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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-15
Te!egIamas de PO!iciia

COAMO.-El cabo Padr6, de SER
yicio en- este pueblo, dice al Coronel
Hamill, que por investigation practi-
cada ha sido detenido Francisco Es-
pada Mercedes Ortiz, por sospechas
de homicidio ocurrido hace tempo en-
81 barrio de Santa Catalina, de este
mkrmino municipal.
M MYACCO.-En la jurisdiction de
Aana Grasde fueron capturados los
VI Aeros Polo yillante, Angel Veda
n Ocacio, sienoo entregadoS 4 la
lci6n del Juzgado.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-15
|SERv|C|O CABLECRAF|CO
De LA DEMOCRAC|A"
Refuerzos |Iegan diariamente
al Quartet de Mukden

NEW YORK, JULIO 15.-Comu-
nican de Mukden al xLondon Tirnes>
que q diario llegan cuatro cinco tre-
nes especiales conduciendo refuerzos
para el general Kuropatkin.
Cuando el general Kuropatkin
tenga ALI todos los soldados que es-
pera, cree poder dar una sorpresa des-
agradable & importante al enemigo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-15
DESLINDE

FL arquitecto de obras publicas
don Almando Morales ha empezado
hoy los estudios sobre Ell deslinde de
la zona de reservas navales en- los te-
rrenos dc Puerta de TERRA.
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FIGHT At BULL RUN
FALL ARMY MANEUvERS TO &C.
CUR ON OLD BATTLE GROUND.
OLD SOLDIERS TO ATTEND
Hundreds of Them Will Be Present
as Critics for the Regular and Ma
tional Guard Forces-Other
Washington Gossip.

Observation-Disclosures and fol-
that matter the soldiers of the entire
country, are taking more than a pass
ing interest in the coming battle ma
neuvers scheduled to take place on the
historic Bull Run battlefield this COM
ing autumn.
For this series of maneuvers troops
will be drawn not only from the regu-
lar army at the eastern posts, but from
the national guard of the eastern and
New England states to the number OF
about 2 5000 men, and they will be un-
der the direct command Of Maj. Gen.
Henry c.. Corbin, commanding the de-
partment of the east with headquarters
at New York. OF this force some 49,
900 will be militiamen, and regular
army officers, especially those assigned
to general staff duty, are anticipating
a golden opportunity of studying the
soldiers of the guard of the various
states. But not only will the officers
of the regular service be present in
considerable numbers, but the young
soldiers will have as critics many hun
dreds of civil war veterans, many OF
whom fought over this same ground
during that conflict.
One reason for the great interest
shown in the maneuvers by the old
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ICES his proximity than a buffalo or ele-
plant. The pace of it's rush and the cum
ming with which it conceals itself are
both in it's favor. Then. too, it is a COM
paratively small mark, and an old male.
weighing perhaps $50 pounds, is not easy
to stop, while one clean blow from his
paw will smash a mans skull as if it
were an eggshell."
The wild boar has a warm admirer in
Mrs. Alan Gardner, who has seen more
big game shooting than most ladies.
I'm my opinion" writes Mrs. Gard
ner. a wild boar is the most dangerous
of all animals. In the wild beast fights
in the arenas of native princes a boar
has more than once beaten a tiger in fair
fight. AS regards the danger to a sports
man following.up wounded game on foot,
/ imagine that there is little to choose
between a tiger, elephant, or African
buffalo. Save in exceptional circum-
stances. wild beasts rarely attack man
unless they are first wounded, though Sir
Pertab Singh once told me that In the
spring months at Jodhpore an old wild
boar will sometimes charge a man even
when not molested." +. G. AFLALo.
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plants | killed all | could, as for many
years | made a business of elephant
hunting and lived by it, and a pretty hard
living it was, with about a hundred miles
of walking, in a bad season, for each ele-
plant killed, and a lot Of running after
and away from some of them into the
bargain. Most of my elephants were
shot in the early seventies with obsolete
muzzle-loading guns The result of my
own experiences with the dangerous
game of South Africa is that the lion is
on the whole the most likely to charge
if wounded. Speaking generally, it is the
most dangerous animal of that region.
After the lion | should regard the ele-
plant as the more vicious and reader to
charge than the buffalo-that is, taking
an average of many cases, and not an in
dividual example here and there of abb
normal ferocity. There is, however, this
distinction to be observed; that a charg-
ing buffalo is more dangerous than a
charging elephant, for the latter, unlike
the former, will usually turn when hit
by a bullet, The buffalo keeps straight
on it's course unless the bullet either
breaks its neck or peEetrates its brain.
Either of these desirable results is diff
cul of accomplishment, as the animal
charges with its nose held straight out.
What Mr.. Selous was to the lion OF
Africa, that was Gen. Sir Montagu Ger
ard to the tiger of Asia. and his wide ex-
p~erience of many kinds of big game en-
+;+I1c l~;c oD;n;op 70 tho urootoct rocroof
las tt Indian game, both the rhinoc-
eros and buffalo, found in very restricted
areas in the northwest of India and AS
sam, take a deal of killing, particularly
the latter. There is, however, this miti-
CATION of any danger that might other
wise belong to their pursuit, that they
inhabit such dense marshy reed brakes
that they can only be shot from elephant
back, in which position the sportsman
runs practically no risk.
LAS regards encounters with Indian
game in the open, fancy that a heavy old
tiger is about as dangerous as any. Com
pared with the buffalo, he has the great
err ferocity of the f1esh-eater, besides
which he has been known to attack and
kill a full-grown buffalo. doubt wheth-
er there is any comparison between a
tiger and a lion. A boar is the Quickest
animal that walks the jungle, but his
strength is not in proportion to his spir-
it. His short bind rush may be avoided
ever by an unarmed man on foot, and he
rarely turns back to charge again, once
he has gone past. A good spear may kill
the biggest boar single-handed if the
ground is fairly open and his mount is
good.
1T is the tiger which is more likely to
charge home before the sportsman real
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HOW TO CLEAN FINE RUGS.
Nav Be Done with Little Labor in
a Thorough and Satisfac-
tory Manner.

