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The Portland daily press., 1898-06-15
WORSE THAN RED INDIANS.

wa washington, June 14.-Ihe navy depart
iiiee Mo,a .ouay S posted the following bulletin:
~ Mqie BE-, 81. Nicholas, June l3.-Lieuten-
aan,1lt a,iu nlue Iust returned after datour of
of Sapaan i,es %a oI observation of the harbor
fleet n'so Is ali there he ouoa He reports Spanish
vigorously the camp at Gpantan.a"" Gnsn "Oo"0A An
outpost Of four marines We're @ e' I<iiisd and an
their bodies mutilated barharopslv
Surgeon Gibbs was killed. sAMPSON on
The Portland daily press., 1898-06-15

Gen. Nelson A. Miles, COW command.
ing all the United States troops has
written letter to Gov. Wolcott asking
that his son be given a commission in
some Massachusetts organization that is
going to the field.
The Portland daily press., 1898-06-15
RUMORS OF LANDING.
Copyright, the Associated Press.)

Cape Haytien. June 14-5.40 P. M
the u. S. auxiliary cruiser st. Louis and
several despatch boats-so it is reported
here-brought to Mole ST. Nicholas to-
day story that landing was effected
by the Americans late on Monday very
near Santiago According to this ac-
count the Americans took possession of
The Portland daily press., 1898-06-15
SPANS REQUEST.

vienna, June 14-The Neue Frei Presse
says spain had requested the powers to
urge the United States to occupy Manila,
should Ghe town surrender, and not allow
the insurgents to do SO.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12
YOUNG AT SIXTY.

Serene comfort and happiness in adj
vanced years are realized by compare
lively few
Their hard lives, their liability to Sc
rious troubles on account oftheir pecu-
liar organism and their profound igno-
rance concerning themselves, all com
biz TO shorten the period ofusefulness
and hltheir later years with suffering.
Mrs. Pinkham hasdone much to make
women strong. She has given advice
70 many that has shown them how to
guard against disease and retain vigor-
Gus health in old age. From every cor
ner Of the earth there is constantly COM
ing the most convincing statements
from women, showing the efficacy of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound in overcoming female ills. Here
is a letter from Mrs. j. c. Orms. OF 22O
Horner St, Johnstown. Pa, which is
earnest and straight TO the point:
"DEAR MRS. PISKnAM:-I feel il nv
duty to tell all suffering women that I
think your remedies are wonderful. /
had trouble with my head. dizzy spells
and hot flashes. Feet and hands we're
cold. was very nervous, could O sleep
well. had kidney trouble, pain in
ovaries and congestion OF the womb.
Since taking your remedies | am better
every way My head trouble is all
gone. have no pain in ovaries, and am
cured of womb trouble. / can eat and
sleep well and am gaining in flesh. /
consider YOUR medicine the hest To he
had for female troubles"
The present Mrs. Pinkham's expert
ence in treating female ills is unparal-
lelled. for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia f. Pinkham. and
for sometime past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department Of
her great business, treating by letter
as many as a hundred thousand ailing
women during a single year.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12
SIMILAR SYMPTOMS.
which Made IL EiGicuif 10 Decide
whether IA Was an Attack OF
Love or pleurisy.

doctor sighed the young man. I'm
AFRAID there's something scriuus tue matter
with me-.
Let me see your tongue" said the ply.
slc'an. -
The young man obeycd.
Ny hat are the ym~pt0mss"
w hy, whenever / breathe | feel a little
twingng, itching sensation around my
heart" -
All" unused the doctor. ''Felt it long,"
About four days"
"Nhere'ye you bcen:'
Up 20 Mackinac.'
Met lots Of nice young people?"
Yes, a good many.
Feel any pains in the small Of your back!"
mo, sir
Meet any girl up in Mackinac that struck
you as about all right"
Three or four, doctor" replied the young
man. with a smile.
Don't have cold feet at night, do your"
Haven't noticed EN-"
No particular girl up there. then. You're
sure Of that"
why. Of course I'm sure replied the
young mar, with 2 trfing blush, but. doc
tor. viii YOU tell me what my friends a; Mac.
klnac have got 20 10 with III"
Nothing much" replied the physician,
tapping his lips with HI eyeglasses. '..Just
trying 10 see whether its a case Of love or
pleurisy. They're pretty much alike, you
know.'-Detroit Free Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12
HE SAVED THE FLAG.
Just Trotted Out His Old Shotgun
and Told the Suspect tn Make
Himself Scarce.

