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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-24

trial con ana silla fabricada por ellos,
Ia cusl regslan al Speaker do IL Ca
mara.
ri sefior Prslidel ate lee le niguisn.
TO communication:
SHon. Presidente de 10 Camara.
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
23 de Fabrero de l 906.
Hon. senior; Por conducto del de-
legAdo sefor AbrlI, me psrmito dirIgir
q V. h. Ia pre- sente carta, con el I'm
de que una Comlsion compussta de
les alumnos de cate .eatab scImianto o
Manuel Jovet, G ii lsrmo B. Clavs 10
y Jorge Vidal, ensregue un obseouio
que dsSeen hacer a V, H, los alumoos
de eStS E'caeIa ldustriAls
SConsists dicho presents 60 una
silla hechs por los tres mencion ados
alumuos y Ia cual ha aldo construida .
con maderas sntiQufsimas, pues para
ella ne han utiltzAdo algunas vigas
que tuvier0n que rsponsrse en- ell an.
tigdo cuarsel de San Francisco para
inltalar en- 81 Ia sHigh School,. Sc.
gGu INF ormes 6dediguos, dirhas vigss
fGeron puestas en- el cuartsl men ciona.
do, el afio 1881.
DeSeando, puss, los alumnos de
esta EGcusls, que esa reHpttable Ca
mara conserve un recuerdo hist6rico,
como prueoa de afscto, obieq uian &
V. Il. con ell musbs indissdo, supll.
c&ndole 10 acepte,
Muy reIpetuoIsm q e,
PAUL E TAYLOR
Principal ,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-24
OsseubTimiIen'o prodig|oso
Ourdsi6n de todas las snfsrmsdddss, sin
,ssessidad de tonaar msdseinas nj M.
drVgas dc nsnguna elase. :

daOgas de nsnguna elass. :
Este descubrimiento % debe & 90.
tudios muy prt flndos en- 10 CENCIA
TRASCENDENTAL DEL ESPIRITIsMo.
,Es un verdadero ELIXIR DE VIDA,
porque pons en- aocl6n misteriosAs
fuer sas inviaib es, que ton 10 esencia
misma d la vida. Con 81 muehas per.
aonaa Sc han curado, y mushas %
est&n curando.
Lss copsulias son completsmente
gratis. Dirijirae al sefi >r F. vIRELLA
UR1BE, gta ,uado del Institute de Glen.
cias de Nueva Y,fk.
Arroyo, Puatto Rico. - alt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
A Colony of Jungle Dwe1lers

dawn we left this pleasant valley to the crea-
lures that had better right to it, and disturbed
that afternoon another colony of jungle dwellers
Their black bodies about the size of those of
savages, and in swamp about haf-ne ahead
they seemed to be digging in the human way. At
first / alarmed, thinking that had
pected1y come upon the Kafrs, whom wanted
to avoid There was however, something groteSque
and british about their movements that convinced
me, after moment, that they were balloons.
Fifteen and l stealthily approached to get
close view of these half-men of the wilderness
We saw that they were gathering roots, occupa-
ton in which they absorbed that
able to draw without being discovered. Then
a big fellow suddenly turned his eyes upon and
raised a cry There wild commotion in the
swamp. The females seized their young and all
ran for the bush-all except five of the largest
males, which were evidently remaining behind to
cover the retreat. l advanced few steps, holding
my rifle in readiness to fire, and the balloons, loom
ing up as tall myself, retired an equal distance
bounding in the air, and screechng, and fixing their
Slowly crossing the marshy land, l forced these
guardians of their tribe into the bush, where they
sprang upon limbs at least ten feet high and then
jumping down. 1eaped upon Others farther on, al
ways swinging about to face me from the branches
This careful advance and retreat continued until
the balloons reached the rocks, where they had
their homes. Their excitement seemed to be grow
ing. Feeling sure that they would make stand
here and fight to the death, discreetly stopped
and returned to where Fifteen waiting with
the donkevs. Until we out of sight the home
guard of balloons watched us anxiously and that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
Pushing Through the Zambesi
~ COLONEL J. h.aee by J.

