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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22


Inc sugar trust is as well aware as
anyone OF the possibilities of Cuba as
the largest cane sugar producing coun-
try IN the world, and it is rumored
that TINS octopus has already acquired
large landed interests.
The Arbuckles have displayed a sim
ilar ACTIVITY, while Independent English
interests nave also been well represent
ed. Inc trusts have been conspicuously
VIDE awake. Both the Pennsylvania
steel company and the Bethlehem Steel
company are reported to be interested
IN the mining properties near Santiago.
At Cubitas Hills, in the province of
Puerto Principe. is large deposit of
various kinds of iron ore-hematites.
chronic iron, etc. Just prior to the
breaking out of the insurrection an
American company was formed to work
these deposits. 1t is expected that its
operations will be resumed, now that
peace has been restored.
For years past, iron ore to the
amount OF about 10000 tons annually
has been shipped from the province of
Santiago by the Juraqua Iron company
and the Spanish-Am erican company
both American corporations.
The enterprise was attended with
such success that up to the time of the
instruction the first named company
maintained fleet of steamers for car
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22
Dryden and Astrology.

1t is recorded of the poet Dryden, by
Charles Wilson, in his Life of Con-
greve," that having, strange to say,
belief in astrology, he was careful to as
certain to the second the time at which
his son Charles was born. He then
calculated the boys nativity, and was
alarmed to discover that evil influences
prevailed in the heavens Jupiter We
nus and the sun being below the earth.
and the lord of his ascendant afflicted
with baleful square of Mars and
Saturn. He concluded that in his
eighth year and on the day of birth,
his sons life would be seriously en-
dangered if not lost and that if he
lived, the same danger would exist
when he attained his 23rd birthday, and
again on his 33rd or fourth. On the
boys eighth birthday, despite every
precaution to keep the boy from every
possible danger. he was nearly killed
by the fall of a wall. On his 2Srd birth
day he was seized with giddiness and
fell from an old tower belonging to the
vatican at Rome: and he was drowned
al Windsor while swimming across the
Thames in his 33rd year.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22

past the amateur of canoes has been
obliged to HE him to the museums or to
private collections in order to feed his
fancy. Only ladies of advanced years
and conservative tastes have Worn
canoes as jewels since the ante-beul-
lum days.
With the return to favor of the
cameo comes prosperity to a few art
ists-most of them well along in years
who brought to America from Italy
and France the exquisite taste and
marvellous delicacy of hand and eye
which this most difficult phase of the
art of sculpture demands of its de-
voices.
To design cameo requires as high a
degree of artistic talent as to design a
mural bas-relief or group of statuary.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22

how close this connection was between
American and Spanish capitalists. 1t
was so close, however. that at one
time the United States government was
on the point of making numerous ar
rests in New York City, not only of
Spanish Cubans, but of American citi-
zenS as we'll.
Two things American capitalists
have been watching with keen interest
are the telegraph and telephone sys-
TENS of the island. OF the former thera
are already 1890 miles, and quite re-
Gently long distance telephone SER
vice was put in operation. Both the
telephone and the telegraph lines are
owned by the government. Just what
the Cubans will do with them is, of
course, an interesting question of
American investors.
All the more important towns are al
ready supplied with electric light
plants, although an electrical engineer
who has recently inspected number
of these plants, is responsible for the
statement that in the majority of cases
they are in need Of new equipment
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22
PANORAMA or Thr PRADoE& - szss'