Course ] couldn't swear that he was a
Spanish spy, admitted the man who came
IN from a cross roads settlement in Red
ford, but ne looked like one. be gosh, and
we haint the people out there 10 take
chances on them kind Of critters. His col
oring was an darl. except his teeth. and
they fairly glis ened. lie didn't act like ne
had any lawful business in the neighbor
hood and | sort O. suspected him right
along"
But what did ne dosr
IN tell you what he done" said the
big representative Of Rcdf1rd's yeomanry.
as he Slaughtered up. some OF Us fellers
put up a flag DOWN hy the grocery, h'isting
q pole just like we used TO when politics
got hot. Tother %evcnin' / see that teller
hangin' round the corners with a cross.
cut saw. Don take me long to put two
and two together. 50 | just got my shot
advanced on him direct and tole him
he had ~ minutes fur 70 git over the hill
bout a mile away. lie had time to spare,
I'm satisfied as | live he was a Spanish
SPY and out there fur 10 saw that pole down.
When any Of them chaps stirs up ole Red.
fond theys c%ourtin' all kinds o. troubles
and the man that saved the flag moved on
- as 70 get a new audience.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12
All Kinds OF stamps.

There are stamps and stamps. and the
banks are wrathfully aware that there are.
The record Of one Boston bank for stamps
received on checks j. this.
Internal revenue stamps Of the COS.
Regular postage stamps.
Omaha postage stamps.
Proprietary stamps.
documentary stamps OF 1898.
Postage-due stamps.
The receipt Of two one-cent postage due"
on a check broke the record. How anybody
outside OF the post office department could
have had them in possession TO put on is now
the mystery Boston Transcript.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12
wha. wnn necome ~ chinnt

Some can ioresee the outcome Of the ouar.
~ between foreign powers over the 4 vision
81 'hina, IL n interesting 20 watch the ro.
1hg - pieces OF this ancient but unpfogles.
slte race. Many people in America aie also
gong 70 pieces because OF dyspepsia. con
stlpation, blood, liver and stomach diseases
We are living too fact. bur strength. vigor
ana good health can ne retained Il we Keen
on and cure the above diseases with Hos
letters Stomach Biti"rs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12
Real Warm wearhcr Re-, .nd comcort.

There isa powder 60 be shaken into the
Allen ;. Olmstead, lie Roy. y. Y. which
druggists and shoe dealers say 4. the best
thing they have ever sold to cure swollen.
burning, sore and tender or aching feet.
Some dealers claim that ii makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. II certainly viii cure
corns and %bunionsani relieve instantly sweat.
ing, hot or smar,ing feet. Aliens Foot Ease
costs only a quarter. and the inventor will
send a sample free 10 any address.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12
JorrnaIiSffc Amenities.

Our wart Of a contemporary" the cur
rent issue Of the .Jazeville Gazette saws,
claims. as far % the war is concerned. to
have the earliest intelligence. That is the
kind Of intelligence they always had at that
office. II IS more than early; i. is print
tive. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12

Many physicians IN Germany and Eng
land. as well as IN the United States and
Canada, are referring their Hay. Fever ana
Asthma patients 10 DR.. l.. Harold HAYES. Of
Buffalo. \. u, whose success in curing these
diseases has attracted their attention..
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12

How 10 grow wheat with big profit At 40
cents aud samples Of Salzer's He'd Cross $50
Bushels per acre) Winter Wheat. Rye, Oats,
Clovers. etc, with Farm seed Catalogue Tor
Z cents postage. JOHN A. SALZER SEED
co, Id Crosse, Wis. n
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12

More Babies lives have been saved by DR..
hoFetts IfErHlNA (Icethnig fordeysJ than
n.y All other remedies combined. TEETnISA
ADS Digestion, Regulates the Bowels and
makes teething easy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12
Svedish Phuo~opbv.

