M THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1900. ' -sy'IW1 "1 """" 3 tl3c JHcranfon rt8ime l'uhpshrd Palir. l'xcept Sundry, ' 'n?.Tri!" ime I'jUlsliliitf lompani, nt i ill Cents a Mc'itli. I.tVV S. llll HAW1, 1MII-" O. f. lliMIIX, IIusIiiih Mmaircr. New York Office: 130 Nassau St. h. S. VIIMXANP, Me Ajreni lor foreign AdvcrttiltiK. fntcrrd t the I'oslof.ie t Fer.wton, l'a., JJ Second! lawi Mall Matter. "-"- - -- rT,"," Wlrn spice lll permit, Tho lilhunc Is nlvsas cl.ul to print slnil liltirs (nun IK Minds heir Inc on rurirr.t trples, lint II rule' Is Unit tlif mint lie sinned, lor pulillcallon, ly Hie rltr a irnl tunic- nii'l the condition piccedciit to ac eeptir.co Is lliat all contributions shall tie subject to fditrl.U revision. TEN PAGES. SCIIANTO.V, At'GUST IS, 1900. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. National. I'rrsldrnt-Wll.ll t MiMM.I.Y. !ee Prtdlili nt till OIK'lli: HOOM.i MX State. Congressmen at-tupc n M.l'rfIA A. GUOW, iioiu'.iit ii. Fumiiintru. Auditor (limral-i:. II II MIDIIXIIKMIII. County. COncro-sS-vWI M M roNM'U.. .lmli.e-lH)ll(ii: M W MMIN. H.orllf-.ICIIS II I r.I.I.'v. Tr.r.Mllfl -.1. M II WHIN. iitric-t Attornn vvlll.tW II. I.OVIS. Prrthnnotarv -JOHN lOI'II.VM). Clerk of Courts 1 HUM AS P IIAMKI.S. l(..rdrr nl Denis r.MII. W)S. Iteiilster nl W I11 K UK K. Jury foiiimlssintier-l.livN Mill II. blfllUKS. Legislature. Hrst llWrlrt-TIIOMAS I III YNOI DS. vemiiil District-PUIS M HI I I It, .III, Tlilnl Hivirit t KIVAItt .tll J II. fomtli IJiMlitt-P. A. PIIII.IIIN. The1 rps-cuo of thr I'okln legntlonpra Is most of nil a vindication of tin- i n lltrlitenert, Judicious jpt positive1 pulley of the MoKlnlpy administration, which forced the xvotk of rosetto at every point and kept the other powei.s from flying nt each other's tnroats. It Is u new triumph for American sUtusnidti (hlp. The Water Question. NOTWITUSTANDrNi; the lo cal dlffori'iues of opinion villi h exist as to the ciiulty of some of tho i.iIpm thai Red by the Kcrnntem tins mid Water com pany for water furnished, the Inhabit ants of Sctnnhm have leasou to be thankful that the leeent pioloiiRed drouth has not Intel fered with their ability to tret Rood water and plenty of It. Nut every city has been m for tunate. In the Tioy, N. Y., Times of ThuiMlay we read: Tru.v Is en the vernc il a viatir famine, ami unless heroic measures aie adopted the city will he entirely without vvatrr In foily rlubt hours, at Hie most. Tuintv million gallon, n present the totil aupplv which the eltj hn to drnv nn, and tint cannot lit more linn two iliy, at the rate it is lieim used now. '1 hi water now bciiii; urd is roily anil a thick sediment forim In tint lmttini of voxels In which It Is kept. The city ucs ihllj lutwieii lO.iKKl.WH anil l.!,n00,(KKi kiI. Ions of witcr, ami tbc.ro Is none rominir Into the lesorvoirs from nn. source, so tint the 'jn.uuo mw Billons now in lliuiwulck Like will not laU lalcr than l'rhliy. 'Ibe Mtuatinn Is the mwt serious that the watir wcnks authorities hue fir faetd, The followins order wai Kiucd this afternoon: "To the Citlrens of Troy: Onlng to the fail ure of the watir Mipply jou are hen by forbid den to ne the ill) water for street Fprinkliiur. hwn fprlnkline or as motbe pmvir for niaehln. cry. This order will bo continued In force until further notifkitlon. John Phi Ian, "ConimUsloner of Public Winks " For yeats Tioy's dully per capita consumption of water has been neatly ISO nallons. The late Colonel Waring estimated that SO KallonrV was at large nn nvernRo consumption ns there was any possible necessity for, all beyond being sdtcer waste. In commenting upon tho emergency order of the com missioner of public works, the Times says: Adnilttlnc leakage between the resennlr or pumps and the f-iuccts, it Is undeniable that thire Is a prodigal, icn a cilinlml, waste cf witrr at tho faucets. Tlie aina7lnir IndilTinnee itli which Iiou'i holders liiar and fill to bred appeals for rinnom; Is pirtly aicouuteil for by the popuhr beliif tint the water fupply is In rxlnuitlble, tint water is "fire as air" and tint the use of water Is tho one thine whne restraint is not iioccwi), The eanlevMiis Is nUo partly accounted for bv the