TIIE SCRANTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY MOKNTNG, FEBRUARY G, 1897.
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II ATROCITIES OF THE lit IN CUBA.
i Hospital Patients llutclicrcil Gillian Women Subjected to
i Unspeakable Outrages by Spanish Olllccrs.
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Crittenden Marriott, who hnN just
returned to Havana from a trip to
1'lnar del Mo and alone the western
trorhn, sends to the ChletiBO Keeord
to folowiim letter desciibiiifr with sln
KUlnr clearness the condition of the
disputed territory West of Havana,
where the Spaniards are nominally In
control, and the savajie warfare that
Koes on there ceaselessly. It Is dated
Havana, January 30, and is as follows:
The troeha lies about llftcen or
twenty miles west of Havana, across
the narrowest part of the Island, and
cuts off J'lnnr del Rio from the other
provinces. It Is reached by rail at
either Artemisa of Guanajay, a two
hours' run from Havana. A permit Is
necessary to cross the line and bo to
the capital of the province, and this
was refused me. However, I was given
permission to ko to the line and ulong
It for same distance.
The train loaves Havana at the un
holy hour of G.KO In the morning and
icets to Artemisa about S o'clock. The
Hlshts alons the line are really pitiful.
Everywhere are burned houses and
fields. At every stopping place are
hundreds of poor peasants, forced to
i'ilne into the towns by Weyler's or
dis, and living there In squalor and
grinding poverty. Everywhere, too,
are soldiers and forts. The train must
have passed within sight of 5,000 of the
former dnrlns Its two hours run.
Artomisaf Is nearly in the center o
the trucliu, which ends abruptly at one
side of the town and recommences at
tlie other. This lenves a large gap In
It. which, however, is defended by
about 5,000 troops.
It was probably for this reason that
jUaceo attacked it some time ago. In
spite of Its lanre garrison, rather than
try to force the passage of the troeha.
The attack was an utter failure. The
dynamite gun, which always llgures
In battle In linur del Mo, even though
It is laid up for repairs, could not be got
near enough to do effective work. There
are a good many burned and bullet
pterced houses, however, to show that
the light was hot while It lasted.
HOW TROCIIA IS CONSTRUCTED.
The troeha itself, In its strongest
part, that north of Artemisa, consists
of an excellent road, a stone fence, a
ditch and two lines of barbed-wire
fencing. Every 500 yards along It Is a
little fort with a hundred soldiers or
co. Stiong cavalry patrols are con
stantly passing between the forts.
This is the part of the troeha that the
war correspondents generally see, and
describe, nnd It Is certainly admirably
constructed for Its purpose. The
barbed wires will stop the insurgent
cavalry, and the cacti, with which the
ground In front of It is planted, will
soon disable the barefooted Cuban In
fantry. There are strong forts in ad
vance of the line, where large bodies of
soldiers are stationed, from which re-
enforcements can be hurriedly sunt to
any point threatened.
Further south, however, the troeha
Is weak, and the Insurgents can easily
slip across It by night. General Ber
mudez, an insurgent leader, has just
crossed It In this region, and Is now
raiding in Havana province. JInceo
crossed It to the north a few days be
fore his death.
In the south it leads through the
Majana swamps for about six miles,
where a very elaborate but ineffective
construction has been carried out. An
old drainage ditch, some fifteen feet
wide, has been cleaned out, and a log
wall has been built all along Its eastern
side. Strong forts are built at close
Intervals, and sentries come and go
constantly. Nevertheless, the Insurg
ents, by creeping in the water, nnd
watching their chance, eusliy cross It
by night in this part.
Indirectly, the troeha Is of great aid
to the insurgents, as It reaulres the
constant nttentlon of 15,000 Spanish
soldiers, about one-third of whom are
stationed in the swamps, where the
mortality Is tremendous. This swamp
alone accounts for 3,000 to 4,000 men
a month who are disabled by danger
. ous fevers.
ATTACKS ON RAILWAY TRAINS.
North of Artemisa the railroad con
tinues some seventy miles to the city
of Pinar del Rio, In the center ot the
province of that name. The railroad is
very carefully defended by numerous
forts and patrols, yet scarcely a week
passes without a train being attacked
and injured by the insurgents. Every
train has an ironclad coach, so-called.
It is an ordinary freight car lined with
boiler Iron and loopholed for rllle lire.
At the first sound of danger the sul
dlurs on the train all run aboard this
car, and from It return the lire of the
insurgents, who respond briskly. The
engine, which has never gone fast, feel
ing its way tlnough unknown dangers,
now slows down until It scarcely moves.
After awhile, however, it passes the
rebel position, and goes on its way more
Bwlftly.
Sometimes the Insurgents lay a mine
on the track and lire It by electricity
when the train is over it. They usually
try to pick out the Iron-clad coach, and,
it is said, have succeeded in blowing It
up seven times since the war began.
Hence, this coach, in spite or the feel
ing of security inspired by its iron
walls. Is really the most dangerous part
of the train.
This railroad line marks the extent
of Spain's dominion here. Spain holds
the troeha and a certain amount of ter
ritory around Pinar del Mo city and
Vinales, but between the two lies a land
which no Spanish company dare ven
ture except along the railroad line.
