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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-08-24

ria 81 siguiera esa transform acion. Nc
es mi prop6sito juzgar nadie nj con
denar actos agenOs. En- las circuns-
sancias en- que la bondad de mis- CORE
ligionarios de mi pueblo me han CO.
locado t6came felizmente el papel de
abogado de defensor no el de acu-
sador Ell de Juez.
Entiendo no obstante que debo ex-
ponerle 10 que acerca de mis- propios
actos pienso para que comprenda US
ted nuestros correligionarios la ra-
z6n de mi actitud.
Aunque esa transformation no Sc
hubiera cumplido el objeto de la
asamblea fuera sancionarla, dada la
ilegitimidad de tai objeto dentro de los
principles constitucionales comunes q
todos los partidos polIticos modernos
dentro de los principles republicanos
que hemos defnido aceptado como
republicanos puertorriqueno dentro
del espfritu la letra de las institution
nes que hemos jurado lealtad como
miembros del cuerpo iur1dico creado
aquf por las leyes americans vigen-
tes, comprendera usted amigo mio y
comprenderan los demas correligiona-
rios que no me sea dable aceptar como
miembro del partido republicano puer
torriqueno tai convocatoria.
por tanto, me verfa privado del
placer de concurrir a una Asamblea
ilegftima en- su proposito, en- la cual
rodeado de republicanos nacionales,
ser1a 20 un extrafo por los principios
sin la esperanza de encontrar en- ella
la simpat1a que ha sido dispensada
por eminentes republicanos nacionales
de criterio propio y frme a los prin-
cipios que he expuesto y los compro-
misos locales que he defendido.
Nj siquiera ante ellos podr1a JUS |
tifcar la aceptacion del &statu quo>
para Puerto Rico que he combatido |
durante cuatro amos. 7 mi transfor-
macion pol1tica resultarfa ciertamente
menos incomprensible injustifcable
para mis- bonda dosos amigos del par
tido Republican, nacional de Was
hington q ue para mi propia conciencia.
Para quien de otro modo piense
tengo mi respeto mas complete; para
aquellos que como ID unen ese res
peto Ia consideration de una amistad
nacida en- el amor profundo de ideales
que nos fueron comunes, al parecer
que en- las nuevas condiciones nuevas
razones le alejan de mi con los que
esa transformacion pol1ti-
"a, he crefdo de mi deber ademas de
someterle las precedentes observ acio-
1es expresarle mi esperanto de que La
de dichas observaciones
1ueda no ser vana nj esteril.
Pero ST 10 fuera, desde estas mon
anas aznles de nuestra terra queri-
la, despues de formular mis- votos
mas sinceros porque obtengan eco en-
ia alma notas que IN dia otro hicie-
on q las nuestras vibrar iuntas, antes
lie dirigirme q nuestro PartIdo Repu-
,licano Puertorriqueno, tendr6 para
os que Sc alejen de la mansion sola-
iega de nuestros ideales de igualdad
libertad, la expression considerable
yfectuosa con que Sc complace en- ce-
rar estas l1neas su amigo sincere.
FEDERICO DEGETAU GONZALEZ c
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-08-24
P R E c | 0 S"'"
de los artlcuIOs mas inpOrtantes
que Sc detaIIan en- aInacGnGs

ARROZ.-Jap6n Ia 1886; Iden
2e de S2& 8; americana corrients de
p q; valenciano a s41.
Jamones de s III a12
Quesos amecs. a s13. Patagrzs 16
Tocino, q 315.
Jab6n de 81. 90 as Rocamora; ame-
ricano q 5 A.
Pasta 81.
Manteca s 81 en ! y en- cajas de 81
a s8.
Harina de So q 6.
Habichuelas blancas de S33 & 4;
americanas de 81 q 5.
Coloradas del pals de 81 81.
Americanas largas Sc.
Mantequilla de 123 4 Is
Garbanzos de 8 II 80
Bacalao & $6f.
Cebollas-a So.
Tasajo 81
Papas de 823 q s3
Arenques q 5 g..
Chocolate GMulita1 no l 4 S13: no
2 ST. Descuento p pIOO.
1dem &Palma~ Y &Mallorquina1 no
?, a SIS; no 3, q $50. Descuento, 10 pOI0
Pine americana de S 30 40.
Id ingl6s de 80 32.
Tablas p. p. q S 81.
Id i'd preparadas a 40.
Pine hemlock q s %.
Tabla desdoblada S ~.
Cuartonerfa fna S 81.
Id gruesa conventional
Zine ingl6s 5 90.
Cumbreras ), ), so ctvs.
Canales - ;, 70 ;,
Iornillos con tuercas y arande-
as 16 90.
Tornillos con rosca de MADEIRA q
IL 90.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-08-30
CORY INDIAN BAIL GAME.
Contests Often More Desperate Than
the Worst Seen on the
Gridiron.

