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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-03-01

Los insurrectos Sc parecen a los CO.
Dos. Estos, cuando no estan seguros,
Sc meten en- sus caracoles tan pronto
como oyen pasos. Aquellos, Ell item
po de SEGA, Sc meten Ell la mani ua
cuando Weyler pasa...
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-03-01
De La Co37.espondencio.. :.

De La CoaTespoHdencio.:
FL senior Munoz Rivera ha recibido
Ell siguiente telegrama de Arroyo:
xLa colectividad autonomista Sc ad-
hiere fusion pactada con ell partido
liberal que dirije ell senior Sagasta: ahico
ayanc, practice en- la vida de nuestro
partido regional.
Federico Virella, Jose Brenes, Ra-
mon Colomer, Zen6n Cintron, Eugenio
Nirella, Marcos Basora, Eugenio Bales
tier.>
San Ge1nedn.-Por noticias de origen
fidedigno Sc sabe que esta muy proxima
en- esa ciudad Ia const ituci6n del comite
y que este apoyara los acuerdos de la
Asamblea.
Rio Grunde. -Muchos caracterizados
liberales de este pueblo Sc unen al Co
mite provincial, aplauden Ia incorpora-
ci6n y Sc disponen a formar ell comite
correspondence. Firman las cartas los
senores Rexach, Pimentel, Benitez, San
tana, y otras personas de valer.
PuttUos.- alh Sc disponen
los autonomistas a organizar el Comite
y apoyar todos los acuerdos de la
Asamblea.
Woroeis. -Segun acta del Comit6 To-
cal de este pueblo, todos los correligio-
narios de jurisdiction Sc adhieren la
incorporation del partido autonomista
puertorrlqueno con el liberal que presi-
de el senor Sagasta, y felicitan al senior
Munoz Rivera.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-03-01
Luis BONAFOUN
AI)HESI0NES

A la adhesion de Ponce hay que unir
las valiosas firmas de los senores don
Ermelindo Salazar, don Acisclo Subira,
don Pedro J. Salazar, don Acisclo Pc
rez, don Jose NJ. Goicoechea don
Adolfo Lespier.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-03-01
GEOGRIFIb IL PPO. RICO

La mas seIcllla = La mas prActica para
les nifios. .-T-xto del Gobierno.-Van he
chas ediccio-fs = Esta encuadernada =
La impression os rnuy clara.
Vendese en ONCE. IN Ia Librerfa dc los
SRES OTERO Y SOBRINO.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-03-01

