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pues de usar muchos remedies
que hos fueron altamente reco
mendados para curar esas afIic
clones. Por Gltimo, LEI en-. los
peri6dicos de Laredo, Texas,
algo acerca del Ungueuto de
Doan, y un dia fui a ls Botlca
de la Ciudad y compre una ca
ia. Probo ser exatamente como
Sc anuncia. Muy pocas aplica
clones curaron & nuestro hijo
enteramente. La piel qued6 tin
perfectamente bien, que nadie
sosrecha ahora que en- ella hu
biera la enfermedad.
Tambien 10 usamos para
otros casos y es muy benefico.
Con mucho gusto recomenda
mos ell Unguento de Doan co
mo un remedio que hace 10 que
Sc espera de 81.
De venta en- todas parties.
Precios; so centavos.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, Gnicos agentes para
los Estados Unidos.
Recuerde ell nombre- Doan.
no acepte otro.
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Trabajos Admira bles.
Una n'arauillosa preparacidn.
Cura las almorranas, eczema,
sarna g erupciones de la pieI,
cortadas q contusiones. YI

El unguento de Doan es ell
meior remedio para la piel, y
el mas barato, porque basta
con muy POGO para curar. Gu
ra las alm0rranas cr6nicas. Gu
ra los mas rebeldes casOs de
eczema. Cura toda clase de
irritaciones de la piel. Cura las
erupciones de la piel. Cura las
cortadas, .contusiones, escoria
clones y desolladuras, sin dejar
cicatrfz. Cura radicalmente.
FL testimonio de los lareden
ses 10 pr ueba.
j. +. Kimball, Misionero
Bautista de la Sociedad Bau
tlsta Americana de Misiones
Domesticas, de N. York, resi-
dente en- N. Laredo, calle de
Gonzalez, c. 421, dice: "Ha
ce como un ano que aparecio
en- la cabeza de nuestro hijito,
una pequeiia mancha, muy pa
recida a la eczema y al sarpu
lido. Cuando por primera vez
la notamos, era dura y escamo
sa. Sc fue luego extendiendo
hasta llrgar al tamano de- un
peso plata. Algnnas veces pa
recia quemada Q irritaci6u, y
slempre era muy holssta. lie
gamos a convepcernos de que
eran indtiles todos los esfuer
EOS para destruir el NAL, des
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1906-10-13

Crist6bal Colon. heroe y genie
immortal: recibe desde 10 alto del
clelo, que en- este momento, tai vez,
estas gozando, las efusioues de
nuestros corazones, las bendiciones
de millones y millones de criaturas
humanas, redimidas de la esclavi-
tud y de la miseria! Y mientras
los idolos caen de sus pedestales,
y los dloSes Sc van, ante la palabra
del Evangelio; los hombres como:
Colon, Washington, Hidalgo, Bo-
livar, Juarez y Garibaldi, como
estrellas del frmamento, seguiran
produciendo luz, luzy siempre luz,
para iluminar al mundo.
Ahora, Senores, 4 nosotros toca
ell deber de propagar esta luz pura
y beneGca, mediante ell trabajo, la
concordia y la union; & nosotros
incumbe ell deber de sostenerla,
alimentarla con los brazos Y con la
delante de los tiranos y
os ambiciosos, que con sus escan-
lalosos trusts, suehan todavfa con
ii oscurantismo.
Mexico, Texano," (Octubre de
1889. de San Antonio, Texas.
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AXH de Octubre de MIVXCILE

