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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-06-25
VENTA De Una MIIIAGNIF!CA
FINCA DE CAFE

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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-06-25

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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-06-25
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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-06-25

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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-06-25
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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-06-25
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VIOLINISTA Y COMPOSITOR
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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-06-25

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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-06-25

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The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
TWENTIETH CENTURIES DAWN
The Friendly IaIaRdeRs W11i Be the Ffrat People tO Hail Its
 Advent.

The first people to live in .he twcn- tieth century will be the Friendly is- flanders. for the date line, as it may be called, lies in the Pacific ocean just to the east of their group. At that time, all though it will be already Tuesday to them, all the rest of the world will be enjoying HOme phase of Monday, the last day of the nineteenth century {De- ceInber S1, l900). At Melbourne the people will be going to bed. for it vii, be nearly ten o'clock; at Manila it will be two hourS earlier in the evening; at Calcutta the English residents will be sitting at their Monday afternoon din- ner, for it will be about six o'clock; and in London Big Ben" in the tower of the house of commons will be striking tine hour of noon. In Boston, New York and Washington half the people will be eating breakfast on Monday morning, while Chicago will be barely conscious of the dawn. At the same moment San Francisco will be In the deepest sleep of what is popularIy called Saturday night, though really the early, dark hours of Monday morning. and half the Pacific will be wrapped in the darkness of the same morning hours, which be- come earlier to the west, until at mid way or Brooks island it will be but a few minutes past midnight of Sunday night.-John Ritchie, JF., in Ladies' Home Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
ALL WORK ARD NO PLAY.

Nearly one-third of the paper pro 6uced in the United States during the first six months of 1898 was newspS- per in rolls and sheets.
 A large trade is done in Germany in artificial sponges, which are produced by patented process depending prin- cipally On the action of zinc chloride solution on pure cellulose.
 A series of experiments made at Kiel during the last two years have shown that of all metals used in shipbuilding an amalgam of iron and zinc is least subject to deterioration from the in- fuence of sea water.
 Manufacturers of structural iron say that within a short time all the more costly private houses, at least in the cities; will abandon wood, excepting for the most trivial use, and will make use of structural iron for the frame work and the beams that support the flooring.
 It is claimed that the deepest oil we'll in America is situated in the Monongahela river valley, about 2S miles from Pittsburgh. The hole has been drilled to a depth of s,sS2 feet, but the work has been suspended ow- ing to @ break in the 27s-inch rope used. As result 1000 feet of rope and a string of tools are at the bot tenn. Experts are st work, and hope to be able to resume drilling soon. It is proposed to sink the we'll 5000 feet.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
ELECTRICAL POWER.

4 Canadian company proposes to stAize the tides in the Pacific to gen. crate electric power to serve Van eouveP and Westminster.
 Abyssinia has a telephone line 300 miles long connecting the capital and the important city. It was constructed sy Frsnco-Russian company.
 Mexico buys more extensively of cleo srical goods from the United States shan does any other country in the western hemisphere.
 The telephone was first practically ased in England in 1876, when over fl5 miles of wire existed between Lon Sen and Norwich, but no telephone ex- change was established until 1879, when len offices were connected.
 An automobile fire pump is being ses;ed in Paris. The electric motors are operated by storage battery, and t is arranged so that the power can be changed from the propulsion of the wagon to that of driving the pumps.
 The cost of operating an electric cab Tn Paris is, according to The Automo- sile, $3.s7 a day. The calculation is based upon the supposition that the distance travelled per day is 37 miles, of which nine are to and from the de- pot and 2s on the trips.
 Ten thousand horsepower will be transmitted from Garvin'E Falls, IS miles from Manchester, N. H., to that city for lighting, power and street rail- ~ay business. The water power is one sf the finest in New England, and the new enterprise can hardly fail 10 be successful
The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
PEOPLE WE KNOW.

President George Harris, of Amherst college, is said to bear striking re- semblance to Admiral Dewey.
 Admiral Dewey has received from a resident of Atlanta a letter written many years ago by Admiral Farragut, which contains the following sentence: That young Dewey is very promising chap"
 Queen Victoria's autograph book has been carefully preserved during the 61 years of her reign, and contains a re- markedly rich collection of autographs, including those of the pope, four czars and several German kings and em- perors.
 Senator Bate, of Tennessee. like the late Senator Harris, refuses to tell his age. He must, hawever, be nearly 70, for he was soldier in the Mexican war. Altogether Il members of the senate have passed the Scriptural limit, while three or four are within easy approach of it.
 The originator of the story that Gen. Joubert, the Boer commander, is a na- tive of Louisiana, and an ex-confederate officer, confused him with another Col. Joubert, who was in the confederate army, and native of Louisiana. He was a creole, and lived and died in Lou isiana.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
BRIEF MENTION.

