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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-25

rfs para eStudiar la locura del mis-
mo mOdO que 10 niGe antes en- la
India en- donde hice algunas ouras
maravillosss.
-iAhi 81 curaseis 6 mi hija, sir,
no me pareceria sacrifcio d&r la
mitad de mi fortuna
va IUy5 Ell honor de msnif es-
taros. sefl0r baron, interrum pt0le
sir John sonriendo, que no ejerzo
por interes, que 81 me tome la
libertad de presentarme squf es per
que creo tener 10 seguridad de po-
der curar & Ia seflorlta de Passe
Croix.
COgi0 81 baron las mauos de sir
John y las estrech6.
@:Ds veras. Ia curarelsf lie pre-
gunt6
ST
-.Completsmente?
y en pocos dfas si 81 locqra es
tai cual me la describier0u.
-lAhl exclsmo ell baron. GO1
describieron su locura?
ST
-sQQien?
-Vuestro hilo.
El baron Sc puso muy palldo.
-IConoceis q mi hiio?
Soy amigo sQyo.
Sin saber p0r que al senior de Pa
sse Croix lie la6i6 el corsZ5u de uas
mAnera extrans.
-En verdsd, sir, que hubIera
podido scompafiaros mi hiio.
-Vuestro senior hiio Sc march6
ests maf1ana Marsells, senior ba-
ron.
Uns nu0e empAfi6 la frsnte de
este pero no dijo ni una palsbra, y
ell medico continue:
Los qUe hemos naciio vivi.
do en- los tropicos tenemos una me.
dicina especia. que es Ia de los We
nenos, , empleamos para curar
aquello qCe N sta. e. senior Victor,
vuestro hiio, me do acerca de Ia
locura de su hermgna alguoos de.
TALES que me eran muy necesa'
rios
FrInci6 el senior de Passe Croix
Ell entreceio.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-25

-lOh Trsnquilizaos, senior ba-
ron, SO apresur6 decir sir John,
al msdico es como ei c0nfeSOr ' su
coraz6n una tumbs en- Ia q2e ssbe
sepultar los mss terribles secret08.
-Da manera que sabeis... dijo
el baron con vCz temh'oross.
Que IN miserable trastOrn6 la
cabeza de Ia seflorita de Passe
Croix, de modo que Sc trata de 10
cura de amor.
I'll baron inclin6 In cabeza.
Asi, pues. sigu'6 diciendo sir
JJhn, ell dn!co medic de curar esa
locura es Ell olVido.
~ como?
-Es necesario crear IN vsciO en-
la mente de la sen5rita Flavia,
uu vacfo aDtre H. epocs en que CO.
noci6 al sef11r Alberto Morel. -.
-.Ssbe!s Sd nombreP
Me 10 dijo vuestro hijo.
-Os escucho, sir, continual, dt.
10 susprsndo el baron.
-Pues como iba dlciendo, prosi
gui6 sir Joho, es necessrio que la
momoris de 10 que psso ontre aqnel
dfa 7 hoy lie fate por complete.
-sY conssguirel. rae resu!ta7o'
10 conseguise. dip sir john
con Ell eeento del honore conven-
cido.
y mi hijs recobrsra la rsz3n9
La razon y Ia alegeia ? no Ia
quedsra ningdn reclerao de ese
hombre.
-Pero no poira por menos de
asom brarse elgo.
NO costara mQcho trahaIo en-
persusdirls de que expenment6
una violenta senssci6n q consecuen-
ella de Ia cusl Sc perturb3 algo 81
raxon.
y es con el empieo de ciertos
venenos con 10 que esperais otte-
ner ese resultado? preganto ell ba
ron.
ST, mas tranquililaos pordue
esos venenos se emplean en- cantl- |
dades sumamente peauefias, por IN i
cue no podeis temer porque In ccQ-
rrs nads malo & vusstra hija.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-25
BIBLIOTECA DIE ola DEMoCRACIA

