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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-06
HONBRES DE-
IORTE AMERICA

Llegan aqui los hombres del Nor
te; ponense en- contacto con todos
los elementos de fuerza del pals; OBJ
servan personalmente los hechos;
estudian las opiniones; van acopian-
do lentamente .elementos solidos y
firmes para fcrmar base de juicio, y
sc colocan. tras labor perseverance,
en- condolences de poder informar Il
su nacion con pleno conocimiento de
verdad y con absolute espiritu de
justicia.
Sirviendo de parallel este cua-
dro -desarrollado Ell ell espacio de
algunas septenas de dias,-el recuer-
do de la pasada domination
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-06
. FL GENERAL HENRY

Aver embarco con direction la Ca
pital ell general Henry que va q encar-
garse interinamente del mando superior
de la isla.
lie acompaHa su distinguida seHora.
El general Henry deja en Ponce mu-
chas simpatfa por su correcto compor-
tamiento.
Hombre de ideas ampliamente libe-
rales, es dc esperarsc que su paso por
ell gobierno de esta isla sea beneicioso
para ell pals.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-06

Es grande Ia union americana.
;Por que?
Por el espiritu individualista, por
La digniGcacion de la personalidad
hnpaaa.
Como en- las .ssiIbbus germanicas
que describe Tactic, cada %1f662 1f6l2thre thre
desligado de los demas, lucha para
81; pero cada uno tambien al lucha1
para 81, lucha para todos. Ell pro-
vecho particular es fragmento dt
caudal que Sc aporta al bien com1n
7 tanto mayor es la Importance
del acervo, cuanto que cada uno dt
los que formarle concurren disfruts
de la mas plena libertad para ella
borar su porcion respectiva.
Espiritu individualista. Espiritr
de egoismo tai vez, 81 Sc le considers
en- cierto modo; mas espiritu que
salv6 al mundo latino, despertando Ia
dormida sangre de los pueblos de.
Occidente y del Mediodia de Europa
cuando resono en- ellos ell salvaie
grito de uida del cimbrio y del teu-
ton; y que puede salvar tambien q
este pueblo de America, condenadc
aparentementc, por ley fatal, al ami
quilamiento de todas las energias.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-06

DeseamosleI nlucho acserto en la mi
sion que va 4 adesetnpcIar,. y que sas ac-
tos scan verdslderos lazos de afecto que
unan cada dfa. mas Ia colonia 4 Ia Me
|tropoli.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-06


ARTURO APONTE RODRTGIyEZ
|-Abogado Cristina namero O. Horas
dedesps cho: de Sal de Ia maf,an.
de do la tarde los dias laborabIes.
6 Nbre. 1898.
FOX SALE. Three carriage psus
In every cheeip price VillaStreet "a.
14-15 Manuel JLe.y;U,
a CARD Miss Estela and Mis-.
Aida Braschi otter their services forf
,hs snls'on Of the English and Spanish
languages. '"
They are pupils of Mr.. and MIRA r.
a. Lee, which is their best reoomenda.
ton. Ihsra is no OBJECTION to poing 10
the houses where there are laaias.
9 hsrulae the lessons will be AZ.
MAYOR Street number q.
lie venta, un eoche de 4 asiento.
o'lo De dos. Malas y potros d plsxe
Tcease Usero.
!, flaza Psi Opal, PoDcs. Noviembre
= - Iooo' SIM.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-06

9 cuando no, por una especie dc
.reaccion de extrafla enfermedad,
cuyo contagio por fortuna no Sc
extiende, d los extravios del delirio.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-06