Nearly 2,s00 residents of Minnesota shared in 1899 in the tres-plAnting bounty, receiving s2.4O an acre.
 The average monthly wage of farm iaborers in North Carolina is $I5.36, that including rations,- house, pasture and garden.
 A New York druggist says that China- men patronize the drug stores very lt- tie, as they have little faith in Ameri- can drugs.
 Prof. Hamlin, of Columbia college, declares that New York presents the unique spectacle of not having one decorative building erected at public expense.
 That there are more Indians in the United States now than there were the day the pilgrims landed cannot be proved, but it is generally believed and it is stoutly affirmed by statisticianx.
 Residents of Toledo, O., as we'll as commercial men representing firms in that city are beginning to place beside their names on the hotel registers "19o2" instead of Toledo-a novel meth cd of advertising the coming centennial celebration there.
 Most of the old-time chop-houses in New York and Brooklyn have disap- peared. These were memorable feast ing spots. The ale and the chops and thedeviled kidneys were of the choicest. The Welsh rarebits and game were also of the best. In the place of the chop=houses have come the quick iunch"
The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
WHAT SCIENCE TEACHES

Pigs milk is under discussion in she French chamber of deputies, g petition having been sent to it asking that it's use may be permitted as nourishment for babies. Some doctors favor it.
 Clouds that move in a contrary di. rection to that of the surface current indicate a change of weather, because they prove the existence of two air currents, one warm and the other cold, and the mingling of these frequently causes rain.
 Poisonous snakes when with young are sluggish and retiring in their hab- its. The little ones are born with fengs ard poison glands in full per- lection, and are dangerous even be- fore tasting food or water. The young are much more active than the adults and probably their poison is more vir- uient.
 M. Henri Coupon has been experi- menting with the action Of anaesthet- ics on seeds. He shows that they do not injure the grain, but the insects that attack it are destroyed. Chloro- form is recommended. The grain if, however, very sensitive to all snae- sthetic vapors, which retard their ger imitation or kill them.
 In Siam the liquid measure used is derived from 6 cocoanut shell which is capable of holding s30 tamarind seeds, and % of these units eqrel 2 capacity of 3 wooden bucket. In dry measure, s30 tamarind seeds make one "k'anahn," and g k'anahn" make one "sat," or bamboo basket; 80 'sat" make one "kwien," or cart. This is an example of the primitive origin of most units of weights and measures.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
IN OTHER LANDS.

Ostrich farms are familiar sight about Durban, South Africa.
 Tn Germany one newspaper is pub Eshed for every 12,902 persons; iu Austria, one for every 72.209.
 A Leipsic publishing firm offers 1.O0o marks for the words and music of the best German naval song.
 The British government used 124,- OOC gallons of corn whisky last year in the manufacture of smokeless pow der.
 AS the law now stands in Italy, peo- pie can marry in church independent ly of any civil marriage. For instance an army officer, under civil law, can not marry except under certain con- ditions. To elude this law, he can get married before the church and con- tinue single. man, so far as the state is concerned.
 One thing the Germans do the Brit i$h could initiate with great advan- tage, and that is, have trained dogs to carry ammunition to the firing lines. At one or two of the battles in South Africa so fierce has been the Boer fire that it was almost impossible for car riers to bring up the reserve ammuni- ton to the firing lines. It is said that dogs in such cases could go with per feet safety where men could not live.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
AIDS ABOUT THE HOUSE.

To Stop Bleeding-A handful of Aeur koand On the cut.
 A red-hot iron will soften old putty Co that it can De easily removed
 A sun bath is of more value to health han much warming by the fre.
 To Cure Sting of Bee or Wasp.-Mix common earth with water and apply at Snce.-
 To Clean Plate Glass.-A soft cloth ~et in alcohol is excellent to clean French plate glass and mirrors.
 To Test Nutmegs.-Prick them with S pin, and if they are good the oil will instantly spread around the punctuFe.
 10 Remove Blood Stains from Cloth. -Saturate with kerosene, and after standing a little while wash in warm water
 Te Remove Coffee Stains from Linen. Lay the stained portion of the cloth Ster bowl and pour boiling water through it.
 To wash delicate gingharns without fading, add tablespoonful of turpen- fine toa gallon of lukewarm water and soak the garment in this for an hour; Sfterward wash clean in warm studs. Do Aot let lie, but rinse it quickly through several waters and haTg in the shade Co dry
 To Keep Moths Out-Benzine will 5rive away moths from upholstered fur Allure, Sprinkle with benzine. It will cot spot or stain fhe most delicate silk, f2d fhe unpleasant odcr soon passes away in the air. Where it is known that he meth-miller has entered burn ta- lespoonfuI of gum campher in closets Shere The clothes hang-Woman's Home Companion
The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
Hnxliah .. Written.