They had their spears and clubs with them
and altogether were the most forbidding collection
of wild men would to see.
When within few rods of the assembled blacks
| paused and eyed them. They crowded back a
little. Was it possible that they, too, afraid?
Probably of them had ever before seen white
man. Perhaps could over-awe them. This thought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02


l. the north beyond rolling elevations that
looked from the height like huge waves, long
line of dim hills against the sky.
Pointing to them, l exclaimed with en-
thusiasm to my young companion
There my boy, northward journey
ends! Those hills beyond the Fam
best River
was in an exu1tant mood. During all ~
9; !: = ! q
the trip of thousand miles up from II
johannesburg l had kept saying to my II Z
self that l would push through to The II hss
Zanbesi, in spite of the many dangers II NJ
and acknowledgements. With flooded n vi
streams and fever-laden air, with savages v
and wild animals, nature had waged war ~
fare upon my progress. The three adj -
venturerS with whom had begun the !
trip had deserted me. / had found none An
of the gold whose imaginary glitter in the
ancient diggngs had lured me to this
invasion of the African wilderness. 1t
was nothing but my love for adventure
and exploration that had kept me tramp
ing on
to Fifteen well again be facing south, and when
you get back to your people you'll be great
man among them, because you have travelled far
and have strange sights"
The boy grinned, and then a tinge of anxiety
came into his black countenance. Look he
exclaimed. "Od men of my people say there's
bad tribe on Umniati Kill" Fifteen lifted his
arms in excellent imitation of savage pound
ing over the head with war club-"eat!'
I followed with my eyes Fifteens pointing finger,
and saw dark spots a distant slope, undoubtedly
the huts of Katr village. Of the black people of
Africa in general had not much fear, having found
them simple minded and easily with tokens of
good will; but there was of course, always uncer-
tainty as to the attitude of tribe, particularly
if it had the reputation of dining its enemies.
Wen try to dodge that village 1 said lightly.
1--WE will travel by it fast, and will build fire."
After an hour the mountain plunged into
the valley and came, late in the afternoon to the
gentle slope of ravne that was alive with animals.
It seemed like jungle picnic ground Zebra colts
and koodoo and Gland calves playing together,
bad to disturb this happy gathering but we needed
meat. A stately koodoo, with spiral horns reach
ing high above his head came feeding in our direc
ton With the report of my gun this fine antelope
rolled over dead and all his fellows rushed in mad
haste into the surrounding bush.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
First Encounter With Kafrs

CONTINUALLY we were getting into lower coun-
try. 1t was hot and thick layers of decayed vege-
tation beneath feet gave forth sitting odors.
And we forced way along The village that had
been visible from the mountain topwas behind u.s. and
was congratulating myself that would
Kairs.
Fifteen first discovered them. Big village!"
he cried.
Have they you?
There need for him to answer. Yells
arose from the other side of the hill
Were in for it now, my boy!" exclaimed. at
is too late to retreat We must face these people.
Come on"
In half minute among the mud huts,
which scattered about in forlorn array on the
rocky hillside. 1t seemed poverty stricken vii
lage, and the savages, who running to and fro,
chattering excitedly, and pointing at us,
sunken eyed and hollow checked. Never before
had l such wretched looking Kafirs. They
yelling mournfully, and pounding
tom toms, while all were moving toward fiat space
in front of hut that was larger than the others.
A TALL cadaverous black, clad in a leopard skin,
evidently the Chief sta1ked out, and in a moment
several hundred of his subjects around him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
The Hideous Faces
Peered Over
the Bluff.

evening after we had gone into camp BY one
of the old men-it seems natural SO to refer to
them-chmbed to the top of a tree, where he could
plainly, and at short intervals throughout
the night gave vent to mournful cry. The next
day and the next we passed balloons. Several
times we disturbed bands of fifty more, and
always when they hurried away the guard brought
up defiant rear; and always at night when we
were an old fellow in tree would call out
doleful warnings to his people. IA
Once when the colony was away 1 explored their
dwelling places among the rocks where the absence
Of bones convinced me that they bury their dead.
There was something at least half human about
these black creatures of the jungle Their wailing
night cries seemed lamentations, and gave me the
idea, somehow, that perhaps they were expressions
of the first uneasy STRINGS of intelligence cropping
in mental darkness. biologists talk about the miss
ing link. 1t seems to me that it might be found
where the balloons dig roots and gather wild fruits
along the Umnat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02

