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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-01-28
DECPETESE: por la AsonabIsa Legtslattva de
Puerto Rico:

AbCfEEL ESE: pOF Gu AS0nlOt6U AGQtStuLtUU 0S
Puerto Rico:
Artfculo l. La Comps 1fa de los Ferroca-
rifles de- Puerto Rico, sus sucesores cestona-
rios, quedan por Ia presente exentos del pago
de toda contribution, de cualquier nombre y
nAturaleza insular municipal local, por el
peIfodo de veinte cincio (25) sfios contar de
Ia fecha que dicha Compsfi Acepte ciertas
oTdenanzss votadas por ell Consejo Executive
de Puerto Ricoa en- 20 de Octuhre de 1901, por
las euales Sc concede 4 Ia citada Compsf1fA de-
recho para extender sus lfneas ferroViarias
entire cier*os purtos de Ia Isla de Puerto Ri
CO; debiendo Ia mencionsda exenci6n del pago
de contribucones incluir cuslesquier contri-
tribuciones antes de ahora impuestas sn Ia
actualid&d adeudadss, comprendeF las lfness
de ferroearril fncas anses de shora construi.
aas adquirtdas per la referida Comr&nfa asf
como las llueas do ferrocarri Hncas que en-
adelante Ia de construir adquirir.
Artfculo .. Que la Port America Company
corporation orRanizada con arFeglo las leyes
del Estsdo de Nueva Jersey; sus sueesOres y
cesionarios quedad por la presente exentos del
pa go de toda clase de contribuciones, insulares
nunicipaies 8 locales, durante el parfo1o de
construction por espacio de ounce afios des-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-01-28

Ademks saldra todca los diAs un yApor 8
Ias s. so da In MARIANA de Catano para Ia Capt.
tai otro las els de la tsrde dssds 10 Capt.
tai para Cataro, no tsntendo, por shora, sstos
dos vaporaa mbinaciCn de trenes.
BayamGn 81 de Agosto de 1901,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-01-28
RITZE, LJTNDT & co.
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RonsOn Steamship Line,
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Liverpool.
vauerss CorreOs do sObrlHOs do Herrera
Habana.
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Galveston.
De las siguientoS Cornpafifas de Ase-
garos contra incendio.
LA BALO1sE,
HAMBURG BREMENSE,
AACHEN u MUNICH.
AsEHUROS MARITIMOS
Norts GsrmGnica.
ReDPSS0m tan SGS
dal Board of Underwriters of New York.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-01-28

Iti nerario do Trsnes Vapores cue regirA
desds Ell dia de sseptiembre de 1901.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-01-28

@obra oil tema que lndica este ruhro, dArA
sl 1uevss una confersneia r6blicA en- oil <Ate-'
neoS-Capital-el eon0cldo iurissonsnlto don
Rolendo Matianzo Cintr6n.
Muehas personals ne prepAran para otr La
peroraei6n del eloausnas confer anoista.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-01-28
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IA en- los establecirnientos siguientes
seHorss Allsm Company, Plaza Al
fonso XII.
Farmacia r. H. Patron, San Jasso ..
id. Zerbf, PHerta-tierra.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-01-28
CAMARA De DELEGADOS
PROYECTO DELEY

exmir e de conbucone periodic aos
certos ferrocarres la construction exploitation
cuales han sdo concedda fnquicias For Conseo Ete
cutivo de Puerto Rico.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-12-19

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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-08
Food and Character.

That certain kinds Of food affect man
mentally, morally and physically Is well
known. 1t is by no means impossible that
porridge has contributed largely to the
characteristics of the Scotch; that it makes
their men brave brawny and shrewd, and
their women bithsome and bonny, and
their whole nation pious. A professor OF
physiology insists that the inferiority of
the Celts Is due to their universal use Of
the potato as the chief staple Of diet. He
says that no man can live on potatoes and
amount to anything. An exclusive diet of
potatoes has no doubt contributed largely
to many Of the characteristics Of the Irish.
Beef and beer through many generations
have no doubt had their influence on the
Englishman. They have made him stub
born. opinionated, self assertive and q good
fighter. His intellect, like his beer, is both
strong and heavy, and not intrequently
tinged with bitterness. The French, with
their notable variegated diet, are equally
whimsical in their minds. This Is also
the case with the Americans, who have
perhaps the most versatile minds as well as
the most abundant bill Of fare Of any ma
tion. Wa will not go 30 far as to define
which is the cause and which is the effect,
but we insist that the diet Of the average
Londoner is far from being the best for his
physical and mental health.-London 10.
fa1
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Whence the Acorn?