Nunca fueron otros ell modo de
proceder, la manera de la vida, en-
esa potente raza.
Adherida d la madre terra; ad-
herida q la necesidad ~trabaioS; co
nocedora de la realidad de Ia vida;
ansiosa del bienestar de esta Y LENA
del sentilniento de la ibertad, ha
venido, sin misticismos y sin va
guedades, y con serena decision y
labor hrme, manteniendo q trav6s
de los tiempos y de las distancias, el
ideal poderoso.
LIE ha mantenido sin la afectada
ceremonia, nj la aparatosa palabre-
ria, nj los exaltamientos de deca-
dencia de nuestros pueblos neuras-
tenicos. Su conception del proceso
biologico natural pudicra defnirse
asi: ola evolucion del ser humane
hacia todo 10 que lie es dtil.n
Y tan efcaces han sido los me-
dios, y tales los resultados, que hoy
los puritanos del Connecticut, los
csento IN, pasajeros entire hombres,
mujeres y ninos, que desembarca-
ron, ALA por 1920, en- las costas del
cabo Cod, forman. en- sus descen-
dientes, el pueblo mas prospero, rico
y poderoso de la terra.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-06
~DOS cNrtNs

De un periodico de la Peninsula re.
produclmOs estas dos cartas que encie-
rran un detalle tristisimo de la guerra
Mi querida madre por fin ha lie
gado ell mOmento de regresar a la pa
tria; que digo d la patria al hogar,
al sacrosanto hogar, donde hace cua-
tro amos te deje en- compania de mi
padre y de mi hermano Juan.
Maldita guerra!
Que contribution de sangre. madre
mia De dos hUos sanos, fuertes Y no :
lllzos, te queda solo este pobre inya
lido. Ell desgraciado Juan murio en-
el hospital de Santiago. He recogido
la medalla que le habian concedido V
tes la I:eyare como recuerdo.
A mi me han amputado las dos pier
mas; pero me quedan dos brazos para
estrecharte en- ellos para encender
la lumbre en- nuestro hogar cuando
padre Eenga de la yina con ell haz de
lena
Escribeme; que tenga ell gusto de
ieerte antes de marcharme, para Que
me slrva de consuelo EN- ell canine
Un ahrazo padre y mandad i,lnto,
Ia bendicion '''i''0'
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-06
Doctor Carl vogel, de la Uniye 'sidad
de Munich (Alemania)


ESPECIALISTA en las enfe, media
des nerviosas y dc la Imujer, ofrece sus
servicios profesionales en- la callc del
Comercio mum. Is.
HoRAs DE cONsuLTA
DE a 10 de la mai1ana de a tarde
Para los pobres, V'iernes Sabado
de a 8. de Noviembre de 1898
LA MhRCEDES. do Argel Mattey.
Alberto IN despacho de cigarros, ciga-
rrillos y picadurss de todas clases. en-
la Plaza de las Dfliclae, teDgo ell gust
de ofrecerlo al pdblico, donde encontra.
ran vitolas de todas classes = preeios.
elaboradas 1nicameuts CO la mks riea
he js de Jaynya.
Ponce, Octabre de 1858
FL Represensonts, G. CAsALs.
Nbre. lS08-l m. ..
fhANC1SCA TOMAS TiZOL Pro-
fescra en- partos.-O Ofrece eua.aeru;cio.
% u caiie oe IL SaIud ndmero 10, fren-
% los Danos Do Nayarro-Ponce, Is
10 1Dle' ioss | afio VS.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-06

Nj querido hijo: Nucho me I,a ali-
quo tu carta, Y mas ms. atiige aun
no poder darte mejores nuevass
freparate, pues, recibiclas malas
1on Iu ausencla y la de tu heemano
nos iaitaron cuatrO brazos: las tiarras
quedaron sin producir. Y vino eI /.
recaudador Ole las contribuciones, \
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-05

'FThe Pr0greO-
dVe Farmer 10 q
good paper--hr
above the aver
Gqe-and possibly
the best Rdvertis-
InQ medium in NJ
CT Printer8' Ink.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-05
BIRDS AND FARM PESTS.


