7
Ths rebuke administered to Rear I ~e el e II/~-~.~~'
~L41~dral Robley D. Evans by the Navy ( .......................... -~ I i~~~~--~-- ~ "~
tarp, but if the admiral is wise he utS~ aT. [ ! " ,e-..~ - - ~ ]
ill accept it in silence and be thank- We all know that certainplants ab- ] _ . ..
sore and llve on insects, but it has I ~. ...... ~ |
only recently been discovered that I . ~ _
i II that his indiscretion brought no
~rae punishment. He should be glad
~dtatMr. Chandler isan ex-senatorand there are some curious species of
i~,an active member of congress,
~erwise the matter undoubtedly
|;WOuld have been made the subject of
|t congressional inquiry. The best
L~ng Admiral Evans can do is to re-
,lYe to criticize no prominent man
I~hlle still living, especially if he be
Mr. Chandler's temperament. This
~Primand ought to have a salutary
~cet in checking the kind of offense
f which Admiral Evans was guilty.
[e used the pages of his book to air
grudge of sixteen years' standing
L~ainst the man who was Secretary of
;he Navy at the time of Evans' remov-
al from the lighthouse board. There
laa been too much public criticism by
r~tval omcers of late.
! The Navy Department has formally
li~ctified the admiral that when he at-
~tCked the former head of the navy
~ile "abandoned the courtesy that
t'~OUld always characterize an oflle~r
~f the navy." This Judgment will be
by the great majority of
citizens. The only solace
Evans is likely to get out of
episode is in the form of larger
for his book. Many people will
Want to read the volume that could
down upon its author such a
Mr. Edmond de Nevers, a French-
not long ago published a
called "The American Spirit."
work seems to have been named
~n the principle by which a middle-
aged writer headed a chapter "Of
the Snakes of Iceland," and then said:
"There are no snakes in Iceland." So
~r. Nevers, holding that a national
is simply a matter of heredity,
~ds the American stock so mixed that
• e concludes with a doubt that it pos-
Sesses any distinctive spirit.
Yet every American knows there is
rebuke.--Chicago Tribune. REAR ADMIRAL ROBLEY D. EVANS
~he American ~Vl~irH. such a spirit, and sees and feels it
daily. A writer in the current Inde-
pendent, commenting on Mr. Nevers'
book, takes the common view that the
great solvent of other national spirits
into the American is the language. If
this were the case our American spirit
would be little different from the Eng-
lish, for our language is the same.
Yet we all know that the two are wide-
ly different. How and why have we
managed to develop a ~ational spirit
of our own? Theodore *Roosevelt, in
his recent address at Colorado Springs,
gave the answer when he said we had
The Cen,ror in Sor.t h Affr!ca.
applied to our conditions "the new
principles of national unity and in-
dividual freedom."--Chlcago Intez
Ocean.
Our Idle Land#.
The recen1~ opening of the Klowa
reservation in Oklahoma is currently
spoken of as "the last chance for free
homes." Uncle Sam has by no means
so completely divided his property as
that phrase would imply. The trann-
Mississippi congress, Just held at Crip-
ple Creek, Colo., opportunely calls at-
tention to the fact that in the west-
ern states alone there are fully 100,-
000,000 ~acres still open to homestead
entry. In 1890 the average size of the
American farms was 137 acres. As
they had then shown an average de-
crease since 1850 of nearly two acres
a year, their average size now is prob-
ably about 125 acres. At this rate the
western homestead lands afford room
for 800,000 more farms. It is true that
much of these lands is not arable. On
the other hand, much of them is cer-
tainly better suited for farming and
stock raising than the Kiowa r~erv-
ation.~N. Y. Sun.
Wafer in E¢~.o~¢ and America.
Statistics gathered by the state de-
partment concerning the consumption
of water used in European and Amer-
ican cities afford opportunities for
some interesting comparisons. Paris
uses 106.65 gallons daily, Berlin 19.27,
Vienna 27 and Brussels 26.4.
In Chicago the avera~ consumption
is 145 gallons per capita every day, in
Buffalo it is 240 gallons, in Cleveland
138 gallons, in Washington 190 gallons
and in Detroit 135 gallons. The larger
consumption of water m American
cities is due, it is claimed, in a large
measure to waste. In most European
cities the water is filtered, and precau-
tions are taken against unnecessary
usage of it.
lqone¥ .for Impro~m~ ~¢er¢.
