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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-15

Total. $110 sss Os
Lo que So hsce notorio por ell presente pa.
ra la mayor concurreucia de licitadores.
Ponce, Junio 8 de 1895 -El Secretario.
Joaquin D0pena, W b FL Alcalde Presi.
dente. ALUar0Co
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-15
10 j Q :!

% vende el establecimiento dc Psestamo.
slInado en- "a plazs Las Dslicias El Que Il
mismo local % -
Los que tengan prendas & obistos 49,
nados 50 serviran sacarlos antea ,5aI sE 80 ss,
entrante Julio. - uoi
% compra ma eetancia dc csfs aituada an
esIa jurisdiction, estando libre de graySme.
[. cHARDoN & CO
Ponce, 10 do Junio de 1895.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-15

Esps1a, que tanto progres6 desde
que desapareoio la casa De Austria,
ha retrocedido al siglo XVII.
Estamos en- pleno reinado de Car
los IL, con rcgativas para que llueva,
con batallones organizados por obs
pos, con escapnlarios para batir &
Maceo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-15

60 Compsginada va esta cr6nica, nos
vemos en- la necesidad de sustituir con pun
tos suspensivos ciertas afirmaciones que no
nes parecen oportunas, con perd6n de nues-
tro querido corresponsal IN. de la E.
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PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Observation-Disclosures lin the early
dawn)-"It must be time to get up"
| Wife-"Why Husband--"Baby has
just fallen asieep.'-Truth.
Hampton Belief wouldn't al
low g horrid man to kiss me, would
you?" Newport News Girl--"Of courss
not; l don't know any such. "-Norfolk
Pilot.
-"What!Yousay that Herr Schmidle
the merchant, has gone blind? Here's
pretty how dye dol have bill on
the man which is made out payable at
sight!' '-Dorfbarbier.
Harold was told to write sentence
containing the word "copse." He came
from the city, and the word had fa-
miliar sound. His sentence read: "The
boy lodged the copsc. youths Com
panion.
Tive been told Rivers name is in
old Rocksworthy's Will" "Yes, his
name is in it; he signed it as a witness.
That's all, and--good gracious! What's
the matter?" Nothing. only I've lent
him $500 on the strength of it."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
-Gotrox-''I think young Cheeky is
a foreign nobleman in Disguise Wig
wag What makes you think sop
Gotrox-"Well, he has succeeded in bor-
rowing thousand dollars from me.
and now he wants to marry my daugh-
er."-Philadelphi Record.
Romantic Miss-.sHave there not
been moments in your experience when
life seemed full of unsatisfied wants?"
Mr. Harihead-"Y-e-s, that's So" "At
such times always fly to music for re-
lief. What do you do, Mr.. Hardhead?"
Il advertise. Spare Moments.
The mother of family showed the
ticket collector on the railway couple
OF half-fare tickets for her two chit
dren. The official, after looking at her
doubtfully, said; ''How old are they?"
"They are only six, and they are twins"
"Ah.' Then, after a moments pause.
the man inquired: "And where were
they born?' This one was born in
London, and the other in Brighton.---
Tit-Bits
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The lnglesffle.

