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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-06-08
EN- EL CLAV0

c;al = La Byu1a de Mayagii en-
controversies con El Pals, tsmbien la
emprenden contra el j~aiperlsDso or
fodoro del senor don Mannei Kossy,
Ilustrisimo, por ende muy ilrstra
do Secretario De distraction, por su
desdichado ukase nombrando macs
tro superior de aquella ciudad don
Ale iandro Montenegro, de cuyos me
recimientos servicios &c tiene en-
Ponce una h'storia de diez amos, con
ssgrados, dia por dia, la politics
iun{pera purG
A nuestro A DrEsTRO ( sINIEs
TRIO del sAbado nltimo hay que ana
dir otro dato soberbio. y es este que
apunta "El impartial
"En cuanto al Sc nor Montaneg gro
hemos dicho que SD nombramiento
obedece a la abso!uta ignorancla de
ia lev de Instruction Publica, y vo'-
vemos repetir rogando " K
Pais' cite IN arficulo donde pue ia
ser nomb ado un Maestro. Pref sor
en- propiedad de una escuela que no
| &c haila vacante.
| La Escuela Superior de esta ciu-
dad es propiedad do don Patricio
Arnaldo, quIen Sc halla delicado de
salud, por cuyo motive iiegalmente
"a desempe aba con carscter interi
no uu ex emplesdo de Rincon; pero
este no da lugar vacante defritivs
nj mucho menos.
ST ell sefor Montenegro toma po
session de Ia r>ferida escuela tde que
eondoa sc pagan don Patrlcio Ar
naldo $50 que percibe como sustltui
| dof FL lAyuntamiento nc tieno cbll
gaci6n Is Gaia de dereehos pasi
vos del Magisterio ne puede. paesto
que se trata de an sussituido que no
es 10 mismo que jobllsdo."
| Argumento de cal Y canto.
| Por go parte LIS Bruja." que
tambien truena contra el 1kase rossi'
niano. interc Gala el nombre de Luis
lMunoz Rivera, sin duda por un lap
lsus, donde debe lserse Manuel Ro
ssy, cuando dice:
/ -. "pero 10 que no tiene perd6r
de Luis Munoz Rivera, es que haya
tornado ell peIo ese caballerito ia
Conditional. (Montenegro) dandole
de golpe y porrazo, una escuela qu'
no esta vacante, etc. etc"
NJ Is adelante an ade el colega:
".Porque ell senior Subsecretario
(no, Secretario) de instruction p1
blica, ST tantos deseos tiene de colo
car don Alexandra Montenegro q,
iguna parte, no le cede la escuel;
superior vacante en- Poncei'
Pues muy sencillo: porque la es
cuela superior de Ponce hace cuatr,
moses sc sac6 concurso por el Go
bierpo del General don Sabas Marin
7 hace tres que con los mas brillan
! tes informes del Gobierno Genera
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-06-08
n j ES RIA OPI ION

Hace mucho tempo que venimo,
estudlando el problema lie Que "a
sustituya eI odioso impuesto de con
sumos por otro mss en- harmonic
con las corrientes civiiizadoras del
siglo, y con Ia apgustiosa situaci6n
en- que vive la inmensa mayoria de-
los habitantes del pals.
Els sabido que la Case pobre en-
todas parties del mundo es Ia mas
num erosa. la que mas sufre las con
secuencias de cualquier contribution
que Sc imponga la iudustria, e
comercio y la sgrieultura; toda vez
que los propietarios jefes de esta
btecimientos De esa indole tienen por
fuerza que graduar sus gastoq, limi
tando CON ex ceso muchss wees os
iornales 6 sueldos de sus empleados
sirvientes.
Pues bier e. que mas 8 e. qu,
mems de esos infelices. mauticne
sostiene q sus familiares 8 agrogsdes,
no lie alcar "a muchas vecas 10 On.
gana para cubr!r sus neccsidsdes mas
perentorias.
Y Sc nos ocur.e una Idea que va
mos 6 apuntar, por 81 hay aIguie1
que, ampliandola 8 modifcando!a al,
go logra, que nuestras autoridades Sc
6ien en- ella { introduzcan desde
luego las reformas correspoudientes
en ell sistema contr butivo del pals
Pensamos nosotros que eI impucs-
to de consumes Wig nte en Puerto
Rico, tai como Sc halla o'ganlzlda,
desde hace nos, dsbe desapsrecef
por complete.
| Para sustituirto, proponemos IA
Isiguiente formula:
Gravar cuantos elementos contri
buyen hscer germinar, y propa
gar y desarrolar los vlclos en- to
das las esferas sociales, como los Il.
cores-de cualquier gsnero que sean
los tabacos y cigarrillos que SO i'm
Iportan de fuera exceptuando los
que aquf SO elaborsn por proteset
una industria del pais-Ios naipes,
los gallos de peles, y en- general todo
aquello que constituya an pefgro
para las buenas costumbres.
| Asf estamos completamente segu,
ros de que no solo Sc cubrira la suma
que neeesita recaudar nuestro Ayun
bamiento para el pr6ximo presupues-
to, sino que habra un excedente De
muchos miles de p:sos, que puede
destinarse 4 obras de csridad Q 4
fomentar la instruction y las obns
publicas.
Y nos atrevemos asegurar tambjsa
que mejor SO soporta la contributor
de ese mode esta b zelda, que obli-
gando a la clase obrera consumIf
los viveres & un precio impossible, 10
cual da por resultado que ell pueblo
padece hambre. y nadie Sc sient'
CON fuerzas para trab. ar, y Ia ho''
ganza sienta sus rsales entire el pro-
Ietariado, y la idea del crimen sur
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-06-08
/

