A CUBAN GOVERNOR, GENERAL TACON WAS A BENEVOLENT SORT OF TYRANT. fle Administered the Island Well, Put Down Oppression, Released the Unjustly Impris- ened, and Was Accessible to All In the Century there la an article on “Life and Society in Old Cuba,” made up of extracts from the journal of Jonathan 8. Jenkins, an American painter of miniatures, written in 185V. Mr. Jenkins says: Prior to the administration of Gen- eral Tacon In Cuba (who office as Captain-General in 1834), par. ticularly during the rule of Vivas, so ciety had become so disorganized that neither life, property, nor social rights could be sald to have any protection. Truly “wight was right,” and this was the only law. The robber, the pirate, and the assassin were recognized in- stitutions, and pone dared oppose them. required untliinching courage, stern All these virtues were found in Tacon, as the sequel will sion. General show, One of cares, visit Tacon's first after his appointment, thre state prisons, He every prisoner as to the public was to cause of his there. He found that some had been imprisoned years, their bodies wasted with wretchedness and their crushed with despair. Having friends to be interested.in thelr fate, they had been forgotten by the world. This was a means with the wealthy or a rival. One of had been of them twenty over favorite the prisoners stated the Count of Philameno, who was then auditor of war under Tacon. The count owned him six thousand dollars and to avold making had him imprisoned castle, Tacon mortified and sur prised, and cautioned the man to sure and teil him the truth, for he determined the matter thoroughly. soner insisted that what said was true. Thereupon Tacon bad the Count of Philameno summoned to meet the prisoner before him the next day. As the captain general had before i per sistently to or the presents of the nobility, flattered by the at the time appointed, dressed up. as if on a mony. TI mer he arrived, and he start his vietim face to a stern and searching count, “Deo pointing to the “Yes; 1 think majordomo,” he fous look. “You had him said Tacon, him. “Yes, { “And the “Because he in t rnd for services, payment in the was be was to investigate The pri he refused isgits the 100s, ive rece count was sumn and came very muca visit of cero when meeting with the in?’ 1e prise was there ed at face, Tacon, look, asked know that mu prisoner you he was once an my replied, with anx risoned, kly asked dnd I am weted was qu guitlted me, Han must he prots count, reason. You thousand dollars serviews and bad him avoid payment. This be paid instantly”: and with hiz pen Tacon calculated the amount of the debt with compound interest “This debt must be pald forthwith.” The evidently surprised again fearful, replied: “Your Excellency, I' will home and with him.” “No, sir.” firmly responded General Tacon, “Here is a pen. Write to your secretary to bring the money here; this matter must be disposed of before we separate.” The count did as he was ordered. and the secretary brought the money. The majordomo was pald and leased, and then the noble was mitted to return home, hombled filled with the bitterest enim! ¥ to con and his justice. This affair noised abroad, and created a sensation among the nobility, who had heretofore enjoyed perfect impunity in their wrongs to the humble classes, Tocon was warned of the danger Le incurred in thus antagonizing them, as they had often procured the re. moval of his predecessors for this very reason, He then announced that supreme power had been on him as the only condition which he would accept the office captain-general of Cuba, not the In SIX That is this for honest prisoned to true owed debit must count, return settle fe per. but Ta- was great consternation to the upper classes, The Count of Philnmeno was content to acquieace in the just sen- tence of Tgeon, but manifested hatred on erent occasions, caused Taq to Issue an “the count Must not hereafter threshold of his own house, but ditor of war in his residence.” This a close prisoner under this order unt'l his death, about two years later, Tacon sought in every way to en tourage the people to make their wrongs known to him. and to this end be removed all the restraints and cere. monies with which rulers are usually surrounded, and made himself acces sible to all ? Fruit Consumption in Australia There is no portion of the globe In which fruit Is more abundant or more sitensively consumed than In Aus tralis, Pineapples, grapes, and ba- oauas dare grown in grapes, sranges, apples, and om in