# -sY dursra mucho semeiante
/ trstamiento2
\ Tres q cuatro dfss
i En seguidsl En seguida! dlio
\ ell bar5n con 10 1chO aprcsuramien-
\ to
| Sonri6se sir John.
No, NADIA de ESQ, ser3 ests no.
che cuanio comencemos; ESQ Sc
hace siempre &c no:he.
| -Pues bien entonces esta noche.
-Lo que serfs muY cOnveniente
es que viese con anticipation. una
bora antes, Ia sefIorltG de Passs
Croix.
-SMe permits. sir. que os su.
pliqne os quedeis q comer? dIo ell
baron.
-AceptO, resp0ndi6 sir John one
que cogt6 gu somhrero sc p1so G
pie. E,ts oc n e EN- pezaremos.
Hssta luego.
Qued6.e como aturdido ell sefIJr
de Passe Croix despues de marchar-
sc sir John.
Haofs sido tan rs2iio 10 sucedi.
do; la carta de 81 hijo en- la que
CohC I@AS ~oi tC III CGEf NJ hGiNSt
luegO In llegsda de aquel descon0
cido cue Sc decia amigo de Victor.
que eiercfa gratuiGarnents la me
dicina y cue SC proponfa cpr.r 4
Flavia. y adsmzs de r&pIio toiO
clio tan inesperado. cue hubo mo-
msutos en- Que So preg1nt1 81 t1do
a1nello no seria IN sQaG1.
En- este entro iase6 lra baroness
que ios sela.
Al fa conseguf, dijo. cue esa
desgracia4a nifIA 1 Sc NETS en- CANA,
y ahora parece que esta mas trar.
quila. On! Dlos mfoi Dos miol
lQae pruebas tan terribles nos Ia
cells pasari
Cogl0 ell baron Ia msno de 81
esposs.
-sY 81 Ia curasen?
Do IN grito ID desolads msdre.
-sY qIiens
-Un m9dico ingles que naca tn
momento eataba squiy que vo'vara
esta aoche.
--Ayi ex,iano IL condeaa suspi'
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-25

A IBr.5MINUTCs2 DH sAH II AM
El metor hotel ~ oafe t'itna.
Egng6adida vsntllaG73n PsaTqEg,
isrdineg y Ki0ao9 4 - 10gloss.
Kxeelente ssrvioto de oaFpus5sga
Preuios noderados Sa haoen 20
dUccioGes para fHan14as ASuTo,
brado al6Ctgico Dloderac.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-12
A Trick Worth Knowing.

The late Henry G.. Morse, president Of the New
York Shipbuilding Company, was one day visited
by a man who wished to borrow money whereWith
to launch a questionable enterprise. Mr.: Morse
gave some polite excuse for his u~nwillingness to
lend, and the man declared he thought this ex-
cuse somewhat fshy.
Thereupon, smiling grimly, Mr.. Morse said,
'Let me tell you a little story. Once upon a
time an Arab went to his %neighbor, and said,
Lend me your rope
CT can't said the %neighbor.
"cWhy can't youY
because I want to use the rope myself
"'What do you want to do with itg the borrow
er persisted.
"I want to tie up five cubic feet of water with
it, was the reply.
"rHow on earth,' the other sneered, can you
tie up water with a ropeg
"fMy FRIEND said the n~eighbor, Allah is great,
and he permits us to do strange things with a
rope when we don't want to lend t.'"-Exchange
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-12
Friends of the Family.

In the April Delineator Lille Hamilton French
has some excellent remarks on Friends of the
Family" In regard to those so-called friends"
who come into a family as the intimates of the
older members, and toward the children adopt the
role of censor, constantly detecting their wrong
doing and making no effort to win their friend
ship, Miss French says:
"They can give no praise except that which is
diluted with implications of disparagement. 1t Is
like their handclasp. Less is felt of what is ex-
tended than of what is Withheld. Praise to be
worth anything ought to carry with it no sugges~
ton of past offences, certainly not the praise that
is given to the delinquent and the young. It
should encourage him on whom it is bestowed,
help him to sec with greater distinctness the ideal
toward which he has been striving.
"The greatest JOY of friendship comes in in
being accepted on your own account as friend, by
the children of your old friends; accept as their
parents before them accepted you, in no perfunct-
DRY fashion, but as a confdant, companion and
chum."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-12
Funny Schoolboy Blunders.

