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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-04-30


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ROM no SON las que cues.
tan manos pero SON lae mas
baratas. Las de mejor cons.
truccid'n y materiales, las
mas sencillas y Las mas du
raderas: trabajan libres da
todo movimisnto complies.
do y con el minim un de
fricci6n y gasto de vapor
SO obtiene ell maximum ds
rasultado.
Para Catalogos 6 infor-
mes dirigirse nj que sus
cribe, asf como como tam
bi6n para toda clase da
informes con respecto o
y maquinarsa
para Ingenios y Hsciendas
productoras de azlicsr
genferO.- Ponce.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-04-30
Interesdnte para los que viajan

Habiendose saparadO don Adrian Pc
rez, de la Sociedad que tenia en- la En-
presa de cOches con ell senOr Agudo,
dueno del <Hotel Inglaterra,> > desde esta
fecha, ell que desee viajar en- sus coches
que son los l1ismos que habian en- ell
Hotel, solo les cuesta II de San Juan
a Ponce.
COchera, Santurce, Tel6fono 1904.
D. ADRIAN PEREZ.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-04-30
YABUCOA
Si8uen los rODOS de (dbdIlOS

Los cuatreros siguen la orden del
da.
De la fnca de don COrcino ROdri-
neg ha desaparecidO I'm pOtro zaino
ianarillo de seis cuartas de alzada, las
dg patas traseras blancas y una delan-
sa blanca negra, un lucero en- la
rente spagadO, marcado con F. r. la
nafCa esta apagada.
Su duenO don Corcino Rodriguez
ratifcarl al que de noticias de su pa
aderO
Abril 27 1903. Ga
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-04-30

Ia BORINQUEN. De Targas y ca
No ovidar que esta casa es la que mas
arato vende que cOnstantemente In
roduce nuevas mercancias y artlculos
he alta nOvedad. Vista hace fe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
Fight WIN be Bitter.

Those who viii persist in closing
their ears against the continual rec
ommendation of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, will have
long and bitter fight with their trou-
bles, if not ended earlier by fatal
termination. Read what II. r. Beail,
of Beall, Miss, has to say: Last fall
my wife had every symptom of con-
sumption. She took DR.. Kings New
Discovery after everything else had
failed. Improvement came at once
and four bottles entirely cured her"
Guaranteed by Hartz & UlIemeyer.
druggists. Price. 50 cents and 81.
Trial bottles free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

confine them in paper lanterns for 60
ing about the country at night or for
indoor lighting. Sometimes they at
tach one of the insects to each foot for
travelling in the dark to serve as a
guide to the path; also they use them
as ornaments for the dress and hair.
Cucujos are beetles beginning life as
grubs. Skipjacks or springtails they
are sometimes called because when
placed ON their backs they jump over
with a clicking sound.
a small species of the same family
is found in Florida and Texas. They
have two luminous spots on the thoraX
and another on the abdomen. Damp
evenings are most favorable to the light
giving, the object of which is presume
bly, to attract Il mate. The young lar
vac feed largely on snails, to which
their bite is poisonous. The luminous
organs are developed before the insects
leave the eggs.
Now, theory formerly held was that
these firehies stored up light in the
daytime for emission at night, as is
done by the so called luminous paint
of calcium sulphide. But it was found
that they shone as brightly as ever
after being confined for ten days in
darkness. Some that were carried
from Cuba to Havre in the pitch black
hold of a vessel were brilliant on their
arrival.
a more striking disproof, however,
was afforded by a batch of larvae
Matched in the dark from eggs laid in
the dark on a piece of rotten wood, the
young insects being kept in darkness
for the first six months of their lives.
They shone as brilliantly as any of the
other fireflies.-GOlden Penny.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

tus. had as accurate ii conception of
the Scriptures as some of our senator's
have of the law of the land.''
He goes to bed at o'clock and rises
at q, and by the time other senators
are getting their breakfast he has dis
posed of his correspondence and is
hustling round the departments with
his old SLOUGH hat full of papers, doing
what lie calls ''errints" for his con
stituents.
Many interesting anecdotes are told
of the shrewd manner in which he has
circumvcntcd the civil service com
mission in securing offices for his con
stituents and the appointment. of his
Democratic friends and supporters TO
offices under Il Republican administra
ton. The old gentleman is known
among his fellow senators as Confu
cius. because of his great wisdom and
supposed resemblance, physical and
mental. to the great Chinese philosO-
pher and sage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
worth Hi. weight In Gold.

