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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-10-29
COLNlDO POICEI0
ATOCHA, BAJOS DE- D. Luis CASALS

!. En- este establecimiento Sc encon-
traran toda clase de vfveres secos,
who's, licores'y conservas alimentlclas'
frutas cristalizsdas, turrrones, vino
lagrima, idem Alella, idem Navarro
dem Navarro FZoridor, idem catalan
Costa del LIevasst, queso mallorqu1n
legftimo el renombrado
CEPA DE MACON
Carne de familia, pastelillos, biz
cochos, ponques, cocas con sobreaza-
Sas. tocineta, chorizos. frutas, sardi-
mas y pescados.
Se reciben encargos para confec-
c;onar bizcochones, ramllletes, paste
las. tostadas y toda clase de dulces
nara hodas y bautizos, para 10 cuai
t;ana assa casa uno de los meJores
conHteroa de la isla.
Unico inportador del
ANIsADODOS A AGUILAS
DE PEDRO SUES
Sc sirven cenass chocolates, cafe, lsehe J
nelados. roDr.
rior. 4oa. a,a
sa de licores inos legstimos; jamon plan
ena00' 0'''' e r. MELIA.
Nota. Sc avisa los fabricantes de leo
| res. que hay existeneia constante oe garra
tones vacios. Enaro 81 de 1870 = All
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-10-29

Por medic del presente, pongo en- eonoci-
miento de mis- relacionados, que desde esta
fecha no reconocere nj pagare cuenta aiguaa
que no haya sido originada por MI directa-
mente 6 por mi apoderado general don hs-
fael Soldevila Costas por mi nermaEo
don Nepomuceno Perez. -, mr.
Pefluelas, Mayo 80 de 18S6.-Msgetes re
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-10-29
Ell ESPEC|FICO SAL LVADOR
DEsTRUYE ToDOs Los INSECTOS

Es muy dtil para librar de ellos toda cia-
se dc mneoles.
Aolicado i los roperos Sc iioran 81 pano
Ia seda de ser desrraidos
o., ma ieriaguillla de edo SO emp4pan
La ~endiias. los insectos morirAn Ia vista
de. que haga la aplicaoion.
Todos los estabiecimientos como canise-
rs.s sonbrererfas, sastrerfss y mercerias de-
hen sproyecharse do las yentajas que, ca
este toacepto, ofrece oil Es3eclico SakUaaoT.
Dichos Observation-Disclosures aplicaran ei ASpe'
| cffioo en- las rendiIAs de las ossas que ocupen.
Psra pedidos diTigirse por cartas don
| Juan Sierra Urgel, Jnana Diaz.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-10-29
ImpOrtante

Por no poderla atender So due1o, Sc vee-
da Ia s.Fkbrica de chocolate" constando GO
magnfficos modernos sparatos, Ia cuai
existe en- la playa de esta ciudad.
Informara en- esta imprents don EdetmiFo
:. Lespier. Ponce, Janio de 1870. zF p'S'
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-10-29
CAL zADO, CALzAD0, CALzADO

Fiao, fresco eiegaDte es ei explenoldo
.,,-t;lo one aeafss de recibir en estos dias La
oasa de r. Toro d. C. eo Ia Gale del Co
n,arcio. Exclusiyamente fabricsnte de pri-
mer orden; nads de medianias. Tanto en- cia-
- nara senoras, como para caballeros y nj
nos: hay iltimas novedades, para personas
de buen gusto.
Mayo 30 de 1900
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-10-29
GRAN RRALIZAClON

de galapagos de todas classes en- La Ca
sa dc r. TORO g. c., Gale del Co
mercio. Sc realizan casi a como quie-
ra eli comprador: los hay de todas cla
ses. tanto para seforas como para ca
balleros.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-10-29
Pl RC

