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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-28

con locura ELLA tambien le hubiera
amadO tanto. -! PerO pronto aqueIla
esperanza Sc disipo como ell hume,
pOrque ...-. !era tan feal
Cierto dia un guason le dijO al dido:
-iEs usted encantadOra
Y la pobre nina SO desmayo al DIR
la Erase.
Cuando volvi0 en- ST, ell galan habia
desaparecido, pero la Erase qued6 re-
voloteando en- sus oidOs como una mari
posa, bajando incensantemente de la
cabeza al cOraZon.
Hoy La fea es una viejecita insufri-
BILE y malhumorada, cuya fisonOmia
de carton solo sc alegra y anima
cuando, al evocar los tiempos de SUI
juventud, recuerda aquel famoso dia
en- que un hombre pronuncio en- sus
Oidos la palabra. :. .ienc0ntadOa'dl
Mariana Ahril
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-28
mala cena que devolviese ell calor mis-

mala ccna que devolviese ell calor & mis-
mlembros ateridos.
Huerfana, sin amparo, 4 las puertas
de la mendicidad que me repugnaba,
pense en- ell Sena; en- sas aguas lentas y
amarillas que en- breves instantes po-
drfan poner fin mis- angustias me
encamine resueltamente haoia la orilla.
mo creas que tuve miedo. Habfa
encanto y bullicio en- derredor; la gente
transitaba sobre el puente, las barcas Sc
deslizaban sobre la superfcie del RIO;
habfa luz en- ell espacio, olor de flores
en- ell yisnto, ecos y mnsicas en- ell aire;
la nota sugestiva y armoniosa de la vida
palpitaba en- torno cual 81 quisiera dete
ner mis- pasos y entorpecer mis- resolu-
clones!
Pero aca, en- 10 profundo de mi ser,
ell vacfo de la desolacion y ell desamparo
as6xiaban TODD empeho y agostaban en-
for mis- esperanzas.
EntoEces. -. llegaste tn: 20, que
jamas me habfa fjado en- mi belleza,
aprendi de tus labios que hay una carl
dad especial para la juventud y la her
mosura y que esta, con su vara magica,
habfa modelado mis- incitantes formas.
Ahl ell arcane de la muerte es tan in
sondable, tan oscuro, tan horrendo. -.
Eva solto una NAL comprimida carca-
jada corrio envolverse en- ell peina-
dor que ls presentaba Petra, porque.
ambas habfan escuchado ell rufdo de un
coche que se detenfa en- la calle, era
seguro que q los pocos instantes la Ca
ridad especial, personifcada en- ell con-
de B., volverfa, como desde la noche
del suicidio frustado, hacer Eva de-
liciosa la vida entire caricias dadivas.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-28
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Mi alma va nadie q1iere; NADIA espera,
y triste, q vcces, querellosa gine
en- la red de infort unios que la oprime
como un ave en- ell lazo prisionera.
No hay burla nj traici6n que no la hiera;
no hay dolor que sus fibras no lastl,ne;
10 que no la entristece 6 la deprime,
lie produce cansancio la exaspera.
Huerfana de carifio de cOnsuelo,
de amores de ensueIios despoJada,
la vida arrastra, con penoso anhelo,
semejante la flor que Sc consume,
mustia sola, entire ricos olvidada,
sin que nadie recoja su perfume.
Luis Rodriguez Cabrera.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-28
LlRA PUERTORRl0UENA
o G 5 o
r. del vaIIe.
A MARIANA ABRIL

A MARIANA ABRIL
LAMA ell sol los postreros respland ores
Tras las cumbres enhiestas de Poniente,
Reclinando en- las nubes su aurea frente
Como en- lecho tenido de fulgores.
Extfnguense del dia los rumores,
Y en- las vagas penumbras del Oriente
Levanta altiyo su peril sonriente
El astro protector de los amores.
No bien las densas sombras nocturnales
Envuelven en- su mantO TERRA y cielo,
Luce Diana sus miradas bellas.
Y, del temple infinite las vestales,
Entire los pliegues del ceraleo velo
temblando, las estrellas.
Eugenio AstoI.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-28
NON EST EIG
N. AviIa Bianc0.

