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height of 1000 feet, and are covered to
their very tops with forests of immense
trees, yielding excellent timber and
many of the most valuable kinds of
wood. On the extensive slopes and in
the valleys are cultivated manila hemp;
tobacco, which the Spanish govern
ment has always kept as a monopoly;
cotton, sugar, coffee, rice, indigo, wheat,
maize, pepper, ginger, vanilla, CHINA
mon and cocoa. The mountains yield
precious metals in limited quantities,
and coal is successfully mined in several
localities.
The commerce of the islands is impor-
tant. In 1896 the imports were about
kl2,00O,00O and the exports $22,000,000.
IL 1895 304 vessels cleared the principal
ports, and there were in existence 72O
miles of telegraph and 10 miles of rail-
way. Manila is connected with Hong
Kong, Great Britain's trading center in
China, $50 miles distant, by cable.
The colonial government of Spain has
for years been administered by gov
ernor general, civilian officer, and Il
captain general, who has charge of the
military affairs and defenses. The
group is divided into 43 provinces, ruled
by governors, alcaldes or command
ants, according to Importance or loca-
ton. The revenues collected by
Spain have always been enormous and
taxation has been made as odious as
possible. Every article which comes to
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visions of the Soudan. To-day he in
forms you that the group contains
about 1000 islands, covering ia, 1926
square miles, all but 1000 square miles
of the total Asiatic colonial posses
sions of Spain. Most of the islands are
sinai, with the exception of Luzon,
which has an area of 40, 1924 square miles
and a population of 100000. The
islands next largest in size are Min
danoa, Samar, Mindoro, Panay, Leyte,
Negros, Masbate and Zebu.
Manila, which, according to the last
census, has population of 5000, is
the largest city and the capital of the
archipelago; the other important towns
and trading points being Laoag, Lipa,
Banang and Batangas, with popula-
tions varying from 10000 to $4,000. The
total population of The group is given
as 7,670,O00, including the Spanish army
and navy.
The Philippine islands were discov-
cred by Magellan, in 1921, and few
years later the Spaniards took posses
sion of the whole group. The inhab-
ltdHlS COHSlSt pa ny VI LICE OCS' " III i've
in the interior, and are repulsive in as
pect and savage. The Malays, the real
native element, are Roman Catholics
and engaged in agriculture and fishing.
They are in control of many branches
of industry and initiate European handi-
work with great success. The Chinese
and the mestizoes, generally descend
lug from Chinese fathers and native
mothers, are mostly engaged in COM
merce. The few Spaniards living in
the islands belong to the official class.
The Malays have to some extent been
crossed with the Spanish as well as the
Chinese; and these half-breeds, like
their brethren in Cuba, hate the Span
iards and have worked tremendously
with the natives to throw off the Span
Ash yoke.
The islands are among the most fer
tile in the world. Huge mountain
chains, all of volcanic origin, rise to a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16

transported for term of ten years to
Saghalien for highway robbery. Be-
fore the expiration of this term he sue
ceeded in effecting his escape, and two
years ago he returned to his native
place, village called Gunjal, in the Els
abetopol district, and commenced to
rule like king the inhabitants of the
neighborhood.
He did so with the full cognizance Of
the Russian local authorities, who were
powerless to raise even a protest
against the usurpation of their official
prerogatives. He administered the law
after his own fashion, dealing out JUS
tice with an impartial hand. and caus-
ing the simple peasant folk to wonder
at his wisdom.
This mans power and influence over
the minds sof his coreligionists grew
with such amazing rapidity that it
would only have required word from
him to cause a revolution against the
Russians.
AS the officials in tEis village WERE
abjectly in fear of incurring Ahmed
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16
PATRIOTISM IN GERMANY.
The Pleasant Way In Which the
Sentiment Is Taught the
Youth in School.

In Germany they teach patriotism in
the popular schools; in England we do
not--at any rate, not officially, says the
Pail Mall Gazette. In Germany the
kaiser's birthday, the anniversary of
Sedan, and other national landmarks
are celebrated in the national schools.
They have feasts and music and excur-
sions; but the children have kept clear,
ly before their eyes the reason for their
rejoicings. Indeed, the law impresses
upon parents and children that all vol
untary absence from these school feasts
is an offense. There were parents who
kept their children back, especially
from the Sedan commemoration, and
this on conscientious grounds. But now
no longer; for" says the magistrate,
''any unexcused absence from patriotic
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16
SPANS SOLDIERS.
As Compared with the Yankee Boys
They Are LuGubriOus and Lu-
dicrOus.

