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TILE BUJRLINU'ION KllElfi IMIKSS, T1JUKSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1898. 11 IN REVIEW. The Parade of Admiral Samp son's Fleet at New York a Great Success. AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE As tho Mighty War Vrmrli Sailed up to Urnnt's Tomb Hundred of Thou, fliltntfl nf People Cheer tlio Conquer ing HerHci-Wiilcoinn Kxtonilad to Sainpicm by tho Muyor. tho other sldo could be seen. None of tho other Fcort- or more of the wounds of tlio Hrooklyn was visible, and the same was truo of the other ships. AT mtANT'8 TO.MH. As Oram's tomb i-ame In sight ntul tho warships cot Into heller line nml the hllln bcenmo quiet mid the noises on the river weio Milled, slowly the New York swung up tibrcasl of the tomb mid nearly oppo. Kite ii battery which wiih lliing n snluto with painful hesitancy, At .almost exact, ly ll::W u, m, the sharp ernek of n small gun at the how of the New York wax heard, and Instantly It wiih answered by the boom of guns on all the other ships, and the same bedlam of noisy whistles that had eharaeterb.ed the parade down at the Hatterv broke loose una In. Tim people on the hillsides Jumped to their feet and small Hags fluttered In the hands of thousands upon thousand. All the bands on the excursion boats were In ac tion and evcrj thing- that could be used to make a noise within seeing dlstnnec was hi ought Into nlay. The salutes ended quickly, and that seemed to accentualo the no sv demonstration of tlio wuistles, Hut theie was a limit to It all. After tho salute had been II red the whistles found It loo much of a task to keep up the celebration bv themselves, and so, Just as tho New York begun to swing a llttlo toward the port, and the police boat begun to clear a. way for her to make a turn, the noise was stilled. Hut It was the still ness of cxhaiiHtlon. .Mavor Van Wvck. with the principal of- llclals dt tne clly and the citizens' com- EXPANSION In General Business Caused by the Close of the War Dur ing the Past Week. THE IRON SITUATION Miom Development In Some I.lno nml Muiiikago In Others Iho Woollen lltulnci Minus the Siuni) Validly of t'nndltlou Wheat mid Cotton Lower Largo Crop Itoporled, New York, A lie. St. Seven prim. In.tck ships, the llRhllnR Imckbone or the nn-iiam- irii.il navv. passed In review yesler- ),... i.ffnn. ibe eves of the nation's chief niltloe. went down to Tomklnsvllle In the tlt'y, steamed up the North river to morning on the steamer (Jlen inland. Tha business while It lasted has brought with llr int's tomb, and there men u saiuie io police pout Patrol, with Chief Ueveryits ending a quite roinniKaiue expansion, Tlio eveni was New York, Auk. in. TL O. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade to-morrow will buy: A war which brought no shrinkage or Hit nation's mlulity dead ii triumph and n trihute-a trlumpli for Uic lute s of to-day, a tribute to the hero of yi terdaj New Yolk has seen naval parados lie Successful growers of fruits, berries, and all kinds of vegetables, know that the largest yields and best quality arc produced by the liberal use of fertilizers containing at least io of Actual Potash. Without tho liberal use of Pot ash on sandy soils, it is impos sible to grow fruits, berries and vegetables of a quality that will command the best prices. All nbont Potash the results cf In mr by actual ex. pctlment on ihc lies! fjttus In the Unilcil Slates Is told In a little book which we publish nml "ill gladly mill Iree to any farmer In America ulmwill write for It. liKKMAN KAI.I WOKKs, ' 9i Nassau St.. New York. PROVINCE OF SANTIAGO, THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE CONQUERED TERRITORY SiiRiir (,'iine, Tobnceii, Iron and Lumber Jti llliiiu.il l'rodiictv-Oiico a I, and of Ciilliiu limitation Produced u High Uiado ofl'tiiVee. Correspondence of the Associated Press.) .Santiago Do Cuba, July 31. The provinco cf H.mtliiRo de Cuba and especially that part or It east of u line drawn between SuiiKtiu de T.inamo. San I.uls and Santia go N to-day of vital Interest to thousands ,s U(,(,, )Wrnr alleys grade us compared with Vuclta or rnrtl-ln pumping this mines dry or In llvlnr tip do.s tobacco. t to expectations. The mines are In no v.iso IJurucoii, on the North coast, N the home exhausted and still possess tt rich Irons of the coconnut antl plantain In Hb wild urc of burled wealth. luxuriant state. Tho shipments of these This rich and fertile soil with its wealth fruits to the North has for many years of agricultural and mineral resource nn i i' .in i, .,1 hen Klmimnblii lines exclusively Where ilrnnchls. floods and frosts are tin- engaged In the fruit tnulc to run between known Is pruetlcally undeveloped owlii'r liaracoa and New York. The plantnlns to tno total nbsenco or transportation in- nnd bananas are extensively used in tlio unities either by mil or by roads, manufacture of vinegar. The woods and lorests of IJaslrrn Cuha iibuund In every variety of hurd woods, the principal beliiR mahnRany, cedar, rose wood and "niajaijiia," a wood known the Till: 11AILUOADS. In Iho whole province of Santiago do Cuba there nro mi miles of railroad, and not a mile of rojd deserving the name bi world over as tin- sUonecst and most dtir- tvvoen any two townsor villages excepting uhle of all woods, of a. Rreenlsh tinny huoi narrow paths scarce allowing a horse cr nnd an exceedingly clow gfnln. Most of 'a mule to past through the woods acros.i them, In fact nine-tenths of the woodlands streams and over the mountains, tiru virgin forests which It would lakoj The railroads are; The Sabinltln nml years and yenrs to decimate and which I Moroto ltoad, which starts at Santiago, have so far escaped tho destructive handjthenco to a. place called Crlsto, ten miles of man owing to the. hick of trunsportu- distant whom It branches off In a V, one Hon facilities to the sea coast. I branch running to the Polnpo mines the The "yuya" or laneetspar, prows by the other lo Han Luis where It ends, total ills thousand acres, and so dot the IlKnuin tance covered, 2D miles. This road Is own vltne, so much sought after for the tntiiiu- ed by American capitalists. facture of block sheaves and of heavy Tin. Otiantanumo ltallroad starts from ( almanera and runs to the Solldad stisur THE SURRENDER OF MANILA. The Terms Include Only thuClly OMlcon ltuliiln Only Side Anns. Washington, Aur. 21. The following des patch from Cen. Merrill, eonlalnltiR the terms under which Manila was suriender e 1, was received with Use olhets In the af ternoon, but In the absence of Secretary Alger was not made public until last evening, after n conference with the lTcs blent: "Hour Koiir, Aur. 20, "Adjulant CJencral, Wiishlimlou: "The 'following are the tcinis of the ca pitulation: "The undeislRiied, havliiR been appolnt eil a commission lo determine the ilelaltn of the suriender of the city and defeusis nf Manila ami Its suburbs, and tin' Span- ! If-li foix-es stationed therein. In aecoidanee 1TH I HON MINUS. Next In Importance to Its iiRileiiltural THIjIXTIIAI'H I'ACIl.ITItlS. TelcKraphlo communications cxl"t be tween the different Interior town-- and i abo.itd. came alonasldi' and the mayor ! Ordei s and purchases have Incieased In anil the special committee appointed to1 nearly all branches, few as yet beliiR of accompany him KOt on board. The mem-1 such nature that they can be attributed bets of the committee were Clcn. Ollllsple, I to the material enlarRement of trade with den. Tracy, tJeii. Hutterlleld, On, Collls. the lately Spanish Islands which must fore . It has never before seen a naval pa-Itien. t'ltwrald, Hilary A. Herbert, ex- como a little later. It Is odd that the Iron i ii,., i on-mi wbal this nimeant means. Uferclarv of the navy; Alton II. I'arker, i Inilustiy while leiiortliiK decline In pro Jt 1. s never welcomed a victorious Heel, chief JndRe of the Court nf Appeals; ox-dtietH show.