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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-05-06
Ihdiee de- Hacienda

Reclamando certifeado de ces6 de don
Juan Neponuceno de Poseda.
Idem idem de Da Rosario Unzaga.
Traslado de Guerra concediendO pen
sion dOna LIiisa DOninguez Yiuda del CO.
Inandante don jose Urrntia. Idem id6h tras-
mission de pensl6n lila hu6rfana del CAPTAIN,
don Juan AnGuio doha Maria do la C0ncep-
1n NJ idem retro al Conan
uez Idem de- Marina,
'apiban de NavIo don
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-05-06
{ Noticias de Ia Peninsula
De nuestros eanies de Madrid

De nuestros canjes de Madrid
Dice un peri6dico de Alicante, que SO haIla
gravemente enferm0 unO de los carabineros
quienes cupo Ia suerte de dispa1ar sobre su
compaIero, Ell inf0rtunado Manuel Rey, fuslla-
do hace dias; tanta impression le produjo aauel
acto.
En- ell Casino de la Gale de Esparteros 50
reunieron los Comit6s de Palacio de todos los
Dartidos republicanos, acordando presentar
candidatura cerrada, Ia cual forman: por los
federales, ell ST. Moya (don Ambrosio); por los
zorrillistas, ell Sr. Romero Gil Sanz, y por los
centralistas, el sr. Llstran.
SHace pocos dias fu6 detenido en- ell muelle
de Barcelona, frente a la Barceloneta, un suge
to que llevaba ocultos tres enorm9S petardOS
cal gados provistos de su correspondents
mecha
AL darsele el alto, el indiyiduo en- question
trato de escapar, pero fu6 aleanzado por un
guardia municipal, que 10 hiri6 con su sable. \.
Con fecha 13 de abril telegraffan de Murcia:
"Mas de Veinte detonaci0nes han puesto
en- alarma al vecindario de esta capital que ha-
bita en- los aIrededores de la carcel.
Los sdisparos han partido del interior de
dicho edfficio a donde acudio en- ell primer
momento ell gobernador acompanado del jefe
de la Guardia civilzy del juez instructor.
Parece que ell origen del tiroteo ha sido
una rlld 0CQFTlQd Oh Ol Observation-Disclosures pour
tenciario entire el famOso ladron Curica y el
cabo Pel6, Y de la cual ha resultado muerto el
iiltimo de una punalada.
Ell Curica hugo hacia las habitaciones de
la carcel, intsntandO evadlrse. Las tropas del
cuarteI mediate hicieron varios disparos,
consequences de los euales dfcese que resulto
muerto ell Curica.
En- los aIrededores del edificiO Sc han pues-
to centinelas con bayoneta calada.
Ha acudidO un geltfo inmensO.0
Son esperados en- Lisboa, para asistir al
Congreso cat6lico de Braga, el arzobispo de
Toledo Y ell obispo de Madrid-Alcala.
Sc les estan preparando habitaciones en- ell
palacio arzobispal, donde han de aloiarse du-
rante su permanencia en- la capital del veci-
no RENO.
Hace pocos dias SO present0 en- el goberno
civil una denuncia en- toda regla manifestando
qui6nes eran los autores de la estafa de $4,000
duros c0metida contra Ell Banco de Espafla.
Practicadas las oportunas ayerguaciones
remitido ell atestado al JuzgadO correSpon-
diente, no han resnltadO la responsibilities
denunciadas contra ciertos individuoS.
Sc sOspecha Due ell denunciante Sc prOp0-
MIA por tai mediol olganar Ia qualification ofreci-
da por 81 Banco.
La Guardia civil del puesto de J8ti4a, la
capturado al faIn0so delincuente Antonio Luna
Cisbert (a) G0rra fngado de la cafcel de San
1 Aeustln en Marco pitlnao.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-05-06

