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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-13
RMemN idea

Despues de Ia suspension de hostili-
dades entire los Estados Unidos Es-
paila, form6se en- Nueva York una
Asociaci6,s con objeto de ir colocando
en- los colegios de los Estados Unidos d
j6venes cubanos, proyecto que ha sido
patrocinado per todos los centros de
instruction de la Metr6poli americana.
Nuestro querido amigo don Roberto
is. Todd, que ha residido muchos a5ios
en- aquel pals, trabajando siempre por
lei progreso de esta isla, regreso hace
POGO de allf, y cuando tuvimos ell gus
ts de verle en- Ponce nos puso al co
rriente del plan que Sc proponfa llevar
& cabo, 81 bien convinimos en- no darle
entonces al pnblico hasta que ell pro
yecto fuera un hecho.
Ell plan consistfa en- interesar a la
4sOci0cion para que reAlizase en- Puer-
to Rico los benefcios que iba reali
zar en- Cuba.
Ell sefi6r Todd ha logrado va gu
objeto: escribi6 al Presidente de la
Asociaci6n y esta ha acordado, que por
ahora sc concedera a Puerto Rico cua-
tro plans para jovenes puertorriquefios.
Los educaLdos recibiran gratis tode
10 que necesiten menos los alimentos,
que les costara de Is 80 pesos men.
suales, segun ell eolegio q que Sc les des-
tine.
Ell primer 1pasO, pues, esta dado en-
sentido de la educacion americana, de
que nos ocupabamos aver.
Vaya nuestro aplauso enthusiastic al
amigo Tood.
Con 10 que no estamos conformes es
con la idea que apunta un periodico ca
pitaleho, de que esos cuatro educandos
sean elegidos por ell Ateneo 6 la Socie.
dad Protectora. Los j6venes que Sc
envien deben ser ssometidos antes q una
conveniente oposici6n, para tener la
conciencia de que son jovenes aptos, que
van aprovechar vcntajosamcnte para
ell pals, los bene6cios de que son OBJ
jeto.
Como la isl, SO divide hoy en- dos
departamentos militares, deben esco-
gerse dos jovenes que pertenezcan al
distrite Norte y dos al distrito Sur, sin
preferencias de ninguna clase, forman-
dose un tribunal de personas respeta-
bles, en- cuyo amino no pueda ejercer
preston alguna la amistad nj la infuen
cia, para que no ocurra 10 que tantas
veces ha ocurrido aquf en- esa clase de
oposiciones.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-13
Secretaria de Gobernacion

Ell seflor Secretario de este Des-
pacho en- circular de fccha ocho del ac-
tual, noticfica los alcaldes de la isla,
sc apresuren a llenar las vacantes que
resulten en- los concejos municipales, de
conformidad con la circular de p de
Diciembre del pasado af1o.
El sefor .Munoz Rivera, hombre de
gobierno antes que Jefe de partido, pi :
de las auroridades de su dependencies
la observation extricta de 10 ofrecido
por cl poder regional en- pro de la con.
oordia que debe existir en- la familia
puertorriquefia, en- asuntos que afectan
d toda la comunidad social.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-13
Fl CORONEL SAN MARTIN

En- causa fallada por Ell tribunal su-
premo de guerra en- Espafis, Sc ha dic-
tado Ia pena de reclusion perpetua al
comandante militar de esta ciudad, en-
los 1ltimos instantcs de la domination
espanola, don Leopoldo San Martin.
Ell crimen de San Martin conslste,
en- no haber querido que esta ciudad
fuera bombardeada, en- la imposibilidad
en- que estaba, de poderlo evitar 81 nc
sc rendfa.
.Si por ESQ merece ell terrible castigo
que le han impnesto, scualsmerecera q
general Macfas que acuartelado en- San
Juan no presto ninguna clase de auxi-
lios 4 las distintas dependencies mill
tares sus ordenes?
iOh poder de la injustlcia humana
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-13
DE- SANTA-ISABEL

