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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-12-30
Los DERECHOS PASIVOs
DEL
NAGISrERIO DE ULTRAMAR

] ca DecretO Y NeglamentO que
regular estos derechOs, y for
mularios completes para la So
Mcitud de JubilaciOnes, Viude-
dades y 0rfandades, pOr Don
Andres E. 0llerO, ex-1nspec-
tor de Il Ensedanza y Maestro
public0 de Wadrld.
Folleto dedioad0 ai Sr Gaso6n.
Diputado por esta Isla.
V6ndese en- esta lmpfenGa.
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r. AAUNSVa.S .Sao Francisco ~.
Con Tituio honorltioo por 8. NJ.
81 ley, PremladO COZ medallaide
plata y menCl6n honorifica,
Hace personalmente toda clsse
dc roGrat0s en- 81 nuevO Estab
mlento (PrlMe1s On 81 clase) de &
DC Ia m.nans 4 5 de la tarde. sun-
que el dia este nublads..
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0LlvAS Y COMP,
Su sausoleOilnlensss
La MALLORQUINA;

san Justo 23, rs y 27.-Fabs,ca
de Chocolate y Uonfiterla al DO,
nayor y al detail. Sin cempeten
iia, La pEimeza en- on Clase,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-12-30
DE LA I8I.k,
BERTRAN HERMANCS.
Ell BAzAR UNIVERSAL.
dUNAOAO PUERTO RroOl.

oonelgnatarios de Buquss,. ,..Asen.
tee . de Ia Linea de vapores "Serra y
Bilbao" de Liverpool 4 esta Isla.
J del vapor "Avil6s" de Herrera
Aabsns. lmportadores de meroan. .
clas, ferreter1a, provisiones. made.
ras, doelas. para azdcar y miel. ss.
COS vaclos y oompra = venta de
frutcs del pals en- comisi6n.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-12-30
REVISTA COhERClAL.
DE NCTIOIAS z ANUEO1OS

Operaciones durante los dfas % y 20 de
Diciembre.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-12-30
PAPEL SELLADU

taladrado por una sola hoJa,
aprop6sito para minutas, So
bres de ofcios, etc.
De venta en- esta 1mprenta.
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Lima, Abril II de 1894.

FOSFATINA FALIERES. AHmsnso dslos Rl6oa
Lima, Abril II de 1894.
Sres Scott y Bovine, New.York
Muy Sres mios: Hace tres amos
que en- mi clientela no hRgo uso de
otra preparation de aceiue de baCa.
lao que Ia de ustedes, eonocida con
el nombre de Emulsion de Scott
pues adems de ser cast inspida,
es una feliz asociaci6n del aceite
de bacalao con los hiposfoftos que
son agentes preciosos y de ineludi-
BILE indication en- todos los varlos
casos de nutricl6n empobrecida,
escr6fulas, tuberculosis, raquitis.
mo, OsteomalaCia, = otros mal0s
estados generates consecutivos.
Soy de Vds 8. s.,
DR. Constantine z. CGTUGll0, Pro-
fesor de Ia Facultad de Medicjna
de Lima, Oirujano de la Maison
de SanM, Gale de Filipinas, ndme'
O 159.
Lima, Mario 81 de 1898.
Sehores Scott y Bovine, Nuevs
York.
Muy se6ores mios: Debo decir
les que he empleado con 6xito salts
factorio Ia Emulsion de Scott pre-
parada por Vds.
La asociaci6n del aceite de hfga.
do de bacalao con los hipofOsfitos
de cal y sosa constituye un impor'
tante medicamento en- ell tratamien'
| to de las Intermediates que tienen
un germen escrofuloso q tubercu'
loso. Su election ca mas pronta J
| eficaz que Ia del aceite de hfgadt
de bacala salad0.
Soy de Vds atento s. s.,
Doctor j. A. Ego AgW;rre.
Libr0s de text0 On Ell Institute
| Y Escuelas Normales y que re ha
llan de venta en- la Liberia del BO
LNTIN:
Gram&tica Oastellana.
Historic General, FernhndaE d
Castro.
Aritm6tfca, Oardir.
Aritm6tica, OortazaE.
Algebra, O0rtazaE,
Algebra, Oardin.
| Geometria, Oardin.
Ge0metria, Oortazar.
Ferrer y Rive1o, Legislaoi6a.
/ AgricUltVEa, RieEa Y TORTOISE;
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nQena .LllgiCa.

