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Els de lamentar ell conficto habido
entire los empleados ell Director de fe-
rrocarriles.
Nosotros que no tratamos de pene-
trar en- los motives que indujeron al re-
ferido Director para colocarse en- una
actitud tan seria, desde luego nos incli-
namos & pensar que este disgusto debiera
conciliarse por parte de la Compan1a,
una vez que Sc trata de padres de fami-
liza puertorriquenos dignos 4 quienes
esta violenta determination deja sin pan,
sin tener en- cuenta para clio sus largos
amos de servicio y competencia.
81 en- algo vale nuestra opinion, la
ponemos al lado de los que sufren, So
bre todo cuando estos que sufren son
puertorriquenos.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-03-07
FL PORYENIR De FILIPINAS

No caben terminus medios mes
tros agoreros al consular ell firmamento
nolftico, desde sus respectivos obserya-
torios, emiten tan solo dos opiniones /:
pesimistas en- extreme unas, optimistas
basta la ventura otras.
En- ell espacio inconmensurable que
separa la desgracia de la fortuna, Sc afe-
rran tenaces & sus ideas particulares y
los astronomers de la polftica, al hundir
sus anteojos en- la bruma de las nebulo-
sas, sacan en- consecuencia 8 la irredimi-
ble condici6 de este pueblo, 8 la risue6a
conviction de su futura possible grande-
"a.
Nj con unos, nj con otros. Arriba
son inc6gnitas de diffcil adivinacion los
astros los planetas. Abajo palpitan
los hombres, viven con sus pasiones,
con sus virtudes, con sus faquezas y en-
yez de interrogar al eter azul, contenta-
rene con aspirar Ell oxfgeno de muchos
campos Y ciudades cuando mas, me
permitir6 llegar hasta ell ambiente de
las camarillas Y de los legatarios del
poder para poder emitir una opinion
serena Y libre de apasionamientos, 10
mas cercana possible la verdad mas
absoluta.
Tenemos encima de nuestros sufri-
dos hombros una montana de calamida-
des. Crugen los huesos y Sc desbaratan
en- menudas fracturas sus celulas & tanto
peso & tanta tenacidad adverse. Sc
oscurece la mente, llenando Gle indigna-
ci6n las fibras del alma que en- 'rectitud
rebelde desesperada clama contra tan
ia desgracia contra tanto desconsuelo.
No busquemos ell remedio en- un
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-03-07

nuevo mana del cielo, sin6 en- ell propio
esfuerzo,
Convenzamonos de que no vendran
de fuera alimentarnos, nj enaltecer-
nos. DE nosotros Y solo de los filipinos,
saldra ell esfuerzo, la fe. la ciencia, la
perseverance, y ell heroismo Son vir-
tudes y grandes cualidades innatas en-
nuestro pueblo, en- el pecho de nuestras
muchedumbres. Solo falta cultivarlas
Isl, que 10 haremos.
CuandO nueStrO pueblo adquiera una
superior cultura, cuando las virtudes
c1vlcas resplandeciesen con hermosa va
lentla en- todos los filipinos, cuando nues-
tras nuJeres Sc eduquen sin esa negra
losa de los convencionalismos, cuando
nuestros obreros Sc eduquen odien la
holganza, cuandO la riqueza incalculable
de nuestro suelO y subsuelo brOte al CO.
merclO de tOdOs los paises del mundo,
cuando nuestrOs metales surtan de mo-
nedas todas las areas, cuando ell hilo de
nueStrOS tllamentOS ondee en- banderas
glOrlOsas en- Velas hinchadas sObre ell
enmarafadO aparejo de nuestros barcos,
cuandO nuestrO geniO rodee al mundO
Gle tillplnlsmo hondo y firme y cuando
nuestrOs hombres huyan de la actitud
cObardemente femenina 8 de La posici0n
asquerOsa de hermafrOditas de la vida
p1blica y nacional, entonces Ia nacion
surglra con ell voluntario beneplacito de
NOrte America que al sacudir la escla-
vltud que aSflXlaba su cuello, borr0 de
su Constitution immortal, ell servilismo
y Ell vilipendio, para los demas pueblos
her6icos del planeta.
DOMINADOR GOMEZ JESUS.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-03-07
G.. GARCIA.
Alcalde Municipal.
RobO de una potranCa

