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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-06-16

Epjuiciamieuto~ per 6alCe-
10, ECm0.
Ley dc. enjuioiGmiento civil. Emil
Ito Reus, 6.tomOS
Legislation Hipotecarias pors Ga
IaT 10, 4 tomos
Ley Hi2otecsri& oon Regis,mepa
%, ppF M0Ee;l, TONG.
Af&noeies judtcialesa para 10 ori~
minAi.
TSct'oas dte Reoldta. ..4Osots.
IdeGi Session y Conpanis. 60 cts.
Idem Bata'lan, 80 cts.
Manual de Clasts de trOpa, 2 t0s
,ncs 5 2~75.
C6digO de Justjoia Militia. 81
1aNtav0s
L5bf os para Ia Academia
preparatoria )
AriJm6tiOs, ,ipOESaG,
aas, l tomo.- 2 90
Algebra, por idem 2
LVOlo ao ese..s UW
Geometrfa pOr Orte-
g2, z tOmOs Os....... a 90
Trigronometria, por
Gomez y Pallete, l TO-
AOs. F. .eSsss ess.ss~S q w
GFamatiCa franooss
por. Otenero, l tomo. a; 800
.Traducicn, poE TIA
mania, / B~ID0. A25
Aritmefsca, pOr Oor-
Ga2Ar, l toHso.-....... 100
Algebra, ror ldem,1
sNN'O- d.
GeOmetrt%, pUE idem
/ st0MO...-~........ rs
Ge0metsia y Triso-
uometsia, por Gavilan'
/ toUiD ga S,esS..ss 3 6C
4Aritm6E:uN, por Oar
i n, l t0mo. : 90
& geDE., puE iden,
tD1SAO.a - . p. .assss.. II OE
Gei*1o@trta, pos ldem
l. C0D@s%H Ss @ @ zee 20
0s"m&tl1n ty~noesac
tJpE C0&4i b1s. al. ] l0gAp 25
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-06-16


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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-06-16

Estes { apeites,s r. E0~
drccc dc nDa EfabFicc.
ci6n uial, debidaFa Q
10 experiercia adQriy1-
Ga Il Il { q nre 1auchOs
@G>s's s,r la ,neuSstiA dc
yf flDss petrG'co tantO
EFT ioa hetados. UHidos,
como IN Cuba. k6iico
; ctIoE paiges, SGD, 'ai.
no auperlores, lgualcs
q los mejOres cue 80
imp0r tasa del e3tHanjeA
70, bajo diversos news
o2es y M 2Hcaa, 20 pCR
sus huenas Cualidades
Iuuafal0&s, CusntO per 10
cue sotreCen,
{ csnee, de ems altsa
grSd0adiupes en- denR's
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-06-16
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EHMPR ES9A
FtSassS ESPl1gEES COsassS Ds lat Ast,ssk
Z y trasportes nnii.tarea
as SObrinoa dl HGErera, Kaharx.

Los vapoEes de esta cmtrepa sfsc.
tuaran 50 ssiias dsede este puorao o.
los Ass 5, 10, Is, 80 = IS d. csdt meA,
= les ) ae Ia tsgtae &c los ;liaa de lsboy
= q lgs q del dis 81 :os fss$!vos.
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tG del BOJet6o:
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para peri6dicos impresiones del mas
delicado trabajo, en- envases de todo
peso. De cOlores: azul, encarnada,
violeta, amarillo, verde y chocolate.
Estas tlltimas eli envases de 500 gra-
mos ySlss Mlo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-06-16

a. yesss; Dreparado prueee fno esyads
Fahrenhet escepCOnas eson kb de rp1
SO" combustion sxport0nea &si De hunO yns1 Oar
todo 10 anotado hasen peeD oualasGue
ofreCen los consumd0Eai ventaas de poCos
nAa reducdos. que los .de. Las marCaA sxranje:AA
Aseas genats SOaG IA Isa sOBRINOs DE- EzQU1AGA
4 an JuAu Puerto RiCo Gal de Foitalexa ndmexo IT,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-06-16

