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GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY. JULY Yi, 1898.
ROBERT G. SMITH,
local Ibappcninge
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Piacticee in all State and Federal Courts
Office over First National Bank.
G xakt ' s Pass,
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Shoes repaired at Hackett's
Gold-dust cashed at Cramer Bros
Bicycle hespiUl for ail repairing al
Cramer Bros.
Jack Eads was in the Pass last Sator-
day from Selma.
Dr. Kieiner and family are having
their outing at Tolaan'« soda springs.
A squad of 25 recruits for the army
was on the traiu last Thursday morning
en route to Sacr.inento. Ttiey came
from Eugene
If you v autthe finest thing that ever
hapt>ened in wheels get the new Stearns
at Redfield-. They are beauties finished
in Black or Orange enamel.
An enemy to health is impure bloo 1,
Mrs. 1*. 11. Ilarth and Mi«« Delia re- as it leads to serious disease and great
DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY.
tnriied from Chautauqua last Saturday suffering. Hood's Sarsaparilla meets
Office over First N itional Bank,
evening They reported that everything and conquers this enemy and averts the
O beuon . waa goo*!.
G rant ’« P arr ,
danger.
(»olden Eagle Bicycle« are honest
Hon. E C. Wade has given up the ed
wheels at reasonable price«
Write for itorial chair of the Mining Journal, and
J_J C. PERKINS
catalogue. Mitchell-Lewis Staver Co.
will hereafter devote his time to piactie-
Portland. ()r.
U. 8. DEPUTY
ing law. His office is upstairs in the
pjENRY L. BENSON,
Mr. Haitzell made a trip to Grave
creek last week.
ATDtKNEY AT-LAW,
Messrs Hubbard and I>av are building
Predice» in all Court- of thè State.
a barn for N. 1* Dodge
lhe old one
Office over First National Bank,
will be torn down
G baxt ' m P ass ,
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O bbuon .
F. A. Halleck spent a part oi one «lay
last week in town on hit way to hie
ARTHUR P. HARTH,
borne on Williams front Mt. Reuben.
Herbert Sampnon i« now ■ loing the
rustling (or hi« father in the latter’« or
Herbert say« the crop is good,
< >Hk<ÌON. cbar*.
C ibanti . F ax »,
especially the apple«, which ia the profit
JaaiiieK Holman able part of the crop
Thomas Smith
Residence
Koidence
John White, wife and little girl • ante
North 7lh street.
F st. A Gilbert creek
down from Jacksonville last Friday
near factory.
night, and spent lhe night at Hotel Jose
gMITH & HOLMAN,
phine. Mr. White is proprietor of the
Jacksonville telephone line, and he
UNDERTAKERS.
came down to «re that everything is in
Parlors 6th street, opp. Court House.
go<»d running order
MINERAL SURVEYOR,
- O regon .
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G rants P ass ,
!.. C. VAN ENNE
G. PHEBY
Carbon Hlioto
Studio Opp.Court House
All Work
Ws Make
Finished in from
Specialty
3 to 6 Days,
•f
Chidrent'
Regardless of
the Weather.
Pholot.
GRANT’S PASS, ORE
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
UNITED
STATES.
. William McKinley
President ........
Garret A Hobart
Vire President
Secretary of State ........ ........ Judge Day
Secretary of Treasury .. .Lyman J Gage
.......... C N Biies
Secretary of Interior
Russell A Alger
Secretary of War
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........ John D Long
Secretary
of Navy
Secretary of Agriculture lames A Wilson
James A <»arv
Postmaster-General
Joseph McKenna
Attorney-General .
STATE Of OREGON.
(Geo W Mu Bride
Ü. S. Senators ... ■
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(Tbos 11 Tongue
Congressmen . .
Ellis
CM Idleman
Attorney-General
Governor................ ................ W P lx»rd
.HE Kincaid
Secretary of state
. . Phil Metschan
State Treasurer
Supt Pub Instruction .... GM Irwin
.......... W
11 L™
Leeds
State Printer
V.' "
L
tC E Wolverton
. . ’ R S Bean
Supreme Judge«
I F A Moore
i F A Marcum
R R Commissioners. . J J B Eddy
(H B Compson
Clerk of R R Conimia«ion. Lydell Baker
Clerk Board School LandCom W HOdell
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Western Division........ludire H K Hanna
Eastern Division .