De estas afamadas bicicletas
americanas b y De venta en- La
Hortenssa.
Son las mas elegantes, solidas,
ligeras, c6modas y baratas
Vista hace f6.
Stbre. Is del SO I'm a
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-10-29
EMILIO CABRERO-

dar obre perfection del trabao de
hacendados que 10 han vsto un
onar.
Doctor Travieso don Juan Agoini don T.
Gonzalez de Mayagae; don Fedro
nj don Pedro Bras don uaa Campo don Emlo
mz de Maas; Agus Font de San Sebastian don Leo
nardo Recio de Aduntas.
avps Ponce, de Mayo de 1896
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-10-29

Los precios las cadoas americana puestas pooo
tamben costado Gel oarco
Ponce Mayaguez Aguad San Juan con un recgo
un p.S
que ea necestan para u na
guna pueden nsadas en- cuaqe
MADEIRA donoe Sc Ell
apaao para complete de abrca como
grabaao resutando 10 tanto mas oarata que hg
del cafe
Los fAc traspoe la pieza mas pesad SOLO ene 70
quint
que por ordenes sai6 Naea
"a obeo construn
hacendado dese uzar
tempo constufdas de modo pueda eg
podran
Conception Jurisdiction de Las ars sa
M Cbrero del Comercio oe Dan
trasmiiran las 6rdenes oportunamente
solo necesitan la uerza de cabao re
de fue
maquinas cbaios que los propeaos cuenten con
despupadoa
cafe eviando de este modo las ma
qunas de bueyes que moetas son al propeaio
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-19
PORTRAIT


The modern practice of having
traits Of individuals seems to have
/ sprung up naturally enough with the.
popularity of easel pictures, and this
sgain was much influenced by the intro.
duction Of oil painting. whether An
~tonello Of Messina really acquired The
art from the Van Eycks or from Lucas,
Of Leyden, as some have conjectured.
is very doubtful, but it was certainly
he who introduced the new art process
into Venice, whence it spread all over
Italy.
We have now come to the full de-
velopment of the art Of painting that
sprang up toward the close of the 18th
century and which was chiefly em-
bodied in four great men, Leonardo,
Raphael, Michael Angelo and Titan.
All of those were great portrait painters
in the true sense of the term, with the
exception of Michael Angelo, who sell
dom condescended to easel pictures
and who never worked in oil.
The great advance made by the 10Th
century painters over the p~re-Raphael-
ties was in the much-fuller utilization
of the Of ~chiaroscur0. IN
to this time the colors used were mostly.
clear and light, and only 80 much shad-
ing was introduced as was necessary
to give relief to the figures. The value
of shadow in itself was hardly appre-
ciated; in fact, the whole conception OF
painting was TO show everything as
far as possible in a full light.
The great innovator in this matter
was Leonardo. Being, as he was. as
much a man Of science as painter, the
problems of light and shade interested
him in both capacities, and he investi
gated them in something Of the mod
crn spirit. BY the aid Of the lxnowI-
edge thus acquired he succeeded III Civ
Ling to his figures roundnessa and re-
lief that had been hitherto unknown.
In fact, he carried It so far that they
ere sometimes oyermodeled. - Nine
teenth Century.
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leNcRANcE 81 M.elNErr.



