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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-17

que iona con lduuaDle c1IpeH0 III lulSloI Hio W
lie confara.
Mafana continuara la lista lie aquel pueblo,
que promote una gran cantidal de acconistas.
Felictamos por ESQ 6Xito 4 los cabacros cue
forman la comision de Adjuntas.
Con el ndmero de aver dinos una hoia snelta
reproducendo el articulo terario In Opini6n,
de nuestro qnerido amigo don L. A. Ponce tie
Leon.
FL trabaio sali6 con tales erratas galinatlas
ell ol nimcro del sabado que fut precise repro
duciro fin de que los lectores 10 conozcan co.
mo os 6l
Sc hallan en- Ponce nuestros dstnguidos ami
gos los esposos don Juan Ramon de Torres
doha Josefa Borges, padres del querido amigo
doctor Torres, IN ruya casa se hoSpedan.
Han sido ombrados escribanos do actuaco-
nes de los Juzgados de la Capital los se1ores
don Manuel Moraza don Ramon Falcon.
Dice Lo FoS de Ia Moaioaa de Utnado, que
los Bafos Habaneros podrian geStionar su Vi
sta Utuado, dondo no les ira NAL.
Grande. hcrmoso Y yariado es el nueyo Sllrtl'
dc que acaba de recibir dc Europa el gran bazal
Y sastreria dc don Fernando Asina. sito Gu la
Plaza Principal
Lindsima collection dc casimires, de driles y
ropa hecha, para todos los gustos y al alcance
de todas las fOrtunas, hallaran ALI las personas
de buen tono.
Acudid, pues, elegantes, proveeros de traies
de Ultima moda
Sc ha autorizado va por el Gobierno el em
barque para esta sla de varios misioneros de Ia
Compahia de JESUS.
Estamos en- guardia,
Ha legado Mayagiiez el inteligente ingenie-
70 don Juan Bautista Rodriguez, inspector
general do la Inca del ferrocarril, con objeto
de inspeccionar las obras dc la Inca dc Maya
gGez Hormigueros que han comenzado va.
| La sociedad "Decauvlle" dc caminos de hie-
rro a via estrecha para la expld@aci6n de esta-
! blecimentos azucareros y cafeteros, tene el
honor do informar los seiiorA propietarios
que envia por dos meseS q esta isla al inspector
general, sehor Vizconde Gonsaguo do la Bau-
me, con objeto do ponerse la disposition de
laquelloS ofrecerles el nuevo material de la
| fabrica con las condiciones mas ventajosas.
| s., ,P Para obtener cualquier dato dirigrse N.
do la Baume, Hotel Paris" "-Mayaguez.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-17

Sc hallan en- Ponce nuestros distinguidos ami
gos los esposos don Juan Ramon de Torres
doha Josefa Borges, padres del querido amigo
doctor Torres, IN cnya casa 80 hospedan.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-17

Participo quien pueda interesar, que Ia ja-
ca que estaba depositada ell mi casa segin
unas papeletas que han circulado Sc encuentra
en- poder de don Juan Mayoral Montalvo quien
la ha venido hoy solicitar como dueho res
ponsable.
Ponce, Julio Is de 1894
U;oa,,to dIbS,u
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-03

LoulsIana's Parishes
The history of Louisiana is prettily
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-03

and the free and independent citizens
as laborers and many other objectiona.
BILE features in this system have proven
so obnoxious and distasteful to people
generally that it has been abandoned
in quite number of states, and others
are undertaking to do away with it
at as early date as the contracts will
permit.
The large area of land of the most
fertile class uncultivated in the south
from lack of planters renders the farm
about the only place on which con-
Wet can be worked where competition
does not exist and where the revenue
to be derived is far in excess of that
under the lease system.
When negotiations were begun by
the state of Arkansas for the lease of
Sunnyside there was considerable OPP
position from certain sources. but a
thorough investigation of the property
led the state officials to conclude that
it was the only tract of land in the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-03

