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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09
De C6guas nos e1eriben: .Poco { fo

De CSguas nos eseriben: Poco Z Soco
volvsmos las andadss en- la question moneda.
Hoy, es m comerCiante que admite por valox de
cuaranta veints ceAtsvos reHpeCtivamente loa
medios pesos pesetsS americana meiicanss
agujereadas NAL raEelladaB; man,ns, otro que re.
cibe por diez y Biste ochavos-Ro ss sabe con que
fN-las pesetas aguiereadaa aiR reaello, mientTas
otrog shan reEnelto" no adnitir sino yeiRte Y
euarenta centavou peIetaS medios pesos reBslla.
dos, legitima ilegitimamente, pesar de lau dis
poaiciones ohciales y denuncias intsrpuestas snte
q Juzgsdo Como quiera que Il mayor parte de
loB csmpsginoa jornaleros de la localidad, des
coaocsn este del vslor que puede tener Il none
da por rAz6n del alta y baja de Il plata en- el ex
terror, para eyitar, gob1e todo, Il espsculaei6n
costa de miBeros jo1naleE, noaotYo1 creemos
que Il ACADIA debia publicsr cor profun6n hoiaB
sueltaa en- que 90 rslaCionen los Valores de las
moRedas de curse forzouo con expression De las
cirCularsB que 10 autoHicen, haCiesdo entsnder 81
rnismo tempo que no deben admitirHe otras mo.
Redas que Lar rslacionadas sopena de eatRr pa-
sar por ID que los espeeuladorss acuerden en gus
maneioD aesrsa DO uaonedA 20 garantida pox 81
GObierno."
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

I Nos dicen de Caguas: Nos cueatan que On
eutoB momentos IN comereisste nm campeSi- o
se amenazRn cen revolver maChets reBpe tiv1.
mente, en- aCttud de mortal desaffo, COMO dix
que era Il del batAllador don Ql,j to al trabar
pslea cor 81 denodado vzcAino. Eatk demsH de.
cir que 81 origeR de IL cueati6n fue Al asunto
monetario"
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

I'll PARIs.BAzAR aeabA de Teeibir an GuTd-
do de novedadeI, veTdAdeEamelte dignas de cd,
miYaTue. Ou6ntanIs en- 81, pEecioBas gargantillsa
de terCiopelo con adornos doradou PlAteAdoH.
Oasces azhbaChe para capotas, etuehs1 de ccpilloI
pEimorcsos efectoa de egcritoTio, pahuelos de Ks-
de, abanicon de papsi, q timo satilo y pfpsl pa
xa hacexloa etc. etc -Pevo 10 que ms llama d
at6Hci6n son les alogaatas moHsa--fumadoFeS be-.
lquillaz Do ambar ! plpa1 ! ho4uillal Dc Cegsso
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09
E OorregponnaI "a LuquiIlo nou participl

81 COrresponaal de LuquiIlO nos participa
que 81 del corrieute, hizo 90 vista ofcial 81 Go
berBador aquel pueblo. Llleg6 pyecedido dc
lucido fcompahamiento. Ls compahia de Vo
luatarios l0 xindi6 loa hoROres miitares dan
paes do oiE 81 Te-deum be diriji6 Lar casss es.
snelas enter6ndoBa minuciosRmente del ontado de
las rninmag dol eumplimiento do suu reBpeetiyol
nssatSoI GalieRdQ cpmpletamsata gatt1teeho. Ff
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09
FOTIOIAs GENERALEs