Indian ball is , peculiar fascinating
and a bloody game. It is played on a
ground almost like gridiron. There
are two goals $50 yards apart, and the
object 10 TO pass the ball between these
goals. The ball is like a baseball, the
Indians making them themselves with
yarn covered with deerskin A stick
about two feet long with spoon shape
at the end backed bysthong laees is used.
and in this spoon the Indians must catch
the ball. He is not allowed to touch
it with his hands He catches and
throws with his club.
The game Is a skirmish all the time
zad there are 20 players on a side. An
Indian catches the ball In his stick 4
he Is skillful He starts on a run for his
roal He is Immediately tackled by all
his opponents, and the scene closely r.
sembles a down" He runs as far rs
he can. and then tries to throw the
ball The opposing players balk at
him at every move They strife his
-tick il they can. ard II not. they strike
whatever is IN reach often the head
of the player
The games are sometimes bloody. cs-
pecislly when played between riv.l
towns. and many a player has been
killed IN the game When women play
they are allowed to use their hands in
addition to their sticks They car
throw the ball any way they like They
are as feet as the men. and with the ad-
vantage oftheir hands often win. A game
consists Of 21 points. and there is no
time limit They play until one side
has put the ball through the goal II
times.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-08-30

E~tNt@Jt
vinita is not a village that such backwoods ideas
will prevail that my father got along, and my grand
father got along and reckon can get along without
all those things The publicity that such petit
tlon has been circulated will doubt call down rdicule
upon US Certainly it invites it. The fact that such
petition entertained at all is sufficient to indicate
to progressive stranger the why vnta has not
builded faster than 1t has.
The ox-train at one time deemed a-suficient
and there yet benghted individuals who the Of
for like the OK they know progress The buffalo
made to retire upon the approach Of transontinenta
railroad trains They have been known to stand the
track and attempt to butt the locomotive off the track
The march Of civilization however forced the buffalo
retire and give the ranges to domestic cattle The
march of Vintas progress towards metropotanism
not be blocked because few, like the buffalo, stand
on the track and butt against the inevitable.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-08-30

loop We were shooting upward as a
billow that breaks against the cliff we
were curling over as the wave curls back
ward; we were darting down to inevita-
BILE annihilation
/ confess that my mind was confused.
knew only that for what seemed an
eternal instant we were hanging in mid
air. that my head was far from being up.
that my body was swaying in a well-de-
fined centrifugal impulse to close up
like an accordion. Then all at once we
had dropped, and were shooting outward
dazed, weak and wondering at our safety.
AS for our heads they were still on,
but almost in our laps An unknown
man in the back seat announced that he
would not do 1t again for a thousand
dollars. The figures did not seem ex-
travagant
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-08-30
EoYs OF THE PHILIPPINES
SMOKE Cigars as Big as Bananas and
Pitch Pennies on
Sunday.

