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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-04-19
BESOLUCIOy Dc IN PROBLENl,
Aqua A LA CAPITAL.

En- un folleto que ha visto la luz
pdbica hago decir en- verdad q IN
mayoral de "hacienda y: este afio
Ia SEGA nos tiene abrumado,", Y es-
TO 10 decia en- la margen de IN RIO.
Lo mismo puedo hacer decir y aun
con mayor razon q los habitantes
d. San Juan dc Puerto Rico. Solo
que el GAUGE del rio es el cielo, y ell
aqua las nubes. Sup0niendo son
80. 900 en- ndmero entire habitantes
y trsnseuntes, y que cada uno con-
sumo 100 litfos de aqua diarios, me-
cesitamos 3 600, 900 de litros al dia,
6 sean 1895. .OO0, 900 litros de aqua
al aflo, 9 1.O95, 900 ma que hay que
recOger y almacenar para la SEGA en-
tempo de aguas. De las observa-
Clones pluviometricas duraute doce
amos seguidOs, resulta que la altu-
ra media de aqua caida en- lluvia
es de l m -. d. modo que dividido
aQuel vOl1men pOr esta altura. ne
cesltamos. ~734, ,899 mS de suprrflcie
para reunir en- un afio oil aqua de
lluvia necesaria al tipo de 100 litros
por hab tante, tlpo exec ivo para oil
gasto, que puede rebajarse q la MI
tad, 6 sean 80 litros pOr habi itante |;
y como hsy que partir. de la hjpo-
tests de CUE el aqua estA recogida
en- a ibes J las lluvias son peri6di-
cas-, cOnstantes y seguras en- can't
dad y tiempot es' sutiClente adm tir
Ia mitad dc esta mitad para asegu-
rar el gastO, 6 sean 1873 724m' de SUI
perfcie y 273, 75Om'. Teut mos, pues.
m problema complets mel to resuei
to; I'm efectOs el aqua cae On Ia
cantldsd de aitura de Ia 40; Ia su.
psrtiole. 81 no Ia hay en- eondleIones,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-04-19
lQUE Es EsTof

Con profunda indignaciIn lee.
mos 10 siguiente en- un perl6dieo
autonomista de Mayag uez, que 10
copia de I'm cofrade de la lila de
Cuba:
" P6rrGfos eIocuentes. De un
srticulO que, con ell epfgrafe de
CdrtG de un gallsgo, publica un pe-
rl0dicO de la Habana, transcribimos
los slguientes psrrsfos: mi Ia
misma revotucion de Yara ha pues.
Ia aquf mas en- peligro la integri
dad de Ia nacion como este movi-
miento reformista que con tanto
calor se ha inicisdo por los PENN
sulares que de verdad verdad aman
este pedazo de suelo espafiol. Y
ls rRz6n es obvia. La historic nos
ensefla que la redenci6n de las
Americas fue en- ell punto y hora
en- que, coDjnntamente con los ma
tivos, sscudieron el yugo murie-
ron por Ia libertad sus progenito
res.
7 hay que tener en- cuenta que
nuncs, iamas, llegaron nuestras an
tiguas pOsesiones a oircuns tancias
tan Criticas como la que atraviesa
al presente esta isla. mo es ANA
verdad para muchos de nosotros
que 81 en- la guerra del SO no SO
hubiers rechazado ell concurso de
los peninsulares, Otra cosa' serfa en-
estOs mOmentOs la suerte de aQu6-
LA"
"Pues 81 es cierto, | como no es-
perar que de la conjunction de los
iutereses morales Y materia es de
umos y strOs, Iesulte, case de que 30 !
pierdan On oil vscio, les reolamacio- |
ueA do Ambes, 10 eatAatrote anal do |
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-04-19

