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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-08-29
lNDICE De HACIENDA

Disponieudo que los quesos de los Pal
SOS Bai0s impOrtadOs directamente esta
Antilla, satisfagan los derechOs con ARE
glo la segunda columua del Aranoel.-
Franc Pierrat, Official d.. de la Junta de los
Registros Anillaramientos.- Trasladan-
do la vaCante anterior don VictOriano
Fuentes, de igual categor1a en- la Central
de ContribuciOnes. .- NOmbrandO para la
vacante anterior & don jose AnicetO Arias.
-Declarando cesante don Benign0 Girl
10 GonZalez-Tr -Trasladando esta vacante &
don Antonio Garcia Alvarez, de igual ca
tegoria en- la Central de Contribuciones.-
N0mbrando para esta vacante don Jose
Vale, Official L.. del Gobierno General
Trasladando la plaza de Official A. de la
Administration de Rentas y Aduanas de
Ia Capital, don VictorianO Fuentos.-
TrasladandO la vacante anterior don
Eduardo Martoren. n.-Intereeand SO remi-
ia & La mayor brevedad documento de ha-
ber pasivO de D. Candido Playa.-Trasla~
do de Guerra concediendo retro don Bo.
nifacio de la Herald. i'd. s don Juan
Agudo Santiago. Concediendo dofia Co.
lia Mandello, el cobro de su haber por estas
cajas.-Id. i'd. & dof1a Brlgida Arnao.-Id,
i'd. dofia Regina Arnao.-Traslado de la
j. @. P. concediendo pension doha Natl
vidad Arjona.-Reclamando datos referen-
Ees al expediente promOvido por la Compa.
MA de Seguros ''La Reserva Mdtua'.-
Real Decreto referente rehner1as de pc"
tr6leo.--Referente al impuestO de Ia fabri~
caci6n de consume de petr6leo.-Remitien.
do instancia documento del Catedrdtico
don Manuel Ten6s y Lopez -Traslado de
Guerra concediendo pension dofia Maria
Luisa Zapatero-Id. id. retro don Ri
cardo de Ia Llave.-Id id j. Q. P. remi~
tiendo & compulsa documento de serviciO
de don Jose Sanjurjo.-Aprobando acuer-
do de la Intendencia referente q abono de
nando este apostadero al alf6rez de ma
vfo don Maximiliano P6wer.-Ooncedien-
do cobro de haber pasivo por estas cajas &
doha Maria Asunci6n Ferrer.~~ Remitiendo
IL cartas de pago enviadas por esta Inten-
dencia, para satisfacer atenciones que en-
Las mismas se expresan.-Referente al re-
tiro de don Domingo Cabezas.-Ooncedien-
do dofla Petroni1a doha Ana Salcedo
el cobro de su haber pasivo por estas cajas.
-Remitiendo para que SO requisite d0cu-
mento de dona Carolina Playa.-Dejando
sin efecto acuerdo de esta Intendencia y
deolarando don Luls Frias CON derecho
al abono del sueldo y sobre gUeldo O. soil"
cita.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-08-29
TELEC R A M A

(servieio particular de LA CORRESPONDENCE
I'm la mafiana de hoy hemos recibido
de nuestro corresponsal de st. Thomas, el
siguiente despacho:
''El corresponsal del ''Standard", do
Madrid, telegrafla diciendo que la revolu-
Ci6n de Cuba ha costado va al Gobierno
espanol, la suma dc veinte millones de pc
sos, motivando esos gastos la mortaIidad
natural de las tropas y la hostilidad de-
mostrada por la sublevaci6n de los repu-
blicanOs en- la Peninsula. Parece que el
Gobierno desiste de sus intenciones de en-
War otros veinticinco mil hombres Cuba
On el mes de Octubre."
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-08-29
ASOGlACION De AGRICULTORES
De PUERTO-RlCO.

Sc recuerda & los sehores asociados
que 81 81 del corriente so celebrara la Jun
fa General ordinaria de la misma, cual-
Quiera que sea el ndmero de los concurren-
fes.-Puerto- Rico, 26 de Agosto de 1895.
3-3 El Secretario, ,-Ma911GeI r. RoSSU.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-08-29

Lego por vapor aleman ''Helvetia" la
&creditada "Cerveza Danesa marca IW-
bOrQS. Sus importadores Gonzalez Alon-
30 (Marina Dep6sito y SO complacen en-
ponerlo en- conOcimiento de los numerosos
COnsumidOrea. 81
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-08-29
1ELEORAMAs VIA SANTIAGO De CUBA

