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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-07
H|ESTAS DEL CARAAVAL

La Comisi6n organizadora he
nc mbrado IL siguientes;
Conisi6n de rcc,bo.-Don Jcse E.
TJguerss, don Jose Perez Lozsds, don
Generoso Csndins, don Pedro Giusii,
don w. K. Lands, don D e. Richar-
sond.
COmiSi6n de inUitdsi0n. Don Anne
rico Salas, don jose Perez Ii zada,
don W. K. Lands, don Reinaldo Pa
nisguS.
So avias q las familias smericsnsl
que Mr.. W K Lands 90 el comisio.
nado de los smericanos para los bal
leH del carnival,
R,ins gran animation para Ia CO
lebraci6n del carnival en- eits ciudad
Casi todos los pa han sido iona
dos por di.tinguidss famllias puerto
rrIq uefias y americanas.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-07
CAR De RUS|l
Fisstas en- las tsnipsradas Dc
Inyisrno. -Feiieitaei6n aI
aobernader do Mossow
CHARACTER DEL CAR
Parece nerviose y distrxido
cuande le interrogan. Ne
habl1 do los disturbios.

Un alto ofsisl alsmAa, cue visit6
81 C1srskos- Sslo durants sl recisnts
festival do los <Caballeros Dc San
Jorgss, ACADIA dc asegsrar que q
pssar do todas las noticias pablicadas
On sontrario, 81 Gar 80 snsasntrs
muy dsprimido y que sss fiesta, 10
msjor J 10 mas brillants, sismpre, dc
las tsnporadas de invierno, ofrscfa
un aspecso lamsntable.
Estaban prsssntes docs o6cialss
do Marina, sondseorados con IL cruz
Dc San Jorge; psro iban ssguidos do
esrss por los oneialss del siSrcito,
como 81 fusssn lisbrsa. Entire aaus-
llos, % sontsba tambiin, el Almirante
Dabassow, Gobsrnsdor General do
Moscow. Cuando el ofsisl alsnAn &
que aHtss 90 ha aludido, 10 fslicit6 por
10 termination On dicha ciudad del
mo vimisnto revolusionarlo, eontest6le
sl Gobsrsador:
-<Ls sgradszco mscho sus con-
grstuiaciones; pero temo que sean
prsmaturas. s6 que ser6 asesinado
por los revolucionarios, y que 70 no
saldrS iam&s CON vida, de Mos.
cowS
EneontrAbase tambieu alh el gene.
raj Moeller Sakomelskt, el hombre que
sofoo6 Ia rebellion do Sebsstopol, y %.
tuvo contando como, autes de ID sx.
plosi6n del movimiento, habfa 81 vlsi.
tAdo todos los buques do guerra surtos
ca puerto, para conocer los ofeialss J
enterarse del verdadero estado do CO.
sas. Cusndo % iba do uno do los
bsrcos, qued6 muy sorprsndido eusn-
do un grupo do oasialss 10 pidi6, con
|lkgrimAs On los oios, que los llsvarA
con 81 tisrra, toda vsz que tsmfan
ssr asesiuados por sus propios mari.
Aeros.
| Ell miamo Gear -diio 81 Of.
sisl alSmkn do fsfsrenci a-pArsce Asr'
vloso J distrafdo. Dirigi6 algunas
lpalshrss atsnsas 4 sada uno Dc los
; CAballsrss; pero, nj por asono, hizo
lie msnor nsnsi6n, oon una sola palA-
\ bra siquisra, & los present % dIstur-
Ihios,
serodusis la impression de no sstar
sntsrado Dc 10 que estk sucsdisndo en-
oil pais.P supassto cue tsl suposisi(n
no o. slsrta; psro On vsraad qae, por
todas ssas clrsa nstAncias, rseusrdA Ia
|eorte del C1sr aauellS do Luis XVI en-
Versailles, sl priaclpio dc 10 Rsvolu.
ei6n Francesca.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-07
MAN|FEsTAC|ON[S POuT|CAS