. resultar alg6n peligro para ell Or
). den pdblicn 6 dafio & los intere-
SC les 6 al cr6dito del Estsdo.
"4o Los one en- igual forma, sin
I" cometer deIito, provocaren a Ia
+" desobediencia de las Layes Y las
'Autoridade4 constitnidas. hicie-
+" rem Ia apologize de acciones cali
ficsdas por la Ley de delito, &
" ofendieren a la moral, a las bue
mas costumbres D 6 10 decencia
"p6blica.
80: Los que publicsren malicio
samente disposiciones, acuer los
IS documentos of1ciales, sin 10 de-
bida autorizaci6n, antes que ha-
cyan tenido publicidad ofcial".
Con que "a 10 We Ia prensa, y
,du falta un detalie, y es ell de-
Hticulo "a de Ia repetida Ley de
[mprents, por el cual 90 estab' ece
,ue IL relaci6n de 10 moneda para
las multas sea en- ls proportion
ie real fuerte por cada uno de
vell6n, 8 sea de cincuenta centa-
vos por cada peseta.
Con que "a 10 We 10 prensa. e.
capftulo de las faltas y excesos
lue puede cometer 90 extenso, y
lac multas de consideration. L.
prensa puede moralizar, puede
instruir, puede deleitar, puede ha
olar de reformas, puede clamar
contra los abuses; mas guar
dando en- todo la debida mode
raci6u; mas no puede, entire
otras cosas, divulgar hechos de
10 vida privada que causen dis
Susto en- Ia f.milia, nj publican
aoticias fslsas que causen dsfio q
orden pdblico 8 al credito del E''
ado, nj hacer 10 apologize de &C
.iones caIifcsdas como delito, N
fender 4 10 moral nj q 10 decen
10 ptblica, nj publican acuerdo'
8 documentos o6ciales sin 10 de-
ida autorizaci6n, sntes de qu'
hays tenido publicidad Official; y
10 hace, ahi esta 10 sanci6n pc.
aal para contener 4 todos en- %.
tudAble tenor.
Periodistas somos, amantes de
yremio como el que mas. y nos so
netemos con gusto , hasta CON ]
conviction de hallar en- clio Il
.atisfsccion de una imperiosa ne
:esidad. 4 tales prescripciones
Porque, ii queremos d 10 prens'
<rande, autorisada y respetada
eambien 10 qusremos noble, pa
ri6tica. circunspecta y respetuo
"a; = 10 uno no puede obtensra
sin 10 otro.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-04-19
Diputaci0n Provincial.
SESSION. DEL D[A Q.

Presidi6 esta session ell stfio,
Peda. por enfermedAd del sefel
Soler.
Concurrentes: St Presidente
s-f0re4 Ubarri, A varex Pee.z
Sagastibe Is, Csrra, Perez. Men
lizaba', Ramos. AmeIl, B anco
MARTINEZ, Otero, Lopez Landr6n
Estevanez y Brau.
AprobSda el Acta de Ia session
anterior, tomaronse on ests, entire
Oros, los siguientea acuerdot;
Aprobar una moci6n del sefior
BlAnco cuyo primer extreme pro
pone Sc dirijs una circular & los
Ayuntamientos L fin de que infor
men acerea de los IA ntes que d
cads uno correspondent como te-
rFenos propios de la comunidad,
Esgimen } cue sssGn sustoa d.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-04-19
(ConcItttrG.)

La Gaceta de hoy publica una
circular de la Tntendencia Gene
raj de Hacienda recordando 4 los
sefiores A Administrs dores de Adua
mas 81 espiritu y le,ra de otrs cir
cular del mismo Centro fecha 19
de Noviembre dltimo, ,obrs impo
slcIon de multas. y exc,tando al
Concrete d que pongs especial
cuidAdo en- cumplir fitlmsnts
cuAnto On lac 0sdenalEas 40 pres.
sslhe.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-04-19

TambiSa dispone Ia Iotenden.
cia que. como satisfaction que to
ia Administration debe & sus
administrators, Sc publique todos
los meses en- Ia Gaceta el resumen
de las multss, con suje.i6n al
modelo que q la circular acom
paiis.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-04-19