H$ AeHaNii4am Aq~stn4e HAS Mo Eacrl
ea4 ~ FInanesarn3.
Ach3nl& aamsrefs mode hastc Ia
Heie hin - eppotpn4f8 f6naIza ssf.s
mafks he Coliseum rat|
1pFmanee oudhefmproFed ne opboftsl-
nity Witlops hssitatIoe ia the style rs
which De isnaaoted
Inc teiin eT0tsf had jast c6ns
Pssfed its unique Job BY nonaiaafiad ihe
WHINE pHotectioPist aiI-afonfd m5nop.
oiist and bosom friend of Senator BrVe
and the late Ga. Blaine. when Foraksf
club drew np before the Canton Joss
house and ELECTED d timely speech
from the Occupant of that shrine.
1ststn& FaNaQrJ WORDS u VNFY
solemn end Impressive style about d
struggle greater thon that of tie civil
'gar-a struggle t3 preserve the honor
81 the governments @ contest in which
patriotism IS above party ana national
nonor Is aearer than any partyn ame
the great oracle went on to say.
The currency and credit Of the govern
fqent are good now ard mast BE kaua
good forever. Our troiftfe is not with the
~chafacter Of b money that we linve. bat
With the threat to debaae III we hnve
the same currency that we had in 1885,
good the world over a unquestioued Nv
p people"
Here we have the same ignorance OF
economic principles, the same ignoring
Of notorious facts, that have character
lied all of McKinley's u-tterances on the
currency question.
The republican candidate is unable TO
see anything amiss in the system which
eliminated in the act of 1890 providing
for the purchase Of silver with a new
emission of legal tender notes and pro-
dncing the disastrous panic Of 1893.
Our currency was not good the world
over and unquestioned by any peopl,,
in 1892. The silver act Of 1890, in The
passage Of which Mckinley took an act
i've part, had shaken confidence and
caused a reduction of more than $780,
100000 in the net treasury gold long be-
fore the presidential election of 1892.
By the admission of far ADLER re-
publican leaders than Mckinley that
act produced distrust and was the i'm
mediate cause of the panic of 1898.
All competent judges know that our
currency has been unsound ever since
war issues of legal tender notes.
They know that its unsoundness was
confirmed and perpetuated by the half
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-19


FDp you waut = zen and inE. or
pencil and paper to writes wifhw
Wary one right now mister. Reckon
my brother Bill ana his folks have rot
some writin axanenia and va can IA
'em both mp together ana send 81
when we come through on our return
back home.
Week had went by when BRIGHT and
early one mOrniu 4 covered wagon.
halted in front Of the post Office. anf
the man whichsha.led from the REGIONS
OF tar, pitch and t1rpsutine come Ba,r
n right in and tackled the postmaster
oncst more.
"Blamed # theyaint dxCdupnow. mis-
ter, and fixed up accordin "a law, saws
he, as he showed two postal cards
through the windOw To the pus3Tn4z-
Ter. "BilI's wife she writ 'em beth.
whilst Bill and mo and my wife told
her what to set down. Amt they fixed
right. mister2n
master.
Now how much win II costu1 20 send
EN- on through to the old folks back
there IN b states2"
Not a continental red. The gssern-
ment will take them through for moth
in"
"Thenative hu you sayl Well, burned
IL lever would Of thoughtit. And me
like the blasted idiot which am-I have
been dead square agin the government
for t~hirty-odd years. But blamed If
amt with her, right or wrong, hence
forwards from now on. Say, mister,
the next time they git up war you Jest
let us know, and burned if me and NV
brother Bill don't fight under the old
flag till the evenin stars sing together"
The two postal cards are shufled into
the mail pouch and then tossed on the
noon train. The covered wagon, the
dogs and the tar bucket have moved on.
The man with the smell of rosum in his
clothes returns back home, whilst the
wide and wicked world ways It's way
and all is well.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-19


