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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-01-22

jines de los despachos y en- la como
da beatitud de las ohcinas.
Los trabaj adores de los muelles y
los operarios del gas Sc adelantan &
los consej eros de la Corona.
Y asf 10 podra decirse luego que
en- Puerto Rico faltan iniciativas.
Aunque resulten las iniciativas de
la hamaca
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-01-22
PRRPIL DBL DIA
LAS HUEIGAS

S;empre fueron las hue'gas la
protesta del pueblo trabsj ador. ell re-
curse legal de los ob-eros, cuando,
oprim;dos por la mezqu;ndad del sa-
lario. v;eronse amenazados por la
miseria
Pero en- Europa revi2 >el caracte-
res sangrienfo,, p3rque alli, donde
las necesidades sou mas apremiante !
que 81 Anne lea. la huelga es sinto-
ma d. desesperac on; ell obrero, GUAM
do 80 decide abandouar las herra-
mientas del trabsjo, es porque esta
dispuesto perecer de hambre antes
que someterse.
Por ESQ 4 la haelga acompana
slempre ell motln, al mot1n la des-
trucc:on de las fabricas, y tras ese
des6rden, la collision Indispensable
del pueb o con la fuerza armada.
Toda huelga termina, pues. en- un
lago de sangre; y tliste SO que con
sn vida tenga ell obrero que defender
el miserable mendrugo que Sc lleva
q los labios.
No pasa aSl, por for5una, en nues-
tro pals. donde va va implantandose
81 s;>tema dc las husigas
Aqli no pasa de ser la protesta de
un pue b sxpoliado. psro protesta
iu,ta razonabie
Actua,nente en Ponce van decla-
randose, aunque parcia!mente, todos
log g"em,os.
Aver csrca dc 40 obteros de las
fabrlcas de aserrar MADEIRA SO resis
tleron continuar trabsj ,pdo por ell
inrnal que venian hac 61dolo.
Los que SO hal an empleados en las
construcclones de casas adoptaron
'gual detsr1n,naoioa asi como los
psones que SO ooupsn en la reforma
de la Gale de Atocha.
Los trabaj ,dores de la Playa. del
muelle y anconeros. desde el sabado
pegaroase q ,guir trabsj sndo. 81
al no se Ia promovido ell con aicto
debese & que los comerclantas estando
en- Ia necesidad de descargar algunos
vapores qas Sc hallan en- puer o. nc
cedleron a aumentarles el 50 por 100
en- los jornales.
Pero una vez terminados esos ira
b~i rs. probab b emente se resistiran 4
stguir pagando ess aumento, J la
paral zao 81 en- el muelle sera ;neyi
table.
Dlcsse que hoy 80 declararan en-
hue'ga los cocheros y los peones de
aIgnnas hacienda, = asi paulatiaa-
mente Iiegaremos & uaa hnel ga ge.
Nora y que todos los ira JOS que
den in terrnmp'dos
Todo este, que 81 goblerio deb;o,
prev-r hacs tempo. obed zee al DDS
bar@ nste monetar O.
Todos vvfamos como .ban sabien
do los glros, y las consecuencias de-
este no nos sorprende.
Ha llegado, como no po3ia menos
de sueeder. 81 mornento do la ds
fensa.
III comerc:ante, qne cada dis paga
& mayor precio sus msrcancias. de
fiendese au,nentando el vaior de sus
articulos.
E consumidor de6eadese a su vez
pidiendo aumsnto del saario.
I ell trabaj sdor, resi- stese traba
jar Y declarase Ell huelga.
Todos, pues. hacen uso d. m
perfecto derecho la subsjstencia
81 el comerciante aumanta el pre-
clio & sus mercancias. justo es, que go
igual proportion, aumsnte al sueldo
& us empieados
S; ell hacendado y el coaeche gro
obtienen una prima lpjosa con Ia
mejlcana, causa principaIisi
ma de todo 10 que osta ocurriendo,
;usto es asimismo que sus braceros
les * ] IN aumento de iornales.
Vayan viendo los agricnltores que
siempre han dtfendido el statu quo,
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HO FL
INTERN NACI0N AL
PORT-AU PRINCE.-HAITI

