Show believing in the possibility of recovering atha iron contained in low grade ore and so bringing vast tracts of hitherto worthless magnetite into commercial value mr edison has devoted six elx years of time and nearly three million dollars of his private fortune to a process which according to the review is now perfected and will have a tremendous effect upon tho the tron iron industry of the world the british taxpayer has learned that he can not afford to neglect the management of his bis city he insists that ahat he get the worth of his money and that the business of the corporation be conducted honestly and efficiently for this purpose he be selects city officials on the basis of merit and 0 nd beeps them in office as long as their work Is satisfactory satis factory no longer on the other hand band the american citizen mixes politics with municipal business nd in entrusts trusts the management of his city to one or the other of the political party machines organized tor for the ben efta of their organizers and directors the me son of gardver cleveland ts is to be congratulated that he was born bom too late to be called the prince that title sif fixed to the name of a young man means the grossest of abuse on the part of too the newspaper reporters they follow him wherever he goes let him be alie and a good fellow and they grow humorous over him just the same let him submit to interviews and they misrepresent hamlet him refuse to be interviewed and they insult him to his face and afterward in print I 1 ho ao 10 is ia a marked man and malice follows him as naturally as his own shadow let the little grover thank heaven that his father Is too old ever to bs be president again the annual report of paymaster general edwin stewart shows that during the past fiscal year the cost of maintaining the ships of the navy in commission was and a nd of maintaining navy yards and stations repairs cow cost and the maxine marine corps cost corst the total cost of maintaining the navy during the year was not including increases of the navy and improvements prove ments the paymaster general shows that while there has been an increase in expenditures tor for stores the purchases have been made with great care and with regard to the actual needs of the service and that there has been a marked decrease in cost of supplies ez as well as great saving in requisitions etc as a result of the system pursued by the bureau general stewart Stew axt earnestly eam estly urges an increase of the paymasters corps by twenty and in support of his bits request points to the recent additions to the number of ships in the navy eh each requiring its pay officer the london times says the trade of the mexican republic is increasing with considerable rapidity last year the imports amounted to f against while the exports were against the previous year the increase in imports was spread over all staples but was chiefly marked a ked in the case of iron and steel and in machinery and implements british imports were greater la in 1996 than in 1895 yet they only amounted to 17 per cent of the whole import trade in 1896 while they were 19 per cent the year before the imports from the united states on the other hand were 52 per cent of the import trade of mexico against 45 per cent in 1995 this our consul at mexico observes should warm british merchants and manufacturers that unless they soon make a serious effort they will have to give up all hope of pro profiting fit by the increase in the mexican import trade and may 7 even lose part of the very limited share of it they at present enjoy the trade in textiles generally in which england hasso has so BO far beld her own becomes each year a abauer proportion of the import trade owing to the improvement in domestic manufactures metals and machinery 64 on the ache other another hand han kandare dare are every tear sm 1 more am important t 3 stead having biving finished W with th rew is now iian abdus what s albed it Is tm ung I 1 wh the eav poun ia liate bave te re tali i xit iz babone qu baone ot or the aci i t A arvon 9 1 g 14 A bet haw |