Ven faller e. young an praying for mus.
tsche haze naver tank how DICKENS long haze
will half 10 wait ven haze grow oop for te bar.
Der TO say Denver Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12

II men would dig half as hard 10 raise
corn as they do diggi ng gold. thore yconld
he more rich men. Washington (laD Dem.
Ocrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12

A man should always be supplied with
just enough work and trouble To keep his
mind of the pimple On his nose.-Atchison
Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12

The principal river Of Egypt is the Nile.
Us SMALLER tributaries are the Juveniles
l.. Z W. Bulletin.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12

i can recommend piso's Cure for Con.
sumption 70 sufferers from Asthma. ID.
Townsend, IT. Howard, Wis, May 4, "a.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12

II IS much easier 10 acquire a fault than
Y Is TO inspire . virtue.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12
Halls Catarrh Cure
taken Internally. Price 75c.

Some men are long on energy. but short
on the ability TO utilize it.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12

IL isn't every playwright who can write a
play rlgat.-L. A. W. Bulletin.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12

Every time a man looks in a mirror he i'm.
agnes he can see a hero.-Chicago DAILY
News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12

To Cure n Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money II il fails tocure. 25c.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-09-30

citizens. No Cuban will be allowed TO
enter the city, nor will any American
soldier"
When Castillo carried this reply TO
Garcia, the latter withdrew his forces
as allies and sent in his resignation.
Castillo was noted leader OF Cuban
expeditions against the Spanish before
the war broke ont and is very popular.
He is also a doctor and has brother,
Demetrius. in the Cuban army. Cas-
tillo was born in the province of San
tiago de Cuba, but came TO the United
States at The age of ten with his
parents. JIe was educated in the Uni.
vcrsity Of Pennsylvania and was grad
uated an NJ. d. from the medical school
of that institution. From 1880 to 1882
he served in the American navy as as
sistant surgeon, and sailed on the Rod
gers, under Capt. Berry, when that
ship was dispatched on the Jeanette
relief expedition. DR.. Castillo was one
of the party that Travelled TO Kam-
chatka, and finally reached Sitka in a
schooner. When the doctor resigned
, from the navy he married and returned
to Santiago, where he soon worked up
capital practice as physician.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-09-30
CHIEF OF FILIPINOS.
Was Dull student Dut
when lie Entered Politics lie
became a Power.

1t was on the 10Th of May that the
chief of the philippine insurgents,
Aguinaldo, having quilted Hong-kong,
where he had retired after the conven-
ton of Blacna bato, landed at Cavite,
Everyone is persuaded that he was re-
called by Commodore Dewey, who
gave him on his arrival warm well
come. That of the natives was enthu-
siastic.
President of the republic of the Phil
ippine Archipelago is the title that he
proposes TO assume shortly.
Aguinaldo is but 81 years old. He
was born in the village of linus, in the
province Of Cayite, and lived there un-
til the rebellion. His family titled the
soil-rice fields and sugar cane-the
possession of which the Order of the
"Recollets," the greatest proprietor
of the province, contested by incessant
lawsuits.
The father of Aguinaldo, having lit
tie means, endured great privations in
order to enter his son in the college OF
St. Jean de Latcran; then at the Uni
versity OF st. Tomas, at Manila. The
cost of entering these establishments
is high enough; it varies from 1,2OO
francs to 1900 francs year, accord
ing to the wealth of the family.
Aguinaldo, although he passed easi-
ly from the college TO the university,
was considered by his professors ms
having the most obtuse mind Of all the
students, For three years he wore the
costume Of the university and OBJ
served its severe discipline and frugal
regimen, but without obtaining the
least intellectual benefit.
The Dominicans, despairing of max
ing Aguinaldo any credit to them, sent
him back to his father, advising the lat
ter to find for his son a career quite
other than that of the priest, letters
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-09-30

or of science--the profession of arms.
Gen. Ascaraga, who was born in the
Philippines. who has been chief Of
state at Madrid, minister of war and
lately president of the council of min
isters in Spain, also made his first
studies at the University of st. Tomas
and was also sent back to his family as
an incapable s.Ident,
The father Of Aguinaldo naturally
did not share the general opinion of the
intelligence of his son and entered him
at the normal school which the Jesuit
faith directed at Manila. He was
beginning there to be noticed by his
professors when his father died. He
returned 10 his native town and devoted
himself eagerly TO cultivatng his patti
mony, in spite of the persistence OF the
Recollets in not recognizing his rights.
Thus matters went on until 1898,
when DR.. Rial created at Manila the
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-09-30