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-06-16
I,IRR0S RELIGIOSOS.

va as xeesbido oR esEa 1tnpre1ta !
nm notable sUrtido de obrss reiigio-
saa M aeleeSas todas, entro Las Gus /
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tsn.Ss - de1 Galvsa6n. - 30!
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n Deveto Feligres, enoua-
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r,sx divins, encuadernaci6n
niel negsa CON brooches. - 400
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en- pei de Australia , NJ 40
ka1 o~-ar aro~-.=~as. e~e 5sWV
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OonnefSo OACio, encuaderna4
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t&Soios FhnebEes, encuadee-
nsns69 de- piel con believes 500
uo Tr;s 5e,s Criatiano. enCua-
~ n.S nar"aei6n s..jI de piel. ....... 800
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para escribir y copia1 de diversas
marcas, En- potes pequenos y in~
finidad de classes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-06-16
LIEEA o1 FuERYO.RIOO.

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-06-16
kIbR0S ..8ARAT0S.

lie w@nsHa sn IL Gp1pFsa So del
BoLsTIsy MgacANYIE,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-06-16
LO3 tisjjaD Agl1S PARA n ALUNSRRDO Dg L. glB!lIt:
SON Los DE LAS MARCAs
f,'lUL BRllLANTE'' 'AELEFANTt".
LUZ SOLAR" ,Aeutl

las cuales estan'resstradas:y certihcadas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-20

low ghost might have blown the thing out,
it was palpable that even a fellow ghost
could not have relit it without some pre-
liminary performance which would have
indicated what was going to happen. He
knew all o those phosphorescent lights
which ghosts carry around with them
when they are haunting sloppy country
roads where some robber has been hanged,
and he knew that none sue had been pres
emit. He was SPECIFICS with fear. Oh,
would that man never return? If for but
q moment he could see him and feel that
there was something human-like he used
to be-in the room, his mind would be
easier He would never again go haunting
respectable people, he swore to himself. 1t
didn't pay.
The door opened. and the man came in.
The ghost would have rushed to him and
embraced him, hut he was afraid to make
himself too conspicuous, for fear the man
! would drive him out into the night, as he
had a perfect right to do, of course. All
be wanted now was TO sit right down in q
dark corner and SILVER and wait for day.
light. And he sat there and watched that
man hungrily, s%lavishly, worshipfully,
fearing every moment he would go away
again
EOuSu tide 1iShb ctIdISt t1lIEs
happened. Weird whistles sounded fright.
full alarms. and voices came from what
looked like the ends of ropes. but which
were speaking tubes Bells rang, and tina
valorous. fearless man talked to the wood
en- box. and talked as though he knew the
box understood Strange instruments oil
brass clicked and ratified when nobody wa:
near them, and at d times a mysteriou:
thing shot out a long line of white paper
and. although at every periodic whir and
whiz of the continuance the ghost grew
more excited and fearfully crouched lower
the man wasn't the least bit worried
Probably no ghost ever spent such a night
AT last the morning broke. and with tn:
first gleam of daylight hat tried spook
who had courageously set out haunting
made a rush for the door and went gallop
ing down the streets and toward the sub
urbs, beyond which the graveyard lay.
A little later the day shift came on dutJ
at the police alarm Office. The night mar
told his relief he wished he would have
the incandescent lamp mended.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-20

and she became daily moro stubborn and
sullen.
One morning she seemed Transformed.
She arose early and prepared the breakfast
for the family, and that without grum-
bling. Her father began to take hope
again. He had just begun to sip his coffee
when he noticed that 1t had . peculiar
taste. He SOW some kind of substance
floating around on top. He poured out
the coffee, n in the bottom he saw q
whitish sediment. His daughter stood at
his elbow. He looked up into her face, and
she stolidly returned his glance.
eyes, I did it" he reports she said. 81
tried to poison you. I'm tired Of being
scolded for nothing"
Then Annie left home and about q
week later was arrested for vagrancy. At
the solicitation Of the Society For the Pre-.
vention of Cruelty to Children her father
was induced to give his testimony against
her in the police court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-20
SCARED THE SPECTER.
Modern Inventions Frightened
the Antediluvian Ghost.


