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Los elementos Sc desencadenan en- furiosa
lucha
La Naturaleza, antes tan risuena Sc cubre
con un mantO de- .tristeza. En- sus leyes Sc ha.
Oper5do una transformation
La tempeStad desgarra ell senO del mundo
fsicO que Ia engendra.
Es un m0nStruo apOcalfpticO que lleVa en-
sus entranas tOdos los 0dios y rencOres de Ia
humanidad, v que Sc laDza pOr el espaciO, des.
truyendo TODD 10 que halla en- su vertiginOsa
caFrera.
Enpocas horas siembra de cadaveres la
TERRA puebla de ayes lame1tos el espacio,s
la luna y las estreIlas Sc esconden como
ISL no quisieran prestar su concurso al drama
de que es teatrO el mundo.1
Solo el relampago es ell rayo de luz que
ilumina aQuel cuadro de horror z desespera-
cion. Es Ia sonrisa de Satan, mas temible
que la msma tempestad &
A-Pero esa colera dura POGO.
Aparece de nuevo e sol, mas expl6ndido
deslumbrante; to 10 recobra sH calma hab-
tual, en- Voluptuoso 6xtasis vuelVe tenderse
la Naturaleza.
PerO ay! en- su sbnO notan los cadaveres
de la noche anterior!
ayes, maldicOnes Y juramentos, union
dose las notas alegres de los pajaros 4 los
murmullOs elOcuentes del Oc6ano, van poblar
q mundo sublime de Ia armonfa
S~OOS6EVdQ uIl nlOm0nGO al nOmOro que Su-
fre, al que TODD 10 ha perdido, hasta la t6.
Su tisonomfa peImanece impasible frfa;
es un enigma; nj llora, nj canta.
2 PeI'O en- el alma SO desencadenan los ele-
mentos del mundo moral, convirti6ndola en-
campo de batalla po5lado de cadaveTes miem-
bros fnltados.s
Yeces EN- sus labos Sc dibuja una rapida
sonrisa, que dura muy POGO: es el relampago
que lanza la tempestad de su alma, en- cuyO
faado reina confusion mas espantosa que la
del mundo fisco.
Ensuen0s, decepciOnes, esperanzas que Sc
marchitan, iusiOnes que agonizan ahOgadas
porinmensas oleadas de llantO, de sangre
fuego todO SO agita ALI, todo lucha TODD
muere. 1
En- tanto la fsonomia de ese desdichado
sgue impasible, enigmatica; sus labiOs rfen;
perO aquella sOnrisa es Ia sonrisa@ de Satan,
mas temibe que la mslna tempestad.
iSublime tempestad la que estalla tras la
frente!
Hermoso espectaculo ell que nos otrece la
Naturaleza y ell hombre
Crepdseulos de la tsarde isombras de
la noche tempestuosa! Yo me inclino ante
vosotros, como el indio que SO arrodilla ante Ell
sol. y os Venero porque hab6is reinado en- mi
alma
MAR1ANo ABR11.S
M De Et Liberal dc Madrid )N
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ARMAS Y JIMENEZ
HAN RECIBIDO

. -
MACHETEs PERR1LLos MARCA DOS MA
NOS, los mejores que Sc han importado hasta
ell dia.
sse propone1i yender toda Ia partida reciy
bida muy pronto. lO-2
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mis- horribles penas sus labios, nido de amO
res, panal de Ia miel mas rica no Sc desplegani
janas para consagrarme palabraa de amor 81.
81 pudiera decirte
Entire ESQ oasis, meta dc mis- aspiracio-
mes, " 80, se abre un baratrO sin .foEdo, negro
como Ia nOche de mis- pesares eternos; inson-
dabe como elcaOs !-....
Ali, en- el lfmite marcado pOr mi destinO
hasta donde la socledad me pernlite llegar, leo
eternamente en- caracteres malditos las terri
bles palabras escritas por 81 Dante en- la puer-
ia de su Inferno:
DejG 0qM5 Ia esperaasa,
81 vue1Ve los oj0s baciG e1 otro 1ado! -.
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l iConoces la historic de Tantalo9

iCOnOC6S Ia llSLOFIa &c IalJaIO9
Robo los doses el nectar la ambrosa
para darlos probar 4 los mortales, y Jupiter,
indignado, lanzolo q los infernos imponi6ndo-
le 81 mas horrible de los martirios:
" Hambre sed devoradoras
Y, sin embargo, Tantalo tenia el rio al al
cance de sus sedientos labios.
las ramas cargadas de ineitantes frutas
al alcance de sus manos.
Mis- confdencias 2....
Dios mfo -.
iCuantos Tantalos puIulan por el mundo l..
D.. r.
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IroVQd0r,

