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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-04-27
RAFAEL LEON.
COMO HA DE HACERSE LA ELECTION

Los senores electores seran
Iamados por su nombre y apslli-
dos para que SO presenter q reco-
jer la papeleta en- que consta la
cand datura acordada por el Co
mite
Cuando todos los electores COZ
currentes Sc hayan provisto de
dichas papeletae, SO les concede-
ra tempo bastante para que pue-
dan h4cer las, modlfcaciones
que cada elector crea necesarias,
a cuyo fin, las papeletas que re-
partan tendran margen spfcien-
te.
Estimamos ocioso encaassBaa)
Z asistsaaiap ana EsI,infion' Snion ''tY1 tan
importante para nuestra colecti
vidad.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-04-27
De Paris
4 Ponce

Gel fondo del alma noruega-ha di-
cho un ritor,frances-es un orgullo
prodigoso. Todo ha contribuido des-
arrollarlo: la lucha del hombre contra
elementos homicidas; ell aislamiento en-
soledades que tienen al hombre frente a
frente consigo mismo; la cultura Lutte
rama de examen ibre desenfrenado,
que asf produce ell escrdpulo y lie pro-
fundiza hasta el vertigo, como ilusiona
al hombre sobre su valor intellectual Y
moral, impulsandole, por falta de COM
paracion,. q forjarse de ST mismo una
idea harto elevada. En- esta discipline
que ha pulido una raza simpliffcanse
todos los problemas del pensamiento.
Pi6rdese La noci6n de las tintas me-
dias tntas en- que vivimos nosotros,
latina catolica. Procedese con la ex-
trana naturaleza que quiere que seis
meses de dfa alternen con seis meses de
noche. Acabase por imaginar que la
vida es una partida de ruleta; sc lie jue
ga como a ehcarnado negro; Sc es-
til dispuesto perderlo todo por ganar-
10 todo. No sc arrastra la cadena de
la tradicion; pero Sc ignora 81 Sc mar
cha sobre aqua 8 sobre hlelo. Els la
vida del Norte con su tristeza, su ais
lamiento, sus vigilias. sus sufrimientos
morales Y ffsicos que han hecho del
moderno noruego un jugador, veces
loco, veces heroico, que nuestra COR
dura demasiado razonable admira con
gusto.>
En- las precedentes consideraciones
psicologicas Sc refeja ell alma del explo-
rador Nansen, alma gemela de su COM
patricia Freitch, quien atraveso ell At
lantlco en- nm bote que hacfa aqua, sa-
candida con bombas durante treinta Y
ocho dfas, aunque estaba herido en- una
pierna.
Nansen ha hecho mas: ha alcanzado
los 86'15 de latitud norte, llegando a
donde no lego nadie, distancia de
AIS Kilometres del Polo, cuya meta no
alcanzo por impedfrselo una infranasseesa
BILE barrera de hisIos:Sy~ha venido de
an n.-aea con n9aa historic, cuyos academies
aejan muy atras a los inventados por la
fantasia de Julio Verne, con grandes
descubrimientos cientfficos, que deja-
ron maravillada q La Sociedad geogra
flea de Paris, la cual lie dispense una
reception grandiosa.
Yo lie vi; yo he tenido Ell honor de
yer este sabio, cuya cara expresa una
energfa indomable, y cuya aparici5n
ha sido como una aurora boreal de la
triste noche de panamistas, medicos
abortad ores, madres infantieidas de-
mas lastimas de nuestra sociedad de-
crepita Y podrida.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-04-27

No dudamos que ell general Marin
aclarara csc coneepto, pues su pro-
pio prestiglo interesa que cuanto parta
del gobierno general, biensea de pala-
bra, bien por obra, sea frme, claro,
ajustado razon sin pres
tarse concentrates ambiguous nj tor
cidas interpretations.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-04-27