~, -.u2s 49, ... . ..
Tylhs tne proouct OF lis mines TO the
United etates.
Anotner American company has re-
cently leased=the manganese mines. 10
cated north OF the city OF Santiago,
Which We're abandoned three years ago
because OF the insufficient facilities FOR
transportation. This company states
that it viii pc able to put the ore On
snlppoard IN santiago harbof at cost
OF 20 ton. Formerly these mines had
an output OF 10000 tons a year, all of
winch was taken by the Carnegie COM
pany. ss'
Just west of Santiago and near the
ilttle town OF Cobre, is what is said
10 pc the largest vein of copper in the
word. Wltnln the past three years at
least ha1f a dozen American syndlcates
nave peen d1ckerlng for this particular
property. nut up TO GATE no transfer
mas Deen erected, SO far as is known.
CUBA IS lamentably deficient in rail-
ROADS. Ihere are about 1000 miles of
track, while perhaps 100 of the largest
plantations and eeMain of the mining
companies have private roads. Some
OF these private lines are quite import
ant as they tap points on the coast
where SHIPS may load. number of
them are owned by Americans, but the
regular lines are Spanish and English
institutions rms is the case with the
United Railways company, owned by
an Havana bank. in which the English
are largely interested.
Ihe western Railway company is
controlled entirely by English capital.
1t Is said that negotiations are now
pending which, If carried through. will
give a New York syndicate chance
to extend the lines.
Transportation by water is already
we'll cared for by half a dozen steam
ship lines, and Plant and Flagler have
both recently established a regular SER
vice between Florida and Cuba. They
also promise two new hotels in Ha-
vana. With it's great wealth of forests,
whose value can hardly be overesti-
mated. the total export of timber from
Cuba has very seldom gone much above
100000 a year So little has this source
of wealth been appreciated that lands
worth hundreds of dollars an acre be-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22

of the artist who had impaired to them
another value.
Theodorus of Samos engraved upon
an emerald the seal of Polycrates, Pyr-
goteles, who was a master lapidary-
engraver, found a patron and friend in
Alexander the Great who placed the
stamp of his own genius upon the new
political geography of the known
+ world. Dioscourides, a Greek, became
very great man in the household of
Caesar Augustus because nobody in the
Roman world of his day could sculp-
ture a gem as could he.
Like most other forms of art, cameo
and intaglio engraving went out" with
the decline of the Roman empire, and
came back again when Florence in the
years of the Renaissance. and by the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22
A Very Old Fashion That Is Coming Into
Favor Again-Cameos Which Are
Ancient and Foreign.

The cameo-exqusite demonstration
or arts most delicate technique-is
coming into favor again with ladies
who can afford to adorn their natural
charms
The grandmothers of the present
generation of society women had not
ceased, in the hey-day of their social
triumphs, to fancy the sculptured min
iatures in sardonyx and shell which the
classic Greeks admired as adjuncts of
personal decoration. But for so years
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22
HOW AMERICANS HOPE TO DEVELOP CUBA

In Havana the electric light system
and the gas company are owned and
operated by an American corporation,
which has its main office in New York
city.
One of the best things going that is
to be done for the island is the paving
and sewering of Havana. Col. M. j.
Dady. a Brooklyn contractor, who has
already spent $4,000 on preliminary
surveys, has announced that he ex-
poets to begin this work before another
year rolls around.
Colonel Dady has had his eye on the
project ever since 1894. He claims that
his plans were approved by Captain
General Weyler and by the queen re-
gent, and that it was decided there
should be a $50,000,O00 bond issue to pay
for the work.
In Havana, however, it is said that
Colonel Dady's plans were never APP
proved by the surgeon general, so this
big job, for which the late Colonel War
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22

To execute the design, once it is cons
ceived, requires a microscopic eye and
deficacy of touch for which only the
miniature painter or the matchmaker
may furnish a conceivable analogy.
The engraving of precious stones was
practiced as an art when civilization
was very young indeed. The ancient
Assyrians, Egyptians, Greeks and Ro-
mans valued a jewel according to the
quality of the engraving which gave
it artistic significance. The amulets
of the Gnostics were not more highly
priced for the supposed magic virtues
of the basis jewels than for the work
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22
Nicarious Reform.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
''Swore off on New Years. didn't your
mo; got Brown to swear off for me, but
he's such a liar nobody believes him. L
all right What'll you take?"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-03-04
A Brilliant Legal Victory.
Lafayette Gazette.