The male flowers Of the oak are gathered
in distant clusters round long, swaying
stalk. They approach much nearer to the
conventional idea of flower Individually.
Instead of being mere aggregation Of
anthers, or pollen cells, on simple scales,
those of the oak are possessed Of distinct
starlike, hairy calxces, each marked OF
into six or seven lobes and containing ten
slender stamens, with two celled anthera
Then tho female flowers, which are usual
" two or three, near each other, but not
connected, consist each Of an ovary, with
three short curved styles, and invested by
a calyx that adheres closely to it and be-
comes the husk, or shell, Of the acorn. The
whole, except the styles, is held In cup
formed of many small overlapping scales,
which afterward lose their individuality
and shrink into mere roughness on the out
side of the cup that holds tho acorn, for
only one of the six ovules contained In the
ovary develops into an acorn (seed or corn
of the &C, or oak).-Good Worda
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-08
Good Roads Object Lesson.

Four or five years ago the town OF
Hampstead, Queens county, N. Y, voted
to spend $4O0, 900 in road improvements.
Farms at the time were worth from $50
to 500 an acre. They are now worth
several hundred dollars an acre and re-
turn good interest for those who pur-
chased them at that price. This has
been such an object lesson to their
neighbors that understand something
like 81, 900, 900 will be spent this year
in other parts of Queens county and
neighborhood in building good roads.
This may seem large amount Of mon
ey to be spent for the purpose, but ow-
ing to the character of the soil and the
fact that good road material must be
brought the cost of construction is high
er than it would be in most parts Of the
state,
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General Grant Favored Good Roads.

Nearly 30 years ago General Grant,
in enumerating necessary lines of pub.
lie improvements, named the public
schools and highways. Once, when he
and General Sheridan were in remi-
niscent mood, the old commander said
to Little Phil, speaking Of the latter's
famous ride to the battle Of Cedar
Creek: SHERIDAN, if that battle had
taken place after prolonged rain and
there had not been good pike from
Winchester, you would never have been
promoted to the head of the United
States army. You would not have reach
ed the battlefield to cheer your men,
and there would have been great de-
feat for the Union forces instead OF q
great victory. That would have left
Meade and Thomas long distance
ahead of you in the line of promotion. :"
New York Tribune. 49,,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-08
sPARROWS ARE SHREWD.
A Lot Of Them Proved 1t In Releasing
Mate.


Mate.
The English sparrow Is perhaps the
shrewdest bird going and rarely ever gets
caught in q scrape. I saw one literally in
a tight place, though, and but for the
shrewdness Of his friends he would doubt
less be there now, or worse. A careless COL
ored cook of the house adjoining mine had
spilled some raw rice, perhaps a quart or
more, in the back yard of the neighbor's
premises. In order to hide her careless.
ness from her mistress and so to save her
self the trouble Of picking up the rice, the
resourceful cook simply turned an empty
box over the little pile, thus putting 1t out
of sight, and went her way rejoicing.
Presently bevy Of sparrows chanced
that way and took possession of my neigh
boris back yard. Ere long an adventurous
one of the number discovered convenient
knothole in the overturned box, poked his
inquisitive little head therein and forth
with spread the news Of the rice find. Then
things were pretty lively thereabout
First one and then another Of the birds
would pop down through the hole, to bob
up few moments later with his crop full
of rice. They were all mighty gay over
the matter and most Of them made two or
three trips inside before they were satisfied.
By and by something seemed to have
gone wrong. The birds huttered and
chirped and chartered in an agitated man.
ner, crowding upon and about the box go
thickly that 1t was some time before I
could see that one little brown head kept
bobbing up fraptically through the knot
hole from tho underside and getting no
farther. Some greedy little fellow had
laid in an oyersupply, and so made him.
self too big for an exit through the hole.
The case really seemed pitiful one, as
nothing but time and the slow process of
nature could relieve the poor prisoner of
his predicament. At least that Is what
thought, and I marveled that 80 clever a
creature as a sparrow should get himself
into hole. Meantime had forgotten to
reckon upon the ingenuity Of the birds on
the outside Of the hole. They lost 20 time
in bringing this qualification in evidence,
however, for pretty soon discovered that
they had set to work to dig the little pris'
oner out. Having selected the most vul-
nerable spot of the surrounding ground,
first one and then another Of the birds
| would scratch and peck away, each one
taking his turn and working >energetical,
ly till by and by hole was made big
enough for even the overloaded fellow on
the Inside to creep through. Philadelphia
Times.
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Tho English IonRboN.

