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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-15

De pronto, escaposele un pequen,
grito, comenz6 palmotear diciendo
- Mama. mama -! querd'
mama -. ahf viene Paco. -.
Y, efectivamente; poca distanci;
vefase avanzar un ginete, con ell cuerpt
inclinado hacia delante y castigando |;
cobalgadura, ansioso de llegar.
Matilde salio 4 recibirlo y su nam!
tamben.
| La madre de Matilde era una ancians
de cabellos de plata con una EXPIRE
sion tai de bondad, que mas bien que
una mujer parecfa una santa.
Mati.de estrecho con efusion las ma
nos del joven, contemplandolo con in
descriptible ternura, la anciana lo
abraz6 contra su seno, besandolo en- La
frente.
Matilde Paco eran primos y novios
la vez.
Desde muy nino habfan undo sus
corazones de tai manera, que va por
aquel entonces, Matilic no tenfa sino
un solo corazon, ell de Paco; Paco no
tenfa sino un solo corazon, ell de Ma
tildee.
Los dos jovenes Sc sentaron ell nno
junto al otro, y bien pronto los dulces
ensuefios del amor aletearon sobre sus
cabezas, entablando la amorosa pareja
un dialogo hermosfsino, que mas Sc
expresaba por los ojos que Sc declaraba
por la boca.
Entire tanto, la buena anciana los
contemplate con ternura, Y sonrefs afa
blemente,r con ell alma llena de felici-
LEGO en- este la noche, y Paco tuvo
que marcharse. Las lagrimas sucedie
ron las alegrfas, Matilde, desde ell
afeizar lie su ventana, contempl6 su
novio que Sc alejaba muy despacio, has
ia que, por fin, 10 vio desaparecer EN- la
oscuridad.
Con ell corazon oprimido Sc arrojo en-
los brazos de su madre.
-Hija mia, no llores ...... -dijo la
anciana-el volvera entonces sereis
felices.
Pero ell joven no volvio .-.....
Una repentina enfermedad termn6
con su existencia.
Matilde no pudo derramar una lagri-
ma; pero marchitose gu hermosura, sus
no volvieron brillar scaricia-
dos por la aurora, ell carmfn de sus me-
jillas desapareci6 bajo la palidez de su
rostro, y sus pupilas jamas volvieron a
brillar, porque apagandose habfa Ell lu-
minar divino de gu alma. .....
Una noche, Matilde espiraba tam.
bien.
Su pobre madre, de rodillas junto a.
ella, hubiera querido trasmitirle su pro
pia vida.
Llego ell instante fatal, y ell rostro de
la joven sc vistio con ell color dc las
rosas, brillaron sus ojos con subito full
gor, y Sc entreabrieron sus labios dulce
mente para pronunciar estas palabras.
Z Mama. -. mama -; soy muy
fe.iz 80. aquf llega Paco. me viene
q buscar ......
NJ. Gonzalez Garcia
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-15
Libsrtad Torres Grau.
GUENTOs DE AMOR

Y sacedi6 como voY contar.
Apoyada en- ell afeizar de la ventana,
tendfa Matilde sus rasgados ojos hacia
el horizonte, miertras que su pertilada
nariz aspiraba aquel aire del amanecer
como queriendo embriagarse con su
esencia.
Habfase levantado aquella mafiana
muy temprano.
Sus negros y sedosos cabellos refe
jaban la luz matinal, y su turgente seno
nalpitaba, acariciado por la aurora.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-15
BI.oQUE
AFelipe vaIderrama.

La escena en marmoles. Por la quijad a
un leon, por nubio combatiente aside,
las mandfbulas mueve, y un rngido
mudo, espira EN- la piedra cincelada.
La fuerte zarpa con furor Lincada
en- ell tora del hercules fornido.
Ell gladiator, lie rabia estremecilo.
La boca de ia fiera, desgarrada.
Roto ell hocco, el animal de roca
la barba al pecho uni6. Sono en- la boca
del paladfn un cantico silente.
Cayo, hecha plcctro, la heridora zarpa
y arrancd dc las cuer'las lie mi arpa
Ell himno sin rumor del combatientc.
Elias D. culieI
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-15
Lorena.
SONETOS
(, TANTO TIE AMO (!