Out uiotiuSutoOu AiiOhu1 Ouu6O
Edward Simon, has just won q VIC
tory which does him credit both
as a lawyer and a man. Some two
or three years ago John Reed, a
negro, was brought before the
court of st. Martin for having
committed a most beinous murder.
As is usually the case the negro
had no means to employ counsel
and it devolved upon Judge Voc
rhies to appoint lawyer who
would be charitable enough to de-
fend the wretched murderer.
Judge Simon kindly consented to
do his best for the friendless ne-
gro, who seemed, from all ac-
counts, to have no other choice
but an ignoble death upon the gal
lows. Judge Simon soon ascer-
tained the fact that the negro's
case was almost hopeless. He
mustered up his old-time vigor,
rolled up his sleeves and worked
with an energy that would done
honor to a younger man. The case
was tried, but despite the hurcu-
lean efforts of the judge Reed was
condemned to death. Without
hope of pecuniary reward Judge
Simon appealed to the Supreme
Court to give his client new
trial. On the ground of some ir-
regularity in the lower court a new
trial was granted and Reed was
tried for his life for the second
time, but the proofs we're against
him and the jury again decreed
that he should expiate his awful
crime at the end of rope. Judge
Simon, however, didn't throw up
the sponge. Though a little, dis
figured, as the sporting fraternity
would say it, he stayed in the are
ma and got ready for another
round. He again took his case to
the Supreme Court where he plea
ded in person and SO we'll did be
plead that that tribunal again Or
dered new trial. Upon. the third
trial Judge Simon persuaded his
client to plead guilty. feeling con-
fident that the jury would take in
consideration the fact that the pri-
soner had actually suffered death
and the ends of justice would be
accomplished if he were sent to
the penitentiary for life. The ju-
ry 80 considered it and Reed will
escape the gallows.
The Gazette felicitates the judge
upon this splendid legal victory
which not only shows that our
honored friend possesses in an
eminent degree that sense of pro-
fessional devotion to duty 80 often
found among the disciples of
Blackstone, but furnishes a most
eloquent refutation of the charge
that used to be made by the ene-
mics of the South that the South
erner delighted in prosecuting the
negro, for here we have an old
Southerner to the manor born who
has spent his life in the study of
law and who gives his best efforts
to save the gallons a wretched and
penniless negro. It is doubtful
if the abolitionists who prated of
their love for the African slaves
woult have done so much for this
friendless brute as did this ex.
STAKEHOLDER who was actuated
solelv bv a sense of duty.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-03-04
L. C.. DUCHAMP,
THE PLANTERS STOR

Paints, oil, tintuare, uuindou
glass, tuol1 paper, eroekery,,
harness. saddles.
Building material. Lime, ee-
ment, sand and fire bricks.
Feed stuff, oats, bran, corn,
hay. Salt and rock salt, coal
and charcoal q speciality.
Stationary and toys as Side
Line. a fine assortment OF
fishing lines and hooks.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-03-04

Geo. B. SecOrd. the we'll known con-
tractor of TOwanda, N. Y, says: Il have
used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in
my family for a long time and have
found it superior to any other" For
sale by T. j. Liable,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-03-04

Advertise in the Messenger.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-27

pears but for tie remainder Of his life,
and few men Of great abilities will take
that risk for the very small chance that
they may suoosedl 10 the Presidency
through the death on disability Of the
chief magistrate. Thsre is considerable
forcs In the srgu msnt for abolition, but
an Office that has existed sine, the for
nation of the Constitution IL NOS likely
to be abolished unless for the very
wsightest reasons with two or three
exceptions our Vice Presidents who
have become Presidents have filed the
office to the general satisfsction. and 1t
will require much stronger demonstra-
tion that the vice presidency contributes
. danger that has yet been given to
rouse any general sentiment for Its aboli-
tim. Such discussion as there may be on
the subject will be purely aeadsmio,
and will not be followed by any action
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-27
The CLUB WOMEN.

The nesting OF the Civic club was
held Saturday afternoon at fraternity
House. with the president. Mrs. Edward
s. Osgood, In the chair.
Owing to Illness In the family. Mrs. j..
W. d. Carter was unable TO open the dis
cussisn on the subject "How can we best
awaken civic conscience. hut the club
voted to have q special nesting later In
order to hear this paper and also one by
Mrs. Philip Brown, "What civic duties
are most apt to be neglected.
A point of interest Tor the public result
ing from this meeting. Is the possibility
of having Mr.. Jacob Riis here later in
the winter to give an illustrated lecture.
MIR. Riis Is we'll known authority on
sociological matters, and his book on
"how the other half live and other
writings on this theme are familiar to all
magazine readers. ID Is to be hoped that
the members Of the Civic club will be
able to carry out their desires In this res
psct.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-27
MANILA GOES UP.
Prices for the Famous Cordage sttIl
Climb skyward.

