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/ Kite-TaiI pieM Of Porto Rico,
Or Upcle Sans New Switzerland.

feet. II rapidly fails towars. the east. and
In 81. Thomas IL rises only half as high as
Porto Rico above the water
A Mole % the Face 81 Texas.
have called Porto Rico a garden patch.
II il hssle more than that in size COM
pared with the United States. Il Is 70
small II would hardly BE- mole on the
face OF Texas. 1t would take just about
100 Porto Rieos Il they could be sliced
of and patched together to make crazy
quilt covering she United States II Is
only three times as big az Rhode Island.
about half as big as New Jersey and Hti.e
iese than half the size Of Massachusetts.
You could put ten Porto Ricos into fnciana.
and II you cut II Up into squares :. would
only be sixty times the size Of the District
Of Columbia. Its average width In about
AZ great Al from Washington to Baltimore.
and iss length In not much greater than
from Baltimore 10 Philadelphia. Were i.
level you could walk from one end OF IL
to the other in three days and across IL In
one. On bicycle you could travel over
4 In few hours from coast TO coast.
The People swarm.
Notwithstanding It's sma.lness. however.
II Is more thickIy populated than any Of
our states except Massachusetts and
Rhode Island. II has $4,000 people. or ~
to the square mile. A square mile Is $40
acres. II Ii Just section OF land. On
every section OF Porto Rico there are 227
people. anc on every quarter section. or
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a 20 matters Psrfo Rican fun Ct errors
They are made w from unreliable data,
and the most Of them come from spanish
books from atty 70 hundred years Oh.
The Climate.
Take. Tar instance the climate. Ahoai a
generation age some Spaniari wrste that
Porto REQ WAS couatry % cstssr.,. con-
Sumption snd bronchitis lie stated thai
the hot. ut0tss climate caused 6ySentertes
and fever. and gave the land had name
70 health. This statement: has 20 a
large extent been copied and hss creAfeE
a serious m,sinpsession- Our army sar-
grcns sell ne that the contrary = the
sytssh. and | 6na ;ast the Americans who
have come 10 Porte Hico have. as rue
-apTose5 ~ hassta
Take myself. When I issf Washington
ws~ con>sisFshsy srnsSls>. with the aasai
eats-rh. Ger waicA that city "a famous, /
brought with me an atoznsxer Aa3 other
remedies The moment l lantet a. san
Juan uay ssssrra left re and asyc rot
ass 4 sign 81 Il during nsy stay here one
az fe7 easts}a sgsrsermAssers has ha4 a
stsza-ls. experience. ard have met Euns-
Der es 1eaple who have been cured o.
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1e0-acre farm. there are living on the aver
age about fifty-four souls.
This is so notwithstanding the island has
almost no manufactures. The people all
live of the SOL. and hence the condi-
tion cannot be compared with that OF the
people Of our thickly settled manufactur-
Ing states. where there are so many arge
cities.
As 1t is Porto Rico has twice as many
people 10 the square mile as the state Of
New York; twice as many as Pennsylvania
and three times as many as Indiana or
ui.noiss six times many as Missouri or
Georgia and almost nine times many
as Louisiana. With such conditions II
would seem a poor place for our farmers.
who need al least a square NILE to turn
around In.
Land Of Few Cities.
see II stated that there are 900 people
living In the cities Of Porto Rico. I don't
believe II. The country has only three
cities OF any size. and all the towns are
overestimated. San Juan has, ii Is saii.
5000 people but II SO half Of these live
In the suburbs. BY the estimates of the
health officers who made a careful cam
vass. there are only 1900 people living in
side the walls. and this section constitutes
the city proper. Mayaguex has perhaps
1000 people and Ponce between 0o00 and
5000.
The most OF the so-caIled cities Of Porto
Rico would be considered little more than
villages In the states The land il divided
.,y contains not only the village by which
I, IL governed. but all the people living for
miles around. 40 that town OF 500 or 1000
r. often put down as having from SIX 10 ten
times that number. l find In fact the fig-
ures anc statements put down in the books
