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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-03-16
LA DEMOCRACIA
PREOIos DE- sUsO DION

IN PONCE
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volcanic and glacial action, evidences
of both agencies being numerous in the
Stanislaus region. Ages of exposure to
the elements have disintegrated the
quartz particles, leaving the precious
metal in the form OF free gold. If it
We're not for the presence of immense
powders in the stream, which make
the use of dredges impossible, the river
gravel could be scooped up and washed
without damming back the water and
pumping dry the bed.
The depression in the Stanlslaus river
bed on which operations are to be COM
menced is supposed to be the richest
spot on the entire length of the stream.
If the theory of experts is correct this
basin has caught and held a large pro-
portion of the gold washed down by the
floods. The results from the test holes
thus far dug make good this claim. In
order to get an undisputed title the
claim has been protected by United
States patent which covers a tract of
land fifty acres in extent and extending
for fifteen hundred feet along both
sides of the river bed.
In the construction of the head dam,
sluices etc, some twenty-five thousand
dollars has been expended and the
men interested in the enterprise have
organized the Stanislaus River Gold
Exploration company with a capital Of
four hundred thousand dollars, to pro-
vide funds necessary for putting in the
needed pumps, washing plant and the
operating machinery.
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DETECTED.

A Phenomenal Success ahll-Was
the shtrike a success?
Cassidy-It was Afther being out
six weeks we succaded in gittin' back
our jobs.-Puck.
| Mistress (severely)-If such a thing
occurs again, Norah, shall have to get
another servant
Norah--I wish yer would-theres east
ly enough work fer two of us-Tit-
Bits.
| 1t Works Both Ways.-"The vulgarity
of wealthy people is so much more no.
ticeable than that of poorer ones.'
| Yes. And at the same time it's so
much more endurable. cleveland
Plain Dealer.
I'D have had fine library by this
time if hadn't been so sentimental
What do you mean?"
Il have lent nearly all my books to
girls who never returned them. Chi
cago Record.
Have you ever thought of the people
who might be inhabiting the planets in
distant space?"
NO" answered Mr. Cumrox; whats
the use? We couldn't get at them to
sell them goods or civilize them
Washington Star.
A Plea for Mercy.-"Ma, I think Mr..
Perkins is getting ready to propose"
"Oh, daughter, don't get engaged
again SO near Christmas | have all
the Christmas presents to give that L
can worry through with INDIAN
apolis Journal
Sure Sign.-Mamma-Yo have be-
come very fond of Mr. Huggard in quite
a short time
Daughter-Why, mamma, what makes
you think that?
Mammal overheard you telling him
last night that he was too hateful for
anything. "-Philadelphia Press.
"They gave Briggs the job of hanging
the pictures at the club, and he hung
an impressionist painting upside down"
'Well?"
Nobody detected the blunder until
the artist visited the club
What did he say?
He said it was all right '-Cleveland
Plain Dealer
"Wait!" exclaimed the first Londoner,
stopping before the London Times office, |
let's read these bulletins about the sit 7
uation in South Africa"
NO" replied the other, much dis |
II want to know nothing at
all about it,"
Then you ought to read these; they're |
official. PHILADELPHIA Press,
Observation-Disclosures back from
Moo York, Ell? l reckon thet's a big
town, Ell?
Hiram-Wal sir, comparative speak
in, faint ez big ez Jayville here.
Reuben-Sho! We don't mean 1t?
Hiram-Yes, 1 do. Why, gosh! we
ought ter see how clost together they
nave ter put the houses ter git EN- all
Press.
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THE FOE OF THE iSYfR-F FISH.