| smaller Notifications. Ponce, on the
south coast, is about half the size of
| San Juan, and there are numerous
smaller towns and villages. Puerto
Rico is traversed by 10 highways and
IS side roads; it has less than 100 miles
OF narrow gauge railroad, and only
about 4j0 miles of telegraph lines.
San Juan is conHected with Jamaica
and st. Thomas by cable.
Puerto Rico was discovered by Co.
lumbus in November, 1493, on his sec
ond voyage to America. San Juan was
founded by Ponce dc Leon in 1911. The
native inhabitants, as in Cuba, were en-
| slaved and finally exterminatcd; negro
slavery was then established and con-
tinued until 1873. SPANS sovereignty
in Puerto Rico has remained undis-
turbed except for attacks by the Eng
lish in 1895. $685. 1878 and 1907, none Of
which produced permanent results,
and a revolution of the inha bitants
themselves in 1920, which was sup
pressed in 1929. The system of govern
ment is like that in Cuba and equally
| burdensome. The revenues are eX-
pended almost wholly for Spanish pur-
poses; in a recent annual budget for
instance, pensions, interest on Spanish
| debt and salaries of colonial officers
living in Spain consumed S735,92s.s0;
/ the courts, and expenses OF the estab-
lished Catholic church, 1878, ,740.50; in
crease of Spanish navy, $3.50, 0,160.66;
public works, S272 2,214.02; civil govern
ment. S7l0.315.26; while Puerto Rico
had to contribute $1,066, $3.50 towards
Spain's war expenses in Cuba and the
Philippines.
Puerto Rico is so much smaller thaS
either Cuba or the Philippines that the
social and political disadvantages of
permanently attaching it to this coun-
try would not, perhaps, be serious, and
might be over-balanced by the strate-
pic value of the island as coaling
station and naval rendezvous. The
Philippines might be disposed of to
some European power, or to japan,
but with Puerto Rico the case is differ
ent. When any American colony once
passes out of European control it
ought to remain out; either it should
have an independent government of
its own or come under the controlling
influence of some already existing
American republic.
The chief danger in annexing Puerto
Rico to the United States is the i'm
petus such step gives to similar ac-
ton in reference to other territory
whose incorporation in the union
would be q positive detrimeRt and
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-09-30
ports from Hawaii, sls,os7, 100; exports

ports from Hawaii, S13, ,6S7, 100; exports
to Hawaii, $4,600,O75.
According to recent statistics, the
population of Puerto Rico is S06, 7OS,
or about one-half that of Cuba, one
twelfth that of the Philippine islands,
and almost eight times that of Hawaii.
On less than one-ninth the territory,
Puerto Rico supports 100000 more
people than the state of Maine. or this
population 4S0,267 are whites and o26,-
441 colored, the latter comprising ~
751 negroes and 24S,60o mulattoes.
This is a considerably better showing
than in the Philippine islands, where
the bulk of the population is of the
Malay and mixed races, but somewhat
worse than in Cuba, where only'about
81 per cent. of the people are colored,
as against 40 per cent. in Puerto Rico.
In Hawaii 81 per cent. of the people are
natives, Mengolians and of mixed
races; only 10 per cent. are white. In
South Carolina SO per cent, of the pop
ulation are colored, in Mississippi 5S
per cent; in Louisiana, so per cent.
The white population in these south
ern states, however, is greatly SUI
perior to the white element in either
Cuba or Puerto Rico; our southern
white people are chiefly of English
descent, while the Caucasians living
in the West Indies are mostly of Span
ish origin or immigrants from con-
tinental Europe. Eighty.six per cent
of the inhabitants of Puerto Rice dc
not know how either to read or write
This is much poorer showing than in
Cuba, where % per cent. know at least
how to read. In South Carolina the IL
literates compose As per cent. of the
whole population; in Mississippi, 4C
per cent; in Louisiana, 46 per cent.
San Juan is the capital of Puerto
Rico, and contains nearly 10000 inhab'
itants. 1t is situated on small island
on the north coast, joined to the main
land by bridge. There is n good har'
Dor, protected by MORO castle near
the harbor entrance, San Cristobal
fortress on the land side, the fort OF
Caballero on an elevation, and several
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-09-30
Extraordinary DRINKS.

