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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-01-31

Accl0Dss
Banco de Pto. Rico Q Is 4 10.
Baneo Territorial. . Isl & 1e.
Banoo Popular..+. s7.t0 as.
Buques anunGlados

Buques anuncladus
Un vspor noruego esM s Ia oarga
en- Montevideo y Buenos Aires, de
donde saldrA gu la primera qui1cena
de Febrero para este puerto y Cuba.
Vapor espsfiol <Pio TX :, EssA &
la carga on Barcelons, de donde sal
dra 81 s de Fsbrero pr6xlmo con las
escalas dc costumbre para cate puerto
y Ponce, slguienao viaie para Santa.
20 de Cuba, Ha5sna y Mssaazas.
Vapor espsnol <Mar1in Saens. j,
Sali6 dc Canarias para eats pverso 81
25 del actual y conslnuara yi&je para
Maysgutz, Ponce, Saa,isg, de Cuba,
HaoaAs, Clenfusgos = New Orieans.
Vapor frances <Munreal , Con
procsueacia ds Europa y ssi + Tho
mas, resalar& hacia 81 8 sntrsnse y &C.
guira vlEie para Puerto piats.
Vapor americana <rhuadelphia,,
saldra para Nsw York ei I die
Vapor nmsricSno <CHracass, ca.
tara aqui Q. del corrisnte proceden.e
de New York y saldrA el dia sig uis nts
para IL Gusyra.
10nndT0a puerto
Goleta sEncarnacl6ns do Ia isla
Sc habi!.taroa de sassda.
Vapor SVasco> y golesss xIudia,,
sPetras. cana M.rias Jberitas.
Buques on puerto
TRAvSEIA
sRoberl II. M. Curdoys dasogdo.
sGladyss, dsscargsndo.
<Jannle Lippist,, idsm
sLaura Bslles. pe1dieAta.
OOSTANEEsOS
<Carmelitas,. Yabucoa
<A.R b aness, HQmacao
slsaoslas, AgaadlIla y Maysgu.z
sMaysga:z Anas, deacasgando
xPorto r ccS csrgando
<Encarnaci6ns psndlente
:E;5ta;
Sc vende papel viejo de pc.
rl6dico 4 dos pesos elquintal.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-01-31
ACT0S FUNEBRES

tContinGacs6n de Ia pdgina 81
Rafael y Proylta. Familia Happ. Fa.
miiia Camuflas. Gasl, Sire, Perez Y
Cestero. Torres y Romany, Adsmss
otrSs varias do flores naturales.
Presidieron nj duslo los sefiores
Roseado Mstleozo Clntr6n, Ramon
Meudez Csrdons, Manel +. Rossy,
Rafael Arriilags, Jos6 de Diego, Ra
fael DEE do Andlno J Luis MuRIoz Ri.
vera.
La banda de la policiA inAular to.
90 durante el trayeeio uaa asntids a
marcia f1nebre.
Despidi6 oil duslo con elocuenses
frssea 81 ssfior Ma!ieLz 20 Cintr6n.
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Asociiacidn de Dependencies

So suplica i todos los miemb,os
de eata ssocIacion ae sirvan corcurrir
a Casino Espaflol sl domingo Febre.
ro corriente q les dos do la tarde, con
objeto de tratar 60 Junts General va
rios aeuntos importantes y elegir & ls
vez Ia nueva dirsetiva
El Sscretario,
CELEsTINo LrNERA.
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SECCI0N MERCANT|I.
Aotas GoneTcia|es de San Juan

