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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-05-24

And all over the big store the same
atmosphere was beginning to assert
itself. There were weekly talks to the
women clerks, at which reports from
floorwalkers and complaining custom
ers were offered; little lectures on the
smoothing out Of tangles and the adj
justment of differences We're given.
The sales girls took n new view Of
selling goods and handling customers,
and none knew that these talks were
all planned out in a charming little up
town apartment. where the superin-
tendent and the head of the complaint
department gravely discussed store
problems while the invalid mother for
got her own pains in listening to the
new interests of her daughter.
Then came the great day when
James Barnes, ST., returned from his
trip around the world Richard Burn
side had no need to give account of
his stewardship. Others had done so in
letters that encircled the globe, and so
one bright spring morning the head Of
the house sat in his superintendent
office saying the sort of things that
warm an employees heart when there
came tap at the door, and girl with
soft brown hair and eyes entered the
office, her hands filled with report
slips
mfr. Barnes, want you to know
Miss Macrea, the very capable
But Mr.. Barnes, quite apoplectic, was
sparring for wind.
Marian, what in the world! If you
wanted something to do, why didn't
you go in for settlement work."
Richard Burnside felt the little Office
spinning around as Marian crossed the
room and patted the apoplectic fore
head soothingly with her slender white
hand.
Dear Uncle Jimmy, do not have
stroke. With the head of the firm
globe trotting and everything mother
and 1 had in the world in this store,
felt had a right to come in here and
see that our small investment was
safe. You couldn't expect Jimmy or
Howard to do 1t when one has q new
motor and the other new yacht"
Ten minutes later Marian laid her
reports ON Burnside's desk and turned
to leave. He held the door open for
her, and as she flung him a CHEEKY
smile she stopped suddenly. His face
looked old. His eyes We're heavy, as If
they had watched something very love-
ly and dear pass out of his life. She
paused irresolutely and glanced over
her shoulder. Mr.. Barnes, ST., was
way into the mail order department.
"You will be up tonight, as usual?
want to talk over the question of q
new rest room for the girls"
Richard Burnside's face went a
shade paler, and he spoke in a voice
he had never used to her before.
Certainly, if you wish it,
"Of course / wish it." She tried to
speak gayly, but her voice trembled.
Don't you understand? 1 want ev-
erything to go on just as it has before.
Oh, why do you make it SO hard for
meT His face was still stern, but
she persisted. IL want you to tell
me-what-what' would not let you
say the other night-because now I
know it was all for myself-don't you
understands"
She passed out like flash and drew
Burnside leaned heavily against it,
breathing hard, but the light of youth
had come back to his eyes.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-05-24
THE WILDCAT.
It Is Coward and Only Fights When
l.

It Is Coward and Only Fights When
1t Is Cornered.
Regarding the cougar, the largest
member Of the feline family in the
United States, 1t may be said that it is
blessed with more than a rightful share
Of names. In one section it is the
panther, somewhere else 1t is termed
mountain lion, in another locality 1t is
called a puma, and the old time back
woodsmen will tell you blood curdllng
stories of "thc painter" In northeastern
Washington 1t is generally spoken of as
the cougar.
The writer in q long life spent with
rife and trap has hunted and killed
these animals in their native haunts
and can bear witness to one truth re-
garding them all-wherever found or
under whatever name, their habits are
identical.
Among many people-and this in
cludes those who should know better
this animal Is looked upon as very dam
gerOus. Awe inspiring stories are told
Of the cougar springing from n rocky
iCbSS VI az Wv CL lLCC anu ICIlu-
ing the helpless wayfarer passing be-
meath. These anecdotes have been
heard by all and believed by many,
nor will deny that such things may
have occurred, but 1t Is safe to say
that practically all these stories are
exaggerated and many Of them down
right lies.
Over thirty years ago. in company
with an old and experienced frontiers
man, was shooting deer, elk and bear
and selling the meat to q gang of tie
cutters in the Rocky mountains. Cou
CARS were more abundant than l ever
saw them elsewhere, yet it was per-
fectly safe to roam the woods at will.
Rolled in my blanket, 1 have passed
many n night under the sheltering
branches of some big tree without even
fire to scare these animals away.
was never attacked by one unless
1t was cornered or perhaps SO badly
wounded rs to be unable to get away.
Under these conditions nearly any an
imal will fight for It's life. - Sports
Afield.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-05-24
THE TONGUE OF A BIRD.
An Organ Which Varies Much In the
Different Species.

