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Far oat in the Paoiflo, where the
map looks as if • charge of bird shot
had peppered a spot uo larger than
your thumb, the Ameriosn flag is
flying over the Ladrones. They are
bat speoks on the face of the doep.
Tet there is an empire of island wealth
amid the rarest soeuery in the world.
An earthly paradise it is called.
The capture of the Ladrones by tho
United (States with a seizure of tho
Carolines just to the south of,' the
group makes them of now interest to
Americans.
The Ladrones aro a chain of vol
canic islands extending north aud
aonth from latitude thirteon degroes
twelvo minutes north to latitude
twenty degrees thirty-two minutes
eontli and in longitude about 146 east.
They were discovered by Magellan,
March 0, 1521, and named Ladrones
from the supposed stealing propensi
ties of the natives, Later, in 1668, the
islands were named Mariana, in honor
of Maria Anno, of Austria, the widow
of Phillip IV., King of (Spain. The
inhabited islands aro Agrigan, (Saipan,
Tinian, Rota aud Guam. On the
other islands aro volcanoes spouting
firo and steam. The mountains rnngo
from 1000 to 3000 feet high, about
the altitudo of the biggest of the
Catskills.
The (Spaniards have controlled the
islands without iutorforenoe or sori-
ous trouble from tho natives. There
is a small garrison ajpAgana, the cap
ital, whero the Governor-Gouoral has
resided. Mauy natives of the Caro
line Islands have boon imported into
the Ladrones and tho races are inter
estingly mixed. The blending of tho
tall, ooppor-colored, curly-haired,
lohg-beatded and mustnehed Curoliu-
ians with the Philippian-looking La
drones, with their dark Malay skin,
possessing 80,000 inhabitants, and
now a place of segregation for lepers,
with a population of 300; Agnijan, of
no importance; Rota, with 500 inhab
itants, and Guam.
Guam, or Guajan, the southernmost
and largest of the islands, is thirty-
two miles long and has n population
of about 0000, two-thirds of whom are
in Agana, and nearly all the rest upon
the sonboard, the oountry inland be
ing almost without inhabitant. Agana,
PREMIER 8AGASTA GIVES OUT CON.
TENTS OF THE DOCUMENT.
Defines In Detail the Demands of Oar
Government to Which Spain Is
Expected to Concede.
NATIVES AND HUT IN THE LADRONES.
ligion, etc., prov.s that the people of
the Ladrones have a common origin
with the other races of Polynesia, but
they have lived so long by themselves
that they have a distinot language.
Some writers have argued that the
race is of American origin, while
RAlILDONAf, A TYPICAL TOWN IN THE CAROLINES.
A LAPRONE BELLE,
Las given a new tint to a largo num
ber of young men and women.
The ohief products for sustaining
life are coooanuts and bread fruit.
They grow spontaneously everywhere.
It is said that ono oocoanut tree will
feed a man. A grovo of tho fruit trees
to the islauder is whnt a herd of cows
is to the Pennsylvania fanner.
Theso, with tho tons of fish in the
lagoons, which aro natural ilsh ponds,
are responsible for tho profound in
dolence of the natives. They can
support lifo without laboring. Some
of tho bread fruit trees nre ten or
twelve feet in diametor. A singlo
tree is considered equal in life-sup
porting oapacity to two nores of
wheat. Then there are other pro
ducts—guava, ooru, ordinary wheat,
bananas, figs aud arrowroot.
The islands forming the Ladrones,
the capital, is also a oonviot settle
ment. It is beautifully clean, and
possesses good government officials, a
hospital, schools and a church. Thu
Spanish residents have usually num
bered about twenty t| and the regular
soldiery about 200, all quartered hero.
Tho militia, comprising about all tho
mnle population, is commanded by
native offioers. The civil government
is similar to that of the Philippines.
Postal communication has been quar
terly.
Whon first discovered tho Ladrones
had a population of about 60,000.
Not one of tbe original race survives,
and tho islands <f»e peopled chiefly by
Tagals and Bisayaus from the Philip
pines, mixed ‘descendants of South
American Indians, a colony of Caro
line Islanders who founded Gnrapan
in the Island of Saipan, nud numerous
Ohamorro-Spnuish half-breeds. The
census of 1888 reports a population of
6476 in Agana, and a total of 10,172
in nil tho islands, 5034 boiug males
5138 females. Thero aro eighteen
schools in tho Island of Guam. Only
ten per cent, of tho Lndrono Islanders
are unable to read aud write. Spanish
is tho recognized language; but many
of tho nntivos speak a little English.
Tho climate is good and oquublo; sev
enty degrees to eighty dogrees
Fahrenheit is tho range of the thor-
mometer.