Everywhere else are hills and hills and
hills, with hundreds of places built by
nature expressly for hiding places, am
buscades mid surprises.
ATROCITIES BY BOTH SIDES.
"West of Pinar del Mo and Vinales no
Spanish soldiers have been. North and
south of the railroad the Spanish raid
constantly, In Btrong force, but have
no garrisons.
The war eroes on with the greatest
cruelty and brutality. Both sides are
destroying all property, the rebels be
cause every product of value must pay
a duty to Spain, and the Spaniards be
cause what they have will nourish and
support the rebels. Probably both
sides are justified In somo of the acta.
"War Is hell," as Geneial Sherman once
said, and there Is a stronc effort here
on both sides to make the flames and
the brimstone a hot as possible. But
even so, somo things too horrible to tell,
much less to be done.are actually every
day occurrences. Tuke the following
paragraph from the official report of op
erations in Pinar del Mo, published in
the papers here today. The author,
after telling how a valiant brigade cap
tured the vlllago of Oulra, In that prov
ince, without nny serious fighting pro
ceeds: "Also there were captured eigh
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ty families llvlnir In the woods and
in this rebel illage, and there were de
stroyed 100 houses and huts and two
field hospitals." And again: "There
resulted from this battle the deaths of
thirty-eight rebels (no wounded) and
the capture of quantities of arms," etc.
Then the report naively concludes:
"When nothlnc more remained to be
done at Gulra the column moved awny."
Thlb Is not the fevered dream of a
war correspondent, not the talk ot a
Cuban partisan, but an ottlelal public
report of the murder of Innocent people.
Every one in the hospitals was mur
dered In cold blood.
The report of this column, sent from
Vinales, ton miles from Pinar del Mo,
whence runs a dally train to Havana,
took six days to reach the latter point,
And yet General Weyler says that the
province Is pacified, and of course he
knows. It In certainly quieter than It
was a few months auo, the war center
being transferred nownduys to the cen
ter of the Island In Santa Clara prov
ince. OUTRAGES AGAINST CUBAN -WOMEN.
There are yet some things done hero
that seem Impossible, even in Cuba.
For instance, one entirely trustworthy
American-horn citizen who visited
General Melgulzo, the guerrilla leader
in Pinar del Rio, states that that oill
cer told him that it was quite true that
he killed the sick ami wounded In the
hospitals. "General Weyler's orders
are to do so," said he, "and I must obey,
but," he continued, "I have not a bad
heart. I spare all I can. Come with
me and I will show you." He took the
gentleman across the way and showed
him a room where some thirty young
women, ranging from 15 to 25 years of
age, were confined. "These," he said,
"are of rebel families. I found them
In the hills, where they would have
starved, and brought them here. Some
of them are very obstinate, though.
These two, for Instance, tried to starve
themselves. They ate nothing for three
days, and I had to open their mouths
by force and make them eat soup. But
they came around after a while."
"Came around to what?" do you ask?"
The American, whom I believe to be In
all respects a man of truth, says thai
on that night he saw General Jlel
gulzo's ofllcers of high rank go Into this
hut one by one and, spend the night
there. Oh, yes, the girls came around
after a while. What do you think of
this, Christian father, resident of a
country that fought out a bitter civil
war for four long years, and never once
had a wonvau complain of outrage
through It all?
Even where actual outrage Is Impos
sible, as in Havana Itself, the treat
ment of the Cuban Vtives,niother and
daughters Is horrible in the extreme.
General Weyler here Imprisons ladles
of high birth and standing, whoso only
crime Is that they are relatives of the
insurgents, in filthy 'prisons with the
scum of the streets.
Virtuous women and prostitutes are
confined in the same cells, with the ev
ident Intention of humiliating and in
sulting the former.
The truth is that America does not
know the situation here. The Cuban
junta in New York has lied so steadily
and persistently about the Island and
a series of Industrious newspaper
fakirs and sensational New York pa
pers have spread broadcast such false
hoods that no one believes the truth
when it is told. But if one tithe of the
things asserted here by credible wit
nesses is true, the Spanish leaders
ought to be blotted from the earth.
SPANIARDS AND "PACIFICOS."
At the same time there is something
to be said on the Spanish side. There
are no real "paclflcos" In Cuba. Ev
erybody outside of the cities, and not
of Spanish birth, Is a partisan of the
Insurgents, and acts as a spy for them.
Host of the country is covered with
low hills lomas they are called. These
hills are covered with brush, and on
It the Insurgents hide and watch their
chance to cut off straggling parties of
Spaniards. By night they descend and
sleep in the peasants' huts to avoid the
bitter cold,
Let us consider their case from a
Spanish point of view. A captain with
a hundred men is ordered to go out
some day and clear a certain district
of annoying parties of rebels. He sots
out, and after awhile he comes to the
hut of a paclflco, and asks where the
rebels are, The pacific does not know
and the column passes on. As soon
as they are gone, the paclflco gets out
his clothes line and hangs out his
clothes one piece for each twenty-five
men In the column. The direction of
the line shows the way It has gone.
