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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-09-21

Rechinaba los dientes, desvfaba
los oios como una 6era, J roja por
Ia c6lera, abri6 ella misma la puer-
la para echaf fuera al desgraclado.
NO comeras mas de mi pan,
dijo, cerrando la puerta detras de
Oreste, poniendo esf I'm una In
noble escena.
El ioven estaba lfvido por la YER
giianza y lleraba.
Baj6 4 la calle y anduvo algunos
basos rozando con la pared. cuando
he oy6 lamar por 81 nombre.
Ell joven Sc extremecio. y levan-
tando los ojos, Sc encontro delante
de Ernesto.
-sD6nde vas? -pfegunt6 este.
Oreste balbuceaba.
NO sc, & tcmar un POGO ell
aife. !. Ia seflora Juana desea es-
tar sola
Sc guard6 bien en- narrar la esce-
ma OCurrida,
-Vamos juntos. : dijo Ernesto,
que parecfa contentfsimo.
Oreste 20 Sc hizo de rogar. antes
bien lie gust6 alejar al sef1Jr de
Juaua apesar de la peri liza de aque-
LA mujer. los modos brntales usa-
dos con 81, Oreste no la habrfa acu-
sado, no procurarfa vengarse: mas
bien la salvarfa costa de su vida.
Il Volveis q casa !-pregunt6
Oreste, que iba al lado de Ernesto.
No.. no volvere hasta la no
che, y quizss tampoco esta noche;
81 me sale bfen, yes desde mafiana
comenZara una nueya vida para mi:
no me faltara NADIA.
Oreste no estaba dotadO de tan
Ca penstraci6n, que comprendiera
Ell acento extraf1o de las palabras
de Ernesto.
- Habeis eacontrado en- que ocu-
parcs?--pregunt6 ingenuamente.
ST.
Me allegro mucho.
-sQue quieres? 20 no puedo es
lar siempre q cargo de Juana, tan
10 mas, cuando no M anna.
NO digais eso.-@se apresur6 q
responder Oreste,--la sef1ora Jua
% IN POGO caprIchosa; pero en- el
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j. S. Poucher, Hundred 81

Now If you We're so foolish as to
look this one, for without doubt this
OF 500 Il year for life, but also to win a
1t does not cost you one cent. One OF
solved in minute, nor an hour, but. is
IT up. for il can be solved and Just think
square TO the left we have printed IS
when properly arranged will spell the
States, one in South America ana one in
as many times as they appear, and no
names you will have used every letter in
names out find only two you Will receive
YOU will have the same chance to win
this advertisement. II you send in your
ing 70 win the money and it may be you
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an,azement written all over his face.
whispered. Look" and pointed IN
| loves direction. Marvel of mar
vals An unmistakable grin was
wrin1ling the surface of Loves face.
erstwhile SO rigidly solemn. 1t was
plain enough that mighty pleasant
thought had crossed mis- mind. as he
sat at the desk Illuminating. and this
| theory of the loOkerS-On was strength
ened when he slapped his knee. rose to
his feet. still smiling. and approached
| the little group. They expected some
| important rev citation. But all he said
was this
| Il say. boys, hows Sue Pritchard
gittin' on down below
! That was not much. but it was deep
| ~ significant His glacial prejudice
| was melting 1t was Fremont Jarvis
who replied:
Il don't blieVe in no woman holdin
| a COVER ment JOB. and YOU know 1T,
! Simeon: but the Sin'ral 'pinion is she
| dom fust trade for woman that :
! had no OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES no eX-
pcricnce like your n. She's leetle
slow in sortin' out the mail night
| times when tie crowds Waitin put
she can read writin as good-well. as
good Us any woman in Beechburg-
ana | hain't heard no complaint
Il want to know" calculated
Simeon. not with sarcasm his friends
! imagined, but in mild satisfaction at
the news. They were q little puzzled
at his placid acceptance of the popular
verdict: but they We're puzzled even
more when he added: Il always
thought pretty we'll of Sue. She
q right smart woman.
