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WILL BE GRANTED.

1t was sad hare yesterday that there
is no Longer n doubt that the Ingalls,
charter will be Gtantsi. Much of the
opposition TO it has come from lne11l-
pers or the fsSi slaturr5. wtlto are said to
he Interested in another rJud. Senator
P!Icnet has been Violently IMPOSED TO it.
and it Is alleged here Oh good aut hority
that he went 50 far as to urdert AXE to
pi'av%n't committee meetings for re
purpose II considering it
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TO Daily Press Bureau. Hampton
The Daily Press will be found for
sale every morning at the following
places:
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street office.
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The BeneaccnQ Coraet,

A paper read before the British AS
ISOLATION at Bath in praise Of corsets
declared that reasonably tight" lac
ing increased mental and physical &C
tivity by causing more liberal supply
of blood to the brain, muscles and
nerves.
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Just try 9 loo. box Of Cascarets, the
finest liver a2d bowel regulator evnr
uaaaa. ,.-l--. u l2l Ais-& AR1 a 4 Is III
The Southern herald., 1898-09-23
The Cyclone signal.

There are telegraph lines to Bermuda,
Nassau, Cuba, Hayti, and nearly all
the other West India islands, so that
when cyclones start from their cradle,
observers telegraph to us their de-
parture. Then along our Gulf and At
lantic coasts are 90 signal stations,
ready 10 telegraph to Washington the
progress OF the storm as it reaches
.hem, so that it seldom gets far before
all the ships in our great commercial
ports are warned from Washington
where the cyclone will be at almost
every hour of its existence. A warn.
ing signal, consisting of two square red
flags with black square centers
hoisted one above the other, is then
displayed from prominent structures
around the harbors, so that no ship
can 90 to sea without seeing it, and
messages are sent to all ship agents,
giving details of the storm. Whenever
you see those two square red flags dis
played, make no plans for outdoor
pastime. Remember that they mean
4 tropical cyclone is approaching, and
be prepared for it. No ship should go
to sen while those warning flags fly,
yet some ship agents, straining to
make business connections, send their
ships to sea, in the face of the warning,
risking hundreds of lives, and usually
losing just as much time as If they had
detained the ship in port, while much
more coal is burned in the deadly bat
tie with The winds.-Lieut. John NJ.
Ellicott. in st. Nicholas.
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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 1901 miles
of narrow gauge railroad, and only
about 45O miles Of telegraph lines.
San Juan is connected with Jamaica
and St. Thomas by cable.
Puerto Rico was discovered by Co.
lumbus in November, 1893, on his sec
ond voyage to America. San Juan was
founded by Ponce de Leon in 1911. The
native inhabitants, as in Cuba, were en-
shaved and finally exterminatcd; negro
slavery was then established and con-
tinued until 1873. Spain's sovereignty
in Puerto Rico has remained undis-
turbed except for attacks by the Eng
lish in 1895, 1898. 1878 and 1897, none Of
which produced permanent results,
and a revolution of the inhabitants
themselves in 1920, which was sup
presged in 1s23. The system of govern
ment is like that in Cuba, and equally
burdensome. The revenues are ex-
pended almost wholly for Spanish pur-
noses: in A recent annual budget, for
instance, pensions, interest on Spanish
debt and salaries Of colonial officers
living in Spain consumed S735,92S.sO;
the courts, and expenses of the estab-
lished Catholic church, $37s,74O.5O; in
crease Of Spanish navy, Sl5O,16O.66; /;
public works, s272, 2,21402; civil govern
ment, s7lo.315.26; while Puerto Rico
had TO contribute 1905, 5o5.50 towards
snain's war expenses in Cuba and the
Philippines.
Puerto Rico is so much smaller thap
either Cuba or the Philippines that the
social and political disadvantages OF
nermanently attaching It to this coun-
try would not, perhaps, be serious, and
might be over-balanced by the strate-
oic value of the island as a coaling
station and naval rendezvous. The
pbilinpines might be disposed Of to
some European power, or to Japan,
but with Puerto Rico the case Is differ
emf When any American colony once
masses 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
netus such step gives to similar ac-
ion in reference to other territory
whose Incorporation in the union
would be q positive dstrimsnt and
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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 out and is very popular.
lie is also doctor and has a 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. lie was educated in the Uni
versity 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 Sitlka in a
schooner. When the doctor resigned
from the navy he married and returned
to Santiago, where he soon worked up
a capital practice as a physician.
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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;ldent.
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. lie
returned to his native town and devoted
himself eagerly to cultivating 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
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666. But now the Roman Catholic
church is said to be the beast, and this
war will not end until the pope and
his church are all annihilated. and then
comes the next vial. which is 10 10
poured out on Turkey, and that king
dom IS 10 be annihilated. I heard ;
preacher say about the time our late
civil war began that II should turn
out that the Lord was not on our side
be would forswear his religion. But he
lived to see bis hopes blasted aud Old
not forswear his religion either. But
1t humbled him aud took away his con-
eeit. But whether the war must 60
on or not viii pray for peace, for l
know that peace is a blessed thing.
Peace at home and peace abroad. We
want no war for glory when it Is all
mixed up with tears. Let US stop i
Just as soon as possible. prophecy or
no prophecy. Bismarck is dead. and
not long before he died he said: Il
take no comfort in anything that have
done. l have provoked and fought
three wars. in which there were killed
$4,000 men, and which brought rivers
CT tears. ! now believe these wars
could have been honorably avoided, and
1 have no pleasure in the memory OF
them. But | have made my peace with
God and have His forgiveness"
What an admission for an old man,
a great man, to make. How different
from that of Gladstone.-Bil Arp, in At
lanta Constitution.
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without an instant's hesitation,
knocked out the brains of the unhappy
officer; tien. harranging the escort, he
shamed them at being in the service Of
power which for so many centuries
had oppressed their country. His ap-
peal to rebellion was without doubt
eloquent, for the little troupe acclaimed
him, and putting him at its head, went
out OF linus, gaining the wooded
heights which surround the village.
This was the nucleus of the insurgent
army, which now consists of not less
than $4,000 eombatants, having for its
unquestioned chief the black-balled
student of the University of St. Tomas.
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REST IN MANILA.
Every Year Has I20 HoIidays-'rwo
Hours for Luncheon : Music
and AIIurlng beauty.

