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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-09-10
HHaSta cuandO?

PenSSbamos callar, habiarnos hecho
In resoluci6n de dar por bueno. como
vulgArmente Sc dice, todo 10 que los po-
derosos de la Central Aguirre hiciesen
contra nueStros intereses, contra nues-
trRs personas; pero como todas las coSas
humans tlenen fin y Il p2cienciA Sc ago
=, no heEos podido reSistir por mas
tempo los innumer&bleS abuses que eSos
hombres cometen pisoteando con oscar
MO l&s leyes Y hollando con deScaro
inaudito In altiFez v dignidad de los po-
breS nAturales del pals que no sc plegan
sus omnfmodas Eoluntades.
Y bast2 de pre&mbulos. Es nece-
sario que ell pueblo de Puerto Rico Sc
entere de los sucesos que & diario Sc des-
arrollan en- es2 Central. para que pueda
luzg2r los autores de felonfAs tantas;
no paSa dia SIN que nuestra vista con-
temple IN cuadro deSgarrador. que
nnestros oidOs llegue In Quel2 del InfelIz.
los Elantos de In madre. los solloz0S de
la hija ' Ii middleton del 0brero.
i todo por quei Fl primero, por-
Que laSeradaS las mRnos con las cuaies
nanel6 ell Instruments de labranza para
perforar In TERRA. plantanGo In cana,
cnyz cosecha produce cuanfioSos benefi-
clos la referida Central, cu2ndo acU-
de sOlicito & recab2r de 2quellos seTores
sus salaries, solo obtiene II negativa y
ell insulto por respuest2-
La segunds- porque llorR triste y
dIesconsolAda Ia muerte del hilo, eaus&d2
Esor uno de esos instrcmentos de destruc-
Ci6n que nuestros amos poseen. Que
sin las prec2uciones debidas dirijid2s
Tor hombres neghgentes, tienen In Hbre
Circulaci6n por donde q1iera-
La tercera con 81 trsle desnu0o. Ell
roSfro macilento. denunciando en 81 fax
Cndaverica las huellas cue Ell hambre le
produce. por arrebatzrsele, bajo c1al-
Quier pretexto, MI aut0r de sus dias ell
lornRl Que tantos s0dores = humillacio-
rles sufri6 para g2narlo-
Del cuarto. 8 sea del o5rero, casi 10
dIespu&s de varies dias De trabsjo. kque
aeepte eI pracio que 50 les anto5a como
Eemuneraci6n de 81 labor En- res1nen-
l0rnaies robadOs, s6res hum2n0s estro-
VDeados muert0s, anlmAles destrozados
gpor esas m&quinas infernales one corren
TFal0ces por vIas sin cercar. lQui6n IN
GlemnixA perluici0s tantos Ellos. los
ulmOs. dicen Que s0n aDerlc2nos cue
aistD los veda del respet0 la4 leyes ) los
Ipone cnhiert0 del fnllo &C los triba-
hMles-
Esa es su ccrtestaca6n, v nos0fros
aeciuaos. machines paereOrrq quef5os, so
mos puertOrriqueh0s. seremos puerto-
Fianezos, desenriAm0s ver lis seses
ane esos senores de = Lenkral Agnirre
Giansn pmxn esCadar 81 enmplLmiento ane
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-09-10
GIN EsILLo.

sus deberes les senalan, que los codigos
les imponen Y que In conciencia les exile
I II verdad ique tienen suerte es-
tos se6ores de la Central. IndiFfduo hay
por esos mundos de Dios. que no scos-
tumbrado { que asl Sc abuse. ha demSn-
dado aQuellos sefores. pidiendo indem-
nizaci6n por IN caballo que lie mat6 una
locomotora de In Central. y despues de
doce dias cumplidos de haber remitido
las demands por correo ii Juzgado mu-
nicip2l de Gusyams. est&s horas nj no
ticias de elias ha tenido.
Quien serS Ell culpablel
iHasta cuzndo persistirSn en- sus
abuses los hombres de Il Central2
tHasta euzndo se consentira tanto
despotismol
NARIOs vECISos.
Salinas, Sbre. de 1908.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-09-10
P O N @ E
Cuarta carta de
I'm americana sincere

