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ciaL de Puerto-Rico en- fracciones de 25, |
1oy5 centavos de plata Y ., y cen
tavos bronco 8 nfkel entregandolo a los
tenedores de Ia plata mexicana q c'te'eto
del uei,tte por cie2eto de boastcaci6n.
Conseguido este reducida en- gran
Iparte la cantidad del papel que emltie-
ra ell Tesoro de PuertoRico, lie darfa-
mos ell caracter de naOnedd carcut0nte,
amortizandolo en- cinco seis amos en-
vez de diez.
! Razonamos nuestra opinion. Por ese
medic ahorraria ell pals los qulnlentos 8
| seiscientos mil pesos que en- los dlez
amos Cevengarfa, por intereses, el papel
no circulante no disminulria en- 20 p :
Ia masa de moneda en- circulaclon nj
cansarfa una perdida segura a los tene-
dores del papel; pues siendo ell lnteres
del dinero entire uosotros ell p. :, po1
termino medic, ganando aquel papeI
solo el S D. g, resultari;tn con un deme
rito de % D. z, desde el momento que
"a nnsieran en- ell mercado, los bonos de
Tesoro de Puerto-Rico.
Ia eomision mixta no ha consignadc
su parecer respecto la forma en- que
habian de hacerse efectivos los eompro
misos contraidos porl mo2aedd coTTaent
c0n2ercim. con anterioridad a la fechf
de la conversion iuzgamos equitatlv(
que Sc suieten aquelas a un descuentt
de D. z. como Sc hizo cuando ell Gangs
de la moneda oaacuqaind, pero este ser'
un punto que deberan resolver los cuer
pos colegisladores de la naci6n para qu'
la lev sea acatada por todos.
Exhortamos nuestros companero
en- Ia prensa Y los dir ctamente inte
! resados In la soluci6n del problem
monetario a que hagan pdblicas sus i'm
e nresiones respecto a la proposition Sa
! lazar que presenter otra que cumpllen
! do el fin de concordia que se persigue
: sea tan practca hacedera como aquella
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a OiESTROY SINIESTRO