Judge H L Benson
Prosecuting Attorney
. . C B W atson
Member Board of Equalizat KA Emmitt
U. ». LAND OFEICK RORKBL KO.
..Henry B<x>tb
J T Briggs
Receiver..................
Register
JOKEPH1NK COI NT V
........ C E Harmon
........ Al»e Axtell
(Nick Thoea
(Dick George
Roy Bartlett
County Clerk
.......... Ed Lister
Sheriff ..
..........I W Virtue
Representatiie
............ J T Taylor
Treasurer............
•J D Hayes
School Sufienntenilent
... Eclus Pollock
Assessor
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B
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McCulloch
Surveyor
.... Dr. J Myers
Coroner
Joint Senator.
County Judge
Commissioners
FREI INCT OFFICRRM.
.................Jauies Holman
J netice.
J H t
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Constable
etri »F GRANT*« rAM.
......................... W T ('obnrn
Mayor..
.......... W Elmer McGregor
Auditor..
. Col Johnson
Treasurer.
T B Elliot
Street Coiniiiissioner . .
F W Hugtferth
Marshal...
[ Dr. Wm Flanagan
I L I* Jennings
1 F L t oron
Coumiliinni
| W A Haakin«
| Frank Fetich
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I Fred Gnyer
Regular meeting« of the city council of
Grant*« Pas» are held in lhe council
rooms in the city hall on the first and
third Thursday evenings of each month
CIRCl IT COVRT.
Meets on the thin! Monday in April
anti the fourth Monday hi September.
cot NTY COURT.
Probate court meet»
January, April. July
County commissioners
Wednesday after the
county court.
first Mondav of
nnd'Sentrniber.
court meets first
meeting of the
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3. T.TUFFS. Vice President.
K. A. B ooth . < ■• hier
Pwneer Truck and Delivery
Rev Dr. Albright of Boston, who lias
been ti.e guest >f Rev. McLean for ser-
ersl days, preached an excellent sermon
in the Presbyterian church last Sunday
morning, and also one in the evening at
the M. E. church.
Dr. Albright left
Monday morning on the southbound
traiu.homewar I.
Sundries
Rpneial Attention given to CoUwrtions ane
generai bun new- of our cuMomera.
Coilere
mA«!* thr<Mixh«Hjt y^tHitbrrr
Orerm ■nd on all acreambie ¡»»«nu.
N. E. McGrew
Dr Win. Jackson will la? absent from
his office for ten »lays commencing July
25
He will be at Gold Hill during that
time and give the people of that berg an
opportunity to have theit denial work
done at home.
C E. Brow h , the mining expert has
been in town for several days. Mr
Brow n haw spent a number of week* in
the west and northern parts of the coun
ty, and from what be has seen, he ha»
lost none of his enthusiasm on the im
mensity of Southern Oregon minent!
wealth
Washington l.erter.
The destruction of Cerveni's fleet, and
the surrender of the Spanish at Santia
go has made peace talk very prevalent
on the other side of the Atlantic, but up
to thia time there has been no official
wor<l from Spain on the subject. Mem
bers of the diplomatic corps say that the
peat e ta.k is being eneo iraged by the
Spanish government, as a “feeler" ol
public sentiment in both Spain and this
I country
In administration circles it is
suoi that nothing short ol a request from
the government of Spain will cause this
government tonaure its terms of peace—
they will not be made to any other gov
ernment acting for Spain—and that
nothing short ol an absolute and unqual-
ifled acceptance of those terms will cause
the »lightest change in tlie plans for the
further crushing ol Spain's power. It is
stated at the navy department that the
fleet of Commodore Watson w ill start for
Spain thia week, and that the campaign
against l'orto Rico is to lie pushed ahead
as rapidly as possible. Some think that
peace is in sight, but those who know
tlie Spanish character best say that
some more whipping will be necessary
to bring it about. The whipping will
be done all right, as fast as lhe oppor
tunity is given our boys. In fact, our
soldiers are only afraid that peace will
Ire reached before they have all had an
opportunity to do eoiue fighting.
bank building, rooms formerly occupied
by II. 1.. Benson
The county court is having a building
put lip on the northwest corner of the
court yard in which to keep implements
or machinery Itelonging to the county.