Senior Director de La DEMOCRACIA.
Contin6o mi correspondence iate-
rrumpida por algunos dias:
<La Prensa. euSrto poder del Esta-
do, estz autorizzda en- los Estzdos Uni
dos para criticzr los gobiernos corrom-
pidos. y In prensa es atendids nj extre-
mo de que q gobierno corrige los abu-
SOS cue aquella denuncia-
Como americana slent0 mueh0 de-
cir cue en- Puerto Rico, ell gobierno In
pretendido destruTr II influences de In
prens2 y acall2r el sent1miento p1blIco-
No solxmente So han pxsado leyes fuer-
ses contra l. hbertad de Il Prensz, sino
que el Gobierno de San Juan n permi-
lido In vioIencia, lmpulzando lzs tnrbas
contra In prensa poroue sc atreyi6 1 cri-
ticsr los errOres del gobierno Y 0efendi6
les derechos del pals
He FiSto reeIentRmente por = prem
s. &c los ESE2dos Tnidos. que nuestro
GRAS GoBERNAD0R el Collector de
Rentas de Aduana Mr C0RAz6S, con
fin6an hacienda alarda da i gran pros
peridad de Puerto Rico.
10 be hablsdo con muchos aneri-
canOs v natives que 10 estSn ch1pando
de u teas p6blica. hombres de buen sen
lido de yerdadero sentimiento ameri-
cano. todos dicen cue L isIz ests en
con1icIoneS ecoD6mlczs ; pollfic2s de-
plOrables
Hace pocos dias hablS con Mr. Radd
Ministro Protestante. qusen ba Flvido
muchos azos en- Puerto Rico, cue 10
tSene e aEiere empleos del u0bserno.
&C - CleAQ Q1e - grCenrzdo Ter lss
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-09-10

R0B0 Dg IN CABALL0. La no :
cue del Il del c0rriente hs 5asaparecido
IN cahallo sain0 negro erin ataitada una
pata EraseTa blanca con una peladura
an ella, narcaso < de Ii Propiedad de
don Han1ai Ramirez Sola- Ser4 graft
6cad0 el cue diere noticias % 81 para
der0- l5-lI
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-09-10

CoAPRA DE VACAS. <De<eo com
praT dos Tacss pariias. que no tengan
US De amos de eiad. = que den mu-
cha lecRa - DrefIeren las maniIas v
de- blena ra7a ) una yunsa de bueyes
l0Tenes = de trabsJO. - l.. brown
CayeFs P RI O.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-09-10

AVISAI0S ! los cue = vayan !
caszr. Que en = Mzyag1ezana, g hacen
Eapaue~ II gast0 para I0S movies, tanEO
para homhre. como para muler- Los
De 6sta - pneden Ahricar "a n misma
TIA l|ne n de- traie de n0Eia
E.sts es4ablecimiant0 - encuantra en-
u caIle % San gRsEo, - l7.--San Jnan~
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those great knetoscope machines that
throw large moving pictures on screens,
so now everybody can see a plant grow
from a seed to a mighty shrub.
only. instead of having TO watch it for
months and years, we can ali see IL with
in a few minutes. for the machine throws
the pictures on the screen just as fast as
one may wish
This already has taught farmers and
florists many things about plants that
never had been suspected before. al
though so many sharp-eyed persons have
watched plants grow for so many cen
turtles
A few years ago the United States Gov
eminent imported the beautiful and val
liable date palm. hoping 10 make it
grow In the sandy and dry parts OF Arl-
iona and New Mexico and other spots OF
the United States where other domestic
plants do not thrive. The date palms did
fairly well. hut not well enough to please
the Department OF Agriculture. so Il sent
one of its men away out to Africa and
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GRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL AND ITS PURPOSES

