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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-06-11
BfBLiorEcA DE ola DEM0cRAdtAs

a1n resplraba. Corri6 a casa del
medlc6 y a la de Alberto, Carlota
oy6 lamar, y un temblor agit6 to;
dos sus 'embros; despert6 su
marldo y Sc levantaron. 81 crlado,
lloraudo y suspirando, les cont6 10
ocurrido. Carlota csy6se desmaya-
da a los pies de Alberto.
Cuando ell medico lleg6 encontr6
al desgraciado en- TERRA y en- un
estado desesperado; ell pulse palpi-
taba adn, pero ell moVlmiento de
los miembros Sc habis paralizado.
Sc hsbfa disparado sobre la sien de-
recha. Para hscer todo 10 possible
lie sangraron del braz ; corri6 la
ssngre; adn resplraba.
A iuzgar por las manchas desan-
gre habia en- la silla, Sc pudo sacar
en consecuencia que Sc habia dispa
RADIO hallandose sentado en- su es.
crit9rio, quehabia caido enseguida
Y que en- Sus convulsiones habiA ro-
dado por delante del sofa. Sc ha-
llaba tendido junto q la ventana,
boca arriba y sin movimiento. Es-
taba enteramente veStido con frac
azul, chaleco amarillo y botaS,
Los habitantes de la casa, los de
la vecindsd, y muy luego todos los
de la pobiaci6u Sc pusieron en- mo-
vimiento. Luego Alberto. Habian
acoStado a Werthsr en- la cana, con
la frente vendada. Su roStro tsnia
elsello de la muerte; no podia mo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-06-11
WERrHER

terrible caliz EN- que be de beber la
muerte, Td me 10 presentas y yo
lie acepto sin temblar. lQuedan sa-
tisfechos todos les deseos de mi vi
da! lTodas mis- esperanzas, tcdas,
quedan Satisfechas con venir a la
mar tTanquilamente a la puerta de
bronco de la muelte!
iAh! 81 yo hubiese podido murir
por tt, sacriticarme por tt! Moriria
contento ST pudiese devolverte ell
reposo y las alegrias de la vida. Pc
ro ishl solo algunos homtres privi-
legiados les ha sido dado ell verter
su sangre por los suyos y ell produ-
cir adn su muerte, en- ell seno de los
que lie amaban, una vida nueva y
centuplicada.
Quisro que me entierren vistien-
do este mlsmo traie, porque tG 10
has tocado y ssntifcado, Es otro
favor que lie pido q tn padre. Mi
alma volara sobre Ell sepulcro. No
quiero tampoco que me registren
los bolsillos. Aquel lazo de color de
rosa que llevaba al pecho cuando te
conocf rodeada por tus hermanos
Qshl abrazales muchas veces y
Cuentales la historla de su desgra-
ciado amigo. iAdn les veo saltan.
do a mi alrededorl Come me do
minaSte desde Ell primer momentol
Era impossible que te sbandona.
ral---- aquel lazo Sc enterrara
mi lado. iMe 10 regalaste ell dia de
mi cumpleafosl lc6mo 10 recuerdo
todo! iAh, va no saba que aquel
camino conducia hasta aquil.
Calmate, Carlota, calmate.
Estan cargadas. - lSuenan las
docel. ..,., Seal iCarlotal lCarlotal
lAdiosl lAdiosl1
Un vecino vic Ell fogonazo y oy6
la detonaci6n, pero como todo que
do tranquilo no Sc tomo ning1n
trabsj 10 en- ayeriguar 10 ocurrido.
AL otro dis, q las seis, entr6 Ell
crisdo en- elcuarto con una luz. En-
contr6 4 Werthef tendido en- ell sue.
10; vic Ia pistols J Ia sangre; le Ia
mo, procure leyantarle J no obtuvo
repuests Sole puae VbserTaE que
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-06-11

