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El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1909-01-30
La obra del Gobierno
EN- 1909.

rresponde a cada miembro
social, no ha sufrido altera-
ci6n alguna; los presupues.
tos son hoy 10 mismo que ell
afio anterior, salvas algunas
pequenisimas diferencias de
detalle que no proceden de
nuevos impuestos y ST de rec
tificaciones que obedecen al
mejor conocimiento de cada
giro, = ell Gobierno, para con
tinuar su obra de reforma-
ci6n y mejoramiento,' ha te-
nido que emplear grandes es
fuerzos y estudio. euidsndo
de que un calculo bien cimen
'tado, preslda a cada ano de
sus proyectos. La sociedad
de San Luis no esperaba Sc
guramente en- este ailo las
mejoras que Sc comienzan a
realizar y las que Sc tienen
en- carpeta. Algunas agru-
paciones Sc habian prepuesto
tomar a su cargo determina-
das mejoras, mas ell Gobier-
no, viendo siempre los intere
ses sociales, comprendi6 que
las subscripciones frecuentes
solicitadas por diversos Ia
dos, tenfan que pesar denla-
siado sobre unes mismos do
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1909-01-30

vinaba ell contacto psiquicc
de las almas, por medic de
sus afectcs, q,.se Sc espaela.
ban en- osas horas dltimas y
momentos supremos, que
riendo cobijar al moribundo;
y estorbar asi a la muerte,
su fatal obra necesaria, Dea
pues. :, ,despuea. NADIA, :.
Casa, alcoba, GALES, Sc nos
antojaban sarc6fagos inmen
SOS, por los que discurrfa u
ma multitud de muertos con
vida lnslpiente, sostenidos
en- su labor diaria, por los i'm
perativos mandates del egois
mo personal. ..Despues.. +.
el feretro, Ia fosa, que Sc Gle
Fra, cubriendo daspojos NOR
tales. ;. .el tempo, que CO.
RE, que CORE, .el cruel OIL
vido, que mata, que mata.
Z da aquellas cenizas, caldea
das por la luz, que abrillanta
la inmortalidad de los gran
des hombres, nacen los senti
mientQs de tristeza, que en-
bargain a mi alma; y solo ell
cumplimiento del deber ale
ia las lagrimas de los ojos,
de quien, por Ia fuerza del
destino, posee hoy la doble
honra, de estar al frente de
este ilVstre muerto, que fue
su amigo; y de saludarlo, en-
despedida eterna, en- nombre
de las honorables PERSONAL
dades que forman los Conse-
jos Directive y. Administra :
two del Banco de Coahuila.
Veniste; veniste va al pue
bio que tanto amabas. We
niste, y es5as en- medic de
csc pueblo soberano, cue ava
sallando toda dificultad, to-
da desgracia, toda catastrofe
pIblica, cobij6 en- su seno
leal, al ilustre entire los Illus
tres, al .sgrande entire los
grandes, al noble entire los
MOBILES, al invicto JUAREZ.. ..
Al pueblo, que rugiente, CO.
mo el leon biblico, Sc alz6 so
beranamepte digno ante la
Reaction funesta, y ante la
temida Invasion; y TG, con-
fundido con el, Q guiandolo,
siempre fuiste 81 sovero pala
din, sostenedor del 6rden y
de las lib rtades; por ESQ
eres digho de que la histo-
ria te coloque a lado del
gran Repdblico; y de compile
tar Ia augusta trilogia de la
honradez, del gehio y del pa
patriotismo, que en- la enoCa
moderna de Coahgila, la sin
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1909-01-30

