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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1890-01-03

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LA muy mejorado de So indisposi-
Ci6ns
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mercio celebrates por Espsfia En-
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promises con niDgun partidO poll.
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sen otras pruebas.
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nistros, exeeptuandO el Presidente
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blecidos los sefiorss ministries d.
Estado Y Ultramar,
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aas 4 que Obedecs ID demora 0n Il
discussion dc los presnpc estoF.
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nistros 90 test6 que esa demoTi
era dehida L Ia enfermedad que so
fre Ell miniatr0 de Hacienda.
Intervino en- ell debate el sefo
Gamaso, rnostrando en- 81 discursr
gran benevolenoia hsela el Gobiag
no.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
A PRAYER.

God of the mountain, God of the storm,
God of the flower. God of the worml
Hear us and bless us,
Forgive US, redress us!
Breathe on our spirits Thy love and Thy
healing
Teach US content with Thy fatherly dealing,
Teach us to love Thee,
To love one another, brother his brother;
And make us all free
Free from the shackles Of ancient tradition,
Free from the censure of man for his
neighbor,
Help us each one to fulfil his true mission,
And show US It's manly, it's godlike, to
labor
God of the darkness, God of the sun,
God of the beautiful, God of each one!
Clothe us and feed Us,
Hume US and lead US;
Show us that avarice holds US in thrall,
That the land is all Thine, and Thou givest
to all.
Scatter our blindness;
Help lis do right, all the day and the night;
To love mercy and kindness;
Aid us to conquer mistakes of the past;
Show US our future to cheer us and arm
lis,
The upper, the better, the mansions Thou
hast;
And. God of the grave, that the grave
cannot harm us.
u r. Orton.
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The Moons. Tide Producing Power.

The great scientists and astronomers
concur in the opinion that only the igno-
rant common people believe the moon to
exercise an influence over human affairs,
only to tell us on the next page of mon.
strous tides invisibly put in motion and
induced by the very agency sIeered at IN
a preceding chapter. That our attendant
satellite does exert powerful influence
over our little globe may be inferred from
what we know of its tide-producing
power alone.
AS our planet sweeps along at an un-
thinkablc rate of speed, it is drawn to-
ward the moon very perceptibly, enough
to produce tides on opposite sides of the
earth's surface at the same time. If these
great mountains of water can be put in
motion by the ''pale white orb of night" 1"
WHY should we not attribute to it minor
influences, even though they be OF de-
trimental or pestilcntial charactera Deny
ing the truth in the case can never help
matters.
ssBut how can the moon be the cause
of tides in America and in China at the
same time2" some one says. According
to the best authority on the subject OF
tides, that part of the earth's surface
which is turned away from the moon or
sun has smaller degree of attraction than
the side next the luminary excrting the
"pulling" power; thus, in effect, leaving
the water behind, and producing tide
on the opposite, as we'll as upon the side
acted upon directly by the force OF graV-
ity.
The moon is now 240, 900 miles away;
gcolcgists and astronomers tell us that
there was time when it was only 40, OO0
miles distant, only one-siyth Of what it is
at the present moment. The tides OF to-
day average all the way from three to
fifty feet. Say that they are now three
feet at the Eads jetties at the mouth OF
the Mississippi; what would be the result
of the moon being brought fivc-sixths
nearer, or back to the old mythical 49,
OOO-milc raark2 Instead of tides being
three feet at the mouth of the parent of
waters, they would rise to a height OF
GAS feet! The whole of the Mississippi
Valley would present the appearance OF
a vast beach; St. Louis would be covered
out of sight and the waves forty-cight
feet high would flow through the streets
of Chicago into Lake Michigan! The
writer is not an astrologer, astronomer or
soothsayer; he knows nothing of "dl-
vinations" or black art; docs not even
profess to believe that We are on the eve
of pcstilential visitation, but will not
deny believing in moon influence. Is it
not rational, after all, to give Luna credit
of having something to do with our for
tunes aud misfortunes9-S. Louis Re-
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TAKE YOUR HANDS OUT OF YOUR POCKETS,
YOG-.G MAN,