SbSegado q mi alrededor y mi alma
tambien. lGracias, Dlos mic, por
habe ME coneeoido tanto fuego y
Valor eu los tltimos momentosl
Me acerco a la ventana, y adn
distiugo a trav6s de las nubes TEN
pestuosas algunas estrellas espar-
cidas por ell eterno clelo. lVosotros
no desaparecereis! Bl Eterno os lle-
va en- su seno, 10 mismo que mil
Veo las estrellas de la Osa, la mas
uuerida de las contelaciones. De
noche, cuando salfa de tn casa, la
tenia siempre delante. icon que
algeria Ia he contemplate muchas
vecesl ;Cuantas, con las manos le'
vantadas hacia ella, la he tornado
Dor testigo, como un sfmbolo, como
un mouumento eterno de la felici-
dad de que entonceS disfrutabal y
ahora- -Carlota shay algo que
no me silva de recuerdo? sNo te
veo en- todas partesP 5No te he ro-
bado, como un nifio, mil objetoS
insigniticantes que to habias santi-
ticado con solo tocarloSP
iOh, retrato querido! Yo te 10
deio, Carlota, para que 10 honres
como es debido. En Ell he impreso
miles de besos y miles de vec,s lie
he saludado 10 mismo al entrar que
al sslir de mi cuaTto.
He escrito un billete a tn padre,
para que Guide de mi cuerp6 Eu ell
fondo del cementerio, la parte
que da al campo, hay dos tilos, a
"a sombra de los cuales quierO des-
causar. Tu padre puede hacer esto
y no dudo que 10 hara por un ami
90. Pideselo I'd tambien. mo quie-
70 exigirles q los piadosos cristia-
nos, que ell cuerpo de uu desgracia
do descanse al lado del de ellOsl
Hubiese querido que me enterrasen
al lado de un camino de un soil
tarlo vale, para que cuando pasa-
sen el sacerdote y ell levita, diest n
gracias al clelo leVantaudo hacia el
sus msnos, y para que Ell samarita-
no pudiese derramar algunas l6gri-
mas.
IOh, Carlotal Con mano segura
SsguTa J ffme tOlaO 81 fFiO cuantO
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-06-11

yer ning6n miembro; los pulmoneS
Sc agttaban de una manera esp.n-
tosa; unas vece1 debilmente, utras
con suma fuerza Sc esreraba de
un momento asotro que eSpirase.
No habfa bebido mas que IN 50.
10 vase de vino. Eu su pulpjtre Sc
encontraba alberto el Emilia Gaa.
til.
No es possible plntar la conterna.
naci6n de Alberto nj la desespera-
cijn de CarIota.
El yiejo Bale corri6 emocionado
y turbado; abraz6 al motlbundo Y
Sc puSo llorar. Los nifios mas ere.
cidos, corrieron muy pronto su
lado y Sc cayeron apoyados sobre la
cana, J d peSsr de su vlvo dolor,
bessron el rostro y las manos de su
amigo. FL mayor de todos, ell que
mas lie habfa querldo, Sc qued6 co.
mo pegado a sus labics, 6asta que
espir6, y solo a la fuerza pudieron.
arrancarle de allf. Muri6 al medic
Ola. La presencia y las medidas del
Bale impidieron todo des6rden. Sc
lie enterr6 a las once de la noche en-
el punto que hahia escogido. El an.
eiAno y sus hljos siguieron ell corte-
10. Alberto no tuvo fuerza para
tanto. Sc temi6 por la vida de Car
lota. Cuatro trabajadores llevaron
su ataud; ningdn eclesiSstico lie
acompafI6.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-06-11
Tomas Bryan
-ABOG ADO

Titul0 sobresaliente de la facultsd
de Santiago de Galicia, ofrece sus servi
clos prOfesionales en- Mayagtez, calle de
la Rosa nom. 26, en- que tiene establecidO
su estudiO.
Sc encarga de la gesti6n y defense
de tOda clase de asuntOs ante0las COrtes
de Justicia de Mayaguez, San Juan,
Ponce, Arecib0 y Hum&caO.
Para la jurisdiction de Las Marias
Cuenta con un Agente especial residente
On aqueI pueblo, don Francisco FulladC-
Sa, con quien pueden entenderse direc-
tamente los clientes.
HtA, IL A.
The age-herald., 1901-12-11
HOW WELL YOU'RE LOOKING"

From Pearsons Weekly.
 'I once knew man who appeared to me an unessential nincompoop, but he became a millionaire in two years. I will tell you how he did it," said Beer bohm Tree. One day I met him in the street. How we'll you're looking!' he said to me. I was fattered and asked him to dinner, during which he confided to me how fortune had come to him. He wasn't looking at all well. With the familiarity which is distilled from wine, asked him how he, a man of utterly contemptible brains as compared with the pauper who was entertaining him at dinner, had managed to amass so large a fortune. I will tell you. my dear fellow he re- piled. Tt is the simplest thing in the world-all tact. I went up to everybody I met in the street and said, How we'll you're loolxingr In that way I made hosts of friends. They put me into all their good things, and in two years rs- tired from business Thank you for an excellent dinner. Goodby. How we'll you're looking"
The age-herald., 1901-12-11
Season for Quail In Summer.