He then dropped the subject. and so
| did his friends. But later on, when
| the three We're getting ready to leave,
he startled them with this remark:
Census YOU needn't mind calm
for my mail tomorrow. | guess III
step in for il myself.
and then he srinned again, anu tAe
grin was broader than beforc-yes'
and there was d click in his throat that
resembled d chuckie. This was heap
ing mystery upon mystery; bat the
browning surprise came when Lowe
who was moving to the door with Inc
trio. paused. and shaking his iore-
| finger, grayely said:
IF don't git even with the ad-
| lnltliSIGdiloii SCt. ny
Simeon Lowe. You mind what say.
The next evening Simeon STROBE hlt'
the postotfice. to the great astohiSl'
ment of the villagers there assembled
ana politely inquired for his man
He did more. for he was observed t'
smile patronizingly upon the postmis
tress. and he was even heard 10 say
"a fne evenin'. Mrs. Pritchard.
After that incident. which was duiA
made the subject Of village gossip
Simeon called at the postoillce ever.
dav although his mail for an entir'
week rarely exceeded the limit OF. wv
or three letters and a newspaper: ah'
ha soon increased his daily visits u
two and finally three. Little. by III
tie the village noted that his relation
with the postmistress were becomih
. r,itc confidential. and many were tn
theories advanced to account for III
n,a,oroenon. One conjecture was ina
tho late postmaster, animated
I sentiments of gallantry, was coachln
HI successor in her official duties; bu
: ,ba men who knew Simeon's attitud
! reward the gentler sex Scoffed at IN
{ explanation. and none more coi
! continuously than Census and II
h chums.
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. Simon's part, their surprise gave way
to alarm.
Il don't like the way he's goin' on, =
observed Abe Martin; and the grave
faces Of the others reflected the
gloomy sentiment. They began to
suspect that he had some desperate
/ eXpadi2nt in mind. and wild sugges-
| tioI Of COpley's that he might at
! tempt to resist by force the transfer
of the pCStoliicc effects TO the new in
c1nbe caused all three to glance
! furdvcIy at the Old shotgun hanging
owe the Gil tank.
/ Tic new rOstmistress vas a widow.
I The late Lem Pritchard. her lamented
l.us,anG. had left her $1,000 in insur-
anc, money. ana little else: but with
| this modest capital she had been able
| to start in business as a baker and
! conectioner. and to make living.
| STE was a hearty, rosy. muscular wo-
mal. industrious and thrifty. In Mrs.
| Pris hard's neat and comforta Bile little
| s,lo the government duly established
! it's postal headquarters. and Simeon
! Love became once more Il private citi-
zen.
| TWAS on the evening of the day the
t.alsfer was made that Simeon opened
HIS lbs to speak, for the first time in
4 fortnight. at least in the hearing oC
hiathree admiring and depressed
cro.ics.
Say, boys, wish one of you'd do
1nol favor
Il moment all three We're alert
anC eypectant.
= have got to have my mail you
know" he continued but I'll be
halgod if 1 go after it myself. I'd &c
out of business fust. or leave the
town That woman
Eit here tie memory of the indig-
nit he suffered stifled his utterance
ono 50 fluent. He paused and ncr-
vot,ly stroked his Whiskers, while
Ceras FASTENED to ask what the favor
wa.
q want YOU to drop into her place
on .ou- way over here every night
an, bring me any mail you'll find there
foTme.'