The Mississippi river commi~ibn, a
board of engineers and citizen~ orga~n-
ized under an act of congress, will
recommend that the sum of $8,000,000
a year shall be expended for six years
on the work which they have in
charge,
., ~-, . ,.°~
Facsimile of the first page of a let- declares the blacking-out process
ter from London Daily Mail war car- adopted by the censor would not be
~espondent after it had passed through tolerated even in Russia, where abso-
?~e censor's hands. The Daily Mail lutism holds full sway.
Honored by Vrzltan of Sulu.
Miss Marie Sweet of Denver'is prob-
4ably the only Caucasian woman In the
World who has received a pre~ent of
Pearls from the sultan of Sulu. Gen-~
i~l Owen J. Sweet, her father, is gov-
ernor of the Sulu archipelago, over
Which Hadji Mohammed .is the native
rUler. All the pearls found In the
Waters of the Sulus' sea are the prop-
•rty of the crown. The sultan, who
~ent the pearls to Miss Sweet, as a
~aark of honor to her father, dis-
~atched with them a letter written in
Sanskrit on parchment, rolled, after
the manner of the ancient papyrus and
• ealed with the royal seal. This was
the first letter ever written by the
sultan to a woman as the ladies of
his country are not communicated with
by means of writing. Miss Sweet
added the pearls to an already large
and fine collection, sent her at vari-
ous times by her father.
i~. Cuneo, editor of the Wyandot Re-
Dtlbiican, Upper Sandusky, O., has left
for Turin, Italy, to assume the duties
consul for the United States govern-
~ent0 to which position he was recent-
ly appointed by President McKinley.
~r. Cuneo is said to be the only Italian
l~ this country who is the publisher
of an English newspaper. He was born
la Naples, and has not seen his native
land since he left it fifty-two years
ago.
Henry H. Rogers has presented to
the Unitarian Society of Fairhaven,
~ass., achurch, parish house and par-
~nage as a memorial to his mother,
~ary Rogers. The cornerstone of the
Church was laid on last Monday after-
Itoon. The group of buildings wlll be
One of the most beautiful of the kind
hi the country. " ' .......... " MISS MARIE SWEET.
plants that actually devour animal
food when given
them In small mar-
l alsel The leaves
I SiftErs-1 ~A°f these queer
~.r~x~a~~.::~ plants appear in
Ik'~t~,~,.~l*;/Idoubiets, nke oys-
I ~."~l!li- ~\\%~.7'#" iter valves. This
I ~~ Id°uble leaf is
L "~ |~_ |closed up from its
base to within
about three-quarters of its entire
length. In the front part it is der
tached, the two pointed tops forming,
ea it were, a pair of lips, or a mouth,
which the plant can open at will In-
side this mouth is a kind of passage
or throat @hich extends toward the
body of the plant. The passage has a
number of hairy bits about it, which
are very fuzzy, and at the end of each
bit there is a sticky substance. When
the plant opens Its mouth, It is evident
];hat the trap is then set, for upon £ny
insect entering it the lips close upon
it a~'once, forcing it to the gummy
substance of the throat. ','his sub-
stance has properties similar to those
contained in the gastric Juices of the
human stomach, which help to deCOm-
Pose and digest the food. When so di-
gested the food resolves itself into a
liquid which is carried all over the
plant to nourish and revive it. The
most marvelous thing about this newly
discovered species is that it can di-
gest such food as small morsels of
beef, fish and egg gelatin, some of
which, dropped into the open leaf,
were retained and apparently digested.
At the same time anything of a starchy
or fatty substance the leaf or plant
ts not eble to retain. It does not
therefore, close its lips upon it, and if
allowed to remain in the mouth the
plant will decay.
Ixtbmux of" Tebuantepec "Rail-
How many of our readers have ever
heard of the railway across the Isth-
mus of Tehuantepec? And yet here
Is a railway across the narrowest part
of Mexico which is pretkaring to enter
the competition for the great east and
west trade of the world.
The road traverses what was one of
the original caravan routes across the
continent. The far-seeing Corte~ may
he said to have been its original pro-
Je6tor, though he lived long before the
day of locomotives, which are now
drawing a daily passenger train across
the isthmus. Petroleum has been dis.
covered on the route, which is to re.
place coal for fuel in the engines.
