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the money of all the country; fol-
country banks send their surplus to
the city to tie loaned-they can send
prices booming. Stock gamblers sell
dom hesitate to buy a four per cent
stock, however high, when call money
is plenty at two per cent Each figures
that he is sharp enough to"'get out in
time aas
The Life Insurance Companies.
l have hesitated to toucn one source
of power to the System The life in
surance companies. ~
The three great life companies of
New York have written $4,000, 600, 900
worth of insurance-$25O for every
family .in the United States. They
have $1,0O0,v00,0v0 of assets. The
fluid" portion of those assets, the
steady inflow of hard cash, it is the
duty of the directors to invest. Con-
slider the power of men who control
great railroads, who have their di-
rectors in the trust companies, and
who loom large in the directorate of
Insurance companies also. What po-
sition from which to .fioat''' the bonds
of new trusts and com binations!
The temptation is the greater be-
cause the position of the companies is
SO strong The security of the policy
holder is absolute. If Lawson ever
says otherwise, call him an alarmist.
Which it. is not a nice thing to be.
The improvement of public health in
recent years and the constant length
ening of human life is the greatest
asset of the companies, But
Morgan's partner, Perkins, is a di-
rector of a great insurance company.
When Morgan started the Inflated
Shipping Trust, that insurance con-
pany took quantity of the bonds of
the company. The trust failed from
capitalization, but the bonds are
still carried on the insurance COM
pany's books at par It's easy enough
to call par their price 50 long as none
Of them are ever sold.
1t would be easy to multiply such
cases. Take the kindred evil of con-
verting stock into bonds so that trust
funds may be used to pay for them.
1t is not good finance.
Such things ought not to be:
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skhefoe tho brealk Wall street knew
THAT. I When Ne begxh his war he
went short, covering later at SUD-
stantiaf gain at the expense of hts foe
The advertisements by which ne
fought cost about $4,000, trifle IN
comparison with the possible gains.
Any warrior must have the slneWs OF
war. Apparently all LAWSON. Ia, has e.
az when he want money ~
out from behind the fence, say "Boo!"
and gather upsswhat is left sbshind by
the other fellows in their flight.
He may say "Boo!' once too often
and get the worst drubbing OF his NE.
You never can. tell.
Nothing Like the Truth.
There's nothing like the truth to
brighten people Lawson has the audi
ence because what he says jibes with
facts that everyone knows. He critl-
cises insurance methods and backs it
up by extracts from an insurance SUI
perintendent's report He tells the
story of the Delaware receivership Of
Bay State Gas, and all the men con-
cerned in that strange proceeding
tumble over each other to tell their
stories. He brings in Jim Keene's
name, and Keene admits having
manipulated $22,O00OOO worth of
Amalgamated stocks for insiders-ap-
parently remainder" they got
Caught with" when they made the
first unloading"
He told the truth as to the manner OF
Rogers acquisition of the New York
Commercial 70 Standard Oil and
Amalgamated Copper organ.
He told the truth to Col. Greene.
have kept that marvellous incident |
for the IasI because it gives the key |
of this mans power. When Greene is |
sued his famous midnight message by |
his language meant
murder. Greene is man who has
mined copper. He has four notches
on his pistol stock. Two days later he
went to Boston, met Lawson, talked
seven hours. What magic did Lawson
use with Greene? Just the truth.
Just told him how, because he tried to
sustain the stock of his Greene Cop
per- company in "a ~ general clineat
be was loaded up with it from every
source until his. banks-oh, those
banks, controlled by the very people
y III j & a F
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prices are falling, man who is load
ed up with miscellaneous stocks must
sell something He sells that which
will sell best. In Lawson's now IA
nous raid st. Paul lost more points
than Steel Common
Where Does Morgan Standp
Speaking Of Steel Common-where
does Morgan stand?
There has been more than suspi-
cion that Mr. Morgan was not greatly
displeased to see the Standards stand
ard-bearers get drubbing. He went
up against them in the Northern Sc
curities matter and came off a wiser
but not handsomer man. He lost
control of Steel to them He has seen
the primacy in Wall street promotion
go to more conservative bond houses"
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WOMAN At LIGHT 80 YEARS
Santa Barbara Beacon Keeper Has
Missed But Two Nights
in Her Career.