We clip from Appleton's Popular
Science Monthly the following article
which contains some profitable sugges
tions for our farmer readers, now that
spring time and the nesting season is
at hand:
Mr.. F. E. L. Beal, in a paper on
Some Common Birds in their Relation
to Agriculture, observes that whether
bird is injurious or beneficial de
pends almost entirely on what it eats.
If crows or blackbirds are seen in mum
bers about cornfields, or if woodpeck,
ers are noticed at work in an orchard,
it is perhaps not surprising that they
are accused Of doing harm. Careful
Investigation, however, often shows
that they are actually destroying nox-
ious insects, and also that even those
which do harm at one season may com
pensate for it by eating noxious species
at another. Insects are eaten at all
times by the majority of land birds,
and during the breeding season most
kinds subsist largely and rear their
young exclusively on this food. When
insects are unusually plentiful they are
eaten by many birds which ordinarily
do not touch them. Within certain
limits birds feed upon the kind of food
that is most accessible. Thus, as a
rule, insectivorous birds eat the insects
that are most easily obtained, provided
they do not have some peculiarly dis
agreeable property. 1t is not probable
that bird habitually passes by one
kind of insect to look for another that
is more appetizing, and there seems
little evidence in support of the theory
that the selection of food is restricted
to any particular species Of insect, for
it is evident that a bird eats those
which by it's own method of seeking
are most easily obtained. Thus, q
ground feeding bird eats those it finds
among the dead leaves and grass; a
fly catcher captures entirely different
kinds; and the woodpecker and warbler
in the tree tops select still others. The
practical value of birds in controlling
insect pests should be more generally
recognized. 1t may be an easy matter
to exterminate the biz ds in an orchard
or grain field, but it is an extremely
difficult one to control the insect pests.
II ia certain, too, that the value OF our
native sparrows as weed destroyers iS
not appreciated. Weed seed forms an
important item of the winter food OF
MANY of these birds, and it is impos-
sible TO estimate the immense numbers
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-05
SPRING WORK.

Mr.. Edwin R. Towle, of Vermont,
who has written so many valuable
dairy articles for The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER, is also a practical allround
farmer. In a recent issue Of Farming
World, we find the following timely
article from his pen:
Ere we are aware spring will be with
US again. The careful farmer has
already made his plans for another
seasons work, so far as circumstances
will admit, and should be perfecting
all possible arrangements go that when
the busy season of seeding arrives it
may be improved to the best advan-
tage.
If the agricultural implements and
machines-the old fashioned tools not
much used noW-are in need of repairs
or new ones are required, these mat
ters should be attended to at once, be
fore they are wanted for use. A farmer
should not be extrRvagant in this re-
spect or go beyond his means, but it
certainly will not pay to use poor or
unsuitable implements in the cultiVa-
ton of the soil or harvesting Of crops,
when those q great deal better can be
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-05
FARMING ON BUSINESS PRIN-
CIPLES.

II. W. Williams, HiIlsboro, N. O.,
writing in the Baltimore Farm Mage.
zine, says:
Replying to your letter concerning
the work at this farm, I will say the
situation now is about this: First. We
have large herd of fine Jerseys to
care for. We have also thoroughbred
hogs and poultry. Second. The prob
lem before us is this: "a To keep the
stock healthy and growing. o. To
feed them entirely from the farm. (c)
To get as much profit as is consistent
with the first and second points.
Third. Our method Of work is this: Ia }
The chief food is ensilage. We make
this from corn. The ear, stalk and
fodder are all cut together. This mix
4ure is then put into silo. We made
lost year 200 tons on about acres.
The entire ensilage crop last year was
500 tons. It has kept perfectly. This
year we hope to get 25 tons from an
acre. Our ambition is to get thirty
tons from an acre, and we expect to il.
(b) We rais9 cowpeas for soiIing.
These have not yet been tried as en-
siIage. (c) We believe in roots-beets,
turnips and mangolds. Large quanti-
ties can be raised, and we rely upon
them to tone up the constitution. (d.)
Alfalfa Qucerne) is our favorite crop
for soiling. We carry the stock six
months on alfalfa and cowpeas. Fourth.
Our method of cultivation is this: (a.)
The land for corn is all ploughed in the
late fall. Two heavy mules are used
to an Oliver chill plow. Then the corn
is cultivated fiat. (b) The manure is
taken from the barns daily and buried
at once. A deep furrow is opened and
this is filed with manure. Upon this
is planted the corn. Ia this way we
expect the soil to get all the strength
in the manure; the sun and wind to
get nothing. (c.) We believe in rota-
ton of crops, Except for grass, the
soil is never asked to give the same
crop two years in succession. The
soil is heavy clay"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-05
CULTIVATION.