Madrid, ~ de Agosto.-El Ministro de
Marina sef1or BeranGer ha dirigido un ca,
blegEama al QQmapdanta General del
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IS and enriched the treasury

their evil ways and enriched the treasury
with donations.
One morbidly conscientious soul sent q
long letter and three cents to the govern
ment, explaining that in one of those awful
moments, when Satan's ambassadors are
negotiating with mortals, he fell prey
10 their alluTements and used Cancelled
postage stamp TO send a letter. The mark
of the postage stamp was so faint that IL
reached its destination without being
noticed, bat the sender was tortured with
returned TO the u. S. the stamps value and
accrued interest.
This was the smallest sum ever contrib
uted to the conscience fund, which was
about the same time largely increased by
mohey from the purse of an old war pen
sioner. In his letter TO the Department the
old soldier renouuced his claim to the
money in half q dozen words, but the writer
s in possession of facts which will explain
his rare conduct.
RETURNED HIS PENSION MONEY.
When the roar of cannon had ceased and
the excitement attending the late war had
subsded, he awoke one fine morning to find
himself honorabiy discharged from the VIC
toTious army. There was a badge for gal
ant conduct pinned to the lapel of his
coat and an empty purse resting lightly in
his pocket.
There Were no visible wounds on his per-
Glu. but the organ called heart was in
diiapidated condition, resulting from the
ouuetries practiced on it by certain
luxury loving damsel. she would not dis
card the soldier and she could rot endure
the idea OF love in a cottage, much less love
with no shelter at all, except blue canopy
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BONNET AND BOA.

The Quaint Bit of Millinery and It's Ac-
cOmpanying Neck Garnfture.
The small, quaint bonnet seems for the
time being to have put the large hat in the
shade. Very young women choose the most
fantastic shapes, the only rule in the matter
being that they must be extremely small and
worn way back on the Psyche kuot. The
trimming may be arranged in the back, in
flaring side projections, but any other style
will do, provided the affair is a mere nothing
and is becoming. Roses, bows and wings
are added to bit of straw or lace and the
spring bonnet is accomplished. Its pictur
eSqueness depends considerably npon the
neck garniture, which is even more fanciful
tlIan the headgear. The bonuet without the
neck ruff would be ludicrous, but the two
offsetting each other mark q type common
these fine days on the street and in the store.
One smiles at the extreme fashions often
take, as in the case of pretty blonde, who
recently attracted no end OF attention Ey
wearing q bonnet in exact imitation of a
dragon fly. the long body being of black vel
vet, heavily jetted with two wi ings on either
side of black satin, while the aigrette in
font represented the long feelers.
Neck gamitures are changing with the
coming of summer Broad shoulder collars
in laces and embroideries are to be worn
over all spring and summer gowns.
Cumpied silk Grape and crisp chiffon are
made up into full neck ruches. The new
boas are made by sewing puffs of chiffon
or lace closely upon asatin ribbon and then
tucking handfuls of blossoms into the soft
folds at regular intervals. A very gorgeous
confection of this kind is made OF pnrplish
pink chiffon cascaded closely into pink rib
bon, with bunch of violets at one end and
a full blown pink rose with bud OF two at
the other.
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salary to Capitol employees, or is wasted
dredging some little ditch, incapable OF
supporting q Tow-6oat and with dearth
of water which would brighten away fish
as surely as il would attract a Kentucky
colonel.
1t is a mooted question whether the
penitent had not better have given iSmOney
20 some fOrlorn tramp, or sent IL 40 Tie
caunibals, that they might purchase Urim-
minEs Ter their missionary stew
Though we cannot tell how this fund is
absorbed. the ways Of Congress being mys-
tcriOus aud their means diverse, we can tell
something about its coming into the Treas
ury.
Remiuances come from every part Of
tie country: from the hoary hills OF New
England, where even the asceiic PuritanS
sometimes yield TO temptations; from LJuisi-
ana's spendthrift CreOIes; from the wild and
woody West. where conscience is ds wide
wake as the bowie knife, aud from Eir-
ginia's worn out sacred soil.
THE NUMEROUS CONSCIENCE.
Often the contributor has too mus.i, pilde
to make the remittance himself, aud Gu
trusts the task TO a clergyman. In such
c;lses the latter usually sends a money
order and a slip OF paper, stating That
Brother So aud So has become convinced
that a certain part OF his worldly goods
were obtained s-y fraud aud that lie desires
20 make amendS for his misdeeds. Many
letters are anonymous, and the ackno wiedg-
ments are all made through the daily press
OF this city.
The class of contributors embraces every
variety of the human genus. A few men
aud women having vast fortunes are seized
with remorse and send q pittance TO the
fund as a sort OF sop TO that Cerebus-con-
sc ience It is evident that no millionaire
has ever surrendered his whole wealth, as
the total fund accumulated would only
make a comfortable fortune for Dne per
son. 1t seems that the rich cling TO their
treasures aud wait for the traditional camel
20 pass through the needle's eye aud thread
them a road TO Paradise. No, IL is not
usually the rich who feel the pangs Of con-
science sufficiently TO make them contribute
to this unique fund. The contributors come
chiefly from the middle, the tranquil. walks,
OF life, where there is time for reflection
aud repentance.
There are revenue collectors galore,
who. in the vast opportunities Offered for
making a way with small sums, occasionally
Guccumb to the tempter.
There are people returning from an Eu-
ropean tour with twenty or thirty pounds
increase III weight; a circumstance 10 be
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NEW FOOD FOR WILD FOWL.

