MO
TITE tsCBAOTON TRIBTTNE---SATTJllDA,lr MOBNING. SEPTEMBER 21, 1895.
Why; Spain; Tries to
Keep . Little Caaba-
It Is Because There
In It for er How
Jose Manuel iMladas is the name of an
honorable Cuban gentleman who re
eidt at present tn Washington, lie
was recently asked1 by Walter Wellmnn
what (he knew about the taxation ex
Uctwl of Cubanet by Spain.
"Perhaps nothing like It was over
een in the worm before," he replied,
"Our people have to pay a tax upon
What they import and upon -what they
export, on what they buy and what
they pell. There is a tax on almost
everything that enters Into the use and
fctlvity of the people. When you go
a a hotel and register your name you
find a rax of & rents has to be paid for
the privilege. The poor negro woman
who brings fruit or vegetables Into the
city to ttell from a basket must pay a
tax on her trade. The huckster who
uses a cart must pay so much. If he
lias a paek horse the tax on the pack
is 60 cents a month, besides the regular
tax on the animal, alesides. he must
every .Monday pay a weekly tax. In d
flit Ion to nil ithls he must t nil times
have his cedilla In his pocket, which
costs him -several dollars a year. -If
he is caught without this, if he acci
dentally loses it or leaves it at home.
he Is marched off to the police station
and it costs him a good deal to get
out. As if this were- not enough, he
must stand In' with the police, .pay
blackmail, in order to enjoy the privi
lege of entering certain streets. liv
ery citizen Is requled to take out. a
cedilla and. to carry it In his pocket.
There Is an income or occupation tax.
too. Professional men nre divided into
classes, and a lawyer or physician of
the first .class must pav about a thou
and dollars a year. The average pro
fessional tax Is from !00 to $lo0 a year.
A doctor is not permitted to write a
prescription untll his tax Is paid.
All Papers Taxed.
"Every legal Instrument, bill, receipt,
contract, license, must be stamped. It
is necessary not only to pay for the
stamps, but to buy the paper from the
government monopoly. On sugar plan
tation and in all sorts of .business nnd
factories the account Iwiks have to be
composed of stamped paper. The forms
authorized for wills, marriage con
tracts, civil contracts, conveyances of
property, mortgages and other Instru
ments nre purposely made unnecessar
ily long and printed on only one side of
the roller. In order to increase the rev
enues. All fees are extortionate. My
cousin bought a mortgage of $.1,000. and
to have the instrument transferrd to
her nnme cost t2:,n. To transfer a $10.
000 mortgage nest $3.".
"The marriage ceremony is nn ex
pensive luxury In Cuba, the average
cost being $25. Many thousands of
poor Cubans live together all their
lives and rear families because, thev
cannot afford the expense of a mar
riage ceremony. I went to Cuba my
self to be married a few years ago. c.ii l
as I hail been born there the birth
register had to be looked up In the
church records, the bans had to be pub
lished so many times: various other
forms had to be complied with. After
It was all over I figured up and found
I had paid out S.."0 in fees.
"The planters are taxed almost into
bankruptcy. Their land, improve
ments, horses and vehicles are all
taxed. They have to pay a tax on
every pound of sugar produced. The
sugar pays an export tax when it
leaves the Island to tind market. The
poor countryman who earns his living
hauling cane to the mills must pay tax
on his ox and cort.
Are Millions of Revenue
Cubans Are Taxed.
"There Is a tax upon almost every
thing, and some ludicrous expedients
for escaping a part of the burden nre
adopted by the people All signs ami
placards are taxed so much a word. If
you put your name nnd business over
your shop door you must pay tax there
on. If a .tradesman puts a sign In his
window. This cont reduced from ten
dollars to eight dollars,' he has to pay
4i rents tax on the placarad. Under
the law figures nnd pictures are not
taxed, and so In d nivalin you will pee
signs on the houses of 1-4. or 2-4, or
3-4 In common fractions. These mean
that one room, or two rooms, or three
rooms are for rent, the Spanish word,
quart ler.' meaning both 'apartment'
nnd 'quarter' and figures not being
taxed. Again In a hardware store
you will see nails, screws, saws, ham
mers nnd such articles tied to placards
and the price put under them In figures
In order to avoid the tax. Over the
doors of barber shops you will see
signs composed of n picture of a razor,
and tinder ft the figures '10' nnd the
picture of a pair of shears with the
tliTiires '2.V under It. This means that
a shave co.ts 1.0 cents and hair cut '.'5
rents, and that the Ingenious barber
has beaten the taxgatherer.
