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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-08-21

ciales, y dc las que SON extraiias &
la politica interior de Francia, co.
mo Ia ven los oportunistas ' parte
de los radicales, que se muestran s
que atectan m0strarss horrOrizadoa
del complot y del atentado.
El acta de acusaci6n es suna.
mente larga y difusa, y Ia premura
que requiere La salida del correo no
permite trascribirla por esUa vez.
Ha sido notiicado Ell General. CON
| NM. Rochefort y Dillon, compren4
didos en- la acusacion, mas como
los tres estan ausentes, el Alto
Tribunal tiene que esperar los pla.
zos legales para que los acusados
SO presenter, 8 para juzgarlos en-
rebeldia, 81 no go presentan. Guam.
do llegue este case, Tenderness Al
c0rriente a nuestr0s lectores de Il
marcha de este asunto, que puede
tener consecuenCias desagradables
para los que le han intentado, con
tan poca Oportunidad, pues este
proceso ha dado va lugar & discu.
stones deplorables, 4 acusaciones
graves de unos contra otros. y &
injuriarse philharmonic en- los
momentos mismos en- que est6
Paris lleuo de extranjeros avidos de
curiosidad por yer, no solamente Ia
Exposition, sino 10 que pasa en- 81
interior de Francia, y seguramente.
los que est6n ma! dispaestos no
formaran Ia mas halagiieia idea, eI
han Observable las lamsntables .as.
cenas de las dltimas asslOnes do d
Oamara de Dlputados.
3. oentaMint d LstsGs,
sltt'vsaas q. fsA Il. .eas'et. As,ssea
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-13
LEGEND OF MARCOLlNl.
A Curious Ceremony Observed In TIL
Courts of Venice.

A Curious Ceremony Observed in tho
Courts of Venice.
In the courts of Venice curious
custom has been observed for five
hundred years. When the Council of
Ten, body of men acting as q jury,
brings in sentence of death, before
the presiding judge puts on the black
cap the venerable crier advances and
cries three times in loud voice; RE
cordatevi del povera Marcolini. Near
the grand landing place of the gon-
dolas are the columns of Saint Mark
and Saint Theodore. Nearly all the
people passing the grand landing place
pass around the columns. Only for
eigners and strangers pass between the
two slender pillars. 1t is the ancient
place of execution, and there Mar
colini met his death. Many years ago
Marcolini, young Venetian noble,
paid court to the beautiful Giulietta,
whose family occupied palace on the
same square. One night as the dial on
the clock tower marked the early
morning hour he was returning home
from visit tc his inamorata, softly
singing in the exuberance of his spirits,
for he had been accepted, and the par
ents of his fiancee had given consent to
their nuptials. Passing across small
campo he picked up an embroidered
belt, with an empty ieweled scabbard.
and fastening the girdle around him,
he continued his course, still humming
his tune. When he came to the steps of
the Rialto he was seized by tho
guard and accused of murder. He
was taken to the spot where Senator
Rinaldi lay dead with a dagger in his
heart. 1t was found that the stiletto
exactly fitted the sheath which Mar
colini carried. He was speedily tired,
condemned and beheaded. Giulietta
went mad and was confined on the lit
tie island devoted to the insane. Many
years after a bandit on his death-bed
confessed to priest that he had been
hired to murder the Senator. The
sentence against Marcolini was re-
versed and his confiscated estates were
restored to his family. But poor Giu.
letta's reason could not be restored by
an edict of law. When the Judge who
condemned Marcolini came to die he
provided in his will that mass should
be sung every night forever in chapel
of the ducal church, st. Marks, for
the soul of Marcolini and others who
had suffered from unjust judgments.
Such is the story of the Twilight Mass
and the words of the court crier: Re.
member poor Marcolini." Every night
the bell is rung and a ray Of light i:
feen to issue from the little Gothic
window that looks upon the ancient
place of execution-a recognition O.
human fallibility.-N. Y. Star.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-13
Marriage by Surprise.

