Then he went to Brazil, and is now President of the Conservatory of Music of Rio Janeiro.
One might go on multiplying similar incidents.

Some of the most eminent doctors, lawyers and college professors in Cuba are more or less darkly "colored." In the humble walks of life one finds them everywhere, as carpenters, masons, shoemakers and plumbers.

In the few manufacturies of Cuba a large proportion of the workmen are Negroes especially in the cigar factories.

In the tanneries of Pinar del Rio most of the workmen are colored, also in the saddle factories of Havana, Guanabacoa, Cardenas and other places.

Although the insurgent army is not yet disbanded, the sugar-planters get plenty of help from their ranks by offering fair wages .-- New York Sun.
FACTS ABOUT PORTO RICO TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS.
Porto Rico, the beautiful island which General Miles is taking under the American flag, has an area of 3,530 square miles.