Cable de alambre galvanizado para buques
y pararrayos, de todos gruesos y soga de pita
de Manila de todos gruesos precios limitalos
On el almacen lie NJ. Roman = Ca, Cruz q so.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-05-11
DejG 0qM5 Ia esperGNga,
q UmelUe los ojos baciG el otro lado!
/ Mis- confidencias Z

Mis- confidencias
Anar sin tenef derecho para amar -
Sentir sin tener derecho para sentir !! ..-
iSeras capazde comprender este tormento7
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n 0 I A S

Las personas que sufren de los dientes, los
preservaran de la carrie usando los POIvos den,
sqIes del Doctor Salicrup.
ANAGRAMA
a mi QteY'ido amigo Manuel Astoy q BalsejYo,
de ArecibO.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-05-11
FUGA DE YoCALEs

De6zica1G d Ia mag Sinspdtica CIemeNcia C0stya
S. s.n Is .l.s.n.s
c.I n.b.s bl.nc.s
O.. i ST. d. ds.ngn.
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O.. st. s.br. Is n.b.s
s..mpr. s.r.n.
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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-05-11
ANAGRAMA
MICAELA TORRES BILA

Descomponiendo estos nombres tormfaras
el de una simpatica y distinguida senorita de
ese pueblo, amiga muy querida de su affmo.
MoroYis. Il r.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-05-11

FL dnico' deposito autorizado del vino Rio
jano de Alezon, Rioja, en- Puerto Rico, es Ell de
don Francisco Font, Tanca esquina Forta
leza.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-05-11

Aver entreg6 81 Vapor Martt1s Saepg enlla
administrator CentRal de COmunicaciOnes un
Daauete de correspondence dc Cadiz, 81 ~
tsaverdc 3 sacoss y 90 certid dcados de Ia Habana,
IN saco, IN paquete 3 s 5certifcados de Santiago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-21

A Great Many Out Marketing Notwith-
atauding the Bad Weather.

A Great Many Out Marketing Notwith-
atauding the Bad Weather.
The lenten season is evidently noticeable in
the increase of attention paid the fish stalls
in the market houses. While there is larger
supply AID greater demand than last week
the prices differ but little. The
shad. are the most popular and
are in better condition and the prices are a
shade lower, with downward tendency as the
season for catching them advances. The first
shad received are never in first-class condition,
butimprove continually after first appearance.
A fine specimen can now be had at Is cents to
SLIGO and the smaller ones propo-tionately
less. Quite variety of fish arc to be found.
and no Lentcn observer need suffer for any
thing wanted in this special line of Lenten food.
Eggs took a big DIP. during the week on &C.
count of the open weather. Many dealers who
paid II cents for them found them retailing at
10 to IL in some OF the retail stores afterward,
the Wholesale price having dropped down to
IA cents. The muddy condition Of
the roads has caused falling
vanced again and they are selling at 18 cents
retail as rule. Better weather will make bet
ter roads and with that will: come larger sup
ply OF eggs and doubtless. must lower prices.
There is little change in the poultry line,
though there is large lot OF damaged stuff on
hand. While the demand is not great the sup
ply Of real sound stock is limited and prices for
this will r. main at Is to 20 cents, retail.
Good fresh butter sells at good prices, but
inferior stock is very dull. The better grades
Of creamery are firm at 80 to As cents pound.
Other marketable articles usually in demand,
such as vegetables, fruits, &C., remain abou;
the same.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-21
THE LAST ONE.
Why They Call the Young Man Jacl
AstOr.