Por trstarse en- 81 de una i'm
portAnte question dc actua!idad
insertamos CON gusto ell siguiente
a tfculo, que pos b. rem lido de-.
de Ponce nue>tro distin guido ami.
20 el iustrado Ingeniero Militar
D. Mariana Sie har y Salas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-04-19

afss, en- jaicio oral , ptbIico, ID
eausa segnida contra dan E.tebau
BA7toli por homicidio en- 10 perso.
"a de don Carlos Defendini.
FL hscho de autos ocusri6 del
modo siguiente, segda ID les saa
que del Jaicio oral hace Ia ReUista
de- Puerto-Kico en- su ndmsro dol
Is:
El dfa 7 de diciembre del a6o
pr6ximo pasado, & Ia una dc Ia tar
de. ell interfecto Defendini provoc6
& Ia thar 4 don Estehan B rtoli &
causa de antiques resentlmientos
que entire ellos existfan por unas
ounce cuerdas de terra que en-.
tire ST Sc disputaban.
d fendini Sc acerc6 & Ia casa de
Ba toll despu6s de dirigirle pala-
bras ofensivas y amenazantes, y
atac6 este con IN revolver y an
machete.
Bartoli coDtest6 al ataque ha-
eado!e un dis2aro con la escopeta
que lievabs, cuyos pro oyectiles, pc
quenos perdigones de caza, Sc le
intro Iuieron en- la reg On superior
y anterior del :,orax y cuello, pro-
duciendo la fraeturs de 10 trkq1ea
| y cartilage tiroides.D
E procesado, 4 Las prsguntas
del Ministerio Pdblico. declare:
"Que & consecuencia de IN piei.
to civil que tuvo con don Carlos
Drfendini q causa de unas ounce
cuerdas de terra de la f1nca DE- Las
Peronias, barrio de Jsgnas J t6rmi-
no municipsl de Pefiuelas, el De.
fendlni le tom6 tanto odio y rtncoR
que consfantemente le ameaazaba
con darle mu0rte en- la primera
OCCASION.
i El dfa Z de diciembre, 6 II una
de Ia tarde y viniendo de voltear
sus terrenos con la escopeta al
thombro, ell Defendini comeax6 &
insultsrle, dicieudole que bajara Al
Trio para cortarle la cabeza one iba
q verla correr por el rio y hacer de
u cuerpo picadillo como para pas
teles.
} Irsultos y provocaciones D les
he no hizo case. .,s
i On POGO mas ta-de vic al Defen.
dini oculto cerca de 90 casa en- IN
plataual, y despues de insultarle
uuevamente, SO le fu6 encima; en-,
toncss 81 le dijo /" atras", y Defsn.
= di le centest6 "n6, adelante. =. , ex-
presandose asi le hzo IN dispafo
CON el revolver que llevaba On ID
mano derechaj viendo que mo- le
habfa tocado cambi6 el revolver
de Ia mano derecha 6 Ia izquicfda
= tomando con esta el machete que
tenfa en- aquella le atac6 violenta.
mente, vi6udose en- la neoesid I'D
para rechazarlo de haeerle uu dis.
psro CON Ia e.copeta q1e liey.,ba,
porque temi6 morir 6 manOs de
> aquel fnri1so, teuiendo Ia deJgracia
de haberlo muerto.
Que Ia noche antes el Defendini
estuvo junto & 50 IA p iovocAndo
& insultando tanto ai procesad0
como q su fsmilia hscho del que
ihabia dado parte al juez municipal
de Pehuelss, porqne el Defendint
grisaba & seaa Maria, sirvienta de
81 casa, dlciendole: "tira shajo
esos canallas para rnatarlos.n
Il FL eecrito Fiscal caIifcaha el
Aeeho de homicidio, pidlendo pc.
ra el procesado ID pena de Ii
amos, s neses , IN dia de prisi6n,
con 5 600 pe.etas de indsmniz /.
a ci6a 4 los hsrsderos del int. r.
fecto.
z L. defeusa rechasaba 10 calf.
? cacion Fiscal. por militar On 81
Dro:esado los circunstanciGs exi-
}, mentes de habsr obrado en- pro-
pia defsnsa y de mieds insupera.
BILE.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-04-19

