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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-11-11
De DOS PESOS De CONTADO

81 pdoIieo debe mirar Autes de
gsstsr su dinerb, donde le brin.
IAN mayole, ventsjss: que ii
procede de la manera indies ds,
seeuramen.e CORR ra para casa de
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-11-11

NOTA IMPORTANTE.-Es.
ta Casa ennende por venta de
contado cuando el parroquiano
satlstace Ell precio lel axiculo en-
Ell acto de comprario.
81 &c satisfAce despues, no hay
derecho d 10 acci6n.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-11-11
liPUEBL LOHSOBERANO II!

Ven aprisa 4 emplear tn dine
ro.. 4 esta conocida QUINCALLA,
pata que obtengae Las acci0-
mes que regaianos puedal
e.perar un premio gordo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1891-11-11

que otfesen articuos que nadie
podra ofrectr en- tres lustrOs
seguidos en- Puerlo-k,co, por 10
DAratura de sus mercaderias y por
sus claeee,
Milford chronicle., 1891-01-30
Early Railroadine.

When railroads were first introduced,
the engineers, as we call them-or the
engine drivers, as they are called IN Eng
land-ran their trains almost as they
liked, making up time when they had
fallen behind, picking up such infornar
ton as they could as to the state Of the
track ahead Of them, and for the most
part plunging ahead with their ma
chimes without much more than a sur
mise whether they should bring up at
their destination or at the bottom or
some high embankment.
Some Of the results Of this want OF
system would have been amusing If they
had not been disastrous Mr.. Laurence
Oliphant, an English traveller and author.
tells in one of his books a rather grim
story of trip which he made by rail, IN
1855, from Chicago TO New York. over
a part Of the distance the train made the
extraordinary speed, for that time, OF
fifty miles an hour, and presently it ran
off the track.
Fortunately, the cars were imbedded
in a soft clay ditch, and no one was
seriously hurt; and in the midst of the
commotion, Mr.. Oliphant says he heard
the engineer thus adnonish the switch
man, whose carelesmess had caused the
accident:
''Now, Tom, this is the third time
you've forgot TO set that switch, and the
last time there was twenty people went
under and the rest was bruised. So
mind what you're about, and don't for
get that switch again, for if You do I'll
tell the bossr
Milford chronicle., 1891-01-30
A.,o.,ations of yviId Horses.

Life in societies is again the rule with
the large family of horses, which includes
the wild horses and donkeys of Asia, the
zebras, the mustangs, the cimarrones of
the Pampas, and the half wild horses Of
Mongolia and Siberia. They all live in
numerous associations made up of many
studs. each Of which consists Of u number
of mares under the leadership Of a male.
These numberless inhabitants of the Old
and the New Worlds, badly organized on the
whole for resisting both their numerous
enemies and the adverse conditions of eli
mate. would soon have disappeared from
the surface of the earth were it not for
their sociable spirit. When beast Of prey
approaches them several studs unite at
once; they repulse the beast and sometimes
chase it, and neither the wolf nor the bear,
not even the lion, can capture a horse or
even a zebra as long as it is not detached
from the herd.
When a drought is burning the grass in
the prairies they gather in herds of some.
times 10000 individuals strong and mi
crate. And when a snow storm RACES in
the steppes each stud keeps close together
and repairs to a protected ravine. But if
confidence disappears or the group has
been seized by panic and disperses, the
horses perish. and the survivors are found
after the storm half dying from fatigue
Union is their chief arm IN the struggle
for life. and man is their chief enemy Be
fore his increasing numbers the ancestors
of our domestic horse (the Equus prevail
ski. SO named by PolyakoD have preferred
to retire to the widest and least accessible
plateaus on the outskirts of Thibet, where
they continue to live, surrounded by car
niyores. under climate as bad as that of
the arctic regions, but in a region inaccessi-
BILE to man. Century.
Milford chronicle., 1891-01-30
guFFALo elLgst START.
old Ned Buntiine, offDirae Novel PANE
R.sponsibls for His discovery.