Con ell vago ropaje que vistes
y que tcma ell color del deseo;
con tn risa que alegra los tristes,
;oh, dicha. 81 existes,
zen d6nde te ocultas que nunca te veo?
Tarde va, me COMO la experiencia
que mis- sueflos de nino mecfa
de tn VOC la suave cadepcia.
iTraidora inocencia...
Yo estaba en- tus brazos y no 10 Saba.
Rico en- fe, 81 de fuerzas escaso,
emprendf fatigoso viaje
preguutando por tt a cada paso
y vlendo, al acaso,
fotar, siempre lejos, tn leve ropaje.
-Allf esta-me decfa la gente;
del sendero al dollar ell recodo
ha hOtado su manto esplendente
Llegaba impaciente
y solo encontraba tn huella en- ell lodo.
Del laurel al amparo rcposa,
pensG yo. +. del alcazar dorado
tai vez more en- estancia lujosa $500.
Con VOC anhelosa
pLcSu OlJcIOu. VI dQul LII paSaio'
-Aquf esta, desarruga tn ceno,
dijo Amor: va no tiembles de frio...
y un hogar me indicaba risuefio.
iInhtil empei1o!. -.
Junto al fuego estaba tn sitio vacfo.
Y seguf mi camino adelante,
y al abismo baje con arrojo,
y la Gina escale jadeante ......
y, siempre distante,
tu veste ondulaba reTlida mi antojo.
DE mi vida Sc acorta ell sendero. 49,.
va cercano ell reposo barrunto....
Como aquf conseguirte no espero,
hi ell paso acelero
nj por tt, cual antes, nadie pregunto.
en- la muerte al pensar, fatigado,
este afan mas intense despierta.
En- las sombras de sueiio callado
tn veste ha fiotado....
One tempo entreabres, sepucro tn puerta
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-28

Mariana Abril.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-28

(Cuento que, aunque es cuento, es feel.
Por coincidencia casual,
un pedazo de percal
tiotaba sobre un cordel.
Lo levanto de un rincon
cuando paso por su lado,
un remolino tornado
con soplos de un ventarron.
Ell no sc mostro rehacio,
y sintiendose empujar,
fue dejandose elevar,
sin rumbo, por el espacio.
Era un ripio, una basura,
pero ;que culpa tenfa
de que la suerte a1uel dfa
10 lanzace hacia la aitura?
En- ell patio, hubo de hallar,
de muro q muro tendids,
cuerda que oorto su hufda;
ehoc6 con ella, al chocar
enredose un pliegue de 81
en- ell cordel, quedo preso,
J sc detuvo, por ESQ,
sobre ell hilo del cordel.
Era de tarde. Pasaban
magnfficas por ell cielo,
rojas nubes que en- ell suelo
sombras de ambar reflejaban.
Me acuerdo de una, de aquella
gallarda, magestuosa,
por sus matioes, hermosa,
y por sus reAejos, bella,
que, reina del aire, ufana,
vi sobre el patio pasar.
iAun me figure mirar
aquel incendio de grana!
Tan puro era su arrebol,
que parecfa pintada
con una brocha empapada
en- una ola de sol.
Destacabase en- ell tul
aquel palio earnest,
como labor de rubf
sobre un gran tei6n azul,
(labor que Sc ensancha y luego
vuelve a la forma perdida,
rodando lenta, tendida
como una alfombra de fuego.)
Resplandeciente cendal,
marsvilloso portento,
isla impalpable Ell ell viento,
regia sabana nupcial,
que baja al lecho de amor
del horizonte de raso,
4 Ia boda, on ell ocaso,
de la sombra y 81 fulgor.
Asf era Ia nube aqueIla,
Yallarda, m2gestuosa,
por sus matioes, hermosa,
por sus rehejos, bella.
Y como Sc desprendfa
de su gran frente encarnada
una claridad dorado
que por ell aire cafa,
cuando, rodande, paso
la nube sobre ell trapillo,
con ell matfz de su brillc,
color de orc 10 dejo.
iOh, con tan bello color,
era digno de admirar!
,Que efecto tan singular!
iQue atractivo! IQue primor!
iQu6 esplendido desde lejos!
iQue puro resplandecfa!
Hasta la seda podfa
envidiarle sus rcfejosl
;Quien en- su juicio cabal
piensa al verlo tan flamante,
que pueda haber fabricante
que venda una tela igual?
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-28

