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Adaptation in the Schools.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.


Evidence of progress in the adaptation OF
our schools to the special needs of New
York is found in the announcement con-
corning the big new school building to be
opened on the East Side of Manhattan next
week. This building is six stories high and
has eighty-1ye class rooms. 1t will be the
largest public school In the entire CITY and
VIII do great deal to relieve the conges-
ton which overtakes the schools in all
crowded sections unless new buildings are
frequently added to the equipment. But
the relief from overcrowding is the least of
the help for the children of its section
which this school promises. The announce
ment is made that this is to be the first of
the pre-academic" schools in the city. The
term requires explanation for those who are
not intimately acquainted with school af-
1airs. AT present what are commonly
called the public schools" in distinction
from the high schools, include the primary
and grammar school classes There is no
sharply marked line of distinction between
these two elementary grades, but the
course OF study In the public" schools oc-
cupies eight years, supposed to be from six
to fourteen, when the pupils are ready for
high school. In fact. many children fall be-
hind In their classes. some of them stay in
the grammar grades until they are sixteen
or even seventeen Pupils who must GO to
work at sixteen do not try to go beyond
who do not begin work Immediately stop
schooling with the grammar grades Their
instruction Is the equivalent OF what used
to be called common school education =
as distinguished from the academic training
which Is given In the high schools.
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RAILWAY CONDUCTOR, .SMT,oN AGENT

work until H. then lay off until 2, when
the work goes on until In the evening. I
understand that the Cuba Road Company
tried to extend the morning until noon and
stop off an hour earlier In the evening.
This did not satisfy the natives and 1t had
to be abandoned. One reason was that
the men start the day on light meal, and
they become played out If they work after
II o'clock without further food. They like
the noon hours for rest; and after their IL
o'clock breakfast Of rice, jerked beef and
plantains with coffee take nap, lying fiat
on their backs. In the evening they have
a good dinner, and after 1t coffee and a
smoke. The first breakfast, usually taken
before going to work, consists of little
more than q cup of black coffee and some
bread. 1t IS indeed a short ration for four
| or FIVE hours of hard work.
Negroes and Chinese.
A large part of the labor here is done by
negroes, mulattoes and Chinese. The Chi
tracts to work for eight years at from
| twenty to thirty cents a day, and the ne
groes originally came in slaves. Cuba
had slaves as late as 1850, and it is esti-
mated that It has imported more than one
million negroes during it's slave history. AT
present about one-third of the population
| is black, and there are many mulattoes.
Race antipathy is not so strong In
the United States the lower classes Of
| Spaniards and negroes having mixed. In
| deed the negro has higher standing here
than in the United States, and, for this
| reason, it is said that the Cuban negroes
do not welcome Americans, fearing they
will not be well treated by them as by
| the native whites.
Cuban Negroes VS.. American Negroes.
A large part of the negro labor is lazy
| and unreliable. The men are not equal to
our negroes. This was found in the work
upon the street railroads of Havana, which
| belong largely to Americans. In relaying
| the tracks not long ago a gang of Cuban
| negroes was employed, but the work went
| so slowly that American negroes were
| brought over and put on the work at about
| Both sets of hands were boarded, but the
| Americans did twice as much work as the
| Cubans, and they would have been cheap
| at double the money. This increase of pay,
| however, caused a strike on the part of
| the native negroes, and the result was that
| they got raise of wages, although the
| Americans still did the most work.
| In closing, l would say that - doubt
! whether Cuba is good place just now for
/ the American mechanic or common laborer
| without money. While the wages are high
1 for Cuba, they are comparatively low as
| regards the United States. Our workmen
| cannot live on the ordinary Cuban fare.
| They will find the hours of work different,
/ and it viii take them long time to become
| accustomed to Cuban social life. If they
| have places beforehand, or can come here
assured of work in some of the American
| colonies. they may do well; but otherwise
| the venture is to say the least, doubtful.
| FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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and the plants transplanted The plants
have to he weeded, worned and budded, and
when the leaves are gathered they must
be cured punched and baied. Much of this
is done by the piece. Five dollars is paid
for setting out a thousand plants, and the
packers get from So to 50 a bale. 1t is
estimated that one can raise and tend about
10000 seed plants. It requires that many
to set out an acre and to tend five such
acres It Will keep one family busy. Much
of the best tobacco is now raised under
shade at cost of several hundred dollars
per acre.
Big Pay of Cigarmakers.
The workers in the cigar factories get big
pay. There are thousands of such men
in Havana who receive from two to five
dollars day. They have men to read the
newspapers to them while they work whose
wages are ten dollars day. Indeed, the
cigarmakers might be called the aristocrats
of manufacturing Cuba.
Some of these men work by the piece and
some by the day. The wages vary ac-
cording to the work and also according 10
the locality They are higher in Havana
than in the suburbs and other cities scat
tered over the island.
In these factories the men make consid-
erably more than the women. l visited one
in Havana where four hundred girls Were
employed in stripping the leaves from the
stems and spreading them out for the cigar
rollers. These girls make on the average
two dollars day, the pay roll for female
labor in that factory alone being about
$500 per day. The most of these girls are
young. Fully two hundred of them were
under eighteen, few were middle aged
and one or two were gray haired.
There are about sixteen hundred women
employed in the tobacco trade in this is
land. Some of them work by the piece,
some by the day. The cigars are packed
by women and the same is true of cigar
cites In some factories the women earn
s12 a week, while in others they make
something like $50 a month. In most facto
ries the women and men have separate
rooms. and in some women are en-
ployed
Cuba's New Sawmills.
New saw mills are being started through
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A Live-Saving Coat.
!, the Scientific American.