ola Ned Buntline, offf1lrae Novel ka1nes
RnsponsibIe. for His,l Discovery.
Rfr w. @. .Gayler, of New York, for seven
wears the companion and agent-ot Bufi1llo
ain is Al the St. James hotel. Mr.. Gayier
accomnanied. .theg great Codyto Europe, and
bos been with him.i in many Of his trials,
adventures mud triumphs. Speaking OF tho
ssAfesSiahn crazo among the Indians Mr..
Gayler saidi
feBuffalo Bill owes his name, fame and
fortune 60 the newspapers. he was born
out on the prairies, and his father wasshoh
down before his eyesnear Lawrence during
tbe sBorder Wars buffalo Bill dritted
over he west AS cowboy, hunter, scout and
soldier. He.got bis name by daring exs
pioit while the Union Pacific road was
building. He had a contract 70 supply the
workmen with ten head Of buffalo day
for meat. One day he dashed into herd
OF buffaloes, and was attacked by hundred
Indians who were hunting the buiialoes az
the same time. 'Bill' came OF victor, and
drove the ten head Of bufalo into camp
and killed them as IL nothing had hap
pened It was daring, dashing, reckless
nets like this that won him the saubriquet
Of Buffalo Bill
81 have said that the epapers were respon'
sible for the popularity Of Buffalo Bill.
One day Street s. Smith, the publishers OF
The New York Weekly, called Ned B1nt-
line. a well known writer, into their office
and said, we are tired Of these stories OF
Suanish villains and English lords and
French women. They are monotonons.
Go out into the west, travel at our expense,
talse your own time, only find us manf
That was a lucky day FOR buffalo Bill
Buntline wandered overthe prairies trying
In vain to find his man One day, while
riding along with Maj. North, the only
white chief that the Pawnees ever had
that well known character sud, 'Buntines
am not the man you want. Don't waste
anv more time with me. But ] can tell
YOU where you can find your man
sIIe rode leisurely over to a prairie
wagon under which Cody was sleeping,
kicked Buffalo Bill gently in the baelS-a
fashion the cowboys have In the west-aDd
said. Get up, Billr That was another
Iucky day for Buffalo Bill He was the
man that Buntline had been trying to
find. His name became famous to the
reading public, and short time afterward
he embarked in the amusement business.
We all know Of the success that has fol-
lowed his ventures. Buffalo Bill has
cleared 81 .OOOO0O in the last five years and
he is worth today a quarter Of a million at
least. He might have been worth more,
but he is n princely liver and prineely
giver He will give n porter or hac1man
a handful Of gold and silver and never
stop to think Of the thanks or the change.
No wonder that he is popular with all
classes. ."-Kansas City Times.
Milford chronicle., 1891-01-30
WIN cnbn Break in Twoq

The startling discovery has been made
that Cuba is cracking-not simply crack
ing, but bursting wide open Numerous
assures in the earth have appeared in
many widely situated localities, but par
ticularly near Matanzas. One Of these
enormous cracks in nearly eleven English
miles in length, and has actually broken
mountain chain asunder, leaving wide
gap. which, but for the fact that the assure
seems without bottom, would make
splendid roadway, making the rich planta-
tions in the valley beyond at least fifty
miles nearer Lathios, the nearest port,
which is now reached 10y rounding the
spur of the mountain. Some Of the cracks
and openings within sight Of this place are
COO to 600 feet long, a TO so feet wide and
of unknown depth.
These disturbances may be and no doubt
are a continuation Of those felt not long
AGO along the south coast Of the island,
but the people are not inclined to view it
In that light, regarding all such mani
festations with superstitious awe, many
of them actually believing that some i'm
pending calamity is about to overwhelm
the country. Scientists explain 1t by say
ing that the earth's crust thickens from
the sea inlaad, aud that therefore the in
land presshfe is toward the nearest coast
line. The crust there and in the ocean be-
yond, being thinner, is more sensitive to
central disturbances -Matanzas Letter.
Milford chronicle., 1891-01-30
TaI,e sensations Of Cold.

The transactions of the Association of
the American Physicians" contains a re-
port by DR.. S. Weir Mitchell of a number
of curious cases of false sensations Of cold.
In some instances the feeling Of cold was
accompanied by an actual rise of temper
ature in the part affected. This peculiar
sensation of cold in one case followed an
injury, but in others the causation was OBJ
scure
One rather remarkable case was that of
a lawyer, 81 years Of age. During the last
few years he has been annoyed by subject
i've sensations of cold, which are increased
by mental application. To relieve these
sensations he wears three suits of the
heaviest kind Of woolen underwear, three
pairs Of the heaviest woolen socks, felt
boots Of the heaviest material over his or
dinary boots and shoes, and flannel band
ace around his body. At night he wears
two of the above mentioned suits, fan
mel bandage, wooden socks, and sleeps un-
der five woolen blankets on feather mat
tress, with hair one under it. He always
keeps the night temperature Of his room
at so. and after hard day at court from
90 to 95. The sensation of cold is positively
painful, though his surface temperature is
,o,.,,,ol
Milford chronicle., 1891-01-30
a New % soNe.
pray as men have prayed since earth was
young,