As most everyone knows. great majority of the beautiful toys sold dur ing the holidays are imported, the for eign makers not only shipping them here, but to other countries, and it is not uncommon when shipping articles needing an explanation in order to operate them to have descriptive cir cular printed in several languages ac- companying the article. Imagine the surprise of holiday buyer when pur- chasing a magic lantern to find cir cular reading: "Kindle the lamp out side of the room." One would imagine that in this country cord wood was used to light lamps. This twisting of the English language vas not half so bad as the Chinaman who sold some beautiful carved ivory ware. This en- terprising Chinaman, desiring to call the attention of all to the fact of his having a wholesale and retail store, pasted on the inside of all his boxes of goods: "Wholetail and retail store. ."- Cincinnati Enquirer.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
INDIvIDUALITIES

Col. Hesseltine told the Loyal Legion St meeting in Boston the other even ing that in his opinion "Le Chant deS Msrseillaise"w was the grandest and most powerful war song ever written.
 Queen Victoria never reads any doc aments or letters, except from her im- mediate family. until they have first been looked over by her secretary, who kas charge of the royal correspond ence..
 Senator Platt, of New York, once sang in church choir. and at repub- ican dinner in New York not long ago, in spirit of fun, he sang "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." The song was given in place of toast. and he. be- came the hero of the occasion.
 A Boston man says that Gen. Grant, After his trip around the world, delib- erately paid visit to Plymouth Rock It appears that during his trip in for eign lands he was repeatedly asked about Plymouth Rock, and was as re- peatedly and shamefacedly compelled to say that he had never seer It.
 Col. E. F. Fleming, who was appointed under ex-President Cleveland as clock master of the treasury department, still holds that position. He has over 500 clocks in his care, and is known as "Father Time" He starts on his round of winding his eight-day clocks on Monday and gets around to the last one On Saturday night.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
cun,t Ahhrevtnse 1pOO.

There's a whole lot of people, thou sands of them writing letters without printed or engraved letter heads. who abbreyiate the year in the date line; writing, for instance, instead of 1s97, '99. Now what will they do with 1900? They certainly can't abbreviate that. When we strike 1901 it will be all right again, then they can write Jan. 1, 'o1; but 'e0 wouldn't mean anything, and there's nothing to do but to write the year out. This win be done through out the year 1900 many millions of times; as a matter of sober fact the multitudinous writing of these two ciphers will involve the loss in the ag- gregate of much time, and the using up of thousands of pens and much ink But it's an ii wind that blows nobody good. The writers loss, here, is the ink makers and the pen manufactur- ers' gain; and for that matter it's just so with everything; things go on just about the same, whatever happens. N-Y- Sany
The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
WINE FROM APPLES.

Experts lave been deceived in sherry, madeira and sauterRe which came from spple juice instead of grapes.
 Science has lately made it possible to obtain good wine from the apple, which has always been devoted to spark ling cider.
 As the quality of wine depends on these fungi wiaemakers have usually left to chance the kind of wine they produce. depending on the organisms which float in the air and attach them selves to the grapes. These yeasts are obtained from the sediment in the vats of Europe. They are easily propagated, and the only difficulty is 10 separate the different kinds. The yeasts are sold bot tled. and are much in demand.
 Juice from the apple is fermented with yeasts of different kinds brought from the grape-growfng districts of Europe to this country. For instance, lile flavor of sherry is due not to the grape, but 10 the inffnitesiInal fungus germs that cause fts fermentation. The American companies import those germs from the district in SIain where they flourish, inhoculate tie apple juice and obtain a fire wire. The same proc ess is followed with other varieties of
The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
NOTES FROM ASIA.

4 state lunch in China contains 146 dishes.
 Java furnishes two-thirds of the qui- nine used.
 Only ohe-tAird of the population of California are females.
 The government of India has ordered that soldiers are not to be allowed to use a small bore rife of long range for sporting purposes. 1t seems in- credible, says Calcutta paper, that a sportsman, in order to hit or miss a tiger or an antelope 100 yards off, should be allowe8 to send bullet fly iun q mile and InasE across the country.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
THE GIRL OF TO-DAY.
She Hs No Longer ReleEated to the Shelf After Passing the
 ThiRtY Mark.

