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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-30
EMILIO R1CHEBOURG

odo saba perfecamente oden la eba deshecha
un poste en- medic del cuao De ponto una idea pas
pot cabeza puso los pos puna Debo dec al seho
que hombe acababa de hba encon
ado joven aesnado la caetera de FGmieourt
" pens6 used que ese hombre podia ser su huesped
ESQ eS.
Fl uez de instruction separ6 POGO moandOle el
cadaver tendido sobre la mesa lie do:
-Aproxfmese usted mire.
Elfondsta di6 agunos pasos lanz6 mada Icadave
excam6 seguida:
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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-30

@ Fin esta imprenta Sc solicit
tat, muchachos que sean buenos
vendedores de peri6dicos.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-14

A NY hs,1-y ~ civilization and
~ progress ln Utah would be In
r. complete without recognition
o+ The work done by women
Do distinctive fields, where combined
Sort has produced permanent results
'olall1g to the credit OF the state.
Equal suffrage is one OF the monu-
r1s % such effort. whose detailed
iu1la must with other things stand
.,sle the limits of the present ar
ae That and the movements for
-r' and intellectual culture repre-
r'al hy such great societies as the
Primary and Young Womens Improve
-srt associations OF the T. d. s.
hgrh the Young Women's Christian
4 05c8u0n OF tho combined churches
pa other worthy organizations devoted
similar aims would each take coli
rHs for Individual exploitation. Il
chiefly with the efforts OF women iu
-nano and civic lines this attempt
Gals and these have taken form prin-
i 1ai'v through organizations, though
4 -ividu8Is have stood out moro or
ss distinctly in the way OF devoted
cr7 toward their aims
First and foremost in the list ranks
+. Re- Womau's Relief society II was
e' alst Iu existence or the great auxil-
by organizations OF the Latter-day
A.nts Church 10 dates from the days
The Prophet Joseph Smith under
bose personal supervision % was ln-
iuted the first meeting being hoId
he 18th dav of March. 1892. when
. pc prophets wife. Mrs Emma Smith,
a made president The idea, ac-
riding DO its founder was 20 "mnls-
IN % The necessities Of the saints" 10
he Tor the sick and afflicted and 70
'1iute o. general effort toward the
sier.nz 1f that humane and charitable
1 l-t which is the fairost blossom Of
instantly. With that idea for It's
'm The society has developed from "A
embcrH.p OF 10 women al its initial
setting into an Organization which
imoeF thousands Zoo SIS ranks n has
ioo,ho.i reaching 10 every quarter OF
GLOBE where the church OF Latter
-y saints is represented. and a scope
1 h'a stops short OF no phase of hue
m Philanthropy The original 800
siy aE .plted by adversities endured
Nauvo1 and the long dreary pill
image in detached companies across
plains lr.w together again n the
Dye of Colonization in tho raUerwreH
la'h.r sickness blight and famine
lending me experiences OF the pio-
called far The exercise ot 81.
aei'u activities.
fAh-EEACHING SCOPE
AZ He population increased ana a..
III became more settled am orglni.
Il 'a Nas aFalu effected. and as Tim,
III l OBJ each ward had lts separate
8F aHH corps ri officers. which Dol
reported to central or govern
and 8H new societies wen.
''a n tIe fast growing coI0nic.
I...''-iHy Saints converts through
WORLD an oven larger organize
Vac Instituted to bring under ON,
'HI into ono body these f1r scat
members in au parts of th0
IHH name of this general bod'
A'a.HaI Woman's Rolief society
individual representation take
..# of every continent an.
''. Islands or the sea. ON
m.n0Ht members once ai'
THE EuD never soto uron an
Relief society" and evidence
h uuth. NJ rs estimated thor
" present about 600 branches o
H "L and "a membership %
10000 members enrolled Semi
representatives. OF thes
meet NJ April ana October
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-14