The range and power Of the English
longbow in its palmiest days were e1traor-
dinary, notes a writer In Chambers Jour.
nal. We have seen and handled one OF
these bows, said. to have been used at
Flodden. 1t measured 6 feet, unstrung,
and the arrow feet. The pull must have
been quite 100 pounds. To draw the cloth
yard shaft on such bow would probably
defy the powers Of even an exceptionally
strong man nowadays. But good Bishop
Latimer, In his well known eulogy OF Eng
lish archery, has shown us how from their
boyhood Englishmen were scientifically
trained in the use Of the bow till, like
Justice Shadows hero, old Double, they
could. "clap in the olout at twelyescore
yards" UP to what distance the old Long.
bow was really effective Is a question not
easy to answer, but from the data we
possess it may safely be assumed that
against any thing but armor of proof the
cloth yard shaft was deadly up to 800 yards,
while for combined rapidity and. efficiency
In shooting no weapon could compare
with the longbow till the introduction OF
the breeohloader.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-08
POWER OF ORATORY.
Good Voice and q Fine Presence Count
For Much.

Good Voice and q Fine Presence Count
For Much.
It is fine thing that words have power
to burn and that in the fame of eloqueDce
a deal Of trumpery and stuffy notions are
readily consumed. 1t has been said that
genuine oratory is gone, but now and then
the spirit of tho mightiest power that
moves masses Of men shows its everlasting
vitality in a notable way. With sincere
personal conviction to support him man
with good voice and that gift Of adding
phrase unto phrase which is indeinable
may enchain o great convention, hold thou
sands Of men plant to his thought and
feelings, or he may charm and cheer his
hundreds in a banqueting hall.
The secret Of genuine oratory, Of the sort
that moves and stirs all hearers to respon-
sive emotion, Is always to be found at the
center of storm of honest feeling on the
part of the orator. 1t is concealed in the
hidden places of the interior life and is the
more effective when its restraint is shown
even in the whirl Of hnpassioned words or
noble marshaling Of phrase after phrase.
Private views and narrow contentious, per-
sonal wishes, never have q chance for ex-
position in oratory that moves men and
women. 1t must express large principles
largely, or Its influence never remains, nor
has the fame of any orator endured except
Of those who spoke for the largest convic-
ton and desire of the mind Of man.
The earliest movement which freed Bos-
ton from England, although Lord North
used to assure his countrymen that "no
other province will in the least countenance
the rebellious Bostonians," was kept alive
by the orators of Boston. The orations on
the massacre, delivered in the Old Brick
church, on the site Of Cornhil square, or
at the Old South church, were attended by
immense crowds of people. 1t has been
well said that these patriotic orations are
protective shield to our constitution.
"There are few men Of consequence among
Us who did not commence their careers by
an grafton on the 9th Of March," wrote
John Quincy Adams And in these days,
when, by aid Of descendants Of the "rebel-
lious Bostonians, the stars and stripes
have waved in peace at Aldershot, oratory
Is lending its time honored aid in the pro-
motion of arbitration between the English
speaking nations.
To the day and the deed
Strike the harpstrings OF glory. :.
Let the tongue Of the eloquent
Hallow the story.
Boston Transcript
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-08
Easy Doors.

