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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-06-05
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sueltos como los siguientes:
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que no es possible dar seflas. Sin cabe-
"a, sin brazos, sin piernas, es un peda-
20 informe y carbonizado.,
<Funebre nomenclature.
Para identifcar las treinta personas
indicadas como desaparecidas, quedan
las slguientes 1oiez1s:
10 Seis cabelleras de mujer;
10 Dos tibias;
SO Una mano completa sin sortija;
40 Tres troncos incompletos;
80 Tn pie intacto;
90 Dos costillas;
10 Una mandfbula inferior;
SO Once dientes postizos;
90 Unos diez kilogramos de entrafas;
10 I'm sable de Official de infanterfa !,
Sobre los escombros encontrose este
pedazo de una carta
........s'H est impossible .ji1'at 49,.
.uoir. Ellie sc trouueru d IA. ....
........ vO,ts pourez cous. .........
............ Totre p................
Y sobre ell hallazgo del anillo nup-
cial de la condesa de Luppe lean uste-
des estas lfneas:
<Lucha espantosa de dos familias que
Sc disputan un despojo de un cuerpo
humane. De las mismas entranas de
la vfctima sale de repente un pedazo de
metal, aun brillante. Es una sortija,
IN ansWo nurcial sepe<ltado en- Ell uie,etre
d,lro,ate las a1sgustios de la Ultima ho-
ro. :. Lo abren, y leese ell nombre de
la condesa de Luppe enlazado al de su
marido. va no habfa duda: ; Ia mis-
ma muerta habfa hablado !,
Por estos detalles podran ustedes
calcular ell horror de la catastrofe.
Cosa singular: ell Nuncio del Papa
que bendijo los asistentes del Baza'
de la Cwidad, momentos antes de de-
clararse ell incendio, lego q Napoles ell
mismo dia que Sc declare ell colera en-
aquella ciudad, salio del campo de
Moscpu momentos antes de ocurrir la
catastrofe que hizo tantas
vfctimas cuandO la coronation del ac-
tual Gar de Russia.
Ell emperador de Alemanfa, que no
pierde OCCASION de mostrarse adicto 4
Francia, fue uno de los primeros sobe-
ramos que lamentaron la desgracia, con-
tribuyendo remediarla con mas de
diez mil frances.
Pero ning1n homenaje tan expressive,
como Ell de los obrerOs de Saint -Ouen,
Dice asf:
<En nombre de la poblacion obrera
de Saint Ouen, en- nombre del comite
socialista revolucionario, saludamos &
las vfctimas de la catastrofe.
Tales desgracias borran las diferen-
,ias de classes, 10 mismo que Sc trate del
1risoat 9 de la maquina donde perece-
nos nosotros, que del fuego que como
aver mato los vuestros.
No vemos mas que hermanos, ma
Tres, esposos, ninos que lloran i los
lue amaban.
Els la igualdad en- el duelo, la igual-
lad en- Ell sufrimiento -,
mientras los energ,tmenos del So
;ialismo Sc expresaban asf, un sonto vu-
on, un sacerdote, ell Padre Olivier,
ubi6 al pulpito para celebrar la desgra-
la, diciendo que era castigo de Dios. |
Como ST Dios fuese ell general Pola-
'ieja.
LUIS BONAFOUX.
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Bueno es que conozca ell pals puerto
rriqueno, ell siguiente artfculo que CO.
VICIO COLONIAL
Desde que un jefe, director, presiden-
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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-09-04
THE PRINCE OF THE MELTED
HEART.

HERE once on a time,
far up on a snow-capped
mountain, lived seven
little men, each no big
ger than your middle
finger. They we're the
sons of the King of
Winter, the overseers of
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-09-04