lnliIilual'a thenrv tint what he n-is will not i hau-.t tho r-upplv, ami therefcH-e be will lene It to others to economize. As a nsiilt, nnbodr cconomlci and piople moe on with a fatiliitic triM in tho future. If economy will not ba uluntary It mint be Imoiiintjry. This Is true the country over. Watte must bo checked. Nature cannot keep paco with It otltei w Ise. Councilman A'aughau evidently con siders that times hnvo changed hlnee the majkot price was "My kingdom for a horse!" Pensions. A NUMBER OF interesting facts and figures nro to be gleaned from the latest re port of the commissioner of Tensions. Wo noted recently that tho names on tho rolls July 1 numbered P93.529, an increase for the year of I'OU). During tho year 45,338 pension cer tificates of nil kinds were issued; and JtUnt tbo present administration ejf the .Iionslon bureau Is pushing Its wotk Trfoy be better unib'tstood after u, com na'tlson of the number of claims pend ;lnK at the close of tho last fiscal etr .Xith pieeedlngyeats. In 1S97 tho num ber of claims pending was &7S,09'J; In IMS. 635,059; Jn 1S99, tri.Si'i and 111 1900, ,3".101. . "During the first four years covered by President Grant's administration, the aggregate amount disbursed for pensions was $110,130,275. During the wsecond four years It aggregated $11),- 95,357 During tho four years of 'President llayes, beginning Match 4, .1677, and ending March ,4, 1SS1, the ag- pregato was4 $145,322,489. Tho averago tVnnual disbursements for the twelvo ais between March 4, 1869, and .March 4, 1S81, was, $31,321,170, which is just one-fourth of tho average annual disbursements of the past three years. For tho thjeo years ending Juno 30, 1900, the total disbursements were, In round' numbers, $421,469,000, which cx- 1 ceedjr the entire iipayments modcdui- ng r2tirelve yeirs preceding 1881 by -$16,000,000. The amount paid out an- Fnually for tho three preceding years mas tas follows: 159S, $144,651,880; 1899, :$138,355.033; 1900. $135,462,172, total, ..$421,469,105. Tho highest payment In any one year was in tho last year of pffarrlson's administration, when the tptal reached $166,806,538. M Thtv-Bums paid for ipn?lons 'tslnce JB66 agfreguto $2,528,873,147, whiph Is OvJtbln p. comparatively, small sum gf the total amount paid for , Interest on tho bonded debt durlnc the period named. These figures do not Include expenses for tnedlcal examination and administration of tho pension bureau nnd Its several agencies, for which theie was paid timing tho last thirty llvo years about JS.1,000,000. Last year the disbursements for 'pensions were more than 21 per cent, of tho entire re ceipts of the government, and for the preceding year they were mo.'a than 10 per cent. In addition to the J2.C00, 000,000 paid nut for pensions nnd In cidental expenses of disbursements during the period between lSfio and 1000, there was also expended, In round mini icrs, f 13,000,000 for tho establish ment and maintenance of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Sol dlerti. Tlie record of our country's substan tial gratitude to the men who saved its life, while by no means equal to .their deserving, Is novcrthclcss one to b contemplated with pride by every true Atnetlcan. It Is a cccord without parallel among the nations of the earth. - The "Liberty congress" contingent nto emphatically right In declining to set up a third party ticket. Theie Isn't one of tho half dozen or more third parties In existence today that has the ghost of a bIiow of figuring to any Important extent In tho election teturns, nnd every sensible man knows It. litynn or McKlnley will bo the next president nnd every voter ought to nnke a. direct show-down of his preference. Opening the Books. Till: CHAIlGi: of extrava gance brought by the Dem ocrats ngalnst the Hist ses sion of the Klfty-slxth con gress was tecognlzed at once as a stereotyped move In the game of par tisan badgering, but now that the statistics of the session's nppropila tlons have been made public in detail it Is worth while to examine them. A bummnty of the nppioptlntlons shows a. grand total of $710,150,SG2.SS, sub divided as follows: Acrlcultural $ 4,res.vm no Aimy 111,2:0.00-. 