No matter what the size or quality
of a rug it is a serious mistake TO
shake it by the end or to beat it free
from dust. The force required to
grasp it securely, and the sharp snap
and jerks are simply ruinous to the
binding and fringe; furthermore, in a
short time the edge will be torn from
the warp, especially at the corners and
the places where it is grasped in the
hands, running the appearance of the
rug as we'll as shortening its period OF
usefulness, says the indianapolis Jour-
nal. A thrifty h~ousekeeper who prides
herself on knowing how to keep her
rugs fresh for years eve shakes them.
but keeps them clean by spreading
out on a porch floor and sweeping them
thoroughly On botu sides with a soft
broom. Then she goes over them sew
eral times with a carpet sweeper, which
is kept free from dust by emptying
the lust trap frequently. Any rugs
which have seen hard wear and are
very dusty are hung on a line and
lightly beaten with a small whip. On
sweeping day every rug is looked over
for possible breaks, and every loose
corner no matter how small, is prompt
ly mended with linen carpet thread
and woods, if occasion requires. Ii
grease spots are discovered they are
cleaned with tepid water and house
hold ammonia in the proportion of a
half teaspoonfui to a quart OF water.
S%crubbing the spot lightly, wetting the
rug as little as possible and hanging in
the sun to dry is the method. Never
use soap that is coarse and rank; If
soap must be used, select a refined
sort.
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and upon runner each autumn. The
magnrm was always taken after Q
fierce struggle on perhaps a quarter
inch of rapidly fading snow, and OF
course 1t brought to the hotel enough
custom to more than compensate for
the cost of the wine. Afterwards other
hotel keepers copied the idea. One
man in Yonkers used to set up wine
for the first bicyclist to reach his place
every year. Result a race beginning at
one minute after midnight between so
or more hooting scorchers. making
night hideous, and sometimes pedaled
through six inches of After the
winner got his supplies, the others still
had a thirst to assuage.
Thirteen years ago Case moved for
the third or fourth time to McGown's
Pass tavern in Central park.
Gov. Flower and his staff had
a festive dinner there. In his
day Case knew well Robert Bonner.
w. H., w. X. and Commodore" Van
derbilt; the Jeromes, the Works and
other people who loved horses because
they were horses.
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sportsman whose widest