be, and an inferior grade of cotton is
grown. which will hardly bring in the
market the cost of production.
Whether the laborer or the planter is
responsible for this state of affairs is
difficult to say. but investigation of
the question leads one to conclude il
cotton is properly planted, nursed and
cared for in due season as it should be,
there is abuiSlant profit to the planter
even at much less price than has
lately ruled the market.
There is as much depend emit upon the
laborer in the cultivation of cotton as
in the management or fertility of the
soil, and the solution of the problem of
making money in raising cotton, in
vestigations show, rests in the land be-
ing plowed, the product planted,
hoed, protected and harvested all in
due and proper season, and the fact is
proven that II is most essential to a
southern planter that he should have
his labor entirely under control.
Equally as troublesome and compli-
Gated as the labor question is to the
southern planter has been the convict
question with southern state officials.
AS matter of course the state is
required to clothe, feed and guard its
convicts The lease system, which has
been the more nearly universal one in
the south heretofore, by reason of the
treatment the convicts received from
lessees, the interference, or rather
eompatition Tins arantad 40 hatuoap
the convicts in the hands of the lessees
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-03

state that would answer all the pur-
poses required and at the same time
prove gself-sustaining and profitable.
1t has heretofore been considered about
the best the state could do to receive a
revenue Of $40 to $40 per annum for
each convict able bodied and compe-
tent to do such work as coal mining.
railroad building, ETC., but the revenue
thus derived was hardly sufficient to
take care Of the weaker class of con-
victs who were not physically able to
work at anything.
II Is estimated that by this arrange
ment with the Sunnyside plantation, not
from mere figures and what should be
done, but from actual results obtained
in past years In farming this land, .
very good profit yer year may be real
lied when all is in working order. II
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-03

is thought a profit RAY be obtained
which would net the state from S175 to
5000 per annum per convict
This farm affords ample facilities for
the raising of meat, sugar corn, syrup
lin fact, everything for subsistence
and luxury, and after the first year
there will be no need of buying any
thing and the owner of the property can
the first year supply the state at a
very low rate with ample food for
their men from the products of 1893.
Its area ready for cultivation of five
thousand acres could afford work for
seven hundred to eight hundred con-
victs for nine months in the year
in the cultivation of cotton and
corn. Its valuable timbered lands,
covering seven thousand acres of virgin
forest, afford work for many years to
come for the odd time of their men
when not actively engaged in farming
operations. The railroad of twelve
miles running through the property
which is owned by the Sunnyside COM
pany affords every facility for the
transportation of their men without
delay to and from their work. and
of the timber to the lake and river
landings.
1t is the purpose of the state and the
owner of the plantation to increase
the cultivatable area from year to
year, as the labor of the convicts may
be spared from farming operations, and
it is understood that of the entire
twelve thousand acres there is not an
acre but which is susceptible of the
highest state of cultivation for the
growth of cotton and other products,
and without fertilizer of any kind.
1t has long been a question of grave
consideration howthe many complica-
tions arising out of the present convict
system in Arkansas could be adjusted,
ana it will no doubt be a source of
great relief to the public of that state
generally to know that arrangements
have now been consummated whereby
the convicts are out of competition
with free labor and apart by them
selves in perfectly healthy, safe and
most fertile section of the state, where
they will no longer be drain on the
treasury of the state, but on the con-
trary turn into such deserving funds
as the public schools and charity ac-
counts revenue of $4,000 to $780,
900 above all expenses per annum.
JAMES Il. FROST.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-03

ed by tropical vegetation and drink in
the fragrance of balmy zephyrs even
in February and never pay cent for
the privilege.
To be sure, to effect this decidedly
inexpensive change from the land of
wintry blasts and the treacherous
cable car to the soft atmosphere of
southern glades one would have to
steal horse, rob henroost, set fire
to barn or commit some such act of
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-03