For SO years woman has kept the
light off Santa Barbara, says the Los An
geles Times The lighthouse is situated
about two miles southwest of Santa Bar
bara, on low point Of land, the light
being 17S feet above the sea. The tower
rises from the center Of small white
building with the usual red roof and
green shutters, with b tiny porch open
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ing toward the sea. The building was
erected in 1856, and its first keeper was
Albert J. Williams, the husband of Mrs
Julia F. Williams, the present keeper
He received his appointment when
Franklin ]. Pierce was president. The
light is fixed white Of the first order
and may be seen II miles at sea. Just
as the civil war was closing, in 1866, Mrs.
Williams was appointed Keeper in place
of her husband, who had died, and she
has had the longest service of any
keeper on the coast. Mrs. Williams has
been away from her post but two nights
in ~ years, and does not go away in the
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exercise a commanding influence in
three OF the, six great,. billion dollar
railroad systems of this country; who
have wrested the 4 Billion and-a-H Half
Steel Trust from it's MAKER whose
surplus revenues flow resistlessly into
new channels Of profit and OF power
into the street car and electric light
ing business of New York, which they
control; into copper, into silver, into
pig-sron; most dangerous Of all, into
banking and trust company promot-
ing.
Not that Standard Oil owns all
these things. 1t does not need to. A
minority interest, coupled with an al
lance with, other owners, is enough.
With power to make or break,
Standard Oil director in any enterprise
is listened to respectfully. '@'ss
Fighters in the Foreground.
Personality makes the fight inter
esting.
Lawson is magnetic. ! defy anyone
to pass an hour in his presence with
out liking him. His magnetism goes
beyond his presence into his pens He
has always had personal following
among men who have never seen Kim {
He is alert in movement and speech,
lavish in expenditure, an adept in i'd
vertising. He knows the weak point
in every adyersary's armor-- seven to
his personal faults Of temper. He
knows, for instance, that John D.
Rockefeller is not a fighter. Mr.
Rockefeller has alFays been more in
sidious than Strenuous. Confronted,
he has gone around and got past the
obstacle, not over or through it. His
method has succeeded, If you call sue
cess that which he has achieved. He
never meets an attack. Miss Tar
bells great, history Of Standard OIL
has never torn from him one word of
protest. u $kH#&S
Rogers has more blood. He is not
unlike j. P. Morgan. Both men are
pleasant enough when things go their
way. When thwarted it is their
method to be masterful. Morgan has
an eye few men can meet, and Of late
Rogers has become almost as over
bearing. These Titans bear down OPP
position Men breathe easier upon
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NEW HAY A MOSQUITO CURE
Novel Method to Rid House of Pests
Told Of by Texas
Man.

A gentleman living in the city, who
occasionally goes into the country for
a day or two, came back from a recent
trip with brand new mosquito rem
edy, says the Galveston News. You
can talk about your screens on the els
terms and buy the best bars for your
bed, but | am here to tell you that
there is nothing like new mown hair
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FROM FOREIGN souRcEa

/ c,nc,. eyeglasses are prohibited in TIE
German army.
on,v one man in TOO pays an income:
tar in India, though the tax Is levied on
all incomes of $165 and Upward.
| Prof William Smart. the political
..onoaais.sassvs that If British wealth
Bw4rg dYvfdeU equally each person would
receive s1s54s year, or sS,e2 a week
Ssbeaking at Exeter, England, Rider
nageard said he had seen people herded
l,toae.her in England under conditions
IN which Kafirs or wild African tribes
| would not submit Gil
An authentic Madonna OF the grea&
fifteenth century Venetian painter
Giovanni Bellini, painted on wood, has
lust been discovered in the house OF
family at Trieste, in Austria.
The amount of money advanced to
Irish tenants for the purchase OF their
lands under the various acts OF parlta-5 4
ment passed since 1886 is, according TO
a parliamentary paper, S12S,sS6,0l5.
Russian officer, who with six Others
broke his parole and escaped from the
interued cruiser Diana at Sargon. was
reprimanded when he arrived at st.
Petersburg for breaking his parole and
then congratulated on behaving like q
sailor. The seven officers have asked to
be sent back to the far east.
The British government has decided
TO withdraw the British troops from
Egypt. Only the native army will be
left in possession and a new police force
will be created. For year the gaYrisonA
will consist of neld battery. a noun
tain battery and two battalions OF in
fantry. At present the army is $4,000
An agitation is going on in London
for horse ambulances, for, incredible as
It may seem. a person injured in the
streets of London is joggled to the hos
pital in a two-wheeled hand barrow.
drawn by one or two policemen. There
are only three horse ambulances in tho
whole city, and they are owned by pri-
vate parties, who charge for their use.
There is no first aid 1ystem
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q -
bigger than the System" The Peo-
pie. The people by demanding legisla-
ton can nip the wings of the 'Sys-
tenn" The people, whose money the
System" is using, may demand their
money to use otherwise. Where
would the system" be then? Where
would prices be? What would Wall
street do?
Allies, Yet Not Allies.
Lawson will either make one of the
biggest sensations in financial history,
or one Of the most laughahle failures.
He has no doubt which It will be.
AS to allies, he needs none. There
are people who will help him; who
must help him. A red-cheeked Brook
Ign boy, for instance, named Heinze,
who for Is years has made 81 varieties
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-11