t s.
The khileaeiphi4 rertnlH ~
ltalnea necarae tfa isoH ore 56.
nad inereasea TIE
cent TithoA Increasing
the mIne 1satn' This edi3.
snppof #cNn1ev Snd3Ef
peiaifne ca fhe 1ariH dnt
egg IRON nna sten3 Ff1 Weie IS dAn
2ef peeause 81 the nQf5 ber and tie
tions ef the eombiHa4ioas raeent|v
formed IN the iron aiid steeI i16netIo.
Enc furious irop apd steal Made
saia our mckinley contemporary
which arc raising prices by nombiHa.
tion may hnd themselves s{FiN19d 0f8N=
protection. We quote als9 TIE follos
ing:
the IRON ore c~onbinatian has advanced
prices ana not WAGee. ~ As nuiHstlnahaa.
4ne steel bt3ef eombInation. N&o shaf is
~NHAnen@s e4 steel m&nufactNfe IKhasaud4
ea TO the cost Of the farmer steel wire.
Inc prices OF q long ffst of ortInsea Is tim
consumer VIII be advanced bY aa4icr..
But TIC Press mus know fsdt Af&
Haanag oorganized 4ho fstn oze ro
needed money Tor the nhsez 81 REf.
Mckinley's canvass. Mt. Hanna Ia the
president Of the ChapsnIron company
which owns the great Chaplin mine.
This mine stands second on the Use 81
orc producers, and its output last wear
was 625,O0O tons. The pool advanced
prices on the basis Of an increase from
$500 to $4 per ton for Bassemer r
The Chaplin mine had it's allotted share
Of this increase, and Mr.. Hanna is in
terested in other iron mines.
It is plain that the increase of about
one dollar per ton has very ~preceptiLly
enlarged Mr.. Hanna's income. AS we
have said, he wanted money for McKin-
canvass. He said a few davs ago
that the canvas had cost him 100000
and that only $4,000 had been con-
tributed by other friends OF his candi-
Well, the additional profits Of
his investment in the Chaplin mine and
other, iron mines and associated in
terests, procured by means of the pools
of price, have at least been
equal, we presume, to his expenditures
on McKinley's account.
If tits true, as the PHILADELPHIA Press
asserts, (and the Press is his friend and
Mckinlcy's friend.) that he and his pool
associates did not increase wages, why
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-19
HoeART,s 1ARIFF TALk.
The TAR of the Republican Ticket Has
Been Taught How to Wag.

Been Taught How to wag.
People who took the trouble to read
Mr.. Hobart's speech of acceptance were
doubtless struck with the remarkable
logic Of his utterances on the tariff
question.
The tail of the republican ticket has
been taught how to wag. and, therefore,
his eulogy Of McKinleyism might have
been spoken by the syndicate candidate
himself. Regardless of the fact that
McKinleyism dissipated a surplus Of
100000, 900, brought the gold reserve
down to the danger line and reduced the
revenues to a deficiency Of over $5,O0O,-
600 a month, while filling the pockets
Of the favored few, Mr.. Hobart exalted
the Mckinley tariff as a great revenue
raising and Understanding act.
But the excessive singularity Of Mr..
Hobart's argument lies in his attack on
the effort to reduce the tariff to arev-
enue basis-which all economists admit
is the basis ito secure the greatest rev
cnue at least cost to the people and with
least injury to trade-as q burdcn-in-
creasing and misunderstanding project.
In the extraordinary clarity of his mind
Mr.. Hobart can even see that q lower
tariff "closes foreign markets against
products" unmindful Of the fact
that the reciprocity scheme which
his platform indorBes proposes to open
foreign markets by agreement with
other countries to take OF all tariffs and
engage in free trade. Mr.. Hobart has
forgotten how Mr.. Blaine smashed his
hat and denounced the Mckinley
bill for not openinga market for bush.
Ell Of American grain or n barrel Of
American pork. and that reciprocity
was a device to cover this weakness.
The logic of the Mckinley campaign
is zone of those things al Dundreary
used to remark, shat nobody can't
know anything about"-St. Louis Re,
public.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-19
NgvER Sen al TAE NORTH.
Southern DelIcacy That Finds No Market
This side of the Line.