Els tan grande ell amor, Consuelo mia,
que te profesa ell coraz6n constante,
que no dejo en- ell dfa un solo instante
de pensar Ell su dulcc poesia.
81 algunas veces, despiadaday y frfa'
acoges mi Garlic delrante,
siento en- el alma del dolor punzante
la prolongada y tragica agonfa.
Pero 81 tn sonrisa bienhechora
recibe mi passion irresistible,
mi amino sc redobla de quererte
y admire en- esa faz encantadora
la aurara de mis- dichas apacible
que quiero yer lucir hasta mi muerte.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-15

DR.. Rafael del Vale
J. A. Negr0sa SanjMrJO
NJ. AUtln Bin7scO
EMgeniO AStOi BuS0E
Vicente PuieS
AGUAREEA

Habia decidido quedarme conner so
.bre cubierta, para, gozar> del m lgnlfic6
sorprendente panorama.
Navegabamos, costeandO. entire AL
Ineria Y Malaga. Las fertiles vegas de
MOtril Y Almunecar Ostentaban Ell
primera Inca su verdisima alfOmbra
y lejos. muy lejos. como nimbO de luz
que cierra ell hOriZOnte, destacabast
con sus henOrmes picachOs la Sierra
Nevada, preciO5O cinturOn de arminC
que cine la ciudad morisca y es e.
tOno de luz de sus cuentOS blancos de
hadas y de Sus leyendas Orientales.
Yo creo que no volvere a yer un
paisaie tan encantadOr. :. En- cada
prOmOntOriO de la costa, las famOsas
tOrrecillas, que fuerOn ell TELEGRAPH OPP
ticO de los morOs, inclinadas algunas
Otras pr0ximas caer, las de mas ALA
Ocultas bajO ell follaje de plantas tire
padOras, V casi tOdas infOrme monitor
de amarilOs escOmbrOs. .Hacia ell sur,
semejandO blancos camalOtes dOrmidOS
sObre apacible lago, los limpios cOrti-
jos, diseminadOs en- ell llanO, en- la la
dera, en- tOdOs los altibajos del terre
no. .Casi proa, la Caleta, ell gran
dioso Colegio de los jesuitas, y lejOs,
eS(umandOse, Malaga la risuena. A
babor ell mar, tranquilO, verde como
la vega.
Una bandada de gaviOtas seguia la
estela del barcO, pescandO los reSiduOs
de cOmida que arrOjaban los camare
rOs al aqua.
Los oicialeS y pasajerOs SO habian
quedadO de sObremesa, cOmentandO ell
incendio del Victoria y la imprudencia
temeraria de los infelices .emigrantes
GcultOs en- la Gala.
La tripulacion, la geaate, como la la
maba ell captain, cOmia en- ell extreme
de- la proa, todos puestos en- cuclillas,
alrededOr de una gran ola. .YO es
taba solo, cOmpletamente solo en- la
popa.
Que ridiculO y pequenO Sc We ell
hOmbre 81 SO compare con la Natura
leza
AbsOPtO, OfuscadO con este pensa
miento, refexione breves instances:
pense en- 10 accidentadO, de mi vida,
en- mis- ilusiOnes para ell pOrvenir, en-
las hO7r0S 212Me7'taS, que con tantO ppi
NOR describe Nicolas Maria Lopez.
I'll crepusculO avanzaba con la regu-
laridad de las eyes fisicas; la Sierra,
Sc iba tinendO de un color rosa palidO;
do al monotone ruido de la helice, no
10 escuchaba va; ell silencio era impo
nente; mi tristeza, grande.
EntOnces, penetr0 Ell mi espiritu la
sublime melancolia de la tarde, y Co
mence d recOrdar ell pasado; pense en-
mis- padres, ausentes tantOs amos, en-
la mujer amada, en mis- hermanOs, en-
los parientes amigos muertos duran
to mi ausencia; y al VERNE tan solo,
tan Olvidado de tOdOs, tuve envidia de
las gaviotas, que vivian tan amOrosa-
mente unidas !. DE prOntO, la Sierra
tOm6 un viyo color rOjO, como 81 Sc
ruborizara pOr ell besO de despedida
que le daba ell sol.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-15
VOLUBILIDAD

Yo no 10 niego, Laura. Ia hermosura
es grande, sin lgual; es asombrosa;
inspira puro amor tn faz preciosa,
Y en- el de Luis la dicha Sc asegura.
Ell gozarfa de sin par ventura
viendote siempre fel carinosa;
pero al pobre la duda vii le acosa,
y sufrc la inquietud lie pcna dura.
Els tn caracter solo. Tu lie quieres:
no 10 dudo un instante, que en- II veo
ciertos detalles que al amor delatan.
Eres tn como son otras mujeres,
cuya conducta natural no creO:
dan vida hoy, pero maflana matan
Fernando Franco Fernandez
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-15
N. Gonzalez Garcia
PDEMAS PAGANDS
PlcMALI0N

