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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-21
killed By Explosion.
200 Soldiers Hurled To Death By
Explosion In Barracks At Ma
nagua, The Capitol Of
Nicaragua.
Believed To Have Been Dynamited.
Special Cablegram to Boletin Mercantil
Believed To Have Been Dynamited.
Special Cablegram to Boletin Mercantil

New York. April 21th.--Advices re-
ceived in this city from Blue6elds, give
account of the death of 200 hundred
Nicaraguan soldiers in their barracks
in the city of Managua, the capitol of
the Nicaraguan republic. The men
were killed by the explosion of the
building which contained about three
thousand men. The cause of the explo
sion is unknown, but it is believed that
the anti-government party dynamited
the building and sought to kill all the
men within the building. Several
suspect I'd men have been arrested and
placed in Jail, The government has
called out the troops who guard the
entire city.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-21
Strikes N BELGIUM.
Agreement Reached By Workmen
and Employers.
Soldiers Still In Command
Special Cablegram to Boletin Mercantll

New York, April 2Ist.-Advices re-
ceived from Brussels state that con,
ference has been held between the
workmen and their employers in the
city of Brussels, and that an agreement
has been reached whereby the work
men will return to work today. The
soldiers are still on guard throug hout
the districts where disturbances have
occurred. In the smaller towns the
strikers have all resumed work, and
there is every prospect for an imme-
diate settlement of the labor difficulties
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-21
New York Market To-day
To Our Readers.

Our columns are open to correspon-
dence on everything affecting the coffee
sugar and tobacco plantation and farm
ing generally and we cordially invite
criticism and discussion. Natural His
tory notes will also be welcomed, as
wei ss all news Of interest ad planters.
Communications should be to dressed:
The Editor, BoLET1N MERcANTII, 10
Plasa Alfonso. San Juan.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-21
Ge|nl0lS Diype[Se Chinese.
Anti-Foreign Rioters
Badly Beaten.
Gunboat Reduces a Town.
Special Cablegram to BoIetln Mereantil

New York, April 2rst.-Advices re-
ceived here from Berlin state that the
anti-foreign riots in the city of Nlng-Po
have been brought to close by the
arrival of a German gtnboat, which
landed marines and sailors, who i'm
mediately attacked the rioters, killing
several and compelling the rest to sllr'
render all their arms. One foreigner
Ia Frenchman, was killed by the rioters
and several more were threatened and
would have been assassinated but fol
the timely arrival of the German YES
sci.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-21
Emulsion
de Scott
de Aceite de Higado dc
5acalaO con HipofOsftOs
de Cal y de SOsa.

t agradable, digerible y
t asimilable y compile
I tando SUI benetica ac-
I ci6n con el agregado
I de los hipofosftos.
I Siempre que ell orga-
! nismo este debilitado. asl
! como en- su padecimiento
: resultante, la neurastenia
I y en- ell crecimiento y de-
. sarrollo lento y dificul-
I toso de los ninos, como
/ en- la convalescencia de
I casi todas las enfermeda-
: des, acudase a la verda-
/ dera y legftima Emulsion
/ de Scott, con toda con-
! fianza.
Devsnts On todas parties.
SCOTT 4 BOVINE. ouimicos. New Ys<A
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-21

Mr.. Howard Pruden, of the San Juan
Post Ofie, received cable notice yester-
day of the death of his father in the
city of Washington. Major =. L. Prtl,
den, was for many years chief clerk at
the White House, and has been well
known national character. The BoLE
TIN extends its sympathies to Mr.
Pruden.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-21

Mr.. Armstrong, recently appointed
lieutenant in the Porto Rico regiment
has sent his resignation to the Commits
sioner of Education. His place as
Supervisor for San juan, will be oc
cupied by Mr.. A. F. Martinez, field
supervisor, until the beginning Of the
next fiscal year.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-21

Laws and resolutions appro-
we'd by the last session of the
Insular Legislature of Porto
Rico, bound in one. volume
with the political code for sale
at the BoLETIN, price $I-25.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-21

In the Federal Court this morning
Cepio Garcia was acquitted of the
charge of buying government goods
from soldier. He was ably defended
by Mr.. Andres Crosas. Several imPor-
tant trials comes up this afternoon.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-21