- tho most surprlsliiR Rains, in i riom bittlu and with marks of con-I Manor tlllroy. Corporation Counsel Wan-1 lioth leturus of output Aumist I show 1llit still upon It. 1'lve years iiru all the ln, e-M,iyor W'urster of Hrooklyn, Mali-.considerable decrease fiom July 1 but that in wits fit the world sent their ships heio tlce e. 1 lol.ilum, president or the hoard or entile decrease Is caused uy Hie sloppaRe i i 1,,, ,n. ,n ,,r mil' fnliimlilnn ininlv. r- iiublli ltiiiiriiviMtiiiils: William .MeAilnn .' of two f!lienanuo and four Mahonlni: fur- rat. V. Tnete wore Hpan sh ship-" here then. 1 1 lerhert I". Uiinnlson, rresldent tliiRRen- naces under aRreement to force hlRher Uiii of tuitu lies sliallered and riddled, a hclnier of the otine II, and Prislilcut pi Iced for besseincr pli;, In all other wteik on the S.mtliiRo cosl. It was a Woods of the boanl of aldermeti. Mr. 1 Stales sIiowIiir the chanired output In In until .il i eh lir.itlon that parade of llnlahan was ehalriniin. creaed exeeplliiR for one furnace In Vlr- i.mi ii,. ..i i. . Till white Hhttis that formed I llv the time the Patrol cot within ball-' lzlnl.i . The deinand for lluished nroduets a 1. niim line down the river could not Iiir distance of the IhiRshlp the crowd of expands remarkably, considering tin-; with iisrccmeiU entered Into the previous Mir mirkan hearts as they wero sllired boats around the cruiser was very Rival , enormous orders prior to July, which , hiy by Major (Ion. Wesley Merrill. I.'. S. i . .mil tinie whs trinibti. eeiiliii? nlnni!lili. i inwil nmi. nf ili biuseiK wnrlis iniilt A.. American fommander-ln-chlef In Hue S3 oit' wlio looked at them could say The converted yacht Scout lay directly In December. Structural orders Include Philippines, nnd his excellency Don - j bags each. There are many smaller company's mint th it those -alps In their war paint wero the pith of the Patrol. Although sIrii.iIh ninny brldt-'es and the Draln.ue canal mln Jan. tones, acting general-ln-chlel f i oxtittMs. I The Spanish- t iiir of In amy. 11 was a deeper scntl-,wrc made warning the Scout that Iho contract Tor looa tons at Chicago. Tin inn npauisn army in uie i iunppiiics, iim liirnt than Iho aesthetic that they up- Patrol wished lo go alongside the ll.igslilp plate works which require tivm Ions per agreed upon the following: j il.'d l: ion one of them stootl for oner- the converted yacht showed no signs nf month have been buying lfi'UU tons bars' "'1. Tho Spanish lumps, Kuropean and uv and sltlll and knowledge rightly direct-.wishing to get out of the way. and steel worl.s there hnve boiiRhl 123,w) native, capitulate, with the city and do- r... .I,.-- ..h.,.-..r,,llv ,lr,w. r.,r ,l,.nllli It WHS tllell lllKI'OVei'f'll Hull 111.. II.IMsen. Ililia nil? v.,lslli.- Ill,, ml... In Jill Jit 1 follSOS. With It 1 1 liolltirsof Wltr, depOSlllllg . .1. rr,...i fnr i,.. mil,, ,1,11m.- ,if Hi,, I, ,. I ifer carried bv the Seoul whs Ahin r M,..i Simh :m ,i,lliiuiin,,ni lu ,n.,-.,l,.,l hi iim I their arms 111 the places designated by .n.,u, ,,r I, "f,.,,. It hn !,.,, unia In tlw. impn miirknt Its lOxiierlnieiils have been made nt Inter I lis unir and the IIiir's glory. The Klnley, brother of the President, and; woolen Industry, for some mills lire clos- the authorities of the Culled Suites ""'J j t mlos." or t oiitf.il' sugar estate, where maximum monthly output Is 2!,oi tons, vain to estihllsli soap, candle, sottppasto. Ii n Ofsdnd the gnus were theie. too. Thu t-iuel uewey nrilered tlio Patrol to go. lug ami others are selling old slocks nf , remaining in uie iiuuii 'in ii. nixni.io.i nn.. wool, present Oldeis ror gOOtlH not War- "liner uie mucin ui im-u uiiiooin inn i ranting present prices of material, Yet J-'t cnnlrol of the a foresaid 1 nl- other mills lit equal number are starting Stiiti aitlhorltles until the conclusion on tllfferent lines of Roods. Of totton I "f " treaty or peacu between the two mills also, thoiiRh a tew have slopped, belligerent nations. All peiMins Included quite as many have started and the do- I" H"' capitulation remain at liberty, the mand for staples Is Increasing, and In oltkrrs remaining In their respective nrlni 11,1,1 ,.t,,,.i,t,w u riri,. ,i homes, which shall be respected as Ion? but for 'f tho ll.igshlp Mfiilenant-Commanderi The vleldlng In cotton to cents helps an they observe the regulations prescribed ion tho'l'"!'". the executive olllcer. recelvtd ! the mills, and Is not surprising, with pros-1 for their government and the laws in cut prospects or a great crop. Wheat has mice. further decline 1 two cents In spile of gen-1 " 'UHIcois shall retain their side arms, eial holding of belter grades by farmers horses, and private property. All public which lenders receipts low and visible hot.-es anil public properly of all Hinds supply small beyond prec.'detit. At 70 whull ho turned over to staff olllccrs dc.