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trovanos. y hablemos de otra cosa.
Parece que 10 hace ell mismfsimo de-
nonio. Cada yez que ocurre en- Paris
un escandalazo-como el de la princesa
de Caraman-Chimay-y que la socle-
dad inglesa, toda pudibunda, Sc tapa
ell rubor con el abanico, ocurre en- Lon
dres un escandalo mayor, Ell prueba de
que la humanidad es igual en- todas
parties.
Que una sonora engaIe d su marldo
es cosa que Sc We frecuentemente sin
necesidad de pasar ell canal de la Man
cha. Pero hay que pasarlo para yer el
extraordinarlo case de que varias selo-
ras Sc pongan de acuerdo con una espo-
sa culpable para enganar mejor el ma
rido. Tai es el case de la senora " ebb,
llevada por adulterio 4 los tribunales
de Bristol
La sonora Webb Sc enamoro de NJ.
Protherve, fotografo; enamoramiento
que no tiene NADIA de particular, y que
no 10 tendra aunque Protherve no fuese
fotografo. lie extraio es que ayttoluse
los amorfos La senora de IN notarlo, la
de un abogado, Ia de un industrial, la
de un banquero otra porclon de da-
mas de la buena sociedad de la zarza
parrilla de Bristol.
No es possible hablar de todo en- estas
columnas. No es possible tampoeo pu
blicar fntegramente ciertas cartas. Pc
TO para muestra ALA van unos parraf-
Hos.
De la se57ora steeeo's d Ia seJ7oro
Webb.
~Qu6 alegre estoy de saber que esta
usted en- Brighton con su hermoso TO-
t6grafo! iCon que gusto harfa 20 las
veces de usted! 49, Procurare ir L
acompanarla para pasearnos Ell la pla-
va tind1tdolos con los hombres No
Sc intranquilice usted por su marido.
Porque 81 tiene la idea de sorprender a
usted 10 sabre 70 con anticipation y 10
avisar6 usted por telegrafo,~
De III se5S0ro Smith Il la se15ora Uebb.
>Todo Va al pelo. Su marido comic
aver con nosotros yo aproVeche la
OCCASION para enterarme con habllldad de
sus proposltos respecto usted. Me
ha d1cho que no podra ausentarse antes
de que pasen tres semanas. Asf, pues,
aprovechese usted, feliz mujer, y no Sc
prive de NADIA. Y en- sus extasis amo-
rosos acu6rdese de mi, pobre amiga,
one lie enyldla la suerte 7 sc muere de
laburrlmiento Ell su estupido hogar.>
~Su oso Eel marido) saldra pasado
manana a buscar a usted. Pero sola-
mente estara "A horas en- Brighton.
Asf, pues, todo Sc arreglara con que
su guapo amigo pase IN dia en- los al
rededores de Londres. lSerUicio por
serUicio. Hagame usted ell favor de
poner en- Ell correo de esa Ia adjunta car
ia para mi marido, para hacerle Greer
que mi madre esta en- Brighton me
llama. ST mi oso cae Ell el Iazo 20 tam
bi6n podr@ il a esa d pasear unos dfas
con quien usted sabe.>
De Ia neisneu sel5ora lu neisneu Sc
ftOr0.'
4No he podido conyencer nj mari
do. Hombre mas pelma Ahora le
da por no dejarme sol nj sombra.
Sc du Guillermo gracias una treta que
hemos ideado para escribirnos. Es di-
Y yertidfsima, vera usted. Como Gui-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-03-01
| CREDITO I AHORRO POHCEhO
GIRA A C0RTA VISTA

Sobre todas las capitales y
pueblos de ia Peninsula 8
islas adyacentes.
Sobre New York, Puerto
Rico 7 Mayaguez.
Sobre Inglatefra, Francia,
Alemania. Austria, Russia,
Belgica, Holanda, Suiza, Di-
namarca, Suecia, Noruega,
Italia, Portugal, Grecia y
Iurqufa.
Sobre Bulgaria, Luxem- |.
burgo, Rumania, Montene- !
gro, Servia 7 C6rcega. !
I sobre Egipto, T6nez y 7
Marruecos.
Ponce, Is Abris 1896. !
C = n n N = - ~ -
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-03-01

He ahf todo 10 que Sc me ocurre de-
cir sobre la actual situacion de tirlos y
trovanos. " hablemos de otra cosa.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-03-01
Bayanon.
Sr. director de LA DEMoCRACIA.
Ponce

Sr director de LA DEMoCRACIA
Ponce.
Muy senor nuestro: Los que tuvi-
mos la grata satisfaction de asistir d la
reciente solemne asamblea celebrada
Ell La Capital, para asf poder apreciar
mas de cerca los razonamlentos eXpues-
tos en- tan trascendental debate, vista y
iuzgado en- nuestro humilde crlterio con
alguno sensatez la hidaIga patri6tica
conducta de la Comlsion autonomista,
a la que rendimos pleito homemade de
admiration sin e7euneor0neie1etos de min
gun genera, nos adherimos Ell IN todo
conformes con la formula pactada al
partido que dirije ell senior Sagasta.
seguiremos namandonos autono-
mlstas; attribute este que nos pertenece,
porque hasta aquf quedan incolumes en-
nuestro pecho estos luminosos princi-
pios.
Nuestra mas cordial y sincera felici-
taci6n al sefor Munoz Rivera por La
tan acertada election como presidente
del Comit6 Provincial.
Nos suscribimos de usted altos. Y
5. s. Q. b. 5. NJ,
Hilario Sevilla, Jose b. Roman, Ra-
mon Gil, J osG Michel, Leocadio Alamo,
Domingo Blanco.
Maunabo.
DEMoC CIA-Ponce.
Fl comite liberal de este ruebIO
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-03-01

