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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-07-22
JAPON Y Los EG W,
Ell Vizconde Aoki, em-
bajador del Jap6n y
los xrep6rters.>
sus DECLARACIONEs
Reclamation de $2,575 por
dafios y perjuicios. La
prensa de Berlin.

Washington, julio Como
los periodistas lie preguntasen hoy
al Vizconde de Aoki, embajador
del Jap6n, 10 que opinaba acerca e
las noticias de aver en- las que Sc
decia que los Estados Unidos pen
saban en- aumentar las fuerzas ma
wales del Pacf6co, les respondi6:
aNo, el gobierno japones no
considerara como una medida hos.
til, Ell acrecentamiento de las fuer.
zas en- el Pacifco, 10 mismo que el
envlo de algunos otros navios de
guerra a las aguas asiaticas; no So
lamente no la considerara como
una amenaza, sino que la vera po-
ner en- practica sin disgustoa.
S. Francisco, id. 4.-Un proceso
reclamando el pago de la suma de
$..575 por desperfectos causados
en- su establecimientos ha sido in.
tentado contra la ciudad de San
Francisco por los propietarios de
los restaurants y establecimientos
y baios japoneses que han side
saqueados por la multitud Ell 20 dc
mayo Iltimo.
Berlin, julio 4. Las noticia:
y los documentos relatives al mo
vimiento de la escuadra americana
son publicados y comentados po
todos los peri6dicos que los inter
pretan como sefales de una graz
tension en- las relaciones america
cano-j -japonesas. Segun los crit
cos alemanes el envio de la totali
dad 8 siquiera sea de una part
de las fuerzss navales americana
al Pacifco, dara por resultado c
ataque Immediate por parte de 10
japoneses a todos los navios d
guerra americanos que Sc encuen
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-07-22
HOTls De |NTER[S
FL alumbrado pnblico
en- Vega-baja. Nuevo
inspector municipal.
VARlAS SENTENCIAS
I'm ahorcado en- Ia isla de
Vieques. -Otro sensible
suceso en- Naguabo.

Nos dicen de Vega baja que
los cuatro focos del alumbrado pu-
blico dejan mucho que desear y
que cuanto antes debieran ser sus.
tltuidos por otros de nuevo sistema
y de resultados mas positivos.
Trasladamos el asunto aquel
municipio, tan empefado siempre
en- dar a aquella localidad el meri-
to de una poblaci6n progresiva Y
culta.
-En el barrio ''Llave, de
Vieques, fue hallado ahorcado- el
iniividuo Bartolo Colon. FL case
fue investigate.
-Ha sido nombrado don Be-
nito Miro Inspector municipal de
o,ras publicas y ACADIA, del barrio
de Puerta de TERRA, tomando aver
possession de su destino.
La noche del microbes Ill
timo, en- Rio Blanco, de Naguabo,
apareci6 ahogada la nina Provi.
dencia Delgado, de tres amos de
edad. Investigate el hecho, este
resulta casual. Tai desgracia acuss
un puuible descuido por parte Dc
los padres de esa criatura.
La Corte municipal de Are
cibo impuso meses dia de pri
sion a la individua Gregoria Ortiz
por alterar la paz p1blica.
Sc encuentra en- esta ciudat
don Santiago Rosario, antique ami
60 nuestro de Mayagiiez, que hi
venido a San Juan Ell asuntos de
servicio como guardia de penale
que es en- la actualidad.
Han sido aprobadas por e
.partamento de Educaci6n la
propuestas de maestros de Yabuco
para el proximo curse escolar.
@LOS SENORES Aboy VI
dal CO, Tetudn 81, San Juan F
r.. ofrecen un surtido complete d
maderas acepilladas y machembrs
das. Acaban de recibir cuartone
ria, tabloncillo y juntera etc. de tt
das dimensiones. Precios mod
cos. 3o-I
-Ingresaron aver en- el Hosp
tai municipal, David Gonzalez
Ricardo Noble y fueron dados d
alta Juan Toribio Rosas, Joaqul
Ramon Nieves y Rafael Rodr
guez.
-Por acometimiento y agrt
sion q Frank Byrne, fue arrestad
aver el achaufferS H. Hodges. +
agredido recibio contusiones en- ID
fegiones frontal izquierda, pariet'
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-07-22
PARA FL 7ESORERO
TerrenOs del Pueblo de
PtO.-Rico en- la ca1le
del Hucar, Ponce.
fAMILlAs POBREs
Han levantado ALI sus casas
desde hsce varios lustros.
Proposition ACCEPTABLE.

