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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-12-01

ton marroquf, que deber1a tener en-
suspense nuestros anlmos, no logra
emocionarnos 4 causa de esas notl-
cias contradictorias.
Todav1a va & resultar que al gene
raj Margallo 30 10 han matado, Y que,
como el Cid, ganara batallas despues
de muerto
Desde hace tres d1as esta fondeado
en- nuestro puerto un representante
de la marina de guerra franoesa.
Els un pequeno aviso, llamado E!
Hussard, que por primera vez ylene q
visitar las posesiones que Francia
tiene en- 81 mar de las Antillas.
Hallandose Ponce colocado en- la
escala que tiene que recorrer, echo
aqu1 ell amelia, y segdn nos manifesto
uno de los ofciales, Sc felicitan de
clio, porque han tenido OCCASION de
conocer una de las ciudades america
mas mas simpaticas.
En- obsequio los marines france
ses, Ell Ayuntamien to prepara un ban
quote, y hemos dido decir que la ju-
ventud poncena trata de organizar
un bale en- el teatro.
Cuantos obsequios Sc les tributen
a los bizarres hijos de Francia, cuya
noble naci6n tan dignamente Sc esta
portando con la nuestra en- el asunto
de Marruecos, nos parecen justos
mercedes.
#fx
Anoche la casa de nuestro amigo
Mr.. Teodoro Lahongrais, consul fran
c6s en- esta ciudad, convirtiose en- u1l
hermoso iard1n tropical, en- ell que
en- vez de flores, hab1a rostros de
mujeres divinas con ojos relumbran
tes como estrellas.
Las bellas y simpatioas senoritas
hiias de NJ de Lahongrais, Maria y
Luisa, Que a la vez son violetas J
brillantes, por la modestia de su ca
racter V el resplandor de So hermo
sura, tenfan invitadas a varias ami
gas para obsequiarlas con refresco:
dulces, as1 como a los marinos fran
ceses del Hussord; 10 que al prin
cipio solo tuvo Ell caracter de uns
joronita improvisada, convirti6se er
un exrl6ndido y delicioso baile qu'
dur6 hasta Ia una de Ia manana.
Como cincuenta senoritas de k
mas bello y gracioso que tiene la 80
ciedad poncena, invadieron la casa
V las horas Sc deslizaron con Ia ra
pidez con que pasa siempre ell placer
A la una de la madrugada, apeSa
dumbrados por la termination de Ii
fiesta y agradecidos por les atencio
nss de los esposos Lahongrais y su
hiias, abandonaron los concurrente
el salon, lamentando que festas tai
agrada bles no Sc repitan aqu1 COZ
mss frecuencia.
MARIANO ABRIL.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-12-01
Muv bien: perfectamente bien.

Muy bien; perfectamente bien.
Leccion sobre leccion, sera precise
aprender. ST tras Ell conhicto de
Marruecos no surge la republica, va
sabemos 4 donde iran nuestros soles
mejicanos.
Y aunque haya una nueva lid.
contra el turco 8 contra el moro,
puede ser que nuestro orc
no Sc embarQue hacia Madrid.
Reina la anarquia en- el matadero
Y en- el mercado de carnes de Ponce.
FL regidor no rsge NADIA; el asen-
tista Sc excusa con el regidor y el
alcalde - estA en- el H1sar
Aver Sc sacrifcaron iy Sc expen-
dieron tres reses- en- cintas de
varias dimensiones.
Hay circulares que prohiban este
abuse; pero que tienen que yer en-
Ponce las circulares q?
Cuando al negocio aprovecha que
Sc olviden, Sc olvidan, y en- paz.
Lo peor de todo no es Ia cintsra
de las vacas: 10 peor de todo es que
Sc vendieron TODAs COMO NACHOs.
iSe engana de tai suerte al publ
CO que paga y consume =?
BAIL 1 Que importa al regidor
FL pnblico sufre y Gala.
Aver eran muchos bueyes viejos /:
hoy son muchas vacas uveg~5ares /;
muchas vacas prohibidas.
Progresamos :. hacia atras.
Pero ca que vosotros podeis, Sc
nores del mercado, despacharos 4
vuestro gusto 10 que no podeis con
seguir es que LA DEMoCRACIA calle
V sufra como el publico.
Y, para vuestro descredito, hoy
manana, siempre, publicara vuestras
ivegmlaridadeS.
Hollad, pues todas las leyes,
va que as1 holgais bastante,
seguid, seguid adelante
con las vacas y los bueyes.
Ell Gobernador ha nonbrado par;
scrvir Ia secretaria de Patillas 4 dor
lose Maria Sanroma, que fgura er
el tercer lugar de Ia terna de rig0r.
Ooupaban los primeros sitios To-
sefores Bossolo y Correa, hJos de
oais. con IS amos de servicios el pri
nero con 8 el segundo.
Don Jose Maria Sanroma es un re
cien-llegado de la peninsula y r
esfa de hunsor de dejarse preterir.
Por 10 cual, y por los motives gu
inspiraron aqnellas circulares, el Ge
neral pyetiere los demas y el sueld'
va a manos de q4ie,s debe distrutorlo
. segun ei modernIsimo crlterlo de San
/ ia Catalina.
No Sc asombren nuestros amigo
De Patiilas.
Existe on titulo ante el que NJ
valen NADIA los servicios nj los mereci
. mientos: la f& de bautismo.
Cuando hay dos aspirantes, uno d
alld y otro de 0cd, nadie ignora quieI
: ganara Ia prebenda.
: No haya miedo de que Sc levant
la menor protesta.
Nj de que Sc manifesto el ma
, simple disgusto.
Nj de que asome la mas insignlfi
cante rebeldia.
2 la paz reina en- Varsovia.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-12-01
M LILA