Echese afuera 10 cs- e = enfer:
dad con las PsIdo,'o gjd del
DR.. Hoss. Entonan {. .Gsnago que
es ei o~cero en- cue Dc. .-Sa Eodo el
slstenla para su salud Y TOE. No
PHsce s< haber persona saln able con
ei esf0i2ago sucio. Desec!. ,nse las
piidoras antiguas y tomenss, - mo-
dernas que son las Pfldoras de Vida
Gel Or. Ross. Su acci6n suave y Sc
gura las recomienda. De venta o@
sG1a5 las Boticas. a
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AVISO.

Hsgo pholico que no rsconozco
como legitimo , de mi procet On
cia ming gdn dot umeDto, sea de ID
c!ase que fuers; que ro haya ye
firmado 6 suscrito CON mi propie
putio , letra.
Pueito Rice; DIRE. 20 1894.
Deogracia Fabian.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-12-30

SOLUCIOL POLI-DIGESTIVl
1DE ULRICI. QUIMICO.

!COkA- RADICAL! Todo enfermo cr6nicoldel estdRaev
ntss"o debs omAr SOLUCION mo hsys snsons
con los dsmas traa1ntos Son tan dos gu
o en- e sS por1o0 de los Sc NOrA Ia
agS 10" G6tos acedas i"epssnoa daeas etc; cur1ndoss
e, aeeIs 'ss ssoego apa gossaga 10. cata'os t
cr6nca E' indpenabpsra To-; que padsssa
Do vsnta dspos.ro genera. para Ia f.a Dc Pusrc-Ri.o
F1delEGuiuermety.
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WATERLOO POLI91CO",

&IsfoR DBL ".soLi7A ns4sAI1ll..: Dl PsgSlssl
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-12-30

Col esp 'Hortencia" para Aqua
dilla y Mayegiiez.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-12-30
Las Raf0pnaS del ST uaura.
weTUDxO CRITTC0K
POE
DOM IGNAGI0 DIAz GANEJA.E
S0irsctOr del BOLETIN MERCANTILE

DE; PUERTO-RICO
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-07-04
Hints to Athletes.

When a man dies from heart failure
after excessive exertion it is because
he rests too completely after the ef.
fort and allows too great rush OF
blood to the left lung and the region
of the heart. When On athlete is in
good training he runs no risk at all if
he lies down after hard race, but
when he commences training every
spring he learns by experience that he
must rest up gradually after heavy ex-
ertion. If man runs mile rapidly
when overburdened with flesh, and
then lies down or sits down, he ex-
periences a choking sensation which
sometimes leads to the rupture of
blood vessel. If, on the other hand, he
walks around the track until he cools
of little, the unpleasant sensationis
not felt at all. When man runs
rapidly to catch a train he ought to
keep on his feet for few minutes af-
ter he is through with the exertion,
and if he cannot conveniently keep in
motion, he should breathe as freely as
possible and be careful to keep the
whole of his lungs busy for at least
several seconds. When he does this
all risk is averted-New York Dis
patch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-07-04
The Shah OF Persia's Great Pearl.

They say the Shah of Persia pos.
sesses pearl which was originally sold
to the then ruler by Tavernier, great
traveller, for $500, 900. 1t is now said
to be worth $3.50, 900. The Imam of
Muscat has pearl weighing 124 carats,
worth about s165,000. Years ago T
remember seeing a beautiful pink
pearl set as a rosebud, with leaves in
green and gold enamel, says An Eng
lish writer. Itwas given, I think, by
some royal personages to the man who
wore it as scarfpin; but pink pearls
are less valuable than white or black
ones, the latter being, presume,
sought after because of their rarity,
like black swans. Queen Victoria,
however, has very fine necklace Of
pink pearls, worth many thousands of
pounds; while the Expresses of
Russia and Austria carry off the palm
as possessors of black pearls and for
white pearls, perhaps, it would be
hard to match the necklaces of two Of
the Baronesses de Rothschild, one Of
which is valued at over 5000, ,000.-
New York Journal.
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The "CounterglOw. /"