-l- pendent Uon weather which might well "' mmm, u en- mun m irimwin coins now, Atlantic exports ror tne wcck nuveu i have delayed the expected Hoot. Not tho the President. The two ex-soei claries nf,imve been 3.0.A:0 bushels, lour included, I ' 'Complete returns lu duplicate of men against 3.7u5,2S7 last year; and P.iclllo ox- l'V organizau u ami inn mm oi imuuil ports 17.'i,lvX against liStAIrt last year, niak- properly and stores shall be rendered to in tne t nitttl Slates. Pa rn leaf In irreat otlantltles1 Is exported estate, which Is Its terminus iiasslne; I hc natural resources of the country to icu,-,,,,,. nnd the t'nlted StalcM for the thicugh the town of (luaiilatiamo. anil nnd Us fertility, lis products and Us In- manufacture of hats, and "palmlehe" with a branch In Jamnlcn. Total mileage UtlsttlcH are of paramount Importance. , (m,g n rMljy market abroad for the man- , of this road Is SO miles, which Is owned by Tho rlohliiss of tho soil here, us elsewhere utauluie of oil. , Cuban capital and managed by Ihigllsh of- In the Island entitles It to consideration Honey and beeswax aro other very Im- Hcluls. from nn agricultural standpoint. Iho portunt articles of export, and modern The nihnrn nnd Ilnlguln Itnllrond, run- raising of Clllle lllld tlio manufacture of blves on ttu lilun nf thn I'rnneb nnd Dtltell llll.gr between Ibnue Inn nnlnla n,i,nl Sil sugar me the chief sources of wealth In hives would amply repay the Investment, miles. It Is owned by Cilo-iu eaplt n. h. pioMnee. Ill tho Immediate neighbor-j Soma paiccls of tortoise shell find their i There lliiee roads are the only radroad nooti oi Santiago are inc. loiiovvins , way weekly Into the market and, as ajlllies In tho wholu province. estates: rule, ure shipped lo Furls, santti Ana owned ny i rancisco auzii, i.n American citizen, whose average an nul output Is -lii.OCO bags, (each 3'.0pounds). Ilatlllo owned by J. Hucno & Co., Cu-.productx, Santiago de Cuba's Iron nnd principal villages over Spanish govrrnmrnt bans; annual output, i.l") bags. initganese mines demand universal attcn- llnr! put up lu the rudest fashion, iii.my l.'nlon-owncd by Santiago Houfscau, a'tlon. The great Iron mountains and 'wires resting on trees without the vc-t ge Kionch citizen, Wi.OGO bags. mines of Santiago are owned and oporated of tm Insulator. The depond'iioe that i an Sal'iiiillla owiud by l.lno Salozar, a Cu-.by three companies the Juraguu Iron lie placed on such lines Is obvious, ban: 2.'.ea0 bags. 'company, the SpanHh-Amerlcan company; It would be natural to expect Santiago S.tn Sebastian owned by Hrooks & Co., and the Slgua Iron company. Tho Jura- do Cuba and Havana to be connected Hrltlsh subjects; tO.UM bags. Iruii Is the oldest and largest company op- by land wires; but as a fact thu onlj lele- Trlumfo owned by Mr. Whiting, nn loralliiR here. This company, of which MaJ. graphic commiinlcaCon between the K.it Aincrlran citizen; fi,0ot) bags. lletU. of the Pennsylvania Steal eomiMtiy, em and Iho Western capitals Is over an Mejorana Hlirned ami destroyed by tho'ls president, was formed and tho property Ihigllsh eabh between Santiago and Clen Insiirnonts. acquired lu lVil. Its shlpmonlH of llesse- fuegos, where the nnsvage Is trannnltled San l.uif. owuetl by Angel Norma, aimer ore so fur, exceed 3,nuo,u tonB. The to or from Havana by land. Spaniard; now abandoned. jtntnl output of the Juragua mines Is con- MTTI.I-J MANl'l'VCTritlNT! In the vicinity of auantanumo the prln-, trolled by the Hothlehem Iron Works, tho! .... . . . clpal eslales are: I Pennsylvania Sleel company and tho1 Indiltrlally Santiago Is woefully be- Sau Mhrtul, Santa Ysabel, Conlluente, Maryland Steel company. Its maximum hind the times, l.os Ciiuos and Soledad. Tho average an-, monthly output Is 10,(00 tons. Slboney Is Manuractuiing plants aro II in I ltd to font nttai ' rop OI mcse rsiaies is csuinuu'u m me nippiiiR pori oi too .niriiRoa iiuu.ii inv vimu twin iihnivm- ia, iui i r, h o. rum disiiiory, anil an ice factory vvuicli American Iron eommtny. of turns nut between two and three tons a I These estates are all on the South coast, which Charles P. Rand, of New Yoik, Is day which sell ill Iho mnilct prlco of $l..0) , on this side of the Sierra Maestra cualn president, aeiwlrcd Its property In 1SS9. Its a ton. i.iiue lee is tncriTore ooiisumod of inountulns. No sugar cane Is grown on shipments so fnr have been lOO.WK) tons to by tho genual public who otherwise would the North coast lu Santiago Province. Philadelphia, IJjltlmore, Kngland, Scot- oiTor an excellent market for u less cxptn- .Manzanlllo, further westward on the land, Wales, Belgium and (icrmany, where stve product alongside the New York When tho Patrol was made fast Mayor Van Wyek went up tho gangway lli-st. followed by Private Secretary Downes and eagtr tbi'ttsands on shore could not sou th m, but the saluting gnus spoke for th m. A tbrv tvuMoil In review Now York. Juw i, Ii th ma, Brooklvn, Massachusetts, Messenger Hclherton carrying the muni orumi and Texas tbev wero eheetetl clpal Hag. Then c ime Chairman Holahan, from "io shores and the boats by mote C.on. Tracy, and the other members or Iho people than Spall, has left nlivo in Cuba, committee. As they stepped on tho deck Nut only did New ork turn out, mlli s jimi.Mil tieonle onnvirL'eil tltioii Uy to galhe-on the shores of the North them, greeting each ninn as he passed. Illvrr, and that not ror an event which vmiiuiuu i n-u m mo suimmim h d been dolernilned upon long before and quarterdeck, where they were Joined by prrpnicd for bv exclusions and special Secretary miss, Secretary Alger, Altor tealtis. but a parade that at best was do- ney-tiencral C.iigirs, and Postmastcr-(Jen-rentlent Uni weather which might well er.il Smith, who were thero in represent Stave delaved the expected (loot. Not tho the President. The two ex-seel claries of last slKiilllcant feature of the day Is that "'' vy. Mr. llerlicrl and (Jen. Tracy, niver before has such an event been so lecelvod a warm greeting from the cabinet promptly begun and completed. 'flic , crs- navy was on time. "Allow me to present to you Hohert A. What New York could do to honor the 1 '' Wyek, mayor of tho city of New Milps It did. No! only did It turn out Its, "rk "lllcl -M'-. Holahan. millions, but It lloated Old (llory on a I ,"' 11,11 Pleased to see you," said tho ad Sinndred thousand buildings; It decked Us nilr.il. and they ihook bauds. Then tho hliiinilntT tn umIii rnliirs nml II niwui.riil ina.Mii h.iui the ships' salutes, from the mouth of Its own cannon. In fort and In open, Theio wis not much time for preparation, and there was not a gro.lt splendor of formal ity. In t tin da wax one that New York will not forget so long as generation limits down its records to succeeding gen era I Ion. II was a simple ceremonial. There werfi Honored Sir, Admiral Commanding tho victorious North Atlantic Squadron of the American Navy, Returning' from the Novor-to-bc-Porgottcn Triumphs at Santiago: "tn behalf of the peoplo of tho clly of New York It Is my high privilege, as tholr chief magistrate, to present to you, and through you to every olllcer, marine, Mill- f-rvon ships that sailed up tho river, llrod!,'r' 111,(1 landsman under your command, their salute nml sailed back to their an borage. That was all. Hut tho salutes w re ll red from guns that have tnado Amerkim hbtory, and tho men behind tl'osi guns and the ship- that carried them won new glory for our country. Admiral Sampson's licet was sighted from the Highlands at 5:W o'clock yester day morning. Through the long hours of the night many eyes had been anxiously Manning the horizon and every' new light that appeared was carefully examined. There was a feeling that some causomlght liuve delayed the licet so that It would not arrive In time for the parade. Tin rising sun was for a time hidden by ii heavy bank of