The presont population aro de
scribed as "wanting in energy, of in
different moral character, and miser
ably poor." They aro descended in
part from the original inhabitants,
oalled Ohamonos, and from the Mesti
zos, a mixed raoe formed by tho union
of Spaniards with those natives.
On the island called Suypau a colony
from the Carolino Islands, which lie to
tho sbuth of tho Lndrones, was estab
lished some years ago. These peoplo
aro tho most active aud enterprising
inhabitants of the Ladrones.
Spain has derived no revenue from
theso islands, and has done little to
civilize tho people. At one time a
few small schools wero started, but
they wero soon abandoned.
In 1856 an epidemic destroyed ouo-
third of the population.
August and September are the hot
test months, nud tho rain-fall in the
summer months is very heavy.
Agana, tho capital, is well built of
timber, and lunuy of the houses have
tiled roofs. Thero are twenty small
villagos on the islnuds.
So little bus been dono to civilize
tho people that they live in about tho
snme primitive fashion as character
ized them when Europeans first visited
them.
BUSINESS SECTION OF AOANA, PRINCIPAL TOWN OF T1IE LADRONE8
beginning at the northernmost, are
Farallon de Pajaras, an active volcano
1000 feet in height; a group of three
rocky islets known as tho Urracns;
Assumption, a pnrtially nctivo vol
canic peak 2848 feet in height; Agri-
gau, seven miles in length, mountain
ous, and the northernmost inhabited
island; Pagan, having three active
cones, and peopled by a few natives;
the uninhabited islands of Alumagau,
Guguan, Sariguan, Anataxan ami
Farallon de Medinilla; Saipan, fifteen
miles long, fertile, and having abont
1000 inhabitants; Tinian, originally
In one thing the people of the La-
drones exoel all the natives of the
Polynesian islands—this is their
faculty for building and sailing a won
derful water craft with a latoen sail.
Sailors of all nations for over 300 years
have admired their skill with these
vessels.
They are built entirely without
metal, and the largest of them will
carry about seven men.
The boat has an outrigger which is
carried on the leo side to prevent up
setting. It is said that theBe boats
i make wonderful speed, and that they
others hold that they are an offshoot
of the Japanese.
Gobien, the French writer, who
studios the people on the spot, says of
them:
"The natives are not so dark as
those of tho Philippines, and are larger
of body than the average European.
Thoy lived on roots, fish ana fruits,
and were extremely active and quiok.
Many of them lived over 100 years.”
Another Frenoh writer says that he
saw them divo and swim so well that
they caught fish in their hands under
water.
In character tho Ladrones are gay
and amiable, loving pleasure, nnd
spending muoh of their time in out
door amusements.
The women are usually lighter in
color than the men, and mauy 6f them
are extremely beautiful, with luxuriant
hnir reaching almost to tho ground.
The Carolines are like the Ladrones,
only more extensive in number and
area, an if deusoly populated. The
islands are widely scattered into three
great groups, the eastern, westorn nnd
central. Spain originally claimed all
the groups," but Germany recently
took the Marshall Islands. The con
tra! or main group, now belonging to
Spain, comprises forty-eight smaller
A CAROLINE WARRIOR.
groups, making a total of four or fivo
hundred islands.
Among the products of tho country
are rice, corn, whoat, sugar, cotton,
tobnoco, indigo, bread fruit, castor
oil and kindred necessaries of life.
Among the curious natural foatures
are the palm trees, that produce vege
table ivory; banyan trees that grow
downward, the seeds being planted
by birds high up in other troes, de
posited in bark aud crevioes, sending
down rootlets to gathor sustenance
and moisture from the soil.
Another tree bears a fruit so offen
sive in odor that no man not in pi no
tice can endure it, but once in a
month the fruit tastes so deliciously
that ho cannot stop eating until it is
devoured.
Tho women of the Carolines are noat
and attractive at home or umong their
cocoanut trees. Tho men aro indus
trious—everywhere displaying ingen
uity and geutlo thrift.
Tho Carolino Archipelago oonsists
of thirty-six minor groups, of which
tho nine following are the principal:
Tho Palaos or Pelews, Yap, Uluthi,
Uleai, Namonuito, Hogolou or Ruk,
the East and West Mortlocks, Bonabe
or Tonape, aud Kusaie, otherwise
Colled Ualau or Strong’s Island.