The ttGegenschein," OF "Counter-
glow" is very faint, hazy luminos-
ity, which always keeps opposite to
the SUD in the sky-a nearly round
spot varying from ten degrees to
twenty degrees in diameter, usually q
little brighter at the middle, though
one observer has reported seeing it
with darkish center. It is SO faint
that when it happens to foil near the
Milky Way, or even near to any bright
star, it is quite drowned out, and, of
course, therefore, can be observed at
sll only at stations where the sky is
perfectly dark, and not vitiated by the
Illumination of gas or electric lights.
It seems to have been first noticed by
Brorsen, in Germany, just forty years
ago, and since then has been more or
less studied by number of observers,
who, however, have not fully succeeded
in solving the mystery. It is quite
certain that it is in some way con-
nected with the zodiacal light; in fact,
it is only brighter and wider portion
of the family luminous ring which
bears that name. At present a num-
ber of observers are watching it care
fully in this country, as well as in
Europe and South America, in hopes
to determine its distance from the
earth. It ought to show q notable
parallax if it is really compact cloud
of any sort and nearer than the moon.
Barnard, of the Lick Observatory, has
recently published his last years OBJ
servations, and they rather confirm the
hypothesis that it is due to the refec-
tion of sunlight from q multitude of
small meteoric bodies, which are mostly
far beyond the moon, and brighten up
one by one as they come opposite the
sun, Just as the moon does when it is
full; for, as everyone knows, the moon
exactly at the full is much brighter
than the day before or after the full.
IF this theory is correct each observer
sees his own "Gegenschein," as he does
bis own rainbow, and parallax is out
Of the question.-New York Indepen-
dent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-07-04
The Cloth Cannot be SeKed.

The bullet-proof cloth invented by
DOVE, the German tailor, about which
30 much has been said recently, seems
to be of very doubtful value, after all.
It is said that it simply cannot be used
as wearing apparel, as its thickness
and composition forbid its being cut,
or shaped, or sewed, as is necessary in
the manufacture of clothing. Every
one who has thought of the bullet.
proof cloth has associated it with
something a man could put on when
he went into battle and take off when
he left the field. 1t appears that the
material must be carried in the KNAPP
sack or in the blanket roll, and wound
around the body where protection is
needed. Perhaps, after all, the
"cloth" will be found more useful for
shields and torpedo nets than as a
species of armor for the soldier. The
material is said to be about half an
inch thick, and not flexible. One OBJ
server, who has reported to the war
department on the stuff, describes it
as q wire netting, incased in what ap-
pears to be cement substance. The
''coat," or garment, which was re-
Gently used in experiment abroad,
weighed about six pounds, and costs
about fifty cents pound to manu-
facture. New Orleans Picayune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-07-04
A Device to Keep Grapes Fresh.
Glasses such as are shown in our IL
Iustration are one of the latest schemes
of grape-growers in England to keep

the fruit from drying during the win
ter. The jar is made of clear glass,
and, having a wide mouth, water can
easily be added from a small watering
can as required without the trouble OF
taking it down or removing the
grapes. The weight Of the bunch
will press the immersed end OF the
stem against the upper side OF the bot
tie, and so prevent its slipping out.
1t is always best to leave about eight
cen inches of stem beyond the bunch
when the grapes are cut, as otherwise
the berries are apt to crack throug h
absorbing too much of the water wher
first stored. It is well also to cut of
the immersed end about once in three
weeks to maintain a free passage for
absorption.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-07-04
A Musical Legend of the Chinese.