De acuerdo firmantes del anterior
telegrama que So le dirigi6 de esta villa
estamos identiticados con su politica
por patriotismo y por conviction dc
que es la que convene a los intereses
generates de esta region.
Apolinar Ortiz, FauStino Rodriguez,
Jose Dfaz, Francisco Zayas, Juan Pa
sarell, Pablo Dfaz, Joaquin Tristani,
Manuel Garcia, Enrique Tristani, Juan
Gutierrez, Olimpio Martinez, A Aqua
20, Eladio Lebr6n, Carlos Mereado,
Pedro @. Goieo, Agustfn Goico, Fran
cisco r. Mercado, Fernando Nals, Jo-
vino Rodriguez, Nicolas Martinez, Ma
nuel Ferrer, Juan @. Orsini, Juan Ri
vera, Antonio Mercado, Manuel Dfaz
Luis Felipe Padilla. :,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-03-01
0Iaunabo.

El comite liberal de este pueblo
bendice acepta la incorporation al
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-05
HOW FLIES WALK CEILINGS.
A Simple Explanation of This Puzzllns
Phenomenon.

A Simple Explanation of This Puzzllns
Phenomenon.
1t is a curious fact how our understand
ing of many common and apparently sim
pie things is modified by further investi-
cation. The explanation of how flies walk
on the ceiling, as given in some of our old
readers was that each little fly foot is
miniature air pump, u theory that is now
proved TO be fallacious. 1t was supposed
that the bottom of the foot adhered TO the
glass by suction, all air beneath it being
pressed out, so that it was held in place by
the pressure of the air without But flies
have been known TO walk on the inner
side of a glass receiver after all the air had
been exhausted, which shows that they do
not need the pressure of the air to uphold
them. A microscope examination of a
fly's foot clearly disproyes the "sucker"
theory for the foot cushion is covered with
hairs, which prevent close contact of the
foot with the glass.
A later theory, propounded by Hooke
was that flies stick TO the glass by means
of a yiscous fluid substance which eXudes
from the hairs in their feet This theory
was thoroughly investigated ~ years or
so ago by DIR. Romb bout, who demonstrated
that it was only partly sound, for though
these hairs do certainly exude an oily
fluid the fluid is not sticky and does not
harden when dried.
1t Is to DR.. Rombout's experiments that
science owes what is now regarded as the
true theory of the walking of flies on
smooth substances--that they hang on by
the help of capillary adhesion-the molec-
ular attraction between solid and liquid
bodies. BY a series of nice calculations,
diameters and immersing the cut end of
hair in oil or water to make IL adhere
when touched to glass, DR.. Rombout
proved that capillary attraction would up
hold fly were it four-ninths as heavy
again as it is at present. 1t is true that
the foot hairs are very minute, but as each
fly is said to be furnished with 10000 to
IL, 900 of them, we need not be surprised
at what they can do.
Reasoning from this theory, we might
concluded that flies find it difficult to
mount a glass slightly dampened, because
of the repulsion between the watery sur
face and the oily liquid exuding from the
feet, and we might likewise expect them
to be impedcd by slight coating of dust,
because the spaces between the hairs would
be filed with dust. Careful observation
seems to confirm these inferenCes. When
we see a fly making his toilet, ho is not,
as wa might suppose, cleaning his body,
but his feet so that they may the more
readily adhere. Every one has noticed
how quickly fly takes fight, even whom
he has been doing half an hour in the
same position. This new theory makes it
easier to understand how he can so readily
detach himself, for the air pressure theory
and the gum theory both implied more
or less effort in releasing his feet from
their involuntary hold. Our Animal
Friends.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-05
A Rit of Advice.

