The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-25

Harold Frederic as a novelist, 1.-THE DAM
| nation of Theron Ware" was published,
| within a small but influential circle of
| those who had known Frederic all his
| life and knew some of his experiences,
| there was instant criticism and bitter re-
| gret. for 1t was Immediately recognized
| that the essential parts of that story
| were not the creations Of Frederic's i'm
| aginatiOn, but were simply fine reporting
| of what had actually happened. The
| clergyman lived, still lives, cut to the
| heart by this use of his experience. The
| temptrcss lived, still lives, perhaps enter
tanned by this casily-rccognized report of
an episode in which she had conspicuous
| part The real clergyman was of another
| denomination than that of Theron Ware,
| and the incidental circumstances and tho
| denouement as described in the book were
| not what they were in real life, but the
| tragic truth of the story was truth
| which came urdor Frederic's observation;
| in the enfolding of 1t he had some part
| and the characters of which ne wrote had
supposed themselves to be among the
choicest of his friends.
Credible advices from Havana say that
| since the protocol was signed the Span
| ish officials in Cuba have stolen S5,0OO,0 900
| in various ways. Here is an instance:
| The regulation hours for killing at the
| Havana slaughter house are during the
| afternoon, but n special permit entities
| certain contractors to slaughter one head
| each morning, for which those who have
| the privilege pay a prescribed fee. AS a
| matter of fact, over a hundred are killed
| every day hcfcre noon the fees for which,
| exceeding $3.50, never find their way into
| the city treasury. These beeves are dis
| tributed by the contractors for the mill
| tary hospitals in the city at 50 cents per
| kilogrammc while the public pays only
| the market price of about SO cents. The
| difference per kilogramme. together with
| the amount of unpaid abattoir fees IS
| presumably divided among a select few,
| who silently defraud the city of much
| needed source of income.
The Eva plantation. near Honolulu. last
| year produced 1900 tons of sugar from
| 5000 acres Of maturing cane. Its man.
| ayers intend to increase their production
to 10000 tons by 1901. The cane on this
plantation is watered by artificial irrga-
| ton fed from artesian wells. The total
| sugar product in Hawaii is 100000 tons
| annually. but an increase of 100000 tons
| Is expected within three years as con-
| sequence CT the adoption of modern meth
| DDS of irrigation and the expected in
| PRODUCTION of intelligent white labor in
place of ignorant and ill-nourished Orient
| ais.
| Living is still high at Dawson City,
| up in the Klondike. Whiskey is 50 cents
| a drink A shave costs 50 cents and a
| daily PAPER as much. Two small ana very
| poor apples sell for % cents, but apples
| are cheap. You pay 80 cents for Il pound
| of potatoes. and $l.50 for a small STEAK
| at the meat shops. There are telephones
| and banks, and a club is being started
| and electric lights are coming soon. in
| fact, one could, If he were rich enough
| live as we'll and comfortably, and dress
| as well in Dawson as in New York city,
but no one can afford it,
| Three separate calculations recently
| made by social economists in different
| localities arrived at the identical conclus-
ion that the people of the United States
are losing not less than 5000 100000 a year
| because of bad roads.
| Only about one-fifth of Il normal to-
| bacco crop has been planted in Cuba this
year, but this makes no apprccablC diff
| ference in the abundance in the United
| States of Connecticut grown Havana
| cigars.
| Spain has twice before renudiatod her
| debts. Her disinclnation to do so third
| time is more feigned than real