The rebels, perched on the hills, sees
this signal, although the column may
have been hidden from them. They
form an ambush In a favorable place,
and pour In a volley, killing or wound
ing several soldiers. The latter return
the lire and charge Into the brush, but
by the time they have reached the
rebel position the rebels are gone, scat
tering like a covey of partridges
through the brush. If the soldiers kill
one of them It Is an off chance. This
thing Is repeated two or three times
difrlng the day. After each firing the
captain asks If any one saw one of the
enemy fall, or got a good shot at one
of them. Of course, several soldiers
are sure of their aim. So the captain
goes back with his troops, taking a
dozen dead or wounded and reports In
the usual formula that ho "fought sev
eral groups of rebels," killing so many
ten or dozen, according to his mod
estyand the matter ends there. But
somo day, suspicion lights on Mr. Pa
clflco, and the soldiers cut him down
numerously. Then the rebel press bu
reau In New York sends out a dispatch
about Innocent people being murdered
by the Spanish.
WEYLER'S METHOD OF RETALIA
TION. There are no paclflcos In Cuba. Out
side the cities nil Cubans are rebel
sympathizers. It Is not possible to run
down the rebels In that broken sort of
country, while there are numberless
spies to carry information of every
movement of the troops, and hundreds
of houses In which they can Bleep In
safety by night, sheltered from the cold,
Therefore, Weyler ordered the alleged
paclflcos to come Into the towns to live,
burned their houses and destroyed their
growing crops. This largely Increased
the rebel army, of course, but Its only
real effect was to change secret ene
mies Into open onemles, and to destroy
their supplies and shelter. This la what
war 13,
The outrages are not all duo to Span
ish troops, however. Much of the pil
laging and burning Is done by the reb
els. I have seen a proclamation Issued
by the rebel governor of Havana prov-
ince forbidding, on pain of death, the
gathering, carrying away or selling of
any tobacco grown In the province.
The Idea Is to deprive Spain of the
duty Bho levies on tobacco and bo crip
ple her resources. Similar oiders nro
Issued In regard to sugar, and they arc
enforced, too, In the east the sugar
mills have nearly all been destroyed
by the 'rebels, and the rest will soon
follow.
OCCUPATIONS or AMKKICANS.
Interesting Dntii Furnished by thu
Eleventh Census Bulletin.
Much Interesting dntn about the oc
cupations of the American people Is
given In a delayed bulletin of tho elev
enth census. It shows that the total
number of people engaged In occupa
tions of all kinds In 1SU0 was 22,733,661.
This Is an Increase of over 5,000,000
working people In a decade. This
whole number of working people con
sists of those ten years old or over and
makes up over 36 per cent, of the en
tire population and almost 17 per cent,
of all persons 10 years old and over.
Of tho whole number of working peo
ple the females form 17.22 per cent.
Divided by classes the working people
of the country are as follows: Agricul
ture, fisheries and mining, 9,013,338; pro
fessional, 911,333; domestic and person
al service, !, 300,57"; trade and trans
portation, 3,320,122; manufacturing and
mechanical Industries, 5,091,293. The
domestic and personal service Includes
hotelkoepers, soldiers, sailors and ma
rines, laborers, barbers, detectives, etc.
Tho first named class Is a ten years'
gain of over a million, or of almost
3,000,000 for a score of years.
Considerably more than four-fifths of
the Illiterate main population of tho
country and over one-fourth of tho Il
literate female population are working.
Over 59 per cent, of the wotklngmen
are married, over 37 per cent, single,
over 3 per cent, widowed and one
fourth of one per cent, divorced. Of
all foreign whites at work hero 14 per
cent, of the males and 13 per cent, of
the females cannot speak English.
There Is an element of S,. per cent, of
the nun employed in domestic and per
sonal service, who cannot speak Eng
lish, and almost 5 per cent. In the manu
facturing1 and mechanical Industries.
Manufacturing nnd mechanics embrace
the largest number of females who
cannot speak English over 4 per cent.
with domestic service a close second.
In Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Connecticut the males engaged In man
ufacturing and mechanical Industries
In 1S90 constituted very nearly one-half
of all men in gainful occupations. In
twenty-four states and territories, in
cluding all In the North Central and
South Atlantic divisions, the males en
gaged In agriculture, fisheries and min
ing constituted more than one-half of
all the working males.
Of the females at work by far the
greater proportion were found In do
mestic and personal service In a large
mnjoiity of the states and territories.
In manufacturing and mechanics tho
carpenters and joiners, numbering 611,
1S2, make up the greatest element, with
dressmakers nnd milliners following
with 199,690. There are a little over
one million bookkeepers, clerks and
salesmen; 690,658 merchants and deal
ers; ,r,,2Sl,667 farmers, planters and over
seers, and 3,001,061 agricultural laborers:
319.592 miners, and only a little over
60,000 fishermen and oystermen.
Professors and teachers, aggregating
347,314, form the most numeious of the
professional classes. Physicians and
surgeons, 101, S05, come next: then law
yers, S9.630; clergymen, SS.203; govern
ment ofllqlals, 79,664; musicians, etc.,
62,155; engineers and surveyors, 43,239;
artists and art teachers, 22,496; journal
ists, 21,849, and actors, 9.72S.
FOOTWEAR NEVERS.