Prsclos MIN dc los articulos
que SO Getallan on
aImaGenes
Arroces de partido Jap6n de
t3}&5.
Idsm vslsnciano de s54 3 8 Id. i'd.
Aios do 30 ctvs. q SO.
JAmonss 38i a 81.
Quesos amscs, slt4 Patagy&s 10.
Tosino, . Is III
Sardinas aumadss 16 centnvos.
Jabon, a e6 q 4.75 Rossmurs
americana, s23 y n.
Pasta del pals ct.
Asntsea 90 aSt IN I y o. ats,
do t7 & la
Herina do s44 as5.
Habichuclas Amaf!sanas blsnsas
kse ~ . set,
Garhanzos s6 40
Raaalao SO . CT
canollss14i as.
AAnseQuiliAs de s13 , Is
Pasta americans on esjas dc una
affoha . s6.
Pspss anerieanas $3.50 q 1.90
Tasaio q 8.
DEL PALS
AEtaar para al consumni
kosnahado elsro de- sta At5
Dc miel slaro Q $3.50.
Censrftuga alaro dc u as6
Amssieana de 54 " sssS.
De Poncs s4S q Il.
Ron 80 grados Cartier & e1.S0 sen.
AvDs gallon pagados r. Internas.
Maix Q l.S0.
Tahaco, nominal,
Prscl0s de compra
Alnid6n . $3.50
Algod5n de S . $50
uoeos do Is Is millar.
Cueros dulses slS
Hebo do rss . II.
Cate soYrisnse dc $40 a10i.
Candles oofriantes
Lhadfas cheek . A.sS
Faris a 81 st d.
Eamhurgo A4s
New York ctvs P.
EspxEa 8 div " pS D
C6daIas hipotecarIas
Paaso Territorial J Agrlco,s s55.
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Sc Vende Q arienda

Una fuca rdsiiea, aituAda On sl
kll6metro II dc Ia carretera central J
csrca de Rio Piedras, oompuesta dc
81 cuerdas de terrenos, con espsciosa
casa de vivienda, dsposito dc aqua,
cuerdas de csfiss, muchos frutAles y
bnenos pastos.
Para intormea dirijirse & Carlos
Il. B ondet, San Juan 9 Haso Rey, !,
Rio Piedras. 30-l
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-01-31

III tribunal Supreme infm6 sar6 cuabe mpao una
bfe ac6n peto eutrs Ia de 50 dolars QUE sdx al
Z" horia Felcits Fernandez don Ra. lclado
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HIs Prize.

From Harper's Weekly
a Pittsburg widower. while away from
home on a business trip, met and mar
ried lady who, though famed for her
goodness Of heart would be spoken of
even by her friends as ''plain.' The mail
believed that she would be kind mother
10 his two children, however. and as She
was also possessed of a fair amount of
this worlds goods, was not inclined to
expect the beauty of the peach in po-
tato
After Ills marriage he telesraphed to
the eldest of the children, girl of 10:
I've won a prize. Am married. VIII
be i ne tomorrow"
Wlien the bride and groom arrived the
children were watching at the door. and
at sight a their future mother gave a
little gasp OF CONSERVATION.
The second child, a boy, nudged his sis
ter and whispered:
"say Nell, that must have been the
consolation prize that pa got'p
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS.