E. nrop'etario qrA an crib, f 'eoe laa' c (
~ dss y VT lsda- habitaniores de- ear
II tel 4 tod, To- o t n nos xt sn
se~o+ j. Ito 8 - - ia 6j on q II
E e. e,tell ,oi. nf.. :. b bis ,RS
fane6,. prho tai ano Tret3 cult Fl
vI"'p ESQ gi o.
7 naro >r"n-ssi 81 8 All &c at 60 cam
po dc Thor b zot<I "a 4os p"agr'
% ic { d.
F. GoNxAIo MAR'N
E7ern q de 1897.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-01-22

tigo que en- la penitencia llevan; que
NADIA es tan joso y repulsivo para
los espiritus capaces de alzarse a cier-
ia altura. como poner sus cultades
al servicio de criterios injustos de
ambieiones rastreras
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-01-22
| NO MAS HERPES !
Ct~acs6p radical por medic dc Ia Herpe
tiysd de Iorregrosd.

Numerosas certifcaciones de inliyiduoe
curados de esta fatal dolencia atsstigusu la
bondad de este medicameuto. La hER
PETINA SO empea al propio tierpo cor
ia LOCION ANTIHERPETlCA De TO.
RREGROSA que, tan brillantes resultadot
viene dsndo para extirpar las pacas, barroe
y.manchasde la cara.
No hay empeiue que SO resists al trata
miento de la Herpctina de- e Looi1t 4.
tihcrptticd de Tcrregrosa
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-01-22

Ell que suacribe, So ofrece para t-aduccio-
r g. de franco. italaEo. al castellano Y
vies-v q, asf como SO dedica por ahora
dar oiases de idiona franre er su oass- ha-
tao'hr. esile 6alud. 10 .. 5.-Poncs, Ene-
10 de 1895.
Artsssdss Skaoxpsstsj.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-01-22
A DiESTRO Y SINlESTRO
Estamos en- dias de hueiga

Estamos en- dias de hueIga
Primero los conductores de carrul
jes, despues los trabajadores del niue
| lie, mas tarde los operarios del gas.
Y asi sucesivamente.
Son todavia hueigas d. djugando:
el huevo que Sc incuba: el germ n
que Sc desarrolta; Ell embrion. que Sc
| mueve.
va vendran los acuerdos colectivos,
y oj la que no vengan los des6rdenes
serios.
Porque tras la huelga, marchan el
l1ambre y la desespsracion, vestida
de girls Ia una, vestida de rojo la
otra: anibas con el estandarte negro
de los dias de luto
Aqui no Sc conocio nunca esa bola
de n1eve que mace dilninuta, y crece,
y Sc agiganta, rueda, amenazadora,
por las GALES de una ciudad, por las
campinas de TN pals
,Ojala que no Sc conozca maf1ane!
Para llegar todava
mas adelante en- la via
de la lniseria y el dolo
:laro esi nos faltaba solo
un adarme de anarquia.
La hrelga es un recurso f titlco,
aunque violento y terrible.
FL trabajo Sc pafa!iza, el comefcio
SC resiente. Ia indust.ia Sc reduce,
la agriculture Sc estanca, la vida ge-
neral sufse profundas convulsiones
Y el obrero al fin lorna sus IA
lleses. ca bizbajo. casi siempre vsncidc,
para emprs nder ia tarea fatigosa con
el recuerdo de Is agitaci6n inli;il
Porque, planteandose 81 p.cb ema
en- el terreno de una lucha entre el
patron y el jornalero, aquel no pue
de vacilar nj ceder, trueque de que
Sc comprometa el porvenif dc su
obrs, lamese ebaniste a, fabrica. in
genie, perio iioo, carruaj-, ano6n: io
que sea
La huelga. sobre todo, es justa. ST
el patron ha duplicado ell tipo de sus
ventas es ipjusta ST el patron sufre
tamb;en los perjuicios dc una crisis
que lie perturba y le arsuina
Hay que andar con pes d. plomo
para qu- en- Ia Iutl varia
de una huelga sin aplomo
nadie encuentre nj un asomo
de imposition temerasia.
Parecia, segua los runores de aver
que ell 6 binete daba el ejemplo. de |
ciarandose tambien en- hueiga, po, |
hoLguya 6 por hoigasane,ta.
Pero nada cont1rma esoS rumores, |
y es possible que los ministries de la
patria oontinuSn trabajando con e
modesto saiarlo de sels mil duros
y las un4s en- las puntas de los de-
dos.
Is la hueiga de los fusionistas una
huelga de que los conservadores St
hoIgaiian mut II }.
Como que puede abrirles el cami
no de la Terra de Canaan.
Y permitirles que Sc consagren
absolu hoiganza en los mueiles CO
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-01-22
EXlGER lCIOXES
UNIONIyTAS