An extraordinary occurrence has
taken place in one of the principal
churches of Madrid, in the parish OF
Santa Cruz. A priest had nearly
finished his mass and was in the act OF
pronouncing the sacramental words:
lite, missa est" when young man,
aged twenty-one, and a beautiful girl
of twenty suddenly approached the
altar railing with three middle-aged
men, and the young couple cried
aloud: ''We wish to be husband and
wife. Here are our three witnesses"
Now, it seems that under the canon
ical laws still regulating marriages in
Spain, Roman Catholics can thus
claim to be considered married by
surprise il they are skillful enough to
do so just after the priest has uttered
the benediction at the close OF mass.
Formerly this stratagem was, as in the
present case. resorted to by young
people whose parents opposed their
union. When this occurred in the
church OF Santa Cruz a scene of con-
fusion ensued. The priest retired to
the sacristy and sent for the police,
who conducted the offenders and wit
nesses into the presence of the munich
pal judge. He declared the marriage
valid. much to the delight of the young
couple and to the intense disgust of
the parents of both sides, who had re-
sisted the union.-London Times.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-13
SAUCY SNIPPINGS.

THE richest men are often the mean est
when the collection plate circulates.
Love ard a lottery ticket make rather a
small capital to commence housekeeping
upon
A BONANZA for fashionable physicians are
the rich folk who have nothing the matter
with them.
WHY is it mans wife makes twice as
much noise munching popcorn as she did
in the happy days of their courtship!
IzAAK WALTON, who did not know enough
to spell his front name properly, did not
catch half the fish the average man does,
aud why any one should be called his "dis
ciple" is mystery and fraud.
You've LADY-"I want pair of shoes,
largo and comfortable. Two will do" New
Boy Glancing at her foot-"Mr. Leather,
the lady wants two shoes, large and COM
Portable. Where's that box of sixes2"
"WHY do native Bostonians have such a
tendency to skepticismln asked one clergy.
man of another. II didn't know as they
had such a tendency" was the reply; 'bu,
If they have, suppose it is because, hay
ing been born in Boston, they do not thinl,
it necessary 10 be boon again.
BARyuM's experienced elephant trainer
is credited with the following philosophical
comment: elephants are very much like
human beings, especially in one regard, and
| that is the females are very much better
and nicer than the males, and also that
when the female is bad she is worse tha.
| the worst malen
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-13
Poultry Culture South.

Persons not specially interested in
the subicc. can have but little idea OF
the rapid progress that fancy, or thor
oughbred, poultry is making in the
South. Indeed, it is difficult for the
fanciers themselves to fully realize the
great strides that are being taken in
the improvement of our domestic
fowls. In the ante-bellum days, and
for several years after the great
struggle, the only class OF fowls of any
special note on the Southern planta-
housekeeping, possibly, a few OF
the Brahma or Cochin varieties of
questionable purity-were the Pit
games, variety of fowls that then, as
we'll as now, were admired for their
pluck and graceful carriage, and which
were kept for ornament and also
amusement and sporting occasions.
In fact, the game chicken was the
only one worthy of special mention in
our Southland up to a very recent
period. Even with the advent of other
and more practical FOWLS. this noble
bird, the Southern bred game cock,
still holds his own in point OF cour.
age and invincibility wherever he may
be.
But, with the turn Of the Southern
mind from the old chivalrous times to
more modern ideas, and the transfer.
nation of the Southern soldier into
the Southern miner, manufacturer and
merchant, as well as advanced agri-
culturist comes the demand for i'm
proved livestock, which include:
poultry of the higher type. And. Sc
1t is, there comes up from all parts o.
the South call for information on the
relative value Of the old time ordinary
mongrel fowl and the thoroughbred
that for some time past has had &
strong foothold in the North, and also
for facts and figures with which TO de.
termine which is the most desirable oil
the various breeds of thoroughbreds,
each OF which has its advocates.
A most potent factor in awakening
and maintaining this desire for tbs
best grade OF fowls. is the poultry
show. which has probably become ;
fixture in our Southern cities
Through this instTuuentaliv grea
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-13
COMlCAl CULllNGS.