on the table? The soup ives either
too hot or too cold, the beef was over
done, the vegetables either too salt or
not salt enough, the bread was dry,
or the toast was burnt; sometimes we
hadn't even the right kind of dessert.
If there was pie, every one longed for
custard and cream"
Aunt Margaret smiled.
I've known such things to happen
in other peoples houses, too"
80 have |" said Mrs. Porter; "but
don't you remember, too, the little
blessing father asks before meals:
% Lord, for the food thou hast given
US, give us grateful hearts? We
would bow our heads and listen, and
then grumble over every mouthful."
"You didn't, mother; you never
did. 1t was the rest of u.s."
"Well," continued Mrs. Porter,
zone beautiful Sunday morning we
all went to church and heard an I'M
usually good sermon. Then we
came home and sat down to a very
good dinner; but it was worse than
ever, and before we left the table
father stopped us and said: I've
been thinking, children, it would be
just as we'll not to ask a blessing on
the food any longer. We have such
poor things to eat we cannot feel
grateful
81 tell you that took the breath
out of us" said Harry.
Eyes, but it opened our eyes," said
Helen. eve couldn't believe that
we found SO much fault with every
thing"
at was father who thought of the
box" said Harry. He said it would
help us keep good resolution if we
had to pay for breaking it,
''Ive got some pennies in, too" said
little Bess, "cause l cried for more
sugar on my oatmeal
Aunt Margaret rose to take her de-
parture. Must you go, Margaret"
asked Mrs. Porter. II am SO glad
you came in for lunch. / am sorry
we did not have better meal to
offer you
"A cent, mother! A cent from
you" exclaimed the children. THAT
is genuine out-andout grumble."
And Mrs. Porter laugbingly slipped
coin into the grumble- box-,Sun-
dog School Times.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-09-04
A Parrot Story.

The family of professional man; liv-
ing on the East Side, is the owner Of a
parrot of such precocity, wit and enter
prise, that there often is some doubt as
to whether the family owns the parrot
or the parrot owns the family. On Christ.
mas Day, all the memb ers of the house.
hold, where this bird holds forth, with
some relatives and guests, partook of a
late breakfast, and afterward went into
the parlors, where gifts were distributed.
with the usual merriment and chatter.
This started the parrot. and all day
long it made more noise than a sewing
society. This was amusing at first, but
became monotonous as the hours
passed, and at last. after vain efforts to
quiet the bird by expostulation. its mas
ter took il from the cage, and cuffed IFS
head severely. This bad often proved
sufficient as means of dicipline, but
the master of the house fed in terror
when the parrot, cooking his head on
one side, exclaimed in falsetto: Thank
you so much; that is exactly what l
needed" The bird evidently had stored
up the expressions of the morning
Rochester Democrat aud Chronicle.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-09-04
The Strange Tale of Resentful
CAT.

Blossom is big gray cat. She has
been in the family for seven years and
her mistress thinks she was fully ten
when she came unlimited and took pos
session. Her charms made her welcome,
and visitors, as rule, pet her to her
hearts satisfaction. Still she shows her
loyalty to her mistress by many feline
felicities. One dsy young man came
for short visit. He was an inveterate
tease. AS there was no one else for a
victim, he took Blossom in hand, in
spite of pleadings and protestations.
Her ears were greeted with strange
terms, "Old rascal" "Scapegrace,"
Tramp" and kindred names, until the
astounded cat did not know what had
come to her. Her pretty ways disap.
peared, she fed from. his approach, and
hid whenever she could till he was out
Of the house. One morning che was
missing for some hours, and was not to
be found in any of her hiding places. A
loud cry from the chambermaid reveal
ed her whereabouts. Blossom had re-
veDged herself on the visitors night
shirt, which lay in tatters on the floor.
Pussy was scolded, and every one was
cautioned to keep the door shut. In
vain! The cat would find her way in
and hide till the chambermaid was
through for the day, and then the claws
went to work, first on the visitors own
clothes if they could be found and then
on the pillow cases. The young man
tried to soothe her feelings. but she
would have none of him. and he was
glad to cut short his visit. Blossom
q uickly recovered her usual demeanor
and has never been known to destroy
anything from that day to this. Boston
Transcript.
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The Lightest Known Solid.

The lightest known solid is said to be
the pith of the sunfower, with specific
gravity Of .028, or about one-eighth that
of cork. The sunfower is extensively
cultivated in central Russia, and various
uses are served by its different parts, the
recent discovery of the lightness of the
pith essentially increasing the CONNER.
cial value of the plant. For life-saving
appliances at sea, cork has buoyancy
of one to five, while with the sunfiower
pith one to thirty-tve is attained. About
eight hundred cubic inches of it would
weigh as much as one cubic inch of iri-
dunn. the heaviest metal.-Americ1n
Mdchinist
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-09-04
THE GRUMBLE-BOX.
HERE, Nell, put in your cent;
LII that was big one"