Existen en- la calle del Hucar,
del barrio de la Cantera, de Ponce,
unos terrenos que pertenecieron a
la succession Arenas y pasaron des-
pues a ser propiedad de la succession
de don Ulpiano Colon, reclaman-
dolos ahora el Pueblo de Puerto Ri
co como rertenecientes q el.
Hay en- dichos terrenos muchas
viviendas de familias pobres, que
habitan en- elias hace mas de veinte
amos y a quienes Sc ha requerido
para que deSalojen esos terrenos
en- breve plazo.
Las farnilias que nos referi-
mos carecen de recursos para tras-
ladar sus casas a otro punto y CO.
rren el riesgo de encontrarse sin
albersue, en- medic de la via publ
ca, pues dichas propiedades seran
destruidas seguramente.
Sabemos que, a fin de evitar
esos y otros perjuicios a aquellos
vecinos, don Jose c. Garcia Sc ha
dirigido al fiscal de la Corte de
Distrito igual que al Tesorero dc
Puerto Rico, proponiendoles tomar
ell arrendamiento dichos terrenos {
constituirse en- cobrador de dicha.
clSas para el Pueblo de Puerto
Rico.
Toda vez que Sc trata de fami
lias que viven en- sumo estado d.
estrechez y que en- aquellos Solares
dadas las condolences de los mismos
no la de realizar obra alguna e
Pueblo de Puerto Rico, esperanto!
que el Hon. Tesorero resolvera este
asunto con alto espfritu de equidad
evitando que resulten innecesaria
mente perjudicados aquellos infeli
ces vecinos.
La proposition del sefor Gar
cia nos p rece acceptable, pues COZ
: ella tampoco Sc perjudica en- su
intereseS el Pueblo de Puerto Rico
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-07-22


derecha, malar derecha, facial de-
recha y ocular izquierda. FL Juez
exigi6 al agresor una fanza de 3oc
dollars.
Ell CONCEAL sefor Campillo,
ha sido designado para formar par.
te de la Comision de Sanidad y Be
ne6cencia del Ayuntamiento.
Los Inspectores de alimen
tos y de sanidad, visitaron aver e
Poblado de Santurce, decomisandC
algunos artfculos y denunciando al
gunas deficiencies en- varias casas
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-07-22
Banco HipO|ecaIio De AhoIIos
INVERSIONES Y DEPOSITOS
oREILLY. 25, HABANA [cUBA]

IMPORTANTE.-por la pre- Este acuerdo pole salvo de
ndos oda esponsabdad los agentes
ce,fcad de subageutes envado a po d
a de Puerto Rico que Banco ho Banco para propaganda
hace las correspondence gestiones dmas trabajos
para incorporation 60 que hac saber para ge
berno de Washington que enera conocmento de los han
que las dcutades tornado ldos de dcho Ban
tas que esta pueda llevarse AGO.
cab Bano omara meddaS Agenca general de Sano DO
fin de hacer efeciva las sums mugo de JUNO 1907
recaudadas pals por concept A. DE PENA,
tos de inscrpciones I5-9 Agene General
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-07-22
LHYH9 DE 1907

Edc6n Inges Espahol.-Leyes Resouciones de la
sion exaodinaa de Asambea Legislative de la pmera
session de Aambea LgiaahOa de Puerto Rio De
la breta La Pmava Allen 49, P O. Box 65 San Juan Puerts
Rico.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-07-22

tran va en- esos sitios.
(Traducido de de Tribune
expresamente para LA DEMoCRA-
CIA.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21
A Poet Physician.

