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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-08-15
suaARIo;
ISL. Director do LA DEMocRAcIA q
Madrid l8 de Julio de 1894.

Muy distinguido senor mio: ce--
/ rradas las Cortes para una larga
temporada; suspense toda clase de
trabajos, 10 mismo los pollticos
qne los cientf6cos y literarios; au-
/ sente Ia corte, y con ella una bue-
na parte de la aristocracia; ausen.
|. tes, 8 causa del excessive calor, to-
dos los que, por sus ocupaciones 8
por su dinero, pueden abandonar
esta villa y muertas todas las ini-
ciativas por la misma raz6n, no pu-
diendo hacer otra cosa los que nos
quedamos aquf, que defendernos de
Ia alta temperature que nos ahrasa,
Ia corte presenta, como todos los
amos por esta epoca, I'm aspecto de
tristeza y desolaci6n POGO envidia-
BE. Ell ministro que acompana q
"a reina & San Sebastian es el de
Marina, Sir. Pasquin, y es probable
que 4 mediados de la temporada
/ ,narche 4 diche sitio 81 sehor Sa
/ gasta, 81 cual sale manana para los
| banos de Fitero. Los ministries
iran saliendo por turno, y siempre
habra- tres & cuatro en- Madrid, nc
solo para las necesidades del servi
cio, SIND para cualquier suceso que
pudiera sobrevenir. Ahora nc Sc
temen insurrecciones republicans
ri de ningln genero, y este allents
| mas & los ministries, para que Sc
sntreguen 4 las delicias del descan-
50 que trae consigo el veraneo! Los
/ 6rganos ministeriales aseguran que
Ia poiitica estara todavfa mucho mas
reposada dentro de algunos dlas, er
cnanto concluyan de ausentarse los
pocos hombres que adn quedan er
esta corte.. En- los puertos de Can.
tAbrico reina agradable temperatu-
"a Y los que aim no han salido par;
ellos, 10 haran en- esta misma SO
mana.
Los personajes que estan ma
rsacios para partir, pertenecen a
bando conservador. Varios ex-mi
nistros de este partido acuden COZ
frecueDcia 4 la Huerta, suntuosa re
sidencia del senior Canovas del Gas
tillo, y con 81 celebran constante'
conferencias, que son muy comen
tadas en- los pocos c{rculos pol1tico
que ann concurre alguna gente
En- algunas ocasiones, en- este in
vierno, los canovistas, vistos los fra
casos que ha espirimentado Saga
ia. creian que 50 les iba s otorga
81 poder. Sc han equivocado las
timosamente, porque, aunque hu
biera surgido la crisis, que alguno
ministeriales previan, esta habrl
sido parcial y limitandose a i
salda de Moret y algdn otr9 mi
~ Por no haber legado en- el correo dltim
la correspondence do Ricardo Vons, damo
oabida & Ia que aparece continuation, y que
como muestra nos remite su sutor desd
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-08-15

ferenciss por Gl celehradas con e Sr, Beoe.
ira, Sc haya tratado de un nueyo plan do
retormas.
Ell ST. Dolz doclara que 81 partido libe-
raj no puede tener dos proyectos sobre ma
misma materia. ..
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-08-15
NOTIC|AS NACIONALHy

Madrid, Agosto 5,-N Hro}do publica
ma carta del senior Dolz, diputado por el
listrito dc Colon, neeando que en- las con-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-08-15

Fl Gobicrno General inpuso una multaa
La Corre$pondencia
\ el alcalde, por medic de sus aeontes,
exlgio el pogo Ma'edioto.
El perlodico Sc aprest6 pagar sin de-
mora y tue dc un lado para otro. dc ofici-
ma en- oticina y Gle bur6crata en- bur6crata.
sin encontrar quien recibiese sus dineros
Esto dice 10 que es la administration pu.
blica en- tiempos de dabantGje.
Mas ridiculo no puede resultar ese aprc.
mic para percibir la multa esa ausencia
de los que han de percibrla.
Pero no hay cuidado: los subaltemos
del general andan libres de mutas Sc
cuestros
Diviertanse, pues, anchamente en- com
pafia dc los del gas dc los del f6sforo.
Hagan los que les cuadre como les cua-
lire.
Y nj siquicra Sc prcoculon dc la crftica
! que mcrcccn. rbt4i
S,lyo es el RENO dc la inmunidad, que
disfrutan por los siglos de los siglos N
Aqui, exceptuando al contribuycnte, Al
que trabaja y produce, al quo fccunda con
su labor Ia TERRA gencrosa, todo el mundo
viyo sn gns,o, siu deberes y sin graya-
menes.
Por ESQ ticncn tai prestigio los poderes
constitnidos.
| J por ESQ no We Ocuita,
que, en- esas artts maestro,
haS quicn, con saha inconsnlta,
nos echa encma la muta
Y nos impone 81 secuestro
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-08-15

