The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-08-26
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.

times as many aoOrlglnds IN the
Philippines who would have to be
looked after by our government if
it decides to hold the islands.
The annexation of Hawaii will
cause us to lose $50, 100000 a year
in custom duties. Expensive.
Havana has one of the finest
harbors in the world. 1t will easily
accommodate 1000 vessels at the
same time.
Admiral Dewey says that it will
take 100000 soldiers to conquer and
hold the Philippines, and General
Merritt estimated that $4,000 men
would be needed to control Manila
and vicinity.
In Cuba the distinction between
the dry and rainy season is well
marked, yet there is rain every
month during the year.
The principal mountain in Cuba
is the Sierra Maestro, which rises
5000 feet above the sea in the east
tern part of the island,
Moro castle, Havana, is a famous
fortified prison, mostly under
ground and partly under water,
there thousands of persons have
been killed
Cardenas is called the American
city on account of the great number
of Americans living there.
Hayana's average temperature in
the warmest month is 81 degrees
fahrenheit. The average during
the coldest month is 72 degrees.
The present war began in 1895
and was caused by grinding taxa
ton and tyrannical discrimination
against the natives of Cuba, in jus
tice, commerce, government and
political lite.
Cuba is literally the land of hon
ey, there being great quantities of
bees in the island. The Cuban
honey bees are of two kinds-one
making honey and wax for com
merce, and the other making honey
used as medicine.
Only about 10 per cent of the land
in Cuba is under cultivation, large
area being still unexplored.
No general line of railway ex-
tends through Cuba from east to
west, but in the Havana and Man
tanzas district there are about l 200
miles of railway.
Christopher Columbus was buried
in the cathedral at Havana, his re-
mains having been brought there
from Nalladolid, Spain.
The ownership of Cuba by the
United States would probably open
southern ports and result in the
construction of the Nicaragua ca
nal.
Stock raising fourishes better in
Porto Rico than anywhere else in
the West Indies.
Slavery was abolished in Porto
Rico in the year 1873.
There are only a few miles Of
railway in Porto Rico, but when
the Cuban war ends several rail
ways will be Immediately construct
ed
Porto Rico has been a sanitarium
for European invalids for many
years.
When the war ends in Cuba the
following industries will be likely to
pay the best dividends; Railways,
mining and numbering on a large
scale, while ice-making, steam
Iaundries and small factories of va
rious kinds will yield handsomely,
Sugar estates require large capi
tai Their best laborers are ne
groes,
Some of the finest woods in the
world cover the mountains in the
Philippines,
There are no beasts of prey ex.
cept wild cats on the Philippine
islands.
Nowhere in the world are there
greater varities of finer fruit and
vegetables than in the Philippines.
W. p, Reed, in Atlanta Constitu-
tion,
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Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications, as they cam
not reach the diseased portion of
the ear. There is only one way to
cure deafness, and that is by con-