course Of lectures viii be given in the
evenings, and, so far as practical, viii
be illustrated by experiments, diagrams
and lantern slides. For instance. when
Medical Director John c. Boyd, l. s, y,
lectures on the prevention OF infectious
diseases on shipboard. he viii illustrate
his subject with the model apparatus
Snd other objects Of interest from
sanitary point OF view pertaining 20 the
Naval Museum OF Hygiene.
Prof Charles w Styles. who has &C.
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Instruments. and scores on scores OF
queer colOred flags, and little gaudy
cClored lanterns. that ones heart quite
fills with a desire to play with them.
Yet even while one is looking at them
turn and dance. those tempting TOYS
may be telling OF a storm that is killing
folk and blowing houses down far away.
The little flags and lanterns. when
hcisted. may seem anything but TOYS 10
the sailor For some Of them spell hur-
rIcane. and others talk of hail and rain.
and others warn all human kind to stay
snug in shelter.
Fun With the Fishes.
There was a learned man in Woods
Holl. in Massachusetts, the other day.
who had great fun with starfish in little
saGcers AMI bright flashing glass tank.
Woods Holl is the place where tie
Government studies fish This man went
out and caught lot OF the .beautifrI
things called starhsh, because they look
SO much like stars.
Children who have seen them and
played with them and admired them
Will find it hard to believe that they are
really first cousins to the deviIfsh and
octopus. as they are.
The man played lots OF games with the
stars, He put some Of them into shall
low vessels and found that they had
queer habits. For instance a starhsL
would try to crawl over the side Of The
dish, but as soon as he found he would
have to lift his arms out OF the water
to do it he would slide right back.
But if he could get just enough water
to keep his arms covered. he would
crawl away rapidly. quite regardless OF
the fact that all the rest of his body
was sticking out high and dry.
Both Pleasant and Profitable.
The man also got many eggs OF the
star and put them into tiny trays fun OF
salt water and Matched them out. GIori-
ously beautiful little things they were.
purple and crimson and scarlet and vel
low. each one as tiny as pinhead vet
each one perfect fve-armed star. And
as soon as each was Matched it would
hustle right to the bottom and fasten
on n bit Of green weed, where il shone
like flashing gem.
Now this was truly pleasant play. But
il was profitable too. For the starRsh
is terrible enemy OF the oyster ard
the clam.
The starfsh used TO eat so many oys-
ters and clans that the fishermen Of
Connecticut alone lost more than $780,
0o0- The play Of the man in Woods
HOn has taught the Government new
ways Of lighting the stars. and it is now
sending the information to all the fisher
men and sSellfsh planters.
So all the playing means vast sums
OF money saved or earned in various
wa-s.
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TOYS that ARE PLAYED With By GREAT MEN OF SCIENCE

across the Desert OF Sahara to find the
Gases and see how palms grow there
He found gorgeous evergreen morn
inggIory twining all over the houses Of
ne Arabs And then ne found the beau
tlful GASES. and when he returned it was
With many cameIs, all ladgl with fine
date palms
And these are growing finely now in
our country. That was a real Arabian
Nights play trip that has been worth
lots and lots OF money 10 the country.
Watching the WinGmills.
Some charming toys are those that
everybody may see in the many weather
observing stations Of the Government
There are busy little windmills, turning
like anything, and funny little round
disks on arms that dance all the time,
and queer spiral glass tubes that move
lead pencils over charts.
) weather observatory would be the
very place of all that any child would
select If II could have its way, for a
PiEyroom. There are so many funny
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are drunk. when they can be picked up
by the bare hand without even needing
a net.
That is not bad play either. Yet that
kind OF play has saved the people OF
The United States millions Of dollars
tor the insect hunters find out so much
about the insects that destroy vegetation
and fruit and shade trees that we know
now Just when to look out for their ar
rival and just how 10. destroy them be-
fore they become big enough TO eat
growing things
The Game Of Seeds.
Last year men in the Agricultural De-
plTtment in Washington played at a most
absorbing game that surely would have
pleased every boy and girl in the land.
They planted seeds OF many kinds in tiny
pots, one seed in each pot. and then day
after day they photographed the pots.
Thus they made many hundreds Of pic
lures that. when they were all put to-
gether. showed just how the plants grew
And these picrIres were put into one OF
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John Hay, then the assistant secretary.
came in for a second with some papers,
among which was one OF the weeklies
OF the day with some picture or state
ment referring to the Illinois Rail
Splitter
DO you know, CONFESS said Mr..
Lincoln to me. there isn't a word Of
truth in this rail-splitting business. not
a word: and yet what am l to do about
IT? The day after l was nominated l
was standing on the front porch OF my
house. and the people were coming up
10 congratulate me, and Parading by,
some OF them actually carrying on their
shoulders the rails which l was sup
posed 10 have split. 1 was much con-
fused and troubled. and did not know
exactly what l could do about it. My
impulse was to tell them, but then
thought here were masses Of men taking
their own means OF expressing their
pleasure at my nomination, and 1 asked
myself IL l should dampen the ardor Of
my supporters on the very threshold OF
the campaign or let il 90 on and treat
IL as a means or incident in our cleo
ton.
Thought He'd Let 'em Sing.
.' Then all of a sudden there occurred
to me n little story about an old farmer
who lived up where l did when l was
boy He was an old bachelor and didn't
have much Of a farm, and was an awful
crank. Farm hands didn't like to work
for him, and he used TO have lot of
trouble getting them. Finally he got one.
a good. hard working fellow, who was a
great help to him, and who stayed long
er than any Of the others. This fellow
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WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT.
Begun A. ID. 1883.
President Of thc United States.
FRANKLIN PIERCE
Secretary Of War,
Building, A. d. 1851,
President o. the United States,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Secretary % War.
SIMON CAMERON