Recortamos de EJ Resa0se's de Mayaguez:
Gel Sr. Administrator de Rentas Adua-
mas de esta ciudadgen un tempo fu6 de OPT
ni0n que Sc cambiara el muelle de la Puntilla;
pero dltimamente, parece que comprendiendo
las ventajas que todos conocemos, ha Gambia
do de idea Y presento una communication la
Junta del Puerto manitestandose en- contra
del cambio,
Por otra parte el Sr. Suau, Alcalde-Presi-
dente de la misma Junta y que siempre opino
en- contra del cambio del nuelle, ha sufrido al
teracion en- su modo de pensar sobre este
punto ahora esta a su favor.
En- tanto, unos opinan este y los otros
opinan 10 contrario, ell muelle de hierro Sc ha-
Ha en- Mayagiiez hace dos meses, ell tempo co.
rre, los sueldos de los empleados Sc pagan y
en- las obras NADIA Sc hace.
N.
Sc quejan de MorOvlS de que no nay ALL
expendeduria de efectos timbrados, que los
sellos de correo, papel sellado, giIos de la
prensa etc, tienen que mandar a buscarlos a
los puehlos vecinos Dicen de aln que con-
vendrfa que ell senior Intendente de Hacienda,
81 en- ell pueblo nadie qulsiese hacerse cargo
de la expendeduria de dichos etectos, comisio-
ra al Ayuntamiento para que tomase su car
go ese servicio en- benefcio del fsco y del ve-
cindario.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-05-06

Con nueStras palabras de condolencia para
nuestro companero el Director del Scenario Co
MterciHL de GuaYama, reprOducimos del dlcho
colega el siguiente suelto;
DONA JCsEFA DALMAU.-El vapor Easrs-
pideS LA sido portador de la triste .nueYa del
falIecimiento en- NueVa- York, de esta virtuosa
sonora, enlazada con distinguidas familias dc
esta pobIaeioh y de Ponce, y cuya desgracia
ocurrio el dia 10 del pasado las once y media
de la noche.
Era esta DANA, madre carinosa de nnestro
querido amigo don Arfstides Rivera, herma1o
poIftico de nuestro Director
El cadaver desdicha sonora fu6 embalsa-
mado, prevfo ell permiso de las autoridades
Gubernativasy Y Eclesiasticas, sera conducIde
al cementerio de esta Villa, para que sus res
tos reposen junto aslos de sus padres y abue-
los.
Damos nuestro, p6same mas sentido las
familias Rivera, Dalmau, Wives, Sabater, Bruno,
Valdiyieso demas familia.
=.
Ha fallecidO en- Salinas ell Sr. don Antonio
Fernandez, primer teniente de Alealde del di-
cho municipio, y en- Guayama don Canuto Var
gas Calnpos aleaide que fu6 de aquelIa Real
Carcel hace POGO tempo, y que en- la actuali-
dad ejercia Ell cargo de Celad0r de Consumes. -
Rip.
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Dice un eOlega
tfHa lleg ado 8 Ponce 81 ilusionista frances
Mr.. 7Vandemt9is, quien Sc pTOpOne dar COMO
Ger ssl pnbhc d un espectaculo con1pletamente
nualgo al or tp da 81 nombfe de Met0ascz f0sss, Z
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-02

Sister Robbins lay upon her sick BID
watching the clock. the slant Of the sun.
beams ana occasionally talking to hi
Polly-a wise looking gray parrot with
glittering eyes and brilliant scarlet tail
1t would be better, perhaps, to say Tia;
she replied 10 Polly. for the parrot was
by far the most talkatiye.
There came q rap at the door Of The
room. whoa" said Polly. Come in
said Sister Robbins.
The visitor entered and proved to b
the Methodist minister, Polly crept up
to Mrs. Robbins and cuddled close uph
the lady's neck, laying her gray mis
close beside her mistress cheek. Ala
some conversation the minister proposed
to Sister Robbins that they have q
season of prayer" and accordingly knei
by her bedside and with closed eyes and
devout voice began to pray,
Polly's eyes ghttered more than ever.
She crept unnoticed from her place d
refuge and with slow lifted claws al
uoiselcss step over the white counter
pane went close to the unconscious min
lister. She scanned him meditatiYey
and then when her head was so near h
that you would have thought hisearva
in danger Of being shipped off, she sud
denly cried out in the clearest tons
"What in the world are You doing
Sister Robbins finds it hard to con
vince the minister that they have faInl,
prayers. He says Polly's evidence
against her.-Wide Awake.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-02