CULTIVATION.
The vines should be pIowed and hoed
soon after every rain Cbutnever worked
when the ground is too wet, or when
there is rain water or dew on the vinee)
until they run from to feet, when
plowing should cease. But cultivation
can be advantageously continued until
the first crop Of melons are grown, or
until the ground becomes too thickly
covered with vines, as follows:
Pass a long, narrow, thin blade gently
beneath the vinces sufficiently deep to
break the crust, care being taken not
to cut the roots nor bruise the vines.
An excellent instrument for the pur-
pose can be constructed of an ordinary
hoe. Trim off the two sides. leaving a
strip in the middle about 3 inches
broad. Secure, with rivets, one Of the
pieces, cut off to said strip, and you
have the desired instrument light and
convenient.
An occasional patch, about 1 foot
square and about 2 feet from the stem
OF the vine, may be dug deep. These
patches will be Of great service in ad-
mitting air to the roots, and the more
carbonic acid gas they absorb, the
sweeter will be the melons. Two patches
for each vine will be ample, and in
constructing them, care must be taken
not to cut too many roots. The same
patches may be dug after every rain
until they become covered with vines.
1t is impractical to employ the trench
and log plan on large scale, but it can
be done to sufficient extent to show
the remarkable influence exerted by
carbonic acid gas on vegetation. When
farmers learn this lesson properly they
will adopt necessary measures for
burying all the wood possible, and for
manufacturing carbonic acid gas By
every other practical method in reach.
This advancement will cause them to
reduce the size of their farms and, as q
result, make farming mcre pleasant
and profitable. Seed for fall melons
should be planted about .Iune 7th.
There is, therefore, still time to test
these plans.
BRYAN TYSON.
Long Leaf, N. O.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-05
VALUE OF ARTICHoKEs.

Artichokes are not given the atten
tion they deserve; there is no crop on
the farm that will give as great returns.
They are drouth proof and a certain
preventive of hog cholera. One acre
will feed thirty shoats five or six
months, as five to eight hundred bush
els per acre is a common yield, while
on rich soil one thousand bushels is
frequently produced. As milk pro
ducers, fed to COWS, the artichoke
stands without peer, and the tops
make excellent feed for horse. They
also make excellent pickles and salad
when properly prepared, and Withal
are excellent fertilizers and easily
grown.
Prepare tie ground byIplowiDg deep
and pulverizing the Jumps; mark the
rows as for potatoes, -four feet wide ;
cut to one eye and drop fourteen inches
apart in row; cover about three or four
inches; cultivative same as corn or
potatoes. Plant from 1st to 18th of
May. It is not necessary to dig them
for hogs, as they will do their own har-
vesting, and freezing does not hurt
them. Do not store In the cellar, but
put in pits and cover with a layer or
straw and four or five inches Of eaEtn.
I consider one acre OF articnoKes
worth six acres of corn; try them neHS -
season. if only q small patch.-hs. =.
Patterson, Eldon, Mo-, IN EplsOL1tss.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-05
SALT TO HASTEN DRCOMPCSE
TON.