En- las hermosas islas consagradas,
En- cuya playa azul murmurante
Naci6 de las espumas fecundadas
La blanca Diosa del amor, trlunfante,
De las selvas augustus y calladas
Ba o 81 amplio verdor. que ell viento aglta,
Vagan de Ninfas tribus sonrosadas,
Celebrando las glorias de Afrodita.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-15

S)n dichosas sus placidos efluvios
Les brinda, con amor, Naturaleza,
Juegan las brisas con sus bucles rubio
Y retratan las fuentes su belleza.
Dejando sobre ell cesped leve rastro
Pasean, del sol bajo la luz radiosa,
Sus egregios contornos de alabastro
Con cambiantes de nacar y de rosa.
Y tras los altos juncos las zarzas
| Que orillasd del estanque Sc estrcmecen,
Como bandada tfmida de garzas.
Entire risas y juegos desparecen.
Tras ella marcha ell Satire lasciyo,
DE bicorne cerviz y pies ligelos,
AtravesandO con anlar furtfvo,
DE espesas avenidas los senderos.
Y Pan las sigue con mirada cauta,
Rimando cadenciosas armonfas,
Que, al brotar torrentes de su fiauta,
Resuenan en las bovedas sombrfas.
Dioses hombres allf, bajo los velos
De las noches lie placidos rumores,
Satisfacen sus lubricos anhelos
Sobre lechos de musgos de flores.
De aquel eden pagano. indiferente
Del carnal attractive q la impureza,
Sc alicia Pigmalion, fla la mente
En- ell fulgor de la ideal belleza.
Y en- apartada estancia silenciosa,
Al protector amparo dc sus Lares,
Ofcia con amor, con fe piadosa,
Del Arte en- los purisimos altares,
Ell Genio ha ungido gu divina frente,
desde 10 alto de la azul techumbre,
La inspiration como astro refulgente,
Sobre Ell derrama su fecunda lumbre.
TOma ell cincel con amorOsa manO,
gu potente atrevido toque,
Cue hfere con esfuerzo soberanO,
Ceden los f1ancos del inerte bloque.
Hendiendo ell seno de la masa dura
AL fuerte golpe del martillo grave,
Modela de la plastica escultura
La vaga lfnea y ell contorno suave.
Labra las formas con tenaz empeilo,
Hasta que al fin, triunfante en- la porffa,
Mira sargir, cuai la vision de un sueflo,
La imagen que forjo su fantasia.
Es una Diosa; ell cuerpo alabastrino
Altiva yergue, adorna, su cabeza
Sacro mirto, el rostro venusino
Bala ell aureo esplendor de la belleza.
Ell gran artista en- gu creacion sublime
Sc deleita en- extatico embeloso,
Y apasionado, delirante, imprime
SObre la frente Immaculate un bcso.
Contemplando la inmovil hermosura,
Siente infiamada ell alma y los sentidos
En- llamas quemadoras, murlnura
Dulces frases de amor sus oidos.
Pero aquella passion ardiente y loca
No consigue, al martirio condenada,
Nj una sonrisa de la mada boca,
Nj un resplandor de la pupila helada.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-15

el, al verla animarse, estremecido,
Mira surgir mil cosas ignoradas:
I'm mundo de placer, deseonooido,
AL resplandor azul de sus miradas.
ger m - >as. Laurontin0 Canal.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-15

FL Baron de SttOf.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-15
1 | [

<Oh Diosa del placer y los amores
Exclama con fervor Venus sagrada
TIL que hiciste brotar hormosas flores
De la TERRA infecunda inanimada
I'd que hiciste cambiar con tu presencia
En- blanca luz las sombras invernales,
alegraste la lngubre existencia
De Dioses y de mfseros mortales ];
Dye mi voz, mi suplica doliente,
Proteje esta passion desesperada,
Y con gu fuego inextinguible, ardiente,
Anfma ell duro pecho de mi amada =
La reina del Olimpo, conmovida,
Dye ell humilde ruego, , de la altura
Descienden los ardores de Ia vida
A oalentar la palida escultura.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-03-02

