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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-03-23

Sr. Director de La DEMoCRACIA
Ciudad.
Muy distinguido amigo:

LIE agradecere in6nito Sc sirva inset--
tar en- su ilustrado peri6dico 10 signien-
te:
En- ell numero l92 del ilustrado pc.
ri6dico ell <Correo de Puerto Rico, apa-
reeen unas aclaraciones> que algunas de
elias son bastante err6neas.
Veardaderamente ell dia Is del pre-
sente mes entregue la caja mencionada;
pero con la condici6n que tenfa que re-
mitirse por vapor <Philadelphia que sa-
liza aquella noche para New York, pues
de 10 contrario la hubiese remitido por
ell amigo don Ulises del Vale que sa-
liza en- dicho buque y quien Sc me ofre-
clio 10 que no podfa aceptar por tener
va ell compromise con Ia <The Cuban
& Pan American Espres Co,
desde ell momento en- que y6 Saba que
ell vapcr <Arkadia, estarfa por 10 me-
nos diez dfas mas ell la isla y cuya fru-
ia pasando de esos dfas Sc podrfa.
Respecto 10 que dice que ell sefior
Gonzalez debfa haberlo notifcado en-
tempo para haberle explicado q. q.
ell sefor Gonzalez crcy6, cree y~estA.
pronto d probarlo que la GAIA arriba
menclOnada ma sldo entregada balO las
condolences dichas y que no habiendolas
cumplido, nj necesita explicaciones nj
aun ell valor que ella representaba; pero
sf ell cumplimiento en- la remission de
ella.
Tambien POGO lie importa al sefior
Gonzalez 10 mismo que q cualquier que
Sc encontrase en- ell mismo case que la
Companfa tenga Ell conocimiento de en-
barque en- Gus oGcinas para que pueda
verlo quien quiera.
En- ese case tambien pudo haber de-
jado la GAIA para remitirla dentro de un
mes enseiiar ell conocimiento al mes
dfas, creeIse haber cumplido.
Tampoco necesita y menos sabe die
tar negocios nadie pero en- esta oca.
sion cree estar en- 10 cierto.
Playa de Ponce, % Mario 1899.
AvELlNo GONZALEZ.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-03-23

JOSE II. BONETA y Ca -Agencia
general de negocios. 25 San Francisco
25. San Juan Puerto Rico. -Aceptan
toda clase de comisiones. Tienen agen-
tes corresponsales en- Ia isla.-Tele-
grafo, BoNETA. .-Telefono, 231- 4-6
RAMON NADAL SANTA COLOMA
ABoGADo
Ofrece al publico sus servicios profe-
sionales. Bufete, Gale del Castillo nu-
nero al lado del Registro-de la Pro-
diedad. Horas de consulta de 8 ! l m.
de 2 i tarde.
Ponce, II de Febrero, de 1899.
Conapaaia Ase6ninaa de la Luz
Electrical de Ponce. = Esta Admins
TRACTION Sc We en- ell case de lamar la
atencion de los senores abOnados, res
pectO las cOndiciones 4@. Y 5@. de
la Tarifa que prescriben que ell ..pago
de las Quotas mensuales Sc verificara
precisamente pOr adelantadO, incu-
rriendO en- ell corte de la luz aquellos
cOnsumidores que dejasen de abOnar
sus Quotas dentro de los primeros 10
dias del mes. Este preceptO, aunque
pcIiOSO, LID uC luiptlIlO CAtA iSeanAOA
te esta Administration en- virtud del
cual no puede Conceder plazos para
ell pago, debiendo adyertir, al+ffopio
tempo, que una vez presentadO ell
recibO y no satisfechO dentrO del ter
mino marcado- Sc prOcedera al cOrte
de que Sc trata.
La Administration suplica los
senores abonados participen la mis-
ma cuando resuelvan cesar EN- ell usO
de la energia electrical a fin de evitar
perjuiclos de una y Otra parte, por
cuyo motivo hace precente que, mien-
tras no reciba ell oportunO avisO, Sc
entendera que ell abono continua Vi
gente.
Ponce, FebrerO "a de 1899. Ad-
ministradOr WenceslaO Sifre y SOler.
.13-l5i
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-03-23
NOtiCiaS
generates

