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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1896-02-09

Cuando el general y las autoriiades
civlles salian del temple, la muititud
tanzo eAtusiastas y atron Idores viva.
FL pueblo femp,o las gas de guar
diAs mun,cipales. escoisando al gene
raj Weyler y Aclanandsie en- ei ira
ye>lo hasta el palaeio dc Ia capitania.
ii general enlro por IA puerta prln-
eip4l. sal nio POGO por uaa feser-
vada en- di eceioa al muele. acompa-
hado del ooisps. eI alcaide y el 60
oeTaajer.
I'll pueblo Sc apercioe y fodea al
general. 40 cesAado las aclamacioncs
nasta las csc4lcfas del maeile.
lamas Sc ha vlsto uu entusiasmo
tan ancego } espontAneo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1896-02-09

FL otro din solicito el organo del
Directorio que Sc sustituycsea las
lamparas de ARGOS d. barril y hoja do
lata buena composicion] que salen a
'el~esr en- nuestro teatro a.gunas no.
ches, por otras que merezan ei nom
bre de tales. Y ell Sr Alcalde y Ia
Empresa -. callados
Ahora bien: nosotros pedimos la
Suppression de los hinges, y los hongss
Sc han suprimido.
1Que es esto1 Use trata de algana
preferential Cual es e. motive de
esa irritante desigualdad ? All ST
hubiera manigua estilo de Ponce
Es precise, por ser justo, que Sc
atienda de indentico modo al postu
lante actual que nosotros cuaado le
fuimos Esas lamparas y esas decora
clones deben desaparecer en- nombre
de la igualdad, ST. sehor, y en- non
bre de otros particuIares que ociose
es citar, conviniendo advertir que algt
tambien ha hablado ell tierno infAnts
acerca de la luz -.
Con que, fuers prefefencias; abaje
esa luz tambien
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1896-02-09

LA porcioa de ,ancA3, gu maniar pre-
dilecto. es un caculo disimuladoe Ne,
senior, nadie. Y un Gobernador de
Ia lsla, (cuAlquiera cosa. un Goberna
dor, va 10 veR ustede.), lsera tan au
daz que intente en- algun momento
de su mands separar>e NADIA memo,
que de un aatonomo dictamea
iTend'la que yer, vive Dio.! Has
Ia ahi podrian llcgar las bromas, "a
pateta! Porque NJ hay que perder
d. vista que mientras aquel es un
simp'e Gobernador, cada autonomo e.
un Virrey cuando menos.
FL autonomo no Sc ocupara en- NADIA
que al interes pubiico Sc rcfera, ne
cesitara com arma principal para los
# aes de su parti 10 la de la eterna y
por consiguiente injlsta censura los
Gobierno. Sc paslr la vida pidiendo re
medic PorqHe 81 para supuestos males,
y 81 es en- Ponce gritara desaforAda-
mente, y ad ,ptara el estilo macarro
nico, muy en- boga en- aquellos ba-
rrios vaya usted saber porque; pero
emo es todo clio. motive tundAdisime
para que la prefcrencia, 81 Ia hay
caiga dulcemente del lado del autono
moi iPues naturalmcnte, homore
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
He Brought Back Big
Sack Of Gold Prom Alaska

''I don't know whether 1 shall go back
to mining again or not" he said yester-
day. "If am any account for anything
else may settle down and go into some
kind of business, but 1 have been so long
at mining now that 1 don't know whether
l am(fit for anything else. will come to
a conclusion later when find out if / can
fit into this kind of life.
mo, my mine was by no means the
richest on Muller Greek. 1t averaged only
about $40 day to the man. That is
nothing unusual there, for there are
claims that average as much as $50 or $100
to the man. There are some right along
side of me that will do that.
"The reason l was so successful is that
/ went right along working my claim win
ter and summer. When it froze up 1 kept
fires burning, so that l could pile the dirt
in rows, and thus lose no time when the
water came in the spring.
'Though 1 was there about eight years
I made all the gold / have got in about
four years. The men who worked with
me I paid 81 day in winter and $40 in
summer. They worked for 81 an hour.
In winter we only worked seven hours
ana IN summer ten.
"If those who own claims around me
had worked steadily in winter as well as
in summer, as did, thew would have got
out large quantities of gold. The district
is very rich, and any man who has fairly
good claim and sticks to it can make lots
of money.
''As l said, don't know whether l am
good for anything any more but to mine.
If can find out that l am may quit it
and go into something else."
Mr.. Muller has got his bag of dust and
nuggets turned into bright coins since his
arrival. One of the first things he did was
to go to the Mint. He is now taking life
easy at his hotel.
The grim miner has had many visitors.
Curious people have visited him to
learn what they can of Muller Greek, and
with each it has been wonder as to
whether he could go there and return
with the gold which has been the COM
pensation of the sturdy Swiss miner dur
ing his years in the snow. Mr.. Muller
offers no advice. He says a great deal
depends.
One thing which he did before he left
has won him many encomiums. That
was to bequeath his claim to his en-
ployes who had so long worked with him
in the bitter winter months. He was of
fered a price for it, but he refused to take
anything, choosing, rather, to give it
away. OF course, most of the gold had
been taken out, but what there was he
preferred to have go to those who had en-
dured hardship with him.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