AnO9C uaAly oDOul OhS0bOn'
Circuit court is in session at
Decatur with'a light docket.
A mild case of smallpox does
not worry Memphis people.
A wild negro woman is terror
iziug Granger county people.
A boom at Wstauga caught
10000 logs during the recent
tide.
Three new cases Of smallpox,
all colored, are reported at Jack
son.
More contracts along the Ten
nessee Central road.
Jack McCadden. an aged ne
gro, recently frOze to death neur
IArtsville.
Horses frOze to death during
the recent cold weather in Madi4
son county.
Editor George Smith, of the
Rogersville Review, was danger
Ously injured by tall.
Ex-Governor r. l., Taylor has
Love, Laughter and Song" his
new lecture, ready to spring.
Arrangements have been made
for the organization of a Chris.
tian Church at Rogersville.
Several hundred dollars worth
of turkeys nave been shipped
from Hawkins county, the past
few months.
w. M. Bishop, of Carter coun-
ty, has a blue army oveFcoat he
drew during the civil war and
has worn every winter since.
A West Tennessee exchange
under the head Of Facts and
Fun" gives death notice and
primes a small pox warning.
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the East Tennes,
see aud Western North Caroline
railroad company will be held a
the office of the company, John
son City, March 9Th
Governor McMilIn mas sever.
al men from whom to select /
new colonel for the First Ten
nessee regiment in Mania
Their friends are giving hin
much aid in the selection.
ImprOmptu marriages are pop
ular at Dyersburg.
The artesian well at Bristol i
not giving satisfaction.
Toxation is the peoples bur
den the legislature is dissecting.
The Salvation Army is opera
ting in lower East Tennessee
towns.
Blount county farmers ar
more prosperous than tor severa
years.
An ice dam twenty feet dec
broke at Brabson's ferry, Sevie
county.
A needed addition is being
made to the x. & A. road depo
at Maryville.
The Sweetwater Telephone is
sued q neateighteen-page edition
More corn will be planted il
Claiborne county this sprius
than ia its history.
Bradley county farmers hav,
decided to use the roads MS littlu
as possible until summer.
Growers in the GAINESVILLE dis
trict will give more attention Il
tue raising Of hurley tobacco.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-03-02
NEWS OF THE STATE.

Fruit about Gallatin is report
ed safe.
The Red Hill church burned
neBr Cleo.
Several miners IN the JellicO
district recently vent to Utah,
McMinnville will be connected
by telephone.
Work will soon commence on
a new court house at Trenton.
The scheme to open coal mines
at Rogersville has been abandon
eG.
Highland Park, a suburb Of
Chattanooga, voted in favor Of
incorporation.
"A. H. Rule lost several dol ars
worth Of drugs by the recent
cold weather in Sevierville.
The Coming Men of Ameri-
ca" are organizing lodges
through Middle Tennessee.
One firm at Rutherford ship
ped over 100000 worth of poul.
try aud eggs in 1898.
White caps about Alamo leave
notices in which they state that
they have decided to use dyna-
mite in making their visits
Chas. Egbert Crnddock's new
book on Old Fort Loudon loca-
ted near Knoxville, is attracting
attention.
The Southern Railway com
pany will construct steel bridge
at Greeneville to take the place
of u wooden one.
John Wilson, a hermit fifty
years of age, Is reported slowly
dying near Kingsport, Sullivan
county.
The Jackson wooden mills and
electric light plants were forced
to shut down on account of 6
lack of coal.
An effort will be made to have
a bill passed whereby a ! city OF.
hciaIs of Nashville viii be elected
by a vote OF the people
A memorial in stone will soor
he erected in Nashville in nonOl
of Sam Davis the Confederate
spy, who was shot because he
would not betray a fedora
friend.
Chew Kow, a Chinaman, i'm,
ported for the Nashville exposj'
ton, is held in New York with
out "a proper certificate to remain
IN the United States. He will
be deported at an expense to tn,
government of nearly one thous
: and dollars.
, The Bristol News contains tn,
following; "The big deal of IT,,
= Virginia Iron, Coal and Cox,
Co., for about dozen furnace
in Southwest Virginia, the S. A
, & o. and B. E. & N. D. railroad
aud the Doe Mountain iron or
lands is a big transaction. Blu
the end is not yet. It. is nov
! stated on gsOd authority tina
the above company is now nego
ciating for the purchase Of tn,
egtire landed possession of tn,
: Virginia, Tennessee, CaroliuI
Steel aud Iron company. ThI
lauds of this latter company lie II
1.-The three states named, and EN-
brace about one hundred and hf
" Thousand acres OF very fn,
timber aud mineral lauds--th.
cream OF the three states SO ia
as investment for future opera
tons Is concerned.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-03-02
W." BU"8AS glsts to CUBE Tobacco Habit.