~"HE sportsman whose Widest
rrNG N excitement M with bag
S&&S.l ging the birds of September
Oh " dreams of the hunt in African
~, >WNSN and Indian wildS where
W. roams the king of beasts and
his mighty compatriots OF
greater or more ferocity. Around the
hunting of big game has been thrown a
glamour-and rightfully-that has no
equal for the lover of excitement save in
war.
But of all the species of big game,
which lure men into the wilds of I'M
known lands. which are the most danger.
Gus to the hunter? 1t is a question that
but few will answer alike, and yet back
of every answer there lies a story that
gives good and sufficient reason for it. 1t
has been my privilege to talk with many
of the most noted big game hunters or
Europe, men who have made a business
of following the chase in both Africa and
Asia, some for pleasure, some for pront,
some for both, and to many OF them
have put this question. can do no bet
Z THAN " SlNS iS" VI bASH'
and let the reader judge for himself:
Gen. A. A. A. Kinloch, whose %acquaint-
ance with the big game of India covers a
Ions period and a wide geographical
range, says:
Your question as to which | consider
the most dangerous animal to encounter
when at bay is a difficult n to answer
satisfactorily. So much depends upon
circumstances, such as the nature of the
ground, etc. | have had little experience.
having seldom been charged by any
animals when on foot. Only elephant,
gaur and panther have really come for
me- and | have always killed or stopped
them. | have. of course often followed
up wounded dangerous beasts, but have
generally found them more anxious to
escape than to fight. In the open, a
gooi shot who is we'll armed and keeps
perfectly cool should nearly always Kill
or t'srn any animal. Under such circum-
starces thinkthat the elephant is prob
ably the most dangerous, as When his
head is raised and his trunk coiled, it
is difficult to judge the true line for the
brain. In long grass or thick jungle
perhaps several animals are about equal
ly dangerous. You may almost tread on
a wounded tiger or panther before you
see it, and it may seize you before you
can raise a rifle. The buffalo and gaur
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''In giving you my opinion as to the
relative danger to be ap%prehended from
lions, leopards, buffaloes, rhinoceroses
and elephants, let me first give you the
data on which that opinion has been
based. For a number of years during my
hunting career in South Africa | kept a
very careful record of the game l killed.
and | have lately compiled a list of all the
animals shot by me from 1870 down to
the present time. The numbers of those
which you place among dangerous game
are as follows: Lions, 30; leopards, four;
elephants, 106; white rhinoceros, 49,:
black rhinoceros, 26; buffaloes, 175.
These are what l actually shot myself;
but | have helped to shoot several more
lions and a great many more buffaloes
and elephants. and have seen all the dan
gers incidental to killing them. OF ele-
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country to prevent a British-American
alliance-of which, by the way, there
was no danger.
Genet's son died the other day in
New York, where he had liveu all his 80
years. His father, the minister, who
came to this country in 1893, remained
and became a citizen; he was a friend
and admirer of George Clinton, and
when in his middle life a son was born
to him he gave the boy ClintOn's name.
So when George Clinton Genet died so
recently New York took-not OF course.
so much interest as in a prize fight or
something really important-but a de-
cent degree of interest.
For it was a curious fact that this
gray-haired old man had heard in his
youth from his fathers own lips per-
sonal "reminiscences of both the French
and the American revolutions; and that
thus a single life interviewed between
Washington and the present day.
Genet married an Albany lady OF
good family and practiced the Law I'M
til Is years ago and gained a fortune.
This country has always had an at
traction for Frenchmen of title or
ability. Few men of his day knew our
west better than Chateaubriand. The
Bonapartes of Trenton and Baltimore
are a famous case in point. 1t has
long been believed by many that Mar
shall Ney was never really shot by the
| soldiers of the restoration, blu escaped
| to this country and lived here many
years. And the story of Eleazer Will
liams' identity with a missing dauphin
belongs to the curiosities of history.
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NOTES FOR NEEDLEWoMEN.
cainty Bits of W~Sk That Can Be
Turned Out by the Skillful
Seamstress.