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interior I venture that there were AT lea
ss,ss sore arms here al tina, time
In many eases 5he vaccination took SO
seriously as - make large scars and Z
was not uncommon 10 see babies with sssa hs
on their arms sig aa quarter OF a doll
asr. In going through the poorest quarters
- the cities and studying the life there I
preieBCe "a a. times 10 be a government in
spector. and toCk look al the arms af the
people as an excuse for entering the
houses to see how they lived and | faxed
70 hna any who were not more or less
afflicted
biggest Vaccination Job on Earth
The vaccination Of this enormous num-
Der Within few weeks Wa one OF the
gTssg feats II modern surgery. few
months after Tncie Sam took po<s sSsior Il
was found that smallpox had broken out
and tina; onls a few in every thousand OF
tue population had beer vaccsna,e1 II
was decided ina, al mus; De inocusatess at
Gree Maj Axss Airaes one Il cur army
surgeons WAS vsos@n 20 take charge OF
tae wors. ans te aas accomplished * IN
a Say shAt VIII DC one OF the wonders OF
medical history.
In the arss place. regulations were sent
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deducted from observations OF more than
twenty years Is less than 20 degrees Fab
renheit. In this period the thermometer
only rose thrice to 80 degrees and It never
fell below 81 degrees
With so much humidity even this heat
would be oppressive il 1t were not for the
breezes which come from the North At
lani.c. They are full of ozone and they
stimulate you like cocktail find that
I am daily doing too much. firing myself
out before I know IL, and only realizing
that I am worn out when l sit Gown.
This is especially on the coastal plains.
Further back on the high lands the ar is
cooler and more stimulating. In fact. I
should say that Porto Rico is fully as
healthful a country as any Of our southern
states.
Eight Hundred Thousand Sore Arms.
And this brings me to the question OF the
smallpox, which has been reported as rag
ing down here this year. There have been
some cases and the most OF them have
been removed to an island near San Juan
or put into hospitals apart from the rest
OF the people. The poor among the Porto
Ricans herd together IN such a way that
4 Is a wonder the whole island Is not
infected with the disease. / viii describe
their life later At present I believe there
are no smallpox cases left.
The most remarkable thing in connection
with the smallpox was the vaccination of
the whole population under our army sur
geons When / arrived N San Juan every
man, woman ane child had sore arms. /
saw sore arms on every country road
Screamed men worked in the fields. sore
armed women stood at the doors OF the
houses with sore-armed babies in their
arms. and saw them by hundreds in every
city and village as Travelled through the
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high above TIRE athyrs THIS L. ri yueaue,
or the Anvil" tss hsgasS; raius in Porte
R'cc, Il t. go feet seoyv the level - the
OCEAN and Seu can sec Z far ows ia The
A,anah ard in ;hs Caribbean
where the Atlantic Z. Deepest
II IL tire top ef TIRE tneuntAin cs,aia whtch
rising uus % the sss. forms Tire Antilles
These Islands arr. in tact merely tse peaks
81 great mountain range whlcA extends
far DOWN inss the bed - sae oCeaa II tne
water cessld he saken svay or wales 81
yea waa-ts here have saase % IRE highest
mountains ~ shs g.eee, The deepest part
or the Atlantic = t0ss n2rth 90 Porto Rico.
IN couaiag 70 san Juan sailed cvsr Rrow,.
son's Deer. ;hs bottom 81 wSsch Is FIVE
miles under water IL wss g. sar ecsrt n
the osseaa plain where the iaaa rsses and
finally eliminates In e. yanaGe. * snu
could shut the sea OF sreus this palm! tire
rep 81 Porto Kseo saast De- higher taaa
any mountain n the An.ss ar the Rockies
II weali ~ higher than snythfng - jhs
world outside tire very highest ~ sAe II II
aixyas. The sarfe mountain chain sssssa -
up eut ~ tie water ia Csghz 80 a distance
Of xaaa feet aeove the SEA. sn3 in Ssn.a
pon.ngos where II Is tie salles;. - i.,soo
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Dotted Lines Show Outline Of the Old Center
board Champion polunteeT---1he Colum-
biA Is an adaptation Of the
E1glisb Valkyie Model.

