17. • A Don Ricardo Carnicero
• poem which Rizal wrote for
Captain Carnicero on the
occasion of captain’s birthday
August 26,1892
18. • Butuan – mail boat which brought the
news about Rizal’s winning in the lottery
19. • Three (3) pesetas – amount Rizal allotted
for lottery tickets every month
20. • P20,000 – lottery prize
• P6,200 of it was given to Rizal
• P2,000 of his share he gave to his father
and
• P200 to Basa in Hong Kong,
• the rest he invested thru purchasing
agricultural lands from the coast of
Talisay about kilometre away from
Dapitan
21. Volunteers as Military Doctor
in Cuba
When Cuba was under revolution
and raging yellow fever epidemic,
Rizal wrote to Governor General
Ramon Blanco offering his
services as military doctor.
22. Governor Blanco later notified
Rizal of the acceptance of the
offer. The notification came along
with an instruction of acquiring
first a pass for Manila from
the politico-military commander of
Dapitan.
Volunteers as Military Doctor
in Cuba
23. “The Song of the Traveler”
Upon receiving the acceptance of
his offer to go to Europe then to
Cuba to help in the curing
of patients suffering yellow fever,
he wrote a poem “El Canto del
Viajero”
24. Adios, Dapitan
España – steamer which brought Rizal to
Manila from Dapitan
Rizal was accompanied by Josephine,
Narcisa, Angelica (Narcisa’s daughter), his
three nephews and six pupils.
As farewell, the town brass of Dapitan played
the dolorous Funeral March of Chopin.
He stayed in Dapitan for four years, thirteen
days and a few hours.
Editor's Notes
Because of the publication of the Noli and the uproar it caused among the friars, Rizal was warned by Paciano and other friends not to return home
Rizal arrived in Manila on August 3, 1887 and in Calamba on August 8
A few weeks after his arrival, an attack broke over his novel
He appeared at Malacaňan and was informed by the Gov. Gen. that his novel contains subversive ideas but Rizal denied it and added that he merely exposed the truth
The banning of the Noli made it popular, everybody wanted to Many Filipinos were able to get a copy and read it at night behind closed doors
He was enchanted by the natural beauty of Japan, the charming manners of Japanese people, and he fell in love with a Japanese girl
Rizal’s 2nd homecoming was on June 1892; arrival in manila with sister – he arrived in June 26 with Lucia going to the hotel de oriente with a major