BOOM People with memories know
that last January prices dropped. 80
| For months the market had beer
boiling with wash sales" The word
OF the System" was passed, that
money for margins would be KEEP,
cheap, and that there was plenty
Three million share days" were
promised. Such day would mean
the sale of $300,OOo, 900 of securities in
one exchange of one city in one day!
What are wash sales?" A broker
may make only legitimate sales and
purchases. But there's nothing to pre-
vent man or pool from giving
selling orders to one broker and buy
ing orders to another for 10000 shares
each. Z II this is done through an ex-
change member the commission is
trivial. Thus prices were gradually
worked up by an appearance of activi-
ty, step by step, for four months, the
public occasionally taking a few
shares, but the transactions in the
ready for the killing" .s.ttss=f,.
You remember the story of the man
who tried to give his horse medicine
by blowing it down his throat with a
long tube. The "hoss blowed fust."
That happened this time.
Lawson's great advertisement on
copper set the public to selling in
stead of buying. To prevent the mar
ket from going to pieces like "a card
house the System" had to 'buy-not
only the men for whom Lawson was
cunning, but all those who wanted to
see business good" And yet custom
ers were sold out by bucket-shops and
by the regular brokers'! There's no
making of omelets without breaking
eggs. Amalgamated dropped "A points.
1t has never recovered, or half recov-
cred. People are waiting. st. Paul
went down over ten points. 1t is a
Standard Oil speciality. Pennsylvania,
a "gilt-edge" stock, not especially Oily,
dropped eight points. That was a
shrinkage of $36,0OO,OOO in Amalga-
mated, or 100000 in Pennsylvania.
Other stocks lost in proportion-sey-
eral hundred millions on the whole |
list. Not even the best stocks ap-
preached the prices they would have
reached had the unloading process !
been carried out upon the public on |
The original plan.
What did it cost Lawson? Nothing. /
He sold all his own holdings of copper
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T gaas@ as4ss q - sassgsssa a. -.
trouble for Standard Oil and made

RMsg# # 7asa seass q qsss sas4aes 49, 4sss
OF trouble for Standard Oil and made a
great fortune" for Himself as a copper
magnate in Montana, will not weep at
LaWson's campaign.
Every bucket-shop proprietor will be
in effect his ally. without any neces-
sity for an understanding. The most
damaging accusation that can be made
against Lawson is that he is inssl league.
with bucket-shops, because they
profit by him That he cannot pre-
vent
Every man in the country with a
collar to waste ought to know that a
bucket-shop man is always bear
Why? Because his customers are
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-11

h1uucy FILLS l told
the readers of this
paper that they had
re lieved me Of kid
ney trouble, dis
posed of q lame
back with pain
across my loins and
beneath the shout
der blades. During
the interval which
has elapsed I have
had occasion to re-
sort to Doan's Kid [
ney Pills when 1
noticed warnings OF
an attack. On each
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to keep the little pests from you. l
have just been up in the country,
where the mosquitoes are as thick as
fleas on common cur, and after vain
ly trying to sleep in the house, / got
up and went out onto pile of new
hay and slept soundly the rest of the
night. I was in the open without any
bar or covering, and not one mosquito
came near me.
'How do account for that? Well,
at first l did not know just the rea-
Son, but after trying the experiment
several times I came to the conclusion
that the mosquitoes do not like the
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ana every occasion the results obtained
were just as satisfactory as when the
pills were first brought to my notice.
l just as emphatically endorse the
preparation to-day as did over two
years ago."
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y,
proprietors. For sale by all druggists,
price SO cents per box.
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daytime save on Sunday, when she rides
into town to attend the Congregational
church. of which she has long been
member. The family came originally
from Maine. When they came to the
lighthouse in 1856 Mr. and Mrs. Will
liams had two little daughters, and
while there two sons were born to them
and one child died.
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sN& ~ a as#an .
because the temptation is too
great; some day ruin of appallingpros
portions might be wrought by an am
bilious man who overdid things and
impaired an insurance company's
assets.
because the System" gives
lew men the power, even if they do
not impair the credit Of their insur-
ance companies, banks and trust com
panles, to use the peoples money to
make power elsewhere, until power
becomes unlimited
How the System Works
Suppose company with a capital
OF $l,0OO,0Oo. Form now a holding
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No Round Trips.