Hsn Circulado ya los programs de Ia CORR.
de de toToa de que habaBos On etro lugar 10
Cual aerk pAtroCinada por las distinguidas damsa
aguientss:
ExCma Sra. dofa Rosario Vallejo de Dabag
Excma. sEaH. dona Dolores L. del Castillo de
Gonzalez; dofa Julia Oabaleiro de Fdez VaE-
aQez; dona Rafeea Menendez de Medina; dofia
NstRlia Nor teainoB de RodeyTo; dohR Ratasla
Medina de YelaYde; dona Dolores Porras de Pc
raz Garcia; doha Iuana Ool&u de Bosch; dora
Maria Medina de VaBConi; dCia Carolina Bare 6s
de Ayuso. Srtag. Rosario Dabkn Vallejo;
CopCepci6n GoBzklez L. del Castillo; FranciBca
Ramirez; OarlotA AyuVo; Eva ACostF; Ulpiana
Ben9t; ObdUlia Oottss; AdrianG AyuSo; ConBuelo
Medina; Jalia Guerra; Carolina AyuBo; Carmen
NavajaB; MsTia Giusti.
LA cRadrilla de ahcionadog Ia compondr6n:
Espadas: C@ssx FerR6ndtz (') 81 Gaditsno, de
06diz; Vicente Ortiz Auments s--BandeTSlEeros:
Fernando AlC6n (a) 81 Madri eHO de Madrid;
Donate Absjo, de Madrid; Enrique Achs, de
Puerto Rico. PSeGdOTes: Miguel Coneisxo de
Madrid; jose IturroRdo, de Puerto Rico.-Pun.
tilleros, Mozos de PlFza, Mulilas Peonea. Las
moHaB Sex6n Tegslo de las SrtRB. AyusO, Medina
y Eva ACosta.
Los preeios de localidades serSn: Pslco de
sombra cor sillaa eBtEadas Sc. Barrsra de som.
bra $l-25. Tendido de sombTa ST.. silla coFSedoE
de Gombra 81. Sila noTredor de sol so ceBta.
vos. Tendido de sol SO ceRtRvogs TEopa, ain
graduation, mitad de preCio lie entEada al sol.
La eorxida eHapezar6R alas 81 de Ia tarde laH
puertas de Ii plaza De abrirSn lar 2. Las locR,
lldades 90 expenden On "La MalloEQuima," J" ella
Palma" 81 "Cafe de Puerto -Rico."
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

Ia Ia notable cartR qua aver pubiCsmoU sus
critR por nuestro respectable amigo e seiior Men
tcjo se eScaparon aguNas errstaS dc caia que ha
bra HubGanado el buen juicio del 'scsor. Cu9n
taGe 81 TIE eatss Ia 6e lamar sigo XIII en- ve4 d.
Eiglo XVI & laB notAI curioaSs de que habla ID
Citada CaEta.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

81 tam5so baiis de tbiAas6 hegtoh 4as Is sea
lsbrara en- Las prt7imss pklcuaH en- los HaloneH
del pslacio de la Diputaci6R provincial como
Gsrk de yigwrosa stiqweta, indudeb's gus rssul.
taRS 10 mas serio bFiIante que He hays etectua'
do aqnf.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09
RIRlGQ 7 lag,Fl

tEl gran baile que ~ prepa,a" Los caballe.
leroB de guSto para aHatir 81 gran bale bI1nQO y
aegrO que So pVspars, dehsR pToveerEs de elegan-
ter CamiEas de lss llamRdAs PGropdz ca Ia Cami-
EsTia La Egposie66n, cslle de San Justo, tEsnte
& ID mMslIoruuina"
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

Algunos vecinoa de ID casa ndmero 81 de la
Gale de ID Luna, SO quejan de que IN ap,endfz de
clarinste que hay an, len rsviestR lon timpRnoa
CON sug reaoplidcs Green que ~ sfciones artist
cas- dabeYfa ejecarlas ep el CanBpo del MORO.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

Rslaci6u de los iRdiviIuos que fueron admi.
tdos ea Ia sociedsd "Benefactosa" de sus anocia
dos es session celabrads por IL iunts directive de
Ia miBma con fechR ocho del corrieRts: don Mar
tn Garcia, dona Atsnasia Mojica. dona GregoTia
D6vilR doha Maris L6pep Sanchez.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

