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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-03

C0S
alas de los modernis;mo' tiem} os,
pasea su velocidad triunfante por {
pueblos y campos de Puerto Rico
FL supreme ideal de la epoca {
presente es una rapidez llevada al
Unite maxine, en- todas las mani
festaciones del vivir Sc come april
!. sa, Sc duerme aprisa, Sc anda april
sa, Sc trabaja aprlsa, Sc ANA aprl
sa. TODD de una manera verti-
ginosa, como 81 no tuvieramos en-
Ell mundo otro objective nj otro ideal
que csc. Is precise economizar
las horas, los minutes, los segun-
dos.
81 arte de la conversation Sc
ha suprimido, y los que hablan bre-
vemente demuestran tener un gran
sehtido practice. Las razas llama
das fuertes no admiten tertulias upa-
"a matar el tiempoD; por Ell contra
rio, procuran que ell tempo no nos
mate 4 nosotros.
Los libros voluminosos no sir
ven: han de ser cortos, concisos, sim
teticos, con las ideas bten concen-
tradas, q modo de extractos quiz
micos, y va hay mucho sabio que
pide notas marginales en cada pa
gina, e~xplicativas del texto, para
ahorrarse Ell trabajo de leer TODD el
libro.
iDesdichados los que no corren
8 vuelan! Quien no tenga alas en-
los talones 8 en- el cerebro, en- el CO.
raz6n 8 en- el est6mago, esta ex-
puesto a quedar regazado, sin que
nadie lie ayude a llevar la impedi-
menta, que lie atropellen los de-
mas, dejandole examine y maltre-
cho 4 I'm lado del canine.
Cuando medito en- estas cosas
recuerdo al poeta breton Quele-u Tin
dulce y sencillo poeta que fue Sc
cretario de Renan. Caminaba I'm
dia por las GALES de Paris, abisma-
do quizas en- I'm ensueho, y I'm We
hiculo Sc lie echo encima, causan
dole la muerte. Me ocurre que aque
delicado sensitive no hubiera AGA
bado en- esa folma, 81 en- vez d.
marchar por ell arroyo como I'm SO
nAmbulo hubiose andado con 10
ojos bien abiertos mo e
este case I'm verdadero simbolo d
la lucha entablada entire el espiritl
viejo y Ell espfritu nuevo' De III
lado la leyeuda, que Gamma lenta
mente, embebida en- la vaga con
temptation de idealiSmos que pasa
ron. De otro lado la prosa de i
e~xistencia, como nunca predomi
mantle, en- una maquina que devor;
kilometres y espanta al viento col
sus bu6dos. He aqui que la pros
tropieza con la poesia, la derriba
la hace AMIGOS y pasa. Cos
lamentable tno es verdad' Pues
insigni6cante tragedia es de TODD
los dias.
Ahora bien; 81 ell autom6vil com
pendia, por suIpotencia locomotive
esa unanime tendencia q desarrolla
en- Ell movimiento mayor n1mero d
vibracioues, tambien es la antitesl
complete de toda conception arts
tica.
Esteticamente, esta muy pc
debajo del coche %lujoso tirado pc
~corceles de raza. Is I'm monStru
feo, obscure, deforme. Diriase gu
en- 81 Sc alberga el alma torcida DE-
ogro fantaseado por Perrault, gu
Sc tragaba los caminos con suS be
tas de siete legaas.
Cuanto a Ia comodidad, la "a
pidez y el comfort ESQ no Sc dis
cute, pero lesde cuando hemos hs
blado nosotroS, los bohemios de ]
mente, en- nombre de esas burgut
Sas conditioues?
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-03

N E.-Por la pre-.
sente Sc hace saber a los tened0yeS
de ceytifcddoS de este Banco en- la
Isla de Puerto Rico, que Ell Banco
hace las correspondence gestiones
para su incorporation ante el 60
bierno de Washington, y que en-
case que las di6cultades sean tan
tas que esta no pueda llevarse a
cabo, ell Banco tomara sus medidas
q fin de hacer efectivaS las sumas
recaudadas en- csc pals por concep-
tos de inscripciones.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-03