The following article is clipped from
the Indianapolis Journal of the 10TH,
inst, and gives the opinion of the ty-
pice1 soldier, on the climate and the life
inPorto Rico:
Back From Porto Rico.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-11

yelop new industries and enterprises
stimulate farmers To take up farms
eyDand small villages Into towns and.
I'm a word. make a rich country OF what
is now almost unapproachable!
While the distance between Denver
ami salt Lake city would be material
Nv Iessened by the construction OF Mr..
Mofrat's projected road aud while that
road I'm connection with Senator
Clark's san Pedro. Los Angeles and
Salt Lake line. would afford a shorter
route from Denver TO the Pacific coast
az Los Angeles than the route via the
Union Pacific and the Oregon Shor,
Line extension. the Union Pacific VIII
An the absence OF westward construc-
tion from salt Lake by the Clark-Mof
fat interests still be the shortest route
from Denver to the coast at san Fran
cisco. as its Central Pacific road with
which the main line of the Union Ia
cific connects at Ogden. a little north
of Salt Lake City. extends In nearly
direct line from Ogden TO San Fran
. cisco.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-11

ont 10 Shanghai. Well, you know how
I should grieye TO lose you even for a
week or a day, but wouldn't IL be wise
II Won were TO 20 away from Warwick
shire for three months or six months
and see whether your mind might not
change I'm the intervall l know what
these sudden fancies are worth. They
are common TO both young men and
younc women-illusions OF the brain.
the most uncertain guides. Ii is for
vour own sake speak, dear. You see
how | am willing TO put aside my own
prejudlces. II is not because OF her
station in life that object After all,
that is not OF the first Importance. But
what surely is OF the first Importance
is that you should know your own
minds: that your affection for each 9th
or should be tried and found capable
Of standing the strain OF absence
Richard. TO please me will you go out
for few months 10 ShanghaiF'
"Yes. | will, mother" he answered
cheerfully and confidently, "if you ask
me after you have come TO know Nan
cy little. Let that be the first thing.
Then you will he able TO judge and de-
eide. Let me bring her TO see you"
The widow hesitated, reluctant, but
this handsome lad held her hand in his,
and what would she not do for his
sakef
Very WELL" said she.
He kissed her.
There is the dearest mother in all
| the world All. when you and Nancy
are friends you won't talk about
Shanghai. You'll be as anxious as
am that she should come and live with
you at Woodend. What a pleasant
companion for you, mother-so kind
/ and light hearted and loving! III tel
her, mother, You shall see her tomOr
row. And you won't scrutinize her toe
severely? No, you won't be able wher
you look at Nanciebels eyes!"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-11
10 BE CONTINUED
BIG RAILROAD PLAN
NEW LINE TO DEVELOP A VAST
AND RICH TERRITORY.
Projected Denver, Northwestern and
Pacific Railway VIII Open Up
Country ms Large as PennsSIvnnia.
Senator Clark Interested.

senator Clark Interested.
With the building of the Denver,
Northwestern and Pacific railway a
new transcontinental railroad system
will enter into competition with exist
ing transcontinental lines. The new
railroad will run west and northwest
from Denver to Salt Lake City and
will reduce the time by rail between
those two points ten hours.
David IL. Moffat. president of the
First National bank of Denver, will
build the new road. lie has entered
into an agreement with Senator W. a.
Clark, owner of the San Pedro, Los An
gelcs and Salt Lake road, by which the
two roads will connect at Salt Lake
City, thus establishing through con
ncction between Denver and the Pa
cifc coast.
When il Is borne In mind that Mr..
Mofats new road will connect mt
Denver with the Rock Island and the
Chicago Burlington and Quincy. the
importance of this new connection be
comes apparent.
The Denver. Northwestern and Pa
citic railway will traverse virgin ter
ritory. from Denver TO Salt Lake City.
a distance of approximately 800 miles,
being go miles less than by the Den
yer and Rio Grande railway between
Denver and Salt Lake City.
The section through which the road
will go is as large as the state of Penn
sylvania and is rich in minerals, an
thracite coal and splendid agricultural
possibilities, and yet ii Is not traversed
by single road.
The great territory northwest of
Denver, as yet undeveloped. is greater
in area than the combined areas of
Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Della
ware and New Jersey, which have Il
combined population of about 5000, 900.
And this territory today. which is capa
BILE of supporting in luxury the miner
and the farmer, the agriculturist and
the beef raiser, has a population of
only 10000. 1t is claimed by the pro
jector of the road that there is not a
similar rich territory of equal area in
the whole United States without rail
road.
1t has been said that a straight line
can be drawn from Cheyenne, Wyo.,
to Park City. Utah. east of Salt Lake
City, for 800 miles without touching n
railroad track. From Silver Plume
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-11
MARTINIQUE RELIEF STORY
Frenchman Tells OF Horrors of Mis-
anaEement-Many Left to Die.