The maharajah of Travancore was,
on one occasion at least, worth his
weight in gold, for he was weighed
against pure mass of the king of
metals. and. after the scales were bal
anced, the mass of gold was distributed
in charity This custom. called ''Tulab-
hara." is one of great antiquity and
is said to be traceable in Travancore to
the fourth century. 1t is not unknown
in other parts of India, though. of
course, gold is only used in the case
of wealthy persons. humber folk be-
ing content to weigh themselves against
spices or grain. On the occasion men,
toned the maharajah weighed Il little
over nine stone. The Brahmans, it is
said. wished to defer the ceremony in
the hope that the maharajah might
more nearly approach the weight of
his father, who did not undergo the
rite until forty-seven years old, when
he weighed fourteen and three-quarter
stone.-Golden Penny.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
ANTI GRAVY STATESMAN
Senator Petus. of Alabama. Who is Noted for His
Quaint Hunor.

senator Edmund w Pettus of Ala
bGma. who has aroused the ire of al!
the professional cooks in the country
by his recent pronouncement against
the use of grayies and sauces. which,
he contends. are poisoning the Ameri-
can people, is eighty-two years old. but
still hale and hearty. and this fact. he
intimates. is due partly to his absti-
hence from what he calls the French
nominations meaning the aforesaid
gravies and sauces.
Senator Pettus is noted as a wit and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
ODD NOTIONS OF WOMEN.

Rosa Bonheur treasured a small lead
image of st. Anthony of Padua as a
lucky charm.
Caroline Herschel firmly believed that
if she met a crosseyed beggar in the
morning it presaged the discovery of a
new star that night.
George Eliot was a slave to the infu-
ence of the hunchback and clubfOoted
man and did no literary work upon the
day when she saw one.
Lady AIillais, the wife of the great
painter, was convinced that the crack
of doom would sound for any one who
stepped on crack in the sidewalk.
Harriet Beecher Stowe believed that
it was bad luck to throw away a tooth
brush which had outlived its useful
ness, and to the anguish of her house
hold preserved every one that she had
ever used.
Queen Victoria cherished number of
superstitions, and among them she be-
lieved that the removal of her wedding
ring would surely bring calamity and
that pet ManX cat would bring good
luck to the royal household.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
EDMuNp W. pETTus.

quaint stories. He told one of his best
when he took Senator Gallinger to task
for the latter's Interpretation of certain
legal questions in the debate on the
Porto Rico bill a couple of years ago.
He said he once went to preach
ing in the mountains where the minis
ter was as learned in the Bible as my
friend from New Hampshire is in the
law" The text chosen was, Seven
sons did Micah bear unto EnOn." The
preacher explained the text by saying
that EnOn was sick and needed nutri-
ment, whereupon the doctor told his
seven sons to get him some milk. THE
COWS did not come up the night before"
drawled Senator Pettus, initiating the
singsong tones of the mountain preach
er, land so the seven sons could not
find them. But they came across 4 she
bear and MIXED her and carried the
milk to Enon. And so, brethren, it is
written, Seven sons did milk a bear
unto EnOn.'
THAT preacher" continued Mr.. Pet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
1t was All Arranged.

A London barrister used to tell of an
instance that occurred in his own ex.-
perience of trial by jury in Wales. =
well known local solicitor named Gar
mons was concerned in a case. WhilN
counsel was addressing the jury its
members quietly turned from him, put
their heads together. and then the fore
man addressed the judge. ITS no use,
my lord, for the gentleman in the wig
to talk any more. as we agreed in the
Blue Lion last night to vote for Mr..
GarnonS of Rhiwgoch."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

is now the sole hirsute adornment of
the distinguished floor leaders cOun-
tenance. For several years he has
been known as the white headed man
DARN" According to the story related
in Washington, he got his nickname in
this way:
look ut the old white headed man
DARN" Uncle Joe Cannon, now speak
er of the house, said one day when
he was offended by something Mr..
Payne had done. and from that day on
the title stuck to the dignified chair
man of the big committee.
Mr. Payne is 4 very earnest and Sc
date statesman, but is possessed at the
same time of the most tantali21ng
smile that ever drove an opponent to
desperation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
PAYNE OF NEW YORK.