II ERE, Nell, put in your cent;
LII that was big one"
Il only said the potatoes are stone
cold, and it's the honest truth-they
are. If that's grumbling, I'd like to
know it. Is that grumble, mother?"
Il rather think it is, Helen," an.
swered Mrs. Porter. Someone had
better read our contract again. We
haven't heard it for nearly two days.
You read it, Harry"
Harry took box from the middle
of the table and read aloud:
Each and every member of this
family of Porter agrees to pay one
cent into this box for each and every
grumble or complaint he or she may
make about any article of food upon
this table. Signed: Edward Porter,
Mary Porter, Harry Porter, Helen
Porter, Elizabeth Porter"
"If that isn't the strangest agree
ment ever heard read" exclaimed
Aunt Margaret, who had come in I'M
expectedly for lunch. "How did it
ever come about?"
"Oh! we've had it for a month or
more. now, and the box is nearly full, /"
said Helen. "For the first day or
two, cents just poured in, but now
father can eat salt butter and drink
weak coffee without a word. He's
almost heroic. Mother always was
martyr; nothing but tough beef
steak ever made her complain, but
she would swallow shoe-leather now
and smile. | suppose Harry and Bess
and | are to fill the box-we're no
saints yet"
But" said Aunt Margaret, "You
haven't told me why YOU began to
have a grumble-box."
"I'll tell YOU" said Mrs. Porter.
Don't you remember some of the
times you have been here to lunch
or dinner when everything was wrong
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-09-04
OPPORTUNITY.

Only to the comparatively favored
few comes the opportunity to improve
the mind. The majority OF people are
"hewers of wood and drawers of WATER
and must make their opportunities, or
rather seize the small opportunities
which lay scattered almost unseen by
the casual observer. The boy or girl
who waits for these to be pointed out to
him rarely has the ability to use them.
The ability to see and to use is the same,
and connected with it is the ability to
make opportunities. This is the secret
of success. Any boy who has determin.
alton to make something of himself will
find opportunities enough to do so, and
when there is lack, boy with grit will
m AXE them. Those who wait to do
great things do not amount to as much
as the pluckY boy who has to struggle
for even his opportunities. The Duke
of Argyll was surprised that the son of
poor gardener could read "Newton's
Principal" in Latin.
How did you ever accomplish it?" be
asked. What opportunities have
your"
zone needs only to learn the twenty
four letters of the alphabet to learn
everything else one Wishes" he re.
turned.
Opportunities for acquiring knowl-
edge are offered in nature as we'll as in
books. You cannot take walk in the
country without learning something
about Gods beautiful handiwork. A
little observation will enable you to
learn the secrets of the birds and plants
The most interesting books we have on
natural history are written by men and
women who embraced every opportun.
ity to learn these secrets of nature al
the fountain head, The sea is full OF
knowledge, and you may learn much OF
it if you will embrace the opportunity
to do so when you spend your summer
beside it.
"Sir Walter Scott turned every Incl
dent and opportunity to self-improve
ment. Eeven when confined to bed by
an accident he took the opportunity of
forced idleness to compose the first can
to of 1.-THE Lay of the Last Minstrel.
A golden rule is. Always to be on the
lookout for opportunities. and seize
them. IL none come, make them fol
yourself Christian Work.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-09-04
4SfOry For Girls.
WAITING ON DESTINY
HATTIE TYING GR1swoLD.
Izmo, sIs pages. Price, rs cents.

Author of apple Blossoms" and Home Life
of Great Authors"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-09-04
THE DISCONTINUED FROGS.
BY NICHOLAS NICHOLS.
(From the Japanese.)


In beautiful city of far-off Japan
A city called Kobe-the old legend ran
Lived fortunate frog, on the bank of a
stream,
Who had nothing to do but to croak and to
dream.
Not contented, however, he grieved at his
lot,
And determined to go to some happier
spot.
"Osaka, they say is the place where
smart frogs
Find the muddiest puddles, the sunniest
boys"
1t happened there lived, at just the same
time,
A frog in Osaka, and though the green
slime
In which he moved was considered the
best,
His dissatisfied heart was full of unrest.
While feasting one morning on the green
bottle flies,
He heard of place called the frogs Par
The marshes of Kobe, few miles away
So for Kobe he started, that very same
day.
Half way twixt Osaka and Kobe the road
Ran over a hill, or which lived a toad,
A sagacious old toad, as our story will
show,
Watching all that took place in the world
down below.
One day he espied two frogs hopping up
On opposite sides, till they met at the top
Where, delighted, they paused and gazed
with surprise
On the beautiful prospect that greeted
their eyes.
t'Ker-chog!" cried the frog from Osaka,
Il see
The attractions of Kobe weren't half-told
to me;
What ponds of delight. What meadows
of bliss
There's naught in Osaka so splendid as
this. y
And the frog who from Kobe had come,
stood amazed;
Half speechless with joy on the prospect
he gazed;
"Osaka! Osaka!'' he murmured, =" It's
true
Your puddles are lovely hasten to you"
"Ho-ho!' cried the toad You've made
mistake,
IT'S one that young frogs most easily
make;
To this Hill of Discovery weary miles you
have come,
To learn that on earth there's no place
like home.
4'To the blessings you've. left no more
you'll be blind,
For while facing ahead, you've been look
ing behind.
The reason is plain-we oft hear it said
All frogs have their eyes on the back of
their head
Such blush as you've seen on the face
of Ounce
Came over the faces of both frogs at once;
Not a word did they speak, but with no
more delays
They scampered back home, each one to
his place,
And there lived contented the rest of their
days.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-09-04
how do you like my land, the King
dom of Summer"

