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The Worthington advance., 1898-06-09

She was never heard of since. Puerto
Rico was not again visited by white
men until 1903, when Ponce de Leon,
Spanish governor of Santo Domingo
was attracted there by reports of its
rich soil and great mineral wealth. He
landed with his soldiers, and it is said
| that the native chief showed him some
rivers with golden sands. Ponce de
Leon was charmed, and Immediately set
about to conquer the island. He told
the natives that he and his soldiers
were immortal and they generally be-
| lieved him until two of the tribe, a tritie
! skeptical, held Spaniard's head under
water and saw that he died. After this
they effected great uprising and mas
sacred all the Spaniards they could lay
hands upon. A bloody war continued,
but seeing the Spanish dead continually =
replaced, the savages came to believe
that the new soldiers were in reality
the old ones returned from the other
world. The Spaniards conquered by
aid not only Of such deceits but of their
customary cruelty, and imported fierce
/ bloodhounds to hunt down the poor In
dians. AS late as this century wild de.
scendants of these dogs lived in the for
ests OF Puerto Rico, where they SUBJ
sisted upon the land crabs which at
certain seasons move down the noun
tain sides in tremendous armies to de-
poslt their young in the sea. The
Puerto Ricans were eventually con-
quered and reduced to slavery. ..:
San Juan was for three centuries a
convict station. After the death Of
Ponce de Leon the island was used for
no other purpose until 1915, when Spain
awakened to the fact that her beauti-
tul island possession had been unappre-
ciated and neglected. - Meanwhile the
aborigines had been practically exter-
minated, and San Juan had been cap
tured by the English in. 1898, by the
Dutch in 1915 and by the English again
in 1742. Even these progressive nations
had failed to appreciate what Uncle
Sam will shortly put to good use. Il
The remnant of Indian blood became
intermixed with the Spanish. The
Gibaros, day laborers, who live on small
farms, resultfrom these intermarriages., in
Over 40 per cent. of the entire popula-
tion are negroes, descendants of the
large holdings of slaves employed on
the old estates. Slaves were first i'm
ported in 1915, when the first Spanish
colonists we're encouraged to populate
thesisland. The laws Of thescolony gov
erning the slaves prescribed their food,
clothing, discipline and hours of labor.
Owners sWeregrequired to instruct them
inssthe elements of Christianity and to
have them baptized ns the Catholic
churc b within q year after heir impor-
tation. It was h ot until 1873 that Spain
folloWe ed our example, set tenyears be.
fore, and q abolished 2 h ed, sslaveryin Puerto
Rico. .s4 s se II 80
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into one-and So" ,was SO ashamed
I couldn't go on, for it did seem an aw-l
fully mean thing. Lord Tottenham.

into one-and SO !" was so ashamed
I couldn't go on, for it did seem an aw-.
fully mean thing. Lord Tottenham.
said: 4.
"a very nice way to make your for
tune by deceit and trickery! have
a horror of dogs. If I'd been a weak
man the shock might have killed me.
What do you think Of yourselves, eh ?''
We were al crying except Oswald,
and the others say he was. and Lord
Tottenham went on:
''Well, I see you're sorry. Let this be
lesson to you; and we'll say no more
about it. Pni an old man now, but I
was young once."
Then Alice slid along the bench close
to him and said: II think you're very
good to forgive us, and we are really
very,very sorry. But we wanted to be
like the children in books, only we
never have the chances they have. But
we are sorry-very sorry. And know
Oswald wasn't going to take the half
sovereign. Directly you said that about
tip I began to feel bad inside, and 1
whispered to H. O. that I wished we
hadn't"
Then Lord Tottenham stood up, and
he looked like the ''Death of Nelson"
for he is clean shaven and it is a good
face, and he said:
always remember never to do a dis
honorable thing, for money or for any
thing else in the world.''
And we promised we would remem-
ber. Then he took off his hat and we
took off ours, and he went away and we
went home. nev?r felt so cheap in all
my life. .
Dora said: Il told you so;'' but we
didn't mind even that so much, though
it was hard to bear. It was what Lord
To1tenham had said about ungentle-
manly. We didn't go on to the heath
for week after that; but at last we
went, and we waited for him by the
bench. When he came along Alice said:
''Please, Lord Tottenham, we have
not been on the heath for week, to be
punishment, because you let us off.
And we have brought you a present
each, if you will take them, to show
you we are willing to make it up.''
He sat down on the bench and we gave
him our presents. Oswald gave him a
sixpenny compass; he bought it with
his own money on purpose to give him.
Oswald always buys useful presents.
The needle would not move after I'd had
it day or two; but Lord Tottenham
used to be an admiral, so he will be able
to make that go all right. Alice had
made him shaving case with rose
worked on it. H. o. gave him his knife
the same one he once cut all the but
tons off his best suit with. Dickie gave
him his prize ''Naval Heroes" because
it was the best thing he had, and Noel
gave him piece of poetry he had made
himself:
when sin and shame bow down the brow,
Then people feel just like we do now.
We are so sorry with grief and pain,
Wenever will be so ungentlemanly again."
Lord Tottenham seemed very pleased.
He thanked us, and talked 20 US for {:
bit, and when he said good-by he said:
''All's fair weather now, mates," and
shook hands.
And when we meet him he mods to us;
so he can't really be going on thinking
us ungent!emanly any more.-Pall Mall
Gazette
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800 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing it's work. The
proprietors have so much faith in it's cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
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Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best. =
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WILL v u I I. SOON BE BE OURS.
Wonders and Charms Of the Island
Of Puerto Rico.
Uncle Sam Will No Doubt Acquire the
West Indian Gem De tore Sign k
Ing q Peace Treaty 49,, =
with Spain. ~5s.,. %
Especial Correspondence

