The sun., 1898-03-20
ANSW ERS To CORRESPONDENTS

| N"if' llDh Htit IL pit>ittllt ni
the Cuban Republic and all other ina.
climry OF government necessary t. carry
"n the struggle I II Independence. The
name "f the president is Bar,ulnnen
Masso. and the seat Of government, is off
in the eastern end ni the island. But
/ MaXinlo ';nmez, commander. in.cliirf OF
the army. is TIN. real head ni the gov
ernmcnt, at least :" long a> the war
lasts.
Retail Merchants Association
bin introduced into the New York Iegis-
lature foi the taxation OF the department
stores is full OF power The bill for the
same purpose prepared by the Single
Line Dealers Association of Buffalo,
adopted by ,l~ Board Of Supervisors Of
that town and providing iu, Il maximum,
license Of $lOO,mO, il said to be the origi
nal Of the Albany measure. The noblest
and most muscular plan, says the New
York sun, for reducing the inipuities
and profits "f I'll" department stores il
the Denver plan, whicr proposes to Law
an annual tax of ! PERCENT upon the
gross assets of every business place whose
business comprises not more than four
Kinds, departments, or lines of goods
and to double 'the rate per cent. per an
mum upon tte gross assets Of any busi-
ness place for each additional kind, de-
partment, or line of gools.' The rat.
on Denver department store which has
twenty-five departments would hc .r2,.
~ per cent.
l'ntlertaker--ln Russia. when cotIn>
are covered with cloth, the color uf the
covering Is, t" certain extent. distinc.
tive. pink being used when the deceased
is child or Il young person, crimson for
women and brown tor widows; but black
is in no case employed.
"Marv. IIubnerS statistical and
geographical tables. as result OF the
latest investi CATIONS, give the pnpna
ton OF the world at ,I3, ,NO.MW. This
ia an increase over the figures Of 1886 of
23,OOO,OoO. To this increase Europe is
credited with contributing 5.7W,OOO;
Asia, G 2OO,MO; Africa, 7,:NO,MW: Amer
lea, 3,2OO,OON. The United st; tes,
with it, great growth, estimated by this
;,ut hority at 2SW,WN, and its prpsen,
population placed at 722,:O, ,lWI, repre-
>ents more than y; per cent. Of the en-
tire population of North and South
Anmrica-a circumstance adduced a.
highly significant. and occurring in NJ
other part Of the earth The population
Of Europe was increased MS,DO,OOO
which is about Il quarter OF the entire
mm,latinn nl the earth. New York
Tribune.
Sailors. Fort Delaware THE dis
astcr at Samoa by which several vessel,
wore thrown by ii storm on the shore .
Apla occurred ON the 18th OF March.
1889 Three American and three tier
man war vessels were blown ashore.
Fifty Americans and ninrty-six ter
mans were killed at that time.
LAWYER. At the Presidential rlrc-
ton held in San F1nci>c" in 1886 there
were registered four natives OF China
that is. sons "i American citizen>-wln
were born while their parents wcr
temporarily >oinurning in the Chimes,
empire or born while tn. father was in
the diplomat service uf the tnitrU
States. In addition there were lrgst
cred eighteen natives Of California. sons
Of Chinese parents.
Rev. {. Il. J.-llrrsick'S poem fol-
lows:
l>thi> II last to kr'lr
The harder lraIm
And rlcalnr
From lat nf vealr> ami ,hraIr"
j. it to quit the dish
Oi ilc>he. yet still
Toiill
The platter hi:h with fish:
L. it t. last an h"llr,..
Dr Jagged g".
4 tOwit,>t look and >pllrr'
No. 'ri> n fast to 'lulr
THY >lcafc OF NhHit.
And mcatr.
into tine hungry >rllr,
II is Il fast from strife.
fu:.: old debate.
And hate
To rir'uiiri>r THY life"
To show II hrhrlr gliric-l,l,t.
To >arvr thy sin.
Not bin
And that tU keep thy Lest,
Shulkny>. Mcdia-'r|m >iu. ni the
tinted States is shown by these figures.
etc:
Estimated population in
lSW Observation-Disclosures. 5,:WS, 4S3