The Pelew group contains some 200
islands aud islets. The principal isl
and is Bad-el-Thaob, whioh in area is
equal to nil the rest put together. The
most important of the others are Hor
ror, Uruk, Tapel, Malk, Peleleu and
Angaur. The population of the Pe
lews is estimated at some 3000, but is
probably mnoh more. The language
is a very peculiar nnd bizarre Malayan
dialect, somewhat akin to that <51 Sulu
giveB*these < hat?ves < a t gO(S < nnm°. ^C*p- IS COMPOSED OF FIVE ARTICLES.
tain O’Keefe, however, a wealthy |
trader of Yap, gives them a doubtful
reputation, patting them down ob a
folk of piratical and tnrbulent charac
ter.
The enormous quartz wheels, tho
“w*
Island of Kokial.. In olden time there The text of the protocol signed be-
!>“KuLSlt'“>• “*“■'•
extended voyages of trading and con- 88 follows:
B A b ' e !' Thftob J?. rioh , in 8° od i “His excellency, M. Cambon, am-
timber. Great quantities of yams, 1 , a , . r. . ’
tfrcad-fruitB and coooannts are grown. : b8888<lor extraordinary and plempo-
Alligators are fonnd in some of the I tenliary of the French republio at
creeks,and a peculiar kind of a horned i Washington, and Mr. William Day,
whfnh tWO M k l U n 8 of 8 “ ake8 ’ secretary of state of the United States,
whioh the natives called Bersoiok and , . ..... , . ,
Ngnus, both somewhat venomous,.i Jg™* established and signed the fol-
There is abundanoe of good pastujore ar ^‘ c * e9 which define the terms
for horses and cattle. Goats aro pin i which the two governments have
Matfn 0 so«^ trOdU0edby ^ ^ l“ d * ith
The Spanish have done next to notHu | enumerated below, and of which the
ing to show their occupation, agid object is the establishment of peace
everything goes on muoh as before, between the two countries, nnmoly:
There is no Spanish garrison. The
country is well worth opening up to
honest and energetic trade.
DIVING ELKS.
Trained to Perforin Tricks That Seem
Almost Supernatural.
There seems to be no limit to the
ingenuity of man in devising sensa
tions to please the public. Especially
is this true in the matter of training
animals to perform feats which at first
seem impossible. One of the smallest
“Articlo 1.—Spain will renounce all
claim to all sovereignty over and all
her rights ovor the island of Cuba.
'•Asticle 2.—Spain will cede to the
United States the islands of Porto
Rico and the other islands which are
at present under the sovereignty of
Spain in Uie Antilles, as well as an
island in The Ladrone archipelago, to
bo chosen by the United States.
“Article 3.—The United States will
occupy and retain the city nud bay of
Mnuila aud the port of Manila pend
ing tho conclusion of a treaty of peace
A PARING DIVE.
feats whioh Beem almost supernatural.
However, it remained for Mr. Will H.
Barnes, of Sioux City, Iowa, to train
an animal which was generally con
sidered to be tho dullost of quad
rupeds, nnmely, the elk. His efforts
have proved beyond a doubt that the
elk is by no means lacking in in
telligence, and his famous diving elks
elicit admiration and wonder from all
who see them porform. Mr. Barnes
secured the elks when they were
young, nnd though it required un
limited patienoe, he finally succeeded
in breaking them in harness. While
training tho elks, tho owner notioed
that thoy seemed utterly indifferent
to what height they jumpod from, aud
he then couoeived the idea of touching
them to dive. The process was a
slow one, hut now, after two years of
labor, they have attained a marvelous
degree of ability in this feat, ns they
make a headlong plnngo of fifty feet
into a tank of water. Herewith ia
presented a out representing the elk
making the dive. As will be notioed,
tho animal makes a headlong plungo
with his feet extended.
of inserts, the flea, aud one of the . .
largest of animals, the elephant, have "bioh shall determine the control and
been put through a course of training * orra °* government of the Philip-
whioh has resulted in their performing P’ ne8-
"Article 4.—Spain will immediately
evacuate Cuba, Porto Rico and other
islands now under Spnnish sovereign
ty in tho Antilles. To this effect each
of the two governments will appoint
commissioners within ten days after
the signing of this protocol, and these
commissioners shall meet at Havana
within thirty days after the signing
of this protocol with the object of
coming to an agreement regarding the
carrying out of the details of theafore-
said evacuation of Cuba and other ad
jacent Spnnish islands; ^tnd each of
the two governments shall likewise
appoint within ten days after the sig
natures of this protocol other commis
sioners, who shall meet at San Juan
de Porto Rico within thirty dnys after
the signature of this protoool to agree
npon the details of the evneuation of
Porto Rico nnd other islands now un
der Spanish sovereignty in the An
tilles.
