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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-11-16
From Other "Pens'

We are becoming very popular
in penitentiary circles all of a
sudden, and we don't know whether
to feel alarmed about it or not
However, we belong to a class OF
philosophers that believe about
the only way in the world to re-
form one is to reach them through
their mentalities instead Of reach.
ing them through their skins with
a rawhide. There are some very
bright men behind prison bars, as
a perusal of The PRISON MIRROR
published at Saltwater, Minnesota
will prove. 1t is one Of the quick.
est-witted papers that comes to oul
exchange table.-George's Week.
ly, Denver, Colo.
The PRISON MIRROR, published
in the state penal institution al
Saltwater, has just been added to
our exchange list. It is one OIL
the spiciest little journals in the
country and has acquired great
prestige among the reading public
May it's efforts for the betterment
Of mankind never grow less.-
Chaska Review.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-11-16

That every issue Of the Still
water PRISON MIRROR proves that
the State Pen is mightier than
the sword. -Lakefeld Standard.
It's a close race now between
Bede's Budget and The PRISON
MIRROR, with The MIRROR on the
gain. The prison paper is about
as full ofgood things as it can hold,
but on "local news it's editor is
somewhat handicapped.-Tra
Trumpet.
The fondness deaf people have
for promenading on railway tracks
has never received scientific ex-
planation.-Star Of Hope.
No matter how loose an engage.
ment ring may be, the diamond
never slips round on the inside of
a lady's fnger.-Star of Hope.
If you are chasing happiness
leave your vile passions behind
and you will seldom fail to find it.
Washington Hatchet.
Mems opinion, good or bad, give
experience that knowledge can be
obtained from. Washington Hat
Chef
Trickery and deceit may gain an
advantage for the time being, but
good faith and honesty always
wins out in the end.-Elk River
Star News.
Don't get up early in the morn
ing and then sit around all day,
and pretend that you are such "a
very early riser ALBERT Lea En-
terprise.
If all who rob Cod were
branded thieves, many churches
would take on the appearances of
prison chapels.-Free Baptist.
Dr. Parkhurst says there are
100000 men in New York who are
worse than Bigamist Roberts of
Utah. Very true, doctor, but they
are not seeking for political pre-
ferment.- Denver (Colo.) Post.
The close of Mrs. Langtry's
honeymoon leaves her in hus-
bandless condition, but she is yet
comparatively young and as full
of ambitious matrimonial fire as
ever.-Denver (Colo. Post.
About all that Spain seems to
give her naval heroes are hand
somely engrossed verdicts of a
court-martial. Cannon Falls Bea-
con.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-11-16
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| for three days before my return.
"But that was easy. AS you know
am well acquainted in the town, in
fact knew everybody in business. Well
l found that that scoundrelly fellow
who looked like me had been to my
tailors and had two suits of clothes
made and charged to me. He Dor
rowed money of all the barkeepers in
town, besides standing them off for
! numerous rounds. Every one of them
thought, until 1 proved differently,
land l had to prove it, too, can assure
you,) that had started out on high
old time.
"Well L got out of that, though l had
to compromise. After getting things
Strengthened up in Houston, went in
to the house, and there it was again.
That fellow had been there ahead of
me and had raised, so close was the
resemblance between us, had raised 1
say, money from the firm, from the
clerks and even from the porters and
packers about the house. He even
went out to my house in Oak Cliff and
got money from my folks and packed
up my best clothes and skipped with
them.
"You have little idea of the trouble 1
had. 1t is wonder he didn't get my
girl and probably would have done so
if he had known who she was. But [
am glad to say that he didn't any how.
"Well the thing went on from bad to
worse and from worse tO-wOrser.
Everywhere went, found traces of
that man. AT last my poor tired ma
ture could stand it no longer and fell
seriously i'll in Temple. And while
there L got even with the internal
scoundrel and put an end to all my
troubles"
"How did you manage it ?" asked the
grocer.
81 died, and they buried him." was
the reply. And the blacksmith looked
incredulouS j. S. B.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-11-16