You must imagine $4,000 little boys
ana girls, with wonderful brown eyes.
hat i.ttle noses and black hair, pack
ing laeir books and states to go to
scaco. each morning under the blue
sizes and Lropic sun of Filipinia. And
even in the islands where the towns
are lar apart the smallest village
woalu be very much ashamed If 1t did
nor have some kind of school, says
a writer in the Buffalo Times.
1t is very quiet in these islands, and
the days seem to pass by like dreams.
Only the distant clang of convent bells,
the liquid bird notes, or the sleepy
challenge of COCK disturbs the peace
full silence of the southern isles. Tie
little villages are all alike-a big ca
thedral and rambling convent look
ing out upon the sparkling sea, the
carabais and ponies grazing on the
plaza, and a few pigs running wild
among the bamboo houses under the
banana trees. In some such. towns
10000 miles away from everybody. you
would be surprised some morning If
sou were to hear the small clear notes
of the children singing one OF your
own songs, My Country, Tls OF
Thee or The stsr-spangled Ban.
ner"
Some OF my friends would have a
rather bad opinion Of the small boys
OF Manila IL they were to see the little
rascals OF Gale Real or the Escolta
struggling with cigars almost as big
as banana. or engaged in pitching
pennies Sunday morning on the street
The pablie schools. however, keep
the small boy out of mischief for
good part OF the day. The city schools
are great credit to America The
buildings. which we're used in Spanish
times. are large and cool Built in
the shape OF hollow squares, the in
side windows look out on the shady
courtyard, where the pupils play at
recess under the green palms. When
school is over. small investments OF
centavos and pesetas may be made in
mangoes or bananas. sugared biscuits
or a stick Of boiled rice in a palm
leaf coil at one Of the small Chino
shops on the real Making a fair di- /
vision of the sweets. young Filipinla |
walks home affectionately. hand in
hand.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-08-30
DON'T BE FOOLISH.

petition been circulated addressed to the coun-
Gil asking that an ordinance be enacted prohibiting the
running of automobiles on the public streets The petit
ton received few signers because they believe that
horses may become frightened and away. Several
Others signed because they did not want to say NO
to the gentleman who passed it around feeling that the
council would take such action prayed for any
way
No person desires to see horse become unmanagabe
and run away endangerng the lives of any Of his family
the members of anybody elses family Horses soon
become accustomed to the automobile or chu-chu cart
as they made to approach without fear threshng
machine steam street and many other objects
that have now become necessities Automobiles are
here and here stay simply because they not alone
machines for pleasure but labor and have
solved until something better presented the question
of rapid and comfortable transit city streets and
public roads
Automobile trucks for heavy hauling in the big cities
considered necessity. 1t is not uncommon
to see automobile headers threshers combined the
progressive farms of the north and west Upon nearly
every California farm where they have immense fields Of
grain and hay, automobile reapers binders and
are employed.
There probably thousands who objected to the
running of the first railroad trains became
back and instead Of blocking the march of pro-
until their weak voices raised in opposition all that
is, became bore to all whom they encountered
chauffeur automobile driver if he has of
sense will stop his machine when he that
he approaching horse that is ractious In the big
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-08-30
WHEN LOOPING THE LOOP.
There Is Fierce Upward Rush of Air,
a Wild Grip at Ones Hat, and
the Shock


The Loop the Loop was just across
the way. and the artist reminded me
that it was worth seeing, says Albert
Bigelow Paine, in Century.
"Of course we won't ride" he said.
but it is worth while to see the others. .
We entered the inclosure and gazed
up at the pair of great steel loops
around which cars are carried by the
force of their own momentum. A load
ed car was at the brink of long incline.
Suddenly it shot down: then for an in
stant II was in the circle-ascending
hanging. descending-and straight away
up another incline, passing beyond our
view We declared strenuously against
this appalling amusement Another car
went around, and another, and another.
We became silent in the sort of fascina-
tion that awaits impending disaster.
Finally felt the thing fermenting In
my blood. Nobody seemed 10 be getting
hurt, and l should like to have the rec
ord Of that trip l expected the artist
to demur when l announced my inten-
tion, but he did not. Perhaps he was
hypnotized. We buttoned our coats, as
if starting on a cold voyage. had an
impulse to leave some word for the folks
at home. Then presently we we're seat
ed in car, slowly ascending the pre-
paratory incline s
During this gradual ascent we had
plenty of time to think. found my
self wondering il people ever tainted in
making that swift revolution; also. If I
had heart disease, and what would be
the Consequences to one affected IN that
way. Suddenly remembered that the
princess of the Nile had warned me
against any unnecessary risk OF life 1t
seemed a trivial thing at the moment.
but l realized now that her words
might have been fraught with special
meaning. / stole look at the artist.
He seemed pale and distrait. perhaps re-
membering a similar warning. These
contrivances always ended in some
frightful disaster. and doubtless this was
the trip for it to occur The next day
our names would be in the headlines.
reflected that we we're probably as great
a pair Of fools as walked the earth.
The car had reached the level stretch
at the top now, and the brink was near.
I recalled the starters injunctions to
keep my head up-prObably to avoid los
ing It. as the result of sudden Jerk.
Lifting our eyes. we discovered thai We
we're on the verge Heavens. had re-
allied that the incline was steep. but that
why, that was droDi We we're in
wheeled car. Derched at the brow Of a
precipice. with q corkscrew revolution
at the end. Oh. to be for q single in
slant on solid groundi To be-
A fierce upward rush OF air. q Wild
grip at the Ioosening hat. and an in
slant Later the shockl We we're on the
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-08-30
JAPAN's NAVAL INSTRUCTION.