Frenchman Tells OF Horrors of Mis-
management-Mnny Left to Die.
NJ. de Medeuil of the French cham
Der of commerce of New York city,
who went to Martinique to distribute
$4,000 francs in gold for the relief of
the sufferers there, is very bitter, says
the New York Journal, in his denun-
citation of the officials of that island
who, he says, permitted politics to in
terfere with the proper succor of the
sufferers from the eruption of Mont
Pelee.
The catastrophe occurred but few
days before the general elections, he
says, and the negro officials of the is
land were so busy with securing the
defeat of the white party that they
permitted many unfortunates to lie In
the streets of st. Pierre and die fol
want of attendance, although many
might have been saved. In the distri
button of the relief stores the same
partisan feeling prevailed. The ne
groes received liberal shares of food
and clothing, while the whites were
ignored.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-11
Boston & Maine R.R,
WINTER ARRANGEMENT
In effect October II, 1901.
Trains leave Newport:

Trans leave Newport.
For St Johnsbury at 90 a. II, - So
90. II 20 and III 30 p. m. Return at . 90
3 Is and 10 rs a M 90 and ! - y. m
For Wells River at roo n. m. > -, 40
l / - and I'll 80 p. IN. Return at - 20, T. 30
and 9 90 a. IN, 3 20 and 3 80 p. m.
For White River Jet. AZ : 90 a. m, 90
and III 20 p. m. Return at III 80 and oi
For Plymouth at 90 a. m. 2 80 and
III IS p. m. Return at ~ - and 50 a.
m. ana 90 p. m.
For Concord at a. M. / = 80 II % and
Il 30 p. m. Return at Il 90 and l % q. H.
1 . oj, ~ and 10 10 p. m
For Manchester at 90 a. m, / 50, -
and III 30 p. M. Return at ! 10, 10 29 and
Il 81 a. m. 9 o6 and 40 u6 p. N.
For Lowell at a. m, / . 80, ! ! - and
IL 80 p. M. Return at 80 and 10 80 a n,
: 10 and 80 10 p. m.
For Springfield, Mass. Mt : a. m. and II %
p. IN. Return at % a. m. and 10 IN.
For Nashua Junct. at a, m, %, IL -
and III 50 p. m. Return at 10 o3 and II u
a. M, = 3 : and 80 SO p. m.
For Boston at a. m, l 55, II 25 and
III 80 p. m. Return at 90 and 10 90 u, N.
: 80 and - 30 p. m.
Trains leave Groveton for
Lancaster at Is a. M. | . SO and c 80 p.
TN. Return at 20, so and ii 81 a. NJ
= 2S p. m.
Littleton at Is a. m, . 80, and so p.
m. Return at IL ~ n M, ! % p. m.
Wells River 10 a, m, . 80. aud 50 p
N. Return at so a. IN. and 8 - y. IN.
Plymouth at Is a m, 80 and 80 p
IN. Return at SO a. m. and = 90 p, N.
Concord at II a. m, > 80, and 80 p
n. Return at 90 a. m. and II % p. III.
Manchester at Z 10 a. m, 2 2 Z and 90 p
n Return at q and l 3 ri. m.
Nashua let. at : Is a m, . SO, x 90 p
N. Return ut II o. a m.
Springfield at : Is a IN. and 80 p. IN, Re
turn at . o5 a. m.
Boston at Is a. m, l . SO and 80 p M
Return Mt 10 a. m.
EG~ Runs daily. Daily except Monday
| MI other trains run daily except sunday.
DANA ]. FLANDERS,
Gen Pass ~ IiNktt AEt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-11
Odd Plants,

what aninquiring mind Miss Light
ly has!' exclaimed the cynic. 1--WE
were at an Italian table dhote last
evening, and she said, with very kit
tenish air: oh, did you ever see maca-
roni growing? should think whole
field of those lovely white stalks would
be too awfully pretty"
What did you say, old manY" said
his partner.
"Oh, just said no, that | had never
come nearer to it than seeing a bread
tree in flower"
Then the partner stepped to the tele
phone, and they carried the cynic home
In the ambulance. - New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-11
Rutland Railroad,

The through line between New York,
Boston aud all New England points.
and the Adirondacks, Thousand Islands.
Montreal and Quebec,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-11
9IEAMKA!Egs5