El Ayuntamiento de Santa-Isabel
acordo, en- vista de que solo hay allf
dos guardias muhicipales NADIA mas, que
sc formasen patrullas entire los vecinos
de la localidad.
Habiendole tocado al vecino Pedro
Virella prestar ess servicio, sc neg6 3
clio. Ell juez municipal lie mando lla-
mar con un guardia, 7 no solo Sc resistio
al llamamlento, sino que con un mache-
tie acometi6 al guardia; este, en- defen-
ga propia lie dispar6 un tiro, hiriendo
le.
Con este motive un peri6dico de esta
ciudad, censura al alcalde, que NADIA
tuvo que yer en- Ell hecho, diciendo que es
un acto arbitrario. Pero no hay tai CO.
sa, desde ell momento que ell serviclo de
patrullas fue un acuerdo tornado por ell
Ayuntamiento.
En- cuanto al hecho, ocurrio por ha-
berse rcsistido la autoridad, ell vecino
Virella.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-13
LITERATURA
Ultima postura

Un rayo de sol, amarillo y morteci :
no, entraba por la ventana sin cristales
cuando Concha Sc desmaranaba ell abun-
dante pelo, dejandolo caer como aureo-
la negra alrededor de su cara palida )
de su cuello delgado.
Mirose entonces, con aquel matiz iris
ton de Ia postrera caricia de la luz, en-
un pequeflo espejo colgado de la escue.
ia pared.
Su mirada era grave y cafa lenta, co
mo una llama azul que sc desprendfa
del cfrculo morado de sus ojos. Movio
con simulada sonris1 sus labios secos;
hizo primero con sus manos, y despues
con ell peine, una distribution capricho-
sa de los dociles cabellos; los retorclo
en- 10 alto de la nuca, y cuando estu-
vieron bien sujetos, prendioles dos her
mosos claveles, va oasi marchitos, que
tenfa allf en- un jarrillo, que era su
guarda joyas. Coloreo sus mejillas con
polvos de rosa, y no falt6 NADIA para
que aquella fsonomfa apareciera her
mosa provocative, pues ell peril deli
cado de sus lfneas y ell enjuto y sensual
6valo brillaron con aquelles arreboles
prestados que esclarecfan la lunbre de
sus ojos.
Cuando salio, cubriendo ell esbelto
ouerpo con ell amplio panuelo, era va de
noche. A Cencha la modelo la conocfan
mucho en- ell barrio; los artistas la bus
caban, con ellos habfa pasado muchos
amos dejando que copiaran su hermosu-
ra, entire alegrfas locas y amargas iris
texas.
Aquella noche, como otras, lego SON.
riente al Centro Artfstico, y entro re :
suelta Ell la sala de modelo. Sc coloco
bajo ell potente foco de luz, que puso
de relieve todas las maravillas de su
cuerpo la cintura baja, delgada, cim-
breada; los brazos redondos, largos,
hechos para estrujar; ell seno palpitante,
inquieto, lleno de suspiros y anhelos;
la garganta alta y estrecha; la barba
pequena; la boca tina, movibIc, prone
te dora de delicias
Recibfa de lleno la luz vigorosa, que
la inundaba de resplandorcs y la SOTO
caba de calor. Adopt6 una postura
abandonada; tenfa en- las manos un aba
nico blanco, de plumas, y ell color ne
gro del vestido alquilado de gran seflo-
ra sehalaba, en- la seda brillante, Ell sua-
We contorno de sus brazos desnudos =
ell escote atrevido del pecho; su caheza,
echada hacia atras, parecfa desvane
cida. .
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-13
ESTATUAS