Refriendosc Rodriguez Gonzalez, Fl
de Pehnelas, dice un comunicaIhe do Lea
Notici0s:
" Al saberse aqui cl nombramiento de- 81.
calde municipal con que acaba do hon,ar-
le el Gobienno, reuni6rontc esa noche todQs
las glasses de esta sociedad, sia distinction
De a'0ticss po'nicos, para sjgnifcarle la sn-
tisfaccion con que el pueblo We su acertoto
nombramento. o............'
Sin distinction de matices politicos?
Y entire totes esas cases sociaes /; iban
tambi6n los liberales, los antiques lbcral,s
de Penueas?
No 10 creemos: hay cosas que nos pare
ceran siempre lncrcibles
pero 81 cstabau slli feicitando al ar1s-
tata, saludando al Judas Ses que SO ha per
dido por complete en- pehuess la.
memoria
1 rs que ALI el patriotismo rcsulta una
palabra vana e indtil !?
| lEs que no queda nj un solo hombre de
coraz6u per aquellas comarcas
| ;Oh frutos de la scmlla putrefacta!
Como inyadis un pueblo y como atrofiais
en- su alma las mas mobiles ideas las ma,
sagradas tradiciones!
Nadie, entire los conyccinos del nuevo
don Julian, sc levanta rechaaar la afr
maci6n de Las .Noticiuss
i; Es exacto que estaban junto 1 Rodii-
guez Gonzalez toaos los elementos que en-
Pchuelas existen?
| Pues 81 es exacto pardiez,
sin disputa es 10 mejor
! que fgnrcn de una vez
+ n en- la banda del doctor. tt
Una partcularidad
la DEMooRAcIA, dos Aoces se.uestrada,
la tenido que satisfacer TRES rEsos sEsrN-
ia cENTAvos EspASoLEs por franquto de
los miles dc ejemplaros cue no ,fuelon Ia
isla sno al Jnzgado de instruction.
Sc nos detiene 81 periddico; 30 circula
por los puehlos; no ooupa los coches nj las
balijas, y, sin embargo, paga cl porte CO.
respondents de igual modo que 81 Ia adj
minStraci6n le prestase el seryicio do He
varlo todas parties.
A4ul tenemos los recibos del 7 Y del IL,
ihb'Sioo, sin ucoouentoo III ieodJdS.
i Es muy original
i ~ fueramos con la queja s con Ia reela-
maci6n & don Domingo.
4 No ha hzgor, re dalia el gustaso do es-
cribir al margen: no ha lugar 4 10 que SO
pidc. Y
Faciencia. mucha paciercia hemos ne
hester los que nacimos en- una colonia, pa
ra llevar con calma las anomalies que Sc
inyentan 4 cada paso Ntt
"No te presto e seryicio; mes te oobro
el fran4uco." Y no te queda otro cammo
que el de Cangrejos. Apcls las madres
4 del sagrado corazon.' -
Asi parece decirnos cl correo. II
Y nosotros tan trapqu'los.
Por algo Nomos del pals de los eordero'.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-27
A MODEST DETECTIVE.
Edith Sessions Upper Interviews . Fs-
nous Thief Catcher.

