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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-03-16
DESDE ACUADA
La central ''CoIoso" vueIve
a molsr con toda regula-
ridad. El sehor vadi.
vARIOS DICERES
Los vecinos del barrio &Espi.
nalS no desean ser anexa-
dos 4 Aguadilla.

eLa Sucrerie Central Coloso,, RI
90 sociedad que en- esta iurisdicci6n
posee una de las meiorss i4brisas de
la isls para Ia elaboration de szdcar,
despues do vsncldos los inconvenien-
tea que por algunos dias hScfan dudsr
de su buena marcha. hoy trabsja q
satisfaction; y ha hscho renacer en- los
muchos plantadores exIraaos q 10 fn-
ca, 10 esperanza de que no perdsrAn
sus frutos como hubiers podido re.
sultsr.
Hay qu'en atribuye que q 10 bue.
no marcha dc esa hacienda ha con-
tribufdo don Luis Vadi con su inteli.
gencia como azucarero; pero muehos
Green que 90 debs & la calidad de CO.
mas gus se esta moliendo, pues todos
los emplea dos que trabsian & las Or
denes del director no son squintoss y
han demostrado su compstencia on
otras ocasio ones.
--Hace tempo llana ba 10 atenci6n
YER cierto sefior que no salfa del
Juzgado y hoy la llama dob.emente
YER que hpgs dc Juez; pues 80 dice que
| ha tornado declaration q un ciudAdsno
| Gin estar oil Jusz presente.
Tambien 90 dice, que el dia siets
| fus detenido ell vscino del barrio Go
Lsgunas, Epifanio Chapsrro, por oil
slguscil del Juzgado; y que procedi6
en- virtud do una denunci que NO ft6
iurads, puss al Juez Vadi on todo el
dia no 90 10 VIC on el pueblo nj On su
deapacho.
SEstarfa on el tacho del sColo-
sofs
Tambl6n 90 dice que al mismo al.
guacil excar cello & Chxparro, msdian-
to Hanxa que presto por ciento cln-
cuenta dollars.
Y siguen los dtceres: que el mismo
dia un vecino que responde al apeill.
do do Bonills, vino & denunciar & dos
individuos que querfAn atror ellarlo,
como el Juez no eatAbA en- au pues-
TO, SO AplazMfA 10 denuncia; y.....
!, para algo <somos republlcanoSs
He cfdo hablar de una usr lies.
tac6u que los vecinos del bNrrio <Es.
pinals h scsn en- Gel Agaila,s respecto
una notieia que diera Mario Mora.
|, les sobrs que querfan anexarse & Ia
ciudad de Aguadilla.
A muchos do esos honrados geci-
NOS les hsmos ofdo decir que naeie
, ron en- Aguada y aquf quieren ente'
rrsrse.
jUSTICIA.
Aguada, Mario de ], ,906.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-03-16
Las conferencias de A1geciras,

Londres Mario 16.-Los informes acerca de las con-
ferencas de Agecras muy contradieorios. Agunos
coresponsales dicen que egara souc6n pachca,
sentando Aemana principles de derecho international que
LA permitan ntervenr mas adeante oros asuntos de
Europa, Asia Africa FL TINES cree que las relacones
son de ranez pegrora causa de la actitud rsueta
de los plenpotencaros ranceses que negan dscutir
cuaquer merma en- los prvegos adquirdos por Franca
en- Marruecos Sc asegura que rey Eduardo VII toma
en- asuno posc6n personal eonciadora aconsejan
do Mr. Faeres que transa hasta donde lie permitan ell
honor e interes de Ia repubEea.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-03-16
CONCURSO ART|ST|CO
La Sociedad Do escriteres y
artistas de San Juan.
Dos trabaios.
PREMIOs De $40 Y $40
Condolences para optar a los
premios. Sc necesita un
sello y I'm attribute.
PREMIOs De $40 Y $40