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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-11-16

WE HAVE SECURED A
GREAT NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT STYLES OF
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-11-16

About all that Spain seems to
give her naval heroes are hand
somely engrossed verdicts of
court-martial. Cannon Falls Bea-
con.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-24
PROSPECTS or SUGAR

and Euu1 suEAE s2l4a &C 100 sA+aAei.
to b. usea for tobacco.
PROSPECTS or SUGAR
Aftsr ~s bad Eosc sAros<A The saiii
and over the plantation. and vcrr haek
tn the Casa Dc Vgvieaaa.- or resi-
dcncc. gathered sonc further Pola;s
about tac prospects, % sugar - Cuha-
None OF the bik planters sr~sz to -
discouraged a. TO -. ultimate res;or-
alton 90 The iadus;ry. though zaany os
them arc embarrassed for ir,D~dszsc
means Os restoring their plaasassoas-
Vet they are coming hack from Europe
and from the Uaised States. ~ Provi-
iencia \ daughter OF the house bad
Just returned from Paris. and other
members OF the family wsr- 20 rs;ura
from England The sugar planters cx-
pcct TO resume. IN n measure. the old
social life. This means thai they arr
expecting to settle on their Plan;atSoas
and To remain on them They DO noe
know ho~ soon the revival % the
sugar Industry will come. bot they are
no, afraid that bet root vill Ultimate
y destroy il. 1t will take two years
for Providcncia to st hack to i,s form
cF productioa.- said Mr. Coscocchca-
Other plantations vilI need = ioaEcr
time because they suffered more durinx
the insurFccsSoa and have not the ~anc
resources that ne have "a 20 the
processes OF production hc believed
they would bc improved. Our Gaze
he said. by chemical analysis shoaid
yield it per cent OF sugar. We oaiy
get ten. The dcfctcncy ts somewhere
in the Mills. We are trying To- and oaf
where this loss lies and to- coFrccs st.
Ar. Goicoechca is Cuban an1sxa-
ZIONIST. as are mos; OF the planters
Nevertheless he t. not proecediaE "a
the belief that annexation is comink
soon. The United siatek.- he re-
marked. collects slO.oc0. 600 of duties
on sugar and tobacco from Cuba can
see Why that t. an obstacle to- anacxa-
ton Hs added that when Americans
began coming to Cuba to engage IN
sugar raising with their sasrEy and
their improved methods the output Of
the island would b. enormously ia-
creased. ''wbcn that hsPPcns.- said
Mr.. G9ieoeehca. There - an end 90 the
beet root competition OF Europe.
An industrial revolution will follow
and Il will BE OF character OF whieh
Ne now have little conception Mr.
GSicceehcs did not speak hopefully Of
the sys;sm OF eolonias. or leased cane
lands. ProvidCneia. "a heretofore stat
81, had a dozen OF these coloniss. The
system - one by which the plznieE
leases or subjects for period OF years
a tract OF cane land. As much - leased
ls the tenant cares to cultivate. ethics
by himself or with the help OF Others
The cane nc raises is taken to the cen.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-24

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snaiisst sz<s- s-eSsssF- u 20 ">k'
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-24
Cultivation Of Cane in the Pearl
Of the Antilles.
PAST AND FUTURE OF INDUSTRY
Description of Methods-Field and
MMi-Observations OF a Man
Who Has Been In Hawaii.
washington Starr