Since my last article, ] have made
flying trip up through the wheat belt
of Indiana, Illinois. Ohio and Michigan.
/ found the wheat small and farmers
expressing some anxiety for the crop
from the fact that the snowfall has been
very light this winter From what | could
see and learn of the crop there is a good
stand ana the fact of the small growth
Is no disadvantage whatever On tho
contrary, 1t Is favorable for there Is an
abundance of moisture and as soon as
warm weather comes the crop Will soon
make up It's growth. ! look for a much
better crop of wheat this year than we
had last.
The soils are pretty well water soaked
from Chicago to the gulf. This ID great
ly retarding all farm operations, espe-
cialy delaying oat sowings In Texas and
territories. | am now travelling and hold
ing farmers meetings In the Indian Ter
ritory. Have been at Muskogee for the
last two days. Here / find an unusual
interest in all agricultural matters The
Commercial club here has committee
on agriculture. This committee is made
up of live, wide-awake men-men of en-
terprfse and fully possessed with enough
pride and public spirit TO cause them
to take a lively interest In everything
that will help to develop their country.
Mr.. Markham is chairman of this COM
mittee and when I came to Muskogee
and made known to him my mission. he
left his office and worked like a beaver
in helping to get the farmers, as well
AS the business men, out to the meet
ings.
The Commercial club rooms were
thrown open and ! addressed the people
I'm these rooms The rooms were filed
with people of all professions. The press
of the city also entered heartily into tile
work and the combined efforts Of these
agencies made the meetings great sue
cess. We-had many visitors at our exhibit
car, and all seemed greatly pleased at
the kindly reception we gave them.
Here we found something unusual.
something out of the ordinary. We found
city whose business men had been edil-
Gated to realize that these meetings are
not confined to farmers alone, but are.
for the people and these business men
fully understood that their prosperity de-
Ponds upon the success of the farmer.
Here is an object lesson. well worth
the imitation of all communities. The way
to build up and develop a country is for
all classes to work together in one steady
pull hope to find fsany more cities with
the same public spirit, where we may
receive the same cordial greeting and
nave the same hearty corporation Of
the people that we had here at Musko-
gee.
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louisIana Gas weII Blows Out.

Shreveport La March n.-one of the
gas wells of the Producers company In
the Annanas field. twenty miles north Of
Shreveport blew out tonight and flames,
rocks and Jumps of salt were thrown to
IA height of 200 feet. Preceding the
blow out there was loud runbling for
several minutes and the earth tremblcd.
The force of the gas carried out the piping
ann aid serious damage to the well A
number of people who had gone to the
gas fields sightseeing today were near
nj tho time Of the blow out, but none
were iniured
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new LEADER PUTS
SPURS TO DOWIE
HIS HEARERS IN CHICAGO ARE
LEAD TO BELIEVE THAT THE
ZION LEADER HAS BEEN PER-
MANENTLY DEPosED.

Chicago, March 11.-Wilbur G. Voliya,
the new deputy general overseer of Zion
City. speaking before LOO Chicago menu
bers Of the church tonight, announced
several striking departures of policy of
John Alexander DoNie to be maugurated
in the management of Zion City and its
Industries. Overseer voliva spoke rever-
entially of Dowie as the founder of the
church, but condemned the administrative
abuses which are said to have existed I'm
der his government.
Among the reforms which are promised
are the abolition of female labor in the
lace factory and other shops, the estab-
llshment of an agricultural community in
connection with Zion City. courteous
treatment of newspaper representatives,
the ineulcation of liberation of other re-
ligious ereeds and a relegation Of all SEN
satonal and emotional religion. The
meeting was held at Zion Central faber-
nscle 1925 Michigan avenue. The new
overseer led his hearers to believe that
Dowie had been permanently deposed. IF
there is an overseer in this church." he
said. who does not measure up to the
standard of an overseer he VIII be a
curse to the church,
Then turning to the overseers' seats
upon the rostrum, he continued:
Concerning the general overseer VIC
will attend to that at the proper time.
Moses led the children of Israel out of
Egypt and afterward for good reasons
the Lord set Moses aside. Do some
thinking. Read between the lines
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Causes of Failures.

pm the New York Herald
some interesting figures have recently
In published in Bradstreet's showing
number of business failures last year
the United States and the causes to
Z fch they are attributable. 1t Is stated
! t there were 1,20l,s62 concerns engaged
business in 1901 and that of these TO-
failed, or considerably less than one
cent of the whole, a lower percent
I. than has occurred in any year since
Z. save in the year 1900.
Bradstreet's classifies the causeS of fall
Is under eleven heads, and gifes also
number which 1t regards at at
|butable to each cause. OF the eleven,
! lex of capital takes the lead as most
blific in inducing failures, those
|ribed to it numbering 1928. "Incompe-
pee, comes next on the list, and is
! de accountable for 1928 and then "spe-
/ c conditions by which is meant such
|ngs as strikes, the corn crop failure,
assassination of President Mckinley,
L lowered price of cotton at the south
ID similar events of disastrous tend
|cy. TO these 1755 busipess failures are
heed. Next in number were failures
Esing from fraudulent disposition OF
bperty' and amounting to 1154.
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Confidence at Alneciras-

