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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-26

clausura. y parece natural que acu-
dan cuantos pueden a yer como Sc ha
presentado el pals, como ha respondi-
do Ell llamamiento que Sc le hizo.
siquiera tengan que reconocer los que
nos visiten, que los lansadores no fue-
ron de 10 mas apropostro para el
C SO.
Por fin Sc cerrara la exposition y
no aparece la de aves ganaderfa por
ninguna parte. Sc dijo que cierros
dias del mes de Mario eran los desti
nados para estas exhlbiciones; pcro
NADIA todo 10 que hasta hoy tene-
mos de este genero, sc reduce a aque-
LA trinidad de cerdcs. iiestre familia
de Ia que di cuenta en- una de mis-
revistas.
Tenemos una caballeriza espaciosa
y muy bien construida. muy bonita,
pero nj IN NAL chiringo siquiera Sc
exhibe en- ella ranchos tenemos
tambien, para distintas clases de ga
nado, pero hasta la fecha no he
mos visto nj la mas insignif7cante
muestra, de esta riqueza del pals.
Y hay que tener en- cuenta que aqui
vienen muchas de estas muestras
en- los concursos agr1colas que Sc
celebran auualmente. Por que no
habran venido en- la expos,cion
Nadie Sc explica que tan impor
tante ramo de la riqueza del pals
no tenga debida representation en-
nuestro certamen, y hay qde re-
conocer que los directories de la
fiesta pensaron solo en- que los
ganaderos, los propietarios y los pro-
ductores detoda clase debieron acudir
a la exposition sin aguardar excita-
clones de nadie y por su propio inte-
res. Asi debfa ser, acknowledgements;
para todos tlene gran Importance
concurrir con srs produetos a tales
actos, pero nunCa sucede quelo hagan
sin que las Juntas y comislones traba~
jen con tooo empeno poniendo en- jue-
go inhuencias y prestigios. { impo-
niendose molestias y SACRIFICES que,
por 10 visto, nuestras comislones j IN
tas no tuvieron a bien lmponerse, ia
vez porque confaron demasiado en- :.
inter6s que aIudo.
Por iguales cosas no hemos teaiJ5
en- la exposition Ell cuadro a. Ole
ell Velorio, nj el de Esquivel. obsss
pictoricas de merito incompatible qus
tanto llaman la atenclon, o.
a costa de cualquier sacrltlclo n.
debido fgurar en- el paIacio de San
turce.
Y por 10 que a Oller Sc re6sre
mucbo mas de lamentar, to "a 49,
que nuestro artista Proyecta lleyar
cuadro Paris, y creyo, eNhtb.6
dolo. reunir fondos con que IA
Ger el viaje; mas va puede estar s.
guro de no llegar por ese camino
la capital de Francia. Son muy po-
cas- las personas que van visitar ell
cuadro al Ateneo, y 10 probable es
que nj siquiera saque los gastos de
la instalacion Otra cosa hubtera SUI
cedido 81. como parecia natural, eI
cuadro Sc hubiera e&hIbido en- el pa
lacio de la exposlclon, en- donde, a
estas horas, hubIera sido vlsitado por
miles miles de personas
Oller fgura en- la exposition con
mas de venticinco magniheos cua-
dros. y tai vez esta clrcunstancia
venga d favorecer su proyecto dc tras-
Iadarse Europa, toda vez q Re q Gu-
RADIO de Ia seccion de PIntura ha0ra
de adjudicarfe IN premlo digno dc sus
mentos de artista y dc 81 valiosa
cooperation en- los actuaies momen-
tos.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-26
Sc VBNDEN

Tn coche 6no ligero de seis as;entos,
casi nuevo. Una turbiua sin usar, APPLICABLE
a Ia canerfa del acueducto con resisteucia
de seis eaballos vapor ocupa POGO espacio
y propia para pequena industria. In esta
imprenta informaran.
fouce, IL d. Mario Il, ls03 I'm.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-26
Un solar

Por auseatarse su dueho se vende
por Ia mitad de su valor TN hermoso
solar con una casita de MADEIRA. 81
tusdo en- Ia calle del Comereio nj
nero 6s.
Ieformara Pedro Claus@lls. cslle
i akfo s.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-26
DIEsTRO Y sINIEsTRO