Sc quiere aterrar los diputados, en-
brutecerlos con revelaciones sobre sus
complacencias. ,Se les acusa de ma
nos puercas, como 81 fuese possible ha-
Ger con manos limpias asuntos de dine
70! Los diputados son hombres no
artistas del Ambigti.1
LUIS BONAFOUX.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-04-27
Sc Vende

d coche de dos asientos y tres sopsndas,
Tornado de b1falo cast nuevo, con aIneses
para caballo-.
Q csbalo de bonita forma, custr) + flo
de edad y mucho trots.
Todo muy barat. Ioformara Don E. La
pes caea de e3tsmas- Piasa principal
Marco de 1897 3 % d.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-04-27
BUEN NEGOCIO

So vende la casa de mamposteria de una
sola planta radicada en- la @ ale de la Salud
esquina la del Comercio. Entenderse con
Juan Msyora. B Bsrnes.
Abril 10 de 1897. i'm
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-04-27
Sc vende3

Una fnca r6-tics eD Jayuya, s muy corts
distancia de polbIado. con plantaciones d.
cafe, plstanos, pastos y alezas en- buenas
condolences de cultivo; casa habitacifn, ps-
"a establecimiento de come. clio, almacenss
tahona, secadoras, glacis y demes necessri.
para la recollection del fruto, horpo par
pan casas para srabajadores; todo de bne
mas msderas del pei. y ecbjj. de hero ga
vanizado.
Para inform es en- el colmado Las Baleares
con d Antonio Osstaf1er J Ecguera.
Ponce Abril de 1897. I'M
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-04-27
ALOS ELECTORES L|BERALES

que pevaezca add electoral
veddro del eeccone Sc ha pddo pue
exclusion de mucho eectore bea Las demndas toa
faaran de Cundo uez dc enenc excuyendo
les nohfca conoman que
ilegadad
Hay evtara de los condconale AFoel
de la sentenCia djar los terminus haa fae ell
dos QUE APELEN
C0NFORMEN acudan
halen No provision n1t
advao que ano minor1 vale de cualquer medic fin de
nersu criter
iALERTA, LlBERALES!
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-04-27
A DIRSTRO 7 SINIRSTRO

Il Dl1O | HU | DlItlIO | lU
A EI Pais no lie han parecido bien
los concentrates que hicimos acerca de
la ultima carta dirigida por Ell senior
Peha desde San Juan al Heratdo de 1tfo-
d,1d.
Y anade, nautatis naatto1eolis, que son
dignos, su modo de yer, de la pluma
Unconditional que escribe en- La Liga
Agraria conoeptos xlaudatorios>-asf
ironicamente-para nuestro partido..
Ell parangon es morti6cante; pero no
exacto.
Nuestra pluma, humble y todo, 'dista
mucho de parecerse d las que suelen
maneiar los conservadores; pues, al CO.
rrer sobre ell papel, jamas sc enreda en-
las pelfculas borrosas de la diatriba 8
de La lnsidIa.
En- este Y otros asuntos
mas sinceridad reviste,
antes despues del pacto,
pues, al cabo, entire sus puntos
los de aquellas, no existe
ningun punto de contacto.
A 10 que parece, 10 que mas lie ha es-
coeido al colega disidente es que nos
mostraramos de acuerdo con ell senior
Pena en- 10 tocante la buena ammonia
con huche sin ella-que segun aquel
reinaba entire heterodoxos integristas,
al extreme de hacernos Greer que unos
y otros, segun todas las apariencias, Sc
habfaa confabulado, por medic de un ta
cito convenio, para combatirnos san
gre fuego.
Recuerde Ez Pais los comienzos de
esta campafIa.
A raiz de la asamblea, cuando sur
gi6 ell cisma, entablaronse viyas pole
micas entire los periodicos de una Y
otra tendencia.
;Al lado de quien Sc pusieron fran
camente los incondicionales?
Como los hechos son demasiado re-
cientes, no es necesario atormentar mu-
cho la memoria para dar en- ell qesid.
iCon que frucion reprodEdfan La
Lstegy.idod otros colegas adversarios
los ataques mas yirnbsentos que nos di-
rigia .la L fprensa -fusionista!
Esta, su vez, correspondence a
.ales manifestaciones de simpatfa, Sc
apresuraba pagarles en- la misma mo-
media
iVamos! ique casualidad!
Mas 81 esa buena ammonia
de que hablamos, no existfa
en- realidad de verdad,
al menos -. 10 parecfa.
No hace muchos dias los incondicio-
males de San German publicaban una
hoja suelta en- que copiaban fragmen-
donos con dureza.
Esto sque praeba?
Que las huestes de Villar hacen suya
la campana de los amigos de Ez Pats.
No cabe duda alguna, Y por 10 tanto
nos ratifcamos en- 10 diche:
Los conservatives han 7eecesit1olo apo
yarse en- los hete1p0oeos-co su aquies
cencia sin ella-d fin de obstaculizar
las sea<eyas te,aoeaacias del 3,urttdo liberal
pueyto,7tgued5o, nserced Il las catoles CORE
grdUtsineo riesgo et predoneinio de que
hasta ahor0 disti,mtor0 Ell 0,condicio,so
-isna0.
Esa es la verdad de los hechos.
,Que ustedes, tras 10 ocurrido,
aun con nosotros en- pugna,
tai actitud les repugna?
;Pues no haberla consentido.
Despues de varias generalidades ter
nina Ez Pals, abriendo Ell paraguas:
xSobre la frente' lum.nosa de la Ii |
bertad, ha caido siempre ese immense
aguaeero de diatribas.s
Conste que nosotros no ejercemos de
nuhe
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-04-27
MOL|NO De MOLER hh|z
HARINA CRIOLLA