An Experiment with Chinese Plants
on Columbia Slough Lakes.
The carp having played havoc with the
sauvies Island, on which the ducks, geese
and swan used to feed, Mr.. Reeder, Of
Reeder's Landing, has secured a lot OF
Chinese wapatoes, which he will plant as
an experiment, and, if they do well, viii
try to introduce them in the lakes, etc,
says the Portland Oregonian. The Chi
nese here consume a great many wapatOes,
and also bring over from China many
which are of a different species, being
larger and rounder. The only improve
ment they Will be OIL the native kind is
that they are too large for carp to
swallow, while the ducks, ETC., can per-
haps bite them in pieces and swallow them
Several efforts have been made to intro
duce plants on the island which might at
tract the waterfowl and take the place of
the wapatoesand widgeon weed, butallsuch
attempts have proved failures. Wild rice
by the sack has been brought from Wiscon-
sin and SOW ed here, the seeds of the wild
celery, which gives flavor to Tie canvas
backs of the Potomac and the Chesapeake,
have been sown and the seeds of the
"wokus," on which ducks fatten at the
Klamath lakes, have been planted; but none
OF them flourished. The June rise Of the
Columbia is a different thing from what
any of these plants have been accustomed
to, and covers them with several feet or
water, Just at the time when they should
bemaking theirgrowth. IfsOmething cannot
be done to preserve the native plants on
which the ducks, geese, and swan feed,
the next generation will have no wildfowl
shooting on the SauvieS Island.
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UnGlo Sans Money
SfOl6n and RefUrn6d
The Conscience Fund of the Treasury Department
and Its Strange Contributors - Mysterious
Payments by Anonymous Wrongdoers.

Amid the fierce struggle for existeuce
lsnd the mad rush for wealth, made, re
spectively, by the poor and those who
have, in the language of Oliver Twist,
obtained the coveted more" our civiliza-
tiou as yet finds little time to resolve
questions Of casuistry or 10 cultivate a
hair-spitting creed OF honesty.
But those pessimists who assert that men
are without remorse for sius committed
in the almighty dollars behalf, would ind
striking contradiction OF their belief in
the records OF the United States conscience
fund.
This fund was opened by the Treasury
Department in 1911 Prior to that time
sums OF money were sent the government by
parties wishing TO do peranoe, and as tie
practice was continued it became necessary
TO incorporate it as one OF our peculiar
institutions
Up TO January, 1895, the contributions
amounted TO S271 .44s. 20. They come IN
at the rate OF two or three a week aud the
money thus received is covered into the gen
eral treasury as a Celiaueous receipt,
and may be appropriated like other assets
for any purpose GeSi grated by Congress:
SO that the peuitent who nelinQuishes his IL
gotten gains does not know whether they
are TO be devoted to some laudable purpose,
such as paying needed officials. ard oiling
government machinery TO make ii work
well, OF whether IL simply lubricates the
wheels IN the head of some sinecurist, whore
suly mental effort is expended in irving
not 10 work; is paid out in an extra months
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THE wHIsTLING PILLOW.
Filled the House With Horrors and
Made Night Hideous.