Ell senor cura de Coamo SO arran-
ca contra Ia masoner1c en- sus sermo-
nes de semana Santa.
Y la masoneria funda eu Coamo
una nueva l6gia, extiende q esos va
lies sus trabajos y Sc dispone q ejer-
Ger, como siempre, la caridad &
ilumiuar, como siempre, las concien-
cias.
Las p!aticaa cIericales iamas pu-
dieron cohibir la institution angus
ia. Antes bien lograron impulsarla,
desarrollarla, propaganda, y hacer que
ilegase d todos los confines del pla
meta.
Conv6nzase el padre Rodriguez,
En las iglesias Sc pide.
En- los temples masonicos Sc da.
En- las iglesias hay intolerancias y
fan9 tismos.
En- los temples mas6nioos hay
amor y fraternidad
En- las iglesias Sc proclama Ia mo
raj.
En- los temples mas6nioos Sc prac
tica.
La diferenoia es notoria,
y es cosa facil decir
quien obtendra la victoria
cuando toquen & elegir.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-26

FL lunes fue el dia destinado por
la Jnnta los artesanos de la Capital.
Hubo bastante animacion; acudie-
ron q visitar el certamen muchfsimos
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-07-01

ed to pay me for the house, grounds
and barn at once, but the adjuster said,
mo; you must not give Mr.. Nye all
your money, for you would run short
and be q vagrant inside of year."
So the adjuster came. After awhile
1 convinced him thot / did not set
the house aire, and l could see that
ii was relief to him, for he was
man who loved to believe in his fellow
men.
proved that my wife was very dam
zero lsly Ill on the night OF the fire. and
that her life for three days had been
de- paired OF. and so looking into my
great, deep, honest eyes he said: Some
men might say that you had selected
this time TO become wealthy widower
and SKIP, but lam not so soured against
my fellow men as that. / believe that
/ ( the house was set afre some one else
did it,"
am insured In FIVE companies be-
sides the one that carries nv piano, aud
so really there should have been six sd-
justers aud the local agent In addition
TO the independent adjuster but the
climate here is so pure and braclng
that one man can do the brain work OF
two. and so they did not all come.
The local agent and the adjuster,
find, are two different men. One is a
social favoTite and a pleasing converse
tienist, while the other is q man who
tells you how cheaply houses like yours
can be built nowadays.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-07-01

! Brief as that glimpse had been had
recognized Rachel Vane and Henry Will
mott, aud my brain seemed 10 be
on fire. Although 1 Afterwards learned
that their meeting was accidental, L
could not believe this at the time. When
they came into view again 1t was as If
the next slide had been inserted in a
magic lantern. In the act OF parting
| Rachel had slipped and Willmott mad
flung his arms around her waist 20 sup
port her.
THAT sight my fury burst all bonds.
( I was like one possessed with devils.
/ My only thought was to get az the man
and strangle him, and my fingers tight
ened on the stick as though they were
made OF steel. 1 could not spare the
time to 20 out by the door, bat climbed
up the wall and s8rang down into the
I field, where 1 rolled headlong into the
corn. The fall would have stunned
most men; il only increased my frenzy;
l was on my feet in an instant, tearing
down the path with long leaps, Rasplng
In the effort to make the next still
longer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-07-01

