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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-03-27
4 VU[Ll pLUMA
Ell re1oj phb1ico del Mu-
nicipio y los repub1i-
canos de San Juan.
QUESTION De ESFERAs
No saben e11os la hora
que es.--Carlos V y
Barbosa.

He Observable que los republi
canos estan hoy tristes.
Y he traido a las mientes aque-
lloS versos:
ola princesa esta triste. lQue
tiene la princeSa?n. :.
Ave1fgiielo el amigo Contreras
Ramos.
Por 10 que a nuestros adverse.
rios toea, no sabelnos a que atribuir
su tristeza.
81 case es que Sc Aallan carl
acontecidos y tristones.
tSera porque estamos ell la Sc
mana de passion?
No; porque en- semana de pa
si6p y de pasioncillas viven ellos
perpetuamente.
lSera porque elreloj del Ayun-
tamiento esta parade, y no saben,
por 10 tanto, la hora que es?
Puede que sea esta la causa.
De tres esferas Sc compone el
reloj susodicho, como de tres c4er-
pos Sc compone el partido repubi-
cano: centro, izquierda y derecha.
En- cada una de esas esferas y
de esos cuerpos hay narcada una
hora distinta.
Pero lque ofrece ESQ de extrafic
81 en- otras esferas mas atlas, en- las
esferas gubernamentales. tampocc
saben ellos Ia hora que esq
En vano Barbosa echa alas J
arrastraderas - mas arrastradera.
que alas-porque los minuteros J
horarios de esas esferas marcha
sen al unisono, y marquen la misml
hora.
iQue 81 quieresl
Hallase el doctor Barbosa el
situaci6n parecida q la de aCarlo
Quinto el esforzadoS, cuando, seg6i
nos 10 pinta Campoamor,
Sc hallaba sasaz divertido
de Glen relojes rodeado,
cuando iba, en- Yuste olvidado
hacia el RENO del olvido.
sEutrando Tin dia-iQu&t al?
lie pregunt6 el confesor.
Y el relojero imperial
dijo:-Yo ando bien, sefior;
pero mis- relojes mails
Esto lie pasa al doctor.
Y las fracciones del partid
republican, Sc parecen 4 las esfera
del reloj municipal; que son tire
esferas distintas y I'm solo reloj vel
dadero :. que no anda.
Y que, en- case de dar la hor;
) no da los cuartos.
Y volviendo 4 Carlos Quintt
cCon Su tic tao lastimero
cada reloj que slli b bia
; parece que le decia
-iMajaderol iMajadero!S
iLo mismito que lie dicen
Barbosa las esferas reloj ..,
: de la opinion p1blical
DIABoLTN.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-03-27

NOHClAS DEL OLA
J6venes de Arecibo y de
San Sebastian.--Cer-
tamen de tiro.
CONDeNADO A MUeRTE
Enfern1o grave.--E1 la
Policlinica cagiiena.
A isla de Cuba.
CONDeNADO A MUeRTe