One of the most remarkable social developments of these latter days is the evolution of the mature heroine of romance. Formerly this post was allotted to the young girl or the young married woman. In those times, moreover, the adjective of youth would not have been applied to the maiden who had passed her twenty fifth year, and only in the spirit of the grossest fattery to the matron who had seen her three decades. It is typical of the age that this ex- planstory note should be necessary. Now the expression young" is pure ly relative. The period of middle age has been entirely abolished. Where almost everybody is younger than somebody else, it is only the few who are proud of their extreme antiquity who can be regarded with any degree of certainty as old. At 30 the girl of to-day no longer retires on the shelf as failure, to pass the rest of her life in the humiliating position of the maiden aunt who devotes herself to the children or revenges herself on the poor. She is merely preparing to start on a new phase Of life with a more definite plan and . clearer vision. Very cften she marries and begins afresh at 90. Sometimes she has been known to be so greatly daring as to enter matrimony for the first time when she has passed her fftieth year. For the matron the range is even more extended. At 90 she is quite young thlng-gay, frivolous, skittish. to whom society and filtration are tie chief objects in life. Ten years more bring her to her prime. It is the period of fascination, of adventure, of impulse. The woman of 40 is capable of nything. She is the object of the widest plans, the center of the most daring romance At 50 she is probably marry Ing for the second time. Three score will find her approaching the altar fo. ner third wedding, and if she lives long enough, she may even re- appear at g. later date to bring her record up to four.-London World.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

It is best to go slow when betting on fast horses.
 Action and reaction are not equal in the stock market.
 A man may mean we'll, but you are never quite certain of it.
 Some people pass their good resolu- tions on the first reading.
 The lay of the hen is more valuable than the song of the lark.
 Happy is the bride the sun shines on if she isn't afraid of freckles.
 Many man would have better wife if he wasn't such poor husband.
 The man who takes the cake thinks it is no more than his just dessert. Some one will be sure to take your ad- vice if you have it engraved on the handle of ten-dollar umbrella.
 You can learn more about man in ten minutes after it is too late than you could in ten years before.
 There is nothing like poverty to give one = pract cal knowledge of the scarcity of ,he milk of human kindness. Chicago Daily News.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
SCIENCE AND nrpvsrRK

A great building to house all the so- cieties composing the Scientific alli- snce of New York isproposed.
 The two great material conquests which mark4he nineteenth century are the building of the Pacific railroads and the digging of the Suez canal.
 A medical paper directs attention to the curious fact that scarlet fever has never been observed in epidemic form in the tropical or subtropical Fegionsof Asia CT Africa
 Tn Janesville, Wis, is pearl button factory which turns out thousands of the finest quality of buttons. Tons of Mississippi clam shells are used in pro- ducing the buttons.
 It appears from British consular rsa ports that Morocco offers 8 consider able field for the engineer. There are at present no roads, railways, tele- graphs, canals nor harbors.
 India has perhaps a greater variety of plants than any other country in the world, having f5,O0o native species, while the flora of the entire continent of Europe only embraces about 10000.
 American bottles are preferred to all others for the export trade, and espe. cially in warm climates where Ameri- can and English goods come into close competition. American glass is said to stand tropical climates better than. the English, the reason being that it is better aupealed)
 The South Kensington museum fs constantly adding to the collection of scientific instruments and models of old-faEhioned machines. We learn from Industries and Iron that they have now made large number of additions of modern machinery and tools, such as coal gas purifying house, a 'Belleville boiler. launch engine, water-tube boilers using liquid fuel, a transform CT, steam turbine, etc. Many of the ma. chine models are shown in motion.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-10
WHERE THEY ORIGINATED.
A clown" was only a farmer.

Fairfax means flair of face"
 Priam's son Hector was always teas ing his enemies-hence 'hectoring."
 It was the custom to call an industri- GUS peasant villain" and a "knave" was simply boy.
 Years ago the word "idiot" meant sim- ply a private person as distinguished from 8 public official.
 We get bogus" from the noble Ital- ian family, the Borghese, whose swind- ling operations were extensive.
 Silly" meant blessed in old German and the old Saxons meant nothing out of the way when they called man a "churl."
 Mac" the Scoth prefix, means son, SO Macpherson means "son of parson," and Macdonald is the same as Donald son.
 Orange" means golden apple. and the date" means a finger, from its re- semblance to one. From the Latin word "politicus" we get politics.
 Capt. Fudge, commander of an Eng fish steamship, was in the habit of re- latfng such outrageous stories that his men grew to designate falsehood by exclaiming his name, Fudge"