TAKE YOUR HANDS OUT OF YOUR POCKETS,
YOT-.G MAN,
To begin with, it does not look we'll when
ayoung man crooks his arms and thrusts
his hands into his pockets, making figure
eight Of himself, and then stands up against
the sunny side Of the house, like rooster
in December.
How would the girls look, all turned into
eghts and leaning against the wall2 How
would your mother look in that postureP
Catch her doing it! You don't find her
hands in her pockets. Your mothers hands!
While you are loating. they are the hands
that sew, and bake, and stew, and fry and
sweep, and darn, and nurse, but she does
not sink them in her rockets and then loll
against building.
Are your hands cold? Warm them up at
the end of the hCe handle and scythe.
Swing the hammer; drive the plane; -four
ish the axe. There is untold caloric about
the spade, trowel and wrench.
Take your hands out of your pockets,
young man. You are losing time. Time is
valuable. People feel it at the other end of
the line. when death is near and eternity
pressing them into such small quarters,
for the work of this life Graves
hours, days, weeks, years. If
those at this end of the line of youth
with its abundance of resources would only
feel that time was precious. Time is q
quarry. Every hour may be nugget of
gold. 1t is time in whose invaluable mo-
ments We build our bridges, spike the iron
rails to the sleepers, launch our ships, dig
our canals run our factories. You might
have planted twenty hills of potatoes while
have been talking to you, young man.
Take your hands out of your pockets
Christian Banner.
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THE RUN TRADE IN AFRICA.

The great curse Of the liquor traffic resta
upon Africa, and the civilized natlonsraa
mainly responsible for its existence. Nearly
twelve millions Of gallons Of spirituous
liquors 60 annually from the leading ciyilized'l
nations, and the native races are fast being
demoralized and destroyed through Its In
fuence. It is gratifying fact that at the
Berlin Conference in 1884, the United States,
through its representatives, united with
Great Britain, Italy and Belgium In an efforE5
to save the Congo country, but the eieYenH
other powers overruled them. Great Brittany
has an able and effective organization in the, I
United Committee for the Prevention OF
the Generalization Of the Native Races byiS
the Liquor Traffic." and the National Tenn
perance Society and Publication House is
doing what it can to secure action by the. !
United States Government in the same dlrect
tion. oa
The English House Of Commons in 1888 !
unanimously adopted the following resoiul
ton: ~
That this House, having regard to tho
disastrous physical and moral effects OF tho
LIQUOR traffic among uncivilized races, as we'll
as the injury it inf1icts on the legitimato
commerce, doth cordially support the lml
perial and Colonial Government in their en3
deayor to suppress the traffic in spirituous
LIQUORS in alf native territories under their
influence and control. ~
In 1889 the German Reichstag adopted the
following:
That the Reichstag resolves to request the
Federal Government to again take into con-
sideraton whether and how the trade IN
spirits in the German colonies can be ef-
fectually opposed either by prohibition or
limitation.
The correspondent Of the New York Tn
bune at Brussels, in referring to the Inter
national Anti-Slavery Congress recently N
session in that city, notices the movement 70
prohibit the traffic in Africa, but seeks to
turn the movement into "high-icense't
channel, but the Native Races COMMITTEES!
as will be seen by their recent memorial aims
Mt the entire suppression of the liquor traffic
Why should the Africans bs cursed with tho
higi-license system? They would not only,
have to pay for the liquor, but for the priv
ilege of selling it, and the trade would
moro open, more respectable more abunda
and more deadly in its effects upon the peop
The National Temperance Society has me
morialized both Houses Of Congress to take
prompt and vigorous action, ;and will press
this question upon the committee now hayIi
ing it in charge with the view OF securing
some action by our own Government in the
matter. s.
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PROHIBITION 146 YEARS AGO.