At the conclusion OF the war Colonel
Rives was employed as chief engineer
OF the South and North Alabama Rail-
road. He was later offered a position
as chief engineer for extensive govern
ment work in Egypt. but refused the
position. He was vice president and
general manager of the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad, and vice president and gen.
eral manager OF the Richmond and Dan
Vile Railroad. He was engaged in i'm
portant engineering work for many
years in Central America. and was at
one time general superintendent Of the
Panama Railroad Until a few months
before his death he was chief engineer
OF the Cape Cod Canal
Cabin John Bridge was built by the
United States Government to carry the
aqueduct supplying Washington with
water across the deep ravine through
which Cabin John Run flows. Work on
the bridge was interrupted by the war
of 1861. and the structure was not com
pleted until 1864 The parapet walls
Of red Seneca sandstone were not con-
structed until 1872 Prior to that time
the bridge had timber safeguards
The span OF the bridge is 220 feet
from base TO base and los feet high At
the time the bridge was constructed
il was the largest stone span in the
world The total cost was 1884 900. The
arch OF the structure is Of Quincy sand
stone. and the abutments are OF Mary
land gneiss. The aqueduct which passes
through II has a capacity OF rs, 500 900
gallons daily
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LINCOLN WAS NOT A RAIL SPLITTER

had only one fault-he used 10 love 10
sing. He sang all the time about the
house and when he was working in the
field. BY and by the old farmer got so
that the singing disturbed him consid-
erably. So he called up the man and
said: Look here, John. you must stop
this singing. It's really more than
can stand. Don't let me hear you
again" John went out and tried silence
for a couple OF days. but one morning
the old farmer found a note from him.
saying: Have gone TO hoe where I can
sing" So. CONFESS, I just thought I'd
let EN- sing.
THAT describes Il exactly, and thus
the loose tradition originating in the en-
thusiasm and cunning of his followers
has now passed into the realm Of &C
cepted facts. Though his humble begin
ming gave ample room for the story OF
the rails. and though II seems to have
illustrated the simplicity OF his life, il
seems TO me to be OF some interest to
note that IT was all myth
In many affairs. and especially in
those which related to the extreme
Western States. President Lincoln con-
suited Mr.. CONFESS, and on two occa-
sions accepted his advice in spite of
much influence and opposition TO the
contrary. In this way many OF those
delightful audiences which Lincoln had
with the public men CT his day. and
which are so productive OF Lincoln's
stories, fell TO the lot of Mr.. CONFESS.
When asked to speak of the stories. he
said that they could hardly be memoir
lied. they fitted into the conversation of
the great man so well and were so pat
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lecture upon instcts as agents Tor the
transmission OF infectious diseases.
The important subject of protective
incubation which belongs 20 the depart
ment of preventive medicine has teen
assigned to Prof, Emil A. de SehweiaItz.
who has for many years been engaged in
research work in this field Of inves,iga-
tion.
Prof. Harvey w. Wiley and his asso-
ciates viii give a comprehensive course
in sanitary chemistry by means Of lee
lures and practical laboratory work.
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voted many years TO the study Of animal
parasites and has an international repu-
tation in this field OF investigation. will
discuss the question Of animal parasites
made s4ams4iar with the methods by
which these parasites gain an existence
in the human body, and viii be taught
to detect them either in the body Of man
or of lower animals.
Prof L. o. Howard. the entomoIogist
OF the Agricultural Department, will
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DAVIS NAME WAS CUT FROM THIS TABLET.