Ha sido sustraida del barrio del Rio
(Piedras) don Sebastian Diaz una p0-
tranca ell sabado % del pasado Febrero
con las senas siguientes:
Color zainO amarillo, 2 pataS del
menudillo abajo bancas, paso deyana
do, sobre tr"te largo, aizada creciente,
una cicatriz de enrredadura en- una pa
ia delantera, un lucero apap ado en- la
frente, pOca erin Y marc da S D. Gr-'
tificara al cue de noticias de su para
derO.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-03-07
ACADIA MUNICIPAL DE (AGUAS
Al PUBLIC@

Esta Acadia facilit6 4 los vecinos
de la localidad "a cubos hierro galvani-
zado, 5 barras de hierro, 2 hachuelas, 4
faroles y una escalera, para ayudar a Ia
extinction del fuego ocurrido en- la noche
del dia de aver en- una fnca urbana, pro-
piedad de don Celestino Sola.
Dichos objetos son de la persenen-
cia de este Municipio, y Sc encuentran
marcados con las iniciales A. NJ. enla-
zadas. I como quiera que los mencio-
nados objetos no han sido devueltos 4
esta ofcina, por medic del presente, ha-
go saber: que 81 en- ell t6rmino de tres
d1as, contar desde hoy, no Sc verifica
Ia devoluci6n, Sc dara cuenta la Auto
ridad correspondence para que proceda
contra aquel que retuviere en- su poder
cualquiera de los objetos enumerados.
Caguas, Mario de 1908
G.. GARCIA.
3-3 Alcalde Municipal.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-03-07
AImanaque de "El Rpna(lmlentO "

Hemos recibido un ejemplar del Al
manaque ilustrado con que este lmpor-
tante diario de Manila, escrito en- caste
llano tagaIo, obsequi6 a sus suscrlpto-
res ell dla primero del aflo actual.
Contiene excelentes grabados, algu-
nos de los cuales reproducen tipos y cos
tumbres del archipelago magallanlco, y
Ell texto es escogido Y variado.
La parte tipografca, inmejorable.
Damos las gracias al colega por tan
valiosO obsequio.
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tlntereSant

FL que suscribe. particjpa al publ
co que con esta fecha ha pue~to al ser
vicio un coche que hara viajes a Qua
yama Y M unabO en- condolences de fle-
te precio Conditional
veDde ono remontado de nuevo,
ruedas patentes Y nuevas con cuatr0
parejas de ca ballOS j0venes en- cantidad
de $50 pesos. Lo mismo que tambien
una partida de tabacO en- rama de to
das classes, magnlficO para elaborar Ell
seguida.
F. ZENoN GELY.
Patillas, FebrerO 6 de 1908.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-03-07

