The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-29

are the principal seaports of Porto Rico. In the interior of the island are some notable communities. Aibinato Is town of twenty-two hundred people, on the military road between San Juan and Ponce. Apasco Is another interior town of some importance. with four thousand people. Byanmon Is six miles interior from San Juan, with which it Is connected by railroad. It is one of the wealthiest communities of Porto Rico, having a population of twenty five hundred. The town hall is two- story building, which Is an unusual height for the island. It is built of ma sorry. Cauguas Is a town of 4,S4O peo- pie, with telegraph and post-office con- nections.
 Carolina has 5,O52 population, being inland from San Juan about twenty miles. Like all other Porto Rican towns of consequence, Carolina has it's post-office and telegraph station.
 Cauey is place of 3,Ss5 people. The division of races at this point is ia rly illustrative of the whole island. There are 2,70O white people and 1,195 colored. Cauey is one of the principal points on the military road, about one hundred miles long, between San Juan and Ponce.
 Only six miles from Cauey is Cidra, with 2,4OO people.
 Another town of this class is Comao, with 2,206 people.
 Dorado is a town of 3,9S5 people, four and a half miles from San Juan on the railroad.
 Tao I1o1 1tx n from Ponce, has 3,200 inhabitants.
 Utuado, with 3,73S people, is one of the principal towns in the northern part of the island.
 Villa de la Vega Baja is place of 2,531 people on the railroad twenty three miles from San Juan. The chief point of interest is a church, which is considered one of the finest in the is- land. It has two towers of harmonious construction, one containing the bell, the other the public clock. Opposite the church Is a fine town hall of ma sorry.
 Yabucao has 4,17S people, with the usual postoff1ce and telegraph station.
 Most of the Porto Rican cities of the interior are located on considerable el- evations overlooking valleys well im- proved with fruit orchards and sugar plantations. They are solidly built and euipped with such municipal features as hospitals, barracks, libraries and schools.
 In the absorption of Porto Rico the United States will acquire some inter- esting architecture. At Guayama, Porto Rican town of 5,400 people, is an it,,Y a1,,, Nf 4I,, finest on the island,
 Humacao is place of 5,765 popula- ton. It is over one hundred years old and has very beautiful public square. The barracks and hospital are hand some buildings of masonry.
 San German Is city of eight thou sand population. If there is an impress sion in this country that the United States is occupying in Porto Rico semi civilized communities it is likely to be dispelled by the fact that a Porto Ri- can city of the size of San German contains three fine markets, a charity hospital, seminary, good school build ings, a theater, club-houses, and so on. San German was founded in 1511. The town hall is building of masonry two stories in height, with clock tower The place has fine barracks for it's gar rison. The people of San German are intensely loyal to Spain. When the English landed on the island and at tempted to take San German, in 1743, they were driven off with considerable loss.
 A fact not generally known is that a smaller but very productive island goes with Porto Rico. Vieque is a Spanish possession thirteen miles off the east coast of Porto Rico. It is twenty y-one miles long and six miles wide. Its land Is very fertile and adapted to the culti- vation of almost all the fruits and veg etables that grow in the West Indies. Cattle are raised and sugar cultivated. It has a popuation of some six thou sand. The town Isabel Segunda is on the north, and the port is unsafe in times of northerly wind, like all the an- the south are better, the best being Punta Arenas Not long ago there were two importing and exporting houses on the island of Vieque; but on account of the long period of drought and the high duties on foreign imported goods trade has decreased to local consumption only. All supplies are brought from San Juan, the majority being of Ameri- can origin. The climate is fine and may be considered healthy; there have nev- CT been any contagious diseases.-St. Louis Globe Democrat