numerica pero, cobardes y sumlsos
euando nuestras implacables contendo-
ras nos envuelven con sus redes de gra-
cia y de bellcza y nos matan con sus
sonrisas dulcfsimas y sus miradas de
fuego.
-Entonces, die d Edgard, bendita
sea esa tentacion
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-28
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Piltrafa, oprobio, baldon
que lleva dentro. del seno
inmunda marca de cieno
= huellas de corruption.
Ell que tuvo por oticio
en'las orgfas, limpiar
del lecho del lupanar
la mancha impura del vicio.
FL asqueroso gir6n
de harapo sucio y hediondo,
que estuvo oculto en- ell fondo
de un miserable rinc6n,
hasta que roz6 con el
una rafaga casual,
~ Sc levanto, triunfal,
4 exhibirse en- un cordci!
De la mundane corriente,
brota, a veces, de repente,
con ell corazon podrido,
un pedazo de bandido
Tornado de hombre decente.
Y cuando del loiazal
salta sobre ell pedestal,
al yer que brilla y que sube.
ime acuerdo de aquella nube
y del trozo de percal!
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-28
Ricardo Gil.
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SATAN

Mudo, de pie, sobre ell pefi6n erguido
Sc agita en- la tiniebla ell condenads
La colera divina aun no ha doblado
La indomita cabeza del vencido.
Su rostro por ell rayo ennegrecido
De naevo iergue ell immortal Tornado,
Y como Prometeo encadenado
Greece ell orgullo de Satan cafdo.
Els ell primer rebelde, ell primer grito,
La mas altiva imprecaci6n lanzada.
Ante la augusta faz del infinite.
La primera ambici6n desenfrenads
Y la horrible serpiente del delito
Que entire la sombra Sc retuerce airada.
le0pOld0 Diaz.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-28

DR.. Sergio Cneras ZeQeteti'd
d.. j. ROd5agueS Castro
II. ROd1igkeS Cdbref0
NJ. Gonzales garcia
Jose GOrdltS
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-28

(LA ESCRNA,

EN UN PATIO DE LAvAND ERAs)
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-04-21
FRIDAY, APRIL p, 1899.
An Act to Establish Graded Schools
in the Town of Morganton.

CONTINUED FROM FOURTH PACE
Of the resignation or death Of any trus-
tee or his removal from the town. the
trustees shall elect to fill the unexpired
term.
Sec. Z. That the said board Of trus-
tees shall provide for the erection Of
separate graded school buildings for the
use Of the white and colored school
children Of said town, the same to be
erected as near the center of the town
as may be practicable so as to subserve
the convenience Of the children, and
they shall have the right to engage,
employ, pay and discharge teachers at
any time, fix the amount Of their COM
pensation and salaries and have the
general oversight and control Of said
schools.
Sec. s.. That all public school funds
which may from time to time be COL
lected under the general school law for
general school purposes for the children
in said districts, shall be applied to the
keeping up and operation OF said graded
school in said district, under the order
and direction Of the trustees tor said
graded school districts, provided, how
ever that until the graded schools are
in tull operation in said town. The
said public schools now in operation in
said town shall not be suspended or the
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-04-21
And the said

fund diverted therefrom. And the said
trustees are authorized and empowered
when said graded schools are in full
operation to sell and dispose of all other
public school property now located in
the town Of M%organton, and apply the
proceeds Of the same to the use of the
graded schools 10 said town.
Sec. 8. That all children Of school
age living beyond the corporate limits
Of said town, but within two miles OF
the court house in said w shall be
permitted by the trustees to attend such
graded schools, if the parent or parents
Of such child, or in case of their death
the guardian of such child or children
shall present to the trustees the receipt
OF the treasurer Of the town of Nor
Canton for such term as the parents or
guardian Of such child or children
would be required to pay for graded
school purposes if they resided within
the corporate limits Of said town and
property owned by them were located
therein.
Sec. 10. This act shall be in force
from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly..read three
timoa oD6 ratified THE 9th dav ~
February, A. d. 1899.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-04-21
Shad.