the Sandy Hook course being the one used
The America has changed hands .nnum-
erable times during her career. ana on
four different occasions sailed under the
British nag. During the war OF the re-
bellion she was a blockade runner. Her
name had been previously changed to
Memphis from Camilla. title given her
by III. Decie, who bought her from J. r.
Pitcher To avoid capture by United
States gunboat she was scuttled IN the
ST. Johns river, Florida After the war
she was raised by the government and
used as a training ship for cadets at An
napolis. At the request Of many yachts
men in 1870 she was fitted UP by fhesnavy
department to sail against the British
schooner Cambria for the Americas cup
twenty-five schoonefs started. and the
Magic won, but the America defeated the
Cambria.
The Yacht was bought by Gen. Butler In
ls7l, and under him won many important
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IHINyLL. LINES OF NEW Cup Il
DEFENDER @0LQJNNBlT

themselves as greatly 49, 81
craft. Old Nat HerssAo1p ,ss \. -!
putting beats together for M. l
says IT Is the best ore he eve 81.
ana IS confident II viii san 49, - "a.
peiender, the Americas 49, q:
easily as that Yacht did fruu 4 q ~ ]
The Columbia IS Isl feet - es.1...zI
to stern. Her boom win - :z.! b
thirty feet beyond her rudder. .;;;s3S ~! ~.
spirit goes twenty-seyen fiSss ssssz}!
PROV. This makes the tofsl - ~ ~
iS feet. Her length On - ,1;7' -!
ninety feet. which Is ahout 11Is;;z5ss' :.!
that OF the Defender and m E|,s|!
racing figures are based q t1
measurements. and the -
a little deeper n the wnf11l sss IT,
American boat, win prohaldys 49,
her time allowance Of 49,
One OF the most inserssfl \ k..z
a yacht OF this type Ia tn
Keel which balances he lsndln;
OF sail she carries. This Is S1f11S
ordinary kee, just below u 4
line with lag screws nine fnel
Is of lead. covered with msns
bronze, the only substancr Is ~
naeses do not attach theual1 1I11sz'S5
thirty feet long. about sir feef
thirty-four inches through. II ~
shown one OF the ifnprovementII
the Columbia ever the Defenden
tenders keel was five fees lonn1SStl
thin at the bottom. The coluns11lI
as much. but the weight q plIsI1 =
down. the lead beng thickest 6 ~ r.
part. The weight being lower q L
more power over the sail ahoVe
boat builders figure the Coluuh1H -
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many more yards OF canvass fhx
ter ship because OF this chance
Cost Of . Craek YaS1
The cost OF the boat IS hard y u
The HerreshofYs win receive &]DenA
signing her and constructing ~ ~
she loses they viii receive -
lumh.a's sails will cost at t1gs
Her hollow stee! spars VIII 60
more. Uniform and clothing
ficers and crew and their
from now sunti1 fhes race y orr
fully $500. making Sit6Ooo. r. ~
of incidentais, which are asW11e Ia
q racing boat Of the Cclumb,1e
Capt. Hank" Han VIII. tits
be the sailing master Of the cel
IL the man who plotted Ia ~
other cracks To- v.ct1xS. ~ ~
know more about racing .yne1M RI
than. any other rsiactga4eE 49,
Mr. Fife. the Scotch desinuafeS
garth can sail HIS boats b4tt1f
body else: the Herfesho0 -
faith. in Han. -Chicage Ipter c.
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OUR WEST IFV1DINN ISLAMDo

