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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-09-12
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iniurias, de las smenazas, & las
plegarias, las supicas, Sc Gej0
caer al suelo, Sc arrastr0 las rodi
las de Ernest).
oh! -. no me SepaTes de til :
dijo con diferente DtOnacion-di
me que te alegras, que 20 me que
de-
Ell joven no respondfa .
d De modo que no me amas va
no me has amado nuncaY En-
toDces eporque me engafas? sPur
que me dices que cerca de mi eres
Ell mas feliz de los nombre?.
Eroesto, no me mires con esos
terribles ojos; 800 tie -basta que yo
haya debido soportar la colera de
mi padre?
cTu eres quien 10 ha querido
-Debla, pueS, callar y cOnseutir
en- casarme con Ell hon bre que me
proponfa.
-Pues bien, sf-iijo resuelto Err
nesto-era 10 mejor que podfss ha-
Ger, va que yo no puedo hacerte mi
mujer, nj tenerte conmigo.
Juana enrCjecio de vergi Ii .uza
Id OIOodiou eH IL > OJOS IogFlmdS de
rabia. EndeI ezandoSe con furia,
lmpetuOsa, ardiente.
-Te atreves decfrmelo & Ia ca
"a : exciam6 con tai energfa que ell
joven Sc sobrecogi6.
-Responde, responde pues-con-
tinuo la hija del barberC-ahas oil
vidado tus promesas?
Esta veg Ernesto Sc levant6 brus.
camente.
sQue promesas?
-;Ah, tu las has olyidado, yo
no.. 5engo tus cartas. allf
esta Ell recuerdo de todo 10 Que ha
pasado entire nosotrcs. TIL me has
deshonrado.
-6Yo?. estas loca: td eres Ia
que siniste d arrt jarte entire mis-
brazos.
Una o!eada de sangre subi0 al
ceTebro de Juana.
-iAh! miserab BILE. !. vii, me in
sui LAS per ha berto smado, p,r ha-
ber crsido En- tn palab bra.
La hila del balbero Sc Ell trego a
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-09-12
Juana lanz6 una carcajada que
hac6 los nerviOs del iOVen.