Different Species.
Few people have given thought to
the subject of birds tongues. Many,
even of the amateur bird students,
know little of the literature on the
subject and still less from personal OBJ
Saryation.
Birds must use their bills as hands,
and to some extent the tongues supple
ment such use. Thus nut and seed
eating birds extract the kernel from
The shell, which Is cracked between
the mandibles.
The full complement of bones of the
tongue consists of eight. The shape
varies considerably in different species,
and the comparative size very much
more, although there Is q prevailing
general resemblance The size and de-
yelOpmcnt of the various bones con-
troll the shape and utility of the organ.
Well developed front bones mean
thick, tieShy tongue. such as we find
i'll members of the duck family, while
small forward bones usually accom-
pany small tongue of less Importance
to the owner, sometimes little more
than rudimentary, like that of the pei
lean.
Among such birds as have occasion
to protrude the tongue we'll beyond the
tip of the bill the hind bones are mar
velously developed and greatly elon-
gated for these are the bones on which
the tongue is hung. !
The edges of the tongues of most
birds are more or less fringed, this fea-
ture being most noticeable In thin
tongues. Most birds have a greater or
less number of papillae-small fieshy
projections, spinelike in appearance
and usually inclined backward-on the
upper surface of the tongue. These
are of service in working the food
backward toward the throat.
Some of the sea birds have very SIM
pie tongues, which serve but little pur-
pose. The tongues of the honey creep
ers have very fine and long feathering,
while those of the wOodpecker are long,
slender and pointed, and the roots of
some species curve clear around the
back of the skull, up over the crown,
and their tips rest at the base of the
upper mandible. With the exception
Of the sapsuckers the tongues of wood
pCckerS are capable of great protru-
sion, and the tip is barbed. The sap
suckers, however, instead of having
sharp, barbed tongues like those of
other woodpeckers, have brushlike
tongues as a result of the degeneration
of the bristles on their surface into
hairs standing out from the tongue
rather than pointing backward.
Birds with long bills do not always
have correspondingly long tongues.
The kingfishers, with their dispropor-
tionately large bills, have short tongues.
The outer edges of the very long
tongues of humming birds are closely
rolled up into two tubes lying side by
side, by means of which the birds are
enabled to suck the nectar from flow
ers.-New York Post.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-05-24
Swishl

One of the first secretaries of agricul-
ture was Il man Of great shrewdness
and ability, which We're not incompati-
BILE with Il certain slow footed ease.
He was known to be late at cabinet
meetings, where hardness is q serious
breach Of etiquette. One day when he
came into meeting a minute or two
late one of the other secretaries, think
ing to give helpful rebuke, said:
Hello! Here comes the tail Of the
administration"
The secretary slid leisurely into his
seat and then answered.:
WELL the tail may come in handy
some day to brush the flies off the rest
of the administration" Com
panion.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-05-24
Founder of the Japanese Navy.

The founder of the Japanese navy
was an Englishman named Will
Adams, who went to the eastern seas
was cast away in Japan couple Of
years later He became Japanese
noble and constructor of the navy to
the tycoon, but was never allowed to
return to England lie died about
twenty years afterward, very ingen-
iously leaving half his property to his
wife and family in England and half
his property to his wife and family In
Japan. After his death he was deifled,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-05-24
Too Much.