Il s'posc, " said the old colored man al
Erastus Pinkley halted at the shanty door,
"dat yoh wants ter bOrry 10 cents.
Oats dc way yoh allus does, uncle, -
was the reply in tone Of injured limo
conce. "Yoh goes ahaid an makes up yoh
mind wiout waitin ter learn dc Jacks.
doesn't wanter borry no 10 cents Whall
/ wants ter borry is half dolluh.
"Whah is all yoh good clothesy"
81 done transacted EN-.
GLOW did yOhY'
"a gemman down town tol me dat el
I'm bring EN- down he take 'em in "a bust
ness transaction, so transacted 'em off
foh razzer an bull pup an dolluh an
quahtah.
"An how much has yoh got lef'?"
"De bull pup. j"
"Whah's do dolluh an "a quahtah an de
razzerY"
u had frien dat tol me whah l could
bet on q boss dat he said wah sho ter win,
so / transacted dc razzer foh 70 cents, an
/ put de 81 up, an it amt got down yit.
''Yoh misfortunes amt no scuse fob yob
not habbin mo- neatness. Ioh go git
yohse'f a BAT an a clean shirt an I'll see
bout dat 90 cents. Yoh means well, but
yoh doesn't 'soriminate. Yoh misapplies
yoh am bitions Git yoh idees Strengthened
out, sonny. De trouble wifi yoh IS dat yoh
done got confuse. BE a plunger, all yoh
wants ter, at de bathin beach, but don { &c
'maginin yoh's i'm de swim at boss race
Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-05
Didn't Work.

Two men called, and the calm lady in
the freshly starched house wrapper showed
them into the parlor. One was a man
with narrow eyes, who did the talking,
and the other listened.
"Calm yourself, madam, " said the man
with narrow eyes. "There has been an
accident on the X, Y. and u. Your hus-
band was on the train. i am an attorney
at-law and have called in behalf of the
railroad company to see if the matter can
not be satisfactorily adjusted without a
suit. / had the honor to know your hus-
band. He was kind, faithful good pro-
wider and "a model man in every respect
believe.
The man who did the listening listened.
"You are "A lawyer, believe you saidY'
remarked the calm lady.
eyes, madam, and
"And you knew my husband?"
every well. r.
sometimes attended to his law bust
ness, didn't your"
"Well-er-occasonal I-er"-
81 thought So" said the calm lady.
"And If you will take the trouble TO read
over the papers in my suit for divorce once
more you will again observe that he is still
the same old worthless, drunken, shiftless,
trifling nobody. Still. am glad he WASH t
hurt so badly in the accident you speak of
that he can't work up schemes as usual for
his side of the case. Nice day, isn't itY'
New York World.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-05
THE WRECK.

At midnight, when the mystic moon
In lambent splendor bathed the land.
wandered whore the waves had strewn
A mighty wreck upon the strand.
Her oaken beams and bolts of steel
With rust and scaweed were embossed.
And many a rose had bloomed and died
Since she upon our coast was tossed.
About her grave the solemn sea
Rolled back and forth with ceaseless
moan,
And every billow on the beach
Seemed bursting with a human groan.
The moon and stars looked coldly down.
And colder doubts oppressed my brain.
thought the glorious sun in heaven
Would never CLEAN on earth again.
Among the weird and jagged pines
That shook their arms above the surge
The danlS and deadly winds of night
Prolonged the pillows ceaselesS dirge,
And on the sea and on the land
All things bewailed the vessels doom,
And cen my souls profoundest deep
Re-ochoed with the pillows boom.
"Ah, thus" thought, "along The shore
OF life's Elusive, stormy sea
Full many fair and stately bark
Lies stranded meath a willow tree,
And many "A mourncr, weeping there,
Feels CHASTITY doubts Cypress his brain
Lest he should never more behold
The rising of that sun again"
Augustus Waters in New York Ledger
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-05
She Was Terribly Frightened.