For longtime the doors Of the church IN
which the Associate reformed Presoyteriaps
fronbie TO those who passed In or out.
But now they open at the sliS htest enort,
and close with certainty, without even a
The ease With whic, these doors open and
shut my De .tnoien tec.
Il may mean that Toe doors OF the church
OF The true and living God Will open 10 US
won Id forsake his w:yward ways.
1t may al.o remips us OF Him who said, ~
am the door," and wpo invited even Inc we
the sacred preciI cts where even the rig hteons
shou Id remove the noes from their feet De
fore entering. Sho, d the easy opening doors
teach no lessons. y3 It Ia true that you, be
YOU saint or sinner are cordially ipviteo 10
pass within their petals. Don't stand IKE
dummy on the streR corner during Inc noui
of worship, but cone aud hear the messages
OF love that may bt delivered "in His holy
temple"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-08
The Religious Meetings.

This is the annual week OF prayer In all
paris OF the world. where the blessed name OF
our Saviour is known.
Christians OF all shades Of belief are appeal
ing daily along the same lines for divine
blessing upon the church and the people. II
the requests of two or three who appeal TO the
Head Of the Church are heeded, may We mol
expect blessing when the Christian world
bows down in humble prayer and earnest
suppllca,ion at the loot OF the Cross?
The churches In Abbeville are holding
union services every night. alternately In the
different houses OF worship Earnest preach
ers have appealed alike to the faithful ana 70
the way ward to renew their zeal in the work
of righteousness, and to forsake the paths
which lead not 10 glory.
The thought of whole people approaching
the throne OF grace in humility ofspeech. and
In purity Of heart. con veys lesson which Inc
most callous could not disregard.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-08
ENGLISH KNIGHTS.
Tho Ceremony Before the Queen ut Which
They Get Their Titles.

The Ceremony Before the Queen at Which
They Get Their Titles.
Her majesty being now ready to receive
us, we were ushered into her presence one
at time. My turn was the twelfth
hence one of my friends has dubbed me
the Twelfth Knight The equerry took me
to the door Of the apartment and then left
me. 1t was lofty room, but not very
large, being perhaps 40 feet long and OF q
corresponding width. The queen was seat
ed on very low seat at the end Of the
apartment opposite the door. Behind her
the ladies in waiting were arranged In G
semicircle, some Of the princesses being on
her left, and the lords in waiting and the
Duke Of York on her right hand.
On entering gave my best bow" and,
advancing few steps, stopped and bowed
again, when was introduced to her maj
esty, my name being pronounced wrongly.
another bow on closely approaching her
and then, dropping on my left knee, e1-
tended the right hand, back uppermost, for
the queen has a great objection to moist
palms The queen then laid her right hand
"a very little plump one-upon mine, and
I kissed it. ..
Then she took sword-dreadful mo:
ment-and smote me, ever 80 gently, on
my left shoulder, saying in very low. sweet
and soft tones, "Rise, Sir Richard" And
I became "dubbed" knight, but not a
"belt" one, as nowadays knights have to
find their own belts. s.....
Then came very difficult part of the
ceremony. had to retire from the pres
enoe backward. Now, had always been
going forward" during my previous life
and was somewhat doubtful as to how
should perform this retrograde movement.
I remembers the fate Of the mayor OF
Truro, who, having presented an address
to the queen on board her yacht In Fal-
mouth harbor, walked backward into the
sea. However, stepped back pace and,
having stead.ed myself bowed, then an
other half a dozen PAGES, bowling again,
and after repeating the operation once
more to my great relief found myself at
the door.-Sir Richard Tangye in Cham
bers' Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-08
The Origin Of MIR. and Mrs.

In earlier times the ordinary man was
simply William or John-that Is to say, he
had only Christian name without any
kind of "bandle'' before 1T or surname
after 1t, says the Philadelphia Record.
Some means Of distinguishing one John
or William from another John or William
became necessary. Nioknames derived
from a mans trade or his dwelling placs
or from some personal popularity were
tackled on to his Christian name, and plain
John became John Smith. As yet there
were no "misters" In the land.
Some John Smith accumulated more
wealth than the bulk of his fellows-be-
came perhaps landed proprietor or an
employer Of hired labor. Then he began
to be called in the Norman-French OF the
day the "maistre" Of this place or that,
of these workmen or Of those. al,.-t
In time the "maistre," or "maister, =
as 1t soon became, got tackled on before
his name, and he became Master Smith
and his wife was Maistress Smith.
Gradually the sense Of possession was
lost sight Of, and the title was conferred
upon any kindly mere possession OF
wealth or holding some position OF more
or less consideration and Importance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-08
GOOD COUNTRY ROADS.
The Burden of Their Cost Should Be
Alike on All the People.