how do you like my land, the King
dom of Summers"
II do not like it," answered the
Prince; you have new scents and
sounds and feelings here. They
may be all very we'll; but they are
new and strange, and l am not used
to them. l would rather go back to
the Kingdom of Winter"
Then the little Queen smiled
rather sadly, and said:
Il wouldnot keep you here against
your will, Come with me and I will
try to take you back"
So the Prince climbed into the rose
chariot, and the wasps spread their
wings again, and the Queen directed
them to the royal stables.
"These wasps cannot fly high, :" she
said; 1--WE must take my butterflies
and try if with them we can reach
the Kingdom of Winter"
So the butterflies were tied into the
chariot, and they rose and rose; but
finally it was evident that they could
go no higher. Then said the Queen:
The butterflies cannot take us;
but I know swallow who lives near
here. Perhaps be will bear you to
the Kingdom of Winter"
So they stopped at the swallows
nest, and he took the Prince on his
broad back and would have started;
but the Prince cried out as loud as he
could, with that strange feeling at his
heart; Dear lady, you must come
with me; / will not go without you"
The Queens face shone, and she
let him draw her up beside him, and
the swallow flew with them long,
long way; but they did not reach the
Kingdom of Winter. Then the swal-
low said:
81 will take you to the lark, who
goes higher than any bird that flies;
perhaps he can take you"
So they left the swallow for the
lark, and he mounted with them
higher and higher, and higher and
higher; but as the lark scared up.
ward the Prince on his back gazed at
the little Queen who chung to him for
support. His heart was quite melted
now, and he was happier than ever
before; but he had begun to wonder
how the maiden at his side would
stand the bleak cold toward which
they were travelling. He saw that
even now she dropped as they rose
higher, and yet he could not go with
out her.
'Do you think you will like the
Kingdom of Winter7" he asked her.
She shivered little, then her face
frightened.
IL shall like to be with you," she
said. Just then the lark turned his
head, and said:
81 can go no further; but perhaps
if we ask the East Wind he will give
you lift, and he could take you to
the very gates"
mo, good lark" answered the
Prince, suddenly, as he took the
trembling form of the little Queen
into his arms; stake us quickly back
to the Kingdom of Summer, for there
we will dwell forever"
And there they did dwell in great
happiness, the Princes only wish
being that some day his six brothers
might also know the JOY of melted
heart.-Hannah Rogers Sprague, an
Independent.
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the winds that bear the storms;
everything about them was cold and
hard and bleak also.
One day one of these little men
was standing on jagged point of
frozen earth that looked down over
great precipice, when mischievous
snow wind that he had lately pun
ished saw the Prince il passing, and,
whistling with malice, blew him off
his foothold with one great puff.
Down, down, down he fell, and down,
and down, and down, and down-like
Alice i'll Wonderland-only further,
and faster, and longer, until his
senses went to sleep; and still he
went down, down, down, down.
When he awoke he was lying on a
bank of roses, in place where sweet
perfumes were waited about by mild
breezes; but the Prince did not like
the warm sweetness; nor the bed of
roses.
The edelweiss is a good enough
flower for us in the Kingom of Win
ter" thought he; at is strange and
unnatural for flowers to smell sweet"
But even as the thought came, his
heart began to feel as he fancied the
snow would feel if it were brought
into this place, and try as he would
he could not dislike the sensation.
As he lay in this half-conscious
state be heard low buzzing, and,
by turning his head slightly, he
watched the approach of six wasps
drawing after them great red rose.
In the heart of the rose stood the
Queen of Summer, and she was very
beautiful; but the Prince could
scarce raise himself to meet her be-
cause of that strange feeling at his
heart.
When the Queen saw one lying
among the roses, she drove her steeds
that way.
"You are from the Kingdom of
Winter" she said, AID gazed won
deringly at his fur clothing. "And
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-09-04

Which is worse, Imprisonment for life
or lifelong disease, like scrofula, for
example9 The former, certainly, would
be preferable were it not that Ayers Sar-
saparilla can always come to the rescue
and give the poor sufferer health, strength
and happiness.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-09-04
NOW READY.
Noble Living.