'ROM fat mountain top Fifteen and sur
II veyed the country Before us stretched the
dark jungle of the Umniati Valley. Far to
the north beyond rolling elevations that
looked from the height like huge waves, a long
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26
- l' nAcnequer and three times Lord Chan

u Hhe r'Acnequer and three times Lord Chan
cellor. A''N
case that first brought him into public
notice was his defence of Watson ona rr,,..,o-
WOOD indicted for high treason for incitine
iioe ia The city of London in 1916. He secured
thelr acquittal. and was promptly offered a seat
I'D Fariiament from a Treasury borough He as
promptly accepted and was duly elected, thereby
mourning the charge of having abandoned his
carry principles for motives of ambition, a sus-
plcioh that hung over him 20 the close of his
hle' ana has left its traces on the generally re-
ceVed estimate OF his career" He seems. in
ueed' 70 have been in the habit Of airing ultra
nDerai opinions in public. and TO have confined
hAs AnCi-Iaconin protestations to the family
circle.
To Mr.. Atiay. Copley seems to have entered
The House of Commons with the frank In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26
LITERARY NOTES.

Let those who honor the memory of Charles
blckens and cherish the works of his genius lift
up tneir hearts and rejoice Mr.. G. K. Chester
t0h that great writer. has completed a study Of
the novelist, and II is intended, we are told, as
a general justification of Dickens" Comment
10 supeIhuous. We can only gasp with sense
OF llimitabie gratitude.
The author of Elizabeth and Her German
Garden has composed new volume which will
nave 10 show all of her charming lightness of
touch II II is to triumph over the cumbrous title
Sne mas bestowed upon it. This title runs,
traulein Schmidt and Mr.. Anstruther, Being
the Letters of an Independent Woman The
story VIII be printed seTially before appearing in
book form. Miss ChomOndeley, who has not
puDnShed novel since she brought out "Red
POttage. and achieved popularity. will soon re-
appear with a new story called Prisoners Mr..
with his 'Vivien," will add to the fiction of the
opening season story about the home life of a
great thinker. 1t will be called "The Guarded
Flame" Mrs. T. A. SteePs new novel, "a Sow
ereign Remedy" has for its hero a rich man
interested in questions of social reform
There is nothing like laying it on with
trowel. Says Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick of Mrs st.
Leger Harrison, better known as Lucas Malet:
"She is so great artist that the passions she
portrays quicken the pulse; her drama holds us
follow her in faith" This from one novelist TO
another warns our heart, and, incidentally, il
gives us a new willingness to follow, through all
barriers, gateless and otherwise, Lucas Maets
rather tremendous personality" We should
add that Mrs. Harrison has in press new
rather tremendous novel," called 1.-The Far
Horizon" and that il will reintroduce characters
already made familiar by 1.-The History of Sir
Richard CalInady.''
Readers Of French history, when they come
across the name of Cardinal MaZarin, are apt to
recall with a peculiar sense of romantic beguil-
ment those nieces of his for whom he did so
much. They began life simply as Laure. Olympic,
Marie. Hortense and Marianne Mancini, but
they came to be, in course of time, respectively
the Duchesse de Mercoeur. the Comtesse de Sois-
Mazarin and the Duchesse de Bouillon. The his
tory of these ladies was brilliant picturesque
and even dramatic. 1t has furnished forth the
material for book by Mr.. III. Noel Will
Jams, who has in several volumes shown that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26
THE LITTLE GARDENS.

Within the secret gates of Paradise.
That stand between the sunset and the dawn.
In visions have passed, not once nor twice,
And seen the happy souls. from earth withs
drawn,
ouiescent there,
In the pure languOr of the expectant air.
The place is all a garden, as you know.
Greenness and graciousness and color and
Blossoming trees of gold and fire and snow.
To blossoming earth with their dear burdep
bent
And flmy spray
OF fountains Ginning in the shadows gray:
And flowers whose very spIcndor cries aloud,
And flowers in dark recesses burning Deep
And lesser lovelineSs in starry crowd,
Head laid to head like little ones asleep
And vstas dim,
OF branches pencilled on the horizons rim.
But in a region by the westward wall
In sunny ways and less frequented lands
There have found some gardens, very small,
Tended. for sure. by small and artlcss hands:
Quaint plots that lie
All disarranged in sweet asymmetCy.
There weeds and seeds are held in equal worth,
The tall herbs and the grOundlings grow
together,
Rising, like Hmm, to such r1usic-rnirth
AS brookletS babble in tho blue May Wea their
And round each border
Are pebbles set in careless careful order.
For they that do each childish garden till.
With serious eyes waiting outcome fit
The little exquisite folk they have no skill
To dig and SOW to prune and water it
They do their best,
With toll pathetic; chance supplies the rest
And none there is 10 hinder or to aid:
Birds of 4 feather, all the.e doves take flight,
Through the still sunshine the tranquil shade.
Fluttering around thcir gardens of delight;
They kncel they bend,
They labor gayly till the days rose-el:d.
And have heard the baby footsteps rum
Along the pathways they have battered by
That sound which whose hears hencefOrth has
done
With all that earth can profrcr or deny
Whose echo
Down the void loneliness of silent years
And have seen your tiny fingers touch
Heart Of my heart! each slim and dainty
stem;
Those puny flowers whereof you make so much,
God how have looked and enried theml
Watching your smile,
That only they have known, this long. long
while.
Now when the friendly gates for me unfold,
/ shall forget the bOughs of snow and fire;
For recOmpense of all mine anguish old,
Give me the gladnesS Of fulfilled desire
Let me but go,
Good Father! where the Little Gardens eyvu.
May Byron. in The London Spectator.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26

