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Loaded down with chains, he was captive
on board the ship which he had so lately
commanded During the day he observed
many pieces of drfftwood and wreckage in
the water carried along by the tide, and.
having succeeded in freeing himself of the
chains he conceived the bold plan for the
night of quietly killing his guard. dropping
into the sea and making the shore Strdrge
to say, Portuges could not swim. but,
knowing that he would grace tie yard
arm of the ship next day surely ns the
day would come, he decided 10 lake the
chance. Having strangled his guard he
dropped through the open port into the
sea, erasped piece of wreckagc, and sue
ceeded in reaching the shore more dead
than aIive-but free
Then the daring Of the pirate flashed
forth. He made his way to a quiet spot
near the city frequented by gentlemen OF
his kidney. and. getting together Il dozen
cut-throats, half of them Maiays ana ne
fortune they were able to liberate the Dris-
oners on board, and in a short, fierce fight
captured the ship, which he sailed out cf
the harbor under cover Of darkness while
the Spaniards in the forts blaZed away with
every gun they had firing at they knew not
what.
Portuges, history says. became notorious
on the Spanish main, but finally met his fate
on the Isle of Pines at the hand of one of
his own crew during a drunken orgy. The
two fought over the fate Of Young Span
ish girl who had been brought prisoner to
the island after she had been forced 10 wit
ness the death of her father, the captain of
he ship upon which she was returning to
Spain. Her father, together with her
mother and two brothers. had paen Cbilged
to walk the plank
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ALL THE MATERIALS
THAT MAKE A MAN

y YOU can go to a drug store and buy
all the materials To make a man.
This statement Is not intended as
IL Il suggestion to the 1859 females
in the District OF Columbis, who
according to the last police census, consti-
tute the excess OF females over males In
the District. II is merely set down as in
formation calculated to arouse interest
II the reader does not care to incur the
expense OF purchasing the materials With
which TO make a man, IL may at least he
interesting to study the chemical compost
tlon Of the human body, exhibited at
the National Museum This will personally
appeal to the man who IL five feet eight
inches high and weighs 1874 pounds, as the
exhibit at the museum represents the ele-
inents and their quantities in the body of
an average. healthy man OF that height
and weight. These compounds are placed
IN a glass case the collection consisting
OF thirty-two bottles. Jars and boxes
labeled and set on shelves.
Man does not show to advantage when
reduced to water. powders and gas. but
he is worth attention, not only from a
scientific viewpoint but moral lesson
IN this meditative season OF emit The
chemical compounds OF which our bodies
are made up are shown by analysis to
consist mainly of thirteen elements Five
of these, when uncombined with other ele-
ments. are the gases. oxygen, hydrogen,
nitrogen. chlorine and fiuorine. The re-
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ward made lieutenant of one Of PortugeS
largest ships
This young Englishman fell In love with
the Spanish girl, and, winning her conf
dence he swore to assist her to escape, but,s
being unsuccessful in his efforts, demanded
of Portuges that she be sent back 10 Cuba
unframed. The pirate chief laughed scorn-
fully at the Englishman and ordered him
put In irons. but like a flash the English
man leaped his throat and, before any
of the crew realized it, stabbed Portuges to
the heart The young Engiishman, how
ever. himself almost instantly struck
down by the others
Following the years that marked the
passing Of the buccaneers from the seas the
Isle of Pines became penal colony or
Spain. who sent many of her political ana
criminal convicts to the prison built for
that purpose. 1t was there in later years
that Miss Eyangelina Cisneres was impris-
oned, and. could the old moss-covered walls
but speak, terrible tales of misrule ana
cruelty would no doubt be learned.
By many this tropical island is conSld-
cred priceless to The United States as
naval hospital base. Its mineral springs
are world famous. The government reports
state that the magnesia and iron waters
rival those of Saratoga in health giving
qualities. The climate of the Isle of Pines
is about the healthiest known. On the is
land there has never been the slightest sign
of yellow fever or cholera. which for years
decimated Cuba, only forty miles away by
water: for. though south of Cuba, the tenn
perature is much lower, the air pure and
baimy, the wind, which blows year in and
year out with little variation. coming from
the Caribbean sea and passing over the
pine forests, becomes gentle and invIgo-
rating.