An EnGiishman, writing in a London
paper, says that physically the Yankee
Tommy Atkins is a fine fellow enough
--deep-chested, bull-throated, and hard
as nails You will never find in United
States regiment the understood weak
lings so common in many armies. The
reason is that the high rates of pay at
tract to the colors many more recruits
than are actually required, of whom of
course only the best are enlisted. The
men are. almost without exception, eX-
cel,ent shots. The reason for this is not
far to seek. Stationed for the most
part in wild and unsettled country,
rifle practice, confined with us, so far as
the individual soldier is concerned, to a
few weeks in each year, is with them
unceasing. There are no costly ranges
to maintain nor is it necessary to erect
butts. The target, paper one on
framework of iron, is set up outside the
fort stockade, and the squads go down
and blaze away their hundreds of
rounds before breakfast. Besides this,
there is usually more or less game in the
vicinity, and hunting parties are con-
stantiy being organized"
y Havana correspondent says that.
compared to our soldiers either of the
regular army or of the national guard.
the gun carrier of Spain now in Havana
is lugubrious and ludicrous obje.r.
HIS uniform. consisting of an ill-fitting
blouse and trousers OF blue striped cot
ton drill, is best described as a suit of
BAHAMAS. Add to the blouse and trous-
ers a coarse, wide-brmmed straw hat
and tlimsy canvas shoes with hempen
soles and you have the full dress of
Spanish soldier. Put a rusty, rickety
Mauser in his hands and you have the
same soldier on duty. He is hollow
chested, understood, sunken-cheeked,
unshaven, blear-eyed, and generally
Slouchy and unkempt. In Havana he is
present-10, 900 strong. He lolls
N the cafes, drinking sugar and water
lie hangs about doorways and IRON
bound windows, talking to senoritas.
lie loafs on the street corners, glaring
at passing Americans. He swaggers
along Obispo street, the broadway of
Havana, and he struts up and down the
plaza as though monarch of all ne sur
yeys. When an officer passes he be-
clmes as humble as Uriah Heep. When
an American passes he straightens up
and transforms his bearing into that of
iatter-day Caesar.-Chicago Tribune.
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the island is heavily taxed, TIL, duty on
muslin and petroleum, for instance, be-
ing 100 per cent. of the cost.
The climate is good, as tropical coun-
tries go. From June TO September there
ARE epidemics of fever al Manila, caused
probably by the dense eXhalations from
he swampy land about the city. These
fcvers are endemic and usually fatal to
foreigners. The vapors rising from
the marshes are often visible above the
islands, forming great white clouds.
From October to May life at Manila is
very pleasant.
Under any sort of decent govern
ment the Philippine islands would long
ago have become immensely wealthy,
but the Spanish dons who were sent
there to administer affairs had eyes
for nothing but their own interests. In
stead of encouraging enterprise, they
killed it by placing an onerous tax on
every cocoanut tree planted, on every
beast of burden, on every animal
slaughtered for home consumption or
market, on mills and oil presses, on
weights and measures, and even on
cock fighting. An income tax is col
lected from every inhabitant, even
though he has no income at all, and
every person over IS years of age is
required to procure every year certifi-
cate of identification, the charge Of
which varies from $3.50 to $25 accord
ing to the means of the applicant. Fail
ure or inability to pay this tax means
terrible punishment. Men and women
sex cuts no figure with the Spanish
tax gatherer-are stripped to the waist,
tied to a post in a public place, and
whipped without mercy. This is fol
lowed by deportation to some other
island, where the delinquents are com.
PEELED to work out" the amount of
the tax due the government at the rate
of six cents per day.
Instructions have been frequent,
but owing to the poverty of the half
castles and natives who engaged in them
usually ended in quick failure. Two
years ago the first general revolt was
inaugurated. The military resources
of the Spanish were for some time in.
adequate to quell the uprising, and not
until the government promised the in.
PRODUCTION of sweeping reforms and
immunity of those who had participated
in the revolution was a sembance of
peace restored. The Spanish governor
been 'pacified;" and thereupon spat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16