tienen capacidad & recoger ell aqua
de lluvia que cae durante ell afo.
3c Detsrminar por las diferen-
cias la extension de las suDerflcies
q construir y la capacidad dc los al
jlbes que hacen fslta.
Sobre pianos y datos que existen
an la o6cina de Obras p6blica, sc
ha tenido el cuidado de calcular las
superb lies siguientes
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-04-19
.JUTcro ORAL.

Ante Ia Audisncis de 10 Crimi.
mol Do Poaee 70 ha vista estes
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-04-19
Total. ....... 7,78I,y(

Multiplicsda esta cantidad por
], ,49 de alturs, que acusa ell pluvi6-
mAkr0 aar6
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-04-19

Por ii en- B ,ilan al ruido sstrepitoso
De las armAs ibericas cayeron
Los que al ssguir las hu las de un Coloso
La usurpac6n de Esp IA pretsndieroni
Tu eclipsa ties ell astro esplend roso
Del hfroe de Auster itz, y por ii dieron
D indep ndeocis ell srito et DDS de Mayo
Los InYen .ihle kiioa de PelaYo .....
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-04-19

Superheie de
cubierta.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-04-19


clos q su cargo, y el prObl"ma de
aqua quedar re,uelto den,ro de los
procedimientos estrictamente lega
les Y con cargo a los ere iitos de SUI
respecJivOs presupuestOs.
Queds, pues, demostrado que en-
Ia manO nuestra est. resOlver in
mediatsmente el conflicto. Sc pre-
guntarAn acaso con interes los 50
crificiOs que ESQ exige, y para con-
testar & esta objecl6n es indispen
sable poser los sigulentes datos
l: Ndmero de casas y ediacios
pub .icos del orden civil, que exis-
Gen en- la Oiudad.
2: N6mero de sljibes que exis.
ten 6tiles en- los mismos editicios.
50 Ospscidad media de ellos.
AZ Superfcie de cubierta de los
mismos edifi los pub zoos.
So Supnrficie dc cnbierts de los
militares. y Capacidad de
sus aljlhes.
81 Super Gcie de exp p'snaias, pa
y baterias de las fortitica-
clones.
Estos dstos son precisos para
determinar
II Si hay sufcientes Cubiertas
para que con los datos del pluvi6
metro se viera Ia cant tidRd de aqua
lue en- el aao puede reCogerse, Us
son ellos 50 demostraba la ne
,esidad de prepsrar 6 no super
icits one d eran ell volumen d.
.095, ,000m' necesario al consume
10 l.085. 900, 0O6 litros q raz6n de
70 litros diarios por hahitantc.
a YeE NJ los aljibos eQnetruides
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-10-21
Give Them Fair Play.

A California paper says that "a prom
inent female lecturer, who is now in
the west, keeps an eye steadily on the
main chance in her prices of admis-
SION"
Why should she not keep her eye
steadily on the main chance? We see
no reason why she shouldn't. We know
of no male lecturer who does not get all
that he can, to the last fraction, for his
lectures. We thought this old idea Of
infnitesimal wages for women was dy-
ing ont with the increase of enlighten-
ment. With so few remunerative ave-
nues of employment open to women, he
must be very narrow or very heartless
who would hedge up the path of any
woman pursuing an honest calling, al
though she should be receiving a mans
wages. Fair play, gentlemen. There
are women enough who have gone IRE.
trievably down from discouragement
and poverty. If, perchance, one bravely
gets her head above water, why should
she not be allowed to keep it there?
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-10-21
FACTS FOR STUDENTS.
A Few Words Of Advice to the Young
Men Entering College.