Los lncOndicionales de Puerto Rico
publican un manifesto raro, original
| aaacrOyo6Ie.
Ell ese manifesto Sc declaran ami
gos de toda reforma, partidarios de todo
avance.
Dlriase que de conservadores e,lrogGs
Sc truecan en- autonomistas furibundos
Cualquiera va Greer en- la sinceri-
dad de ese manifesto en- la lealtad de
esas declaraciones ?
NJ que fueramos cipayos del In
dostan
Con sels frases que no dicen maldita
la cosa en- Ell t.tondo, que no soportan eI
anallsls, que son algo asi como nebli-
mas fugaces 0 como espumas de iab6n,
del job6n que Sc lie da al fusionismo-
pretenden seguir en aptitud de meren-
darse el presupuesto fntegro de acapa-
rar la lntiuencia enorme que arranca del |
lsufructo Y de la poseci6n de los en-
oleos pGblicos
Be descubre la trama de un tegido tan
)urdo.
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Por noticias que Sc reciben de nuestros
corresponsales sabemos que en- la Ultima
session de la Comisi6n mixta, compuesta
de representatives de las Camaras de Co
mercio de la Association de Agriculto-
res, Sc di6 cuenta do que la Junta Direc-
tiva de la Camara de la Capital habia
acceptable p0r andnin1iddd el proyecto
de conversion de la plata mejicana, pre-
sentado por nuestro amigo don Ermelin-
do Salazar Spe en- breve SO reunlra
la asamblea de sue asociados para SO
meterla su examen.
Fu6 leida una proposition de don Ju-
lian K. Blanco, quien, aceptando eH el
fondo la soluci6n de Salazar, oplnaba
que la indemnizaci6n d los tenedores de
plata Sc limitara Is centavos en- vez
de los 90. por cada peso, Y que como
parte integrante del proyecto de con
version, debiera pedirse al gobierno que
usgRa Due 81 sdsG dsGres9 t9 DE 6sopo4 ap
clon de los que devengan los efectos
pen1nsulares en- nuestros puertos. Su-
preston de derechos sobre mauuinaria
destlnada usos agricolas Y redacci6n
del Reglamento mandado formar para
la imposition y cobranza del arbitrio de
consumes.
La comisi6n mixta, despu6s de discu-
tlr la moci6n del sei1or Blanco. estim6
que esas reelamaciones, 81 bien sc consi-
deraban justas y equitativas para llegar
la Verdadera reciprocidad en- las rela-
clones mercantiles con la metr6poli v
para aliviar las cargae que pesan sobre
la agriculture y ell pals consumidor en-
general, no pod{an impouerse como con-
dlcl6n para que el gobierno de Madrid
accedlera la proyectada conversion 81
lIega ell momento de proponerla.
En- consecuencia Sc procedi6 & exten-
der ell acta, que abraza los siguientes ex-
tremos.
Las soluciones presentadas Dor alou-
nos senores vocales, como ell cange Dor
plata nacional al tipo de 95 centavos el :,
peso mejicano ell establecimiento del
patron orc, la reduction del valor de los I
soies, sesenta centayos la reacufia- G
clon por plata especial provincial fue q
ron ellminadas, unas por impracticables G
otras por no responder al fin quo &c n
perslgue, (que no es otro, que una CON r
clllaclon entire los intereses del Conner q
60 y la Agriculture juzgaban como 4
mas praotica y viable la proposition del >
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"a Conservar la prima indirecta y
muv necesaria de que goza la agricultu-
ra. para que su fomento no Sc paralice,
neutralizando q la vez Ell peligro de al
gnna disposition que sea mas gravosa
sus intereses.
ga Aleiar ell fundado tenor de que
una nueva emission de plata del cullo ma
cional pueda infiuir desfavorablemente
en- ell mercado de valores penlnsulares Y
provocar ma alza Ell sus cambIos sobre
ell interior Y
a Dejar al pals mejor preparado
para una nueva reforma en- su slstema
monetario cuando las circunstanclas 10
aconsejen.
Hasta aquf el extracto de los acuerdos
tomados por la Comisi6n mixta que Sc
reuni6 Ell la Capital para buscar una so
luci6n al dcbatido problema monetarlo.
Diiimos en- nuestra edici0n del 10 de
Octubre (ltimo, al publican ell proyecto
de transaction del seflor Salazar:
'Al l.unto que llegan las cosas, e'
precise que eedan los agricultores y lo'
comerciantes, cada uno un POGO, q nm az
que Sc llegue sintetizar en- ana to1ne't
la i17ter21aeo1ia ell deseo de la mayor1a
de la totalidad, trayendo por Ia eoneor
dla por la union 10 que vendra NAL $
viene por la discordia y por la guerra.
Esto mismo repetimos hoy pues es y
tiempo de poner t6rmino este estad'
anormal, que puede resOlverse de mod'
vlolento Y con mayor dano para los IN
tereses de ambos gremios.
POr nuestra parte patrocnamoS com
Ia Camara de comercio de San j nan, i
soluci6u de nuestro amigo, 81 blen va
mos permitirnos presentar las slgulen
tes ENnENDAs, que EN- NADIA afectan
fondo del proyecto.
Proponemos que de los sobrantes d
presupuestos de esta isla sc destlnen u
million de pesos, la cantidad que Sc
nosible. a la acu1aci6n de moneda espt
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-12-17
OFFICIAL DEL PARTIDO
DIRECTION JURfDICA