Hace POGO circulo por la prem
sa neoyorquina, bajo capa de un |
despacho de Saint Thomas, una |
especie morrocotuda.
Deciase, 81 NAL no reccrdamos.
que ell gobierno yankee contaba |
con SO mil puertorriquenos QD |
On actitud de tomar las armas
para secundar la lucha contra
Espaia.
Eutre las bolas 8 interesadas
invenciones-del C bio extran-
gero, ninguna mas grosera nj mas
odiesa que esta.
Lo exagerado de la cifra nos
dispense de hacer todo comenta-
rio sobre Ia iuverosimilitud de
ese reclutamiento fantastico. por
que no hay, seguramente, Gin
cuenta mil puertorriquenos en- el
exterior, y no pasaran de tres 8
cuatro los simpatizado~es con una
eausa que no tiene ninguna ex-
cusa & les oios del muudo.
Ademas, como que SO quiere
lamar un sambenito sobre la cla-
ra tradici6n hist6 'ica de que sc
enorgullece este pueblo en- sus
relaciones con la madre pstria,
jamas torcidas por los impulses
de la deslealtad y de la perGdia
Els. -. ell colmo de la oportu-
nidad haber dicho ESQ, despue,
de la heroica defensa de la Capt.
tai contra la escuadra americana
Defensa que puso de relieve
sl valoc y el patriotismo de este
pueblo.
En- vano los laborautes y los
jssgoastas hacen uso de nuestro
nom bre para cohonestar sus men
guados propositos.
Puerto Rico es espanol.
Sus hechos 10 demuestran.
Su fdalidad brilla en- la b sto-
ria con respianderes inextingui-
bIes,
Es tanto mas frme y consis
tente, cuanto que ha sido puests
q prueba en 81 ynnque de las In
justicias.
z reivindica el singular honol
de haber brillado en- ell horizonts
nacional come ma estrella entire
negruras, cuando q un tiempt
mismo, en- la metropoli y en- Ii
antilla hermana, resonaban 10.
clamores de una guerra fratri-
cida.
Entences no SO turbo la paz er
Puerto Rico.
Nj SO turb6 despues.
Nj Sc turbara iamas, q menos
que la defensa del terruno = Q
honor de nuestra bandera no.
muevan & tomar las armas con-
ira ell invasor extrangero.
Por un azar del destino, pol
una fatalidad inexplicable gu,
pes sobre nosotros desde luen
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-06-08

Por un azar del destino, por
una fatalidad inexplicable que
pes sobre nosotros desde luen-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-06-08

Pues muy sencillo: porque la es
cuela superior de Ponce hace cuatro
meses sc saco concurso por el Co
blerDo del General don Sabas Marin,
y hace tres que con los mas brillan
t es informes del Gobierno General
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-14
How to Cultivate .Artichoke

Answering the inquirer who asks
how to plant and cultivate artichekes,
Farm, Field and Fireside gives an ex-
tract from O letter from Missouri
reader. He says: 4 plant them IN
drills eighteen to twenty inches apaEt
one way ana two feet and six inches
the other, and cultivate the same as
potatoes. When the hogs root them
out through the fall and winter. the
ground should be plowed and har-
Iowed in the spring and left alone, as
there will be enough remain in the
ground for seed. Should they be too
thick, take one horse plow and plow
pp strips, leaving rows from twelve
TO. sixteen inches wide
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-14
Two Ways-A Fable,