The Burden of Their Cost Should BE
Alike on All the People.
It has been estimated that 500, 900,
900 tons of farm produce are hauled to
market annually in the United States
and that the cost of marketing it is So
per ton, or just about 81, 900, 900, 600.
This is not money paid out but is the
value of the time spent by farmers with
their teams in marketing crops or what
these men and teams would have earned
if they had been hired for cash to do
this amount Of hauling. The secretary
Of the farmers national congress and
the United States department of agri.
culture agree in estimating that about
90 per cent of this vast amount, or
5000, 600, 900, would be saved each year
if farmers were able to do this hauling
over good roads.
This, then, is the amount Of the an.
nual mud tax to which we have been
submitting, says the Cedar Rapids Qa.)
Gazette. Railroads, telegraphs and
steamboat lines have been assisted by
the states and subsidized by the govern
ment, but nothing has been done for
the common country road. The farmers
alone have had to build country roads,
without assistance from the cities, from
wealthy corporations or from the state.
Every citizen will be benefited by the
construction Of good roads, directly and
indirectly, and every taxpayer should
contribute his share to their cost. No
wonder the farmer opposes the good
roads movement, if he alone is to stand
the expense. He has rightly suggested
that he should be assisted through the
medium of state road tax, under sys-
tenn of state aid, as now employed in
New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachu-
Gptts
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-08

II will be welcome news to our people 10
learn that the convicts are already at work Oh
the new road which willcross Long Cane on
high bridge. about halt nile above the mud
hole where 80 many meu. animals aud
vehicles have gone dow< beneath the waves
or sunk out of sight In he mud. Supervisor
Niekels Is determined To have an outlet To-
the surrounding counry. AS soon az tht
new road liz finished a I'd the new bridge Is
finished the old Dendyis bridge and It's sur
rounding mud hole wilibe preserved 80 that
the men who uncoverirg Ponpeii and Baby
Ionia may get the contact for uncovering the
mysteries OF those DANGEROUS grounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-08
Fifty Miles to Market.

It is not an uncommon thing in
France to see farmer 40 or 30 miles
from home in wet weather with heavy
load. If he sees prospect Of three
days rain, he puts his tarpaulin over
his load, q cover over his horses and
waterproof coat on and starts off to mar
ket. He may go 30 miles before he finds
a market that suits him, or he may
know in advance just where he is going.
You do not often see anybody driving 30
miles through rainstorm in the United
States to find a market for load OF
hay, but it is not at all uncommon to
see farmers wagons 40 or 30 miles from
home in France. They choose the wet
weather for that purpose. Their roads
are just as good then as at any time
General Roy Stone.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-08
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION.
The Employment of Free Labor Gives the
Best Results.

The Employment of Free Labor Gives the
Best Results.
Commenting on the employment OF
convicts on the public highways, the
New Orleans Times Democrat points
out that the best results have been OBJ
tanned in road building when the best
free labor only has been employed. 1t
says:
Road construction is a science re-
curing a more careful study of the sub:
ject than is generally imagined. The
prevalent idea that any one can build a
good road will not hold good. The
matter requires study, care and thor
ough knowledge of the soil and country
through which the road is to be built
The department of agriculture has late
ly been doing good work by laying be-
fore the people exactly what is neces-
sary in road construction.
The employment of convicts in road
construction is very popular just now,
as offering simultaneously solution OF
the two troublesome problems of what
to do with our prison population and
how to improve our highways. In view
Of the fact that the convicts in New
York, Indiana and other states are kept
idle, as the law makes no provision for
their support, it is we'll that Louisiana
should take some steps to utilize hers
when it has them on its hands, and
road construction seems an ideal en-
ployment for them.
On the other hand, the experience OF
those states which have been most sue
cessful with their roads is that only
the best labor (and convict labor is not
the best) should be employed in their
construction and maintenance. No state
which has made any material improve
ment with it's highways has employed
convict labor, and no state which has
employed that kind Of labor has secured
much Improvement in its roads. The
best results have been accomplished by
road taxes and the giving out of con.
tracts.