/ Of peoples; by most persons II would
] have been considered beautiful; but TO
my diSordered vision il was the most
/ CHASTITY sight that mortal eye had ever
| looked upon. l could not dissssociate
it from the blood Of my victim, and al
though when l had partly recovered
from the shock tried TO argue myself
/ into a more reasonable mood, the i'm
preston never left me.
| So strong was the fascination OF that
| field with its horrible stain that nothing
but necessity would have induced me
| 10 quit the spot where l stood, torment
ing myself with doubts as to whether
the body was still where l had left it.
But my absence from the breakfast Ia
bic weuld have provoked comment,
and that, under the circumstances,
would have been dangerous, II not IA
la. So 1 dragged myself Indoors
aud sat down 20. a me&l Ia when
/ l could not share. had &c answer my
mothers anxious questions as to my do
ings on the previous night, my health,
and so on; had TO parry her searching
/ gaze with looks as false as my words; l
even forced myself TO smile at time
worn joke of my fathers. And all the
]
time l knew l was murderer. My
very hands had become source Of tor
ment. held them as much as possible
/ beneath the table ana kept glancing at
them necessarily to satisfy myself that
they were no longer stained with blood.
| At the earliest moment | fastened
| back to the ruined tower, and once
more fastened my gaze upon the spot
where the body lay. Time went by
| how long do not know. There was
corncrake in the field, keeping watch
over its nestlings as was over my dead
victim. / had heard its harsh note many
/ times, and was wondering whether l
should be alive to hear 1t on the NOR
row, when the sound of voices in the
garden made me turn sharply and
spring to the opposite side of the tower.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-07-01
HE LOOKED LIKE A TURK.
But He Was Only a Plain, Weather
Beaten American.

beaten American.
At recent private banquet in Wash
ington a gentleman related an amusing
occurance in which he had been one OF
the actors. IL took place In Turkey,
Just before the Russian war In 1871.
This gentleman and another American
interested thems elves, as they Travelled,
In studying the various Oriental types
which were encountered along the
way.
Their interest in minor type van
ished before a magnificent specimen OF
the Turkish army officer who entered
the train one day.
He was dressed in the fullest and
most superb Of Turkish uniforms, with
red fez on his dark head, and aoun-
dance Of gold lace on mis- coat. Great
spurs glittered on his boots. lie was
accompanied TO the train by several
orderlies and servants, who placed
his luggage in the compartment which
the two Americans occupied.
He had straight black hair and mus
tache, and his skin was almost the
color of bronze. AS be climbed into
the compartment, he apologized in
good French TO the Americans for
disturbing them. They responded as
best tn ey could, In the same language,
insisting that they were not inconVen-
fenced.
Presently the Turk lighted cigar
cite and settled back easily In his seat.
The Americans fell to talking aloud in
English about their companion.
Typical specimen o. the Turk that
fellow is" said one OF them.
Rather; and yet there Is something
about him that is not just Ike the
Turks" answered the other.
POSSIBLY. Just note that hard and
cruel expression abou; the mouth ana
chin."
"Yes. He's terror, probably. And
yet don't believe he's Turk. be
must be some other sort OF oriental
Circassan, perhaps"
"I'd like TO know just where the EEL
low was born"
$50 should l."
The Turkish officer, whose face had
worn an expression of stoild unconcern
all through this dialogue, here TOOK
his cigarette from between his lips and
turned TO the Americans with smile.
Gentlemen, he said, III have no
objection TO gratifying your curiosity
as to my native place. l was born al
Louisville, KY"
The astonished Americans were pro-
fuse in their apologies, which were &C.
cepted with the best gVod nature. IL
turned out that the TURK" was one oil
several confederate officers "ho' after
the close OF the civil war. had accepted
service in the army OF the khediSe OF
Egypt. This one had afterWard iei'
Egypt and taken an important rank In
the service of the sultan Of Turkey.
Life in the open air in that part OF
the world had lent q dark tinge 10 the
sxarthy skin which is not UNUSUAL
among Kentuckians Of good famiiy-or'
indeed, among Americans generally
Youths Companion
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-07-01
on that side