Juana lanz0 una carcalada que
etsco los nervios del joven.
az. que? He contestado a
mi padre 10 que debfa -. y le ex-
p1iaue toda Ia historic de nuestos
tros amores.
Ernesto arrug6 adn mas las &C.
Jas, su semblante adquirio una
exrre ion east amenazadora.
-5C6mo? sHablaste con tn pa
dre de nuestras relaciones?
Juana dio dos pasos atras y po-
niendose en- jarras.
Dime, "a que juego jugamos?
--exclam6-- dpoT que debfa callar!
sSoy 6 no soy tu mamante?
--Pero no hay necesidad de Ian
carlo q los cudtro vientoS.
-Pobrecito, ode que themes mie
do?-dijo con sarcasmo y d&sprecio
Juana-- -Squizas de que alguna otra
veDga 4 sacarts los ojosg
No digas tonterfas -interrum-
Il is mucho teas irritado Ernesto =
exp fcate; sque ha eoutestado tn
padre de tn confession?
-Primero me ensef1o Ell hocico,
pero Oreste tom6 mi defensa. ha-
bio por mi; dijo que al fin 10 hecho
est aba hecho y que q mi padre no
le quedaba mas remedio que dar-
nos su solemne bendicion.
Ernesto Sc puso tan lfvIdo que
parecfa que iba q darle un vahido.
-SY tn padre?- balbuceo.
NO entendfa de raZones; enton-
ees yo lie die para terminar que
vendrfa a estar contigo, hasta tan
to que 81 nos perdonara. Y hsteme
a9uf.
Y Juana hizo ademan de arrojar-
se al cuello de Ernesto; pero este
Ia rechaz6:
-ATd no hablas en- serio sverdad?
-dito secsmente.
LIE parece que tengo ganas de
burlarme7-~replic6 Juans. 1Al fn
debiamos de pensar que ssts mo-
msnte Hegarfa.
Mo-. no 10 habfa pensado
nuneao4N 6ijo friamente Erne-to
mientras ds sus ojos brotaban dos
telampagos anunciadores de una
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The most remarkable exhibition of
team work in connection with target
shooting probably ever witnessed In
this country came to my attention
during the big tournament Just closed
az Sea Girt, N. j." remarked a men,
Der OF the detachment that 40 credit
ABLY represented the District of Column
Ola on the Jersey range. to a star re-
porter. II make reference to the team
OF the Ulster Rifle association of Bel
last, Ireland. that crossed the ocean
Tor the express purpose OF competing
In a special match al 800. 900 and l..
00O yards with a team made I'm of
members OF the New Jersey state Rife
association.
After landing on this side the Irish.
men had about ten days to devote to
practice before the match in which
they were to compete was reached on
the program continued the district
sharpshooter, according to the Wash.
ington Star. THE captain Of their
team was an elderly gentleman. with
long. gray beard. But he certainly
knew his business and had complete
control OF the members of the Ulster
association working under his direc-
ton. 1t wa most interesting to hear
him call out to the men about to fire
the windage and elevation to take and
to note that tho riiemen obeyed his
direction promptly and implicitly. 1t
was really educating to observe that
every shot hit the center Of the target.
The captain OF the Irish team, to all
intents and purposes, pulled the trig-
ger of the rifle of every member of his
team for every shot.
The Irishneu won the match hand
lily and the victory was in large meas
ure due to team work. The members
or the Jersey team had had no Oppor-
tnnity for practice together, all their
preliminary work having been lone in
~dividually. But just wait until next
year. We have learned a thing or two
on this side of the water through the |
'isit of the foreigners"
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beck's far. and depicts the trials of
Peter R~hinebeck. a German brewer,
and his friend, Reuben Green. an in
ventOr. The complications are many
and laughable and hinge on a baby
that Rhinebeck finds In his home and
hides when he hears some one COM
ing. The servant finds the baby and
in her hurry to dispose OF It puts IL In
an incubator which Green has invent
ed. When the mother demands the
child II Is finally traced to the servant
who acknowledges having had the
baby and says she put 1t in the in
cubator. The incubator Is opened and
out steps a full grown boy, which
makes q laughable climax of the first
act. Act second takes place at Self
er's Park, where n masquerade and
Summer festival is being held. This
act Ia given up entirely to specialties.
The cast: Peter Rhinebeck, Harry
Watson: Reuben Green. Ed. Edwards;
Billy the Bitter. John Roland; pOstman.
Robert Harry: Burt, Master Redcay:
Reuben McCluskey Green, the baby:
S0phrOnia Cecilia st. Clair, Lulu Mich
OILS: Mrs. Green, Mabel Nichols: Mrs.
Rosy R~hinebeck. Alice Hutchings;
Mrs. Green. Mabel Nichols: Tottie
Fresh. Lulu Nichols: Maggie. Iotue
TART; Mrs. Milby. Frances Gerald Miss
Morgan; Theo Leon; John Robert
Harry; DeFreezington Smyth. John
Roland; Charlie New. Edward Dufln.
During this act Watson, Hutchings
and Edwards gave a sketch. entitled,
"The Dramatic Agent; the Nichols
Sisters sing their lullaby duet, and Mr..
Roland sings "Davy JONES' with a
chorus by the company. The end is
reached by the collapse OF Green's pat
ent folding bed and Rhinebeck being
carried up In the flies by a monster
bat.
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years, . name which nothing can oh.
literate: which must, barring. OF
course, physical disability. grow into q
reputa lion not one whit less glorious
than Nordica's and Mel5a's and Jenny
Lind's.
1t Is pleasant, too. to note that gem
erous-spirltcd Boston people, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. II. Bond of Commonwealth
avenue. have made this triumph DOS
sible. Jerry" has for years been a
protege OF theirs, and Mr.. Bond has
furnished. In large part, the money
for her musical education abroad. To
Mr.. and Mrs. Bonds acquaintance and
kindly interest Is due the opportunity
OF the girls meeting the grand opera
stars while they were in Boston. And
II was an engagement at tie Parker
House that frs. made known to these
great singers the marvellous voice that
she has.
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BOSTON X LUCK.

