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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-11-11
Colegio de l. ensenanza
SAN LORENZO (PUERTO- -RICO)
Director. =. Felipe Janer Soler.
8aehiller y 2rofesor Superior de instruction

Este G. nitro Official de ensenanza, estabeci do
uno lie los puehlos mas saludables de la Isla,
reune todas las condolences que recomenda la hi
gene escolar: capacdad ventilaciOn, luz, aseo,
comidas sanas especial esmerO en- e tratO de los
alumnes T enc comoddad para so internos,
cuenta con Q. personal nece ario para la educaci0n
do los mismos, ) posee el material cientifcO mas
acomodado los adelantos modei nos.
Asegnatsras que Sc cursan.
Lec+ura, Gramatica Castelana, Aritmetica,
Religion Moral, Geografia, Historic, Escrltura
espanola, inglesa y de adornn, Taquigrafia, Agri-
cultura, Industrial Concrete, Geomeor1a, Hlgle-
ne, Nocohes dc Fisca Historic Natural, Noco-
nes de Economic politica, Nociopes DE- derecho ma
tural, Reglas de urbanidad buenas costumbres,
sica, Defamation, Gmnistica Esgrima.
Estipemdio.
Externo.-(Por toda instruction, excepto las
classes de adorno $3 nensua les.
Medic inteInos-(Id. id. id d.) $l4 id.
1rternos-(Por toda la instr ucci6n, excepo
la clase de 1dsica. con lAvado de ropa) $75 \tri-
mestre anticipado.)
Mnsca So mensuales
Frances, Dlbujo, reneduTia de libros, Gimnas
tic, 8 etc. [cada clase ST mensua'.
Equjpnje de c0da inferno.
catre 2 alnohadas, 6 sabanas, l frazada,
cobertor. tohallas, palangana, baul, saco
dientes, peine, tijerias demas utiles para ell
aseo personal.-[La .opa debera estar marcada
con las iniciales del alumno.
NOTA la-No Sc hara descuento en- los esti-
pendios por vacaciones reglamentarias, Al cuando
por cualq quiera causa retire el alumno despues
de e,npezado el mes el trimestre.
NOrA 2a-Mensualmente, Sc dara notica a
los padres 9 representatives de los alumnos, sobre
ell estado de estos 10 que respecto la s.lud y
la la-IO
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Buena OCCASION

El antique acreditsdo establecimiento de
nercaderias denomnado EJ Louvre de los senores
Ahumada Ca, acaba de recibir por los dltimos
vapores procedcntes de Europa, un extenso varia-
risdo surtido que han propuesto realizar sus
duenos, union de otras mercanci,s de almacen
precios sumainente linitados.
La extraordinaria concurrencis que ha venido
asstiendo al Baratillo del citado establecimiento
ofrecido al pdbco.
Continuara, pues, el BaratiIo de Ell Louure
precios posilivamente ventaiosos para ell comprador
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Ojo que interesa

Sc ve,de un caballo de sila muy clegante
prrpio de recreo, otro caballo muy hermoso de 81
ila c0che, una quinta una casa habtaci6n en- la
entrada de Rio-piedras orillas de Ia calretera
central, toda cercada con pesebre buenos pastos,
una estancia Rio-piedras barrio de Monacillo
un billar eu NAL estado tres bolas.
Informaran don Jose Munfs guarda almaceh
de Obras publicas en la marina de esta Capital.
don Antonio Gonzalez Rio-piedras los Sres.
Feliu Hermanos Bayamon. Todo Sc verde
muy ba, ato 81
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II iiNOVEDADES!!