"In my country the season for quail or cartridges is in the summer" said Joe Catanazano, native of Italy. When it commences to get cold here everybody begins talking about quail on toast, while in Italy the people look for quail in the spring like you do for spring chickens in the United States.
 q suppose this Is brought about" con tinued the Italian, "by the fact that the birds leave the hot soil of Africa as summer approaches and fly north to Italy. The quail are some larger than the American bird, and fly clear across the Mediterranean sea to our shores When they reach land they are so ex- hausted that fishermen put up nets and catch large numbers of them. The birds fly close to the ground as they near the shore and striking these nets they fall prostrate. They revive very quickly, how ever, and are marketed all over Italy.
 q have often been told these, quail or cartridges alight on merchant ves- sels and steal the greater part of their passage across the sea.
The age-herald., 1901-12-11

Raymond. " 0. Scott, s. J. Garrett of Montgomery are at the Metropolitan.
  S. r. MeGhee and ". A. Davis of An niston are at the Morris. c. R. schaffer. ". C. Stone and Vim. Gray of Dadeville are at the Morris. L. T. Daniel of Tuscaloosa is at the Morris.
 George T. Marsh of Huntsville is at the Metropolitan.
 A 0. Gaboney of Brookwood Is at the Metropolitan.
 E M. Crawford and wife of Jasper are at the Metropolitan.
 J. L. Edwards of Talladega is at the Metropolitan.
 P. V. Dunn of Hamilton is at the Metro politan.
 J. A Carter of Columbiana is at the Metropolitan.
 D. o. McGhee and wife of Milldale are at the Metropolitan.
 Charles H. Clark of Childersburg is at the Metropolitan.
 J. W. Andrews of Banks is at the Metropolitan.
 G. L. Culpepper of Tuscaloosa is at the Metropolitan.
 c. G. Smith of Brfarfeld is at the Metropolitan.
 J. s. Freeman of Jasper are at the Metropolitan.
 Judge John A. Inzer and George s. Byers are at the Metropolitan. W. B. Hardness of Epes is at the Met ropolitan.
 E. D. Reynolds and wife of Blocton are at the Hillman.
 Thomas W. Coleman of Eutaw is at the Hillman.
 L. Y. Dear of Eufaula is at the Hill man.
 G. ". Patterson of Montgomery is at the TIillman.
The age-herald., 1901-12-11
FlLlPINoS ATTACK LIZA.
Another Force Attacks Nagpartran,
 But Is Defeated.

Manila, December 10.-Thousands of people are leaving Batangas province for places of safety.
 Gen. Charles M. Bell reports an en- gagement between a force of insurgents at Labo, province of Camarines, and de- tachment of the Twentieth infantry Three Americans were killed. The loss of the enemy is believed to have been havy. General Bell anticipates a speedy extermnation of irreconcilables.
 A large force of insurgents recently at- tackled the town of Lipa, province of Batangas, killing one soldier and several Americanistas Troop F. First cavalry, killed ten of the enemy before the re- mainder of the insurgent force escaped.
 The natives are stirred up by txe clos ing of the ports and bitterly object to recommendation.
 A Filipino force of 200 rif1emen and 400 bolomen recently attacked Nagpartian, province of North Ililocs. Company M, Eighth infantry, drove off the enemy, killing eleven of them.
The age-herald., 1901-12-11
LANE NOT A CANDIDATE.
Only One Aspirant for School Board
 Vacancies.

There will bt two vacancies on the board of education January 1, and as yet there IS only one candidate to succeed either A. O. Lane or Capt. Frank P. OBrien. whose terms expire at that time. The announced aspirant is w. c. Gun ringham, and he is endorsed by the Trades Council.
 Captain O'Brien declares ne does not desire reelection, and MT. Lane writes the Age-lIerald as follows concerning his position in the matter;
 Tn your issue today you say it Is the impression that I will stand for re-elec. tion to the board of education. This is mistake. In no sense of the term am {. candidate. The office is non-politcal, and according to my view, is one not to be sought. I have not sought the position in any manner whs tsoeyer, nor will do so. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen should be entil ely untrammeled in the selection. and whatever acticn they take will be agreeable to me, especially if the burden be placed on other shoulders
The age-herald., 1901-12-11
REHEARSINC FOR
 THE MAY FESTIVAL
Sixty Members of Chorus at Meeting Last Night-Full Attend
 ance Desired.