A Boston girl OF 10 years has been
engaged by the management Of the
Berlin Royal Opera House to sing the
trying role OF Marguerite In Faust,
says the Boston Journal. And what il
more she has been engaged for a per-
iod Of three years. and will be allowed
to present the part In Italian. some
thing absolutely unprecedented upOn
the official German stage. Six months
OF each year this slip of a girl, not yet,
even, woman grown. may have for her
W sweet self to travel where she
Wills 1t. to sing whenever she wishes.
Geraldine Farrar has been engaged
at an almost unbelievable price, a price
so large, In fact. that her own parents
will not yet let their friends on this
side of the water know the exact
amount. At least 1t is $4,000 a year,
for that IL what Maurice Grau offered
two years ago-and he did not succeed
In booking her. Probably the salary
Is nearer 1900 annually! Think
OF 1t. Truly a prospect. so alluring as
to invite the envy of some of the fore
most operatic singers In the world to-
day.
Takes Berlin by Storm
Miss Farrar has taken Berlin quite
by storm. There, where dwell some
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a CLEVER PRESS NOTICE.

IF anybody should tell you about a
crop OF corn growing within half a
block OF Broadway-what would you
think OF him" inquired willard Hol-
comb. literary representative for Mr..
Hackett at Wallack's.
We'll. l should say he had been dal-
lying the distilled spirit Of corn, until
his Imagination had become disor.
dered." was the reply.
well. you just take a little walk
and see for yourself. for otherwise.
know you would doubt my statement
improved"
Sure enough, We found In n little
grass plot adjoining the stage door of
Wallack's theater, on Thirtieth street.
a small patch Of green corn just COM
Ing into ear. There were not more
than a dozen stalks, but they served
to prove the statement that agriculture
Is possible within six doors OF the
busiest street In the big metropolis.
BY the way. there may be grass In
the little plot. but 1t does not grow
under the feet of Mr.. Hackett's repre-
sentative. Willard Holcomb.-New
York Clipper.
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DONOVAN Is DISruYED.

VI. II. Donovan. the professional
walker of Glens Falls, n. ". defeated
Ernest NJ. Campbell, u colorcd NAV,
in a Ave mile race on the one mile
track at that place the other day in
the stated time Of Sim. POS. Donovan
claims to have walked the first half
mile in 3m. 1s.. n mile in GIN. 30hs..
and two miles In Ism. 311as.. in proof
Of which he forwards an affidavit that
Is not properly drawn up. and which
lacks the necessary seal of the notary
public whose name Is attached there
to. If Mr.. Donovan wishes to son.
vince the public that his claims to
record are entitled to credit he should
secure the services of officials known
to be disinterested and thoroughly
competent. and to make trials against
the record under their supervision.
and on some track In or near the me-
tropolls. which will be found superior
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the management OF the Detroit club,
OF the Western league. who signed him
but later sold his release to the Min
neapolis club. OF the same league, int
during the eason OF 1900 he partici-
pated in tw%enty-four championship
contests with Minneapolis. and pitched
some very effective games. His best
pitching performance in any one game
In that campaign was In holding Buff
falo to four safe hits. Minneapolis win
ming by 3 to o. That fall the Brook
Ign club. Of the National league. draft
ed him. and he remained with the lat
ter until late in May. 1901, when he
was released to the Hartford Eastern
league team. After Joining the Hart
fords he pitched some excellent games,
making the fine record of eleven VIC
tories and six defeats. besides pitching
q thirteen inning game with Roches-
ter as an opponent on June ~. at Hart
ford, In which not a u was scored
by either team.
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AQUATIC