Raising sugar cane in Cuba is a past
and future industry. There is not
snurh OF it in the present tense. A few
plantations passed through the insur-
rertion without their mills and ma
Chtnery having been destroyed. l came
out to the largest one in the province
nf Havana Tor the purpose Of gaining
"a little information Everybody al
ready knows that growing cane and
grinding cane have to be done on
tions and heavy capital with which to
work them. So the sugar industry is
not one for the sTnall farmer or the
IMAM with little money. Yet its
function in the reconstruction of Cuba
is "a vital one When the sugar pro-
dsfct of the ISLE mounts toward the
Old figures of one million tons annual
ay the days of prosperity will have re-
turned. The industrial processes which
snust be followed before that produc-
sion is reached are intricate.
RIOf1 i fCAC1S.
It is half an hours gallop on good
horse across .ne country from Guines
Ho the Providencia plantation. One
other large plantation, the Amistad,
Hiss nearer the town and there are
two smaller ones in the neighborhood.
Most of the cane this year will be TAX
eH from the Providencia. Riding
acr0sS the country a hint of past pros
parity is given in the great tracts of
land oyergrown with grass which were
formerly fields of cane. Some of this
Hand is now being turned over by the
pillow and within another year the cane
will again be seen. noticed that most
rf the Land turned UP was the rich
Tei variety, though tracts of black soil
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-24

30 complete Until u reaches INC N1tci
on the south coaSs- This - only t-u
miles away. The railway proi~ct =
one OF the many that wcTc interrupted
by the fnsurrcction-
PRoDUCTIVENESS or THE LAND,
While the business OF n sugar pian;a-
ton Is TO produce sugar. the soil which
does this has other properties. \ walk
through the little garden which -
maintained for the people who live on
Providencia gave \ hint Of It's produe-
tiyeness. There were onions. beans.
cabbages. egg plants. Po;Goes. to-
matoes. lettuce. radishes. and do no;
know how many other varieties Of
homely. everyday vegetables There -
money in raising this truck. a. s.
shown IN Guines. and after n time u
may be that the sugar plantations ~ili
help supply the markets. Heretofore
cane raising has been done on such n
large scale and garden truck on 80
small n scale. that the sugar planters
thought Il beneath their notice TO raise
the small things for the market. Under
the new conditions they are thinking
of utilizing the full productivsness OF
their lands. So they may begin grow
ing onions and potatoes as n business.
instead OF as an acridcns.
Mr.. GoIcoechea wanted US TO see hts
apple trees. They were real apple
trees. but they did not bear apples.
The same was true OF some peach trees.
Sugar-producing countries do not hear
apples and peaches. I have seen a
weakly peach nurtured with much care
on one OF the plantations in Hawaii.
but Il was tasteless. and the manages
made n much better substitute for the
Delaware peach. An apple orchard had
some gnarled fruit. which was unpalat-
able. The same Is true OF peaches and
apples TN Cuba. But the lands which
will not grow peaches and apples do
grow oranges. on the Providencia
there are orange trees. Mr.. Golcoechea
told me that he was thinking OF start.
ing some orange groves. with a view q
marketing the product. have heart
other sugar planters say the same
thing. Their suggestions have i'm
pressed me that within n few year
both fruits and vegetables may becom.
a side product on the sugar plantations
and thus add considerably to THEFT
value. Providencia also has a largo to
bacco drying house. but ! do not under
stand that the cultivation IL to be con
tinued in connection with sugar. Thi
drying house was put up during a per
iod OF the insurrection when Il wa
possible to utilize for tobacco some o
the cane lands which would otherwis
have been unproductive. The common
rule Is that the cultivation OF the tw,
staples does not go together. The hes
tobacco lands are not good for SuEa
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-24
EIGHT HUNDRED HANDS.