Two little weeds grew on bank by
the roadside. All summer they had
drunk dew and sunshine. and had
been happy, but now autumn was
come, with gray skies, and winds that
nipped and pinched them.
1--WE shall die scon," said one little
weed. 81 should like to dc some
thing pleasant before I die, just to
show what happy time 7 have had.
T think will turn red, and then people
will see how I feel.
"You will be great fool to waste
yotc-: strength in any such nonsense!"
said the other little weed. 'I shall
lire as long as I can, and hug the
brown bank here
So the frst little weed turned bright
acarlet, and was so beautiful that
every one who passed that way turned
to look at it. By and by there came
along a most lovely maiden with her
lover; and, when the lover saw the
scarlet leaves, he picked them, and
net them in his maiden's hair, aad
they lent her a new grace. This made
The little weed so happy that he died
FOR pure JOY.
TAe second little weed lived on, aud
turned slowly hrawa, like the bsBis,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-14
Peooin~ Down Plants.

An admirable way, according to
Tick's Magazine, to grow most any OF
the hybrid perpetual roses IS by peg
sing them down in the garden. Plants
grown in this way furnish many more
flowers than when raised in the regu-
lar way. The young shoots OF each
seasons growth are pegged down IN
the fall bv ths use of small sticks
placed often enough to keep the
branches fastened solid. In laying
the branches down. leave none nearer
than eight OF ten inches; after bush
has been pegged down for several
years the space will become crowded,
and then the old wood can be cut
away to give room for the new branch
es. The new shoots should never
be pegged down when in growing
condition, but when the wood has
ripened off and become dormant in
the fall is the proper time to do the
work.
Should it happen, as it sometimes
does, that some of the old wood must
be left, because too few new shoots
have grown to take It's place, the old
wood should be pushed back to two
eyes or buds on each branch; the
shoots will then start out in the
spring, making new wood for blossom
ing.
The reason for this pegging down
process is this: The rose bush has a
latent bud at every joint Of the plant,
which is only waiting for a good chance
to grow and produce blossoms; planted
in the ordinary way only those at the
top of the bush have much of a chance
to develop, but when laid down every
one of the latent buds will stand al
equal chance with every other in the
distribution of the sap, moisture and
sunshine and few of them will fail to
grow and bloom. A bed of roses
grown in this way presents grand
appearance, as the surface of the soil
is nearly hidden by the foliage, above
which the lovely roses are growing
thickly. These bushes need enriching
often, as they are being forced so
hard, and good dressing of we'll
rotted stable manure is almost a
necessity every fall. Some of the
shoots that have become covered with
eaTfh viii root. especially if the ==hranela
becomes partially bf5Ee1 81 .ibuft II
layering. Nature, in(her effort to heal
the place, will callous it over and then
roots are quite likely to form.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-14
Scrubr brscrub. scrub.
The Big WALL.

A story Of the Chinese wall was
read to class in composition. After
the reading they were expected to re-
produce the story in original style,
and they did so. Here is a sample:
"Once they was man, and he was
the greatest man of any one there. or
in the United States. And he had to
build wall, so he built it. He had
lot of Shanghais, and he built the
wall around the Shanghais. These
were all China people. Some of the
other people who were not China
people tried to climb the wall, but
they didn't, cause they were afraid Of
the Shanghais." ;"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-14
naid in full at the. time Of discharge.

paid in full at the time Of discharge.
The men, unaccustomed to handling
much money at a time, did not know
the value Of what they had received,
so they squandered their money. Quite
likely they became the prey Of sharp
ers. In either event they we're com.
PEELED to re-enlist soon, and in dismal
spirits.
When liberty" was given in the
old days it was the custom to let a
whole 'watch;'-hali the ships com
pany-go ashore ct once, and then
only at long intervals. Knowing that
it would be long time before they
would get on ndagain, the men thus
freed would endea.or to concentrate
as much rerelry as possible in the
short period given, and were usually
regardless of consequences. -,
All that has been changed: The
crew Of men-of-war is now divided
into three conduct grades, according
to behavior. Thosa in the third or
lowest grade are permitted ashore at
long intervals, il the discretion of the
commanding officer those Of the Sec
ond may have liberty once month,
and those Of the first once a week,
while there is what is known as the
special first class" the men N
which are given almost as much shore
leave as the officers. 3.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-14
JACK PAST AND PRESENT.
The Man-of-War of Today and Year