respectively, IN the central or salt
Lake city stake, where reports are
given by the delegates OF thor re-
spectivo stakes in the way of member
ship. the general work and amount
on funds on hand the whole being per-
fectly systematzcd and managed by
the central board. Accordms Co
reliable historian. "the property which
has been accumulated boy tho members
through donations. labor and increase
of means. is something almost marvel
GUS The society owns real estate
buildings granaries, stored with grain,
and stock and dividends iu various
business enterprises" an held for the
ministration OF charity u times of
need. From the beginning of Oh" local
organization up 20 the centennial year.
1876 the society had accumulated and
dishursed for charity nearly 100000.
From that time Co the present the rec-
ords show o. history of charitable dona-
lions OF many more thousands. Ha-
sides this. Sc has obuucI and saved
money for the erection OF "a new build
/ ing for us semi-arnual conferences.
/ which win go Tar toward building and
equippug The proposed memorial cole
! flee. soon 20 Doe completed
SUNDAY EGG FUND"
Tho means for raising these chaHt1-
BILE funds have been various; volume
/ tary donations have formed part,
/ while many original projects in The
/ way OF entertainment. etc.. have added
b.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-14
FRANCE POLICIES
THE GREAT SAHARA J
Morld's Greatest Desert Guarded
by Arab Soldiers on
Camcls. #
SCOUTS WHO WEAR Wells
The Quaregs Odd in Appearance.
French Military Rail
road.
SCOUTS WHO WEAR Wells

nY lsi,.NK G. cARrENTER.

Ecni Ounif.
AM in one OF the widest parts OF
tho greatest desert on earth. On
all sides OF me is the Sahara.
stretching to the west. south and
81 cast for hundreds OF miles. The
desert, all told, Is larger than the,
united States. It Is so big that II
rou could lift up It's sandy. rocky sur
\ snce like a quilt and transport II to
our country. it would cover every bit
or 1t, and hide q part of Canada and
the Gulf of Mexico. 1t is longer than
the Mediterranean Sea and bigger
than all Europe. In some places it Is
1000 miles wide. Where 1 now am is
more than 400 miles south OF the port
OF Oran. and about 1900 miles from
I 1'imbuktu. on the Niger, where the
great fertile belt OF Africa begins.
On the Edge Of Morocco.
This Is on the very edge Of tho
French Sahara. Just west OF it there
ere wild rocky mountains as bare al
the asphalt OF Pennsylvania. Avenue,
and as thirsty as was Dives when he
begged Lazarus to cool his parched
tongue. They mark tho boundary be-
tween tile possessions of the French
md those of the Moorish Sultan; but
the desert goes farther westward, and
at the southwest It does not stop until
( 1t reaches the Atlantic Ocean
came here on the military railroad,
built by the French to guard their peo-
pie from the brigands Of Morocco. 1t
Is the road which, 1t Is thought, may
tome day be continued clear across the
Sahara TO Timbuktu. with possibly a
branch going of to Lake Tchad.
The road starts nj Oran. and carries
one through the rich lands of the Tell,
country as fat as our Mississippi VAL
ley. which has grain fields and orch
ards, and vineyards which make mil
lions Of gallons OF wine every year The
scenes there arc like those Of the best
parts Of California. We left Oran in
the evening. and as the night fell we
were still in the Tell
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-14
Buying Eggs.

I've become quite proficient In egg-
oos.; since ! came to New York" said
a bachelor girl with light housekeeping
propenslties. "Thn buying of>eggs wasn't
IN easy proposition until got ac-.
customed to the vocabulary of New
York egg dealers, for tho adj
iectives ana phrases applied to the
different grades Of eggs hore would
puzzle even a Philadelphia lawyer.
1T didn't take nv long to learn that
a fresh egg, according to tho New York
vocabulary, was simply an egg that
wasn't actually bad. a little later dis
covered that even strictly fresh, eggs
We're anything but what the words would
seem to imply. then experimental with
nearby eggs and new laid eggs They
did well enough for omelets, but for plain
boiling purposes were quite impossible.
Then ! went IN for the fancy names, and
tried the Specials Of all the nrst.clnss
dairies These had all sorts OF appella-
lions stamped ono the shell as a guaranty,
Somehow | didn't like the iden Of buying
mn egg that was strong enough to be
stamped on, but they had moro Of the
real country flavor than tho others had
had, and ] kept on buying them until
recently discovered q new brand. Ii
was at little tea room. and l,erched III
on a table was a dainty wicker haske,
labeled, Eggs Direct from the Farm,
1.-THE price staggered me, but ~ bought
| half Il dozen, ana for tho last six morn,
| ngs have had an actually delicious boiled
| egg for my breakfast. I'm keeping IN,
| eyes out. now for q sign reading Direc
from the Nest New York. sun, sgy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-14
Soldiers Who Wear Veils.s