La Asociaci6n do Escritores y Ar.
tiitss dc ests Capital cslebr6 session. Ell
s del corriente en- el salon dc confe-
rsnciss del Atsneo de Puerto Rico, y
entire otros acuerdos tom6.e .el siguiente::
Abrir nm ooncurso entrs los dibu
jantes pusrtorriqueiios para ID adqui-
sioi6n dc estos dos trabs jos; Gun mo-
delo de dibujo con alegorfas y algunos
adornos, propio para diploma de 10
Aaociaci6n,, J <un modelo dc sello
para los documentos ofciales dc In
misma.s
Hs squf las condiciones para el
concurso.
sComo 10 que 10 deses % IL belle
20 y propiedad del dibuio, 90 deis &
IL libre elecci6n do los artistas, sl to
maf1o dsestos trabsios. El sello aera
circular; tsndr4 en- sl centro algunos
atributos de lss letras y de las artes,
y On dsrredor 10 inscription siguiente:
<Soeiedad de Escritores y Artistas dc
Puerto Rico,
Los trabaios debsn ser enviados
al senor Sscretario de Correspondent.
cia dc 10 Sociedad de Escritores y
Artistas. San Juan, P. r., antss dc
las sells dc 10 tarde del dfs Is de JUNO
pr6xlmo.
Durants los ounce dias siguientes
90 publiear& el laudo del Jurado Cali.
ticador de los trabajos recibidos , Sc
fiar6 sl dfa dc 10 distribution do los
premios.
Estos consistir&n On 20 pesos orc
americana 81 autor del M ior dibuio
para sl diploms, y 10 pesos para sI
mejor dibuio para el sello.
Los trabsios debsn snviarss sin
frma nj sefIal que indiqus el nombre
del autor. FL nombre do este dsbs en-.
visrss on sobre cerrado, aparts del
dol dibnio, y en- 10 pArts exterior d.
este sohre. habrG an lena 8 distintivc
igual & aqusl con que est& seiialAdo O.
trsbsjo. Sc abrirGn los sobrss CO.
| rrespondisutss q los lemas 6 distlnti.
vos de los trabsios premiados.
La Junts podr& declarar desierte
sl soneurso, si & iuiclo del Jurado Ca
lihcsdor los trabaioa prssentsdos ne
rsunieran las condicicnes ar.istical
nscesarias para el obieto q gus se des
tinan.
Los trabsjos no premiados que
darAn durapts un mes & disposici6l
de sus autorss en- In SecretAriA de Il
6ociedad.
San Juan, P. r. Marz1 do 1906
MANUEL Fernando Juncos,
Presidente.
| J. e. Lewis,
Secretario de Correspondents.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-03-16
Una batalla cruenta en- Filipinas

New York, Mario 16.-Segun los utmos cables lle-
gados Washington las perdidas de los la
cente bataa de Jolo muy fuertes. Fl conbate Ii
bro unto crater de antique vocan extinguido con
perddas pequenisimas para e ejercto americana En- la
quo ocupan hoy las tropas runfantes Sc asegura que
los quedaron extinguidos que fu6 precise SUI
br por riscos inaccesibes para sorprenderes su
propio campam ento
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-03-16
La politica de Rouvier continua

Paris, Mario 16.-Ha tornado possession el nuevo Ga
binete reinando la mayor cordadad entire membros
los del goblerno que En- parlamento decara Mr.
GARNER que continuaran mod6cacenes nj Ia po
Utica del mnstro Rouver todos puntos esencaes
especiamente en- la question relgosa los negocos de
ndoe nternaconal FL ministro de la guerra dis
de tonos vres afrm6 que Franca encuentra
buen pie de defenderse de atacar fuere precise que
es un crimen debtar e entusasmo nacona habando de
debdad las pazas fuertes de nferorldad los pla
mes de msvlizaci6n del eiercito.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-03-16
DON MANUEL FERNANDEZ (ABALLERO

absolute con el pensamisnto del IL
breto, siendo 10 n dsica la fisl EXPIRE
sion del verso.
Conocfs & fondo los rssortes de
10 instrumentaci6n moderra ., y escri
bfa para IL nszza teGitura que pose en-
en- su mayor parts los cAntantes &C.
tuAles del teatro espsaol.
Aunque 81 mayor fecundia fuk
para IL sscena, eultiv6 tambisD los
g6neros de concierto y rel'gioso,
siendo muy notables las que del G'M
mo oyeramos en- las pripoipales igls
siss dc Madrid y de las que duica
mente Sc conoce en- Puerto Rico ~
gran misa on FA & tres woes.
Fue 81 vida de iDcelArte trabAjo
hAsta los Gltimos dias, pues DO sola.
ments 90 dedieaba & la mposici6n,
81 que tAmbien & Ia snssHarx 70 y d.
rscei6n do orqueStAs.
Obtuvo condecorsciopes o6claleI
y premios honorffcos AdquirIdoa or
iuatos torneos, y. 81 mi msmoria nc
me es in6el, 6gur6 en- el cuadro dt
ProfeSorss del Conrervstorio NAcio
ne
| a Espaha musical sstS de duelo
cue incersmsnts hHcsmoa nueStro
por q, ,sr y por ssntlmiSnto.
| Honor { quisn honor msreeel
| Fernando Calico.
NHuAn, AGEV II, 1909,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-03-16