The American man-o'-war's man Of
today is as different in personal char
acter from his predecessor Of few de-
cades ago as is the steel-clad, turreted,
mastless battle ship of 1898 from the
graceful, wooden frigate of past gen
erations. The new weapons, motive
power and other equipment of latter
day wal vessels necessitate different
and often higher qualities in the men
that handle them. To this is due the
fact that the modern man-o'-War's man
is more of a mechanic and a soldier
than sailor pure and simple.
But this is not all. The general
character of Uncle Sans blue-jacket
has undergone change since the de-
relopment of the new navy, as radi-
cal as his professional training. Such
familiar phrases as Like a drunken
sailor and spending money like a
sailor no longer apply. for Jack is
today steadier, more self-respecting
and better behaved than the average
man in his own walk Of life on shore
Where in former days but few would
return on board ship on time, "clean
and SOBER from days liberty, it
is now the exception for liberty to be
broken. A party of liberty men on
shore from an American cruiser is an
orderly, respectable body of men.
Several causes have contributed to
this change for the better. One is
the apprentice system, which has been
in successful operation now for about
twenty-five years, q period long enough
to give predcminance to the American
born seap:en graduated from the ap-
prentice training ships. This system
has given to the service n large num-
!er 81 respectable Young Americans,
wa have displaced like number Of
ir<.a> H3n>i'.lc foreigners, waits OF for
tuao. whose only interest in our navy
| wu< :hc !,av aud the food, both de-
ci,le i.y hotter than they could get in
the .a;ies or merchants marines of
tnt.;" ,;vn countries.
.Anu:iaer potent cause of the good
quality OF the American man-o'war's 8
r!el -; the present day is more intell-
i.ent treatment. In the days of the
''oI:? navy the men were allowed to
draw blt a small fraction Of their pay
| e.:::h month, the remainder Nccnmule-
. lag ansil tha end Of the period Of en-
liStmept. The fiHal balance duo Tas
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-14
TELEPHONES FOR TWO LANGUAGES.
Story Told ct the Expense of millionaire
Rro,ro o7S1I il,-,ankae

Story Told ct the Expense of millionaire
Brewey OF iiN,aukee.
). G. Nolen, who is an old-timer in
the electrical construction business,
tells a story on r'sFal" BlatZ, the
millionaire brewer Of Milwaukee.
"Our company had had some CORE
spondence with Nj. Blatz regarding
the putting in Of telephone plant in
his big brewery establishment and I
was sent up to try to close deal.
'tl took a couple of our phones
with me in order to make a practical
demonstration should one be required,
aad I went with the intention of max
ing a sale, =
'I got to talking with Mr.. Blatz
and showed him the advantage of put
ting in our intercommunicative system
throughout his establishment. He
listened attentively and finally said:
".Yes, that is ela SO; very true.
But, and he spoke with the conviction
of one who was putting poser, but
my men down-ia~Slle -maithouse and
the warehouses and cold storage are
ali Dutchmen.
"I, myself, though German and
graduate OF Lespsic and Heidelberg,
cas- speak English, but what would
yous, telephone be to my Dutch work
men, ;:,sbo cannot talk English at all?'
t"WeII, i saw how the land lay: Old
Val could :,ot get it through his head
that the telephone weld transmit
anything but tthe languagS:- America.
I was bound t., make the deal, as I
said before, so IsTssparked so5 Mr.:
Blatz: 2;----==--=7fSZ j.
81 can put on Sine German re-
.ceixersz-iif .gou sodesira Iha7e some
with me. -1
'sI connected up 1.-The rAanes,
made show of changing the re:
ceivers, and in half an hour Mr. Blatz
was talking to one Of his DutcEmen
down in the malthouse. He was de-
lighted.
You may put them in, he said
and shall want one German one in
the malthouse, one German one in
each warehouse, English ones in my
Office and the business Office and a
German one in the cold storage house.
eve closed the deal and Mr.. Blatz
was glad to pay 81 extra for each Ger
man enunciator we put in. When the
phones were shipped from the factory
I had them labelled German and Eng
lish, respectively, and the big brewer
was perfectly satisfied.
''It was five years before / saw
Blatz again." concluded Mr. Nolen.
"He recognized me at once, and said
with a hearty German laugh: You
are the accommodating gentleman who
put in the German and English tele-
phones for me. Well, you ale good
one
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-14
Weak Colonies.