Hearing of DR.. Goldsmith's great
humanity, poor woman, who be-
lieved him to be physician, once
wrote to him begging him to pre-
scribe for her husband, who had
lost his appetite and was altogether
in very sad state. The kind heart
ed poet Immediately went to see
her and after some talk with the
man found him almost overwhelm-
ed with sickness and poverty.
"You shall hear from me in an
hour" said the doctor on leaving,
"and l shall send you some pills
which am sure will do you good"
Before the time was up Gold
smiths servant brought the poor
woman a small box, which on being
opened was found to contain 10
guineas, with the following direc-
tons:
"To be used as necessities require.
Be patient and of good heart"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21
0D0R TAINTED AIR.
Il Is Not In Itself Poisonous or Even
Unhealthful.

According to the American Mag
azine, ''bad' air is not so bad. The
point is explained as follows by
DR.. Hirshberg of Johns Hopkins
university in an article on popular
Medical Fallacies:"
"Foul air-which has for its ac-
cepted meaning air heavy with the
gases and odors of DECAYS not in
itself poisono,S or even unhealth-
full. Unless it contains such large
proportion of foreign gases that it
is noticeably lacking in oxygen its
chief effect is psychic. Some per-
sons, in brief, cannot abide a
stencil. 1t sets their nerves on edge
and excites their imaginations, and
the result is that they grow pallid
and at times seasick.
"Thus indirectly it may weaken
them and make them an easy prey
to wandering microbes. But of it
self it produces little direct harm.
Medical students, breathing the un-
speakable gases and odors of the
dissecting room, manage to eat vast
dinners and to grow fat. Tanners,
garbage men, workers in fertilizer
factories and other persons who are
habitually surrounded by hair rails
ing aromas are ordinarily just as
healthy as other folk.
'That foul air is usually laden
with rather more germs and germ
bearing insects than air which
seems Ito the nose) to be pure is
beside the point. Experience shows
that pure air often contains as
many of these enemies to health as
the most foul exudations from a
sewer outlet. The Stegomyia fas-
ciata, which carries the germs of
yellow fever, would be just as dead
ly on a mountain top as along the
shore of Louisiana bayou; hence
the absurdity of shotgun quaran-
tines and of all the other medicinal
manifestations of alarm that appear
when yellow jack RACES on the gulf
coast"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21
Natural Varnishes.

Fluid resins or oil from several
different trees are extensively used
in the Philippines as varnishes. One
of them, called oil of supa, is apale
yellow liquid when fresh, but it
becomes dark and viscous after con-
tact with the air. Spread in a thin
layer it dries slowly and forms a
hard varnish. 1t is also capable Of
being burned in lamp. Another
natural varnish is balao, also called
oil of apitong. 1t is white when
fresh, but darkens after exposure
and makes a very tough varnish.
Oil of panao is a third variety, In
ferior to the others in its drying
properties. Chemical analysis has
shown, that all these wood oils con-
sist entirely of hydrocarbons known
as sesquiterpenes.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21
MEERSCHAUM PIPES.
Americans, II Seems, Do Not Make or
Keep Them Right.