IN unconventional character some
times regarded as criminal, but then
one canget used to anything and the
benefits which would accrue are not tc
be reckoned lightly.
! In n word, the state of Arkansas has
entered into an agreement with north
ern capital represented by Austin Cor.
bin & Co. by which all the states con-
victs are to be transferred into sort
| of Garden of Eden where the mos.
| quitoes bite not and the alligator does
not pursue the festive pickaninny,
writes correspondent in a New York
paper.
The spot chosen is great farm sit
uated on an island in Chicot lake.
which is of most peculiar formation,
winding about the land as it does in
the shape of horseshoe, meeting at
two extremities the Mississippi river.
The water surroundings, of course,
make the place an ideal one for the
confinement of convicts.
These malefactors, instead of having
to submit to the lockstep and close
confinement of their northern brothers
in crime, will work in the open air and
will be well housed and well fed to
such degree that it is not believed
they will try to escape, especially as
their work will not be of a very labor
ious character.
Since the war the southern planta-
ton owner has grown gray very
young owing to the shiftlessness and
absolute unreliability of the darkies
on whose labor he has had to depend for
conducting a cotton plantation on a
profitable basis. He soon found that
the negro with dollar in his pocket
wouldn't work until he got ready, even
If the crop went to ruin for the lack of
some one to gather it.
With this idea in view the peniten-
tiary commissioners of Arkansas, who
comprise Governor Fishback, Attorney
General Clarke and Secretary of State
Armistead, after consultation with
Mr.. Corbin's representatives, decided
to move all the convicts of the state to
the Sunnyside plantation, on Chicot
island.
1t has long been problem with the
southern planters how to reduce the
cost of growing cotton, render their
lands more productive and make money
out of their product Many years ago
the southern planters were generally
wealthy, comfortable and satisfied
with the results obtained from raising
cotton, but of late years this condition
of satisfaction has been changed to
one of discomfort, and now they are
unanimous in their belief that there is
less money in the product than hereto
fore.
Directly responsible for this condi-
ton of affairs are the unsettled state
and unreliable tendency of the colored
farm laborer, the farmers inability to
give to his crop the proper attention
at the all-important season, and the
consequence. in most cases, that the
cotton stalk is not fruited az It should
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-03
MRS. FRED GRANT.

though related to some of the most ex-
elusive people in the country, was
overtalSen by financial embarrass-
ment. Hence they lived in practical
scclusion for time, and those who re-
member them then recall the warm at
tachment that always subsisted be-
tween the two sisters. Both of the
girls, even in their retirement. received
brilliant offers of marriage, and one
millionaire was very anxious to add to
his social Importance by marrying his
son to one or other of the girls Both
persisted, however, in declining the
honor, so the millionaire took his boy
to New York and married him off in
the latter city. After that event bokh
father and son died, and the widow
now lives in great splendor on the
fortune.
LouIsIana's Parishes
The history of Louisiana is prettily
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-03

outlined in.the names of her parishes.
A few Indian county names
hint at the story of the aborigines; two
or three Spanish names tell of De Soto
and the Spanish occupation; several
French names commemorate the
French settlement of the region, and
half dozen names that honor early
heroes of the United States tell of that
wise stroke by which jefferson added
a vast territory to the possessions of
his country.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-03

beers of the Four
Hundred who came
back from visits to
that city. Hence,
when she appeared
in New York it was
with a prestige al
ready established.
Ii o t II Mrs. Grant
and her sister, Mrs.
Potter Palmer, had
very poor prospects
years a go w h c n
4 Il fatla 81
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-03
The Dark Ares

The Abbot Trithemius in the four
teenth century undertook to invent
shorthand, but his treatises on the
subject were condemned and publicly
burned as being filed with diabolical
mysteries 49,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-03
ARKANSAS CONVICTS.
WILL SOON ENJOY AN ULTRA
HUMANE SYSTEM.
The state to, Go Into the Farming
business on Contract. Thus Removing
the Possibility OF Composition With
Free Labor-An Admirable Change.

N A r r A N G E
ment just entered
into by the state of
Arkansas with a
northern firm of
capitalists seems to
have solved the
problem as to how
we poor northern
ers can spend the
winter months in
the south surround
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-03
MRS. FRED GRANT.
She Is the Social Lioness of New Yorks
Exclusive Set.

Exclusive Set.
Never did a woman achieve greater
social success in so short time as
Mrs Frederick ID. Grant has done in
New York. Her success in the Aus
trian capital, where her career as a
diplomats wife was a triumphal march
through exclusive society there, was,
of course, duly reported by the mem-
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-17

elegant high tea, at which the guests
were Misses Foster, R.wlins, Shap.
ard, Carroll, Kyle Pace and
Parker; Messrs. Cullen F. Thomas,
A. NJ. Curtis, Rosser Thomas,
Mallinson, McCulloch, Ma.tox and
Mrs. Carroll.
The choicest viands were served
in a number Of courses from a
dainty table, on which the array OF
crystal and silver was effectively
heightened by the artistic arrange
ment of Gu, flowers. The souvenirs
for the ladies were Gala lilies, per
feet in their sunny beauty, whlie
boutonieres for the gentlemen were
white gardenias.
After tea the remainder of the
evening was spent in song and con
versation, the charming hostess con
trihuting several vocal gems.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-17
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.
Mrs. EDWARD TOBY. Jr., Society Editor.
tTefephone No "'O1
SOCIAL EVENTS.