The ingleside, which is bay or re-
cess in hte side of the room capable OF
receiving hooded fireplace and usual
ly having windows and seats at the
side, is an exceedingly picturesque
feature of the modern halls. Like
most picturesque features, it is a
revival. The old ingle corners
were famous seats in old manor
houses, and were probably the only
ones where the draughts that poured
III around door and through crevices
did not reach. These recesses in large
halls with high ceilings did not extend
up to the ceiling, but were much lower,
and the front over the ingleside was
furnished with shelf for the display
Of fine pottery or any curios. In a
dining-room the shelf was used for the
display of plate. In some recent houses
an inglesidc is arranged under the
stairs. The outside of the house shows
the chimney displayed on the outside of
c bay, or projection similar to bay
window, but with windows at the sides
only. Upstairs above the ingle this
projection is used as closet, lighted
at the side. IN. Y Tribune.
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A correspondent gives the history of
the Lougee morass in Sangerville, Me-,
where 40 years ago there was but a
small mudhoie in the read. which grew
larger until the whole width of the road
was sunk, AID log was laid along
the side FOR people to cross on. At
last the mud became so deep that it
syas difficult for teams to cross, SO
rocks were put in, until at last the
town was obliged to build bridge so
feet long. All went well for awhile,
when it was observed That this struc-
ture was sinking. Again the town had
q bridge laid upon this. which was then
sunk in the mud and water, extending
several feet more in length than the
first. As the years passed this bridge
sank in like manner, and then the town
took vote TO see whether il would
build u road around the swamp or Law
another bridge. 1t was decided 10 build
the bridge, which is $50 feet long. but
this bridge also is constantly sinking,
and viii soon have to be covered by an
other, and heightened 100 feet or more.
Lewiston tAis) Journal,
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which happens often enough"
"fes, yes; especially to those who
haven't got one. Go on"
II never discovered il until the con-
ductor held out his hand to take nv
fare. What could / do: What could
| say? i should be taken for a pauper
for an adventures, perhaps. was
crimson, was pale, felt that should
faint; when, happily, young man who
sat next to me gave the conductor a
piece of silver, saying: Take for two
This gentleman, seeing my embarrass-
ment, had kindly paid for me-"
well, miss, yoa have done nice
thing. Accept six sous from stranger.
You had better have explained to the
conductor. to the driver, to all the COM
pany. But people should not forget
their purses-I never do. And now.
how will you return his money? You
VIII never think of keeping it?"
Il have his card, papa: NJ. Apenor
Baiuchet. clerk at the ministry off,
What? This gentleman. not con-
tent with insolen,ly lending his six
sous, has had the impotence to force
-
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his card upon you into the bargaini
He is very scoundrel, your young man
CONNIE il fault"
"But papa, could not return his
money if did not know his address,"
M. Chapoulot mas not word to an
swer to this Ingenious argument, but,
with gesture of the intensest irrita-
ton, throws down his serviette upon
| the table.
ut is written that / shall not dine
this evening"" he says to the old serv-
ant. Find me cab at once. lam
going to restore to this Agenor his six
sous Immediately, and to tell him few
truths as WE'LL"
''But, papa, that will be ingratitude.
You must remember that this young
man has saved your daughter from un
faux pas"
''Un faux pas! He has rather led you
into one. But, silence, miss! ! am not
going to receive lessons; above all, les
sons in memory, from silly girl who
forgets her purse"
NJ. Chapoulot has taken his hat and
looks even more enraged than ever.
The old servant comes back. "a cab
man is at the door, but he will only
agree to a single journey"
"Oh, that will do! can easily find
another TO return"
And NJ. Chapoulot goes out in furious
haste. while Charlotte timidiy confides
to the sympathizing servant that she
knows even more of the young man
than she has dared to say. For month
past he has regularly travelled in the
same omnibus, and she has noticed that
he has noticed, etc, etc.
Agenor, in his bachelor apartment,
sits thinking over his experience of
the evening and vowing he will not
wash until the morning the hand that
had been touched by the dainty fingers
of Charlotte when she received the card.
Suddenly sharp rap at the door,
violent opening and a stout gentleman
out of breath, his hat upon his ears
and cane in his hand, breaks in upon his
dreaming.
'Monsieur!" exclaims the invader.
your conduct is scandalous. You are
not worthy the name of French gen.
tleman. An honest man would never |
take advantage of the embarrassment |
and inexperience of a young lady. To |
profit by the absence of father and q !
purse, to offer your money-and your !
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CAPEs FOR DREssY WEAR.
Coats Have Been Discarded for the
Sleeves Protection.