Never wear a shoe that will not al
low the great toe to lie In a straight
line.
Never wear a shoe with a sole nar
rower than the outline of the foot
traced with a pencil close under the
rounding edge.
Never wear a shoe that pinches tho
heel.
Never wear a shoe or boot so large
In the heel that the foot is not kept
In place.
Never wear a shoe or boot tight any
where. Never wear a shoe or boot that has
depressions In any part of tho sole to
drop any joint or bearing below the
level plane.
Never wear a shoe with a sole turn
ing up very much at the toes, ns this
causes the cords on the upper part of
the foot to contract.
Never wear a shoe that presses up
Into the hollow of the foot.
Never come from hlcn heels to low
heels at one jump.
Never wear leather solo linings to
stand upon; white cotton drilling or
linen is much better und more health
ful. Never wear a short stocking, or ono
which after being washed Is not at
least one-half inch longer than the
foot. Bear In mind that stockings
shrink. Be sure that they will allow
your toes to spread out at tho ex
treme ends, as this keeps the Joints In
place and makes a strong and at
tractive foot. As to shape of stock
ings the single digital or "one-toe
stocking" is the best,
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NOT HIS FAULT.
"Pardon me madam, but Is ono of tho porsons a man ?"
"They aro both women." ,
"Oh, venusl another arrow wastedl" Life,
Copyright, 1S97. by Mitchell & Milter.
VAST NATURAL
WEALTH OF CUBA
Resources Thai Can Endure Unlimited
Oppression.
IS NOT A "HOWLINO WILDERNESS"
Ilcr Contributions to thu Government
oT Ilcr Spendthrift Mother Country
llnvo I, oft Her Hidden Kiehcs Uu-touchcd--lIcr
Wide Virgin Soil
mid llcr Minerals.
From the New York Sun.
Most recent discussions of affairs In
Cuba have been about tho progress of
the war that the Cuban patriots have
been waging for their Independence.
It has been nsserted frequently by al
most every public speaker that the wnr
has made the Island "a howling wild
erness," and that should Spain win
she would have gained nothing but
the continued right to rule nnd tnx a
people ulready ground down to the
point of starvation, by unjust taxation,
and because of these statements the
questions most frequently asked have
been: "Why should Spain want to hold
Cuba? Why should she, In her bank
rupt state, spend almost $100,000,000 in
n single yenr to subdue a people who
hate her rule, who never have sub
mitted willingly to It, who never can he
made to do so?"
In the Interest the heroic struggle of
the patriots for freedom has aroused,
sight lias been lost of the wonderful
natural resouice of the Island Itself,
of tho wonderful fertility of Its soil,
of the millions of hidden wealth that
taxation, almost to the point of con
fiscation, has made It unprofitable to
secure from Its hiding place. Tho
Spaniards know these thlnss, and In
them they see the possibility of further
plunder almost endless and almost lim
itless. Ralmundo Cabrera, in his book,
"Cuba and the Cubans," says:
"Oh, we are truly rich!
"From 1S21 to 1820 Cuba, with her
own resources, covered the expendi
tures of the treasury. Our opulence
dates from that period. We hud al
ready sufllclent negro slaves to cut
down our virgin forests and ample au
thority to force them to work.
"By means of uur vices and our lux
ury, and in spite of the hatred of ev
erything Spanish which Moreno at
tributed to us, we sent in 1827 the first
little million (if hard cash to the treas
ury of the nation. From that time un
til 1 SCI we continued to send yearly
to the mother country two and a half
millions of the same stuff. According
to several Spanish statisticians these
sums amounted In ISO! to $89,107,2S9.
We were very rich, don't you see;
tremendously rich. We contributed
more than $5,000,000 toward the re
quirements ot the peninsular war
$5,372,205. We paid In great part the
cost of the war In Africa. The In
dividual donations alone amounted to
fabulous sums.
"But, of course, we never voted for
our own Imposts; they have been
forced upon us because we are so rich.
In 1S62 we had In a state of produc
tion the following estates: Two thou
sand seven hundred and twelve stock
farms, 1,521 sugar plantations, 7S2 cof
fee plantations, 6,175 cattle ranches, 18
cocoa plantations, 35 cotton planta
tions, 22.74S produce farms, 11.73S truck
farms, 11,541 tobacco plantations, 1,731
apiaries, 153 country resorts, 243 distil
leries, 46S tile works, 604 lime kilns, 63
charcoal furnaces, 54 casava bread fac
tories, and 61 tanneries. Today 1 do
not know what we possess, because
there are no statistics, and because the
recently organized assessment Is a
hodge-podge and a new burden; but
we. have more than at that time; surely
we must have a great deal more.
CONVICT SETTLEMENT.
"For a long time wo have borne the
expense of tho convict settlement at
Fernando Po. We paid for the ill-starred
Mexican expedition, the costs of the
wars in San Domingo and with the re
publics of the Pacific. How can wo pos
sibly be poor? While England. France,
and Holland pay large sums for the re
quirements of their colonies, Spain does
not contribute a single cent for hers.
