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7“ fl... SPAIN IN THE PHILIPPINES. 'iER EXTORTIONS AND CRUELTIES DESCRIBED BY A SPAIIIARD. â€"â€" B llll’cfll of “‘cylcr‘s Fortuneâ€"111C Tax-Bur- dened Nativesâ€"Blancn's Punishment of :1 Wholesale )‘Iurdcn-r â€"Tragcdy of Dr. Run! Duckn' Eggs Hatched by Natives. Dr. Pinto de Guimares, e.‘ Spaniard and resident of Manila, prints in the Revue des Revues of Paris an article on “The Spanish Reign of Terror in the Philippines.” In it he says: "No stranger can form any idea of vexations, formalities and regulations 50 ruinous to private and public in- terests as those which the Spanish ofâ€" ficials have invented and put in force in the Philippines. These gentlemen have but one object in life, to make 9'5 large .a fortune as possible during their terms of three or six years in the archipelago and then return to .Spain to escape the curses of the un- .h8ppy natives. The notorious Gen. .Xi'eyler was Governorâ€"General of the Philippines for three years and was a shining model of well-regulated econâ€" omy. His annual pay was $40,000- Out of this custom compelled him to disburse large sums for his personal expenses and to subscribe generously to various public works and charities. Notwithstanding all these demands upon his purse this prudent General contrived to economize and deposited in bank, at London and Paris, an amount which his own compatriots es- .timated at from $2,500,000, to $3,000,- 000. The conduct of his successor, Des- ajol, gives a clue to the mystery of the General’s economics. On the day of the arrival of this new Governor- ‘General at Manila one of the richest Chinese merchants of the city offered him a present of $10,000 AS A TRIBUTE of respect and esteem and was struck in the face for his pains. “The officers compoaing the central Government at Manila are many and well paid. The islands are divided into military, civil and mixed provrn- cial Governments. Each is composed of a Governor and a numerous staff, all paid, from the revenues of their Governorships. This system gives Bmple opportunity for fiscal malver- sion and oppression which fall upon the unhappy natives. Under Spanish law every inhabitant of the colony is compelled to carry a personal card ,which answers the purpose of a pass- port. No one can travel Without one. Its cost varies from $2.50 to $25 and it must be renewed annually. Those lto give their personal labor to the: lGovernment for fifteen days or pay an [additional tax of $7.50. As the daily wages of workers ranges from 5 to 50 cents, the severity with which this 'tax weighs upon the masses can be imagined. “Throughout all the islands the tax- es are uniform and innumerable. "Every native who keeps and fastens an lanimal for food is taxed; if he has a ‘horse or some cocoanut trees he is taxed for each. If he wishes to make cocoanut all he is again taxed for the privilege. There are taxes on weights and measures, on stores and shops; a tax on land, on all kinds of manufac- ftures and on alcoholic spirits. Native tax collectors are made responsible for ,the colletcion of the total taxes in their districts. At Siquijor forty-[our of these native functionaries were exiled to Bohol after their houses, land and cattle had been confiscated, because they had not been able to make good the arrears due by their fellow countrymen. ‘3 THIS IS THE PRICE which the natives of the Philippines ,pay for their Government on ‘Chris- tian principles.’ “And yet, owing to the marvellous fertility of their soil. the oppressed, tortured, ruinod islanders manage to ‘exist. A primitive system of cultiva- tion has produced, in one year. eight ’millious of dollars' worth of hemp. six ‘of sugar and four of tobacco! Gold, iron. copper and coal are found on the islands. The exactions of Spanish functionaries and the vexations of the fiscal agents so hamper all foreign merchants and those who come to en- gage in business that they finally give up the attempt to do any profitable .trading and leave the country. "Such was the state of the colony when as luddeniy asa flash of lightnâ€" ing. the. insurrection ,of 1:596 came. It was the result of speeches made by Spanish officers at an army reunion and banquet, who then and there pro- posed to 'exterminate the savage na- tives in their lairs,‘ and declared that 'ihey would give no quarter,’ but slaughter these rascals to the last man.‘ At first the insurgents were checked by want of arms and supplies, but the first detachment of Spanish troops which opposed them were sofew and behaved in so cowardly a fashion that they were easily cut to pieces, and the rebels secured several hund- red rifles and thousands of cartridges. "The memory of the Death Hole at Manila will never be effaced while the present generation of natives and their children live. The Death Hole was a noisesome dungeon. built in the foundations of the rampart. on the River Paeig side of Manila, This prison had been utilised for more than 100 years. It was half full of foul 'water. the home of rats. snakes and. all kinds of vermin. One hundred natives were shut in it. During the who pay less than $3 '50 are compelled ire-s Very Weak Blood Was P00“ and Thinâ€"Hood’s Sumaparhn Gave Strength. "After being in the hospital for a long time I was very weak and hardly able to walk. My blood was thin and I was as pale as death. ‘When I reach- ed home I was told about Hood's Sarsaâ€" par lie. and procured five bottles and began taking it. In a few months after I began its use I found I had gained twenty pounds in weight. and I felt so much better that I continued the use ofthe medicine until I was as well as ever. I believe Hood's Sarsa- parilla saved my life." Arthur Mills. Dresden, Ont. Remember Hood’s Sarcaparilla Canada's Greatest Medicine. 