From the New York Telegram.
Some of those persons who have been privi-
legged to enjoy the acquaintance Of John Jacob
Aston. whose marriage to Miss Willing has Gre
ated SO much interest both in society and out
Of it. are very much amused by TIN adulation
which the scion of the Astor family is at pres
ent receiving. 1t seems ridiculous to them
that this youth should be placed on pedestal
and worshipped, for his most conspicuous
characteristic consists of an absence in his
makeup. both physical and mental, of those
traits which call forth admiration.
In personal appearance John Jacob ia tall
not "divineiy tall" as Tennyson puts it, but
superiatively, painfully tall. He reminds one
very forcibiy Of a long, thin wax t.per. It ID
whispered by those who know him we'll that his
similarity to . thing of wax does not end with
his physical appearance. However that may
be, there is no denying that he is not an intel.
lectual giant. Strange as 1t may seem, when he
was at Harvard few years ago. he did not
or professors. He was not even cultivated to
any great extent by the fast set which ALWAYS
contains toadies. He remained Mt Harvard for
two years, not as q regular undergraduates, but
As Especial student" that is one who is not
Obliged to pass examinations for admission
into college and who does not belong to class
Since his departure from the classic shades of
Cambridge he has lived chiefly in New York,
where he mEy be seen almost any day strolling
along the 5th avenue, invariably attired in q
dark suit and wearing n silk hat which serves
to emphasize his tallness and his thinness. His
face bears the stamp OF the Astors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-21
THE OHIO I:iVER RISING.
Inhabitants of the Lower Portions of Gin
cinnati Driven From Home.


CIScISSArI. ONO. Feb. 21.-The river passed
the tfty-foot mark at o'clock this morning
and merchants and residents in the bottoms are
preparing for the rise. At II clock noon 1T
was ffty-one feet oae inch and rising at the
rate Of two inches an hour.
Reports from above are that considerable
rain has fallen within the past twenty-four
hours and the Bis Sandy and Monongahela are
rising
The water this morning covered portions OF
2d and Pearl streets and was hlling the cellars
of some OF the business houses along those
streets. The occupants were busy all day yes
ter,iay moving their goods to higher
places and Will suffer no damage The
occupants of the shanties on Rat and
Sausage rows were forced TO abandon their
quarters late Yesterday afternoon. They re-
manned in the house TO the last minnie, and
only concluded to seek shelter elsewhere after
the water had covered the floors and furniture
commence floating.
Some Of the inhabitants on both sides of the
river above and below Cincinnati are alarmed
at the continued rise, and are moving their
stock and portable goods 20 higher ground The
water has completely submerged the auxiliary
pumps at the water works and the supply 10
the elevators in the city will be cut off. River
men say the indications are for considerably
more water.
The different railroad lines entering the city
are taking the necessary precautions for food
and trains are running regularly on all roads
and there will be no interruption TO travel un
til the gauge marks ffty-fve feet. This stage
will somewhat interfere with railroad traffic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-21
THACKERAY's TOAST.
An Illustration of the Novelist's Affection
for His DAuEhters.

An Illustration Of the Novelist's Affection
for His Daughter
very pretty incident is recorded of Thack-
cray during his American tour. While in Bos-
ton he spent much of his time as q guest in the
family Of George Ticknor, and it was there the
incident occurred, says the Yonkers Salesman.
On New Year eve he and Ticknor sat smok-
ing together in the library. The iatter's wife
was also present. The daughters of the house
had gone to party. They sat talking till IL
o'clock, when Thackeray arose and said he
would go to his room.
"You are mon going TO retire YETI" inquired
his host.
No." was the answer. 'for always at the
birth of a new year drink to the health and
happiness Of my daughters, but do not wish
to keep you up so late"
pray. stay with us and We will Join you in q
health to your absent ones"
Thackeray replied that he would be delighted
to do SO il it would not trespass on their hours
Of rest. He sat at the side of the great fire.
place and looked two or three times at the
clock upon the mantel 70 note the flight Of the
minutes
Do not trouble yourself about the time"
said Mrs: Ticknor. Il win let you know when
it il ~ o'clock"
At the moment the new year began Thackeray
took in his hand a glass Of sherry, lose to his
feet, and said in tremulous tones:
'God bless my motherless girls, God bless
them and all who are good to Them
Drinking the wine, he babe his host good
night, and without another word retired from
the room, leaving his friends in tears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-21
SECRET MAIL OF INDIA.
Britons Psrplexed by Strange Occult Phe
nomena Among the ;iindoos.