6", Diplomatic 1,771,10s 70 District of Columbia 7,'i77,.".ii't :;i fiirllllratioiH T.TVciS 00 In.lhn S,107,(ib'I 21 IcrMMIi.. 2I.17.VW "'I VJIltny Acailemv 07I.RIH1 (,7 11al (13,140,01(1 i7 Pension 14 1,2 1 1,211) i) Postothce 113,0S,2.1S 7.1 HKer nnd llnbor .'.00,01 HI O) .Sundry CiU fiS.SIP.UII 41 Dellc leney approprhtlons 11,tV,:U CI Miscellaneous appropriition 3,02,:i0l (51 I'trunmnt appropriation j 13J,71J,220 00 Grand total ?710,15O,W,2 8S In addition to tho specific appropria tions made, contracts nro authorized to bo outvied Into for Increase of the naval establishment and for viuious public works throughout the country lpquhlng future npproptlatlons by congKss In the aggregate sum of $.'V 110,375. The new ofllces and employ ments specifically nuthotlzed aggre gate E.069 In number at an annual cost of $1,537,673.77, and those abolished or curtailed number 2,799 at an annual compensation of $1,914, OSS, a net In creae of 2,270, nt a cost of $2,593,015.77. Of this net Increase 1.309 are addi tional clerks In postotTlces nnd assist ant postmasters, made necessary by tho development of the postal busi ness, while of tho remaining 9S3 places a largo proportion are administrative or clerical In departments whose work has been increased by the military operations. The number of salaries or compensations Increased Is 487, at an annual cost of $135,1SS.15, nnd the num ber 1 educed is eight, In the total an nual sum of $1,658.40, a net Increase of 479, at n. cost for the year of $133,529.75, of which number 300, at a cost of $75, 000, are supervisors of the census, whoso employment terminates with tho taking of tho twelfth census. A comparison of the total apptopila tlons of the first session of the Fifty sixth congress for 1901, $710,150,862.88, with those of tho last session of the Fifty-fifth congress for 1900, $674,981. 02J.29, shows an increase of $35,169,840. .19. Of this amount, appropriations for the nrmy show an Increase of $33,789, S91.49; fortifications, $2,473,720; the navy, $17,040,947.09; the postal service, $8,024,100; sundry civil expenses, chief ly river and harbor contract work, and for the census, $16,933,9S4,59; the Indian agricultural, diplomatic and other branches of the service, $2,604,903.91, and permanent appropriations, Includ ing Interest and sinking fund for the public debt, $4,034,000. On the other hand, there appear 1 eductions of $15, C31.S41.94 because of the passage of no regular river and harbor net; $9,317, r.S1.65 in deficiencies, nnd $24,942,2SS.90 in miscellaneous npproptlatlons, mak ing a net inciense above stated of $35, If.9,840.59. The total amount of con tracts nuthotlzed, In addition to the nppioprlatiems made, Is $18,806,900.13 less than was authorized nt the last sevslon of the previous congress. This analysis ought to be sufficient to satisfy nny reasonable man that there has been no wanton extrava gance In tho spending of the people's money nnd thnt the Inei eases have come In consequence of unavoidable necessities. The Democrats will not admit this; they w HI do their level best to make the public believe that the Itepubllcan majority In congress Is in conspiracy to loot the treasury. But If they had been In control themselves it is exceedingly doubtful If they could have done as well. The vindication of Mr. Broekwny, late superintendent of the Elmlrn re formatory, came sooner than was ex pected. The mild-mannered gentlemen who thought to govern tho institution by kindness nnd nrgument have found that moral suasion could have been applied with better effect upon the hyenas of an Afrlcnn Jungle. Stern'er forms of punishment hnvo already been resumed, and it Is possible that the "paddle" will soon bo necessaty to restore order In the institution. 