Edith Sessions Upper Interviews . Fa-
nous Thief Catcher.
Especial Correspondence
DENVER, April pa would like to set
the best of the city detectives by the side
| of "Doc" Shores, the most famous thief
catcher west of the Missouri, and mark the
comparison. Take any of those typical,
handsome, well dressed, well fed, well
| groomed fellows who look like clubmen
| and put them by this man with the gaunt,
siaewy frame, the eagle face, tie hungry,
burning eyes, plainly dressed, direct and
rough OF speech, modest, nervy ana cold
blooded The two types would form an
interesting study in the ethics of crime
hunting
met Cyrus Shores, nicknamed doc"
throughout the entire west-a name he
detests, by the wagon the train between
Montrose and Grand Junction the other
afternoon. From the crowd about the sta
ton / had singled out this man as one OF
strong individuality, and when after the
train started a member of our party said,
Il want to introduce the man who has &C
complished more good than any other man
this side the divide" and brought forward
the one had remarked was not surprised.
Doc" Shores never talks about him
self. In vain have Chicago, Denver and
st. Louis newspaper men tried TO get him
to tell his experiences. This western
sphinx is immovable, as a rule But
seeing you're lady and have come SO
far" he said. and then for two hours fas-
cinated and thrilled me with his converse
ton.
Our route that day lay along country
which had been the scene of many of Mr..
Shores most perilous adventures. Rem
iniscences of the gang that robbed the sta
ton of Mancos and the bank at Delta; of
Schafer, Anderson, Ed Caviness, famous
desperadoes there; of Kid Mccarthy, dar-
ing young cutthroat, shot like dog in his
tracks at last, whiled the time away.
Perhaps the most grewsomely fascinat-
ing story was that of Alfred Packer, Dead
Man Packer" the Colorado cannibal who
killed five men and ate their flesh, cooking
it in an old coffeepot, and now serving his
sentence in the Canon City psnitentiary.
Shores is absolutely fearless, wonder
fnl rider and crack shot. This incident
will show the caliber of the man: He was
sitting in bricklayer's cottage at Gunni-
son rocking a baby's cradle, waiting the
return of the child's father, with whom he
had some business. The bricklayer came
down the road toward his home swinging
his dinner pail -Four desperadoes, firing
for the fun of it, met him and shot him
dead before his door, Wild with rage
Shores started from the baby's cradle,
leaped on the back of his horse and gave
chase to the assassins. For ~ miles he
pursued them constantly firing and never
once sitting down in his saddle.
In 1889 Shores followed Denver and Rio
Grande express robbers on horseback 500
miles to Cotapaxi, then to No Mans Land,
through the Cherokee strip, Cheyenne and
Arapahoe reservations then through the
Caddo, Comanche and Chickasaw Nations,
and finally caught his men near the Ar
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kansas line He travelled from 40 TO 65
miles a day, riding down one horse then
changing for a fresh beast. He rode from
o'clock in the morning until 10 at night,
then dropped off under a tree, rolled him
self up in blanket and slept till morning.
He left his home fer three days and was
gone for 43 days. He was rewarded by Sec
ing his prisoners sent up for life. Eight
years ago Shores followed another set of
express robbers half the winter on foot
through the mountains from Unaweep to
Utah, finally capturing them.
Shores language is as picturesque and
virile as himself. Here are some of his ex-
pressive and forceful sentences: He was
stuck on being a bad man. "A good
tough man." "A sure enough thing
man" and in describing one of his most
desperate caPtiyes and how he was urged
to turn states evidence against his con-
freres said, But he decided to stand pat
and go to hell with the rest -
THE worst man to deal with he said
in return TO enc of my questions, lis the
bad man who never drinks. A man who
drinks occasionally is weak and more hui
man, but the bad man who never drinks
is bird The best time to arrest desper-
ado? Early in the morning, when he is
half awake and l can get my gun out be-
fore he can get his
prevailed upon Mr. Shores to show me
his gun, and when from his hip pocket he
drew an object which TO my alarmed gaze
looked like small cannon a grim smile
for an instant softened his grizzled face.
I've never talked before" he said.
Its queer thing for me to do I've had
a strange life. I've never known what it
was 10 have any pleasures. I've only
worked I've tried TO be square, and even
the men I've taken to the penitentiary
have got nothing against me. I remember
once had TO get some information from
an old father and mother about their scape-
grace son, bad man. Well. l went 10
their house and represented myself to be 3
friend of their son who hadn't heard from
him for long time, and they handed over
his letters 10 me, and in that way / found
out where he was arrested and Jailed him.
Afterwaru l met the parents, and the old
lady approached me bitterly for my duplic-
ity. 'Nou came to our house As friend of
my son. she said, you hypocriter
took II coolly till she got through. and then
1 said: Madam, you remember. don YOU.
that you quite insisted should sit down
ana eat with you, and that refused,
tried not TO abuse your hospitality. / had
70 do my duty, you know -
That is thel teynote to Doc" Shores
character-dutt Before it everything must
give way. Through this answering at
tention TO duty this famous western Javert
has earned the proud distinction of 1.-THE
man who has done the greatest amount of
good Tor society west of the Mississippi
EDITH SESSIONS UPPER .
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-27
1.-THE FORTUNE OF FRANCE"
The Peasant Woman with Her Thrift snd
Conservation.