perderse en- aguas desconocidas, que
ria arrojarlo al mar y volver so
bre sus pasos. Pero ell gran mari
no, serene Y tranquilo. con la mira
da de aguila y q la vez dulce y be-
nigna, con un movimiento, con una
palabra, infundia nueva fe, nuevas
esperanzas v nuevo valor, en- aque.
Hos intrepidos, pero desmoraliza.
dos marineros.
Colon prometi6 tambien un pre-.
mio al primero de ellos, que hui
biera descubierto Ia TERRA tan de-
seada, desde tanto tempo, prone
tiendoles que 81 en- tres dfas no Sc
hubiera descubierto, TERRA, enton-
ces podrfan matarlo. lAh, grande
Oceano! ipor que no te abres ....2
Finalmente, despues de tantas
peripecias, ell 12 de Octubre de
1852, locos. de gusto y de algeria,
vieron la TERRA que Colon sohara
tantas veces; llegando en- seguida q
San Salvador, q Cuba y Santo Do
mingo. POGO despues, ell aIo 81
guiente, fue nombrado Virrey de
los paises descubiertos, aunque
merecfa ser reconocido como En-
perador Maximo Y Rey del Nuevo
Mundo, que su genio adivin6. Pc
no los hombres realmente grandes,
estan satisfechos de cumplir con
su conciencia de sdbios, v POGO Sc
cuidan de los honores y de las dig
nidades imperiales 6 reales.
Colon, en- lugar de descansar So
bre los laureles conquistados, hizo
otro viaje, visitando las pequefias
Antillas, Y no fue sino en- su tercer
viaje cuando descubri6 ell Conti-
nente, y recorri6 toda Ia costa me-
ridional, desde ell Orinoco hasta Ca
racas, en- ell cuarto viaje, en- fin, llc-
GO hasta ell Golfo de Panama.
Igusl & Cristo, sufri6 muchas ca
lumnias y persecuciones: al REDEEM
tor del Mundo, los ingratos judios
10 premiaron con una pesada cruz,
y a Colon, descubrldor del Nuevo
Mundo, 10 recompensaron con Pc
sadas cadenas. Cristo tuvo la glo-
ria de dar su nombre q un nuevo
principle, v de hacer triunfar una
idea mas ell pobre Colon; no tuvo
la honra de dar su nombre al mum
do que descubri6; otro grande ita-
italiano, pero muy ambicioso;
Vespucio, Sc 10 quito.
Sin embargo, quien sabe 81 tai
vez las futuras generaciones, me-
nos egofstas y mas iustas que no. !
sotros, den a Dios 10 que es de Dios,
y al Cesar 10 que es del Cesar.
Italianos, 'latinos, Y vosotros del
mundo todo, descubrfos reverentes
ante la grandiosa figura del gran
de Italiano. V gritad conmigo: wi
w Colon. ihonra v gloria al genio
inmortll qne descubri6 y uni6 al
mnndo conocido M nuevo mundo,
v agradecido, 10 deposit6 q los pies
de Isabel la Cat6lica. ]
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LIB E24D5e
Tenemos de 'venta
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Ccnferenclas de Sn Agustfn, por
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MO Cebalos. tomos, rlistica. 49, SO
La Protection Libre Cambio por TT,
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I'm tmO rustic, so
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conocido ent6nces. & impulsadt
por un presentimisnto secreto, di
riiiose in1tilmente al Portugal Y
la Rep1blica de Geneva, (Desafor
tunadamente, en- aquella epoca ID
Italia estaba dividida en- pildoras
donde conseguir los recursos pars
desafiar con fe 'el enturecido mar
Y descubrir un nuevo mundo, para
unlrlo con perennes benefcios a.
antigua pero desgraciadamente,
la mayor parte de aquellas grandes
fguras politicas 10 creyeron ell
sueflo de una mente exaltada, v le
hicieron POGO 6 ning1n case, mo-
two por que en- lugar de la protec-
ci6n que andaba pidiendo, en- nom
bre de Ia civilization y de la reli-
gi6n, solo consigui6 desprecios v
humillaciones de aquellos gobier-
nos, tan desp6ticos como ignoran-
tes, 4 grado tai, que cuando pasa-
ba por las GALES de Geneva, 10 in
dicaban con ell epiteto de Eel loco
Colon"
AL fin, desesperado de tantas
contrariedades Y de tantos sufri-
mientos, encamin6se q pie hacia
Espaha, acompafado por un hijo,
a1n muy j6ven. Cansado por ell