A Few Words Of Advice to the Young
Men Entering College.
Students who are entering college
should reflect seriously upon the ques-
ton of wine drinking. They will often
be invited and expected to drink wine,
and they will occasionally see their
elders drinking it at college festivals.
They are likely to hear those who
drink speak disparagingly of those who
decline drinking, and they will read
descriptions of banquets in which wine
is represented as figuring honorably.
For many other reasons it would be
well for students to come to clear
understanding with themselves upon
the matter, and make up their minds
what is the proper thing for them to do
when they are asked to drink. No one
likes to be thought millSsop. But
even that can be borne and easily
borne, if'the accused person knows he
is right and knows why he is right. Clear
and certain knowledge is a wonderful
help at the moment Of temptation,
though it is not always sufficient.
To get light upon this subject it is
not necessary to go into library and
pore over heap of books. A healthy
young man who drinks wine or any
such fluid need not be long in doubt
whether he has taken into his system
friend or foe. He cannot help
knowing, if he observes himself close
ly, that the wine is an enemy He per.
ceives that it increases, not quenches,
thirst; that it raises his spirits for half
an hour or more, according to the
amount used, and depresses them for
several hours that follow; that it
flushes, excites, disturbs, perverts and
therefore Injuries him. If he conscien-
tiously watches its effects, he KNOBS
this, and oil the sophistry of all the
sophists cannot disguise the fact from
him. He knows it as well as Sydney
Smith knew it when he wrote tn Lady
Holland that, without abstaining from
wine, London was stupefactioh and
Inflammation"
Nothing has been more certainly
demonstrated than that the use of al
coholic drinks by young persons in our
KEEN, exciting climate is mistake,
and is to no class SO injurious as tc
students. To them. more than to any
other class, wine increases the difficulty
of every duty and adds alluring force
to every vice.
This is not preaching; it is simple
fact, and known to be such by al
honest investigators. Students neet
the best food that civilization can sup
ply and that food should be eaten il
the best manner known to civilized
life. But when it comes to intoxicat
ing drinks, there is only one safe and
wise rule, which is expressed in one
word: Abstain. YOUTHS Companion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-10-21
4 GREAT OBJECT-lESSON.
The Worlds Fair VIII Show What Won
m, SrN nnior In, tl,., nlu ri World.

The Worlds Fair VIII Show What WOrl-
en- Are Doing in the Industrial World.
A Chicago morning paper in speak
ing editorially of New York daily
that has declared against women be-
coming bread-winners, puts the case
clearly and concisely when it says:
'Inasmuch as women have an unrea-
sonable fancy for food and clothing it
would be interesting to know what our
contemporary proposes to do about it
viii it agree to marry all the spinsters
in the world? Win it support them as
they are or will it let them starve?"
This is the whole thing in a nutshell.
There is mighty multitude Of women
who have no means of support but
their own effort. They can not be sent
with McGinty to the bottom of the sea
in this humanitarian age. In the mean
time the law of the survival of the
fittest continues its undertaking opera
tions whether we object or consent,
and women, against all reason and ira
dition, are surviving in large numbers
Evidently enlightenment on this sub
ject is moving from west to east. At
the present moment the thousands of
entry blanks already received at the
Columbian exposition headquarters
show that very few of the articles en-
tered for exhibition have been wholly
made by men. These blanks reveal
that women's work has become an inn
portant factor in almost every line OF
the worlds every day activity. Her
work has now passed far beyond the
line of experiment. 1t is not play
grave or gay, but is as serious as any
thing in life. 1t is in fact the struggle
for existence. There is no doubt that
the great object lesson which the
Worlds fair will afford on this particu-
lar question is greatly needed, and will
result in eliminating a deal of dense
ignorance on the subject. That woman
in her progress toward the individuality
that man has already gained will repeat
his mistakes is what may be expected,
as, unfortunately, experience is not
gained vicariously. But that she will
not fail utterly, but will become in fact
as she is in name-man's companion
is demonstrated beyond a peradventure,
although those who are not possessed
of IAN open mind" do not yet realize it;
Chicago Post.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-10-21
BITS AND BREVlTlES.