Capital, Noviembre 80.
(Depositado d las y del dio.
Recibido, graciaS d la ac-
tiUidod de los funciOnari0s
de comunicaejones, d las 4
de la tarde.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-12-01
DEMOCRACIA Ponce.

Esp6yase que Mart6seS Campos CO.
DsengarG las opeyacio'aes haciemd0 ~p
Hqeyo estatdi0 de la sitNacj6'a.
F6ymanse dos cueypos, de 10000
hombyes cada mo, ma0dados p0'' CHM
cl,illa q Primo de Rjver0.
Las cuadrillas de penadOs 0lg5t0n
de n0che las conStp'Wccio3aeS de la plaza
CORRESPONSAL.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-12-01

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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01
4 Singular State of A fairs.

Dunbtless it is in the interest of the
welfare of all our people that banks, the
doors Of which are open for business and
which are ready to receive deposits,
have fatty refused to honor the checks
of their depositors Notwithstanding they
have the money with which to pay them,
but it is a most singular state of affairs,
and the docility with which the depos-
itors have accepted the situation is sur
prising.
The contract between the bank and
the depositor provides that the bank will
take charge of the depositor's funds and
pay them out on the depositor's check.
The assumption that the bank may at
any time, in the exercise of its own dis
erection, forcibly withhold the deposit
or's property from him is not contem-
plated by the terms of the contract us1-
ally made between the parties. D
positor has not authorized the Vi to
do more or anything else than re for
his money and pay it out on his cneck.
Under ordinary circumstances the re-
fusal of bank to honor the check Of its
depositor when it admits that the money
is in its possession and belongs to the de-
position, would be accepted as an evil
dence that the bank is itself bankrupt.
This method of preventing run on the
bank is certainly quite effective.
The good spirit in which the depositor
accepts the inconvenience to which he is
thus subjected is strong evidence of
that public spirit which may save the
community from irreparable disaster.
At the same time it is worthy of remark
that no pugnacious crank has as yet
asked the intervention of the courts to
compel the bank to give him his money
New York Advertiser.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01

ACCORDING to the census statistics
of mortgages mortgage Indebtedness
was incurred in Minnesota during the
period from 1880 to 1890 of S398,04S,-
397, representing 3S9,811 instruments.
OF this amount 1897 per cent. was on
acre tracts, and the balance 61.O3 per
cent.was on city and village property
On January 1, 1890, the realty mort
gage debt ofthe state was 1897, 745, 6S9,
the proportions as to country and city
property continuing about the same.
OF the total amount the cities of ST..
Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth bear
$124, 609, 1874, while S73, 1876, 204 belongs
to the remainder of the state. This
shows that the farmer does not bear
the bulk of The burden of mortgaged
Indebtedness as the free trader and
Populist has so often insinuated, but
that it rests upon the shoulders of the
business men. There is another point
in this matter which is often over
looked. The free trader and the Pop
ulisG agitator has long dwelt upon the
hard time the farmer has and the de-
privations his family submit to, while
the city man makes a better showing
and his family have greater advan-
tages. But these advantages cost
money, and in hundreds of instances
keep the business man close in the
tread mill f life, and when old age
comes creeping on he finds himself no
better off than he was fifteen or twen-
ty years before, while in the majority
of cases the farmer finds himself in
comfortable circumstances with moth
ing to worry his declining years. OF
course there are receptions to this,
but it will hold good as rule.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01
A GRAND OPPORTUNITY.