En- este pals de la calma, ell
automovil Sc me aparece como una
cosa exotica, disonante, que no
guarda buena harmonic con la at
m6stera one la rodea.
We'd; por ell polvoriento cami
no, en- plena luz solar, marchais
con lentitud, admirando la langui-
dez-sf, debe de ser languidez del
paisaje tropical que por todas par
ties os rodea. Nj una nube, ell 10
azul. Nj una rafaga de viento,
Las palmas apenas uneven sus aba
nicos de verdes hojas, Tranquil.
dad absolute. Pocas fguras ami
man el cuadro: algunos hombres y
muieres m~acilentos, andando pere-
zosamente; dos 8 tres rocines con
sus iinetes; I'm perro que ladra al
toparse con las ruedas de vueStro
coche, 81 vais en- carruaje, Q con
~vuestras piernas, 81 andais como TODD
ell mundo De repente, IN pun
to negro asoma en- ell horizonte. Sc
agranda hasta I'm extreme deSme-
surado. Avanza de lin modo for
midable, levantando columuas de
polvo y batiendo Ell aire en- su alre-
dedor. Is I'm ave extrafia, sin ca.
beza nj patas, que va volando con
las alas a for de terra. No grazna,
nj gorjea; solo dice sacramento
PAL, PAT, PAL, cada vez con mayor
~fuerza, hasta que desaparece como
un relampago por Ell otro extreme
del canine. Acaso sera asl Ia bestis
del APOCALYPSE, pero no es tai bes.
tia sino el automovil, el triunfante
autom6vil, que ha alterado por TN
momento la bella y placida monoto.
MIA del paisaje TRADITIONAL.
II dia del famnSn 2s-Ya Sa.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-03

Las bfysonaS que Qnieyan ~sHscf16ir-
Sc diyr0tameute d LA Democa-
ca" sin inteyvenu6n de los agen-
tes, buedeu hateyh bor ad0s . P0t
semestyes, page adelantado.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-03
B3nco HipOecaTio de AhOIIOs
[~NVERSIONES Y DEPOSITOS
oREILLY, 25.HABANA [cUBA]

Este acuerdo pone a salvo de
tOda responsabilidad a los agentes
y sub-agentes enviados alli por di.
cho Banco para la propaganda y
demas trabajos.
Lo que Sc hace saber para ge-
neral conocimiento de los que han
tornado certificates de dicho Ban.
co.
Agencia general de Santo Do.
mingo 20 de Iunio de 1907.
A. DE PESA,
1S-IS Aeente General
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-03

ST, de ALA nos vienen con au-
tomoviles muchas personals; cpero
cuando nos vendran en- automovil
las reformas y las ideas
Eugenio Astol.
Ponce, agosto |? de 1907.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-03
Sc

Tn autom6vil de veinte cabalos de fuerza, S asientos y tres meses
de uo, de la acreditada marca Franklin.
Informaran en- la Ofcina de 'Plazuela Sugar COP Tetuan 42-44
San Juan, PR.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03
THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIE.
Whole Body Covered With Cuban
ltch--Cuticura Remedies Cure
at Cost of TJc.

my little boy, when only an infant Of
three months, caught the Cuban Itch.
Sores broke out from his head to the bot
tom of his feet. He would itch and claw
himself and cry all the time. lie could not
sleep day or night, and light dress is all
he could wear. / called one of our best
doctors to treat him, and his treatment did
not do any good, but he seemed to get
worse. He suffered so terribly that my
husband said he believed he would have to
die. had almost given up hope when a
lady friend told me to try the Cuticura
Remedies. i used the Cuticura Soap and
applied the Cuticura Ointment and he at
once fell into sleep, and he slept with
ease for the first time for two months.
After three applications the sores began to
dry up, and in just two weeks from the
day | commenced TO use the Cuticura Rem
edies my baby was entirely well. The treat
ment only cost me &c., and would have
gladly paid 500 if could not have got it
any cheaper. l feel safe in saying that the
Cuticura Remedies saved his life. He 10
now boy Of five years. Mrs. Zana Miller.
Union City, r. +. d., No. ], Branch Co,
Mich, May IT, 1906"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03
ELEcTRocurEs GERMS
How Chicago Chemist Preserves Milk
Can Make Water Pure.