Aver tarde tuvimos el gusto
de saludar en- esta redaccion a los
apreciables j6venes don Gefardo
Perez, de Arecibo, don Cristino Pc
rez, don Miguel RODRIGUEZ Cancio
y don Manuel Mendez Liciaga, de
San Sebastian. Estos tr-S & timos
son profesores, y hermano el seiior
Mendez Liciaga de nuestro querido
compaiiero don Andres, empleado
de las o6cinas de LA DEMocRAc1A.
Dichos amigos, cuya vista estima-
mos, han regresado hoy q sus res
pectivas residencias, excepto el jo-
ven Cancio, que estudia en- San
Juan la carrcra de Farmacia.
Aver fus communicate por el
Tribunal Supreme a la Corte de
Distrito, la sentencia dictada contra
Boria, condeuado a la pena de
muerte.
Ell lunes de la semana pro.
xima, tendra lugar en- Puerta de
TERRA, frente q la antigua carcel,
el certamen de tiro al blanco entire
s. soldados del Regimiento de
Puerto Rico, segGu resultados del
tiro collective efectuado en- estos I'll
timos meses. Los que obtengan
premios seran enviados a los Esta.
dos Unidos q disputar otros mas al
tos en- el certamen anual que ALI Sc
celebra.
DE Caguas nos dicen: sDon
Fernando Schluter, hijo de! com
petente lit6grafo del eBoletin Mer
cantih, don Fernando del mismc
apellido, ha ingresado, gravement'
enfermo, en- la Policlinica que ct
esta ciudad acaban de instalar los
doctores Gutierrez Ortiz y Reguert
Felid.
Tarnbien ha ingresado don Al
fredo Muhoz, enfermo de bastantt
cuidado. Ambos enfermos reciber
esmerada asistencia, pues turnan
su cabecera los medicos del estable
cimiento. Sc han celebrado con
sultas con el doctor Gimenez Cruz
de esta localidad, y con el docto
GIstavo Muhoz, de San Juan. S.
han remitido al laboratorio del doc
tor Gutierrez Igaravidez muestra
de sangre para el analisis micros
coplco.
Hacemos votos por el pront
restablecimiento de los enfermos,
aprovechamos esta ocasi6n para ha
: Ger notar el esmero con que ha sid
instqlada dicha Policlinica, que ma
) da tiene que envidiar a los estable
cimientos, mas adelantados, de s
genero.O
-Mahana embarcara para Gu
ba el doctor en- cirujia dental do
Antonio Alvarez Valdes.
-Por haber prestado fanzs
han sido puestos en- libertad Jos
: Cancel Mercado, Esteban Guzma
y Juan Fernando Zapata y Zapat:
que Sc encontraban en- la carcel d
Mayagiiez.
Los sehores Lahongrais Ic
velace y CO, de Ponce, nos partic
+ pan en- atenta circular que por e.
: critura de fecha IA de los corriente.
han constituido en- aquella ciuda
una sociedad mercantil, la cual e
a rara bajo la raz6n eApresada y
a dedicara a la conpra y venta {
> mercancias, frutos del pals y com
= stones en- general, siendo socit
L gestores de la misma don Artul
II Lahongrais y don Leopoldo Low
lace y comanditario don Juan
: Jimenez.
;, Dicha sociedad ha conferlc
L poder general para que Ia repaesei
te en- todos los negocios 4 don La
"a MirandeS.
"a Deseamos a Ia nueva hrma c
le mercial mucha prosperidad.
el --Por haber preSiado fan
1. ha sido puesto en- ll'ertad en-
Carcel de Aguadilla, GalO Cubet
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-03-27

Ponce, Mario 40 de 1897,
The independent., 1907-01-24
The Nebraska Independent

but the folks who pay their salaries
are throwing the money away.
An eastern physician who visited
Lincoln not long ago said that he was
impressed by the vitality of the peo-
pie as he encountered them on the
streets. He felt that he had never seen
so large a proportion of the entire vis-
ible public SO free from signs of tuber-
culosis as in Nebraska. That the cli-
mate is favorable for warding off and
even curing consumption has been
known since the early settlement Of
the state. 1t has also been known that
many diseases thrive but poorly here;
and yet old time Nebraskans rarely do
any Dragging about the climate. They
are mildly surprised, in fact. when
they see highly eulogistic references to
the weather as one of the charms Of
Lincoln. They are just beginning to
realize that their climate is better
than they have thought
The independent., 1907-01-24

Sometimes a bow of corn bread and
milk for supper Is more satisfying than
a. banquet. In preparing this repast take
a pan Of milk f-cm which none Of the
cream has been eliminated aid turn into
the bowl the amount you think you need
If more than your share Of the cream
rolls into your dish, don't pretend to no
tice it, but crumb in the johnnycake and
get busy at once
The independent., 1907-01-24
DRIFT WOOD