"THE only way to prevint what's psst,n
says Mrs. Muldoon, "is to put stop 10 it
before it happens"
81 HAVE been in a country" said Ne
braska preacher, "where the hand Of man
has never set foot.n
TEAcHER-"What was there remarkable
about the battle Of Lookout" Little Dick
tat the foot Of the class SIT caused bangs
On the brow of mountain"
SMITH-"Well,th thank heaven, my daughters
are ugly" Brown-''Why thanksl" Smith
--"Well, you see, when their beaux call they
turn the gas down and save great deal Of
expense"
"YoU don't seem very happy, Gertie, for q
girl just engaged" Gertie-'1'm not hap
ply. expected to knock Flora Blanchard
silly, and her engagement ring is worth at
least three of mine"
JUST about now, when George Washing
toms name is so prominently before the
public, widows should impress the fact up
on their admirers that he married widow.
1t may do worlds Of good.
She (his sweetheart)-"Oh, what nice
present you have given me. / hope you
have not been too extfavagant." He-"Oh
no; dollar down and dollar a-oh, ah,
mean didn't pay much for it"
A CURIOUS slip was made by school
master when asked If he had formed any
opinion as to the state of mind Of an alleged
lunatic. sob, yes" he replied; 81 can Ger
tify he is an idiot. He was one Of my favor
lite pupils"
Our in Coffey County, Kan, there is &
man named Limburger who has petitionet
the legislature to change his name for him
| because his wife always bids him "cheest
it, whenever he reminds her Of her MARTA
vow Of obedience.
If his cups cause man to see snakes HI
counts himself in hard luck. II woman
sees snake in her cup she considers it {
harbinger of good luck. Twas alway
thus. Ever since the little snake episode
In times earliest fruit garden woman ha
been the most radical partisan of serpentin,
sinuosity.
1--WE had new-fangled game supper
remarked the Hoosier, "and it beat an,
cookin' ever saw in Injeanny." "Wha
kind of game was itl" "'Twas what the.
called Welsh rabbit, cooked into THU
paste and spread on toast, and was might
good eating, tell you. There was no bone
in it. These Welsh rabbits must be differ
ent from our InJeanny cotton tails"
WIFE (time, midnight) -"Pretty time O
night for you to come homeland in such
condition, too" Husband-"M' dear, it
(hic) only fright. / stopped in at re
michroschopic siety rooms and, m dear,
looked at shome water in michroschOp.
M dear-zhe water we drink, m dsar; ant
sure ri live, m dear, l shaw it full c
snakes. Mershy on mel Zhe 'em yet"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-13
Safe and Sound.

The word ''safen is from the Latin "salu
are,n to save, preserve. Safe indicates
freedom from harm or danger; sound, un-
scathed, unchanged, secure, whole, as, safe
from disease.
1t is likewise regarded as comforting
safety, to be relied upon. Its synonyms
are secure, unendangered, sure. ''Salu-
tary" is from the same root, meaning
health, safety. The term is defined by
photographers as wholesome, healthful,
promoting health; contributing to some
beneficial purpose; salubrous, useful, adj
vantageous, profitable, favorableness to the
preservation OF health and prosperity.
How fitting tho word, as applied to War
ner's Safe Remedies, which meet every re-
quirement Of both materia medica and
etymology.
Their use protects from disease, and is q
| safeguard to the entire race.
Warmers Safe Cure has been extensively
used in this and every other civilized
country, and is recognized as the most
beneficial remedy known to man. 1t has
long been recognized Though not publicly
by the medical profession as the most va.u-
able compound for the general restora-
ton of the human system, by putting the
kidneys in healthy condition, as when
these great organs are restored to a healthy
action then the poisonous waste matter is
expelled by the only blood-purifying organs
Of the system.
Few are aware that the kidneys are the
only organs that can purify the blood.
Fancy the danger Of poisoned blood con,
tinually coursng through the body--65 gal
Ions OF blood per hour, or As barrels per
day, pass through the kidneys yet the un-
suspecting regard them as of little inn
portance until they are stricken down. Poi,
soned blood engendcrs general debility,
pneumonia, lung and bronchial troubles,
paralysis, apoplexy, heart complications,
rapidly falling eyesight, scrofulous and
cancerous sores, and other serious mala-
dies, which might be averted if the kidneys
properly performed their work and ex-
PEELED the poisonous, waste matter
When the medical profession will strike
at the root instead of hewing the branches
then we can hope for happy relief from
many Of the ills Of the present day. When
diseases are called by their rightnames, and
the real causes of death are made known
instead OF death from symptoms of kidney
disease, it is then that the people will be
CoHlo IHore lulIy aware VI tue UerrlDle
fatality of diseases caused by imperfect
action of the kidneys.
We have often used our columns for the
benefit of our readers toproclaim the merits
of the great remedy heretofore mentioned
which is daily becoming more popular, anc
we can but repeat the words so often used
in their advertisements, which nre very
simple and very easy, and within the reach
Of all our readers-viz,, to ask your friend.
and neighbors about it.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-13
COURTEOUS MANNERS.
The Intangible Yet Perceptible Trlfs
That Make the Man Gentleman.