festivals established by the school shall
be considered as voluntary non-attend-
ance, and inspectors, teachers and the
authorities concerned are hereby in
structed to this effect
Patriotism a la pedagogue, perhaps,
but patriotism none the less; and the
children of a great empire might per-
haps do well to take a leaf out of book
made in Germany. Let us imagine the
establishment of the English child if he
were told that he was to have holiday
and fete for the sake of some great
event in our own history. But Germany
has these patriotic school feasts, and
France the emblem of the republic in
every schoolroom, because they actual
ly imagine the patriot is made as well
as born.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Very many short-sighted people have
prominent eyes. ;
Every German regiment has a chirop-
odist in its ranks.
Mexico denotes the place or seat OF
MeXitti, the Aztec god of war.
Rain falls on the eastern coast of Ire
land about POS days in the year.
Within the Antarctic circle there has
never been found a Towering plant.
The largest carpet in the world is in
Windsor castle, being 40 feet in breadth.
y blind bat avoids wires and obstruc-
tions as easily as if it could see per-
fectly.
a doctor says that the growth of chill
dren takes place entirely when they are
asleep.
There could not possibly be a whittier
city than Cadiz unless it were built of
snow.
\ whistling eel has been discovered in
the FIJI islands. 1t only whistles when
excited.
There are several varieties of fish that
cannot swim. In every instance they
are deep-sea jewellers and crawl about
the rocks, using their tails and fins as
legs.
The largest cask in the world is the
Blatner cask of Nuremburg. 1t is 105
feet in diameter and 81 feet deep, and its
| completion a few years ago was cele-
brated by a ball, at which over 500 per-
sons were on the floor of the cask, ex-
Guiding musicians, walters and assist
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16

Round Tower" anything else but mill
erected by some of the early colcnsts,
1t is also not advisable to buy curios un-
less their authenticity can be absolute
ly established. There is "A story OF six
teenth century traveller which is apro7
pos in this connection. He had visited
a French monastery where he was
shown what was asserted to be the skull
of John the Baptist. With some SUR
prise the traveller said: "Why, the
monks of - monastery showed me
the skull of John the Baptist recently"
True" said the exhibitor, not a whit
disturbed; 'but those monks only pos
sess the skull of the saint when he was
a young man, while ours is bis skull
when he was well advanced in age and
wisdom."-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16
The Cyanide Process.

In 1897 one-tenth of the 11,67S.0O
ounces of gold produced was due to the
cyanide process. Only within the last
ten years has the knowledge been util-
lied that gold is soluble in solution
of the cyanide of potassium. Gold
bearing ore and sands of low average
can be profitably worked by this
process alone, and the increasing yield
of the metal is in part due to the fact.
In a South African mine ore containing
over 62 cents of gold per ton is profit
ably handled. At first two pounds of
cyanide per ton was used, but the guam
tity required now is half pound, the
operation having been greatly i'm
proved.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16
KING AND BRIGAND.
Romantic Adventures of "a Caucasfan
Outlaw and His Sudden
Execution.

The tribes in the Caucasus have, by
their irreconci.able hostility to Russian
administration, greatly retarded the
progress of civilization and made their
country a veritable hotbed of outlaw
,es@ness.
The Russian government is using all
the means in their power to attract set
tiers to this district, but their efforts
IRE unavailing; the district continues
to be chiefly place of Punishment for
mild political offenders and members
of unorthodoX sects.
The abortlveness to introduce any
thing like law and order into this law
less land may be judged by the follow
ing characteristic incident:
A notorious brigand named Ahmed
Abuzar-Ogli was convicted and then
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16

Truffies will soon be cultivated on
scientific principles and are likely to be-
come cheaper. NJ. Chatin, who discov-
cred that the truffie is mushroom, has
announced to the Academic des Sciences
at Paris that Due de Lesparre, brother
of Due de Gramont, has found out how
1t terminates, and on what leaves its
spores will become fruitful.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16
APTURE OF MANILA.
It Means Freedom for Millions of
Miserable Creatures.
How the Philippine Islanders Have
Been Robbed and Abused by
the Officers Sent to Them
from Spain.
Especial SAY. Francisco letter.