hi Heraldo EspaftOl nos do 10 tris.
to nusRs de haber fallecido en- Ma.
drid el 36 dc Fsbrero sl mas fecundo
de los compositorss espafioles On sl
6ltimo tsrsio del siglo diex y nuevs.
FL nombrs del maestro Caballsro
era popularisimo, no solsmente en-
EspaGa, sino on todaS las Antilles y
repGblieas AmericapaS de origen lbs.
rico.
Su mGsics, sismpre frescs, iugue.
tona, rebosante de originalidAd, es
90 el gsnsro lfrico, & exception de La
VsrbenG, de Breton, por 10 profunda,
y dc slgunas dc Chspi, Ia que meior
CaracteriEa 10 tfpieo de las diversaS
regiones de nuestrs antigua nscl6n.
SQui6u no 90 ha solszsdo con los
hsrmoscs trozos del Dlio de Ia & frica
ma, Chdtsau1 MaroGuT y otraS ellen
que fguran constantsmente en- los car
tales dc los tsatros dc Espsda J Am6'
RIGA?
Y en- 10 Earzuela propiamente d.
chS SQuiSn no recusrds El Primer
did tsliS, 81 EdIto del PGsis0O, Los So
6nnos del cGpitdn Grant y otrAs tar
bisn psnsadas , sin reprochs a!gunC
construidss como las msiorss de ou
drid, GSStambids, BArbIsri, ChApi !
dsm2s mssstros del gensroP
81 mIsstro caballsro possia II
Easullaa especial ds idsuHasarss d
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-03-16
FL CAPTAIN HURTADO

Sc nos asegurA deSds Gusysma
que el CspitG1 Hurtado no de- muss-
traI de gran imparcialidsd. Psrece
que AndA en- concilikhuloI con los
agentes republicanos. AdemSs me
nudsAn mucho las dsnunciss O, mira
unionis1aI por cSuIas inSignifcSn'sI'
Ningdn Apoyo hsmos pedido ia-
nks s IL polIeia nj 4 suI iefeS, ni
SuI eapitansS. SOLO nsceHitamoG Pc
diEleI rSotllud en- 81 sunplipisnlo d
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-03-16

de mas iDhuio en- el psrtido republi.
cAno como 10 ss Mr. Il kins y homhre
snergIco y sgresivo como el que mas.
De Mr.. Lodge 90 dice que por ahera
no hA dado respuesta dtdnitiva.
FL Presidente est& resuelto & nom.
brar senAdores para Las delegacIones
restantss, con Ia mira &c que 81 de Ia
Copfsrencla resultsn iratAdos entire
este y .otros paises del Continents
amsricsro, tenga IL Administration
uenadores que apoyen ssoS psctos sn
la Alta C&mara por hAber partieipadu
en- las stsIones pAnamsricanas y spro.
bado suS acuerdos. Busna prscau-
cl6n, porQue sabido % que sl Sensdo
de Washington 90 el eicollo tradIsio>
nal en- que 90 tItrellSn los tratAdon
dc este ooH otrss nseloAss.
ips LG kowdOdfsE
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-03-16
.Or Gable
PARA IA DEM0CRACIA"
Nuevas matanzas en- Russia

San Petersburgo Mario 16-Legan de todas parties
del mpero notcias que nfunden gran alarma los esp
ritus. Vuelve renar una inquietud nmensa Russia,
Sc temen matanzas enormes especamente la poba-
con juda, que esta emgrando sin haca Aemania
Estados Unidos. Acaban de ocurrir varas
ruraes des5rdenes que uerza pubca pudo reprmr
Los atrcpelo contra las personas menudean las perd
das de vdas subea centenares Ell Gobierno comunica
los ees mtares 6rdenes energcas para soocar los tu-
multos contener rapidamente los faccosos El Minis
ro del interior decara que breve restabecera la tram
nuildad
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-03-16
Estados Unidos y Canada