There come times when the desire
and need for a vacation are quite over
balanced by other things. When Mrs.
Hanson had nursed the children of
Berryville through an attack of. scarlet
fever she resisted all suggestions from
grateful parents that she go off for a
months rest at their expense.
NO" she said, with weary firmness,
I'm obliged to all, but l haven't got
strength. could either get ready and
stay at home or could go without get
ting ready, but 1 couldn't do both any
way in this world. youths Compan-
ion
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-05-24
The Apathy of the Chorus Girl,

ne Apathy or the ChoruS 1iri.
The ambitions of chorus girl, as q
rule, die young and as many refuse
lines as accept them. There was Il
girl, one of four sisters who were all
in the chorus Of various musical organ
izations. One night at the Grand OPP
era House in New York the soubrette
of the company was too Ill to appear,
and her understudy was also absent.
In his predicament the stage manager
appealed to this particular chorus girl
to go on and read the lines as we'll as
she could. The girl said she would not
only read the lines, but could sing the
songs as well, all of which she did, and
did with confidence and ability, and
for the first time in her life had n spot
light follow her about the stage and
heard waves of applause rush over the
footlights which were intended for her
and her only. After it was all over
she said quite casually to the admiring
thrOng that surrounded her: There's
nothing in 1t, girls. I've been a chorus
girl eight years, but I'm too old to be
principal. 81 hope it'll never happen
again" Behind the Scenes" by
Charles Belmont Davis, in Outing
Magazine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-05-24
Matrimony In Central Africa.

QuailS are plentiful at Lake Nyanza,
and after being shared in the grass by
the natives they are kept in small
wicker cages strung on Il long pole
stuck in the ground. When sufficient
number of quails have been collected
they can be exchanged with neighbor
for all the world like coupons-for
wives.-Brcvet Major Il. G. T. Bright,
G. NJ. G., in Wide World Magazine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-05-24
One of Them,

Mrs. HoyIe-AIy husband says that
when he met me it was Il case Of love
at sight. Mrs, Doyle-There are lots
Of instances of defective vision New
York Press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-05-24

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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-04-25
! A0TC|AS D|VERSAs
En- los hospita1es nu-
r1icipales de S. Juan.
Corte Suprema.
TRASLADOS POLICIACOS
Una demanda de divorcio.
Presos puestos en- libertad
en- las carceles de Ia isla.

En- los hospitales de la ciudat
ha habido aver el siguiente movi
miento: EN- el municipal ingresaror
Eufetnia Cepeda, Juan Serrano,
Fomasa Dones y Juan Aviles; ia.
lleci6 Pedro Rivera; en- el de Ma
ternidad ingres6 Candelaria Esco-
bar; en- el Cuarentenario ingresaron
Ana Burton, Juana Rosa Roman,
Castor Garcia, Victoria Garcia Co.
to, Merida Garcia Coto, Pablo Ro-
sa Roman y Gerardo Yordan Apon-
te y fueron dados de alta Antonio
Verdejo { Iguacio Luyando.
-Mafiana Sc vera en- la Corte
Suprema la apelaci6n interpuesta
por Marcelino Ramirez, sentencia-
do en- causa por asesinato en- segun-
do grado.
Sc anuncian, para muy en-
breve, algunos traslados en- el cuer-
po de la policia insular.
-Ha sido entablada demanda
de divorcio por la seiiora Emma Ri
vera contra su esposo Ramon Vaz.
quez, que sirve como guardia de la
policia Ell esta ciudad.
~En la calle de San Jose, ND
nero 7, Sc admiten huespedes con pu-
pilaje complete y st alquilan habita-
clones. d
Han sido puestos en- liber-
tad en- las caroeles de la isla, los
Slguientes presos San Juan en-
Areclbo, Rogue Guadalupe, Sotero
Delgado; San Juan galeras de pre-
Sidio, Gabriel Rivera Guzman;
Ponce, Juan Quifiones, Juan Sosa,
lose Gines, Anastacio Flores, Do
ores Rivera y Eulogis Ortiz, este
lltimo, mediante 6anza; Guayama,
Pablo I Torres; Humacao, Gcnzalo
Rodriguez, Heraclio Flores To-
res, Fernando Figueroa y Juan
Gomez Reyes; Arecibo, Gabriel de
Tesds Reyes.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-04-25
ALEXANDRA DUMAS