Japan has for the instruction and training of hei
naval officers two large schools one Of which situated
at Toxic and the other at Yetajma The Toxic school,
however is not strictly speaking naval academy, mas
much it devoted exclusively to tactics strategy and
the higher branches of naval education and is place Of
instruction for officers Who after graduating from Yea
ma have had several years ofsea duty 1t corresponds
therefore, in general way with college New
port while the Yetama institution gives substantially
the kind Of training that naval cadets get
Annapolis
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-08-30

An eight hundred acre farm, ten
miles from Vinita, in the best part Of
the country. Good grain and stock
farm: plenty Of water, fine pasture and
hay lands; $50 acres IN cultivation,
balance fenced into separate pasture
and hay fields. Apply to the Chief
tain. d278-83 v II
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-08-30

great many Cherokees asking when deeds to al
loments to be issued. 1t is unoically stated that
Cherokee deeds will begin to be issued very The
nine months limit has run several thousand filings,
and according to the treaty deeds should be forthcoming
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-08-30

81 had diabetes in its worst form, y
writes Marion Lee, Of Dunreath, Ind.
81 tried eight physicians without re-
lief. Only three bottles Of Foley's
Kidney Cure made me a well man. I"
Peoples drug store. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-08-30

During the month of September all of the railways
entering this territory will homeseekes excursions
Thousands Of who have sold their lands in Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana and other states will visit this country
and many of them will buy land and become permanent
residents.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-08-30

If David Bennett Hill retires from politics at sixty
one on account of age, what about Uncle Hankaway
Davis who twenty years his senior and running for
vice-presidentS But some men younger at eighty
than others at sixty.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-08-30

Theprogressveee element expect to not only the 'pu
wagon but the street crossing these streets very
soon: and if any vnta man feels inspired to purchase
flying machine let him alone
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-08-30
Frisco Time Table.
KAsT- BOUND.


Joe Davis Barber Shop
! ha, just furnished my shop
with new, up-to-date ~furni-
ture and have iefttcd the bath
coomx. making Of this shop
one Of the finest IN the Indian
Territory. Call and see us.
JOE DAVIS, Proprietor.
ssuth Of .. Opp colden RnIs.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09
soothing His Last Moments.

Speaking of unpleasant surprises, an
Englishman told of the one Jonathan
Rochell got upon has deathbed:
Jonathan. feeling that the end was
near, gave few words Of parting al.
vieeto his young wife. He had a bach.
elor friend na.sed Howard, steady
fellow, and the thought came to his
mind as he was concluding his farewell
talk that If Kate, after he was gone;
would marry Howard 1t would be
good thing. He told her this.
Kate, woman he said, 1T would
please me dearly if ye was to promise
to take up WI Howard when I'm gone
Don't We worry about that, Jointly
says Kate in soothing way. Me and
Howard have already settled it be.
twiXt u.s."
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09
TOMMY FELT LIKE CRYING.

TOMMY FELT CRYING.
Tommy. The idea of a rooster teach
ing me!'
Let us see" said the rooster, read
ing. "'Birds of feather fiock'-no
that's not it.
"In cases of pip be sure to-
"Ah! Here it is-Trees; flying ur
into"
Jack looked so wise that Tommy
couldn't keep back smile.
Rule 1.-Squat firmly on both
claws"
But | have no claws" interrupted
Tom.
That's So Jack assented. wen
try again.
"'Rule 2--Then spread your wings
out wide"
But | have no wings" said Tommy
That's very true,' said Jack. put
ting his head first on one side and then
on the other. II hadn't thought of
that.
Rule 3.-Then hold your tail out
straight
Here Tommy burst out laughing. "a
never had any tall he giggled.
Jack scratched his comb and thought
for moment. Il have itv' he cried.
"'Rule 999.-Men and boys that have
no claws. wings or tail should never
climb trees"
THAT meets your case, Tommy
Take my advice and don't" saying
which he jumped to the floor and van
ished.
Tommy rubbed his eyes.-St Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09
Soil Wet ana Dry.