Many colonies will be reduced
down very weak from coming through
the winter. 1t is very desirable to
save every colony that is in healthy
condition and that have good queens.
We can very materially help out such
colonies by giving them some atten-
ton at the right time and in the right
manner. A weak colony will always
do better in small space, and this
can be arranged by fitting a board
down in the hive, one on each side Of
Just the number of combs the bees can
occupy, thus contracting the space,
with these division boards.
Weak colonies may thus be tucked
up in small quarters, and surrounded
thoroughly with warm protection SO as
to contine as much heat as possible,
and in this shape, with good food at
their disposal, it is surprising to see
how rapidly they will build up and
need more territory to accommodate
their increase Of business.
Strong colonies may be drawn up to
strengthen weak ones, and this svery
frequently done at almost all seasons
of the year. It is done by taking a
frame of brood bees, or brood without
bees, from a strong colony and giving
it to'a weak one It has been found,
however, that to do this in early
spring proves more Of a detriment
generally than to allow the strong
ones to keep what they have. In
building up in spring strong colony
will rear more brood alone than both
colonies if the brood is divided, the one
being weak colony.
1t is only by good management that
we can get weak colonies built up
strong by the time the honey season
is on, for if they are not strong at
this time, it will be at the expense Of
the honey crop that they will reach
their fullest capacity.
A good, fertile queen is capable Of
producing enough bees in very short
period to make an immense colony of
| bees, but she IS. altogether governed
in this respect by the number of bees
in. the hive, and she lays only the
number of eggs that the bees are
capable CT taking care of. She occu-
pies just the amount of brood combs
| that the bees cover, well. and in this
she does not venture too close to the
outside line, and as the number of
bees increase and more. space on the
combs is occupied, she extends her
territory in laying eggs.
4 queen bee is capable OF laying
3000 eggs IL a single day under the
most favorable circumstances. so that
if 35, 600 bees arc good colony she
could produce it in twelve or fifteen
days, if it were not the case that she
is governed by being thus limited
| 4. II. Duff.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-14
4 Rapidly Growing Plant.

A plant that grows at the rate Of
nine inches every q hours without
earth OF water is curiosity in the
possession of Captain S. r. Vaughn
at No. 524 Reed street. Captain
Vaughn calls his plant ''snake lily"
It came TO him through friend in
Cochin China, and when it first arrived
at a bulb it looked like huge Indian
turnip. It lay during the greater part
OF the winter in dark closet, but re-
Gently it began to show signs of awak-
ening from its long sleep, Mrs. Vaughn
knew the symptoms, for the bulb has
been in the family's possession for
several years now, and she had watched
its successive bloomings and witherings
during that time. Mrs. Vaughn took
it out Of it's hiding place and set in an
ordinary peach basket with nothing at
all about it except some newspapers.
A mottled-green- stalk pushed its way
out Of the top Of the bulb and grew at
the amazing rate aboss mentioned.
until now it has reached the height of
eight feet one inch and is just begin
ming to wilt. Of this total height the
pistil or tongue issuing from the cup
of the lily represents four feet one
inch. Cup and pistil are both of a
beautiful dark maroon color. The
flower and stalk will gradually wither
away and drop off the bulb. The lat
ter will then be planted in the earth
and in July and August will show a
great umbrella-like spread of foliage.
In September this, too ,.will wither, and
the bulb will go to sleep for the win
ter.-Philadelphia Record.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-14
Pireon,s Devotion.

In the animal kingdom there are
many strong examples Of mother love,
and the birds are particularly noted
for displaying it. A remarkable in
stance of this maternal instinct was
recently noticed near Elwood, Ind.
A mother. pigeon whose young one
had mysteriously disappeared searched
unceasingIyfor weeks for thelittle one,
and one day was seen flying violently
against the side OF, a frame building in
the city.
Facssntime she>canae in contact with
the house She clipped Of g small : BIT
Of wood with her bill. For aeagiy two
days the old bird kept ;S6is practice
,s-sften Il iatssrrirnag>tbat dur time falling ex-
hausted from the repeated shocks and
fatigue. In the afternoon of the
second day she had pecked hole In
the wall, the wood of which was old
and soft from the weather. This hole
was large enough to admit a mans
hand, and through this the mother
bird went and came. .s
Every time she entered she carried
grain or seeds or grass. Some curious
people investigated the hole while she
was absent, and there they found the
| little lost pigeon, just below the hole,
wedged in between the weather boards.
For two days more the bird continued
to bring the little one food, and would
stay futtering near the hole, chirrup-
ing and trying to cheer the little
prisoner up. Many times it entered
and seemed TO be trying to extricate
its young one, but it could pot sue
ceed in doing so, try as it would. The
prisoner had flown into the building,
which was empty, and managed to get
between the weather boarding, near
the top OF the inside. Falling con-
siderable distance, it lodged in the
narrow space. which did not permit ii
! to use it's wings in rising again. Its
plants had reached the mother. and
she. not being able to reach it from
the inside, had cut through from the
out. An admiring man thrust his
hand through the hole and brought
out the futtering young thing, much
to the. great delight Of the anxious
mamma bird.-Indianapolis Sentinel.