| Many in this region will be interest
ed in the statement which comes from
washington that those who are engag-
ed in the taking Of menhaden are de-
stroying the natural protectors of the
oysters. DIR. A. ]. Mead of the United
States Fish Commission has just con-
cluded an inquiry into the history of
the star fish, during which he learned
that the most active agent in Kidding
menhaden Consequently, the whole
sale taking of menhaden tends to in
Mead says that the star fish ravage the
oyster beds of southern New England
and New York, especially in Long Is
land Sound, and that these ravages also
extend to the clam and mussel beds.
That the wholesale seining of menhad-
en-, more especially in the inshore wa
tiers. had direct bearing on the depre-
dations of the star fish was not sus-
pected until the researches of DR.. Mead
were undertaken. The latter now says
that the inquiry mas proved beyond
doubt that the young OF the star fish,
which at times are so abundant that
they actually color the water, are the
natural food of the menhaden, the
schools of which form veritabe living
Swimming nets, often a mile in breadth
DR.. Mead adds that his investigation
indicates that it is perfectly justifiable
to ascribe the rapid increase in the |
number of star fish to the extensive !
capture of their natural enemies at a |
time when the latter are known to be |
feeding on young star fish.
An experiment. made by DR.. Mead |
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Ay, on the heights at last, so far $50 cold
FROM warmth and love and all that
makes life sweet,
With loves bright river flowing at my
feet,
So far away, It's but thread of gold!
Before l reached the heights, heights that
were heaven,
Could have come heart whole and rested
here,
passed such torturing ways, where far
or near
could not see so low the clouds had driy-
en-.
And, oh, the brambles eer / reached the
pass!
My arms are torn, my feet are bleeding
My heart was pierced with cruel thorns
The drops Of blood lay on the meadow
grass.
My soul Is white, but see the crimson stain
sun oozing from my heart; the pain is
DER,
And all the sweetness-put Inc back once
more,
And let me feel the old, old pain again!
Nelly Hart Woodwork in Boston Journal
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REHABILITlTJON.

The great Democrats are at it. Gro
yer Cleveland has solemnly and oracu-
larly said that the Democratic party
ought to go back to first principles and
give the rank and file chance. Now
comes William ]. Bryan saying: Until
Mr.. Cleveland sets forth definitely what
he considers Democratic principles
there Is no necessity for comment. The
rank and file of the party expressed
themselves in 1896 and in 1900, and 1
have no doubt they will continue to ex-
press themselves on issues as they
arise"
So far Brother Bryan seems to have
the better of the argument He is GER
tainly justified in thinking that the
rank and file of the Democratic party
had a chance in 1896 and 1900.
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GOLD MINE IN A RIVER.

Chicago Men Engage in Novel Plan
for Making Money.
| One of the most novel ventures in the
history of placer mining is about to be
undertaken by Chicago men, who have
| planned to make the fortune of a
Monte Crsto from the bed of the STAN
islaus river. If the project is success
full, says the Sonora (Cal.) correspond
ent of the Chicago InterOcean, it will
| be the making of several new million
aires. Competent mining engineers
who have investigated the matter pro-
nounce the ground very rich and the
plan of working it very feasible. Test
pits have disclosed the presence of free
gold In immensely profitable quantities
Beside this, seven million dollars of
profits have been made by other parties
on adjacent claims on the same stream.
All the preliminary work has been
done, even to the construction of a sub
stantial dam, and the taking out of
gold will be commenced as soon as
pumps, engines and similar outfits can
be installed.
The Stanislaus has been a favorite
and profitable field of operation for pla-
Ger mining and scores of fortunes have
been taken out of its bed. There is one
spot, however, that has hitherto resist
ed all efforts to uncover it's treasures.
1t is a stretch some fifteen hundred feet
in length, the bed formation of which is
Of such n nature that II has been inn
possible to construct dams that would
keep back enough of the water to make
pumping effective. Above this point
for many miles individual miners and
companies have earned large
profits Just above it one concern has
paid dividends of seven million dollars
on a comparatively nominal invest ,
ment Nearly the entire river bed, with |
this one exception, has been worked |
over many times, and every effort has !
repaid the adventuresome toilers, de- [
spite the fact that all the virgin soil |
has been gone over carefully. Know |
ing the richness of the rest of the |
stream many prospectors have tried TO |
get at the deposits in the fifteen hun !
bred foot stretch referred to, but all ]
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THE CUDAHY CASE.