Outside of the Spanish colony in
Manila there is little care for the
fashions as they change from season :
to season in Europe and America. The
same material and cut does in summer
and in winter-or, more accurately,
in the wet season and in the dry. There
is never any frost and never any oc-
casion for furnaces or open fires. Ex-
cept for cooking, there is plenty Of
heat in the atmosphere the year
around.
Men wear white duck suits, with thin
flannel or silk underwear, no linen
shirt or collar, white pith helmets,
and white canvas shoes the year round.
The Spaniards and the Spanish half
castes go in for style little more.
The Spaniards are naughty and fond
of displaying their uniforms OF blue
or white and their gold trimmings.
The half-castes, or Mestiza, are equal
ly fond Of display, but their attire 10
something of compromise between
European and Chinese modes.
Besides the one year out Of seven that
all foreign employees Of the great mer-
camille houses represented in Manila
have given to them as home leave"
there is months vacation each year,
a regular holiday each month, and ali
the saints days, and Spanish, French,
| English, German and American holi.
days. Not TO observe a saints day In
Manila is sinful, and everyone holds
such sinfulness In especial detestation.
Figuring in all the saints days, Sun
days and general holidays, there arc
129 days in each year when these peo-
pie do not work.
Clerks earn from $500 to $4,000
year.. besides having lodgings found,
u mess allowance, medical attendance
and travelling expenses. In many
cases their rooms are over the offices.
They work from daylight to noon, rest
for two or three hours, and then work
till five o'clock, but they have much
freedom in choosing their hours and
are hurried only on mail days.
There are many excellent bands In
Manila, and open-air concerts are
given every evening in fair weather,
Theatrical companies, both native and
foreign, play throughout the sea-
son. The Mestiza chorus girl is
al!uring. In the cathedral and
the churches the music is al
ways good, though it is startling
to the newcomer to hear, as he will
in some services, Gloria from "Trova-
tore" the Credo with music from
"Barbiere," and the Elevation from
"Trayiata. ta."-Louisyille Courier jour
| nal
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IsgelR1SIgalgge71 1agesasegs11GRa9aulaa
PUERTO RICO.
Facts a1d Figures Relating to This Latest Adaitio7
to the UQit<d States.