Today on Providencia six hundred
and eightyhands are employed. One
half have their living quarters on the
plantation and work the year round.
The other half are hired in gangs by
the day. Some OF them also have their
dwellings on the plantation. When
the mill is grinding next week there
will be eight hundred who have en-
ployment. That is pretty fair num-
Der. but IL does not represent the full
employing capacity of a big plantation.
borers are blacks.
Most OF them have been there since
the times OF slavery. They have conf
Portable quarters and form a little vii
ofthe old south. Some Chinese hands
are also employed. Most OF these dis
appeared during the instruction.
Back in Guines saw the dragon flag
flying over a comfortable house. l
was told it was residence and Office
of the Chinese consul. who was also
a barber and u dentist At one time
there were enough Chinese in the
nsighborhoOd of GuineS TO require the
presence of a consular agent. General
~ the sugar plantations had at least
10 per cent. of Cinnamon among their
hands That proportion has dropped.
Where there were formerly 10000 Chi
nese in Cuba the number does not
now exceed $4,000.
In going through the great central
mill l noticed that most OF the older
machinery was from Glasgow or Bel
GUM, but the more modern engines
were from the United States. Provi-
dencia has also a refinery. which re-
fines part of its crude product foI
local consumption. There is refinery
at Cardenasand a small one at Matan-
zas, with possibly one or two more OF
the island. Providencia had an ALAN
bique'' distillery for making aguardi.
ente, or cane rum, but it was not KEPT
in operation. Steam plows are in use
on the plantation. One OF them doe.
the work of twenty yoke OF oxen
Nevertheless IL is not possible TO dis
pense entirely with oxen in blowing
and mules are also used. Though th'
plantation has tramways running
through il, the railway system will no
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-24

videncia got FIVE hundred from Mex
ico. These Mexican oxen have con
are used 10 the driver p,odding along
beside them and prodding them. The
Cuban laborer likes better 20 ride In
the cart and flourish a long whipchong.
The result was that some OF the oxen
went into the creek and were drowned.
Since then the laborers have adapted
themselves TO the habits OF the Mex
lean oxen
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-24

stretched alongside of il. "A mystery
Of geology" my companion told me.
The red and the black soil lie togeth-
err The red is better for the cane,
but both are good. All the land Is
good. We do not know here what you
mean by poor soil Those palm groves
mean richness"
At the plantation Mr.. Pascl,al Col
coechea and his brother were await
ing us. The plantation has been in
the family for generations. Fields Of
sugar cane have the same look wheth-
er in Hawaii or Louisiana or Cuba.
The mills and machinery are also
much tine same. An expert notices
difference and can tell where a mill
is behind the time in its machinery.
Other phases OF the plantation were
of more interest to me. 1 wanted to
know all about the reconstructive pro-
cess first The information was given
by Mr. Carlos F'gueredo, one of the
residents of Guines, and by Mr.. Col
cOechea himself.
VICISSITUDES OF WAR.
In former days the normal produc-
uon of the plantation was sixteen
thousand tons. Some ten thousand
acres OF land We're under cultivation
by the owners and a dozen "colonos,
or farmers, LEASED land on which they
raised cane to grind at the central mill.
When the insurrection bearing the
torch reached this part of the province
twelve million of arrobas OF cane went
up in flames An arroba is twenty-five
pounds. In a short time half a million
dollars was represented by burned
cane After that Gomez with his men
threatened the mill Maceo and his
men threatened the mill, and Weyler
and his troops threatened the destruc-
ton of the whole plantation. In the
midst of these discouraging circum-
stances the effort was continued to
raise cane, with the result of an al
ago 1 saw the cane on two sides of
Providencia burning. A year ago l saw
other fields in flames. In spite of it all
the plucky owners kept up the fight
for the fields. The outcome was that
| when the war between the United
States and Spain ended they had some
tracts of cane standing. That cane has
ripened, and by the time this letter
| lis printed it will be going through the
crushers in the central mill.
The oxen all disappeared during the
period of war. When the insurrection
began there were seven hundred OF
them. The insurgents got some, the
Spanish troops got others. During the
blockade Captain General Blanco took
all the oxen that remained on the ISL
and. The sugar planters who had any
cane growing this winter found that
their first need was oxen. The Pro-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-24

Be complete until Il TcanheS the water
on the south coass-. This - oaiy tn
miles away. The railway prci-ct ~
one OF the many that wcTc interrupted
by the fnsurrcction.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-24

