundred
that, with ordinary parlor use, will stand in
tune more than two months An unskilled
musical ear, it is true, will fail to detect any
important discord in piano for six months,
or perhaps longer, but no cultivated ear can
tolerate the discordant notes that the best
piano will insist upon giving out after two
months of use. When you think that the
steel wires and iron frames are alternately
contracting and expanding under the
variations of the surrounding atmosphere,
giving a constant movement Of the wires
and a consequent change in the pitch anc
tone Of the instrument, the impossibility Of
piano maintaining perfect tone for any
length of time mast be at once apparent; and
if you will but reflect on the surprising fact
that the tension Of the strings of piano
causes strain on the body Of the instrument
equal to the weight Of 100000 pounds, you
will doubtless agree with me that a piano
that will remain in perfect tune for year Is
an instrument that must necessarily be one
of extreme rarity, il not one impossible to
make.
"A piano, good, bad or Indifferent, when
new, should be tuned once a month. The
longer an instrument remains untuned the
lower its pitch Of tone becomes, and when it
is desired to have the piano drawn to concert
pitch the strain on the body Of the instru-
ment is greatly increased, so much, in
fact, that the case is liable to yield gradually,
neceSsitating a second tuning in a week or
two weeks"-New York Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-02
INSANE.

,iy brother sitteth In the darkened house.
The voices of the air, the winds that play,
The clouds that brood in heavens silences,
The harsh roar Of the world, and all the fret
And frenzy OF this fever of our life
Pass in the chambers OF his darkened soul
AS passeth dreams. He sitteth all apart
Hearing strange voices that he knoweth not
As one who listeth breeding to the roll
OF some vast organ tone through darkened walls
Hearing and yet divining not the strain,
so sits my brother In the darkened house
j l. French
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-02
Republican Electors of Texas.

Electors at Large - T. d. Hanna, Denison;
A. j. Evans, San Antonio.
First District-J H. Stewart, Liberty;
Second District-C. G. Flanagan, Calvert.
Third Distrlct-W. H. McCarver. Carthage
Fourth Distr CIV Il. Singleton, Marion.
Fifth District w. Fl. Andrews. Mckinney.
Sixth District-Philp Altbayer, Terrell
Seventh District-D. NJ Conner, Refug1o.
Eighth DistrIct-A l.. Maynard, Lockhart.
Ninth District John w. Mcdonald, waco.
Tenth District-Herman Seele, New Braun
fels. ~,
Eleventh District-George A. Knight, Pecos
City.
sThe name of d. NJ. O'Connor, in the Sew
enth District, is substituted for that of c; g.
Brewster, by authority of the state Campaign
Committee, Mr.. Brewster having since his ap-
pointment as elector accepted nomination TO
Congress,
For Sale at a Bargain.
House of 5 rooms, hall, galleries, (hard fin
ished) $50 Dbl. cistern, large stable, chicken
house, ETC., with % acres of land, all fenced,
large tank, fine chance for diary. Only ga
miles from city. Apply at
2R HAMBLEToN, HADLEY Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-02
Beverages of the Confederacy.

Lovers of the fragrant after dinner Mocha
were forced to put up with decoction of
sweet potatoes that first had been cut into
minute bits and dried on scaffold in the
sun as country housewives dry frAit, and
then roasted and ground in a worn out coffee
mill or brayed in mortar with pestle. In
yet more northern ATTITUDES parched rye
furnished even a poorer substitute for the
eastern berry, while. COUPLED with u sse use Of
ITS b COMsiRss&i
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-02
A MOTH EATEN PIANO.
a TUNER TELLS QUEER STORIES
ABOUT THE INSTRUMENT.

The Damage Sometimes Done by Moths,
Common Error Among Non-Profes-
sionaI Piano Players-Effects of Artifi-
cial Heat-Out of Tune.
such thing
Such was the exclamation the other day
of well known young lady amateur pianist
Of this city to piano tuner, who had been
sent to her house by a dealer of whom SIP
had purchased costly instrument three
amazement, had developed a series Of
wheezy, rafting responses to her touch on
several keys. The tuner had tried the
piano, and promptly gave her the surprising
information that the moths had been eating
it; whereupon her exclamation Of incre-
dulity and amazement.
IA moth eaten pianoI Who ever heard Of
such thingF
81 hear of it nearly every day" replied the
tuner, land surprise at a moth eaten piano is
nothing new to me- There is nothing moths
like better than to reveI in the interior Of a
piano. Soft cloth, as you should know, is
used to no small degree IN the delicate me-
chaniSm of piano. 1t is placed wherever
there is liability of contact between any Of
the numerous movable portions of the instru-
ment in order to avoid the rafting noises
that would result from such contact. IL is
on this cloth that moths love to feed, and the
ravenouS pests are not long in eating it away
from some important spot and bringing
about the result the cloth was put there to
prevent. Let US see if this is not the case
with your piano"
THE MISCHIEF MAKERS.
The tuner opened the instrument, uncov-
cred It's maze of strings and pins and its rows
of delicate hammers. Several piles of snowy
dust revealed the presence of the destructive
moths. They had eaten the cloth away in
places.
"Ahr' said the tuner, Il thought so! The
damage is easily repaired and now that you
know the moths are here. they can be
quickly and easily exterminated The best
way to keep moths out of a piano is to dust
1t thoroughly inside with large feather
buster not less than once a week. Your in
strument is somewhat out of tune, | see,
madam
"ImposSible" exclaimed the owner of the
months, and good piano should certainly
remain in tune year."
"A commoa error among non-professlonal
piano players" replied the tuner. 1T is
really surprising to note the ignorance that
prevails in regard to this popular instrument.
The principal object Of the best piano makers
is to have their instruments stand in tune
well. Unless they succeed in that, the quail
ity of tone or beauty of finish they impart
to them will be of only superficial value.
But even pianos bearing the names of ia
nous makers are disappointing in this most
important respect. There are good reasons
for it, Look, for a moment, at the way the
musical part of a piano is made. The steel
pins that hold the wires are driven into
solid block Of wood, and in order that this
wood may retain a firm hold Of the pins,
and yet admit of them being tuned by the
tuners hammer. not only are great care and
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-02
WHEN WALES WAS SPANKED.
Years Ago the Prince Was Publicly Pun
Ished by His Mamma

Her majesty, accompanied by the prince
consort and the royal children, visited Scot
land for the first time, and tarried a long
time on her way at BalmoraL On the trip
the yacht, in which the party travelled by
water, called at Aberdeen, and, Of course,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-02

Apple sauce is much improved by the al
dition of tablespoonful of butter, and Re
quircs less sugar.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-02

Wash all marble daily with ammonia and
water in place of soapsuds.