Antes de 1900 Sc erigiran en- Paris
las estatuas de Corot, Chopin, Gounod,
Victor Hugo, Beaudelaire, Yerlaine,
Alfonso Daudet, Cesar Frank, Alfredo
de Musset, Balzac, Bizet, Charles Fou-
rrier, Joan Masse, Lizst, Alphand,
Lavasseur, jeanne d. Arc, Luis Veui-
Hot. Mariscal Villars, Pasteur, Carlos
GARNER, Lamartine, Teophile Gautier,
Jules Simon, Garibaldi, Mielhac, Co.
rnandante Riviere, Leon Valade, Des-
cartes, Voltaire, Rousseau, Michelet,
los tres Dumas, los tres Yer
net, y por fin, ell gran monumento de
la REVOLUTION.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-13

Hoy han sido citados por ell senior
Alcalde todos los detallistas que ex-
penden licores con ell fin de saber ell MI
nero de establecimientos que han de
tomar la patente.
Una vez conocida la totalidad de las
patentes, ell Ayuntamiento Sc propone
clasiticarlas equitativamente, para que
no pagen 10 mismo los pequenos esta-
blecimientos que los grandes, 10 cua.
nos parece justo.
Esta medida obedece, como todo ell
mundo sabe, q la necesidad Ell que Sc
We ell Ayunta miento, de cubrir ell deficit
que resulta en- ell presupuesto con mott
vo de la matanza libre y de la rebaja
dc la contribution las panaderfas.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-13
LNpN>
esgrOpeN

La situaci6n polftica de Europa sc
complica, con motive de la estrechez de
relaciones entire Francia Inglaterra.
Los incidentes que vienen sucedi6n-
dose entire una y otra nacion, hacen
presagiar un rompimiento inevitable.
Del choque de estas dos potencias
surgira acknowledgements ell desequili-
brio de los intereses polfticos.
Alemania que Sc juzga, con raz6n,
poder pilitar en- Europa, reclama la di-
recci6n de los destinos de la triple
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-13
Ia MOcRAClA.
Director MARIANA ABRIL
Administrator: EDELMIRO J. LESPIER
.ANTECEDENTES POu|TICOS
la LUCIA ENTABLADA

COnSecuencla de las agltaclOneS
paftidarias que movieron las agru-
pacioEes metropoliticas en- los Co
inienzos de la Ultima campana
electoral, fueron la convention de-
mocratica de Chicago que determi-
no la presentation de Mr.. Bryant,
como candidate del partido, y las
bases de Ia plataforma de San
Luis que trajeron la designation
de Mac Kinley en- el seno del re-
publicanisha, como aspirante a la
presidential de la Union.
En- los Estados Unidos, 81 bien
los partidos politicos son fuerzas
activas del caracter nacional, la
opinion p1blica, agena a las evo-
luciones, tradicionistas, formadas
por separation temporal del mis-
mo seno de esas colectividades, es
la que viene a defnir de modo ca
teg6rico, ell triunfo de las ideas en-
el seno de todo debate.
Fuerte y poderoso es e! partido
democr;itico como que Sc compone
en- su casi totalidad de elementos
inmigrantes que constituyen en- la
republica del Norte, una gran po-
tencia de fuerzas unidas por ell vim
culo de la connaturalizacion, como
ciudadanos americanos. De su Sc
no ha brotado un Richard Croker,
jefe de la poderosa asociaci6n po-
Utica Tansmany Hall, y un Will
son prominente figura del pasado
Gabinete Cleveland.
De los repuDlicanos no hay pa
ra que hablar, sus tendencias, que
son conservadoras, apesar del am
PHO sistema liberal que da la for
mula politica del pals, estan apo
yadas por la inmensa poblacion
plutocratlca, que ejerce Ell los pue-
bios del Norte, la poderosa acci0n
con que reviste siempre la riqueza
todas sus decisiones.
Ahora bien; por encima de las
conveniencias de la una 6 de la
otra agrupacion, esta 10 que mas
interese al pals, y esa conveniencia
fue la que dio el triunfo electoral
al actual magistrate de la Gran,
Republica. (
Bryant, por sus antecedentes,
por los de su partido, y por las ten
dencias en- ciernes de principles
innovadores en- ell orden econ0mico,
que en- los Estados Unidos Sc inician
en- todo debate electoral, presento
un programa de gobierno que hizo
detener en- actitud de espectativa,
la gran fuerza del cuerpo electoral
que 10 venia sosteniendo y procla-
mando.
Bryant traia la innovation BIZ
metalica como formula economical
de su gobierno, y acentuadas ten
dencias socialistas en- Ell orden po-
ltico. Tales principles lanzados
de repente en- ell regazo de una
nacion libre, que debe prever a
las necesidades de cerca de seten-
ia y cinco millones de habitantes,
formularon/ la rectifcacion de cri-
terio electoral en- el partido demo-
cratico, y en- esa inmensa agrupa-
cion que especta.
Mac /Kinley trafa Ell statetq,so pol
1iticoj pues salvo la question cuba-l
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-13
ANoSDE GUERRA