Many mothers and fathers who read
Cudahy, Jr., will feel at least tempo
rarily thankful that they are not rich
enough to excite the cupidity of such
villains as those who captured young
Cudahy and held him for a ransom.
The case Is full of interest, and, if we
have the true story of it, is we'll cal
culated to disturb other rich parents,
and lead them to be extra careful
about their children. We print this
morning letter sent by the kidnappers
to Mr.. Cudahy, and 1t is an ingenious
and impressive production. Especially
ingenious and impressive is 1t in it's
reference to the Charley Ross case.
Those who are inclined to think that
it was Mr.. Cudahy's duty to society to
refuse to deal with the kidnappers
should ask themselves what effect such
a letter would be likely to have upon
an affectionate parent. 1t would re-
quire very uncommon sternness in such
a parent to refused to be moved by it.
Everybody will be glad that young
Cudahy is at home safe and sound,
but there will be much uneasiness for
awhile unless the fiends are speedily
caught. If they are not caught it will
probably not be long before they, or
others like them, will try the same
game again. OF course every effort,
backed by money enough, will be made
% catch them, and it will be very good
news if they are caught.
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LORD KELV1N'S FAITH IN FIG
JRES,

LORD KELVIN's FAITH IN FIG
URES.
| Lord Kelvin, otherwise Professor
| William Thompson Is a world famous
scientist, with fellowships and member
ships galore in the learned societies Of
the civilized nations of the world. He
is but a little less than eighty years of
age, but still retains the place that he
! has held for over twoscore years, Of
professor of natural philosophy in the
University of Glasgow, the institution
where he himself was educated AS a
professor he has some peculiarities, and
one of them is the habit of saying,
when a doubling question is put to him
as to the absolute certainty of some
proposition:
Didn't I figure that out MYSELF"
The question is not put irritably or
realistically, as rule; it is merely the
natural remark of man who has been
an acknowledged leader of worldwide
fame for SO many years.
One day, when lecturing on electrici-
ty, he tald his class that, while a volt
age of three thousand or so would be
fatal to q man, voltage Of, say some
three hundred would be perfectly harm
less.
With a current of far more than or
binary voltage he was going to give
them a practical illustration Of the fact
on himself, right there before them.
The students could hardly believe their
ears, but as he stepped toward the
electrical transformer a cry of dissent
and horror went up.
TRY 1t on dog! Try it on an ami
mall" came from all parts of the lee
ture room.
Lord Kelvin turned in stiff dignity
and cast a look of reproach over the
class. These were his own pupils who
We're doubling hint was in his be-
loved University Of Glasgow. To doubt
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shows the destructive power of the star
fish. He put one star Of average size
in dish with fifty-six clans, the larg-
est of which were about the length of
one arm of the star. Inside of four
hours two of The clans had been de-
youred. The star kept up its work
without cessation and in six days had
devoured over fifty clans. At this rate
six hundred stars could devour 10000
CLAIMS in SIX days
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on some miner point would not have
hurt him, but to think that they could
question the reliability of his carefully
prepared figures on matter of such
moment was really painful. For a few
moments he looked at them in silence.
Didn't I figure 1t out MYSELF" he
said at length; and then there was only
silence as he continued on his way to
the apparatus and safely turned the
tremendous voltage into himself-Phil-
adelphia Post.
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-iNOIH ER STORY,