The past week has been without
precedent this season, at least, \ OF
one event to chronicle Those tha-
we're to have been are postponed,
some indefinitely, Others 20 culmi-
nate in the near future. Tais ate
Of social aft sir5 is occa-ioned, not
40 much by fear Of fever epidemic,
as by the knowledge that caution IS
ever the safeguard against the ills
OF life. Pleasure deferred gains
by the pleasant anticipation In
which it IL held so, after all, we
lose nothing BY these days of quiet
and rest.
signor D'Anns had prepared an
attractive programme for his in
vited guests of Monday evening,
but deemed it best to yield to pub.
lie sentiment and forego the recital.
1t is with regret that we announce
that Signor D'Anua finds it lmpos-
sible to continue his weekly visits
TO Waco, so his class will be dis
continued.
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a Striking Feature.

A pretty tableau feature which
has been added to the cotillion this
season is the rose lady, who is seated
at rose laden table, intermngled
with bright ribbons, at hen back
rests a pillow of roses, which forms
beautiful background for her grace
full poses as she is expected to do
the ornamental when not dis ribut.
ing her beautiful wares.
The fair lady who awards the
favors and prizes, is now selected
with great care. She is expected to
look wonderfully pretty and
picturesque, and as she disbarses
the favors from her gaily trimmed
table, TO say the most charming
things, thus making herself de
cided feature of the evening.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-17

Mrs. Cunningham, acc ompanied
by party of nine, left on Thurs
day via the Cotton Belt, on a camp
ing excursion. Their location will
be on the banks of the Colorado,
beautiful site at Chadwick's Falls
having been selected. So no end
Of I'm is anticipated by the merry
party which, among others, include:
MIR. and Mrs. Joe Scales, Miss Ock
ander, Miss Vincent, Messrs Ock
ander, Willig, and Masters Nernlt
Willig and Bob Parrot.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-17
HERE AND THERE.

Mics Minnie Johnston IS visiting
in McGregor.
Miss Montgomery, accompanied
By Miss Park, has returned to Bel.
ton
Miss Tibbs and Mrs. w. ii.
Moser are visiting their sister, Mrs.
Robinson, at West,
Mr.. John Weille is back, after
seeing his brother safely on the
high road to good health
Messrs. J. w. and B. S. Castles,
of New Orleans, have been guests
in the city during the past week.
Mrs. w. A. Howard will be, i'm
mediately after Easter, the hostess
for number of society people, who
will be hidden to meet Miss Stem
mons, of Dallas.
Mr.. levin Plunkett, secretary OF
the Cotton Palace, and Mr.. p. Ray
Napier, of the Dallas News, are
rivalling our young women in the
glory of their spring attire.
Miss Nell Conway Jones, one OF
the most charming debutantes of the
season, has forsaken her many ad
mirers here and departed for hel
future home in San Antonio. 1t il
with regret that we note her de
parture, AZ Miss Jones was an un
doubted acquisition to the ranks Of
our pretty girls.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-17

The latest fad ia the solo dance,
which obtains at all swell functions.
Many society girls have already be-
come adopts, and as 1t is the very
newest thing out the amateur
danseuse trains with the best mas
Ter of the Tefpsichorean art, that
she may give entertainment to her
friends. These solo dances are
eminently "proper," and are very
pretty, and they give such color and
novelty to the usual evening dance
that we do not wonder that they
have so rapidly sprung into high
favor.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-17
Sold by all druggists.
BLESSINCTON'S DEFENSE.
Much Ado About Nothing According
TO Him.