En- uno de de los ultimos numeros de
la France Mlzitais'e, aparecen los 81
guientes datOs relatives al numero de
amos de guerra y de paz que han teni.
do los Estados de Europa, desde prin-
cipio del siglo hasta ell anO de 1896.
de g.srya AHos de pas
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-13

Como dato curioso hace notar ell pc
ri6dico citado, que la mayor parte de
las guerras han tenido comienz0 en-
la primavera y que ell Estado que ha
promoyido ell conf1ctO, ha sidO ell ven
cedOr casi siempre.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-13

Monada las naquinaias 11na n
fabrication cgaos de heba pc al ri
bico cigarrio de
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
WANTS THEM TO SLEEP.
An Omaha Preacher Likes to Have His Hearers
SnOre
(From the Chicago Inter-Oce

(From the Chicago Inter Ocean.)
The Rev. DR.. Newton NJ. Mann
of Omaha declares that he wants
his congregation to go to sleep
during church services. There is
no compulsion about, the matter, but
the doctor prefers that everybody fall
into a deep sleep and snore also if it
makes them more comfortable.
Il regard it as a compliment to my
integrity and indisputable evidence Of
confidence IN the soundness of my theo-
logical views to have prominent mem
bers of my congregation go to sleep
in their seats and thus rest during my
discourse"
Thus says DR.. Mann, who is the pro-
gressive and popular pastor of the
First Unitarian church of Omaha. Last
Sunday he created a sensation in
church circles by delivering a sermon
upon the ethics Of Sleeping in church
during. the regular service" DIR. Mann
has the most progressive congregation
OF Unitarians in the west, and the
startling doctrine as advanced by their
pastor has bothered a number Of the
good old brethren not a little, Especial
ly those who sometimes inadvertently
practice the habit so much discoIrsed
on by Paul of biblical days.
Considering the words of the dCctor's
text. many are inclined to doubt the
benevolence of his suggestion. DR..
Mann prefaced his sermon by reading
for his text from the Acts, XX:9; And
there sat on the window a certain
Young man named Eutychus, and as
Paul was discoursing at great length
he sank down with sleep, and fell from
the third story and was taken up
dead"
For the past week the town he's
talked of little else than the remarka-
BILE sermon. Some insist that il was
fine piece of sarcasm levelled at rs
critics. DR.. Mann. however. declared
that he spoke in entirely good faith
In concluding his startling sermon, DR.
Mann asserted that he wanted all merl-
bers of his congregation to feel per-
fectly at liberty to sleep whenever they
felt like it in his church. He further
announced in all seriousness that ne
accepted this condition as the best eYi-
dence that his congregation trusts hin
and has unlimited faith in the sound
ness of his theology.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
AMATEUR REeIsT RATION.
Massachusetts Thus Far Leads With a
List Of 1888