These things have formeily, as a gener
Bucklen'« Arnica Salve
al thing, lieen out in the weather, good
T be 1U wt Salve in the world for Cut«
or bad. A little less for steel cells, and
Bruixes.Sore Ulcers, Salt Kheurii. Fever
a little more for an implement house a
Sore«, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil
few years ago, would have been a wise blaing,Corn8,an l all Skin Eruption«,and
thing, but [letter late than never
Congress came very close to adjourn
posilivly cures Pile« or no pay required.
ing
in the midst ot a fight on the floor of
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfau*
lion or money refused. Price 25c ’»er lhe house, between members. Fittingly
enough, tlie would lie lielligerents were
box. For Sale By W. F. Kremer,
CaiiHon of Illinois, arid Ball of Texas
J. A. Jenuing«, an insurance man of Cooler headed men succeeded in keeping
Grants Pass, is in Portland on a peeubar the Cannon and the Ball from getting at
The High Grade Wheel
mission. Four year»» ago, while out each oilier, until they liad a chance to
I duck hunting, he had the misfortune to cool down a Ulti -, thus escaping a dis
shoot his left hand oil' and the surgeons graceful scene that would have been
in dressing the injured limb left the witnessed by hundreds of school teach
nerves in such a position that he lias Buf ers from every section ol the country,
fered severely ever since the slump who are in Washington in connection
healed. The pain he describes is just as with tlie national educational conven
if be is continually bolding the foie and tion, and who crowded the galleries at
middle finger of the missing hand over a tha capítol, to witness the cloning of the
Representative
slow tire Portland surgeons have ex session ot congress
amined the wrist and decided to cut Cannon withdrew his remark» from the
open the old wound and change the posi* record aad apologized for having called
! tion of the nerves which used to connect Representative Ball a liar, but Re pre
with the now aching fingers. Telegram- sentative Ball did not withdraw the
The University of Oregon graduated language that provoked the epithet.
last June the largest cla«« in it« history. Die whole incident was based upon a
A large and complete assortment
The class numbered thirty. The fall '■tempest in a tea pot" started by the at
of Bicycle Sundries in stock.
term will begin September 19th. Stu tempt of Representative Handy ef Dela
dents who have completed the tenth ware, to iiave tlie house order stricken
Repairing a Specialty
grade branches can enter the sub-fresh ¡rom the record a |>ortion of a xfievcli
man class. No examinations are requir made by Representative Ray, of New
Have a regularly equipped Uicy
ed for graduates ef accredited schools. \ ork, which reflected upon Representa
cle repair Shop. Parts supplied.
Reasonable equivalents aie accepted for tive Champ Clark, of Missouri—an at
most of the required entrance studies. tempt that failed
Unless some persons in Washington
Catalogues will be sent free to all appl •
cants. Persons desiring information are very badly informed, General Miles
may address the president, Secretary J. lias no idea of roughing it in Cuba, or ill
J. Walton, or Mr. Max A. Plumb, all of tlie campaign against 1’orto Rico, winch
Eugene, Oregon. The courses offered he is to command and which is to lie at
MONMOUTH. ORE
once begun, unless the bpauiali really
Strong Academic and Profes»ional < "ourzes. are those of a good university. There ask for peace instead ol just talking
Well-equipped training department of nine are departments of modern and ancient
grade-, with 230 children.
On the contrary, his bead
languages, physics, chemistry, biology, abrut it
Regular Normal Course of three year-.
geology, English, psychology, math- quarters, which, according to this lufor-
Senior year wholly professional.
Graduates of a«*« redited high schools and ematics, elocution, advanced engmeer- mation, will be on lhe magnificent pas
colleges admitted directly to professional
mg, astronomy, logic, philosophy, and senger steamer “Grami Ducliesse," will
work.
The diploma of the school is recognized by physical education
Music and draw Iiave even more elegant and luxurious
law as a life certificate to teach.
ing
are
also
taught.
The tuition is surroundings than were contained tn
Tile graduates of the school are in demand
as teachers.
free
All students nay an incidental tlie private car in which lie and his siati
Light expenses The year for from »120 to fee of ten dollars yearly. Boa d, lodg- made that, inspection trip to Florida,
»160.
several weeks ago. Die headquarters
Beautiful and healthful location.
No ing, heat and light in the dormitory cost
of
General Miles will remata un tlie
saloons.
|2 50 per week.