Sun had led destroy the last city earth of the
deity!
She heard cry, understood not its import She
portal passing crumbing stairs
to reach it. She crossed wide and led by destiny came
to where the pavement nlaid with precious stones
mosaic of the deity of the lost people Centu
ries The lives OF the
who had carved and brought them from deep mine
from the shores OF from the glowing sides OF vol
canc mountains and from burning desert sands had out
upon sacIica aars that nothing might remain to REMIND
the deity that the had been proned by human touch
The blood OF these victims cast into fountain which
bubbng upward threw the red corpuces in air again and
mingng the vital warriors children
who had been compelled toll daily for the deity while
shrieks continually heard the fountain of blood
From the surrounding stones the 5oodsains
moved There they remained memorial of barbarity
and fanaticism. of devotion and heroism.
Long had this fountain flow. But if
to stranger woman,
into sudden life at her approach.
cit is al omen' said her conductor. "You the
who is the favorite of the Sun God"
comprehended him not but her told her sit is
a omen"
the sparkling fountain giving nge like blood In the dis
the lofty volcano burned like the torch of the Almighty
fields of the serried the
glow of volcanic fires cast somber red
While shreks burst from the of
browed earth shook. The high
thundebo of lava The image of deity fixed
in the sank and down with unress
ing parayzed by the certainty of down,
Oonemalche mprsoning chamber of solid which
unbroken granite ledge. The jewels
fell and scattered and the deity amoed for sacr
fe The fountain fairly hssed for blood and the earth uaked
with repeated shocks
OF great people only OF priests survived. Ruth
had sacrificed their wives and children that they
might incur the wrath OF jealous God who had
ished with and peslence, decimang them
they thought of than
him. No could their lives could beauty
them. To them out of the wilderness Aymoyo
stranger young athletic, and brave. They
him priestone of hemand compelled him assist in
daily of their deity By this the Sun God
gered and had conrved ruin. Aymoyo captive
could not escape.
When night oonemalche conducted to the
great where she to DEATH Surrounded by
priests Aymoyo forward to act her execuoner
made He raised huge blade yscaly engraved
shapey neck and second the blow would
aenperhaps the form his beloved perhaps
priest who acted chief ceremonies
from the such peal of thunder that the blade
was arrested To be concluded merit Sunddy.]
TDurng the pause there is opportunity to
probably took place next The situation perhaps,
Concevng that Aymoyo loved
death himself there is that bein
armed Aymoyo would naturally have struck blows in
Oonemache. On the other hand also equally
able that Aymoyo being of the of these
the uty of resistance might thought that
Oonemalche would killed and perhaps by
Therefore duty might have prompted him. much his
would have rebeled the Office to actually
The happening the author supposes
place. will be related final chaper
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
Horses That Show
Rare Intelligence

The almost human intelligence shown
by the two little bay horses that during
the daylight hours draw the Receiving
Hospital ambulance from the City Hail to
the City and County Hospital has sinter-
ested many who have watched their ac-
tons, and Driver Dougherty has many
times been asked how he managed to train
them to their present degree of efficiency.
1t is generally essential that the sick
who are intrusted to the ambulance be
conveyed to the County Hospital as ten
derly as possible, and the little horses
seem to take special pride in this. When
leaving the court in front OF the Receiving
Hospital door they seem to take special
pains to avoid the sharp corners of the
stone coping, contact with which might
jar the patient inside.
Once clear of the court they swing along
at gentle trot until a street railroad
crossing is reached, and then their caution
becomes extreme Without a WORD or a
move from the driver they gradually
slacken their pace until they are barely
moving as the first rail is under their
forefeet. Keeping step, one foot gently
placed ahead of the other, they
bring the ambulance across, the contact
of the wheels with the rails being barely
perceptible to driver or patient. Nothing
will induce them to more than snaips
pace before the last rail is passed, and the
changing gong of an impatient motorman
or gripman has not the slightest effect on
their nerves or those of Driver Dougherty.
who knows that nothing short of the lash
of whip will change their gait. Once
over the track the speed is gradually in
creased to the trot.
When the van is returning to the City
empty these diminutive equines know per-
fectly well that there is no danger of their
hurting any one, for they trot merrily
along, and though force of habit makes
them slacken the pace at car tracks, the
same caution is not present.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
He Cruises for Foathors
That Sell for $32 an Ounce