A prohibition speech was delivered by Lord
Chesterfield in the House of Lords in 1743. inI
opposition to the license system. Thus it win
be seen that for one hundred and forty-six,
years the English speaking nations have BEEN
trying to curb the evils Of the drink habit byt
law. Lord Chesterfield said: "Vice, my
lords, is not properly to be taxed, but to be
suppressed. Luxury, my lords, may yeryl
properly be taxed. But the use OF thesA
things which are simply hurtful-hurHul IN
their own nature, and in every degrees To-
be prohibited. If their liquors are so de-
licious that the people are tempted to their
own destruction, let US at length. my lords (
secure them from these fatal draughts by
bursting the phials that contain them. Let
lis check these artists in human slaughter,
which have reconciled their countrymen TO
sickness and to ruin, and spread over the pit
fallsof debauchery such baits as cannot be
resisted When consider, my lords, the ten
dency of this bill, find it calculated only tori
the propagation Of disease, the suppression
of industry, and the destruction Of mankind.I
For the purpose, nay lords, what could have.
been invented more efficacious than shops at,
which poison may be vended, poison so pre-
pared as to please the palate, while it wastes
the strength and kills only by into1icationf
Reason. ~
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ALWAYS OPEN.

The words "always open" are con-
spicuously placed in the front window of
telegraph Office on Broadway, New York.
The announcement carries a deeper mean
ing than the mere unthinking observer may
comprehend. At any hour, night or day,
messages may be received for any part of
the globe; operators are constantly in wait
ing electric currents batteries highly
charged, instruments of most delicate con-
struction, are in readiness to transmit
thought as on the wings of sw;ftest light
ming. No one accustomed to deposit mes
sages there doubts the possibility of touching
the farthest portions of the earth. An
answer is confidently awaited. The tallest
intervening mountains, the widest, deepest
seas, are as nothing. Having written his
communication, the sender goes forth to
other engagements believing without any
question that he has brought himself in
contact with another soul, and that, in due
time, response will appear.
o, how Blind and unbelieving We seem to
be when we enter the loltier spiritual realm,
and seek to apply these principles! High
above the gateway of prayer, are written in
imperishable characters, Always Open. The
Author Of Our being invites us-yea even
bcseeches us-to hold sweet communion
with Himself. The provisions Of grace by
which this contact may become real and
lasting are never subject to interruptions for
the sincere seeker. In dark days or sunny
there can be no obstruction in this inter-
course, only such as arises from our own
unbelief.
Oh, think of the perfect arrangement: the
blood Of Jesus sprinkling the me1cy-sest;
the dispensation Of the Holy Spirit arranged
by infinite wisdom. with view to promote
this fellowship with the Father; all the
promises of GOd-yea and Amen: the feSti-
mony of devout minds III all ages proclaim
ing the impossibilty Of failure when we ap-
proach God in true prayer; the character
and covenants of the Almighty pledged to
such intercommunication the adaptation OF
this fellowship to meet the instructive yearn-
ings of the soul for happiness! Consider
this plan. merciful throughout, tested by
millions, always open-not to the few-but
always to all.
1t is written, ITO him that knocketh it
shall be opened" Isaiah foresaw this, and
cried out, ''Thy gates shall be open continu-
ally; they shall not be shut day nor night"
That glorious city, which the revelator de-
scribes, is but the perfected type Of the
kingdom of God on earth. 1t is said that
the gates of it shall not be shut at all by
day" So it is with him that oTercometh
through prayer. The gates are wide open
continually. Is he toiling with his hands
seeking daily bread' His heart uplifted to-
ward God may find blessed comfort every
moment. Is he passing through oyerwhelm-
ing seas of adversely? He may look MP and
hear, ''Behold, l am with thee" Is he ut
terly unable to choose between cer",n plans
of life that are presented to him. He reads
with greatest comfort, IF any of you lack
wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to
all men literally. .'.-lsari Of Dogs.
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CALLoUsED CoNsC1ENCEs.

In a world of sin and death pain is q
blessed and merciful appointment. A man
has broken leg, the surgeon has set it, and
though he writhes and screams his physi-
clan IS calm, and placid; he says "the leg is
doing WE'LL" By and by the pain ceases
does not distress him any more; and then
the surgeon is alarmed and says that leg
must come off, modification is setting in.
Just SO there are many men whose ease
and contentment of mind is. the saddest
feature in their cases; it is the insensbilty
of soul stupefed and benumbed by sin; it
seenee ne ay ol and pea be soul is on rspe Ss
happy, discontented and i'll at ease, there is
hope; but when oil this is passed and people
settle down in content, stupid and stolid,
then death is doing its work. "Woe also to
them when depart from them" Hosea
9: 12.-Comn,on People.
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WHISKY FOR CHILDREN.