Wet soil assumes darker color than
dry because its particles thus become
semitransparent, as is the case also
with a piece of wetted tissue paper
or ground glass.
This change of color is due to the fact
that the fnterstices between the grains
of soil are filed with water, so that
the number of rejecting surfaces,
which in a dry condition scatter and
break up the light, are greatly reduced
in number 1t follows that the total
amount of light reflected to the eye is
correspondingly diminished.
In short, as the color shade of an
object depends upon the proportion OF
light that is reflected for all the light
that falls upon it. dry soil is lighter in
shade than wet, which reflects less
light. That portion of incident light
which wet soil fails TO reflect pene-
trates below the surface, where 1t is
lost or absorbed.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09
Word Blindness.

Some curious instances of the phys
lcal defect of word blindness" are
given in the Lanl'lt The disease i,
fortunately uncommon. In one case
the sufferer. an Englishman, thirty
four years of age. who knew Greek
Latin and French well, suddenly lost
all knowledge of English, though 1t
could read and understand Greek per
fectly and Latin and French in a rath
er smaller degree. Another and al
most more curious case was that of t
man who lost the power of reading al
sight. This patient was able to write
accurately from dictation, but was
completely unable to read what he hat
written. Word blindness is apparent
ly akin to color blindness, but is Ger
tainly attended by much more incon
venient consequences.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09

A certain Mrs. Beaumont of Breton
England. who lived in the time of Pitt
and whom the possession of lead mines
made wealthy and purse proud, on,
day thought to impress Pitt, who W :
staying Mt Breton, with her richie
She had most splendid service -.
plate at dinner, and, waving her ham,.
she said, There. Mr.. Pitt; that's Il
from the Mines
Indeed" answered Pitt, "if you hat
not told ME. Mrs. Beaumont, l should
have thought it was silver"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09
MfaaI ITutices.


SHERIFF's SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
Marc 2, 1904.
TAKEN this second day of March 1904, on
L execution dated February 6, 1904, issued
judgment rendered by the supreme ju-
dici Al court for the county of Hancock, at the
January term 1904, thereof, to wit: on the
Attn day OF February. 1894, in favor of
Gustavus F. Swift, OF Chicago Cook county,
Illinois, and Edwin Q. Swift, OF Lowell,
Middlesex county. Massachusetts, doing
business at Bangor, Penobscot county,
Maine, under theJ firm name and style
Of Bangor Beef Company, against Nancy
E. Beckwith, of Ellsworth. Hancock coun-
~, Maine, for enc hundred and sixty.
four dollars and eighty nine cents. debt or
damage, and sixty nine dollars and eighty
four cents, costs OF suit, and will be sold at
publ auction at the office of the sheriff in
SAID Ellsworth, to the highest bidder on the
thirteenth day of April, 1904, at ten O'Clock in
estate, and all the right. title and interest,
which the said Nancy E. Beckwith has and
had in and to the same on the 9th day Of
October 1899, at twelve O'Clock and ten min
utes IN the afternoon, the time when the same
was attached on the writ in the same suit,
to wit:
buildings thereon situated in said Ellsworth
and bounded and described as follows, to sHt
Northerly by the county road leading f2fp
or wav leading from said county road to he
old fair grounds. so called; southerly by the
land OF the Hancock County Fair Association
and the land of the estate of the late Daniel
S. Beal; westerly by the said Beal estates
land and land now or formerly OF jeremiah
Hurley known as the Duttop field, being the
homestead of the late Nancy W. Stevens.
Excepting and reserSing from the above
described premises, however, the land CON
veyed in the deed from Maria H. Gault to
Charles H. Drummey, recorded in book 279
page 412, Of Hancock county registry OF
deeds and also excepting and reserving the
land conveyed in the deed from Louisa
Dapico ct ais. to Maria H. Gault. recorded in
said registry in book 27s, pa ABS.
HOWARD f. WHlTCoMB,
Sheriff