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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-06-18

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<feliz ocurrencia4 de leerlo en- <La Co
rrespondencia,s Y fu6 tan fuerte la T0-
b5eta que lie di6, que Ia baI5s le envenen6
la sangre Y qued6 muerta de repente 10
mismo que 81 la hubiera herido IN rayo.
Lo cat0I y Qass, es un modo como otro
cualquiera de desp0ch0T una mercancia.
Por ESQ dice mi amigo,
sincere, con toda ell alma,
que aquel anuncio le debe
yiyir hoy en- paZ Y en- calma.
= =
En- vista de este resultado sorpren-
dente &bracadabraDte. no he podido
menos de reconocer las propiedades sue
gra0idas del anuncio, disponi6ndome, por
tanto, utilizarlas.
I como cada uno vende 10 que tie
ne cada cual compra 10 que necesita,
ahora que las pOstales, duelOs y fellclta-
clones A0ceu tuT0r, por las exigencias
dc la moda, creo que 10 mas practice es,
anunciar al p1blico en- general, y q los
rcoleccionistas de postales,1 enamorados
Il 10 d5vi7l0 viudos d0lientes en- par
ticular, que desde hoy en- adelante estoy
dispuesto a hdcer t0dO 10 Q1te me p50a7a,
siempre que me paguen mi trabajo con
arreglO Ia siguiente
TARIFA
Por escribir una postal Ell prosa
una vieja 81 rs
Idem, idem, idem en- verso. . 70
Idem, idem, idem en- verso pro-
sa una iovenfea. ........... 100
Idem, idem, idem, idem q una bo- .
1dem' 11' i'd i'd ID. 4 un oo1cccionistc l.2S
Idem, id. recomeddando una
persona descon6cida ......... 800
Idem, id. i'd id. conocida.. .... 500
Idem, id. las tres cartas primeras
de amor, con mucho fuego, mu-
chos volcanes, muchos Scorazo-
nes mios@ y muchos soles y es-
trellas. ..... .............. 400
Idem, id. una carta dando un ia
iazo .................. so
Idem, id. otra i'd ~apechandoe
por comestibles y <bebestibles> 25
Por despedir un edueloS en- ell ce
menterio. o......,. .,.......... 200
xNorA-Si ell <duelo> es para <des-
pedir Ell cadaver de una suegra, Ell yer
no tendra que pagar un so por ciento
de recargo. Estos Sduelos> pueden
ser cantados, rezados llorados, al
gustO del dollente. Nada de Stusa;>
pago al contado.3
De este modo, lograr6 dos cosas:
Primera: contener la irrupci6n de
los <barbaros, , digo de los enamorados,
<postaleros1 yernos %lacrimosos.
Segunda: sacarle alg6n producto &
mi trabajo, pues ESQ de hacer como ell
sastre del Campillo, que al decir de la
gente, COSTA de balde ponfa ell hilo, me
parece la cosa mas tonta que puede ha
cerse.
Ell que este en- un case asf
y quiera algdn pisto darse..
vaya al inferno quejarse,
8 venga PAGARME mi.
DI6GENEs PRIETo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-06-18
Este per6dico es eI de mas circulation on la isIa
REVIS A GO MICA

La practica americana y del mundo
conercial entero, ha demostradO que
sanunciar es vender.s
I'll anuncio es un factor indispensa-
Die en- el comerciO, Y, al declr ole los pc
ri6dic0s que los sOlicitan y de los fomer-
ciantes que los utilizan, es un tOl4tO de
capirote ell que, por negligencla, descon-
fanZa 5 economic NAL entendlda, pres
linda Cse 81 en- absolute.
Cn anuncio, un reclamo ampulosO,
lna gacetilla festiva, 8 una carlcatura
has 8 menos intencionada, despiertan la
atenci6n del p6blico sus deseOs Gle ad-
cuir les objetos anunciadOs, con mas ia
filidad que pudiera despertar los We
finos vecinas de San Juan ell horrisono
~ 6unlanlt0110 retumbar de los cafiOneS
be un Mr. Sampson en- la albOrada de
Un nuevo IL de Mayo, y con mas lmpa-
ciencia de la que han tenido los puerto
srriduefos por conocer definitivamente en-
que condolences los habra deiado ell nue.
70 IN f011ne de MIR. Hunt, cuandO este
funcionario tenga la OpOrtunidad de des-
pacharse con la cucbaJG gI07ade delante
de Mr. Roosevelt y demas altos perso-
naies de Ia administration nacional anne
rcana.
70 tengo IN amigo que tenia una
suegra
Esta suegra tenia un geuio mas en-
esuenad0 que los incisivos de una v1bo-
fa, tenia tambien la lengua mas larga
que una cuaresma sin lluVla y sin di-
nero
Como es natural, este amigo no po-
.dia steiner conformidadS con su suerte,
n lnucho menos con su suegra, que con
81 muier reDresentaba Ia esDina 0Orsal
6e cost511a7 entero que SO le habfa atra-
g4ntado en- el gaznate, por mala obra
tesgracia de su glot0ncr5o ueo1erI.
Asi fu6, que, despu6s de madura re-
fexi6n, determine insertar en- <La Co
rrespondenciao, por tres veces seguidas,
lei siguiente
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-06-18
ANUNCIO