The chateau is Is miles from Ashe-
vile as the bird flies, and my wei Is
between 100 and $50 feet In depth, with
a pair of moss covered buckets on the
inside. These buckets are suspended
by means of chain, which is Of course
10 feet or so in length. When one o.
those moss covered buckets meets the
other In the middle OF the well, the
empty one going down knocks the con-
tents OF the full ono almost entirely
plumb out, and so the service is not en-
tirely satisfactory In case OF fire.
The flames were now supposed TO be
slowly eating their way TO the wine GEL
lar, where / keep flagon Of mountain
dew and a case OF collie to Offset each
other. Heavy volumes OF dark smoke
were seen emerging from the facade Of
an sscarpment which l had put on the
house by man who learned how TO be
a carpenter year ago. He learned by
chopping his way out OF jail.
BY this time one OF the moss COW
cred buckets had arrived at the top
of the well, but the colored equerry
who drew ii was so overheated that he
had to drink the most Of IL to resuscita-
te himself.
When | announced that the fire was
in the wine cellar, neighbor OF mine
who stood watching the glorious sight
Jumped into the flames, and his body
has never been fully recovered.
At this time one OF the ramparts fell.
and the whole scene was lighted up for
miles around. / began to think rapid
ly. Still i was perfectly cool. Every
one who saw me said that he bad never
seen a cooler or more collected man.
Any one 10 look At me would not nave
dreamed that / was thinking.
Suddenly remembering that the cha
teau was built by an Asbevville builder,
whose address / will supply at any
time, I pushed the house over, aud /
put the fire ont with a pan OF milk
Then tipped IT back in place. and bid
ding good night cheerily to one and all
l retired to my slumbers.
The building Is heavily insured, and
four men and q team have been here q
couple OF weeks adjusting the loss.
The library was completely Quilted,
and / barely escaped myself.
But in time Of danger 1 care no more
for my life than for going 70 my dinner.
The insurance money comes in very
handfly at this time, and nearly 500
will be put into immediate circulation.
Its quite q windfall, as one may say.
Five dollars OF this amount was allowed
| for the loss OF the library.
An insurance adJuster Is ore who
| stands between the insured and imme-
date wealth. II il were not for the ad-
| ulster, the insurance company would
soon give way all its money and fetch
up in the poorhouse. When notice OF
nv Ioss was sent 10, the company want
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-07-01

The agent gives you all sorts Of ad-
vantages over the company, aud when
the adjuster comes you find that those
things. after all, were not put Into tns
policy. He also takes you around be-
hind tho barn aud shows you that, as
matter Of fact, your policy has been
vitiated seven or eight times within the
past year, but he will say nothing OF
that because you evidently did not SCI
the house on fire yourself, and you
seem TO want TO do better and live
purer life, so he will give you S22 and
mass receipts. Then he looks at his
watch AID tags he must hurry away
and make some other home happy Win
his ready John, and away he goes
The agent and the sdJuster are ootn
lovely characters, but Ia diiierent
way. One fixes 1t so that you will, In
ease OF fire. be about $1,000 better OIL.
while the other makes you feel so glad
To think that the company has not slap
ned you into Jail for fraud that you
tremble all over till ne goes away.
was glad that all the adJustsrs did
not come. II they had, i would have
been a poor man.
Once | had house insured Tor Sl5,-
600, and lightning struck one OF the
chimneys and destroyed the roof, the
falling OF bricks cutting through tho
tin so that an entire new roof had TO be
nut on. | had planned to go 20 Italy
that summer, but had TO stay al home
and prove that did not tip that chin
ney over on the house myself In order
to get a new roof.
Life insurance Is not quite so bad,
although expect TO be dug up by seven
or eight different companies In order
that they may be plumb sure that / am
not playing pOssum on them.
When the adjusters went away, felt
from what they said to me that was a
sort OF janitor for these insurance COM
panies, and that II / did not use more
care in protecting the property ] would
be discharged aud another man put Ia
my place.
/ want to add one word in closing re-
QardIng the good effects on my health
shown from the constant use Of Llthla
water, II the reader will pardon my de-
Election from the insurance business.
Last month was quite III for a week,
aud among other things had quite =
chill one evening, but lot OF big hot
water bottles placed about my person
soon warmed me up and / went to sleep
comfortably. In day or two Twas up
again and decided 10 try the benefits OF
Lithia water, which some Of the family
had been using with good results.
This Is not certificate for the bene-
fit OF that beverage. but did see a
marked improvement, which my friends
also noticed. for had taken over three
large gallon bottles during the time.
stuck TO IL night and day. II / woke
I'D in the night, would 20 TO that big
half gallon bottle and drink all that 1
could hold.
began TO feel like boy again, and
danced and sang all the day long.
natter three weeks OF its steady use 1
discovered that ! had been using the
water that had been used so successful
Iy TO break up my chill. II bad been
put 10 empty Litbia water bottles and
set near my cbiffonier In the moving.
Faith will not only remove mountains.
but warts, bunions, wens, tumors and
ingrowing nails.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-07-01
Rnt nresantlY out OF the darkness