We do not need it. Wo are wading deep
in livers of gold. If the fertility of our
soil did not come to our rescue, we must
perforce have become enriched by the
system of protection to the commerce
of tho mother .country. The four col
umns of the tariff are Indeed of sublime
Invention. Our agricultural Industries
require foreign machlnoiy, tools, and
utensils which Spain does not supply,
but as she knows that we have gold to
spare, she may make us pay for them
very high, and since our sugar Is to be
sold In the United States, never mind
what they cost. When there are earth
quakes in Andnlusla and inundations in
Murcia, hatred does not prevent our
sending to our nflllcted brethren large
sums. We are opulent? Let us see If
we are. From the earliest times down
to the present the officials who come
to Cuba amass In the briefest space of
time fortunes to be dissipated In Mad
rid, and which appear never to disturb
their consciences. This country Is very
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rich, Incalculably rich. In 1S30 we con
tributed $0,120,931, In 1SI0, $9,605,877; In
1SP0, $10,074,077; In 1S60, $29,610,779. Dur
ing the War we did not merely contri
bute, we bled. Wo had to carry the
budget of $32,000,000.
"Wo count 1,500,000 Inhabitants; that
Is to say, one million and a half of vic
ious, voluptuous, pompous spendthrifts,
full of hatred and low passion, who
contribute to the public ehnrgea and
nover receive a cent In exchange; who
have given as much as $92 per capita,
and who at the present moment pay to
the state what no other taxpayers the
world over have ever contt United. Docs
tiny ono say we are not prodlgously, eii
vlably rich?"
This bit of Irony from the pen ot a
Cuban, while Intending to show the pov
erty that Spain has forced on Cuba,
gives a deal of truth that goes to show
the wonderful resources of the Island
and Its people. They have been mulct
ed, as tho writer says, and In spite of It
they are still able to carry on a war
like the present one, that In Its Infancy
has cost Spain more than $5 to every
acre on the Island. It can be valued In
acres if the present destruction keeps
up, for there may be nothing loft but
the land to fight for.
A Sun reporter talked a day or so ago
w Ith a celebrated man, a resident of
this city, who has large Interests In
Cuba and has travelled In all parts of
the Island, who knows its people and
knows more about the possibility of
their development under a proper go -Miiment
than does any other man in
this city.
RESOURCES UNKNOWN.
"The people of this country," he said
"have no idea at a'l of the natural re
sources of the beautiful Island. As It
stands today It Is worth $500,000,000, not
counting Its value ns a naval station,
which In itself Is almost Incalculable
for it commands tho Gulf of Mexico.
The nation that controls Cuba controls
the mouth of the Mississippi river.
There Is no denying that fact. But 1
don't care to speak of that feature. It
Is of the wealth or the island and Its
recuperative powers after such wars as
have been waged there that you want
to hear. The Island contains about the
same number of square miles as tho
State of Virginia. Theie arc about 28,
000,000 acres, and not five per cent, of
the available land has ever been culti
vated. Think of It. They have been
grow lug nnd cutting sugar cane there
for 300 years, liy available land I mean
land with a richness of soil exceeded no
where in the world and equalled In but
few lunds, a soil in which almost any
thing will grow.
"Of the 2S,000,000 acres. In round num
bers, 17,000,000 are today virgin forests
untouched by man. They are forests,
too, of great richness. Th'ere are thous
ands upon thousands of acres of the
finest woods that grow. Mahogany
grown theie has been sold in New York
city as. high as $850 a thousand feet.
There nre forty kinds of the very hard
and cabinet wood. The forests alone
are worth a mint of money. But it is
not here thnt her great wealth Is. It Is
In her mines and In the fertility of her
soil. Her mines are In no hlsher state
of development than her soil. The chief
reason for that is the tremendous tax
that I he government of Spain has put
upon mining. Of every mineral taken
out of the earth Spain has claimed 50
per cent, lis her own. This practically
prohibited mining, for the company that
undertook It had to pr" for the land
and pay for nil the lauor, besides the
expense of marketing tho ore, out of the
50 per cent, that the government would
lot It take. Just recently, however,
there have been concessions made to
American companies, and Iron ore Is be
ing mined, the government talcing only
live per cent. There are mountains of
iron ore there. The supply ot It Is In
exhaustible and the richness of It Is
unequalled. It Is of the quality that Is
used in the manufacture of Bessemer
steel. The recently discovered deposits
equal or exceed those on Lake. Superior,
and aro of equal quality.
"The geology and mineralogy of the
Island are yet but Imperfectly known
however. The government has never
paid any. attention to sucn matters. Be
sides the vust lion deposits theie are
known to be great deposits of copper.
Before the last war there were two
great copper mines operated pn fltably
even though the government took half
of all the product as Its share and paid
nothing for it. During that war thes
mines were flooded and they have never
been pumped out. There are gold and
silver, but In what quantities I could
not say. On many of my trips through
the island I have been invited by Cu
bans to go with them and they would
show me v here there was gold. They
have brought samples oi both ores to
me, but homethlng has always happened
that has prevented my accepting the in
vitations. MANGANESE ORE.
"In tho province of Santiago there
are trreat deposits of manganese ore.