This date in history Forty-two years
went to Mantorville (Minn.), seven miles
away, to mill. He returned after night
with his feet so badly frozen he couldn't
get out for six weeks. During that time
we occasionally enlivened his lonely hours
by tbs recitation Of this original couplet:
Horace Leet, take seat:
Never mind your frozen feet"
The independent., 1907-01-24

A Lincoln subscriber who writes TO re-
flute an argument sent In from Silver
Creek, near the Platte, asks this ques-
tion, or the two In one: ''Who Is Charley
Wooster, anyway. and what Is his trade
or calling?" What a question TO ask in
the face, as 1t were. OF Nebraska his
tory Charley Wooster Is himself.
and there is nobody like him under the
sun. He is a combination farmer-states-
man. who homesteaded In Merrick county
almos. thirty years ago. lie came from
the effete east, armed with an educa-
tion and as fine side whiskers as were
ever fanned by favoring breezes TIA any
state narth of Tennessee. IL somebody
has not been stringing us he was born
IN old kentucky, of thoroughbred stock
He served his country In the union army
whom treason staikad rcd-haudcd over
Columbia aud was discharged with an
honorable record. lie WAS fighter he
fore as we'll aa during tho war, and has
been fighter ever since. III you doubt
II step ON his coat tall and sec hin Jump.
Thirty years ago. coming next June. he
broke prairie on his homestead near sill
yer Creek. You should have seen bin In
his hare feet. blue denim overAiis and
stoveplpe hat Ever and anon breath of
wind ruHtled through his side whizkerv
ever and anon he stopped TO pull silver
out az his foot. ever and anon he aworc
at the off or for moving out of the fur.
row after bunch ~ lusuriant and
tempting forage THAT waA Wooster. the
aFrienlturlss. The plug hat was matter
og history when the roll of Nebraska
The independent., 1907-01-24

1t is snowy and cold to the north, and
the east, - ...... ns
But it's almost like summer dowh here;
In ST. Paul 1t is ten below zero at least,
But it's almost like summer down here.
In the land by the lake where / once
used to dwell,
And of pleasures had more than ever
can tell,
It is cold as the deuce and is showing
like the mischief,
The independent., 1907-01-24

The decision OF Congressman Pollard to
send garden seeds only to those who ask
for them is wise. In the past little good
has ever resulted from the foolish Gus
tom which was first inaugurated as a
scheme for solidifying the support Of the
agricultural element ct nc cost to the
members of congl ess. Much OF the seed
purchased for free distribution Is worth
less trash that won't grow and would do
more harm than good if it did. There
are things In universal demand, sugar
for instance, which might be delivered
free to the infinite delight Of every re-
cipient Of a ten-pound package. Why
not sugar, tea, coffee, or the newest and
most approved varieties Of breakfast
food?
If Uncle Sam now has a lot
OF things I need and haven't got,
And thinks 1t is the proper thing
To send supplies 0at in the spring,
/ wish he'd hear to my request H''"
And send out what I like the best.
Last spring some one supplied my needs
With lettuce, beet and turnip seeds,
While that for which l had to scrap
Was buckwheat cakes and maple sap.
This is my prayer to Uncle Sam:
''Send me keg Of nails, a ham;
Send something that / really want,
Some maple sugar from Vermont,
A sack of good self-rising flour
Q need biscuit every hour)
Send that for which my sad heart bleeds,
Send anything but garden seeds y
The independent., 1907-01-24