S. nuele precio modico d esa acredita-
da hsr1na, mDy corocida del pGblico por 50
es uecislidad, en- la sgeucia de T W PRES
TON
Abrii 81 de 1897.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-04-27
PRESIDEHCIA DEL EXMO. AYUHTAMI5aTO
DE LA CIUDAD DE PONCE

Habiendose publicado en- la Guceta
OfctM del % del corriente un decreto
del Excmo. senior Gobernador General
de La Provincial, conyocando eleccio-
nes de Concejales para Ayuntamientos
que han de tener lugar ell dfa del en-
trante mes de Mayo, con suieci6n al
procedimiento que establece La Ley de
2l de Diciembre de 1896, ell Excmo
Ayuntamiento de esta ciudad en- su Ill.
TINA session, cumpliendo 10 prevenido en-
ell artfculo 50 de la ley electoral VICENTE,
Sc sirvi6 disponer que los Colegios en-
que han de verifiearse aquellas sean los
mlsmos en- que tuvieron lugar las de
Diputados Proyinciales ell del actual;
y como segan ell citado Superior Deere
to debe eubrirse La mitad del nnmero
de Concejales de que Sc compone ell
Ayuntamlento que por ministerio de la
Ley deben cesar en- sus cargos ell > de
Julio proximo, asf como tambien las
vacantes que existan entire las plazas
que sc cubrieron d virtud de los cleo
clones efectuadas ell A de Febrero tilti-
mo, designo dicha Corporation diez
seis Concejales, cuyas plazas son las que
por uno y otro concepto de los expresa-
dos deben cubrirse, hacienda la vez
la distribution de las que de estas de-
ben elegirse en- los respectivos Colegios
en- la forma siguiente:
Cokegio Io
Situado en- la Casa Consist orial. sa-
lon de sesiones, donde concurriran 4
votar los electores de los barrios 3 .
de la ciudad, Maragiiez, Machuelo- aba
10, Machuelo arriba, Real, Montes-lla-
nos Y Anon. Sc eligiran 3 concejales.
Colegio 2
En- La casa -escuela superior cargo
de dona Francisco Aida de la Casa (ba-
jos) calle de la Villa, ntimero 5, d dom
de corresponds emitir sus votos 4 los
electores de los barrios ? = de La ciu-
dad, Portuguese, Tibes San Patricio.
Sc eligiran 4 concejales.
Colegto 80
Casa-escuela elemental d cargo de
dona Maria Marin de Colon, ealle de
la Salud, en- que corresponds votar a
los electores de los barrios 80 de la
ciudad y rurales de San Anton, Vayas
y Playa. Sc elegiran 4 ooncejales.
Colegio -
La casa escuela superior de ninos
(planta alta), cargo Dc -d.cr4 Ramon
Marin, calle del Comercio nGmero II,
en- que corresponds yotar los eIesto-
res de los barrios 40 de La ciudad, Bu-
cana, Coto, Cantera, Capitanejo, Cerri-
Hos Sabanetas. Sc elegiran conce-
jales.
~
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-04-27
Gokeqio 50