clouds. Then as the light grew stronger Ibe warships wero made out away to the south, trailing great vol um s of smoke behind them. On they came, until at 7 o'clock Iho warships wero sharp y outlined against the horizon. Tho mm hud not yet bioken through the clouds nnd thr gnu- hulled crart ploughed ll lcuil i n s a, looking the embodiment of grim war. The ships were In single llle. with Ad miral Sampson's llagshlp. the New York, lu the lead. The Hrooklyn held fourth place In the line, and could easily bo dis tinguished by her three slender funnels. The Iowa was second, the Indiana third, the Massachusetts llfth and the Oregon Ian As the fleet approached It was seen to be moving slowly. It was 8 o'clock when the New York passed Sandy Hook. I'ort llnncock did Hit Hit a salute, but the entire population of the place bail assembled to give the tars u welcome. On the llagpnle ol the ostiru t'nlon signal tower a broom was ran up above the stars and stripes, nnd In the lings of, tne International code was displayed the greeting, "Well done, hoys," As tV.c Hrooklyn passed tho Hook she ran up her battle Hag to the main masthead. Tin re wero holes lu It that showed what their warmest welcome home. It Is not lug for throe weeks in,li:,,24ii bushels, against 10,l.Vl.oi2 lust year. Corn exports are gradually declining and prices are two cents lower, rather large estimates of yield being now credited, GENERAL AIR OF CONFIDENCE I'elt All Through Mcrcnntlln Centres Triulo Steadily Impending. Now York, Aug. 10. Bradstrcct's will i-ay to-morrow: Perhaps tile most Interesting feature of the general business situation at present is the air of conlldeiico with which tho i mercantile community awaits tho up' the United States within ten days from this date. " 'All questions relating In the repatria tion ol olllccrs and men of the Spalilsn foices and of tllelr families and of the expenses which said repatriation may oc casion shall be referred to the government of the I'nltcd State it Wellington. Span ish lamilles may leave Manila at any time convenient to them. The I ct urn of the arms Mirreiidoi ed by the Spanish forces shall lake plate wneii tbty evaluate tho city or when tho American army evacu ates. " 'Onicers and men Included In the cap- llulatlon shall bo supplied by the I'nltcd Slates, according lo tholr rank, with ra tions and nococsary alii, as though Ihoy the cane grown on neighboring Holds Is.Dlaqiilrl Is the shipping port of the Span- and match factories; but on such a small brought and ground, so ninny cartloads of ' Ish-Amerlcan Iron Co, Both these mln- scale that they wore never able to pay ex cane In lug delivered ngalnst so ninny! lug companies shut down, owing In the ponscs and closed out. Such are the pres pounils of manufactured sugar, the grind-1 wnr. on April 21, lS'JS. They will resiimu nit conditions of ono of the richest dls or, or owner, of the estate mulling his vvork at once. ,trlets In the Island. niollt nut nf the Immense amount nf cane The Spanish-American comnany gives, With a wealth of natural resources, rich brought him of which he keeps a percent- employment to .32 men and the Juragua In avlcitltur.il and mineral soil, Santiago age or royalty, the "Color.o." or small company to over SCO. do Cuba only awaits American brains, eii- planter, llnding It to his advantage to The Slgua Iron company, which started tcrprlse and capital to make It one of the have his cane ground on a royalty basis with a big boom in li. built a broad richest, as well n.s one of the most beau-!. Instead of hivini: out a lame sum of gitmre railroad nine miles long and ex-1 tlful spots In the world. i-' money for machinery, etc.. unwarranted , tensive buildings and sheds, shipped four' Tin- lust cargo of provisions landed at, by the smallmss of his holding or cane cargoes In im, aggregating 12,0ft) tons and Santiago tlo Cuba before the blockade, was crop. Ton years ago every sugar estate 'have not been heard from since, aban- that of the Cennan steamer Polaiia, con plauttd and ground Us own cane, but lo-ldonlng their property nnd closing down fisting of 1W0J bags of rice, and 100 cases day almost Uie entire crop of the Island , their mines. Slgua. about seven miles of comme.il. Is planted by the "Culonos ' (colonist,' and east or u.ilquiri, was tneir port oi snip-I m,-' iiriicue.iuy wore mo oniy provis grouud by the "Cent! ales." The largest 1 ment. All their buildings, sheds and Ions In Santiago during tho blockade nnd Day Troubles come to an end the day you get a vapor stove. You can boil your clothes, heat your irons and cook the dinner without rnus or confusion. You can do anything and everything on a vapor stove, from broiling a s'.eak to roasting a turkey. The dirt it saves, the labor it saves,, the money it saves, makes a VAPOR STOVE an indispensable requisite to household comfort. There is no fuel equal to stove gasoline in point of efficien cy, economy, and cleanliness. Over 2,000,000 women are using it to-day. If votir dealer does not sell Vapor Stove and Stove Oaollne, write to tho Standard Oil Company, Nsw York City. Centrales" at Manzanlllo are Madia I.u 1111, San Ramon, Tionqullltlad and Santa lei cm wharves, valued at S2.IX1.000. vero burned siege. down by the Insurgents, and their rail- The rations Issued to tho soldiers here road beds and trestles, evidently very 1 were; Cllitlituniinin. W.in t In pi, nml Mim7.:lli lltn batllv built, have all been vvnshed away I One half pound of rice. aro the three important sugar shipping ! In the last three years by tho heavy rains. One loaf of bread made, of rice flour, pot ts of liaslcrn Cuba, Their machine shops have all been de-1 One horse foi every four battilloii". Next In Importance, agriculturally, come stroyed and wero at one time used as stilt each battalion consisting of six companies, the coffee and cocoa plantations, vvithlworks by the Cubans. They brought tho each company of 120 men. which Sintlagn Province Is thickly cover-, salt water along the railroad tracks for led. Colfoe ami cocoa plants are generally ' ti distance of a mile, boiled It In the com- grown on the same "Uncus," or planta- pany a vats and boilers anil tnua ouiuineu t Ions', the frail coffee shrub requiring for tho salt. It growth the shade ottered by the tall j The prlc" of oro to-day Is about W a and overhanging' cocoa tree. The coffee Ion. hut when the Juraguu Iron company flit lib yields 0110 crop 11 year. In tho'1 began to opratb It was worth lu tho month of October, ibe cocoa tree yields , neighborhood of J7 a ton. ts 1 rop In November, but, as It Is not reg-I One thing must be said In favor or tho t, i ii,-,,i,iii,- 111M11,-. il in ,,L , . , - ., r ,, ,. 