The lirst term aillojten Tuesday, Sept. 2".
steamer until tlm campaign is over, il
Catalogues. giving full details of work
disgusted Alaskan, G. B. Crayton,
cheerfally sent on application. Address spent a day in Portland on his return those who gaye out Hits iufo'inalioB
have gut things as straight as they think
I* L. CAMPBELL.
. or W. A WANN. Secretary of Faculty.
from Cook’s Inlet to his former home in
they have, and lhe steamer carries a
Sacramento, lie had been a mechanic
large supply ot the sort of provisions that
in the Southern Pacific shops at that
are usually only furnished ul high priced
point when the Alaska fever raged last botéis.
February
He threw up hi« job and
Tire session ol congress that carne to
sailed from San Francisco in a steamer
sui ti an abrupt end alter the senate
bound direct for Homer, from which
adopted Ilia resolution lor Hie aunexa
point he «truck out prospecting in the
tion ol Hawaii, was one of tlie most 1111
creeks which empty into the inlet, lie
pvrlant ever held, it appropriated »381,-
found colors wherever he went, but not
768,095 for the prosecution of tlie War,
in suificient quantities to pay wages, ami
but 11 did a great deal mure than legis
after wearing himself out and using up
late lor the war, as may ire judged troni
hi« provisions he wisely concluded to
the fact tliat it appropriated lor other
return to his family and his job He
purposes »530,730,806, making a grand
advise« people to «fay away, not only
total appropriated lor all purisrses ol
from C Mik’s Inlet but from all of Alaska
«802,527,001, a larger amount than was
and says the San Francisco paj»ers must
ever before appropriated at a single ses-
have l»een in collusion with the trans
sio1i. In addition to the annexation 01
portation companies, for the purpose of
Hawaii, tlie following important laws
inducing people to ru-li off tor the frozen
U| on subjects not connected with the
wilds, regardless of what became of the
war were placed upon the statute books :
de|>end«iit ones. He is minus |500 in
a national bankiuptcy law , aiiiendmenla
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cash and five rnonths of time but says
to the interstate eouimerce law, provid
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he has the experience.—Telegram
ing ior aibitralion of all differences lie-
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tween common carriers slid their em
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ployes, a commission to revise laws re
lating to patents, trade marks, etc.,
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removal of political disabilities ini|H>aed
by lhe fourteenth amendment, appropri
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ation to pay Great Briiian the Bering
sea award, tor tlie protection ol tlie peo
ple ol Indian Territory, and for other
purposes, an industrial COinill IMI» I Oil lu
The ill-fated Maine and all the great battleships arc
investigate and re [tort to congre«< on
pictured. No clearer idea of these vessels can pos
tlie I'ondition and needs of all hr a neben
sibly be obtained than is given by the-e saperbjpbo
of trade and industry. Whatever elee
meinui-r» may be < barged with, they
tograpbic reproductions accompanied as they are by
Iiave certainly not lacked patriotism,
introductory chapters and by concise descriptive
every bit of war legislation asked for by
text under each view. The combination affords the
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the administration was promptly given.
Keosivt drpieits suiijeiS to cherk or -n
certifica!* payable on demand.
Stalls lie!c l.-afts on New York. Man Fran-
cirro, assiPot 9 am I.
Teiegra] '
transfer» mid on all [«lints in
the Units»! Nates.
New line of 2* ply pasted wedding card
stock for calling cards, for sa’e at the
Coi ai hr office.
Mrs. Susie Neil and two children of
Jacksonville, are the guests of Mrs. Joe
M om . Mrs. Neil was returning from a
visit to relatives in Portland and Astoria
is
Send in \<»nr order- at once to
The COURIER.
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THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRl P OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific prrxieMM-s
known to the < ai . ifoksia Flo Hruvr
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance ot pun haaing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the C aufohxia Fie Srat-p Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
aaaist one in avoiding the worthieaa
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high «tan-ling of the < At.l
roaxiA Fie Srai p Co with the medi
cal profession, and lhe satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of t igs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Conqiany a guaranty
of the excellerce of its reme
far in aiivan- e of all other
i it ss-ta on the kidneys,
orels without irritating 01
g tirem. and it doea not
loseate. I n order to get its beni
effeeta, piease
na
lhe Lorn pony -
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO
sa» ravvi tacw. cwt.
