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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-12
THE GREATEST OF THESE

The greatest reward? Gratitude.
The greatest blessing? Health.
The greatest work? Goodness.
The greatest wonder? Ourselves.
The greatest service? To be trusted.
The greatest burden? That borne in
silence.
The greatest aim? To form ideals
and live up to them.
The greatest path? Duty-that
most difficult to traverse.
The greatest jewel? An earthly
sunbeam whose light never fades.
The greatest power! To learn to
suffer without complaining.
The greatest grief? The swapping
of life's link.
The greatest happiness? Peace and
contentment in the home.
The greatest voice? That which is
silent when spite is nigh.
The greatest riches? TO be worthy
of the love of faithful friends.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-12

Professor Wilson, of the Philadel-
phia Museum. has prepared some in
tcrcsting data about Porto Rico, much
OF which has never been printed, but
everything about Porto Rico is Of gen
cral interest just now The trade sta
tistics are new and authentic Pro
fessor Wilson's paper follows:
Porto Rico is the most eastern
island of the Greater Antilles in the
West Indies. On the east the Lesser
Antilles sweep in a great bow toward
Trinidad. on the South American
coast, enclosing on the windward the
Caribbean Sea. Ofthese St. Thomas.
4 Danish island and coaling station, is
Of greater stratcgical Importance. 1t
is southwest from the capital of Porto
Rico, about ninety miles away. \
strait Of seventy miles separates the
island of IIayti on the west. The dis
tances of San Juan from other STRAIT
egical points are 2,l0O miles to Cape
Verde Islands, $50 to Key West and
|, ,420 to Hampton Roads. There are
smaller islands which belong to the
colony, especially on the eastern coast,
but they are of Slight Importance.
The main island is parallelogram
in general outline, los miles from the
east to the west and from 81 to 43
miles across, and it has an area com
puted at $500 square miles, or not
quite half that of New Jersey. The
little island on the east of Niequez, on
which is the town of Gabel Sc9un,la,
is 4 military penal station.
The population, in 1887, numbered
S9S ,5G3, of whom "A 1913 were white,
24G, ,G41 mulattoes and 1G 800 negroes.
Slavery was abolished in 1873. three
years after the colony was declared to
be Il representative province of Spain
and divided into seven departments.
PORTS AND ADVANTAGES
Cape San Juan is in the northeastern
corner of the island. Going thence
southward along the east coast the port
of Fa jardo is reached, whicI. is nothing
but a channel sheltered hv the small
islands of OhiSpp, Zancudo and Ramos.
ih"re are other ports IN | amrhoragcs
on this coast. where the sea is general
~ calm, prevailing winds being the
ca>tcrlN trades. Near the northeast
coast runs the Sierra de LoquiIlo. in
which the peak Of FL lunquc reaches
the highest elevation on the island
$500 fect. Here the coast is broken
and forhiddng. The north shore is
almost straight and presents no shelter
between Cape San Juan and the port
OF the same name, thirty miles west.
which is described further on. Here
; wv sd - ltil vi lothS. NtI W IIltU tllt
swell tumblcs in heavy breakers. Fur
thcr west lie the town and port OF
Manati. with 5000 inhabitants. 1t |,
the least dangerous port between san
Juan and Arccibo. although it is an
open roadStcad. and in the windy sea
son vessels cannot reach the shore.
Rounding punta de Brcuucn. which is
the northwestern corner of the island.
\ Aguadilla, or san Carlos de \ guadilla.
Is reached on the west coast. 1t is on
the banks of Il fine stream of water.
1t is one of the busiest ports in the
island and affords fine anchorage in
summer close to shoe. hut in winter it
i unsafe.
PASSING Punta san Francisco. the
most western point "t' tn" island, there
com = Into view l'unta AIgarrpho. the
>I ". : of Which tprm the northern
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-12
THE WISER WAY.