Sefior Director de LA DEMoCRAC1A
FL que suscribe, hace constsr que
hssta Ia fech2 venfa miIitando en- el
partido Republicano, habiendo cola.
Dorado activsmente en- su polftics; pc
70 hoy que 90 leVsntA puisnts y ga
llards IL union de los puertorrique
nos, quiero en- ella prestsr mi contin
gsnte & Ia ohrA patri6Iica por ess
colectividsd iniciada. Desde hoy, Sc
nor Director pusds contarme como
un sntuSiaata aoldado de ala y qusda
& sus 6rdenes Q. 8.
Andr6s Medina.
San Juan, PuertA de TERRA, 1 de
Febrero de 1905.
Sefior Director de LA DEMocRACIA.
San Juan, P. r.
81 que sussrihe, don Juan Marca-
no, vscino y propistario del barrio
Toita de Cidra:
Hsgo constsr que hBbiendo perte-
necido 81 psrtido Republican, hgstA
esta fechs, hoy me retro de todo COM
promise polftlCo quedando en- actitud
independiente.
Suplicandole, sefior Director ID
de cabida en- 81 ilustrado periodico 1
Ia presente Manifestation J QusdAndc
de I'd. sffmo 0. s.'q b Em.,
A ruego de Juan Marcauo,
Melton r. Riuera.
caysy, Fshrsro s Dc 1,9e6,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-07
UN ACTO |NSOuTO.

III Empsrador Guillermo ha on.
viado I'm menssie do condolences al
Prsaidente del Cuerpo Lsgislativo do
Alsacia y Lorsns, con motive del
fslleCimisnto de 81 hiis,
El acto del Kaiser hA producid o
verdsdera senssCi6B, puss al hst ho
m'smo hey que agregar la circuns.
tapcia de que el Emperador red acs6
el msnsaie en- frances y que % Ia pri
mers vsz que 80 dirige en- persona
un funcionArio de Alsaeia.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-07
AUTOMOB|SMO En- PUERTO-R|CO
POR !. \, FRllIR, S{CRETAR|O PR|VADO DEL GoBERNA-
DOR De PUERTO-RC0
Ode &The AUTOMOBILES, New York.

Debido al hecho de que Puerto
Rico es POGO conocido del pGblico
visisnte que anualmente emigra du-
rante los meses dc invierno a 10 Flo
rids y otros lugsres dc resreo del Sur,
han pssado despsrclbidas las ms gnfa.
cas- oportunidades que cfreos 10 isla
a los entusiastas por el autom6bil. Se-
RI una aorpresa para muehos de ellos
saber que ID isla se encusntra atrave.
sada por csrca de mil kll6metros de
carre eteras afrmsdas, que passn por
uno de los paises mas bellos del mum.
do, y que ssta nusva possession de los
Eatados Unidos 90 enouentra casi &
cuatro diss del puerto de New York.
De todas las carre tsrss dc la isla
Ia mas famosa Cd el Canine Militar.
Construida en- parts con el trabsio de
los sselavos, une & San Juan y Ponce,
las ciudades principales do 10 isla,
situadas rsspec!ivaments en- les costaa
Norte y Sud, serA un monumepto eter.
no dc 10 hAbil ingenierfs espanola.
Su tGcll graduation, sus s6lidos
viaductos y su equipo general no los
mel ran nj las carreteras francssAs en-
los Alpes marftimos. Doscientos trein-
to y dos Kilometres de largo y levsn.
taudoss q una altura de dos mil pies
en- la cadena de cordilleras central
que divide & Ia isla longitudin almente,
atr& viesa hacisndas de cafe, siembras
de platsnos y caf1averales, en- algunos
puntoE 10 ven avanidas de pc ma real
en- otras hileras de krboles de fambo.
yant que en- la primavera horecsn to-
mando un vivo color roio y que du-
rante los meses de vsrano proporcio-
| nan sgradabe sombra pora guarecer-
90 de los rayos del sol tropical. Los
lkil0mstros 90 encuentran marcados con
un poste do forma triar gular conve-
nientemente colocados 4 10 vista J
csda diez kllSmetros 20 encuentra una
gran pisdra, que indica Ia diatancia
que media entire las dos extremidades
Una segunda carrstsra terminada el
1908. uns actualmente las costas Norts
Iy Sud, entire los pusblos de Ponce J
Areciho, este iltlmo encor trAndoas si
tuado & considerable distancia do Ia
parte occidental de San Juan.
| Psreceria dlffcil Greer que dol
carretsras que % levantan casi { Il
misma altura y que atravieasn !,
isla & una corta distsnoia una do ID
otrs, presenter rssgos tan distintos J
sin embargo eada una con sus pro-
| pias earacterfsticas.
i Dssde la cumbre extrema de !,
csrretera do Ponce & Arscibo, 80 pus
dc YER, On un dia claro, el Mar Carl
| bn On un lAdo y el Ocesno AtlGntict
81 otro. I'll descsnso haeiA 81 Nort'
% strevido, east alpino, y IL dltimi
parte, de UtuAdo & Arscibo, sugier'
& 10 mente el desaladero de Ysllows
tone On msnor sscsla. Dsspu6s do 4
bordsando por vArias millas uH pc
D iasco casi perpendicular, 10 earrsts
} ra 90 sspars vsrtiginossmsnts dc {
/ y dessparses dc ls vista. Entire Pom
. "a Areciho, hay comparAtiYament
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-07