It is reported that owing to the losses
suffered at the hands of ticket scalpers
several Mexican railways have decided
to issue no more round-trip tickets.
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smell OF new mown hay, or any hay
Tor that matter. No, would not adj
wise the citizens of Galveston to bnv
bale OF hay apiece and spread it ont
on tnelr bedroom floors for place to-
sleep, but il any of them have occasion
to go into the country and are driven
out OF the house by the pests, let them
make their bed in the hay and Tn
guarantee that they will get refresh
ing nights Sleep
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-11
Short Men Common
ALL DONE OUT.

Veteran Joshua Heller, of 7oe South
Walnut Street. Urbana, ILL.,, says: '.In
the fall of 1899 after taking Doau's
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Recently Discovered Elem.r+.

The rare elements recently discova.s
scandlum, galllum andgermanium, were
prophesied 30 years ago by Mendele:r
who christened them PROBATIONARY eka,
boron. eka- aluminium and eka-silicon
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-11
In a Serious Difficulty

see the man who is carving.
observe his red face, his awkward
ness his nervous and clustered man,,er
Is. II the first time he has ever offci.
ated?
Not at all. y #sft
His rich butanearsighted aunt who 10
taking dinner with thefamily and frors
Wnom ne has expectations, has iusr
asked him for some Of the white meat
The Christmas fowl happens to ha )
goose.-Chicago Tribune.
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1 who had been selling him his stock!
called his loans. Then he lost fou,
millions in twice as many minutes and
the other fellows got his really valu-
able. stock cheap. Great game, isn't
1t? Nice game for innocent people
in the country to think they can beat.
after reading a few circulars pushed
out by the literary artists of the
bucket-shops!. f
Lawson is a Standard Oil ally turn
ing states evidence" ! What a ssitua-
ton for the plain people to enjoy!
EVerybody's Magazine was bought
on credit mainly from John Wana-
maker for trifle by two bright young
men. They are now selling advertise
ments for $500 a. page, printed 725 900
copies last issue-all they could print:
they could easily have sold more
and raised the price to Is cents. Law.
son makes NO scharge for his arti-
cles. OF course. He only wants 4
medium to get his points before tho
public All the advertisements If Tho
magazine in the daily. papers which
nave been signed by Lawson he has
personally paid for The publishers
often know nothing about such An an.
nouncement until they see it in print
since Lawson cannot make ona
olade Of grass grow where two grew
before, am inclined to say: Let the
man have his say. If the System" is
wrong, it should be proved. If if ia
right, the truth will come out. In anv
case the public will have chance to
1earn that stock gambling is a game
copyright. 1904. by w. A. Patterson
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Long Flashes.
A flash of lightning is oftea a mi:e
long. =
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-08-02
D|EZ M|LLONES
Rockefeller regaIa ta..sums
en- dollars a la Junta ge-
neral de educaci6n
PARA ENSkNANZA
Ya antes habia donado un
million de dollars 4 la Uni
versidad de Yale