He Came to Brighten md Remained A.
frighted-He Couldn't Blow Out b In
eandescent Light and We Altogether
Behind the Times.
He had been dead for q matter Of 1le
years, so naturally the place looked strange
to him. What he now saw had never been
. part of his physical existence, and he
wondered If it were not best for him to 20
hack to the graveyard and have q confer
ence with some fresh corpse who would
know all about those things which had
thus early filed him with doubts and mis-
givings. From the newly dead one he
could obtain information which might
keep him out Of trouble; but, as he cal
culated upon it, such action, it seemed to
him, would make him q laughing stock for
all the fool ghosts in the neighborhood.
They would deride him as o jay ghost, who
did not know enough about the haunting
business to set at it without a guidebook
or q time card or a letter of advice and
credit. They would gather around and
boot and jeer and shame him half to life,
for they couldn't shame him half to death,
he having been dead for a good 112 years.
81 WISH" he said to himself, "that ]
had exerted myself a little TO keep abreast
of the times. Here I find myself with my
entire death wasted. Just laying around
in a comfortable grave In the daytime and
spending the nighttime in disputing with
a lot of old fossilized sixteenth century
ghosts concerning things of no interest
whatever. l have allowed opportunities to
pass, and a lot Of juniors, who weren't ever
born, much less dead, when I died, have
pushed me aside, and I am just a piece o.
old furniture. If 1 were 1000 years old
or something like that, it would be better
for 1 could lie and swear and slash around
retailing stale yarns, like King Arthur Oh
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-20

goes again" And nee moro he leaned
down and ''wh ,cfed, at the light. 1t did
not shiyer.
The ghost stepped back into the middle
Of the room, put his hands into his pockets
nj stared at the light. "Well, I'm
blamed" he said to himself. "Now, what
do you think of thats I blew enough wind
at hat thing to extinguish a bonfire, and
It doesn't even flicker"
As he stood intently regarding the light
the man at the desk rose drowsily, and
with a yawn stepped out into the hallway.
Strange as i5 may seem, this rather re.
lieved the ghost, for he wanted to investi-
gate without the presence of inquiring and
embarrassing witnesses. He had now for
gotten that his purpose wa to alright
He drew gingerly near the mysterious
lamp. and pulling in a long breath pre-
pared to make the effort of his life-or
death, as it were.
Suddenly, while he was still in the act
of iphaling atmosphere, the light went
out. The ghosts hair rose.
He tremblod from head to foot VIVA
wha-what d-d-did that" he TREMENDOUSLY
asked himself. Then as a thought came
to him: 1T was one Of those fool new
ghosts, I'll bet. Say, you'll" addressing
SpuSC AL thC ASPS eihsS TpAhO OAAo SPCCtC2
would answer. I'm haunting this place
Go on away and attend to your own bust
ness. Who are you anyway"
There was no answer.
Jaw, say" pleadingly insisted the
ghost, talk up and tell a fellow. What.
the use of acting that way? How did you
blow it out? l like to bu'sted trying il
and couldn't" He thought that bit Of
f1attery would tempt the rival spirit to re
spond, but it didn't. Then the full hor
ror of it appeared to him There was M
other ghost there. He realized it. He wa.
alone-utterly. hopelessly alone. Oh, fol
the cheer of some other spectral presencei
His teeth chartered in a nOiseless, foggy
manner His fingers trembled, and hi
legs shook beneath him, and if he hat
known how or had had the material 3.
break out into a sweat he would have bro
ken out into one of exceeding GOODNESS. II,
thought of the man who had sat at tn,
desk and wondered if he would never re
turn. He seemed so long gone. Oh. for
glimpse of him sitting there DOING at hi
book!
The light flashed up.
The room was filed with its radiance
and yet nobody had come in with a fam,
to relight it. This was more te~rrifyin,
' than its extinguishment, for, while a fel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-20