Whatever the congress may eventual-
~ 90 with Cuba, it seems probable now
that before peace with Spain is re-
stored the island of Puerto Rico will
become an American colony. 1t will be
invaluable to us as naval station, to
say nothing Of its great trade and in
comparable agricultural resources. Ly-
ing as it does east of Santa Domingo.
only gu miles distant from St. Thomas.
all the arguments that have been ad-
vanced for many years as, to the ad-
Vantages to us in the acquisition of a
coaling station at the latter isle and in
West Indian waters apply with yet
greater force to Puerto Rico and. the
two small islands of Culebra and Vieque,
rich in fine forests of dye and cabinet
woods, which go with it. Probably no
part OF the West Indies is as fertile as
this Spanish possession, and none is so
generally susceptible OF cultivation. A
single acre of it's cane already yields
more sugar than elsewhere. Besides
about $4,000 tons of sugar, it generally
exports each year about 17,O0C tons OF
~~AA~~ ~A~ AsoOV lOuS VI lODdCCO, NE
yearly production Of sugar has been
known to reach 100, 900 tons. This sugar
is separated from the cane in mills
owned hitherto by Spanish and Eng
li>h capital.
Sixty years ago writer described
Puerto Rico as "the most lovely of all
those regions OF loveliness washed by
the Caribbean sea-" Given such an is
land, possessing every variety of trop-
ical landscape, fertile from the noun
tain submits to the brink of the sea,
rich in pasture fields, shaded with beau
tiful groves of cocoa palms. moistened
by 1900 streams, with here and there a
hot spring, and already opened to in.
ternal commerce by improved high
ways and a new railroad girding the
entire coast, it is difficult to prophesy
as to the progress few hundred Yankee
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SOLDIERS NEEDS.
A List of Absolute Necessities That
the Girls Should Put in
Housewives. =