New South Wales and South Aud tralia; grapes in Western Australia, berries, and currants in Tasmania, The supply is so ample that during certain seasons of the year pineapples may be purchased for three cents ench, grapes for eight cents a pound, mandarin oranges for one cent a doz en, and bananas for two cents a doz en, The belief, once almost universal, among ignorant people that fruit free. lv eaten was conducive to intestinal disorders, is now thoroughly explod- ed. In Australia, where its consumi» tion Is 1 viversal and unrestricted, the death rote 1s notably low, not only smong itive born, but among forelga 8 well. In all the towns of shops where for twelve cents may be had a large plate of fruit with a cup of tea or coffee or milk, Moreover, the consumer is allowed to have as much frult, without extra charge, above the original portion, as he may desire. A writer in an English tech- nical journal, in speaking of Austra. lian fruit lunches, says that those who patronize them are mostly employees or mercantile estab summer, fruit ara For women, there rooms, In which the with ferns and ire women, white aprons In ices largely consumed. are many tea tables are decorated palms, The attendants who wear black dresses, and caps. The charges are six cents for a cup of tea or coffee, bread and and fruit. No tips are given, for tips are unknown in Australia, ex- hotels. The Austra large consumers of mutton of the country Is of England. The lax and fruit proba with ! The as fine as that use of flesh much development and fem ish has, bly, % hile remarks Australians to do the of ¥ aie, male Aluminum Tags for Fish, United arrivid Rutter, assistant States fish commissioner, in San Franc after months of experimental work and scientific investigation on the Sacramento river, He has been studying the thelr habits and their develop Rutter has made two rowboat rips dower the river, Red Biuff to Sacramento second from Redding to the same He says that the river stocked whh 40 000 008) Claude has cia § I8CO severa salmon, nent the first from and the destination young during the pu novel part of salmon will tor ist few months his labors Is The adult three-quat nch plates, um noted ordingly. quested to rétanrn all tagged river the event of a gling. In order growth of in § 00 specimens of their adipose fins The ont nature adiposs of single less fish found idence that Re bast 0% 1808, and his rate judged ans Rai accordingly lief | soon turn until it afta has re the ing aad eutting wi 4] abit be ascertained San Francizeo Ch may perts I onicle, Canary Women. Uncle Sam who knows Now that nexing mood, fabled Atlantis of Plato of Hesper and St. Bran Isle, all Known to modern the Canary Is t=a1 ile a fons as become Ktntoa? Certainly offers a more primitive won When hy Jean baron. 11., of two re mainland. ent laws, habits possessed of gendered cot The Inhabitants of the nary Islands small goetie, and amiable; some of them even had blue eyes and red hair. In Feurtoventura and Lanzarote they were taller, darker and more indolent, lazily obeying their hereditary rul whether the latter were men men, The dark skinned inhabl to be of Arabic or sunposed Phoenician origin. They were ¢ the de 144¥ Castile sees wh the mt sfant war! westeg were fair brave ty aor wo is of wm indolent than the Spaniards, the and then airer race was subjugated: A Tablet for an lavalid, There are some invalids who are compelled to occupy a recumbent posi tion who find a tablet fixed to a writ. ing-board a great convenlence., Take eighteen inches long and cover it with soft cotton Hannel, and attach the tab. let to it. The board ean he propped up at any desired angle, so that it can be used by a person Iylug on his left side. The lower part of the board will serve as a partial rest for the head and arm. It Is a mistake for an invalid or any one to make much use of his eyes while In a recumbent posi tion. Reading or writing in a recum- bent position are always prohibited by oculists, even where there is only a slight trouble with the eyes. About 65,000,000 pounds of beet. sugnr were Taised in California last year. NOTES AND COMMENTS, One out of every six inhabitants of france has an account in the State savings bank. This Is a great her wheatflields and she has glory and money country. Between the battlefields y to burn. suggest that a new needed wield concert Eu Recent events leader may the baton rope, fo of soon be over the disarmament plan would German emperor with an pile of old junk on his tussin’s leave the alarming hands, Events