The Board of Finance isn't going to
lie down and be walked on by the Court
of Common Council unless it is strictly
necessary. And it has some reasons for
sary. There seems to be room for doubt
that there was a genuine two-thirds vote
in the board of councilmen, as the pres
ident didn't vote. 1t is pretty certain
that the Court of Common Council
hasn't any right to NEEDLE with the SAL
aries fixed by the Board of Finance
And it is also claimed that the Court
of Common Council hasn't any right to
estimate that there will be more income
than there will be. In view of these and
other things the Board of Finance has
voted that the City Clerk be directed
to notify the several departments of the
city government interested in the at
tempted changes that the same are re-
garded as imperative by the Board, and
that no expenditures by said depart
ments in excess of the sums fixed by this
Board will be approved"
So the battle is on. And IL may be as
long and fierce as some of the battles
which took place under the old charter
were. But as eternal vigilance and
eternal fighting are the price Of liberty
the new fight is both interesting and i'm
portant
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Tlte lunrnat ind WulIrtec
AnvnRTIsING RATES.

Situations Wants, Rents, and other smais
advartigements, one Cent Word ench III
sert:on Five Gents Word for full wTe@
seven tiIDesi. a..
Display advertisements, per linen. one 70 70
ser,inn Al ~. e9oh subseouent inceriion. 40
cents; ore week, $500: one month, slV' onS
year. $40 ,r
Obituary Notices, In prose or verge ~
cents per line. Notices OF Births. Mar nh
ages. deaths. and Funerals, so cents eaeh'
local Notices. 10 cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited 10 lhtie
own immediate business tal matter 70 De
nnobtectlonable), ard their contracts 40 wv
include Wants. To Let, For Sale. etc.
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peers and commoners. Even a Knight
Of the Carter if he has no other title,
ranks below Barons eldest son, and
the Chancellor Of the Exchequer, who
may be said to have taken the place of
the Lord High Treasurer has to walk
behind the Master of the Horse.
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The game commissioners at Albany
estimate the number of deer killed in
the North Woods this season at 5000.
The express companies handled 1,O20
carcasses SO saddles of venison, 95
heads. The commissioners say that
where the swell sportsmen kill one deer
the permanent residents and the lum-
bermen kill four
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-21

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, the pres
fdent of the national womans suffrage
associa ton, predicts that the United
States will have woman for president
before the end of the twentieth century
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A committee of the London county
council has just prepared scheme for
the erection by the municipality of
nearly eight hundred cottages for work
ingmen. 1t is proposed to buy thirty
one acres of land near car line on
which the cottages will be built They
will contain from three to five rooms
each. Provision is made for two
streets planted with shade trees and
an open square. About $500 persons
can be accommodated under the plans.
Rents would be from s1.70 a week for
three room cottages to $2.65 for those
OF five rooms. The cost Of the site is
100000.
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Lord Salisbury, by exchanging the
Foreign Secretaryship for the office of
Lord Privy Seal, gains quite number
of steps in that fearful and wonderful
thing known as social precedence, says
the London Chronicle. After the Sow
ereign and the Princes of the blood
come. first the Archbishop of Canter-
bury next the Lord Chancellor, and
then, in order, the Archbishop of York,
Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Lord High
Treasurer, Lord President of the Privy
Council, Lord Privy Seal Lord High
Constable, Earl Marshal. Lord High
Admiral, Lord Steward of Her Males
tvs Household and Lord Chamberlain
of Her Majesty's Household These are
all superior to mere Dukes, however an
cient their titles may be, and Dukes, of
course, dominate everybody else, both
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-21

The French minister of education has
sent out a circular to schoolmasters
throughout France enjoining them to
nay especial attention to the subject of
temperance. This is in accord with
prevailing ideas that only through en-
vironment and the earlier instruction
can the ravages of drunkenness and
crime be stayed But the hygiene of
the subject will be laid before the schol-
ar in France, and he will be required to
pass an examination in the why and
wherefore. A Paris correspondent says
the reason of this course is to be found
in the extraordinary increase of perni-
cious drinking during the last twenty
years 1t was not until the phylloXera
devastated French vineyards and drove
the people to other drinks than pure and
abundant wine that drunken men be-
came common. Wine that had seldom
caused tipsiness became dear, and bad
alcoholic drinks took it's place,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-21