En- la mafiana de hoy presto ell jurs
mento de ley ante La Corte de Justicia
de esta ciudad, ell nuevo Juez de Ins :
trucci6n de este distrito, senior don Jo-
Sc Tous acerca del cual tenemos los
mejores informes.
LA DEMocRAcIA Sc complaee EN- sa-
ludar al nuevo magistrate.
Mafiana "a Sc despachara correspon-
dencia para Santo Domingo y Cuba por
vapor <Marfa Herrera.
La Geograffa de los Estados-U mid os
por nuestro amigo Cuevas Aboy ha ST.
do adoptada por la escuela americana
de esta ciadad y por muchas de las es-
cuelas publicas,
Felicitamos al amigo Cueyas, cuya
obra merece la protection de todo ell
Magisterio.
La fabrica de. .fosforos de los sefores
Bolivar establecida en- .Bayamon, estu-
vo punto de ser vfctima de las llamas
que agitaron manos criminales, en- la
noche del domingo ultimo. Ell Juzga-
do entiende en- ell asunto. Que caiga So
bre ell autor autores ell peso inexora-
BILE de la ley.
Por fin sc resolvio ell viaje del Minis
tro de la guerra Mr.: Alger. Pronto
arribara q esta isla, al decir de los ca
bles llegados, en- ell vapor de guerra elm
gals.
Augoncillo, ell celebrado diplomatico
| dc la revolucion tagala, naufrago Sc
gun publica la prensa de 1ondres, lien
do parar un faro aislado en- union
de algunos companeros mas.
arder por ell frente la casa de dona Mar.
lcelina Rosaly, sta en- la calle del Sol
lprolongacion Oeste.
Parece que ell incendio fue intencio-
nal.
| Tn transeunte dio ell grito de alarma
| a los vecinos. La policfa llegada q
tempo pudo sofocar ell incendio.
| La tendencia ancxionista en- Cuba Sc
va manifestando de un modo poderoso,
aldecir de los cables del Boletin llegados
hoy.
Parece cosa resuelta que ejercito Gu
| bano aceptara los tres millones que pro
puso Maximo Gomez para veriticar ell
klicenciamiento.
Hechos de heroismo Sc atribuyen
a los bomberos de Nueva Yor, con mo.
two del inccndio del hotel Wnndsor.
He aquf las palabras del gobernador
del Estado de>Nueva- York acerca del
proceder de los bomberos, con motive
del incendio de que venimos hablando
clos bomberos merecen bien de la pa
tria.D
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-03-23
SERVlGlO ESPECIAL
DE "Li DEMOCRlCIt,,
M0vimiento de pasager0s
HOTELES

MOVimi0ntO u0 pdSag6fOS
HOTELES
Hotel Lsg1ateera. -Entradas Jose
Tus, Felix Olivieri { hijo, SET erino
Lago, Juan Calafat.
Movimisnt0 maritime y entrada de pa
sajerOs:
TRAvESIA; ENTRADAS Ola 81.
Para Santiago de Cuba, trasporte
americana sBuford>, despach ado por ell
Gobierno.
Ninguna.
DESPACHOS DE TRAVESIA
Ninguna.
ENTRADAS DE CABOTAJE
+ De Mayagiiea, goleta <Zaragozas,
con carga.
De Arroyo, balandro <Dos amigos1,
idem idem.
De Mayagiiez, goleta cana Marfas,
idem idem.
DESPACHOS DE CABOTAJE
Para Mayagiiez, goleta <Dichosae,
con carga.
Para Humacao, goleta <Zaragoza,,
idem idem.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-03-23

lnscripciones hechas en- ell Registro
Civil:
: Definciones dia 22.-Petrona Cutie
rrez y Lopez, Petra Perez, Carmen Ri
vera y Lugo.
Nacimientos. Felix Martinez, Faus.
tino Perez Suci.
Matrinaonios. .--Francisco Elias Cap
devila y Zayas con Jacinta Vaquez.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-03-23
RECLAMOS e