From the Scientific American.
A London tailor has invented new life
saving coat and CATERS, with which 1t is
possible for a person clothed therein to
maintain an upright position when inn
ing a knowledge of swimming.
The coat resembles in appearance an
ordinary pilot coat, but it is fitted with an
air belt which is inflated with air through
a tube The CATERS each weigh two
pounds and are fitted with two brass
wings or blades fastened to the back of
the heel. AS the wearer moves his feet in
the water these wings open and shut, and
not only propel the wearer along like oars,
but enable him to maintain an upright po-
sition from the waist upward in the water.
practical demonstration of the utility
of the invention was recently undertaken
in the River Thames by the inventor and
its efficiency and life-saving qualities
clearly shown, even when moving against
the tide.
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and its making requires considerable skill.
The men employed upon Il get daily wages
OF So 80 in gold. while their helpers and APP
prentfces receive 81 and upward.
There are several machine shops In Cuba.
One here In Havana works about 300 men.
1t pays its best mechanics 81 e day,
and this wage Is received by pattern
makers, molders, foundry men and others.
Such men are scarce here. Helpers gat
S1.50 a day and apprentices about the same.
Firemen are paid from 81 to So and out
side lahorers from 81 to S1.50
Engineers and Railway Men.
There are many engineers employed on
the plantations. Every big sugar mill has
to have one or more, and there must be at
the same time mechanics to keep the ma
chinery in order. Many such mills cost
several hundred thousand dollars for their
machinery alone, and they require skilled
men. Biacksniths are employed on every
plantation. They get $50 and upward O.
month.
There are about 5000 men at work on the
railroads, and among them large num-
Der of engineers and firemen. The wages
are different on different roads, but every,
where they are less than in the United
States. Few of the plantations pay more
than 500 month for their best engineers,
and on the roads the locomotive engineers
get from SEQ to $50, and firemen from $3o
to $50. On the Cuba road a large number
of Americans are employed. They are, I
suppose. paid better wages.
The most of the railroad conductors are
natives. They are polite and efficient.
They receive less than the engineers.
Brakemen get about $50 month and sta
ton agents from $40 to $50 a month and
quarters. The average men employed In
the traffic service of the Cuba road do not
earn more than $500 a year. and many of
them much less.
Hours of Work.
In railroad building the natives work I'M
der foreign civil engineers. This was The
way the Cuba road was constructed. 1t
had at times 10000 men and it pushed
them as they had never been pushed
before The officials once attempted to
change the hours of work. 1t Is Gus
tomary here to start the day at and
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Lady Holland was once taken down to
dinner by Mr. Babbage. the inventor of the
calculating machine. Something was said
about ''squar.ng words. 80
what does that mean?" asked Lady
Holland.
II will tell you,n answered Mr.. Babbage:
"you take word, for example. like morse.
That contains six letters
"SIxw exclaimed Lady Holland involun-
ts.rily; don't you mean fve?"
NO. no." Mr. Babbage rejoined, there
are six letters In horse
Surely not persisted Lady HOLLAND.
and spelled the word. ..Ah," remarked the
great man. II never could count. That u
why / invented the calculating maah1nA
Arsonaut.
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turned TO crimson, gave enough light for
ordinary print to be read at midnight. An
other result was a severe magnetic storm,
putting telegraph lines out of action. shock
ing operators at the keys and setting fire
to the instruments.
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CUbA'S LABOR FAMINE
More Hands Needed on Sugar
and Tobacco Plantations.
PAY OF CIGARMAKERS
ATTEMPTS MADE TO SECURE FOR
EIGN WORKERS.
Hours of Labor and the Wages Paid
in the Various Industries
The Building Trades. 49,.
PAY OF CIGARMAKERS
Copyright, 1905, by Frank C. Carpenter,