La tnE de Ia grippe ss IN uietoma qna moIeS-
ta grsndementa los enfsrmoG. n JRFabe al
guRyscol del doctor Rodriguez cAStro es 81 dnI-
CO mediCamento que 10 Combats pronto efcGz-
mente-f PHob-d dol
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

ES muy elcgiada Ia conducts del senior Al
calde de eHta Capital prohibieudo Ciertan per'o
mas que vayan en- Oamiaeta por Lac colleV Hoy
Ge han recogido muchos individuoI que trsnBita.
ban por ID eiudad POGO menon que en- pafiou me-
AoIeg.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

EI vapor a'emSn Bavaria" cargo en- Ponce
para Europa l bSrril 3214 sacoB peHando
26I, ,5I6 kilos cafe, 6 cajas contepiapdo plata me
iicapa SO cueros de res con L. $40 kiloY
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

EI del mes en- curFo Lego Camuy 81 pa
quote de IA CoRREsPoNDENCIA que debi6 recibir-
He aIli el dia anterior. ERCAntS, en- realidad Ell
Eervicio de Correos que nos proportions 81 sr.
AYuBo.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

Nl domiRgo pr6ximo las ocho de 10 mana
na tendTS lugar en- la capilla de Ia Y. O. 7. FFAR.
ciscans, fuHci6n Holemno en- honor 81 SsAto Girls
to del buen viaje Sc auplica Ia asiGtsnCia de los
ialea,
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

Han contrsido matrimonio civil en- San Sc
hsstikn loB spreciabIes j5veneB ssHor don Jusn
R Veez y Il AehoritR Margsrita Vslez Cue
vas. Que sea por mucho saos
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

81 viene Vd. ID Capital quiere compTaF
oalzado bsrato, mediAB calcetiAeE caTnireE, c. T.
bataS csmisstaE, acuda La CO~StaneSG de Bo-
rrSB ReiRes, San Fvs ncisco 80.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

Por 81 Gobierno C4sseraI re ba sceptsdo Il
renuncia presses tAda por don Victor Cumpiane
del cargo de Alcalde de RisG6R.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09
AaGc0r Ce1atrz1uq0da
de primers, segunda , terCera
FmLAY BRoTHE1

Los asAores don Leon ParedeB don Anto
Mo AlloneI, nor participant desde Il Habana que
bsjo Ia rax6n Antonio Allones o. hsn estable.
Cido 81 auusIla Capital una fkbrica de CigarriloB
paquetsB de picadura. -
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

Donda mejor ae come, 50 aImuerza re ceRs
en- Il Capital oe Fuerto-R Rico, en- el reGtaul ami
La Catalina Ssp F. ci' : 56
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

Ptocedente de San Thomas eEcala fondet
eHts n1sfaSa en- el puerto de eSta Capital 81 Vapol
alernkn "Cheruskis" con cavgS para yarioa.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

III apreciable maestro interino de Ca.
muy. sr. Nsnuel Rosa RsqueRa sstk
psESndo poT ID penR de haber perdido { 80
ancisno padre. LIE acOmpanRmos en- N
iu1tiiimo peBsr.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

VariaB eBtimableE senoritsa de MaRsH eE-
tka ersayaado obrss litsrariss con motive de ma
vsada de Car6Cter particular que SO prCysctA
IIevar & cRbo en- aquel pueblo.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

OEREOEDO HERMANOs Y o. Com
pran pesos mejicanoB De todan fechaa incluso ou
cruzRdoB Eg ColGaGdo As San Francisco 46.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09
Mauro p. Marceau

Detalla precioa m6dicoa szdcares ceatrifu
sdou clsYos prop 81 para 81 consume Isl
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

Ua colegs de Ponce Ia dido decir que h'
habido s hay alguncs csaoa de viruela en- aque-l'
Ciudad.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

