The facilities for lighting the city at night were investigated, and it was found that very little light is used. The stores are lighted with one or two incandescent lights, which are put in by the managers of a small electric light plant that has been in operation for some time. Kerosene oil cannot be bought for less than forty cents a pint, and consequently is not used to any great extent. An ice plant has also been established in Ponce, where they manufacture ice in small cakes about the size of a brick. This sells at $1.50 per hundred-weight. There is no public school system, and a large number of even the white population can neither read nor write. The daughters of the well-to-do are sent to convents on the island, while the sons go abroad to be educated. Among this latter class there is considerable culture and refinement, and most of them speak English. The women are of medium size, but exquisitely formed. They have all the coquetry which is typical of the women of the tropics, and no one who visits Porto Rico can fail to be impressed with their beauty, delicacy and grace. It has been affirmed that Porto Rico has been in the past a perfect Mecca for fugitives from justice. At one time no less than one hundred of this description were traced there. It is really possible to live on very little money there, and lives are prolonged to an incredible period. Fugitives therefore find it a haven in which to turn over a new leaf and begin a better life. The Porto Ricans are naturally Roman Catholics and are very devout. The manner of keeping Sunday would be apt to shock our New Englanders of Puritan descent. A correspondent of the New York Sun, who was with the army in Porto Rico speaks of this as follows: "Sunday at Ponce, if it continues as at present, will add still further variety to the somewhat different observances of the day which now characterize the territory of the United States. "'To-morrow,' said a native last Saturday, 'to-morrow I shall go to the theatre.' "'It's Sunday,' said his American soldier companion. 'You should be going to church.' "An elevation of the shoulders. "'The same thing,' said the native. "The show at the theatre that day, by the way, was given by an American troupe that has been touring the Indies.