The Peasant Woman with Her Thrift and
Conservatism.
The wife of the French peasant pro-
prietor is enthusiastically designated
by NJ. Blouet as ''the fortune of
France" and this is by no means an
extravagant or hyperbolical eulogy OF
q woman who is VIGOROUSLY industri-
Gus. sober, saving, ever busy in the
house, the fields, or the market Her
daughter, moreover, as a rule-though
"she does not wear fringes"-when she
goes out to service, pays a monthly
visit to the savings bank on receipt Of
her wages, whereas the English serv-
ant-girl buys q new hat and gets
photographed in it," There is too
much truth in this satirical allusion
to the proverbial hospitality of fe-
male domestics in this country,
where the love Of snowy fnery and
the craving to emulate their So
cial superiors in external display
stimulate many British girls to squsn.
der their hard-earned money on fall lals
ill-becoming their station in life.
French women of the middle and
tent to seem to be what they really
are, and regard with salutary scorn
those few among them who sedulously
ape the appearance and bearing Of
their betters The descriptions Of
them as 1.-THE fortune of France" is
fully justified by facts that are within
the cognizance of all those who have
watched the course of events under the
imperial and republican regimes alike
during the past forty years. 1t was
the unremitting industry, the infexi-
BILE thrift, the indomitable conserva-
tism of French women that enabled
France to pay for Napoleonic splendors
ut home and adventures abroad:
that accumulated the national
savings with which the gigantic
war indemnity of 1871 was liquidated
long before the expiration OF the stip-
ulated terms; that kept up the sta nd |
ard Of general well being throughout |
France, after she had suffered defeat,
spoliation and territorial loss. in such |
sort that her people have almost cheer
fully borne the oppressive burdens of |
ever-increasing taxation, and sur.
mounted successive financial calam tiles |
Of tremendous severity. Frsnehmep
owe much of the commercial bouyancy
and industrial rssourcefulness at which
''all the world wonders" TO the superb
qualities Of Frenchwomen-moth
wives and daughters alike-who are
their indefatigable business partners
as well as sympathetic life companions.
their agents and associates. friends and
comrades. 1t is their pride and pleas
ure not only to earn. but TO save; &c
make provision against a rainy day."
to keep in reserve, as they automatically
put IL, "a pear for the time of thirst"
London Telegraph
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-27
m THE FISH STORE.

Customer Who Had Many Wants Of
Varied Measures.
A discouraged-looking man opened
the door of West Side fish store the
other morning and looked cautiously
alarm him, and he walked boldly in.
The proprietor was busy shucking
some oysters. and the discouraged
looking man stood around until the Job
was done.
what can I do for you, sir?'' thu
proprietor then asked politely.
Gimme two quarts of white fish,"
What, sir?''
,"Gimme two quarts Of white fish, I
said, and gimme 'em quick"
But, sir, white fish isn't sold by the
quart"
The caller looked astonished.
''Hain't, hay?" he asked. ''Well, then.
gimme pound of oysters. selects"
The proprietor of the fish store
thought he had a crazy man to deal
with. He edged toward the door and
stammered: 'But oysters are not sold
by the pound"
The discouraged-loolzing man gazed
around vacantly. II will have a yard
Of nice, fresh Holsters, he then an
nounced.
The fsh-store man had his hand on
the door-knob by this time. "Who
ever heard of selling Holsters by the
yard?" he asked in amazement.
well, gimme a gill of bullheads!"
shouted the visitor, desperately.
''Gill of bullheads?" repeated the fish.
store man. why, you're drunk OF
crazy"
NO. amt. / want a square foot OF
CLAIMS. l thought / had made a mis-
take. Square foot of clans, that's what
want"
II can't sell you CLAIMS by the square
foot"
Cant hay? What kind of two
penny fish shop is this, anyway? Got
any sardines?"
Yes" said the fish-store man, be-
ginning to get drawer as he saw his Wis
itor was harmless. 81 have some very
nice sardines."
sin oil or mustard?"
Both ways"
"Well, gimme half gallon in oil.
Hustle now"
But / haven't got as many as that"
The discouraged-looking man wan
dered around for few minutes and
looked the stock over. The proprietor
tlptoed across the store and picked up
his oyster knife.
about two feet of these here shrimps
will about fill the BILL" announced the
caller.
The fish-store man was very brave
now. He gripped the oyster knife
tightly and shouted: ''See here. what
in blazes do you want? What's the mat
ter with you, anyhow
The discouraged-looking man thought
for minute Then he said, in q husky
whisper: ''Pll tell you what want
want about three cents worth of red
herring, and hain't got the price.
VIII You fix me out?"
''Why didn't you ask me for it in the
first placer" inquired the 6sh-store
man, as he handed out two behring's
and some crackers.
"Well," said the discouraged-looking
man between mouthfuls, ito tell tho
truth, ''it's bin so long since nego-
tiated for any brain food that 1 was
kinder gettin' the hang of the thing
before bracing you. Buffalo Express
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-27
9he aahita Badly eagle grdau 7norninq, april e, 1884.