PasajsrOs llsgado' hoy por el yapor ale
man "Cheruskia :" Meyer Albert Miguel B nltan
8. Segall P. Lilian Sredricks
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

EnfeYmo de ls gnppe gusrla CANA nueBtro
amigo don Joaquin Calvo, empleado del munici-
pio ds esta Capital dvnsamo1 su pTOnto TeEta.
blecimiento.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09
P4F9 EUROPA los EsTADOs UNIDOs
EE GarGntta contra las pwlnOnsas
Sastreria franCesa
TTSSOT

CERoA DEL CoLNADo DE- LUNA.
Precios muy populsTsH
ChaleCos"corOzas de piel, con forros de 81.
ten rsllenoB. sobEetodos, CapAn, Iotanan, uni.
formes, etc., como Se pidap.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

= extEaOTaialyia Q aalimaei6a QVl 10 paI
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

kErPara evtar correspondence indtn diacultades
parclIamos nUestog amigos del INTERIOR que Ia hnea
oMucra de asuntos de nteres particular que hayan de
pubcrse Ia secc6n de COmunicados de La CoRREsPON
DRNoIA vale 10 centayos. Is Seccon de Remdos,
e 90 centavos El impote de eatOs Comunicados Remi
hdOs, debe enviarse con Ia Orden de publication.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-03-09

kEIpLa suscrfcl6n { La CoRREsPoNDHNoIA vale DOS
PESOS POR TRIMEHTRE adelantado los pueblOa de la
Is No servra nnguna auscrcion eli con la carta de
aviso nb Sc acompaGa Ell valor de un trimestre.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-22

And chills and fever win give It Il you don't
take defensive measures 10 escape the periodic
sc0urge Ia q region whore II IS prevalent. The
best safeguard and remedy is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. which is free from any obiec-
tions applicable 10 quinine and IS infinitely
more efectual. Wherever on this continent
and IN the tropics malarial complaints are most
nized specific and preventive. II does not nit
igate, but eradieates chills and fever, bilious
reinittent dumb ague and ague cake. For
rheumatism inactivity Of the kidneys and blad-
der, for constipation, biliousness and nerve in
quietude, II IS Of the greatest eficacy, and the
unsolicited testimony 10 iis behalf O; eminent
medical men leave no reasonable doubt that IL
is one Of the most reliable family medicines in
existence. Use il continually, and not By fits
gnc starts
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-22
FACTS AND FIGURES.

TcNas negroes are worth 500 900 nos
Cholera has caused s,op1,o11 ieaihs
Ia Rus4ia since ls9e
sam small has become the editor
of she Notfoll, Va. pilot
Emperor William ~ Germany con.
tiuucs t. practice on the cornet
{, would require l2.Oo0 cholera mi.
crohcs to Forum procession an ineh
long.
Gald. diamonds, and twenty. two
alacrent chemical elements have
bcsn found In erplites, or stones
from the sky
a granite bowldcr OF 5000 cubic
meters and 100 feet in length was
moved TO make way for the Mexican
Central railroad bed.
4 douhle soull wherry was lately
rowed from oxford 10 Mortlake, Lon.
don. a distance of 100 iniles, In TWEEN
ty.t,Yo hours and half.
nennis Koorobne, who died IN lrc'
land IL the early part u 1852. had
forty.eight children, go grandchii-
dren and "a great grandchildren
10 determine hew much coal a bin
viii hold. calculate as cubic feet to
every ton Of 1000 pounds. This rule
applies substantially to either soft or
ha rd coal
& $. Bushuell, Of Connecticut VINO
furnished the money necessary for the
building Of the Monitor aud carried
outiu full the ideas Of is inventor
Iobn Ericsson, is still living aud en-
loving good health
Tho oldest mill west Of the Ale
gheny mountains stands on che FIX
bn,n, In Central Kentucky, about
soven miles from Lexington ~ =
known as "Ryman's mill, and was
built IN i7so, three years before Ken
tprl,y became state.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-22