1 . , lioil.l .Will UvLirn,!! .1 ,11,1, .in ,,n,i,i, nmj in words to express tho emotion out nf I".?'1'1' ,f t,"',r l ' 0 1Tr,'1, U c',"f wero prisoners of war. .mill the conelti which this greeting springs. L w.. v 1 ,1 i ,,,,,, v:,,o of "'ween the Cited State "Ah tho achievements of tho American! ""UV, " I ' u tVn ... .hn'11"1' Spain. All the funds In the Spanish navy have been crowned with victorious, ' " V'Sui the I treasury and all other public fi.udH shall consequences, .lusurpassed In tho annals1 ' ,, "lnV V 1 V . v ..,; 1 turned over to the authorities of tho or naval warfare, ancient or modern, tho J, , ' .";',, "' ,V',,i,;V,,..T,Vnii., ' .v I United Slates tongue necessarily falters In striving to !" ........ v. express the feeling of combined gratitude '"'V'1 "cc:ru;', 'e'from tnake for pride, ami patriotic fervor with which 1 of ,"!? foe11"?, '"'I .fT?'1, , "V" every American bicast is lllled on contcm-,"'"?" "ftl'o growth of the fall trade Is plating them louud in the steady expansion now going "Theie was not lu the world four short,"" h;1' yW". tho Improving tie months ngo u navy with a more splendid 1 ",1,ml t 'Uglier prices for most makes of record than that of the United States. ' lr!" uml !"u,cl' the generally favorable To-day we speak within the bounds of railway earnings which In default of large reason In declaring Hint what might hnvo movement of crops to market point to a seemed Impossible has been accomplish-' ,arK,u returning trade 11 manufactured ed. Tho record has been rendered still goods ts the agrleul ural sections and the mnro gloiious-the navy of tho United reports of continued activity In dlstribu Stntos ban eclipsed Itself. ,lvi" tinde West and .South with signs of Never, w il e history cant mien In in. " ','"'" mcn-as- 111 hucicm 111 leiiuniR struet men and the memory of American 'V'". """"'"'V4 w,nl(-,n ' trto have not deeds remahrUo Impress, ean the battle !; ,ulT1 largely. In the trade Improvement, which saw tho Spanish licet annihilated 11,0 Immense business doing In Iron and on the coast of Santiago be forgotten. In K,,'e' Products at advanced prices, calls at the contemplation of the victory, the skill, tentlon lo the proportionately less notablo tin. cnnr.iL.n nml iim mneiuitilmliv .if iim expansion of crtulo iron production. Pic " 'fi. This city. Its Inhabitants, Us churches and religious wot ship, Its edu cational establishment!) nnd its private property of all descriptions, tne placed under the special safeguard of tho faith anil honor of the American army. " 'IA ". Oreene, Ilrlgadler Oencral nf Volunteers, P. S, A. " 'II. I,. I.amberton, Cnplaln P. S. A. " 'Charles A. Whlttler. Lieutenant-Colonel anil Inspector-tleneral. " 'V, K. II. Crowder, I.leutenant-Colonel and Judge Advocate. " 'Nicholas do la Peiia, Audltor-Oeneral, Kxcta. " 'Carlos Ileyes, Col. De Ingenlcrns. " 'Jiiko Maria Olaquen, Fella de Kstedo Major.' "MKniUTT, MiiJor-fJeneral." A despatch received at the war depart ment from C.en. Merrltl says that the ular and uniform, three harvests are Spanish government In this resp-ct. Tholr j )l0lr 'f')(. 'vr ,rtt m. uie annually, 1110 nrsi in rvovemoer, 1110 ionium niw.i nnvo im-iu ,'."vnin,ji.i 1. ootid in January and the third In .March, leiieoiiragliig anil tillering every facility to PKIISONAI. AND C.KNKHAf.. ficnoral W. F. Draper, our Ambassador to Italy, It Is said, wanted to resign and enter the army at the beginning of tho wa r. The young Queen of the Netherlands will founally assume the loins of govern- ment at !'..: p. 111. on August 31, that being Dr. Sanson's prollts from his book. Farthest Ninth," ate said to amount to This triple harvest Is further rendered , tho opening up of this now Held. All tho jion,) 'rnc profits of his lectin cs have Imperative by tho presence of ruts, which machinery received hy the mining com- a,i,'od Rrcatly to this suni destroy the fruit as soon us It ripens on panics was exempted from duty and all ciilneso indies who twenty veirs ago the trees. Large quantities of cocoa havojtha coal Imported ami used by them was ( )oclf,j ,',' n harems may now be boon shinned annually to Snaln and ontired free France, at prices varying between $15 audi Daiquiri deserves special mention nnl Jl" per hundred weight, free on board: 'recollections as being the great slavj em. bin, for niuny years no coffee has been ex-1 porlum of Eastern Cuba In tho dnys of ported from the Island of Cuba. Hnrdlv slavery. They were landed at Htq'llrl eunuch Is now raised ror home consiimp-, ami inonce niaicnoti up 10 a vhihro oaiieuij imj llat- tu November There Is but linn, much coffee being Imported at rilf-1 VInent. whore thoy wore parcelled off to n,p r(,cor,,;,(1 snoV-fall In tho Island' that ii.-ii-iii iu,i, c..cciin y iiuviiiiii, .1iiiu1.1i!- in.1 v v i,.. i,..n...-. .... .... " 0 tiuiqt mas IS.,', z.is and Clonfuegos. The reason for this old slave pen at VInent aro still stand-1 . ,iie meet'lni: t les In the fact that Cuba coffee, like Cu- Ing. ban tobacco, Is of a rare, quality and aro- Tim Ignorance anil ilonsencss of the flow ma, raised ami selected by experts audi or of Spain's nobility who once nourished 01 necessity, bringing a price which would in hantiago provinco is m.iniii miki hi '"- ,,tmat that the population of London not easily find a market for the product fact that they never knew nor suspected ;,,, ...in ,, .. ,,n ,m - ft abroad On tho Holds, Cuban eoffeo sells, the existence of ore In their property, uostou claims to have the longest paved lor irnm ?21 to ?2.i per hundred pounds, ic.iumg me oro veins mat ran iniuumi; . . . t.lp WOrld Washington street- seen bicycling through the towns. Tho Spanish cruiser Almlrante Oquendo, pronounced Al-me-ran-tay O-ken-do, was named In honor of Admiral Oquendo. The rainy season begins In ( iib.i May At the meeting of the Toronto Methodist Conference it was ruled that women wore not eligible as delegates. , correspondent of the London Times the ship had peon through, nnd tho people tt,Tt lmY' w,on yo,"r congratulation. 1 .,r.i,i,.ii Hie rrnUer hnirtiiv. ,um sure they have been appreciated, as I The run lo the Narrows was made e ',11VU uonV our ,llllJ' oni'' 1111,1 wltbnut Incident. The outward bound Cu- wo "ro iiheniiontly deeply grateful to nard liner Campania blew her whistle, , o" for expressing tho thanks and con did many smaller craft. Hxcurslon boats jBratiimtloiw of tho people of the city, bcsnn to be met with, anil the ovation he-!wl,lch " .""VP "ne,ln such glowing can which wus to continue throughout the I ".rms. lor 1111. llttlo we have acconipllsh- j.,.. co, 1 inniiK you, air. .viayor, exceedingly, nh.. , 1 .i ...i ..i.i. tti- , at., j, uutiuu .tn,, run,. I welcome you, Admiral, In the name feet upon the future of the civilized world, "niallcr output for the current month that engagement stands without a paral- i ""N 01 wnieh curtailment, or couiso Is lei In the history of men. naturally based upon midsummer condl- "llowever, 1 am not hereto describe. or!ll"1,s- Advances. In many snides of Iron to attempt tn describe even In outline, I notably bessemer and Southern pig aro the