Filled the House With Horrors and
Made Night Hideous.
Mr.. John G. Rumble was man after his
own name, says the Kansas City Star. You
could aIwa VS. tell when John G. was aboutbe-
cause he was always Kicking about some
thing. He had dyspepsia and was troubled
with insomnia He had tried all the we'll
known cures aud yet only averaged about
three hours sleep a night He was queer
looking character, was John G., he was SO
n wfully bald, with pink, shIng dome, sur
rounded with a rim OF stubDy hair. HeIooked
saIIow and disconteuted and lean and alto
gether disgusted with life.
His wife was very fond OF him and petted
him as much as ne would allow
One day some one suggested that ne get
rubberpillow. Itwas argued that the pillow
would keep his head cool and allow him togo
to sleep.
He was willing to try anything, so he
bought the pillow. Thatnight he lnil ated II
and as he placed his head on Ithe sald TO ALs
wife:
..Abl this is the thing. I'll be able to sleep
with this, sure " And he actually dropped
off to sleep without delay
His wife was delighted.
Anbour twoIatersh she a woke with thrill
of horror; she felt something on her feet
She was sure it was the hand of the midnight
assassin. As soon as she could get her voice
she gave vent to a shrek that broug ut John
q on the floor with a bound.
-'Murderi" she yelled. Somebody's got
me by the feet" John G. struck a light and
investigated. 1t was the rubber pillow
John g. put the pillow place aud wentto
sleep once more.
Mrs Rumble was just doing off-she was
still very NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. heard allow, con-
tinuous whistle. She sat up and listened
She was sure it was signal from burglar
under the bed to an accomplice downstairs
Her heart seemed to stop beating for awhile
and then she shook her husband awake and
into a Sitting posture. Then the whistlins
ceased
John" she whispered, 81 heard whistle
in this very room Some one Is uuder The
bed"
''Ican't hearno whistle, said John. crossly '
and sleepily, and straightway dropped Off to
sleep again. The whistle sounded again and
she shook John once more. John gOtuD and
lit the gas and looked around the room.
Then he noticed his pillow was very fiat and
the whistiing rubber myster was solved The
cap OF, the tube OF the pillow had worked
looseinits journey around the bed and j John's
head had been pressing the wind out OF 1t:
when he arose and took ava y the pressure the
whistIing ceased.
Mrs Rumble nerves had had all the rubber
pillow they could stand and John viii have to
go back to counting sheep ifhe wants to sleep,
for his rubber pillow is up in the attic behind
an old trunk.
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kept quiet six months, then hasteued away
to Cincinnati.

kept quiet six months, then hasteued away
to Cincinnati.
BORROWED FROM UNCLE SAM.
The treasurer of an institution main
tained by a State borrowed $100 from its
safe, intending to replace it at some fu-
ture season which should be convenient
to him, but the season did not arrive that
year, and the next found him in reduced
circumstances.
He managed TO change the books so that
the deficit would not be noticed and then
resigned his post, delighted to have escaped
the opprobrium which would have been
heaped upon his head had the change been
detected. At that time the moral view OF
the question did not trouble him, but in after
years, when poverty had broken his spirit,
and age brought him nearer the grave,
his soul was tortured and he resolved to
make amends.
He had no family, and by stinting him.
self in every possible way he managed to
save 500. He was not willing that those
in charge of the institution should know of
his theft, SO instead of sending the money
there he inclosed il in q letter to the con-
science fund. The poor man died month
afterwards and would have been buried in
Potter'S field had it not been for the char
ity of an old friend.
Only a few contributors come in person
to this branch of the department, around
which a sort OF mystery diffuses itself.
Ifyou ask watchmano or rlaborersomething
about the fund a suspicious smile will
cross his face and he will look at you pity
ingly, as il to say:
Poor mortal, you are victim to re-
morse!' Then he will whisper in your ear:
Just step this way. Don't be afraid no
questions VIII be asked. Just place your
contribution on the desk and walk out"
Last winter queer old woman, carry
ing an ample canvas bag climbed he steps
OF the Treasury and asked the watchman to
show herthe econsciencefund box. Whenshe
arrived there she opened her bag, emptied
its contents IA quantity of money! on the
desk and thendepartedw withouta word.
Some one followed her into the corridor
and asked IL she wanted all that pile TO be
covered into the Treaury. She nodded
assent and went on her way, the canvas bag
dang ling from her arm. There were
pennies, nickels, silver coins, gold pieces
and musty greenbcaks. The whole col
lection amounted to one thousand dcllars,
and is one OF the largest contributions ever
made to the fund.
Ii is a strange power-the supremacy OF
that still, small voice over the sordid
ambitions of our souls. II costs something
&c give up S 900, even though the pleasure
of atoning be great, aud the cost is more
where there is no pleasure in it, but no
p6 ace of mind until the atonement Is made.
Even the postage stamp represents cost;
not because of its value but because the
penitent has suffered Temorse. Il
II all the country should suddenly become
as conscientious as these contributors to
the Conscience Fund, the perplexities of
revenue would be solved, and the Treasury
would not be capacious enough to hold its
gold reserve.
SUE FITE RAMSEY.
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A GOD AMONG CANIBALs.
Luck of IA White Man who Was Left
ON mn Island

