The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-15
NOTES

Don't read books printed on thin pa
per.
Hieronyunus Lorm, the famous poet,
philosopher and critic of Germany, is
totally blind.
Spain pays bounties for sugar pro-
duced in its own land, but levies a
duty of $500 on each 100 Kilograms of
Cuban sugar sent across the sea.
Although millions are wasted in sup
porting a civil and military bureau
cracy in Cuba, the appropria tion for
the administration of justice never has
reached 100000.
In consequence of the ruinous taxes
on cigars, expectations from the island
are declining steadily, and experts es-
innate that they will cease altogether
within six years.
Before the present revolution Spain
restricted the right of suffrage to 3d.
900 native Cubans, out of a total native
population of 100000, the ridiculous
proportion of 8 per cent.
Spain allows Cuba only $182,OO0 a
year for public instruction and makes
the University of Havana source of
profit to the state. Even Hayti spends
more than Cuba for the education of
its people.
There is a Spanish tax in Cuba on
the Introduction of machinery used in
the production of sugar, heavy tax
on the railroads for transporting it,
third tax called industrial duty and
fourth on expectation.
Interest on Cuba's debt to Spain, sad
died on the island without its knowl-
edge, imposes burden of S9.97 on each
inhabitant Not a cent of this debt
of $100, 900, 900 has been spent in Cuba
to advance the work of Improvement
and civilization.
A Lexow committee in Cuba would
find an UNNECESSARILY richer field than
in the old Tamnrany police corruption.
1t is common scandal that every Span
ish officer who goes to Cuba has an
influential patron in the COURT of Mad
rid, for whose protection he pays sys-
Dramatically.
In the municipal district of Guines,
two years ago, with a population of
10000 only 500 of whom were Span
iards and Canary Islanders, the cleo
toral list contained the names of 'tf1fr
ty-bwo Cubans and 400 Spanfards-
OPS per cent of the Cuban to so per
cent of this Spanish population.
Henry Rochefort says about his me-
moirs: Every human being sees what
concerns him through a telescope
glass. For thirty-five years the baker
in whose shop my parents bought bread
went to her counter at noon and never
budged from it till s. Yet she explained
the presence of gray locks in her hair
by the fact that her life had been
"-Chicago News.
Girls of the period are giving much
of their time and attention to auto
graph pillows. They are Enthusiastically
a fad, and a unique one, too. After
the autographs have been inscribed on
a square piece of silk they are en-
broidered and ultimately the silk goes
on down pillow, which, even among
the stupid, is always a topic of con-
versation.
These are the salaries paid by Cuba
to some of its Spanish officials: Gov
ernor general, $4,000, in addition TO
palace, a fund for secret expenses; di-
rector general of the treasury, SIS, 500;
archbishop of Santiago and bishop of
$4,000 each; commander gen
eral of the naval station, 1882; gen
oral legundo Cabo and president of the
audience, $4,000 each; governor of Ha-
vana and secretary of the general gov
eminent, $4,000 each. All these officers
also receive free lodgings and SER
wants.