Two strangers in q first class railway
carriage have got into somewhat friend
ly conversation. The windows have
Just been let down on account Of the
closeness of the day. and the desultory
chatter is consequently turned 10 the
subject OF ventilation.
II make it, says one OF the two, Il
make il an invariable practice to advise
people TO sleep with their bedroom win
dow open all the year round.
"Ha, has laughed the other. 81 per
ceiye that you are doctor"
MOT at all. - was the confidential re-
ply. TO tell you the truth. strictly
between ourselves, / ANA burglar.
Tit Bits
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-22
500 Reward. 500.

The readers Of this paper viii be pleased
20 learn that there is al least one dreaded
disease thHt science has been able to cure in
all It's stages and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known TO the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease. requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally. acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
81 the disease, ana giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work
The proprietoTs have SO much faith in il
curative powers, that they offer One Hun
bred Dollars for any case that IL fails e
cure. Send for list of Testimonials
Address. +. J. CHENEY q CO, Toledo,o
s5s Sold 10y Druggists, Csc.
Halls Family Pills. Csc.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-22

Professor Peal. the ethnologist, re-
Gently described 10 the Asiatic society
the condition of the head-huuting Ma
gas on the borders Of the Assam. The
women are 10 blame for the continu-
ancc Of the practice: they taunt the
Young men who are not tattooed, and
the latter go out and cut of heads 10
exhihii to them. fully half Of which
are those Of women and children.
The area occupied by the tribe Is not
more than twenty miles square but
in It during the past forty years more
than twelve thousand murders have
been committed for the sake Of these
ghast,y trophies.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-22

Returns of the French vintage of
1894, just received, report a yield of
30,0oo,000 hectoliters 1850, 600, 600 gal
lons), only three-fifths of the yield of
1898, while the qualities of the red
wines is apt to be inferior, owing to a
cool summer and very late vintage.
The best vintage in France this yeal
has been in Champagne. There IS no
fear Of immediate scarcity of good
French wine, however. as the last seven
years (lss7 TO 1889 have been rich
years both for quantity and quality,
and the storehouses are full of ripen-
ing wine. For 1894 the yield of the
leading Bordeaux vineyards is as fol-
lows: Medoc, ], 200 hogsheads of forty
eight gallons; Chateau LATTE, zoo
hogsheads; Mouton Rothschild. $50;
Cos d'Estournel, GOO, and Pontet Cauet,
zoo
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-22
THE BETTER HALF.

Husband wonder what would be
good remedy for SO many divorces
Whichever marriages like ours.
Lily says he doesn't believe
a word you say Bessie-So ID would
seem, He has proposed five times,
He May ] kiss this dainty hand@
She-oh, es; IL it will give you any
pleasure But whore do come in9
II is point Of honor that the Moor
ish women never know their own
ages They have no birthday eele-
brations.
Has that young man proposed
yet'" Not yet, mamma, but he has
been ioquiring If your cough was
anything serious"
a medical authority declares that
ailments Of the throat and stomach
are often due TO migratory tooth.
brush bristles, which should always
he carefully rinsed from the mouth
Sewing Machine Agent -You're not
looking well. ma'am. HouselSeeper-
I'm not as we'll as I'd like 10 be
Agent-Buy one of our machines;
that's what makes all of our custom
crs sew well.
Miss Millicent Fawcett, the bril-
limit senior wrangler of $500, is
about TO begin business career as a
civil engineer. Chicago has her coun-
terpart in Miss Anisc De Barr who is
duly accredited and practicing en-,
gineer.
Johnny Way back Did you see that
young lady from the ci typ she's got
on coat an d vest and shirt and col
lar and neclStie and mans hat and
most everything Little Sister
Hush! It's wicked to make fun Of
crazy people,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-22
THEN AND NOW.
Grandma Expafiates Upon tbs wonders
OF Modern Household Intentions