largo viaje, Y casi muerto de ham
bre y de frfo, vi6se obligado re-
fugiarse en- ell Convento de la Ra-
bida, donde fu6 muy bien recibido
por ell Padre Guardian, al cual de-
j6 encomendado su hijo hasta su re
greso.
Llegado 4 Espaha, 10 esperaban
nuevos padecimientos y nuevos de-
sengahos. Los Reyes cat6licos, to-
mieron irritar al clero, al dar pro-
tecci6n a Colon, que en- aquella
epoca, como en- la de hoy, nan ST.
do siempre muy cautos para las in
novaciones progresistas, por no de-
cir enemigos, Por otra parte, las
continues guerras que spstenfa Es-
pafia contra los moros, habian ago.
tado ell tesoro p1blico. y era un
problema demasiado arduo hallar
dinero, para ponerlo q disposi6n
del grande explorador. por cuyo|
motive ell Rey Espahol no daba, al
valor Y al genio italiano, sino va
gas promesas.
Solamente despues de ocho lar
Ros amos, cuando Dios quiso, una
mujer tan noble como santa, Isa-
bel la Catolica, aconsejada por su
mismo confesor, hombre de genio Y |
de corazon, empe16 sus joyas, con
cuyo producto Colon arm6 tres
carabelas, tomando ell mando de la
del centro, Y ell dfa 3 de Agosto del
aiio mencionado, con un cielo sere-
no y un placido mar, zarpaba en-
busca de nuevas, lejanas Y desco-
nocidas tierras. Fue despues de
un viaje de 65 dias, largo y peligro
so, cuando de diicultad en- difficult
tad, lego al fin tan deseado. Va
rias veces la tripulaci6n, temiendo
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Hoy es ell glorioso aniversario
del descubrimiento de America,
por ell immortal Genoves Crist6bal
Colon.
Nosotros nos completeness al re-
producer ell discurso improvisado
por nuestro buen amigo y colabo-
rador, ell caballero Luis Bruni, Pre-
sidente Honorario de la Sociedad
ItaIiana de IN. S." de San Anto-
MO, Texas, en- la Conmemoracion
del 1896 aniversario del descubri-
miento de America, ell 10 de Octu-
bre de 1888, en- San Pedro Spring.
Hello aquf: "Sehoras y Sehores:"
Altamente honrado me conside-
ro al dirigiros la palabra en- este
memorable dfa, cuando tantos
hombres de la noble raza latina Sc
encuentran unidos, con fraternal
regociio, en- este bellisimo jardfn,
convertible en- ara de la patria, para
conmemorar, en- esta terra de Ia
libertad y del trabajo, ell descubri-
de America.
Confeso humildemente, que es-
ia inesperada mission, es realmente
q mis- insignificantes dotes
oratorias; sin embargo, donde mol
llegan mis- palabras, llegara mi CO.
razon de liberal Y patricia italiano.
y al don del Orador suplira mi bue
ma voluntad,
Ademas, me inspira valor, que
,ooperando con mi grano de arena
al mayor lustre de esta merecida y
fiesta, me concedereis
5oda vuestra indulgencia.
Nos hemos reunido en- este ex-
plendido jardfn en- nombre de la
|ibertad y de la justicia, para forti-
icarnos con un recuerdo d. Il
para honrar una memoria, para ad |
nirar una voluntad, para venerar
ana fecha en- la fgura mas grande |
Y mas inmaculada del XIV Siglo |
lei II de Octubre de 1892, y con
raz6n nosotros, itafianos, y todos
los que tengah latina sangre en- las
venas, debemos estar orgullosos de-
pertenecer q un pals, a una raza,
que produce tai suma de sabidurfa
en- un solo individuol
Cristobal Colon, es ell nombre
de quien os hablo. Esta simple
reunion de sfIabas, estos debiles
caracteres os diran mas que cuan-
to puedan deciros las frases mas
elocuentes de Victor Hugo y de
CASTELAR,.
Para honrar q Colon, es suficien-
te pronunciar su nombre; para We
nerarlo, basta recordar la historic.
Recordemos, pues: este hombre
nacio en- Geneva, Italia,
en- 1434 6 1856, de parientes po-
bres, pero honrados. Sus padres
10 dedicaron desde muy nifo al es-
tudio de las matematicas, que
aprendi6 a fondo, 10 mismo que
la astronomfa. Habfa tambien re-
corrido la mayor parte del mundo
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CONDICION ES,