81; six for $5. Hood's Pm- our: Indigestion. 25 cents. W night they were heard shrieking and begging to be knocked on the head or taken out. The Spanish Lieutenant in charge, annoyed by their groans and complaints, stopped up the only open- ing by which fresh air could reach them. ' ALL WERE FOUND DEAD in the morning. Gen. Blanco, was then Governor-General of the Philip- pines. When he heard of this atrom‘ty be summoned the butcher Lieutenant before him. and, after upbraiding him for his cruelty, kicked him dmvnstairsl The General knew that if he had courtâ€"martialled this officer the latter would have been acquitted. “As shocking was the fate of Dr. Rizal. This enthusiastic patriot was an intelligent, learned man, who had been educated in Spain and France. For writing a book against Spanish op- pression he was exiled to the island of Dapitan. There he met a young wo- man of Irish parentage, with whom he fell in love. They were engag- ed to be married when, on some pre- text, the doctor was brought back to Manila, sent to Madrid to be tried, and from Madrid sent back to Manila. The uhnappy girl to whom he was betroth- ed tells the rest of the story: . “‘Every one knew that Dr. R17.le was innocent. All that could _ be brought against him was the publica- tion of his book. and the Spanish of- ficials who tried him had never even read it. Nevertheless, he was con- demned to death. I then asked De"- mission to be married to him. and they granted my request, thinking to add to the horror of his martyrdom. The marriage was celebrated by a friar the same day on which he was sentenced. I passed that whole night 011 my knees in prayer before the pri- son door which shut my husband from me. When morning dawned the doc- lor came ou' surrounded by soldiers, his hands “uund ‘behind his back. They took ‘1 m to the Luneta, the fashionable promenade of the city, where all niiliiary executions take Pl'icc. The Lieutenant in command of the firing party asked my husband Where he would prefer to be shot. He mPlied. "Through the heart." "Im- Possible." said the Lieutenant. “Such a rfzivor is granted only to men of rank. you will be shot in the back." A mo- ment after my husband was dead. The soldiers shouted "HURRAH FOR SPAIN," and I. "Hurrah for the Philippines and death to Spain.” I asked for the body. It was refused me. Then I swore to avenge his death. I secured a revolver and dagger and joined the rebels. They gave me a Mauser rifle, and the Philippines will be free." “An execution at the Luneta was considered in the light of a spectacle. It usually took place in the cool of the ‘9“!‘15' morning. .Hundreds of women 'of the upper classes were present. The spectators stood up in their car- riages and drank champagne while waiting for the appointed hour. “'hen the officer in command of the firing iplll‘fy lowered his sword and the shots 'krang out the women waved their ,handkerchiefs and sunshades joyously. The firing squads for these barbarous executions were each made up of five men placed about ten paces from the loondemned and were at first com- D0>ed of native troops. It was found, 1 "m I however, that their sympathies were with the insurgents: not wishing to inflict mortal wounds on their fellow countrymen they aimed at the arms or legs of the victims, thus adding to the horror of these scenes. On one occa- sron thirteen men were led out. to be shot at the same time. all members of asocret revolutionary :ooiety called the. Catapanan. Not one of these un- fortunates was killed at the first fire. Most of them did not die until the third or fourth round. When all was over a military band played lively ;airs. "After learning these facts no one will be surprised at the manner in winch the. natives have welcomed the lsuccess of the Americans. For cen- lllf‘ics Spain has treated the natives of these unfortunate islands with such iferocity that she can never make adequate atonement. The United States may not annex Cuba, but she 'wili find ample Compensation in tak- ing possession of the Philippines." In Dr. Guimares's description of the city of Manila one of its industries is worth nothing. “Ducks are very industrious in all the islands, especially in that of I.u« zon, where thousands of them are to be seen disporting themselves in the river Pasig. The eggs of these ducks are not hatched by female ducks, but by Tagal Indians. many of the males making it their sole occupation. The eggs are placed in large nest: of wood ashes and the Tegals sit on them for hours. The banks of the river are lined with these queer human incuba- tors. who eat. drink. smoke and play cards, but always hatch out their set- tings successfully without breaking an egg. During the last few years arti- ficial incubators have been introduced :nd are now rlvelling the picturesque Indians in " ‘uf in the interior of the islan 3.3:in are preferred because they u. . less." PEEPS INTO THE FUTURE. Forecasts of Noted lien and What Became of Them. Just previous to the assassination of the Empress of Austria the emperor was heard repeatedly to remark. "I fear something awful is about to trans- pire. I wish the jubilee year were safe- ly over." This brings to mind other insatnces of forecasts fulfilled, says the London Mail. Just over thirty years ago a visitor to Edinburgh was being shown over the High Court of Justiciary. He made some remark concerning the dock and its duties, and in reply the official jokingly said