nantes, y entonees, para evil
tarlo, resolvi6 proceder des
de luego a la pavimentaci6r
que ha comenzado va en- el
Jardin Hidalgo, Esta mejo'
ra dara lustre a San Luis y
no exige esfuerzo nj sacrifi-
clio de nadie. A continuation
de esta notable mejora mate
rial, vendra Ia aperture de
la grande Avenida del Cen
tenario, proyecto va perfec-
tamente madurado por ell Go
bierno, y al cual aporta una
respectable cantidad que, a.
gregada a la que pueda arbi
t.arse ell Ayuntamiento, da-
ra la suma necesaria a conse
guir su completa realiza
et6n. Use Aa cansado el Co.
bierno con estos dos magnffl
cos proyectos? De ningana
manera: considerable las
ventajas que traer{a a la Es-
euela Industrial Militar, su
installation en- local espa-
cioso, bien ventilado y en- lu
gar apropiado q su objeto,
ha promoyido 10 eompra del
edificio dedicado a exposicio-
nes del Centro Agricola 6 In
dustrial Potosino, y convent
da esta, ha dado las ordenes
necesarias para que Sc adap-
to eonvenientementa cada
departamento q los diversos
talleres de la citada escuela;
Sc instalaran nuevos talleres,
y Sc hara de esta institution,
una de las primeras de la Re
pdblica.
ST bien es cierto que el Sc
nor Espinosa y Cuevas da
grande impulse a obras de
material valor y merito, tam
bien 10 es, y este habla muy
alto en- favor de tan distin-
guido funcionario, que no
pierde de vista las mejoras
de caracter puramente mo-
raj y Ia prueba de este, es 81
siguiente detalle: Las escue-
las establecidas en- la Capt.
tai son va numerosas, como
todo Ell mundo 10 sabe, y sin
embargo, ha comenzado a
sentirse la necesidad de crear
otros nuevas, dado que Ia
concurrencia q las existentes
esta fuera de relaci5n con la
capacidad de los locales. Al
senor Gobernador no Sc le es
cap6 esta necesidad, y acaba
de crear Ia escuela de ninos
n1mero "a, que ha quedado
instalada enAln amplic local
" con Gil dotacion de nohilia
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1909-01-30

eSIiZdll SODCI IdlldiIlcIlCe, IA
RAG0ZA, Ell HEROE LE-
GENDARIO; DE LA FUEN
TIE, ell sabio 6 incorruptible
diplomatico y T1 denodado
procer, :.
Veniste va, y este Pueblo,
que es tn Pueblo, contrista-
dc, te recibe en- homenage de
suprema gratitud; no porque
hayas muerto para el; no,
ESQ, es rendir ell tribute & la
Naturaleza, en- sus leyes in
mutables, Tambien los as
tros inmensos, los soles de
soles, mueren en- Ia forma
de destruction de la mate
ria. Tu Pueblo, tie recibe en-
ademan de honda tristeza, /,
por cue en- el orden y costum
bres de la sociedad, lie es
fuerza separarse de tus des-
poJos mortales, y envidia q
la Madre TERRA, que los va
a poseer para siempre.
Tu vida naci6 para Ia pos
teridad, en- ell momento mis-
mo en- que tu cuerpo baj6 al
sepulcro. Tu vida, que com
parable es, a muchas de LAS
Vidas Parallels de Plutar.-
co." no acaba, nj acabara
nunca; los inmortales no
mueren;y el recuerdo de tus
virtudes pdblicas, como cia-
dadano, como gobernante v
como militar sin tacha, per-
durara en- el coraz6n de los
coahuilenses y do todo mexi-
cano patricia; por ESQ, ha-
clendo una gran justicia, una
justicla necesaria, los accio-.
nistas del Banco de Coahui-
la, nacionales y extranjeros,
votaron estar contentos, por-
que Sc consagro tn memoria
y personalidad amada, es-
tampando tu efigie en- too.os
sus billetes, valiosos de mi
llones de pesos; y de este
atro modo grafico, perdura-
ra tambien tn memoria, sir
viendo de ensena 8 medic re
preventative de toda transac
cion, de todo negocio, de to-
do esfuerzo personal 6 colec-
two, que nazca en- la lucha
diaria, de las ambiciones no.
bles; de las cGales, fuiste til
un ejemplar modelo, en- me-
dio de las inquietudes Y So
sobras pdblicas, de una epo-
ca de durfsima ,gestaci6n por
Ia paz defnitiva, que es la
vida de todo esfuerzo legiti-
me-; por la paz definitiva,
que es la muerte de todo 10
innoble, egoista e indigno,
en- ell obrar de gobernantes Y
de gobernados, en- todos los
pueblos, en- todos los gobier-
nos y en- todos los tiempos.
iiiILUSTRE GENERAL
VICTORIANO CEPEDA!!!
va que tn espiritu flota So
bre este esplendente cielo cs
parciendo en- las almas de
los hombres de bnena volun-
tad, las energias y el homes
to vfgor del verdadero ciuda
dano, y los reetos anhelos y
la fe understandable, en- ell
brillante porvenir de Coahui-
Ia. va que tus recuerdos vi
vos, muy vivos aGn, llenan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
sCorCH CANAL SCHEME.