Don't forget that the Shad season is
on and that | can furnish the public
with Choice Roe Shad at from 50 to so
cts. Buck Shad 25 to 35 cts. &; Bunch
Fish ID and 20 cts. And don't forget
the days-Tuesday. Thursday and
Saturday. Thanking the public for
past tavors and hoping to merit a liber-
al share of the patronage in future,
l-27-3m. Thomas LOwDERM1LK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-25
A REASON FOR 1T.
THERE Is ONLY ONE Pile CURE THAT HAS
REACHED \ NATIONAL POPJL ARTTN
AND REPUTATION

There are many populsr medicines that arc
known 10 every Dc, srhcld in America
There are blood purifiers. nerve tunics bead
ache remedies dyspepsia cures aud cough cur..s
which are sold in every drug store in the nation
and beyond.
But all Of these must divide their popularity
with many rivals, remedy has She field
To Itself, with the sIele exception of Pile cures
for # is singular fact that there is but one
pile cure that bc considered as having a
national reputation, without rival. and The re-
fcrr"d to is the Pyramid Pie Curc. which Tor
seven years has steadily worked into tn. public
favor by reason Of It's extraordinary merit untl
1t Is known from Maine to California and from
Manitoba 10 the gulf
II is true therc many Pile remedies having
a small local repEl alton FOR n year or two. but
fine Pyramid Pie Cure has rnpldly supplautcd
them all and really has the field to itself VII "a
anything like national popularity il considered
The explanation Is simple. II Is because piirs
is In no sens" an imaginary trouble that bread
pill simple salve or ointment VIII cure hut
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ind remedy TO give satisfaction must possess
positive and very apparent merit A perron suf-
fering from piles Will not experiment for months
with a remedy Il give relief and Il cure IN
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The worst Of piles are relieved on the
first application Of the Pyramid and ii cure viii
result in reasonable time from tie regular use
Medical men II In preference to operations
because II is safer is perfectly painless aud the
cost TO patient is trife ms all druggists
sell the Pyramid Pile Cure At boc. and as 81 :,
used at night, II without interfering with
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-25
FoRBIDS STREET SALES.
Enforcing LAW Against Using Public
Spnce for Rusiness Purporcr

The authorities have decided that the
law relating to the occupancy OF public
space for business purposes by certain per
sons Is to be enforced. A single exception
is made in the case of "A cripple named
Moore Today an order WAS issued BY
Major Sylvester, as follows:
The Commissioners direct that the law
be applied and persons be told TO desist
from selling shoe strings. novelties, etc. on
the public streets, where they occupy space
by standing in one place and maint ming
stands; that when engaged in the sale OF
such articles. and they move from place to
place. they shall not bs disturbed.
The Commissioners also aIrect that The
cripple. Mr.. Moore. in The nrsl precinct,
shaIl be permitted to continue business -
heretofore"
The order was addressed TO The Nsutep-
ants OF the several precincts. Another
order directing the neutenants 10 NOTIFY
badly deformed people tnat they viii not
be permitted to sell novelties on the streets
was also issued
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bride cousin, 10y the Rev. I. A. johnson. NJ.
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DEN Of Wilmington. y. C., and FRANCES
MADELEINE McNkRhANl Of Washington,
u. Z.
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-, 1893 in Washington, u. {, by Rev 4 "
lrtzer, u. D., JAMES BoN ARD WILSON or
Mobile. Ala, and Mrs. SARAH a. 81 John
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-07-28
ABOUT SLEEP.
Some Queer Things in Regard to
>ature's Soft Nussa.r