oata por mi pare despueS de recommendation Que me
haba hecho VueSra Masd he ceo convenonte no envae
mas Oe manea que las eStAn an mi como vos
las habe dedo que desaparecdo sin que vo e1a
persona ha cogdo que persona quso hacer con
ella. 1900 W
Esta ben Renato die Catalina en- otra OCCASION tratare
mos de asunto hasa hablemo de otra cosa
-Os escucho; sehora.
Que esneceSario hacer para apecr la durac6n probable
de la vida de una persona?
Saber, primer ugar el da de su nacmiento Ia edod
que tiene bao que Sgno ha venido al mundo
" que mas?
-Tener sangre cabeIos suyos.
y Isl os rago sangre cabelos suyos os dpo bao mrs
sgno ha venido mundo edad que ene e da de 81 nac
miento me dres la epoca probable de su muerte2
-St; con algunoS das de diferencia.
Esta ben Yo tengo Cabellos suyos me procuare san
-Esa persona ha nacidO de dia de noche?
a las clnco Veinitres minutes de la arde
-Manana las cinco Sspero mi casa puss Ia sxpe
nenoia debe hacerse la hora precisa de nacmento
-Esta bien dio Catalina, dHf tstaytmos
Renato saudo salo reparar ell el ALI Gfayemos pe
sar de ndcaba que contra cosumb Catalina no ira soa
Aida siguente al raya e alba Catalina pas6 pOr la hab
ac6n de su hio
media noche pdo nocias suyas le responderou owe
maese Ambroso Pare esaba dpueso ngare 81 Contnuab Ia
msma agtac6n nerviosa.
Estremeciendose suehos p6lido todaya causa
de hab peddo Carlos dorma opoyado en- hombro
de su noda aostada obe haca tres ho que no
hab anbado de psci6n por medo de urbar poso de que
rdo hiio
Una gera epuma apaca de vez en- cuando en- los labo del
epfermo nodrsa la enugaba no pahuelo de batsa
bordado Sob la almohada haba oro sapcado de gandes
mahchas de saugre.
Hubo TN omene que Catalina tuvo la idea de apoderass
de aque pahueo pens que aqea sangre meads como
estaba con la saliva tenda la msma efcacia Pregunto Ia
nodEa e medco haba angadO enfermo como hab anun.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-04-25
LA NEtNA MARGARtT>A

botea que Contena a1n cuertas parties
de otra buce de cabeo despues maudando
Catalina abrese e bro al que 6ae Sos en- Ia
Parte de 81 uvleSe derramo
gre sobre la amna de arS absero cabeo pronun
ndo msno tempo una Erase cabaea compuesta de paabra
hebreas de las que nj 81 mismo sntenda una paabra
Al momento duque de Anou Catalina extenderse
Sobe hoo ga blanca de un cadaver envdeto
sudano
Ora fgura que pareca Ia de mujer Sc ncnaba sobre
Ia primera.
nismo tempo nAamaron los cabellos prsduceudo una
sofa nansrada clara rapda spandecien engua de
fuegc
TN aRo excam6 Renato un aho esesso v este homhre
estara muSrto se la nca que orara Dor A Pero
ala abajo extreme de Ia amna veo otra mu mas que
pareCe lsvar niho brazos
Catalina miro su hs y, madre todo como era parec6
interregarle quitnes eran aquellaS mueres.
Psro haba acabado cuando Ia paca de cer
- voVo blanca todo rue borrando de ella graduamente
Entonces Catalina ab6 ibro azar ley6 con una voz
alterac6n pada ocuta paAr de tod u fueza 81
guisnte dSco:
PrSnto may rronts es muy segura
81 sl szar no ls ayuda por ventura.
TN PrOfundO senco ren6 durante agGn tempo arededor
del basero.
" para aqu que ssbes cuAes son los sgnos de este m
pregunt6 Catalina
Florecentes sempre sehora no ser uus ,lguiep
opongs dno uchando 81 de potencia poucis el
pOrvenr es certamente, de este hombrs Sin embargo
-QuEl
Una de las estrelas que ccmponen su pkyade ba ner.
hsdo ocua por tina nubs nega durante todo tempo que
han durado mis- observeciones.
Ali excam6 Catalina, lana nubs negra Habra
pOr ventura aguna esperanzal
pc qukn hablais, sehOa' pregunt6 duque de Anjou
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-04-25
WA YN.E