Coats Have Been Discarded for tn,
Sleeves Protection.
Although the big sleeve is decried 81
much, it has brought us much to be
thankful for. But for it capes would
not have been brought to so great per-
lection. Their beauties would have
been undiscovered, since in that case
coats would hold sway over all.
Capes should be all a-glitter with
beads or lined with fur. They should
be soft and dainty, to add bewitching
look to any lady as she hides herself
within the carriage.
Fish-net does not seem the proper
material, and yet it is the foundation
for one of the prettiest capes of the sen
son. White cloth is appliqued upon 1T
with gilt cord. The cloth is all a-glit-
ter with beads and paIc-green silk
peeps from beneath the fish-net. A
band of white angora edges the cape,
and the lining and collar are of the
same material.
Another is dull-green dcchesse satin,
with deep edging of chinchilla about
~ " if"eSH thC iuT d scfOl Work OF
steel beads is sewed on the satin. The
collar is of the fur and the lining pink
velvet.
AS in the illustration, many capes
have huge hoods, cut after an 18th CEN
tury pattern. These hoods encircle the
neck and add quaint air 10 the gar
ment.
A cape for the promenade is of tight
curled, black astrakhan. In shape it
Is a driving cape, double breasted and
fastened with large pearl buttons. A
collar OF Alaska sable completes it.
Of still another 1 could tell, of sable
with velvet points appliqued and jetand
white ribbon. But of capes, there is nc
cnd.-Chicago News.
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card into the bargain--to an unpro-
tected girl, it may be good investment,
but it is bad action. / have brought
you your six sous again, and would have
You know, sir, that, as for my daugh-
ter and myself, we wish to have nothing
to do with you"
And the stout gentleman, trembling
with his vehemence, puts his hand into
his pocket to get the money, when, be-
fore Agenor has time even to recover
from his bewilderment, new actor en-
| ters upon the scene. 1t is the cabman,
all furious, with an oath upon his lips
and brandishipg his whip in threaten
ing manner.
"Eh: you! What do you mean? You
engage me for single journey. tell
you | cannot stay. You even order me
to hurry. And then you jump from my
cab like a mailman and rush in here
without a word. None of that for me.
have only one thing to ask. Pay me
my money quickly, or" And the whip
goes round again more emphatically
than before
Agenor understands nothing of it.
But the stout gentleman, who has
searched vigorously in all his pockets,
becomes suddenly pale, then red, then
redder still, then crimson, then violet.
He is silent in stupefaction a minute,
and then, in answer to more vigor,
Gus demand from the cabman, he man
ages to falter:
Il Observation-Disclosures"
: oh, yes! know" cries the enraged
cocher. II have seen that dodge before.
You needn't try it on with me. Come
alcng! you shall tell your tale at the
police Office" And he begins to drag
away by the shoulders the unfortunate
Chapoulot, who is ready to fall into an
apoplectic fit.
But Agenor, true providence forthe
family. draws from his pocket the nee.
cssary sum and dismisses the driver.
You will allow me, sir" he saws tc
Nj. Chapoulot, who, all at once under
standing that it is possible to forget
ones purse. and that of all friends
friend in need is one indeed, can only
reply with a smile:
"Monsieur-M. Baluchet. I believe /
20 centimes for the omnibus and orr
franc 70 for the cab, that makes II
'ous l owe you. If you viii be good I
enough to dine with me this evening.
we will settle our affairs at once. As
IN old business man, / like not out
standing debts. Besides, ready reckon
ngs always make good friends
A quarter of an hon. later the servan,
'uts third plate upon the table in the
Rue de la Trocadero A month later
here is still larger party. when the
Wedding of Charlotte and Agenor is
CELEBRATED. And NJ. ChapouIot will often
ay to those who care TO hear him:
beware of borrowing, oh. fathers
# families. C'est I'm faux pas. made
nee debt of II sous. and could only
epay it with dowry If 2o,00o francs.
Strand Magazine,
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THE eooDLY SWORD.
The Egyptian Gave 1t the Name Fifty Gem
turies Ago.