6,arine fraemsnts, and there b 10 as1bo
hat = great number Of most wonderful
tures have been performed By him. Incl
oentaliy he Is making lots Of money. His
cures cost him nothing, for the patients
are supposed TO bring their " sugar.
fere Jourdain supplies the magnetism.
According 70 his own account, the sper-
Va who assist him In his work are those Of
Aamennais, St Victorine and ST. LouiA
who respectively represent faith, hope and
charity.
Pere Jourdain Is somewhat Mcphisto.
pneiian In appearance, snd everything
about him Is This, Of course, helps busi-
mess. His complexion IL sallow, his hair
Jet black His hands arc most peculiar.
The fingers ore long and th,n-in fact.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-20

One Of these, on the check, has already BE-
gun to urn white.
Lucas is 90 years old. he says he has
some white blood in him. When he first
saw the pale spots on his dusky skin, he
owns he was frightened. But he finally
consulted a physician, who told him he
was turning white and probably would
lose all Of his original color in a few
years. His hair is what is sometimes de-
scribed, when found ON colored persons, as
red, but is as kinky - that of the most
pronounced negro.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-20
Caesar or Ahab or one Of that lot, and be

Caesar or Ahab or one Of that lot, and be
interesting.
"But 1 don't know anything about the
remote past or the adjacent present. I
have fooled away my chances, but I I'm
going to remedy conditions. / am going
to go haunting around this town and get
up q reputation and go back to them and
assume my proper position in spiritual So
ciety. Why, just think Of it'll Dead liz
years and have never scared any n yet,
never scrceched at a schoolboy in q lone
some wood or groaned around In q desert
ed house. or anything"
You could see that he was ashamed of
himself. and that he was determined to
rectify his errors of omission. To be sure.
he was a bit nervous and dubious about
1t. although, perhaps. 1t isn't correct to use
that first adjective in description Of a
gncst, inasmuch as his nervous system Is
generally supposed to be compressed air or
fog or something OF that kind He felt
that 1t was a pretty serious undertaking
Tor a strange and passe ghost to drift into
n strange town with the avowed purpose
OF haunting 1t into q state OF terror, but
he was an insistent old spock and buckled
down to business with determination
AS have always understood It," he
remarked TO himself. the thing ought to
begin with a demonstration il the matter
OF blowing out lights. I remember when
] was alive that they used to talk Of ghosts
sneakins up behind n and blowing out
the lamp. n it always filled me with
horror. It's a good trick. 1 wonder who
invented its 1-helloi If here isn't q
chance just ready set for me, I'm q tomb.
stonei''
The city was dark, it being after mid
night. and NIL was very still. Suddenly,
however, as he turned a corner he slammed
| square up against a window, out through
which q faint light streaked its way. Al
a desk sat q man doing over q book. II
was . beautiful chance. The ghost quietly
slipped inside.
There is going to be . festival Of feal
right here in about four seconds, - he muir
INJURED softly to himself.
"Oh, I guess mott" he thought. "Jusi
imagine how he will feel, how his hail
will raise, how his flesh will crawl. when
lean over his shoulder and blow that lighr
outl Why, it almost scarcs me myself"
He leaned over and blew.
The light continued to burn steadily.
The ghost had Strengthened up ready Il
give rent to . wild, demoniac laugh. as 1
the custom, he believed, for such case
made and provided, but he did not laugh
There was nothing 10 laugh at. The mnl
continued To read on undisturbed in HI
DOING fashion.
That's funny, " the visitor said to him
SELF "Haven't I got any lungs any NOR
Or any strength of breath! Wen, here d
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-20
rhs --latest Healing FAA.

Paris has . new healer. He is called
Pere Jourdain, and he performs wonder
full cures through the assistance Of depart
cd spirits. His all powerful medicine con
sists only Of pieces Of sugar, which he a.
leges are impregnased with a magnetic
nuid supposed % ooze from his withered
hands
Pere Jourdain IL the fad Of h French
capital. His rooms are located in the Rue
ndsntly aneFts that he car cure any dis.
60 that 1esh II heif TO, anything from
hmeness 10 smallpox, he 0ys.
Pocp3e swallow has magic, magnetic, -.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-20
Women Stock Gambler.