Without an accurate count, no esti-
mate worth cent can be made as to
the number of girls in the United States
who are making, or have made, for
sweethearts those little wrapped-up
carryalls called housewives, a little non
descript containing comb, pins, needles,
thread, buttons, etc. Every man in the
army, presumably, has one, at least.
Some of the boys have three or four,
depending on the number of girls they
had ION the string.'
But the girls were careless and for
getful. They hadn't been through
many wars, so they only thought of the
little necessaries. A little thought
would have convinced them that box
of imported cigars and quart bottle
Of French brandy should have been
added, for use in case of sickness. In
writing back from Columbus, Camp
Bushnell, Thomps said that his ''house-
wives" (pluraD were sadly deficient.
If he could suggest, he would add a
small oil stove and pair of slippers,
tans. About two or three dozen hand
kerchiefs should be put in, and a selec-
tion of Turkish towels, say six. But
the handkerchiefs are not the thing
without a pint bottle of violet extract.
Toilet water doesn't come amiss after
you have been in swimming.
Thomps also said that pipes and to-
bacco and matches should never be
omitted from a housewife, especially
tobacco. Some of the girls forgot to
put in gross of playing cards. Their
neglect is all but criminal in the ewes
of the soldiers. He also made sugges-
ton to have pies sent in sealed pans.
Take two pies and two pans, turn them
face to face, and have a timer solder
the edges. They will keep dry this
way, but will not keep the other way
when the soldier is hungry. Any num-
ber of these pies should be found in
every well-arranged housewife.
Don't forget manicure set, for we
can't fight with dirty finger nails.
When we die we want to die like gents.
Some of the soldiers long for candy,
and now is the chance for the girls to
get even after years of waiting.
Chocolates straightare nice. Il
Some girls put in small picture of
themselves in the housewife when
life-size crayon, $3.50 for the frame, on
the installment plan, would be much
nicer. It will also serve to keep the
wind out of the tent on cold nights.
A bottle or two of distilled water
comes in handy for washing purposes,
but is not insisted upon if it crowds out
the bottles of prepared Manhattans.
These are indispensable, and the num-
ber Of bottles is not limited by law.
That's all, unless you add one or two
fatirons, but be sure that the" house
wife doesn't weigh, when wrapped,
more than 400 pounds, for that is all a
man can carry or a mule pull in Cuban
swamp. Then, when we come back,
girls, why we will marry .wheD we
come back we will, why, we win re-
turn Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
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Iaf SIBe!RY. 1 !! J !. Tfllk$
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ONE BENEATH OLD GLORY.

Don't you hear the tramp Of soldiers?
Don't you hear the bugles play?
Don't you see the muskets flashing
In the sunlight far away?
Don't you feel the ground all trembling
Meath the tread of many feet?
They are coming, tens of thousands,
10 the army and the fleet. l.
They are Yankees, they are Johnnies.
They're for north and south no more;
They are one. and glad to follow .,f."
When Old Glory goes before.
From Atlantic to Pacific, s. s
From the Pine Tree to Lone Star,
They are gath'ring round Old Glory,
And they're marching to the war.
Don't you see the harbors guarded
BY those bristling dogs Of war?
Don't you hear them growing. barking,
At the fleet beyond the bar?
Don't you hear the Jack Tars cheering,
Brave as Sailor lads can be?
Don't you see the water boiling
Where the squadron put to sea?
They are Yankees, they are Johnnies.
They're for north and south no more;
They are one, and glad to follow
When Old Glory goes before.
From Atlantic to Pacific
From the Pine Tree to Lone Star,
They have gathered round Old Glory.
And they're sailing to the war.
Don't you hear the horses prancing?
Don't you hear the sabres clash?
Don't you hear the cannon roaring?
Don't you hear the muslket crash?
Don't you smell the smoke of battle?
Oh, you'll wish that you had gone,
When you hear the shouts and cheering
For the boys who whipped the Don!
There'u he Yankees thera'u ho 1ohnn,os
Therein be north and south no more,
When the boys come marching homewar,
With Old Glory borne before.
From Atlantic to Pacific,
From the Pine Tree to Lone Star.
They'll be one beneath Old Glory
After coming from the war.
Boston Journal.
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hoped that our sailors when they anchor
OF the harbor mouth will be favored
with breeze inshore most Of the time.
The prevailing winds by day are from
the sea landward; by night from the.
inland mountains toward thea coast:
Far inland rises the conical summit Of
the great Luquillo, a mountain about
1000 feet in height, and from whose
sides descend streams that fertilize the
island. ~ Egz'
Puerto Rico is 100 miles in length and
from 50 to 60 miles in breadth, and as
square as a dry goods box. East and
west, north and south its coast lines run
almost as regularly as if projected by
compass. 1t is about 80 miles from San
Juan to, Ponce, the southern port, by a
fine road diagonaily across the island.
The Spaniards generally are poor road
builders, but in this island they have
done better than in Cuba, and one may
travel here with fair amount of COM
fort to the mile. There are several lines
of railroads building, system being
projected around the island $40 miles
in length. The area of Puerto Rico is
about $500 square miles, with popula-
tion of 100000, of which nearly one-half
are black or colored, and 100000 cannot
read or write. The city of Ponce is the
largest, with a population of about 49,
600, and an export trade of vast extent.
1t is the chief sugar-shipping port,
though it has no good harbor, and lies
nearly three miles from the sea. 1t is
rather fine city, with. pretty plaza
and grand cathedral, and it's houses,
like those of San Juan, are all built Of
stone.
Other harbors are: On the east coast,
Fajardo and Humacao; on the north,
besides San Juan, Arrecibo; on the
west, Aguadillo and Mayaguez, at the
former of which Columbus watered his
caravels in 1493.
Columbus landed at the northwestern
corner of the island, bringing his ships
into the harbor still called Aquadillo.
The spring here, where he and his sail
ors obtained fresh water, still bubbles
forth. During his stay of few days
Columbus captured beautiful Indian
girl and called her Catalina. Little did
he dream that near those same waters,
400years later, Yankee warship would
capture Spanish vessel bearing this
same name. Catalina was not particu-
larly fascinated with the Spaniards
and jumped overheard, swimming two
miles to an island in the Caribbean sea-.
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A ! LITTLE NONSENSE.

