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VI.

A word should BIZ said about the Falkland
Islands, which constitute the southernmost
inhabited dependency OF Great Britain, lying,
as they DO in the South Atlantic, betw cen 30
degrees and SO degrees south latitude. They are
$50 miles northeast of Cape Horn. and about
1000 miles due south OF Montevtdeo. Tho
Falklands, after several vicissitudes, passed
finally under British sovereignty in 1892. The
group consists Of two large islands, the Fast
Falkland, with an area OF 5000 square miles.
and the West Falkland, with an area Of 800
square miles, There are also over a hundred
small islands, having an aggregate area Of
! 900 square miles. The climate. on the whole,
resembles that Of the northwest Of Scotland.
Its never excessively cold. the thermometer sell
dom falling below 30 degrees. but chilling and
high winds prevail. especially in the daytime dur
ing the summer months, and generally from the
west. In summer. the temperature ranges from
~ TO 85 degrees and. in winter, from 80 TO so de-
grees. The annual rainfall, which occurs almost
wholly in winter. is 2s.s inches. The summer
is remarkably dry. The soil is not favorable
10 the cultivation Of fruit OF vegetables, being
too damp and cold. Celery, sturdy grass and
sorrel. however. grow wild. The tussock
grass. which grows in clumps to n height Of
six or seven feet, and forms a fattening food
for cattle, has now disappeared from the larger
islands, but still ubounds on the smaller ones.
There are no trees, and but few shrubs. In
November and December, the ground il COW
cred by a variety Of swcet-scented flowers.
The only indigenous animal is a species Of fox.
but sheep, cattle and horses have been intro
duced. Penguins and other sea-fowl are
plentiful, and fish. especially cod, are abundant.
The population Of tho island in 1898. was 1853,
nearly all Of whom were Of European extrac-
ton. a great proportion being Scotch. Many
Of the colonists' sons emigrate 10 Patagonia,
the present population Of the islands being
more than sufficient TO supply the local de-
mand for laborcrs. The harbor of Stanley
on East Falkland Is Of great value rs 4 coalin1
and refjtiug station for vessels going round
Cape Horn. Communication between the
Ealklands and England j. furnished once
every three weeks by the steamships OF the
German Kosmos Company, Since 1874 the
Islands have constituted n Crown Colony
with a Governor aided by an Executive
Council and n Legislative council. We AID
thnt South Geor g.a, a dependency OF the Falk-
land group. Is IN uninhabited and Derpetually
ict-bound ISLAND, lying / 200 miles 10 tho south
cast. II was discovered by Capt. Cook in
l77i, Capt. Wedd"l Landed on il in 1874, and
reported that "A coarse strOng-blaGnd grass
was almost the only form Of vegetation. A
German expedition visited II In 1929 70
observe The TRANSIT OF Venus. VI. " n
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The Land OF the Pink Pearl" Is the pIctur-
esaue name by which the British colony Of the
Bahamas Is known. Sir William Robinson,
the author OF the lecture on the subject here re-
printed, does'not state the area of the group, and
no information on the subject Is obtainable
from the last diton of the Encyclopaedia
Britannica. 1t is certain that the archipelago
comprises nineteen inhabited islands and
numberless uninhabited Gays and islets. Tho
most p~opulous island is New Providence. the
capital Of which is Nassau. with about $4,000
inhabitants. The total population of the
Bahamas is now computed at 81, 700. of whom
not more than ii,OOO are whites. 1t is an inter-
estlng fact that upon the conclusion of our
Revolutionary Var the Royalist families in
South Carolina and Georgia emierated in con-
siderable numbers TO the Bahamas. taking
with them their slaves and establishing cotton
plantations on some of the islands. in addi-
ton 10 these emigrants, some 400 persons
apparently OF English origin, were conveyed
from the island OF andre on the Mosquito
Coast. to the large island Of Andres in tho
descendants still exist
According 10 Sir William Robinson, no part
OF any Of the Bahama Islands exceeds the
height of 200 feet, Other authorities put the
greatest elevation at 23O feet. Compared
with the vegetation Of Cuba, Jamaica and other
West Indian islands. that Of the Bahamas is
insignificant Tho trees that attain the great
est height are the silk-cotton trees, and. 90
casionally. the banyan, but all seem more or
loss dwarfed when contrasted with the trees
found further south. The soil, as n rule. is
very thin. and in many places appears only
in the honeycombed cavities NJ the surface:
in a few places it is rich, consisting chiefly
Of vegetable moulds and the de'ritus Of the
limestone rock, The climate Of the Bahamas
may be termed mild and agreeable. During
the summer, which lasts from May nil the end
Of December, the thermometer ranges between
- degrees and 10 degrees: from Novem-
Der I'LL April refreshing winds from the
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army, he told Nelson that ne would send -,ean.
boats down for hin on Monday or Tuesday,
or some time early in the week. Grant added
There will be no fight at Pittsburgh Landing:
we shall have 10 go to Corinth. where the rebels.