The bacillus will meet death by
electrocution, should new method of
sterilization proclaimed by Dr.. Carl
II. Won Klein of Chicago come into
general practice. Two wires charged
with positive and negative currents
and metallic bowl, preferably cop
per, are his weapons of death With
one of the wires applied to the out
side of vessel. the other resting In
the fluid it contains, he claims swift
and sure death is meted out to the
unwelcome life therein.
"Sterilizations by my new method"
said DR.. Won Klein, mot only kills
nil the ordinary germs and bacilli, but
It likewise kills the fermentive germ
and itself becomes a most wonderful
preservative | tried 1t on n bowl of
milk last Thursday. That milk is as
sweet and pure as possible
DR.. Won Klein purposes trying it on
fruits and vegetables. lie also hopes
to evolve plan by which copper
mesh inserted in the water mains
can sterilize every drop of water that
passes through.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03
10O6 the Most Fatal Year.

The year 1906, according to an in
surance company, established the
most fatal record of disasters on land
and sea of any year in the history Of
this country. Motor cars contributed
to fatalities not quite 500 deaths;
1,1S4 persons were killed in burning
buildings, 1855 were drowned.
Explosions killed G23. Falling and
collapsed buildings cut off 4S3 lives.
Five hundred and ninety-nine persons
were killed in mining accidents, 700
in cyclone storms, 205 died from
lightning strokes, and electricity
numbered 176 persons as its victims.
Six hundred persons were killed by
the accidental discharge of firearms,
and exactly the same number per-
ished because of elevator accidents.
Seven thousand pedestrians met
death on the public streets.
Teams killed 5000. The loss of life
by ocean disasters during 1906 was
2,193, and on the great lakes and riv-
ers 1856 lives were lost. Deaths due
to hunting accidents totaled "a. Thir-
ty-four thousand were killed while
doing their days work. Sixty thou
sand persons were MANNED and lost
e'.hcr rr~d. foot legs. arms or eye
Chicago Journal. 26
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03
Indian Sign Language.

When an Indian paints his cheeks
In scarlet lines and daubs yellow
square on his forehead the world
knows that he is In love.
When he covers his face with siz'
gag black lines upon an ochre base
It is his purpose to-ah I'm almost
ashamed to say ito get just as
skated as he possibly can.
When red circles are on each cheek
bone and rectangle Of blue is on the
forehead the young brave is going out
to steal a paleface horse.
When he paints white rings around
his eyes he Is running for office, he
Is a candidate for medicine man or
councillor, and the white rings sig
Nifty that he ought to be elected be
cause he has the wisdom Of the owl
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03
A CITY or pRAIRI-, noes

In far-away Montana is one of the
largest prairie dog cities to be found
in America. The inhabitants CT this
rodent metropolis have become so ac-
customed to passing trains that they
sit at the mouth Of their burrows,
or feed quietly some distance from
them, while the great iron horses
whiz past. Some have even built
their homes beneath the ends of the
ties and in the roadbed between the
rails, and have frequently seen such
inhabitants pop out of their holes be-
fore a train, that has just passed
over them, was scarcely hundred
feet away. Nevertheless when you
try to approach close to this little city
you will find the inhabitants most
alert.-From Nature and Science, In
st. Nichol
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03
A Bold Step.