pray as men have prayed since earth wai
young,
In varied voice or speech, prayer OK pau
/ sing-ah mel tho song is ever sung
And epernore as now in vain, IN vain
rris oh, 10 be a litile child once more
A little, iowly child, dear God, pray,
would give an my life has yet in store
Could retace my childhoods rosy way
Oh. cruel questioning eyes so keen and bllehr
Oh. cruel an revealing MONDAY SUM-
How can choose but ahudder OF the lighL
When have only wrecks 70 gaze upon
Oh. for the long shadows Of the morn
CThe sun shone only on high places then)
To veil me or from pity or from scorn-
Would God / were a sinless child again.
How can / choose but mourn my lost estate
OF high emprise and white untroumed tiast-
The palace Of my dreams made desoiate-
Ny king uncroWned, my treasures turned =
dust.
Oh tell me not that life has much in storo-
Can il give back what once 1 cast aways
But oh, to be a little child once more'-
A little, lowly child, dear God, pray.
Katharine T. Conway
Milford chronicle., 1891-01-30
Thn NYaIk d I'D Farmer.

It is well known that country folk,
from being so constantly on their feet,
are usually blessed with understandings
Of more generous proportions than those
of their city cousins, who, tempted by
the facilities for rapid transit, too often
deny themselves sufficient exercise. This
applies more particularly to the men.
have seen some country bred maidens
with the neatest, slenderest and most
dapper little feet in the world. But then
they don't plow from dawn to sunset.
As a rule, however, countryman can
be detected in a city by the size Of his
extremities.
Following the plow, too, naturally in
duces a jerkiness of gait-a peculiar un-
certainty about the body's motion, which
only a long residence in city can en-
tirely remove. In the man from the
districts where the land is still very
rough these marks Of his calling are ac-
centuated Where the land is full of
burnt stumps androcks plowing requires
considerable strength and more skill,
and the continual bracing up Of the
plow in the burrows has a tendency to
make the farmer get into the habit Of
walking with his legs wide apart, as
in this position he obtains greater con-
troll over the plow and maintains his
equilibrium.-De Free Press.
Milford chronicle., 1891-01-30
Not to BE Ronrht.

The results of using big words in con
versation with people who do not under
stand them are often laughable. In Bos-
ton there is a lady of literary aspirations
who talks even with her servants in a
sort Of literary way. The other day an
Irish servant girl employed in this lady's
house entered a neighboring grocer's
shop and asked:
''Do ye kape anny-anny delub-fwhat
in the world is it, annyhow?-anny de-
liberation, is it, now? Doy ye sell amy of
that"
"Any what?' exclaimed the grocer.
"Anny deliberation, say"
"No, we don't"
''Alore's thepity, thin. Sure, my misth-
ress told me to wash the cut glass dishes
wild deliberation, and thin she wint away,
and niver a dhrop af the shtoof can l
foind in the house!'- Youths Compan-
ion
Milford chronicle., 1891-01-30
Couldn't Understand.

ssNever, never could understand itP' he
growled, as he went slipping and skating
and crawling over the icy hagstOnes Of the
Circus park. "Here / am, almost prOfes-
sional athlete, shod with new rubbers, and
vet am in mortal terror Of a fall every
moment, while there goes a woman sailing
along as serenely as you please without a
rubber on her foot"
'LOok at her now" he continued. as he
skated up to a shade tree to rest moment
before taking a new start. ''She doesn't
even seem to know that there is any ice
here, while I-go-thunder look out
smashlp
And he lay stretched at full length on
the broad OF his back, the soles Of his new
gums" upturned to the north wind, his
hat in the ditch and a feeling in every bone
and sinew that the earth had kicked up
behind and thrown him off.-DetrOit Free
Milford chronicle., 1891-01-30
The INCREASE OF fLNTTERY.
The boomerang Element in Latter Dal
parsona1ftieq ,f enoEef,y