Tno Egyptlan Gave 1t the Name Fifty Cen.
turies Ago.
Half a hundred centuries ago the
Egyptians gave to the sword its name.
Since those old days the history of the
trenchant blade, stained with blood and
defaeed by the scars of battle though
it is, holds much of the glory, the pc
etry. and the chisalry of the cruel game
of war.
A friend whose fidelity never wavered
and whose power never failed. il is not
surprising that men endowed the sword
not only with human attributes. but
with the might and majesty of the
gods themselves. The old legends
abound in tales of its magical powers.
How the divine armorers strove con.
tinuaily to excel some rival in the forg-
ing of blade of temper SO delicnte
that it might cut a thread with the
same ease with which it struck head
from the body, or hewed through heavy
metal armor. was favorite subject OF
the old Teutonic and Viking tales.
These legendary blades bore char.
ncteristic names, by which they were
invariably known. Graysteel, WAGER
through Sorrow and Milestone Bitter
were swords of wide renown; and we
all remember how Arthur of the Round
Table took "Excalibur the
sword that rose from out the bosom
of the lake." Caesars sword was called
s'Crocca Mors;" Charlemogne's "Joye-
pse" played no small part in the set
ting up of the great Frankish empire;
many bold captain weat down be-
Tore "El Tizona," welded by the re-
lentless hands of the Cid Mary Stuart |
Mckinney. in St. Nicholas.
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The readers Of this paper win be pleased
% learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to euro il
Catarrh euro is the only positive cnrs
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrf,
being a constitutional disease, REQUIRES 4
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
euro Is taken Internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
sysscm, thereby destroying the foundation
strength by building up the constitution ana
assisting nature in doing its work. The
Proprletors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials.
A9dress r. ). CHExEr e. Co., Toledo, @
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
HAIRS Family Pills are the best
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/ FHct AoffHf c<(a
like John Gilpin in his day. linen.
draper bold, has in good time retired to
enjoy modest competency in repose
Your wealthy London tradesman, now
who has grown rich beneath the shad-
ow of st. Faul's, if he retires at all be-
fore death or disease puts him suddenly
hors de combat, flies off to spend his for
tune at Brighton, or Bath, or Chelten-
ham-anywhere rather than in the
great metropolis where he has made it.
But M. Chapoulot, like the true Partisan
he is, will never desert his Vile Lum-
iere, and has retired no farther than
from the hustle of the boulevards to the
more peaceful Rue de la Trocadero.
There he now lives with his only
daughter Charlotte and an old faithful
servant of the family, and it is the
former whom he is at this moment
impatiently awaiting.
1t is dinner time with the Chapoulots,
who dine at six. One might see it by
the snowy tablcclosh, the neatly-rollcd
serviettes with their little ivory rings,
the plates, the glasses, and there, lift
ing its head in sovereignty over all,
the tall wine bottle with its petit blanc
vim, which is to the Partisan what tea
and coffee and beer and all the bever-
ages of the day are to the average Eng
lishman.
M. Chapoulot always begins his din
ner with punctuality, but he has never
begun it without Charlotte. And Char
lotte comes not. Five minutes past
six, and M. Chapoulot's impatience be-
comes annoyance; ten minutes, and it
is even anger; quarter past, and he
is furious. Hunger, they say, will
tame a lion, but it will none the less
rufiie the equanimity of a saint.
Wherever can Charlotte be? She has
gone this afternoon to take her music
lesson in the boulevard Barbesse. She
goes three times week, and al
ways returns in ample time for dinner.
Twenty past, anger begins to give way
to nervousness; five-and-twenty, it is
alarm; half-past six and no Charlotte,
M. Chapoulot is trembling with nnx-
iety. Hurriedly he summons the old
servant, asks for his hat and boots; he
will go out himself and see whatever
may have happened.
But suddenly there is merry lit |
tic rap at the door, and Charlotte en-
ters. No evil can have come, for there |
she stands in the doorway, smiling,
radiant, in all the ease and grace of Ia |
petite Parisienne.
"Oh! papa--I-''
But NJ. Chapoulot's fear gone. his inn
patience again usurps supremacy, and |
reassured about the safety of his
daughter, he begins to feel anxious for
the flavor of his dinner.
Come to table first. You can tell
ne while eating. / shall understood
better them
"Oh! but, papa! you don't know. 1
lave had an adventure."
IAN adventure!" exclaims M. Cha
'oulot, starting from his seat and
lropping his spoon into the soup upon
which he has already commenced.
YES, papa! an adventure in the omni-
us with young man."
The omnibus--with young man!
'arbleui"
but with young man CONNIE il
aut, papa, can assure you"
You ought to know, Charlotte, that /.
young man CONNIE il faut has no adj
entures, above all in an omnibus.
Whatever do you mean?"
1T is very simple, papa. You need
OF make such cruel face. had for
often my purse. That is a thing
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WHERE DID you GET TITfs C0rFc

Had the Ladies' Aid Society of our
Church out for tea, forty of them, and
all pronounced the German Coffeeberry
equal to Rio! Salzer's catalogue tells
you all about it! IS packages Earliest
vegetable seeds S1.0O.
If YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND
with 1sc. stamps to John A. Salzcr Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, You will get free a
package of above great coffee seed and
our 14s page catalogue! Catalogue
alone SC. postage. (R)
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OLD BACHELOR that your sister
has married, it is your turn" Young
Lady-"Is that meant as an offerr'-Lus-
tige Blaetter.
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The Master-'Is 1t raining very hard,
Thomasp The Servnnt-"No. sir; only
hailstones, sir.n-Roxbury Gazette.
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"MAr take this seat, madam9'' said the
travelling man to o lady in the railroad car.
mo, SIR" said the female, witheringly; IL
have been keeping 1t for gentleman."-
Yonlzers Statesman.
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IAN AWKWARD FIX"