Women are good customers Of the New
York stock brokers. A broker who hns an
Office in n of the up town hotels said re-
Gently in speaking about his women Gus
TONERS: "When we opened our offices here,
I never counted upon any trade coming
from women. was much surprised one
day to have q woman, q guest in the hotel,
send me her card and ask me to call upon
her In her apartments. I went up some
what mystified, but was speedily enlight.
ened. She explained to me that she was
interested in the market and began to
pump me with questions which showed SHE
was mistress of the situation. She has been
one Of my regular patrons ever since, and
she plays the market with better judgment
and more acumen than most of the men. ]
now ave many women customers, &c
many, In fact, that I have found IL neces
sary to have o room for them alone.
II don know what it is, but there
seems to be something in the make up OF
woman that gives her Q tendency to gam
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-20
Not Their Style.

A serious man went the other day to one
OF the new ladies' clubs recently instituted
in London with his wife, q serious lady.
They were Inclined to become members,
but before doing 50 the husband consulted
. waiter. He looked the lady over and
.aid: Between you and me, sir, she Il
hardly our style. Our members are mostly
hactfesses and military
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-20
LIES VARIED PHASES.
Strange Things We See In the
News Of the Day.


ARemarkable Instance q JuvsAfls Wick
sAnsss-Paris Trsss b s1ear Cure-A
H1sety Girl Proeects Hsrsslf-women
VAe Gamble In Stocks.
A sip q . girl, II years old, coolly "a.
lhitted in . New York police court the 9th.
e day that she had tried 20 kin her father
by putting rat poison in his coffee. She
was Annie Stichternath, the daughter OF
William Stichternath, q respectable, hard.
working tailor. Her father gave his testi.
mony against her with tears in his eyes.
The honest. tailor knew how to make
coats better than he did how to care for 3
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-20

white spot
appeared on
his hand. It
grew in size,
and spots
showed on
other parts
Of the body,
growing in
size too.
They spread
and at pres
emit there
are three
blotches left
on his head.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-20

so thin that they rave the appearance Of
being bones loosely covered with parch-
ment. And Pcrc .Jouriain knows how TO
use his hands with effect.
Pcre .Jouriain was formerly an agricul-
tural laborcr. He was horn in Archashion,
southern France. He got the first intima-
ton of his healing powers N day while
blowing. He heard supernatural voices
which told hin to go to Paris TO cure the
sick, the lame. the blind, and the paralyzcd.
without q word he left the pillow and made
the journey on foot. Many cures were
made en- route. and by the time the gay
capital was reached Pcre Jouriain was ia
mons. After he had performed one or two
cures in Puris the fashionable world began
to patronize him.
1t Is very solemn in the healer's rooms.
At M end a shrine Is erected, on which
stand images of the three curative saints. +"
In front OF the shrine stands q circular
pillar about 4 feet 6 inches high. On this
is a brazicr, the receptacle for the magnetic
sugar. Perc Jourdain stands between the
shrine and the pedestal, and after receiving
the sugar substance from his visitors he
deposits 1t in the brazier, and, holding his
gaunt and withered hands over the bowl,
he repeats his strange lamentations, after
which the sugar is ready to be taken
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-20
An Ethiopian Changes His Skin.

Asbury Lucas, q porter, was q colored
man till two years ago, when he sustained
q severe shock from q bolt Of lightning
which struck the ground near him. Now
he is turning white.
Shortly after the shock an insignificant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-20

women who have happy homes and plenty
Of money-come here and plunge and will
go without . diamond necklace or a new
dress that they may try conclusions with
the market. II they win, they spend the
money prodigallyA An decorating themselves;
II they lose, they accept the inevitable with
. fortitude that Is admirable. They gamble
With their pin money and get as much en-
3oymeut out Of IL as the ordinary man."