The Intangible Yet Perceptibie Trlfes
That Make the Man Gentleman.
A keen observer of our young men
can not but be struck with tendency
on the part of great many OF them, at
least, to disregard the small courtesies
OF life-the intangible yet very per-
ceptible little things that make tho
man a gentleman. Many persons con-
tend that outward manner is very
secondary consideration If the head is
well stocked with knowledge and that
If a young man has the faculty to get
on in the world il is matter of very
little Importance If his manners do not
model themselves after Chesterfield.
That this idea is prevalent is proved
by the great number of well-educated
men-men of ability and power-who,
however, one would never accuse of
being gentlemen-who, clever and
with no lack OF brains, are painfully
deficient in good breeding. With no
intentional lapses, they are awkward,
bumptious, presuming, even vulgar.
In most countries an educated man
and a gentleman are almost synony-
nous terms. On this side of tho At
lantic they by no means always belong
to the same man. Educational advan-
tages are within the reach OF all
classes people-people who have the
benefit of no home training for their
manners, or any cultivated persons
among their acquaintance. One
fact is true all the world over,
that where, by some freak of nature,
a man shows himself superior to
his own class in intelligence and tai
ents, he is never content to remain
on the lower stave of the ladder.
Many persons assert that the self
made man is always the best. In
point of ability he proves without
doubt that he has within him that
which has determined his fitness for
the place he has earned for himself.
But because man by his brains, en-
ergy and pluck carves out his own
fortune. putting himself in a prom
inent position, is it not very desirable
also that he should also cultivate the
courtesies of life so that the talent be
not hidden by roughness and uncult-
ured bearingp Because a man is q
successful lawyer. it does not justify
him to say that he can be his own
tailor, or that ill-ftting clothes, if be-
longing to him and of his own make,
are as suitable as those OF good cut.
80 it is with the intellectual giant
who takes no heed of his manners.
He may learn much from less talented
people, who are nevertheless his
suporiors in many things. Desirable
as it may be for young men to shur
the extravaganza of the aesthetic, an(
to despise the shams OF society, they
can not afford to neglect the courtesie.
of life, and they do well who while
devoting their energy to mathematic:
and the classics, pay attention to the
cultivation in manners. 1t is whilc
young that manners are made; thu
most strenuous efforts will not remedy
or eradicate in after life the gauch
cries formed in youth. -Toront,
Week.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-13
AFFAIRS AFlOAT.

THE City of Paris, the ocean steamer
which lately completed its first trip, cost
S2,5OO,O0O, and can accommodate 1900 pas
sengers. -.
HEREAFTER the boats to carried by Ar
lantic steamers, instead of Neing made Of
wood, will be made of steel, in one piece
Wooden boats rot and are easily crushed
The new boats will be built by machinery
especially made for rolling then, out In u;
sizes in a single plate.
IN the future every great ircn-clad wild
have its suite composed of as mall feet. This
will consist of two first-cass torpedo BEATS
4 fast gunboat ram, generally towed, AID v
very fast 200 ton "turn-about tcrpe.t
,atcher," fitted with the latest ilnpvve
nentsfor DESTROYING torpedoes.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-13
Bud Worms in Young Corn.

Two years ago the writer sustained
a great deal OF damage by bud-worms
in corn, but finally "got ahead of
them" and the plan adopted might be
of interest to the public, as it is very
simple, as follows. AS soon as they
put in an appearance, as you will OBJ
serve by the bud leaves of the little
stalk willing and dying, bear off the
rows close as you would cotton, and go
through with the hoes and take the
dirt away from the stalk, as near as
you can, down to where the roots
branch out, and you will find yourself
victor Do not be afraid OF injuring
your corn; it will stand this treatment
and even thrive until it is too large for
the worms to hurt, when you may work
the dirt back to it. The philosophy is
these fellows inhabit the ground and
can enter the stalk only under the
ground and at the point in the stalk
where the little blades are forming,
and when the dirt is taken away below
this point he is at his rows end He
can not bore into the stalk above the
ground for want of something to hold
to or with, while he is working, and
he will not bore among the roots; and
if he did, he would not find his dainty
morsel-the little buds.
There are many theories in relation
TO these little pests, and If any OF your
readers entertain ideas of them incon-
sistent with the above, and are at the
same time suffering from their ray.
ages, If they will only give the above
thorough test on a single row, they
will not only be almost but entirely
persuaded. Nv. II. T., in Southern
Cultivator.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-13
HERE AND THERE.