La casa-escuela elemental cargo de
don Gustavo Cristian, calle de la Sa-
lud, extreme Norte, donde enitiran
sus yotos los electores de los barrlos /
de la ciudad, Canas, Pastillo, Quebra-
da-limdn, Maruefo, Magueyes J Qua
raguaos, Sc eligiran concejales.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-04-27

En- este Y otros asuntos
mas sinceridad reviste,
antes y despues del pacto,
pues, al cabo, entire sus puntos
Y los de aquellas, no existe.
ningun punto de contacto.
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er it is the voice of the seer to whom al

er it is the voice Of the seer to whom all
things are vanity save eternal truth. y
What matters it whether cabinets fall
to pieces or remain together; what mat
tiers it whether peace or war reigns, if
the truth demands vindication, and JUS
| tice to man stands asking for hear
ing? Shall Greece be robbed of that
which as much belongs to her as does
Wales to England? Shall Cretans be
again subjected to the Turk who re-
CARDS them as infidel dogs and fit only
to be exterminated? Shall the cry from
Macedonia go UNDECIDED longer? AS Mr..
Gladstone puts it, shall brute power
rule that the policies of cabinets may
be made effective and Ministries not be
shaken apart?
The New York Times thinks that
| of the English Ministry he would not
permit himself such free expression as
| that in which he now INDUCES. How
ever. the Times admits that all he
says is true, every word Of it, and time
| ly also. Let the world be thankful,
then, that the greatest of living Eng
| lishmen is now SO situated that he can
speak freely and not chafe under the
trammels of diplomacy. Let us be
thankful that there is at least one Eng
lishman who though not in office is
among the people in authority; who
dareS to say as does Gladstone:
BY the testimony alike of living au-
| thority and of facts Turkish rule in
| Crete exists only as a shadow OF the
past and has no place in the future;
and that there is no organ upon earth,
subject to independent provisions on
| behalf of the minority, so competent
or SO we'll entitled to define prospect
i've position for the people as that peo-
pie itself Further, it remains to be
recognized that, at the present juno
ture, Greece, whom some seem disposed
| to treat as a criminal and disturber, has
| by her bold action conferred great ser
vice upon Europe. She has made it i'm
| possible to palter with this question
as we paltered with the blood-stained
| question of Armenia. She has eXtrl-
Gated it from the meshes of diplomacy
and placed it on the order of the day
for definitive solution. / can remember
no case in which so small a State has
conferred SO great a benefit
| AS to the notion that Greece is to be
coerced and punished, I hardly like to
sully the page on which 1 write by the
mention of an alternative so detestable.
It would be about as rational to trans
port the Greek nation, who are in this
as one man, to Siberia by what l be-
| lieve, is called an administrative order
If anyone has such scheme of policy
to propose, / advise his proposing it
anywhere rather than in England.
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ARCHIBALD'S BLUNDER.
He Didn't Try to Explain 1t, Blu
Tumbled Out a Tilted Man.