Two records at swimming 500 yards
were made In England recently. J.. A.
Jarvis won the amateur championship
at SwindOn, in q minutes S5 seconds.
and J. Nuttall o a professional race
at Doncaster. In 9 minutes SO ga Sec
onds. each man beating his own pre-
yious best figures.
The Metropolitan Rowing Associa-
ton held Its annual FAN regatta ut
Boston the other day. Winners: Sen
Tor single SOULS. G. >. Titus, Union Il.
C., In II minutes; junior single scalls.
Ernest George, Boston A.. A.. In ~
minutes rs seconds; senior fOurs, 81.
Joseph's A. A., In 10 minutes 81 z-s
seconds; intermediate tours. Colum-
bian r. A. in 10 minutes l 3-5 seconds:
intermediate SOULS, George Lee, Union
b. c., In IL minutes 10 2-5 seconds;
junior double SOULS, Boston A. A.. In
IL minutes 81 seconds; junior eights.
Shawmut B. c., In s minutes 40 sec-
onds; senior Fights, Riverside b. C..
in 8 minutes 80 seconds; intermedi-
ate Fights. Jeffries Point b. c., In 3
minutes 22 seconds
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bringing to your enthusiastic and most
deserving people the championship Of
the Connecticut State League. The
honor Is a coveted one. You have
won 1t under admirable circumstances
and conditions. free from faint and
suspicion, and by the strictest observ-
ances OF every principe Of fair play.
May the example you have given us
In 1901 b. IN incentive for emulation
In 1902. The race was n great one,
the hest In the history OF our grand
little league. and to you do we will
ltngly present acknowledgements
and kindly greeting. May your finan-
clal standing be proportionate with
your professional success-great. You
deserve all the good things that can
and Will be said of you, and none. |
assure you. Will rejoice more than,
Yours truly. JAMES II. O'ROURKE."
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tests was held in London in 1894. when
Yale meg Oxford and was beaten i'm
I'VE and a half out OF nine lsadins-
events. In the following year the con
test was held in New York. and Cam
bridge was defeated by Yale in eight
u OF eleven events. In 1890 tho Yale
Harvard team sent To London lost Ave
out of nine contests.
In every case the Englishmen baya
mad the majority Of tho honors when
playing at home and the Americans
nave had a similar advantage when
meeting their opponents on this side
OF the Atlantic. Apparently there IL
something in the effects OF the occar
voyage or OF the change In climate
that units the visitors from doing
their best. The difference In training
Will not account for the phenomenon.
since botn na~tionalities seem TO suffer
alike from transportation. Probably
the partial interruption OF training
during the voyage, coupled with the
change OF food and the lack OF the
familiar home facilities. Will go far to-
explaining the weakening OF the
In each case. The curious
regularity of the see-saw at least indi-
Gates that the college athletes of the
TWO countries are quite evenly
matched.
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DUNN CHARGES IRREGULARITY.

Jerc Dunn lodged a protest against
Lconora Loring, winner OF the great
Gilly Stakes. on the ground OF irregu-
larity Of entry, she being owned joint
~ at the time Of nomination by l.. NJ.
Myers and John DAILY. and the formers
name being given as the sole owner
which is contrary TO the rule. On
Sept. Is the stewards Of the Coney
Island Jockey Club sustained the pro-
test and disqualified the FLY, thus CIV
ing the stakes. $24, 900. to w. c. Whit
ney, whose flly, Blue Girl, was beat
en- Il short head by the winner. Mr..
Myers says he will take the matter
into the courts and try to have the
loss of the money s%houldered by the
breeder. whom he holds responsible
for the error In entry. Sun Flower
now receives second money and Far
Excellence third.
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at = to /. and C.arente Held took all
the Dixon money offered at that price.
fanger was the favo It, with the
crowd. and from the sc,ord round h,
went after Dixon's wind and soon had
the ex-champion badly colored over
the stomach and kidneys.
In the introductory round DO h
spared cautiously. Yanger 'iom the
outset led for the s'omach. but Dx,n
countered nicely. and the round brok
evenly. In the second both men fought
very fast and the inHghting was the
speedicst ever seen In st. Louis. Yan-
ger landed body blows at all times, but
the coloTed boy took his punishm mt
gamely.
The third. fourth and nth round,
were speedy, but neither man wao
hurt. From the sixth to the conclud.
Ing round the fighting was or q cy-
clonic nature; 1t was a case OF Civ.
n take. Yanger was at al. times the
assressor. His Ell active blows were
on Dixon's stomach. ID xDu's groaas
could be heard all ov3r the hall.
In the concluding round Yauge.
tried to finish ID kan, bu, tie gong
saved the little co!ored boy. Si.er's
decision met with the approval OF ever
1000 persons VINO were present.
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sOcKALAxIs. sORROw

Flat on his back. unable to move
either hand or foot, and q confirmed
cripple from rheumatism, lies Louis
Sockalaxis. who became famous as a
star on the Holy Cross baseball team,
where he played for three years. His
career afterward In professional ranks
was dazzling. He is dragging out a
painful existence In the modest home
OF his father on a little island In the
Penobscot river, not far from Old
Town. which is set apart as an Indian
reservation, For months Sockalaxis
mas beer suffering from rheumatism.
Little hope is given that he will ever
be much better.
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THE CHAMPIONS or cAS.D..


