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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-02-12
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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-02-12

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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-02-12
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The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16
THE LAST.

Ah, not the first love dearest, but the lastl (So2 Who can tell?) The tides of youth, dear heart, run fast, run
 fast.
 The buds upon the young tree shoot anC
 swell
 Reckless of frosts. WellI Welll Why should we dwell on follie5 that are pasti For now, behold, the green and eallow shoots Of early spring Are dry and withered to tho very roots. They were loves first faint pcrfumed offer
 ing
 Taking swift wing, Leaving fragrant memory, but no fruits. Let US not speak of them with smiling scorn They have made way For the rich bloom and fruitage later born, And born of spirit rather than of clay, Making our day Glad with the freshness of perpetual morn. Eternal2 Dear, let rs believe it so, And in our bliss Let dull analysis and doubting go. Unquestioning, while in a rapturous kiss Like this-my sweet-and this The fullness of celestial joy we knowl
 Annie L. Muz- y in New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16
ALMOST CAME TO BLOWS.
An Incident Illustrative of Chicago Lan-
 guago and Theatrical Tempers.

The other morning there dropped in to the gallery of a photographer who has long made a speciality of taking the pictures of theatrical celebrities big Strapping western man who came to see his friend, the photographer. The young woman behind the counter, who knew the caller, had just been reading in 8 tive city of Chicago. She handed the paper to the westerner to read. expect ing to get some amusement out of his comments. The Chicagoan was in the midst of his reading, bristling with wrath, when the husband of 8 we'll known actress entered the room. A framed portrait of the actress, taken several years ago, stood on an easel in a corner. The husband walked up to the picture, and after contemplating it for few minutes said:
 ''My wife is certainly remarkable woman. That picture was taken all of five years ago, yet she is younger look ing and handsOmer today than 1t is. '"
 Just then the westerner finished the Chicago story.
 Well, don't think" he exclaimed loudly and emphatically, throwing the paper down upon the counter
 "What right have you, sir, to think anything about it?'' demanded the &C., tress' husband angrily.
 "Who gave you control over my thinker?" retorted the astonished west erner.
 "Think what you please to yourself, but you shan't insult my wife, sir" shouted the husband.
 "Your wife? Where is she? Are you lunatic?'
 "No, sir, but you are big bully" cried the husband, dancing with wrath.
 The little woman behind the counter, who had been convulsed with laughter, tried to explain the mistake, but the in- dignant husband refused to listen. Nothing but an apology would satisfy him, and he made dramatic exit from the gallery, saying that the westerner would "hear from him again" He went home and wrote letter to the photographer saying that he had been insulted and threatening to withdraw his wife's custom if the apology was not forthcoming. The photographer was obliged to write several letters before he could calm the troubled waters. firm ill the conviction that he had nar- rowly escaped hitting a crazy man. New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16
A MONTE CARLO TRAGEDY.

An Incident Which Made Bismarck an Inveterato Enemy to Gambling.
 Prince Bismarck has long been an in. veterate enemy to tAe wholesale system of gambling. which is preserved, /" as | it were, at Monte Carlo and similar es- tablishments on the continent
 His antipathy is due to 8 tragedy which was enacted under his very eyes at Baden Baden more than 30 years ego. During the season at that place, which was of more than average bril- liancy, he would himself go into one of the gambling saloons, which was fre- ! quented by the highest aristocracy and the members of the diplomatic corps. Although he played little he would oc- 1 casionally venture small sums. If he won, he would venture his original stake again and again, but if he lost at the first coup he retired from the table.
 One day while Bismarck was stand ing at table a young man and beau tiful woman came in. He was a baron and had only recently married and was on his wedding trip with his bride. The man began to play. At first fortune fa- vored him, and he won.
 Then his luck turned. He began to lose. With each loss he became moro desperate. The beautiful woman by his side vainly strove to tear him away The fever of gambling had taken hold of his brain. The more the woman be- sought the more the man ventured. Hundreds of francs grew into thousands, and thousands after thousands were raked in by the croupier.
 The whole table was watching this fighter with fortune, and among them no one was more intent than Bismarck himself.
 At last the gambler put larger stake than ever on the table, and again he lost.
 He rose and whispered word to his wife, and they left the room together.
 Nobody in gambling saloon needs the ruined man, and the game went on as before, less feverishly perhaps and without such large. stakes
 Suddenly, without moments warn ing, the report of a pistol rang through the room. Some people hurried out. There on the ground lay the body of the ruined man, bullet wound in his head, from which thin stream of blood was flowing. By the side of the body, distracted, almost turned to stone by the horrible situation, stood the beauti- ful young wife. now widow. Suddenly her restrained feelings over came her, and with one wild shriek she fell by the side of the dead man. Bis marck was one of the onlookers who had seen the result of the fearful trage- dy.
 "This horrible business must Etop," he exclaimed
 It did stop. In the course of few years every public gambling house in Germany was abolished. - Pierson's Weekly.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16
When the Sea Was Fresh Water.