s Sue "Supposing everyone thought
before speahng?" Prue--'.Why, you'd
be able to hear a pin drop!" - Town
Topics. n ss.13e
S anyway, the pedestrian has the law
on his.side." "Oh, ofcourse but he has
the wheelman on his neck.''-Indianap-
oils journal. 3Stff IS
Curves-''Ho could Penelope marry
that tbow-legged man 2" '..She doesn't
mind it; he matches her dachshund.' =
Chicago Record. = t1I$ v fIs1 48|7. .sl
According to Missouri coroner's
jury the deceased s'came to his death BY
being struck by railroad train in the
hands ofa receiver Crypt. 4 ).
The Teacher-''What happens when:
a mans temperature goes down as. far
as it can go?" The Smart Boy-"He has
cold feet, ma an" - - Yonkers States
man.
When Hamlet said . ,''But have that
within which passeth show" it is be-
lieved that he had in his pocket a, COM
plimentary ticket to the circus.-Har-
lem Life. 'S~s. .'<t y. :, --.. y :
Jack-"I hear that she speaks every
known language: Tom" Must be a
mistake. Last night asked her to give
me plain English yes and she said
she couldn't."- ."-Brooklyn Life.
Personal.-"I am very sorry, Capt.
Gibbs, but circumstances over which I
have no control compel me to say no."
MAY ask what the circumstances
are?'', "Yours. Boston Traveller
An UnpardonableS Sin.-"My Wife and
her neighbor used to be inseparable,
but they don't speak now." "What's
the trouble?'' "She persuaded my wife
to buy silk gown that turned out to
be part cotton."-Detroit Free Press.
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capitalists might make. The pasture
lands in the north and east are superior
to those of the other Antilles. Herds
Craze on the thousands of hills. Hun
dreds of cattle are exported yearly,
while the islands to the south depend
upon these green fields for their homes.
Besides sugar, tobacco and coffee, the
American settler might successfully
raise cotton, rice, maize, fax, jut for
sugar bags, cassia for making senna,
incense, lumber, dye and cabinet woods.
Upon this table he might we'll afford
the most luscious fruits of the tropics,
pineapples, citron, oranges, lemons and
melons, with fresh ginger and other
spices, all cultivated at home or near
by. Gold, once mined in great quanti-
ties, is still found, as we'll as coal and
salt.
Travellers generally agree that the eli
mate of Puerto Rico is more agreeable
and healthful than that of any of the
other Antilles. The average daily tenn
perature is 80 degrees Fahrenheit, but
cooling north breeze is generally prev
alent during the hottest days. Land
winds, so disagreeable in the other An
TILES, are seldom felt, though tropical
hurricanes are apt to make things live
ly at any time between July and Oc-
tober. The forest-covered mountains,
which extend from east to west, with
the length of the island, produce a
marked difference in the climate be-
tween their opposite proclivities. The
district of the north, comprising the
greater portion of the island, is Wis
tied by frequent3 showers, while the
southern district is often without rain
for months at time.
In San Juan, the capital, where our
naval station will doubtless be per-.
manently located, yellow fever threat
ems the lives of foreigners who stop in
the crowded and dirty streets, but in
the suburbs, where the permanent for
eign colony is located, the air is pure
and wholesome. With his modern ideas
as to municipal hygiene, Uncle Sam will
make short work of these ill-drained
thoroughfares and stamp out Yellow
Jack in short order. The city has a
population of $4,000.
In ancient times the chief fort or
castle was called the ''morro,'' or Moor
ish tower, BECAUSE it was generally
round; and San Juan, like Havana, has
its MORO as the most prominent point
of it's Notifications. 1t stands on bluff
juttipg out from the city walls and has
lighthouse Immediately in the rear
of it. Against the seaward front of the
massive walls the ocean pounds and
thunders, but the landward harbor is
quiet and safe for any craft. A broad
parade ground is inclosed within the
walls, westward from the citadel, and
not far off is the oldest house in the
city, no less a structure than the an
cient castle of Ponce de Leon, one-time
governor here and discoverer Of Flor
ida. His ashes are also kept here, in
leaden case. s.. 5+*
just under the. northern wall of the
castle is the public cemetery, the gate
1T overhung by an ornate sentry box,
and the bones of evicted tenants of
graves whose terms Of rental have ex-
pired are piled in the corners Of the in.
closure. This cemetery alone is enough
TO breed q pestilence. and It Is to he
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The Pioneer Limited