Dus dry gulcf. This soldier got across
the desert-Lord knows how-to the Colo
RADIO river and came to Yuma On his way
he found some wonderful gold specimens
They were SO rich the gold stood out all over
'em- He told about where he found them,
but that wasn't much help, for all these
hills are pretty much alike, and he was too
scared to go back-afrsid he'd be caught
and shot for deserting-so he struck oue
into California"
What became of him them"
Don't know Never heard OF again.
That was 20 years ago. Some fellows
started to find his mine, but couldn't stand
the heat and the desert. Nearly every year
since some prospector has been after it.
Some have got lost and died, but I've
struck it sure and shall work it for all
there is in it. There's the Pegleg mine"
That's queer name for mine"
The Pesleg Mine.
eyes, named after Pegleg Smith, an old
timer that come through from Wyoming
time of the Mormon migration in 1913.
He had headed for California and come
down the Colorado river, left it about here
and struck across the Colorado desert. Out
in the desert at the foot of the San Jacinto
mountains he ran onto a big gold outcrop-
ping. When he got over to the coast, he
showed his rocks and made a map of the
location for other prospectors to follow,
while he went up TO the diggings in north
ern California He didn't want q desert
claim Men have been hunting the Colo
RADIO desert for that Pegleg mine ever since.
Then there's the Peoples mine. Old man
Peoples picked up S25, 600 worth of mug
gets on the desert near Wickenburg, the
old stage station, in the sixties, spent the
rest of his life hunting for the vein and
died poor
but do you believe these old tradition
airy mines."
Yes. They're all here somewhere.
There's the Niger Ben and the Gun Light
lodes-never been located. When was in
Tucson years ago, they used to talk about
the Yuma mine. Men would go out and
bring in rich specimens of float, but they
never found the ledge. That lost mine is
still drawing men over the ella desert like
a magnet. Some day they will all be found
just as found the Soldier mine," conclud-
ed the hopeful prospector.
HERBERT HAYWOOD.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-27
THE RUSSIAN THISTLE.
Damage Done BY This Terror to Farmsrl
In the West.

IN the West.
The harm that has come to this coun-
try through undesirable immigrants
of the lower orders of animal and vege-
table existences has been costly in
deed. Two great enemies are now
preying upon the country as pests.
The one is the gypsy moth and the
other the Russian thistle. In the war
of determination against the former,
S245,000 has been expended already.
This years appropriation is s165. 900, to
be followed by $3.50, 900 next year. $780,
900 the next, and $50, 900 annually after
that, so that round 1000. 900 in ap-
preparations is easily in sight. The
vegetable terror of the west, the Rus
sian thistle, was brought to this coun-
try sixteen years ago. Some immi-
grants happened to bring a bagful of
black fiaxseed to Dakota, and among
the flaxs eed were scattered fe w othe
little black seeds, not so large as mus
tard-seed. These were the seeds of the
fatal black thistle. No sooner had
these little black parasites touched the
soil than they started on the march of
destruction, and they nave already IN
vaded Minnesota, Wisconsin. Kansas,
Nebraska and Wyoming, rendering
20. 900 square miles of agricultural land
unproductive. The thick, thorny bush
of the Russian thistle. having a weak
hold on the soil. is taken up bodily by
the prairie winds and scatters its seeds
for miles around Nov that s25, 0oo. 900
of damage has already been done. the
government is asked for an appropria-
ton of ST. coo, 900 as starter in a chase
after the destructive thistle Traces
of Its existence are now found over
&c. 600 square miles of country, and how
many millions il viii cost TO extermi-
nate it Is matter of speculation.
Little did the poor Russian immigrant
imagine the millions of dollars Of de-
struction that his little bag OF seeds
was destined TO cost the country 1t
Is. indeed, q striking theme for sermons
on the power of little things to work
vas. results for good or evil in the
world Boston Globe
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Mnt.r Narker. Of Oaeb>e

At Quebec the winter markets are
very curious Everything Is frozen
Large pigs. killed perhaps months oe-
fore. may oe seen Standing frozen IN
the butchers shop Frozen masses Of
beef. mutton. deer. fowl, cod baddoeS
and cells. long and stiff, like walking
sticks, atoand 90 the stalls Milk also
: kept frozen aud s sold By the pound
n masses which look Ike Jumps OF
white marble Herald
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According to Announcement.

Customer-Seven dollars for this pair
Of shoes, Great Scott, the sign in Your
window says, Selling on Regardless
of Cost -
Merchant-That' right.
Customer-Regardles of cost, See
here, l used 70 be III the shoe business
myself, and | know thi. pair Of shoes
never cost more than So at wholesale.
Merchant-That's right. my friend.
I'm selling them for s. regardless Of tho
fact that they cost IS. See:-