ARoYAL commission has been ordered
to investigate the effects of the liquor
traffic in Canada.
THE labor unions formed of workers
in glass impose heavy fines on all men,
bers who carry liquor into the manu-
factories, while the penalty for drunk
enneSs is dismission.
In connection with the British Wom-
ems Temperance association there are
four homes for inebriate women,
through which upward of 355 patients
have passed, many of whom are thor
onghly reclaimed and most grateful
for the help received while resident
therein.
The society for the abolition of
strong drink in Holland certities that in
a population of s,50O,0OO there are S5,-
900 licenses for the sale of liquor an
nually granted. Computing two-thirds
of the population to be women and
children, there is q saloon to every
thirty-three men.
OUTSIDE all questions of home and OF
morals, the physical harm being done
by beer is appalling. Even Germany
has been compelled to raise its voice
against it. Binz, who is an advocate
for alcohol as an economic factor In
sickness, expressed his profound con-
viction of the terrible evil it is inf1ict-
ing on the health of the nation.-Inde-
pendent.
The liquor habit must be regarded
first of all, as a vice, and not disease,
and treated accordingly. Some are LED
into the drinking habit, no doubt
largely through the influence of an in
herited appetite, but, in the vast ma
jority of cases, men form the liquor
habit just as they form any other bat
habit-just as they learn to swear, tt
gamble and to steal, because their evil
tendencies lead them that way. In
other words, most men get drunk be
cause they want to get drunk. An at
tempt to cure intemperance in genera
by the use of medicines would be yer.
much like trying to cure profanity IL
tue same way.-Christian at Work.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-10-21

from the ranks of the musicians come
brilliant essays on Russian novelists
and kindred subjects. An officer once
said: 1--WE should be willing TO make
fools of ourselves for the sake OF the
club" She struck the keynote OF tho
thought of many, but nevertheless tho
custom has been more honored in the
breach than in tho observance.
There is one notable feature OF this
organization-th helpful interest man
ifested in it by the husbands OF ITS
members. This fact was especially
evident when year ago. in February,
the twenty-first anniversary of its birth
was publicly celebrated. Then men
and women congratulated each other
on the coming of age of an institution
which has frightened and widcns the
outlook of the home. -Harpers Bazar.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-10-21

as distinct from natural appetite -
poison from wholesome food, that tina
indulgence of that passion, even in the
slightest degree, is resisted by the veto
of sanitary instinct which can never
be outraged with impunity, and that
the apparent exhilaxation, following
the qualification of long perverted
appetite. is invariably followed by that
depressing reaction which makes every
poison vice losing game, and mex
orably defeats the attempts to attain a
surplus of happiness by the influence
of unnatural. stimulants In other
words, we must deprive the rumseller
of Fictitious moral support, by open.
ing the eyes of his victims to the fact
that the alcohol Uice is an unqualified eca.
We must convince the dupes of the
stimulant habit that our protest is not
directed against an enjoyment, in
furious only in case of excess, but
against an unnatural vice, incompat-
ible with the interests of health and
happiness, and moreover constantly
tending to assume the ruinous form of
a progressive and at last Irresistible
passion.
We must try to make ''noderate''
tippling as odious as moderate" theft,
and moderate" polygamy. We can
not afford to waste our time in COM
batting the superficial errors of the al
cohol dupes while we ignore the radical
mistake at the bottom of their delu.
sion. We must learn to direct our eff
forts against the hidden germs of a poi
son plant which has for ages resisted
our attacks upon its exuberant
branches.-F. L. Oswald. M. d., in
| Union Signal.