vhs, Adelina Patti first sang here
think II was in lSSl-she sent wv
',,ouoper n man utterly ignorant O, Wv,
s,,,,,t1v and its customs ttelchu""
who scarcely understood a woru "l i-''e
lisb The tickets We're sold at giV up.
INF the sales were fow. ana the tNo''tiia
Of PATHS first appearance or tat" Va.
afternoon. arrived without more 'n,ii'
fevv rows of seats sold in StelnWay nun
A. tho last moment it became eVioon'
tbot II Patti was not to sing 10 an ~ ~!
of omntv benches, either the price o. Wv
Iolyota mist he reduced three quarters Oh
thoy must lie giyen away To reduce 'he
r,rica after having sold some tickets ~
e1O would have been concession ~ '".'
nre and something of an aggraNatloii W
tbosc who had paid $40 So II was WINS
nerod about that reputable per iohs "uo
1ynntod Patti concert tickets could nave
them for nothing by applying nj the ooA
Office Immediately descent was Ii'''uo
Nv an the habtues of Fourteenth street
| Ivory office boy. every waiter III iho
neigHborbood who could beg or steal "
sheet of writing paper sent III an aIl,iii!s'I,
ton for seats signing any h@llo 'i'o'
might be thought effective. III,
fT'ha collection of letters upon winch
some hundreds of tickets we're given ou,
that afternoon has been preserved US
curiosity One boy brought letter ASK
inc for four seats, signed by the duke %
Harlem, and got them The mayor o.
Long Island, OF New Jersey the presiae.uI'
of Brooklyn and Humber OF other OF, e., hl 81,
officers wholly unknown in real me go'
tickets Before evening the boys aloHl
Fourteenth street had their pockets u
Of Patti tickets, which were hawNel
about at so cents apiece. The effect upol
the business was, of course, disastrous
and Nine. Patti had to give up her con
certs in disgust. | shall never forget INT
face of the famous prima donna as SUI
pazed upon that audience III Stelh"a.
Ran. Instead of the elite Of the town II
dress coats and white checkers, silks a an,
satins, the front rows wcro filled "'tl
persons who had evidently never pos
sessed dress coats in their lives 1t wa
all that Patti could do to keep back he
tears of Notwithstanding q Hubert
Jr., in The Epoch.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-02
Trials of Mail Smuggling.

al have known" said Deputy Ben
Armstrong at the postotiice, ''of whole
suits coming in letters You smile?
win explain A garment that has been
cut to tit a customer can be sent by
piecemcal We discovered one-half a
trousers leg in Il big letter once, and we
decided to lay for the rest Of the suit.
Sure enough, eight big, thicl; letters fol-
lowed, addressed to the same nun. Our
first idea WAS to send for the man and
compel him 70 pay duty, but then the
joke was too good and had to be played
to its legitimate conclusion.
1--WE sent him piece of the pants, a
piece of tho vest and a coat sleeve"
The deputy went on to say that on the
following day the young fellow came in,
all of a porspiration. lie was expecting
some foreign mails from "Lunnon, don't
you know ANA at least five letters were
missing. lie was told to come on the
following day and the letters might be
found.
/ He came, and Postmaster Van Cot
forced him TO open in his presence the
three letters they had discovered, and out
came the dutiable goods and the swell
had to foot
But" concluded the deputy, "thes,
were not all the letters, and we mad,
him worry for two weeks over the miss
ing pants leg ANA one little coat tail, OF
all OF which he finally paid duty. New
York journal.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-02
Bapti,lng and Branding slaves.