The annual championship field meet
ing of the Canadian Amateur Athletic
Association was held at Toronto, Ont.
the other day. the winners being a.
follows: 100 yards rum, ]. ID. Morrow.
McGill University, in 10 rs seconds;
putting the shot. F. q. Beck. Yale Uni
versity, ~ feet 10 IL inches: pole
vault. G.. Nick. Hall. Buffalo Univers-
ity, IL feet 2 inches: one mile run.
Alex Grant, New York A. c., in 4 min
utcs 81 seconds; running high jump, S.
>. Jones. N. Y. A. c.. S feet II IL
inches, go yards run. j. p. Craig.
Montreal. A. A. a., In 20 is seconds;
throwing SO pound weight, T.
O'Rourke, Toronto, l.. A. A., rs f,er
8 inches; throwing the discus, T.
O'Rourke. 7. l.. A. A.. 1903 feet II
inches; $50 yards run. Alex Grant, N.
Y. A. c.. In 2 minutes | l-5 seconds:
running long jump. II. A. Bray, T. l..
A. A., q feet s inches; 44O yards run.
J.. ID. Morrow. McGilI University, in
81 l-5 seconds: throwing the hammer,
j. Macarthur, Montreal Police A. A. A..
123 feet Z inches, 100 yards hurdle race
s. s. Jones, N. Y. A. c.. in 16 So Sec
onds.
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M.cAxN.s GREAT SHOWING.

The Brooklyn club has decided that
young McCann will he fast enough for
its team next season. The wonderful
showing he made during this season
pitching for the Hartford Eastern
league team has convinced the former
to that effect. McCann was born jan
uary 3. 1876. at Baltimore, Nd, and
learned to play bali while attending
Rock Hill college. at Eiiicott City. Md.
Ills professional career began with the
Hanover (Pa.) team in 1896. He re-
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ENGLISH ATHLETES pErEArEp.

The athletes of Yale and Harvard
met the representatives of Oxford and
Cambridge at New York and defeated
the English collegians In six out of
nine events. This result is strictly In
accord with precedent. 1t is a curious
fact that In all the international ath-
letic contests between English and
American collegians the visiting ath-
letes. whether on n side or the other,
always have been worsted to a greater
ar less degree. The first of these con-
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JOSEPHINE LUDwrc.s SUCCESS.

Josephine Ludwig vas born in st.
Louis. Mo-. where she won local fame
for her excellent voice. She r.
nally went abroad and studied under
Bouhy. Capoul, Morchesl and other
noted vocal teachers. A year and q
half ago she was secured by Henry
w. Savage and made her debut with
the Castle Square Opera Company last
October In Chicago, appearing as Mar
suerite In Faust" in which she
scored an immediate success. Her next
appearance was made in her native
city. where as juliet in Romeo and
Juliet" she duplicated that success.
Since that time she has sung all OF
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GRACEFUL CONGRATULATIONS.

After "A hard battle between Bristol
and Bridgeport for the Connecticut
League championship had been settled
In favor OF Bristol In the very last
week OF the campaign. Manager
O'Rourke, Of the Bridgeports. had the
courtesy and sportsmanshlp to send
the victors the following neat letter
Of congratulation:
Mr.. John Kennedy: Dear Sir-I
want at this time to extend to you,
and the gentlemen associated with
you, my sincerest congratulations for
the success achieved in winning and
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NAMED with II two season. In 1897
he signed with the Hamilton team. OF
the Canadian league. and during that
campaign participated In twenty-eight
championship games; He stood second
among the o~utielders. With a percent
age OF .s4S. Just q single point behind
the leader. He began the season OF
1898 with the Hamilton team, but fin
ished 1t with the Chathams, or the
same league. he having been loaned to
the latter by the former. and again
participated In twenty-elght champion
chip contests with the two clubs. ilI-
ing the pitchers position for both. He
was with the Hamilton team in 1899,
and durtng that campaign he took part
ia fortyseight championship games,
AMI made such a creditabie showing az
q pitcher as 10 attract the attention ri
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DENNY YANGER,s VICTORY.

Bennie Ysnger, the Upton Slasher.
received the decision In st. Louis at
the end Of a fifteen round bout with
George Dixon. The contest was q
spirited n from start to finish and
i.eferee George Siler had much trou-
Ole during the contest S painting tac
fighters.
ianger was made the premier cholc,
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-10-18
JOSEPHINE LUDWIG.

the leading female roles in the grand
opera repertory of the Castle Square
Opera Company. winning other espec-
iai successes as Aida, Elsa. Media and
Musetta. Her first New York appear
ance was made at the Broadway thea
ter the other day as Musetta in La
Boheme."