Copyright, 1905, by Frank C. Carpenter.)
HAVANA.
Cuba Is suffering from a labor famine.
Wages were never higher in the tobacco
districts, and some of the sugar crop of the
past season was net harvested for lack of
hands. Thousands of Americans who have
purchased lands here are doing more or
less to develop their holdings and the good
times have created an increaced demand
for worhmen In every part of the island.
There have been number of projects be-
fore congress to encourage immigration
and some of these Will probably be adopted.
The immigrants most wanted are those
from the Canary Islands and northern
Spain, and they already constitute a large
part of the white labor. They are thrifty,
industrious and easily controlled. They are
in many respects better than the native
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Unquestionably.
rom the Chicago Tribune

From the Chicago Tribune.
Have you q modern street railway sys-
tenn In your town." wrote the eastern capi-
talist.
Our street railway system" wrote the
western real estate agent and town boomer,
In reply, .'is strictly up to date. Forty
seven peraolz here have been run over by
the cars or knocked on the track In the last
six months alone
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Among the Iron Workers.

Most Of the public buildings have great
deal of iron about them. Their windows
are covered with lacework of iron and
iron balconies extend out from the second
stories. The material used Is wrought iron.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-07
Will Be No Men Then.

Earth will reach Vega In about four
millions OF years IL aimed straight at her.
This Is. of course, mere approximation.
The most learned astronomers are unable
to calculate with any approach to .accu-
racy the distances OF the stars. so many
millions Of times further away than the
planets OF our systeul, Twelve million
The daily tribune., 1905-08-10

COUNCIL WILL ACT-Tbe good
roads proposition was placed before
the Canon City council st IT, regular
meeting Tussdsy night BY President
Amsn Moore Of the County Good
Roads organisation and that body
promised 70 act. The county com.
missioners have taken hold Of the
matter and ara shout decided 70 puY.
chase the necessary machinery for
Tosd construction and 10 now looks
lik, tho Florence city council will
fall into line. With the main
thoroughfArss Ia Florspoe and Canon
Oity msoaiAuized for . couple Of
miles each the space betwesu could
coon be filled in BY the county giving
% the hrst piece OF maosdam ized rosd
In tho state. Let us all help our
mite IN boosting this thing along.
The daily tribune., 1905-08-10

For sale at CITY DRUG STORE
The daily tribune., 1905-08-10

There 10 more catarrh In this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together. and until the last few
years WAS supposed to be innurable.
For . great many years doctors pro.
nouncec It local disease and pre-.
scribed local remedies. and constantly
failing to cure with local treatment.
pronounced 1t iucurable. Science
has proven catarrh to be constitution.
al disease and therefore requires con.
stitional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by r. Cheney
and Co.. Toledo, Ohio. Is the only
constitutional cure on the market. II
IL taken Internally In dosss from 10
drops 10 . teaspoonful. II acts di.
reosly on the blood and mucous sur.
faces Of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails
to curve. Send for circulars and
estimonials. Address:
r. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold BY Druggists. 75o.
Take Halls Family Pills or consti.
patton. d
The daily tribune., 1905-08-10

COUNTY FAIR--Premiums to the
extent Of 500 will be given on fruit
exhibited at the county fair TO b
held In Canon City this year. The
outlook for this years fair 10 more
promising than that Of 1904. One
hundred dollars has bsen approprias.
ed for poultry prises. An sppro.
priation Of q. 800 10 being asked BY
thsr acting committee for prise
money. Eishty-nvs seass have
been purchased from tho tabernacle
TO be installed In the comfort tent.
Several now features will b added
70 each department and each COM
mittee has taken bold in manner 70
assure ths success Of the undsrsaki Ing.
There may b bronoho contest and q
balloon asceuaion. The third day
will be featured By sports.
The daily tribune., 1905-08-10
WORKING srEADY-Tbs min.