or the many extraordinary drinks
regularly consumed the blood Of living
horses may perhaps be considered the
most so. Marco Polo and Carpini were
the first TO tell the world OF the prac.
tice of the Tartars and Mongols open
ing the vein in their horses necks, TAX
ing drink and closing the wound
again. AS far as can be seen this has
been the practice from time immemor-
ial writer tells Of wine habitual-
ly consumed in China, which is made
from the flesh Of lambs reduced 10 paste
withmilk, or bruisedfnto pulp with rice,
and then fermented. It is extremely
strong and nutritious, and powerfully
stimulating to the physical organism,
The Laplanders drink n great deal of
smoked snow water. and one of the
national drinks OF the Tonquinese Is
arrack favored with chickens blood.
The list would scarcely be complete
without mention Of absinthe. which
may be called the national spirituous
drink of France, II is horrible COM
round of alcohol, anise, coriander, fem
mel, wormwood, indigo and sulphate of
copper. 1t is strong, nasty and a
moral and physical poison.-Tit-Bits.
The palace Of Ii Hurg Chang, prime
minister OF China consists Of collec-
tion OF nearly 100 buildings, surround,
ed by high wall
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rection, from Cuba, of east by south,
and separating the Caribbean sea
from the Atlantic ocean. Puerto Rico
Is the easternmost and smallest of
these islands. 1t is trayersed by the
eighteenth parallel, north latitude;
but, although wholly within the trop-
ical zone, the temperature rarely rises
above 81 degrees, owing to the prevail
inc northeast winds. The latitude IS
about the same as that of Bombay and
northern Luzon in the Philippine
islands. Puerto Rico's latitude (G6 de-
orces west of Greenwich brings the
island about one degree further east
than the extreme easternmost point
IN the Atlantic coast of the United
states. /. G.. Passport, Me. The dis
tance from Puerto Rico to Key west
;s about 1000 miles; from the Cape
Verde islands, off the coast OF Africa
and almost directly east OF Puerto
Dico something over 1000 miles. Ga
diz Spain is considerably more than
2 ooo miles to the northeast.
Puerto Rico is rectangular in shape
and almost three times as long as
broad. East and west it measures los
r,;loe. north and south about 81. Its
arm is $3.50 square miles, or about
onc.twclfth that ofCuba, little more
tban half that of the Hawaiian Islands
I'D Ices than one-thirtieth of the area
~ tbe Philippines. The island is about
.,ro.tbirds the size of Connecticut ana
ooorlv three times that OF Khode
Is,ond An east and west mountain
ronpe forms the water shed for some
, @ qo9 streams; 4. OF these are rivers
rnt none naeigsble. Puerto Rico is
extremely fertile and is sconsldered the
most healthy island In the Antilles.
The chief products are coitee aha
,rgor; tobacco Is extensively cul'l,
rofed. and rice. maize ana troPica'
,".,,+s IN y less extent. Dense forests
.orer the highlands and contain many
.Oluable species of wood, and the eX-
client pasturagc in other sections
ee ,,ts cattle raising on an extensive
Pl Palo Gold, iron, coal, copper ana
ss1 oI, are found in Puerto Rico. but only
say ALI al mines are worked. The total
VIZ norts Of the island in 1895 amounted te
eAleh shout s14,6OO 900, imports $l6'ooo,'
40 ooo In the year ending June 80, leg', n
WV rnited States imported $2,lsl.o2i
er+b .ns of products from Puerto uco'
"o,'n n,,r exports thither amounted 10
an" zoe ees During the'same period our
$lo9U arts from Cuba amounted to siS'-
llr 1n7s11, exports to Cuba ssgoV.1e' In ,ia-
aorts 4vt from the Philippine ne, is1 islanas' ;ns
ft poass ass 74o; exports thither' s94''''i I'M