Southern DeIicacy That Finds No Market
This side of the Line.
OF the many ailments peculiar to the
United States that are exported to Eu.
rope with entire safety, there is che
that has so far baffled the preventative
qualities of refrigeration. This is the
coqulna, small bivalve foundin Florida.
the average size of which is less than
half an inch long by one-quarter of an
inch wide. It is taken from the sand at
low tide, its whereabouts being iEdi-
Gated by a small tuft of grass invariably
attached to the shell. When employed
as food coquina when gathered are
placed in perforated boxes and exposed
to the action of the waves to relnove
as much as possible the particles OF silt
that adhere to them. This, however, is
only partly effective. They are boiled,
shells and all, in a pot in a little water,
which is alone used as the ~favcring
extract, as the meat contained in the
shells is Sc trifing and of such light
consistency that little or none remains
after cooking. The resultant liquid
after boiling is incorporated in cream
VA ul1AAA 4OH tAC COnSOSb4CA Vi ~ PNACC Va
Surprising delicacy. The flavor of the
coquina combines that of the scalIop,
soft clam and oyster. 1T rs u curious
parad6x that the largest and the small
est OF the CLAIMS found on the Atlantic
coast possess an identical taste. The
great gguohogues, or sea CLAIMS, washed
upon our northern sand beaches in
storms are in magnificent proportions
of theAeame general shape as coquina.
They alAo make a delightful PURGE Of
the samet favor as that impaired by the
minute Florida bivalve. Moreover, they
are available for other culinary concoc
tions to a vry superior degree. While
coquina arepever sold in northern
markets, theNgreat quohogue is coca.
sionally obtaAable. AS a rule, it Is a
delicacy reser$d for those who live
directly upon Ne beaches; for, unless
these be frozen, the CLAIMS so o as
cast upon the SHIRE bury themselves
with surprising clerity in the sand.
TO find some methd Of transporting
coquina from FloriA to our northern
markets is worthy oAeffort. inasmuch
as their use in the INNER described
above win offer an epiarean diversion
sn a field Of alimentatiu that i now
somewhat d~istinguishedbv monotonv
and sameness.-N. =. SuE
The very substance 6tha ambi,
tious is merely the shadowSe I drsam
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-19

repeal of the resumption act in 1878 and
the provision that redeemed legal ten.
ders should not be extinguished.
They know that the endless chain
thus forged was put in motion by the
republican silver act of 1890. They know
that the currency win never be sound
until provision is made for the extin-
guishment of redeemed notes and for
taking the government out of the busi-
ness of providing credit currency.
They know that the republican doc
trine that government should provide
such currency is the source of the
whole brood Of errors in regard to
money which has kept the country in
turmoil for 80 years and produced two
great panics, not to speak Of less seri-
Gus ones.
Mckinley knows none of these
things. He actually believes, if we may
credit his repeated ~utterances, that
there is nothing wrong with our cur-
iency and that the only thing needed to
make it absolutely perfect is more
taxes for the enrichment of protectees.
Is this the kind of man to lead in a
struggle to preserve the honor and
credit of the government? Is he the
man to guide those economic reforms
which. we must have before we can be
rid of an unsound currency and the
whole black brood of panic-breeding
errors and heresies which always ac-
company an unsound currency?
Far from it. Sound ~financiers, sound
democrats cannot support Mckinley,
the ignorant, more than they can
support Bryan. the silver attorney and
repudiator. They cannot vote for
either Of these advance agents Of pros
perity'' for classes at the expense of the
masses.4Chicago Chronicle.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-19

President Kruger, who came FROM
Cape Colony as a boy Of ten in the great
trek Of 1886, has, since he reached man
hood been conspicuous il the military
adventures and civil troubles Of tbs
country. To the natural shrewdness
and tenacity Of his character these
years Of active and ehangeful life have
added a great experiences Of men and d
perfect GOODNESS in emergencies He IS
keen, vigilant, ~astufe, and, above algs
resolute, and he represents so faithfully
the dominant feelings and the inbred
habits Of the Boer people that re has
been able to acquire q surprising ill.,
auence over them and TO exert over the
assembly q practical authority far in
excess Of the very limited powers which
the constitution Of the republic pe
mits to the president-Jamea Bryce
p, in Century.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-19

American poll
tics have always
been American
politics. And
under the gener-
o.
am tE 0EhAhEaC 2GE
of the surround-
ms itlooks plum
naturalandrigh
to me that we
have been born
and bred and
brung up q race
ofpaliticians. Eff
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-19

The ladies Of one of the Manchesten
On. HI churches have set an example.
Cutting away from custom, they have
resolved" against church suppers and
agreed to tax themselves to raise money
needed, and will no longer seek il
through the hborious methods ~
church entertainments.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-19

should the Press complain? Was not
the money, or a part of it, spent in pro-
curing the nomination OF "the advance
agent Of prosperity" Would it have
been SO expended if it had been paid to
the mine workmen in additional wages?
IN. Y. Times.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-19
Tho SIMON Of Ro.um was There.