sPor Ia mitad de su valor, plszos
\ sin garantias de ninguna especie, Sc
vende On PIANO DE COLA sin cuerdas, UN
MONO DE CUERDA sin cola Y UNA sUEGRA
pE COLA DE CUERDA, mas cOmpleta
que una paga de empleado continental
con todos los accessories inherentes 4 su
-c1nHlci6n nnteTnnL.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-06-18
Boarding House. -.,,(0Sd de HueSpedeS.


Aenida
Puerto pnblco
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

national policy embodied in the
irrigation In places which must otherwise waste and
oate national irrigation the land for countless mio
WI would otherwise be homeless
He
British Africa
sand which the Boer had been used build
CATION that arid and reclaim its deserts
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

would all probability hence
Engnd from the States foreign great
and nesmabe
security of national food supply within the boundaries
brought without believed
apprebe rise the price of bread to the British Under
the British Isles in hope highly
the above depen
for daily bread might eventually be done
Of preferential
o.
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would have chair
Very gradually child will that the rules founded
right and thereafter will be governed in part BY the principle
yoved
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Third Requisite.

Many heard to that they their youngest chill
dren be controlled by correct principles Though meaning well such pa
should
clearly the truth and the importance OF the statement that pn-
children makes
striving gn child without the rules other explicit d
child quite early learns permitted
Children
to will
they areco % bend author
obedience child be
rules themselves right If they
likely freed
o
with
has firmly established
disposed that the child be taught
all careful observers
failed Older chill
child understand rule before
hend principles underlying the establishment of the rule.
The old punshments
follow the breaking OF rules which the parents have made will not
the writer's family within the past week Edith who but three
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27
Power. Trade and Population.

Under do the OF fifty
ago apply the greatly changed conditions OF to-day would do
world
Of Trade issued blue book dated May
containing comparative the population industry
startling and 1t however
following
the this carefully prepared memorandum
The
Germany United the memorandum has recently been
rapidly developed manufacturing and industrial AS with ourselves
the population has been TO the necessarily
therefore there has been vigorous search than formerly Tor outlet
and home markets will probably unless
capital and skill and they will have larger and larger additions
therefore, than
should
efor how a be S
the industrial commercial community
Copyright the United States OF America by D. T. PIERCE.
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Canada's Fiscal Position.

lie Canada's She
and lose by recp-
prevent negotiating with preferential tariff lines
duty example, of shngs quarter
Canadian wheat The Canadian farmer thus to all nn and purposes an
the pendldy developed
and transport system OF the United States reeipToGty treaty
his Only his loyalty the mother country stands in the u:
something substantial
of
disappearance the British New World Letus face
fully
with
and possible change preferential tariffs
hands
possibilities and of Mr.
Chambelan policy OF inquiry Tor at present it is nothing more than this
which they tell made England great Is this policy in
Engands proposed
contro
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Time Is Against Free Trade.

that live world of change and that all
the Of
Cobden
hopey but all his prophecesav been fafed and his
by subsequent history Our wheat has decreased
live largely imported
America
industrial prosperity of Cobdenite
Our already
have been killed and
the OF the home markets by foreign goods that
below be strongly urged that the explain
prophetic failures hes the shoulders OF Cobdens
followers tn free trade school generally.
Canada But must be borne in mind that this and
dependence the United
and other life already referred
of
competition all the neutral
her and aggressive influence
adesan nd mani
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Fourth REQUISITE.