Hamlin Smith, the famous hunter and
trapper and White Chief of the Cocopah
Indians, IS among the arrivals at the In
ternationaL Mr.. Smith has been in the
wilds so long that he has contracted
malaria from the swamps where he has
been hunting egrets, heron, black crane
and other birds and he is now on his way
to the Hot Spring, Arkansas.
The man who has for so long been living
among the Cocopahs has since January
last been pursuing his vocation in Made
lane Bay, Lower California. This bay is
north of Ensenada and is larger than San
Francisco Bay, for it extends over 100
miles.
1t is beautiful body of water, and on it
and along its shores are different kinds of
wild fowl, the feathers of which are ex-
tremely valuable.
Mr.. Smith has made feather hunting a
business for many years. For long time
he sought the egret and other birds in the
region frequented by the Cocopahs about
the head of the gulf in Lower California.
Afterward he went to the swampy and alli-
gator infested regions of Sonora, for,
strange as it may appear, some OF the most
valuable of the migrating birds are to be
found there.
He took many egrets, heron and other
birds, and returned here with large lots OF
feathers, which he sold for large sums. 1t
was there, however, that he contracted
the fever germs, and Notwithstanding he
has since for most of the time been in a
healthy section, the grip of the malaria
has not been dislodged.
Nevertheless, he has made big catch
in Madelane Bay. He brought up fiftv-two
ounces of egret feathers, with some heron
and black crane feathers, which netted
him here S1575.
These maryelously soft feathers are
worth the astonishing figure of $32 an
ounce, and this is the sum which the skill
full hunter received. They were sold to Mr..
Toplitz of this City.
The egret, heron and crane feathers are
used in the costliest millinery. Many of
the feathers eventually reach New York
and Europe.
"I first went dowE TO Sonora to take
another hunt there for the BIRDS" said
Mr.. Smith, ''but 1 found there were too
many hunters there already. The Mexi-
can poems had taken hand at it and were
bringing in good many OF the birds to
trade.
For a good while didn't think these
poems would ever acquire the skill to get
these birds, but they have, and no white
man can compete with them. They can
work so cheap. If they only get few
feathers in long while they are satisfied.
Besides this found that the noted orni-
biologists ard taxidermist, ]. II. Beatty
of New York, had put forty skilled hunters
at work there. They were equipped with
the best guns and with auxiliary effects,
making for each the most complete OUTFIT
These hunters were everywhere and were
taking the birds wherever they appeared.
besides this, Mr.. Beatty himself had
taken up his headquarters at Esquinapa.
where he could look after all the men and
receive their catch of feathers at regular
intervals. The poems were also out shoot
ing for him, so that altogether l found it
was no longer good place for me.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

clay colored. They are foolish bird. and
oftentimes easily taken. Generally speak
ing, however, there are only a few good
feathers on them.
"Madelane Bay is q very beautiful
body of water, and l enjoyed my expe-
rience there. There is one boat, the Ori-
zaba, that puts in there once month. A
little settlement of four houses at one
place on the bay is all there is to represent
anything that suggests civilization. One
of these houses is a store. The families
are all Mexican. Outside of few poems
scattered up and down the bay, who are
in fact native Indians, the country is
wilderness. 1 only hunted for about three
months.
"Mr Beatty. to whom reference has
been made, is the noted author on orni-
thology. He has collected a great many
feathers this year over on the Sonora side
of the country.
"I shall now lay off fer time and take
a good rest, which I need. l may return
to these sections for more birds, but since
they are being hunted so much my i'm
preston is that l will go down to Brazil
for time and go to hunting birds there. I"
Mr.. Smith was for many years among
the Cocopahs. They thought so much of
him that ey made him their chief. and
as the White Chief of the Cocopahs he
has long been known on this coast. His
complexion has a sallow look and his face
is thinner than usual. He hopes to be all
right in few weeks though, as he is now
in better climate, and where he has
nothing to do but take care of himself.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

times there is a good deal of delay in get
ting the permit. A man must understand
the ways of the country.
Even then he is oftentimes put off one
way and another, and unless he looks out
the season will go by, and he won't have
any feathers either When they thought
interfered 1 offered to take any particu-
lar side of the bay. and hunt there only,
but couldn't make definite terms with
them. and finally concluded to quit with
what / had.
II went about in boat, with one and
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