The following list of amusing mistakes made
by British school-boys in their examination papers
is compiled by The University Correspondent:
Iron is grown in large quantities for manufac-
turing purposes in South Africa.
The sun never sets on British possessions be-
cause the sun sets in the west, and our colonies
are in the north, south, and east.
The diminutive of man is mankind.
Question: Define the first person. Answer:
Adam.
Blood consists of two sorts of cork-screws-red
cork-screws and white cork-screws.
Asked to explain what a buttress is, one boy
replied, " a women who makes butter" and an
other " a female butcher"
Teachers dictation: His choler rose to such a
height that passion well-nigh choked him. Pupils
reproductions: His collar rose to such a height
that fashion well-nigh choked him.
A Jobs comforter is a thing you give babies to
soothe them.
A sky-scraper is an overturned hat.
Political economy is the science which teaches
us to get the greatest benefit with the least posi-
BILE amount of honest labor.
An emolument is a soothing medicine.
In the United States people are put to death by
elocution.
Gravity was discovered by Isaac Walton. It is
chiefly noticeably in the autumn, when the apples
are falling from the trees.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-12
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER

But here my scattered bones have lain
And bleached for ages by the main.
Though lonely once, strange folk have come,
Till peopled is my barren home.
Enough are here, o heed the cry,
Ye w~hite-winged strangers sailing BY
The bark that fingers on this wave
We find it's smiling but a grave.
Then, tardy mariner, turn and flee,
A myriad wrecks are on thy leel
With swelling sail and sloping mast,
Accept kind heavens propitious blast!
Oh, ship, sail on or, ship, sail fast,
Until Golgotha's quicksands passed,
Thou gainest the open sea at lastp
Joseph w. Holden.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-12
On the Correct Use of the Mother Tongue.


Here's an idea! Let's be honest. The vast
majority of the people in this State speak execra-
BILE English, not bad solely from the viewpoint of
the purist, but bad in a careless, grating, everyday
sort of way. The biggest part of the population
comes and runs in the wrong tense and murders
other verbs in a fashion that is horrible. This
is not because they do not know better. They do
know better, but the slovenly habit Of bad speech
was allowed to grow on them when they were
quite young and now they can't shake it off. The
colloquialisms or idioms down here cannot be sur
passed, are strong and should live forever. But
the harm comes in the downright, persistent open
breach of faith with the most vital rules of gram
mar. The child commits such errors without cor
~rection, and this in time imposes upon him a
handicap that an alien world refuses to make al
lowance for. Strange people are judged at a
glance, as animals are judged. They will do, or
they will not do; you can afford to associate with
them, or you cannot afford to do SO. So much for
the first impression. Beyond that, when it comes
to the real study of people, the first things that
are taken into consideration are speech and table
manners. If a man goes away from home and
makes a breach in either of these elementary mat
tiers he is not apt to get a chance to show the
right sort of people that he has a good heart or a
fine mind, that he was just careless, and that he
knew better all the time.
This assertion hasn't dress clothes or social life
in mind. For business purposes a man who goes
beyond his own bailiwick decreases his usefulness
and his chances for accomplishment by the mere
Earring of people with bad English. But if his
people had been fair to him and paid him proper
attention when he was small, the chances are that
he wouldn't have had to carry a useless, hurtful
burden through life. He was patted on the back
when he said "ain't'-and his father who was a
college man saw nothing wrong when he said fifty
times a day that he come instead of came.
Laugh if you like, but this is a serious matter.
1t doesn't amount to such a great deal if you
never go beyond your own county, but if you
touch strangers, your careless independence OF
| speech, which was the ripe reward of youthful
negligence, will cause you to be classified as
among the unrefned and ignorant. The universe
simply hasn't time to stop and make excuses for
any unnecessary surface defects in a man; and no
| civilized person has ever been able to give a
stranger a satisfactory reason for numbering
English. Some things are assumed to be just-so
things. You assume that women and preachers
and doctors must have clean hands and wear clean
linen. You have a right to assume that every
man you eat with ought to talk decently. IF he
jars you and everybody else by his discourse, you
saults among verbs and nouns while he vast yet
young and a victim of misgovernment or lack of
Avery, in Charity and Chill
dren.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-12