";e glad to do it. old man." re-
sp0ded Census.
s it happened that Census called
| SNGN evening at the new i;OStoiiitt i''
Sinnon-s mail. Now that the ice was
broen. Loves three crOnies locked
fCrl further restoration of his Voca
, | powers. but their awakened nope
t | Wer doomed for time to disappolht
: | met The eX-postmaster showed IL
+ | disposition to join in their converse
: | ito. Whether he was brooding owe
lisWrCngs OF plotting revenge o.
| bot his sOlicit0us companions coui'
0nl con lecture Even the entrance o
/ cstuner failed to break the threa'
.. Of is meditation. for ne waited upoi
o hislatrons in q perfunctory. absent
miIled way Chat was in painful con
, trlt with the garrulous greeting ah'
ittutive service they we've won't 10 IL
civ from his in other days. The SAD
y lenl trio observed; and wondered
The he'd about concluded that thei
= rurler guide. philosopher, an
y e.ied." had been gripped by nope
lesan4ianc holia. when on one hiehioi
:, abievcnine. about month aitei ~
Insulation Of the postmstTess. q sui
pria9c change was marked. IL MI
: re.us who made the discovery HI
triohad scarcely settled thenseiN 5
= Yin their accustomed places :
n the evening when Census W.
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his familiar seat in Loves store, the
proprietor was absent but it was not
| long before he entered, and they saw at
| / glance that something wonderful was
about to happen. His face was flushed
and his eyes We're sparkling with eX-
element, and stranger yet, he was at
tired in a brand-new suit-a luxury he
mad not INDUCED in for, 10, these three
years.
johnnie" he said. addressing the
lad behind the counter, close up the
store" Ii lacked at least two hours of
the regular closing time. The mysti-
ed friends could scarcely credit their
ears. But they awaited the eXplana
ton in silence. and they got an install
ment of it when he turned to them and
remarked:
Boys. I've got n little invitation for
YOU It's rather short notice. but I
don't want you to mind that. You
know where Sue Pritchard lives, down
near the band-stand. Well. I'm Soin'
to ask you to be there at exactly half
past eight. Don't ask no questions.
and say nothin' to nobody. If 1 didn't
need you. l wouldn't have You come.
Then we'll see who's Who
nc liIo tiSl'I4.pSN' ~ SiiN''
several homes to brush up a bit for
the contemplated visit. Census was the
first to arrive at Mrs. Pritchard's, and
there he found besides Simeon. who
shone with elation, and the widow, the
Reverend Josiah Armstrong. the
Methodist minister, and Fanny
Hedges. Mrs. Pritchard's clerk and
deputy postmistress. Abe and Fremont
arrived soon after Census, and 1t dld-
at take the three very long to discov-
er that they were in the presence OF a
Wedding party. They stood aWkwardly
| in corner, speechless with surprise
The mystery was unraVeiled. The
groom was Simeon and the bride was
| the radiant postmistress.
Not until the businesslike ceremony
was over and Simeon had placed the
ring on Mrs. Loves chubby finger, dld
| the three onlookers recover from their
| stuperaction. 1t was then that they
heard Simeon's familiar voice saying:
Didn't / keep my word? Is there
ANYTHING slow about Uncle Simeon?
Bows. / tell you this is a corker on the
administration. Won't they be Wild
| when they hear of it in washington!
| Sue is postmissus. and I'm Sues hus-
| band amt ]? 1t had to be all done on
| the sneak, cause if the President mad
| got wind of it he'd "a tried to stop 1t,
gure's pison Sue, fetch in some o
that ederberry wine. Great woman
hat! She'll tell you when SHE comes
| in that what's hers is mine and when
she promised to love, honor, ana obey
| she meant the postoffice as well as
everything else SO I'm as good as
postmaster again. And what's more,
i've written to the President all abou;
if: and now let him remove her for
yjtt!n' married if he dast'
When the three friends were walk
ing homeyard that eventful night, Cen
sus observed. "Simeon's genius.
And Abe added. He ought to be il
Congress" 1t was the reflective ant
unsanguine Jarvis who sounded thi.
note of apprehension: I'm afeacd tA'
President won't stand it.
Apparently Fremont's forebod.ng:
were baseless. for the President TOOL
HE defeat like q man.-Benedict How
I'll in Harper's Weekly.
|
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AFFIDAVIT.