catarrh ane bronchitis since landing in
Porto Rico.
A Sanitarfsn for Nervous Diseasee-
i yas talking today with Mr.. Harrison.
the manager Of the San Juan and Rio
Piedras railroad. as to climatic conditions.
Said he
II think Porto Rico viii eventually be
sanisar.um for Americans who are broken
down nervoussy. Take my own case l
was afflicted with nervous prostraiion
when I was m Chicago. I could not sleep
every hour since came 10 Porto Rico. and
I have been at my desk from in the
morning until 6 every day. l am doing
what would naturally be wearing work IL
Is. you know, the organization Of this rail-
road. but IL does not seem TO anect me.
Every one sleeps here.
There in another thing about the cii-
mate" continued Mr.. Harrison. that
should BE- eontradcted, and that is as to
consumption have looked for it. and
cannot see many evidences Of IL. L. our
street cars we do not have the disgusting
hawking and splitting that you find In the
United States. You viii not see II on the
streets and cont believe tina: the disease
exists"
Porto Rico Not . Hot Country.
II is not hot here except In the middle
Of the day. ard then no warmer than In
the United States. I doubt whether Porto
Rico ever gets SO hot some parts OF
Ohio and Indiana IN the summer. and there
is no question but that the Porto R.cans
would roast in Washington in July and
August. The air here Is full OF moisture.
but there lie a breeze always blowing which
makes Ii rather pleasant than otherwise.
The average daily temperature the year
around il about 50 degrees. and here at
San Juan the mean monthly temperature
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1874 EN- times have British yachts
men tried to capture the coveted
America cup. and ten times
have they failed 1t IS nearly
IL fifty years since the stout little
schooner built by George Steers
brought the trophy to this country. ana
here it has remained ever since. despite
the repeated efforts Of our English cou-
sins to retake it. Year after year their
most famous designers have modelled new
crafts. expert builders have constructed
them, and they have been raced by dar-
ing. skillful navigators, but in every In
stance the result has been the same-the
new Yankee yacht was just little DIT
more speedy than its British rival. and the
Yankee sailors outdid their foreign 'bretn-
rem in pluck and clever handling. This
year the race for the old prize is to be
run over again. The cup itself had at one
time a money value of possibly $780, today
it would not bring 500 as old silver. and
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Under yacht club rules the cup must be
raced for IN the country where II Is held
and this has brought all the contests since
the initial event Of isk1 70 this country
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% No = -
swful oane which vae dHve1f1e
sdvtosd b friends whe - :
eUsse osAe By 10. - wy 49,
G0s ~ hoeseGA cd fset 49,
my teeaDs--hcpe for heel0
a9ats. improved fFCm ~ - e.!
pyeee and perfect care voo -
10 the only blood remedy 800
perate eases. - ~ 49,
OF the many blood reins1
is the only one which en- fe
seated. violent cases. = nese
cure perfectly and -.
most desperate cases wnlc1
the resch Of Other reme1teA
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Sacri6ced
Blood Poi

Those who have nsvsr Id -
con caa not know what : d
dition It can produce. q
disease which the docten Il T.
unable to cuse, = ccmmon
one generated 70 sncshss, T. e.
faint upea countless inneet !.
some years axe vas insculae19 4
- : a9Sse who infeceed ~ T. h
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t01nt. The l1tete O0o WoG
unequal - ~ oosu4Ie.
and IL lite vao yl110ed
- 70 The fsAE1al. pntDoQ.
For Mx I'D yea6 ~.
fssed ustel9 nieney. !
go cOveDea Win aoree
aad ulcers irom heed 70
foot, Ard no language
oaa express my feelings
a vee during thoas keoo
pears. ! had the oeDe
Ded1cal treat0eus. oev-
esal phyacfaas ssccel
Glvely treated -, oat ~
A.
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S.S.S.%. e.

ID PURELY vEoDFABLE. and Z
blood remedy guarantees ~ "a
mercury potash. or other g.. .,.
Valuable books mailed o.
Specific Company, Atlsnte
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colamhis. the New Defender.

America viii be represented nv the CO.
iumhia. which vas launched the other day
from the famous Herreshofs yards at fsrss-
toi. r. |. G. Oliver ise.in II the owner OF
the Columbia. and both ne and J. Pserpas.,
Morgan. commodore Of. the New York
Yacht Club. under whoae eoiofs the Co
iumnlA u to be sailed. have expressed
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14
WITH VERY BAD AND
reflections of n Bachelor.

Some girls melt and run all over
man, and then make excuses for
being so cold.
Most men get married the way
they play the races; they take the
long shots and then curse the
favorites for winning.
As far as comfort goes. there
isn't any difference between marry
ing for money without love and
marrying for love without money.
The first drink makes some men
act like they were is cents poorer;
the third like they We're ahead of
the game and the seventh a millions
aire.-New York Press.
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Neiehbor1y Charity.

Mrs. Dix-When my husband and
quarrel, we never allow the chill
dren to witness it.
Mrs. Xix Why, how in the world
do you manage it?
Mrs, Dix-we always send them
out Of doors so they can hear moth
ing.
Mrs. Hix-Oh, now understand.
/ we often wondered why your chill
dren were on the street all the time.
Chicago News.
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New York Journal.
Rising to the occnsion.

Miles-What's the matter with
that Cleveland team, 1 wonder?
Giles-Oh, guess it will loom up
all right later in the season. An
Ohio genius has risen to the occa-
sion and invented a baseball with a
handle to it.-Chicago Record
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Hard to Tell.