The ocean was once merely brackish, and not salt, as 1t is now. This was when the earth was In Its first youth and before there was any land showing at all or any animal life In the water. At this time the water was gradually cooling from it's original state of steam, and the salts were slowly undergoing the change from gases into solids
 Then came the appearance of land, and later on rivers, which gradually wash ed down more and more salts, while at the bottom of the ocean itself chem ical action was constantly adding more brine to the waters. At present 1t is estimated there are in the worlds oceans seven million cubic miles of salt, and the most astonishing thing about 1t is that if all the salt could be taken out In moment the level of the water would not drop one single inch.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16
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1 But you are gong to write to herY'
 Maybe so, maybe not, doggedly.
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 q want to buy dat land you own down on de river he said "You sell me dat land, I wI5a booty soon, may | be-"
 The matter was not settled just then, but few days later it vas, and Meyer became a laud owner in Fineville:
 What are you going D do nowY' asked Moly
 T make fine farm-one pig garten, und build one little house, und Lenken und me live dere, und get rica like ev- erything."
 But, suppose when Lenken sees how crippled you are, that she won't marry you"
 "Und, suppose, ven I see how booty she vas, l say. Come, Lenken, love you all de time. I lose one leg for you long ago, und give all de rest for you afterward, to make you happy!
 Did you lose your leg for Lenken, MeyerT' Molly asked, greatly interest ed.
 Maybe l did. But some odder day, ven Lenken come, you ask her."
 For once Meyer was rushing things. In short while he had cleared several acres of land, and | ,le later began to build the house. Wien the house was completed, he came to MollyIn high spirits.
 ''Lenken is coming next week." he cried. "Ach, Gott. l vas so glad"
 Molly inquired the day, but Meyer could not tell her. He said he was go- ing to watch every incoming train until she arrived Molly, too, somehow man aged to be at the depot tt train time, and watched Meyer.
 q am so curious to get a first glimpse at Lenken," she said 10 herself. q have wondered so long what she looks like, and have heard her praised so much by Meyer that the curiosity is al- most killing we,"
 One evening when the rain came in. she saw Meyer rush forward, and knew that Lenken had come It last. She peeped around the corner, and saw a woman looking arclud bewildered. That woman had beautiful, eyes. Molly
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16
ELEVATORS FOND OF DOGS
Their Affection by Shaping
 Them Off Banks.

,:h;+ Their Affection by SnappinS Them Off Banks.
 The big gator in the waterworks lake hasn't had a square meal since he kill ed Lee MacDonnelPs Irish setter, says the Florida Times Union. The fact is he found dog so succulent that he now turns up his nose at ordinary beef. The old chap now spends his time scanning the horizon for dogs.
 One jumped the fence surrounding the lake yesterday and stood on the shore tapping his fill of water, unsus- picious that danger lurked so near. The blinking eye of the crusty old saurian saw him, however, and saw him quick ly. The gator sunk so silently that no ripple was disturbed, and made a bee line under the water for the canine: there was the flash of the gators tail. a sheet of foam, yawning mouth ser rated with sharp ivory, but he missed the dog. The water was too shallow for him to draw near enough to deliver the coup de grace, but a worse fright ened dog one never saw. He gave a startled yelp, leaped the fence and crawled shivering from the spot, glanc- ing back now and then with his big, scared eyes to see If that horrible ap- partition were following.
 Just before the gator killed Lee Mac DOnnelrs dog he secured a victim in the shape of a large brindle cur, and swan around the pool holding him in his jaws for five or six hours, as if to show his visitors his prowess. Finally he buried him in the mud, but the car casS, next day, fioated to the surface. Fred Ellis sent Cass, one of the work men, to pull it ashore. He got boat, and securing the animal, dragged it ashore and went to notify cremator cart driver to call for 1t. By the time the cart got there the alligator had crawled out, got his property, and as he did on the first day, swam around the pool with 1t for several hours, final ly leaving 1t afOat.
 Cass was sent again to pull the car cass out. He armed himself with a spiked pole, stabbed the dog. and drew him to the bank. The great sluggish gator was reused to fury in a moment and came with a rush through the water for the dog, and there was a pitched battle for five minutes, the ga tor finally retreating before the numer- ous spikings he had received with the raft pole. This time 1t was seen that he had eaten off the dogs head.
 Joe Frazee, called Alligator Joe" because of his alligator farm and his chase of the reptiles, out of which he makes an excellent living, says that when a gator sees its prey upon the bank 1t sinks, swims to the spot, and then, like flash, springs into curve, the tail striking the object and send ing 1t into the mouth, open and expect ant, with almost unerring aim.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16
REV. S. R. LYONS.
Recently Elected to the Presidency of
 Monmouth, Ill.,, College.