School Teachers Must Pay,
"Dressmakers must pay tax. School
teachers are taxed on their salaries.
Often they nre not paid for months nt
a time, but they must hand out their
taxes Just the same. There Is a spe
cial tax on milch cows, because they
produce something of value. An Im
post Is levied on meat and other sup
plies brought from the surrounding
country Into .Havana, and the police
tire on dealers who are suspected of
smuggling. Hvery shop or store Is
taxed so much, according to location.
A .corner store pays more tax than one
not on the corner. The merchants take
their taxes as well us their expenses
and protlts out of their customers.
High prices, petty Imposition, are com
mon. Adulteration of wines. Ilnuors.
cotY.-o and such articles Is freely prac
ticed. The citizen who keeps private
carriages must pay $17 a year for a
two-wlieeleil vehicle and $.7. a year for
a four wheeler.
"In the high schools nnd university
a pupil Is taxed $."..",0 for every study
he takes up. When lie is ready for ex
amination he must pav another tax on
each study. If he graduates with a de
gree or diploma this must be on
stamped paper. All this Is In addition
to the regular course fees, which are
high enough. It is Impossible for a
poor youth to go through the university
in Havana. Education is a luxury
which only the rich can afford, if a
young ninn wishes to entvr professional
life after completing his education, he
finds it costs :;.. to secure admission
to the bar and similar sums to enter
other professions. There are not only
taxes on all the necessaries of life In
Cuba, but death is an expensive
luxury. Heath certificates, burial per
mits, funeral rites are all costly. So
expensive are Interments of the dead in
Havana that a regular business there
is the renting of Collins iuwhich the
corpses of the poor are carried to the
cemetery. There the remains are
taken out. burled without case, or in
plain wooden boxes, and the more ex
pensive collin returned to headquar
ters to lie rented out again. The
church appears to connive with the
government nt making nil rites and
ceremonies means of extorting money
from the people. Probably this is ex
plained by the fact that Spanish arms
are blazoned over every church altar in
the island."
. What la Dono with It 7
Mr. Wellman asked Mr. Mackas what
the government did with all the money
wrung from the people. "Is It used for
schools, hospitals, asylums, the build,
ing of rail I ways and highways?"
"No one knows what becomes of the
money." Ihe replied. "The army, the
navy, the horde of officeholders, inter
cut on the debt unjustly forced upon us,
account for a urt of the sum, but n"t
for all. The government has done lit
tie in the way of constructing railways
or In making other Internal Improv
menl'S. a luring the lust (planter of a
century a total of $IO.Ox),(oo has been
put In the estimates for public works.
I doubt If the authorities can ehow
where a quarter of lt lias been expend
ed. One or The curses of Cuba is the
lack of roads, and If the government
had ihoni-stly cpent the money which 14
collected for this purpose It might now
move Its troops and guns Into the re
gion of the nvbelllon. The few rail
roads ore poor things largely devoted
to the hauling of sugar rune.
"The whool syptem maintained by
the government Is very inadequate.
In ninny communities there are no
schools. The teachers have dltllculty
In getting their pny. The Cuban Con
servatory of Music Is assisted by the
government witth Hie munificent sum
of $1,000 a year, and that they recently
trlOHll to withhold. Most of the asy
lums, hospitals and homes are main
tained by private subscriptions. The
government permits lepers to roam
through the utrcets tind smnlliiox pa
tients nre simply routined to their
homos. In the cities there nre no sew
ers. In HnvutKi we use cesspools in
tilie yards. Santiago in wild to lie the
foulest city In the world. All the
sewage runs In open gutters through
the stiwts and' is not washed out till
a heavy rain falls.
Hi) Not l.lko Trees.
"The Spaniards nre dtitth to trees.