La insufciencia de los actos nutri
tivos es la causa principal de muchas
Intermediates. Las cualidades recons-
tituyentes de la Emulsion de Scott,
obedecen d la facilidad con que es ash
milada pOr ell ORGANISING.
Dr. D. Manuel Muniz, Medico- Cru
.iano de la Uniyersidad de Madrid.
Certifica: Que hace diez y seis amos
viene prezcribiendo La Emulsion de
Scott, de acelte de higado de bacalao
con hipofosfitos de cal y de sosa, con
muy buenos rezultadOs particularmen
te en- la tisis pulmonar, anemia, ra-
quitismo EN- los ninOs, y como recOns-
tituyente EN- las cOnvalecencias y ca
SOS. de debilidad general.
para que cOnte expide la presen-
te en- Anasco. Puerto Rico, a 10 de
JuniO de 1894.
MANUEL r. MUNIZ.
OFICINAS DE OBRAS PUBLICAS
-Distrito de Ponce. Sc hace publico
que en- estas oficinas hacen falta varios
sobrestantes temporeros. Los solicitan
tes deberan poseer los conocimientos
elementales de construction general y
de co tabilidad que Sc exigen al sobres.
tante de Obras phblicas, y demostraran
su actitnd por medic de un examen an
tie ell Ingeniero que .suscribe. Ponce,
Marco % 1S99.-WanueI r. DOnsenech
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-03-23
Trasporte y derechos de expor-
taci6n provinciales -.
Gastos en- <Santos, y comisi6n

al cambio, termino medic de en-
tonces, que era de solo 90 p. &
de perdida sobre ell papel, equi-
vale d -. 4
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-03-23
BUQUES EN- PU ERTO

OPERAc1oNEs DE TRAvEsIA
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21
the Vitality of Seeds,

A very interesting meeting took
place recently at the Chemical society,
when Mr.. Horace Brown delivered an
address on the vitality of seeds that
had been exposed to very low temper
atures for a considerable time. The
late Professor G. T. Romanes had al
ready shown that seeds could be kept
in an almost complete for a
year or without undergoing n
deterioration in their terminating
properties. A later worker also
adopted the ingenious device Of seal
ing up seeds in Geissler tubes for O.
long period, when, on subsequently
passing q spark, no glow due to in
candescent carbonic acid gas OF nitro
gen was observed, thus proving that
the seeds do not exhale either of these
gases when kept. Mr.. Brown in con-
junction with Professor Dewar. has
maintained seeds at the temperature
of liquid air $50 deg. c. for a con-
tinuous period Ct 40 hours. On sub
sequently carefully thawing the seeds
and testing them, they were found to
be completely unaffected. They ger
minated quite as freely as other test
seeds which had not teen SO treated.
and, in fact, no difference in their be-
havior could be detected.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21
Even With Her Cross Examiner

"Now," said the lawyer who wa:
conducting the cross-examination
"will you please state how and wher
you first met that man."
81 think" said the lady with tn
sharp nose, "tlat it was"-
"Never mind what you think, Inter
rupteathel lawyer. "We want facts here
We don't care what you think, and w
haven't any time to waste in listening
to what you think. Now, please tel
us where and when it was that yol
first met this man."
The witness made nc reply.
"Come, come" urged the lawyer
81 demand an answe to my ques-
ton"
Still no response from the witness.
"Your honor, "said the lawyer, turn
ing to the court, 81 think / am en-
titled to an answer to the question |
have put"
"The witness will please answer
the question:" said the court in i'm
pressive tones.
"Can't," said the lady.
"Why not?"
"The court doesn't care to Heal
what [ think, does it,"
"No."
"Then there is no use questioning
me any further. [ am not a lawyer.
[ emit talk without thinking"
So they called the next witness. -
Cleveland Leader,
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21
KING OF SNEEZERS.
The Little Farmer Broke Up a Camp
Meeting with a Sreezing Spell,