A man is dead in Delaware
Gas Addicks;
He isn't in it anywhere
Gas Addicks
Is in a devil of a fix
In that he's out of politics;
A target for all sorts of kicks
Is Addicks.
The independent., 1907-01-24

statesmen was calloQ ana wooster an
lower house Of the legislature, If we
mistake not, in the fall of 1896, and he
made a record of which neither he nor
his friends have ever been ashamed.
Inclined to be an off horse, with strong
penchant for kicking, you always knew
what to expect and about how much.
One of the men whom 1 admired
Was Wooster;
One of the men who made me tired
Was Wooster.
One of the men--and that's no dream
Who could detect a rotten scheme,
And be depended on to scream,
Was Wooster.
The roll was called. then some one rose,
Twas Wooster;
One dealt at wrong sedghammer blows,
Twas Wooster.
Whenever schemerS smooth and slick
Made their attempts to turn trick,
One man was right on hand to kick
Twas Wooster.
And this Is all I have to say
OF Wooster
Few men there are who have the way
OF Wooster.
But it is strange, upon my word,
In fact it is almost absurd
That one man lives who hasn't heard
OF Wooster.
But it's almost like summer down here.
Morris r.. Jesup Of New York is an
interesting character. He is said to be
a God fearing man. Of somewhat gener-
Gus and philanthrop.c impulses. Certainly,
If he may be judged by his looks, he Is
an eminently respectable gentlemen.
But he is one of the long list Of very
wealthy men Of New York who has the
art Of lodging tine tax -1xer down to a
fine point His personal property is
listed at 100000. He could check twice
that out of the bank any day and never
miss it, He has often been held up as
an example Of the better class Of mil
ionaires, but while ne has manifested a
loftier public spirit in some ways, 1t Is
doubtful If more foxy grandpa could be
found in the entire galaxy Of grizzled
tax -shirkers. Friends may plead In ex-
tenuation that he was nurtured from in
fancy In an atmosphere of graft and Is
simply doing as the rest have always
done. That may be an excuse, but 1t is
mighty poor justification.
II you will quit tobacco for few years
you will wonder what In the world ever
possessed you to acquire the fool habit
in the first place. .,i.s
The independent., 1907-01-24

The first livery stable was conducted
by George Gallen, in 1869
The first postoffice was established
in 1858, j. c. Crawford being appointed
as first postmaster.
The United States land Office was
moved from Omaha to West Point In
1869, E. X Valentine made register and
Uriah Bruner receiver.
The first saw mill was erected In
1857. and the first grist mill began to
grind in 1869. the foundry by Wobig
& Schwarts in 1886 and the West Point
Butter and Cheese association in 1878.
The independent., 1907-01-24
NEBRASKA

fWl HEN you die will any such gap in
kU your community be left as this,
pictured by Minatare reporter
"Since the death of S. ID. Cox, Nina
tare needs a good citizen, a gentleman,
a neighbor, friend, brother, a law
yer. a notary public, a newspaper ed
itor, the North Platte water users as
sociation a secretary, and the Nebras-
ka Central Building and Loan company
a representative and the Presbyterian
church a pillar. 1t also needs back
The West Point Republican reports
among the first things that happened
in that town the following:
The first log house was built by the
townsite company In 1857.
The first frame house was erected
by Ed Dallow In 1858.
The first birth was a son to Mr.. and
Mrs A. Babbitt.
The first female child born was TO
Mr. and Mrs John ID. Neigh. now
Mrs. Alice Sims.
The first death was Mrs Gaul In
1867.
The first marriage was that of John
ID. Neigh and Miss Catharino Probst
OF Omaha, March 49, 1860.
The first school was taught by Miss
bone to enforce statutes against illegal
liquor selling. boot-legging and gam
bling of all descriptions. Also a city
marshal"
The independent., 1907-01-24
G LACK travel always follows the
SI holidays, but people come in from