deeds of valor that made heroes of.foutmcs of the week us arc also higher the brave olllccrs and men of the navy m' quotations foi steel billets at nearly all Santiago. .My simple and highly prized markets, wire rods and a great many duty Is to extend to you, the ofliccrs, 111:1., classes of Mulshed Iron and steel, partlcu rlnes, sailors and men of the North At-"'11'1' structural material, bintle sniiadron the coni:nitiilnt!nifH nml The situation III cereals shows but little hearty welcome of the people of Greater , change. Tho balance established between 1 ,,li 'could understand tho difficulties New York and the freedom of their city." J'ucnon enauy ic'iiiced visuiio supply act- , through which you passed," Ills reply ii,- milium minium ni imiiiii iino tiur in quiry on the one hand and tho very phom- ising crop outiooK on the other hand tends to steadiness In prices, and other cereals sympathize with wheat Largo supplies of raw cotton at homo and abroad, nnd lug again. LETTER FROM GEN. SHAFTER. Ho Thinks Ills .Service. In Cuba Muru Try ing liiiin In the Civil War. The Woman's Veteran Hellef union of Hlngnamtcn, N. Y sent a letter of con gratulation to Oen. Shafter after his vic tories at Santiago saying: "n o old peo- In his reply Admiral Sampson Hpoko briefly. This Is what he said: "Mr. Mayor and Clentlemeu: Permit mo to thank you on behalf of the olllccrs antl men cf the navy, who, through their ef- Pcople who had been waiting for hours 011 tho Slaten Island heights cheered themselves hoarse as tho warships swept cn to quarantine, soldiers lined tho para. of Greater New York. Then everybody crowded around Adml. vii lu iiuiii.iiiuii.-t r.unui-1!. iinvu will Mill". 1 , , 1 , , 1 ... . pets nf the forts and threw their hats In ' ral bampsou and shook him bjthe hand, the air, dancing for Joy In the meant me. 1 ,"V , , , V, u '" At quarantine, Gen. John Palmer, score- 'Pl'iitulatcd him persona ly upon the glorl tury of state, was put on board tho Now mls 'x'Wevcnicnts of his fleet. Admiral York from tho (iov. Flower. Mo had with ?nms'.m, hlul 11 P'"""""! word for every 1,1, ,, miiairaiini, hi,.bu ,..i,i..i, ...mi body, rhore were those present who said mlt the sailors and murines of the squad- !hp,y ,c;'r,s, hl,s t,yc"cr 41,0 mJ'r ron to vote under the now election law. It was hero that tho real ovation to the fleet began If there was one thing nbovo all others that tho people wanted to see about these hlps, It was where they had been lilt dur ing tho action with Cervern's squadron. The people wero In hopes that tho wnr dhlps would como In cleared for action, eo as to glvo a realistic Illustration of what they looked like when they did the work off Santiago for which thoy had been constructed. It was expected that they would all look dull and would bo sombre In color, nnd perhaps that most of them would be dirty from their fch voyage and from tho result of tho cam paign in blockading and In lighting. Tho pooplo wero disappointed somewhat In tho appearance or tho ships, They all seemed to have been painted recontiy, with tho excaptloii of tho Massachusetts. Sho was fllft)', "respectably dirty," as ono young woman who seemed to know a heap about war, said In a loud voleo to a companion on an excursion boat. Tho guns and tur rets of the Massachusetts seemed to bo mounted on a hull that looked more like amud-scow than a wurshlp, but on close, Inspootlon It was obsorvablo that if tho Massachusetts did not got Into tho light with rCcrvoru, sho has been doing- such serious work In blockading that her rusty nppearance was simply the sljrn of ef ficiency, and thoreforo she was all the more welcome to tho cheers and salutes that she got. Nor could any of the wounds on tho ihlps save ono be seen by tha casual observer.- That one was a hole In tho mid dle smokMtack of the Brooklyn, which seemed to be a dozen or fifteen feet above the deck, nml through which, when one looked at tho proper angle, daylight on hud finished his utldress of welcome OUIt NEW TERRITOnV. (From Tho Nnshville Amorlcan.) Tho total population of tho Hawaiian Islands, according to the latest cciisuh taken there, was something more than 100,000, divided uccordlng to nationality as follows: Americans 3.0S0 Japanese 2.1.40) Chinese lil.OIG Portuguese 1.1,291 llawnlians. (pure and mixed) 3V Hrltlsh Germans 1,132 It Is a very remarknbleclrcumstancethnt out of this comparatively small, though heterogeneous population, there arc 11,000 lopors, and in spite of all endeavor to stamp it out, leprosy is increasing. It Is nlso a peculiar circumstance that while wo broke a treatv with China to ex clude her people from tho United States wo should annex 21.000 Chinese to the ponula Hon of the country. It Is true that they aro forbidden by the terms of tno annoxa lion act to enter other portions of tho united States, but such' a prohlbl tlon will hardly stand against Iho Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution If any ono chooses to contest It. It Is certain that people of Chinese blood hereafter born in Hawaii wll bo citizens of the United States, with all tho prerogatives of other citizens. whs as follaws: Headquarters Fifth Army Corps, Santiago de Cuba, July 20. "My Dear Friends: I received with iitoiisiire the messauo which reached me the prediction of yield this year nearly j to-day. , I am among those who fought equal lo If not exceeding that grown a from "til to 'ST.. antl I have been thinking year ago, while naturally stimulating to 'all thei-o yars that 1 bail seen something business at the south has a depressing of hard senico hut never during that war oitect upon tho price of the raw stuplo.was there 3U days that tried me as tho antl quotations are a fraction lower for 2U days beginning with the time wo landed tho week and 2 cents a pound lower than 'on the Island ol Cuba until tho surrender a year ago at this time. Itoports as to col- of Santiago and It Is to thegallant soldiers lections uie counity over aro very en-1 who uncomplainingly boro every privation cotiraglng. From winter wheat sections 'that the country Is Indebted for Its vie especially reports 1110 very good. Somojtory. 1 hclievo that this Is tho llrst and slowness is noted In payments at tho ioi.ly seiioim campaign that will be had. 1 hope so, at least, I hope your gooil wish es for our safe return may bo fulfilled. Thanks lo the enro of tho government wo tiro l icking for nothing. With sincere re northwest, but this Is expected to dlsan pear when the spring wheat crop moves. uusincss raliurcs aro larger In number than last week, aggregating IDS ncalnst Pi7 last week but compare with 221 In thin 'sped and good wishes to you all, very m-un 11 ji-ar iibu, ui 111 im, isj in itisj unu islnccrely T,I In IV'li I :si in is:u, HANK CLEARINGS. New York, Aug, !. Ilanli clearings at S3 cities for tho week ending Aug. IS its' tele graphed llratlstreot's wero as follows: Total for tho United States $1,273,100,331, Increase 11. 