State of New Jersey,
County of Warren, SIS.

State of New Jersey,
County of Warren, SIS.
Arthur w. Madden, of full age, being
duly sworn according to law, on his oath,
saith:
| am twerty-scven years of age, ana
am now and have been a resident OF the
town of Phillpsburg, in the county Of
Warren and state of New jersey, with
the exception Of about year spent in
the state of Connecticut during my child
hood.
About the month of February. 1890. !
read in the New York World an adver-
tisement of The Bernard Richards Com
pany. Offering 4 prize in connection with
new magazine which they were about
to publish. In answer to my response !
received a circular letter in which The
Bernard-Eichards Company, Limited Of
fered five dollars 4 week for life, or an
annuity u two hundred and fifty dollars,
20 the person suggesting the most appro-
pirate name for this publication, requir-
ing that each competitor should send
with his choice of name one years ad-
vance subscription, amounting 10 the sum
of one dollar. complied with the condi-
tiOil anu sem III as NY tnuitc tilc lidili-'
The Brown Book of Boston" and re-
ceived a receipt, dated March 70, 1900, for
tie one years advance subscription.
/ On April IS 1890, received a letter
, from the company stating that The
corlmittec find that yours was the most
| appropriate name sent in , and have
| awarded you the annuity for life" In
the same letter | was requested to inform.
the company whether wsfi,l the award
in the form Of weekly Payments OF I'VE
| dollars or in the form Of ae annuity OF
two hundred ana fifty dollars. On the
| same dag | replied to the company's let
ter, stating that | preferred the annuity
of two hundred ana fifty dollars.
| On May >, 1900, I was notified by the
company that their representative wou!d
call on me At Phillipsourg, \. j.. Oh the
then following Friday or Saturday, with
certified check of two hundred and fifty
dollars.
| Today, Saturday, May ., 1900. Mr. Ar
! thur ". Tarbeli. representative of the
| Bernard Richards Company. Limited.
| called upon me here at Philipsburg. n.
J.. and handed me a certified check of the
company on the Federal Trust Company
/
made payable 10 my order, for the
amount Of two hundred and fifty dollars,
being the first Gears payment on the an
/ nuity awarded to me above stated.
Prior 70 the appearance of the said ad-
Vertiscmcnt in the New York World.
about February, 1900 / had no knowledge
of the existence or the object OF the Ber-
nard- Richards Company. Limited. and
|
said company except as above stated.
| (SigneD ARTHUR W. MADDEN.
Subscribed ana sworn TO before me thi
9TH day Of May. \. d. 1920
Signed 5. z. SMITH.
NI,Sfar NJ I'N,Dcary- NJ Nayx- Iar-oy-
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Cn1Serreoeeh N2Hs~7
NlItIEzu IT1//zxAAz1S

In the belief that oGr readers may care
to know something further of Mr.. Mad
den, we would say that our representa-
tive found in him young man Of TWEEN
ty-Sevcn, with Il viii to DO ANA a bods
to endure that forcshadow a liberal lon
gevity for the enjoyment Of his good fort
une. With the exception Of a year away
from home teaching school he has spent
his life in PhlIipsburg, Il seIai-active
though Interchangeable town OF some ter!
thousand souls. lying among the cuitivat-
ed hills Of western New jersey. where
they slope gently down to meet the wa
ters Of the De iaware.
Mr.. Madden in speaking of how he
chose the name he sent in said: AS
remember it came in a second the day
after ! saw your advertisement in the
New York World / jotted it down and
sent it in. Then | forgot an about it I'M
til | received yOGr letter That, you
know. is about the way such things eo.'
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these, and decidedly in the majority. were
a long list OF names that sounded possib, {
in every respect. 1t was evidently an en-
barrassment OF riches.