The 5 a. m. opeu-1O p. m,
close ordinance at Chattanooga
is strictly observed.
Our press has been in the
blacksmith shop two or three
weeks, Is the reason our subscri-
bers have not received their pa,
perq Butler Holly Leaf.
Pleas Osment. colorcd, once q
resident Of Cleveland, was re
Gently sentenced to be hanged at
Ottawa, Canada. but had his SEN
fence committed on account Of
insanity. ...a
The GaIlatin Examiner says:
"The oldest pet ever heard of ia
to be fund at Gallatin, the
home of curiosi,ies-human and
otherwise. 1t il a wildcat owns
ell by Charles Mitchell, II clerk
for Johu Fry. The cat was cap
tur d in Cumberland mountains
last fall and brought to Gallatin
by Capt. j X. Murfree. 1t is
not tnlIy grown, but is quite
large for its age Mr.. Mitchell
has succeeded in DEMONSTRATING
the vicious aQimul, and values it
very highly as u pet. The house
cats and dogs stand in perfect
awe Of the new conner, although
it never shows fight unless ans
tagonjzed.
The editor Of the CIeyeland
Journal evidently knows what
he is talking about when he
prints the following: "Our cor
respondents are cautioned a,
galnst one thing. If You see II
poor Iove,slck boy stealing mp
the road on Sunday evening to
see his fweetheart-let him GO.
Draw veil over him. Don't re-
port him. lie is doing right and
sweating blood over it. Don't
mention ity Cupid must be en-
couraged. This paper Is in favor
of Cupid. We want the young
people to love each other, and
love good aud strong. And you
know il Il man is young aud
bashful a dose of it nearly Kills
him. He suffers sweet agony
Let MIN of. We want all OUT
correspondents to look up at the
skies when they hear the crack
of a boss in their neighborhood.'
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-03-02

Butter, chickens and eggs are
scarce at Cleveland.
A falling limb killed T. p Gils
'em' oro near CookyiIle.
W. D. Howser IS the new deputv
stamp collector at GAINESVILLE.
Ripley will spend $4,000 in Sc
curing better school facilities.
VIM. 6 Erwin 10 tho now nost
noostorot E.r,;, IT,; ,...,.
A vonng sor of D;ck Rail- uos
burned to death in Roano conrtv
9''".n i"u""Fy 10 employ ZOo
~, w ''''''O ''' = q - al
'' "IS, zero Me"tner lot years
=, 'ePot'e" III MIuuIe ana WEST
''''"eSS0V'
Work will soon commence on a
ne" Soo,ooo medical college for
the state at Nashville.
The movement to erect q 500
600 cotton mill at Jackson is as.
suming A more definite shane
Arizona republican., 1899-08-26
THE SANITATION OF CUBA.

1t speaks elcquently of the contrast
between the American and the Spanish
regime in Cuba that the illness of one
American soldier with yellow fever in
the Havana garrison is published as a
bit of news of great importance It
was not. Of course, to be expected that
the fever would be driven out CT Ha-
vlna in a single year as completely as
if Havana Were Boston. Cases
are hound 10 occur from time
10 tim until the sanitary re
generation of the Cuban capt.
til has been perfectly accomplish
ed. But a year ago in Havana, and all
over Cuba, Spanish soldiers were sick
ening and dying with yollow fever by
hundreds and by thousands, and no
BODY thought anything about it. l.
was sad. but wasn't it inevitable?
Had not the plague demanded Just that
annual sacrifice from the Spanish
army in Cuba for d hundred and fifty
years ?-B0stOn Journal
Arizona republican., 1899-08-26
J. E. O'BRIEN. PROP.