Do not esteem too lightly the small things of
life, for the whole universe of God is made up of
insignificant atoms.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-12
THE HOME CIRCLE


.Hatteras.*
The Wind King from the North came down,
Nor stopped by river, mount or town;
But, like a boisterous god at play,
Resistless, bounding on his way,
He shook the lake and tore the wood,
And Tapped his wings In merry mood:
Nor furled them, till he spied affair
The white caps flash on Hatteras Bar,
Where fierce Atlantic LANYARD bowls,
Ger treacherous sands and hidden shoals.
He paused, then wreathed his horn of cloud
And blew defiance long and loud:-
3Come up, come up, thou torrid god
That rulest the Southern seal
Hol Hghtning-eyed and thunder-shod,
Come, wrestle here with mel
As tossest thou the tangled cane,
I'll hurl thee DER the boiling mainp
The angry heavens hung dark and still,
Like Arctic night on Hecla's hill;
The mermaids sporting on the waves,
Afrighted, fled to coral caves;
The billow checked it's curling crest,
And, trembling, sank to sudden rest;
All ocean stilled its heaving breast.
Reflected darkness weird and dread,
An inky plain the waters spread
So motionless, since life was fled.
Amid this elemental lull-
When nature died, and death lay dull
As though itself were sleeping there
Becalmed upon that dismal flood,
Ten fated vessels idly stood,
And not a timber creaked!
Dim silence held each hollow hull,
Save when some sailor in that nioht
Oppressed with darkness and despair.
Some seaman, cropping for the F~ht,
Rose up and shrieked!
They cried like children lost and lorn:
90 Lord, deliver while you mavl
Sweet Jesus, drive this gloom away!
Forever fled, o lovely day!
/ would that / were never bornP
For stoutest souls were terror-thrilled,
And warmest hearts with horror chilled.
"Come up, come up, thou torrid god,
Thou lightning-eyed and thunder-shod,
And wrestle here with meP'
Twas heard and answered: $50! l come from
azure Carribee,
To drive thee covering to thy home,
And melt its walls of frozen foamp
From every isle and mountain deli,
From plains of painless chapparel,
From tide-built bars, where sea-birds dwell,
He drew his buried legions forth,
And sprang to meet the white-plumed North.
Can mortal tongue in song convey
The fury of that fearful fray?
How ships were splintered at a blow
Sails shivered into shreds of snow,
And seamen hurled to death belowl
Two gods commingling bolt and blast,
The huge waves at each other cast,
And beloved DER the raging waste;
Then sped like harnessed steeds afar
That drags a shattered battle-car
Amid the midnight din of wari
False Hatterasl when the cyclone came,
Thy waves leaped up with hoarse acclaim,
And ran and wrecked yon argosyl
Forn'er nine sankl That lone hulk stands
Embedded in thy yellow sands
A hundred hearts in death there stilled,
And yet its ribs, with corpses filed,
Are not caressed by theel
Smile on, smile on, thou watery hell,
AID ~ &hoco cG111c 11non &hU chnro.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-12

this is No. q OF N series OF North Carolina Poems Sc
lsctsd especially for The Progressive Farmer by the Editor.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-05-19
Value of Boys and Girls.