En- los asuntos poll icos, como en
los dome ticos. necesitamos que las
personas que nos siiven, nj Sc mues
tren cerezosas en- el cumplimirnto dt
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-01-22
Area de la
AIianZa

Hagn oonstar, por o. presanta arnrci
qu- dertro dal nlszo de- tra nta dias. 4 cor
{ de-d- Ia f-' h+, tcAo d@u Tor one no b.
cs 'ati-f~' ho +us c'6 70 p4nalartaa co.
elte e-tsb sc niento. p' blics.6 cen ?
dss sus letia IN lss co umrss de s-a ii,
RIO, sin oonsideraoaones do uinl1 L geoero
Antonio C6tl &C
Ponce, Do.e c. 10 5e lse4 1.rr.s
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-01-22
FL DTElO DE Ii FiBRIfl
DE C!GiRROS
LA BELL ETA
FELICIA { ToDOs Los HABIT4NT:.5 DE La ISL
EPUERT RICO
LES DESEA

FELICIA 4 TOD08 Los HABITA$ - DE Ia iSLl
DEPUE ERTO- RICO
LES DESEA
Toda clase de felicidadeS V les
reitera su eterna gratitud por la
protection que le dispensan a su
Fabrica de Cigarros
si al espirar el afio. es cortesla
Dirijirse & los dignos parroquianoa;
Sabed que sin lisonja III falsia
a todos les saludo como hermanos.
Sabed. sf. que en- la narea Ia BEELEzs
Promiada en- los cerfamenes con gloria:
siempre hsllareis Iealtad sienpre pureza
Pues en- Ia bueua fe cifra su historia
Asi en- ell afo do noventa y cinco.
Que habr4 de sar de perlas y do ioree,
En- complaoer seI6 todo mi ahinco
Sin distinci6o de rszas nj eolores.
ruego & p os, al Tofopoderoso,
Henchido de placer de fernura,
Que sea todo solsz, todo reposo:
Mucha salnd 7 prospera fortuna.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-01-22

Esquelas fdnebres. precsos m6dicof
~ tipcs apropiadoe. Sc dan notas para di
ig'-las an Ia einda1.
En a imr-entx 4. Ia besoerncje
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-01-22
EelictO
Don Dm1ngo Ferrer q Poa. ,5uex
municipal d. Ia NU4 de Ad,
7ltIatGS

,JltIatdS.
Al pdblico hago saber: que en- los autos de
luiclo verbal civli guidos en- este jung ado
por don Manuel nz ,ntos coutra Il su-
ceslon dc don Geronimo O4uendo, repre-
sehtada por So viuda drdt Ramona Ventu-
ra, en- cobro de ) 156 81 moneda corriente
- ma dlrpuestn. por providencia de esta
tr-th', sachr dblioa subasta un caballo
u gro de cualt.ts = cuarta dc alztda, Que
fue embarg ID ~ -ucr-ion deudura ha
lido tasad.. periciameut- eu 8 SO; asi como
una Casa de maderas del psi-. techada do
vaguss de n-trns d. f~s.ute por d..
fAn'l''. em harx.d, rambien dioha succession,
Guy casa fn6 ta,ada p-riel .Iueut3 en- so
lnonrda torrents, = eeta enclavada en- la
hrca agri ola que In reletida succession po-
49, n Fl baI RIO d. Phi, jar, de e-t.- ternino
municipal Z acto do renare Sc ha sefs-
~do para al fiia 20 de- actual 4 lEs dos de
II tarde on lis tetrados de +rt- irzg-da, ad-
que no sdmIt-n Iroposicio-
ner que no cubfan las dps terceras partes
ie Ia tasaci6n. sscend-nte A SliO mon-da
corrient~, prFvia con-igns ci6n en- Ia mesa
trl Jnzxsdo de una osntifiast igu.l, por 10
neil0s al fIez por ciento del valor que airye
i- tipo Ia suhasta.
Adjui t,s, Enero 10 de 1895 Domiaeo
Fsrrer. FL Stcretsrio, j. .iooquta Figa1s- |
M III
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-01-22
AViSO