En- el afamado establecimien to de los Sc
nores 81 BRINO De LUNA CO. SO ACADIA de
recbr por los ulGlmos vapores un gran surtldo
lie varius artlcuos del giro, entire los cuales Sc
CuenJan:
Ezcelentes JAMONES ASTURIANOS u
GALLEtAOS cosa de gusto, 10 mejor que sci
inapurGa al pals.
pdsaos Nmtos y 5za,scos isamejorables de Ma
Oayy0, .V0ldepe'a0s q G0licio, SIN emcabeSar.
SoBREAsADAs TosTADAs DE MALLoRCA.
iCHUFAS DE VALENCIA!
Conservas alimenticias. Galletitas y biz
cochos franceses-Dulces licOres fnos de
vodas classes.
Al sWrtido es conapletlsana0.
Las personals dc buen gusto, los que Sc
pan regular el paladar, tienen donde escojer.
los Syes. SOBRINO DE LIMA YCa
solo nportan artlcuIos de primera caiidad
yisltese el referido esGabecimiento, E ortaleza,
psqnina Eanca Es uno dc los primeros de
su clase, fundados en- la Isla.
Sc QENDE MUY BARATo
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NMNANSNNA N0NN \
A.a IefoymGdG Esper0nga," fonda q p0s0d0

FL dueno de este antique acreditado esta-
b;ecinliento, despues de terminadas las obras en-
81 intloducidas que le colocan ia altura que
yIe requiere ell sigo XIX, ofrece sus servicios al
o1b!ico desde ell dla 10 del pr6ximo mes de Sc
>ie2nbre particularmente los viajeros de la isla
nuo vislten la Capital,
Tlxne el establecmento habitaciones frescas
y yentiladas toda clase de comodldades, 10
que exoeieAGes saloues comeLores Su
dueno liza omitidJ SACRIFICES para nacer confor-
.able ell dicho establecimiento donde SO servrA
soJo 4 preeios muy econ0micos.
LA REFORMADA ESPERANZA esta situado
en- esta Marina, Gale de Ia Princesa mum. Z. vi
sitad dicho estabeciniento saidreis compa
cidos!
Puerto Rico, 20 de Agosto de 1891.
Francisco Marcos.
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Julian Jose de Ahedo
4l,-AGENTE DE NEGOCIOS, LUNA-41.

T.ene ordon para vender varias casas de
alto Uerreras en- esta Capital Tamb6n al
gunas en- Pnerta de TERRA, SantuIce, Catano y
-5ayamon, proplas para tamllias para aqui-
lar. Las personals que desen adquirir esas fin
cas- pueden dirijirse la Gale de la Luna nll-
nero Al.
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Institute Provincial de YaCQna de Pt0..R Rico.
Medaco director: D. JOSE ELIAS.
VACUNACI0N DIRECTA DE LA TERNERA.
PR ECIOS

Por ura pdsscla cortada de la res-............&4
Por un frasquto de glicerolado de vacuna. "a
Por la vacunaci6n de cada persona. ....----.--$2
POr la vacunaci6n 6 domicliu- u-.............&4
Sc remite la lirfa oonvenientemente prepara-
da, franca de porte, los diferentes Municipios
fuera de la Isla Los pedidUs avisUs Sc dirig TAN
q dicho Centre establecido en- el barlio de Puerta
de TERRA de esta Capital,
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AqueIIa nube......

Collection Hteraria para commemOrar Ell "
GniverSGrSO de L0
"REVISTA UERTORRlQUENA."
Con IN pr0logo de la Direction novelas,
cuentos, artlculos poesias originates de Zeno
Gambia, Gordils, Vale Atl!es, Coll Toste, Dau-
Lon, Padllla Davia, Asenjo, Sauna, Pineda, Mo-
rales Ferrer, Carreras, Ponce de Leon, Padilla
(ilon Julio NJ, Fernandez Juncos, Lago, Vega
Nevaroz, Viaal Cardona, Tito Mas Negron
Sanjurio.
Edc0n especial numerada. Consta de un
vodmen de l06 pagnas en 10 mayor, con Gu
bierta impresa a dos tinfas.
Sc vende Is eentavos el ejemplar en- las
brerias de don Jose Gonzalez Font don b. =.
oaniurio Vidal. Fnrtalaza 25 Y 81.
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Fjense

Trajes de casimir, de drill baratfsimos,
surtido on otros g6neros desde ell calcetin al
sombrero, on la Marina frente al Arsenal Sc
compra plomD, y cobre viejo. Tienda de Fran
cisco Ira Jaga. 1911
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Enrique Verges