The value Of boy as compared to that
of girl from a purely legal standpoint was
clearly decided by Judge Adams, in the
Circuit Court of Newark when he refused,
on the one hand, to upset the verdict Of
$4,000 returned by a jury in favor Of Evan
Eastwood, father of Evan T. j. Eastwood,
who was killed in the Clifton avenue troll
ley accident February, 1908, and, on the
other, that Henry Wernpupp, father of
Ella Wernpupp, who also met death in the
same accident, must accept $4,000 instead
of $4,000 awarded to the plaintiff by anoth-
er jury.
The Court based its decision upon the
theory that girls value from wage-earn-
ing standpoint is about one-half that Of a
young man.
The decision is one of importance, be-
cause these two suits were the first to be
tried OF number resulting from the Cliff
ton avenue horror, so that the ruling is
likely to be the basis for the settlement Of
other claims later on.
1t is doubtful also whether the question
Of the relative value Of the services of the
boy and girl have ever been decided under
circumstances as clearly decided as these
oaeas
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-05-19

every court and place be deemed prima
facie evidence that the same are unlawful
in possession.
Provision Of the amended act are -
It shall be unlawful to capture, kill or
injure or have unlawfully in possession
after the same has been captured, killed, or
injured, any goose, duck, swan, brant or
other water wild fowl, excepting only from
the first day of September to the thirtieth
day of April, both dates inclusive, in each
year, under penalty Of $50 for each goose,
duck, brant or other water fowl so captured,
killed or injured, or had in possession of
any such goose, duck, swan, brant or other
water fowl during the period prohibited in
this section, shall in every court and place
be deemed are unlawfully in possession.
Assemblyman Baker introduced bill
which has to do with deer, dogs, pike and
bass, and the fsllowing new provisions are
now effective =
Section sixteen of the general act be and
the same is hereby amended so as to read as
follows -
1t shall be unlawful for two years after
the passage Of this act for any person to
gun or to take or to attempt to take, kill
iniure or destroy, or to have in possession
any wild deer, be the same buck, doe or
fawn, under penalty of one hundred
dollars for each offense; and thereafter it
shall be unlawful to take, kill or injure or
destroy or to hunt with intent to take, kill,
injure or destroy, any wild deer, be the
same buck, doe or fawn, excepting only on
every Wednesday in the month Of Novem-
Der, under a penalty of one hundred dol
lars for each and every wild deer so taken,
killed, injured CT had in possession, and Of
500 for each attempt 10 take or kill doe or
fawn.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-05-19
GETTYSBURG AND WASHINGTON.
Personally Conducted Tour via Pennsylvania
Railroad.


Railroad.
The battle of Gettysburg, and the Ma
tional Capital in all the glory of its Spring
freshness, are attractions so alluring that
few would feel like refusing to visit them.
1t is to place these two attractions within
easy reach Of every one thai the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company announces tour
over the interesting battlefield, through the
picturesque valleys of Maryland, and an
entertaining stay at Washington.
The tour will leave New York, West
Twenty third street, 7.55 a. M, and Phila-
delphia 1920 p. M, Saturday May %, in
charge Of one Of the Company's tourest
agent, and will cover period of six days.
An experienced chaperon, whose especial
charge will be unescorted ladies, will ac-
company the party throughout. Round
trip tickets, covering transportation, car
riage drives, and hotel accommodations,
will be sold at the ertrensely lo,e rate Of $22
from New York, $21 from Trenton, S19
from Philadelphia, and proportionate rate
from other points.
For itineraries and full information APP
ply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent, 263
Fifth Avenue, New York; A Court Street,
Brooklyn; 7s9 Broad Street, Newark, N.
j.; or George w. Boyd, Assistant GeneraI
Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station
Philadelphia. 5-12-2ts.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-05-19
cases.
BAsE RALI..