The Chinese have some extraord;n.
ary superstitions relating to music.
According to their queer notions, the
Creator of the universe hid eight
sounds in the earth for the express
purpose of compelling man to find
them out. On the same principle, it
is presumed, Jupiter, according to
Virgil, hides fire in fints and honey
in trees in order to whet the ardor of
mans industry to persevere in his
efforts to redlscover the hidden
treasures.
According to the Celestial idea, the
eight primitive sounds are hidden in
stones, silks, wooas or various kinds,
the bamboo plant, pumpkins, in the
skins of animals, in certain earths and
in the air itself. Anyone who has
ever had the pleasure (9 of seeing and
listening to a Chinese orchestra will
remember that their musical instru.
ments were made of all these materials
except the last: and that the combined
efforts of the other seven seemed bet.
ter calculated to drive the ethereal
sound away than to coax it from the
air, which is really the object OF all
Chinese musical efforts. When the
band plays, the naive credulity Of the
people, both old and young, hears in
the thuds of the gongs and the whist
ling of the pipes the tones Of the eter-
nal sounds of nature that were origl-
nally deposited in the various animate
and inanimate objects by the au'wlse
Father.-St. Louis Republic.
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correspondent in the Aeronautics,
cotton model balloon with neck was
made of the same size as the General
Myer and its surface oiled. This cot
ton bag was then inflated with air by
q blower and the neck securely fast
ened so as to retain the air. The
model Was kept in state of tension
by applying the blower from time to
time as the cir under pressure within
leaked through. The model thus fully
inflated was suspended by ropes at
tached to the neck and to the top or
opposite hole. This suspension per-
mitted the balloon model to be turned
as upon an axis, and thus brought
every part of its surface in rotation
within easy reach of the operator. A
scaffold framework, having a height
nearly equal to the semidiameter OF
the model, was placed around one
side, or semicircumference, thus pre-
senting to the workmen q nearly
vertical surface on which to lay the
membranes. The nice task Of placing
the membranes forming the fabric OF
the envelope was done by women.
Each membrane was taken from the
water, stretched out upon the surface
of the model, smoothed down by
hand. and sides or ends, where ir-
regular, were cut off by a pair OF
hlurt.poipted shears, which the women
used most deity. Being wet and
charged with the solution Of fish glue,
the membranes stretched taut over
tho surface and adhered while damp
to the model. The membranes in this
way were placed side by side, the
edges overlapping, until the entire
surface OF the balloon model was
covered with ono coherent layer of
the gold beatcr's skin. Over this first
layer second and third were put, in
like manner. except that the mem
braues in eacn alternate were plseed
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scended in safety. General Mcclellan
was so we'll satisfied with the observa-
tions taken taken that through his in
Anence the War Department received
orders causing more balloons to be
provided.
The use of balloons, however, was
discontinued for many years, but now
it is believed they will be given aper.
manent place IN the equipment of all
armies. The science of aeronautics
has so advanced, new features being
constantly added, that it is hard to
disbelieve anything claimed by the
enthusiasts in this line. The chsnces
are that we will dispense entirely with
ordinary fleets and do our fig ghting in
the air. The only thing needed just
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-07-04
A Land of Samples.

The first impression of the Bermuda
Islands to one expecting semitrop.
ical appearance is Disappointing on
account of the cedar. This is the pre-
vailing tree; indeed, all the islands are
covered with this scraggy foliage. The
trees for the most part are small, and
suggest to US Northern latitude and
q poor soil. It is true that they are
Southern cedars, which originally
drifted over from Florida. and some
people might try to call them cypress,
and give them botanical juniper ha-
vor; but to us they are Northern, and
in such contrast to the cerulean waters
and soft blue skies and genial atmos-
phere that We are not easily. recon.
ciled to them. Yet they are the only
thing that seems to be native to the land.
Every other tree and shrub has an
exotic appearance-even the man.
groves, which grow in the salt marshes,
putting down their branches and drop
ping their long seeds, loaded at one
end, into the slime, and creating an
impenetrable thicket, and finally land.
It is, indeed, called the continent
maker. Palms grow here of several
sorts-sago palmetto, cabbage and
date--but they are little more than
specimens. The bananas of small and
fairly good variety flourish, but not in
quantities sufficient to supply the
wants of the islands. The oranges and
lemons have succumbed to the scale,
and the few other semitropical fruits
are of no consequence. The islands
are at times brilliant with various
flowers, but not in the vigor or pro-
fusion of Southern California. Very
fine, indeed, are the great fields of
lilies in bloom (the export of the
bulbs is one of the industries of the
islands), and occasionally great fields
of scarlet amaryllis excite the imagi-
nation like compact regiment of red
coats. Brilliant also are the tall
hedges of scarlet hibiscus, and every
where the oleander grows wild in pro-
fusion. Much more might be made
out of the islands in the way of gar
dens and small fruits if there were
more good farmers and horticulturists
and more enterprise; but Bermuda is
q sort of child Of the sea, and looks
beyond the horizon for help. Upon
many things there is sort of blight,
at least periodic, and it has even fallen
upon the pungent onion and the po.
tato, so that the anxiety of short
crop in these great staples 10 added to
the worry about the American tariff.
-Earper's Magazine.
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which the valve ring or thimble was
inserted and seized, and into the thin
BILE was secured the valve. The en-
velope of the balloon being complete,
it was placed within the netting, the
top of which was secured about the
valve ring, and upon ropes being at
tached to the ring the balloon and net
ting were hoisted, air was again blown
into the balloon and the netting ad-
iusted. After this the balloon was
hoisted higher. and the suspension
gear, with basket, was attached, after
which came the captive gear-that is,
the cable which holds the balloon when
it ascends. All was perfect and the
general Myer" was ready for use.
The cable serving to hold the bal
loon captive is made of several strands
of steel wire, having in it's center an
insulated wire for telephone work,
the outside strands acting as return
wires. The balloon, with complete
equipment, is, now at the Fort Riley
Kan. School of Instructions, where
it is being used in instructing the sig
nal corps at that post. 1t has been
pronounced. by experts as a master
piece in balloon building.
This is not the first time the United
States army has made use of balloons
During the Civil War the Federal Gov
ernment recognized their value for
making observation. In the month
of September, 1861, one of the most
daring aeronauts, La Mountaine, fur
nished important information to Cen
eral Mcclellan. His balloon rose from
the Northern camp of the Potomac
and passed above Washington.
The ropes were then cut
and La Mountaine rose to the
height of mile and half and found
himself directly over the lines of the
Confederates. There he was able to
perfectly observe their position and
movements. When he had made his
observations he threw out ballast and
rose to height of three miles, when
an air current carried him in the di-
rection of Maryland, where he de-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-07-04
Queer Nest OF the ToAtobane.