And this is the way the bill read: TO
washing one undershirt, 12c" And
Archibald Renfrew laid it one side and
continued to gaze on the $40 valentine
he had purchased for the girl of his
heart, and to ponder if it would ever
be his good fortune to possess her and
$4,000 of the old mans money.
And by and by his mind Wandered to
the bridal altar-to a great ocean
steamer on her way TO Europe-to Lon
don, Paris, Rome, and several other old
things. 1t was yet wandering when
he placed that valentine in an envelope,
directed and stamped it and rang for
his valet to mail it.
Naples Florence - Venice - blessed
honeymoon-and home to live on Fifth
avenue and become swell. Then Ar
chibald walked out and wendell his way
to the club. Twenty-four hours pass
ed, and he stood at the door of the Hon
John Stringham's residence and asked
for Maude-the girl who had returned
the look of love in his eyes. The ser
want returned with a message. 1t was
enclosed in big envelope and was not
as long as one of Chauncey Depev's
speeches. IT simply read: ITO wash
ing one undershirt, 12c."
And Archibald tumbled to himself,
and tumbled over himself, and tumbled
out doors. There was nothing to say
He realized that in his absent-minded-
ness he had inclosed the wrong valen-
tine-but could he make her believe it ID?
No-never. And he didn't waste his
breath.-New York Journal.
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The Japanese and Death.

have just spoken Of the Japanese as
behaving simply at funerals. That is
only partially correct They are quiet
but not quite simple-so quiet that their
manner seems simple. AS a matter of
fact, they take an elaborate part in the
prescribed rites, bowling here, bending
there, strewing prayers to the right
and sweetmeats to the left But it is
all done with good accent and with
good discretion" They have the art
of arts, the art that hides art Let me
dwell upon this thought a moment. Let
me put it another way, for it is one Of
the most beautiful things that can be
said of the Japanese. They have
learned to apply to life and to art (their
life and art are almost one) the great
art principles that Hamlet proclaimed
to the players. They, in the very tor
rent, tempest and the whirlwind of
passion have acquired and begot tenn
perance that gives it smoothness. They
are not too tame Discretion is their
tutor, and they o'erstep not the modes
ty of nature. And on no other occa
sion is this splendid national character
istic of smooth, discreet behavior and
appropriate action SO noticeable or so
grateful as when number of Japanese
gather together about the death-bed
the coffin or the grave of friend or kins-
man.
The japanese are as courteous as
they are theatrical and artistic Their
courtesy and their art are very close
ly allied. Their keen sense of cour-
tesy, and their unflagging practice of it,
has, I believe, as much to do with the
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-04
of the possibility of being put under the
European thumb. n.

of the possibility of being put under the
European thumb.
We have naval and army off1cSS,
however, who have not hesitated to say
that in our present condition as re-
CARDS defenses, and in our present state
concerning engines of aggression, we
would in case of war be exposed to the
very grave risk of being Inundated by
European victory over us. However
We do not entertain the belief that any
thing of that kind is ever TO happen
to US; that European coalition against
us is at all likely; that conservative
forces of commerce will be broken
down and put beneath the heel OF
craze for war; that there will ever De
any such unity in Europe as to effect
a combination of formidable character
against America.
DR.. Nordeau himself hastens to pull
down part of the fabric Of his fancy
and say that if We are overrun by Eu-
ropeans the newcomers will speedily
make America winner, and will set up
a Monroe doctrine Of their own against
those who remain behind In Europe.
But there is simply wild-eyed lmagln-
ing and the riot of fancy in the further
prophecy of this iconoclast when ne
declares that after adopting Europe
civil service system we will produce as
great Generals and able officers as Eu-
rou,e. and then we will have orders and
titles and patents of nobility of our
own.
The time will never come In TINS
country when we will set UP rank and
title as of the course of blood, or DIS
the result of legislative action, or py
conferment by a dictator. But should
if unluckily come to pass this will mol
then be longer a Republic, and when
it ceases to be that it will cease to ex-
ercise the very influence in the world
which Nordeau now credits to 1t.
If the Acropolis of new race is in
course of construction in America, as
our critic and philosopher holds, It's
foundations are being laid in a form OF
government that will not become sub
ordinate to, or uphold an aristocracy
of birth. or deny the political equality
of men and the social guarantee 10
each to pursue his course through the
door of opportunity that must ana VIII
stand wide open for all citizens. II II
,-a,,o 1oscih1e for Americans to become
subjects and cease to be citizens, theh
If would be likely that the nation would
cease to be independent in any sense
and that il would become a mere ap-
pendage of the old world, the conse-
cupncp of conquest.
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A NOVEL IDEA.