Luck of Il White Man who Was Left
on an Island.
BY the death of Joseph Roberts, Cali
fornian pioneer, Santa Cruz lost genuine
Robinson Crusoe, for Mr. Roberts had pass
ed through in early manhood all the thrill
ing adventures and exciting life which en-
dear Defoe's hero to the reading boy and
girl. Sixty seven years ago, on st. Val
entine's day, says the San Francisco EX-
-TBI u! uIoq sBM slI9qoH qdasof 'l5uIUuB
kirk. His family for years had been sea-
faring people, SO that as he grew up he
took to the sea naturally and while only
fourteen years of age, while his playmates
were still cabin boys, he was made second
mate of sailing vessel. Before he was
fifteen he m ade his first long voyage from
home, and followed the Sea until he
reached manhood. He visited many foreign
countries and the islands which dot the
ocean, but never landed in the United
States until he sailed through the Golden
Gate in 1851.
There was one of the many stories of
adventure which MIR. Roberts told which
never grew stale to young or old. 1t was
the story of the months he spent on a can
nbal island in the Pacific. Mr.. Roberts
was on q cruise among the South Sea
when land was sighted be went ashore,
knowing that, although the island was
inhabited by c5Dnibals, they were peace
able. But in his absence the captain or
dered the anchor up and all sails set, and
for eight months be was left alone among
lot of South Sea Islanders.
The natives worshiped him as a deity,
and the King shared his own palm nut with
him. The natives on that island believe in
her
on the fat of the island. The dainties6
fish, the rarest game, and the earliest and
sweetest fruits were laid as offerings ut his
door. Five dusky girls waited on him,
served him with food and wove garlandS of
flowers, with which they crowned him.
Whenever he went to the seashore he
was followed by an admiriDg horde of ma
tives He was the first man on the island,
the divinity of the natives, the king of
their King Mr.. Roberts used to say that he
liked the alteration OF the South Sea Island
ers but as the months passed he grew home
sick and loDged for the sight of white
faces. Civilization seemed a very desirable
thing, but he accepted the situation.
At the end OF eight months stay on the
island, upon awakening one morning, he
saw ship lying at anchor in the bay. Pre-
tending to the natives that he wished 10
board the vessel to trade with the sailors,
they took him out to her in canoe and he
climbed up the side of an American ship.
The captain and crew were more than as
tonished to see white man, and Roberts
begged to be accepted as a sailor, a pas
senger or anything, so he could once more
reach civilization. On this ship he entered
the United States for the first time, for
the sailing vessel was bound for San Fran
CISCO When the natives learned that
their white god was going to leave them
they put out to sea in all their boats, FOL
ing, crying and beseeching him to Jump
overheard and return to them.
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The mystic confidence game known as
Voodo oism is SO extens lively practiced
in Washington, despite the activity Of the
police, and the severe sentences imposed
upon offenders by Judges Miller and Kim
ball. The voodoo doctors Or charm
lists, are nearly always shrewd, clever-talk
ing colored men, and their victims are MEM
bers of the woe-begone fraternity, 1.-THE
other half"
One of the most prolific fields for the
operations of these despicabe confidence
men Is South Washington, which abounds
with congested byways, lined with squalid
novels, and commons dotted liberally with
the shanty homes of poverty.
Police Sergeant John c. Daley is now
directing his energies to ferreting out some
of these disreputable characters who iDfest
his precinct, the Fourth, which embraces
the southern section of the city. One of the
men the fighting sergeant" would like to
lay his hands upon is tall, clerical
looking negro whose cards announce him as
DR. THOMAS A. WHITE, L. In.
PROFESSOR OF OCCULT SCIENCE AND
MYSTICISM.
Diseases Cured by Magnetism, Bad Omens
Destroyed, Love Affairs Rcmedied, Mar
riage Made Happy, &C.
DR." White has made pretty thorough
canvass OF South Washington's alleys and
fields and has taken from the pockets of the
poor many nickels, dimes, quarters and
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of clouds These horns OF the dilemma
precipitatcd reflection on the grim subject,
'Is Marriage a FaiIure?' which seemed
likely To prevent a realization OF the sol
dier's hopes.
lie applied himself vigorously to work
hut no Eldorado opened its treasures TO him.
The war had called him to the front at the
time when his education should have been
in progress. aud now his natural abilities
were notsufficient TO overcome the obstacles
thrown in his way. He could fight like a
Trojan, bat that occupation was gone. At
last be applied to Cong ress, slow, deliberate
Congress, for pension.
After years OF wife pulling, during which