Nueva York, Mario 16 Sc prepara suntuoso ban
quete restaurant de la cae 81 para obsequiar
Monsieur Laurier, presidente del Goberno de Canada.
THE New YORK HERALD informa que dlcho hombre poll
co hara decaraones de6ntas sobre los probemas entire
e Canada los Estados Unidos anunciando que lego
arreglo satsfactoro todo question de
recrrocldad aduanera que ha resueto adn 81 ben
exsen esperanzas de esovera prontoy orma que be-
nefce amkas parties
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-03-16

ell jusx y secretario de 10 Corte de
Distrito de Humscao, seflores Foot y
Rine6u, respectivAmente.
Ell pclicfs insular Zoilo Borre-
70 de Rio Pisdras, he prssentado de.
nuncia contra Ramon Fonseca, duefio
de un establecimiento de fondo, por
infrscci6n 6 les lsyes de Sanidad.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-03-16
ISLAs De TAHITI

Tremendo cicl6n he devastado ell
archipelago de Tss hItf. Cresse cue
el ndmero de victImGS 80 elevsn & disz
mil y han desApArscido vSriaI islAS.
Las p6rdidaG msteriA'es son do unos
clpco millonss de pesos.
su dsbsr. Pero sSto Of cue 10 pedirsmos
con snergfa , de modo que Se nos
olga y se nos Atlenda,
Mas corrseei6p, eGbAllerol, Y
mGI,,,,r grAnlud,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-03-16
VARNs N0T|C|AS
Conferencias sscolares. Reu.
ni6n do prefeseres en- Ba-
yam6n. In pIsze.
MATItNzo CINTRON
Don Lucas Amadeo.--Can.
didatos. La carretera de
Comsrio 4 Bayam6n.

RI q del corrisnte empezsrGn las
eonfsrencias anua!es On el distrito o..
collar do San Juan. La primera de
sstas confsrensias tendrx sfecto en- el
vscino pueblo do Bsyam6n.
-El afa a del actual habrA una
reunion de profssorss en- Bsyam6n.
A dicho aeto han sido invitados sl
Gobernador winthrop y algunos is-
fss do Departameutos. En esa reu-
ni6n 20 tratarAn importsnies ssuntos
rslacionAdos con 10 instruction en-
Puerto Rico.
Ell edihoio de 10 c&rcel de Puer.
10 do TERRA que he sido pussto aver
sn poder dc sus propistarios 10 sPor.
torrican American Tobacco Company
qusdar& arrendado al Gobierno insu.
lar para C&rosl do Distrito. hssta Ju.
nio pr6ximo. Para esa fechA dichA
Compafifs la utilizara como almace-
nes de tabaeo On rama.
Hoy % esperado, de regreso de
su visjs & 10 isla, el licenciado don
Rossndo MatIenxo Cintr6n, & Quien
aconpaf6 on 81 excursion sl ssnor
Baix.
Sc encuentra en- San Juan sl 90.
for don Lucas AmadeO.
Aver. fueron slsvadas por lA Jun.
30 Central dc 10 Union dc Puerto Ri
90 al Secrstario y Marshal del Distri.
10, las propuestas hschas por 10 Junts
dol distrito do los candidates. para
cubrir cargos pdblicos en- 10 Corte de
nueva creaci6n.
Los Sub colectores de Rentas
1nternas dc Bayam6n, ToA Bais y Do
radc. han formulsdo varias denuncias
por infracci6n & las leyss del ramo.
Ell aeiior Umpisrrs, .ayudante
dol ..Iaspeetor dol puents sCguitas,s >
ha sido dsstinado & Lares; y en- 90
lugar he sido nomorado don sabat
Honor6
--Sa hA dsdo principle On estoi
d'tlmoa dfas 4 10 carretera dc Come.
rio & BAyam6n.
Mr.. A. N. Lyon, arquitscto del
Departamento do Edueaei6n, 90 on
eusntrs On Msysgusz con sl An do CO.
sudiar las reparacionss necessrlas or
10 parts dol antigua cuartel militar d.
aquslla siuSsd que % ha cedldo al de
partamento para escuelAs.
Han ingrssado en- el Tssoro POI
eoncspto dc mhltas 4 infractores dt
Rsntas Internas s15 de Bsyam6p, slt
de Cagaas, slo de Dorado, 80 d.
CorcEal, y IS de Hstillo.
--Por haberss satisfecho les con
sribuciones adeudAdas oil Tesoro .,
han lsvantado. por ordsn del Tesore
ro dc Puerto Rico, IL embargos Oh
Ysuco; 8 On Jusna Dlaz; 1 On Ponce
q On Caguas; l On Cidrs; 8 On Vega
Alta y 5 en- Norovis.
-Ha embsrcado para los Estsdo
Unidos en- asuntos ofeiaies, sl Supe
rintsndsnts de obras pdblicas ssfio
Jimenez
Aver por ls maHana 20 VIC Q
IL Corts Suprema el auto iphlbitori
promovido por los abog sdos dc don
Maria Rios, vluda de Rubio, contr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
FAMILY IN AMERICA.
Opinion Is Sound and Rgiht-Question
 of Hypocrisy.