The Cincinnati Enquirer is adVO-
eating a novel idea for saving the eye
sight 1t is proposition to have mat
left to right and then from right to
left and so on. The claim is made
by the Enquirer that the roll of the
eye back to the left as the end of each
line is reached, is trying, exhaustive
and unnecessary labor. Some years ago
New York publisher resolved to issue
umns or pages for the same reason,
namely, that long lines on broad
pages required too much rolling of the
eye and injured vision. He continued
his form Of publishing for some years
with success and until he went out
of business. Since he inaugurated it,
however, there have been issued a
great many books with exceedingly
short lines and narrow pages, and these
have always been pleasing to readers.
Just how much there is in the sug-
gestion of injury because of the pres
ent method of reading, always from
left to right, we are not able to deter
mine-it is a question for specialists
and scientific men to pass upon. An
example of the "Enquirer's" plan we
herewith present that our readers may
Judge for themselves:
h;
STORY following the tells Fable and
1t is said that Sturgeon used to prac-
preach extempore in students his tice
ing from a text only disclosed in the
men young his of one that and pulpit
on reaching the desk and opening the
single the read text his containing note
word "Zaccheus.' He thought for min
himself delivered then and two or ute
thus: 'Zaccheus was a little man, so
came and haste made Zaccheus II am
down, SO did l. He suited the action
WORD the 20
One thing is undeniable-that it
would take readers a good while to ac-
custom themselves to such an inno-
walton and in doing so the eye would
suffer strain. Perhaps once accommodate
ed to the suggested system it would be
as easily used as the present. But the
effort to read a single word from right
to left, since one must see the left or
beginning of word before he can give
it mental comprehension, will neces-
state as many rolls of the eye as there
are words in q line-at least this would
apply to all long words
But one lot Of people would surely
be sadly incommoded by the new
method, namely, printers, The COM
position cannot set or compose matter
except in one direction. Either in
stick or by machine he must compose
from the left; when he reaches a line
that reads from right to left he canrot
compose it by taking the line into
memory as he sets the type. He will
be compelled to set the reversed line
word by word without the context be-
ing in his mind
This one fact will serve alone to con-
denim the 'Enquirer's'' scheme Com
position under it would be painfully
slow and very inaccurate. The idea
advanced is very novel, certainly curl
Gus, and it may be that the claims
made for it are sound, but the objection
the printers would justifiably interpose
would be sufficient to render it imprac-
| ticable
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More Lincoln Anecdotes.

When President Lincoln heard of the
rebel raid at Fairfax, in which a Briga-
der General and a number of horses
were captured, he gravely remarked:
well. 1 am sorry on account of the
horses"
Sorry for the horses!" exclaimed the
Secretary of War in establishment.
Yes" replied Lincoln; II can make
a Brigadier- General in five minutes, but
it is not an easy matter to replace 6
hundred and ten horses"
During the war an Austrian Count
applied to President Lincoln for posi-
ton in the army. He was introduced
by the Austrian Minister, but as if fear.
ing that his Importance might not bt
duly appreciated, he proceeded to ex-
plain his nobility and high standing
With a merry twinkle in his eye, Mr.
Lincoln laid his and on the Count:
shoulder and said:
Never mind; you shall be treated
with Just as much consideration for al
that
In conversing with a friend about the
way his administration was criticised
and attacked, President Lincoln said:
After all, it reminds me of a couple
of emigrants fresh from the Emerald
Isle They were making their wa!
westward in search Of work, when ont
evening coming suddenly upon pont
of water they were greeted with fros
chorus-a music they had never heard
before.
Overcome with terror, they clutchet
their sticks and crept forward The en-
envy could not be seen.
AT last happy idea seized the fore
most. Stepping to his companions side
| he exclaimed, And sure, Jamiei it is my
opinion it is nothing but noise!