They are discussing the theater in
Boston, and the Transcript points out
that the first theater in that town was
established in response to petition to
the general court that "a theater, where
the actions of great and virtuous men
are represented, under every possible
establishment which genius and elo-
quence can give, will not only afford a
rational and innocent amusement but
essentially advance interests both pri-
waite and political; will have a tenden-
cy to polish the manners and habits of
society, to disseminate the social affec-
tions and to improve and refine the lit
efary taste Of our rising republic"
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John d. Rockefeller has given the
of Chicago in all $9,1S3,S74.
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Vice-Admiral Accini, of the Italian
navy, who is also a senator, has writ
ten an article of very pessimistic
character regarding the italian navy
He says that Italy must either re-
nounce her pretensions to be a naval
power or be prepared to make heavy
sacrifices. His programme would in
volve the expenditure of $66, 50OOOO in
addition to the ordinary estimates, the
work to be spread over several years,
The italian papers that comment on
the article credit the writer with ability
and patriotic intentions, but do not see
where, In the present economic condi-
ton of Italy, the funds are to come
from:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-05
MAID OF HARLEM WINS.
She Takes the Russet Handicap. Heliobas Wins
the Flight Stakes.
(By the Associated Press.) }


New York, Sept A goodsized
crowd enjoyed some close and spirited
racing at Sheepshead Bay today. Win
ming favorites were scarce, Maid of Har
lem in the last event, the Russet Handi-
cap being the only one to score.
Two fixtures were decided, the Flight
Stakes and Russet Handicap. Voter was
a hot favorite for the Flight with Rush
a strong second choice. They ran each
other out so Heliobas and Brigadier beat
them in the stretch Summary:
First, furlongs Inshot, to l, won;
Cherries, s to / and to /, second; Luck
25 to 1, third. Time, 100 40.
Second, 11s miles Bombshell, to l,
won; Belle of Troy, 3 to l and even, sec
ond; King Bramble, to 1, third. Time,
1855 3-5.
Third, The Flight Stakes, Z furlongs
Heliobas, to /, won: Brigadier, to 1
and 2 to 1, second; Voter, to 5. third.
Time, 1:25 3-5.
Fourth, l mile: Borough, II to /, won !;
West Baden, s to / and to /, second {;
Chanticleer, to /, third. Time, :42 1-5.
Fifth, furlongs: Colonel Paddep, IL
to 1, won; Hunting, to 1 and to 5.
second; Annoy 10 to /, third. Time,
1:13 As.
Sixth, The Russet Handicap, 11h miles
on turf Maid of Harlem, IL to 5, won;
David Gerrick, 3 to 2, and even, second;
Laverock, s to 1, third. Time, 2;35.
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F1ENDIsH DEEDS BY CHINESE.
American Women Missionaries Stripped, Dis.
honored and Foully Murdered
Copyright, 1900, by Associated Press.)

Copyright, 1900, by Associated Press.)
Shanghai, Sept. 4.-Dispatches an
nouncing that the American Government
refuses to agree to withdrawal of the
troops from Pekin before satisfaction for
the outrages upon and the losses of its
subjects is given have been received here
and are applauded by the entire foreign
colony in Shanghai Any other policy ac-
cording to the business men and mis-
sionaries with whom the Associated Press
representative has talked would be a
vital blow to the prestige of the for
eigners and would weaken their status
in China The local English papers
fercely denounce the proposals to evac-
uate Pekin and say that the Chinese
would interpret evacuation as defeat. The
masses of Cinnamon now believe that the
Chinese arms are victorious.
The Chinese papers printed In Shan-
ghai contain long circumstantial accounts
of alleged Chinese victories at Pekin,
Tien Tsin and Lung Chaoi, and the shops
in the native quarter display for sale
lurid pictures of the Celestial army driv-
ing the European soldiers into the sea
at Taku and cutting them to pieces at