"You don't see the best meer-
schaum pipes in this country" said
a German pipe dealer who learned
his trade in Vienna.
"Why? Because the Americans
are in too big a hurry-haven't time
to take care of a meerschaum,
haven't even time to learn how.
When the American is through
smoking he knocks his pipe on the
heel of his shoe to remove the
ashes, shoves it in the most handy
pocket and is on the run.
'Now, in the old country man
takes his pipe seriously, very seri-
ously. He expects his meerschaum
to last him a lifetime and then be
in good repair to hand down to his
heir. The pipe is passed from gen.
Grafton to generation, and it is al
ways handled as carefully as new
born babe. The smoker never
touches the bowl while it is warm.
That would spoil the fine, glossy
color. When the German has COM
pleted his serious and meditative
smoke his pipe is laid very carefully
away where it will cool properly and
without danger of scratching. He
does not ram it into his pocket
with other miscellaneous articles,
as the rushing American does. He
takes his time and gives it his care
and attention.
"The best meerschaum pipes in
the old country are made of soft
meerschaum and are hand carved.
Then they are boiled in beeswa1.
The soft meerschaum absorbs the
wax. The fine color is produced by
the wax and the nicotine combin-
ing. When the pipe is smoked the
wax softens from the heat. That is
why the pipe should not be touched
while warm. Touching mars the
gloss.
"The American manufacturer
does not carve or polish them by
hand. The work is done by ma
chimes. The soft meerschaum, ii
treated that way, would break, so
hard meerschaum, a low grade, is
used. The hard clay will not abb
sorb beeswax, so it is boiled in
glycerin. The most beautiful colors
cannot be produced with glycerin. "
kansas City Times.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21
An Ideal Citizen.

The ideal citizen is the man who
believes that all men are brothers
and the nation is merely an extern
sion of his family, to be loved, re-
spected and cared for accordingly.
Such a man attends personally to
all civic dut:-s with which he
deems himself charged. Those
which are within his own control
he would no more trust to his in
feriors than he would leave the ed
ucation of his children to kitchen
servants. The public demands upon
his time, thought and money come
upon him suddenly, and often they
find him ill prepared, but he nerves
himself to the inevitable, knowing
that in the village, state and nation
any mistake or neglect upon his
part must impose penalty sooner
or later upon those whom he loves.
John Habberton.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21
Daft, but Canny.

Speaking Of prudence and care
fulness," said Congressman, "re-
calls the story of the weakminded
but prudent Scot of PEBBLES. This
Scot, a silly look on his face, was
skating near the famous iron bridge
of PEBBLES on winter day. Some
young ladies wished to skate un-
der the bridge, but they did not
know whether the ice was safe or
not. So, approaching the Scot, the
youngest and prettiest of them
said:
Sanders, would you mind just
gliding under the bridge and back,
so as to test the ice?
"The half witted Sanders took
off his cap, and, with a bow and a
smile, he replied:
"Na, ma. If I am daft, ken
manners. Leddies first '"-Phila-
delphia Bulletin.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21
Some johnson Definitions.

An exhibition of the relics of DR..
Samuel johnson in London recalled
some of the remarkable definitions
that remarkable man inserted in his
dictionary. Among them not the
least curious was the one given for
network" which was defined as
anything reticulated or decussated
at equal distances, with interstices
between the intersections" Other
amusing definitions are: Cough
a convulsion of the lungs vellicated
by some shar serosity." "Man-not
a woman, not boy, not a beast" /"
'Pension-an allowance made to
any one without an equivalent. In
England it is generally understood
to mean pay to state hirellng fol
treason to his country"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21
No Reward Offered.

'Have you lost anything, mad
ann" asked the polite floorwalker
of the square javed, austere looking
shopper who stood before the "Lost
and Found" window of the large de-
partment store.
eyes, sir" she replied; "I've lost
ia pounds of husband in a light
brown suit, with black derby hat,
small tuft of hair on its chin and a
frightened look. I lost it in crush
at the fancy goods counter. It's
probably wandering through the
building in search of me, and l
thought perhaps you could find it
easier than I can. I want it on ac-
count of bundle it is carrying un-
der its arm" Woman's Home
Journal.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21
French Art Running Riot.