smokea
the earth found there ccned The the maiden bright
s a o o
lin
he
from OF
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30


shadow hcket accosted
command and she resumed her that her
One glance at him. her death should Immediately follow All
dead and flowed while her bosom shaken
with sobs
but his
which
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

snowy Businesses near the line OF the
Northwest Territory.
The stranger was T. Muller, the famous
pioneer of Muller Creek, sixty miles west
of Forty Mile, the outpost on the Yukon.
The mysterious bag which he had con-
tained the accumulatlons of gold which
he had gathered during the eight years
and weighed 260 pounds On an estimate
it was ascertained the gold was worth
something over $4,000.
The owner of the bag of yellow metal
took quarters at the Commercial Hotel.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

Mr.. Muller is a native OF Switzerland,
and never had any experience IN mining
till he went to Muller Creek. He will,
after while, go to his old home in the
Swiss mountains. and his friends are say
ing that they look for the sturdy miner to
greet an old sweetheart there and give up
his lonely life on the frontier.
As for himself, however, the miner has
nothing to give of particulars concerning
any bright eyes that are aiIuring him.
May be he would think it weakness to
do so.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
The Founder and the Sole.

Theodore Hook was one night at mu-
sical party. During the evening young
lady tried to sing a very difficult song,
which she gave with exaggerated express
rion and great many blunders. Next to
Hook sar an elderly lady, as decided an
amateur in criticism as the songstress in
singing. ''Oh, Mr.. Hook" she murmured,
''don't you adore her singing2 1t is so full
of SOUL" 'Well, madam" said he, "for
my part / think there seems more of the
founder than the sole about it."
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

'The egrets and other fowl had become
frightened and were scarce, so 1 gave up
the search there and went to Madelane
Bay. There 1 found a very good field.
The birds were fairly plentiful, but Mr.
Salgardo, who lives there also had lot of
peone shooters out after the birds.
sin addition to him there were five
American hunters down there, all broth
ers, and they were taking the birds as
rapidly as possible. In Mexico a permit
is required to hunt such fowl, and often
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

and ere long he began to adjust himself to
the surroundings, which after his long
absence from civilization seemed so queer
to him. The miner is a little over 40 years
of age and in excellent health, though in
order to make time in m ming in that
frozen land during each of the long win
ters he kindled fires on his claim, and in
this way was enabled to dig up the soil and
throw it into long winrows for washing in
the sluices when the spring thaw at last
enSued
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

sometimes two Mexicans to pull me
sleptin the boat at night, anch oring it off
shore. so no panthers or mountain lions
could molest me. 1 usually found the
egrets near the bush and jungle growth.
Sometimes, however, they would fly over
the wider part of the bay, and if hap
pened to be in gunshot would bring them
down.
''For killing these birds we use the very
finest kind of shot, for it is a great thing
to avoid injuring the feathers as much as
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

There arrived here on one of the coast
steamers a few days ago medium sized,
taciturn man with tangled, reddish beard,
who was the subject of much comment
while en- route. He had come from the
uttermost parts of the wild interior, and
had with him huge bag which he care
fully guarded.
The mans hands were hardened as if
accustomed to labor, and it was fact that
he had toiled long and arduously. For
eight years he had been immured in the
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

possible. The egret feathers are worth
from $50 to $35 an ounce, and the heron
feathers from So to $40 an ounce.
"There is as much as 81 so worth of feath-
ers on heron this year, which is, so far
as the money value is concerned, more
than is on an egret. The heron had
more than its usual number of feathers
They were very fine. If native got one
of these once in while it paid him well.
"The black cranes then had some good
feathers, too. These are not the sandhiIl
cranes. but they are black and some others
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-03
ADDITIONAL TELEGRAPH,
tIiE ROUSE