There is TO be an English translation of the
biography of Julie de Lespinesse by the Marquis
de Segur, about which printed long letter
from our Paris correspondent few months ago.
The translation will be welcome but we may
mind those who have been hailing il as though
IL were the first contribution to the subject that
Miss Wormeley's volume of jules letters has
been in the field for several years and that il
forms delightful introduction to the life OF tho
noted FrenchWoman
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26

Mr.. T. w. III. Crosland. who has written sew
eral books of more or less humorous faultfind-
ing, has just turned his attention in another
volume to ''The Country Life" We like this
passage:
Once I went to see garden about which a book
of particularly lush and efflOreScent quality had
been written The pleasaunce consisted, found.
of three circular flower beds planted with about
ninepennyworth of pOyanthus and n central gera-
mum to each bed, and few square feet OF il-keps
turf. The author had supplied the rest
This reminds us of many a garden book which,
for our sins, we have been obliged to read II
was sad day for lovers of gardens when some
one discovered that garden literature pays"
almost as we'll as fiction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26

he can gossip agreeably about old court life. He
calls his latest production. which the Scribners
will bring out in the autumn give Fair Sis
ters: An Italian Episode at the Court of Louis
XIV"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26

newspaper published in Madrid has just Of
fered prize of 500 pesetas for the best essay
on the subject of "Anglo-Spanish Relations from
the Treaty of Utrecht to the Present Day" Com
petitors may submit their manuscripts in Span
ish English or French, but they must not use
more than 10000 words. The competition closes
on October Is. King Alfonso has shown his in
terest in the scheme by adding to the prize to
be awarded a copy of Don Quixote." with the
royal arms stamped upon the binding.
The late Lord Acton, who established an ex-
traordinary reputation as an historian, almost
without writing line of history, seems to have
been willing enough to write letters to his
friends. The volume of such souvenirs of his in
teresting personality which was published not
very long ago is to be followed by another en-
titled Lord Acton and His Circle"
Two new Stuart books are to be expected this
winter. Mr.. Martin Halle. whose MARY of
Modena" was recently reviewed in The Tribune,
is engaged upon a life of the Old Pretender
At the same time, Mr.. III. N. Vaughan is writ
ing biography Of Cardinal York.
Mr.. Walter Winans, who knows all about
volvers and how TO make them go. and has
ways, has a new book in press. From the title
infer that, like the hunter who has
changed the gun for the camera, Mr.. Winans
does something more than shoot when he goes
abroad with his deadly weapon. His book is
called 'The Sporting Rife, and What It Has
Taught Me of Nature"
II is good news that we are TO have volume
of Dr. John Browns correspondence. The
author of ''Rab'' enjoyed the intimate friendship
Of some Of the brightest spirits of his time, and
not only his letters to them but their letters
to him will appear in the forthcoming collec-
ton.
Franciscans may look forward to several ad-
ditions TO the literature Of their patron saint
Under the title Of franciscan Days Mr. A c.
F. Howell is presently to bring out a volume of
selections from early writings relating to ST
Francis and his companions Mr.. William Hey
woods translation of the ''Bioretti"' Is to appear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26