Clever dealers in artifce-that is
what the majority Of painters in
Paris have become. For one man
whose work is "of the centre" you
have scores, hundreds, who are ia
cile and sometimes even accomplish
ed, but in the grain Of their work in
c1rably factitious. They have made
no better use of the freedom from
formula, won by Manet and the 9th
ers, than to put more formulae,
usually very hollow ones, in the
foreground. Little groups are form
ed, each one devoted to the unfold
ing of a trick which some new man
has made temporarily popular. They
wax and wane, and you wonder why
they ever flourish at all. A sensa-
tion is made at the salon not by
an honest piece of painting with an
original accent, but by some pris-
matte audacity having no relation
to nature, by some purely arbitrary
scheme of chiaroscuro or, as in one
case that I have in mind, by a re-
turn to the "brown sauce" of the
old masters. - Royal Cortissoz in
Atlantic.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21
JOKES OF ACTORS.
Franks on Comrades That Are Played
Before the Audience.


Practical jokes right in front OF
the audience are not unknown
among experienced actors. Care
has to be taken that the business
iNpf the scene is not interfered with,
2r the stage manager would speedi-
ly be camping on the trail of the
too enterprising humorist.
ga rather cruel but at the same
time very amusing joke was played
upon an unpopular member of a
Shakespearean repertoire company
with which l once toured said a
veteran actor to the writer.
''The unpopular one was playing
the ghost in Hamlet on this par
ticular night, and the scene was
managed in the old fashioned way
the majesty of buried Denmark
rising through trap instead OF
coming on from the wings, as mod
ern ghosts do. Two Of the compa-
nv stationed themselves beneath the
stage, and as soon as the victims
head went up through the trap they
began to belahor his legs well with
a couple OF StoIt canes.
"The winch raising the platform
on which the victim stood was turn
ed very slowly in order to impart
proper solemnity to the ghosts ap-
pearance. Picture the efforts of
the poor hummer to prevent the
anguish he suffered showing on his
face, which, of course, was in full
view of the audience~
Worse, far worse, was the fate OF
some unfortunate actors who IN a
popular melodrama had to drink a
toast in (stage) champagne. In the
ordinary way ginger ale does duty
on the boards for that e1hilarating
wine, but on this occasion some
Send in human form had filled the
,ttle with paraffin oil. eve dared
not leave the stage till the fall OF
the drop" said one of those who
took part in this unusual festivity
to the writer afterward, but how
we finished that act not one OF US
knows"
In a once popular drama the
leading actress, who was also the
proprietress of the "show," dropped
dead (as usual) at the end of the
third act one night and lay there in
full view of the audience waiting
for the fall of the curtain. But the
man who controlled the curtain re-
fused to lower it.
you'll have to stay dead" said
he in low voice, "unless you prom
ise to pay me last months salary
from tonight's receipts. Move your
right hand if You agree. I've wit
nesses here"
The lady could not argue, but
she waited full minute. The mu-
tineer remained obdurate. Then
the actress right hand moved ever
so slightly and-the curtain fell
London Answers.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21
Punctilious.

A Washington woman prominent
in the official set of the national
capital tells of a function to which
she had invited an attache of one
of the legations famous for his ex-
treme politeness. The invitation
was formally accepted, but on the
morning of the appointed day she
received a note, written by the di-
plomatist's valet and couched in the
following terms:
"Senor Blank regrets much that
he will not be able to attend Mrs.
So-and-so's reception on the even
ing of the 22d inst, as he is dead" "
-Harper's Weekly.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21
Mere Siqhtseers.

"The chief trouble of the min
ers," says an official of Alaska, lis
the lack of variety in their food
One day a young fellow fresh from
his lot turned into Seattle and en-.
tered hotel.
"Bring me some pork and
beans was his request. The food
was brought. Now bring me three
doze n oysters The waiter COM
plied.>- With the two dishes before
him the miner proceeded to say
well, pork and beans, you have
been very friendly to me all my
days in Alaska. Ysu have stood by
me like good feEows. Now stand
by me and see me eat oysters. -
Kansas City Star.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21

r. j. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, WnstonsaIsm, c. !.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21
Tho Malay Country.