WAtuSuIUN, ID. g., Apfll S.-Ihe
galIetles q he House W 70 vel nllFd
'Oiay iu auticip,tiOn u ths rene val VI
the Cuban d tate In connect u win
The pts,entaiiun oi the cOnitte CO -
uOft on the Cuban trsrlutlUu, But the
aueudaucr on the fJOf was ssallef
than usuHL
Mu phy (Rspn Ills secured unan.
lmOus cOuteut 'Or q consideration OF
a bill ~ AuthUflzs the construction o.
third bridge across the Mississippi
fiyei at 81. l. uis.
BsrtuolI tRsE, MOI oflsre1 IN
amendment, winch was defeated, TO
rmIol the co stfuctiuu Of tue hud.t
At least Obe and half, aud not mlf
thau two anu hail miles below The
Eals unige.
Hepburn, olAifmAn o. the committee
IN CONNIE rec, opposed the bill 90 tue
ground that n tnifd bridge within the
distance OF twy miles wouli greatly
impeue the navigation o \ LonD.
Murphy and JOY urged tue p'ssagr
Oi tue uill because VI the eNae'slNu
tolls charged by the present bridge
company,
Hepburn maintained that Congress
hsd power to prevent tue eEIof'ion
omplsined Of.
Th- bill was passed.
PI,kirf, chairman " the pension
Imuitteu, dems dei the regular VI.
der. rus being private bill day, he
wasted to proceed with he cJns,dera.
ton OF tbs private pension b lls e..
ported from tue cJmmlt1ee OF tue
VIII IL.
Hut, chairman Of the foreign AFFAIR."
committee, thought he ought To au.
,aguD 2, those bills, n thvy would Gu.
tail debate, IN ths Interest Of the con-
'ereuCe report on the Cuban fe'oll'
tone.
"CubA can walt" replied PIcklsr,"
"while We p.ss these pension bills"
Hut finally sgfrcd TO withhold HE
motion II PlokleT would tenant tue
! previous question on eAou bill ~ called
~. The Democrats insisted that There
| ought 10 be DEBATE,
Erlmau Dem, Pal promptly made
The pIiutuI no quorum On the tlfst oil .
There we're some diiatUry tsCtics anu
G. q SprsEcr was mpciluI to count .
quorum.
Al 1855 PITT moved the Sdop'i,n OF
tue eObisfsnce report on the Cuban
tesuluuOns anu spoke IN advocacy
thereof
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-03
nISsr nnd Harbor Appropriation.

AsHISarOS, April 3-The river
anu hHTuur blil Was finished today by
the House committee, which hss been
worEing on II most OF the session. I The
total amount carried by the bll is
lew thOusard less than ten miliions,
or about million below the bill OF last
Congress.
Thee are also provisions for contract
works TO the amount Of tity millions.
Among the appropriations are tie
Toll wing: CaliioTnis-Oa6lAnd, $780,.
zoo; sau Diego, $4,000; San Luis
OBJ spo, $40 OUO; Wilmington, SO 900.
OneVun - Ya.quiua Bay c.ntr Gle,
81 600, 900; cOrti' uing, S2b, OOW Coo.
Is ~ entrance, i05, 1000; dredging, Sl4,.
S9l; Por O.rhAfu ~ Grove Var
Point, 81 5000 authorized and u e
bslauoe appropriation for haTbOI (;
raluge on the Pacific coast to be ustu
at this ~ lot; lillRmUlk bay and
oar, $4,000,
WA,nIngtun-Gtay'A hRThor and bar
entfsnc" contracts, 100000; cOntinu.
lug $40 900; OH mpis, S8j,uUU ana 'ut.
y OF D,schutes rvvr, Everett 500
900,
At one time there was an AUTHORIZE
ton Tor contracts for San T. dro Anu
san MUrics hRtbOrs, CAM, hut the
hgut mAue by tho representatives o.
those rival points was 90 bitter that
heir allowances were stricken from
the bill
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-03
r.eino CsbI- Pt,i.ct.

wAsuIraruS, Apu, -rne Pacific
oab pr. jvct uss once moe tho tub
isct Of discussion by The House com
mittta On commerce today. Bsnue,.
IN. W presented a substitute uill en-
byiyins tie ssver.l NmeuJmeuta ~.
.s,ted by the memUefs In the iutm'i
discussions. IL was the sense Of th'
coumittee that Instead Of asubsidy o.
100000 asked ny tue fAcinc Csul
9 mpary. n New YORK rJIpufAIiDu,
the government chou not help 10 iu o.
gfuattrsum than 100000 year ~
twenty year., " sny aEfeem ut VIII
maie and the gov rnmput Dusirei
should be- done r. ira lime.
Bennrtps bill fixed the rates fuf rf'
waite business stSI.J a wurd fUf thIu'
aud Japau AM 30 csuls iUt tny ii I'D
waiian islandF, aud res rates ore
fourth Ot these hsufef. lhe q mpnny
AndUusd its Intention TO Try {
secure mil ocean statiDn on Ma
suall Islands, which atu un ~ tue CON
ITul VI the German iOyUfumtni, hut
has fixed upon MldWty islabds, which
are uuiphsbted anu selUug " th'
United Slstes,