'According to nil accounts, tho New York policemen, like tho imperial troops of Fekln, belong tb the mob. Mr. Bryan now objects to "buying Filipinos nt $2.50 a head." Yet he helped to ratify tho treaty which did the alleged buying and was, therefore, I A3 UUllly aa UDbsdy, In thfS transaction. Wo are afraid that Brother Bryan Is just n trlllo hard to please. Mr. lirynn forgets that It It Is a rrltno tt buy territory Thomas Jeffer son Is one of tho greatest criminals In our hlsvoty nnd the state of Ne braska should bo nbandoncd to the aborigines. Miss Lillian .Tewett, president of tho Boston nntl-lynchlng league, is be coming convinced that a modern Joan of Ato can accomplish little aside fiom getting her portrait in the news pnpctB. The Democrats also called Lincoln nn imperialist and a depot and charged him with plotting to wield n sceptre, but that didn't prevent him from dong his duty. To say that the free coinage of silver Is not an Issue this year is a manifest rbsttrdity In view of tho trouble Bryan went to to get lb inserted prominently In tho platform. Assuming Mr. Bryan to be an honest mnn, could he do otherwise, If elected, than to use tho wholo power of his of fice In behalf of free silver coinage at 16 to 1? Even the antls are ashamed of Dr. Leverson. LI Hung Chang entered the game too late. TOLD BY THE STABS. Dally Horoscope Drawn by AJacchu, Tho Tribune Astrologer. Aitrolabo cast. 1.4S a. in., for Saturday, Aug. IS, 1900. $& tr '& A rhlbl born on this day Mill notice tint whiskey is usuilly man's antidote for umequlled lote, while womin generally marries another fellow or takca rat poison. With proper arrangement of the flaps the Chi nese could consistently claim to hae been the orlKinil thlrt waist men. The iceent "I.ibrrly Consrrss" cut about tho nine lluiire as would a "tallow dip" In enllulit cnlner the world. The ci(t of sllcnre Is rarely bestowed upon those who need It mot One necr rralirrs tho emptiness of appliuse sie when It 13 bestowed upon a rival. Man may be a tool at CO and wise at 40, but a fool at 10 erldum recovers. IVs easy to bruin almost nni thine, but energy and patience are lequlred In the finish. There seems to be a Rood deal of klclclnjr, about tho counellminle limy stable. AJacchus' Advice. neniember tint man Is seldom called upon to eat his own words If the utterances arc of a pleasant lutuie. When none will acree with jou that jour neiebbor is a mean man, it is time to look ,pur self oer. Weekly Letter on Municipal Affairs XL "The Policing of a Great City." (fopjriijbt, 1000, by William S. Crsndall ) Till: AMKltlCVV police fjstem, when meas red by results, is the best in the world. And Jet time is much th.it liny be learned fiom the methods of the cities of the Old World. The tb'or over there is that the po liceman Is the tenant of the public, not its bullv. The air of the American patrolmin is too autocratic. The Kngllsb patrolm.ui U .he cppoite. lie shows remarkable self nstulnt in exercising bis pn'ur and authority. He is taught not to Intcirfcie too much. The sjstem tmplojed crnsHntly i11111ro.es the leisonnrl of the department A man Is p a le to feel, fiom the beginning of hlis official career that his tonuie ol o'llce depends entirely upon bis reiord, and not uron his politb'il pull. I'o'ttles ib not enter into the admini-tiatlve control of the London police. Moreover, a sjstcm of checks is emploved by vshleh it is almost Im possible for a patiulnnn to yield to bribery ami corruption without being neteetcd. The Merlin force is not slow about some things. This department Ins a directory of the city which Is actually kept up to date. It Includes an accurate record of each person giving the mot important facts as to bis family, life, bui neii and movements. These records lover a long period of jcais. "I should think," said a gentleman to l'resl il lit von Wlndheim, of tho Ilerlin force, who was ephlnlng Ibis 'eature to him, "I should think that to much red tape would be Involved In the keeping of such a record that its opera tion would be extremely -low." "Hut it Is not so long a task as you suppose," replied the president. ".Select a name, any nanii! you choose, fiom the public directory, and wo will see bow long It requires to look up the record ol any man " The gentleman fclccted one of the numerous Scbiiiitts. "Now" said the president, "take out jour watch and see how long It will require to dis cover the recoul of this man. Heady!" Tha Index number was given to an assistant. He walked into an adjoining room and brought a book. The pre.ldtnt opened It and read the man'K entire record, including single petty oflcnsc, which had been committed somo twentj