Everybody on the Pacific coast is still
talking about Commodore Dewey S
bold and successful attack on the
Spanish fleet at Manila. Other naval
victories call forth loud plaudits,
Of course, but the conquest and
occupation of the Philippine islands
means, to use slang phrase,
"a whole lot" to the merchants and
traders of San Francisco and other
coast towns.
Those who are not shouting are look
ing up facts about the islands. A few
weeks ago the average American citi-
zen knew as much about the Philip
pines as he did about the political d.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16

Little Johnny-Ma, | want piece of
that raisin cake.
Mamma-Why, Johnny, don't you
know that those raisins came from
Spain? But there, poor child, you may
have piece.
II wouldn't eat piece of that cake
any quickern' Id eat poison. "-Chica-
gu Evening News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16

Wife (at seven a. m. Now, deny
your condition last evening! Here you
are with your hat and shoes on. Don't
tell me you didn't come home the worse
for drink!
Husband-Not bit, dear. You know
have lately taken to walking in my
sleep, and | thought I'd go to bed pre-
pared.-Stray Stories.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16
Questions of Veracity.

1t is not wise to accept the assertions
of historians as being always beyond
question. They have made many err
rors. Mary of Scotland was not beau
tiful woman; Richard Ill. was not q
cripple, and no more is the famous
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16

Hunger stones" were seen in the
Rhine last winter. They appear only
when the river is very low, and the date
of their appearance is then cut into
them. They are believed to forebods &
year Of bad crops.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16

Kane-Poor Smythe is at his wit
end.
Lane-How is that?
kane-He Is dead.--Harlem Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16
God SnVe the King.

The first use on record of the express
sion God Save the King" occurs in the
Bible, in II Kings, where the browning
of the king of Juda is described. Hail
Columbia" is altogether American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16

Abuzar-Ogli's anger, it was due to the
chance visit of high government comp
troller that the true state of affairs
leaked out. Prince Galitzin, the gov
encouragement of the military district,
when aware of the facts, caused Ogli
to be arrested, court martialed, and
summary hanged as a warning to
others of his type
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-28
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-28
THREE CHILDREN DROWNED.
Mother, I'm an Attempt to Rescue
Them, Also Drowned.

WATERFOWL, y. Y, December a.
4 special to the Standard from Alex
andria Bay says:
Yesterday three OF the children Of
Charles Hagerman were playing upon the
Ice off tho north shore of Wells Island,
in the ST. Lawrence river, when the ice
broke, and they all fell in aud were
drowned. A fourth child, who was on the
Shore ran 10 the house and notified her
mother. Mrs. Hagerman rushed TO the
scene, and In her endeavors TO rescue
the children, broke through the ice, and
she. too, was drowned.
a man who was attracted 10 the scene
If the accident dived into the water and
brought up one Of the children, but as
lie man was trying to climb out on the
ice the child slipped from his grasp and
persisted.
The family consisted of Charles Hager-
man. his wife and nine children. Hager-
man. who had been in Canada, arrived
home an hour after the accident TO take
Christmas with his family. Hf went to
he river and alone recovered the four
bodies.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-28
NORFOLK NAVAL NOTES,
The Alvaredo and the SandOvnI-Re-
marlxnbIe Escape,

NORFOLK, VA, December 27-(Spe-
ciaL)-The captured Spanish guuboat Al
varedo left the Norfolk nayy-yard at s
o'clock tonight for the Portsmouth On
H navy-yard, where she will be refitted
and remodelled in a measure preparatory
TO being added to the American navy
The little vessel is under the command
Of Lieutenant Victor Blue, who brought
her from Cuba. She is expected to make
good time up the coast. Both the AL
vareto and her sister ship, the Sandoval.
coaled to-day preparatory to the voyage
but the Sandoval did not sail tonight.
She will get away tomorrow. The trophy
ships have beel visited by hundreds of
visitors during their stay al the Norfolk
navy-yard, where ii was hoped they would
be repaired. Many visitors came from
great distances TO see them. The auXili-
airy cruiser Badger arrived here to-day.
IL has been decided to lay her UP in ordi-
nary at this yard in preference TO selling
her.
The training ship Essex will leave in a
few days TO continue her practice cruise,
with IN apprentice boys aboard.
The revival of industry in Cuba has
caused tremendous shipments OF coal 10
that Island, and Of the schooners now
awaiting cargoes of Pocahontas coal in
this port many will go there laden with
fuel for the awakened industries Very
little of the coal now being shipped there
will be consigned 10 government coaling
stations.
The swell of a passing steamer capszed
small sail-boat in the harbor to-day.
James Blank was rescued, but two boys
who were with him We're thought TO be
drowned. Twenty minutes afterward
however, the boat was righted, and they
were found alive in the hold. They were
resuscitated with difficulty.