P0BRES NINOS.....!! !!
MADRES DE FkMLS, Old Ell WGDs0 CONsE DE WEsTRO MtDGO

hijos
r1ente sin or opinion vueo m6dco Los m6dico
Puerto Rico roores concienca ustrados habra
daje decimos.
El
verdadero elaboration dc
emusiones lamada queGR ASA DE PESCADOS Ah
o del tmo M6dico verfcado Paris
Tuberculosis sabos ALI
complete del aendien
torDos CASTRO intesnales ocasiona
No medico que rudimentario
sema
ciento cserto) de
ndigesa empean verifcar emulsion
sultndo ntOerabe estomagos
d6bes criaturas y dc los pobres enfermos.
81 emusones
d. No discutir relative
mediante
cripci6n facultatva.
agunos puede empleae guayaco1
antiseptco Ea duica ndicaon Pero
los tuberculosis deben guayaco decimos solo
m6dico estme
queTeis tonnar
resutados, el LACTOMARROW DR. Van Messy
musones acete de bacaao
irtac6n 6mago Rconstituye los ORGANISING des
bn enfermedad condolences cmacas Els
fac digestion perfeamente asmab opon6ndose
q nngdn tFatamientO
LACTOM compuesto xMedua> tu6tano) los
verifca ndigea emulso
de aceite de in6 dc huevo> EN
eras farinaca fermentos dgos escogdo hpoosftos
estere1zada5 elemenos
todo rqufsimos principles medcnales almenticios
Preguntad, vuestro m6dico, 81 dira 81
medicine verdad; las exi
e
nmediato resuado hay NADIA mejor los
entasS
general sempe reonstitur ORGANISING
brecido.
FALLO DE ILUsTRADA OLAsE MEDIOA NOS SUGETAM0S
LaCtO- O-MaHsrow
dice 10 que dernuestra 10 que vale
LacfO-M8rrOw 90, sgulmicOs New York
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-03-07
DE JUNCOS

Honda impression cause entire los
federales de este pueblo, al enterarse de
10 ocurrido al director de LA DEMocRA-
GA con el senor Toro Fernando. To
dos los amigos del sefior Abril lamenta-
mos de todas veras ell suceso, celebrando
al mismo tempo no tuviera tataies con
secuencias, por 10 cual lie enVlamos
nuestra cordial felicitacl6n.
-Nuestros amigos los esposos oon
Jose B. Cintron Y dofa Vicenta Rivera
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-03-07
AI(aIdfa municipal de Yabu(Oa

Encontrandose vacante la plaza de
Official auxiliar de Sanidad del pObiado
de Maunabo, por renuncia del que la
servia, y la que esta dotada con ell ha
Der anual de 700 dollars, Sc hace sa-
Der al pdblico por ell t6rmino de Is dias
para cOnocimiento de los 1icitadores.
NJ MARTORELL.
Is ) Alcalde.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-03-07
FL mulO descontento