Algeeiras, March 1.-THE committee on
reduction having in charge the adjust
ment of the remaining differences between
France and Germany over the Moroccan
police question and the bank question
assembled twice today. On the bank ques-
ton an agreement was reached on every
point except the allotment Of the capital,
which will probably be left to the de-
cision of the conference. The police ques-
ton WAS not touched during the sitting
today. The delegates however went over
the situation informally and feeling of
confidence reigns among the representa-
tives of the neutral powers that set
Element of the question will be reached
in a week
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Says France Is coerced.

London, March 12.-The correspondent OF
the Daily Mail at Algeeiras reports France
having been eoerced by the neutral powers
into making concessions on the police
question probably as a result of appre-
hension on the part of the powers that
failure of the conference would mean
war. The correspondent declares that for
France to enter Morocco as one of two
powers subject to the domination of a
third power would be suicidal. 1t would
be better for France, he says, to sur
render all her interests in Morocco rather
than to suffer such a loss of prestige.
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COUNT is CONVICTED.
Gets Three Months Imprisonment In
Genoa on Charge of Adultery.

Genoa. March lion complaint Of his
wife. who was Edith Van Buren, of New
york. and whose brother is the American
consul at Nice. Count De- Castelmenar-
do was today convicted of adultery and
sentenced to three months imprisonment
and to pay the costs of the action. The
count has taken an appeal from the YER
dict of the court
The Countess Di' Castelmenardo Is a
daughter Of the late General Van Buren,
and a great grand niece of President
Martin van Buren,. She was married IN
London in 1900 TO Count Vessiehf Gurgo
DF Castelmenardo, who is - of the
Duchess Toftora Brayda Df .6elvedere
Giuditta Gurga Dr. Castelmenardo of Ma
pies.
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Southern Railway Co.
Schedule in Effect Fcbruar II. 1905.

0CICQulC IiiNSA WI III iS9os
Trains leave Birmingham as rollowsi
Gao A. ni.--No 50, for Atlanta, Washins-
ton, Baltimore. Philadelphia
New York and the East. Pull.
man Drawing Room Sleeping
Car, Birmingham to New
York. Dining car, Blrming-
ham to Atlanta
$40 a. m.-No. 10. for Montevalo. Ma
plesville, Selma and way sta
lions.
1925 D. m.--No. So, for Columbus, West
Point, Winona, Greenwood
and Greenville; also Sheffield
and Florence and North AID
bama points.
s;40 D. m.-No. Is, for cordova, oakman.
Corona and way stations: also
Blossburg.
b:45 a. n.--No. % for Admission. Heflin and
way stations; also Rome, Ca.
$50 %, m,-No. 36 for Atlanta, Charlotte.
Richmond, Washington. New
York and the East. Pullman
Sleeping Car Birmingham 70
Richmond, va
1:05 d. m.-No. "a, -nniston. Atlanta and
way stations; also for Jack
sonville and All Florida points
also Talladega. Ma.
1920 D. m.--No. 81, for Columbus. West
Point Winona, Greenwood and
Greenville. Pullman Drawing
Room Sleeping Car Birming-
ham to Greenville.
1898 D. n.--No. q, for Selma, Mobile and
way stations. Pullman Draw
ing Loom Sleeping Car Biz
mngham to Mobile.
IL 30 D. m.--No. 9S, for Atlanta, Admission
and way stations. Pullman
Sleeping Car Birmingham to
Atlanta. Sleeping Car can be
occupied at Union station 9:3a
p. m
For detailed information and sleeping
car reservations apply passenger office.
Morris Hotel Building. Telephone 3Os1
Bell and 617 Peoples.
]. N. HARRISON. Dist. Pass ACT
r. y. CREAG. Trav. Pass Agt.
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planned to End Their Lives.