From The Century.
 America, with it's evils of divorce, has acquired an unfortunate reputation from the point of view of sacredness from the fanily-a reputation, on the whole, which it does not deserve. A singular and dramatic international incident of re- cent occurrence illustrates the fact that an overwhelming body of public opinion sustains the family institution. This in- cident has been described by certain na- tves and foreigners as an illustration of national pharisaism; as having elements of hypocrisy, cowardlce and cruelty. It may possibly have had touches of these unlovely vices, so far as individuals are concerned, but the action of public opin- ion in such cases will always be in danger of taint and error or hypocrisy in details
 It is, however not the minor aspects of the incident so much as the larger that interests us, and in the larger view there is reason for deep rejoicing in the existence of a public opinion in America which values. and is preservative of, the marriage relation and the institution of the family.
 When 1t comes to hypocrisy there Is no more loathsome hypocrisy than that which sustains a condition of social af fairs whereby a man or woman, inspired by caprice or sef-indulgenee, may evade solemn obligations and enter easily into new and inviting relations. To hear such aetion-when the fruit of pure selfishness and uncontrol-defended, as is often the case on high spiritual grounds. is enough to awake the humorist in the dullest mind or to fill with disgust the honest audi tor. Who has not heard Responsibility whim, satiety or curiosity dignified by amateur philosophers with scientific or with godlike names. Here is hypocracy indeed-ridiculous and rank. By this way lies danger to the spirit. danger to the family. danger to the state.
 If the family Is not worth saving, let us have the other thing. The other thing this vaunted freedom of the spirit, truth to individual character and destiny, loy- atty to lberty-has a popular name which goes to the root of the matter. Behind the false preachment of noble life turks the specter of what the plain people call free love"
 The public opinion Of America has been tested. and 1t is opposed to free love and all apparent attacks on the sacred ness of the family; it may express it's opinion in any given case with awkward ness, or without sufficient discrimination that is not what we are now consider ing-but the opinion is sound and right. Our people believe that the family is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
Transatlantic Telephone.

Charles Johnston. in Harper's Weekly.
 While it might never pay to lay telephone cable across the Atlantic, 1t would undoubtedly pay, and pay well, to lay cable which, while being eff fective for telephone service. would also give much better results than are now attainable in telegraphy. The diff ficlty is. at present, not an electrical one, but a simple question of construc tion. The cable has to be sunk in two miles or more of water It must, there fore be able to bear a pressure equal to two miles of water, every thirty-four feet of which is equal to one atmos- phere, or fifteen pounds to the square inch; this amounts to some two tons to the square inch at the bottom of the Atlantic. and it Is a difficult problem to devise coils that will stand that enor- nous pressure. But this is simply a mechanical difficulty, not an electrical one. The electrical part of the matter Is complete and perfect. Messrs. Siemens and Halske are hard at work on the mechanical problem; they are at present experimenting with tele- phone cable under Lake Constance. with a stretch of some fifteen or twenty miles. and a very considerable depth of water If they succeed, the next step will be a series of telephone cables between England and the con. tinent, where there is nowhere any great depth of sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
LAW OF THE DESERT.
Man Dying From Thirst Throws Away
 Ills Clothes.