Recently Elected to the Presidency of
 Monmouth, Ill.,, College.
 Rev. S. R. Lyons, who has recently been elected to the presidency of Mon mouth Qll.) College, has been a minister in the service of the United PreSby- terian Church for the past eighteen years, thirteen of which have been spent as the pastor of one of the lead Ing churches of Bloomington, Ind. He has no little familiarity with institu- tions of education. During the past five years he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Indiana, and much of that time he has served as secretary of the faculty. He is an eloquent orator, vigorous writer and a man of wide culture and modern learning.
 pr. Lyons is a native of Winnsboro, s. C., and Is IS years old. When he was lad of his parents, owing to their dislike of slavery, removed from the
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16
EVILS OF BARGAIN SALES.
Bargain Hunting Eemora1izes Purse,
 Conscience, and Trade.

Conscience, and Trade.
 Strange inconsistencies and perver- sions are revealed in the feminine char acter when a woman becomes addicted to bargain hunting, according to Car rie E. Garrett in the WOman's Home Companion.
 Sometimes the proud pOssessOr of a bargain will make the most extraordi- nary and expensive efforts to save it from such oblivion, as In the case. of the lady who bought some bargain but tons. She waited a reasonable length of time, thinking they would come in,' and as they never came in, she pur- chased a dress to match them! Such heroic action is not at all uncommon same lady who purchased a bargain smoking set, and having no earthly use for 1t, began the pernicious habit of smoking cigarettes after dinner.
 Tt Is odd how such a woman will gloat over bargain, and on the strength of the brilliant transaction i'm mediately commit some extravaganza to offset 1t. Well, as this was so cheap, can afford to buy that Then will she patiently go to many stores and obtain regular prices in order to es- tablish the character of the bargain as such. But what Is her anguish of mind If she discovers that she might have bought the same article little cheaper at some other place! A woman con- stantly possessed of the bargain idea Is likely to carry it into all her dealings with mankind-social as we'll as com mercial. Aside from the economic standpoint, the spirit of ever seeking to get more than one pays for is, to say the least, not mentioned in the cata- logue of Christian virtues. She Is like ly to be penny wise and pound foolish, extravagant of time and money, and oh, worse than all these, badly dressed! Choosing ones clothes fortuitously at bargain sales is apt to result in an in- congruous assortment of merchandise difficult to knit together in one harmoni- ous whole"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16

South and settled at MarisSa, III. There Dr. Lyons worked on a farm and at tended tthe district schools between times. When he reached his majority he determined to engage himself in the ministry, and after his graduation from Monmouth he entered the Xenia (Ohio) Seminary. His first charge was at his old home, where he remained until 1885, when he went to Bloomington. Monmouth's new president is a genial, charming man, capital story-teller, a warm friend and the head of an inter eSting family.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16
She Won

Mary" said Mir. Thomas, when g silence fraught with unpleasant mean ing had followed his first altercatiou with his young wife.
 Yes" said Mary interrogatively.
 "When a man and his wife have had a-a difference" said MT. Thomas, with a judicial air, "and each considers the other at fault, which of the two do you think should make the first advance toward reconcination"
 ''The wiser of the twe," said Mrs. Thomas, promptly; land so, my dear, I'll say at once that I'm very sorry"
 It occurred to MT. Thomas that if might have been as well for him to make the first advance, after all hut he thoughtfully refrained from saving so.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16
GSO 10 Bed-

The best possible thing for a man to do when he feels too weak to carry any thing through is to go to bed and sleep as long as he can, says The Medical Record. This is the only recuperation of brain power, the only actual recu- peration of brain force, because during sleep the brain is in a state of rest, in condition to receive and appropriate particles of nutriment from the blood which take the place of those which have been consumed by previous labor. since the very act of thinking burns up solid particles, as every turn of the wheel or screw of the steamer is the re- suit of consumption by fire of the fuel in the furnace.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16

looked straighr into -lem for moment, and everything else h the woman's appearance was forgotten.
 Come, Leukeu," Meyer whispered, touching her hand "Ach, du Lieb- chen," he murmured as their eyes met. Then both turned, holding each other by the hand like children, and started to walk away
 AS Molly looEe5 after them there was soft moisture in her eyes. Then she reused herself and smiling, murmur: ed: "Why, she must weigh 1t the very least POO pounds.
 The bell of the locomotive rang out warning. There was pufing and wheezing, anu the train was in motion. Then there came a piercing scream, and the train stopped suddenly.
 When Molly looked trough the crowd that gathered in a moment to see what had happened she saw Mey- CT lying on tn ground and Lenken was bending above him.
 Molly pressed up closer. Meyer look ed up and saw her. Tt was for Len ken," he said, his eyes twinkling mer- rily. Then h. added But ! links it vas only de wooden leg dis time." And It was.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16