With the closing of the war and the
Spanish acceptance of our peace con
ditions, the last vestige of Spanish
domination disappears from the west
ern hemisphere. A writer in Gun
tons Magazine, in an article on
Puerto Rico, gives an interesting de-
seription of the island and shows how
her various possessions gradually
threw off the yoke of Spain's misrule.
Four hundred years ago Spain was
on the threshold of a period of terri
torial expansion. Within a few dec
AIDES after the voyages of Columbus
Spain's dominion neluded-nominally
at least, and in many eases actually
the greater part of South and Central
America, the West Indies, Florida, Mex
leo, the gulf region and'part of our Pa
citic coast. TWAS during this period also
that the Philippines and the Canary
islands came under Spanish rule. For
two centuries this wide empire re-
mained practically intact, and then
began the shrinkage which has since
been steadily reducing Spain's ter
ritory towards its old peninsular linn
its. Jamaica first was wrested from
Spain by the British in 1855; part of
Hayti was ceded to France in 1897, and
the whole island became independent
in the early part Of the present cen
tury; the Bahama islands came def
nitcly under British authority about
1888. Between 1910 and 1920 Chill, Ven
ezuCla, Argentina and Paraguay
achieved their independence, and dur
ing the next decade (1s2O-1S3O) Mexico,
Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa
Rica, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Uru-
quay threw off the Spanish yoke. Flor
ida was ceded by Spain to the United
States in 1921.
After an interval Of nearly three
quarters Of century this curtailment
of Spanish colonial power is now about
to be completed In the conquest OF
Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico and
even one Of the Ladrone islands by the
United States.
Cuba, Hayti and Puerto Rico form a
chain of islands having a general di
The Southern herald., 1898-09-23