How fresh and rosy you look, No
ra," exclaimed Isabel, who hadjust re-
turned from the beach, and was greet
ing her friend.
"Yes, DEAR replied Nora, Il am
feeling splendidly, and mamma says |
have an alarming appetite"
"Where in the world have you been
since l saw your
81 have remained at home, replied
Nora, "and have worked hard every
day. But have been taking that won-
derful medicine, Hoods Sarsaparilla,
and it has done me, OH so much good.
You see l always like to feel well
when l go away, and | leave for the
mountains next week
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-12
4loetrn,
WHEN FATHER CARNES THE
DUCK.

BY ERNEST VINCENT WRIGHT.
We all look on with anxious ewes
When father carveS the duck,
And mother almost always signs
When father carveS the duck,
Then all of us prrpa'e tOriSe
And hold our hibS b fore our eyes,
And he prepared fbr some surprise
Wnen father "a "ves the duck.
He braces up An grass a fork
Wiener he C trves duck.
And won't all Nv a soul to t. k
Until he's carved the duck.
The TX is iabb Il into the SIDES.
AGO : the breast the knife he slides.
And every careful p 'r> Oh hides
From II ing chips It duck.
The latte. r always seems 10 y p
When father carveS the du k
And how it makes the dishes sk;p.
Potatoes fly amuck-
The squash and cabbage Lap in space.
We get some gravy i'll our fic",
Aud father mutter- HindCo grace
Wiener he carves duck.
We thus have learned to walk around
The dining room and pluck
From OFF the window sill> and walls
Our share of fathers duck
While father growls and blows and jaw,
And swearS the knife was full of flaw,
And mother jaws at him because
He couldn't carve a duck.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-12
Haines' Washington Store,
Cor. 9Th and Fenna. Ave-. S. E.,
CHEAPEST STORE In THE CITY.


There is no disease more uncertain in its
nature than dyspepsia. Physicians say that
the symptoms of no two eases agree. 1t is
therefore most difficult to make a correct ,
diagnosis. No matter how severe, or under
what disguise dyspepsia attacks You, Browns
Iron Bitters will cure it. Invaluable in all
diseases of the stomach, blood and nerves.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-12

Said the lecturer: "Thc roads up
these mountains arc too steep and
rocky for even a donkey to climb; there
fore, | did not attempt the ascent
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-12
ANIMAL STORIES.

4 writer on "Animals in Famine"
observes, in the London Spectator, that
if we examine the stores made by most
of the vegetable-eating animals that
lay by famine fund.- we shall find
"a rather curious similarity in the
food commonly used by them. They
nearly all live on vegetable substance
in Il concentrated form-natural food
lozcnges, which are very easily stored
away. There is great difference,
for example, between the bulk of nu-
trment eaten in the form of grass by
a rabbit and the same amount of sub
stance in the special preparation in
the kernel Of nut, or the stone of 4
peach, or the bulb of a crocus, off
which squirrel makes meal. Near
ly all the storing animals eat 'concen-
trated food whether it be beans or
grain, boarded by the hamster or nuts
and hard fruits by the Squlrrel, nut
hatch and possibly some of the jays.
But there is one vcgetable-cating an
imal whose food is not easy to move
On the contrary, it is obtained with
great labor in the first instance, and
stored with no less toll after it is pro-
cured The beaver lives during the
winter on the bark of trees. As it is
not safe and often impossible for the
animal to leave the water when the ice
has formed, it stores these branches
under the water, cutting them into
lengths, dragging them below the sur
face, and fixing them down to the bot
tom with stones and mud. This is more
difficult work than gathering hay"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-12

The principal exports from the
United States are -four. pork, lumber
and shocks.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-12

II some people were brighter they
would reflect more, and, by the way,
if they would reflect more they might
be brighter.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-12

Mrs Holdcn-"J John. we'll never
be able to save cent if You don t quit
being so eNtravagant.
Mr.. Holden-"Why, my dear, I'm
not eXtravagant.
Mrs. Holden-''Y cs,you are. There's
that accident policy YOU brought me
nearly Il year ago, and You haven't
used it once; if that isn't extravaganza
| don't know what is.
"lf You found 4 large sum Of money
would you give it back to the owner?'
''TO be honest, Not
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-12
Vol. 1G.