st. Paul. Mimi March 1l.-katie Ran
so,ne and Matte Lorraine. actresses at &
local vaudeville theatre are at the city
hospital in critical condition. The former
is suffering from a bullet wound in the
left breast and the latter from gas poison
Inc. Both say they are Disguised with
The Theatrical business and 1T is claimed
that they planned to end their lives.
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AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

FROM the American tuItlVAtOr.
supply Of tar should be on the list of
farm conveniences because Of the many
useful purposes to which the substance
is daptable. It is most commonly used
in this section for smearing on paper
bands wrapped around the trunks of
fruit trees to trap the wingless female
canker moths when ascending the trees
10 lay eggs Another very common use
is in treatment OF seed corn. smearing
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Had knIfe STICKING In Back.

New York, March 11-Giovanni Romano
was murdered at Oak and Oliver streets
tonight and Giuseppe Santaros was ar
rested on suspicion. Romano was found
standing UP with knife sticking in his
back. There were seven other wounds
In fifteen minutes he was dead.
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rakahaahi Made President.

Toxic. March 1f.-koretiyo Takahashi
has been elected president of the Yoko-
hama special bank He will, however, re-
tain his present position of vice governor
Of the Bank of Japan and special finan-
cial commissioner
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win be sucoeeded BY Potter.

Cleveland o., March 11.-Right Rev
William A. Leonard, Episcopal bishop of
Ohio, who has for some years had charge
of the American Episcopal churches Of
Europe and who recently resigned that
charge, was today notified that Bishop
Potter of New York had been selected to
fill his position
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Vessel in No DANGER.

Wilmington, N. c., March 1.-THE
steamer Cfistobal Colon, bound for the
Isle of Pines, which was previously re-
ported anchored off Oeracoke with pro-
peller disabled, is still at anchor there.
Tire vessel lies near the life saving sta
ton and is in no danger.
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Famine Threatened in Morocco.

London. March 12.-The. Daily Mairs
correspondent al Tangier says that failure
of the wheat and barley harvest is threat
ened throughout Morocco. with no re-
serves from last year. he adds, q terrible
famine seems to be impending.
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chinese Emperor Not Very Ill.

Pekin, March 1.-THE Illness from
which the Emperor is suffering apparently
is not serious. He attended a theatrical
performance in the palace Saturday even
Ing in company with the Dowager En-
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Fire in Amarillo.

Amarillo. Tex. March 1.-THE Carson
buil1.ng. the largest in-tbe city, was to-
tally destroyed by fire early today. Total
loss $1,000; partially covered by insurr
apce.
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Aro.ntina,s President is Dead.

Ruenas Ayres, March 1t.-Dr Manuel
Quintane president Of the Argentine re-
public, died todd ".
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cARRoLLTON sHOnT LINE RAIL.
WAY COMPANY.
SCHEDULE
Effective June 10. 1866.

No. !. -. g.
s.ts pm. Nv. Reform Ala. lar. y :25 r, m
4:05 PM. w.. Stansel ....Ar. IL SIS pm.
4.2g pm. ..I.v.. Carrollton ..L.v. n 80 am
4:fs pm. IN. carrolton ,.Ar. ~ ;35 am.
4:5S pm. .Lv.... Dillbur3 lar. .1l;ls a. m.
5:25 pm. Ar. Alieeville lily. HOO a. m.
Birst-class passenger trails meet and
connect with all main line Mobile & Ohio
trains.
For fY her information apply to
JOHN T. COCHHANE.
Pres and Genl Manager.
Carrollton, Ala
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PERSONAL

George NJ. Martin of New Orleans is
spending a few days in Birmingham
Mrs Henrietta Cromartie has returned
to Birmingham after a two weeks visit
TO Mrs r. j. Kapohn in Mobile.
j. VIII Donovan, formerly a well known
newspaper man of Birmingham, but now
living in Meridian, Miss, spent yesterday
in this city.
Alonzo Atkins, who has been confined
to his home for about ten days on ac-
count of Illness is able to be out again.
He will leave for the west for his health
within the next few days to remain sev-
eral weeks
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caid storane paid for aerries.