CHARLES ~ PEPPER
Arizona republican., 1899-01-30

cities. Each candidate professes to be- lieve that when split comes he will be successful. Senator Wilson seems the most confident of all. His satis- faction with the progress of the fight, on the surface, at least. is surpassed only by the confident declarations of all the others, that if they are forced to split up it will surely not be Wilson who will be elected.
 Hume's support, it is believed, will be the first to desert him, and the greater part of it is expected to go to Banker Ankeny. Should Fosters support di- vide, the bulk of that will, it appears, go to Wilson. That would leave the fight between the two old foes. Wilson has openly declared that if he cannot be elected he will name the man. Some profess that this means a dark horse, whose head has not yet emerged from the blanket. A more likely eXp.ana- tiOn is that Wilson will throw his forces to Foster, thus securing the elec- ton of a man from the west side of the state, and leaving the field free for himself as a candidate for return to the senate four years hence, when Senator George Turner's term will expire.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-30
GOVERNMENT OF CUBA
The Sania Cruz Assembly Commits
 sion Leaves Washington.

Washington. Jan. 29-The Cuban commissioners from the Santa Cruz assembly, Of which the late General Garcia was president, who have been in Washington for the past six weeks upon affairs connected with the plans for the future government of the is land of Cuba, have completed their work and left today for New York, from which port they will sail on the first of the week for Havana. They expect to present their report to the assembly within the next ten days or two weeks
 A member of the commission said to- day before leaving that it was now as sured that a certain amount would be advanced by the United States govern ment for the payment of the Cuban soldiers and that upon it's receipt the army will be immediately disbanded and the soldiers allowed to go to their homes and begin anew the work of building their homes and partaking of the prosperity of the country under a free government. Just how much would be granted, or how much each soldier would .f receive, he would not say, or whether the amount had been decided upUz by the administration, but that . certain amount will be ad- vanced they seem to be assured. This will be secured by the revenues of the island over which the American gov ernment will have control until the debt is paid at least.
 The members of the Porto Rican commission also left today for New York, where they will remain TOT sev- eraI days transacting business. when Dr. Henna and Dr. Zeno Y. Grandia will return to confer further with the president and other authorities re- garding the several reforms which thev have petitioned for in their island.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-30
HEAVIEST IN YEARS
The Great Snow Storm in Colorado
 Promises Serious Results.

Denver, Jan 29.-The snow storm which has bsen raging on the noun tains since early last week has sub- sided. The sun broke through the clouds today and the wind tubated. In some places the fall of snow has been the heaviest in fifteen years.
 In and about Leadville serious re suits are threatened. The supply Of coal and provisions iG the smaller mo--4t4iG towns .5 iilz-l..-.o H&sHn2e eT~ hausted and much suffering must re. suit unless the railIoad can be opened to these places.
 Snow slides are reported from sev- eral places, but only from Apex, where three were killed, has come inf0rma- tion of casualties.
 Information from Kokomo is 10 the effect that great masses of hard packed snow overhangs the town threatening it with serious damage should they give way. Kokomo was carried away by an avalanche in the early eighties, and the residents are fearful lest this should be repeated now. The South Park road has been tied up between Como and Leadville for nearly q week.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-30
ON THE WRONG TRACK.
Gang of Railroad Laborers Run Down
 in a Tunnel.

Altoona, Pa., Jan. 29.-A gang of 26 track repairers were working on the railroad at the western opening Of the Gallatin tunnel at o'clock this after noon when they heard the approach of locomotive which was running west through the tunnel The work men all stepped from the north track on which westbound trains move. to the south track.
 Smoke in the tunnel prevented them from seeing the approaching locomotive, which, in order to avoid Instructions on the north track was running on the south track. One man was instantly killed, one died in AL toona hospital and sixt@n were more or less injured. None bped without some injury