Amateur registration, as required uii-
der the rules of the League OF Amer
lean Wheelmen, is being compiled Win
in every state in the Union Although
# is early in the season. nearly 500 am
ateurs have registered, and IL nov
looks as though there will be nearly ~
900 on the boards books BEFORE the Gnu Gnu
of the year. So far Massachuset!.
heads the list with 1SS, PennsyiES.alliit
has 160 Ohio 10, New York oO, minus
~, New Jersey 6S, Connecticut o. MI
chigan "a, and many scattering 81,
A printed list of registered riders wiz
be distributed among the promotes .
within a few days. The fact that AFTER
June 10 the amateur registration Zee
will be restored to $3.50 should cause
large registration this month.
The L. A. w. racing board makes lue
following announcements; 4 cnaIH-
pionship interdivisiOn team race VIII De
held at the national meet. Each Ill
vision will be represented by a team OF
three riders chosen by competition IN
der the direction of the division racing
board. The winning team VIII De
known as the championship team.
L. A. w. officials request League
members to patronize only such race
meets as are sanctioned by the L. A
w.
All the professional riders who were
suspended by the L. A. w. last ran.
pending the payment of fines assessed
against them, and who have rlddeh IN
race meets this season. have been IN
definitely suspended by the RACING
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
THE ARMY TRUMPETER.
He Is Very Important Parsonage In a
Battle.

One Of the most Insignificant men in
the worlds eyes perhaps is the trump
eter in the army. His counterpart in
the navy is the bugler, who is simply 8
member Of the marine corps, detailed
to sound taps, tattoo and reveille in
harmless. desultory fashion. His COM
panions would tell you in private that
he was only a cheap musician.
But the army man is q very impor-
tant parsonage in time Of action. He
must be in the front line, and his post
is one of honor. AS a cavalry trumDster
he receives from s14 to $40 a month,
according to his term of service, but
when he rises to the dignity OF chief
trumpeter his pay is increased, with
enhanced standing, from $22 to S27 a
month.
One can easily imagine the thrill per-
meating the hearts OF the troops when
they hear the bugle calling Forward"
Then, I'm the moment for decisive move
ment, the thrill increases as II begins
sounding "Gallopi" which is almost in
stantly followed by that magnificent
musical command. "Charge" An in
slant later they are in at the death.
In the midst of the fray the bugle Is
hung aside and the cavalry saber IL
welded in attack and defense.
There are thousands Of men living
who must oft hear, in fancy, the bugle
calls of the Shenandoah valley. with
"reminiscences of Sheridan and Custer
and Mosby and Early. while the battle
fields of Shiloh and Atlanta and dozens
Of others still seem to echo the music
of the martial trumpet
For centuries there will be sung in
England the praises Of the Light Cav
airy charge at Balaklava, and Trumpet
Major H. Joy. of that memorable day,
will be one of Englands historical char
acters The bugle was sold a year ago
at auction in London and brought a
price far exceeding its intrinsic value.
Upon 1t is inscribed:
presented by the colonel Of the Sew
enteenth lancers to Trumpet Major JOY,
on which the Bdlaklava charge was
sounded, Oct. %, 1884
The officers of the regiment desired TO
present JOY with a silver trumpet in
exchange for the old brass bugle, but
he preferred the one that had helped
to make history. and his decision was
wise. Joy died in 1898, and some officers
of the Seventeenth lancers have erect
ed a handsome memorial to him in
Chiswick parish churchyard, on which
Is COMMUNICATED what the historian
calls 1.-The great act OF military obedt-
ence."
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11