Els conveniente, dtil y Oportuno que
los organismos locales denuestro partldo,
en- donde no existen aun, que los CO.
rreligionarios celosos del bien general,
promuevan en- sus respectivos pueblos IL
rectifcaci6n y adici6n del empadrona-
miento de vecinos, hacienda inclulr en-
6l 4 los correligionarios que tengan ac-
titu legal para ell" y exclulr los con
trarios politicos que no reunan hayan
perdido la condici6n legal para flgurar
en- el.
La tarea es sencilla, como se We por
los artfculos de la ley municipal que van
insertos en- esta circular. ~
Es de suma importancia la rectltica-
ci6n del empadronamiento, porque esta
ca Ia base para cOnfecciOnar luego las
hstas electorales de Conceiales Dipu-
tados provinciales.
Aunque nuestro partido sc encuentre
retrafdo de la contienda electoral, no es
motiyo esa actitud para desculdar el EN-
padronamiento de vecinos; prlmero' por'
que hemos de velar siempre por el cxactc
cumplimiento de la ley, para que, Por lc
tocante & este particular, solo tgure1
como vecinos aqu6llos que realm"Hte lt
sean; segundo, para que nuestros adVer
sarios pOlfticos solo Obtengan Ia tuer2f
que Dor extricto dele echo les correspon
da; tercero, para estar nosotros apres
tados cualquier evento por la mudan
"a continue de la cOsa pdbllca por Il
exigencia de CIRCUMSTANCES que puedaI
C* En- la segunda plana, antecediend
a las secciones de nSticias, veran nuestro
Iectores los articulos de la ley municipal
que ell sef1or Director Juridico Sc refere.
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Credlto y Ahorro
pOnCenO
PRESIDENCIA

Acordado por la Junta de Gobierpo q
eobro del primer divldendo pa4ivo de vein.
to cinco por ciento. ha senalo do los d..
4uae median entire el ell 30 del mes 60.
rrlente para que los sehores accionistas ve.
rifquen el pago en-
Ponce, aenores Vital y ca
| Playa de Ponce, Mayo. Hermanos "a
| 1auco, don juan E Totti.
Ad;nn4eo don SAINT. Palmieri.
don Celso Caballero.
San German, don Tomas Ou6onea
Jayuys, q don Jose Fol.
Juans-Diaz, don Victor Gutisrrss
cuyos senores estan autorizados para otor-
gar los recibos provisionales
Me complazco en- communicable / los ga
nores accionistas de esta Sociedad. en- CON
cCrdancia con 10 dispuesto en- eI art. 10 IA
los Estatutos los fines conaiquientas.
Ponce, 10 de Diciembre de 1891.
I'll Secretario INFERNO,
- = fasareH Ell Presidente,
! "a Francisco PQtya
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Sc Vende

On predio rdstico compuesto de cincueu-
ia cuerdas de terrenos prop.os para csf9.
sitas en- 81 barrio de Cauniila-abato. lugsr
de la Palmasola, del termino municipal ds
La persona que los interese, puede en-
tenderse para Ia compra, con 3, Agsnta a.
Negocios don Enrique Lopez 8 con ann Ar
tonic Castaner, en- Ponce.
Ponce Nvbre. 20 de 1894. r.
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VINO NUTRITIVO
LOla, coca carne peptOnisada, de zorreorc

E0Ia, coca ear'se pepto'sisada, de Torreqvosc
tAImento reparador para los organismos
Poderoso tonico en- todas las afecciones
del coraz6n.
Para Ia anemia no hay ferruginoso que
le Aventaje. f"0
Levanta las fuerzas ffsicas del individpo
rePurando s+-Txopio tempo las fuuciones
todas de Ia nutrici6n.
Ea an antfdoto e6caz contra 81 abuso Az
los licores o7
Todos estos preparados de Torrepross
han sido preniados con medallas de orc
ca Ia Exposici6n Universal de Chicago = an
la regional pc Puerte-Rico.
Deposito on esta ciudad, en- la Faymocsn
dc GadeG. "'''e'''
For mayor. sn Ia de don Luis A. Tore
Rrosa. Aguadilla, plaza principal.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-12-17
La E|egancia Habanera
10 ATOCHA 16-

1aeres de Sa1ero Canntserta retornsado Ia azuya dc n ~
enos nuesta pdbEo
nae egentes - 0sPo'anoo
haeedo
lido
Fanelasc
~peeAa'u
warando avslasc
caionilos Q 20
d todas cIasesea
AeaS Is F1 T mos ~ s cnres
Noviemb, 10 de
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-12-17
GANGA