Asf un mulo q un labrador
lie dijo una vez:---Amigo,
tie portas tan NAL conmigo
que no puede ser peor.
Ando por baches y cuestas
con ell CAIRO 8 la tartana,
y cuando tie viene en- CANA
tengo que llevarte 4 cuestas.
Yo, cabizbajo y mohino,
llevo 4 la era la mics,
y yo la trillo despu6s
y yo la llevo al mollno.
7 siendo yo el que 10 gano,
pues soy ell que mas trabaja,
q mi me dejas la paja
y til tie comes ell grano.
JOSE EsTREMERA
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sart Is simple. His assistants capture as
many zebras as they can and drive them
into a large enclosure, which is sur
rounded by thick and thorny hedge
AL hrst they are naturally unmanagea-
pie, for they speedily discover that they
nave lost their liberty. but very soon they
Pn1iosophlcaliy make UP their minds to en-
cure patiently whatever may be in store
Tor them, and as a result they find them
selves in a few days in comfortable box
stalls and treated in other respects just as
tnOugn they Were ordinary horses.
mat this Is surprising achievement is
evident from the fact that zebras are not
by nature either cowardly or effeminate.
They have been known to fight Valiantly
when attacked by lions. and they can
make excellent use of their teeth, as many
an African hunter knows to his cost Yet
in short time after they have been cap
customed to their new life and to human
beings that they allow themselves to be
saddled and bridled. and will even permit
men to ride them.
Six of the Boehm ZebraS were recently
imported into Hamburg, and soon after
their arrival four were purchased by the
manager of a circus, who said that he
hoped to be able to teach them several
tricks. That he will succeed is very prob
able, for there is now in a CIRCUS in Swe-
den trained zebra of extraordinary intel
igence.
Quite as interesting as the experiments
in Kilimandjaro company are those which
are being made by Her Falz-Fein at
Ascania Nova, in Southern Russia Herr
Falz-Fein has large estate there. and
according to DR.. Heck, who recently Wis
tied it, ostriches, zebras and a1telopes
wander over great part of it, so that it
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brush is one for individual preference.
There is a great deal of talk about the
virtue Of the flesh scrubbing brush
and, indeed, it is often a very good
thing. But there is skin and skin. and
that which one skin will bear another
skin will not
THE girl who goes in for the wa
ter-cure will find that 1t certainly
takes time. The society woman with
a maid to draw her bath and to re-
new the rinsing waters; the woman
with devoted servant to scrub, mas
sage, rub in and dry off the different
waters, soaps, lotions and creams Of
the bath, has no idea how difficult it
is to perform these tasks alone. And
for that reason, keeping clean takes
lots Of time and endeavor. -..--
But, oh, the beauty of 1t! The
beauty teachers will tell you that they
devote half their time to convincing
their patrons that a pretty blooming
face is clean face, but that the wom-
en- hesitate to believe them.
Some famous beauties spend half
their time in the bath. They battle in
hot water, in buttermilk, in benzoinat-
ed lotions, In borated baths They use
beauty creams after the bath, and they
bleach the skin until it is lovely"
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This particular guest may have been
a gentleman and a scholar" but the
majority of the patrons of the Elephant
inn, or any of the other hotels of Pom
peI, were not. The public houses Of
the Romans were generally occupied
by the poor, and often by the vicious.
In those days private hospitality was
SO open and universal that a stranger
OF standing, on arriving at a city, never
went to a hotel, but to the home Of
friend.
On the walls of the amphitheater the
American of the twentieth century
soon discover that there were matinee
idols before the establishment of the
modern drama. In the days Of the
Roman empire it was the gladiator
instead Of the actor. On the seats
where the Pompeiian maidens watched
men and animals fight and die there
are scratched such sayings as, "Celadus,
for whom the girls sigh" "Gladius, the
glory of the maidens;" ''Cresceus, lord
of young women" or "Giganteus, the
darlings' DOCTOR"
New Workers are said to utilize al
advertising, but they are outdistanced
If one walks through the Street of
buried, he will find, painted in red
letters which have not yet lost their
tint, advertisements of all kinds and
descriptions. Often a family whose
fortunes were depleted rented the
tomb of it's more prosperous ancestors,
as New England farmer now rents
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the ashes fell. The skill of the artist
will be combined with the knowledge
of the archaeologist and historian. No
where will the original structures or
decorations be altered, but only those
parts which have been irreparabIy eff
faced will be replaced.
The American on walking through
the lava paved streets of Pompeii is
first impressed with the isolation of the