As is now evident. 'The Brown Book
OF BOSTON was Mr.. Madden's contribu-
ton 70 the contest We believe the name
viii iind the same favor with our sub
scribers as il has with US. 1t is alliter-
alive which is something, ii is assoc;at-
ed with a conservative, demonstrating
and durable color. which is more it Is
denocraiically unpretentious, which is
most Like brown bread" Mr.. Madden
suggested, Il; can be made wholesome
for the entire family" This will be on,
aim. An unholten, wnoic-grained prod
net put forth in the ondeavor to meet tho
average perscp's desire fer reading thai
is worth while.
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Co. Mich SEQ; Mrs raiEG1r.'
Mary Booth. Newburl to.' -@-
Minneapolis, MINI: &. '' 'efspL.'
Mcdonald. Stony Creek. Y m
G. Sprague, Clear Lake. { ,. Y.
Thompson, Box -24s, Paris IT,.
Elderton, Pa. Mrs. +. c. l. '' =
Vt: Mrs. w. W. Nichols. IA
johnson, Vancouver, y. G., ca -.-.
certainly would advise you not
have not only q chance to win an
you to read TINS over very careful
one, in fact so hard that it came. ,
cradle Of your time. However, do not eA
cash for the correct answer. In the bloc
and arrange These jumbed letter
One city being located in the Unlta
three cities the letters can only he usld
When you have found the three correct
If you cannot find the three correct
even if you find only two correct names
prizes mentioned in the second half II
will not be disappointed. Someone is go
to try ard if you are a successful con-
you as soon as your answer is received
and look for these three cities. The cor
names has been sealed and deposited wi II
only honest way of conducting a contest,
five parties who have answered this Il T.
and be our guests while in this city. We
possible. The committee will be selected
compelled to act as one OF the commit
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9 CASH PRIZES OF $3.50 EACH FREE.

Will our
every
their natural life $500 cash in advance
in add
prizes $50 each and ffy-eht cash prizes of & in the
which consist of Maine New Hampshire Vermont Ma
o
in
onep
Iowa
Virginia
Missssi
of
JahS2
in
of
and as for trick
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THE REHABILITATION
OF SIMEON LOWE

And that's jest where the admins
tration makes it's mistake" said
Simeon Lowe. the postmaster at
Bccchburg, with emphasis.
He had just finished one Of his night
ly phlippics against the party IL
power. For be it known that PoStmaS-
ter Lowe was a Democrat, and the al
mnistration was Of the opposite party
faith The Republican President hau
been inauCurated two years before,
but Lowe still held his office. IhiS SUI :
prising Indulgence on the part OF the
administration the postmaster at
Bcechburg construed as an evidence o.
timdity. and in the presence OF MS
friends he frequently repciled, with u
sniff of scorn, the idea, conceived by
himself. that the administration eN-
poctcd him to pursue a discreet pol.cE
of political passivity in return for its
favor His silence was not thus TO DE
purcEd scd.
on this February night the post
master had reviewed the policies of the
administration with more than ms
usual acutenpss and asperity, occa-
sonaIy rapping Congress on the
knucklcs by way of variety. his
strong point was the manipulation OF
statistics: ana he had flung them rs
freely and dexterously as if they mac
been handfuis of dried peas at the be
traycrs of the Nation. Even the Ike
publican enemies Of Postmaster Lowe
conceded that his mastery OF StatlStl-
cal information was marvellous.
The auditorium was his Courtr!
store and postoffice. and the audience
w2s the USUAL one. Going back TO th'
day Of Postmaster Loves installation
in Office. You could count on your m
gers the evenings, excepting sundays
when his trio of special crOn!eS an'
admirers were rot present TO listen L
his exposition Of national issues. The!
were Nat Copley, Abe Martin an'
Fremont Jarvis. The first OF thes
was known in the Village as Census
Copley. because he had helped to tax
the federal census of 1880. and la'
changed his politics when the govern
men, by some unexplained oversight
passed him by in making up its list O
cnumerators' ten years later. MART
was the village harnesS-maker, & NEE
Et,le man who wore q fur cap. IN an
out Of doors. from September to MAY
rs if Nature had glued it to his Eeat
Jarvis worked vegetable farm on tn
outskirts Of the village. He was III
critic Of the audience; the others con
pissed the clique.