POGO trAfco, do modo que los afcio.
nados q reeorrer lsrgos trsyactos do
canine, dc cisrto pueden gozar do 10
libertad de no verse interrunpidos On
su msrshs por los lsrgos trenes dc
carros tirsdoa por bueyes y que tran.
sitan por Ia Carrstera MilitAr. Sin
embargo, los eonductorss de sstos
oarros hseen paso con bastante prom.
titud, sl forastsro puede sstar ssgu.
re de que rscibirk de todos aqusllos
cue utilizan los eaminos, 10 cortsaia
espontSnes que caraeteriza 4 los
puertorrlquefos.
Aunque estas SON las dos srterias
de comunicaci6n mas importsntss de
10 isls, existsn otrss muchas carrete-
rss que &c conservsn en- igual sstado
de reparaci6n y que son sccssislss {
autom6viles. Es eierto que On los CO.
minos do msnos trGnsito hay que w.
dear rios, pero durante los messs de
invierno el tempo por 10 regular on
ssco y Ia mayerfs de los rios solo con-
tienen unas cuantas pulgsdas dc aqua,
pudlendo cruxarss f&silm snte con fssr.
70 motriz y CON 10 ayuda do una yum
to de hueyss.
En- las poblaclones msyores pue-
dc obtenerse gasolins y sceite lubri.
cador y en- San Juan y Ponce hay TO-
Heres para 10 composition dc maqui.
nariss capaces de hacer cualquiera
clase de reparaci6nes.
Como On las montsflas suele Hover
con frecuencis, es conveniente equi.
par los carros con carrozas, siendc
absolutsmente indispensable una re-
tranca de emergencia.
Los hoteles en- les ciudsdes d.
San Juan, Ponce, Msyagusz, Arecl.
DO y Bafos dc Coamo son limpios }
aseados, pero en- Las poblaclones mas
pequef1ss do 10 isla tiene uno que II
preparado para no. pasarlo ins6modo
El tourista buscarG on vano lal
luiosss habitaciones dc los hotelsl
modernos, pero 10 cocina sspanola d
excelente, hay abundansla do fruta
tropicales y en- las mas psqusnas po
sAdas eaauentrA ustsd una tasA de cat
dsliciosa { sualquisr hofa
Hay dos lfuess dc vapores que he
cen 10 travesia dc New York { Sal
Juap, 10 sNew York and Porto Rio,
Stsamshlp Company y 10 cred D
Steamship Company con Nm vapo,
lqus sale todos los s&bAdos 81 msdi,
diA para Puerto Rico. Aunque % mk
SECURE smbalar an oarro para embar
car, no % esto de abaoluta necesidad
puss ~ 90 han rtmltido algunos dea
pojAndolos 6uieAments do linternas
guarda -lodos. En este case % CON
vsnients que el dutfo 8 el chan fl on
90 encarguen dc vigilar psrsonalmsn
10 el embArqus. Tomkndolo todo o.
lconsideraci6n, el mAravilloso clims
10 falta do polvo en- los eaminos y /
auiensta dc an reg amento do vsloci
dad irritante, 10 hsee difieil pods
imaginar que hsys condolences mi
favorsbles para orrer sn autom5v
on invierno.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-07
RECLAMATION D|PLOMATICA

En virtud de graves dsnuneias he.
chas recientsnenie al Congreso espa-
iiol por 81 sefior Lsrropx, miembro de
dicho cuerpo legislative, sobre los
atropellos do que han sido victimss
en- Nicarsguas y Honduras varios pc.
ninsulares, sl mip.stro dc Estado pro.
p6nese abrir una inveatigaci6n, con sl
objsto do fornulAr mas tarde 10 recla-
maei6n que corresponds hacer { les
meneio ionadas repIblicas.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-07