Wherever they nppear the trees dis
appear. They want none but open
1 lazas. A I'lvnchmnn offered for n
small privlbge to plant the streets of
Havana with fine trees. The govern
nier.it would not penult. An KngHuh
syndicate offered to dredge out and
thoroughly clisinso the harbor f Ha
vana, which, though beautiful to look
uimn, is exceedingly vile. For eom
peiisatlan M asked only what the
dredges mlghH lish up. The govern
ment would not accept, and the har
bors vllenes's will probably continue
till pestilence overtakes the city. It
often happens that money, provisions
nnd clothing rontitihu'ted by itho people
to sufferers by Hood or tire, and in
trusted to the government otllclals,
mysteriously disappear. Such was the
fa.te of $li,oofl recently raised for Hood
victims In I lam con.
"One of the greatest outrages In Cuba
Is the money. Your currency qitest
tlons In the United States seem trivial
In comparison with ours. In Cuba the
people have been swindled with paper
money till they will not accept It any
more. The silver money constantly
fluctuates In value, the poor people al
ways getting the worst of the changes.
Centen, or iiS pesetas piece, Is worth
only J3 In Spain, where Cuba buvs so
much, while In Cuba It Is worth S.i.M.
A Spanish onza Is worth $17 In Cuha,
but only $1 when we send It to Spain
In settlement of accounts. Worse still,
the government has refused to accept
Its own coins. Large quantities of the
rniuipine coins, nair-dollars and quar
ters, the coinage being authorized and
the pieces hearing the Spanish crown,
were circulated in Cuba. In Decem
ber, ISM, came, a sudden order that
these coins were not to be accepted as
legal tender. i.Many people were caught
with large amounts In hand. Worst of
nil. It Is rntmble of proof that tha gov
ernment has deliberately put in circu
lation counterfeit coin."
Hondrpila nf ntti.. Inat...nn. it.
' " . iiMiflium jjl un.. .
wantonness, rapacity and failure of I
tlm Spanish rule In Cuba did .Mr. Ma
cias recite. Can anyone marvel that
the Cubans are driven to the desperate
length or revolt, even though conscious
that all the odds are against them?
DAYDREAMING.
It stands just beside the kitchen win
dow, lull und straight; the limbs reaching
a hove I lip peak or the house. The leaves,
what nre h-rt of them, spotted russet and
brown, wllh here ami there a dash of red.
It is not a thing of beauty now, but I love
io waiun ine leaves dli.ri.ng down. H
lently falling, one by one, and a feeling
of sudness steals over nie, as I think of
the long, ilreury winter which will soon be
nere; but the feeling is soon d:Kllcd by
the cheery note of the chickadee,
perched high up (n the branches. Then
comes a tloek of Knglisli sparrows, and I
sit uml think or the lime when the liuds
will swell und start; and or the first blue
bird or Ihe season, which will bring glad
ness ami cheer to our hearts w:th his
coming; ami or the pure white blossoms,
w'lh the bee ami butterflies darting In
uiiu out among the glossy green leaves
ami the oriole, with his clear whistle ami
orange cout, his loud, clear call wakening
ua i rum sieep, wun ine nisi ieep or oav;
uml our friend, Ihe robin, with his stylish
new coat and red waistcoat, who will dash
m mm oui among I lie flowers; and later,
tho half grown fruit hanging In ulusters,
Hivmillg each lnnrn!nir tn hHVn lrri.un
kirger since the day before; the springing
"i me yellow dandelions, anil lit
tle fluffy wh:te chickens running abo'.it,
sometimes being hid entirely from sight,
then Hashing out iigiiin. And still laier.