Be vende por la mitad de su valor
un juego de sala compuesto de II
silias, 4 sillones grandes y un sofa
todo de regilla y TN seibot de caoba.
en- magnifco estado.
I'm esta imprenta informaran.
Nvbre Io de 1904. 2,m 4
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-12-17
COlOcNciOnes

Las hay en- la Herrera fundici6n de dor
Roberto Graham, Ponce, para uu BuEs ha-
rrero blen entendido en- todo los trabajos
de Fragua. Tambien para un BUES fund.-
oor' entendido en- todos los trabajos de
moldear fundir hierro y bronco.
Para personals aptas, constantes ' cun-
pildas estas colocaciones serfan perrnAusu-
tes.
Ponce, Noviembre 28 1894. ff-f5
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! NO MAS HERPES
C"rGcs61 radical por medic de Ia Herpe-
tSd de ToTre0roSa.

Numerosas certifcaciones de individuos
curados de esta fatal dolencia atestignan Ia
6ondad de este medicamento. La HER
PET1NA Sc emplea al propio tempo con
Ia LOGON ANTIHERPETICA DE To
hhEGROSA que, tan brillantes resultados
viene dando para extirpar las pecas, barros
y.manchasde IL cara.
No hay empeine que SO resista al trsts-
miento de Ia Herpetin0 de la LOcs6y An-
tiherpetsca do Torregrosa
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SALON BARBERIA
JOSE RAMIREZ COAMO

En- el punto mss c6ntrico de Ia pobIsc;6r
plaza principal, esta barberfa esta montsda
con todas las comodidades apetecibles. ! fn
de que el p1blico no eche de menos 10
prontitud y el buen servi 10. Por el s;t;o
que ocops, puede ser IN lugar de reunion
muy po@tico agradable. 'l'o"
Ponce, 13 de DIRE. de 1894 3m
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Sc VENDE

III antique acreditado establecimiento
dc dc merceria quincaila, fnndado sl aflo
1rto. sito en- l. plaza principal n1mero %
InfornarA 81 dueno don Antonio Il. Moli-
na-
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l. a M0diSta

tEK5sA BElo DE oBRER participa su nunerosa ' dis
clentea al pubEeo general que ha trasladado su
taller de modaS Gale de Isabel ii baos donde tam
oen Sc reorman arregan ombreros capotas seen los mo
ciosos dibuios - ~ ~ con pre-
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BUEYES Y CARROS

III que suscribe vende IL yuntzx
de oneyes y 3 carros nuevos al con-
tado. Q plazo con garantfa satisfac-
1ofia. j. Is. OYtiS.
bafios de Quintana. Nvbre 70. 1904.
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presenciando la jornada,
frente al hotel Inglaterra,
decia con voz pausada:
Bah Lobos de una canada;
todos son unos Pertierra.

Entire tanto, en- la mesa, vestida de
eclatantes manteles, Ia Daditre Il hotel
servfa los grandes vinos de las bodegas
de Agudo.
los conmilitones sc entuslasmaean.
Y las frases Sc sucedian.
Y Pertierra, que es largo, hacia su
labor de propagandista, insutiando sus
propias ideas q Concha, q Nillar, Ia
ban.
Y todos convenian en- que esas retor-
mas de Maura, So no las cogen para So los
patriotas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, echa-
ran d perder el cotarro
Y un reporter nuestro, ALI, en- uno de
los sitios proximos al banquete, atisba-
ba escuchaba trasmitia sus impre-
stones.
De modo que va sabemos que punto
| llega el Hberd2iSnao de nuestros adverse
rios.
Su amor al progreso.
Su devotion para Maura y Sagasta.
Su culto las leyes que van .discu-
tirse en- la camara popular.
Y sus prop6sitos de entorpecer al de-
sarrollo de una politica saba y regene-
! radora.
Son muy liberales, muy liberales.
Tan liberales como Pertierra.
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'sLa Aurora
DE SALVATFIT