We were seated on the veranda Of
the residence smoking when there ar
rived Catho,e priest and an assistant
who passed on to the inclosure. Short
~ after came a wagon filed with cloth
Ing, and being curious to witness any
thing else connected with the negroes
/ followed Inside the inclosure the
negroes were drawn up in rows. Their
brands were examined and they were
separated into lots representing each
mark The priest, assisted by his
young man, passed along in front, the
young man registering the name the
priest had given each as they were bap-
TIED.
As the priest finished one lot they
were at once furnished, the women
with a sort OF loose gown Of coarse cot
ton cloth and the men with a long shirt
and then sent of in different directions
Dinner being called we returned to the
residence. After dinner ! returned tc
the inclosure, but there was not Negro
there, and visiting the fields with the
proprietor | did not see one that
thought had made the voyage with us.
Don s. b said that there were but
twenty-five Of the new arrivals on hi.
plantation, the others having been de-
liyered to the planters who had already
contracted for them, paying $3.50 foI
each. George Howe, NJ, d., in Serb
uer's
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-02

The sorrows of childhood are rea
enough while they last. Happily, now
ever, they are not only brief, but OFTEN y
much on the surface that even the SUI
ferer hardly knows what they are aOoa1
a small girl ran to her mother 'I "
other day, so5bing as if her heart wooI
break, and bulying her head In Der ny
cried ont that she would never ne''
play with her sister Emeline agaln'
"Why, my child, what has Lmeln'
done:' the mother asked. 49,,
"Oh. mamma, she has said soLAa'l ~;
that has just broken my heart tae ou''
declared. sobbiug yet more violently
"What was it, III,
The child pauseda moment in the l nla
Of her wild weeping as if trying 10 'lin'
then her tears burst forth atreSh :,
ooh, mamma" she cried, i can Wv y
member what it was, but 1t was 50 1lI,
that she has broken my heart ! QUIZ
Companion,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-02
a Perpetual MOTION PUMP.
Converting tho Rolling sea Waves Into
.,,,... r,r pttuaufur Water.

Converting tho Rolling sea Waves into
Power for Pumping Water.
Underneath the pier of the Bond Wave
Power company Mt Ocean Grove, N. D.,
n mammoth iron egg floats upon the top
Of the waves. In mild weather the egg
hobs up serenely, rising to height OF
about fourteen inches above the dead
level of the sea, but when the weather
is rough and great rollers come rushing
in the egg rises forcefully upward tVe
feet or more. 1t cannot get loose, Tor II
is made fast to the pier by long, strong
arms Of iron. Up from the top OF the
mammoth egg u rope runs, and after 1t
has passed over pulley it stretches on
shoreward, and Mt last enters wooden
building situated upon the beach, Ia
the building is pump, and the rope -
in connection with it. The pumps lift
ing about 5000 gallons of water min
ute. raising it distances equivalent to the
height of the waves.
The explanation Of the apparatus and
the work it is doing is that Mr.. N. o..
Bond, whose namesake the Bond Wave
Power company is, has successfully
completed an experiment undertaken
primarily to determine if it were posi-
Bile TO make the ocean, by the motion of
its waves, pump enough of itself into
Wesley lake to make that lake body
of salt water. There are people living
in Asbury Park and Ocean Grove who,
considering that the sources Of the water
of Wesley lake are in tine swamp lands,
Judge that the lake is to some extent "A
health meuacing body Of water, and they
have for some time wished that it might
be salted, Mr. Bond says that he will
have no difficulty in making Lake Yves
ley salt. and he expects to do it. lie
says that he is perfectly satisfied that his
now wave machine viii not only do the
work which it was especially devised tc
/ do, but he is also assured that it will be
/ found valuable machine for doing
/ other things which need to be done eco
nomically
He says that the machine is strong
enough TO work comfortably in The
toughest weather and that it is bull
with an especial view to making it run
with very little supervision. He say
that the wave gate which is in use a
the motive power Of the street sprinll
lingsystem at Ocean Park ran all through
the winter of $4,000 without getting
out Of order, ana that its operations wer
not in the slightest intelfered with b.
the great storm, which, it will he re
called, was spoken of MS "the creates
storm for thirty years The wave egg
L. O. l., l.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-02
THE KISSING HABIT.