How He Came by the Nickname of
.'the White Headed Mandarin"
Among the minor surprises of the
opening of the special session of con-
gress was the changed appearance of
Serene L. Payne of New York, chair
man Of the great ways and means COM
mittee of the house, whose smooth
shaven cheeks and chin rendered his
erstwhile bewhiskered visage almost
unacceptable. 4 neat gray mustache
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

Continued from Page Seventeen.
with I vas assortment OF vegetables
from my garden. There were no drinks
artifcially cooled. ice being an unoh-
tainabIe luxury in Crusoe's island. Eut
there were tropical fruits in album
dance-pines. guavas. mangoeS. oranges
and custard apples-all of which la,
been plucked within Il stones throw OF
my hut
One thing only was lacking-a good
" company-to enjoy that Christmas
feast in Crusoe's island. But we were
content. for, as pappy Ned observed.
DE good Goramighty done glib us all
we want. mo- dan we need and heap
sight me- dan we desarve."
FREDERICK \. ODER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
nd the other morning before he

band the other morning before he
started for business:
Il see. my dear. that Jacks are be-
coming cheaper"
'That may be true" said the hus-
band absently, but l have known
men who would have been willing TO
pay 800 for one to put with the two
already in their hand. "-Indianapolis
Snnfinpl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

crack-ajack in SOME particular line.
If his head is long from front to back
he is a clear thinker and smart az a
whip. SO if your hat costs more mon
ey than your friends hat does and
you are harder to fit be consoled by
considering that your brain is worth
more.-New York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
Looktng Under the Hat.

You seldom will find a brainy man
with Il round head. The head that
contains lots of brains either is very
long from front to back or else ir-
regular. You can learn something Of
a mans mental ability by the hat he
wears. If his head is so bumpy that
it seems as if lie never could get hat
to fit him he probably is a genius or
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
Writes md Draws.

Kippax-And who is your favoritn
author, Mrs. Softly?
Mrs. Softly-Ay husband.
KippaX-Pardon me. l didn't know
he wrote.
Mrs. Softly-Oh. but he does. and so
nicely-checks,- and Country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
ouitO Inherent

Tess-So she has fallen in love with
an English nobleman.
Jess-You don't tell me?
Tess-Surely you've heard.
Jess-No. l merely heard she was
engaged to marry one.-Philadelphid
Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
The Ahsent .Inck

The wife of a Washington street
merchant is very fond of roses, espe7
cialIy of the brilliant varieties. BY
way of reminder she said to the hus-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
Dividing Her weight.

Don't stand on that delicate table to
hang the picture. Martha. It'll break.
You're too heavy"
''Oh, no, I'm not. mum. It'll bear
me. I'm standing only on one foot
Philadelphia North American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

Those who complain most are moss
20 be complained of.-Henry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
As Usual.

''How much do you expect to spend
for your wlfe's birthday PRESENT.
about half as much as / SHALL
Judge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

the gas companies might be circum-
vented. The cucujO is the FREELY of the
tropics, and it is the most brilliant of
the whole tribe of light giving insects
or animals. Thirty-eight of them yield
one candle power
Photographs have been printed by
two minute exposure of bromide plates
to their illumination. People in Cuba
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
A WONDERFUL INSECT.

Gas Companies Not Wanted Where
the CucujO FIOurishes.
Have you ever heard of the cucujo?
If you are one of those unfOrtunates
who are in the habit of grumbling at
gas bills you will wish that the place
was swarming with cJicujOs, so that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
CHRISTMAS ON cRusoElsLE

Continued from Page Seventeen.
The Western news., 1903-04-15
: The Wrong Woman.
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90 HE Massons had come from
somewhere "back East" their
neighbors would have told you,
and We're ''stuck up" Everybody
could see that from the smart trap
they drove and the feathers on Mrs.
Masson's hat. Nobody could have told
you Of specific instance of their
stuck-up-ness but as the neighbors all
agreed, when fellow--and a young
fellow at that-held twice as much
land as anybody in the valley, he was
bound to feel his oats. Consequently,
the Massons We're severely let alone by
the Middletowners, and not given
chance to LAY it over" anybody.
AT first the Massons looked upon
their ostracism from the Mddletown
church socials and school picnics as
huge joke, and regarded the narrow.
minded farmer folk around them as Of
about the same Importance as the Jer-
sey cattle in their pasture, and the
Brigadier stock in their stables. But
after time-when the novelty of
country life was quite worn off; when
the smart trap had clattered over
every available foot of the great.
mountainous valley; when the varying
seasons We're no longer new-a little
The Western news., 1903-04-15
Regarded as a Delicacy.