One day man, apparently white
came into the best restaurant II
Atlanta. The head waiter looked
him over and thought he had ne
gro blood in him. In fact, he was &
very light quadroon.
"Here, you" the head waiter
said. "You are coloredp
ooh, no, 1 amt" the man re-
piled; "not in the sense yor
mean"
"But you are mighty dark"
"1 know I am, but that is be-
cause I am a Malay"
The head waiter was nonplused
He looked again and then asked
suspiciously: "What is a Malay
Where is he from?"
"Why," said the man easily; MA
lays are from Malaria"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21

There is real pleasure in chewing
the best tobacco grown-whe-e the
best tobacco grows-in the famous
Piedmont Country.
Only choice selections Of this
well-rnatured and thoroughly cured
tobacco is used in making
sCHNAPPs. That's 'swhy scHNAPPs
and others Of the Reynolds brands,
as shown by the Internal Revenue
statistics for a fiscal year, made the
wonderful growth Of six and one
quarter million pounds, or a net
gain of third of the entire
increased consumption cf chewing
and smoking tobaccos in the United
States.
Evidently, chewers cannot resist
thefavor and they cheer SCHNAPPS
because SCEINAPFS cheers them
more than any other chewing to-
bacco, and every man that chews
SCIINAPPS passes the good thing
along 20 chewer makes other
chewers-u until the fact is now es-
tablished that there are many moro
Sold at soc. per pound IN SC.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21
Not In the Curriculum.

Mr.. Jecklyns bad just received
from his younges: son, who was in
his first year at college, telegram
20 this effect: 'rDear Father-I am
about to take up a new study.
Please send me $25 to pay for the
outfit"
He answered it at once in this
wise: "Dear John-What is the
studv?"
To the query came this rejoinder:
aDeM Father--It is golf"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21
Chew What You Know About and
Know What You Are Chewing

chewers and pounds of tobacco
chewed, to the population, in those
States where SCENAPPS tobacco
was first sold than there are IN the
States where SCEINAPPS has not
yet been offered to the trade.
SCEINAPPS is like cup of fine
Java coffee, sweetened just enough
to bring out its natural, stimulating
qualities. SCHNAPPS pleases all
classes of chewers: the rich, be-
cause they do not find a chew that
really pleases them better at any
price; the poor, because it is moro
economical than the large 1Oc. or
15c. plugs and they get their mon
ey's worth of the real snappy, slim
ulating flavor so appreciated by to-
bacco lovers. All limitations con-
tain much more sweetening than
SCHNAPPS. They are made that
way to hide Door tobacco imnrop-
erly cured.
For the man who chews tobacco
for tobacco s sake, there is no chew
like SCEINAPPS.
Is. Strictly zoe. and Isc. Plugs
MPANY. Winston-SaIem, N. G.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-21
The Clever Baby.

Nodd-You say your baby doesn't
walk yet? Mine does. Same age
too. Your baby cut his teeth yet?
Todd-No.
Nodd-Mine has-all of them.
Your baby talk?
Todd-Not yet. Can yours?
Nodd-Great Scott, yes!
Todd desperately Does he
shave himself or 60 to barbers9
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-10-12
Firemen Directors Meet

Tie regular monthly meeting oi the
Board Of Directors OF the SingerIv
Fire Company was called to order on
Monday evening at s o'clock. with
President Minister in the chair. Roll
call showed nine members present.
The minutes OF last meeting were read
and approved.
The Chairman OF the Committee on
Apparatus reported that a Siamcse
connection which enables the engine
to receive two streams from the plugs
had been purchased and tested, and that
it had proved satisfactory. lie further
reported that several sections Of hose
leaked and had been laid aside.
The Secretary then reported the pur-
chase OF six cover smoke protectors,
inr use in smoke or gas fumes.
Bills to the amount oi $544 10 we're
read and ordered paid
Mr.. Stanley presented the company
with one dozen spanners for coupling
hose, and was given vote OF thanks.
There being no further business. the
meeting adjourned