This garden of Eden, which for a century
sheltered the lawless buccaneers and pf-
rates of the West Indies, seems to be max
ing atonernent, for IL is now a rendez-
yous for the sick who come from all parts
of Cuba and the United States to be cured
by the pure air and beneficial waters Of It's
mineral springs.
JOHN OLIVER LA GORGE.
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manning eight are solid substances. three
OF which are non-metals; carbon. phos-
phoTus and sulphur; while the other five
are metals: iron. calcium. magnesium po-
tassium and sodium. Besides these thir-
teen elements are minute quantities of a
few others, as silicon. manganese and COP
per. This scientific analysis differs radical
Is from the nurse-Iore theory that BOYS
and presumably men-are made of SNAPS
and snails and puppy dog tails and can be
relied ON as an official table OF your con-
tents-provided you are man of 154
pounds.
The inspector OF the museums exhibit
on man FIRST takes note of jar of reddish
powder. The label tells one that II is
phosphorus, of which a person contains a
pound and a half The specimen owes its
lurid hue to long exposure. In it's natural
state it is soft waxy and so infiammable
that to prevent spontaneous combustion 1T
Is preserved under water. United with
oxygen 1t forms phosphoric acid, which, in
turn. combined with calcium, as phosphate
OF lime, is an important constituent of
bone. Phosphorus also occurs in the brain
and nerves. Next to the jar Is chunk
of sulphur the size of an egg. Z is found
in various parts of the body. notably In
the bones and teeth The next bottle con-
taIns what looks to be five cents worth of
darning needles. II represents one-tenth OF
an ounce of iron. an important constituent
of the red coloring matter OF blood.
The visitor next learns that his body in
Guides three pounds and thirteen ounces of
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calcium. which, incidentally may explain
any laundering he may have for the lime
light. This calcium is a yelowish metal,
somewhat harder than lead. 1t is the
basis of lime and occurs throughout the
body. principally as bones and teeth, in the
form of phosphate.
On another Jar one reads Potassium:
soft metal. easily cut with knife and
showing silver white luster When thrown
on water it Gecomposes the water. comoin-
Ing with the oxygen with such avidity that
the hydrogen, set free. takes fire. 1t is
the basis of potash and occurs in the body
principally as chloride and phosphate
Naturally, you know this must all be So
but appearances are against Il. The speci-
men does not. in the least. look life "a soft
metal with a silver white luster.' 1t is
the living image of two pounds of shop
worn dates. the appearance Of 1t being due
TO exposure no doubt.
X
In n 154-pound human body are ninety
seven pounds of oxygen. which would. IL
set free. fill space of nearly 1890 cubic
feet. The body also carries fifteen pounds
of hydrogen, which, If allowed to escape
would fill a corresponding area. One
should be particularly glad to know about
this gas, because 1t explains where SPELL
binders get their supplies. The specimens
of these gases are compressed In big glass
jars that look sweaty inside. but. otherwise
are apparently empty. Hydrogen, like car
bon is burned IN the body by uniting with
oxygen, thus serving as fuel The water
produced is given off In the respiration
through the lungs and as perspiratfon
through the skin.
On the bottom shelf, along with other
specimens. is a tin box containing thirty
one pounds of anthracite coal. 1t represents
that amount of carbon in a human body
Carbon combines with oxygen. In this
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"a since the close of the war with
n Spain, has bought up large farms
and plantations on the ''Isla de
Pinos" and there established homes and
families in the belief that under the treaty
of Paris. between the United States and
Spain-signed December 10. 1s9S-as citizens
of the United States prosperity and happi-
ness under our laws would be theirs, and
that the varied and rich products of the
island cou'd be sent into the states, duty
free.