Britons Psrplexed by Strange Occult Phe-
nomena Among the Hindo0s.
From the Providence journal.
What l. known as the Secret mali Of India
has for more thar generation perpIexed the
English mind, and is still profound mystery.
although numbcrless attempts have been made
to explain it. Every one who has lived long in
Asiatic countries is aware that the accurate
knowledge of important happenings at dis
lance is often possessed by the natives n con-
siderable time before it is obtained by the gov
ernment, even though special facilities had
been provided for the Transmission Of the news.
This was frequently and conspicuously illus
trated throughout the 6cpoy rebellion. Hap
penings occurring hundreds Of miles away
were usually known in the baznars hours and
sometimes days before the news reached the
authorities, and the information Obtained WAS
regarded SO trustworthy that the natives
spcculated upon it even to the full extent of
their fortunes. Indeed, upon ono occasion the
"sccret saair beat the government courier by
fully twelve hours, although every endeavor
had been made TO secure the swiftest dispatch
The Hin6oos themselves say, when they con-
sent To talk about it at al. TINT they depend
neither upon horses nor mea and have no Sc
cret code ofsignnls. but that they do possess a
system OF thought Transmission which is rs IA
miliar to them as is the electric telegraph to
the western world Any one may accept this
explanation that will.
But though most people with less fondness
for the mysterious and n better knowledge OF
the weakness Of the Hindoos for making grid
dies OF the simplest facts win look for more
prosaic explanation it remains to be said that
none has been forthcoming. The secret
mail is an indubitable reality, and no west
erner has ever succeeded in solving its
mystery.
1t news is transmitted by signals no one has
ever seen the signslers, nor Il there is a vast
system Of stages in operation, covering hum
dreds and thousands Of miles, has any one
ever come across any Of its machinery And,
indeed. il would seem that some means of com,
munication must be at the command of the
natives more rapid than horses or runners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-21
OSMAN DlGNA ROUTED
Tokar Captured by the Egyptians
After a Fierce Battle.
EXPLOSION OF NIfRO-GLYCERINE.
Threatening Rise ii the Ohio al
Cincinnati.
STOCKS ARE DULL But FIRM.
THE TAKING OF TOKAR.
osman Dixma's Followers Routed After {
Desperate Plight

Osman Dixma's Followers Routed After q
Desperate Fight.
AFuIrE EaYPT, VIA SUAxIN Feb. 21.-A Sc
we're engagement was fought at Tokar on
February 19 between the Egyptian troops
who recently left FL Teb and Osman Dig
mas forces Nearly one thousand lives
we're lost in the battle which followed
the appearance OF the Egyptians at Tokar.
The Egyptians made their advance from Afafte
duriag the early dawn of the morning of
Thursday last. The enemy was sighted near
TOkAr, and after an exchange Of shots be-
tween the skirmishers of the enemy
and the advance guard Of the
Egyptians. the latter pushed forward through
the bSzshwood surrounding Tokar and its
neighoorhood in order to seize the old govern
ment building now little more than a tumble
down ruin, but which forms a strategic point
where a force of infantry could hold out
against heavy odds. The dervishes seeing the
object of the Egyptians advance in that
direction made a rush for the building, and
surrounded by a compact mass Of Arab rifle
men poured hot fire into the ranks of the adj
vancing Egyptians. The latter. however, we're
not to be checked in their advance, returning
the Arabs fire as they advanced.
The Egyptians fixed bsyonets when within
easy distance of the enemy and brayeiy charged
upon the defenders of the old ruins. For over
an hour a desperate hand to hand bayonet to
spear and sword fight followed during
which the Egyptian troops fought with
the most determined energy. The Egyptian
cavalry made a brilliant charge OH the derv-
ishes who retired in disorder, suffering a
crushing defeat. The dervishes numbered at
least z. 900 fighting men. About an equal force
of Egyptians succeeded in reaching the shelter
Of the building before the Arabs surrounded
them for the attack. After the retreat of
the Gervishes the troops found over
200 dead around the position men
toned while large numbers of dead
were lying in the bushes around the
buildings. Nearly every Emir of importance
who was present at the battle fell upon the
field. Osman Digna did not take
part in the fight, but watched its pro-
gress from point of vantage near
Afa:ite- After Sc eng that his faithful
followers had suffered a disastrous defeat.
Osman Di2Ta. accompanied by about thirty
hOrsemen, Eel toward Temrir. The Egyptians
LAST night bivouacked at Aafte and viii advance
or Iemrln TODAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-21
RISING SUN INFLUENCE,
What An Effect . Little Hoosier Town Has
Had on the Country.