j ears previous. "How long did It takeS" lie nsked. "Plft) -nine seconds," replied the gentleman. Thise and some other methods in vise In Hiiro pean cities could be ndopted by the American department" with profit. lint, when It comes to efhYienry, the American police (nice l.ijs over them all. Ihe polite, patrol wagons, ambulances and telegraph patrol are uiieqiuleel jnywhore In tip world, lly a cc.mbliiid sisteiii nf telegraph and telephone the c lili f of an American department ran talk with any of his men on tin Ir beat", at anv time of the eljy nr iilht without moving out of his ehilr. All the leading cities ore fitted with this modern police nppllanre, and It is being rapidly added to the forces In the smaller cities. 'Ihe Hirtlllon tvstim, for tha ihtwtlon and iihntifliatlon of criminals, has turn boirovved from Paris. It Is ned with evir Imrojsing if fielenev. Tor several years there Ins been a national bureau of Identification at work with headquarters at Chicago. Its operation has been more sueeissful each jear of Its existence Its general utility has been ro thoroughly demon strated that 4 movement Is now on foot to turn it over to tbo fideral goveinmrnt. lly a well organleil and carefully operated bureau of this description, the professional thief who travels from one elty to another In oidr to ply his voiatlon, will be made to unueistand that his operations, no matter where committed, will retelvo close attention by everj- department and superintendent of polico In th l'nlted States, and that bis appiehinsloii and Identifi cation will be a question of only a 1 rlef time. With the large amount of Information collected and In the bands of the national burrau, it will be a comparatively easy nutter to keep track of the movements and operations of the prufrs. rlonal criminal. Alrcjdy during tie brief time in which the sjstem has bad a wider use, the criminal life has beer, undo burelcnson e. To Illustrate one of Its benefits: The other day an officer brought a "suspect" to Colonel Deltsih, superintendent of the Cincinnati force. The piercing black ejci of the colonl looked him through, and then bo asked! "Were jou ever arrrMed before?" "No, sir," tbo man replied. Alter a few more questions, to which tho fcl. low responded with seeming lioneslj', the idonel said to the officer: Take him up fo the identification bureau to be measured and report to me what jou find." In about twenty minutes the officer returned villi his man and a card, handling the latter to the colonel. Turning to the prUoncr lie held the card before Mill and aikedi "Did jou ever know that man?" Tho follow turned ptle and stammered an Inar ticulate reply. He wis looking at his own m -cii front and side view. I The meuuremints of Ids head, arm and to forth had Riven the key In his Identity. On the back of the card was tho nun's record. He hid been out of an Illinois prison only six wceVt, before which bo bad rcried .1 term In an Ohio prison. Str.mtro ns It tn'iy seem, take It for all In nil, (he L'lniinnitl polite fune la the best In tho I'lilled States. It Is onlj n few jrsra buk when It was the worst. The sjstcin of Us adinluisltv Hon and the personnel of Its boird of tommls tlorers has broucht about tho marked iliariKP. Tho board Is bbpartlsin In Its make-up and Is operated strictly en the merit fjslein. lly this menus polities are eliminated from the ile partmrnt and the mrn are made to feel that their tenure of srnlce depends upon their rec ord for effle iene y. It Is the personnel, from the board down to tho patrolman, which ralrn or loners the char ictcr of the force. II the Roiernor had not ap pointed the best tyne of men to pocrn the Cincinnati depirtment the reverse if the present cratlfolng sltuitioii would have been the inctila ble result. A city of about the same slro at Clntlnnall pitlerned lis police dcpirtniint. In all particu lars, after It, but the direst folium has followed. Instead of the best It Is one of the worst. Cause 1 the appointment of machine polltlelinj to be Its Bovernlnjc board. The following table of statMlcs contains some Interesting Infoiinitlon-lnelinllnj tho cost of inalntrnince, number of arrests, nier.iRe number of arrests to each policeman, number of popula tion to each pollieman, total number of each force and tho number of polleemen to each square mile In tho tw-cntj-fhc largest cities tn tho L'nlted Stalest POMCn STATISTICS. CITY. g IE SIS VS V. New York ..7 rhiraco Philadelphia . St. iWs .... flilllmoro .... Ilovlnn nuncio lesehml .... t'inclnniti ... Mn l'linelseo Pittsburg .... Detinit New Orlesns.. Washington . Milwaukee ... Ncwirk Ifiiiisvllle .... Minneapolis ., Kinas City .. .lersey City .. Heivcr St. Paul Indianapolis ,, llncbestrr .... Providence .. U,2I7.W2 1U,741.M r.oi7i'i 1,217 17 ' I .JO M ,.iM,Pi 2,tn.