But presently out OF the darkness
came that appalling scene again. at
first dim, yet growing in distlnctness'
untjl all its details seemed burnt into
nv brain. Upon the glitterlng blade
the corn-that which was stalned, as
we'll ne the rest-was falling in waves;
the cleaners and binders who followed
were bouncing upon Is and tossing IL
aside in sheaves; at the lar corner ny
the stile stood the farmer, broad
brimmed straw hat upon his head, MS
feet wide apart, his thumbs in the arm
holes of his waistcoat; behind in the
road. a cart had stopped. These are
trifes. vet I noticed them all. And as
the machine went forward on its pitiiess
errand. the man who sat upon 1t cracked
his whip and laughed, while the women
were singing ioyously, thinking as
little Of the nameless thing lying but a
a few wards away as Of the livid face
Glued 10 embrasure in the ruined tower.
No idea of flight entered my mind.
Hopr after hour, with chattering teeth,
remained al my post, shiverlng In the
heat Of the autumn sun, watching un-
I'll nv eyes seemed starting from my
head. l heard my mother calling Tor
me in the garden, but could not answer
her. II my life had depended on the
effort could not have dragged myself
away until the end came.
There was pause at midday, ont no
hope for me, no break in my suspense.
Instead of going to their homes, the
reapers sat down beneath the fence and
bad ,beir dinners there. Although
the heavy rain which Tell
during the thunder storm had
obliterated all traces OF the deed, 1t
seemed to me thar they had selected for
their meal the very spot where l had
killed Henry Willmott. 1t could not
have been many feet away; yet there
thew ate and drank, passing great jars
OF beer to and fro, talking, shouting
aud laughing, so entirely unconscious
| OF the tragedy which had lately been
enacted there-which in my eyes, was
beip9 enacted there now-that | began
N wonder whether they were real men
and women, with the power OF seeing
and feeling.
When the church clock struck the
hour thew arose and returned to their
grim work. The wide track grew wider;
IL bristled with stocks, huge slices fell
from the sides of the solid square in
tbe centre; little while-snd then! 10
nv torment l impiored the help OF
heaven, and would not have rejected IL
even from hell. But neither angel nor
devil came TO stay the relentless pro-
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gress of the reapers. The machine
went on and on. ronnd and round, up
one side and down another. The line it
took was shorter every time and the
centre was nearer-that was the only
difference.
About five o'clock, however, there
was a sudden stoppage. aud heard a
cry. II establishment had been possible
in my condition, l should have been
astonished, for that was not the place
where had laid the body. As l peer
ed through the embrasure l saw man
raise something from the ground. 1t
was the corncrake which had been cut
to pieces as 1t sat on its nest.
And then it was my turn,
The farmer shouted and gesticulated
to his men to hurry on; the driver OF
the machine cracked his whip; once
more the blade was in motion. On and
on again, round and round-it was dizzy,
awful work watching-up one side and
down another, the reapers singing,
sometimes dancing round the red hol-
low where the dead man lay.
When the solid square OF corn was
scarcely larger than the tower in which
/ chung to the walls for support,a wo-
man pointed at some object just wilhin
it's margin. Then an awed hush fell
upon all. The others hastily gathered
round her, and gazed at what she had
found. 1t wss all over.
| could have shrieked in my Wild de-
SPAR, but had no power for even that.
Until the last terrible moment some sort
of frenzied hope had sustained me. That
was gone now. Nothing stood between
me and deat6-and hell.
I saw no more, and remember no
more until found myself in my own
room, the cupboard door open, the phial
labelled POISON" staring me In the face.
In my ears rang necessarily the words
IAN eye for an eye. and tooth for a
tooth" and the mad thought seized
upon me that If gave my life for the
one had taken l might so escape the
fearful hereafter. In moment the phial
was at my lips. l drained its contents
TO the dregs, put it back on the shelf,
and closing the door, staggered 10 the
bed