private houses. Instead of fronting on
choicest rooms looking down on the
turned it's back on a thoroughfare. Oft
en- the front walk is unbroken save by
the doorway. Through this, entrance
the visitor enters a vestibule, and be-
yond he sees an open court, around
which are built the living rooms. In
the rear are the stables for horses, I'M
der the, same roof, but removed from
the rooms occupied by the family.
The architectural restoration of
Pompeii, however, fails to reflect the
moral and social life of the Roman if
one passes UNDECIDED the inscriptions
with which it's walls are covered. A
guide will translate them for one. Be-
sides the carved inscriptions found on
public monuments, there are rough
scratchings on the walls and floors,
where Vandal poets have scrubbed their
verses or lovers have imprinted amor
GUS nothingS, much as they do now.
The habit of scratching on the wall
was indeed much more prevalent in
those days than these, for it was al
ways a temptation for a Roman to test
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tons as "a good man." Worthy of
office" or "a youth of singular mod
esty." After the name of one man,
who evidently would have run on the
-Tammany ticket were he living
in New York in these days, were the
words:
He will be the watchdog of the
treasury"
Now and then are found invectives,
some mild, some pungent, which one
party hurled at another. One diatribe
mat hardly cloaks it's meaning, and
WnIch shows that public office was oc-
caslonally used for private gain, reads:
The meek thieves request the cleo
ton of Vatia as aedile."
Many women Of the twentieth CEN
fury are often heard to argue that their
sex Should take as much interest in
eIectlonS as their husbands or brothers.
Nineteen centuries ago in Pompeii the
women evidently thought the same
way, and they not only thought so, but
they put their convictions into actual
practice. After the name of one candt-
date is found this telltale sentence:
His little sweetheart is working for
the election Of Claudius, duumvir."
NOW and them Pompeiian put his
grudges o4wrIting, as did this one
on the fall of5thel public bath:
"Sanius toEomelius: Go hang your
SELF
Here>is anpthsr slurring inscription
which Ponipeifan scandainongers
might have nonnected with the Resti-
TITUS who was. longing for his Urbana
and which was written in a market
place, as foll6Wsl
"RestitutusAhas many times deceived
many girls
Lovers wrote E5most of these stray
scr1bbIlngs, sand3 In every case the
writer betrayed the fact that he had
or had not been fortunate. Here are a
few to judgesbysaf
He who has never been in love is no
gentleman" 81
Health totyou, Victoria, and wher-
ever you are, may you sneeze sweetly."
"CeStilia, queen of the Pompeiians.
sweet soul, greeting to you
All lovers come. l propose to break
the ribs of Venus and to smash the
small of her back with club. If she
can bore hole in my tender heart
why can 1 not break her head with a
cudgel?"
Even should the dream of the restor-
erS of Pompeii be realized and the city
be resurrected in all it's pristine beau
ty. with its houses filed with the
treasured relics now slowed away in
the Neapolitan museum, these telltale
scratches upon its walls will show that
after all, human nature in the first is
much the same as In the twentieth
century.
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1000 persons were buried alive within
its oval walls, only the southern part
of Europe, northern strip of Africa
and the western edge of Asia finally
heard the news and realized it's fearful
significance. Now all five continents
read daily of the volcanoes demonstra-
lions, and wonder if the Silent City will
meet a second fate. Wherever Roman
thought and art have gone, however
they may have been reproduced by the
Anglo Saxon, the Gaul or the Iberian,
Pompeii is always a name that aWak-
ems sympathy.
The loss of the Pompeii of today,
however, would not be one of sentiment
alone. 1t would mean the destruction
of property whose value can hardly be
estimated in dollars and cents. Since
1851 archaeologists have been uncov-
ering its buildings Systematically and
have laid bare one-half it's streets.
They have also restored several of its
buildings, so that the visitor might
think he had gone backward some
twenty centuries and was living in the
reign of Titus instead of Victor EN-
manuel III. In one house, for example,
the figures Of the frescos seem almost
as fresh as before the fatal shower of
ashes. Marble statues stand in the
Railways just as they did when their
masters was alive. Fountains are
playing in the atrium, and in the garden
there flourish the same varieties of
roses which his daughters once picked
to adorn their hair. This is the house
of VettiuS, the rich fuller.
Some have said that even if Pompeii
were devastated a second time, not
with ashes and pumice stones such as
fell in 70, but with lava which would
make the city'S obliteration as COM
plete as that of Herculaneum, never
theless the world would still have the
priceless Pompeiian relics in the mu-