The rehearsals for the May Music Festi- val are progressing satisfactorily to MT. Guckenberger and the chorus and con sidering the importance of the works to be produced, members of the Choral So- ciety say Birmingham is to enjoy the greatest musical festival ever produced in the South.
 Arthur Foote's grand work, ''The Skele- ton in Armor,'' gives the chorus a hercu- lean task, and it is said this is the most pretentious work yet studied by the so- ciety
 About sixty members of the chorus re- hearsed at the rooms of the society in the Jesse French building last night.
 Professor Guckenberger is anxious that all the old members of the chorus, as well as all who intend coming in this year, be on hand next Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock. The society will hold an in- formal celebration in honor of the birth day of Beethoven.
 Parkers flora Novissima," which is more difficult than "The Skeleton in Ar mor," will be taken up at an early day. This work was produced at the late Yale celebration, Mir. Parker occupying the chair of music at that university.
The age-herald., 1901-12-11
WANT BIGGER SALARIES.

Washington Correspondent of the Cincin-
 natl Enquirer.
 A serious movement Is on foot to in- crease the salaries of members of Con- gress from s5000 to $1O,0OO per annum, the change to take effect with the next Con- gress. The present salary was fixed long ago, when it was a much greater sum comparatively than it is now. IT. those days a salary of $5000 was regarded with considerable respect. but at present it has little attractions for a successful business man, when salaries in private life. are running from s5O00 to $50,000, and to even larger sums Aside from being called on to pay heavy campaign ex- penses a member of Congress must be prepared to meet all sorts of demands on his purse from his constituents, churches, fairs, charitable institutions, etc Indeed, if it were not for private fortunes or the money they make in out side ventures during the recesses of Con- gress, the average member could scarcely live in respectable manner. Many mem- bers spend their entire salaries in cam paigns. and others even more. The atten- tion of those who have no private for tunes is naturally directed to the stock market to recoup themselves, which In some measure accounts for the heavy trading done by the members.
 The House is rather diffident about making the proposition, for fear of the possible effect it might have on it's con stituents, but would welcome it should it come from the Senate. It is proposed that while the salaries of members of the House should be increased March 1, 1903, those of the Senators should not be increased until the expiration of their present terms. In this manner it is hoped the charge of voting for an increase in their own salaries could be met This idea does not meet with much favor from new Senators or those who have just entered on new term of office, who would be obliged to wait four years be- fore drawing the increase, which their more fortunate colleagues would nave been drawing for two and four years re- spective1y. It is thought by those who favor the project that this opposition can be removed and number of members of the House look for an amendment of this character to be made in the Senate to one of the appropriation bills during the present session.
The age-herald., 1901-12-11
TO DISCUSS LICENSES.
Miscellaneous Committee Will Give a
 Hearing Tonight.

The miscellaneous mmittee of the City Council meets tonight in the temporary council chamber to take up the city license schedule for next year and to hear request from the Board of Trade for the repeal of section which in- cludes the ad valorem privilege or license tax on merchants.
 There are many things to consider in the readjustment of license rates and i- will probably require two or three ses- sions of the committee to complete report to the Mayor and Board of AL dermen at the next meeting.
 The merchants composing the Board of Trade are determined to bring about the repeal of section and some interesting speeches are expected. The members of the committee have refused to commit themselves on the subject.
 A meeting of the Board of Trade will be held in the office of John w Tomln- son, in the Alabama National Bank building, this afternoon at 8 o'clock to discuss the matter and give instructions to the committee which is selected to go before the council committee tonight.
The age-herald., 1901-12-11
Coyinuton County Again Quiet.