Este es el nombre del carrc
necanico 8 autom6vil mas perfecto
que en- la actualidad Sc fabrica: es
muy elegante, de gran fuerza mo-
triz y mucha velocidad.
Hasta hoy no tiene rival para
sublr cuestas y andar por malos ca
minos; por ESQ es sin duda alguna,
el automovil ideal para Puerto Rico.
El autom6vil Wayne para el 1907
contiene todos los adelantos que la
pericia de sus ingenieros y cons
tructores ha podido imaginar y se
ha asimilado ademas todo 10 bueno
que otros fabricantes hayan inven-
tado y en- Sill construction solo Sc
emplean materiales selectos y Ia
mano de obra es ejecutada por los
mecanicos mas expertos que Sc pue-
den conseguir. Por ESQ el autom6-
vii Wayne esta llanando hoy tan
poderosamente la atenci6n y las
personals mas exigentes, aqucllas
que van siempre tras de 10 bueno
no compran otro autom6vl que los
|abricados por Wayne Autom6vile
Co., pues esta generalmefte admi-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-04-25
IA TUBERCULOSIS :
gfs --- .fa H5I
Conferencia del doctor.
Behring en- la gran
ciudad de Berlin.
sOBRE e. MICROBIO
Como penetra en- los pulmo.
nes.-La teoria del cklebre
Pasteur ca combatida.

En- la tercera session del Conse
10 de Agriculture de Berlin, el pro
fesor Won Behring Sc expres6 er
los siguientes conceptos:
"Eminentes hombres de cien.
cia de Francia y de Dinamarca han
conhrmado mi teoria de la identi.
dad entire los bacilos bovinos de la
tuberculosis y los bacilos humanos.
+ LA opinion corriente de que
los bacilos de la tuberculosis pene-
tran en- los pulmones por la boca &
por la nariz, es una opinion err6-
nea. La mayor parte de los baci-
los Sc introducen por medic de los
alimentos lfquidos en-. el est6mago
y en- los intestinos.
'Se trata, pues, de suprimir
eStos bacilos. El metodo emplea-
do por Pasteur no es el mejor. La
leche esterilizada 6 cocida no es un
alimento recomendable para los nj
fios; asl 10 reconocen hoy los espe-
cialistas. Es necesario, pues, pro-
curarse vacas sanas para ohtener
leche excenta de bacilos. Tai es
lie fin que persigoS.
FL Presidente del Consejo,
conde de Scheerin, al dar las gra.
cias al sabio professor por su valio-
SO informe. manifesto que lamen-
taba que en- Alemania no Sc hubie-
ran tornado en- cuenta sus descu-
brilnientos, en- tanto que en- Francia
y la Rep1blica Argentina Sc SAGA
ba provecho de ellos.
FL PreS1dente de la OhCina de
Sanidad del Inperio, M. Bumm
respondi6 asl;
GA pesar del respeto que me
inspiran los descubrimientos del
professor Won Behring, la O6cina
Imperial de Sanidad esta en- la obli-
gaci6n de tomar en- consideration
las a6rmaciones contradictorias de
los sabios que no aprueban su me.
todo.
Estos sabios sostienen que ocho
meses despues de la inoculaci6n
preventiva del suero del doctor
Behring, la carne de los animales
es peligrosa para la sa-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-04-25