Este establecimiento de conservas
y hoores sc vende. Ell que 10 intere
SC diriJase su duefio que suscribe
j. Saloatella.
ronee ? Noviembre 1894
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when his highest officials or the old
Empress Dowager pulls at the string.
No better idea of the condition OF
the Government of China could be
gotten than by a trip through this
Tartar city. It is one OF the oldest
towns in the world. It was founded
more than thousand years before
Christ, and it has been the capital OF
millions for ages. It ought to be the
greatest city on the face Of the globe,
but there is no spot more filthy and
shiny and foul. The city knows moth
ing of modern improvements. It is
cut up into wide streets, but the roads
have no sidewalks, and the rude Chi
nese carts sink up to their hubs as
they move through the city. There
are no water closets. The streets are
the sewers, and the most degraded
savage of our Western plains has
greater regard for the exposure of his
person than have these pig-tailed, silk
dressed, gaudy, fat Pekinese. The
city has absolutely no sanitary i'm
provements, and the street lamps are
framework boxes backed with white
paper, and they are seldom lighted e1-
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kinds, and it's fur market covers
several acres. It has its wholesale as
we'll as it's retail fur market, and I
have gone out at 6 o'clock in the
morning and found perhaps thou
sand almond-eyed merchants dressed
in gorgeous silks moving about
through great beds of furs of all
kinds. The furs are piled upon the
ground, and you can buy sables for
about So skin, and tiger skins, for
$75, which will be worth twice that
amount anywhere else in the world.
You can buy the finest of ermine, and
for $40 you can get a coat of lambs
wool, of the kind that our ladies use
for long opera cloaks. This Chinese
city is city of banks and OF stock
exchanges. I visited one morning
the silver exchange. 1t was room
like barn, and the people were buy
ing and selling stocks just as they do
on Wall street, yelling and bowling
and pushing each other like mad as
they did so. 1t is city of book
stores, and there are some streets which
contain no other shops. We have the
idea that the Chinese merely live upon
rice and on rats, and that their chief
industries are the making of mating,
of fans and of silks. The truth is
that China does vast business, and
she produces all sorts OF commodities.
Nearly every one of these Chinese
streets contains shops of all kinds,
and the main business of China is not
the supplying goods for the fol- eign
markets, but the making Of those re-
quired for her own people. They
have as many wants as we have, and
they require as good goods. The
mobiles dress in the finest of silk, and
there are hundreds of stores which sell
nothing but pictures. The art dis
played in most of the paintings is
abominable, but they are pictures
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Doyle took stroll down to the river
front about 1890 Wednesday evening
and boarded the tug-boat Flint, which
was lying at the foot of Adams street,
to have a quiet chat with Michael
Robinson, the steward. During the
conversation Doyle saw an object in
the water which he thought was a
drowned person. He hastily discarded
his coat and vest and jumped in the
river.
AS he neared the object and dis
covered it was large fish he grabbed
it's wing and held it, despite it's efforts
to escape. Robinson came to Doyle's
assistance, stuck a pike pole in the
fsh's body, and with a rope hauled it
aboard. Doyle said:
ct have had experience with all
kinds of fish in my career as swim
mer, hut never have I had such
struggle as in trying to hold that
fish,"
A peculiar incident occurred while
Mr.. Doyle was showing the fish to
New York World reporter. A Chinese
coin was found imbedded under the
fsh's fin. How it got there IS q
puzzle to fishermen. Beneath Its
ponderous tail were hundreds OF
barnecles, evidently swept from some
old hulk,
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Americans, but it is actually tha

Americans, but it is actually tht
truth.
Pekin is q most cosmopolitan city.
We have in America only the Chinese
of South China. These come from the
hot countries at the southern part OF
the empire, and they are small and
lean in comparison with the people OF
the north. They dress differently,
and they have a different dialect and
different habits and customs. Pekin
is frozen up for six months of the year,
and you can have ice-sledging on the
Peiho at Christmas. I found the
people Of every Chinese State differ
ent, and the dialects arc as various
as the languages of Europe. Here
in Pekin you find representa-
tives of every Chinese State, and
there are celestials from all the big
cities. Thibet, Mongolia, Man.
churia and parts of Afghanistan are
all tributary to China, and people of
a half dozen religions jostle each other
as they wade through the streets. The
strangest sights to me at first entrance
were the nomadic .Mongolians,. who
rode into the city on great camels or
dromedaries, which were covered
with wool from six to twelve inches
long. These come from the cold
regions of Mongolia or Siberia, and
during my visit to the Chinese wall I
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An Anarchist Toy.