die hwy situations Of Colonel Warnings
ashes.
DIR Alvin Doty, health officer OF thc
Port. wi;C is custodian of Swinlluine'
Island. regretfglly admitted that the
ncG,tuaG.v DID hold the remains of
Colonel Warning
Mrs. Waring said that she had 20
place TO Tlt them. ewing TO the fac5
that her home was broken UP. and She
did not ike to carry them arounl,"
said DR.. DOty.
Neither Mrs. Warning TOT her dau@h-
ter is in the cay. The wife is under
stood 10 Ire SummeIdn@ i'll Minnesota
ard the daughter is ut Newport.
Immediate action will doubtless ha
taken toward removing the ashes or
Cllousl Warning from Swf@l5Urne
is'and NV York VIII care for them
properly ii given a chance to do So
From 4 New York Letter
Arizona republican., 1899-08-26

md the burden Of taxation would fall
very lightly. The plan proposed is
akin to that Of the youth who borrows
monsy to pay lbs way through College.
Once equipped with On education his
ahif,ty to pay TIE debt is practically
assured. There are Thousands Of
cases CT young m5n saddI-rg them
selves with sucn de BITS and discharg-
ing them with the capital brought to
than by means CT their ability TO fl
good paying positions. There axe
illundreJls Of towns in the United
Seates t.,at have foIl-,wod the plan CT
issuing bonds for t1,unicipal improve
ments with great benefit to their ci5i-
zens. Il IS time for Phoenix to follow
this gcci example. This is a mud
town in wet weather. and a dust town
in dry weather. Beth conditions d.
us immense harm. Nov, when money
IN Iimft.ezs quantities is seeking IN
vestme lit here and elsewhere, s the
time to strike. TIE Republican has
hope that the board Of trade VIII soon
address Itself to this srbbject and lay
he foundation for movement that
viii giva Phoenix asphalt pavemen,s /
and ff-st-class sewerage. No batter IN (
vestment could be made by this grow
ing civ
Arizona republican., 1899-08-26
WARNINGS ASHES NEGLECTED.

The ashes Of CoioneI George E.
Warning former street cleaning con-
missioner. who died OF yellow fever al
ter trying to clecu@ HayaEa. lie in a
lin can On Swin5ur1t island. apparent
y ne@lac1esI- For months the RECEIPT
acie has lain t.Eel'e among others CON
tanning ithe dust of i1rIn! gratis Who
dad If ch3I@:a AMI other plaques.
Ms Warning. f47- whom $1CGG0a was
l'aisd by ai!iaaci,z cf her husband
asked Heath Officer DEFY TO keep tie
ashes thsre. bscaUse she knew of 20
Other ,3Iace.
u. Dciy las h .9,4I nothing from the
family regarding the ashes Tho ilG
On the can read: "Rem1:tns Tn
Ola fmcd.'
It "asa CITY official bent On 4 care
lass asperti of the grim relics Of
those who have died or the island aud
been cremlted there, Whe discovered
Arizona republican., 1899-08-26
BORROW MONET AND PAVE TIE
STREETS.

\ statement made by the governor
os this territory at the recent board OF
trade ratification meeting deserves the
consideration of the taxpayers of
Phoenix i. was, in effect, that pos
terity should be made to stand soma
of the expense attending the building
up OF a great city. If a city is paved
and severed ard made attractive to
home ssekc-5 md people sooking for
BUSINESS opportunities thos5 who come
afterward should bear d po.'ion of the
expense attaching to such Improve
monts. The u-ty of Phoenix is vast
ing t3ctssarel5 ci5 dollars every ycar
that -ght 'Ge saved if the streets were
paved AMI a firsf-o-3ss sewer system
were installed. a quarter Of mil
lion dollars would pave the streets N
the heast Of the city with asphalt.
Ones asphaIted these streets would be
reE:eved Of the necessity Of constant
sprinkkng. \ fraction Ct TIC SUN now
spent far sprinkIng would suffice to
maintain = modern sweeper which
would keep the P2vcneat5 freq Of dust
and mad This credit Of the city is slIcl
that a COED sized lr1n, payable n
twenty Or thirty years, could be peg1-
tsted, and thu interest charge would
ne. be felt. The improvement of the
streets would attract new residents
Arizona republican., 1899-08-26
NOT TO BE REPEATED.

y well-known naval officer has a
beautiful daughter. a young iieuten-
ant, with ne resources but his pay
fell in love with her. and asked the
old gentleman for her hand. The
father at once taxed him with the fact
that he had only his pay-hard.y
enough 20 keep him in white gloves
and burnish his brass buttons.
What you say is true, sir; but
when you married you were only a
midshipman, with even smaller pay
than mine. How did you get along?"
asked tie lieutenant who believed he
had made the most diplomatic of de-
lenses But lie WIS mistaken.
Il lived on my father in law for the