R. D. aPine in the Outing Magazine.
 It was in the camp of Bullfrog that Mitchell. the big. brick-red mining man of Nevada. told me his view of law on the desert:
 "If you are prospecting with an un- reasonable hog of partner who wants to eat three slices of bacon and half A loaf of bread for breakfast and lets the canteen gurgle down his throat while you get along with a strip of bacon and just moisten your lips when you take drink, then you're all right if you kill him. I'd kill him If there wasn't any thing else to do. It's a tough game. and It's your life or his when you're lost or your grub-stake and water are giving out"
 These observations were suggested by the arrival in camp two days before of the bones of a prospector who had died the thirst some forty miles from Bullfrog during the previous summer. He had been a carpenter earning wages of SS a day in the new camps during the boom" but the gold fever led hlm away from this safe and profitable tol. He picked up a partner they loaded their burrors and trailed off south toward Death Valley country to prospect in the Funeral Range.
 Three weeks after the desert swallowed them up the partner wandered Into q freighters camp. half crazed with thirst and exhaustion. He was able to tell the frelghters that the carpenter was some where ont beyond. lost and without water, too helpless to move. The partner was too weak and fevered to go back with the rescue party of freighters. so they left him in camp. He directed them as ! well he could but the search was bootless. and Griffin. the carpenter of 1 Bullfrog. was added to the long list of desert victims. Several months later a party Of prospectors tumbled. by chance. across what was left of him There were no traces of his outfit. he had thrown away his gun hs canteetf and his hat. One shoe was found thirty feet from his body, and he had torn off and flung away most of his clothing These were the ghasty evidences of the last great fight he had made to struggle on.
 When they're dying for water said Mitchell who knew the desert game they throw away everything until all their clothes are gone. and you generally find them without a stitch on."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
A Darina Author.

Rex Beach, author of The Spoilers. is one of the few men who have crossed the dangerous Katmai Pass in Alaska. When he went up to the gold fields in 1900 he took the overland route from Se- attle, which made 1t necessary to cross the divide. Though MT. Beach was told that a short while previously five men had lost their lives in attempting to get through, with characteristic daring he de- termined to risk fl. With his two com panions he camped several days below the pass waiting for the high winds which. under certain conditions, rush through the opening with terrific velocity. to subside. Finally, they believed their opportunity to rush through had come, but at the ridge of the divide the hur- ricans of wind and snow came on again with redoubIed violence. and 1t was only after a tremendous battle with the cold fury of the gale that the author and his companions reached safety IS they were on the point of exhaustion. MT. Beach regards this adventure as the most thrilling of all the experiences dur ing his three years in the north.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08

complished after years of laborious and patient training
 Cambodian actresses seldom speak on the stage, but when they do they of course use their own language: while if they sing they are compelled to vocalize on Siamese texts, which have never been translated into Cambodan. The chiro- graphic evolutions are not mere dances, they are well regulated pantommes and mimodramas, the meaning of which is interpreted by chorus of female sing CTS, figuring with the orchestra on the stage-which, by the way, Is a custom prevailing throughout the extreme east, with the exception of Japan, where the orchestra is placed behind the scenery, the reason for it being that the orchestra does not lead the performance, but Is led by the acting of the players.
 Cambodian musical instruments arc primitive, loud and quaint In the A'ont rank figure big xylophones, ship shaped and large rectangular boxes on rollers the fingerboards of the former being formed of thin metal plates Then we have the brass cymbals affixed to rattan made circles. inside of which the musi- clans sit doubled up and play. They are all armed with wooden hammers, with which they vigorously attack their instruments.
 Cambodian melody is much more seduc- tive than it appears to be on first hearing it. The car soon gets accustomed to the pentatonic gamut of the Asiatics. With a view of enforcing the rhythm, a series of big and small drums having the one a high note and the other a low note in the same key complete the orchestral ar engagement.
 The xylophone is the favorite musical instrument of the Cambodians, and as a matter of course, every band has a con ductor; but he Is merely a figurehead as leader. unless the sovereign commands him to play a solo on the xylophone, of which he must be a proficient, and as he is as a rule a virtuoso on all the Cam bodian instruments, his playing is always most acceptable to the listeners.
 He is a bit of a martinet in hls way. He carries big stick and when any mem- Der of his band happens to go wrong dur ing rehearsals he does not forget to ap- ply it pretty vigorously across his shoul- ders. We may possibly shortly have the opportunity of deciding as to the merits of the Cambodian dancers and in- strumentalists.