L
OF Modern Household Inventions.
The dear old lady folded up the old
/ fashioned edge she had been knitting.
| and looked over her glasses as the
soft rays Of electricity from the
dropping lilies Of the chandelier
/ flooded the room.
/ There was no hint Of the eighty
three years Of her life, only In
the white hair. the dainty cap and a
few benevolent lines in her sweet old
I face
There was reminiscent look in her
| placid eyes as she leaned back in her
rocking chair and took off her glasses.
My dears, you are living in Won
derfnl age, she said II can remem-
Der when woman guarded a bit Of
IRE in her chimney as carefully as the
modern woman does her jewels.
10 allow the last spark in a house
hold 10 expire betokened poor house,
keeper and entailed infinite trouble
ana yezation with flint and finder, or
a. a last resort, a trip 10 the nearest
neighbor. often miles away, for a
brand Of fire or living coal
This invariably subjected the IN
! lucky housewife 70 criticism.
The FIRST matches | ever saw were
called 'Lucfers, and my mother took
them and placed them carefully away
IN an old pewter tea pot and placed il
on the top OF the tall clock in the liY-
ing room, 30 that the dangerous things,
~ IA
ont Of the children's reach / remem-
Der with what awe we looked al that
tea pot, and how carefully We avoided
the vicinity OF the clock
They We're sorry affairs in COM
parison TO the parlor match with which
sou are familiar. and 10 strike one was
10 be almost suiioeated with birthstone.
Our only lights were .tallow dips.
and candle making was as regular an
institution as house cleaning or train
ing day
Wax candles were used for the tall
brass canGlesticks in the best room,
which was only lighted on grand oc-
casions, or for the use Of the very rich
Now you have only TO touch tiny
button IN the wall and ali the house is
brilliantly illuminated. or turn little
wheel in the crate and merry flames
leap up the chimney.
My dears. in those days these won
derful things 10 which you are so ac-
customed would have been pronounced
wiichcrait, pure and simple
Here the dearly beloved head began
20 nod drowsily, and some one tip
tocd across the room 10 tuck a neecy
shawl around grandma's shoulders,
while sleep and dreams Of the long
ago gloriiied the sweet old face
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-22
AZ the i.arth'. center.

Let US speculate a little ON what
would bc the probable condition OF
some OF the common substances II
they could be taken TO the center OF
the earth ray TO distance of 1000
miles straight duwB under your feet
Professor Leslie says that water, at
a depth OF 1902 miles. would be of the
density Of quicksilver. and that air at
a depth OF thirty-four miles would be
as thick and heavy as water. II Is
true that we arc ignorant of the laws
Of compression beyond the depth OF a
paltry few thousand feet but IL Is
believed that water at the center OF
the earth would he as dense MS lead
and that block OF steel four feet
square would be reduced to the size
II a child's A b G block!
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-22

Forty years since Porte Crayon'' was
down on Albermarle sound and told a
native that there were men with mouths
eight inches wide. The native declared
that was fish story. Porte reproved
him for his increduality and pointed
out that deductions from down facts
proved this statement. I'VE know,
he said, that oysters must be eaten
whole. We know that there are oys-
ter- eight inches across the minor di-
tnenSion. Therefore there must be
mouths eight inches wide TO take them
in. or the beautiful chain of harmony
in the universe is broken. san Fran
cisco Aruouaut
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-22

The income Of merely the principal
charitable institutions having iheir
headquarters in London amounts TO
over ~, 900. 600 per annum. or $35,-
100000. That represents sum equal
10 half the whole capital invested in
the bank OF England. Ii exceeded
the total revenues Of all the British
colonies together in 1884, and il is
as much as the present total annual
revenues OF all the British colonies,
excluding New South Wales, Victoria
and Canada. II there is added 70 this
sum the income Of the smaller chari-
ties the total benevolence paid volun-
;arily in the metropolis does not fall
far short Of Greco, Goa, or $4,000
600