J WORKING eTEADY-Ths mine at
Radiant IL WORKING steady now. but
is not working at ~ foil capacity. Il
y doing considerable development
work and in another year will have
the mine in shape for . big peodse-
ton. Some artssian wells ass 70 b
drilled for the purposs Of furnishine
tbs camp With eood wsAsr-a lack Of
,Vatsr hes bses one of ~ greatest
dsawbsoka The camp 10 beautifully
iIecassd ths streets ~ Laid srt In nns
The daily tribune., 1905-08-10
rRIEvss AT WORK.
Stole Nine Razors From ]. A.
Smith, the West End Barber.

Smith, the West End Barber.
Robbers were operating In this city
last night ~ we'll - at Portland. Tho
first plaoe they Waited VS. ths Smith
barber shop. lA West Main street alA
stole nine rnxors. The razors were
valued At as BY Mr.. Smith. En-.
trance was effected by means Of .
skeleton key. They opened the front
door. proceeded to the razor case and
stole them all. There were two hair
clippers near tire case that were not
touched.
Mr. Smith did not know Of the
robbery until sometime after he had
opened bis place Of business today.
He had . relative. Clyde York. in the
chair and had lathered tho customers
face. Goius to the razor case to get
razor he found them gone.
The same fellows, 1t IL thought.
tried to enter Mrs. Russe's place Of
business, 4S6 West Main street. They
tried 70 get into the store BY opening
the front door but when their key WAS
inserted Mrr. Russe's night key was
pushed out of the lock and the noiss
Of tho key falling onto the noor awAk-
ened the lady and she then turned her
dog out into the street and the thugs
were frightened away.
The robbery and the attem ,sed rob.
berry are not believed to have any
bearing upon the Portland affair last
night.
The officers were notified and afe
looking into the AFFAIR but up to the
time this article WAS written no ar
rests had boon made. Ever sinoa
the appearance Of the Barnum and
Bailey circus here on the 28th Of July
the town has been flooded with peo.
pie Of the hobo element. It 10 believed
they are responsible for the robbery at
Portland last night and tho one here
in Florence.
The daily tribune., 1905-08-10

COVERED BY BOND-The sl5..
600 deposited by the state iu the West
ern bank Of Denver which CLOSED Its
doors Wednesday WAS under bond. 10
that it 10 perfectly safe.
The daily tribune., 1905-08-10

Cheap rate to Denver via the Rio
Grande account Seventh Annual con.
vention Of the Fraternal Order Of
Eagles. A rate Of one fare for the
round trip Tickets on sale August
18th and l4th. limit Of ticket being
August 2lss. For further informa.
tion call at Rio Grande ticket offioe.
S7.S8
The daily tribune., 1905-08-10

sALv ATION-There will be . re-.
ligious service this evening at the
corner Of Pike's Peak aud Main b cid
by Capt. and Mrs. Weeks of the Sal
vation Army. This is the regular
Thursday night meeting.
The daily tribune., 1905-08-10

shape. being lined on either sido
with neat two and our room frame
houses. all Of which are painted. A
general air Of prosperity and sAtisfac-
tion 10 noticeable about the camp
The daily tribune., 1905-08-10

Ten day sale on Mems Suits 81 half
prices ei4.0o 70 ~, 90. worth from
cas- 90 to e35 90. Florence Tailoring
Co., 1T East Main. 86.ld
The daily tribune., 1905-08-10

We sell none other than fresi
killed chickens The Central market
90 Al
The daily tribune., 1905-08-10

DR.. MoKay's Home Remedies. full
line. Palace Pharmacy. "a tts-2m
The daily tribune., 1905-08-10

NO Siri You cannot palm of any substitutes
On me. I've been using August Flower since
was boy, and III have no other"
Forty million bottles of August Flower
sold in the United States alone since its
introduction And the demand for it Is
still growing. Isn't that a fire showing
of successf Don't it prove that August
Flower has had unfailing success In the
cure of indigestion aud dyspepsia-the
worst enemies of health and happinessl
Does it not afford the best evidence that
August Flower is sure specific for all
stomach and intestinal disorders i-that it
II the best of all liver regulatorsf
August Flower has a Inatchless record
Of over IS years in curing the ailing mil.
lions of these distressing complaints.
Two sizes, a5c and 75c. All druggista
For sale at CITY DRUG STORE
The daily tribune., 1905-08-10

DR.. AoKsy's Fever Cure for all
fsvers. Pslsos Pharmacy. 70 cents.
94-tts-2
The daily tribune., 1905-08-10