In a new edition. printed on a large scale and
rlchly Illustrated with reproductions from the
works OF the early italian painters. The life
on the saint rs to be retold by Mr.. f. w. WheldOn
IN book for children, which will bear the pretty
title OF "A Little Brother to the Birds"
We rarely know how fortunate we are. It APP
pears that Professor J. A. c. Bradley had in
S1 70 publish ian annotated critical text OF
Sheiley' put writer In an English paper says
mat ne heard from the professors own lips,
Some Some tlme ago. that he had abandoned the task
NOW we 10 not doubt that Professor Bradley
could produce mastery annotated critical text
or Sneiley But, on the other hand every time a
poet is left without critical annexation we feel
mat ne and his readers have somehow escaped
something.
The next volume which the Putnans will pub.
lsh in the "COnnOisseur's Library will he de-
voted to English COlored BOoks'' Mr.. Martin
Hardie is the author. He begins his history
with the PSalter printed at MainZ in l4j7-a
copy of which was sold i'm 1904 for S2OOOO-and
carries the record down to the three-cOlOr proc
esS OF the present day. This process has been
employed for his own twenty-seven illustra-
Rawlinson's Description and Catalogue" OF
Turner's "Liber StudiOrum," which the MacmiI-
Ian Company will issue.
Professor Mahaffy is a scholar who is noe
above being humanity interesting In his new
DOOR, The Silver Age of the Greek World" he
deals freely and wildly with the manners and
morals of antiquity. Here is a note on CIeOpa-
ira:
With all her destinations, the occasional details
we hear of her ordinary life show that her high
culture did not include really Retired manners u. .
Oh inc same KIND were her VOlenceS her attend
ants, whom she few upon. beating them and tear
Ing their hair even in the presence of the noblest
her, and she gave him list of all her treasures,
she used this violence to her steward. who said
the hst was incomplete Caesar smiled and
strained her.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-17
TWICE A WEEK. $1.6oA A YEAR

Ity, however, the figures show a de-
cline in movements to all the prin-
cipal' countries except France and
Canada, the increase in total value
being due to the high average export
value per pound, that in 1906 being q
little over II cents per pound, while
the average per pound in the eight
months ending with February, 1905,
was slightly more than 8 cents.
I'm the group designated "provis-
ions' the total increase is $33,000,-
900, gain in which nearly all the
classes participated to greater or
less extent. Lard shows an increase
OF $11 100000; oleomargarine oil $4,-
100000; bacon $6,OOO,OOO and butter
nearly $3,0O0,O00.
While agricultural exports are
larger in total value than ever before,
it does not follow that they form
larger percentage Of the grand total
of exports. On the contrary tho per-
centage which they form Of the total
exports in the eight recorded months
Of the fiscal year 1906 is smaller than
III any earlier year in our history, ex-
cept 1905, in which they were abnor-
mally low by reason Of the shortage
in the grain crop. Of 1904. The per-
sentage which agricultural products
form Of the total exports in the eight
months ending with February, 1906,
is 59.3, against in 1904, 66.27S39450
is 59.3, against 63.8 in 1904, 66.2 in
1902, $50 in 1899, and 71.9 in 1898,
considering in each, case the CORES
ponding months of the year named.
This indicates that other great groups
of our products are increasing even
more rapidly proportionately than
that designated as agricultural pro-
ducts, and this relative gain in per-
centage of the total exports occurs
chiefly in manufactures.
The percentage which manufactures
form of exports in the eight months
ending with February, 1906, is 1913,
while they formed but 27.2 per cent OF
the total exports i'll thee corresponding
months of 1908, 22.5 per cent in the
corresponding months of 1898, and
1865 per cent in the corresponding
months Of 1890.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-17
Lucas-Milliken Fight Ends.

Spartanburg, S. c., April 18th
Stockholders representing the Lucas
and Milliken interest in the Laurens
Cotton Mill met at Laurens this af-
ternoon and final action was taken
which closed the fight for the manage
ment Of the mill and it's output. ,Lu-
cas- severed his connection as presi-
dent, N. B. Dial being elected to sue
coed him. w. S. Montgomery of this
city, who. has been mentioned as q
probable successor to Lucas was made
treasurer and general manager.
When the conciliatory plans were
drawn up here Saturday, Milliken Of
'fered to- buy the Lucas holdings at
40. The proposition was accepted
this afternoon and the strength Of
the management Of the Laurens cot
ton mills is now in the hands Of the
Millikens, who will continue as sell
ling agents, over which matter the
complications arose more than year
ago. The meeting at Laurens was
exceedingly harmonious and all par
ties seem satisfied.