At the Connecticut Fruit Growers meet
ing, c. I, Allen, of Terryville. declared
that a small cold storage plant paid Tor
itself very quickly merely for keeping
the berries one or two days when there
was surplus In the market season. He
thought the cultivation of the strawberry
crop was declining in Connecticut of late
years. but that the prospect was now
better than for some time past for grow
ers who had continued to make spe-
afolt,F of tho prDp
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SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival and departure 81
passenger trains at the Union station. Biz
mingham:
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snrava Saved the crop.

Potato growers in Europe have been
experiencing much trouble with potato
rot and seem to have become convinced
that spraying with the bordeaux mixture
Is a paying remedy. Large fields sprayed
three times in the Belgian potato re-
gion were reported to have yielded twice
as much as other fields not sprayed
Fields sprayed once fell behind greatly
compared with those sprayed three times
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elrmlnoham and Atlantic sHFalIroaa.

Close Connections at Pell city with
Southern railway and at Coal City with
the seaboard Air Line railway.
Nos. /. 2 and daily except Sunday.
Nos. s. 0. and 8 Sunday only
j. +. FLEETWOOD,
Superintendent
FELIX 4. VOGEL,
General Managse
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ToMBlGBEE VALLEY RAILROAD
COMPANY


Passenger schedule, effective February
49, 1906.
Going North Going South
read down read up.
No. 2 No. l.
I.v. 7:S0 a.ni.... calvert ....Ar. 6:i5 am.
Ar. 7:45 am.... Farford lily 600 am.
Nv. $40 am. Fairford AR. 5;52 am.
Ar. 9:t5 am. Sims Chapel ..Lv. 517 am.
Ar. 1916 ann. chatom lily. $50 am
Milty and
Ar 12.40 pm. Healing Springs Lv. 2:30 m
All trains daily except Sunday. (Also
train No. ! Monday.
Our train No. ] south bound connects
with Southern railway train No. Il arriv-
ing at Mobile $40 a. IN. Our train No
north bound connects with Southern rail
way train No. Jig, leaving Mobile al 5:5j
a. IN. Connections are close and passen-
gers can buy through tickets and check
baggage through from points on Southern
to all points on r. V. Line ana vice versa.
CHARLES i. DUKE.
JOINT. COCHRANE, Superintendent
President.
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New England of Europe.


The prosperity of thickly settled Bel
GUM is encouraging to sections like New
England. as showing what energy may
accomplish against natural difficulties.
Relellm is the most densely populated
country in Europe. 1t contains olb per-
sons to the square mile. At one time
the country seemed destined to perpetual
barrenness, as 1t was nothing but
dreary, silent and seemingly irrecialm-
able waste composed OF morasses, ster-
lie heaths and sandy deserts. the coun-
try has been drained by canals and
bitches, and converted into fertile felds
that are so productive that nearly every
inch Of the arabic soil is cultivated. Near
" all the land is especially adapted to
the raising of wheat, rye, oats, barley
and vegetables. The cultivation OF to-
bacco hops, dye plants, FAX ana hemp is
carried on quito extensively. Inc green
fields and meadows furnish pasturase
for a vast number of fne-blooded horses,
for which the country Is noted; also cat
tie and sheep. In minerals Belgium Is
rich The chief source OF the country
prosperity lies In its mineral productions
and manufactures therefron, IN the
provinces of Hainault Nalnur, Luxem-
burg and Iiege are. found vast duan-
titles OF copper, zinc, peat, marble. STATE,
limestone iron and coal. tho mining or
which gives employment to thousands
of workmen The people are prosperous
and happy, active and industrious, ana
are gifted with Il tenaclty OF purpose
that contributes materially to their she
cess. They are enterprising and love
work; are frugal and economical.