De la haeiend TKEs HERMANos ha desa-
parecido mn caoslto IA oche Iel 20 de D-
siembre mo, propivddd del qae sus-
cribe.
Es zaino quems do, marcsdo en- la narga
derecha con las inic:ales j G.. on una de las
patas ttasetas; tiene una mancha blanca de-
bsj del menudillo, paso trancado 4 la s.l:ds
iespues meuudea devanado y media aa6a
dura, escastrado, de 5 4 amos de edad erin
bastante rega ar. Goa POGO abuItada, Y al
zsda al pie 90 siete cuartas
Sc DEL CARMEN MERcADo.
N. d. Jdana-D .sz. IS de e aero de 1895.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-01-22
La Popular

Establecimiento en- donde Sc
de- allan tabacos eIaborados es-
presamente con Las .mejores ho-
jas de Juana- Diaz, Comerfo =
Rio de la Plata Cigarrillos de
las principales fabricas dc la
Habana y licores extra.
Todo & precio m6dico.
Representante,
LeopoIdo Rodriguez
Cabo Rojo, II Dbre dc 1894.
m. 4
The evening times., 1895-10-16
Rice Lore.

Rice is not mentioned in the Bible, as
it did not grow in the countries in which
Bible happenings occurred. Yet, at that
time, it was the chief food of millions of
people.
Japan, China and the East Indies have
from time immemorial placed all their
hopes on the rice crup, although it is apt
to be uncertain. So important did China
consider the rice crop that about 1000
years ago the custom was inaugurated of
an annual scattering of rice grains by the
Emperor himself, this being supposed to
propitiate the gods.
In India, on account of like supersti-
ton, rice is used in sacrificial ceremonies
upon the altar and as the food of the sacred
fishes.
1t has been claimed that the people who
subsist largely upon a rice diet are deficient
in physical strength, but this is disputed
In the countries where rice is used people
thrive in largest numbers. The Chinese
are not athletic, but one cannot in justice
lay the blame on q rice diet.
1t is in Japan that the cultivation of
rice is carried to the highest degree of
excellence. The fields are cut up into
small sections and the plants are grown
in seed beds, much as our tobacco is started.
Water Is turned in through canals and the
plants Kept submerged till nearly harvest
1t has been estimated that fully one
third of the population of the globe sub
sists on rice as its principal food.
The evening times., 1895-10-16
Culled From the Curious.

Although Vermont has for several years
offered the liberal bounty OF SIS ON bears,
the animals are still found upon the mount
aims, and, in the opinion of hunt ers andtra D.
pers, are growing in numbers in that sec
ton. 4,
How little the population of France
moves abroad is shown by the last census
Out Of 80 100000 inhabitants, 21,0OO:-
600 live in the town or village in which they
were born, and &c, SOC, 900 have not moved
out of their native departments. Only
10000 have eniigrated from France to
colonies or foreign countries.
After the Franco G German war it was cal
culated that the proportion of killed to the
bullets spent in endeavoring to kill them
was l to 300.
A census of centcnarians has been taken
in France, and the results, which have been
published, show that there are now alive
in that country 213 persons who are over
100 years old. OF these 1 AZ are women.
A curious accident befell Allen L. Care
in Sacra mento. Cal, recently. While
driving along the streets a trolley wire
broke and fell to the ground. In its descent
it touched Clare on the tip of the ear, com
pletely destroying his hearing and the
sight of one eye. There was no sign of a
burn where the wire touched him.
Accidents from lightning are growing
more frequent, according to the Berlin sta
tistical bureau. Within the city limits fires
from lightning numbered 80 year between
1888 and 1S43, 52 year from 1874 to
1865, 103 a year from 1866 to 1879, and
1872 a year between 1850 and 1899.
An invention provides for pneumatic
seats in railway carriages. These may be
readily inflated by means of n hose con-
nected with the pipes of the air brake. In
this manner may travelling be made a
luxury at small permanent cost to the rail
way compa nies.
Buddhism arose in India about 500 B. C.
as a new departure from Brahma nism of
the most remarkable chara cter. Its origi-
nator was one of the most remarkable per
sonages in all human history. He is called
Sakya, Sakyanuni, Siddhartha, Gautama.
and Buddha.
To walk chalk" is a phrase borrowed
from the times when royalty Travelled on
horseback or in carriages with a considera-
BILE retinue. Before arriving in town a
herald or court officer would precede the
cortege, select the best houses for the use
Of royalty and mark their doors with chalk.
The evening times., 1895-10-16
Flowery TrifIes.