LACK travel always follows the
~ holidays, but people come in from
the road now with tales Of an unusual
dearth Of fellow passengers. A couple
of Lincoln men who enjoyed a Pull
man all by themselves nearly all the
way from Chicago the other day said
that the condition was charged by the
rainmen to the disappearance of the
pass. When the pass was blooming in
full vigor a dozen years ago it was
common to see one-half Of the Pull
man passengers flash free transporta-
ton. Up to last year about one third
of them had it. Now the pass is
really becoming extinct, according to
all accounts, and the surprising thing
about it is the general agreement
among railroad men and the people
who have been deprived of the privi-
lege that it's abolition is a good thing.
All of the pass bills allow railroad
employees to ride free, but it is not so
easy to get exchange courtesies of this
kind on other roads as 1t was for
merly For example, the interstate
commerce commission believes that to
be entitled to pass over another road,
a railroad man must give his entire
time TO the railroad service. This
shuts out the railroad lawyer who Is
engaged In private practice, He
may get pass over his own road
without much trouble. but when he
wants TO travel In some other territory
ne finds his way blocked. An effort is
now under way 20 modify the severity
of this rule. Unless something Is ac-
compllshed In that line the railroad
lawyers In the smaller cities will con-
fne their travelling pretty closely to
the roads thev 40 business for.
on n recent day when the editor OF
the Falls city Tribune rode from Lin-
coin Ia Falls City, but one pass was
presented 10 the conductor In the en-
tire distance. During previous legis-
latiye sessions, according 10 the Trib.
une, this train averaged forty annual
passes day. hence the editor con-
ciudes that two cent passenger fare
hin would be just and should be
passed.
Thc legislature might as well not be
,n session so far as It's eject ON the
peace az the city II concerned. Usually
the air IL full of Legislative electricity
nj about this time. but this winter the
capitol II almost aa tame ns SUNDAY
school. There arc few lobbyists here.
The independent., 1907-01-24

one hundred dollars an acre for A
hufalo county farm Il the latest SON
Nation N the "semi-arid belt" TIE NJ.
Wyman farm near shelton, owned by
David Necly, was sold lately tu AUGUST
Randacksr ot Odessa for si6. 600 ID was
a farm ~ 1870 acres Mr.. Neely naid
$4,000 Tor the place three years ago.
The independent., 1907-01-24

Alice buckley In brick school house
on Lincoln street
The flrat town lot was given away
10 John Meyer lie built store on x
In 1897.
The FIRST goods we're sold by A r.
Fenske in 1867
The hrst blacksmith was Ed nallow
In 1858
The lrat harness shop was opened
by Joseph pworack. In 1855
The first bricks were burned hv Ne.
ligh. Crawford and llnuser, In 1858
The independent., 1907-01-24

Had the gift, developed strong.
Like Uncle Crofts or Nathan GriEgs
Today I'd like to write a song
About Nebraskas boar black pigs.
Here Is state where plenty's horn
Is running over all the time;
The almost bursting cribs Of corn
Have oft been written up in rhyme.
OF pastures green and ripping rilla,
OF babbling brooks and lake aud pond
OF cattle on a thousand hills,
And horses ON the hills beyond:
OF everlasting ricks of hay,
In valleys minus Swamps and bogs,
We've always mad deal to say
Now jusT one word about the hogs:
His value On the bill of fare
'Twere worse than idle to discuss;
Our tables groan with pork to spare
Roasted or stewed its good for us.
And, in the markets to the east,
And to the south, and north and west,
You catch the flavor of the beast
Nebraska grown-it Is the best
A benefaction to the race
We must confess with one accord;
A profit on the market place,
A pleasure at the festal board
And there Is glory for the men,
And very much of wealth in store,
Who make two pigs grow In the pen
Where only one pig grew before
The independent., 1907-01-24