A train at Wimbledon was just starting
for London when a young woman reached
the station and simply had time to jump
into the first compartment she reached
and flop down on the cushioned seat.
"Only them" she writes, did / observe
that l had as single fellow traveller u
man-young, well dressed, but of some
what forbidding aspect. For the moment,
however, did not feel in the slightest de-
gree nervous and commenced to read u
paper. After the train had passed one sta
ton happened to glance toward one end
of the carriage. observed the man to DO
greatly agitated and gazing intently in my
direction. Then he got on his feet.
sudden, overw helming fear took possession
of me. He was a murderer was certain.
l thought of shrieking for help, but my
tongue refused to move. The monster
for SO he seemed to me-looked anxiously
about him, apparently to make sure that
he could not be observed from without.
Then he came quite close to me, at the
same moment putting his right hand In
his overcoat pocket. Was 1t a revolver he
had, or knife, or a pestle, or what?
Springing to my feet faced him In de-
spair. What do you meanY l cried, half
fainting as spoke He bent toward me,
smiled grimly and said: Excuse me,
madam, offer you 10000 apologies if
have alarmed you. Such thing was the
furthest removed from my thoughts. The
fact is, have to alight at the next station,
and since you entered the train you have
been sitting on my hati' l blushed my
apologies. Fortunately the hat was soft
one. "-London Telegraph.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-05
rhe T.ae Rem,dg

W. NJ. ReDine, editor Tiskilwa, ILL.,,
"Chief," says: I've won't keep house
without DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds. Exper-
imented with many others, but never got
the true remedy until we used DIR. Kings
New Discovery. No other remedy can
take it's place in our home, as in it we
have a certain and sure cure for coughs,
colds, whooplng cough, etc." 1t is idle
TO experiment with other remedies, even
if they are urged on you as just as good
as DR.. Kings New Discovery. They are
not as gooa, because this remedy has a
record Of cures and besides isguaranteed.
1t never fails to satisfy. Trial bottles
free at Macdonald's drug store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-05
SCOTT AND TooMBs.
How the General Took the Fiery Captains
Startling Announcement.

When General Robert Toombs of Georgia
was young man In his twenties, he raised
"a volunteer company and Joined General
Scott, who was then conducting cam
paign against the Indians in Florida.
Even in his early youth Toombs was noted
for his self confidence and his aggressive
bearing He was without military train
ing, and had never submitted TO rules and
discipline, at college or anywhere else.
Naturally, when he met General Scott it
was case of oil and water-they would
not mix.
The general knew the character Of his
red enemies and he was in no hurry to at
tack them In the positions which they had
chosen. He waited day after day, deter
mined not to move forward until he was
satisfied that he would be successful with
out the sacrifice of many valuable lives.
This delay did not suit the Georgia cap
tain. He fretted, fumed and swore at the
slow methods of his commander.
One night 1oombs felt that he could
stand it no longer. Going to the generals
tent. he found Scott engaged in pleasant
conversation with dozen officers of high
rank. General Scott greeted him pleas
antly, and invited him to join the circle
of military men who were telling stories
of camp life.
General SCOTT, " said Toombs in a stern
tone, 81 desire to know, sir, whether the
army will march against the enemy with
In the next few days"
81 am not ready yet TO answer that ques
ton, i" replied the general, with smile.
"Then, sir" continued the youthful
captain, 81 will notify you that unless the
army marches tomorrow propose TO go
forward with my company into the very
heart of the Indian territory"
When this astounding declaration was
made, the officers expected the general to
administer whitening rebuke. To their
establishment Scott never changed his gen :
ial expression. His eyes twinkled with
good humor, and he turned a serene and
benignant face upon his audacious visitor.
every well, captain" was his quiet an
swer in soothing tone, "use your own
pleasure, by all means Take your COM
pany tomorrow and march into the Indian
country We may follow you few weeks
later, but don't wait for us. Take your
company and go ahead. Good night, cap
tainp'
When Toombs heard this, look of be-
wilderment came over his face, but not a
word fell from his lips. He saluted the
commander and bowed himself out.
Did he march his company against the
enemy the next day." was my natural
| question.
"No. He said nothing more about it.
He remained at his post and was an ex-
emplary officer during the remainder OF
| the war. And he was not chaffed about
] the affair either. He was not the man to
stand such treatment. Chicago Times
| Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-05
Wby He Joined the Methodists.