a pointer for clever home fingers Is
that a girdle cut with the center back on
a bias fold of the material fits closely to
the figure at the waistline and is straight
In the center front.
Quaint little pincushions, suggesting
the times Of La Pompadour, are in the
shape of hearts mounted upon a gold
heart-shaped frame, having three little
gilt legs, resembling those of the bu-
reau boxes of the same period. The
cushion portion is formed OF shadow silk
or a bit of old brocade.
Very pretty homemade shades for
electric lights are made of red, yellow
or rich purple crepe paper. This is cut
into long tulip-petaled pieces and sewed
on a wire so that they overlap as do those
in the flower. However, they hang in
stead of standing upright. If one has
skill with the brush the paper can be
tinted to carry out still further the tulip
idea, though 1t comes out handsomely in
he plain colors also.
Lengths of china or brocade silks are
not to be despised, for they make excel
lent p%etticoats in light colors for evening
and in darker tones for day wear. Sew
eral lengths of brocade can form one pet
ticoat. The top can be of one remnant,
the t1ounce of another and the lining of
the founce a third. 1t is impossible to
undervalue the Importance of the full
ruffied petticoat now that sc many
gowns are made with the skirts unlined.
A very pretty stock and fichu of NOUS
seline de sole was noted the other day.
Softly plated mousseline formed the
stock, and it was bound top and bottom
from it were pendants of crushed NOUS
seine passed through medallions of
cream lace. There were three or four of
these medallions at regular intervals on
each strand, and they hung perfectly
level, giving an effect that was both odd
and dainty.
This is a gala eason for the girl who
knows how to crochet or put on APP
plique. She can make herself nc end of
smart aGornments at a nominal outlay,
if she chooses to WELD the crochet
needle at odd times. Little bolero jack
cts Sleeveless so as to keep up the true
Spanish idea), are comparatively easy
to come by in this way and are one OF
the most fashionable Of garnitures.
Books containing stitches and instruc-
tons are offered for sale and, failing in
these, she has but to study the tides
and ever the macrame scarfs made by
some ancestress.
The girl who is really apt with her
needle may in a short while make the
daintiest and most original sailor collar
out of ordinary pocket handkerchiefs of
rather large size. and possessing an ef-
fective border of dotted design. Two
handkerchiefs are required to make this
style of collar-the back and one tie end
cut from one handkerchief. the two re-
vers and the other side of the tie the
other. 1t ties in front in a sailors loop
or knot. This style of collar is particu-
larly suitable to wear with white linen
shirt-waist suits, or perfectly plain with
summer dresses.
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have a habit of waiting in dense thlcketS
for their pursuer, and are on him before
he can see them. A son of mine was
following up a wound gaur some time
ago in very thick jungle when it suddenly
charged him, and knocked him over
twice, striking the rifle out of his hands.
Wonderful to relate, he escaped with a
few slight bruises. | have only shot one
Indian buffalo on foot, and that n had
no chance of charging. From the deter
mir ed way, however, in which have
seeli these animals attack elephants, |
should say that no more dangerous an
tagOnist exists than a wounded buffalo
in high grass. 1t is extremely difficult
to give it a fatal shot, and almost i'm
possible to escape the deadly sweep OF
the ponderous horns"
MI. w. H. Grenfell, M. P, whose sport
ing experiences have included big
game of more than n hemisphere,
is somewhat reluctant to offer a decided
opinion.
The position occupied by the sports
man makes a great deal of difference in
estimating the danger incurred. To
any n perched on a howdah a
wounded tiger, however brave, is not
very dangerous; but to any Il pursuing
hin, or foot he is a very different guam
tity. Half-tame animals, such as pet
stays, which have lost their fear of man,
are dangerous; but of genuinely wild ami
mails, | should say that the elephant and
African buffalo show the greatest vindic-
tiytness and cunning in attack, though
O may kill many with impunity before
you encounter one which really means
business"
Mr.. J. G. Millais, whose interesting
writings and beautiful drawings of South
African game have delighted so many
sportsmen, puts in a claim for the Cape
buffalo and leopard. and for a third can
sion some surprise, were it not for the ac-
companying explanation:
81 am afraid" says Mr.. Millais, that
my opinion as to the most dangerous
beast is not worth very much, as | have
killed very few of those with the worst
IcpuldtlOh. maps " t1iChy oh
imals are the Cape buffalo and the Loop
ard, because you never know how and
when they are going to charge. Most
other dangerous beasts give you fair
warning. think a great Geal too much
has been written On the charging of
beasts. which merely attack when cor
nered or in defense of young. remem-
Der a big grizzly making a so-called
charge from a hundred yards distance
and passing with a few yards of me. He
war not. in my opinion, really charging
at all, but merely taking what he thought
the most suitable line of retreat. More
men have been killed and injured by Loop
ards and Cape buffalo than any other
creatures. 1t is not a pleasant sensation
to find a big black bull buffalo facing you
within a few yards, as | once expert
enced.".
The mention of African game in the
two preceding letters will naturally sug-
eest reference to the opinions of SO high
an authority as Mr.. F. c. Selous:
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ried a woman of title. Miss Edith
Van Buren,, who was a grandniece Of
President Van Buren,. married the
Count de Castelmenardo of Italy, and
was badly treated by him.
Other cases turned out better; the
early ones apparently more often
than those of recent happening. Thus
the daughter of Preston King married
the French minister, Waddington. Her
iished, reveal a happy life spent in high
places, vexed by nobler cares than
trouble the titled do-nothings who
seem preferred by so many silly girls
nowadays.
To this latter class belong the Prince
made miserable the life in Rome of the
former Miss Marie Reid of New Or
leans; the Baron Won Schellendorf,
who took his Cincinnati bride to Ger
man East Africa and tortured her by
drunken attentions to dusky rivals; the
Baron Halkett, whose American wife
is now a hermit in the A~dirondacks;
the Prince Colonna, who, with the
proud record of a thousand years of no.
bility behind him, drove the adopted
daughter of John w. Mackay from his
home with her two children; the Baron
de Focke, arrested for embezzlement
in Vienna within the honeymoon with
his bride, Miss Anna Cox, of New
York; the Count Larisch-Monisch, who
was backed by a marriage syndicate in
his campaign for the hand of Miss
Mary Satterfield, heiress of eight Stand
ard Oil millions in Buffalo.
In spite of the marriage last winter
of the duke of Roxburge and Miss Goe-
let, the fashion of international ro-
mances is decidedly going out. And
Roxburge, unlike the creatures who
have been named, is a manly fellow
we'll worth marrying on his own ac-
count. 1t must be fairly added that the
marriage of Anna Gould to Powder
Puff" Castellane has turned out not
20 badly as was anticipated from the
light character of the boyish husband.
In spite of his exuberance and his ex-
t%ravagance, the young man is at least
plucky and apparently devoted.
The occasional exception proves the
rule hat international marriages be-
tween titles and dollars are failures.
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R.adium Runs Clock.