The Tehuantepec Railway is only
190 miles long, from Coatzacoalcos on
the Gulf of Mexico to Salina Cruz on
the Pacific. Its highest point is only
750 feet above the sea level. The cli-
mate is tropical but healthy. It was
originally proposed to construct a ship
railway across--the continent at this
place, but the plan was abandoned in
favor of the ordinary railway.
An Ancient Canoe ~tc4 U'p.
This prehistoric canoe was dug up
in a bog about five miles from Dun-
gannon, County Tyrone. It is scooped
out of an oak trunk, is six feet long,
three feet wide and eighteen inches
deep. It has a ring shape at the bow,
evidently for mooring and ,haulage,
and also two lugs at the stern. The
DUG UP IN IRISH BOG.
old man on the right is the man who
The present rebellion in the Repub-
lic of Colombia is likely to involve the
governments of Colombia and Vene-
zula in war.
There is a contingency which might
Jnvolve the United States in difficul-
ties with foreign countries. Both Ven-
ezuela and Colombia have large for-
eign debts, on most of which interest
has not been paid for years. Bonds
representing th~s indebtedness are held
chiefly by England and Holland. If, in
order to protect these bondholders
from further loss by a disastrous war,
either of these nations should inter-
fere it is probable that the Monroe doc-
trine would be involved and the United
States would cry "Hands off."
In the meantime it may be well to
explain that the popular idea that this
~s a mere farce comedy revolution is
not altogether well founded. In the
first place the territory of the Repub-
lic of Colombia is ten times as large
as that of the Stets of Illinois, while
its population is only 6,000, against
4,800,000 in Illinois. In the second
place the attacks on the present gov-
e!;nment of Colombia have been so
many during recent years that" the Co-
lombian army has been greatly en-
larged. It is now said ~o consist of up-
ward of 40,000 well-drilled and experi-
enced soldiers, who are under the
command of able generals. The gov-
ernment is conservative, and its
friends say that it is devoted to build-
ing up the trade ana commerce of the
republic.
On the other hand, even his bitterest
enemies admit that General Uribe-
Urine, the revolutionist leader (report-
ed dead, but report is not credited) is
a man of spotless personal character,
who is actuated by the purest motives.
GENERAL URIBE-URIBE.
He is at the same time one of the most
picturesque characters ever developed
on the isthmus. He is only 40 years
old, tall, athletic, and unsmiling.
There is nothing of the adventurer or
swashbuckler in his appearance. He
is a man who takes everything seri-
otLsly and who knows how to work
hard and to dare greatly. He came to
the United States last February with
a number of his staff, including R.
Perez, his private secretary, whose
wife is a Chicago girl. Even at that
time the revolution was well under
way, and General Uribe-Uribe directed
its operations for severaI ~veel~s from
his Broadway hotel. While in this
country he made friends with many
)rominent business men, who were
impressed with his plain sincerity and
his patriotic fervor.
Uribe-Urlbe was born up in the
mountains of Antochia, in the interior
~f Colombia and on the crest of the
Andes. His mother was famous for
her beauty, while his father was an
~thlete and rancher. Many patriots
and fighters for liberty have been born
in the mountains, and the friends of
Uribe-Urlbe point out that hm was the
proper birthplace for a man destined
to rescue his country from the hands
~f "corrupt and tyrannical politicians."
While a hay he was taught by his
tather to break and ride the wild
horses of the hills, to take long tramps
over the mountain trails, and to en-
dure the hardships of camp life in the,
high wilderness. So he acquired th~
splendid physique and the courage
which has enabled him to win no lees
than forty-six pitched battles, coming
off victorious and scatheless in every
one he has been engaged in.
In the meantime his ambitious par-
ents saw that the boy's education was
not neglected. After he had finished
at the little mountain school he was
sent to the great national university
of Bogota, the capital of C¢lombia,
which is also a mountain city located
far in the interior and thousands of
feet above the sea level. Here the
young man graduated and then went
back to his mountain home to practlc~
his profession as a Iawyer. Almost im-
mediately he was chosen by his fellow-
townsmen to represent his native town
in the national Chamber of Deputies,
corresponding to the lower house of
Congress in this country. Urlb~,
l~ribe soon developed great powers as,
an orator• writer, and leader in the
House. ~he Conservative party was tn~
control of the government, and Urib~
thundered in vain in favor of a free
press, free speech, and free education.