Rev. C. q. Rust in The Western, Christian
idvocate gives the following statement about
''nickel-in-the-slot" apparatus which he
says is in use in Cincinnati:
''This Internal machine is located upon
some thoroughfare. where children pass to
and fro, as the adjunct Of saloon. It bears
the inscription, in large and distinct charac-
ters: Put Two Nickels in the Slot. and Get
4 Bottle Of Whisky The Cincinnati police
authorities have unearthed this conspiracy
against our homes, and it is to be hoped that
swift and heavy retribution will oyertake,
these human ghouls. When the aforesaid
nickels are dropped in the slot, a small bottle
of whisky, containing about gill, falls into
the hands of the expectant children, who are
the chief victims Of this sort Of traffic.
"When the saloonists are confronted with
the facts, they effect all injured air Of In
nocency and claim protection, with brazen
effrontery, for the so-called freedom Of a free,
land These machines are quite plentiful
'Over-the- Rhine Under the very caves Of
our churches these human yampiresply their
pcstilential trade"
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Time Regulated by Bugle.

Every watch and clock on Governor s
Island, New York, is regulated by bugle
call. Just before noon two enlisted men
are stationed at point commanding an
unobstructed view of the tower OF the
Western Union Building, where the
United States Signal Office is. One OF
these is the post bugler, the othes q
trained signalman, equipped with a
powerful field glass. The non.commis-
stoned officer is required to keep his
glass fixed upon the time ball. The in
slant it drops he. gives the signal to the
bugler, who stands in readiness, and the
latter Immediately sounds the specified
call, which is heard all over the island,
aud there is a general consultation and
adjustment of watches and clocks.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES

TEMFEhANCE NE"S AND NSAI''
An Inebriate's Home for Women is about
to be provided in or near Manchester Eng
land.
The London City Mission has twenty-five
missionaries engaged in visiting pubic
houses.
E Sixteen petitions against the liquor evil
were lately presented to the Legislative
Council Of Cape Colony, Africa, during one
session.
The Comte de Flandre, heir-apparent to
the throne Of Belgium, is Honorary Press-
dent Of q Brussels society called 'lhe
Patriotic League Against Alcoholism"
The New South Wales Alliance has pledged
1857 persons during the past five years:
They have a hall that cost nine thousand
pounds, where they carry ON vigorous
work.
A prominent business man i'll New York
city recently drank too much wine, wendsd
his way home, brought up in the gutter, ana
street thieves relieved him OF SIO A costly
drunk.
The policemen Of England and Wales, II
brought together. would form great army.
They number 81, ,a9G. Niue-tenths Of this
army could be discharged if the sale Of
liauors were prohibited.
The widow of Chief of Police Watkins, Of
Parsons, Penn, killed, while intoxicated, by
a passing engine, was recently awarded 81
500 damages, which the saloon-keeper, who
sold him the liquor, must pay.
A Milwaukee educator says that IN the
districts in that city where saloons are most
numerous, teachers complain that many OF
the scholars are so stupid from drinking beer
that work on them is almost useless. 1 n
The Union Pacific Railway has decided d
allow no more liquor to be sold in its hotels]
In view of the fact that the company owns d
large part of the principal hotels along it'd
route a great deal of practical prohibition
sure to result. 1t Is thought that as th}
revenue Of number will be curtailed in conf
sequence they will have 70 close and dipipi|
cars take their places,
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SECRETS.