We are used to picking meats and
vegetables in salt to preserve them,
that the fact is often forgotten that in
small quantities salt hastens decompo-
sition. Only when used in excess it
hardens the meat, filling it with par
ticles of salt so that it is an efectuaE
bar to fermentation. A small amount
of salt sprinkled over a manure heap
will greatly increase it's effectiveness
by making it more soluble. 1t will
also in small amounts be excellent for
compost heaps to hasten their decom-
position and conversion into effective
fertilizers, ,-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-05
HORTICULTURE
FIGHTING THE CoDLING MOTH.

Correspondence Of The Progressive Farmer.
Bulletin 81 of Nebraska Station is an
illustrated pamphlet Of 80 pages, tell
ing how to save apples from the at
tacks of the codling moth. The gist Of
these so pages is as follows:
The codIing moth spoils too many
apples in Nebraska. 1t does not follow
the instructions laid down for it by the
entomologists in the literature of the
past. It does not lay it's eggs in the
calyx cup when the trees are In bloom,
where the young worms can feed on
the poison prepared for them and duti-
fully pass away, as well behaved
worms should do. On the contrary,
moth sleeps in his winter quarters till
the blooms have fallen and the calyx
is tightly closed. Then, when the
mists of the spraying machine have
cleared away, this wiley Nebraska
moth emerges and scatters its eggs
over the upper surface of the leaves,
about the first week in June, In seven
to ten days, owing to the warmth, the
eggs hatch, and the young worms scud
for hiding place within the young
apple. Here it lives ten to fourteen
days and grows fat, comes out, finds a
hiding place and spins it's cocoon,
pupates ten days, and~eomes forth
full hedged moth about one month
after the egg was laid. The hustlers
which appear early in the spring pro-
duce four generations in season; the
laggards produce but two; the mejority
three.
The codling moth should be banished.
This is not easy. Spraying alone, as
generally recommended, will not do it.
The mother is not easily poisoned.
Lights in the orchard do not attract it,
Sticky fly paper will not hold
larvae. OnIy-four hfths Of the
enter at the culyx. Late sprayin
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-05
A Nsw MONEY CROP.
Making Hay in Georgia at SIS Profit to
the Acre.


the Acre,
The Macon Georgia Telegraph says
Of Mr. w. II. Mansfield, farmer, who
lives in that city and farms near it,
that when he was boy he learned to
make hay when the sun Shines" but
now that he is a man, he ''mekes it all
the time" He is a good farmer, to be
gin with, as is proved by the fact that
he ''eaaIy raises 75 bushels OF corn to
the acre" on his swamp land and large
numbers Of logs, and he has achieved
so great sacce ss with both corn and
hay that ''other farmers throughout
the country are always seeking to learn
bis methods"
It is as hey maker, however, that
Mr.. Mansfield has achieved most en-
viable distinction. He has a grass
farm of several hundred acres" near
Macon, from which he cuts three
crops of hay every season." He grows
''Rbout six or seven tons to the acre" in
a season, (which brings $12 ton the
market, and there is always a good
demand" His grass crop NETS him
about $76 an acre."
His land is good, but there are thou
sands Of acres like it in Georgia and
North Carolina. He ''cultivates" the
grass on his farm and makes it pay.
Being asked ''if the quality Of the land
did not have a great deal to do with the
yields" he Eaplied: Undoubtedly, but
the man has a great deal more to do
with it." As for the grass, which yields
a met" profit of $75 an acre, every
year, it is not a hitherto unheard of
kind CT .sA.as at aIL Il grows in all
parts of the South, and there is good
deal of it in South Carolina, in spots.
General Hagood and Mr.. w. G.. Childs,
of Columbia, we believe, cultivated it
with some profit some years ago, if not
more recently. The seed, or roots, can
be obtained very cheaply, and when it
has once been planted anywhere it
grows right along, at the same place,
for years, without requiring special at
tention. Fertilizing and cultivation,
cutting and curing, are what make it
pay $75 net profit per year, to Mr..
Mansfield every year. We do not re-
call it's Latin name, but farmers in
South Carolina usually refer to it as
''that damp grass" when they do not
call it Bermuda"
Mr.. Mansfeld's money crop beats cot
ton; beats tobacco; beats grain; beats
sugar beets; beats any crop with which
we are acquainted. Other crops may
bring more money to the acre-very
few bring as much-but there is no
other that we know of that leaves $75
per acre cleEr profit in the farmers
hands, every year. If Bermuda grass
had never been grown before in the
United States, and Mr.. Mansfield had
just introduced it with the showing
that he makes as to it's proftableness,
farmers throughout the South would
be falling over each other in their
efforts to get chance to try it," and
paying high for the privilege. Some
of them who have had it on their farms
for years might do we'll to try it any
way-under the conditions exempifisd
by Mr.. Mansfield.-Charleston News
and Courier.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-05