Tensmos en- fiesta, por G'Hmo, 10
gran fiesta del Carnaval, que pre- ms
to ser, iuzgar por los anuncios,
muy ruidosa. Dios Quiera que no
ocurra ningda incldents desgraciado
dursnte 10 festividsd.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-07

Aguadilla, Fsbrsro ds I.aO6,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-07
FEBRERO ALEGRE
Diversiones. --Circ0 LoWande
Gran Cinemattgrsfo. Fie.
ras en- las GALES.
TODOS Sc DlvIERTEN
ri arte en- medic de todo res
plandece. Bales Y el pro.
ximo Carnival.
TODOS Sc DIVERT EN-

El Circo Lowsnde-dicho ses sin
aludir & nadie- ocssion6, segdn fra.
90 dsl cliche reportsril, las delicias
del p1bliso. ii senior Elefante fue
passado en- triunfo por las GALES mas
csntricas de 10 eiudad, y, hablsnd do
en- iusticis, diremos que el pdblico le
tribute tsmbi6n una ovaci6n fuera del
circo, ovaci6n que hubiera csmbiado
de buen grado, por una suast6n.
Las asras despiertan intsres en-
todo momento y en- cualquier eircuns.
tancia; y cuando 50 les pasea con md
aica, con mas raz6n.
En- el mismo circo he sucedido &
10 exhibici6n de derss 10 exposition
do un Cinemat6grsfo que esta hasien.
do las delicias del respectable; y hay
Neno todas las noehss sunq ds muchos
andan voctos, vacfos do est6mago, por
no perderse 10 function. Flsras y pan.
tomimos mas 6 msnos ridfculos pue.
den verse todos los dias On plena vfa
pdblics, pero no causan la misma Inn
preston que en- el circo, rsguladas sua
funciones, q reglas sometidas, y ame.
nizados todos los actos por 10 or
questa.
En- oil Parque Borinquen tambien
estk hacienda las delicias del pdblico
10 Compaf MA Msrtinez Casado, aun-
que ssto, mas que distraction, impli-
ca arte y ensei1anzs, por sntrar en- oil
orden de la culturs intellectual.
FL que puede disponer dc un do
liar va q teatros.
AL que a6lo le es dable disponer
dc ounce centavos, Va & feras.
Pero % 10 c!erto, que todo q
murdo 90 divierte.
Sin contar las retreats y les Wis
tas del silf rama, cinsmat6grsfo
coss pareoida que SO exhibe frsnts {
| la plaza de armas, los bailss que noe
oudsan en- estos dias son otra delici'
del pdblico. Sc bsila en- la Capital
On Santurse y en- Rio Plsdras, cas-
todos .os domingos y algunos iue
yes.
Tensmos On fiesta, por G'timo, /,
gran fiesta del Carnaval, que pre- ma
to scr, & iuzgar por los anuncios
muy ruidosa. Dios Quiera que nj
ocurra ningda incldents desgraciad'
durants 10 festlvldsd.
Todo ell mundo se divierte. Fe
brsro no 90 mes de certAmenes nj d
Atsneos. Apenss 81 90 rsune en- est
lcsmpo 10 Sociedad do Escritores y Al
tistas para tratar asuutos qae le ints
resan para 81 ccmplttS formation.
i Y 81 hombrs que ris Sc propon
tambi6n darls Las espaldas al Atens
por este mes y solarse en- el festivs
carnav alesco, dilfraza adose eonv'
nientements con Ii eapS dc Algd
Ssnto. San Expedite, por sien
plo.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-10-31
A CERTIFICATE LINCOLN AS DEPUTY SURVEYOR.

had known, however poor Abe would
have been equally welcome, for he
made himself strangely agreeable
guest here, as he did everywhere else.
In busy times he pulled off his round
Rbout and helped Short in the field with
more energy than any hired man would
have displayed. HE was" said Short,
1.-The best hand at husking corn on the
stalk l ever saw. l used to consider
myself very good, but he would gather
two loads to my one"
These visits increased Shorts dispo-
sition to help him, and 1t touched him
sorely when he heard Lincoln moaning
about the catastrophe that hung over
him in the form of Van Bergens judg-
ment AN execution was issued" says
he, land levied on Lincoln's horse, sad
die, bride, compass, chain and other
surveyors instruments. He was then
very much discouraged and said he
would let the whole thing go by the
board. He was at my house very much
half the time. l did all could to put
him in better spirits. l went on the de-
livery bond with him, and when the
sale came off, which Mr.. Lincoln did
not attend, | bid in the above property
at $120 and Immediately gave it up
again to him. Mr.. Lincoln afterward
repaid me when he had moved to
Springfield. Greene also turned in on
this judgment his horse, saddle and
bride at S125, and Lincoln afterward
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-10-31