To overcome the well-grounded and
reasonable objections OF the more Intel
ligent to the use OF secret, medicinal com
pounds, DR.. X. V. Pierce OF Buffalo, N.
Y, some time ago, decided TO make bold
departure from the usual course pursued
by the makers Of put-up medicines for do
mestic use, and so has published broad
cast and orprfy TO the whole world, a full
and complete list OF all tho ingredients
entering ines-the composition OF his widely
celebrated RedlcMes. Thus he has taken
his numer01s patrons and patients into
his full S6nllaence. Thus too he has re-
movcd/hisIncdicines from among secret
nostrEns>of doubtful merits. and made
themLftcmedics of known Composition.
BY this bold step Dy. Pierce has shown
tKlf his lormulas arc II such -excellence
thai he Isl mt AlIala to subject them 70
the-lllleat sclnllnY--
Not only does the wrapper Of every bottle
OF DR.. plcrccs Golden Medical Discovery, the
famous medicine for weak stomach. torpid
liver or biliUusness and all catarrhal diseases
wherever located. have printed upon H. u,
plain English. a full and complete list os all
ihe Ingredients composing t. but small
standard medical works, OF all the different
schools OF practice, containing very numer-
GUS extracts from the writings OF leading
strongest possible terms. each and every ingre-
dent contained In DR.. Pierce's medicines
One OF these little books will I've mailed free
20 any one sending address on postal card or
by letter. to Dr. X. V. Pierce Buffalo. N. Y,
and requesting the same. From this little
book IL will be learned that DIR. pierce's med
fcines contain no alcohol. narcotics mineral
agents or other poisonous or injurious agents
and that they are made from native, medici-
nal roots OF great value; also that some OF
the most valuable ingredients contained in
DIR. Pierces Favoritc Prescription for weak.
nervous. ovcr-workcd. "run-down,n nervous
md debilitatcd women. were employed long
years ago. by the Indians for similar ailments
affecting their suuaws. In fact. one OF the
most valuable medicinal plants entering into
the composition OF DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription was known TO the Indians rs
"Squaw- Weed" Our knowledge OF the uses
OF not n few OF our most valuable native. me-
dicinai plants was gained from the Indians.
As made up by improved and exact pro-
cesses the TFavorite Prescription Is most
efficient remedy for regulating all the wom-
nnly functions, correcting displacements, as
prolapsus anteversion and rctorversion.
overcoming painful periods, toning up the
nerves and bringing about perfect state Of
health. Sold by oil dealers In medicines.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03
ATHLETES OF ATTICA.

The athletes of ancient Greece, II
they should appear to view, would
not be taken for a football team
of to-day. The old-time man of mus
Gle wore his hair cropped-a distin-
gushing feature in land of long
hair. Trainers for the games led a
very careful life. They were under
orders for a rigid diet, which became
especially severe Just before the con-
test.
Their bill of fare consisted Of fresh
cheese, dried figs and wheaton por-
ridge. A little later in the era meat
was allowed, with preference for
beef and pork. Bread was not al
lowed with meat, and sweets not at
all. '~-sNer'--ssra,4s~~- -
At one time strange custom OF
diet came into vogue. Every day, at
the conclusion Of practice, the ath-
letes were obliged to consume enor-
nous quantities of food which was
digested in a long-continued sleep.
The amount was gradually increased
until huge meals of meat were taken.
This diet produced a corpulence
which was of advantage in wrestling,
but injurious for other sports.
= r.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03
DOCTORS FOOD TALK.
Selection of Food One of the Most
Important Acts in Life.