FOTOGRAFO
Ofrece sus servicios al publico en- Manatf.
Trabajos limpios y bien acabados. Especiali-
dad en- grupos y fotografas al minute.
Vista hace f.
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agree that woeful is the fate OF any
one who should lose himself here.
In the Grand Archway we are
stopped 70 hear the Water Clock.
Tick. took : Tick, took Tick, tock /!
We cannot tell what time il is, nor
can we see the clock, but there is the
steady tick, and the guide explains
that il is the ceaseless drip of water
that makes the regular. steady sound.
Entering River Hall, we come TO
the most interesting part OF the cave,
bv far. The path leads us along
shelf OF rock. and looking sixty feet
below we see the Dead Sea-a dark
and gloomy pool of water with never
a ripple ON its sullen bosom and un-
stirred by any breath OF wind. Then
comes the River StyX, still more for
bidding looking, which we cross 10y a
natural bridge Of rock. The stream
is forty feet wide.
Entering the Great Walk, We find
ourselves trudging over a beach OF
fine. moist. yellow sand, in a great
vaulted chamber that compels an
awe-ful admiration This is the deep
est part of the cave, and the rooi
above our heads is $50 feet thick. y
walk of 500 yards brings us to the
wonder of wonders, Echo River
While the guide and Mr.. Ganter. who
has Joined our party, get the boat
ready. we ask about the eyeless fish
We are told that they are there, but
are not numerous and are hard TO
catch. At the least sound they dart
behind the rocks, and it is only now
and then that one is captured in a
net. We are shown however, an eye
less crab, or crawtish. 1t is white aud
transparent, without the sign of an
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gloomy recesses appear all about Us.
The water il very cold. The boat IL
full There are no shores where we
NAV land If we want TO. We ask how
deep the water il, aud the guide re-
plies: 80. fifteen to twenty feet deep.
And you had better sit still" We do
so. Reaching a favorable spot, VIII
asks for silence. Then he gives a
clear musical cry--the keynote Of the
cave acquired by long practice-and
back come the echoes, charming to
hear. In the party are a number OF
excellent singers. and Mr. GaDter sug-
gests a song. One Of the ladies, Miss
Clark. sings in Il rich, sweet soprano
voice a verse Of Shall We gather at
the riverfn and then ia full melody
the party sings the chorus Of the old
hymn. What marvellous strains come
back. 1t is not an ecbo-it il gath
ering Of the sweetest chords from
every nook and corner, an indescrib-
ably melodious vibration Of musical
strains. The air is full Of the music
1t quivers and vibrates-the notes
seem suspended on invisible, unknown
celestial instruments. Full, powerful.
sonorous, triuInphantly grand are the
first sounds that come back TO Us.
For full half minute they play
around us: then they grow softer and
more sweet-tinkling and gently
runbIing. coming, going, rising, falling,
swelling, dying away TO return again
sweeter still-we hold our breath
and then the last clear notes gather
and go so far away again it seems as
though they have been to heaven 80
wondrous is the music they bring
back-so soft and faint and pure
that as II dies away in a melodious
sigh the very heart ofInaD is touched.
and on the cheek Of woman a tender
tear-drop falls. Another verse is
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an object Of particularly great inter
est, but was appreciated chiefly for
its rich deposits of inter, which was
extensively used for the manufacture
Of gunpowder during the war of 1872
Great quantities of saltpeter were OBJ
tanned from the cave, and it played
an important part in the history OF
those times. When the war ended
and there was little demand for pow
der. it became noted as wonderful
work of nature, and began to attract
visitors from every paIt of the world.
The entrance TO the cave is in deep
ravine. Each visitor is provided with
a sort of lantern, without glass, and
the guide counts his party and leads
the way. The ladies look interesting
in costumes furnished them by the ho-
tel-short dresses, fez caps, and gar
ments that allow perfect freedom OF
movement.
Visitors have choice Of routes in
going through the cave. The short
route extends over a distance OF
eight miles, and the long route" re-
auires an eighteen-mile walk. We ad
wise visitors to take both. The edi-
tors combined the two. 1t takes about
four hours to go the short route, and
on the long one you go in at lOo'clock
in the morning and get out about y
at night.
Our guide told us his name was Will
he was a good Will, too. In add
ton to the editorial party, Prof. h.
w. Browder, principal of Cedar Bluffs
College. at Woodburn, Kentucky, was
there with party of young and pret-
ty school girls, and although his fierce
black beard kept the young editors at
a distance-greater or less-they were
very agreeable companions.
Down flight OF steps We go, under
an overhanging cliff, through an iron
barred gate-"into the jaws OF DEATH
into the mouth Vi lieli, ~ SSSA'S' -
awful appear the black depths before
us. A strong current of pure air pours
out of the cave, but a few steps for
ward and this is no longer felt. but
what awful blackness it is The
sense of security that company im-
parts is something few would like TO
be without.
After a walk of few hundred feet
we emerge into the Rotunda, an inl-
mense chamber VIII ire the old miners
worked for the saltpeter. The vats
are still there, as well as the old hol-
low wooden logs used to run the wafer
i'm and the alkali out-all perfectly
preserved. Even the ruts in the floor
made by the ox-carts in 1912 may still
be seen, and the cobs left from the
time corn was fed to the oxen. From
this we go to Audubon Avenue, or
Great Bat Room. Thousands upon
thousands Of bats are clinging to the
ceiling and walls-to the intense dis
gust of the ladies, everyone of whom,
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sung. and again the sweet and SOL
emn sounds repeat themselves. No