have spoken so loudly that there 1s no need of people who used to make sport of the United States navy to go to the trouble of making re- tractions, : Admiral Dewey's comfort when he returns to this country would be great ly enhanced if he could find some man who looks dike him do the band shaking to It is said that many people in Maine are so offended at the advertisements painted on boards and fences along country roads that they refuse to deal with the firms which so advertise recently caused in a Chicago conn RP. R. Barnes, a prominent lawyer of that city, brought because his tomn-pingue It format ion of trouble was . when Considerable suit against a butched meat caused “schiler colisteritis, i8 a humorist fon Admir: ous kissing af 11 80 il Dew it would seem wottld have pl Jant Admiral Medical exami 11 swollars so mucl hospital, the ouprat y few Wis given Keen heerful, tl enjoved ‘ al perform ances and and « orou ghiy iver exocug were lively variauts on the sti v did much to mainta the command, elevating ng s ' plan for ulated by a well-Ki He proposes fecide by year who the country is, amd that mm ver £0l Fel highest ng i= claimed for the induce had men that “complimentars ved had just begun to be tad not general iy reco create a rolled ar eiving the on the ensul it would and rece] . 3 1 shah iru hanged that it grate vole YOoles be Sie by those who but gnizewl as such, desire within the were world ted to to well-behaved Iw en. them nonug A Chicago police justice holds that the lobster” applied to a man being not one of reproach, in sult or and that the person to whom it is applied has no reason complain. As the lobster minds own business and is one of the most important and cherished elements of civilization, a contumelions use of its name is not to be admitted, sayx the New York San. with quiet humor. To enil a man a “lobster” ought to imply that he is a public benefactor and & person ol taste, Even slang should respect one of the chief characters of sea and land. , word bin Ix abuse, itu The Treasury Department figifhes up the deposits of banks at an aggregate of nearly two billion dollars, The exact figures are $1,036.376,085. This represents the savings of more that 5.000.000 people. It averages $372 for every depositor. This is a remarkable showing. It ie an astounding testimony to the com. fort and economy of our peuple, says the Boston Post. One in every fifteen of our population, counting infants and children, as well as men and wo. men, have something of their earn. ings put by for a rainy day. This can jo fiona nde of the earth.’ Nor in those other coun: in which “the savings bank oe posits, And'in Prussia there are more depositors In savings the United Btates, but the aggregate famount thus deposited is less than one-third as great, In fact, the | ted States stands fairly at the {in this great testi of popular well bes ling As plum-trees have been taught, in ian arid section of Texas, to bore for a | subterranean water supply, so fruits, grains and the like have learned to ac- Lecommaoidate themselves to the climate of Minnesota, A few years ago corn fconld not be raised in that state, Now Lit is matured all the way to the north ern boundary. The hardy varieties { which were introduced have learned to {do their growing and ripening within the season's Hmits, In experiments in with fruit trees, it that the plum and {apple trees brought from more north ern latitudes begin to {tions for winter about | August, while tern latitudes « until the cold weather them, northern not injured by ditions learn the same line made has been observed make prepara middle of south the those from thelr injures for more froftage or kills from the hat is inter outinue Ruceess Is hoped glock, ns of course, into w in odate {it going con early, while to time /ACCONIM closely to the Artificial Jdinovat irri; Louisiana 0G the grom needs nkled nnd him The ROI facing and wit magistraie woud the ne and officials around the off kKuee, amd a stylo Bronicle formed a sm cirele My, Lyall book upon his De REeR the tree balanced fal rote ith down the evidence w graphic pen.