And that's jest where he az
ministration makes its mistake.
As he concluded. the pcstmastF
leaned forward on The Old desk III;
covered the end Of the counter, an
eyed his listeners.
You're right there Simeon" 81
census. who sat by the stove.
I'd like 10 hear some Repubiica
answer that Argument. Temarkt
Ahe. iiom his perch on a sl!g2r-barr'
Jar:is was seated on cracke
bon. lis was the only mole Of Iii
cord. IF wua you. I.ove." 0
serve! Jarvis. I'D let up . ieetle
nc l'residcat. He'd appint yoUr 81
ceSS"r n a ninnit If he krev- the ":
you ie Hgftin him. Nov. if This kind
'NlN should set to his ears"
but here the postmaster interrupt
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with a snort of disdain. He dasse-
MT" he shouted. resuming his statisti-
cal attitude. You know very well,
Fremont jarvis
At this point the postmaster was II;
turn, cut snort by the entrance OF
newcomer VINO Slammed 'ae "o'I ue-
il:a1 LINN, ml.i a ,.t,'t ,mn, tha+ hefolrned
~. pooe9 , Ml;n - III sn1r,i-rm1lfr
~ I-..i.l,. - ia ,,1,ra THO ar~iyaI
Hi t -. -. I,.,-,,, tit ,.ilIaaa ha.ha,
"a9 ,.',, sl.,, tt,o c.,zattao" asked
!, t. =
, M t .,,''-- ..It iagt come
lor. ~ .,....,ir. ,,,,i1.,
..[yar. might as wen tell you.
Simeon. for you'd hear it soon enough.
| They've been swim you the razzie-
! dazzle at Washington. Your sue
! cesSay'S been app'inted.'
| The news came like Z bolt from the
! blue. Census Was the first to find his
voice. but it was only to cjaculate.
| We'll. I'll he darncG,' Jarvis might
have said. ~ told you so. but he was
| "a tiefnd with a colnpas aipnate sigh.
- ..,,.,.,;,,l ro,. Abo Marin HI pro
-.e.-,..,I +i,,. ,.,...-t,.ai i-r,,;rz- ..Iyho is
| /
ait,l +5. ro.1,o,..
.,''...4 III N ft.e , shea
..,,;.e,-, 1,,., 1is..n NJ th;ar'-;,nd
r.iI.', .,,., r.a,,a,, ++,at IL CARRIED
~ I lta,,1.
IL IT'S -'''i''' ''''''
The postm"ste - neral h'7 "P
pointed Mis-. susan 1FitlH3fI post
mistress at 5eechput@' 20
simeon i-o" ,,o,,e-,,to,. of tbe
- .,,;,,,,t1i,. ,,i,.4,,. Who vas - we'll
i.no,,.n ,.e.a,an Of the civil war"
..,.....,o,..,,. ,..5 ,ot moved =;
r,,sr,a or uttered 4 sound. He ha'
.a,., yIo,l-l,- o4 tho ba9rcr Of eyi
'''i +" ,..r1,. r,ao al,
linillSS' HIT i"'ni""F .
ing on hrsl {" dPepe, 1i''i tl'' ~,
turning !" iheiaiiciiols i,
ire new &C., t--.;.,I,n,
in"isleile' rs ii'N' H.. -,--.17 ii
ms thlh W,lShNA' ~" ai,
glasses ana "'t't'! 'iieii -,
nothing me Ilttic sI""p %io4' ''l.,. :,
stove was ho' i"' as''q ~; NV .,,tions
Us t.r,e' l ", - bachelor. whose con
: ,d,,,,,t for women folk was no secret
~ T.'l'' onnoi,tr,an+ Of Dostmistres