Governor Jelks' action in sending troops to Andalusia has been fully xindicated. He has prevented any lynchings; he has given the law ample scope, and he has restored law and order to a county that had become a seething sea of passion. He has nipped a race war In the bud, if such thing can be said to have any relation or semblance to a bud.
 The situation in Covington was one of those that will arise when black men become unruly and white men lose their heads. It started from mere wrangle, and grew into race war. If white men forget their en- vironments and circumstances such situation can be readily invoked in almost any county of the State. Skill fully managed no such result is at all possible. It certainly is not desirable. The negroes needed could have been readily captured a day later and tried and punished. There was too much precipitation and unpreparedness un- der the circumstances, for when the sheriff of the county went out we'll backed he had no difficulty in arresting twenty-five negroes or in bringing them to the county jail.
 These prisoners have had prelim- mary trials, and all have been dis charged except six, and the six are now lodged in the jail at Montgomery, where they will be kept until court i5 ready to try them. All in all the trouble has been ended in satisfac. tory manner. Covington County es capes the disgrace of lynching bee and peace, law and order reign there But all should gather from this case that wisdom, caution and prudence are excellent qualities when dealing with any phase of the endless race problem.
The age-herald., 1901-12-11
Mr. Carneqie's University.

The paragraphers do not discourage Tir. Carnegie in the least in his noble cart to place his surplus wealth ,.ere it will do the most good. He Is eeeking new outlets for his vast for tune, and the latest relates to uni versity extension. It is stated that the operation of the new gift is to ex- tend throughout the United States in cooperation with universities in each of the States.
 This, however, undoubtedly means that students who desire to take up t-graduate studies will be aided from the new fund operating through the home institution that the student had attended.
 The new university is to be built in Washington and it's specialties will be scientific development and advanced education, supplementing in that way even the best equipped institutions we now have, and placing the country if possible on the high German level. This cannot be accomplished in a minute, but with so much money sup port it may be possible, and surely will be attained to, in the course of a decade or two.
 The present gift of $10.000,O0O is magnificent, and it suggests further gifts if they are needed. The present gift bids fair to be doubled, and the new university will soon take high rank among students in all parts of the world. When the new university is added to the Catholic University Washington will indeed become an educational center, and one of the finest residence cities in the world. Between MT. Shepherd and MT. Car negie on the one hand and the gov ernment on the other the capital city of the country promises to become The pride of the country.
The age-herald., 1901-12-11
oHARkS ARE coWARDS.

From the Boston Budget.
 The eowardice of sharks is we'll known among men who have been much to sea in Southern waters. The fercest shark will get out of the way of swimmer if the latter sets up a noisy splashing. Among the South Sea Islands the natives never go bathing alone but always in parties of half a dozen or so, in order that they may make a great hubbub in the water and thus frighten away the sharks Once In a while too venture some swimmer among these natives fool ishly detaches himself from his party and forgets to keep up his splashing. Then there is a swish, and the man-eater comes up from under him like a flash and he is gone.
The age-herald., 1901-12-11
WANT AUDITORIUM.
Company Said to Be Dickerine to Put
 In Vaudeville.

It is stated on good authority that there has been an offer made by certain we'll known vaudeville managers to the lessees of the Auditorium to have vaudeville put in the house. The managers are thought to be Jake Wells and Company, who have large circuit in Virginia and who have just closed contract for site in At lanta to build vaudeville theatre there.
 If MT. Wells has made the offer noth- ing definite has been decided on. and it will probably be some time before there is anything positive.
The age-herald., 1901-12-11
Plan to Bring German
 Farmers 10 Alabama

B. Eastman. who has in charge the sale of stock for the German Immigra- ton Society, says the people are becom- ing interested in the movement to bring German farmers to Alabama, and ha hopes to have sl25OO in shares taken in Q short while.
 Discussing the movement yesterday, MT. Eastman said:
 Never was there more suspicious period in which to obtain large numbers of industrious, thrifty German immigrant farmers than the present, the only class of foreigners to be relied or for the per manent upbuilding of the state. Ger many's agriouiturists are nearly in q state of anarchy by reason of the unto- ward condition of the home market, and the pressing of supposed unfavorable leg 1slation by the landlord classes.
 Add to this the burden of support. ing an expensive royalty and a great standing army, the condition of the poor farmers that constitute much the larger portion of that country is indeed deplor- able. As a result well-informed parties predict an unprecedented immigration to this country in the near future.
 Tt is the purpose of Mir. Lesser, through the instrumentality of the immi- grafton society, to obtain fair portion of German farmers for Alabamas vacant lands. Hundreds of thousands acres of land are idle and held to be worthless be- cause they were bought s 1lely on account of the great foreets of nine that once covered them, and now that the trees lave been taken away, like Samson shorn of his iocke, they cease to possess strength.
 This is a very grave mistake. The lands, in fact, have many qualities that will commend them to the thoughtfupag- rlcuturist. In the first place the climate