el cual. Sc dice, ha sido contratada
la orquesta de eCocoliaO de Ponce.
%EN Ell CLUB de F Kehrhaha
y Co., 2S San Francisco, se venden dos
relojes de ORC cada semana, entro 90
soclos, abonando 70. so 6 $500 eema-
nal. La Ultima semana obtuvo uso
don V. Reg6, socio No. 70.
Nuestro amigo y correligio-
mario don Luis Rigual, empleado
de la NPorto Rico American Tobac-
co C"', sali6 hoy para Utuado con
motive de hallarse gravemente en-
ferma su sefora madre, que reside
eu aquella poblaci6n.
En- el dltimo vapor regres 6
de los Estados Unidos Ell aprovecha-
do joven don Ricardo Bloudet, Q ue
estudia ALI una carrera universita-
ria. Dlcho joven es hijo de nuestro
distinguido amigo :don Carlos H.
Blondet, delegado la Camara.
- Han comenzado Ell Cabo Ro.
10, los trabajos de Ia linea del ferro.
carril, que ha de pasar por aquel
pueblo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-04-25

lido que no puede encontrarse en-
ninguna parte una maquina de
constructor mas senciIa, mas la.
josa y duradera y 4 TN precio tan
equitativo como Ia marca Wayne.
Toda persona de buen gusto
que quiera tener TN autom6vil ele-
gante fnerte, c6modo y seguro debe
comprar un Wayne el cual podri
obtener a precio sumamente equita-
two 81 Sc dirije 4 D. w., Pales, en-
Guayama, que es el agente exclu.
sivo en- Puerto Rico.
Rsta agencia vsnde tambitn, a
plazos suruamente s6maaes sarrss De
dos a cuatro rusGAs dsede 1s -
quintales capacidad, coches de dos y
cuatro asientos, maquinas de cossr de
PIE y de mano, pianos. fon6grafos, te.
lefonos, record cilindricos y planes,
maquinas de escribir, muebles ct ct
Engluwood y tarnbien las famosas
lampa.as de petroleo .somprimids
marca Kitoon, de 600, 1.sss, 2.sso
y y 2.soo bujias de poder.
Sc snvfaA sat6logSs y listaa de
PANsies al qHe lss pida ssa kAims de
comprar.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-04-25
0TRAS VOT|c|A!

Hay ell proyecto, fen Vega
Baja, de celebrar dos funciones tea
trales para dedicar 81 producto 4
benehcio del inteligente joven COM
patricia nuestro, Arturo Santana
Mater, que Sc ha visto precisado q
suspender sus estudios de medici-
ma, Ell las Estados UnidoS, por ca
recer Ell absolute de recursos. Cree.
mos que ell referido proyecto Sc ms
plra Ell un noble y levantado fin v
que ha de ser acogido con simpatia
y secundado con entusiasmo por la
culta socledad de Vega Baja.
-Actualnente existeu 45 en-
fermas en- el Hospital Especial de
mujereS.
S9 Sc VENDEN 6 arriendan en-
Caguas 24o cuerdas de terreno propias
para cualquier uso agricola. Las ha
de atravesar la Inca del ferrocarril de
San Juan q Caguas. Sc vende ell ga
nado que pasta Ell elias. Colinda Dor
todo un frente con ell Rio Graude. In
formara, Enrique FERNANDEZ.
Para a,tos de justicia fue
trasladado a Vega baja, para COM
ante aquella Corte munici
pal Ell individuo Gil Antonio de la
Cruz, preso en- la carcel de distrito
de San Juan en- Arecibo.
Sc proyecta un gran bale en-
el vecino pueblo de Bayam6n, para
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-04-25
TIE! PIANO! v!lDOs

Sc. venden tres pianos usadss,
en- muy buen estado, dos do mares
Francesa y uno de mArca Espafola.
Dirfjanse 4 Luis r. Miranda, Di.
rector de la Banda del Battalion De
Puerto Rico. -Apartadc, 1.1s7.