Whore is the dearest place to lie'
The very best place to laugh or cry'
In the whole wide world, from east to west,
The safest, warmest, coziest nest?
Only the babies know
The glad, glad babies know!
What is more precious to have and to holde
Worth more than its weight in rubies or gold?
The fairest, purest, loveliest thing
That earth can give and heaven can bring?
Only tho mothers know
The glad, glad mothers know!
--Emmd C. Dcwd, in Young People.
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The danger having passed, the tired
child fell asleep with Rose in her arms
When she woke it was bright sunlight
Her dazed eyes saw Nance feeding neal
by, Rose running toward her, and an oldist
man, with a gray beard and bronzed
face, looking at her kindly. By his side
was the lean wolf Rosy had called dog,
81 knew it was a tame one!" cried
Janet.
"Iu course you did," smiled the old
man. "Mc an my gal, Ann Reed, fell
out twenty odd year ago cause I owned
tame bar. She went ter Bosting,
turned schoolmarm, an I emigrated to
Iowy."
Janet, very wide-eyed, told him about
Miss Reed, who was one of their wagon
party. Gaining courage, she also gave
her own history and Roses as far as she
knew.
"Wal, you be powerful talker!'
cried the old man. "Now come eat, an
then we'll ketch up with the caravan:
Say, though, sis, would you say, 'lowin'
fur age an my whiskers, Ann Reed amt
TO better-lookin' then mel"
"You're both nice for old folks" said
Janet, politely.
He led them to a dugout in the hills,
where they found plenty to eat, and then
they set out for the wagons, Janet with
Rose on Nance, the wolf following the
old mans bronco.
"The row last night, SIS" he said,
"was Uncle Sans sojerS arter Injuns,
same as has been hangin' round yer train.
Wonder how them serious ways of Ann
Reeds would "a took with Injuns"
At night they reached the camping
place of the wagons, where there was
great rejoicing-Chasc, especially, COM
ing often to stroke Janet's curls, and mutt
ter: "Ef you amt borned hero, l never
knowed one! The stuff of a pioneer"
Janct's only sadness was that one little
grave where the youngest "Pike" lay;
the child had died the night before.
How many nameless graves, some pathetic,
tiny ones, there used to be on that great
pathway to the West!
When Janet, with Rose in her arms,
climbed into her wagon, the hermit ap-
preached and said, mysteriously: sits
the same Ann Reed, sis, an she's there
a-pettin' that wolf like he were poodle
dog. Amt set agin 'em no more"
Two miles from Denver they met a
horseman so pale and anxious they knew
who he was even before he called
hoarsely:
ssIs my baby with you9"
"Aye, she be-" answered Chase, "but
we'd met ye with blank faces an sorrer-
full hearts but for Janet here"
Then he told the story, and the father
got down from his horse to kiss her first
before his own child.
s'I'm we'll on, Joe," he said, brokenly.
"I can do we'll for her, and you say she
has no one. will have two daughters
instead of one" ..
"You amt q Maverick no more, Janet, "
cried Joe, something shining in his honest
eyes, "an' there aint one of us but will
bid yc God-spced. Eff ever lone little
child was worth fathers love an care,
you be, an the blessin' of all us that
knowed ye goes with ye."
And as she, with Rose and her father,
parted from the companions of the long
wagon journey, they followed her with
loving, fearful eyes, that little Maverick
who had found a happy home.-Youths
Companion.
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sELF-DENIAL,

A little box came into q missionary col.
lection inscribed with the singular words,
" 'Tis But" 1t was from lady who had
never felt that she could do much for mis-
sions. But she had been accustomed to buy
good many things for herself which she
did not absolutely need, saying, "'Tis but
dollar" or "'Tis but trifle." This year
she determined, when so tempted, to put
her "'tis butts" into the missionary box; and
it surprised her to find that they amounted
to one hundred and fifty dollars.
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A DELUSION.

Among delusions the alcoholic is one Of the
most harmful. Dr. Norman Kerr says: "Al
alcohols are poisonous. The least poisonous
are the alcohols of wine. More poisonous are
the alcohols Of beet-root. Still more deadly
are the alcohols Of corn (all kinds Of grain(;
and the most potent and pestiferous are the
alcohols from potatoes. Cider inebriates are
usually more heavy aud stupid than alert
and offensive. Amylic alcohol Is nearly
better to let the poison in either form alone.
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DRUNKENNESS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

Ihe convictions for drunkenness in England
and Wales during the four years from 1885
10 1888 inclusive, show that the total con-
victions decreased during the first three
years. falling from 154, SOL in 1885 to 139, 482;
i'll 1887. III 1888 there was rise to 156, 800.
In Wales the proportion is about one convic-
tion to every 157 of the people. Liverpool
had last year Is, 600 cases Of drunkenness
from a population of little over half q
million. scs
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TEMPERANCE.
ON A WINEGLASS.
n his own

A genius cut with diamond on his own
wineglass these awful words:
"Within this cup Destruction rides,
And in its depth does Ruin swim;
Around its foam Perdition glides,
And Death is dancing on the brim