the visitor might one day be sentenced to be hanged in that very room. The Sightseer was the noâ€" torious Dr. Pritchard; two years had barely passed when in the deck he had so closely inspected he was doomed to death for poisoning his wife and moth- er-in-law. To many watchers of the political weathercock‘ the rapid rise of Mr. Asquith to renown as a statesman was little short of miraculous; to the late home secretary himself, however, it was but the natural outcome of his own resolve. \Vhen a youth at the Oily Of London school he informed all and sundry that he meant to take high honors at Oxford, enter the house of commons, and become an influential member of the cabinet. The Earl of Rosebery, so it is histor- ically recorded, while paSsing his boyâ€" ish years at Eton, foretold that in the coming years he would win the Der- by, and more important still, be prime minister. . Both Lord Rosebery and Mr. Asquith prophesied the things whereof they knew. A gentleman conceiVed the idea that; he would only live acertain time, so he made a nice calculation of his forâ€" tune, which he so apportioned as to lost just the same period as he guessed his life would extend to. Strangely enough his calculations came correct to the letter, for he died punctually at the time he had prevâ€" iously reckoned; he had so far exâ€" hausted his estate that, after his debts had been discharged, a solitary pair of slippers represented the entire property he left. His relatives buried him, and a re- presentation of the slippers was carved on the tomb; toâ€"day in a churchyard at Amsterdam his grave may be seen. the only inscription on the stone being two ls‘lemmish words: "Effen nyt," i.e., “Exactly.” The late George Moore came to Lon- don from Cumberland a poor, friendâ€" 1953 boy. He entered a great commerâ€" cIal house, and from the beginning deâ€" clared he would eventually marry his employer's daughter and become his employer’s partner. He accomplish- ed both ambitions, became very weal- thy and a man of whom his genera- tion might ,well be proud. \Vhon )Varren Hastings was a led his great grief was that his family had lost their paternal estate at Daylesford, and he was constantly heard to say: "I Will buy it back." He grew up to make both history and a famous name, and he died at Daylesford. Among the many records of Harrow school is that of a boy, the son of a poor local tradesman in a very small way of business. His schoolfcllows of- ten taunted him about his family povâ€" erty; their lhoughtlesa jeers. although hurting his feelings, drew from the lad the retort: "I intend before I die to ride in a coach and four." The years slid by and lo and behold l the povertyâ€"stricken youngster of Harrow had developed into Dr. Parr, the greatest scholar of his time, whose customary and favorite means of lo- comotion was a coach and four. The seventh child of the German emperor and empress is a daughter, their six being sons. The house of Hohenzollern has a tradition that in one year three emperors of that house Will reign in Germany the third will have seven sons and will bring ruin to the nation as well as the empire to an end. ' This direful prophecy has seen the fulfillment of its first part; whether the arrival of a seventh son will bring the calamities predicted the future will show. POINTED PA RAGRAPHS. ._.-â€" Money is the root of the manufac- turing plant. But few women have time to look like their portraits. Gossip is always short lived unless it is properly ventilated. Wise is the famous man who doesn’t overwork his popularity. The present is the child of the past and the father of the future. When the king loses he always comes within an ace of winning. It’s never too hot in summer or too cold in Winter for the ice man. The more vanity some people possess the easier it is to make them happy. Satan never gets tired of jollying people who imagine they are prize benuties. Time may be a success as a woundâ€" henler, but it seldom removes the scare. An old bachelor says the average wait of women is until they are asked to marry. Money brings happiness to some men because of the interest they derive therefrom. ’We never heard of husbands and wives quorreling about which loved the other most. The bigger the bore a man is the smaller the hole he leaves when his days are numbered. Beauty may be only skin deep. but it invariably manages to get a seat in a crowded car. p0 in. mm .1 quality and ham ' LUDELLA ill!“ Ono trial and you will use no other. Lead packages. :5, 4o, 50 and Soc. It's always tough on the tight rope walker when he steps from the straight and narrow path. Some actors are like some eggs-â€" they go upon the stage when they are no good for anything else. It is said that sunlight is of less benefit to a growing crop of wild oats then the electric light. The courting of an heiress is a busi- m." TAMMERERS. WWI-mum MW and Sheet Metal Works. R ° ° 5' .53. anagrams “a ness suit. but the courting of a flirt mlm‘flflggo l gfimligng: on?! up I 3’ is merely a masquerade suit. Probably the happiest day in *the average farmer's life is when his best pig takes a $8 prize at the county fair. A scientist has discovered that thirst drives 90 per cent of mankind to drink. Science is a wonderful thing. Whenever a girl begins to lecture a young man on financial economy. he can safely ask her to name the happy day. Many a man who wouldn’t think of making a wife of his cook has no scruples about making a cook of his wife. â€"â€"â€"-â€"*â€"â€"â€"_ TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. 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