To THE News: Several years
ago was appointed sanitary in.
spector of this city. My instruc
ton was to report to the city
health physician every morning, and
to the chairman of the sanitary com.
mittee every evening. | was
ordered to report all contagious and
infectious diseases to one, and all
nuisances that l failed to have
abated to the other. | was required
TO adopt such sanitary regulations as
| deemed advisable for every ward
in the city alike. With the co
operation of the city marshal and
police force, no dangerous nusauces
existed in the city longer than a
few hours The necessary sanitary
instructions WAS given to every
family. There was no relaxation
in the sanitary improvements daily.
| took some pride and was compll-
mented time and again by sanitari.
ans from this and other states. l
believe the expense of the sanitary
department was less than any city
in this state or elsewhere. Later
on the board of health was created
by the city council, giving them
certain powers over sanitary Off ,ers
in the city. The sanitary ordi.
nance that | was sworn to enforce
was not repealed, and is still in
existence. When endeavoring to
give the same sanitary protection to
every part of the city, my hands
were tied behind my back, for fear
would displease some of the men,
bers of the board of health l fol.
lowed the trail of the late disease
lest il should become an epidemic.
reported a broken link in the
disease, universal rule adopted by
cities during contagious diseases,
and for which | was complmen.ed
by the late state health officer, dur
ing the late small pox excitement to
one of the mem bers of the board of
hCoACA GAoI N as OtuCICN W IoROll
to. He informed me that | had no
business on the trail of it, and
furthermore that l had no business
going into any more houses with the
disease, although | had orders some
ten days previous to fumigate and
dislnfect my own way. ! believe
saved the lives OF a dozen of child.
rem. 1t is we'll known fact that
the fumigator and disenfector in
any city is fire proof against con
tagious or infectious diseases; al
times he acts as nurse, cook, and
frequently dresses and buries the
dead. No city can afford to neglec
her sick during contagious diseas es
Some time ago the said member O.
the board of health had published
an uncalled communication, defining
sanitary inspectors, at time whel
l yielded my rights az sanitary in
spector of the city and agreed t.
work in any capacity that the boart
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-17

Mr.. Benjamin Morris, of Hous
ton, and Miss Barstow, of New
Bedford, Mass. were married few
days since at the home Of the bride.
The young couple ere enjoying an
extensive bridal tour and their
homecoming is held in pleasant
anticipation by Houston society, OF
which the groom is prominent
member. Mr. Morris is brother
of Mrs. j. Alfred Early, of this
city, and the second son of Mrs.
j. K. Morris, Of Houston, who is
the head of one of the oldest aud
most Influential families of the
Bayou City.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-17
PERSONAL.

j. M. House, of ChiciN IL
guest at the Royal.
Hon. Haywood Brahan, Of ~
Land, is in the city.
Hugo Sa, chs, of Galveston,
stopping at the Royal.
Claus Olandt, Jc., of New !
is in the city, a guest at the RAJ
ii. II. Rowland, a proml1
citizen of Tyler, is guest Al
Pacific.
Howard Falrbrother and ri
j. Dandy, of New York, are q
at the Royal.
Mrs. G. Il. NJ ,rton and slste
Denison, are among the late arr
at the Royal.
Mr.. Joe Presnall has ust
pleted his business course at n
keepsie and is now taking a {
in shorthand and typewrlt'1
Camm ack's business college
Frank Brady, the well z \
newspaper man, whose "du u
Musings" used to make the u
ton News readers laugh, IS
city. He is accomp anied BY.
Brady, and they are guests OF
tives at the Pacific.
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The Jewellers

With Easter Sunday The Jewellers
make their debut into the society
world. The club is rapidly growing
in strength and members, and bids
fair to bs most creditable organizl-
ton The officers of the club are
Mr.. Edward Toby, Jr., president;
Mr.. Edgar Curtis, frs, vice presi-
dent; Mr. Clarence Moore, second
vice president; Mr. Austin Rogers
secretary; Mr.. Parkinson, treasurer.
The german on Easter VI )nday will
be given at the home of Mr. Edgar
Curtis.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-17

While our maidens fair are plan
ming new gowns and bewitching
head. gear for Easter tide, we would
mildly suggest that the jeunesse
doree devise something novel IN the
way of entertainment. The same
old cotillions are losing their zest;
new spirit and life could easily be
infused into them by our trio of
McAllisters if they would but give
the matter little thought
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-17
A Suggestion.

Why not compliment the ladies
and gentlemen of the "Night Off,
company by appearing in full dress
From personal experience we know
that an audience in gala array has a
most inspiring effect upon the per.
formers, and it is but a tritliug
courtesy to paw to those who are
giving their elf orts for public
cause.