1.-The price Of Manila cordsge Is still
advancing, although there has been NO
actual riss since the eighth day of this
month when 1t went up half a cent a
pound" said Mr.. Samuel b. Kelsey, the
we'll known ship dealer Saturday after
noon. "It has advanced right along dur
ing all of this year and think that 1t
viii continue until all Of the troubles are
ended In the Philippines aud as 1t now
looks, Ii seems as II these rates would be
raised for the next two years.
The present prices range from l6 IA to
II Ia cents a pound and l wouldn't be
surprised II 1t reached ~ high a. twenty
cents o pound. The present prices are
the highest shat have been known In the
country for the LAST fifteen or twenty
years. No longer ago than 1895 the price
went down to a. low ~ six and seven
cents q pound. In June, too. Of this year,
mind you, the price was eleven and =
quarter cents. The '96 price, a. you see,
was unusually low and 1t was caused on
account Of the large crop in the Philip
pines. competition In the market. very
low freight rates aud the fact that there
was o large amount Of sisaI brought tn
this country. Sisal is made from grass
and Is q product of Central America.
Its pri ce today Is from eleven and q half
to twelve and half cents q pound"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-27
FARM RISKS.
They Are Not as had rs They Have Been
Called.

A Boston piper, the other day, had q
dispatch from Maine In which IL said
that she majority Of tires were In tumble
patch altogether gave 1t rather hard on
the farmers and their property and natu.
rally IL has called down the comments
Of the agricultural press. This extreme.
iy interesting bit Of news from Maine
said that the farmers Of today are set
Of men who are unable to hire help. The
farmer will rise In the morning. 1t said.
and light fire In ths Kitchen stove. The
old stove Ia tumbl down and cracked.
The sparks fly out over the room. In
case the stove lie not tumblsd down the
chimney is one brick affair filed with
obinks out Of which the sparks can fly.
The farmer takes his lantern and goes
OF to the barn where. n 1t does not ex-
ploie on account Of It's age, IL ID
Kicked over by q horse or tipped over BY
the farmers oarelsssness. In case moth
ing Of this kind happens he goes to the
house to find that on fire.
Deputy Commissioner Fletcher, Friday
threw q little light on the subject, BY
referring to some of the tables In his last
report of the department
at don't know enough about the true
condition to talk for Publication" said
Mir. Fletcher. 81 Intend though now that
the matter has been taken up to &c
through the returns and make up some
thing on 1t. We have the material II we
can get It together. Until then would
not care TO say pythina about II"
However. Mr.. Fletcher said lie thought
in justice to the farmer who was htelsd
In the Boston papers article, 1t o1eht
to be said that the fires on Maine farms
do not occur on the poor ones - was
stated On the contrary the greater mum
Der Of them are In tine or good farm
buildings. The department receives no.
tice Of every fire that occurs in Maine and
these show conclusively that the greater
number Of farm tires are In good build
ings.
In regard TO the losses from farm bold
ings, the insurance com missiouer's re-
port of 1896 shows only the regards Of toe
Maine mutual companies that will give
include both farm and city property.
In this particular case Of the mutual
companies II Is sh,wn that ~ mutual
companies, (which, as q word Of explanR-
tion. are local insurance associations
formed on the mutual plan and all do
busint 81 within certain hmitsl carried
last year, total Of nearly 5000. coo
In riska On this hey received in pre-
miums $50. 912 20. The total losses laid
for the year were $39, 052 IS. This shows
that the mutual Dom paniss with risks
almost wholly Ia the rural communities.
can be run on y paying basis, but POSI-
bly, tbs small agents have te,n over
A. k..n
and have not used the discretion that
they should. In consequence Of this 1t
Is possible that their companies have
suffs cred.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-27