when slimmer hint Is here, how cool and
nice the dense shade mnkes tho old
kitchen, shutting out the sun during1 tho
heat of the day, nnd In summer evenings,
when the moon is at Its full, making
queer, fantastic shadows on the floor; ami
the fruit grows larger day by day, and
the summer Is gone, end nutuniii is here
ukuIii. with its mellow sunshine. The
crickets chirp In the evenings, the bees
still hum In dnyfme, and the rruit begins
to drop, and we go out nnd gal her tho
most delicious russet peats, liny atter
"lay they are n source of pleasure. Then
the leaves commence to turn yellow, nMer
ft time russet and brown, uml to drop,
drop, one by one; ami here 1 am again,
Hslcn.ng to the merry note of the chlekn
dee. ami the chattering of the sparrows,
with winter, with lis etorma und cold
winds, sKII before me,
lint there Is much pleasure In winter If
we look for It. There Is Thunksgiv'ng
soon lo come wCth h mil till in r.f fri.m.liK
mill ChrisiinnH. tho hli'th.lay of our tout
ii run. w in ivmin.iorH or yoarH pust unci
fr.t'tlt H flhsctii. Th.m thn 1....
by the warm, cosy tire, wllh a book or our
knitting. It Is a rnmrort when the dav's
work is done, to draw the table near the
glowing grate nnd gather nround it, feel
ing secure and thankful that our loved
cms are all In, out of the storm an. I sleet,
les. Winter has lis pnl.ivnir.ntn nu m,..ll
lis spring and summer. We shall have n
few flowers In our windows, to cheer us
w Ih the, r beauty, and to keep our hearts
warm, and It will not be long tin sprlnir
comes again. Huron F. Nichols.
Tin: niu Ri n. inioT.
From the Indianapolis Journal.
"Win- " nulm.l ,1 - t .. .
. ...-oi., ii, n iifw uuaroer. wnv
fin l'. ill urn. lit.. lk...A l.. . . . . . '
.,. , u semuiance oe-
boat'" a bk''tl0 aill sailing a
"l.'ecnuse," sn!d the cheerful Idiot, "be
cause you lose the wind when you get on
the wrong tnck."
Hvery one with the exception of the
boarder who wore bloomers looked sad.
THE GUI I I 1SS nilXAMAX.
It Is the guileless Chinaman,
l"pon his way ho goes,
Willi merry smile ami cheek of tan
And basketful of clothes.
Of mocking Jibes nnd taunting cries
He neither heeds nor cares;
Hut still upon his wuy he hies
And minds his own uft'alrs.
He never swears, he never fights,
lie never loafs nor drinks;
He never "stands up for his rights,"
Or tells you what he thinks.
His terms are strictly C. O. D
He asks but whnt is due;
Don't bother him at all and he
Will never bother you.
And oft beneath his hat vou'U gee
His plaited hair close rolled;
He goes his way hut yet could he
a curious lail unfold. Puck.
Chance
Meetin
By The Duchess.
Copyright. 1636, by Irvine Bacheller.)
IV.
It In OUlte half-tiast lrh. Tha
that last night was vague and shad
owy is now brilliant, lighting up the
Islands far and near. Lilian, a little
out of spirits, though she hardly knows
wny, nas siroiiea across the road to
ine Esplanade to take, as she tells her
self, a last glance at sweet niehirarUT.
The place seems deserted, but the shad
ow of a figure and a; faint spark of
ngni on one or the Seats near her,
warns her that she Is not the only uer-
son present. Fearing It may be Qeof-
irvy, sue wouiu nave gone In again,
but for a voice that hails her Joyfully.
"That youT Come alonir and sit
down." calls Miss Linton. "I detest
I.etty Linton, solus." Lilian approaches
slowly and drops Into the seat beside
her; a strange curiosity has drawn
her.
"Well, how are you and old Geoff
getting on? What did you do to him
when you went out boat in'? He came
back like a thundercloud."
Lilian rises, almost speechless with
nger. and grief, and the must uncon
querable astonishment.
"You don't know what you are say
ing. You forget yourself." she stam
mers. Khe turns to go, hut Miss Linton
putting out her hand catches her frock
and promptly drags her down beside
her again.
"I dare say; Jim says I'm always
doing that, but I won't forget again.
Not another word about Geoff, honor
blight. Only don't vex him. I tried
that on Jim, you know, and It didn't
pay, not a little bit. I was miserable
all the time."
Lilian turns.
"Jim! Contain Westronn? What la
he to you ?"
"I never answered a riddle tn my
life," says Miss Linton, genially. "Hut
ne s ine man l m going to marry, any
way." "Captain Westropp?"
"Yes; why not?"
"Hut you do not love him?"