Weakness manifests itself in the loss of
ambition and aching bones. The blood is
watery; the tissues are waSting-the door is
being opened for disease. A bottle of Browns
Iron Bttcrs taken in time will restore your
strength. soOthe your nerves, make your
blood rich and red. Do you more good
than an expensive special course ofmedicine
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-12

No one knows like a woman how to
say things which are ut once gentle
and deep.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-12
Selrrt Mj5rrIIunl.
PORTO RICO.

SKETCH OF TIE ISLAND PREPARED BY
PROFESSOR WILSON.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-12

Earth has nothing more tender than
apious woman's heart.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-12
BGSlN ESS OF THE ISLAND.

According to the latest Spanish sta
tistics, obtained ut the bureau of the
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, the
i nportationS into Porto Rico during
1896 amounted to SIS, S,943.193 and the
exports to ST. .29l 80.
Articles Of import are distributed
by countries rs follows: From Spain
cone wines, rice, oils, h,nr and textiles.
From Elglln |, machinery, textiles.
sailed provisions, rice and coal. From
France. a small amount OF textiles,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-12

BY ERNEST VINCENT WRIGHT.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15
Wanamaker Is Right.

Gin order for US to have good times
the people must not only make money,
but they must also spend it freely. The
two things are reciprocal. It is the
market that keeps the factories and the
stores going and pays the wages"
This is what John Wanamaker said
recently. Mr.. Wanamaker is one Of the
few rich men in this country with "A
glimmer Of economic sense. The aver
age editorial idiot is advising the people
to save their money. They must be say
ing it. They certainly are not spending
much of it. Nothing will so quickly
breed hard times as an epidemic Of
economy. There is a circulating medium
Of but $23 per capita, and probably SIG
of this is in the banks or otherwise idle.
If the people SAVE the remaining SIS
which is not much to save-what be-
comes of u circulating medium? And
yet the people are urged to save their
money. You might as we'll ask a man
to save his breath or dam up the circu-
lation of his blood. Under our present
laughable system Of society the spend
thrift is a benefactor and the prudent
man is an enemy to the public welfare.
New Time.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15

the heroism, the cool Judgment
and the effective work of the pres
ent generation of Americans; look
at the case of Ensign Bagley on
the Winslow-there was GOODNESS
and heroism ia it's truest sense,
displayed d circumstances
most trying; review for a moment
the p%erilous mission of Hobson
and his comrades on the Merrimac
at Santiago-it cannot be over
Swallowed by the boosted heroism
of ''the old times" look at the
campaign of Shafter and his troops
before Santiago-they knew naught
but advancement and final victory;
recall the recent achievement Of
Schley in the destruction of the
last hope of Spanish naval suprem-
acy-there is scarcely its equal in
all the annals of naval history; and
now we turn to Watson, in COM
mand of the first American fleet to
be sent against continental Eu-
rope; that he will add more gems
of victory to the crown OF Ameri-
can heroism we confidently be-
lieve.
There was heroism in "the old
times" there is equal heroism to-
day, and there will be this same
type of heroism as long as the
American people exist. 1t is a
part of their being and the evolu-
ton of years will never Danish this
trait from the American character.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15
Senator Buffers Heroic Wife.