There is a remarkable, though quite
unnoticed, parallel between Great
Britain and the United States in one i'm
portant respect, says some special cor
respondence from Glasgow, Scotland.
to the Chicago Daily News. Each
country has an eastern and a western
seaboard, liable to attack by an enemy
in a time of war; in each one of the
national problems is how the safety
of both sides is to be insured, and in
each a canal enters into the calcula-
These remarks are inspired by replies
given in the house of commons this
week by the British prime minister
and first lord of the admiralty to ques-
lions put to them as to the attitude of
the government to the proposal that
the present canal between the hrths of
Forth and Clyde should be so widened
and deepened as to make it capable of
carrying the largest ships of war from
east to west or from west to east. The
proposal is an old one, and it crops up
with great frequency. 1t is, however,
being taken much more seriously at
present than at any previous time. 1t
is even said that there is ''an influ-
entail syndicate behind it, prepared
to find the necessary capital should
they obtain parliamentary powers to
go on with the undertaking, and
should it be found possible to buy over
the present Forth and Clyde canal at
a reasonable figure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
Tied Dynamite to "a Dog.

Tom Buchanan's pet dog took sick
the other day and Tom thought it
would be a humane act to relieve the
animal of it's suffering by killing it.
So placing the dog in a basket he car
ried it to a field on the outskirts of
town and tied it to tree. Then care
fully tying a stick of dynamite closely
to the dogs tail he lighted a long fuse
and ran to await results from a safe
distance.
He had gone only a few yards when
he heard a familiar bark close behind
him, and turning, was Mortified to find
that his dog had broken loose and was
now close at his heels. Tom gave a
yell and set out to break all sprinting
records. So did the dog. Apparently
recovered he yelped with joy at the
prospects of a race with his master,
and as a sort of rudder to guide him
his stubby tail stuck straight out with
the stick of dynamite still tied snugly
to it,
Buchanan hit only the high places,
but his dog continued to gain on him.
At the end of another so yards he
glanced back again. The fuse was
suffering dangerously close to the
dynamite. Suddenly there was a loud
report and Buchanan felt himself
hurled into the air. He doesn't re
member when he came down, but he
has a vivid recollection of awakening
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
GLOBE SIGHTS.

From the ArchlSon Giope-I
Don't get playful during working hours.
No scheme so poor that it won't work
with some people.
We have noticed that anybody who can
sing, can play the piano a little.
People do not dread death so much, but
while they live, they would like to be
young.
A baby is born with one friend, and,
after a lifetime of trying to make more,
usually doesn't have that many when he
dies.
Occasionally we hear a man referring
to a twenty-acre farm as a ranch. 1t
won't go. There should be at least a
thousand acres in a ranch.
If you want a favor of friend, ask for
it straight and plain. No amount of
palaver in advance will make the favor
less easy to grant.
The process of wearing out is a very
painful one. The pains and aches a man
feels after he passes so never cease until
they have laid him in the grave.
This is the test of real tact: For a
woman to move from a city to country
town, and behave in such q, way that she
is never accused of putting on airs.
It is a mighty short time from the day
a man is coaxed by a girl to come to her
party, till after he has married her, and
she expects him to stay away when she
gives one.
You can hear funnier things on guests
than any other people in the world. And
when visitors get home. they tell some
terrible things about their host and hos
good friends that they can afford to visit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
TFrom the Philadelphia Record

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
The favorite game of Jack Frost is
freeze-out.
All work and no play discourages the
budding dramatist.
A glass of beer makes many a fellow
froth at the mouth
Few men are really as big as their own
opinions of themselves.
The only secret a woman considers
worth keeping is her own age.
The pinnacle of fame is no place for the
man who likes lots of company.
Whatever else you may say of the bill
poster. he sticks up for his employer
Competition is the life of trade quot
ed the Wise Guy. '.Also the death of it, .
added the Simple Mug.
Even the fellow who lives to be at the
top of the heap doesn't prefer an upper
berth in a sleeping car.
Doctor.'.You should always. take a
little fruit in the morning. Guzzler-'I do.
am old-fashioned enough to insist upon
cherry in my cocktail
The Bachelor-''M Marriage is a game of
chance" The Married Mainland you
have conscientious scruples against gam
bling2'' The Bachelor-''Not exactly, but
I have against drawing a BOBBY prize"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
GREAT MEN or 1909.