These Tuaregs are descendants OF the
Berber, or white race, Of the Atlas Noun
tains, who have been crowded off into
the desert. They have long been noted
as the brigands of the Sahara. They arc
especially distinguished by the fact that
they wear wells night and day. Thei7
wells arc black, and they wind them about
their heads like n urban, and then pass
them over tho nose and mouths and across
the forehead. SO that only the eyes can
be seen. IT Is said that tho veil was
originally adopted to keep out the dust.
but TINT it is now a mark of fashion and
Rmodesty. Another story told me Is that
tho Tuareg men first put On wells as a
matter OF cowardice and shame. They
were surprised by their enemies. and were
r go frightened that they threw down their
arms and ran, leaving their families.
Thereupon the women picked ZIP this
swords. spears and daggers and defeated
tho enemy. From that day until now the
men. to show their admiration for the
conduct Of their wives, have adopted the
VEIL and tho Tuareg women still go with
bare faces.
Many Of the Tuaregs live In tent VIII
lagos, moving about from place to place
They have camels ana sheep, and some
OF them have gardens. AS a general
thing they are miserably poor, and the
money they receive from tho French Is
far more than most OF them made wher
! their solo profession was robbing the
| travellers while crossing the desert
| Copyright, 1907, by Frank G. Carpenter,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-14
Down Into the Desert.

Wa soon left the Atlas and came on
into the Sahara itself, There was still
some vegetation, but it was only in
patches. here and there, or along the
banks OF dried-up streams. Now tho
land was latS and now 1t roso into
rocky mountains which We're black IN
the early morning. AS I looked out
pycr the plains I saw the sunrlse.a There
was fret n faint streak of yellow away
off to the cast. This grew until it be-
came a sheet of light over the horizon,
A. few minutes later pale yellow sun
could be seen through this veil. AS 1T
rose the veil disappeared and blazing
white ball jumped out into the sky. For
time n thin 1leeY mist lowered over
tho sands only to be followed by the
clear air of the desert.
Az we went on with our journey tho
Sahara seemed always changing We
N passed for miles over bare rock, al-
most as smooth as q floor. and then
through regions where the rocks were
ragged and cut Up into all sorts or
shapes. At$timns there were bouldcrs
and again small pebbles of different
Gnlnrsr ras hrnlyn. an a hlaclz. ucla
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-14
Sensible Criticism.

superintendent 30 head Of irm) --sAs
former hotel keeper has applied 10. US for
q position as travelling salesman for 0HFs
of us for years IA w sss5s
Head--I should perfer a cIeylr ma r.r.ss
Transiatsd FROM 3 Al ssr ehdosfpf BiAtfasssssss
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-14
"Rice Christians

Despite the fame ana unnuestloned
service of many veteran missionaries
to the Chinese people, several Chinese
stated to mo that he later work of
tho missionaries is wiser and bet
ter than that OF former days; or, as
one expressed IT, that the past ten
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-14

the food and treatment were SO bad
that he could not stand 1t, and that
his pay was only one cent n day.
Finally he deserted and succeeded in
getting to the Mediterranean, where
he had hidden himself away in the
hold of a German steamer.
81 Just as the ship was raising anchor the
military police came on board and dis
covered him, through a Hindoo cabin boy.
who pointed out his hiding place. He
was then put in prison at the port OF
Namours. where the sheriff set him to
cleaning his horses. One day lie took the
best horse in the stable and rode across
into Morocco to Melllla. There he again
tried to get off, this time on a Spanish
ship. He was again caught, however, anu
shipped down here into the heart OF the
Sahara. He is expecting to be sent on
into the desert, far from the railroad.
The Tuaregs as Police.
Understand that the Tuaregs are doing
the best work OF all the Arabs employed
by the French They have been organ
lied into companies, and have been given
good, modern guns. They have pract!-
cnlly given up brigandage, and they now
sweep over the desert, mounted on camels,
aiding the French In keeping the natives
In order The French captain, who Is
chief of the Arab bureau here. tells me
that they are by no means a bad people.
and that their bloodthirstiness is largely
a matter8of imagination. 1t Is true they
have been robbers In the past, but nov
that they are employed by the govern
mont they make splendid soldiers. They
are paid. from twenty to twenty four dol.
lars month, and this is n fortune t.
! them. Each man owns his own came
4 and takes care of 1t and himself; but as
T. 1,,o$ IL. rnctk
1 practically nothing he considers hmsel
Il ri oh, 3 D. 7 r
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-14

about Benz ounit the desert is largely
limestone, while farther south. along
the louisiana River, l passed through
rolling dunes and plains covered with
bouldcrS. ..sE. 80. -N1. a.-.-.- ~. laI..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-14

Tlentsin. China.
FOR generations men have been
saying that some day the world
- would have to reckon with
n China. Now that day seems to-
~ have begun In tho place of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-14
On the Atlas Plateau.