To and from Quebec. & olebrook North Sir,
ford, Lancaster, North Conway. Hust.p
Portland, and all points in the Stat,
ofMaire and Maritime Provinces.
In effect June g. 1902.
TRAINS LEAVE North Stratfurd as f,r.
lows: For Colebrook and BceCher Fan. =,
10 40 a m, 2 OF. . % and 933 T.. ul.
For Cookshire. DudVell Junction and Lin.
Ridge at 1910 a. m. and 90 u. m
For Quebec and all points on the Ousb,.
Central Ry. 2.O7 y. m.
For Lancaster 400, 6.55 and 1l.5uam
and 3.O7 p. m
For Quebec Junction. Portland and East
ern points Is So and 4 80 a m and 3 ~ nm
For BostDn, via Portland G.5- andll 20
a. IN, and 3.O7 r. IN.
GEO y. EVANS,
Vice President and Gen. Manager.
r. T.. BOOTHBY, g. T.. Il T. A,
POETLANu, Mp
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-11

fifty-four miles west of Denver, to Pro
vO, Utah, similar straight line of 300
miles can be drawn without touching
a railroad track. 1t is 225 miles from
Grand Junction, Colo, on the Denver
and Rio Grande railway, due north to
the Union Pacific in southern Wyo-
ming. The Union Pacific at its nearest
point is 100 miles to the north, and the
Denver and Rio Grande Is 1913 miles on
the south. The route of the new rail.
way is midway between these points.
This territory, without single rail.
road, doing its business by stage, wag.
on or on foot, now contains several
thousand persons who are engaged in
raising sheep and cattle and in mining
In small way and doing the best they
can against all the obstacles arising
from lack of transportation How
greatly will railroad, affording ade.
quate transportation to persons en-.
gagged in all classes Of Industry. de.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-11
Fortunes Smiles.

"Fortune has never smiled on me-
walled the comedian.
"Sbe has given me the laugh good
many times" answered the tragedlan'
Exchange.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-11
Thought He Wns Smart,

Wife-Do you mean to insnuate that
your judgment is superior to mine?
Husband - Certainly not, my dear.
Our choice Of life partners proves It
isn't
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-11
Across the Islands of Lake
ChampIain.

Reaching the best locations for Camr.
ing and Fishing, touching at the follow.
ing stations: South Hero, Grand Isle
North Hero, Isle Lamotte aud Alburgh
For time tables and full information
address,
Geo. T. Jarvis, c. b. Hubbard,
General Manager, Gen'l, Pass Al
Rutland, Vt
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12
First Dirigible- Airship
Built Fifty Years Ago.

With this astonishing combination, NJ.
Gifard not only assembled to a height Of
5000 feet at Paris. but sailed around the city
at a rate OF nine miles an hour, and came
down without accident A later effort with
q similar machine proved less successful,
and, IN account Of the danger Of having a
brisk fire 30 close to a large volume Of in
fammable gas, the experiments were aban-
doned.
Twenty years later. NJ. Dupuy de LONE
sent up an a!rship built on lines similar to
those OF tho Gihard invention, except thai
1t was several times larger. fourteen
sturdy men were carried along to turn tho
propeller shaft. They worked like college
boys at q boat race, but tho best time they
could make was six miles an hour. 80 this
plan was given up.
But the airship idea was By no means In
its infancy fifty years ago. Roger Bacon
theortzed or the subject in the Thirteenth
Century. He announced his belief that .
hollow copper globe, filled with ETHEREAL air
or liquid fire." and launched from some high
point, would float in the atmosphere. He
made no calculations on tho size or weight
Of the globe and failed to tell how liquid
nre'' should be made. but left the subject
fhera
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12

WRITTEN FOR g SUNDAY REPUBLIC
To fly at will through the air, a dream Of
almost every age, seems to approach close
to realization for a large part Of mankind
Tho offer of q prize Of 100000 by the
Worlds Fair managers gives promise Of
substantial pecuniary reward. Hitherto the
inventor has been obliged to meet heavy ex-
penses without very great opportunities OK
receiving any money in return. except
through public exhibitions. The Dutsch
prize OF $50. 600, recently won by Santos
Dumont Of Paris. was the first large sum
ever given In this way for the encourage
men Of inventors. though several European
Governments have been spending Immense
mounts Of late years in perfecting the bal
loon for use in times OF war.
The winning of the Deutsch prize has in
some quarters reawakened interest in the
first dirigible airship. that Of NJ Giffard. In
1852 he built an airship which, in general
outline. closely resembled those Of Santos
Dumont The bag was made OF vanished
silk and was filed with Illuminating gas.
A steam engine, fed with coal. furnished
the motive force for q large screw pro-
peller.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12
Father Lana Piously Abandons
His Primitive Investigation.