II is easy to imagine the shock these peo-
pie received when they recently were made
70 realize the true import OF the treaty be-
TWEEN the United States and Cuba, under
which il Is proposed TO turn the Isle of
Pines over to the republic of Cuba. the
United Suites to receive in return grants
Of coaling stations in the Island of Cuba
heretofore made to this country.
As soon rs the true meaning of this
treaty became known the American land
owners and residents OF the Isle of Pines
called mass meetings. From all over the
island Americans, many of whom had in
vested thousands Of dollars in sheir new
hCmes. answered the call. and urgent reso-
Lotions were drawn up and sent to Wash
iEgton. pleading for legislation against
what they considered a wrong that was
being done them, and calling upon their
country 10 stand by them. Indeed for a
time IL looked like armed rebellion.
Their efforts have been of little avail, for
the committee on foreign affairs of the
Senate has reported favorably on the treaty,
which means that il will be ratified by the
senate and the island turned over to Cuba
as part OF that republic, and governed by
it's laws
The first show of authority under the new
conditions was made public in a dispatch
from Havana some weeks ago, which re-
ported The arrest and imprisonment of an
American the postmaster at Columbia Isle
of Pines, because OF his refusal To pay the
Cuban 'storekeepcEs tax" on the ground
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One of the Set.


From Puck.
Kind I.ady-r.And you say your blue blood
has often beer recognized?''
Gritty George-.S Sure. mum. Why, one
time de brakeman threw me off at Palm
Beach.
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One of Portuges' lieutenants, young
Englishman, had been captured on board a
vessel that fell prey TO the pirates lie
had been given choice between joining the
outlaws or walking the plank, so. To save
his life, he joined them, and because of his
ability as a navigator was shortly after
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combination heat and force are generated
and carbonic acid gas formed The carbon
taken in the body in food Is burned in
this way by the oxygen of the inhaled air.
yielding heat to keep the body warm and
force muscular strength for work. The
caIbonic acid gas is given out by the lungs
aid skin. Carbon thus serves as fuel for
the body and is Its most important fuel
element
Then there are the fats twenty-five and
one-fourth pounds out of f5I, Human fat
consists of starin, palmitan and olein, with
varying portions in different parts. On a
card may be read: THE so-called complex
fats, protagon, iecithin, cerebrin and others,
resemble the neutral fats The quantity is
not definitely known, but is supposed to
amount to about twelve ounces. These fats
are very difficult to obtain, and only small
specimens are shown, with special labels.
They occur chiefly in the brain. spinal
cords and nerves, though found in other
parts.
BY way of illustration. there are jars
packed with tallow that account very natu-
rally for The authenticated people who
oppose our views.
4 small jar contains what looks to be a
smear of black rnolasses. II is specimen
of licithin, which occurs In ones brain
and which is also found In The yoik of an
egg another little dab of something is
labeled '.eerebrin, complex fat from the
brain and spinal marrow. Glycogen, still
another little msess, is an animal starch
from the liver, and inosite is kind of
sugar obtained from the muscles. This Is
also found in plants.
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island retreat he planned his long m edi-
tated attack on Havana, but realizing 1hat
the fortiflcations of the harDor were too
strong to admit of attack by sea, he con-
ceived the idea of assembling all of his
crews, numbering nearly a thousand on the
Isle of Pines and thence by water, landing
them at Batabona, marching on Havana
from the rear. There Is very little doubt
that his plan would have resulted in the
destruction of Havana had ii been carried
out, but fortunately Qor Havana) just at
this time Morgan was knighted and COM
missoned by the English crown to a post
that gave the pirate chief greater oppor-
tunities and wider scope. He was created
deputy governor and chief justice of ia
maica, whereupon this artful highWayman
of the seas gave up his plan of sal ing
Havana and transferred his talents to even
more lucrative fields. still keeping in touch,
however, with the savage followers of his
black ensign, whose services he could COM
mand for instant action. History tells us
that he made his name a terror, but lived
under the protection of England until his
death.
History tells of another gentleman Of
the same profession, In the person of Capt.
Bartholomew-Po rtuges, whose ineteoric
career flashed almost as bright in its short
stellar flight any of the famous blood
hounds of the sea.