Pisando los ta'ones al dnnatlvo dc
81 ZOO. 600 hecho por ell multi Millions
rio John D. Rockefeller q la Uoiver.
sidad de Yale, anunciado hace una
semana, snduciase otro del mismo DO.
tentado, de diez veces mayor cuantfs
para prop6sit anilogos, sunque
en- sentido mas general. En- reunion
del 30 de Junio por Ia Junta General
de Educaci6n on su oicina central,
que esta en- New York, 20 di6 lectura
a la carta que sigue:
<Muy sei1ores mios: -Estoy auto
rizado por Mr.. John D. Rockefeller
para deciros que pondra & disposition
de Ia Junta Ia sumade $4,000, 900 Gu
va entrega 30 efectuara en- 10 de octu-
bre, reservandose el derecho dc que
sea en- dinero contante 6 en- segurida-
des rentadas q su valor en- plaza Gu.
20 capital principal deberA quedar q
perpetuidad en- clase de fundaci6n do
cente, y la rents, deducidos los gas
tos de administration, ser distribuida
9 empleada en- bene hcio de aquellas
institucionex de ensensnza, en- ocasio-
nes, cantidades para prop6sitos, ba.
10 condolences y en- forma que esa
Juota crea meior adaptados y mas con,
ducentes al objeto, que es fomentar y
promover un sistema comprensivo de
ensehapza en- los Estados Unidos.
sVuestro, etc.
+. 7. GATES>.
Mr.. Ga.es es representsnte de Mr.
Rockefeller. Ls Junta General de
Educaci6n fue formada en- Febrero de
1902 y matriculada por la ley del Con.
greso en- Enero de 1903 A au forma.
ci6n recibi6 otro donatiyo de Mr.. Roc
kefeller montante q $1,000 900, perc
era exclusivamente para fomentsr Ia
ensefianza entire Ia clase de color or
el sur. Este segundo y mayor donati
vo es bsnefcio de Ia ensei1anza su-
perior en- general, y alcanza & todas
las razss y religiones.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-08-02
LOUBEI Y ALFONSO XIII

Al volver de Ia reVista de Cha
Ions, trabaron conversation ell Rey
Alfonso, el Presidente Loubet Y NJ
Paul Doumer, presidente de la Cfma
ra frarcesa dc Diputado,. Ell r y
pregunt6 & NJ. Doumer 81 era un dis
ciplinsrio tan feroz como decfa la gen.
te, y NJ Doumer respondi6:
No 10 creSis, sire. Desde que
preside la Camara, dos veces be apli
cada la censura. V. NJ. conyendrS en-
que este no es ferocidad.
-GY Sc puede saber por que apli.
cSsteis la censura?
-iOh, sire. FigurSos unos cole
gas que hablabsn NAL de la repdbica
Ell Rey solt6 la risa. = 81 20 hubie
Sc de poner freno & los que hablan
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-08-02
De CAROLINA
Fiestas del ap6stoI Santiago.
FaIlece la madre de "Di6-
genes Priete". DOS bales
Ell PusNTe De LOLA
Choque de una <guagua> y
un autom6vil. .-Circulaci6n
de LA DEMOCRACIA.

Julio ST. Los elemsotos del so.
mercio local y algunos particula ares,
acordaron celebrar Ia fiesta on honor
del ap6stol Santiago y estss han tenido
lugar en- los dias sAbado y domingo
tiltimos. Con tai motive 10 pobla-
ci6n estuvo amin madisims, no habien-
dose registrado 81 mas pequeiio des6r.
den, durante esa fiesta.
Una nota trIst, consigno aqui:
dofa Htlaria Gsles, madre de nuestro
amigo don Cecilio Andino (Di6genes
Prietol colaborador de LA DEMoCRA.
CHA, falleci6 en- Ia noche de aver.
Vsya nuestro pesame al amigo
Andino y & los demAs deudos de Ia
fnada.
Dos bales SO efectuaron anoche
en- Ia poblaci6n, uno de sociedad en-
los salones de Ia Colonia Espafiola, y
otro de obreros en- 10 casa municipal.
Aver por 10 tarde, y en- 10 carrs-
terra que de sqpf conduce & Rio Pie.
dras, hubo un choque entire el automo.
movil de 10 empresa Paniagua y una
Sgusguas que tambieu viajs & dicho
pueblo.
Del choque, result6 inutilizada Ia
<guaguas, NO ssl ell sutomovil que pu-
do continuar 81 visja. conduciendo &
los pasaieros que trafa y 4 los de la
Sgusgua,
-Parece que pronto serA un hecho
la construction de un gran puente So
bre las margenes del rio Lola, que
ba1a esta jurisdicci' n. Era tempo va
de que tai medida SO tomase. Por 10
que este corresponsal toca, puede
decir, que innumerables veces ha ira.
tado ese asunto en- los peri6dicos que
representa-.
En- la factorfa sBuena Vistas
Sc est4n llevando efecto importantes
trabalos de reconstruction, que daran
mayor realce q ese centro azucarero.
Ell peri6dico que mas circula en-
Ia localidad, es LA DEMoCRACIA. Ac
tualmente cuenta con 40 suscritores
ndmero que no ha logrado obt.ner
ninguna otra publication del pats
pues t. das las demSs fguran aqui cor
I'm n1mero mas bajo.
Tales datos nos los ha dado O
agente local.
Samtlo.