II Wrapping myself in my blanket. with
my camera under my head as a pillow,
slept htfully all night and awoko Oh
the high plateau of the Atlas Moun-
tains, beyond which Is the desert.
was passing through great plain OF
yellow sandy soil, covered here anu
there with stones, and spotted every
where with buaches OF dry alta grass.
Only In one direction were there any
hills to be seen. and they were bleak,
barren and rocky.
The alta was growing right in Tho
sands. 1t is q long wiry grass, which is
gathered by thetthousands of tons ana
shipped to Europe for tho making or
paper. 1t Is cut by the Arabs, and there
Are companies with Immense capital
which handle It. 1t grows to the height
Of my waist in punches, some OF which
are not bigger than ones fist, while
others sprout out of mounds which
would fill half-bushel measure. 1t
looks tough and dry, but nevertheless
& large 1locks OF white ana brown sheep,
black goats and camels feed upon 1t. |
saw such animals scattered over tic
4 plains, each flock watched by shep-
herd In white Gown and turban, who
looked like a ghost as he stood among
his sheep in the gearly morning.
we passed many tent villages oc.
cupicd by such shepherds and thoi,
families. The tents are OF coarse blac,
cloth woven In strlIAs, They are sc
stretched out that one has to get dowr
upon his knees and crawl In. Tho clotl
is made of cnmel's hair and sheep.
wool by tho wives Of tho shepherds; /
Is used as canvas throughout the des
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-05
BELL FROM THE SEA.
Saved from Wreck-NOw Announces
News of Overdue Ships.

Probably very few people are aware
that an old ships bell which for many
years has lain under the sea is suspend
ed in the underwriting room at Lloyds
and is used to announce" the arrival or
other news received in respect Of over
due ships.
This is the bell of the frlgate Lutine,
wrecked long ago off the Dutch coast
After being under the water for years
the bell was salvaged and now. strangely
enough, is employed to inform under
writers that something has been heard of
one of those ships which by their pro-
tracted passage are causing uneasiness.
Not every ship that is on the over
due market is announced in this manner,
1t is only when an underwater has eX-
pressed to the committee his desire for
immediate information in respect to this
or that overdue vessel that the note of
the old black bell rings through the
rooms.
At the present time there are eleven
ships down on the list for announcement
by the Lutne bell, but some of these
are SO hOpelessly overdue that it is praC-
ticallv certain nothing further will be
heard of them. The big steel bark Al
SterniXe. for instance, heads the list She
was formerly the British ship Lord Tenn
plemore. and was built at Belfast in
1899. This ship has not been heard of
since last November. when she sail1,!
from Calla0 for Australia.-The Scots
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-05
Seed Corn Selection.

That pretty ears are not always the
best seed corn has been shown by the
experiments at the Ohio Station. They
selected twenty-four extra fine ears,all
Of the same variety The seed OF these
were planted, each ear in a row by IL
self, and thinned to three stalks in a
HILL so that each ear had the same
chance as its neighbor. One ear out or
the twenty-four yielded nj the rate Of
ia bushels per acre, another IL ana
a third 10l bushels, while other ears
made tifty-tive, siXty-iive and seventy
seven bushels per acre. The row that
made the smallest yield had tifty-cight
barren stalks. The row next to the
highest had fifteen barren stalks, and
the row that made SiXty-ive bushels
had fifty-two barren stalks. The ears
were all of equal appearance and OF
equal terminating quality. The re-
suits show very plainly that what we
have been for years insisting upon, that
the breeding Of corn in the field, The
removal of disturbing influences about
it, and the working toward IN ideal
plant as a whole a plant Of productive
character rather than big ears. are all
Of far more importance than the selec-
ton of fine ears by the score card
without any knowledge of the breeding
of the corn. Selection of the largest
ears tends toward Single -car production.
for it is a law of nature that when we
increase the size of the individual fruit
of any plant we will decrease the num-
Der of fruits. and when we increase
the number we decrease the size of
the individual fruits. But ii has also
been shown that a stalk with two or
more medium-SiZed ears of corn will
make more corn than & stalk with one
big ear. In Il lest made for the yield
Of grain. one sample was from n sin
gle-eared plant, one from n two-eared
one, one from n three-eared one and
one from a four-Cared one and the
quantity of corn shelled increased eX-
actly with the number of ears on the
plant. The breeding in the field to
breed out barren stalks is the essential
matter in developing the productive
character of the corn. and the best
ears are merely relative and not by
any means the largest.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-05
Coal Ashps.