Of noxious weeds which are thus an
nually destroyed. If birds are pro
tected and encouraged to nest about
the farm and garden, they will do their
share in destroying noxious insects
and weeds; and few hours spent in
putting up boxes for bluebirds, mar
tins, and wrens will prove good in
vestmeOt.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-05
PROF. IKsY'S WEEKLY LEITsF.
HOW TO HAVE GOOD ROADS.

HOW TO HAVE GOOD ROADS.
The broad tire wheels were very
thoroughly discussed in last weeks
issue. 1t would not come amiss to dis
cuss how to make our roads paesable
We have read how to keep them pass
able, now let US see il We can devise
ways and means to put them in good
condition.
Who really believes in the old sys
en- of turning cut every body who lives
nghe road to work it who are of the
per agea 1t is doubtful if anyone
ewes in such q system. Then how
Il our reads be worked so Es to let
burden rest on all alike3 With the
Estem many shirked the road duty
they were too good to work.
ant. Jhirked because they in profes-
IN s.hat were exempt. Why should
Professional man, who uses the road
y extensively, because he is we'll
e to keep a team, be exempt from
Ad duty, when his servant, possibly
citing SO per month, is compelled to
works
Who does not remember under the
old system &c eiDg rich man go scot
free when poor man working on his
place would have to put in full times
Was this righti Some may cay it was
very we'll for the rich man, but hard on
the poor man. To tell the truth, it was
hard on both. Hard on the poor man
to make him put in time on a road that
he only used to walk In, and hard on
the rich man to have q road the result
d a system that you'd ruin HE car
rage, strain his horses and break down
his wagons.
Bad roads have been the occasion of
more profanity than most anything.
The bad roads are cussed out; and the
people who make them are cIISsed and
discussed However, there is nothing
like having a scape goat. The road
0YBrseer bore the sins and short com,
ind of the community, and 80 it must
h year to year.
le r0adg are only second to the
weather. in Importance Of discussion.
They are either dusty, muddy, or full
OF ruts and holes.
How can the roads be worked 80 as
to let all bear the burden equallyH Only
oy taxation. But one kind Of tax is
not sufficient. If we make it a poll
tax then the rich and poor would be
equally taxed and one walks on the
road and the other hRuls over it and
and drives IL his easy carriage.
Then wha. would be right9 A poll
tax would give all the same privilege
Oh walking; a wheel tax would only
YAK those who owned vehicles and a
property tax would cause those own
ing property, that is benefited by good
Foaos, to pay 1or the benefit.
IL is pIal1 that it would be just to
make all Pag come tax, for the support
" our rold; it would be just to make
muse o"a.cg buggies, carriages,
Wagons, liz cles or any kind of
'en'cle' t. pay for the privilege of
running over these roads. That GER
70 amy viii W0ss an Injustice to no one.
- q person p property is benefited by a
,O14 Funnuz oy it, then said person
%o1io surrey ra1se no objection to pay
i0g tor tae Improvement.
,o1 ~ We nave lhree ways of collecting
ta1 80 tof #oga1g the roads. By poll
rootp19 mo- "9eeI ID, and property tax. This
bm,s .4ou Vood oe just to all and not
'O'0eDsome 70 any.