The North thus comments upon the
opportunity that is presented to
Democracy, but which with it's usual
tendency to blunder, shows itself in
capable of improving:
In the August Forum, of 1892, Mr..
Edward Atkinson, Democrat and
free trader, says:
'"There has never been time in the
history of this or any other country
when the general rate of wages was
as high as it is now, or the prices of
goods relative to the wages as low as
they are today; nor period when the
wOrkmen in strict sense of the word
has SO fully secured to his own use and
enjoyment such steadilya and progress
sively increasing proportion Of con-
stantly increasing product"
This was our condition one year ago
and under a Republican protective
policy.
Last fall the Democrats carried
everything in sight on the cry that
Republican protection was robbery
and reciprocity fraud. Six months
have passed since they took posses
sion OF the entire government, and,
where are we at According to re-
port made to the comptroller of the
currency, July 18th, $l31 100000 had
been drawn from the national banks
during the two previous months, not
to mention the millions with
drawn from other banks.
In vain may editors, politicians,
demagOgues, congressman, anarchists,
governors, Democrats and Grover
Cleveland between cutting bait and
fishing time) discant on lack of conf
dence or talk against time on the
Sherman silver bill.
There is but one way to restore con-
fidence aud to bring things back to
their normal condition, and that is
for congress to pass bill, making it
unlawful for any congress from now,
until after March 4th, 1896, to pass,
repeal or amend any law that would
in any way effect our present tariff.
This and this only will restore conf
dence, all the Democratic vaporings
to the contrary Notwithstanding. If
congress could only be prevailed upon
to see and take advantage Of this
grand opportunity to immortalize
itself, what a blessing it would confer
upon the thousands of idle workmen,
who unless they obtain work must
beg or starve.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01
The Horn Fly.

Kansas farmers are complaining of
new pest known as the horn fy-so
called from its habit Of resting on the
l,>--.s of cattle-from whence it moves
y 5arious parts of the body, piercing the
skin with its serrate proboscis and suck
ing the animals blood. Its habits are
not only annoying, but Exceedingly harm
full. The pest was unknown here year
ago, but is now one Of the most abun-
dant and hurtful of the fly species. Pro-
lessor Kellogg of the state university
says it is a native of Europe, and was
probably introduced into America with
a shipment of cattle from France. 1t
was first observed in New Jersey in Sep
sember, 1887. In October, 1888, it was
in Maryland. In 1889 it had travelled
south and west over Delaware, Mary
land and Virginia, and in 1890 it was
wonderfully active, appearing in Ken
lucky. By the end of 1891 it got as far
as New York and west to Ohio, south to
Florida and Mississippi. In 1892 it was
noticed in Illinois and is now found in
Kansas and other western states. An
effort will be made to prevent farther
spread of the pest by the same process
now used in exterminating chincb bugs.
st. Louis Globe Democrat
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01

MINNESOTA seems to be right in it
in the horse and cattle exhibit at the
worlds fair, sand quite number of
prizes have been won. HI. E. Brown,
of Minneapolis secured first premium
for the best Shorthorn herd, in the
face of strong competition, also third
premium in the young herd class, con-
sisting of one bull and four heifers,
all under two years and bred by ex-
hibitor. He has won altogether IL
premiums out of Is in the best public
exhibit ever held in the world. This
is certainly an excellent showing. The
Minnesota horse breeders also captur-
ed some of the honOrs, several first
and second premiums being won,
among the number, by breeders of
Percheron horses Among the l.
year-old stations, "Dagobert" owned
by Willard & Fuller of Mapleton,
ranked sixth in the face of strong
competition. In fact the Minnesota
horse breeders have made a remark
ably good showing, and the stock and
horse display of the state is attract
ing considerable attention.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01
THE BUSINESS WORLD.