The holly in Germany is called Christ
iorn, or Christ's thorn, the legend being
that It was of this plant that the crown
OF thorns was made; in France the honor
is assigned to the ha awthorn. which is there
called the noble thorn; in Spain the legend
assigns the honor to the bramble.
The rose OF Jericho is also called the
resurrection plant, from the fact that after
being apparently dead and dried it may
be revived and made to bloom by placing
it in u bowl of water.
Some flowers seem to enjoy the great
est degree OF heat that can come from
the direct rays of the sun. The portulacca
is closed in the morning, but soon opens
and is in full bloom and apparently en-
joying itself highly before noon. The
hotter the day the brighter the colors of
this flower.
The passion flower is intimately asso-
ciated in the popular legends with the
crucifixion; its three petals are supposed
to typify the Father. Son and Holy Ghost.
while in its other parts the imaginative
eye finds the cross, the ails, the spear.
the crown of thorns, the halo and various
other emblematic objects.
The olive, oak, laurel, myrtle, rose
mary, cypress, amarinth and parsley are
all funeral plants among the Greeks and
Romans. ITO be in need of parsley" was
Greek euphemism, Indicating the death
of the. person so described.
The' carthamine flower has for thou
sands of years been used to dye fabrics
of a yellow color. The mummy cloths
found in Egyptian coffins are died yellow
with this flower.
The sundew is an insectivorous flower.
attracting its prey by the globules or WIS.,
cous matter. and holding fast the captured
insect by drawing its petals over the
body.
The smallest flower known to the bot
anist is said.to be that of the yeast plant.
1t is microscopic in size and is said to
be only -hundredth OF a Diillimcter in
diameter.
There is an herb growing on Mt Libanus
and in the surrounding country which is
said to stain bright yellow the teeth OF
all animals that feed upon it.
The evening times., 1895-10-16
BICYCLE INFLUENCE

Some time ago Miss Kate Field, a
new woman in many ways, but very
old one in others, wrote bitterly against
the bicycle as contributing to immortality V
because of the facility with which young
people cou1d take long nd isolated ex-
cursions together. Possibly Miss Fields
chief incentive to antagonism was the
fact that courting and marriages have been
vastly increased by this great invention.
Whatever may have been the reason
for Miss Fields splenetic utterance, a
higher authority has pronoun need in favor
OF the bicycle as a great moral agent,
and this is no less famous person than
Miss Frances E. Willard, emi nent in
two worlds in the cause of social re-
form and the establishment OF women
upon an equal legal and social plane
with men.
Miss Willard argues that many young
people who would otherwise linger in
the crowded portions OF cities and towns,
amid doubtful surroundings, now wheel
out to the pure air of the country and thus
give themselves wholesome and inspir.
ing exercise. She finds nothing object
ionable and everything to commend in the
wonderful machine which has displaced,
hundreds OF thousa nds OF horses and
given SO great an impetus TO healthful
The evening times., 1895-10-16
LORD sACKvnLE.s WONDER.

Lord Sackville publishes n letter in
London Journals this morning, according
TO dispatches to the Times this evening,
in which he expresses wonder as to how
his last exhibition Of stupidity became
known to the world. One of my lords
late and highly esteemed contemporaries,
Lord Tennyson, wrote in his Maud
Il never whispered a private affair,
Within the hearing of cat or mouse,
OF the house,
This, IL nothing else, should have warned
his lordship, but in addition to it, Sack,
Vile had spent years in Washington. He
hId known how those solemn and secret
executive sessions OF the Senate were
described TO the public in all their ma tcsty,
when not soul nor Senator could be
found who had even breathed word
upon the subject. His lordship should
have known, moreover, that books pub
lshed ''for private circulation only are
always the surcst to reach the public and
are criticised more severely than those
which seek popular patronage. He should
not, however, find it difficult to discover
tue culprit, il, as he says. only a few
copies had been distributed when the
whole matter was cabled to this country.
The evening times., 1895-10-16
Points About Pilgrims

Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Edwards and F Kill
| patrick, of Kansas City; B. c. slocum, of
Boston; Alexander H. Clapp, of Worcester,
| Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Sower, of Port
| land, Me-: Howard Adams, of Little Rock.
Ark, and W. J. Strong, of Chicago, are at
Wizards.
Among the Raleigh's guests are: Adolph
Braur, of st. Louis: E. R. Williams, of
Buffalo; DR.. E. s. Breyfogle a nd C. E. Green.
of San Francisco, and William Passmore
and wife, and L. NJ. Reaves, OF Milwaukee.
At the Ebbitt, among others, are: R.
Marshall, of Dayton, o.; Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Hartley, of London; Hon. s. P.
Walker, of Memphis; ]. B. Cooper, of Min
I ,apolis; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. n. Russell, jr., of
Los Angeles; H. W. Child, of st. Paul, and
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Noble, of Milwaukee
Among the Arlington's recent arrivals
are: James r. Hayden, of Seattle, Wash;
VIII I. Dinner, of Dayton, o.: William B.
Hooper, of San Francisco; Mrs. Thomas
Wilson, of st. Paul, and Mr.. and Mrs W. r.
Warnock, of Urbana, o.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, of Lynchburg, Va,
and William R. Robins b of Richmond, Va,
are guests at Pages.
Some late arrivals at the SEoreh;cl are:
j. T. Keena, of Detroit; Mr.. and Mrs. ohm
A. Adams, Of Little Rock, Ark; Mime. f. de
Bocandi, of Paris; Mrs. F. NJ. McAllister
and Miss Gertrude Sheppard, of Elizabeth,
N. J., and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II. baldwin,
of Chicago.
j. P. Boyle, of Keokuk, Ia; Mr.. a nd Mrs.
NJ. D. Cronin, of st. Paul; Mrs. W. G. Lang
ford, OF Spokane, WASH; Mr.. and Mrs
Frank NJ. Smith, of Holyoke, Mass, and
Amory Coffin, of Phoenixville, Pa, are
at the Riggs.
The evening times., 1895-10-16
Novelties.

A shining evangelical light. Sir James
Fitzjames stephen, was ascetic by tempera-
mcnt, hating long dinners, Authorizing port
wine and appearing to his sons sort of
living categorical imperative" "Did you
ever know your father to do a thing because
it was pleasant" Lady Stephen once asked
one of her children. Yes, once; when he
married you," was the young courter' s
neat reply.
ABoston man travelling through the South
was Obliged to stop over in small town
where there was but one hotel. at which
the accommodations were hardly to be
called elaborate. When the colored waiter
brought his dinner the Boston man found
that he was to have rUa st beef stewed toma-
toes, corn, peas. potatoes and coffee, the
vegetables served in the usual stone china
canoes. Presently he said t" the walter:
Dick, pass the spoons" The waiter rolled
his eyes in genuine amazement. Spoons.
sahl What you want with the spoons?
There's yo' spoon in yo' corn"
A traveller by postchaise wished to buy
piece OF cherry pie in Brussels. but, not
daring to leave the vehicle lest 1t should
leave him, called a lad from across the
street and requested him to purchase the
pastry at some shop in the vicinity, and
then, Ito make assurance doubly sure"
he gave him another piece Of money and
told him to buy some for himself at the
same time. The lad went off on n run, and
in a little while came back eating a piece
of pie and looking complacent and happy
Walking up to the window OF the post
chaise. he said, with the most perfect nom
cilalance. returning ut the same time one
Of the pieces OF money given him by the
gentleman, who, ii may be remarked. was
extremely hungry: -
The rcstaurateur had only one piece of
pie left. and that bought with my money
that you gave me-
The evening times., 1895-10-16
Several SuperStitiOnS.

There is superstition among many
colored people in 'he South that 10 meet a
frog is a lucky incident Indicating that
the one thus favored is about t0 receive
money from some unexpected quarter.
French housemaids have a ret supersti-
ton that it is unlucky to kill ''mogcy-
spinner" l. G., spIuer, ana therefore, span e
many webs in situations where they can be
left without suspicion of negligence.
Several ancient authors narrate the su-
perstition common in both Greece and Rome,
that the hasilisk can throw its poison to a
considerable distance, and thus slay its
victim.
In England and Scotland milkmaids be-
licve that if they forget to " ash their hands
after milking, their cows will go dry
This superstition is diligently fostered by
the owners of the cows.
In parts of Austria and Italy there is
superstition that the human saliva is a
cure for blindness. The idea probably orig
mated in the miraculous healing of blind
man recorded in one of the Gospels,