After thirty-siX years of faithful ser vice William J. Quinlan Jr., cashier and director of the Chemical National Bank of New York, made a mistake. The president of the bank and his fellow directors, on whom much of the burden of his act must fall, call it by no harsh CT name, and the world has not the right to do so. Quinlan lent the banks money on securities which now appear to be worthless. He seems to have been the victim of some of those most dan- gerous of lunaticS, the OverSanguine promoters of the Col. Sellers type. He had legal, though not a moral, right to make the loans. He did not profit a dollar by them. When he discovered that he had made a mistake and that his bank would probably be loser to the amount of nearly $393, ,000, he made a simple, direct and frank confession of the fault, and resigned. The bank can stand the loss. The heaviest blow falls upon the devoted gray head of its faithful servant. For he was faithful. For thirty-siX years he had worked for the bank. He had occupied a position of the greatest trust. He had held the institution in almost equal affection with his family. He had given to its growth and development his most watchful care and the acutest powers of his mind. He had passed upon hun dreds of dollars worth of securities for 1t, placed millions of dollars of its mon- ey, always with the feeling that what he did would be of benefit to the insti- tuition he served, and taking deep satis- faction in 1t. How, then, did he do the bank this injury? That is the ques- ton. The directors say it was tempo rary alteration. They say he lent thou sands to a man to whom no sane cash fer would have lent a silver quarter. This Is charitable and possibly incor- rect. It may be that long success de- ceives, and that as age advances men must watch themselves more and more closely, lest they blunder. At best it is a mystery.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16

Goldladen miners from the Klondike continue to arrive over those terrible passes about which we have heard so much, and one party of them follows another with regularity that hints at something much like a conspiracy on the part of the first prospectors to ex- aggerate the dangers of the journey and so prevent too minute division of the new-found treasure. If the miners could make their way from Dawson City to Skaguay in the middle of De cember, the journey is not impossible at any time.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16

The latest fad In London Is perfumed butter. You can get most any odor you want by calling for it, and if they don't have it in stock they will send out for the extract that will give it. There is butter here in America that would be Improved, perhaps, by a little outside scenting, but most of it is too strong to be trifled with. On the other hand, there are eggs-well, there are eggs in tanning which the inventor of the per fume fad could win eternal fame.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16

The 12-year-old King of Spain is about to be betrothed to the Archduch- ess Elizabeth of Austria on the verge of the divorce soon to be announced of the Pearl of the Antilles from the crown of Castle and Arragon. The Austrian dynasty has been unlucky heretofore in America, as the memory of Maximil- ian bears witness, and the Monroe doc trine has had much to do with this.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16

It is announced that the Italian Gov ernment as a revenue measure intends to sell the title of prince for $S,0O0, marquis for $5,O0O, count for S4.OOO, and baron for $1,000. The story un- doubtedly Is canard; but if 1t were true 1t would be a great advantage to the heiresses of this country, who could then buy a title without being compelled to accept the baggage which HOW goes with 1t.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16

There is something almost sublime in the fact that great mathematician wrote Alice in Wonderland" It Is A fact that breaches a mighty sermon. 1t says that a fairy tale to be great must be true. MT. Dodgson, the great mathematician of Oxford, won success as a fairytale teller because he was able to bring logic even into a dream story
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16

New York's latest outbreak of asinin- ity takes the form of a new "Order of the Crown" whose qualifications for membership are that ''all applicants must be lineal descendants from royal ty." There probably will be very few marriage certificates among the arch ives of that society.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16

4 special dispatch from New Haven says that a young millionaire of that place who has been smoking a hundred cigarettes a day has decided to go to an insane asylum. Well, he has taken the right route.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16

better If as good as that of Frank Stockton, recently elaborated in one of the popular magazines. and certainly StocktOn's story was more interesting even though lacking a few elements of fact. But history may repeat itself in making Stockton the Jules Verne of the north pole. Who can deny the pos SihilitV2
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16

Prof. Champion, of Columbia Uni. versity, has discovered that it Is possi, ble to ingraft part of one insects body upon part of another insect This Is a great scheme. Why not combine in- sects so as to eliminate the south end of wasps and the north end of mosqul- toes?
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16

The new counterfeit $1OO bill Is a quarter of an inch shorter than the gen. uine. To test this 1t is only necessary to borrow one of the counterfeits and then borrow one of the genuine and compare them.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-16

The Philadelphia Inquirer says 'Luci- fer matches were first made seventy years ago." but there must be some mistake about that. Lucifer made mat rimOnial matches long before that.