The little investigation that has been
made warrants the belief that there are
millions of tons of it, and the ore Is
rich and of superior quality. There
aro great quantities of salt, too, but
that Is a government monopoly. Of
agriculture, as I said, the soil will pro
duce almost anything that Is planted
except wheat. Wheat has not been
successfully grown so far. Sugar cane
and tobacco are the two great staples
that grow there as they grow nowhere
else on earth. You can plant sugar
cane there and cut It for thirty or forty
or fifty" successive seasons without rt
planting.and I have never heard of that
anywhere else In the world. 1 have
sugar growing there, and the oldest
Inhabitants in the neighborhood of the
plantation cannot remember by whom
it was planted. I have myself cut
crops from It more than thirty years.
It costs about $30 an acre In Cuba to
plant sugar. That is, the first year's
expense from the time of planting to
the time of cutting Is $30, nnd tho aver
ago yield will be almost $70 an acre.
There are fields that will yield two and
three times that much. That Is the
average for the whole Island. And af
ter the first year the cost Is but $10 an
acre, and It may be a shade under that.
In Louisiana and in other sugar-growing
regions no crop Is looked for the
first year. In Cuba you plant nnd cut
In one year. The soil everywhere Is pe
culiarly adapted to sugar. It Is also
peculiarly adapted to tobacco. So with
coffee. I have drunk coffee In Cuba
equal to the finest In the world.
"There Is no gainsaying the richness
and fertility of the soil of the wonderful
Island. Everywhere, from end to end
and from side to side, It Is rich In every
thing. Talk about the cattle of a thou
sand 'hills, there are a thousand cattle
to a hill In Cuba. These are the ideal
pasture lauds of the world. We in the
states talk of the climate of tho Island
and fear the fevers and the diseases.
Why, the climate Is Ideal. In tho hot
test summer tho temperature Is never
bo high as It Is In New York and there
is no severe winter. There are two sea
sons, the rainy and the dry. There are
no extremes In temperature at all. As
for the healthfulness of the Islnnd,
those fevers and those diseases that wo
fear have not penetrated the Island at
all, You seldom hear of yellow fever
Inland, and, when you do, It is not so
bad a disease as typhoid Is here. It Is
and wholesome. No flard in it.
Genuine Cottolcno Is sold ovorywhoro with trndo marks "Oottolenc" and
Ltcer's head in cotton-plant wreath on every tln.
A Immlsoniely Illustrated Kltchm CUlcntlitr of unique desln, for 1597, contnlnlnit Thre.
Hundred nnd Mlxtv-ilve Selected ltccliws by tlio licit known teachers ol und writers on
cookery. Will lie sent on receipt orttdi advertisement aud six cents In stamps.
THE! N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago, ill.
certainly not so frequent, It Is In the
coast towns like Havana that fever Is
a scourge. U ubounds there because
ot the filth that proper sanitary meas
ures would prevent.
"Cuba Is prodigally rich in every
thing. She Is rich In flowers, In fruits,
In birds, In woods. She Is rich In mines.
She Is rich In agriculture, and In her
riches lie In her power of recuperation,
her power to wugo war ugalnsl her un
natural mother, even though she Is
made a biyrren wilderness. It Is this
natural richness that will enable her to
recover quickly and become a power
when once she succeeds In shaking oft
the shackles with which Spain has
bound her."
II
NOW4&OS&.
THIS IS NO JOKE.
a:fKtfflsx.Ok"J'
MANSFIELD STATE NORHAL SCHOOL.
intellectual and practical training ror
teachers. Time courses of study besides
preparatory. Special attention given to
preparation for college. Students ad
mitted to best colleges on certificate.
Thirty graduates pursuing further studies
last year. Great advantages for special
studies In art and music. Model school of
three hundred pupils. Corps of sixteen
teachers. Beautiful grounds. Magnificent
buildings. Largo grounds for athlotlcs.
Elevator and Infirmary with attendnnt
nurse. Fine gymnasium, Everything
furnished at an average cot to normal
students of $143 a year. Fall term, Aug.
28. Winter term, Dec. 2. Spring torm,
Mnrch 10. Students ndmltted to classes at
nny tlm For catalogue, containing full
Information, apply to
S. II. ALMtO, Principal.
Mansfield Ia
ASKPOKTTIEBSBKLETON
ItM
ANPl5AESQIUTOy5AFE
FOR SALE BY THE
SCRANTON STATION.
RAILROAD TIME-TABLES
Schedule In Effect Noember 15, 1S95
Trains Leave Wilkes-Barro as F0II0W3
7.30 a. in., week days, for Sunbury,
HarrisburR, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Washington, and for Pitts
burp; and the West.
10.15 a. m., week days, for Hasloton,
Pottsville, Roading, Norristown,
and Philadelphia; and for Sun
bury, Harrisburfj, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Pitts,
burp; and the West.
3.15 p. m., week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburp;, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Washington and Pittsburp;
and tho West.
3.15 p. m., Sundays only, for Sun
bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
nnd Pittsburg and tho West.
G.00 p. m,, week days, for Hazleton
and Pottsville.
J. R. WOOD, (len'l Pass. Ayent.
S. M. PRUVOST, Oencral Manager.
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD SYS-
TEJl.
Anthracite Coal Used Exclusively Insur
ing Cleanliness and Comfort.
IN EFFECT NOV. 15, 1S9B.