The Little Farmer Broke Up a Camp
Meeting With a sreezins Spell.
"Did you ever know a a who could
neeze loud enough to break up camp
meeting, to stopt the taking Of testimony
in court and cause & believing COW to
stop in disgust and wonder what the
noise was that was drowning it's thun-
Gcrous voice." said an Old fisherman
according to a western authority.
On being informed that his sneezer
was entitled to cake, and all the &C
]cessories necessary to conduct an up
to-date bakery, the gentleman con
scented to tel! more OF his ~sneezing
friend. He said:
"While fishing in e mountain in
eastern Kentucky last fall, I went to
the village near by one rainy morning
to attend circuit court. The Judge
was delivering an impressive charge
to the grand jury, and every ear was
listening to catch each word. when
the stiffness OF the court was broken
by an unearthly ker-chew, ker-chew,
ker-chew, ker-chev, etc., etc. The
Judge was thunderstruck, and instant
ly every eye turned toward the rear
Of the room, where a little, unobtrusiye
looking old farmer sat sneczing
as if his head was coming of. The
judge ordered the sheriff to bring the
intruder before the bench. The Of
fender came forward, and the Judge
had a fine entered againstthe innocent
cause of the disturbance.
!, "Two of the sneezer's friends were
called, who testified to the mans good
character and high standing, but said
t.ey couldh hear him sneeze three miles,
ally day in the year. One said the
n,ezer broke up a camp meeting with
a sinezing spell, and that he saw an
Isnraged bovine stop a thunderous bel
lowing fit to look in wonder at the
human who could make more noise
than a mad bull. But the old fellow
couldn't help it, and the fine was re-
mitted."
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21

fought against the sensation by get
ting up to admire the colored photo
graphs beneath the hat-rails and by
trying to fix his attention upon the
passing scenery. He opened his cigar
case, counted and examined the con
tents, and looked puzzled. He was
apparently satisfied that he not given
himself me of the drugged cigars, for
he putfed vigorously away at his
stump, hoping that it would help to
keen him awake. He once thought
that the fumes Of his companions
cigars might be affecting him, and
opened both windows. But he found
the cold air had no effect. The in
truler also began to look as if he
would soon follow Bonstield's example.
He vainly tried to look wide awake,
but his lids would droop heavily, his
head would sink down upon his chin,
and he would then pull himself
together by a supreme effort and try
to sit up straight.
Their respective struggles to keep
awake, however, grew more and more
feeble until the pair finally collapsed
in their corners, and slept as if they
would never wake again.
When the train arrived at Swinton
Junction the guard discovered them
all asleep, and after trying in vain to
rouse them up, the conviction dawned
upon him that it was foul play. The
three patients were taken out and re-
moved to the hospital, arrangements
being made by the police that on their
recovery all three should be detained
i'll custody pending Investigations. So,
when they had been brought round to
consciousness, they were taken to the
police station.
Harry Bonstield easily established
his identity, and was set at liberty;
but the information that thepolice OBJ
tanned about his companions, the
revolvers they found in both their
overccats, two tell-tale cigars, and two
equally damning cigar stumps, the
remnants of curacao in the flask and a
very suspicious false beard, all these
incidents led to their arrest, trial, and
subsequent conviction.
Scotland Yard keeps the flask as a
curiosity, for it has two compartments
from which the contents can be drawn
al the will of the owner by a slight
pressure on a secret spring. Both
compartments contained curacao; but
what was left OF one sample was found
to be druggel while the other was
pure.
Thejovial gentleman, like Lamorock,
had had his Imagination fired by the
accounts that the newspapers gave of
the great pink diamond. He had
wormed it ont of a clerk in Messrs.
Bonsfeld's Office that the junior part
ner was taking it up to town, anl he
thought the opportunity for which he
had waited SO long had at length ar
rived. Tearing away to his lodgings,
he had provided himself with a flask
and a revolver, and was just in time
to catch the train. When the whole
facts were r~evealedin the police court,
the natural establishment of Lamorock
and the jolly gentleman was past de-
scriptlon. 1t beat even hat of Harry
Bonstield. All the three actors in this
scene are now firmly convinced that
one of the incalculable elements con-
trolling mans destiny is sheer luck
London Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21