A Mass. doctor says: "Our health
are so largely under our personal con-
troll that the proper selection of food
should be and is one of the most i'm
portant acts in life.
'.On this subject. may say that
know of no food equal in digestibility
and more powerful in point of nutri-
ment than the modern Grape-Nuts,
four heaping teaspoons Of which is
sufficient for the cereal part of a
meal, and experience demonstrates
that the user is perfectly nourished
from one meal to another.
II am convinced that the extensive
and general use of high class foods Of
this character would increase the
term of human life. add to the sum
total of happiness and very consider
ably improve society in general.
am free to mention the food, for
personally know of its value"
GTape-Nuts food can be used by
babes in arms or adults. 1t is ready
cooked. can be served instantly, either
cold with cream, or with hot water or
hot milk poured over. All sorts Of
puddings and fancy dishes can be
made with Grape-Nuts. The food is
concentrated and very economical, for
four hcaping teaspoons are sufficient
for the cereal part Of meal. Read
the little book. "'rhe Road to Well
yille." IN vSss. There's Reason"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03
DEVOTION OF GYP.

One hundred and twenty-four miles
is long distance for short legged
little fox terrier to travel in less
than one week, yet certain fox ter
rier named Gyp recently went all that
way to see her two babies, from
whom she had been taken. And
she had no one to tell her the direc-
ton. Instinct and mother love
taught her where to go.
Gyp, who is very young mother,
only eighteen months old, lives in the
far West. Her master is Harry c..
Fisher, of Salt Lake City. Gyp ac-
companied her master on q visit to
Weston, Idaho, and stayed with him
on ranch owned by August Jen-
son. One day, while they we're there,
Gyp came frisking to Mr.. Fisher with
an extra amount of pride in the wag
of her nipped off tail, and informed
him in her doggish language that she
had something very beautiful to show
him. Naturally his curiosity was
aroused, and he followed where,
barking and jumping joyously, she
led him. There, hidden away in one
Of the barns, was litter of little
blinking puppies. -
There was large family Of them
at first. but, as dog families will, they
dwindled to two before many weeks
passed. But Gyp loved these two
dearly, and when, Mr.. Fishers visit
being ended, he took Gyp away with
him and left the puppies, she was
grieved, as any mother would be.
The babies were six weeks old then.
About four weeks after their ar
rival in Salt Lake City Mr.. Fisher
missed Gyp. At first he did not wor-
ry. He thought she had just gone
out for run, or on { hunt for the
bones which are so dear to the heart
of even the most carefully brought
up dog. But whole day passed,
and no Gyp. The Fisher family be-
gan to be concerned. Two weeks
passed, and still no Gyp. The Fish
ers mourned their pet as lost. She
must have been killed or stolen. they
said. Then q thought struck Mr..
Fisher. He sent postcard to Mr..
Jensen, Weston. Idaho. And great
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03
ODDITIES OF THE BIRD WORLD.


I'm the bird world" said a natu-
ralist who has travelled all over the
globe, lone is continually running
across remarkable looking birds or
birds with curious habits.
"One of the most mysterious of
birds is the devil bird Of Ceylon
The natives call It the ulama and re-
gard 1t with superstiticus horror;
they believe that It's scream heard at
night presages misfortune, and they
offer sacrifices to avert approaching
disaster.
while many people have heard It's
cry, no one has had the good, or bad,
fortune to kill or capture one. Those
who have heard Il say that its ordi-
nary note Is a magnificent, clear
shout, like that OF human being,
which can be heard at a great dis
tance and has a fine effect In the
silence of the closing night.
But the sounds which have earned
for 1t its bad name are indescribable
and never to be heard without shud-
dering. 1t has been compared to a
boy In torture, whose screams were
being stopped by being strangled.
Scientists have never secured a speci-
men of this bird, only feeting
glimpses of 1t being lad, and these
lead to the belief that It Is species
of owl.
For many years naturalists heard
reports of a mysterious bird which
made its home in the solitudes sur
rounding the volcano of Soufriere
on st. Vincent, in the West Indies
The natives had many superstitions
connected with It, one being that any
one seeing the bird would surely die,
and as a result they avoided its
haunts, aand 1t long remained the in
visible, mysterious bird with the
heavenly song
"The mystery was finally dissipated
in 1876, when Frederick A. Ober
made an expedition to the volcano
and after considerable difficulty and
danger from big snakes managed to
secure several specimens. 1t de-
veloped that the bird was ventrilo-
quist, which explains why its song
would often be heard and still the
bird not be seen in the spot whence
the sound seemed to proceed.
Some birds are chiefly remark
able for the nests they make. The
largest birds nest is that made by
the Australian jungle fowl. This
bird collects a quantity of decaying
vegetables matter and builds with 1t
mounds fifteen feet in height and
from 1875 to $50 feet in circumfer-
ence. The eggs are la!. ir circle
nine or twelve inches apart, and
buried more than an arms depth,
with the large end upward.
THE Australian brush turkeys,
working in colonies, build pyramidal
nests even larger. One of t':ese nests
on being removed filled seven carts,
and its total weight was five tons.
THE most ingenious Of nests is
made by the Republican. This little
bird of India, which is about the size
Of sparrow, lives in numerous fam
lilies, that unite in forming immense
colonies.
Their dwellings have the appear
ance of circular framework sur
rounding the trunk of some large
tree, and at q distance resemble
great roofs attached to the trees. /
once counted as many as three hun
d-1d cells, which indicated that it
was inhabited by six hundred birds.
These nests are SO heavy that many
men and large wagon were required
to get one down intact and carry it
away."-New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03
Flattering, But a Knock.