ports from Hawaii, sl3,6ST, ,799; exports
to Hawaii, S4,69O,O75.
According TO recent statistics, the
population of Puerto Rico is SOC, ,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. OF this
population 4S0,2G5 are whites and 926,-
AL eolored, the latter comprising ~
ISL negroes and 24s,69O 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, Msngolians 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, 50 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 Caueasians 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 Rico do
not know how either to read or write.
This is a much poorer showing than in
Cuba, where 90 PEI cent. know at least
how to read. In South Carolina the IL
literates compose As per cent, of the
whole population; in Mississippi, 40
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 n small island
on the north coast, joined to the main
land by bridge. There is a good har-
Dor, protected by Morro castle near
the harbor entrance, San Cristobal
fortress on the land side, the fort of
Caballero on an elevation, and several
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rection. from Cuba, Of east by south,
and separating the Caribbean sea
from the Atlantic ocean. Puerto Kico
Is the casternmost and smallest OF
these islands. 1t is travcrsed 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
ing northeast winds. The latitude IS
about the same as that of bombay ana
northern Luzon in the Philippine
islands. Puerto Rico's latitude C66 &C.
grees west of Greenwich brings the
island about one degree further east
than the extreme easternmost point
on the Atlantic coast OF the Cnlled
States. i. G., Eastport. Me. The as
tance from Puerto Rico TO Key west
Is about 1000 miles; from the Cape
Verde islands. off the coast OF Africa
and almost directly east of Puerto
Rico. something over 1000 miles. "a
diz. Spain, Is considerably more than
3oOo miles to the northeast
Puerto Rico is rectangular in shape
and almost three times as long as
broad. East and west it measures Ioo
miles; north and south about 81. us
area is $3.50 square miles, or about
one-twclfth that Of Cuba, little moLe
than half that of the Hawaiian isianoS
and less than one-thirtieth OF the area
Of the Philippines. The islandls aDou,
tvo.tb,rds the size Of Connecticut ana
oearly three times that OF khooe
leland. An east and west mouhtain
ronoe forms the water shed for some
400 streams; Al Of these are rivers
but none nayigabIe. Puerto Rlco IS
extremely fertile and is considered ne
most healthy island in the Antliles.
The chief products are coffee ahu m
sugar; tobacco is extensively cul'l,
-a9od and rice. maize and tropical
tru,ts IN a less extent. Dense forests
corer the highlands and contain many
Io1,ahlo snecies of wood, and the ex-
.si,snt nasturage in other sections
oor,,its cattle raising on an extensive
scale. Gold, iron, coal, copper anu ,
calf are found in Puerto Rico. but only
~ r. solt mines are worked. The total
.rnorts of the island in 1895 amounted
:" rohout s146OO,O 900, imports, $lo'oOU,-
nm. M In the year ending June 80, l8s', "
VS. ,I. 1rrited States imported $2,1sl,ozi
worth VI, of products from Puerto kIeo \ o.
and our exports thither amouneeu 5 -, ~
81 .oss. .S88. During the same perlou .3o our
'nnorts from Cuba amounted to si0''
,n ,nT st1. exports to Cuba, $s,259776; i'm m
1s, nnrts from the Philippine isianos q.
st.sss.74o; pD;ss exports th'ther' s9i'''7i I'M
The Southern herald., 1898-09-23
CHIEF OF FILIpINoS.
AguInaIdO Was a Dull student But
When He Entered Politics He
became n 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-
tion of Blacnabato, landed at Cavite,
Everyone is persuaded that he was re-
called by Commodore Dewey, who
gave him on his arrival a 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 proprietors
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 Lateran; then at the Uni
versity of st. Tomas, at Manila. The
cost of entering these establishments
Is high enough; it varies from 1900
francs to 1900 francs a 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 as
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 maxi
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
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menace TO our social progress, Prob
ably the best solution Of the problem
would be an American prOteetorate of
the island, under which the machinery
Ct an independent government should
be sci N motion and supervised until
its operation became automatic and
safe
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pldtS AtllVW uH W ulte dEOuuQ.)
Philippine league. 1t has no other OBJ
jects, this league, than TO unite polit-
lcally the archipelago with the metrop-
oils. 1t was of short Duration, for, to
belong to it, it was necessary to have
an annual revenue to 1000 francs.
Rial was deported, and soon afterward
was formed another secret society,
which in short time counted more
than 25O,OOO members. 1t called itself
by the name of "Katipunan," which
signifies society of cooperation and of
protection for rural sicialists."
1t was then that the government of
the Philippines, confounding the mem
bers of the "Katapunan" with the Phil
ippine league and the freemasons, un-
dertook against the natives the policy
Of repression, cruel and merciless.
which has been so fatal. An order was
given to arrest Aguinaldo, who was
suspected of being one of the most ac-
tive chiefs of the freemasons. The
Spanish officer charged with this mis-
sion presented himself before the
dwelling with . dozen native soldiers.
armed with bayonetA ARuinaldo,
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to make protest to Gen. Shafter re.
garding the retention of Spanish civil
officials in Santiago after the sur
render of that city.
"Why is Santiago to remain in the
hands of our enemies?" he asked OF
Shafter. The reply was as follows;
"The Spaniards are not our enemies
We are fighting the soldiers of Spain,
but we have no desire to despoil her
The Southern herald., 1898-09-23

OF 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 a drink and closing the wound
again. As far as can be seen this has
been the practice from time imme NOR.
ial A writer tells Of wine habitual.
ly consumed in China, which is made
from the flesh oflambs reduced 10 psste
withmilk, or bruisedfntopulp with rice,
and then fermented. 1t is extremely
strong and nutritious, and powerfully
stimulating to the physical organism.
The Laplanders drink a 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. 1t is a horrible com.
pound Of alcohol, anise, coriander. fen.
mel, wormwood, indigo and sulphate Of
copper. 1t is strong, nasty and a
moral and physical polson.-Tit-Bita
The palace of Ii Hung Chang, prirns
minister of China, CONSISTS Of eollec
tion Of nearly 100 buildiprs. ai,rround
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Marriages and deaths published as
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MeFingle-How do you like these
summer mornings2
McFangle-They etup too early for
me.-N. Y Evening Journal.
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Passengers this ticket good to
stop Off
Conductor-Yes'm. But Il won't be
good - cit on again. !. Weekly.
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JOAQUIN CASTILLO.
The Cuban Onieer Who Wanted to
De Appointed Military Cow
ernOr of santiago.

Gen. Joaquin Castillo is one Of the
best-known officers in the Cuban army.
He it was who was deputed by Gareis
The Southern herald., 1898-09-23

The palace Of Ii Hurg Chang, prime
minister of China, consists Of eolIec
tion OF nearly 100 buildi7gs, surround
ed by q high wall,