some Queer Things in Rerarl -
">ature's Soft Nurse"
oHe oI tne most remarka be facts to
'e iouhd III the history of sleep consists
III the utter inability to resist it's onset
IN cases of extreme fatigue. Several
remarkable Instances are given in
which persons have continued to walk
onward While sleep has overcome them
the automatic centers of the brain evi-
dently controlling and stimulating the
muscles when consciousness itself had
been compltely abrogated. L. is record
ed that at the battle Of the Nile amidst
the roar OF cannon and the fall of
Miecha2e, some of the overfatigued
hoys serving the guns with powder fell
asleep on the deck. DR.. Carpenter gives
another instance of allied kind. In the
course of the Burmese war the can
taln OF a frigate actively engaged in
combat fell asleep from sheer exhaus-
ton and slept soundly for two hours
Within yard of one of the biggest
guns, which was being actively worked
during his slumbers. 1t is a matter of
common medical knowledge that ex-
IRENE exhaustion in face of the sever
est pam will induce sleep Here the
imperative demand Of the body-a de.
mand implanted, as we have seen in
the constitution of our frames-asserts
It's influence; and even pain, the ordin-
airy conqueror of repose, has in it's turn
TO succumb. One of the most extraor-
binary cases in which the oyerulling
power OF sleep was ever axemnlified
was that of Damiens, condemned for
treason in Paris in 1857. He was har-
oarously tortured. but remarked that
the deprivation of sleep had been the
greatest torture of all. 1t was reported
that he slept soundly even in the short
intervals which elapsed between his
periods of torture. Among the Chinese
a form OF punishment for crimes CON
sists in keeping the prisoner continually
awake or in arousing him incessantly
after short intervals of repose. After
the eighth day of such sleeplessness
one criminal besought his captors to
put MN to death by any means they
could choose or invent, so great was
his pain and torment due to the alb
sence of natures soft nurse Persons
engaged in mechanical labor, such as
attending machine in factory, have
often fallen asleep despite the plain
record of pains and penalties attending
such dereliction of duty. to say moth
ing of the sense of personal danger
which was plainly kept before their
eyes.-Harpers Magazine.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-07-28
FIERCE FIGHT NEAR lLolLo
Small American Force Kills I15 Rab-
ayIones at Bobon2


Gen. Smith, at Iloilo, Island of Panay.
reports a severe fight which took place
at Bobong on Wednesday between sew
nnty men of the Sixteenth infantry under
Captain Byrne and $50 Babaylones. The
Americans, although surprised, killed lie
of the enemy. Besides wounding many,
one prisoner was taken. The Americana
lost one man and had another wounded
The fighting was mostly at close quarters
with bayonets and dubbed guns a good.
ly amount of arms and supplies was cap
tured. Captain Byrne commands bat
TALON operating at La Corlota in the dis
trict of Negros.
Manila advices via Hong Kong say that
Chief Surgeon Woodruff has sent a Wig.
orous protest to the War Department
through Gen. Otis against the INADEQUATE
force, equipment and accommodations OF
the hospital service in Manila. He de
clnes further responsibility for the health
of the army unless the improvements
which he recommends are adopted The
chief ailment of the troops is dysentery.
which is largely the result of the heavy
ration served, it being the same as tba,
given the soldiers in Alaska.
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such an excuse. President Lincoln had
refused to accept Secretary Chase's resig-
nation from the cabinet, even after he
knew that Chase was scheming to be a
presidential candidate against him.
President Mckinley said he could not
ask Mr.. Alger to leave the cabinet be-
cause he had announced his candidacy
for United States Senator from Michi-
gan. The members of the cabinet weie
more open to the argument of the u:en
who wanted Alger out of the way OF the
success of the administration. They
agreed that the Secretary Of War must
be sacrificed. and they expressed their
views to the President.
AT this stage in the developments, At
torney General Griggs was sent as mes.
senger to Nice-Presdent Hobart, to ask
the Vicc-President to advise Alger to re-
sign. Mr. Hobart agreed to undertake
the delicate mission of saying to Cen
Alger what the President and other mem
bers of the cabinet would not say to him.
He telesraphed Secretary Alger, inviting
him to spend Il few days with him at his
Long Branch cottage. When the Secre-
tary arrived and the two men had an op-
portunity to talk freely, Mr.. Hobart ad-
" ASSiSd, luS LllGt luG
country was against him and that he
might as well recognize that he must be
sacrificed.
Gen. Alger asked if the Vice-President
spoke only for himself or at the sugges-
ton OF others. Mr.. Hobart had to tell
him the whole story, that the President
wanted his resignation, but did not wish
to ask for it; that Attorney General
Grlggs had been the messenger of the
president and the cabinet to him, and
that he (HobarD was merely the agent
of the administration in advising Alger
to retire.
Gen. Alger remarked that he would
hand the President his resignation as
soon as he returned to Washington. He
he had supposed that he and the
esident were on terms of friendship
Jnstifying frankness regarding this situa-
tion. but all he desired was to know the
Presidents pleasure. He returned to
Washington and handed his resignation
to President Mckinley.