"Now that's what nuzzles me." says
Miss Linton, cheerfully. "I've known
such lots of girls who said they were
head over ears In love with people, and
yei mey snowed It in such a queer
wny, to my thinking. I don't know If
I'm In love with Jim. but I do know
that I can't get on without him. I've
tried It, you know. Broke It off three
times, but always was glad to make It
up with him again. Felt sort of lost
without him. d'ye pee? I don't know
lr mat is being m love, but anyway.
It's good enough for me. By the by.
here he comes, and Geoff with him.
HI! Jim, here we are."
Jim comes gladly to her call, Geoffrey
Lansdale with him,
"Where Is Aunt Bessie?" asks Lilian,
addressing Geoffrey. Her tone strikes
him as being different, a little nervous,
a little softer.
"I passed through the reading-room
Just now; she was writing."
"Indian letters!" pays Miss Linton.
"All self-respecting chaperons do that.
It sounds Important: and keeps them
out of harm's way. When I'm a chape
ron I'm going to add on Australia and
the South Sea Islands. I shall take the
cake, as a protector of "the young. But
what a night! Clearer than day. I
should like to go boating tonight."
"Will you come?" pays Lansdale.
turning suddenly, eagerly to Lilian.
"uo; it looks perfect out there."
. She is not sure ever afterwards If
he made him an answer, but at all
events sne follows mm down the slip
sou inio a ooai.
"We mustn't go far." said she, still
with that new timidity full upon her.
"Perhaps to that Island over there, and
hAPk '
Lansdale nods his head. It Is he who
has grown silent now; and no word Is
ppoken by either of them as they glide
out and away from the lights of the
noiei imo me paier, clearer, more mys
tical 111; 111 of tm m,un
rOUnd thtm I Imlwul full f mMaU,,-
ine mystery or nlglit, and a beauty In.
L. Ill 1 ja i AIM! 1 in IIIVl.lll I: anir.i, II
who, that ever has entered your silent
Kiiiguom, nas lert you heart whole?
"What are you thinking of?" asks
Lilian, sortly. His continued - silence
In her present new mood has become
unbearable. He starts slightly.
Thinking of? what I should like to
give Lefty as a wedding present."
"I thought you were going to elve
her yourself," says Lilian. She hardly
mums wnai prompted the words, but
with them comes a hot flush to her
brow, and, forgetful that kindly night
hides such Bhlngs wfthln her bosom, hhe
iurns asioe, and lennlng on the boat
lets her white fingers trail idly through
the water.
"To marry her, you mean? Oh, no;
She WOUld horn mn cj 1,. ni
and then, as if suddenly repentant,
Nc-t but that she Is one of the bmt
girls In tllie world, and honest as the
"I SUnttoan mnnt n...l AMA i . ..
little resentfully.
"Yoll urn n,t Tf t.. ..... , .
.. Ti . . "ul un nonesi or
straightforward thing to condemn a
...o.i uii iram, ami io make up one's
mind beforehand, without the smallest
reason, to detest him."
I uon t detest you." says she, faintly
It comes In ihi, .1,1 i... '
... -.... .... niv niiii, VI n,
you confessed you loft home to avolJ
me.
Ycfl. Hut thprrt IVIirn AnnnHn
You know them." -Suddenly she turni
to h rn. "Heoffrovf i, . !
,, , , , " n.t'j never
called him "CeofTrey" before "I hope
,w .hi malice your mind about
mamma's Itivlt.-iMnn i i.,.. .. .. ,,,
come and see-her. It can't make any
difference now, and "
wot to you, perhaps. But to me it
would.
"TO VOII" Sha h.. 1 ..
dripping fingers out of the water now
and is looking at him with a strange
expression.
"I almost RtvnrA T'rl ,.n
says he. "Rut somehow now I should
like you to know that I love you."
"Yes. of ronrtta Tt Io tv. , . .i
that always happens." says he. In a
mocklnsr tona tlmr id r,.n
There Is no earthly reason whv I
should love you Is there? Hut you 'are
the onlv elrl I over ivn,..i t,.
all the same. Of course, you, who have
nfer ueen in love, cannot understand
wnai i leei; oui
"You are wrong," Interrupts she, in
a choked little voice; "I too am in
love."
for a moment there Is dead silence.