L« c la vi Lea. a,.
The president lost no time in naming
tlie commission, authorized by the Ha
waiian annexation resolution, to recom
mend tlie congressional legislation made
necessary by annexation, arid to be com
posed of three Americxns and two Ha
wauans. Those chosen sre Senators
Cullom and Morgan, Representative
Hitt. President 18,le and Associate Jus
tó e Frear. 'Die last two of Hawaii.
have trie»! other Medicines ar»«l
led to obtain relief They tried
•nd it did them fond. They per*
•evnred in it« u«e and it a« com pl i« bed
permanent ear a«. Do you wonder that
they praiee and re«*iraim«»f»d it tn »on *
No. 36
Cuba and Porto Rico.
In response to the demand for infor
mation in regard to tlte Spanish West
Indies, the following summary by ths
Bureau of Foreign Commerce, which
will appear in the fortheomiug edition
of the Review of the World’s Commerce,
IBM—07, is printed in this form :
Cl’BA
Consul livatt, of Santiago de Cuba, in
report dated January 8, 1807. and print
ed in “Consular Reports "No lit? Febru
ary, 18071, p. 262, saya that the area of
Cuba is about equal to that of lhe state
of Pennsylvania, the length being 775
miles, ami lhe width varying from SO to i
160 miles
The productive soil, miner
al wealth, and climatic conditions of the
island entitle it to rank among the fore-
uiost communities ot the world. The
soil is a marvel of richness, and fertiliz
ers are seldom used, unless tn the ease |
of tobacco, even tl.engh the name crops I
Railroad« and other highway«, im-
proratl machinery, and more modern
method« of doing husinrsi*, are among
the want« of Cuba ; and with tbeonward
march of civilisation, these will doubt
less be tier’s ni the near future. Cuba,
like other tropical and semitropical
countries, is not given to manufacturing;
her people would rather sell lhe products
of the soil and mines, and buy manufac-
tured g<»o<i«. The possibilities of the
island are great, w hile the probabilities
remain an unsolved problem.
TOBACCO.
The British consul-general at Havana,
Mr. Gollan, says
The tobacco crop on an average is es
timated at 5<M),0(0 balerfl bale -110
pound«), 339 bales being exported, and
the remainder used in cigar and ciga
rette manufacture in Havana
The ci-
gars exported bi
uoaib«red 185,014,-
000. Tobacco leaf exported in 18t>5, 30,•
be grown on the same land for a huit 466,000 pounds; in 1896, 1ft,823,0JO
dred years, M lias happened ín some of |»ounds; the decrease being due to a de
the old sugar cane fields. The inoun- cree ol May, 1896, forbidding tobacco
About
tains are of coral foraiation, while the leaf exports except to Spain
lowlands of eastern Cuba at least seem 80,000 of the inhabitants are ordinarily
to lie couqsised largely of fossils of sea I engaged in the cultivation of tobacco.
SI UAH.
matter from prebiatorin times, and are
Mr. Gollan adds:
extiemely rich in lime and phosphate,
Cuba in normal times may be said to
which accounts for their apparent inex-
be one of the most favored countries OÍ
haustibleness
Although founded and seltled more the world for the economical production
The present condition of
than 50 years liefore Hie United States. of sugar.
Cuba lias still thousands of acres of affairs greatly burdens the sugar indus*
primeval forests; mahogany, cedar, log try, owing to the necessity of protecting
wood, eliony, lignum-vitae. and caiguar- tin estates, the Io«« of cane through in*
an (which is more durable in.tlieground cendiary fires, and the difficulty at all
than iron or steel) are among the woods. times of getting enough hauled to the
work« to use them to their full capacity,
if all the land suitable to the growth
Undtr normal conditions, the contrast
of sugar cane were devoted to that in
between the Cuban industry and that of
dustry, it is estimated that Cuba might
the West Indian islands, or any Ameri
supply tne entire Western Hemisphere
can Mugar-prod ucing country, Is remark
with sugar. Tim island has already pro
able
The total sugar crop of any other
duced in a single year for export 1 ,(M)0,-
island is equal only to the output of three
000 tons, and its capabilities have only
or four of the largest Cuban manufacto*
been in the experimental stage. The
adaptability of tlie soil for tobacco cul riea, und, with the exception of Deme*
rara, all these countries show consider
ture has long been known. Cuba takes
able inferiority to Cuba in method« of
great pride in the quality of her eoffre,
and until the war the plantations wete manufacture and in the cla«a of machin
ery in use. Tlie neglect of the other
flourishing.