Under the date of Saturday, Aug.
25th, r. G. Dun & Co., in their
weekly review of the trade situation
state the improvement which was OBJ
served through the previous week, has
become more distinct and general.
Many disasters, they say, have been
avoided by more general pooling of
resources and greater spirit of help
fulness and forbearance. Large fail
ures have thus been prevented. Money
on call has been much more abundant
but the relief to the mercantile trade
has improved but little. The difficult
ty of collections is about as serious as
ever. They say the number Of indus
trial establishments resuming work is
beginning to compare favorably with
the number shutting down. The sales
of wool are reported the smallest ever
known at this season of the year,
amounting at the three chief markets
to l, 633, 9l2 pounds, against 1854, 602
pounds for the same week last year.
Dun & Co. further report that the
markets for the past week have not
been active. The low prices of wheat
and cotton encourage exports, but the
large surplus stocks on hand tend to
depress the prices of both products.
In speaking of wheat Bradstreet
says: "There was another large de-
crease in European and American
stocks of wheat available last week,
nearly 100000 bushels an exception
al amount whel the lateness of the
season is considered. Exports of
wheat, flour included, both coastwise
and Canada, this week aggregate
100000 bushels, as compared with
6,129,000 bushels last week, 4,606,000
bushels in the week year ago, $685.
900 bushels two years ago, and much
smaller quantities three and four
years ago respectively"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01

THE Great Northern road has made
a cut in salaries which will result in
the saving of million and a quarter
dollars a year. The Milwaukee road
has also decided upon 10 per cent.
reduction. This is sample of the
better times for labor which theDem
ocrats promised. They claimed
that the tariff robbed labor, but
under the promised free trade regime,
labor loses in wages,so, admitting the
free trade stories at out the tariff
robbery to be true, it gains nothing.
But the free trade story is not true,
and the workingmen are fast finding
it out. In the meantime the Demo
Gratis have nothing to say over the re-
auctions that are being made in the
price of labor, though there was a
time when their hearts used to ache
because of it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01
Reason To Be Proud.

ST. Paul Pioneer Press: Minnesota
has reason to be proud of the position
of it's delegation in congress on the
all-important question of the hour.
With the exception of the Populist
representation of the argill9 ceous al
luvium of the Seventh district. they
are solid for sound money. In this
they reflect the overwhelming senti-
ment of their constituents. If the
free silver delusion ever had any fol-
lowing in Minnesota it has been COM
pleteIy wiped out by the irresistible
logic of the events of the last three
months.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01

N0ETHFIELD NeaCs: If all the silver
mines OF the United States would
stop production the loss to the cOun-
try would not be nearly so great as it
would be if all the hens in the cOun-
try would stop laying eggs. This IL
Illustrates the fallacY of defying silver
as people do. The bugs. worms and
grasshoppers of the country destroy
three times as much every year as the
entire silver product is worth, and yet
the country thrives and has no idea
that the bugs, worms and grasshop-
pers are sending it straight to ever
lasting ruin.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01

SOME of the elevator companies
have issued circular advising far
mers to hold back their grain as much
as possible, and not market al present,
any more than they are actually
obliged to. The circular states that
a rush of grain to market at this
time would undoubtedly result in
prices going lower, because Of the
money stringency. Numerous reports
indicate that the farmers have set
tied upon such method of procedure
and will follow it more or less. 1t is
said that more grain has obeen
stacked Than usual instead Of being
threshed from the stock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01

THOSE Democratic papers which
are trying to make out that the Dem
ocratic party is against the free coin
age of silver are having a hard time of
it, especially in view of the fact that
to secure the unconditional repeal of
the purchase clause of the Sherman
law, they are obliged to depend upon
Republican votes. If left to them
selves there is every probability the
free coinage contingent would swing
the party and leave their platform
utterance upon that point mass of
glittering generalities.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01
IT seems that Senator Hill did no

IT seems that Senator Hill did not
intend to be outdone by Senator Voor-
hees in getting upon all sides of the
financial question, and so in his speech
in the senate the other day he beat all
around the bush and turned his face
in every direction. There were many
things in his remarks which the Re-
publicans seemed to enjoy much more
than the Democrats did.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01