"You, you!" stammers he. "All this
time, then," with terrible reproach
"you were thinking of someone else."
"Oh, no," In a vague whisper.
"You should have told me." eavs he,
sternly, not hearing that soft wliisper.
"How could I? Oh! you Were the
very last that I could tell. -How could 1
have told you?"
She burst Into tears.
"What Is It?" demands he. eager! v.
tenderly, utterly disarmed by her tears.
"Why are you crying? Don't you care
ur mi oiner ieiiow, men :
"Oh, I do. It Isn't that!"
"You love him?"
"Yes," with a fresh sob.
"Then why are you so unhappy? If
you love him, he must be the luckiest
fellow alive, and I only wish to heaven
I was In his shoes. Lilian, confide In
me. Tell me what Is troubling you."
"I can't. I can't. Indeed."
"But why?"
"Because " she covers her face
wun ner nanus. "He s you!"
I
It Is as good an old boat as you oould
find. Any other old boat, might have,
heeled over "on the spot, after Geof
frey's mad spring forward, but this one
stands firm.
"You mean it, Lily?" ' '. . ' .: ..
"I do; I do, indeed. T was never,
never happy, until now."
"Then what did you mean by your
disgraceful behavior all these past
days?"
"I don't know." rubbing her cheek
softly against his. "Only there was
that money, you know, and "
"Oh! you cruel, wicked, darling girl,
as If that was of any consequence. But
you do love me, my sweetheart?"
"You know It."
"I don't, indeed: you have never
given me one yet!"
It Is wonderful how clever a girl gets
when once she Is In love. This re
markable speech, that has apparently
no meaning in it. grows plain to her at
once.
he gives him "one" on the spot.
'And you will come home with me
tomorrow, Geoffrey?"
"Do you think i could etay away
from you?"
"Hi. there, spoons! The Indian bud
get Is signed and sealed, and there will
be wigs on the green presently.' '
"That's Letty." says Llllnn, start
ing. Oh, It must be late. Let US go
home at once."
"I suppose we must," says he. reluot
nntly taking up the oars again.
"Geoff," says Lilian, with a touch of
the old mischief In her smll", "I feet
somewhat of a traitor toward the
foundlings don't you?"
"Never mind, we'll send them a big
cheque," rays l.anst'.ale, laughing.
The End.
AFTER DINNER
when you have eat
en heartily, you
Should t.ll-e ntin
only of Doctor
i'lCrCC'B Plena.
ant Pc
Your
stomal h
and liv
er need
tiie gen
tle stim
ulating, p
os lnvigoi
effect of
tinv.stnr.ir
ed granules
it you
flmti'i:.
languid,
prcsi'iljlv
or debilitated
if vnn'w .... n
Petite and fl-cotient tionrlantma ft 3,-.ao
- ,MJ 111" .
a furred or riui,,i .-. .i.Zl
.7- ' ""uv i. Mi, -mat
you re bilious. In that case you should
use the "Pellets." They are anti bilious
granules, wbieii n- ;., .
. t . ,i. a uiuiuiji uiiu riuiurut
way, without griping.
BEST PIUS FOR THE UVER.
Rot.tRT MANSftW. Of
West A'rc, Rocktvyham
Co.. .?. H.. writes:
"Three yean .ngo I
commenced taking I!r.
Pierce's Colik-ii Sledi
cal Iiiscovcrv; I
weighed J40 poinds.
and now 1 weigh 175
pounds. o you mjc Iiomt
neu 111 neaun
lit. Itotlor
.diets are the
1 ever took
.'ff- ah .
mends say tlit-y do
them the mot good."
M r. Sam r f i. Da 1: r.R . Sn .
Of AO. Ittl .Cmun'if ..1
one, Huliit'ibutgli. A. ...
nines: i nere is 110th-
linr that can compare I
with nr. Pierce's plea.
nnt Pelleis. as j.iver Pills.
1 liey have done more
trtmii lleiti nn., ,,11... 1
Iciue 1 have ever taken."
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mm. ' feMCln
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