About the first achievement recorded of
Capt Portuges, who was called by the
sailors "Helrs Mouth" was mis- sailing
away from the Isle of Pines in fast sloop
carrying six cannon and manned by fifty
indian negro to renegade Englishrnan
They gave chase to very large vessel
which was thought to be rich Spanish
merchantmen. Such proved to be true, only
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When Sir Henry Morgan, the most famous
of English buccaneers, sailed from jamaica
bent upon sackng the large cities of Cuba
he made the Isle of Pines his base of sup
plies. He discovered an inlet from the sea
sufficiently deep to float his vessels but
which a ship could not enter and find the
channel unless piloted by one who had thor
oughly mastered its intricacies So we'll
was the passage hidden that to a pursuing
vessel the buccaneer craft would seem to
dash headlong against high cliff and sud
denly disappear as though melting into air.
1t was from his lair on the Isle of Pines
that Sir Henry planned his famous expedi-
ton against the rich town of Maracaibo
Cuba which he carried by storm with great
loss of life. The saclting of the city was
celebrated by the widest excuses on the
part of the buccaneers who were surprised
in the height of their orgy by the arrival
IN the harbor of Maracaibo of three Spanish
ships of war Morgan, sobered by the
serious proposition that confronted him, ss-
sernbled his cut-throats, manned his ships
and sent small boat to the commander
If the warships. asking for terms of sur
render. In the meantime he kept drawing
nearer to the Spanjards. Suddenly the
pirate chief gave the signal for the attack
and In q terrific, fight defeated the Span
iafds and made good his escape to the Isle
OF Pines.
Shortly after that. while resting in his
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while others who had served their term of
usefulness were put to death by torture. Or
IL the fierce mood of their captors mellowed
by deep indulgence in wine-which had
been pillaged from some old Spanish mon
astery-they would be ordered to walk the
plank" the fayorite method of disposing
of prisoners. in obedience to a pirates first
law that dead men tell no tales.
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the ship. which was returning to Spain with
gold and silver bullion, was armed with
thirty large cannon. The commander of
the merchantmen allowed the much smaller
pirate craft to get well within range before
he ordered a broadside of fifteen guns
poured into the rapidly approaching buc-
cancers. But the gunners of Spain were
not good marksmen. even in those days.
and hardly a splinter struck the OUTLAW YES
sell and Capt. Portuges, displa yng mas
terly ability as a sailor and realizing that
1t was now or never. drew close in along
side the Inflated merchantmen and dashed
the ships together with graphing irons be-
fore the vessel could be brought about and
her other broadside delivered.
Up and over the sides poured the pirates,
with Portuges at their head. They We're
fighting hand-to-hand. The terrible yells
and the flerceness of the buccaneers war;
fare utterly dismayed the Spaniards for
time but rallying around the captain of
their ship, by force of numbers alone they
swept the pirates back and over the sides
into their own boat. Both sides rested for
the moment TO draw breath and TO nuil
themselves together. Suddenly, the pirates
under cover of the smoke from a burning
sail, made another dash over the side slash
ing with cutlass and kris. and at last de-
feated the Spaniards, killing their captain
and many of his crew. taking as a prize
the ship, loaded down as she was with a
rich cargo of gold and treasures of the
" est Indies.
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Strange indeed were the adventures of
this freebooter who claimed the gentle little
Isle OF Pines for his home Shortly after
the capture of the Spaniard, Portuges and
his crew encountered a terrific storm
which lasted several days. Imagine the
CONSERVATION of these buccaneers when
one morning they found themselves blown
into the harbor of Havana, where they Were
forced to ride out the storm under the very
guns of the forts. rhey Were soon recog-
nized and attacked by the Spaniards, and
after "a hot fight against great odds We're
forced to surrender.