A Series of Studies as to the Develop
ment of the Deeper Life in Men.
EDITED BY
CHARLES SUNNI NIcKERsoN.
CONTENTS.
Walking With God.
Charles Henry Eatol..
The Blessedness of Faith,
Sullivan Holman MCollester.
Love as an Inner Force.
Frank Warren Whippen.
The Riches of the Scriptures,
Edward Lowell Houghton.
Moulded by the Invisible,
Charles Sumner NlckersoD,
The Uplift of Prayer,
Charles Rockwell Tenney,
The Obligations of Religion.
Joseph Kimball Mason.
Saved by Christ,
Christian Peace,
Harrison Spofford Whitman,
The Immortal Life,
James Milford Payson.
Perfected Character; The Goal of
Life. Fred Augustine Dillingham;,
l vol. IL mo. 296 pages. s1.OO net,
postpaid.
Universalist Publishing House,
Western Branch, Chicago.
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T GEIs> EXPLANATORY
y e '.; =;
AST GO " ....OF
W~ ..PLAN...
no Whom Are the Payments to be Made?


Whom Payments be Made?
will be appointed
practicable make
Obligation Signing CenaDay PIedge2
according printed
romim nakee
Convention
How
Centa % a
binding
Should of Cent-a-Day Pledges be MadeP
which
Method Convention
Conditions the Pledge7
by this method desires
the he liberty
division between the two Conventions u
promptly
needful will
HENRY w. RUGG,
Secretary.
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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-09-04

Mrs. Griswold's story is well adapted fol
home reading and Sunday-school Libraries
The scene of he story is laid in Wisconsin
early in the '40's. and it traces the history of q
young girl, from childhood to womanhood. un-
folding the steps of her intellectual develop
ment, and her growth into noble character.
The story is very gracefully written, and will
take high rank among the books for young
women of which the time is so prolific. 1t will
please readers old and young, and will be es-
pecialy interesting to all who are interested in
the early beginnings of society in the West.
In Waiting on Destiny " the author provides
for girl readers wel-written and healthful
story of early Wisconsin life when that State
was on the frontiers of the great West The
whole tone of the book is pure and elevating
and no young girl can peruse its genuinely In
terestlng and picturesque pages without receiv-
ing decided moral uplift rs well as salutary
mental stimulus. Margarets promising girl
hood lowered into just the noble womanhOod
one would naturally have expected. lions
Herald
This is story of life In Wisconsin at the time
when that was new country, the heroine being
girl with great hunger for books, and living
In region where there was great famine of
literature. The closing chapters describe some
phases OF the excitement prevailing just before
the Rebellion and at the time of that outbreak
Aside from the interest attaching to the place
and the time, the narrative in itself has quail
tiles that would win for it wide circle of read.
ers. 1t is well written and between the lines
one can find opinions pronounced on variety
OF practical and important questions oden
Rule.
1t will not be difficult to discern the originals
of the two foremost characters in the book In
its literary aspects it will compare fayorably
with the best work of the day among American
authors. We heartily commend it to all who
would have In home and Sunday-school whole
some and helpful story books.-Gospel Banner
Universalist Publishing House
WESTERN BRANCH),
SO DEARBORN ST.. CHICAGO.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-01
A Card of Thanks.

MR. EDIToR:-Please allow me in behalf of the congregation of River side M. E. Church, South. to return our grateful thanks to the generous public of Pine Bluff and surrounding country, of all faiths and lines of business, in enabling us to buy a more available lot, moving our house of worship, also in getting q house for the pastor. Our property isnow without Q dollar of indebtedness, with all seats free. and warm vel come to all to attend our services and a balance sheet of receipts and disbursements open to any and all. Praying heavens blessings upon all, am, your friend and servant,
 JOHN F. CARR, Pastor.