one who has heard that music that
the rocky walls give back will ever
forget tit is so soulstirring, SO
touching, so sublime, Three-quarters
OF mile along Echo River We glide,
then turn again and disembark at
the starting point. We stop at the
last advantageous point, and all join
i'm Praise God from whom all blessings
flow" In that mysterious depth ii is
as il il is sung before the throne OF
the Almighty, and the celestial echoes
that come back seem 10 return from
the very courts OF heaven. A strange
and solemn influence has fallen upon
the party, and there's difference be-
tween the men and women returning
and those who entered a few hours
ago.
The Echo River L. IA part OF the
Green River. that flows through that
part OF Kentucky This has been
proven by the fact that when the
Green River rises or falls the Echo
River does the same. There Is no
current In the waters in the cave.
not the faintest ripple on its surface.
Leaving River Hall, we retrace
part OF our way, and then To
save long walk we decide To go
through the Corkscrew. This Is
wouder-an upward route of $50 feer,
through which you twist aud turn
aud era vi, creep up frail ladders,
Chamber over great rocks, edge
through dark crevices-and climb
and pull and haul and stretch-until
finally you emerge not far from the
main entrance. Everybody wonders
how we got through 1t, but everyone
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! way off, comes the faint Growing OF
rooster, and far in the east is dim
ray Of light; the cock crows again,
nearer-the beams of light gather and
become more bright-the sky lightens
up-Williams turns around IA corner
with his cluster Of highland the sun
is up.
Other points OF interest were the
bridal chamber, where an altar formed
OF stalactites stands ready for use.
Nine couples have been married here.
One young woman, the guide said,
had promised her mothershe wouldn't
marry any man on top OF the earth,
so she went into the earth when she
found the man Of her choice. The
Pillar of Hercules is an immense sta
lagmitic column which one scientist
saws has been $40 600 years in form
ing. No one in our party was pre-
pared to dispute the statement, though
several of us would have preferred TO
KNOCK OH n ldll IulIllOh SthiS. VI
course there was Lovers Leap-and
an extremely dangerous looking place
ii was. In the Gothic Arcade is shown
q niche in the wall where the mummy
of all Indian woman was found IN
1913. What is u very life-like repre-
sentation of a human skull Is shown
by the guide, who says it is that OF
man-for the mouth is shut The
Elephants II cad is also bit of cary
ing that does great credit to Dame
Nature. Napoleon's Dome is a splen-
did sight and grand in its proper
tions.
The Mammoth Dome is one OF the
greatest underground halls perhaps
in the world. Four hundred feet long,
$50 wide, and from - TO go feet in
height. it is a magnificent specimen Of
natures underground work. The roof
is, apparently, supported by six
mighty columns % feet in diameter.
We go on and tackle the Fat Mans
Misery, winding, tortuous passage
between rocks waist high-a way so
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more died before they reached the ho'
tel. and i'm brief time every man OF
them was dead The experiment was
an utter failure.
One of the striking features OF the
cave is its dryness and freedom from
moisture. The paths are perfectly dry
and the rocks have not n suspicion OF
water save in few spots. No mud
annoys the visitor, and the dust OF
ages covers the rocks along the paths.
The air is so pure that meats and veg
etables may be kept for many days
without decay, and wooden logs placed
there eighty years ago are still sound
and whole.
All along Audubon Avenue are piles
of rocks made in the shape Of monu-
ments, placed there by visitors to
whose patriotism they appeal. Each
State has big pile, and we gave
West Virginia boom when we reached
her monument. England, France,
Switzerland-almos every country
had their remem brances, and many
prominent men of the past and Of the
present day had heaps piled to their
honor.
One of the most interesting places
in the cave is the Star Chamber, a
magnificent hall nearly 500 feet long,
20 wide and with a ceiling GO feet
above the floor. The ceiling is inky
black, but dotted over it are hundreds
of tiny spots where the back deposit
has scaled off, showing the white
spaces beneath. One would almost
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the light limestone by the black man
ganese. Many other shapes are dis
tinguished, notably that of the giant
and his wife tossing baby to and fro.
In a large chamber, a long way
from the entrance, is a melancholy
sight-two houses, built OF stone taken
from the cave, laid in cement. They
have no roofs-there is no need for
any here. Away back in 1S43 con
sumptive persons got an idea that the
extreme dryness and even tempera-
ture of the cave would cure them Of
that disease, so fifteen of them made
arrangements to live there for awhile.
Two stone cottages and nine frame
ones were built, and for five months
the sick folks lived here. Then one
of them died. The balance became
panic-stricken and left at once. Two
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eye, and with the organs OF touch alb
normally developed. The inhabitants
of those gloomy solitudes have no
need Of organs of sight, and nature
grasps the point aud gradually de
clines to furnish useless gifts.
All aboard, Twenty OF us get into
"A stoutly built fiat -bottomed boat and
seat ourselves upon the gunwales.
Will gently shoves us oil the shore and
we are ahoat on river in the bowels
OF the earth. Under an arch, 80 low
that we must bend until our heads
are in the bottom OF the boat, We
glide, and then we are feirlv started
on our voyage along Echo River.
What superb vault it is! Yet what
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The Mammoth Cave F.!
A Trip Through Natures Subterranean
Wonderland.
Where Sunlight Never Comes.
A Voyage on Famous
Echo River.