The general living in Russia, except
hat of the muZhik, is described by Mr..
Barry, In Ivan At Home," as per-
iaps bit too unsubstantial for West
ern ideas, but on the whole fairly sup
portable. The muzhik's liking for
grease. in his food is carried to the ex.
rene.
remember, writes Mr.. Barry, once
calling the attention of one of the
,ootmen to the candle, which was not
properly fixed into the candlestick. He
,ery simply righted the matter by TAX
ng the candle out, putting it into his
mouth, and biting half an inch off,
which he swallowed and seemed to
,njoy.
To show that the muzhiks are not
particular as to what they drink, ]
must mention the case Of man who
vas nearly ruined by their taste for
petroleum.
He had made a contract to light a
suburban village with petroleum. One
morning he came to the director of
he department with very long face,
md announced that he must give up
MS contract and forfeit the money
,,aid.
"Why do you want to give up your
contract? l thought the price of Pc
froleum was going down." said the
director.
"Yes, so 1t is" responded Ivan. "It
is not the price that frightens me-"
'Then what is the matter" asked
rhe director
''Why, you see. excellency, as fast
as l put the petroleum into the lamps
the pigs Of muzhiks come and drink Il. {"
The Western news., 1903-04-15
QUEER CENSUS FACTS.
Clerks Come Acros Many Curious
Names in the hedules.

Clerks Come Acr0s Many Curious
Names in the hedules.
II have heard good many curious
names in my life," remarked a census
clerk few days ago, "but never
ran across such motley and amusing
collection of appellations as appeared
on one of my schedules for the black
Louisiana farmers. They ran like this:
Major Goforth. Sallie Bowlegs, Witey
Putcham, Virginia Choice, Bird Scrog-
gins, Cauly Garden, Early Jones, Mon
roe Birdsong and Rush Record. If the
names are as applicable to the indi-
viduals who possess them as Dickens
names are to his characters, theree
must be an interesting company en-
ployed in the cotton and cane of Louis
lana. When l lose my position in the
Census l think l will 60 down there
and organize vaudeville company"
The occupations Of people amused
me more than anything else on those
old population schedules" said an ex-
clerk of the Census, as she recalled
memories of the merry punching days.
Il punched one man who was a tomb
stone agent, another whose occupation
was gathering mud, another who con-
sidered travelling for health an occu-
patton. hardly knew whether to
mark him commercial traveller or
not. The most curious Of all was the
man who was a pauper by trade and
had a partner"
Il had no idea there were so many
twins in the world" said one of the
population punchers. until l worked
on those census schedules. Why, there
was hardly day that | did not come
across two or three pairs and some
times more. The biggest record l ever
had for twins was Is pairs. You see
there was card punched for every
person enumerated. and l averaged
more than 1000 cards a day. l did
not have anything to do with the
names, of course, but l often noticed
them just for amusement's sake.
Twins names were always so inter-
esting. The two which impressed me
rs being the funniest of all were Adam
and Eve. made list Of the COM
panlon names which particularly
pleased me. l thought it would be a
good thing to have in case it ever fell
10 my honor to name twins. Some Of
The sets are: Laurel and Myrtle, John
and Juno, Inez and Cortez, Ivadel and
.nadel. Alvin and Alva, Gladys and
Ottys, Wesley and Lesley, Maudia
and Claudia, Edna and Edgar, Veta
md Vera. Otha and Ora. Iona and
Mona."
The Western news., 1903-04-15