The Boomerang Element in latter Day
Personalities of Society.
Preoccupation with personality is GER
tainly an American-possibly more or
less a generally modern-trait; but our
present orgy Of compliment is, 1 think,
q new variant of it. And it cannot be
that we are becoming Frencbifed to the
point of social insincerity for this mere
sake of moral perversity. The truth
probably is that as we progress in social
civilization-or perhaps better, as social
civilization spreads increasingly and
penetrates our bewildering and encOur-
aging succession Of nouvelles couches-
the desire TO make ones self agreeable,
instead Of merely important, is increas-
ing proportionately.
Now, amenity as an art is a difficult
one. To succeed in it demands either
the certain felicity" which Bacon af-
hr1ned to be necessary to the painter
who would improve upon nature, or that
long course of social civilization where
by tradition secures the sinking of eff
fort in unconsciousness, and the substi-
tuition Of inherited for acquired capaei-
ties. In the absence of either of these
advantages it is the shortest rather than
the wisest road TO the end Of being agree
able that is pretty sure to be taken, and
the crosse 1nodo pursuit Of, as 1 said, the
line Of least resistance results in an
amount and degree Of personal hattery
at the present moment which are alto
gether notable.
We have probably not yet wholly
emancipated ourselves from the wish to
be appreciated, as well as to be agree
able. On the contrary, when we praise
our friends for their qualities or their
performances in the blank and stark
way sanctioned no doubt by our rnques-
toned sincerity, but dictated perhaps by
an imperfect taste, it is probable that
with our motive Of being agreeable IS
very subtly associated a desire to be
deemed discerning. We act on the as
sunption-so tacit. to be sure, rs to be
unconscious-that the fact of our appre7
citation Of them attests to them ACUTE
ness in US. Our well known and uni-
versally acknowledged genuineness-
that heirloom inherited from the savages
Of the Elbe and Weser marshes-pre-
vents our perspicacity in these circum-
stances from being distrusted.
Milford chronicle., 1891-01-30
Az she rs snol,s In Indla.

Native English in India still furnishes
much amusement to the European trav-
eler. When the governor of Madras
lately made q tour one admirer wrote to
excuse his nOn-appearance at the rail-
way station as he chad the pleasure of a
scorpion in his left leg" but promised to
"bring my invaluable lutte to play be-
fore your excellency as an indulgent
SON." A railway official lamented that
a panther invaded his platform, but he
met the attack by shutting himself in
his Office and ringing the station hell, y
while another complained that his
poiutsmen had been fighting, as the ag-
gressor threw a stone at Ram Buksh,
which fortunately hit Ram Buksh's
wife" He added that unless both these
men are scattered in different directions
by opposing trains there will be murder
and suicide, including to myself" On
visiting a local hospital the governor
was presented with a petition against
the surgeon in charge, who, said the
complainants, chad a string loose over
his subordinates, and will never secure
heaven. Quite the contrary will surely
be his fate. London Graphic.
Milford chronicle., 1891-01-30
Tho 'sstiIl Chrlstmas.,' -

In the year 1925 the holiday time in
England WAC known rs the ''still Christ
mas" for owing to the illness Of King
Henry VIII the singing of carols and the
noisy hilarity peculiar to Christmas were
prohibited. Some who have lain sleep
less through nights Of horn blowing, the
explosion of firecrackers, ETC., especially
at the south, where many Of the old En-
glish holiday customs are still observed,
may understand and appreciate the royal
mandate for 'still Christmas" With
this one exception, carols and other joy
ous musical exercises were used at Christ
mas all through the Tudor reigns.-Har-
pers Bazar.
Milford chronicle., 1891-01-30
CHICAGO CONTRIBUTED A VICTIM.