1!. Total outside Now York $1711,315,110, Increase 7,0. Totals for Dominion of Camilla $22,711, 201, decrcai-o 2.fi WILLIAM it. SHAFTER. "Mnjor General United .States Volun teers, Commanding. Scrofula, salt rheum, erysipelas and other distressing eruptive- diseases yield quickly and permanently to the cleansing, purifying povcr of Durdook Ulood Ultters. SENATOR PROCTOR WILL WATCH HIS FENCES, Wnshlngton, Aug, 19. Among tho Pros! dent's callers yesterday was Senator Proc tor of Vermont, who came to Washington, he said, to see what tho authorities wero going to do with the volunteers from that Slate. Ho was asked If tho Presldont hud Invited him to becomo a member of the peaco commission, and replied that ho hud not. When asked If ho would accept a, place If It wero tendorcd to him, the scna tor said ho thought not. He did not see how ho could be away from Vermont whllo the commission would bo assembling in Paris and entering upon Its dcllbern Hons, The matter nf his re-election to tho Senato is to he determined by the IkIb luturii to bo chosen next month. Senator Proctor's vIowb about holding tho Philip. Pines, ho said, wero illustrated by tho experience of tho man whti found himself homing a, pear ny tne tail. "as. long as he held on," said the senator, "It was all right, but as soon as he lot go there wag tho devil to pay," For broken surfaces, sores. Insect bites, burns, skin diseases and especially piles there Is ono reliable remedy, DoWltt's Witch Hazel Salve, When you call foi' DeWltt s don't accept counterfeits or frauds. You will not be disappointed with DoWltt's Witch Hazel Salvo. J. W. O'Sullivan, R. 11. Stearns fc Co.. W. P. Hail. B. R. Crandall. Wlnooskl. A blessing alike to young, and old; Drj Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry. Na. lure's specific for dysentery, diarrhoea, ftllU PUIU1MVI uvlll'lltlllVI DeWitt'5 LUtlu Early Risers. TIM famous lit tUplUv THE OLD COFFE PLANTATIONS. which Is seventeen and a.half miles In length. It Is declared that a noted lecture manager's recent offer of $10.0uO to II0I1 son, the Merrlmae hero, for a series of ten public addresses nn his experiences at Santiago, was made In good faith, Tho manager declares, moreover, that every cent above expenses will be paid Into the fund for hospitals In Cuba antl elsewhere. A marble bust of the late J. G. limine has boon placed In the rotunda of the tholr estates the "callo negro" or "hlaok toad" without fpr a moment wondering In by gone days those "Cafetales" (cof-iat or Investigating Its nature. fee plantations), used to bo tho pride nf As Is well known tne winnago ore, vvita the Spanish grandees, their original own-i its low percentage of phosporus ranks rs, who lived on their plantations In great logeiner witu un- ouniiHi, mm nn- stylo, witli tholr siiltts and retinues. Slx,lsli uemarara mineral as ino cracK ore months In the year the plantations would of the world. I,n the Kcenos nf feiistlnir and morrvmak-i The Pnmpo Milling; company, of mail ing, neighboring grandees coming over ganewi ore, Is a relatively new concern from miles around In their "volumes" and, ami oniy suippfti neioto uie .u iiii.iui i"v ., h,, 1, w.ir ut n vim- in nm. "iiiiimi" n 1 tons or ore. It lias, however, excctictii ... ......v ........ j ...n ... ... -., , 11.,-, IH I II .'(t.VVll ,.. ..... , fortnight at a time, then pushing on to , prospects, as 11 cainusnj n.-m u S(.m llowv ut Augusta, Me. It Is the the next plantation, carrying their last and quality with the Japanese or any old- or. ((. jJnjf u Tri.tm,ve, the Italian host wiih them, until the complete round or manganese me m m- 's-etiiptor. of the "caletales" was made. The price nf hauling the different ores, ,rhi, ullr jll(.t ended has been the shnrt- Tho Spanish owners thoreforo spent (from the mines to their shipping points , (i(( (n nl0lll,nl ,siory, the Austro-German their lives In gaycty and debauch, paying s relatively inslgnllloant. dllllculty of 1SW, alone excepted. Ittlo attention lo the management of their For tho greater part or lie way the 'phnmas F. Uayard. after serving a term states while they yielded a handsome llv- road Is down grade, on the slnpo of 11 hill. 0f state, became the Ameii- ng. Hut gradually their plantations ecus-, or mountain. The motive power employed fau representative at the Court of St. oil to produce these kingly Incomes anil 1 is simply gravity. IJames: Colonel Hay how reverses tho or- hclr fortunes begnn lo dwindle. An endless rope or cable to which Is at- Thrifty and shrewd Frenchmen, driven Inched ono full and ono empty 'hopper on Ge ,,r(ct rmllt nf ti1P Sticz Canal has over from Haytl. forme r. strong; colony "ro car keeps In constant motion, tne ,)Ce1 t,u, introduction Into the Medltorrn In Santiago In those early days and they, loaded downgrade car pull tig the empty nrnJ Qf rks. which previously were look advantage of tho lax and shortslght-1 one up hill and on on ad Infinitum. At nknown there cd Hidalgos. They loaned their money .the foot of the grate, the bottom of the , (()Wn ()f ,,llo mfst shopl on(u on the pbiututlons, had themselves up-'oar. Is made to slide out, the ore falls I,.,, Inlln?nli aml during tho hot nfter polntotl overseers, foreclosed their mort-, through a pocket Into tho car beneath m,1)ns whl, ,m.rybody takes a siesta, gages mid liecamo the owners of tho rich 1 and continues its unballasted upward t,cv nre locked up. "cafetales," most of which to this day aro course drawn uy mo ttescenuiiu, m..iwij ,,,)0 ro(.ol, about tho Dead Sea Is 0110 of owned by their descendants. Of fifty laden car which follows it. L,0 ll0tt,.st ,,iucos 0 tho globe, and the "cafetales" It vvil Iho found that forty I This economizes motive power and ren- H(,a ,s !.ll(1 ,() ,0!40 hm w0 ,ons of walcr a are,ovncd by Frenchmen. ders mining in tuba comparatively theup,uay bj. cv,)orut,oni A very common paraslto creeper which mid ousy. i tie miners live In vi luges bu 1 1 Commouoro John A. Howell, who has clings to tho tough und sturdy mahogany and set aside for tholr use, In the Inimedl- ,,opIl ,,romoteii l0 tho rank of rear ad- trees, choking unu killing mem men uyiiv vh-ihuj i i.i."