=, nom6crara Fron'erizr"se pnblica
los spbados so
Sa.crpcion S por 3 me'os 90
.s,.Todo pago SO hara en- moneda del
9 precisamente adelantndo
pnso rrmlt,dos, segdn convenio
q, c,rrsspon enca debe dir'jirse
JUSTO CARDFNAS.
Laredo, Texas
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odQuecaS Curadas.

Las iaquecas plovleneu del
"a arresI 10 del estomago y, de
|Ddigesti6n. -
Las pastillas de Chamber
Fp'D para el higado y ell est6-
/ (s" corr'gen estos describe
rs 5 y tfectdan su cura.
i'aDuo e'tas rastillas tan
'"'o como aparezca la epfer
psnAd' "a Sc evitA ell ataque.
De Vtnta en- todas las boti.
-A'entos por la Ec-
~ena Y el sarpullido.
'"'ensa y caracte, istica
4. '.'T10a del zarpulIido, Ecze.
H., O'ra' enfe'medade, de la
II, 'e a''vla inmedlatampnte
In. "a F"mada de Chamber.
H. 1ucoos casos graves Sc
n n 1a Con esa poma
H.. &c Vehta ell tedas las bo.
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NIiIlions in F'arm Nrorreaces.

Western farmers have grown rather
particular about their Indebtedness.
one OF the common requirements of
the modern mortgage is that the mort
gagee shall accept any portion of the
principal at the time of any interest
payment. This means that the har-
xsesung OF a good wheat crop, or the
fortunate sale of a bunch of cattle,
may wipe out the debt, and the loan
agent must find another borrower
However, one insurance company has
SAC, 900 in western farm mortgage
loans, and the interest theron is suf71-
cient to pay ali its death losses. An
other company has $99, 900, 900 in these
loans, scattered over the Mississippi
valley The larger sums are IN Illi-
nois, with about $28, 600, 600; Mime
sofa, with SO, 900, 900; Missouri, Sill
000, 0,000 Iowa, $10,700,OO0; Ohio, S.
000, 600. and lesser amounts in a dozen
other states. It places approximately
1000 farm -mortage loans every year,
and has in its history loaned $250,OOO,-
600 in this way, with practically no loss.
A report in the Annals of the American
Academy Of Science gives the amount
of mortgages held by the life Insurance
companies at $490,632, sos, or 27.7 per
cent of the companies assets. This,
however, includes loans on city proper
ty as wei as those on farms. The per-
centage is second. only to that invested
in bonds, Indicating the partiality for
this form OF investment by the most
conservative OF investors.
The insurance company loan is safe
guarded in every possible way The
interrogatories of the application cover
four large pages, and include every
thing from the size of the borrowers
family to the use he proposes to make
Of the money. They even inquire into
his habits and his standing in the COM
munity; for the weII-informed investor
realizes that the best part of his secur-
ity is the personality of the borrower.
Thus, it happens that the insurance
companies have few foreclosures and
practically no losseson this class of in
vestrnents. OF recent years the value
Of land has Increased SO rapidly that
every Ioan,=made, as these invest
ments are, on a basis of 40 per cent of
real value,-became "gilt-edged," and
was the best possible seeurity.-From
'sThe Farm Mortgage of Today" by
Charles Moreau Harger, in the Ameri-
can Monthly Review of Reviews for
May
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
Origin of the Chinese Cue.

ne custom of shaving the forehead
ana wearing the back hair long and
1D3lalued IN a cue is now so firmly estab-
dsneu IN China as to be quite universal.
ct It has obtained for something less
tllaI s SOO years only, and is of peculiar
origin When the Tartar tribes of the
north invaded the Flowery Kingdom
ana completely subdued the fnha bitants
of the country, they decreed that an
Nhlhanen should wear their hair in this
style as badge Of servitude The rule
was so vigorously forced that it has
become a firmly established custom,
ana, IN fact. a Chinaman who fails to
comply with it is treated with con-
tempt and life for him in the Celestial
empire would be unbearable
Inc face of the Celestial is generally
clean shaved, as well as the forehead
mustaches and boards being permitted
oh!y under certain conditions.
= tnustache indicates that its Wearer
y grandfather, and each other style
style OF headdress makes the Chinese
parper man of considerable import
ance and his strange methods are in
tefesting. The BARRIERS in the Orient
not only shave the face and forehead
anu DfalQ the cues of their customers.
II IS also part of their art to clean
their ears and remove the hairs that
grow inside the opening.
Ine shaving is done with razor
much like those al. home. except that it
is without a handle and. being some
what dull, it becomes a case Of per-
slstent scraping- This operation is per-
FORMED without moisture or Iather and
must be extremely irritating.
Chlnaman must be regular in his
patronage of his barber, as it is diff
cult to imagine a more repulsive hu-
man being than a Celestial with two
days growth of thick black hair on his
forehead, and, although they may neg
leet all other attractions to their per-
sons, the Chinese seldom fail to take
A few of the Chinese BARRIERS have
regular establishments, where they
await the coming of their customers,
but most of them are Of the itinerant
variety.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
THE LEGISLATURE.