mad at Armstrong, and Jack himself
was very sorry for it. Jack gave Ike
next morning Il dram his breakfast
and sealskin cap and sent him home"
One cold winter day Lincoln saw a
poor fellow named Alb Trent hard at
work chopping up a house which Mr..
Hill had employed him to convert into
firewood Alb was barefooted and shiv-
cred pitifully while he worked. Lin
coin watched him few moments and
asked him what he was to get for the
job. Alb answered, lone dollar" and,
pointing to his naked and suffering
feet, said that he wished to buy a pair
of shoes.
Lincoln seized the AK and, ordering
the boy to comfort himself at the near
est fire, chopped up the house SO fast
that Alb and the owner We're both
amazed when they saw it done. Ac-
cording to Mr. Rutledge "Ab remem-
bered this act with the liveliest graft
tude. Once he, being cast iron Dem
ocrat, determined to vote against his
party and for Mr. Lincoln, but the
friends, as he afterward said, with
tears in his eyes, made him drunk, and
he had voted against Abe. Thus he did
not even have an opportunity to return
the noble conduct of Mr.. Lincoln by
this small measure of thanks"
Champion Of the Oppressed.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-10-31

repaid him."
But, after all, Mr.. Lincoln had no
friend more intimate than Jack Arm
strong and none that valued him more
highly. Until he finally left New sa-
lem for Springfield he ''rusticated" oc-
casionally at Jacks hospitable cabin,
situated -four miles in the country" as
the polished metropolitans Of New Sa-
lem would say. Jacks wife Hannah
before alluded to, liked Abe and en-
joyed his visits not less than Jack did.
ABE would come out to our house."
she says, drink milk. eat mush. corn
bread and butter. bring the children
candy and rock the cradle while | got
him something to eat. I foxed his
pants and made his shirts. He has gone
with as to fathers. He would tell sto-
ries, joke people, girls and boys, at par
ties. He would nurse babies-do any
thing to accommodate anybody. l had
no books about my house; loaned him
none. We didn't think about books and
papers. We worked: had to live. Lincoln
has stayed at our house two or three
weeks at time" Yet Jack frequently
ruffian of New Salem within decent
bounds.
If he was talking to Squire Godbey
or Row Herndon leach of them gives in
cidents of the kind, and he heard the
sounds or saw the signs which betoken
row in the street, he would jump up,
saying, Lets go and stop it." He
would push through the ring which was
generally formed around the combat
ants and, after separating the latter,
would demand a truce and "a talk"
and so soon as he got them to talking
the victory was his. If it happened to
be rough Jack himself who was at the
bottom of the disturbance, he usually
became very much ashamed of his con-
duct, and offered to treat, or do any
thing else that would atone for his bru-
tality.
Lincoln has often been seen in the old
mill on the river bank to lift box of
stones weighing from thousand to
twelve hundred pounds. OF course it
was not done by straight lift of the
hands. He was harnessed to the box
with ropes and straps. 1t was even
said he could easily raise a barrel of
whisky to his mouth when standing
upright and take a drink out of the
bunghole, but of course one cannot be-
lieve it. Frequent exhibitions of such
strength doubtless had much to do with
his unbounded influence over the rough
er class of men.
He possessed the judicial quality of
mind in a degree SO eminent. and it
was so universally recognized, that he
never could attend a horse race without
being importuned to act as judge or
witness a bet without assuming the re-
sponsibility of stake holder.
tTo BE CONTINUED
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-10-31
HER PET AVERSION.
The Reason One Woman Is Afraid of
Her Bathtub.
tTo BE Continued