Three centuries later. Father Lana Of
Brescia made elaborate calculations along
the line indicated by Roger Bacon. His
AeA was to produce vacuums IN large cop
per globes by filing them with water end
letting the water escape from the bottom.
into the sea, through long tubea He
thought that By this means q man might
support himself In the air, but he said he
did not believe tho Almighty would permit
such q scheme to succeed. so he piously
pursued his investigation no further.
Even these theorists however, were
Year, behind the actual efforts at flight
Leaving out the story of Daedalus and
1carus and their Inflated attempt to initiate
birds. history tells Of a saracen, whose
name 10 forgotten, who rugged out a pair
OF wings and made at ascent at Constan-
ttnopls in the year LIS. A fall which broke
q Of his legs put him out Of the flying
business A hundred years or SO before tho
eeracen's bad luck, an English monk Of
ths Bsnedictine order. Oliver OF MaImes-
bury, Jumped from a tower and supported
himself IN the air with wings until one of
them gave way. Both of the monks legs
Wero broken.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12
First Great Difficulty
Is Met in Alighting.

Oliver and the Saracen seem to have been
the pioneers In the art of aerial navigation.
though in the Fourth Century, B.. c., a
Pythagorean. Archylas OF Tarentum, is said
to have contrived a wooden dove which
few successfully. Just how It was made
to ny remained the secret Of Archylas.
Sporadic efforts to fly were made In al
most every century after the time Of Oliver
Of Malmesbury, but for many years no sys-
tsmatio, scientific study Of the problem
was undertaken. Most Of the experiments
ended like that Of Paul Guidotti in disas-
ter. Guidotti. who lived in the Sixteenth
Century. was moderately successful In the
nrst part OF his attempt, for he flew very
pleasantly for a quarter OF a mile. But
when he tried to alight his wings collapsed
and the fall broke his legs.
The discovery Of hydrogen gas by Caven.
dish and Watts In 176S was really tho first
step toward the modern airship. At first
only bubbles were made to float In the air
by the use Of hydrogen, for the subtle gas
escaped from every other receptacle pre-
pared for It. In 1873 Joseph Montgolner. q
manufacturer of paper bags at Paris. began
experiments with hot air, smoke. and
steam, using paper bags for receptacles.
So successful was he that he gave a public
exhibition with hot air and paper bags that
aroused great enthusiasm In Paris June &
17ca.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12
James Wilcox Became Dean
of the American Balloonists.

But on December IS. Wilcox. feeling more
at home in the air and eXhilarated by the
holiday festivities and his season of I'M
wonted prosperity, agreed to let the rope
be cut. He was carefully nstructedh how he
should proceed in order 10 get down to the
earth again, the rope was let out to its full
length. everybody in town watched the I'M
paralleled proceedings Then Wilcox de-
cided that $50 would come in handy for his
family in case he should fail to get back to
earth. He communicated this idea to those
below. intimating that he would refuse to
ascend II they did not come down with the
money. They hurriedly collected the cash.
and then welded an AK on the rope with a
right good will. James Wilcox started with
q jerk on the first balloon ascension In
America.
He had not gone far when he became
alarmed. The tower of old Liberty Hall
seemed about the only substantial thing
near his level. Whipping out his knife, ac-
cordtng to instructions, Wilcox cut gashes
in three Of the balloons. He continued to
ascend and he cut open three more balloons.
Still the earth seemed to shrink away from
him. and in q spasm Of fright Wilcox
slashed open five bags at once, all on the
same side. Then he started down. Houses
and trees shot up beside him, and he came
in violent contact with a fence. Then he
slid into a ditch. The crowd came and
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12
First Ascension With Balloon
Made by q Frenchman.

NJ. Charles. also of Paris. heard of Mont
golfers success and he began, to expert
ment He made a big bag of Vanished
silk, filled IT with hydrogen gas and sent
1t sailing skyward. In the meantime Mont
golfer was busy with an enormous hot
air bag. also Of silk, and on October l5 Of
that year the first balloon ascension was
made by NJ. P1latre de RozIer: On Decem-
Der / Of the same year NJ. Charles and NJ.
Robert assembled in a hydrogen balloon,
travelling twenty-five miles before descend
ing safely. This balloon Of IL. Charles had
the ring, wicker car. ballast and safety
valve that were characteristic Of balloons
Tor many years thereafter.
Americans began soon afterward to hear
OF the wonderful things done in France and,
being Americans, began to experiment on
their eEn account. Two friends Of Benia-
min yfanklin. Charles Hittenhouse and
Francis Hopktnson. profoundly interested
In scientific subjects, first tested the lifting
eeeActlS 81 small balloons then combined