Is the name of the only perfect train in the
world, now running every night between
St. Paul and Minneapo and Chicago, via
the Chicago, Milwaukee e. st. Paul Rail-
way-the pioneer road of the West in
adopting all improved facilities for tho
safety and enjoyment of passengers. An
illustrated pamphlet, showing views of
beautiful scenery along the route of the
Pioneer Limited, will be sent free to any
person upon receipt of two-cent postage
stamp Address Geo. II. Heafford, General
Passenger Agent, Chicago, III.
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Memorandum book is what you have
been wanting. The Northern Pacific has
it. It contains cut of the Maine, map Of
Cuba, list of u s. and Spanish naval ves-
sells, interior drawings of battleship, illus
trations Of U. s. and Spanish ships, glossary
of navy and army words, table Of distances,
commanders of U. S. ships and army corps,
ders and other information very useful
and valuable at this time. The book fits
the vest pocket and is up to date. Send
Chas. S. Fee, general passenger agent.
N. P. Ry., St. Paul, Mimi, ten cents and the
hook is vOrlrs
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Not Hereditary.

coming % quite a. poet. I didn't know the ten.
der % passion ran in your family. >,
Biiluns-I don't run in the family. =!
think John was left that way by the scarlet
fever. The DOCTOR says everybody that has
it is always affected some way.|Chlcago
Evening News.
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Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for the feet
It cures painful, swollen, nervous, smarting
corns and bunions It's the greatest comfort
discovery of the age Allen Is Foot Ease makes
tight or new shoes feel easy. 1t is certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot. tired, ach
ing feet Try it to-day Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, Csc: Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
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Strange Coincidence.

.Bronson-My poor old grandmother
is dead; and her parrot died the next
day.
DALEY Very strange! The poor
bird died of grief, I suppose. 55
!. No; 7 killed it with . poker Pear
sons Weekly.
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An Indiana Purist.

One Of the New Proprietors- Shall we put
out sign: This place has changed handso
The Other New Proprietor NO. It
hasn't changed hands. We have all the old
help, haven't we? Hang out sign that it
has changed heads.-Indianapolis Journal.
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Hoods SarsapariIIa
Hoods pills cure indigestion. biliousnoss'
why Ee stuck 1t On.

ut strikes me, Mr.. Brief" said Mr. Dog
way, "that your charge of $3.50 for this opin-
= mo doubt" said Mr.. Brief. "But You
see, Dogway, when you come and ask me for
an opinion which violates all my convic-
tions, you've got 5t9 pay not only for your
law, but for my conscience. ."-Harper's
BaZar .
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The Dancers of CamD

Amy-.Oh, Belle, you don't think poor
dear Bob will get shot in Cuba?
-, Belle-It's hard to say, dear, but he was
half shot" when [ saw him at Hampstead.
Brooklyn Life.
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A good way to avoid trouble is to make
up your mind not to be troubled, but that
is too much trouble. 1a.)
Democrat.
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You Know What Is to Follow.

1Uu 1AHO" W nut .1S 10 FO1IO"e
"What am about to say is for your good"
is always the preface for the meanest thing,
our friends can possibly retail into our un.
willing ears.-Chicago Times-Herald.