Notwithstanding the fact that rail-
road Influences controlled the recent
Republican state convention and die
tated its nominees. the Republicans of
the state who believe in consistent rail-
road regulation, who believe IN the peo-
pie instead of the corporations running
the state, still have a big duty to per-
form. That is to see that candidates
for the legislature are nominated and
elected who will be free from corpora
ton control.
With a state ticket dictated by a rail-
road combination. it is more important
than ever that a good legislature, free
from these Influences, be chosen. There
may be a disposition on the part of
good STRAIGHTFORWARD, competent men
to have nothing to do with politics this
fall in view of the manner in which the
recent convention was manipulated.
but that is a strong reason why they
should be all the more active. The
best and ablest men Of the state should
be sent to the legislature, even if they
can not entirely endorse the nominees
on the state ticket. That is all the
more reason why good citizenship
should control in the selection of the
legislature.
One big reason why the combination
that controlled the state convention
was formed was to aid in the election
of Charles Curtis to the United States
senate. OF course If a majority of the
people Of the state wish Mr.. Curtis for
senator he should be elected; but If the
majority are opposed to him, the rail-
roads and personal interests should not
be allowed to dictate his election.
And the election Of a senator is only a
small part of the work before the next
legislature. To be sure the senatorial
election is of great importance. For
six years Kansas has had worse than
no senator in one OF the seats to which
it is entitled in the United States SEN
ate. It is important that such a caIam-
ity should not happen again. It is I'M
pOrtant that man shall be sent to
that great body who will really repre-
sent the people of the state and not a
coterie of private interests a man who
will stand emphatieally with President
Roosevelt in his policy of corporation
control. But in addition to the election
Of a senator there is need for wise
statesmanship in framing legislation
for Kansas next winter Never was
there greater demand for 1t.
It Is important therefore that the
Republicans OF the state who are op-
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

the mcoligat and up the steps, through
the open window. and caught I'D nek
neglected knitting with a pathetic 4e-
sire fer things tangible and common
place. She opened the volume OF
Felicia Heman's at the purple oook~
mark but without knowledge OF q ilne-
7 never knew what it was uxel sne
said pitifully to herself I wish Z had
known" The magic of the mocnlit
garden. swept over her again, ana the
music Of the lovers verse nlurEnurea IN
her ears. Miss Sarah trembied with a
vague, unhappy longing for the things
that she had never knoWn-the things
that were the Inheritance Of Paoia, hsr
sister, yet had never been hers.
Beyond the window the garden iay
vast and wonderful beneath the moon;
to her, a land where life ran in strange
currents between banks Of enchanted
blossoms
Suddenly and without warning, =
tear slipped down Miss Sarah's cheek
and splashed upon the purple book
mark; another followed it. and yet an-
other then Miss Sarah drew herse-k
together and shut between the leaves
Of Felicia Heman's poems her one pc
lated vision of romance. And IN tne
book they read no more that day. she
said to herself with a sad little sign
Then she took up her knitting again, 70
wait for Copyright, 1915, Dy
Ruby Douglas.)
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.


From the CHlcdSO NSWs-l
Many lightweight men are built on a
large scale. z4
After it Is all over a man wonders
why he was worried.
1t takes a born diplomat to observe
without being observed.
Sunday is supposed to be a day of
rest-but how many of US get 1t?
Our idea of a good photograph is
one that doesn't look much like the
original.
Every mother thinks her boy ac-
quired his meanness from the measly
kid next door.
All the love connected with interna-
tional marriages is usually of the cold
storage brand.
1T is never too late to blend re-
marked the crimson-nosed philosopher
who favors mixed drinks.
No girl with a new engagement ring
can understand why any one should
want to wear gloves.
If woman has more sense than her
husband she is foolish If she ever lets
him discover the fact.
A woman doesn't tell her husband
all she hears, and a man tells his wife
a lot of things he didn't hear.
When a young widow tells a man
that she has never been kissed before
well. that certainly is the limit.
Everybody critieises the man who
spends his money freely, but every
body is willing to get busy and help
him spend it.
When a mans wife suddenly puts
her arms about his neck just before
making a touch. it's a case of being
close pressed for money.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
JOURNAL ENTRIES

President Wants Free Alcohol, Is
a headline over a washington dtspatch.
1t should not be inferred, how ever, tnat tnat
the president has joined the white
horse brigade
A girl out at Salina got Gay the
other day. You see, that is his name,
and she married him.
What a lucky thing it was for Solo
mon that there we're no womenfs cluDs
in his day to petition the senate at
Jerusalem to impeach him for his mat
rirnonial experiment in having three
hundred wives! Senator Smoot mas
only three or four. and look at the
trouble they have caused him In these
days Of wOmen's clubs.
Michael Angelo NIcGinnis is in jail IN
Kansas City. He Is a mathematical
artist. but ne made the mistake OF
painting a picture OF another person s
name at the bottom of a deed. The
court said it was forgery.