Even with fattery," said Mark
Twain at a dinner, you can't please
some men. / remember when was
reporter in Virginia City there was
a doctor liked had camped once
on Lake Tahoe with him-and in an
obituary decided to give him card.
wrote: DR.. Sawyer was called in,
and under his prompt and skilful
treatment the patient died Monday.
But DR.. Sawyer, somehow, wasn't
pleased. kansas City Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03
Why Not?

Why should not doctor who has
moved into a new neighborhood be
permitted to briefly announce the
fact in the local newspapers. and to
add some guarantee as to his expert
ence, success or ability? Nay, why
should not he, in justice to the pro-
fession generally, and in justice also
to the publicly whom he must 9TH
erwise be taken entirely on trust
be required to do so?-Newspaper
and Poster Advertising.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03
Americans Excel British.

According to a critic the American
people are becoming more accurate
readers and writers Of English than
the English themselves. At Harvard
University there are 20 professors Of
English, while at Oxford there is only
one. America, Germany and France,
he says, are all outdoing England in
English scholarship.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03
Old Game Revived,

The croquet aspects of 1907 prom
Use well, and it is gratifying to note
that this famous game of the sixties,
which at one time had become prac-
tically extinct, bids fair to revive its
bygone glory.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03

was the rejoicing in tire Fisher home
when the answer came, for 1t an
nounced that Gyp was safe and sound
at the Jensen ranch. She had nr.
rived, footsore but happy, ten days
before.
Her arrival was the occasion Of
great rejoicing In the kennel" said
the note. "I'he two pups and Gyp
barked and rolled each other around
in great shape"
Probably Gyp was telling the
babies how hard she had Travelled
to reach them, and they were telling
her how lonely they had been since
she went away.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03

The process of manufacturing silk
made from wood pulp is one which in
Europe is jealousy guarded from
inspection. The imitation silk sells
for considerably less than real silk,
but at higher price than mercerizs1
cotton.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-03
EVOLUTION IN LIGHTING.

The candle and lamp, the gaslight,
the electric light-these are tho steps
which mark the development OF the
lamp. And how marvellous a growth
1t is! How great the triumph over
darkness! In the beginning piece
of wood burns with dull flame, and
fills the dingy wigwam or cave with
SCOT and smoke; now, at the pressure
of button, the house is filled with
a light that rival the light of day.
with not a particle of smoke or SCOT
or harmful gas. Are there to be
further triumphs in the art Of light
ing? Are we to have light that
shall drive out the electric light?
Time only can tell.-From s. u. For
mans "Stories of Useful Inventions"
In st. Nicholas.