IT know good many people are
afraid of a bathtub." said a woman,
but not In the way that l am. l am
not afraid of the water after l am In
the tub. It's getting In and out l anu
afraid of. though water in bathtub
has been deadly. too. to some. | knew
of a man once who was drowned In
his bathtub. Many a man has drowned
In his bathtub, but know the widow of
this one. and that was what brought it
home to me. Whenever they intro
duced her they whispered Her hus-
band was drowned In n bathtub.'
ut seemed to me q sort Of disgrace
to her. that way of dying. If he want
river? If he didn't do 1t purposely,
then it was the fault of the bathtub,
and that makes 1t a dangerous thing, to
my notion.
"I knew another man who was seri-
ously injured by bathtub. He was |
great friend of mine. He had prom
ised to help me In lot of ways, with
my work and one thing and another.
Then he was taken very Ill. He was
upon the verge of recovery and had
written me he was coming to call In
a day or two, when l got word that he
had fallen in the bathtub or on it
have forgotten which. or maybe 1t fell
on him-and had broken three ribs.
"I never get In or out of my bathtub
without thinking of him and his three
ribs or without being afraid I'll fall
on the edge of 1t and knock out all
my front teeth."-New York Press.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-10-31
A BEGGAR OF KHlVA.
He Was Noisy and IA Thing of Shreds
and Patches.

He Was Noisy and Thing of Shreds
and Patches.
In an open square, where the dust pail
forbade sight or breath, l directed my
steps toward the source Of a throbbing
roll that ceaselessly wove Itself In with
the noise of voices and the pattering OF
unshod feet of beasts. AS l neared IT
the noise became detached from thf
hubbub, q distinct and individual thing,
which lnsistently claimed attention and
made the very notes in the air dance
to time. Under a willow tree by the
water ditch that defined the square sat
a bent old man, unbelievably ragged.
So torn were his many khalats that
they did not seem like constructed gar
ments at all. but strings of tatters and
tags collected and hung on his fat.
weak body. His head was bent on his
breast, and his eyes were half closed.
On his stomach was a wooden bowl.
with q skin drum head stretched across
1t, and on this drum head he beat In
cessantly with his knuckles and his
fist. The motion was so automatic and
deadly regular in its recurrent changes
that it seemed almost as If he were a
clockwork figure set at the edge of the
busy market to record the passage Of
time. 1 flung some coppers on the
brass begging tray by his side and went
off, unconsciously adjusting my steps
to his beating. He made the trivial
barter and the driving of laden animals
seem vapid and futile and my bit of
charity sickened me. 1t was as If l
had happened along and patted Socra-
tes on the back.-Langdon Warner in
Century.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-10-31
We areSfll GivingAWay
Lois atPeernOnt-AValOn

You know that the elevation of the sand hills
Seven Mile Beach Avalon New jersey permits the established
grade be the twice high the grade estab
shed all the other beaches in Cape May county You not
know that the smallest lots Avalon feet than
double the soxoo You that
still giving of best and highest parties who will
build house them costing less than You
know that offering lots lower price than such lots have
been offered seahore You will appreciate
of facts unless you visit Avalon Therefore
while the boats schedule time from Angle
wharf 1t delightful trip from Angeea Stone Harbor
Pemon Avalon Get off Peermont Station which is only
a
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-10-31

mile and half of graveed have been made and
three miles of curb has been laid Also 5000 nea
feet of pipe within the last four months Three miles ofcemnt
sidewalks being laid Many houses have been built here
this spring and others building.
Remember that Avalon municipal Borough that practically
of debt its works being worth much its bonded debt
Taxes lower Avalon than other Seaside Cape
May County.
Do want to build cottage for season? If SO why
hundreds thousands lot when you have lot
the Ocean front for the building of house This the
liberal offer that has been made New Jersey Sashoe
only ask that investigate proposition. Do
There will always be here show around
Holbrook argus., 1906-05-05
Art by the Ton.

An American city once asked Mac Monnies, the scupltor, to enter a design for army and navy groups for a sol diers' and sailors monument. He de- clined to compete. Then the cOmmis- sion was rendered to him outright. He submitted sketches of his idea for the groups. The committee in charge of the monument wrote him. asking: How many tons of granite do you in tend to use in the base?" His reply was: If you are in the business of buying granite you may use as much as you want, one ton or 100000 tons. I am an artist, and I never yet heard of art being bought by the pound" The question Was dropped until the contract for the commission was drawn. When Mir. MacMonnies re- ceivcd it he discovered in it clause providing that in case the bronZes were ever thrown down from their base by any cause whatever. and any person or property should be injured. he and his heirs forever should be liable for the damage sustained. He returned the contract without comment, un- signed. When the committee wrote him. asking the reason. his brief reply was, Your lawyers are too sharp."- Worlds Work.