The popular Ignorance about banks and
interes st is well illustrated by the SUCCESS
of the franklin syndicate Of Philadelphia
in getting people to lend their money t,
1t. Not one of the psrsons who depo tied
money with 1t knew anything about its
managers or Its standing. All Of them
were caught by Its promise to pay them
interest at the rate Of 10 per cent week
or so per cent a year. 10 person at
all familiar with business such promise
would have lesn proof conclusive that
tie person who made it was q swindler.
But ths proprietor Of the franklin syn
dictate seems to have found ignorance and
credulity SO abundant that he had no
great difficulty In collecting through the
aid Of newspaper advertisements hun
treds of thousands of dollars-one report
says millions. The only effective way
of preventing this kind Of swindling Is
to educate the people. So long as there
exis's q large claas of people who know
nothing about banks and interests SO
long will this sort of s~indle flourish.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-27

Ex-senator Edmunds has just relter'
atsd his opinion that Congressman Rob-
srts cannot be refused a seat In the
House. What Mr.. Edmunds says on this
subject Is en- tiled to the grsatsst weight.
He is I'm eminent constitutional lawyer
and he Ia the author of all the anti
Mormon legislation that has been placed
on the United States statute books. But
while holding that Robert, cannot be
refused seat Mr.. Eimunds holds that he
can and ought to be expelled. There IL
little doubt that the conclusion which
Mr. Edmunds has come TO will be the
one endoI ssd by Congress.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-27

1t 10 impossible to say how much truth
there Is In tine New York Worlds story
Of the plot to blow up the Maine and the
method by which the destruction OF the
vessel was accomplished. But It would
not be strange II fonie Of the inside his
tory CT that affair had leaked out.
A good many persons probably knew
something about the affair. and IL is
remarkable TINT the secret should have
been kept SO long and we'll as 1t has. The
Worlds story coinoides with the gener-
ally pre- valsnt pelief at the time, that the
affair WAS the work of some het headed
suhaIterns with good deal more zeal
than discretion and that the Spanish
government had nothing to do with 1t.
Indeed 10 never was possible to implioate
tbs Spanish government or any persons
Iish In authority except upon the
assumption that they had gone ssark
mad.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-27

The battle at Belmont, so far as 10 went,
was a British SUCCESS, but 1t has no
hearing upon the seriousness of the
situation In Natal. All the towns which
the Beers have invested there are still
invested, and relief cannot, under the
most favorable circumstances. reach them
for some time to come. Thers Ia much
anxiety In England lest the Lady smith
garrison IL short of ammunition and
may have TO surrender ON that account.
1t is evident that many Dutch residents
of Cape Colony are joiring the Eoer
forces and this fact causes good deal of
alarm. A general uprising of the Dutch
over South Africa would create sit
nation which the British would find 1t
exceedingly difficult to cope with. As it
f. they have tn, lie hands full. and the
prophets who jauntily predicted that
Butler would be In Pretoria by Christ.
mas are now extending the time several
months. In the slang Of the day kng.
land has run against the hardest kind of
q proposition" and nobody can forssee
the end. The Boer IL just as willy and
courageous as he was In 1881 when the
British encountered him at Msjuba hill.
He appears to be led too by generals who
are quit, the equals Of the English in
strategy. His equipment. especially In
artillery. 10 inferior to that of the Brit
ish, but he has the advantage over the
British of being thoroughly familiar
with the country and of having the SYM
pathy and the secret assistance of a
large part Of its Inhabitants. By wearing
out his resources the British will no
doubt conquer him in time. but the price
they ara destined to pay for their para
mountoy In South Africa, which IL the
chief thing they are fighting for, Is going
20 be enormous both in blood and treas
ura
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-27

There has been considerable editorial
uttsrance since the death OF MIR. Hobart
in favor Of abolishing the Vice Presidency
because 1t is useless office except In the
event Of the death of the President,
and because the nominee to 1t Is rare
ly selected with view to that oontin-
gsnoy but simply to please soma state or
locality or reward 1t for having sup
ported particular oandidat, for the
Presidency. Instead Of abolishing the
Vice Presidency better way would be to
sslect man for the office fitted to I'LL the
Presidency In case Of vacancy, but that
h difficult because it Is difficult to get
the ablest men 10 take the offlce. 1t
usually shelves man NOT only for four