Spring cleaning should apply TO
the barn and cellar as well as to the
rooms of the house.
Too much corn to horses in warm
weather will cause profuse perspira-
ton. Oats should be used in prefer.
ence.
When you put in melons try the
icing rind watermelon. OF cantaloups
use the Emerald gem. The latter is
small, but of excellent flavor.
Take your hoe, look over the
fields and pastures, and chop out the
burdock. 1t is pernicious pest, and
should be kept down from the begin
ming.
This is the time when the peach.
borer is getting in its work, Be on
the watch for it, and hunt carefully
around each tree.
1t is better to cut away the dead
wood from trees, even if the tree Is
disfigured. than to allow it to remain.
This is especially the case with the
peach, which thrives under severe
cutting back.
Bran and cotton-seed meal are the
cheapest and best foods that can
be bought. They not only increase
the flow of milk and induce rapid
growth of young stock, but add to the
value Of the manure.
H. B. Fuller, of China, N. Y, had
during the past season small dairy
of four-grade Jersey cows. He real
lied 1909 pounds of butter, or 1921
pounds each, besides the butter used
in the family.
Wood ashes will answer for young
trees. No manure is required. Pear
trees should not be forced in growth
too rapidly. The second year a MKT
ure or ground bone and ashes will
make an excellent fertilizer.
All who are engaged in butter
making should strip the cows clean, as
the strippings contain from twenty
five to thirty per cent cream. II
milk is left in the cows bags to dry
away there will be Jumps in the teats.
If butter is kept covered tight
when put in the ice-chest it will not
absorb the odor of any food lying near.
There is nothing so sensitive as butter,
and yet you may see it at any time
placed near to meat or vegetables.
old ewes may be sold if the lambs
are weaned. Only strong, vigorous
ewes should be retained. Select those
that yielded plenty of milk for the
lambs for breeding purposes, and sci
off the rams in order to infuse new
blood in the flock.
-Sorrel thrives at this season ant
crab grass later on. Keep it down a
all costs in order to lessen the number
off plants next season. When cral
grass appears it is easily destroyed
when young. Constant cultivation il
the only remedy for both.
The clover field is the place for tht
pigs that have been weaned. They viii
need very little other food. Amess o
skinned milk. or butteFmilk. with ;
small quantity of ground oats at night
will cause the pigs to grow rapidly !
| they have the run Of clover
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-13

interest has been aroused. and much
good has been done. and the Southern
fanciers will stand in their own light
If they do not encourage and help to
sustain poultry exhibitions, whenever
and wherever practicable. For, sec
ond only to tho press, is the poultry
show as a champion OF pure-bred fowls.
The progress OF pure fowls. how
ever. is like that of a rolling snow ball,
it gathers strength and size as it goes.
They advertise themselves, and in
every locality where trio or half
dozen high-class birds are introduced,
there is within short time fifty or q
hundred of the same kind, so rapidly
do they increase, and SO great is the
demand for them.
1t is not our province to say which,
in our opinion, is the best breed. for
every variety of thoroughbred fowls
possess characteristics that makes it
much superior to the dunghill kind,
and each variety also has its friends
and admirers.
Here, again. is the value OF the ex-
hibition hall, both to the breeder and
purchaser. for there the inexperienced
can see and select for himself that
which he most admires.
The merits of thoroughbred fowls
are: Rapidly of growth, increased
weight and flesh, also beauty, and
above all, superiority in egg produc.
ton, for thoroughbred hen of the best
laying strains will lay twice as many
eggs in year as the mongrel hen.
These facts are well worthy of investi.
cation, and are sufficient to justify the
great interest now being taken in high
class poultry. H. b. Geer, in Dixie
Farmer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-13
She was an old-fashioned woman.

She was an old-fashioned woman.
She stood on the step of an open car.
and the lady at the end of the seat
sulkily refused to slide along. Tho
old-fashioned woman stood there for a
long minute, with the driver looking
back and ready to move on, and then
loudly demanded: well, hain't you
going to hitch?" The lady gave her
Oae awful look, and agitated herself
c.ear to the far end.