TRAINS LEAVE SCRANTON.
For Philadelphia and Now Y'ork via D.
t- H. R. R. at C43. 7.43 a. m., 12.03, 1.20, 3.2J
(Black Diamond Express) and 11.30 p. m.
For Plttston and Wllkes-Uarro via. D.
L. .t W. K. R.. C00, S.0S, 11,20 a. in., 1.55
3.10, COO and 8.47 p. m.
For White Uuvcn, Hazleton, Pottsville,
nnd principal points in the coal regions
via D. & H. R. R.. C45 a. m 12.05 and 4.41
p. m.
For Bethlohom, Easton, Reading, Har
risburg and principal Intermediate sta
tions via D. & II. R. R., C.43, 7.45 a. m.,
WeUftftftjVjjas
fly El '
GIVES THL
BESTIifiHTVvORIP
Use
It is sweet, pure
12.0.,, 1.20, 3.33 (Black Diamond Express),
4.41 and 11.30 p. m.
For Ttinkhnnnock, Towntula, Elmlrn,
Itlincn, Geneva nnd principal Inturmodluto
stations via D., L. i W. It. It., COO, 8.08.
0.65. n. in., 12.20 and 3.40 p. m.
1' or Oenevn, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara
I; nils, Chicago nnd nil points west via D.
II. It. n 7.43 a. m., 12.03, 3.33 (IHnck Dla
'"?.'., I:xlrc.ss), 9.50 anil 11.30 p. m.
Pullman parlor nnd sleeping or Lehigh
nl ey chair cars on all trains between
ilkos-Hnrro nnd New York, Philadel
phia, liufTiilo and Suspension Bridge.
HOLUN H. WILBUR, den. Supt.
CITAS. S. LliE, Gen. Puss. Agt., Phlla.,
la.
A. W. NONNEMACHEU, Asst. Gen
Pass. Agt.. South Bethlehem, Pa.
hcrnnton Ofllce, 309 Lackawanna avenue.
Del.
Lnclca. and Wustcrn,
Effect Monday, October 19, 1SDG.
Trains leave Scranton as follows: Ex-
iVnSStor-Iiuw Yolk nnu u11 Points East,
1.10, 2.50, 5.15, S.00 and 0.55 a. m.j 1.10 and
.33 p. m.
Express for Easton. Trenton, Philadel
phia and tho South, 5.13, 8.00 and 9.53 a. m..
1.10 and 3.33 p. m.
w nshlngton and way stations, 3.45 p. m.
J ouyhanna accommodation, CIO p. m.
,Ji':xl,ri;ss for Binghamton, Oswego. El
mlrn Corning. Bath, Dansvllle, Mount
-Morris and Buffalo, 12.20, 2.33 a. m., and 1.53
. ,? ma.k'ng close connections at Buffalo
to ail nolnts In tho West, Northwest and
oouthwest.
Bath accommodation, 9.15 a. m.
JJliiglmmton and way stations, 1.03 p. m.
eholson accommodation, 5.15 p. in.
Hlnghainton and Elmlra express, 5.55
Express for Utlca and Richfield Springs.
-So a. m. and 1.53 p. m.
Ithaca 2.33 and Bath 9.15 a. m and 1.53
p. m.
For Northumberland, Plttston, Wllkes
uaire, Plymouth, Jlloomsburg and Dan
vino, malting close connection at North
umberland for Wllllamsport, Harrisburg,
Baltimore, Washington and tho South.
Northumberland and Intermediate sta
tions, COO, 9.55 a. m., nnd 1.55 und 0.00 p. in.
Nantlcoko nnd lnrnrmnrllft.tR stntlons. 8.0S
and 11.20 a. m. Plymouth and intermediate
stations, 3.40 and S.I7 p. m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on
all express trains.
For detailed Information, pocket tlmo
tables, etc., apply to M. L. Smith, city
ticket ofllce, 32S Lackawanna avenue, or
depot ticket ofllce.
Central Knilroad of New Jersey.
(Lehigh nnd Susquehanna Division.)
Anthracite coal used exclusively. Insur
ing cleanliness and comfort.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT JAN. 23, 1S97.
Trains leave Scranton for Plttston,
Wllkes-Barre, etc., at 8.20, 9.15. 11.30 a. m.,
12,45, 2.00, 3.03. 5.00. 7.10 p. m. Sundays 9.00,
a. m 1.00, 2.15, 7.10 p. m.
For Atlantic City, S.20 a. m.
For New York, Newark and Elizabeth,
S.20 (express) a. m., 12.45 (express with Buf
fet parlor car), 3.03 (express) p. m. Sun
day, 2.15 p. m. Train leaving 12.43 p. m.
arrives at Philadelphia, Reading Termin
al, 5.22 p. in. and Now York 0.00 p. in.
For Mauch Chunk, Allentown, Bethle
hem, Easton and Philadelphia, 8.20 a. m.,
12.45, 3.03, 5.00 (except Philadelphia) p. m.
Sunday, 2.15 p. m.
For Long Branch, Ocean Grove, etc., at
S.20, a. m. and 12.43 p. m.
For Lakewood, 8.20 a. m.