West Indian planters to advance with
The land is not suited to the cultiva
the times, is (he main cause of this lack
tion of cereals. No Hour mill, Mr. Hyatt
thinks, exists on the island. Tim con of prosperity at the present moment. Of
the other cane sugar countries of the
sul continues:
world, Java is the only one which comes
In minora! wealth Cuba is capable of
w tliin 60 per cent of the iimount of su
taking high rank. Gold and silver have
gat produced annually in Cuba in nor
not been found in paying quantities.
Copper was mined at Cobre by the na mal times, and Java and lhe Hawaiian
islands are the only one« which are gen
tives befote Columbus discovered tlie
island,and there is strong proof that na erally advanced in the process of manu
tive copper was carried across to Florida facture.
Until a very recent date the manufac*
and used by the Florida Indians hun
lure
of sugar, and the growing of the
dreds of years ago. Tlie mound builders
cane in < uha were extremely profitable
of that stats buried with their dead, cop
undertakings, ami the reasons for their
per ornaments and utensils hammered
prosperity may be stated a«—
(ruin native copper, winch always Ims
(1) The excellence of the climate and
an admixture of more or less foreign
the fertility of the soil, which allow of
matter. As no copper ore is found in
large crops of good cane. Tlie rainfall,
Florida, or in the United States for a
about 50 inche«, is so distributed that
long distance from there, and as tliat
found in the United States or in Mexico iriigation is not a necessity, though it
would ill many cases be advirahle
does not correspond chemically with
(2) The great movement toward the
that buried with tlie mound-builders, it
occurred to Frol. R. 11. Sanders, of the eentralixation of the estates, which took
Academy of Natural Sciences. ¡11 Phila place in the early eighties; planters hav
delphia, that it was possible that these ing nndeiNtood the value of large sugar-
houses and overcome their difficulty in
mound-builders had water communica
this way.
tion witli Cuba, and got their copper
3) Tlie proximity of the United States,
from there. He tlierafore communicated
affording, as it does, a cash market for
with lhe writer and procured a sumplr
the sugar
of native Cuban copper, which proved,
In spite of the above advantages, con
ii|s>n analysis, to lie identical with that
tinue« the cormril general, the size of tlie
used in lhe copper ornaments mentioned.
■ugar crop is a matter of surprise to
In lhe early part of the present century
many, while elsewhere the industry
some
English capitalists purchased
must be fostered by bounliea. The ag
these mines, w hie1! are nine miles from
ricultural adaptability of (lie country,
Santiago. The books of this consulate
show that from 1K2H to 16-10 an average however, counts for much: the cost of
labor i« low, and the sugar houses have
of from »2,000,000 to *3,000,000 worth ol
a larger <laily capacity titan those of any
copper ore wax shitqied annually to the
other country.
United States from these mines.
How
cam. eh
much was shipped elsewhere, 1 have not
riier»* are four cable line« euiiuect»,<l
the means ot knowing.
witli Culm; the Internatioaai Ocean Tel*
These mines continued in successful
egraph Company has a cable from Ha
operation|iintil 1807,when a combi nation
of circumstances, and not the poverty vana to Florida; the Cuban Hubinarine
of the mines, closed then, up, and the Company ha« a cable connecting Havana
various shafts, from tioo to 1200 feet deep with Santiago de Cuba ami Cienfuegoa;
filled with water, all save 30.1 feet being tlie West India and I'anania Company
below tlie level of the sea.
In later has a cable connecting ila\ana with
years considerable coppi r wax taken Santiago de Cuba, Jamaica Porto Rico,
the leaser Antille«, and Hie lalhmus of
from these mines by pumping tlie wntrr
Panama; the Cornpagnie (Framaise de
from the sliafis to tanks, into which
Cable« Sous-Marin« lias a line connect
iron scraps were thrown
The copper
ing Havana witli Santiago de (’uha,
held in solution by the water deposited
Haiti, Hanto Domingo, Venezuela hik J
0» tlie scrap iron, which in time was Brazil.
broken off', xinl the iron used again
It
Tlie only thri-j tow iiy in Cuba having
is generally be'ieved that large quan
cable connections are Hayana, ( ienfue-
tities of cop|s*r still remain unmined in gon, ami Santiago de < Uba
this locality,
TELEGBAFIIH, TEI.EFIIONEM, E1C.