The year of just century ago, 1909
occupies a luminous page in history
as a period when men were born who
rose to a fame that still endures. 1t is
doubtful if there is a single year in the
recent centuries which can point to
such distinguished honor roll in this
regard. In that year occurred the
birth of several men who have left an
impress on a variety of the affairs of
life that will in all likelihood prove
to be immortal.
First among these is Abraham Lin
coin. the great emancipation. and the
centenary of whose birth will be
celebrated generally throughout this
country and in other portions of the
world on February II. Another
statesman of undying renown who was
born in 1909 was William Ewart
Gladstone, one of the greatest states
men of England and of the world.
That scientific philosopher and
originator, Charles Darwin, was also
born in that year.
An unusually strong galaxy of
writers of poetry and prose, whose
works occupy prominent positions on
the library shelves of today also add
lustre to the year of 1909. Among
them were Alfred Lord Tennyson,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edgar Allen
Poe, and Fitzgerald, the translator of
Omar Khayyam. Two prominent fig
ures in the world of music also saw
the light of day for the first time in
that great year, Mendelssohn and
Chopin.
Possibly the list of notables who
make the year 1909 stand out so prom
inently in history because it was their
birth year is more extensive, but
enough of them have been mentioned
to show that that year occupies a
rather remarkable place in history as
the birthday Of so many distinguished
individuals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
WARSHIP SCARE.

The German scare has, of course,
emphasized very considerably the
necessity for rapid warship connections
between the east and west coasts. 1t
is recognized thoroughly that the naval
interests of Great Britain in the North
sea are so great that a fleet must al
ways be ready for operations there.
It is, however, also recognized that in
the event of war in the North sea easy
access to the great shipbuiIding estab-
lishments on the Clyde would be of
immense national Importance and that
the time lost in taking disabled vessels
round either the north of Scotland or
the south of England might mean all
the difference between victory and de-
feat. 1t is, on a smaller scale-geo-
graphically at 1east-the same prob
lem which confronts the United States
and which the Panama canal will do
so much to solve. The distances on
this side of the Atlantic are not so
great, but that very fact crowds the
possibility of sensational happenings
into a smaller space and therefore into
a smaller time, so that the cases are,
all things considered, very much on a
level. If the Panama canal will save
a United states f1eet-some day-from
the long voyage round Cape Horn to
meet an enemy from the other side of
the Pacific or of the Atlantic the
Forth and Clyde warship canal will
when it comes-save a British feet
from the equally long voyage-if ever
continental power threatens the east
coast when the defending fleet hap
pens to be on the west
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
HYHAWKER JOTS

People who are really fond of music
are certainly paying for their sins IN
this photographic, ragtime age, says
Paul LovewelL
Ben Griffin of Nickerson sold $50
fat steers the other day and got
check for them which called for a
few dollars less than $4,000.
Frank and Forest Smith claim to be
the champion rabbit hunters of Sedg-
wick county. They assert that they
killed 1913 rabbits in one day re-
Gently.
A Scandal man has a hen that re
fuses to put off till tomorrow what
she can do today and has come
down with a hatch of twelve chick
ems already in 1909.-Concordia Kan
san.
The optimist was on a train when a
rear end collision took place. He pull
ed himself together, found no bones
broken and exclaimed: We'll: they
didn't get past us, anyway. MAR
quette Tribune.
The Sherman County Record re-
ports fall of twenty eight inches of
snow in that county during the month
of November. BY the Fourth of July
it will probably have the snow record
for the winter ready.
The automobile belonging to DR..
Seehorn of Burton was hauled into
the town the other day by Abe War
rick's sorrel mare and it is related
that the smile of satisfaction on her
face was apparent to all.
The hunters at Kingman are not
only sure of their abilities but they
are also mighty forehanded. They pro-
pose to hold a rabbit hunt soon if they
can find a place big enough to hold
the rabbits that they intend to get
AS the time for corn planting ap-
should keep it in mind that there was
mighty fine lot of seed corn grown
in Sumner county last year as a re-
suit of the boys corn growing con-
test.-Wellington Mail.
Next to fooling with a loaded gun
a eorn-sheller seems to be the most
dangerous thing for a lad to toy with
Its latest victim is Lester Knapp, a
youngster of Gas City. who recently
had one of his thumbs mashed while
playing with such machine.
If you try to save your money you
are soon called a tight wad." If you
are free with it people will class you
as a spendthrift. There is no moral
to this tale. When your debts are
Maid. what you have left is yours. Do
as YOU please with it. It's nobody's
business but your own.-Sedgwick Pan
tagraph.
The story comes from Garden City
that the waves are so high on Lake
McKinnie, the big reservoir owned by
the Sugar Beet company, that navfga-
ton is seriously impeded and the reg
ular steamer from Scott City won't be
in for several days. The life saving
crew is on the watch day and night,
and is patrolling the shore.-Wichita
Eagle.
A weather report from Walt Mason:
81 like to watch the children play
upon a wintry, snowy day; like little
elves they run about, and leap and
slide. and laugh and shout. This side
of heaven can there be such pure and
untnixed ecstacy? I lean upon We rus
tic stile and watch the children with
a smile, and think upon a vanished
day when 1, as joyous, used to play
when all the world seemed young and
bright and every hour had it's delight;
and as I brush away tear, snow
ball hits me in the ear"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