France is anarchy mad. The craze
has even spread to the toy shops, in
which baby bombs are everywhere for
sale. Two small springs project en-
ergetically against the capsule, which
is filled with illuminate OF mercury and
rests on an anvil, over it cylindrical
hammer; as long as the cover remains
on the box the small hammer is stopped
in its course by prop. As soon as
one opens the machine the prop is
loosened, the spring works, the ham
mer explodes the capsule, and the toy
becomes a dangerous thing. 1t has
in itself the ingenious simplicity which
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CHAPTER XIV.
--r- -a--

The smoldering campfire Of the Mo-
docs burned low, and the spot where
the triumphant savages had fired the
funereal pile few minutes previous was
silent and deserted.
At the place where Darrell Grey had
been tied to the tree its charred trunk
and heap Of ashes alone showed.
The least sanguine Of the Indians
would have sworn that their intended
victim had certainly paid the full pen
HIry OF his temerlty In visiting their
camp.
Yet the young scout had escaped.
II was o marvellous combination Of
circumstances which led to his timely
rescue.
He had abandoned himself to his fate,
and sdjudged q struggle utterly useless
when the fire was lighted.
He saw the Indians disappear
! He saw the fire creep uDwsrd-a
hldeous, menacing serrent Of flame
and gave himself up for lost
Suddenly hope revived in his breast.
His hands were loosed; he was forclbly
dragged back from the tree, and he
turned to greet his unexpected rescuer.
A dark, expressive .ia.e peered Into
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nevertheless, and the Chinese pay
oood roonev for them,

nevertheless, and the Cnlnese pay
good money for them.
I wish I could show you the markets
of Pekin. You can get as good meat
there as you can in New York, and
there is no finer mutton in the world
than that of North China. The sheep
are of the fat-tailed variety, and 1 saw
many which had tails weighing over q
pound. 1t is queer how they kill the
animals which they sell. They have
no slaughter houses, and o sheep IS
often butchered in front of the shop
and the blood lies on the ground
while you buy. There are all sorts OF
fish, and they are always sold alive.
No Chinaman would buy a dead fish,
and in case you want to buy less than
a whole fish at time, the Chinese
peddler will pull the fish out Of the
water, lay him squirming on the block,
and cut piece of quivering flesh out
of his side for you while you wait. He
does not kill the fish, and after you
are through he throws it back into
separate pail of water and waits for
another customer to take off the rest.
One of the chief meats sold is pork,
and you see hogs trotting about
through the streets Of Pekin. They
wallow in the puddles right under the
shadow of the Emperor's palaces, and
they are the dirtiest hogs in the world.
There are ali kinds of game for sale in
the markets, and you can get snipe
and quail and squirrels of all kinds.
The Chinese are the best raisers OF
poultry in the world. They have duck
farms and goose farms, and they know
all about artificial incubation. They
sell great quantities of dried geese
and dried ducks, and they carry
bushel-baskets full of dried ducks
about the city for sale. They sell all
kinds of fruit and they are adopts in
the raising of the choicest of vegeta-
bles. They bury their grape vines in
the north in the winter, and you can
buy your nuts by the bushel. As to
cats, dogs and rats, did not see any
sold in Pekin, and I don't believe
that the better class are accustomed
to use them. I am told, however, that
such cats as are sold in the south are
raised and fattened especially for the
market, and that their diet is usually
rice. Dogs flesh is supposed, by the
people, to give heroic properties to
those who feed on it, and the same