Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1898 — The Story of Ponce. [ARTICLE]

The Story of Ponce.

Ponce is an old story to-day. In Its history is a fairy tale which has the merit of being true. In the years when time went slower a page lounged through the leisures of Ferdinand’s court. • He was young, Impudent and abominably good looking. A princess smiled and beckoned. That was enough. There and then he was sent to another world, to a better one, to the tropics which Columbus had founded. He landed at Boriquen, assisted with easy gallantry In eliminating the natives, assisting also In gathering the gold which they bad left. Between the lines there are two decades. Meanwhile Boriquen had been christened Porto Rico. Incidentally the page had grown old. Whether he regretted the princess is problematic. That he missed his good looks is clear. In an effort to recover them he took a trip. The story of El Dorado has not yet been told. But another story, equally if not more seductive, was current then. It was to the effect that somewhere near by were the fountains of eternal youth. In search of these waters he sailed. The land which he reached was so rich In flowers that he called it Florida. But of the waters not a trace. And yet, may it not be that the legend of them typified fame? For it was that which he did find. His name was Ponce de Leon, and it was he who founded Ponce. In Winter Use Allen’s Foot-Ease. A powder to be shaken into the shoes. During winter your feet feel uncomfortable, nervous, and often cold and damp. If you have perspiring, smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen’s Foot-Ease. It warms and rests the feet and makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and is a certain cure for chilblains and frost bites. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial package mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.