-o. ... ...v..r. , mrat ft tno inventor of a self-propelling lorpedo that diners 111 several respects THE WICKED KNORT. Ho MnkM Mora Trouble In Lapland Than the .Mniqulto. The. s'.m wai shining brightly through tho window of the little wooden hut as I tumbled out of bod 011 Aug. 10 lait year. Three day' tramp from tha Norwegian coast acros-i rough fields ami spongy bogs, one long day of rowing anil shooting nip ld, varied with spells of walking round the dangerous falls, hail brought 11s Into tho night beforo to this little settlement In Lapland. The do7o:. Inhabitants, part Swctlui, part Lapps, were already hard at work op their sonitty harvest, and beyond tho small Held I caught a glimpse nf thu river, here widening out Into ti glittering lake, shining llko a slieot of silver, scarce ly milled by a breath of wind. What a morning for a bath' How gloriously re freshing to travel tlyed limbs! "Look out1" cried .Tuck. "Tho room's full of them! Light up, quick!" II -hi Tho air was suddenly shrill with tho high pitched, hungry whistle of tho mosquito. Tho window I hnd observed before wis tightly closed Indeed, would not open, Tho vvldo plutform llroplaco was stuffed up with green boughs. I'crbaps my broth er had opened tho door too ftoltlly and had been lost in admiration of thu snow lino mountains In tlio distance or tho creatures liiid worked a way down tho chimney. At any rate, to the cover of thu bedclothes I Hew, und for llvo minutes nothing vvus hoard from us but the steady pulT, pun of our lips as wo filled tho room with clouds of stupefy Ing tobacco smoke. One sometimes hears people who havo only met tho mosquito In Its milder form, perhaps In Xnrwuy or Central Hwcdon, or in southern noun tries, or possibly in Lap land In favorable years, or lato In tho season, maintain that its terrors aro much exaggerated. I havo not found it so. Tho worst accounts that I had heard of It be fore I vlilted tho country did not como anyvviiero near tho reullty. And oven if tho mo-iiilto crop lie n comparative falluru In tiny seuson, tht'ro Is a fur moro doadly Insect waiting for you, a harmless look ing little sand lly, which the natives call a knort. Tho mosquito Is a gentleman by comparison. Ho llglitu under tho rules of clvilietl warfare. Hostilities aro openly declared, a shrill blaroof trumpets heralds hl approach. Truo, ho descends upon yon In overpowering hosts, but from the llcrcu hla-t when ho flr.st sights his foe to tho savage thrust of his laneo through your skin them Is nothing secret or underhand about him. Not so the little knort. In ones and twos ho creeps stealthily upon you. There Is no whistling of wlng, no parade of skirmishing round the victim. Quietly I10 works his way Into your cloth ing, where he seems as much at homo as any of the wiuglcss vermin, which fortu nately aro comparatively ram In Lapland. His blto Is practically painless. You rare ly notlco It at tho time, but on tho second day It swells Into a blij burning wound, to ruh or chafw which Is intolerable agony. Badminton Magazine. inch 'until after twenty years tlio trees provided for the bachelors, huts or little nre dead and decayed, s St ca ed "the, nouses lor uiose m nine luiiiiiwi. ... French Overseer. Maize, yams, sweet potatoes and other vegetables grow everywhere with llttlo which they are provided by the company with considerable comfort. A "tlondn," or store, Is opened in tho care or supervision. In six months they I village where monls, provisions and cloth bear ColTee shrubs need the shade, and 1 Ing can be bad for a nomlna) sum. these plants offer It. The result Is that on Tho wages of the miners Is $1.00 per day most colleo plantations those vegetables , -the greater .number ' of those employed are grown, which amply feed and sustain aro "Galletos" (North Spaniards from tho planter, whu, after six months. Is on Oallcla) who are. as a rule, honest, hard a sclf-sttstnlnliig Imsls, with a goodly cof- working servants. fee crap ahead as clean prollt. The mining village- of the Juragua Iron Tobacco In grown extensively at Palma company Is called "l- Irmoja and that of Soriano, San Luis, Iialre, Jlguany and tho Spanish-American company Is known Giilcu, most of which has hitherto been '"J,)"""1; , . . , , shipped to Germany, the balance to tho I ,H' entire Iron dlstret Is parcelled oft Spanish negie. Galea produces tho best clCIlr P tn the "Gran Pledra. the highest eat', although? of course, of 1111 Inferior peak of the Sierra Maestra nnd owned by " " 1 nr i,nln I nrl I l'l,l 11 H 1 t Mnt nf tllft tllluft 11 f. hold by Spaniards, some small parcelB by Frenchmen. A curious feature Is that tho land feo Is separate from the mining rights, both ti tles rarely being held by the same Indi vidual. If you Mud oro on anybody's lands you can denounce tho mineral property and he ennnot vvork It without buying tho mining rights from you. No lecul process; can forco tho Under to sell his lands with out it struggle nor can ho bo forced to do so under condemna tion proceedings, his lands passed on by a board of review and sold or leased to the holder of the mining rights nt the appraised value, As Its namo Indicates "BI Cobra" about 15 miles from Santiago, Is tho heart of the copper fields. These copper mines are extremely valuable nnd have been worked since early In the century ., They were owned by two companies, one English, the other American, but have been abandoned now for almost thirty years,. They wero forced to shut down by tho Cobre Railroad company that held tho churter rights, and with which they got Into a litigation. Tho mines are ex ceedingly deep and' 'very damp. One of the features of these mines Is a slgantto Cornish pump put up at a, tremendous ex pense, but which never -quite succeeded THE EDGE OF A DOLLAR 'doesrrTTook so big as the face of It. ) the woman who buys soan for house , cieanine loses sikhi " economy sne iooks yvh at her monev edirewise. The woman who M values her money as well as her strength uses w Wailing Piwtor. . and has something to show for her labor besld , worn race ana " pair or rough nautu. iisrgest pacKBgp ry economy. TTUe W. K. FlrtnkCwfcaBr, Obloxo. m. now To J . . I BMtdB. ruuaatipnifc You will not know how much Knd Ilno i's Sai'snpaillla will do unt I you try from the Whitehead. The chief novelty of u, uny ,t bottle to-day and beg,n to tuko inn American sysiem reiaies 10 me motto 11 of driving the screw. It Is stated on gootl authority that Hret llano's late writings iinng nun twice as much in liiigland ns thoy do in this conn try. If" ho would come back for some fresh -v material bo might get a better grip on his American eonsltltiieney. The Vatican after January 1 will be lighted with electricity, the motor power being supplied from Lake llracclano, 'J) miles to the north and up In tho moun tains. As there are 1000 rooms, tho vvork of Installation Is no small contract. Voting Gtorgo M. Pullinnn, of Chlengo, ono of the two sons cut oft by the will of the Into Parlor Car magnate with a mere nlltntice. has finally, after many attemnts. accomplished Ills purposo In marrying I Miss Lyn Fernuld, a pretty Chicago glrlt of twenty. They owe It to tho assistance i oi pruprieiui jitiitntinu, ui iiiu iioiiuini House, New York, 'Die bride was once betrothed to her husband's twin brother. The women of the Canary Islands are remarkablo for being very mascullno In appearance, as they havo mustaches nnd short hair, wear men's huts nnd smoke cigars. The lloston Globe states that they are, however, of a generous disposition. 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