Captain Meigs returned from Fort JET
ferson, where ne had been detailed tenn
porarily. He ordered the tablet placed
at the east end Of the bridge and his
name and that of Alfred L. Rives were
traced on it in preparation for the stone
let was delayed. Before the letters were
chiseled Colonel Rives answoaed the call
of the Conrsderacy and Captain Meigs
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MINES ERASED TROY HIST ORIG CABIN JOHN BRIDGE

structure was a great one in the mind
of Captain Meigs. who took much pride
in the structure and resented the at
tempts of officers who were engaged on
the work to take credit for the great
arch. Colonel Rives was the only man
with whom Captain Meigs was willing
to share his glory. For six months In
the latte. part Of 1850 and the early part
of 1861 Captain Meigs was stationed in
the South. and the Cabin John Bridge
work was in charge of other officers
When the foundation stones were laid
In the great arch Captain Meigs had
chiseled on one Of the stones on the
south face of the arch, at the east end
Of the bridge, the words:
M c. Meigs, Chief Engineer, Wash
ington Aqueduct, A. D. 1853. Fecit'
This inscription is on a stone only a
few feet from the ground, and was made
by Captain Meigs that his name might
be inseparably linked with the bridge.
even If he were called away before It's
completion.
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Students viii have an opportunity TO
familiarize themselves with the most ap
proved methods Of differentiatiug be-
tween wholesome and unwholesOme ar
ticles of food and drink.
Living Model Demonstrations.
In the department OF applied anatomy
a series OF demonstrations will be given
upon the living model so that each stu
dent may become completely familiar
with the situation and relations of the
organs and important structures This
will be supplemented by demonstrations
upon the cadaver. The course Will be
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was so enraged that he ordered the
name Of the young assistant engineer
erased from the tablet, upon which the
following words were chiseled: Union
Arch, Chief Engineer. Capt. Montgomery
c. MeiGs. L. 5. Corps OF Engineers. Esto
Perpetua-"
The honor which Captain Meigs was
about to confer upon Colonel Rives in
allowing his name TO appear upon the
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Secretary Of the Interior. the Hon Gal
usha Grow, and many other prominent
Iaen made a trip 10 Cabin John Bridge
in 1862 Grow noticed Jefferson Davis
name OIL the tablet at the west end OF
the bridge. and. it is said, requested
Smith TO have IL removed Smith in
structed William r. Hutton. who was
then chief engineer, 10 have the work
done, and a stOnecutter removed the
Eame Of jefferson Davis, who was Sec
rotary Of War when the work on the
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copiously illustrated by wall charts and
lantern Illustrations
Major lie Garde, surgeon. L. 5. A. viii
give exhibitions OF the practical use OF
the X-ray and X-ray apparatus, and
their application TO medical and surgi-
cal uses at the United States Soldiers
Home.
Clinical lectures Will be delivered at
the Government Hospital for the Insane
when patients exhibiting all forms OF
insanity viii be examined in presence OF
the class.
The professors and adjunct professors
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charged frequently with the destruction
of Davis name, but he was not re-
sponsible for its removal. and his
friends have made every effort to give
the public the true account OF how the
name came TO be removed.
In 1862 tne War Department was so
burdened with responsibility that the
Washington Aqueduct was placed under
The charge % the Department of the In
terror. and was controlled by that de-
pertinent until 1861 Caleb B. Smith