-,-,s 8i.d"il if A 00,01 i02J' 2i,nno in; 471 Ml 731 1,500,0110 Mi.li-o! l.ssl'21 si.rooni Mill l.w.vn 4-1,410 2').H"0 H.4S2 10,0 ,', 2 000 1,ll0 7.a-,2 "1.H47 2Vil7; 41 l II in is W fiOO i.io-.r, 7l-,i,M0 tii.nnn Tl'.nm) 410,000 MI.Wi Sll.ono ,J!1S arilin mi r iVsVM RfiOl 1 ' 67.il 10 3IS 2 soil n .01 10 ,Ti7IS WO, 1 5 2l'i 4 201 R WW 27 12' ' 1S.I 3 171 l 211 It "nil 10 1.0 on IH1 550 0.0 .'21 G51,i.2 .no.ono ."72.n07 fi.200,17 G,2l".S'17 p,.mv.:o l.'.Rj 11 771 fit I'.on.mio 212.000 17".ono l.oi 1 l.o '0 ,Vi1 l.-ll.j 1,011 11.400 011 117,211 121.000 170,0(10 nt,i.o f.r)" 5,211 til tj,07(i'27 7.: 00 (2 2,'UOlll 8,200 1; 1.04 W.oon SI I S.V,,(I00 51 1 THE COMMERCE OF CUBA. The commerce of Ci 1 1 in 1SH Is described bv the Hritlsh consul at Hivant in a report which his Just reiiheel the treasury bureau of statistics. It spochlly calks attention to the but tht the impoils of 1H hrgely exieed Ihe value of the export, and tint more thin 50 per cent, of thos" imports were food pro. duets, much of which might hive been pin dneed In the Wind and produced with a pin pnrtlonitely less investment ef capital hin ll.it required for tho chief producing Indu-ltj, sugar. The following is an extract from the re prt : ".fudging from the. more detailed returns which are available as to the inture. of the Imports at llivani, whiih ccnstilute 75 per ocnt. of tho total merchandise Imported into the whole Island, It does not appear that anv hrge amount of tools, ludustilal mirhinerj, or miter lal for public works were introduced, which might represent the Investment of foreign eip ital to be cmplojcd in opening up new eiitcr I rises, the great bulk nt the imports Icing rather for food, clothing, liquors, and o'her articles of hibitml consumption which call for periodical leplennhlng. Tlie gieiter pirt of tills excess Importation was eoveicd by the amount realized bj- the file list jear of ecitaln i.ul wavs and cigar facteriea to foreign (pilneipali.v British) crmpmics, but, of inuise, the per manent alienation of properties to meet rutlent necessities cannot be ine'e'lnltelj rspiateii, and unliss there is a luge increase In the exports in the current jear, a great falling off must be expected in tho Import trade. 0 "The following slatlsties of the trade ol the whole Island in I'M ''J (as compared with In)'), though not xerj' recent, aie not without value as allorillng a basis for comparing tbo move ment today with that of two filrlj- prosperous jeari under the Sjaili regime:" Value cf Value of Viar. lmpoits. Hxpnrts. 1S1I I0,( ir,W7 il.t)"i,Pil 1M ll.lOJ.O'l'i 10,n.Vi,Js8 1'3 1S,2JI,017 a,01li,' o Further on, In the same report, the consul general writes: "Ihe Island nf (uln presents the anonnly of n purelj- agricultural and excep tion illy fertile eourtry dependent very large 1 on foreign countries for its tood supplj'. The limits of this report ill not permit ol eximlii lug at length the causes which have led to this slate of things; it is sufficient to point out its existence and the inipoitant bearing It has on Its foreign commerce The value of the food pioducts (including liquors and two thirds of the live stoik whli Ii must be reckoned as lo. ,1) Imported into II nana In lSCCi amounts to nvir 5,000,000 or 51 per cent, of the total Imports Into tint poit, withoU taking into account the undervaluation to which I have called attention in the paragraph on iinporU and cxpoits. If the tune proportlm be applied to tho total Imports Into the whole island, we find tint 0,710.000 repiesented Im ports of food alone (in other words, absolute necessities) in which