OOK at the difference. Aside from
a small group Of lobbyists who
haven't been able to sleep since elec-
ton day over the immineDce of the
success of Norris Brown, the people
near the legislature have had no worry
over the senatorial election. A ballot
on Tuesday, a joint session Of less than
an hour yesterday and it was all over.
No fuss, no swapping Of votes for
promises Of Office, no direct or indirect
bribery, no hard words, no suspicion.
Everybody happy
The other thing happened eight years
ago and again six years ago this WIN
ter. In 1899 d. e. Thompson, Lincoln
gas and insurance and railroad man,
wanted the senatorship and asked for
it on the ground that he had helped
30 many of the members get elected,
Just as Simon Guggenheim demanded
q toga In Colorado this winter because
he had put up for the campaign ex-
penses of the legislators. From the
first day the session opened until
March the state was keQt in a turmoil
over his attempt to break into the SEN
ate. The legislature was a bedlam,
and most Of the members were either
thoroughly mad or under suspicion of
wanting to trade their votes for office.
Even after the republicans nominated
Hayward, Thompson jumped to the
fusionists and offered to stay out of
republican caucuses and do certain
other things il they would elect him
with the help Of few republican bolt
ers. Not until the vote was actually
taken at noon on March did the re-
publicans finally feel that it was safe
to close their eyes in slumber.
This boiling incident lasted over to
1901 and furnished the chief cause fer
the turmoil that made the session the
most notorious In the history of the
state. Senator Hayward was virtually
killed by the long strain connected
with his election, dying in the follow
ing December. Then Thompson, who
had sold out his interests here and was
ship back to Lincoln and again became
a candidate. This time the row lasted
until March %. The whole session was
given up to it, In fact, as the final
vote was taken on the last day fixed
by the constitution. The town was
jammed with lobbyists sent here on
passes to work on the members. II
there was an Office in the world that
wasn't dangled before some legislators
eyes, it was because it was overlooked,
that was all. On the night before the
closing there were probably more pri-
vate cars in the Lincoln yards than
had been there on any night for years,
and to end the whole agony, the Bur-
hngton and Union Pacific managers
were allowed to pick out as "com-
promise senator's" two men who had
scarcely been thought Of for the place,
Millard and Dietrich. The private cars
virtually appointed 'em. The present
method Of making senator's marks the
reaction from that old system
LACK travel always follows the
The independent., 1907-01-24

II you will quit tobacco for few years
you will wonder what In the world ever
possessed you to acquire the fool habit
in the first place. .s
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-08-16
Success of Labor Commissioners.

The recent success of Labor Com
missioner Charles P. Neill and Martin
A. Knapp, chairmn of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, in preventing
labor troubles on the lines of the com
mon carriers, and the success of Mr..
NELL in preventing the strike of the
telegraph operators Of the country
has set the administration and legis-
lative minds to wondering whether or
not general application Of
an arbitration law for the
settlement Of disputes between labor
and capital would not be a good thing
Government officials who have watch
ed the operations of Messrs. Neill and
Knapp unite in saying that their CT
forts to stop trouble have met with
wonderful success, but they are not
yet prepared to say that a general ar
filtration law would be a success.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-08-16
Soldiers Are Drawing Gard.

Camp Columbus, with Gov. Varda-
man present, now is popular resort
not only for visitors, but for resi-
dents Of the city, and every street car
going toward the camp grounds is
loaded with passengers. The camp
is connected with the city water mains
and with the light plant, so that in
addition to plenty of fresh air the
soldiers have an abundance of light
and water. The hour Of dress parade
has been changed from 6 80 to 8
p. m. The evenings are given over
entirely to pleasure, and the soldiers
seem to be greatly enjoying them
selves. The principal crowd goes to
Lake park, which is easily accessible,
being almost within a stones throw
of the camp ground. There is music
each night by the Second regiment
band, and the splendid floor of the
pavilion makes dancing a delightful
pastime even in this warm weather.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-08-16
To Install Tile FACTORY.

A party of capitalists are visit
ing Natchez fro mChampaign, ILL.,,
for the purpose of installing a tile
factory if the necessary site on one
of the railroads is donated for the
purpose and few other concessions
made by the citizens. The drainage
for the Louisiana swamp cotton plan
tations is becoming popular and its
introduction among the hill planters
in this section will be attempted. A
suitable site was found by the capital
lists on the line of the Little -"
Railroad on the outskirts of the city,
with the proper sort of clay. Sever
al towns of North Louisiana are bid
ding for the industry. The entire
plant, if installed, will cost approx
mately $4,000, and give employ
ment to great number of skilled
and other laberers.