What can be purer, tell me, or 80 trustful and
true ms this
The auttering kiss Of n baby meeting its mothers
kissg
Kisses that leave a memory enduring through af-
ter years,
Employing love and tenderness uhieVVeieu "
doubts and fears.
Il is on her bahys kisses the heart of the mother
lives,
Iavishing on It's rosebud mouth the love she so
freely gives;
Wasting wealth of tenderness that only announcer
knows,
The past and future united IN the Kisses she DC
slows
What is more blissful tell than the kisses that
love has blessed,
The kiss Of youth and maiden, his lips upon lef
lips prcsscdf
When they kiss for their loves sake only, simply
its sweets TO taste
And wakcn their throhbing pulses, in the luxury
Of waste,
TIL they'd barter the world and its riches, think
all well lost. for this
To know the passionate sweetness that Is merged
In lovers kiss,
One kiss that is longer than twenty twenty than
one more brief,
Making their lives all sunshine unshadowed by
dread OF grief,
What Is more sacred tell me- than the kisses so
softly pressed
On the llps Of an aged mother by those her heart
loves hesis
Her Children gathered about her to woman and
manhood grown,
The kiss Of nIal affection, hers always, aud hers
alone
A mothers love Of a lifetime, its devotion she
deems repaid
In kisses Of reverence holy, her trembling lips
thus laid.
They brighten and cheer her pathway that leads
to eternal peace.
And comfort the heart so faithful, Till It's throe
hings forever cease
Say NOT kisses are oat 81 fashion or that they haze
been tabooed;
Take back the sweeping assertion and all that th'
words include,
The kisses Of sister and mother, the kisses OF
lovers true
The kisses Of father aud brother. think what the5
uaay mean to You.
F II, Curtiss in Good Housekeeping
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-02
4 onr Igsl Aeronaul !

WI" hseh AeronAut In r..
1t is possible that sorneo va ,.a'ops
have heard Of if they haesa 0a' ieaasa
Professor bartholomew ~ NY "a
He is quite a character; gaagl aisa0naa
ward, rural, but fearless Ia i lug n' ast
sharp as a tack, he halls from -i p' anda
Mich. Bartholomew accn,n,, UT tat
baseball aggregation on its tps s.''a IL
the world, and hero and tbere ' a af0oai
balloon aseensions that exei,aa IA sars
more curiosity than did ina sa even
ances of the cxponents Of an, poiiorn.
game. Bartholomew has ~ u'iloasl
tune to b Q oae eyed man, but NJ us l.
fortune does not occasion MIN nv ~ las
morse; it would be hard 70 en ,'acnr y
cheerful person than he. n D. lliee
came up to Mr., Lynch. the ma nolie X
the excursion party, and said. - q
could You lend me S3Og" iA'gh
Why, suppose So" said w.,
"Well, wish You could ) I'M !
tholomew IT would be a great .' ia Da'-
mediation. Glass eyes are : accom- !
cheap here that it seems as If + o, aalaAl
stock up on themr' sAl .
bartholomew bought s3o -
glass eyes and he carried them g y. .
with him IN a baize bag; tbera @'v ~
abort peck Of them, and thav .., ssis
like so many marbles. They w. 'a'lsl
all the same color, but par,l,s, MOI
didn't mind "a small matter Of tbo ,.v ~ :
He was too much of humori. a4' !
stickle at detail of that ,ba.s '' .
He said that when he wore M
he reselnbled his fathers side n Z. \
family; a black eyey made him 's
more like his mothers folk. VIZ
Ono day Bartholomew was ria;,.;
hanson cab in London; the horsa 's y "a ! |,
badly and the driver dashed The i %.'l
tiercely. Whoever has ridden II g.
som cab knows how awkward 4 ~
have the long lash Of the drivers i: Z
dangling in ones eyes. Several ,i. NY
Bartholomew ordered the driver !, III /,
more careful in the use of bis Vii; I
Reaching his destination, Bartbo,o,a'.r.
quietly took out his glass eye stan,.,
out of the cab upon the Sidewalk ' n
holding out the eye in his open hand \
said sternly to the cabman: Il wa,,@,
you repeatedly, yet see what Won b.y'
done! Wait here now, sir, until | bar
summoned a policeman"
To the befuddled cabman there wa, >,
awful reality in all this. He did n
wait for any further parley-oh, no n
he. Lashing his horse into gallopR
made off as fast as ever he could 4
worst scared cabby in all the Init
Kingdom! BY this quiet ebullitiou
humor the pilgrim from Burr Oak eyad4
payment OF IA five shilling fare an
achieved deserved fame for having q
the better Of London cab driver.
Eugene Fields Letter in Chicago Time
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-02