scum at Naples. Here, they say, are
all kinds of handiwork which reflect
the life and customs of the ancient in
habitants of Pompeii. Not only may
one see here works of art which or
namented public halls and private par
lors, but the everyday appliances Of
life.
But those who have set themselves
to the task of restoring Pompeii con-
tend that museum relics can give only
the Vaguest idea of the people whose
property they once were. The old
world, they say, is full of ruined cities
where cups and statues and a thousand
more different kinds of human inven-
tons are being dug up every day.
Every good-SiZed museum in the world
has its exhibition of Roman antioui-
ties"
1t is Pompeii itself therefore. which
Its restorers say is most precious of
all. Nowhere else in all the world has
whole city been embalmed, as it
were, so that twenty centuries have
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toned to the swift and beautifully striped
creature from the tropics before another
ZEBRA arrived from Abyssinia, and, as it
was of a distinct species, having a white
tall instead of black one, it was named
liter Faure, who was then president.
xery tame and docile it soon became. DR..
Heck says: MY colleague NJ Porte, of
the Jardin dAcclimation, used to mount
and ride 1T, and every one was astonished
at its wonderful docility 1t stayed in a
stable just like pony, and was regularly
groomed and ridden"
soon. afterward the Kilimandjaro Com
merc1al and Agricultural society was es-
tablished, its headquarters being on the
NASSAU steppe, in German East Africa,
and then for the first time systematic
efforts We're made to capture zebras and
break them in so that they could be used
for, the same purposes as horses and
mules.
That these efforts have been successful
from the start the report of the manager,
Herr T. Won Bronsart, clearly shows.
Even grown up zebras he says. of the spe-
cies known as the Boehm zebra, this name
having been given to them in honor of
Boehm. the distinguished African tray
eler, can with little trouble be trained to
draw wagons and to carry men on their
backs
The method adopted by Herr Yon Bron-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20
FINDS FOOTPRINTS OF
A GREAT MAMMOTH
Dr.. j. p. FrizeII Tells of Remarkable
Discovery in Arctic Regions.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18.-Dr. J.
P. Frizell, who is in the employ of the
government, and who has been in the
Arctic regions for several years, has
just come down from the North with
the report that he has discovered
fresh tracks of a mammoth.
Il do not wish to make myself ri
diculous to the scientific world by
stating as a fact that at least one liV-
ing specimen of the mammoth family
is still remaining at large on the
American side in the far Arctic re-
gions," he said, but 1 saw with my
own eyes comparatively fresh tracks
on the Island Unimak, which is 125
miles in width. 1t is about four miles
from the mainland, and animals can
walk back and forth on the island.
THE tracks could be distinctly seen
in the ice and snow, and I followed
them for quite a distance" continued
the doctor. They sank four inches
into the hard, frozen ground. They
were four feet apart, showing that
distance to be the stride of the animal.
The width of the track was - by 20
inches. In each tract were the dis
tinct Impressions of eighteen toes. 1
ran across these animal tracks in the
country between Mount POmprOani
and Mount Scheschalda, the latter be-
ing 5000 feet in height and not a very
active volcano.
st may later on have occasion to de-
vote more time to studying the tracks
and following them, wherever they
may lead"
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Offspring of Horse and Zebra
Is Likely to SuppIant Mule

In Germany, according to Mr.. Richard
Guenther, United States consul general
at Frankfort, 1t is confidently predicted
that during the twentieth century the
mule will be replaced by the 'zebrula,'
which is cross between a horse mad a
zebra. DR.. E. Heck, director of the Ber-
lin geological museum, is of the same
opinion as the consul general, and as he
has devoted years of study to the subject
his views thereon are worthy Of note.
Little was thought of the zebra. he
points out, until Menelil1, emperor Of Abys-
slnla, happened to send an unusually fine
specimen to President Grevy, of France
So beautiful was the animal that it at
tracted much attention, and Milne-E
wards, who was then in charge of the zoo
logical garden in Paris, named the spe-
cies after the president.
DR.. Heck saw the animal soon after il
arrived, and he thinks that Dio Cassius
had a similar animal in mind when he
wrote about the ''hippotigris," or tiger
horse. several of which were seen in the
circus at Rome during the reign of the
Emperor Caracalla. His reason for think
ing SO is because the Grevy zebra is found
not only in Somaliand and at Schoa. in
Southern Abyssinia, but also in other
places which Were at that time under the
Roman dominion.
Vhe Parisians had hardly become accus-