Mrs. Buffers life is another instance
in history of a woman's heroic support
OF her husband though serious difficult
ties. She is a beauty and a belle and
was we'll known throughout the state
from the coast to the mountains of
North Carolina, having married Mr..
Butler in 1898, whom she had known
from childhood. When Mr.. Butler left
the Democratic party and took a stand
for the people, he and his wife suffered
social ostracism. The change for them
was a social az we'll as a political up
heaval. Tbs young pair was thrown en-
tirely upon each others society for So
lace and consolation. The circumstance
made them both domestic. Mrs. Butler
has devoted herself to making the home
pleasant for her family. During all that
cruel period she exerted herself to sus-
tain her husband in the position he had
taken. = Mary Nimmo Balentine in
Woman's Home Companion.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15
TRUST H PEOPLE,.
They Have to Do the Fighting and Pa5
the Bills-They Ought to Have a Say.
is concerned

Vhey Have TO DO the FlsnIlhs "hu "
the Bills-They Ought to Have a Say.
Four hundred millions Of interest
bearing bonds, with more to follow, and
a tax upon nearly everything but air
and water, with the administration
moving with the velocity of a snail IN
the prosecution Of the war, the metro
politan papers advocating an alliance
with Great Britain, the money power is
indeed happy, lounging in the cool re-
treats of seashore resorts while the boys
our boys-are trudging under heavy
marching orders in the tropics.
When they are through whipping the
Spaniards, they will return home-some
of them-and spend the balance Of their
lives toiling to pay their WI wages,
with interest thereon, and Shylock by
that time will have doubled the debt
and reduced the debt paying power of
the people by some sleight Of hand per-
Torrance or another undor the plea OF
Irrational honor"
Bob Ingersoll-and he's a good Re-
publican-said, "The government that
will not protect its protectors is a dis
grace to the nations of the EARTH"
Now the question is, How does Mack
propose to protect the protectors Of the
flag from the inhuman greed Of the ra-
pacious Wall street Shylocks?
Perhaps he will refer the matter to
the board Of strategy!
If he would refer the matter to the
people, they would say: "Give us some
Abe Lincoln money-that like the first
60, O0O, 900 Of demand notes-without
Shylock's reasonable exception clause.
Well accept it at par without interest
and save our children from bonds and
bondage"
That is what this American people
would say if they had any "say' i'll the
matter.
But they haven't!
That is a republic all right, but it
isn't run by the people.
1t is run by their enemies!
We want the people to run it!
Therefore we demand legislation by
the people direct through the initiative
and referendum.
We want such questions as this little
bond issue referred to the people.
We would sooner trust them than the
band of b~loodsucking vampires whose
sowing time is war and whose reaping
time is always!
Wouldn't you?-Advance Guard.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15
TO REFORM PUBLISHERS.

The attention of all reform pub
fishers is called to the excellent
patent now used OH the inside
pages of TIE UNION. This ser
vice, which now includes a sum-
mary of South Dakots news, is fur
nished by the Nebraska Reform
Press Business association, 10th
and Farnam sts., Omaha, and is
the best service obtainable at any
price for reform papers. 1t is
furnished by men whose hearts
are in the reform movement, in
stead of being dished up by paid
agents in the old trust houses.
Look the service through. Place
your ready print order with friends
of the reform movement. 1t is
your duty to do SO, and you will
obtain a better service than can
be had Of the old trust establish
ments at any price. Our patent
is a fair sample of what is being
furnished. Write for prices.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15
AMERICAN

THE UNION six months ago
heard the remark made to the ef-
feet that the present generation OF
Americans lacked the "true hero
ism of the old tines We grave
ly doubted the assertion when it
was made, but today we KNOW its
utter falsity. That has been dem
onstrated.
Without detracting in the least
from the bravery exhibited along
in 1872, during the conflict with
Mexico, or during the dark days OF
civil strife, we point to the achieve
ment Of Dewey as an example of
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15
Senator Kyle Not q Populist.

The Associated Press in it's report of
the action of the senate in issuing bonds,
said that one Populist, Mr.. Kyle, voted
for the issue of bonds. Senator Butler
corrected this statement on the floor of
the senate, saying hat Mr.. Kyle was
not a Populist, and that every Populist
voted against the issue of bonds. He
said that he trusted that the Associated
Press would not SANDER the Peoples
Psrty by CHASING Mr.. Kyle as a Popu-
list.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15
Constitutionality Of Gold Contracts.