These reforms were resisted by the
government, and finally the people of
Uribe-Uribe's mountain home r~t~e in
revolt. Their first revolution was in
1876, and Uribe threw himself at once,
into their cause. He soon won a wide
reputation as a brave and able soldier.
A second revolt occurred in 1885, and
in this struggle Uribe won great fame.
becoming the leader of the insurgent.
forces.
Time and time again, at the head of
only 300 mountaineers, Uribe won vic-
tories over larger numbers of govern-
ment troops. Once when a few of'the
men under his command mutinied
Uribe shot the leader with his owa
hand and reduced the other to submis-
sion in a few minutes.
Finally he was captured and thrown
Into prison. When he was brOught to
trial his defense was so logical and
eloquent that he was acquitted with-
out a moment's hesitation.
In the latter part of 1899 another in-
surrection broke out at the head of
which Uribe proml~tly placed himself
During this struggle, which has heart
almost continuous ever since, Urib~
performed many feats of daring and
heroism. On one occasion the rebel
army lay on one side of a stream fac-
ing a greater force of the enemy. A
narrow bridge formed the only passage
way over the deep river. Uribe final-
ly announced that at a certain hour
he personally, with the first ten volun-
teers, would cross that bridge and lead
a charge on the unsuspecting army.
The first volunteer was a negro ser-
geant, whom Uribe took by the hand,
and, leading him out before his army,
cried out: "Soldiers, this is Ser$~ant
Zuleta, who will cross the bridge.
hand in hand with me. I name him
Captain for his bravery."
Forthwith the whole rebel army vol-~,
unteered, and when the time cam~ the
general and the negro sergeant led
what proved to be a successful charge
against the rebel army.
During hls stay in the United Stat~
General Urlbe-Urlbe was anxious to
explain what led him to take up a~rm~
against the government of his native
land. He declared that personal ambi-
tion had nothing to do with it. O~t
the conthary, he declared he was fight-
ing for the oppressed people of Co-
lombia.
In answer the friends of the present
government enter va general denial
They say that the frequent revolutions
have been the cause of the deprecia-
tion of the currency, and they declare
Uribe to be a fraud and an ally o£
Dictator Castro of Venezuela, whose
idea it Is to combine Equador, Vene~
zuela, and Colombia Into one govern-
ment, with himself at the head as Em-
peror. They say that Uribe is in th~
pay of British bondholders.
discovered the canoe. In the same bog
a woman's body was discovered in a ~
remarkable state of preservation. Ac-
cording to medical opinion it has lain ~ "1~ ~;
had preserved it.
• ~be ~ of A~omat#o~r.
Among all the historical misstate-
monte of events in the civil war few '~~~ ~~ ~~
have obtained more general credence,
south as well as north, .than the thea-
trical~tory of General Lee's pro~er of
his sword ~ General Grant after the ~~~ ~~
surrender at Appomatox and the lat-
ter's chllvairous declination of it. Re- ~'~n~~- ~.~s~l~. ---
_ oo o-- .r
story afresh and gave it a new lease
of life in a printed sketch in which she ' ~: ""
says General Lee offered his sword to
General Grant when he surrendered
and the latter "did not keep it as a
trophy but respectfully returned it to
the hand which had made its fame as
deathless as that of Exculibur."
But General Grant himself settled
this matter beyond all dispute. In his
memoirs he says: "No conversation~
not a word--p~ssed between General
Lee and myself, either about private
property, side arms, or kindred sub-
Jects. The much-talked-of surrender-
ing of Lee's sword and my handling it
back~this anu much more that has
been, said about It--is tlm pttre~ ro-
mance."
UNITED STATES CO NSULATE AT COLON.
MUCH IN LITTLE.
By October 1 Washington will be re-
ceiving its water supply from a new
reservoir.
Deciduous trees are shedding their
leaves six weeks earlier than in ordi-
nary seasons.
The Irtmh river, in Siberia, is 2,200
"miles i~ length and drains 600,000
miles of territory.
Before the war broke out there were
187 ~n1,~ mining companies doing busi-
aess in the Transvaal.
Help" to Support John Etull.
At a rough estimate the total amount
of income taxes which Americans in
England are compelled to pay for John
Bull's support is $5,000,000 a year. All
whose incomes are below $800 a year
escape free.
Philadelphia's Vote.
The vote of .philadelphia at the
spring election was: Republican, 127,-
000; Democranc, 30,000; Reform, 1~,-
000; Prohibition, 983, and Social~t,
842.