Capt. Portuges was sentenced to be hang
ed together with a number OF his crew
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A large jar is labeled '.geiatinoids,' and
you read that man Weighing 154 pounds
contains about nine pounds and fourteen
ounces, the amount shown. Gelatinoid
compounds resemble In chemical compost
ton and properties the gelatin used In cook
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FLOURISHTNG American colony,
numbering something over 1880.
since the close of the war with
Spain. has bought up large farms
and plantations on the "Isla de
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-10

Around the Preside or about the
well-lighted family reading table dur
ing the winter evenings the children
and grown-ups can play with their
wits and see how many words can be
made.
20 people making the greatest num-
Der of words will each receive a little
box containing a $40 gold piece.
10 people will each win one box con-
tanning SIS gold piece.
300 people will each win box con-
tanning 81 in paper money and one
person who makes the highest number
of words over all contestants will re-
ceive box containing 500 in gold.
1t is really a most fascinating bit of
fun to take up the list evening after
evening and see how many words can
be added
A few rules are necessary for abso-
lutte fair play.
Any word authorized by Webster's
dictionary will be counted. but no
and plural can be used. as for instance
grape" and grapes
The letters in "Y-I-O- Grape
may be repeated in the same word.
Geographical names authorized by
Webster will be counted.
Arrange the words in alphabetical
classes. all those beginning with a to-
gether and those beginning with e to
come under E, etc.
When you are writing down the
words leave some spaces, in the A, e,
and other columns to fill in later as
new words come to you, for they will
spring into mind every evening.
1t is almost certain that some con
testapts will tie with others. In such
cases prize Identical in value and
character with that offered in that
class shall be awarded to each. Each
one will be requested to send with the
list of words a plainly written letter
describing the advantages of Grape
Nuts, but the contestant is not re-
quired to purchase a pkg. These let
tiers are not to contain poetry, or fan.
cy fiourishes. but simple, truthful
statements Of fact. For illustration
A person may have experienced some
incipient or chronic ails traceable tC
unwise selection OF food that failed e
give the body and brain the energy
health and power desired. Seeking bet
ter conditions a change in food is made
and GrapeNuts and cream used in
place of the former diet Suppose one
quits the meat. fried potatoes starchy
sticky messes Of half-cooked oats Of
wheat and cuts out the coffee. Try
say for breakfast bit of fruit. dist
Of Grape-Nuts and cream, two soft
boiled eggs. a slice of hard toast anC
cup Of Postum Food Coffee Some
amateur says: "A man would fain
away on that" but, my dear friend
we will put dollars to your penniet
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50 YEARS OF FARM PROGRESS.
Miscellaneous Vegetables" That Were
Unknown Here Half Century Ago.

The farm gardens, market gardens"
and truck gardens" of today are the
producers e a multitude of ''miscella-
neous vegetables" almost unknown fifty
years ago. In the census of 1890 the
large increase in garden products was
recognized, and a systematic count of
their bulk and value was made. 1t is
possible, therefore, to make a ten-year
comparison of the increase of such pro-
ducts, and this records the remarkable
increase of from 100 per cent to 400 per
cent in the five several divisions of the
country. The north Atlantic states had
well-developed industry in garden pro-
ducts" before 1890, which accounts for
its relatively low increase. However, 100
per cent i'll ten years, while the popula-
ton increased only trihe over 20 per
cent. is amazing.
Could our great-granddaddie who
thought tomatoes poisonous, and our
great-grandmothers, who grew them as
ornamental plants in window pots, under
the attractive name of love apples"
come back and realize that over 10000
600 bushels of the pretty poisonous vege-
tables are eaten as a common and
that time works wonderful changes. An
other interesting statement is that the
lettuce crop of the south has so in
creased that in the spring of this year
North Carolina sent twenty carloads of
that vegetable in a single day.
Thirty-tive years ago celery was a rari-
ty, even on hotel tables, and was used
by few families, even of wealth. Today
it is a common edible, occupying thou
sands of acres in Michigan, Ohio and
New York. One firm has celery farms in
Michigan, Florida and California, and
because of the variety of seasons it is
engaged in shipping celery by the carload
the whole year round. Twenty-Five mil
lion punches of radishes and 100000
punches of asparagus are the figures for
the crops of these egetabes.-Harper' s
Weekly.