Tlie jpori mines of Cuba, all of which
The telegraph ami telephone systems
are located near Santiago, overshadow
in (’uha belong to the government, but
in importance all other industries on
the latter is farmed out for a limited
the eastern end of tlie Island, eonatitii
nuinlrer of year« to a company called Die
ting the only industry that has made
Ke<UIelefonica de la liabnna
Nearly
any pretenee|of with landing the shrs-k
all lhe public ami private building« in
of the present insurrection. Tlie Jura
lhe i ilv and suburb« are coiHterted l»y
gua and Daiquri iron companies
telephone The NtateMiian’rt Year B»M»k,
icari), with a combined capital of
1898, says that there are 23
mile« < f
»5,000,000, now ojH-rste mines in
telegraph line with 153 office«; hies**ages
vicinity, and employ from WXI to
in 1894. 387,914.
men, - hipping to the United S ate» from
i<*ONriNI ED NKXr WEEK J
30,000 .0 .’»O.titMl Ums of ore per month,
Where
Americana I.a. k
the largest portion of which is ne*d al
Bethlehem, Steelton, an-i I’ittsbiirg.
"An idle brain is the devil ’s work
The ore of these mines is among the ehop," -ays the proverb, ami a recent
richest in the world, yielding from i>2 to article bv Everett D. Burr on “Crime
67 per <rent of pure iron, and is very free caitses and crime cor,a," emphasize,
from sulbpur and phosphorus. There are thia by ehowing Ito« few American
numerous undevelo|s*d mines ot equal criminals lia' e been taught a trade in
value in this region.
their youth. He-ays "My eg|n*rience
In the Sierra Maestra range, on the in our employment bureau revealed the
wool Item coast of Cuba, from Santiago fact that it la almost iinpoaaible for ua to
west to Mar.zanillo, within a distance ■ t lot ate lhe American applicants. This
about 100 miles, are found numerous de led me to make a very careful (tody of
posit« of manganese, an ore ladispenM- the a’atiatK a of niir bureau, and while I
ble in the manufacture of steel. Ameri found that ««could locate a Bohemian,
can capital o|wne<l a mine about 2ft miles or Pole, or Herman, or Swede, it wa»
distant, a' a place caBud l*onu|>o, and next to imposalbie to l<x-ate an Ameri
built a railroad to it
After shipping can. rhe former h.11
one cargo, tlie mines were Stcq-ped by latter have none. I
the insurgents. As nearly all the man practically tin pre par.
ganene need in the United States comes any of the great tra<i
from the Black sea regions of Europe, that the trade unions
and a smaller qilsntitv from tlie northern are very largely, if
iroiieti by our i ilrxen
part of Mouth America, it is but reason My imprvaatona were
able to suppose that the products of revelation, of lhe eleventh ernsua. fr> ni
these near by mines will Ire in great de • hich it it peri . ily maniie.r that one. I
mand when the conditions are such that the great crime causes in our Auiertcan
eiviliaaiion in a lack of trade educa'i. n
tbev can lie ofwrate«l in safety.
f-.r rhe 1
The Hidden Plan.
*
j
I
i
i
I know not whence I came,
1 know not whither I jp,
But the fact .-tantis clear
That I am here
In this world of pleasure and woe.
And out ot the mist aihl murk
Another truth ddiM»« plain—
Each day and hour
It is in my power
To add to it« joy or ha pain
I know that the earth exist«,
ft in none of my buMm-w* why.
1 cannot tind out
What it’« «11 about—*
I would but waste time to try.
My lite I m a brief, brief thing,
I am here for a little q»ace;
And while 1 at ay
1 would like, if I may,
To brighten anti better the place.
The trouble, I think, with ua all
fs the lack of a .high conceit;
I f each man thought
He waa sent to the s|»ot
To make it a bit more swtvl,
How soon we could gladden the world,
How easily right nil wrong.
If nobody shirktsl
And each one worked
To help his fellows along.
| Ella Wheeler Wileox.