The law passed by the legislature Of
Washington declaring that a contract
to pay in gold coin should not be spe-
officially enforced by the courts, but the
debt might be "paid in and fully salts
fed with any kind of lawful money or
currency Of the United States has been
declared unconstitutional by the su-
preme court Of that state. The court
decided that it was an attempt to legis-
late on a subject belonging exclusively
to the federal government and that "a
stipulation in d note or mortgage that
the debt shall be paid only in gold coin
of the present standard value and that
the decree and Judgment thereon shall
81 nroyide is yalid.'
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15
THE SILVER REPUBLICANS.

The UNION agrees with the
Sioux Falls Press when that paper
remarks that the cheap postmaster
editors who are laying up in their
breasts the pleasing JUNCTION that
the silver republicans in this state
will not put up IS vigorous a cam
paign as they did in 1896 will have
their minds disabused Of that delu-
sion before the campaign is over.
The truth is, the silver republicans
are better organized now than at
the close of the campaign of 1896.
One of the most surprising fea-
tnres of the Aberdeen conventions
was the number and enthusiasm of
the delegates to the silver .republi-
can convention. There were 664
votes represented in the
ton, and only n county, Meade,
in the Black Hills, was voted by
proxy, the votes of all the other
counties being cast by delegates
present at the convention. If the
enemy can get any comfort from
these facts it is welcome to it.
Every we'll posted man in the state
knows that there are hundreds of
republicans who voted with their
party in 1896 believing that the
party's pledge to "promote inter-
national bi-metalism' was honestly
made, who now see that it was a
trick and a deliberately planned
deception, and who promptly re-
nounced their party when they saw
that its manipulators were deter
mined to dominate it in the inter-
ests of the single gold standard
trust.
There were delegates to the Abb
erdeen silver republican conven-
ton who voted the republican tick
ct in 1896, bur who are now strong
in their denunciation Of the duplic-
ity and treachery of that party's
present leaders. The machine re-
publicans, the big bosses and the
cheap postmaster editors fear that
a large element of the republican
party in this state will swing in
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15

South Dakota's state motto is:
"Under God, the people rule"
The railways seem to think that it
reads: "The railways rule" and in
this they have always had the sup
port and encouragement of the re-
publican party.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15

Some of the very sensitive re-
publican editors over the state
claim that Gov. Lee stated at one
time that Grigsby'a cowboy regi-
ment was a disgrace to the state
and they make considerable noise
about the matter. These repub-
lican editors often get more perso-
nal than the governor is alleged
to have been. They have remark
ed time and again that the governor
was a disgrace to the state, and
spelled his name Lee. He was
a disgrace to the state simply be-
cause he is a populist. However,
being cornered on the other kicks
regarding the governors military
action it is entirely in line with
the past record of these sensitive
editors to trot out this story.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15

Uncle Sam exchanged IA Span
iards for hero Hobson and his six
comrades. Thus the humblest
American is worth any two of the
best Spaniards that ever breathed
the breath of life.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15
Everybody Says So.

Cascarets Candy Catlmrtic. the most won
oer1ul medical disco cry OF the age, pleas
ant and refreshing 70 the TASTE. act gently
ana positively on Kidneys, overland bowels,
cure headache, fe ~. i,ahillial constitution
ana bl!ionsness. Please bny and try a box
Oh 9 G. G. to-da.r "a, 81. ~ cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cue u; al. aruggists
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15

And an exchange cruelty
remarks that the Spanish Admiral
Camara is only a kodak, and that
of the smallest variety, hardly ca
pable of taking a snap shot.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15

with the silver republicans in the
coming campaign. 1t begins to
look like their fears are pretty we'll
grounded so far as South Dakota
is concerned.