tins. I was SO busy explaining that
Trimmins had fairly to fire me down the
"And you were not sailing yourself?"
7 only wish that I could-to see the
fun declared Dick with twinlxling eyes.
IF it hadn't been that caught a big
case last night think should have
done so. 1 bet Fred's sorry by this time
tomorrow that he ever heard of white
ribbons and old shoes as decorations for
Amy was watching the steamer swing
ing into midstream with the aid of two
buStling little tugs, but from the corner
of her eye Aunt Molly saw that the girl
And speaking of hacks" ran on Dick.
Shall get you one''
Without waiting for an answer he tore
off up the dock to retain one of the few
waiting hacks, then hurried back to es-
1t was not until he had helped Aunt
show a similar courtesy to Amy that she
spoke.
we were leaving on this steamer and that
riedly. 'I sorry that L was so silly.
and yet 1 am glad, because I know now
that it was Just because I was tired and
silly that I broke the engagement. VIII
you come over tonight, Dick-and bring
will IT. he echoed tubilantly. IT
know, l am almost sorry that 1 put up
Don't be afraid" treasured Amy.
we'm be on our own honeymoon before
| he gets back to play tricks on us. If you
had not played the trick 1 should have
sailed and you
town" completed Dick. II guess Fred
was of some use after all."-(Copyrighted,
1909. by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
A CHANGED ATTITUDE.

President Roosevelt is now expert
encing the most disagreeable part of his
presidential term. The last three
months of the presidents incumbency
or the White House marks the passing
of a powerful ruler. Far more attention
was paid to Secretary Taft in Washing
ton than to President Roosevelt. This
is new experience with the president
but 1t comes to every. occupant of the
White House. The pa pers hailed Taft s
visit to Washington as the coming of
q great man For four years he will
have innumerable favors to extend and
hold in his hands a tremendous power
while President Roosevelt will have no
more power than goes with the private
citizen. Ambassador Bryce says, that
the president of the United States is
the most powerful ruler of the earth
during the period of his presidency.
The man who is laying down this
scepter and is shortly to become a
private citizen as other men; who no
longer has the power to extend favors
after as the man who is just coming
into his power The gradual change
OF the attitude which the multitude
holds towards Il retiring president com
pared to that which existed a year
pervious, is the saddest realization in
the life of president, and brings him
his most uncomfortable experiences.
ticipation and hope which fills the
mind of the incoming chief magistrate
gives him the most supreme delight of
any of the experiences in connection
with holding the great office. The
liking is dead. long live the king, is an
old maxim that is as true in this age
as it was in the past.-Salina Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
JOURNAL ENTRIES

1t is well nigh impossible to mend
a shattered ideal.
y X
If money is the root of all evil why
does everyone keep digging for it?
4 y
How different are the real char
acters of most persons and their rep
utations.
The reason more people do not own
automobiles is probably because it is
cheaper to walk.
y
The individual who places pleasure
before business does not have either
in a short time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFron the CT

IFrom the Chicago News.1
Even a girl has no use for the other side
of a mirror.
Easy money is the kind that always
comes to the other fellow.
One poor turn deserves another-from
the organ grinders viewpoint.
Even a wise man occasionally has time
for the silly chatter of a pretty girl.
Nothing short of a surgical operation
will bring out the best there is in some
men.
Many man who is as honest as the day
is long wouldn't make a satisfactory night
watchman.
The recording angel probably doesn't
pay any attention to the lies a man tells
when he is in love.
Occasionally a woman goes to church for
the purpose of ascertaining how many OF
her neighbors don't
You can judge a man better by the COM
pany he keeps than you can by the rela-
tfves of his wife that he has to keep.
It takes a lot of nerve to enable young
married man to enter a store and purchase
a dozen safety pins from a former sweet
heart.