The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-05
The ADVERTISERS
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takes the longer endinEs. ecito lecico), ecillo. ezuelo. In the following examples the masculine primitive or the form in O hermanito. little brother. Regalo gift. rc- galito. little or nice gift. Guapo. pretty, guapito. nice and pretty. Joyen, young, nIr ssua fresquita. % nice. @ cool I' water Despa. spa cio. slowly, despacito or algo despacio, rather slowly.
 (b) The most common augmentatiye endings are on, ona, ago. aza. indicating largeness or grntesqueness: ote. ota, acho (ucho), acha indicate contempt. Exam! ples: Cigarro. cigar, cigarron. big cigari cuchara. spoon- cucharon. ladle: boca. mouth. bocaza. big mouth; hereje. here tic, herejazo, or herejote, great heretic; casa, house, casuSla. wretched house:
 pueblo, people. populacho, populace or | tc) The suffixss nEo and ada are often added to names of instruments or weap- ons. the word thus nerived meaning the etc. Examples; Abanico. fan, abanicazo. blow with fan; fusil, gun. fusilazo, Gunshot; lanza, spear. lanxada, spear thrust; campana. bell. csmpanada stroke (O sometimes these endings appear to have lost their meaning or to have under gone change. Thus senyora, lady or, as
 ps brssd sves of bread; varon. man, hero; ladrillo. brick; conejo. coney or rabbit: billete, ticket, etc.
 H, Business letters often use set forms and abbreviations that our simpler modes of address do not prepare us to under stand. Hence few explanations. The opening address is usually: Muy Senyor mic, dear sir; muy senyores mios. gentlemen. Before the signature to the letter, if gent to a gentleman, one often sees the abbreviations: c. $. 5. M., or O. M B. saue oesa gus. gus manGs WSo or kisses que
 your hands. This is sometimes accom- panied by: Afmo y atmo tafectisimo y atentisimo), most affectionate and atten- your constant or trusty servant. Familiar letters to a lady often end with the ab- breviation: Q. D. s. F. or Q D. r. b. (que besa sus pies or que sus pies besa),
 In business style the word carta, letter, must be supplied in several forms of ac- knowledgment: la favorecida de w., your comm'unication; conHr' d G ma la estimada de V. your
 esteemed favor. The abbreviations ina, for fecha, date. and ida. for fechada. dat ed, imply carta. letter. also. Note further the form of abbreviation for a plural
 word: Muy s. s; mios, gentlemen dn the United States etc.
 The passages for translation are rom Castelar,, the great orator of Spain. who died last summer, and the Cuban poet. Heredia, from whom we have already
 borrowed. We give a few lines Of his
  translation by William Cullen Bryant
 SENTENCES OF CASTELAR, ON SO-
 CIALISM.
 ?Cual es el ideal de la sociedad antigua3 La representation de Ia sociedad DOT un solo hombre revestido de un derecho su. perior de un derecho divino. En virtud de este derecho divino. en virtud de este derecho, toda vida eEtaba regulada DOT ei
 Estado. desde la vida de Ia inteligencia ln x,fA a fndTQfria vino la revolucion? A matar eso immense poder, a difundir el derecho entre todos los hombres, a realizar la libertad. !En que consiste el socialismor En detener este movi miento oe libertad. al menos erl la esfera del credito, en la esfera del trabajo en Ia esfera del cambio ;a vol yer. pues al ideal antigua. a consagrar ell monopolio del Estado en favor de una clasc La iemocracia es enemiga del so- | cidiismo. La oposicion al soclalismo ha | sido seterna en la democracia. Nuestros hermanos de allende los mares, al escrtbir | eI acta de los derecbos naturales. que ha sido el primer ideal de la revolucion. con- l sagraron la propiodad como la raiz de la vida. Los Nepublicas americanas todas | que en medic de sus grandes desgractas, | provenientes del socialismo anonasttco y 1 preporiano, legado del regimen colonial
 han abolido la esclavitud y prestado gran | des servicios a la civihZacion. fundaron y
 consagraron indeleblemente la propiedad. The above is taken from an essay on | socialism by Castelar,, which is the in- | troduction to Fabra's el Problema Social.
 Madrid, 1892.
 Explanations: Revestido. clothed en- | dued.-Derecho. right, law.-Toda vida. all life. life as a whole.-Estado state.-Des-
 for what?-Vino. came, did come.-A ma | tar, to kill, slay.-Poder. power.-Difundir, | to diffuse, extend.-Detener. to stop, hin-
 der-Movimiento. movement. progress | Al menos, at least.-En la esfera. in the | sphere.-Trabajo, iabor.-Cambio, ex- change.-Consagrar. consecrate. establish. -Socialismo, socialism. de all
 lende los mares, brethren beyond the seas | (Castelar here means the Spanish -Ameri- l cans).-Al escribir el acta, in writing the
 record, declara aration.-Propiedad. property,
 ownership.-Como Ia raiz de Ia vida, as | the root of life.-En medic de, in the
 midst of.-Desgracias. misfortunes.-Pro- | venientes. arising.-Monastico v pretoria
 no. monastic and military.-t.egsdo del system.-Esclavitud. slavery.-Prestado, | lent rendered.-Fundaron, founded.--1n- deleblemente. indelibly. indestructibly. FROM HEREDIA'S FL NIAGARA. | Nunca tanto sentiO como este dia Mi soledad misero abandono Y lamentable desamor.-?Podria En edad borrascosa
 Sin amor ser feliz? !Oh! .Si una hermosa Mi carinyo fijase,
 Y de este abismo al borde turbulento Mi vago pensamiento
 Y ardiente admiracion acompanyase! Como gozara, viendola cubrirse De leVe pauueZ, y ser IldS Delid En su dulce terror, y sonreirse Al sostene-la mis amantes brazos- Delrios de virtud-!Ay! !Desterrade, Sin patria, sin amores.
 Solo miro ante mi llanto y dolores!
 FROM BRYANT'S TRANSLATION.
 Never have 1 so deeply felt as now The hopeless solitude, the abandonment, The anguish of a .oveless life Alas.
 How can the impassioned, the unfrozen heart
 Be happy without love? would that one.
 Beautiful, worthy to be loved and joined In love with me. TOW shared my lonely walk
 On this tremendous brink. 'Twere sweet Her dear face touched with paleness. and
 More beautiful from fear. and overspread With faint smile while clinging to my side.
 Dreams-dreams! I am an exile. and for There is no country and there is no love.
 The original and the translation are said to belong to the year 1924, point which
 we have not been able to verify. But
 there is no question. we think, of the source of either or of the excellence of both, this fragment of which may fitting
 IV close the final lesson of our introduc-