In one ton Of ashes from bitumiuous
coal are pounds OF potash, . pounds
Of phosphoric acid, 80 pounds of lime
and large proportion of waste mat
ter. Coal ashes are said to be about
equal to clay, and are nearly Of the
same composition. They possess little
or no value as fertilizer, but serve
to assist light. sandy soils 10 retain
moisture, answering the same purpose
as clay. The percentage OF potash and
phosphoric acid contained IS 100 small
in quantity to pay for hauling and
spreading coal ashes on the ground as
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-05
Woman Farmers Experience.

Jane c. Barrow of Connecticut for
the last seven years has made cou-
Portable living out of a fOur-acrc farm
and has sent her children to school on
the earnings. When she began she had
thirty stands of bees and one dozen
choice rurrant bushes. She bought five
white Wyandotte eggs and six pairs Of
pigeons. Last year she had between
1000 and 1000 ducks. COO currant
bushes, 10 raspberry bushes. 100 white
Wyandottc chickens, p white IIolllrd
turkeys. 60 pairs Of pigeons, and -
stands of bees
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-05
Storing Potatoes.

There is more loss storing potato IS
than in storing any other crop. BARRING
all waste from rot, there is a heavy
shrnkage both i'm quantity and weight.
4 bin holding 1uo bushels will show n
shrnkagc Of nearly ouctcnth. besides u
greater loss in weight. \ huShel basket
full that will weigh fully sixty pounds
in October, when taker from the soil,
will not weigh So much after being
stored in the cellar during the winter
The shrinkage in weight is much less
when kept in pits Glossy covered with
earth. for there Is then less chance for
evaporation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-05
CHILDREN TORTURED.
Girl Had Running Sores from Eczema
boy Tortured by Poison Oak
Both Cured by Cuticura.

boy Tortured by Poison Oak
Both Cured by Cuticurn.
Last year, after having my little girl
treated by a very prominent physician
for an obstinate case of eczema, ! re-
sorted to the Cuticura Remedies, and
was SO well pleased with the almost in
Simultaneous relief afforded that we dis
carded the physicians prescription and
relied entirely on the Cuticura Soap,
Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Pills.
When we commenced with the Cuticura
Remedies her feet and limbs were COW
cred with running sores. In about six
weeks we had her completely well, and
there has been no recurrence Of the
trouble.
in July of this year little boy In
our family poisoned his hands and arms
with poison oak, and in twenty-four
hours his hands and arms were a mass
Of torturing sores We used only the
Cuticura Remedies, and in about three
weeks his hands and arms healed up.
Mrs. Lizzie Vincent Thomas. Fairmont.
Waldens Ridge. Tenn. Oct. 10, 1905
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-05
Potatoes for plnniiug.

In digging potatoes, luuSu to- hr
pure seed ANA Of the same variety fire.
qucnt variations may often he noticed.
Some of these are In" only 60 differ
enccs of soil. but others are true
Sports and viii reproduce their kind
if planted another year. If thns"
sports" are usually productive and
valuable they should hc carefully
saved for planting. In this way some
of the best varieties of potatoes hay"
been originated, one or two kinds OF
late rose being prominent instances.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-05
Merchants Visit Milwaukee.

Come to the city of beautiful parks.
clean streets, fine buildings, huge fac
tories, immense jobtng houses and hos
pitable people. Spend your time during
the Annual FAN Buying Season where
you can bring your families and combine
business with pleasure.
The recent laws in Wisconsin, Iowa.
Illinois. Minnesota, Nebraska. Missouri.
and neighbOrng states. by which pas
senger fares are reduced to two cents a
mile, are of great advantage to mor-
chants in this territory who wish to
come to Milwaukee. After August -.
1907, merchants may buy a regular dick.
at 10 Milwaukee ut a rate of two cents
mile Uhe lowest rate now given for
any occasion) and will not be required
to secure certificates or be restricted to
certain dates This offers decided adj
vantages 70 Milwaukee patrons. While
in Milwaukee call for information at thu
Milwaukee Association Of Jobbers and
Manufacturers. 1919 University bldg.