One of the greatest item« in health
culture is to keep the lungs and heart ia
good condition, It ia possible to breathe
sufficient air to so oxygenate the biood
that it will consume lhe waste and pois
onous matters of the system, as fire
burns up chat! or tinder. People who
feel dull, heavy, stupid, unwilling to ex*
eit themselves, indeed often unable to
do so, will find that a regular course of
breathing excereises will be of more ben.
efit to them than all the medicine in
creation
There aie many tiroes when
the use of medicines merely aggravates
l*he existing ill. It is simply a iuilhtr
acvuiiiulalion of uudesirable material
that must be carried about un lil nature
is «F-usted to cast it out or burn it up.
Tliuldlty of Chihiren.
(Florence liall Winterburn in the
Interior.)
•• lhe tirat natural duty of a mother is
to protect her young; to create around
it a shelter, in the midst of which the
tender thing can grow, secuV# from
shocks, and seeing and hearing wg)lv
what is goo 1 for it to sea and he»». B>*
learning lhe signs of fear in a young
child, and knowing how to distinguish
Gue fear from wilfulness, they will be
able to exert a soothing influence at lhe
right moment, and avert danger whose
consv<pience« are serious almost beyond
belief in the case of our highly organized,
excitable, modern children. It is the
mother, rather than the father, who is
called upon to secure the blessing of a
sound imagination to her children. She
ought to begin away back in the begin-
nmg—witfi lhe very first surroundings of
the new-born infant. Let it find its ear
ly life peaceful, quiet ami unhurried.
And when infancy merges into that old
er period when young faculties are
springing forward in rapid development,
and each day the little one take-» on
more of the hue of its larger fellow crea
tures, let her I m » doubly careful that no
untimely scare «tunta it« intelligence. It
’«said that to be afraid uf shadows ÍH
an inevitable passing experience Of
childhood. Yet 1 know one siuall tod
dler who ha« never shown any such dis
position, but whose great delight is to
play with her own shadow and other
shadows, when the lights are brought in
each night. 8he Is a peculiarly sensi
tive, sympathetic little thing, and could
• asily I m * made timid by unwise treat
ment
But under the sheltering care of
tond and judicious parents, she is re
markable far ’not knowing what it is to
be atraid,* an>I although she ia giveo to
unpleasant dreams, as many young chil
dren are, and often awakened wi(h «start,
a low word or touch sooths her into se-
reuity. Happy alxive others ia the
little child who thinks of bis mother a«
a veritable refuge from trouble, a bul
wark against danger, and a sympathiz
ing presence ’*
Scrofula to
Consumption.
Any one predisposed to rfcrofula can
never bo healthy und vigorous. Thia
taint in th« lihsst naturally drifts into
Consumption. Being such a deep-seated
biixsl diaeuM*. Nwift’a Specific Is the
only known cure for Scrofula, liecause
it is the only remedy which can reach
the disease.
Scrofula «DDcarr •<t on the head of my little
k rantlrhltd w hen onl ily IS iio nthH old. Shortly
after breaking out it
I M|>r»n<l rapidly all over
hd body. Th* ■«’alw <»« tfc. — >r»*n would peel
• ft oh ti***
touch, and * th«* «.dor that
wouhi ariae matlH the al-
nioMphcrc of the room
-i< kcfiiiig and unite«table.
I1IC dl**a.«e next attacked
ihe «*}*»«, and w<* fra red she
would l«»«e her Right. F.rn-
inent phyiiician« from th*
surrounding country were
•onHiiltrd. but eould do
nothin« to relieve the lit
tle innocent, and «ave it
4« their opinion that the
ease waa hopeleae and im-
noMlble to M»ve the child « cyeaight
then that x e deci<led to try Swift’« Specific,
That »nedieine at oner nia»le a «pertly and eom-
plcte cure - i<* 1« now » younit lady, and haa
never had a »Igii «>f the di*waae to return.
Ma«. H uth H krkbi . it ,
salina. Kan.
«Scrofula is an obatinatc blood dineaae,
it nd i« tieyond the reach of the average
blood nndicine. Swift’« Specific
S.S.S.1^ Blood
is the only remedy equal to such deep-
seated diseases; it goes down to the
very f- hi nd »tion and forces out evtry
taint. It is
ami ia
ily blood remedy guaranteed to
n no mercury, potash or other
«1 «ubatance whatever.
«¡led free by ¿¡»lift SpcciilS
Atlanta, Georgia.
Gi«h Ryrnjk
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