The Rochester Post Express tells story
of an old colored coachman who as slave
had attended his masters church, the
Episcopal, for 80 years. After the war the
master gave up his carriage, and the coach
man shifted for himself. Taking advan'
tage of his freedom he began visiting vari-
Gus churches and finally made new con-
nection Meeting his old master one day
he admitted, with some embarrassment,
that he had "done changed" and LINED
de Mefodis'" He said he liked 'em
bettab, +" and, when pinned down, told why.
"Well, III tell you, marster. You know
when you goes to Mefodis' church, jes'
as soon as you gifts inside dey settle right
down to business, a-preachin o. de gorspel'
whilst in de 'Piskerpul church it takes 'em
too long to read do percedins o de las
meetin"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-05
Eskimo Bows and Arrows.

AS every one knows, the Eskimos, with
very few exceptions, inhabit region
which is perfectly treeless, or at any rate
where nothing grows but pines and spruces,
whose soft, inelastic wood.s entirely use
less for making bows. They have over
come this difficulty very effectively by fas-
tening along the back of the bow twisted
cords of reindeer sinew in such way that
each cord is stretched when the bow is
bent and flies back when the bow string is
released. AS far as we know, no other
race of savages makes use of this ingenious
contrivance. Some tribes of Indians are
in the habit of stiffening their bows by
"backing" them with strips of sinew,
glued on, but the Eskimo backing is made
of cords and tied on. AS old Martin Fro
bisher, the first Englshman who ever saw
the Eskimos, in 1877, tells us, "Their
bowes are of wood of yard long, showed
on the back with strong sinewes, not glued
too, but fast girded and tyed on"
In some regions the Eskimos when first
visited by white men were still using bows
with very simple backing, merely 90 or
30 strands.of Irvine running from one end
of the bow to the other, twisted together
tightly from the middle and tied down to
the bow in two or three places. My
friends at Point Barrow and along the adj
jacent coast, however, had gone on i'm
proving the bow until It was the best
made by Eskimos anywhere. John Muir
toch in Popular Science Monthly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-05
Speed In Walking.

"There's no end of people," said a man
who walks great deal himself, "wbo
think they could walk four miles an hour,
and very likely they could, but they would
have to move along very briskly to do it,
As matter of fact very few people indeed
do walk four miles an hour. Three miles
Is very fair gait, and whsn one exceeds
that he is beginning to walk fast If my
recollection serves, the old common time
In the army carried man rs miles an
hour and quick time 2H miles an hour
The distances which the soldier covers in
an hour have now been increased some
what by slightly increasing the length OF
his steps, but my impression Is that the
common time remains under three miles
on hour. Certainly three miles would be
good, fair walking, and fully up to mems
average speed"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-05
Meat Cooked by Cold.

Any one who has ever picked up with a
bare hand a piece of intensely cold iron
knows that tho touch burns almost as
badly as IL the metal were redhot. In
deed, the action OF great heat and that of
extreme cold are so similar that a Hunga-
rian chemist has turned the latter to no.
count to prepare meats for food. He sub
jects the meat to go degrees Of frost and
then seals 1t up in alright tin cans. The
result Is that the meat, which Is practical
ly cooked by cold" will keep any time,
and can be eaten with very little further
preparation. --London Tit-Bits.