D N T o u d it.!
Wherever c a n
Charlotte be?'
1t is NJ. Chapou-
lot who speaks,
and, as the words
show, NJ. Chapou-
lot is out of hui
NOR. Ordinarily
NJ. Chapoulot is
as good-tempered
and easy-going as
one would expect
in a man of GO,
who, having been,
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Frcc to "Comrades"

The latest photograph of Honorable /. N.
Walker, Commander-in~C Chief of the G. A.
II. Write to F. II. LORI, Quincy Building,
Chicago, and you win receive one free.
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NATURE, through all her works, in great
degree, borrows blessing from variety
Churchill.
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Spring

Is the season for purifying, cleansing, ands
renewing. The Accommodations Of waste
everywhere are being removed. Winters
Icy grasp is broken aud on all sides are
indications Of natures returning life,
renewed force, and awakening power.
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Is the time for purifying the blood.
cleansing the system and renewing the
physical powers. Owing to close conHne-
ment, diminished Precipitation and other
causes, in the winter. impurities have moi
passed out Of the system as they should
but havc accumulated in tho blood
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Is therefore the best time to take Hoods
because tho system fs now
most In need Of medicine. That HOODS
Is tho best blood purifier andi
Spring medicine is proved by its wonder
ful cures. A course of Hoods Sarsapar;llsA
now may prevent great suffering lator on
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-01

around slaughter houses for hideous
sights and unpleasant odors. We want
less purposeless and demagogical crit
icism and more of that healthy sort that
foretelIs remedies for real national evils.
We want more effort to enforce the ex-
isting antitrust law and to remedy its
shortcomings in the light of experience,
and less low priced rhetoric about the
plutocratic trusts couched in language
calculated to frighten innocent people.
The time is ripe for higher sort OF
craftsmanship than we now have. The
man in public life today may thank his
lucky star for this opportunity. Peace
hath her victories no less renowned than
war, and now is the time to win peace
victories. Conditions cannot be pushed
lightly aside, facts cannot be ignored,
but they demand lien, intelligent men,
honorable men. who have the patience,
the wisdom to understand and the cour-
age to lead. to do. and dare. Under
stood, the conditions are not half so bad
as claimed. Our ailments are magnified
by dwelling upon them. Analyze your
pleasures and you are fortunate If they
don't take wings and fly away. Brood
over your misfortunes and they become
uncomfortable. The pubic man can bet
ter serve his country by pointing the
way to remedies than by cheap COM
plants against the existing order OF
things
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-01
OKLAHOMA riu,es-I0urn.l, Two yc.u .r,

Oklahoma Times-Iourrs2i. Two yeas aes
the members OF the legislature from the
older counties in the Tertiary desired TO en-
&C, tax exemption law. but desisted be-
cause OF the small valuation In the new
counses. The legislature was csnfrcnted
with a condition that could not then bs over
looked. The new counties were In debt to
the limit permitted by the federal statute.
and the enactment Of TAX exemption Law
would have reduced the valuation very
largely and would thus have osrlcurtsa
many counties. That condition may nsl
now exist. II Il does not. q small taS ex-
en,psicn ought TO be provided for-say Of 80
worth of personal property. Such . law
would not benefit the taxpayer except as 10
would benefit the county. The county would
be the gamer for assessments sf - and iess
cost more than the county Ects out Of them.
The average rate for an purposes dcss noo
exceed per cent. and asseeszneuts running
from S to IS would furnish n an collections
were maze. about IS cents; but the coils1s
tons are not rssde-fuily one-naif never be,
ing collected. The incapns Is. tnerefors. cu>
down TO . cents u costs TO begin with. v
cents TO list the property. and 10 cents -
extend IT on the tax roll The treasurer 10
bothered with the trffiing accounts ana
books are wasted m ksectng them. The
records show the counties continually IN
seos to the territory. ana the fa'nrre 10 cob
sect dfserranTes finance. srsl1 eSsmp-
ton ought 70 he provsted fur the protee-
ton OF the counties