1t was congenisl party OF west
Virginians that visited the Mammoth
Cave Of Kentucky recently on the ed
itorial excursion, and it was very
pleasant time of year for sightseeing.
The best way to get 10 the cave Is 10
90 bv way of the h. & o. to Parkers-
burg, thence on the Il. u %. South
western TO Cincinnati, and at Clncln-
natl get on one Of the fast and luXurl-
Gus trains of the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad. The latter road takes
YOU through a lovely section OF
splendid State-Kentucky. Passing
through Louisville, 10 miles south OF
Cincinnati, another stretch of 80 miles
brings you to Glasgow Junction. Here
the passengers change cars, and get
into a little toy coach that rattles
along nine miles on a branch road,
finally stopping a few hundred yards
from the Mammoth Cave Hotel. We
arrived there in the evening, d little
after dark, and the hospitable land
lord Mr.. H. G. Ganter, and his no less
agreeable assistants, gave a pleasant
welcome to the party.
The hotel is a quaint old structure
built of logs and partly weather
boarded. Part of it was built in 1912,
and from that time on additions were
made as occasion demanded, until
now it is a rambling old structure
that is full of charms of the olden
time and most comfortable in its sim
plicity. 1t stands in grove OF splen-
did old trees in a delightful section of
country.
The Mammoth Cave, according to
the best authorities, was first discov-
cred in 1909. 1t was not regarded as
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of course, hates the very sight of a
bat. Passing through the Gothic Gal
leries and past more of the salt vats,
noticing as we go the footprint OF an
OK that has been there for three-quar-
ters Of century, we come to the Gi-
ants Coffin, an immense rock in the
shape of a sarcophagus that is 40 feet
long, 20 wide and s deep. Near this
is the image of an ant-eater, a perfect
silhouette, caused by the staining of