it is bird to see how nn." economies could be effected except pirlnps in quality, and that only to a limited extent. If we deduct this amount from the value of the exports we find a surplus of only JJ2,27J,PH), with which to provide for clothing and all the other necessities of a countrj- containing a popu lation of 1, 100,0X0, and without any manufac turing Industries vvhateur; a nun which Is manifestly inadequate. "The deduction to be drawn Is tafudcntlj obvious. The island must either produce more articles for export, or it must r.ilso more food 1 roduets nt home and import lcai from abroid The most practical solution is undoubtedly the latter, as far less capital Is required for culti vating malre, brans, rice and vegetables than for producing sugar, which has hitherto been considered aa the staple export. "Whatever solution may be ultimately found, there, can be no 'doubt that the island will in the immediate futurn have to pass through a period of novelty, during which the importations will fall considerably below list j ear's figures, and will be restricted to absolute ncoei.sltles of life, and to the cheaper grades of other com modities. "Hetuins showing the Imports anil exports cf merchandise Into and from the Island of Cuba, according to ports of entry In the jtar 1S00: Value of Value of Imports, l'.xporls. Havana 0,7'Jl.OJl 5,UH,G7t Clenfuegos l.fm.JO'i 1,021 SIO Santiago de Cuba "51,001 121.W Mutanras ,.,., 1s,17l 74 !,().. Cardenas 251,212 757.WU Mantanlllo 17i"i,50l 17.'I75 t.lbara K1,305 I'M,?.') Sauna la Grande 15s,ci3 .171.7s) Cilbirlen 111,17(1 ano.W N'uevita HV.tvjs, .12.010 fiuantanamo 11J.5I0 l5l.S7. Haraicu 27.511 12. HOI Trinidad 211,0)2 40,014 Tunas de fan ,, 10.S.12 0.7J.I Hatabano , Il.'JID .,,, Santa Cruz 2,0.(0 l.',7;-5 Tolal ...1.1,21,017 0,0i0,KJd IMMORTAL. Once vu have loved we never liwe, That Is not love which tan forget. Through 1os and loneliness and cricf This Rem is as Its coronet. That true love never tan forget. That Is not faith which drops Its hold, Onre we have trusted, In our clup Forever Ilea life's ehangcdriu cold. Nor withers In our loosened grasp; True faltli through ill time keeps Its clasp. Margaret E. Sangstcr, in Harper's Uaiaar. & Comedll sr atur atu u iinmiisiiu . If J1EWELEES Temporarily .it 139 PE1NN AVE CONTINUED lLtl 4 Bargains Ii J r, Silverwear. Etc Not MiMgeol' Our full force of workmen at work again, as usual. Watch Repairing and all kinds Jewel ry Repairing and Engraving done promptly. ALWAYS BUST, . fctsytriCf '?&- August sale summer shoes are going. $5 00 Itussrts. $3.50; H00 P-usscts, $2.50. Wholesale and Retail. Lewis &IRenMy Established 1888. 134-H6 Wyoming Ave. HENRY BELIN, JR., Oeneiiu Agent for tin WyonUnf District-.).' billing, Wasting, Sporting. SmoHe.eHl kuel lbs ltopatius Unomica. lojipnay'i en EXIPLOSIYB. tWety 1'iise. Crips and Cxplodgci. Itoooi 101 (Joonoll iialtilnx. acrunturu AUU.NCtlii TIIOS. rORD, - - rittston. JOHN B. BM1TH St BON, Plymouth. W. E. MULLIGAN. Wllkei-Barre. .1 JilOrA inraiTPs POIBER. It was not until about noon that Prctonius finally awoke. lie felt fjreatly fatigued, as usual. The evening before he had been with Nero at a feast, which had continued late into the night. For some time past his health had not been good. He said of himself that lie felt like a log of wood in the mornings, and barely had sufficient strength to collect his thoughts. 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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Trs JUf JUf For late summer 01 early Autumn wear, we are showing a very complete line of New Plaid and Stripe Back Suitings suit able for Rainy Day, Golf, or Bicycle Skirts, including the popular Greys, Tans, Blues and Blacks, New line of cheviots, both plain and hairline, in Ox ford, Light Grey, Blue Brown, etc. Also Cream Cheviot, just opened, very much in demand for sea side and mountain w e a r. What we h a ve left in Foulards, Wash Silks and Fine French Challies are being closed out at less than cost price; and there is still a fairly .good assort ment to pick from. 510-512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE 7P(0 W v V s
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