The oldest of all birds nests is the
one built by the tontobane, South
African sonster. It is built of cotton,
and always on the tree producing the
material. In constructing the domi-
Gle the female works inside and the
male outside, where he builds
sentinel box for his own special use.
He sits in the box and keeps watch or
sings nearly all the time, and when
danger comes in the form of a hawk
or a snake he warns the family, but
never enters the main nest. st. Louis
Republic.
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at right angles to the longitudinal
direction of the preceding series.
Over the third layer were placed, from
the top to the neck, long ribbons
about an inch wide, of the same
material, laid in lattice. These rib
bons were made by stretching layer
of gold-beater's skin upon long and
smooth oiled board, and superimpos-
ing thereon five additional layers sue
cessively, and after drying, the fabric,
which resembled parchment, was cut
into narrow strips. These inter-
lacing ribbons, or cords, appear as
diamond-shaped figures, increasing in
size from each pole to the equator,
and strengthen the balloon fabric and
limit its tearing to rents no greater
than about sixteen inches at the
equator, in case the balloon should
come in contact with any sharp
pointed object. Over these strength
ening cords three additional layers Of
gold beater's skin were placed similar
to the first three. Around the
top and about the neck an
additional layer was placed to
further strengthen these parts, where
the strain is great. After the fabric
was thus completed the air was pumped
out of the model, the neck of the cot
ton bag was separated from that OF the
outside fabric and air was blown into
the true balloon envelope between the
skins and the cotton material, gently
separating the skins from tho oiled
surface of the cotton model and per
mitting the latter to be pulled out
through the neck of the balloon proper.
There remained a translucent globe,
which, except for the latticed ribbons
in diamond-shaped figures, appeared
homogeneous throughout, not the line
of joint or lap of the thousands of
pieces of which it was formed showing.
In the top of the balloon envelope
was now cut circular opening about
eighteen inches in diameter, into
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-07-04
Innocence Abroad.

A lady who was recently returned
from q Mediterranean trip says that,
as the ship was leaving the harbor OF
Athens, we'll dressed lady passenger
approached the captain. who was pac-
ing the deck, and pointing to the dis
tant hills covered with snow, asked {:
"What is that white stuff on the hills,
captain?" 'sThat is snow, madam, !"
answered the captain. 'Now is it
really?" remarked the lady; 81
thought so, but gentleman just told
me it was Greece. "-Argolaut.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-07-04
Origin of the Mathematical Signs.

The sign of addition is derived from
the initial letter of the word ''plus.
In making the capital letter it was
made more and more carelessly until
the top part of the '.p'' was placed
near the centre, hence the plus sign
was finally reached.
The sign of substraction was derived
from the word ''minus." The word
was first contracted into mus, with q
horizontal line above to indicate the
contraction, which was printers
freak that may be found in almost
any hook bearing date earlier than
the beginning of the eighteenth CEN
tury. After the lapse of long period
of time the letters were omitted .lto!
gether, leaving only the short line 30
well known to all, thus -.
The multiplication sign was OBJ
tanned by changing the plus sign into
a character resembling the letter Z.
This was done simply because multi
plication is but shorter form OF ad-
dition.
Division WAS formerly indicated by
placing the dividend above a horizontal
line and the divisor below. In order
to save space in printing, the divi-
dend was placed to the left and the
divisor to the right, with simple dot
in place of each.
The radical sign was derived from
the initial letter of the word 'tradix." !"
The sign of equality is said to have
first been used in the year 1867 by q
sharp mathematician, who adopted it
as q substitute for the words "equal
to."-St. Louis Republic.