An interesting exhibit at the Ten
nesSee Centennial was a library of
five thousand volumes written exclu-
s~ivelIf by women Of every country
wheIe there is a literature. There
were four books written by a Chinese
womtn, A. D. 25. They were sent
by tle empress of China. The Chinese
woman wrote about the and
customs of women, and recommended
obedience to husbands. The emperor
of Japan sent one hundred and
twenty-six books written by the
women Of his realm. There were
twelve modern Greek books sent by
Queen Olga. There were books from
Armenia, Persia, Hungary, Roumania,
Russia, Germany, France, ITALY, Aus
tria, Portugal, Spain, England, Ire
land, Scotland, Norway and Sweden.
All Of the South American countries
were represented. Many of these
books were the only M by women
ever published in the country
frem which they were ssnf, This
was tho case with the volumes from
Honduras md oaatsualM
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21

There has been a great and general
improvement within fifteen years in
the phrasing of obituary resolutions,
maintains Harper's Weekly. Persons,
still pitiably young, may remember
when almoa.c all the obituary resolu-
tions that appeared in the newspapers
began: ''WF'>ereas it has pleased an
inscrutable Pavidence to remove our
late neighbor flames Smith, Resolved,
that we su'm> c'''sa This form
seems no longer to be in gsneral use.
The resolutions Of the day take some
things for granted, and are a good
deal more tersely and simply on
triyed.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21

The New York Tribune estimates
that our pension list exceeds all Ger
many's army costs by more than $40,
600, 900 y and is $50, 600, 900 more
than that Of France. Only Russia's
military expenditures upon her giant
army, %patrolling Europe and Asia
from the Baltic to the Yellow sea and
the Indian oceai, exceed the sun,
which, thirty ye,rs after the close d,
the war, we still annually pay over to
our pensionerA Russia's military
burden, all tolS, is $17e, 942. 900; our
pension list itnot quite equal to this,
but, with the cost Of our small army
of 25, 900 men added, the aggregate
exceeds it. Our military expenditures
are thus greater than those Of any
country in the world"
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21
kDORATlON.

Thine eyes are like the deep, blue. bound
less heaven.
Thy voice, the voice Of one who rides the
storm.
Thy countenance 1llumined like bright
Astra.
Thy breath the fragrant breath Of dewy
morn.
Amazing breezes daily sing thy praises,
Awakening streams thy goodness speaketh
each.
Thine arms, unarmored, prove thy great
ness.
Thy lips. thy lips my own would teach.
Thy brow is calm, serene and holy.
Thy heart. unchastened, warm and strong.
Thy speech the tongue Of men and angels,
Thy pulse, thy pulse brings life along,
Helen McQuade Day, Boston.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21
The following surprising story is

The following surprising story is
told-as illustrative of one phase of
the character of the Russian peasant
in a recent magazine: During the
last Russo-Turkish war, a Russian
regiment marching from Philippopolis
to Adrianople overlook the Turkish
refugees; whereupon the terrified
Turkish women threw down their in
fants in their fight. The Russian
soldiers, while pressing on as rapidly
as possible, stopped and picked up the
babies, until nearly every man in the
regiment was carrying a child, and
the general vas absolutely obliged to
stop the march and find carts and men
to transfer the children to a place of
safety.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21

In a western town the other day a
man committed suicide on being ap-
pretended in the act Of stealing a
dictionary from a street bookstall.
He had just purchased a bottle of
l%audaDum, presumably for the tooth
ache. He drained the bottle before a
hand was raised to save him. What
makes the tragedy more pitiful is the
fact that the dictionary was a Latin
lexicon. It is hard to find an expla-
nation for his rash act; possibly he
knew the people with whom he had to
deal, and feared the mad-house more
than the prison CELL. He might have
been a stranded wanderer from Bos-
ton,
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21
The Feet.