The opening game of the Woodbury.
Country Club at PauIsboro on Saturday,
was, as most everyone Thought it would be,
"a one-sided game. Paulsboro from the
start was up in the air; in the most critical
parts Of the game few costly errors left no
doubt what the outcome Of the game would
be. Dopson, though pitching good game,
was not in as good shape as he will be later
in the season, with little practice eleven
men famed, and five walked. Milstead
twirled for Paulsboro and with good sup
port, which he did not receive, would
have made an interesting game. Buck
Dehner, the hard hitting south paw from
North Woodbury., now covering centre
field in his usual creditable manner, landed
on the baN for two two-baggers and a
single. The score: Country Club, 13;
Paulsboro, 5.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-05-19
Boy Drowned

Wednesday afternoon, Walter G., the
5 year old son Of Joseph G. Thompson, Of
Mantua, was drowned in the creek at
Mantua. He did not return home after
school, and not appearing at supper-time
search was directed to the creek where
Walter was in the habit Of playing in boats
kept just below the trolley bridge. The
suspicion proved too true, for Walters
lifeless body was almost at once recovered
in the water where he had fallen from a
boat. Coroner Wilson held a view and
gave burial permit
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-05-19
NEW MARRIAGE LAWS.
What Ministers Must Ask Couples About to
Wed.

Wed.
Hereafter the bIushing bride-elect and
the nervous, bashful bridegroom may have
to answer these questions: Were you ever
an inmate Of an insane asylum, feeble-mind-
ed or an epiliptic, as well as whether they
were ever married before and whether they
have a husband or wife living. The clergy
man will have to ask this for his own pro-
lection since the act passed by the last
Legislation became law. The full text
of the act follows:
1T shall be unlawful hereafter for any
person who has been confined in any public
asylum or institution as an epliptic or in
sane or feeole-minded person to intermarry
in this State without certificate from two
regularly licensed physicians of this State
that such person has been completely cured
of insanity, epilepsy or feeble mind, and
that there is no probability that such person
will transmit any of said defects or disabil-
titles to the issue Of such marriage; any per-
son of sound mind who shall lntermarry
with any such epileptic, insane or feeble
person, with knowledge of his or her disa-
bility, or who advise, aid, abet. cause or
assist in procuring any marriage contrary
to the provisions of this act, shall be guilty
Of misdemeanor. This act shall take
effect Immediately
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-05-19
May IS, A. p, 1904.
Surprise Party.

On Saturday evening last, the p easant
home of Mr.. and Mrs j. G.. Genther, of
South Westville, was the scene of a very
pleasant party when about twenty five Of
their young friends called and gave them a
most complete surprise. The evening was
spent in playing games and music After
partaking Of refreshments in she beautiful
dining room, the guests departed for their
homes. Tkr present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
J. G. Gentk isses Elsie Genther, Anna
johnson, Addie johnson, Lottie Ellos,
Myrtle Genther,of Westville; Misses Dolly
Waddos, Emma Drager, Sadie Conscad,
May Taylor, Of Philadelphia; Misses Mary
Turley, Miss Goelt, Laura Turley, Mildred
Parker, Molly, Bessie, and Katie Birk,
Anna Brown, Elsie Brown, Mrs. Emma
Brown, Of Camden; Emma Koentopp, Of
Swedesboro; Martie Herzogg, Of Mickle-
ton; Harry Genther, William Genther,
Allen johnson, Of Wessville; Harry Bitner,
William Hodson, Of Philadelphia; Willard
Devaul, W. Cramer, John Ross, Walter
Sandenan, Of Camden; Emil Koentopp, Of
Swedesboro. x.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-05-19
swedesboro, Tuesday, May "a.
Woodstown, Wednesday, May 25.
Pennsgrove, Thursday, May 26.

County Superintendent Eldridge has
called meeting Of the members of Boards
Of Education Of this county to be held in
the Court House on Saturday, the 2sth
instant, at Las p. M, to be addressed by
John Enright, County Superintendent d
Monmouth county.