Some people mought m-ybe think
that all the natural born fools and
green goods on the earth live right
down here in the Rocky Creek coun-
try. But I can tell you a whole lot
better than that. Mind you. now, 1
don't say but what the fool killer could
pick up a few scatterin jobs in this
skirt Of woods. But you must recoi-
leet that the whole entire human FAM
lily don't live in the same settlement
Oncst upon a time, some three or
four years ago, I was laid up for gem
eral repairs at a little railroad town
in the piney wood belt Of East Texas.
The people around town didn't have
anything in particlar to do but go down
to the depot ana see the cars, and come
back by the post Office and wait for
the mail. One day a covered wagon
rolled up in front of the post office load
ed with a family of people. There was
likewise three dogs and one tar bucket
under the wagon. The man crawled
out and walked in and said he would
love to see the postmaster, which it
want no tremendous heavy job for
him to find what he was Iookin for.
me and my folks we live down here
in the sawmill d~eestrict, and we are now
goin up yonder in the Turkey Creek
settlement to see my brother Bill and
his folks" says.the man which had driv
up in the covered wagon. 'The old
folks back in the states they writ US
a letter nigh about three year ago. and
I reckon as how we ought to drop them
q few lines to let 'em know how we are
comm on. Do you sell mail cards here,
mister?"
do you mean postal cards?' asked
the postmaster.
II reckon / do says the man from
the savvmill country. "What do you az
for . card?"
''One cent"
"Goliys. but amt that cheap I'll fest
take two at a pop SOS me and Bill and
the women folks al ali drop a line bach
home"
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mo- ..Iert the umhranar

The weather is swelterin hot, Rufus,
but if we can figger on the future from
the general appearances of the present
there will soon be enc more weddin
match and two old fools made happy
down in the Panther creek settlement,
says Aunt Nancy Newton to me and
mother at the dinner table one day.
"As for me, Idon'tmake out like your
Aunt Nancy knows everything for Ger
tain" the dear, delightful old soul went
on, as she backed her coffee cup down to
the tank for the third time; 'sbut bless
gracious l amt stone blind if 1 do wear
specs. You know, and 1 know, and
everybody knows that old Misses Mix
on is now a poor, lone wilder for the
secont time, whilst Elder Butler has al
ready followed three wives to the grave
yard over at Pilgrims Rest. Now they
are both full of years, as the Scriptures
would put it, but they are likewise also
full of fool notions, as your Aunt Nan
cy would say. On Tuesday before the
Fourth of July the wilder she went
around to the Butler place to see if the
elder didn't want to buy a fine young
beef which she had to sell. From what
I have since learnt they closed the beef
trade quicker than you could say scat
with your mouth open. But that want
the mainest thing, Rufus. When the
wilder started back home she left her
old faded umbrella over there at the
Butler placement of and forgot it as
clear as a whistle, you understand.
Conssquentially on the mornin of the
Fourth when the elder started to the
big barbecue and political ratification
down at fuckers mill he had to drive
around by the widder's to take her UNI
brella home. Then naturally of course
it just happened that the wilder she
was also fixin off to the barbecue, and,
she got in the buggy with the elder
and they aEId zig Rat "a same old faded UNI
berella. To be certainly 1 don't know
everything for certain, Rufus, but hu-
man nature is powerfully human and
anybody can put two and two together
and count up four. And in the main
time the wilder Mixon's old faded um-
brella amt gone nowheres."
In the general run of politics this year
L have seen a right smart to put me in
mind of Aunt Nancy's story of the Wild
der Nixon and her old faded umbrella.
Way last spring the free silver demo-
Gratis they went over across the creek
to see the third party people, and when
they returned back home they left
their umbrella over there. Here late
ly it would seem like the third party peo-
pie have come over to fetch the nm
berella home and return the visit, and
from all the general appearments at
the present writin you needn't to faint
and fall over in it if you e a hig po-
litical weddin match this summer. They
are all under the same umbrella now
and keepin step to free silver music at
the rates of sixteen to one.