~ London CO wiole A Trick of Trade. That there are tricks in shown all trades by a peculinr cirenmsiagnee surrounding import of British hams, bacon and salt pork into Italy, which by law is prohibited, placing re strictions upon the porcine products of any country for sanitary freasons, By simply making the request, most countries have secured the set. regulation in But it is not geserally known is the favor, If a ham were packed in a hermetically sealed tin, ft could be passed as preserved meat, even if the label frankly declared that the tin contained an entire ham, This point Las been successfully tested. Boston Herald Bicreles have made their way into the British Musesum, the authorities having ostablished a cyele stable in the basement, for as many as a hun CA STRANGER THAN FICTION. A Horse That Was Swallowed Alive by a | Hair from His Own Tail i From the Southern home of Senator {Quay comes the following letter from la veracious correspondent: “Being an ex-soldier and having only {fifteen months to serve to acquire a {title to a quarter section of land, | | went Florida in 1885 to put my [plans nto exebution, Not being posted jas to the landmarks, I had to hire a settler to locate the land for me, and as we had to go about eight miles through woods over bad roads, with no bri went horseback, and ia stream I noticed that my tall caught In old pulling a hair the aving the hair the to R'E, Wo crossing n friend's pine stmnp, tail and le stump. “AR you Liorse's an from fast to know, a horsehair to a snake when in water, up my mind to watch that particular halr. Ro, after locating my land and log house built, 1 took started out on a hunt rambles | my friend sure enough, will turn and 1 my: getting a gun and durin my stream came to and 1 there that and horsehair and crossed, the as big feet stump snake four thumb aver i 0 the ontinued my a rabbit, Judge \ find nnd goving %it tis stavepipe I was next week | Roads in South America. becone : pn i American floats gor sral at government l t itself to the duty in of Columbus from the oa thedral in Havana to Was there under the shadow or it should rest forever” Columb was a great when living, and hi “remains” have had a somewhat similar experience According to the best anthorities wax first buried at Valladolid, in north central part of Spain. but wane foon after iransferrod arthusias Monastery of Las Cue ar ane where the bones of is Diego, the second admiral, laid, In 1556 th bodies of both father and son wore eghnmed and tak. en over sea to Hispiniola San Deo. mingol, and interred the cathedral In 170540, on the on of that is nnd to the French, tI relics were re exhumed and transfeffed with great state and solemnity td the cathedral in Havana, their Omaha Bee, form is body Christonhe: the bit the bods vas, son. Were painted on boards a country roads that with the firms which For a neat and u the panel is u Refine tv 0 Avizoss Wells Tara Suddenly Hot. The wells in parts of Arizona have recently become producers of hot wa. ter, and apprehension is felt by many of the residents of the region affected that they are about to become par- ticipants in a grand voleanie drama, in some of the wells the tempera- ture of the water rose twenty degrees in a single night. In a few the phe. nomenon disappeared soon after ita appearance, In a majority of cases, however, the wells fairly steam from their newly acquired The first known of this cu state ‘of affairs was a report that the we at Mart Bouthern Pacific Railroad, thirty miles south of Phoenix, had sud. denly hot It was days the the ph dozen miles wes well 100) heat. rious ells copa, on the become four enomenon reafter first was that noticed a t of that place. A showed a temperature of degrees. No difference is wells in ity of Phoenix. line of text ane nearly tue immediate viein subterranean heat direction of the wave general Mountains, a volcanic Hala Mo COD bbwons of cop to incl age like thas For platinum conductors, thew cylinder 21; feet as Ye the old 8 copper inclined 15 degrees from the The “earth” is oy a oppor ribbon sunk in a well. this new system hat of the ordinary giout stems of copper. The Smallest Public The parish of Wiggenhall 8t Mary, Norfolk. England. has the bonor a ploncer position among rural jar. Ite parish council is the frst to float a public loan. Corporation stock ix generally Issued in large sums. but the Wiggenhall consols only run to the modest sum of £2,000, which the parish needs for "i new burying ground. It is to be hoped that our financiers will not all speak once, or the resources of the city may be ane duly strained. Westminster Gazette, made volute The one with is abous third t thick system Loan, of ishies, At one time it was the custom on Ash "ednesday to appoint an official | of the Eauglish palace to crow the hours of the day like a cock. The covk-crower was a salaried officer a the court as late as 1823, The stars on the United Sites cole 60 Son six-belcied, wilie the