For Reading, Lebanon and Harrlsburg,
via Allentown, 8.20 a. m., 12.45, 5.00 p. m.
Sunday, 2 15 p. m.
For Pottsville, 8.20 a. m., 12.43 p. m.
Returning leave New York, foot of Lib
erty street. North River, at 9.10 (express)
a. m., 1.10, 1.30, 4.15 (express with Buffet
parlor car) p. m. Sunday, 4.30 a. m.
Leave Philadelphia. Reading TVrmlnnl.
9.00 a. m., 2.00 and 4.30 p. m. Sunday, 6.2C
a. in.
Through tickets to all points at lowest
rates may be had on application in ad
vance to the ticket agent at tho station.
II. P. BALDWIN,
Gen, Pass. Agt.
J. II. OLIIAUSEN. Gen. Supt.
DELA W ARE AND
HUDSON TIME
TABLE.
On Monday, Nov. 23,
trains will leave Scran
ton as follows:
For Caruondale o.4j,
7.55, 8.55, 10.15, a. m.;
12.00 noon; 1.21, 2.20, 3.52,
5.25, 0.25, 7.57, tf.lU, 1U.BU,
11.53 I), m.
For Albany, Saratoga, Montreal, Bos
ton, New England points, etc. 5.45 a. in.;
2 20 D, m.
For Honesdale 5.45, 8.53, 10.15 a. m.; 12.00
noon, 2.20, 5.25 p. m.
For Wllkes-Barre G.45, 7.43. S.43. 9.33,
10 43 a! in.; 12.03, 1.20, 2.23, 3.33, 4.41, COO,
7.50, 9.30. 11.30 p. in.
T.'nr New lorK, rmmueiiiiim, uii:., via.
T nhlirh Valley Railroad C13, 7.43 a. m.;
r 05- 1.20, 3.33 (with Black Diamond Ex
uTes's) 11.30 p. in.
For Pennsylvania Railroad points C43,
9 3S a m.; 2.30, 4.41 p. m.
i?nr western points, via Lehigh Valley
n-iilroad-7.43 a. m.; 12.03. 3.33 (With Black
Diamond Express) 9.50, 11.30 p. m.
Trains will arrive at Scranton at follows:
From Carbondale and tho north C40,
7 40 S40 9.31, 10.40 n. in.: 12.00 noon; 1.05,
2.21, 3.23, 4.37, 5.43, 7.45, 9.43 and 11. -o p. in.
Krlc and Wyoming Valley.
Effective Jan, 4, 1S97.
Trains will leave Scranton for New
Yoik, Newburgh and Intermediate points
on Erie also for Itawley and local points,
at 7.03 a. m. and 2.2S p. m.; and arrive from
above points at 10.33 a. m. and 9.38 p. m.
SCKANTOJV DIVISION.
1u Ilffect October-nil, lhllti.
TO?
FiOIll lIKUS-xiiii 13 aim tiiu suuur -u.i',
7 50 8.50. 10.10, 11.53 n. in.; 1.10. 2.14, 3.43,
r,V 6.21, 7.53, 9.03, 9.43, 11.52 p. in.
j"W lU'RDICK, G P. A, Albany, N. Y.
Jl. . I.IU33) ' UV.llHl.ulli
North Hound, out!i notion.
iRnfaoi '-'oh '."ot
& r, Stations ' m
g 2S w (Trains Dally. Kx- 0 g.3 ?
,j i'a cept Sunday.) u I5 a
v ITr m Arrive Leave i a
7S5N. Y. Franklin St 7 40 ....
7 10 West 4'.'nd street .... 7 65 ....
700 Wee&awk-en .... 810 ....
r mA rrlvc Leave Mr Ml
1 16 llaacock Junction Srfti ....
109 Hancock KU ....
1280 StarllKht 228....
12ID Preston part a 31 ....
IS4U comn '.Ml ....
18 85 Poyntelle 2W ....
18 14 Belmont 269 ....
laoa riensant mu aw,...
JI15D Unlondalo 300 ....
1149 Forest City 8 19
.... 0601181 Carbondale 704 3 84!...,
.... ft!46fllM) Wliito Itrldce ,rr 07.13 S ...
.... 10 I3'ltl2.i Jfayfleld 1: 12 18 48 ....
.... 0 4111123 Jerinyn 714 345....
.... esvilis Archibald 7 20 8 61....
.... 032,1115 Wlnton 723' 8M ....
.... euB'llU Fi'CkVllla 727369....
.... 023,1107 Olvrhont 732, 401.. .
.... 0 201105 Prlceburg 7S4I40T .,.,
.... 0 18 1103 TlUOOp 7 804ia..
.... 6 13lll Provldncs 7 89:4 14 ....
.... 0 1211067 rark Pinco 17 4ifi 17 ....
... 0 10 10 55' Bcranton 7 4SM2....
r nit m Leave Arrive a m r in
All trains run dally except BuncUv.
I, Blgnlfles that trains stop on signal for pas.
Eeutcers.
hecure rates via Ontario 4 Woatern belorn
purchasing tickets and eave money. Day and
Night KipresBtotho West.
J. C. Anderson, aen. Pass tet,
T. Flltcrolt, Dlv. l'oss, Agt. Bcranton, l-a.