Fourth Requisite.
kind Too few love their children
aconqueng OF kindness Those who have
the Of
chid influence
which human heart proof 1t be that the hard
the innocent child
deeply sensitive impressonE
The .
especially mothers
has watched the life ebb and tow and
finally lost precious child have concep
tiono a true
OF
when all else would have been
mother the precious Of all gsthe greatest wonder
the grnde miracle EARTH the highest glory OF angels In
heaven, the nnostper works o Almighty God
Fifth Requisite.
While loving kindness shown wisely will generally be sufficient
child child times feel that back OF the kindness
there hnne which must be considered By hrness not meant
controlled by and tenderness Of the mother
and strength and hrmnes Of the father.
child with nothing but hndn
learnw $
implicit obedience habu demand
hrmnes will be frequent
AS the child grows necessity should
child has reached child
demands little Of
another requisite Of
To-day
what yesterday The punished with
passed overwhelmed kind
brutality peng scong Yesterday
Under such wondered
child fixed principles acon2 On the
chd mood Of
child develop ability
advantage
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27
The United States and Canada.

With
somewhat similar the United
of soil mae better developed
much longer available line
Atlantic
which Of
Engands yearly with United
States something which the larger and increasing
portion United Kingdom Among other
piled by this be remarked that
able import wheat with free British market for Cana
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

HERE many things to be done and many more
which should be avoided scarcely possible to-
say what the most important requisites OF proper
training However, very careful consideration OF the
has led the conviction that the following requ
sites of the greatest importance. Indeed, be
safe to that the parents who comply with
all these all the time will have but little, any, trouble
Mt of their children
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Second Requisite.

welfare of the
absolutely child child
discovers that himself there which he bend Very
should that authority yield implicit obedience
child older he the mother father
authority which he
The child who his easily be
whatever would him child who
obedience child likely
child
acknowledged child
chd obedience This considered OF vital
subject will be talk
obedience
secured
of much disposition criticize and
little thought the example being daily and hourly Chill
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T irst Requisite.

Children creatures imitation The first spent largely with
their the period susceptible highest
all kinds of alimportant requisite
child child
good example By the parents and example the child being
daily certain mold The being stamped
an fol eternity
While s which
huenee the child especially with the exampe for
deLby chds belief
Wonder
the parents pecua be they good or be they evil By look by
heart OF the child seed which will take bud blossom and
what this
Of better
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

TYe may boast o yer dimocraey. or
any ither 'cracy, or any kind o poleeti-
cal rubbish; but the reason why your
laboring folk are so happy is that ye
have vast deal o. land for vera few
people"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
Rocked in the Cradle of n. na.,

La
bables never get seasick. 1 have
carried thousands of them in nv
Tune said an American Line steward
and in rough weather 1 have seen
thelr fathers, mothers, brothers and
sisters keel over like soldiers before
cannon pail; but no SO with the ba-
pies. Whether it he rough or smooth
at sea, baby is always an excellent
sallor-rosy, jolly, and with the anne
tite OF horse. Do you know the en-
planatlon of this singular fact? It is
as simple as the fact is strange. Ba-
Dies don't get seasick because thew
are accustomed to the rocking of the
cradle. That movement is much like
tne rocking OF a ship. A baby aboard
snip' therefore, is merely baby in an
unusually big cradle, and there is moth.
ing odd to him about the rocking for
IT Is what he has been accustomed to
all his life" ~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
Ethan Allen ParL

Etnan Aliens old home and the park
winch surrounded it in Vermont. has
neen presented by it's owner, w. ].
Patten, descendant of the general to
burlln ston. 1t lies in the outskirts Of
the city and comprises several hun
orea acres Of forest and meadow land
on the banks of the Winooski river
mere Ethan Allen lived and died. On
the meadow by the river his Youngest
daughter saw the vision that caused
her to break her engagement of mar
rage accept the Roman Catholic faith
ana enter a convent in Montreal. She
became the mother superior of the
convent and was renowned for her
loneliness, being known far and wide
as the beautiful American num-"
Etnan Aliens home, long since fall
en- into decay, stood at the foot of the
MI leading down to the intervale,
or meadow lands. The four elms he |
planted in front of his house still
stands strong and vigorous. /
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
A RECORD POTATO PRICE.
twenty-five Hundred Dollars Paid for
One Ton of Seed