The Daily Tribune 400 per mon.'
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-21

Atho you buy very good mnce meat at the grocers
and the decatesen countes housewives prefer to
prepare their It is really not much work it used
to be, for the meat may be put thru chopper and
rans be bought seeded that dsagreeabe feature is
eliminated The. beef for ince meat worth Is
pound but it is solid meat out Of the round with abso
uey waste. Cheaper cuts may be had low cents
pound
If you recipe carefully handed down from your
grandmother randmother here is that is
mended by Good Housekeeping: s-..s".~
Two bowls of finely minced beef, four even bowls Of
chopped greenng and oneaf bowls Of stoned rasns
one bowl of best imported curants about onethrd of
pound Of ctron cut in very small pieces scant hafbowl
finely chopped sue grated nd and juice of two lemons
one bowl Of sugar. half Of it light brown oneha cup best
New Orleans moasses about champagne glass and half
of cognac sufficient of the beef liquor for proper mosenng
teaspoons Of teaspoon of ground cloves two
teaspoons Of cinnamon two whole numegs grated and salt
to taste.
AS a proper covering for this epcurean mnce make
puff paste Take two bowls of lightly piled pastry -four into
which has been fted teaspoon of salt Of lard
and twohrds Of cup butter very cold and rm worked
into the flour with the hands, about pint of ice water
which dissolve the tnest pinch Of soda lastly cut in
half of white of egg beaten stiff This mixture makes
rather stiff paste Roll out to half inch thickness and
spread with small dabs of butter about two inches apart
fold together and roll again. repeating the buttenng and
rolling three times more, according to the richness
DESIRED
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-21
CORSETS BAD IN MILLS.

A FACTORY inspector passing thru the weaveroom
n Of cloth mill.
Most of the big broad looms by young women,
trm neat young women in tight corses who seemed too
pretty fra handle those big machines in that heavy
grease-saturated air.
'FThese grs' said the INSPECTOR "would work better,
more comfortably and BEAUTIFULLY, if they had
corsets on.''
I KNOW said the loom boss. 81 have often told them
Butt"
And he made gesture Of despair.
Vanity, eh7 - said the inspector. "We visited some
Of Gernanys factory towns this summer and there
none Of the women workers corets They not
allowed To them would have been to get fired
good factory law for u.s. he ended houghtfuy, "woud
be one forbidding women to corsets in mills.'
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-21

Thin he borrered av the Daeo -
The loanin av his plug, s...
Cut off pipe o. baccy
An filled the dhudeen snr ~
Thin from his greasy hatbanc
Selected him a match,
An histin av the leg of him,
He gave the stick scratch.
He, lighted av his Guilty
An gave. a hearty puff,
An, spakin' to the Dago,
.Sez, t'Pietro, that's the stuff!''
He hitched his tattered overalls,
An gain all around,
He took the Guilty from his mouth
An spat upon the ground.
Then he sighed all looked at Pietro
Wild sad and mournful stare,
An gripped his mighty hammer
An raised it in the air
In just another second
He might We built the road,
But thin-the luck Of Brannigan-
The dinner whistle blowed.
MORAL:
Now Hennessy's promoted,
And thrack inspector he;
An Brannigan is .foorman
Av siction twinty- three.
II ia Sl1nur SNTinn &Nn,po
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-21
Skilled Labor

OW, Hennessy was foreman
Av siction twinty-three, Il.
An Brannigan Gan Oirishman) y
A sictionhand was he. .
They be layin' av the roadbed 49,.
On the "Granite Mountain'' route
An foorce of dirty Dagoes .'*:
Was helpin' av them out. 49,:
Thinks Hennessy, "Thim haythin
- How to wur-r-k have niver known,
An in layin Of roadbed ~
The poor divils must be shown.'
Then his eye it fell On Brannigan
An lighted up wild jye,
An he whispers, eye shall teach thin,
Pat Brannigan, me bye!"
Pat Brannigan, the brawny,
Was a-lanin' on his sledge, -
An his dhramin' eyes was gain
T'wards the fur horizon edge.
(Pietro, the Eytalian,
Was a-holdin' av the spike
An patiently awaitin'
Fur Brannigan to strike.)
Thin up spoke mighty Hennessy
('TWas wild an awful frown),
An sez, sez he to Brannigan:
Lave go an spike 'er down."
An Brannigan he stharted
Whin he heered his chafe's commands,
An he shook his mighty muscles
An spat upon his hands.