Hubert Herkomer, the lately elected
Royal Academician, whose picture the
Last Muster has made him famous,
was at one time an "Ohio boy, although
born in Bavaria. His parents brought
him to Ohio when he was years old, but
they were not successful there and re
turned later to England. There he was
uaturalizel and went to Munich. From
Munich he returned again to England
where he began to make comic cartoons
He was employed for time on The
London Graphic. His father was a WOOD
carver and his mother a music teacher
New York World.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-02

There is positive virtue in a certain
amount of routine in diet and posIJIve
sacrifice of happiness in the continual
craze for variety One falls into way OF
looking forward plcasurably to dinner
that he knows is coming, and sits Gown
to it with kind Of cagerness-provlIed'
of course, it does not come too often me
people vino live to great age generally
account for ii by the regularity Of their
life, NJ de Chcvreul takes his two boiled
ergs for breakfast every morning OF ms
life, and for all anybody knows TO the
contrary, has taken them every morning
since he was Of age-which was just
eightv.one years ago The "Listeuer
has never noticed that the people who
eat certain dishes with unfaing regular
ity seem to enjoy them any less than other
people do who picl, and hagSlc over I'LL
of fare every day, looking YEARLY for
something new.
Not every person is born with the gift
to be an epcurc, and the mass OF us VINO
were not born with that gift had better
adapt ourselves to Il cheerful and com
Portable routine Even the born cpicures
are seldom happy. If they could always
Just what they wanted to eat, and
v re not made miserable by the cooking
of at least two meals out Of three, they
would not be happy, because good diges
| ton seldom waits on highly accomplished
! paates 1t was Brilat Savarin, the Lis
| tener" believes, who said that "heayen is
where we cat. q" and the place where We
digest lie called by another name. -BostUI
Transcript Listener.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-02
Tho renolo of British nondnras.

The lower classes Of people in our coun-
try are in better circumstances than those
of the corresponding class in this country.
| have Just made trip down the Illinois
and Mississippi rivers to st. Louis, and !
find people at nearly all points living in
miserable hats along the river banks and
in dirty novels built On fat boats Such
things are not seen in British Honduras
The working classes make Il comfortable
living, apparently without great eXertiou
The principal product Of the country now
is the banana. Formerly Honduras was
a great sugar producing country, and
large areas of land were devoted TO rails
ing sugar cane, but owing to low prices
tho crop became improbable and the
farmers have nearly all turned their at
tention to the cultivation Of bananas
Plantains and cocUanuts also flourish
there. Lemons and oranges are cultiyat
ed to a very limited extent, and the
Indians in the interior of the country
raise some corn
The banana crop, however, is the Chief
source of revenue in the country, and it
is very profitable crop The larger
number of inhabitants of British Hon.
duras are Scotch people who lave settled
there and are doing well. There are also
quite a number Of Americans and people
OF other countries in the state The prov
ince is a small one aud is surrounded on
three sides by Spanish Honduras Guate.
mala and lucatan, which countries are
Inhabited chiefly by the SpanisA.-Capt.
james LeitcA in Globe Democrat.