twenty-five Hundred Dollars Paid 70,
One Ton of Seed.
Inc potato when well grown still
maintains its Importance as 2. money
maker. The latest record pricSfor a
new potato has created a sensation I'm
agricultural circles, and no wonder.
lor one specialist has paid the raiser
or IL $500 for one ton of seed. If is
named the Northern Star. comes from
scotland, and is evidently one of the
most prolific potatoes grown. On ApriI
Il. last ~ pounds of seed were planted.
win the result that they gave a WELD
Oh 10 hundredweight of good. salable
tupers. From II pounds of seed 14e
pounds or an average of IL pounds per
root, were obtained. One of these
Scots actually produced 14A pounds.
from another single plant IS potatoes
were grown, weighing 10 pounds. It
IS said that the potato is hardy. and
Ihat the haulm resists blight better
than any other variety. There can he
nc doubt that potato growers who
raise the tuber on skilled or scientific
ilEes can still depend upon making as
lnuch money from the potato as from
any other crop that can be raised. The
1e" po'ato Will be distributed from |
which county, BY, the |
way mas during recent years become
aihous for seed potatoe culture. At
'hythlng like the present value North
I'm Star will yield a good income to
my man growing it on an. acre of land.
I seems rather premature to talk of
ne decay of home rural industries
'hen such price as $500 can still
e secured for one ton of potatoes
.ondon Globe. .
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

/ Tor the man who had betrayed he,
than for the child she had borne him
She who had been too proud to plead
for herself. stretched out her hands
and besought happiness for her child,
BE good to her." she cried. "Ob
you will be good to her!"
And the man promised with down
bent head for he knew that for the
sin committed against the mother he
must atone to the child and in SO do.
ing would he win forgiveness.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

her the gentle Gliding of Sister Mary
Angela.
Set not your heart upon the things
OF earth, Sister Dorothea," was her
oft-spoken reproof
And she who. had come homeless
and despairing, but who now wore the
black gown of the sisterhood and was
known as Sister Dorothea," would
answer always:
But you gave her to me to love.
Sister Mary Angela"
And Sister Mary Angela looking at
the peaceful face of Sister Dorothea
and remembering that from which she
had been saved would sigh softly and
say no more.
But over the happiness of Sister
Dorothea there was always the shad-
o" OF an impending sorrow; for from
time to time, now one and now anoth.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
| NDER date of January 10, 1897. DR..
Hartman received the following

letter. -
My wife had been suffering from
complication of diseases for the past as
years. 49,. F". -
Her case had baf1ed the skill of some
OF the most noted physicians. One of her
worst troubles was chronic constipatior, of
several years standing
She also was passing through that most
critical period in. the life. of a woman
change of Life. In June. 1895, | wrote TO
you about her case. You advised a course
or Peruna and Manalin, which we AT once
commenced. and have to say it completely
cured her. She firmly believes that She
would have been dead only for these
wonderful remedies. eSo
~, ABOUT the same. time wrote You about
my own case of catarrh. which had been az 1
- years standing. At times L was alrnost
past gong. l commenced to use Peruna
according to your instructions and continued
us use Tor about year. and it has com |
pletely cured me-
Your remedies do aHthat Won CHIN,
for 1henl, and even more. Cafarrb
cannon exist where Peruna Is ksken
accoroIIg TO directions. Success TO
you and your remedies"
John o. Atkinson.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
In 1910.
In 1910.
DID you hear of Mrs. Sisters un.
fortunate mishanq"

DID you hear of Mrs. Sisters un.
fortunate mishap?"
NO. indeed. What was it?"
why she was having a little house
party at her aerial chateau, and sent
ner aeronaut with the omnibus bal
loon to the air line station to brine
the guests to the house"
Yes
She has always thought the man
SO trusty He has been with her two
years. But it seems he had mixed
hlmset an oxygenated highbau that
morning and he wasn't in a responsi.
Bile condition"
Mercy, what did he do?"
why, bG completely lost his head
on the up grade and collided with an
aeromotor moving van with such vic.
renee that the balloon broke lose from
tne nus and the dreadful man dropped
ms whole load into the Iake!"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