SOME of the Democratic papers re-
mark sneeringly that Gov. Mckinley
is going to DELIVER some of his last fall
speeches lin Ohio this fall. In this
they are paying the Governor a great
er compliment than they realize. 1t
shows that the speeches are worth re-
peating. That is more than Ocan be
said of some of the free trade calamity
speeches which were made twelve
months ago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01

SPEAKING of Minnesota in the live
stock exhibit at the worlds fair, the
Minneapolis Tribune correspondent
says, "Thus far Minnesota has secur-
ed the lions share of awards, which
have been entirely deserved, apart
from the live stock in competition,
because nearly all of it has been rails
ed in Minnesota and has had to COM
pete here against the very best i'm
ported stock"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01

Mr.. N. 2. CLARK of ST. Cloud, has
taken nine premiums on his Clydes-
dales, three of which are first premi-
ums. The Cosgrove Stock Co.. of LIE
Suer, have also taken some premiums
on their Heresford cattle. III. E.
Brown, Of Minneapolis, also expects
to win some more premiums on his
herd of Shorthorns. Taken altogeth-
er the Minnesota exhibitors are doing
well.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01

THE attendance at the worlds fair
Thursday was 240,9O9. The attend
ance for the third week ofAugust was
S2l, 42l. At the rate the fourth week
has started in, it looks as though the
attendance might reach one million.
If this is forerunner of what the
attendance will be in September and
October the management can well
wear a satisfied look.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01
MOVING THE CROPS.

The Pioneer Press says that though
ex-Gox. Merriam's plan of issuing
clearing house certificates to help in
moving the crops is widely approved
it is not likely to be carried into effect
because of lack of cooperation of some
banks and business interests affected.
1t also states that few of the eleva-
tor companies have made the neces-
sary arrangements for funds to buy
the wheat on their lines, and that
others will fill cut what they lack by
the use of certified checks.
The Minneapolis Times calls atten-
tion to the fact that clearing house
certificates cannot be used for the
purpose proposed, as such use is pro-
hibited by law passed last winter,
which provides that such certificates
may be issued by clearing house asso-
Citations under certain provisions for
the purpose of effecting exchanges be-
tween members thereof, and it pro-
vides further that they shall be used
for no other purpose whatever, except
for the purpose of effecting a settle
ment of such associations. But from
the many obstacles the scheme has en-
cOuntered in the lack OF cooperation
it does not seem to need any law to
prevent it's being adopted.
Unless some other plan is brought
forward which will acquire the united
support of those interested, it looks
as though the crops must move slowly
until money becomes more plentiful
by the restoration of confidence
through favorable congressional legis-
lation.
All indications point to the fact,
however, that the wheat crop
will not be marketed as rapidly
| fall as usual on account of the low
price. AS a class the farmers are in
pretty good condition, and with few
exceptions can afford to hold their
wheat for better prices. The reports
from Chicago show that the receipts
there are not nearly so large as is usu-
ally the case at this season of the
year. and it is altogether probable this
shrinkage is caused by low prices, and
this low price is undoubtedly largely
due to the scarcity of money. In the
meantime the stock on hand through
out the northwest, though larger than
last year, is being materially reduced,
and strong demand must soon be
| made upon the farmers for more
wheat. In view of the reports of a
| light crop throughout the world, it
would seem that prices ought to con-
siderably advance, and this opinion
seems to be quite generally shared.
| AS we have said many times pre-
viously, however, in the matter of
| holding wheat for better prices, each
farmer must be his own judge. He
knows best his own circumstances, and
his ability to so hold, and if he studies
the markets with care, and carefully
Sits all crop reports, using good judg-
ment in arriving at his conclusions.
his opinion upon the subject is about
as good as that of any one else.
| Farming in the northwest is grow
ing yearly more and more diversified,
and many farmers who are obliged to
meet certain demands in the early
fall months with cash have other re
sources to draw from than the wheat
bin. The farmer who is so sltud ted
is not worrying great deal over the
situation, but is happy in the thought
that he will be able to keep even with
the world.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01
All Interests interviewer.

Mortified Neecs:: The present con-
dition proves what every thinking
man has known before the disastrous
proof was submitted, that there was
certain soliditary between the rich
and the poor, the capitalist and the
laborer, and in consequence of which,
when the interests of one class are in
uriously affected, the interests Of all
suffer in like proportion.