The radium clock of Harrison Mar
tindale, English physicist, practically
gives perpetual motion through the
dissipation of negatively charged rays.
A small quantity of radium supported
in an exhausted glass vessel by q
quartz rod, is placed in a small tube.
to the lower end of which is attached
an electroscope of two long strips Of
silver. The activity of the radium
causes an electric current minus beta
a to be transmitted to the silver
strips, which expand until they touch
the sides of the vessel, when earthed
conducting wires instantly discharge
them and they fall together. This is
repeated every two minutes, making
time in beats of that duration. and.
theoretically, the action will continue
until exhaustion of the radium-in this
ease computed to be 10000 years in
the future.
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the salary, as he is a wealthy man.
with many financial interests both in
the islands and in the states.
The outlying territories have added
greatly to the work of the administra-
tive departments of the government.
From the departments of war and JUS
tice especially they take a vast amount
of attention. Every day brings with
it some problem for solution. On the
same day of Gov. Carter's visit, which
among other things was to discuss
with the president the availability OF
men for territorial judges, of which
seven new appointments must be made
in the near future to fill existing va
cancies, Beekman Winthrop, the new
governor of Porto Rico, talked with
the president about affairs in that is
land. Winthrop goes to Porto Rico
early in July, where he will succeed
William H. Hunt, who is to return to
become judge of the United States dis
trict court of Montana.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-07-08
The Light of CRYSTALS,

All diamonds do not shine in the
dark after exposure to sunlight or cleo
trio light, but some do to a remark
able degree. A diamond rubbed with a
wooden cloth, or against a hard surface.
will sometimes shine brilliantly. The
emission of light is a property belong
ing to many, if not all, kinds of crys-
tails. A variety of white marble found
at Hastings-on-Hudson gives out a
flame-colored glow when pounded, and
bright flashes when scratched with
steel. In northern New York is found
q kind of stone, known locally as hell
fire rock" which exhibits bright sui
p~hur-colored streaks when scratched in
the dark. Pieces of rose quartz rubbed
together exhibit brilliant flashes, some
times bright enough to illuminate the
hands of the person holding them.
Smoked quartz and other varieties
sometimes show q similar phenomenon.