From the New York Telegram.
The little town Of Rising Sun in Indiana, made
familiar to New Workers as the scene Of Bob
billiards predicament in blue Jeans" is
worthy Of fame in another way. Two events of
national importance are trsceable to that
remarkable hamlet on the Ohio river. Its
original postmaster, John Lanius. away back in
the forties, started the mail delivery idea. The
bunch of letters received each morning from
the Louisville packet was sorted on the dock
and slowed away in the cspacious recess of
Postmaster Lanius silk tile. With his burden of
maii he stamped pompously up the one street
Of Rising Sun, leaving the iettersfor the persons
to whom they were addressed.
The next day he stood at the dock ready to
receive the answers and put them in u bag for
the Cincinnati packet as they were brought
down to him by the writers. He was probably
the first letter carrier. His successor Samuel
L. Covington. whose son. John |. Coyington, is
In charge of the insurance d. partment of the
American cotton trust in this city. has as great
| an honor. He first suggested TO the depart
ment at Washington the idea of travelling post
Offices. 1t was in 1876 and Postmaster General
Cave johnson held Office under President Polk.
Postmaster Covington was a man of unusual
energy and ability. He listened to the COM
plants of the Rising Sun merchants because of
the delayed mails
Every day Cincinnati packet. carrying the
Rising Sun mail, steamed down the river with
out stopping until it reached Madison. Ind.
There the pouch for Rising Sun was landed to
await a Louisville packet. which touched AT
Rising Sun the next morning. So il was with
all the towns between Cincinnati and Madison.
and great was The grumbling of the people
thereat. Postmaster Covington wondered why
man appointed by the department might not
take the mail at Cincinnati, sort it on the way
down stream and drop pouch for each town
into skiff sent from shore TO take it as the
packet passed. He wrote about it in his paper,
the Indiana Btddf, and then made the sugges-
ton in a communication to Postmaster General
Johnson. His suggestion was adopted and put
into effect at once on the river packets. The
merchants of Rising Sun rejoiced greatly. when
on June 6. 1916, they read in the Indiana Bad
the announcement that travelling postmaster
would thereafter accompany each maid packe,
between Louisville and Cincinnati, authorized
to open pouches and receive, sort and deliver
mail en- route between the two cities. The
government has no record of these facts as the
papers of the department Of that period were
destroyed by fire. but the searchers into the
history Of railway mail service may see the
proofs Of these statements by calling upon John
l. Covington at No. As broadway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-21
CONDUCTOR CURED OF FLIRTING.
The Nickel-Talter on q Street Car Escorts
Man in Female Garb to n Show

y
Man in Female Garb to a show.
A respectable young woman often happened
to get on a car on which was very gallant con.
ductor, says Montreal special to the Chicago
Herald, who always made some remark to her
about the weather. One morning the young
lady took the car to come to the city. The con-
ducto- was unusually friendly and asked her il
she would go to the theater with him that night
The young woman could hardly believe her
ears, but replied: sob, yes. with pleasure ;"
The conductor then appointed a meeting place
near one Of the city theaters.
When the young womans brother came home
in the evening she told him and she suggested
that he dress in her clothing and meet the con-
ductor. The brother scquiesced kept the ap-
pointment and was met by the gallant conduc-
tor with expressions Of the greatest joy. Then
they went to the theater. The conductor bought
two of the best seats in the house. As soon as
they were seated the conductor wanted to know
what made his companion SO quiet and implored
her to take off her veil. The hashful person ot
last did take off the veil and disclosed a yery
masculine yisage. ''rll have YOU arrested. I"
panted the conductor, and. leaving the theater.
sought the aid Of the police, but was only
laughed at.