in the afternoon in the basement Of the
local telephone building, corner Me
chanic and Norwich streets.
A Spy man got into the basement the
other evening just as the climbers were
riding themselves of their working re-
gala. One of them tall, sandy
haired fellow, was complaining of the
weather. The Spy man broke into the
conversation, when the gang made cold
shivers run up his back by telling
about narrow escapes from touching
live wires.
How high are the poles you have
been climbing today?" asked the Spy
man. "Forty-five or fifty feet was
the reply. Turning towards the report
err one of the men bawled out, "On the
dead, young fellow, you'd be bird at
pole climbing. Your legs look as
though they were built for it." The
Spy man gazed at his warped shins
amid cries of You'd be all right, bow
legs"
The gang quoted down, and one of
them gave an account of his imitation
into the points of pole climbing.
Il had an idea that I would like to be
above ordinary work, so l let myself
out to a telephone company in New
York state for $25 per month and board.
The gang I was assigned to was made
up Of 10 men, and a foreman who had
little sympathy for the climbers, as he
always remained on the ground and
yelled up to the men.
1--WE were wiring in the country dis
tricts, and most of the time there were
no houses in sight. Ny first day out
was the hardest in my career. One Of
the gang buckled my spurs on in the
morning. and l went to the foreman
ready for work, although / had never
climbed a pole since boyhood. 1t rained
like the deuce that day. but it was Il
rush Job. 20 I was told to shin one
of the poles and make ready for pulling
the wire taut.
1.-THE boss wasn't looking when l
tried to use the spurs on the post. L
couldn't seem to make the spurs catch
but after a while one of the gang came
along and whispered, Stamp the side
of your hoof into 1t, youngster,' and
aid. When L reached the top, looked
down to hear the foreman's lnstruc-
tons. I felt a chill creep over me.
Then felt dizzy, and my stomach was
weaker than a seasick mans: l knew
it wouldn't do to squeal, so I hung on
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11

sailor, and while at sea he forgot what
fear meant. 1t was easy for Billy to
change from climbing the rigging IN
heavy storms to shining a Geographic
pole with spurs on. One of the neat
est things connected with his work,
from the spectators point of view, lies
in the fact that he goes up q pole as
though some one was drawing MIN
from the top with a pulley arrange
ment
Arthur Jacobs, foreman of the
climbers" told The Spy man that the
usual force of men at work is six or
eight He said that the gang worked
with clocklike precision, and that there
was not a hitch anywhere when the
wires were being strung. The burial OF
the wires in the centre of the city has
removed part Of the most perilous work,
but in the suburbs the danger is as
great as ever, as the wires are not in
sulated, and touching dead wire that
crosses a live one somewhere along the
line may knock a man off his perch.
At present the gang is at work put
ting in loops" or telephone connec-
tions with the main wires. The tools
carried by the climbers consist of a
Ratchet, plyers and clamps for pulling
wires, called "come-alongs." The gem
eraI idea among those unfamiliar with
pole tightly with both hands. Such is
not the case, however, for the expert
enced pole stopper" barely touches the
wood. He never looks down at his
feet in ascending. In coming down, if
he sticks the spur into knot, he falls,
unless he can catch himself with the
other foot 1t is when both spurs fail
to hold that he loses his grip and falls.
Sharp spurs are a necessity, and often
the neglect of them and Carelessness ac-
quired by long climbing send an expe-
rienced man to death.
The New England Telephone and Tel
egraph Company is credited with TAX
ing excellent care of its employees.
When a man is laid up from an acct
dent, he is sent to q hospital and every
thing possible done for him. No eX-
pense is spared in making the men COM
Portable, and aiding them to get on the
road to recovery. Like every branch
Of work where there is danger, the fas-
cination for the work is such that a
climber seldom seeks other work, al
though the pay of the men ranges from
80 to So per day, and is seldom higher
than 81 so
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
EsTHER's TOMB.

The tomb of Esther and Mordecat,
the famous characters in the Old les
lament Book of Esther, has been as
covered in Hamedan. Persia. Tne IN
srriptions on the sarcophagi and the
romh itself, which have been declphereo
ana translated, prove its laentlIy; III
90 Of the fact that some writers have
trisd to discredit the biblical story, in
whose i commemoration the festival OF
Pnrj-1 is still annually celebrated by
Inc Hebrews, this discovery IS I'M
The Juedisehe Tageblatt. in de :
serip.f5n of the tomb. states tnat II Is
sixty feet high and eVidehtiy h5s 1It,
e,,trsnce which is to the left Of the
c ce',i leads to an outer passage
which contains on one side the memo no,
rial Of some ancient sage and on the
other that of physician Win a stand