A contemporary points out one OF
two facts regarding the feet that can.
not be too widely known. We p
know that u feet spread, aSsa-Htke il
quite as @ matter of cdarEe; but il
seems that, after all, there is no neces.
sity for their doingso. They spread be.
cause we do not know how to restthem
properly. The feet do not grow, bui
by resting them i'll the wrong way the
muscles have been permitted to take
a wrong direction, and the foot fiat.
tens. When a woman finds that the
instep of the foot is tired, she should
change her stockings for thin ones,
and put on slippers with a totally diff
ferentheel from that of the shoes she
took off, either higher or lower, as the
case may be. Then she should lie
down, turn upon her face, and place 9
pillow under the insteps Of both feet,
SO that every inch Of the breadth Of
her feet should rest upon the pillow.
When this is done. the foot is at ease.
The muscles rest and strengthen, and
the beautiful arch Of the instep is pre-.
served. Possibly some may think this
is nonsense, but let them try the above
plan of resting when very tired, and
they will be surprised to find out how
successful it really is.-New York
Ledger.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21

One hundred and sixteen thousand,
four hundred and ninety humming-
birds were sold at q recent sale in
England, and a-orresponding num-
Der of other birds. With regard to
the lyre-bird an eminent ornithologist
says, "This wonderful bird will soon
become a thing of the past, and with
it will disappear the sole survivor of a
very ancient race before ever its
habits and structure are wholly
known"
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21

The funniest story of the result of
paying bounties for animals scalps
comes from Kansas. Sumner county
offered three cents for every rabbits
scalp brought in. The farmers loaded
up their double barreled howitzers,
sailed forth, killed 1873, 514 rabbits,
and broke the county.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21
OPELOUsAs, LOUISIANA

The churches of the United States
and Canada are endeavoring to look
after the religious interests of miners
in the gold-felds Of the Klondike and
on their way to them.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21

England has requested a bid from q
Missouri packing establishment for
furnishing 75e, hnl Founds OF canned
meats fpF the British army,
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21
Ready to EXCHANGE.

An ambitious young man wrote tc
an author for advice. "I'm only
making so a month at my business
he wrote, land [ think [ could make
a success in literature"
The author replied, II am only
averaging SO a month at my business.
Tell me what yours is, and if YOU are
anxious to jump into literature, TIL
swap With you. '~-AtIausa Coasti:p.
tiaas
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21

Great Britain controls t~wenty-ono
ouhf-every 100 square miles of the
a4fh's surface.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21

Only twenty per cent. Of the MUIR
ders committed yearly in America and
Europe are ever found out.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-21

The value Of a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists in
its circulation.
When you can secure the com.
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
saved!
"The st. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated on the Sd of
March, 1894, with This Opelou.
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to 81 q year.
THE COURIER being by odds
the best paper in the empire Par.
lsh Of St. Landry is therefore tn.
ehAapest.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-04-20
ONE FROM Otis
Commanding General Summarizes
!, the Situation for the War
Department.
Lawton Has Returned to Manila,
Bringing With Him Cap
tnred Boats.
Insurgents Much Scattered and
Retreat Before Our
Forces.
Corrected Dispatch From Admiral
Dewey Relating to the York
town Capture.

WASHINGTON, April 20.-The follow
ing cable has just been received from
General Otis:
''Lawton returned from lake country
nth inst, bringing captured vessels
Insurgents much scattered; retreat be-
fore our force; await opportunity to at.
tack detachments. Better class of peo
pie tired of war, desire peace. Enemy
build hope on return of our volunteers
IT. United States. It's army much de.
moralized and loss by assertions and
death large. Will probably prosecute
guerilla warfare, looting and burning
country while occupied. Health and
spirits of troops good. Volunteers re.
turn will commence about May 5.
Twill render willing service until re.
turn transports available. Embarka.
tion will continue through June and
July.
Reports from Visayan islands con-
tinue very encouraging. Inter-island
commerce heavy; customs receipts in
creasing."