Martha-Do you really believe
those are real diamonds that Mrs.
Karret wears? 49,
Minna-I hardly know whatSsto
think. They look genuine, but sEss
talks enough about them for rhine.
stones.-Boston Transcript.
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No Wonder.

..I didn't know Hester was so
simorous. She actually turned pale
at sight of that prize hog"
Eyes. She staid two weeks in
the country where they had salt
,ork three times a day" Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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His Claims.

A north Georgia candidate says:
eve want the office because We
think we deserve it, and we deserve
it because we have lived here ten
years and have never had anything
except the opportunity of running
for it."-Atlanta Constitution
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Love ana Conceit.

"Aren't you miserable when we
are separated, Harry"
No; it makes me happy to think
how miserable you are because l
am not with YOU Chicago Record.
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Her Bitter Fate,

"Katharine links never gets half
q chance.'
What do you mean?"
when she goes away in the sum-
mer, her three younger sisters al
ways go too. it-Chicago Record.
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New York Evening Journal.
A Natural query.

'That tall man over there drank
81 glasses of beer at one sitting!"
Heavens! What would he drink
standing up" = Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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Provided For Emergencies.
'7-~e5<x

"rake away your filthy lucre!"
said the hero.
II anticipated that remark" said
the villain, smiling sardonically
under his black, flowing mustache.
"All these bills have been carefully
sterilized." indianapolis Journal.
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Say, Willie, dat leapfrog back Of
Pete's is too,tempting to resist"
why, of Course.

'Are you up in golf language?"
Eyes, indeed. Most of it I used
when boy"
"Eh?"
When I got stung by hornet or
some happening of that sort. In
danapolis Journal.
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Liberal supply.

did you get plenty of everything
at the summer resort?"
We'll, they didn't, give us enough
to eat, but we all got malaria. =
Chicago Record.
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severe on one Doctors.

doctors have a hard time IN
summer"
"How's that?"
Patients who go away OWING
them money come back in so much
better health" Chicago Record.
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.pidn,t l tell you it was create y
Caused by n Guilty Conscience.

Mrs. Greenleigh-My husband
never lets a day pass without telling
me how much he loves me.
Mrs. Oldham-Oh, then he must
have some cause to believe that you
have him under suspicion Chicago
Times Herald.
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ADouhting rhoni.r .

A Doubting Thomas.
ibis hyah talk bout Mother Eve
bein temptedlwif er apple" remark
ed the colored PHILOSOPHER = am de-
rankest kind O. nonsenseness. Now,
eff it had er bin er watermillin, den
yo' all might talk sho huff. CHS
cago News. -
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he:
at is a wondrous thing.
And I, you see, propose to be
The man who pulls the string"
Washington Star.
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PITY For the student.

Men pity him because his look
So sadly thoughtful is and pallid;
He can digest the biggest book
But not the smallest lobster salad.
-Elliott'S Magazine.
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How Professor jones' himself
Ne YorlJo

Might Have Been Expected.
Mary had little lamb;
Its days were quickly sped;
1t followed Mary round at golf
And got it in the head.
Chicago Record,
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rhe rrust Magnate.

"This earth spins like a top" quoth
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TRAITS OF NEARSIGHTED.
Should Be Studied by Edu-
cational Experts.

For the last two or three years."
said a teacher in one of the public
schools, reports the Chicago Tribune,
81 have been making something of a
study of the effect of nearsightedness
in children-I mean the moral effect. l
think it is an interesting and impor-
tant subject, particularly as defective
vision seems to be largely on the In
crease among our pupils, Almost all
nearsighted children develop certain
Characteristic traits. Boys who are nat
tlrally active and healthy are apt to be-
come somewhat soured in disposition.
1 think that is because their infirmity
puts them at disadvantage with their
companions in out-of-door sports They
can't play ball, for instance, or tumble
about, and are never sure-footed. The
other boys ridicule them, and they be-
come solitary in their habits, so, for
that reason, special pains should be
taken to encourage nearsighted chill
dren to exercise. Another thing have
observed is that they are always nerv-
Gus and apprehensive in the dusk. That
is because they see imperfectly in half
lights, and they should never be start
led unnecessarily. Most cases of my
opia, or nearsight, are discovered in
the schoolroom through inability of
the pupil to see the blackboard. Before
the cause is detected, however, the child
often suffers unmerited rebuke.