“Article 5.—Spain and the United
Stntos shall appoint to treat for peace
five commissioners at the most for
either country. The commissioners
shall meet in Paris on October 1st at
the latost to proceed to negotiations
nnd to tho conclusion of the treaty of
pence. This‘treaty shall be ratified in
conformity with tho constitutional laws
of each of the two countries.
“Article 6.—Onoe fhe protocol ie
concluded nnd signed, hostilities shall
be suspended, nnd to that effect in the
two countries orders Bhall be given by
either government to the commnnders
of its lnnd and sea forces as speedily as
possible.
"Done in duplicate at Washington,
read in French and in English by the
undersigned, who affix at the foot of
the document their signatures and
sealB, August 12, 1898."
BpanUh Officer* Notified.
The Spanish government Saturday
night telegraphed to tho governors
general of Porto Rico and tlie Philip
pines instructions for carrying out the
terms of the protocol signed by the
United States aud Spain nnd to pre
pare for cvacuntion. Instructions
were also Bent covering the policy to
be adopted in the oveut of the insur
gents refusing to observe the armistice.
Strategy In the Hanks.
Captain J. W. Pratt has told a
mighty military story that oame to
him somehow from the big camp of
the United States volunteers at San
Franoisoo. An infantryman had over
stayed his liberty. Deteotiou meant
a fine and perhapB some imprison
ment, with the most disagreeable sort
of police duty. The infantry chap was
a genius. He pinued strips of white
paper dowu the legs of his trousers.
Theu he made officer's shoulder straps
out of banana skins. Then he boldly
walked right through the line, an
swered "offloer,” aud accepted the
night honor of the sentry.—Pacific
Commercial Advertiser.
The Impossible.
He—“Whot would you say if I were
to steal n kiss from you?”
She—“But that is impossible.”
He—“Impossible! Why so, pray?”
She—"Because you can't steal any
thing I haven’t got, and no one has
ever given me a kiss—see?”—Chicago
Post.
Tho Old Bookkeeper ut Lunoh*
Madrid Press Displeased.
The comments of the press on the
protocol nre n veritablo funeral hymn
on the destruction of the Spnnish co
lonial empire. Some days ago the de
sire for p >nce made the people close
their eyes to the price, but now upon
reading the protocol, they realize that
the cost is the loss of that empire
which Spain had conquered with bo
muoh glory and that Spain now falls
to the second rank among nations.
The public mind is stunned and there
is general mourning.
Getuw:.l iRauoo telegraphs that Ha
vana is greatly agitated by the news
of the signing of the protocol and that
muoh aixiety is manifested to learn
the conditions which have not yet
been published.
Some uneasiness is felt regarding
tho effect that the text of tho protocol
mov have on the Spnnish volunteers
in Havana. Many newspapers express
grief and despair that the men who
brought disaster on Spnin by lack of
foresight, organization and ability,
should continue to govern the country.
'The habits that use doth breed.’ 1
PRIZE ADULA ORDERED SOLD.
JuilffO Speer Fixes Date For Sale of the
Captured British Vessel.
In the United States court at Savan
nah Judge Emory Speer issued an or
der for the snle at public outcry of the
British steamer Adula.
The steamer is to be sold August
29th at public outcry for not less than
350,000. Ten per cent of the purchase
price must bo paid at once and the
balance in ten days. The Adula has
been appraised at $80,000.
Didn’t Pay.
“How did your little scheme of dis
abling yonr next door neighbor’s lawn
mower turn out?"
“It didn’t work as well as I expect
ed. He waked me at 5 o’clock next
morning trying to hammer the machine
into shape again.”
—
The Enormous Gold Product of 1898.
This will bo tho greatest cold year In history.
From South Africa, tho Klondike and Aus
tralia tho precious metal Is being shipped in
large quantities. It Is believed that this year’s
output will be nearly double that of any pre
vious twelve months. The sales of Hostel-
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A Teplltx woman of 99 has committed sui
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A Tennessee veteran, after reading the ad
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he could not tako off his clothes for 16 days.
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Of thirty-five flags shown in a flags of all
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1H58, barely forty years ago, eloven have dis
appeared.
To Cure Coustlpatlon Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or
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France is about to undertake the improve
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An Advertising Story.
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It was dark in the streets of Falaise.
The mayor ordered that every cit
izen should hang a lantern in front of
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Bnt still the streets were no lighter.
Then the aiayor swore an oath and
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And still the streets were no lighter.
Then the mayor swore a greater
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Thou the streets were lighter.
A man once wished to make money.
He seoured a good store.
He secured good goods.
He secured good clerks.
He made no money.
Then he turned on his store the
light of newspnper advertising and
let the people know that he was in
business and why. He kept them in
the dark no longer.
Then he made money.
COULD NOT SLEEP.
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