One Of Her shrewdest Business AIen
Taken in by - Gotham BuneO Sharp.
"The shrewdest business men we have"
remarked a member Of the stock exchange
the other evening, "are easily victimized
whenever they are concerned in matters
outside Of their own line Of business and
their own circle of acquaintance. a
grain speculator who is inveigled into
real estate deal loses his lionlike character
and becomes a lamb at once II were
bunco man / would lie in wait for the
typical business man every time.
"a few weeks ago a lumber dealer, whose
name is well known throughout Chicago,
and whose check is good for million OF
two, was taken into camp by slick young
man in New York in a way which makes
him fighting mad. The financial loss is
trining--a mere bagatelle-hut fthe victim
gnashes his teeth whenever he thinks OF
the ease with which he was politely robbed.
''IIe had scarcely registered at the Fifth
Avenue hotel in New York before a spruce
young man, who familiarly called him
Colonel although he never saw military
service and is guiltless Of any military
title, introduced himself as the son of the
well known Cleveland millionaire, Dan p.
Eells. Young Mr.. Eells was just returning
from a European trip, and was glad to
meet some one from the west. it made
him think Of home once more Besides,
there was another weighty reason for his
pleasure in meeting a man from the west.
''He had brought home with him large
number of rare books and paintings and
bric-a- brac, and was surprised to find that
the custom house charges had increased
enormously. He was thunderstFuck when
the customs officers named the amount Of
duty he must pay. He was totally unpre
pared for it, but managed to settle the bill,
although he had been left stranded in New
York. He had telegraphed for money, but
wanted very much to leave for home inn
mediately. Couldn't the Colonel advance
enough money to buy first class ticket to
Clevelandl The Colonel could, and did.
"For several weeks he waited for re-
mittance from Mr.. Eells. It did not ma
terialize. Then he wrote polite note to
the Cleveland millionaire. This brought a
prompt reply. It wais not pleasant read
ing, but it was decidedly interesting to the
Chicago lumber dealer who had so philan-
thropically come to the rescue Of young
Mr. Eells. It read; Sorry for you. It's
the same old game though. l have but
one son, and he has been an invalid for
many years and has not left my house.
Read the papers. '''-Chicago Mail.
The late President Grant once spoke
Of our western Cordileras as the ''strong
box" Of the nation. lie realized the fact
which many people are slow to recog-
nize, that the larger part Of our re-
sources is west OF the Mississippi.
Milford chronicle., 1891-01-30
raih,n. rishes.

A Paris scientist has published the re-
suit Of his researches on the subject Of
talking fishes. He says that every fish
in some way or other talks to fish Of the
same kind Herrings cry like men, roach
grunt like pigs, and tench make a noise
like frogs. Conger eels bark and cod
fish hiss. Lobster and crayfish scream
when they are boiled, and Paris soles
have a way Of communicating the fact
Of their staleness to diners at restaurants,
London Tit-Bits.
Milford chronicle., 1891-01-30
cootnev.

Bullokar, the photographer who gave
the famous definition for "crocodile
tears" was Ontdone by Minshen, an
other dictionary maker of London, who,
in 1917, issued the work which gave the
following amusing account Of the origin
Of the word ''cockney;" "a cockney, or
eocl1ny, applied only to one born within
the sound of the Bow bells-that is,
within the city of London, whiche terme
came first out of the following tale;
ga citizens some riding with his faith
er out Of London into the country, and
being a novice, and merely ignorant Of
how corne and catel do increase, asked,
when he heard a horse neigh, what the
horse dide. His father answered, the
horse dothe neigh; riding further, he
heard a cock crow, and said. dothe the
cock neigh too? And, therefore, Cockney,
or Coclmeigh, byinversion thus: Incoctus,
!. e., raw or unripe in countrey- af-
faires.-St. Louis Republic.
Milford chronicle., 1891-01-30
- !, ~ Cars of ! Plane.


with proper care and attention a good
uiano should last afa1nily lifetime. II
fbis is not given it the piano Wih N
time become harsh and ''tin-panny, ana
afford little satisfaction or delight 70 Us
oVgner. Ordinary practice, whether py
a child or a grown up person, VIII not
iniure q piano IN any way IL Is lOD
necessary to be professional piano
DIaver and to know exactly with what
force to strike the keys in order 70 AeeP
the instrument in good condition
OF course it viii not be improved py
thinning the case or by striking the
KEYS with any hard substance. NeiIne5
does this remark apply 70 schools anu
institutions where playing Is tanRtis' anu
the instrument is used continuously lor
ten or twelve hours every day. IN 1ne
latter case the felt portions VAL wear
out sooner than if it was used IN a pa
Vate family.
The matter of tuning should not %
neglected, and should never be lntrusteu
Ia anv other than an experienced person.
Iucapable tuners very often work irreI,-
arabie injury to the most perfect ana
eostlv instruments. During the hrst
wear a new piano should be tuned every
fhree or four months at least. After
that it will only be necessary to nave u
tuned at longer intervals.
Dampness is the most dangerous en-
emy the piano has to contend against
and for this reason the climate must be
considered. If the instrument Is placed
ia a damp room, or left open IN a
drauqht of air, the result will be that
the strings, tuning pins and the various
metal parts win become coated win
rust. and the cloth used in the construe
tion Of the keys and action becomes
swollen. It is positively painful to play
on such piano.-Charles H Stelnway
in Ladies' Home journal.