human intercourse began to seem
sweet and needful thing But the
Massons did not know how to break
down the barrier of feathers and sill
ver-mounted harness. Jack Mason
could not pull up his horse in the mid
die of the county road and talk an
hour or two about the best time to
plant pumpkins, or the cheapest rem
edy for hog cholera, because his horses
were too mettiesome to stand. Mrs.
Mason could not send her children to
the public school, and thereby show
her friendly feeling, for the simple rea-
son that she had none to send.
Therefore was the ostracisln of the
Massons complete. Then. when the
price Of wheat began to drop, life on a
great Western grain ranch began to
show its sterner side. Mason found
he could get along without his fore
man by doing the work himself. and
by degrees dropped into looking out
for the machinery, deviSing means of
saving labor, experimenting the care
of the horses, and even, in emergen-
cies, taking a hand himself in any
thing that was to be DONE In the
house. matters were similar AS. year
after year, the price of wheat con-
tinued to drop. the little chatting dish
arts, practiced on cozy evenings among
her congenial Eastern friends. were
called into use, and "A Practical Cook
Book for Beginners" bought and dill
gently studied.
AS with each seasons harvest con-
ditions became worse. the smart trap
ceased to be seen on the county roads,
and the offending feathers became
drabbled and were not replaced by
new ones. Thrown back upon them
selves for entertainment and diversion,
the Massons found, to their surprise,
how uninteresting they had become to
each other. Books. to a man harassed
by the care of an Improbable ranch.
had no charm; and music from hands
stiffened by housework lost its mel
ody.
Hard manual work roughens a mans
disposition and manners, but Mason
was not the man to notice this deren
Grafton in himself. Isolation from con-
genial company and want of interest
In her surroundings makes woman
careless of her appearance; and long
watching over a scar and yellow ex-
pense of grain fields burns hair and
complexion, of whatever hue, to a sal
low. towny sunburn. And Mason was
the man to notice this change in his
wife keenly. and feel aggrieved.
At length. after the tenth. long, dry
summer in this sun -scorched, sun
cursed valley. things reached a crisis.
Their domestic tranquility was dis
tnrbed by a rupture caused by the in
tolerable monotony of their lives set
ting down on their nerves. Then, after
more days, more discomfort, more des.
The Western news., 1903-04-15
WHY SOME MEN FAIL.

My song is this: Why some men miss
In life their chosen goal
They seek to FILL with half the will
A plan that needs the whole.
They SOW the seed on mount and mead
And wait to see it spread;
While, half concerned, they leave un
turned
The clod upon its head.
They waste in play the light of day,
Knowing that there will come,
At even-fall, the welcome call
TO eat the unearned crumb
Thus down the tide of life they glide,
In poverty and pain,
Leaving undone, from sun to sun,
The things that lead to gain.
But when the last lone hope is past,
No more to light their way;
And all is lost-they learn the cost
OF doing things halfway.
Success.
The Western news., 1903-04-15
composed enough to ask herself

composed enough to ask herself
"Why?'
He found the house cold. the fires
were out. The dogs covered dumbly
around the steps. The shades were
drawn on all the windows Julie, cold
and inscrutable, raet him at the stoop
What! your" le cried: what's the
matter? How's 'LisbethT'
Julie led him 81 emily il to the house.
Elisabeth is deau," she told him,
simply; "as the child had not much
appetite either, l gave } er the mush-
rooms you 50 kindly brought to me-
Her eyes held his steadily. "They
were not mushrooms-and the child ID
dead."-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Western news., 1903-04-15

Never to prophesy unless one is sure
of his facts is good rule to follow. Ii
the late Major ID. ii. Vinton had follow
ed this rule when he was sent to the
Pacific coast in 1S49 the people of San
Francisco would not now be laughing
at him. He said then in report to his
superiors that there were natural OBJ
stacles to the growth and permanency
of San Francisco as a commercial cen
ter, and declared that no military depot
ought to be erected there. He thought
Benicia, which now has about three
thousand population, would make a
good port of entry, doubtless preferring
it to San Francisco. 1t is only fair to
the memory Of Major Vinton to say
that his colleagues in the army agreed
with him.
The Western news., 1903-04-15
A Loud-Talking Telephone.

Among recent French inventions is
the loud talking telephone. BY it's use
Il speakers words are transmitted to
the other end Of the connection with
all of their original force, and that,
too, while the speaker and the listener
need not disturb themselves to go to
the telephone. That is. a man may
sit in his easy chair, putting away at
a cigar, or may even be in a room ad-
joining that containing the transmitter,
and talk to another man at distance,
who may be conducting himself sim
ilarly, with as much ease and distinct.
ness as though they were conversine
face to face.