In letter dated January 1, 1900 M,''
3 Atkinson says. after five years exper;enos
with Peruna s0A'sS
81 VIII ever continue to speak n ooo.s
WORD nor Peruna. In my rounds - =
travelling huan am a walking adyer.
hsenzenf for Perlsna and haye ,,ds,n-.x
rany people during the pasf year ~
use Peruns with the most safis fscSor~
results. am stir cured OF ca karr6 3
-. - John o. Atkinson. 4
Independence, Mo.
When old age comes on, Catarrhal dir.
eases come also Systemic catarrhis alnnoss
UNIVERSAL in old people.
This explains why Peruna has l,ecorns
SO indispensable to old people Peruna =
their safeguard Peruna is :. the oniv
remedy yet devised that meets these cascs
exactly L.
Such cases cannot be treated LOCALLY,
morning but an effective systemic remedv
could cure them This is exactly whas
Peruna is. .s---..-.,.-.,i.
If you do not receive prompt and s.e.
isiactory results from the use of Peruna.
write at once to DR.. Hartman. giving
full statement of your case and he will n.
pieased to give you his valuable advice
gratis & a. F~F'l SS
Address DR. Hartman, President OF -rha
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
Adam the Uniuus-

When Adam went accounting Eve
lie didn't have to watch the CLOCK
FG TfI when twas time to leave;
she didn't make him sit away
r,E Across the room and talk about
Inc newest book or latest plav
Ihat others had been bringing out.
She 19,,l had no red-plush album there.
with photographs Of Uncle John
And Aunt Louise and Cousin CIairo
And others who were dead and gone.
Was forced to flee with all bIa -,
In order to obtain a ride
Upon the last car out that night.
All. happy Adam! He was FREQ
FROM grief the later lover bears.
eve never whispered suddenly:
L think hear pa on the stairs -
Cosmopolitan MaEazin&
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

. er OF the children whom the Sis+ers
tended would be sent away to homes
tnat mad been found for them in tho
outside world. There were DAYS when
men and women came, seeking to gain
by adoption that which Nature had
ueniea. And at such times Sister Dor
! otnea would turn faint and sick with
appreh tension and strive to hide the
liItie Amabel; for though she knew
1naI within the Foundlings Home
! 'nere could be no future for the child
; she SO dearly loved yet from tho mo-
! theht OF parting she shrunk faint
! heartedly.
Inc child is young" she told he;.
sen there is no need for haste IN
/, hnding her home"
And so the days went by till Amabe1
was tour years old; when there came
W the Foundling's Home a lady at |
sisht OF whose loneliness Sister Doro. |
inca for brief moment forgot her |
haunting fear lest Amabel be taken
from her Then she raised her eyes to
Ine lace OF the man who walked nv
the lady's side and her own face went
white as the spotless linen folds that
bound her brow
She heard their request for child
and half blindly she led forward the
Mule Amabel and caressed the chiId's
bright hair with shaking hands for
she knew that now the time of mart.
ing was upon her.
And Amabel, the child of her 1--we
ana care, turned from the black-robed
sister and going fearlessly toward the
beautiful lady played with the bracelet
on her wrist. I
But into the eyes of the man had
come look as of one who gazes unon
ne race OF the dead, and he whispered
name beneath his breath-a name L
nat the somberly garbed Sister had Il
iot heard for four long years. t
What is your name, dear?" the 1adv
vas saying and the child answered
Amabel." oN s.
'AmabeT, that is pretty name y
ma your other name, what is it?" h
one mas no other name, "Sister n
'orothea said very gently, she was b
III mere tiny baby four years ago
Know for l, too, was brought here
LAY same night. II was most I'M OF
Apply; had tried to drown mvseIf az
40 the Sisters cared for me and gave lie
e the child to love. Her name was tn
rltten on slip of paper and pinned hi
-~A VI COS anu "a wedding rinO
as found in the basket with her
1 nave kept it lest the child should w
sc it,
And from out the folds of her black Fe
Wn the Sister took a ring and
opped it with scarcely perceptibIe sh
uoder into the lady's outstretcbed NJ; =
nd. 1T was a plain gold band and r
thin 1t was engraved a name and a
tie. "1u q Sh,
Tit must have been her mothers Az
ddlng ring" the Sister said with A
ltened lips, and the other nodded
am glad of the ring" she said fh 1
r wanted child born in wedIock In
,, DEAR" and she held it toward her U
'band. the date is the year of our All
rrtage and the name Anne'-it is F;
FsLCy name. Eve
'ut the man knew that the ring had i
nallzed nothing and his eyes sought o.
Sisters face, dumbly tegeecbing II
sfveness for the wrong he lad done vbI
rt ~ :, ,..,,,., sho
thoughts were leSs f1de