are fortified. II they comet TO attack US, vecnn
whip them, ms | have more than twice us many
troops ms I had Mt Fort Donclson These ra-
marks are obviously In harmony with tho other
indications which show that Grant was taken
by surprise on Sunday morning
OF course the outcome OF tho two days
fighting at Shiloh was the retreat Of tho Con.
fedcrates, who. however, were not followed
up with due promptitude by the lnion force,
Mr., F1ske's comment on this battle T. a. fol-.
lows: For the first time in the history NJ
the Western Continent v" were called 20 Wit
ness such slaughter rs had marked tho cam
paigns OF Marlborough or Napoleon In mo-
portion 10 the total number, engaged NTH.
battle. the losses were enormous. II We reckon
the Coufederntes without their cavalry 1t
30cn. Grants army at 10000 and Bnells three
divisions which took part in the second DAYS
lighting at 20. 900. We have a total Of n1 I'M,
now the loss exceeded 10000, that Is 10 lay
two-n.nths. and approaching on"-'onrth ~
the whole" In view OF the raNness of most
Of the troops engaged the Battle Of shiloh Il
pronounced peculiarly significant. 1T tested
American mettle. II showed what formidable
fighters an industrious people. hating war
fare. could suddenly becom" under the spur
of necessity. On either side. moreover i
awakened such a feeling Of respect fer the other
us had, until that day, been dormant II
also dispelled some Illusions 1t showed ths
Northern people that n few victories like Fort
Donelson would not suffice to overtime" ihs
Confederacy. but that the whole southern
country would have to be CONQUERED by Il,
whether the results Of the capture of Fort
Donelson were to be permanently secured
As 10 this point. Shiloh was decisive, lhs
Lederals were not thrown tack nlo
KENTUCKY. but advanced upon Mississippi.
and laid siege 10 Corinth, the centr" Of the
second Confederate line Of defence,
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north cool the midday air. ana the
mornings and evenings are invigorat-
ing The total rainfall. most OF when occurs
between May and November. Il only about
fifty inches per nnnum. The most valuable
exports from the Bahamas il that Of sponge
no less than i.?2s,O0 pounds. valued on 'he
spot at si;o,oU, being sent away In 1897
some OF the finest fruits in the world ar"
raised In the Bahamas. namely plheappl"S
oranges grapefruit, lemons. wnt"IInelonS,
guava. tamarinds. avocado pears and bananas
They are exported in large quantities Tor IN
stance. twoa and a half millions OF oranges ana
six hundred thousand grnpcfrults were shipped
In 1897: upward Of Ave million pineappies were
exported In the same year. We are assured
that, in Bahama, sugarloaf pine, costing three
cents. but Cut ripe, il far superior 10 nm fheISh
dollhouse pine, though the latter cannot be
obtained for less than IS The edible thr-
tie Ia plentiful. and costs only SIX or elght
cents q pound. Since the abolition oil slavery
cotton has ceased TO be cultivated to any great
extent, and the sugar cane is grown only IN
small patches. The culture OF tobacco on
a considerable scale was inaugurated IN iTj.
and three years later cigars we're exported
Tor the first time. The export OF tomatoes
from the Bahamas amounted to only IL boxes
in 1870. but three years later the quantity
had risen to 1850 boxes, Over $4,000 cocoannt
trees were planted in the Islands between 1878
and 1881. The sisal industry of the Bahamas
has been invigorated by the recent rise in price
Of manila hemp, and the 10000 acres now under
cultivation should greatly multiply the colony's
output Of the fibre. Notwithstanding the
absence Of rivers and fresh water the Bahamas
duced are mahogany, lignum. vitp. Iron. mas
tic, ebony. viszeletto, log wood and satin wood
for ships timbers. being hard and practically
everlasting Animal life Is restricted 10 the
wildcat, the raccoon and the iguana, flamln-
goes, wild ducks and snipe are plentiful at
Andres, and several of the outer Islands are
noted for their fine pigeon shooting. Amber:
girls is occast ,nally secured on the shores or
merca il frequently discovered in the conch.
which forms one OF the articles Of food.
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We have intimated that Mr.. Fske IL no in
discriminate admirer OF Grant, He seems TO
have no doubt. for instance. that Grant was
surprised at Pittsburgh Landing or shiloh.
1t has been asserted that the end Of the first
days fighting at that place found the Federal
army so completely shattered that nothing
but Buell's timely arrival could have saved il
from utter destruction or capture. Mr.. Fiske
SAYS that: "a sober study Of the documentary
evidence seems hardly to Justify so extreme a
statement; yet he adds that doubtless II comes
much nearer to the truth than Grant and Sher-
man in their published memoirs are willing
to admit" The poin, is one on which Gen.
Sherman in later years was sensitive. q have
often, says the author Of this book. heard him
repudiato with sCorn the charge NJ having been
taken by surprise NJ Shiloh. Nevertheless,
the undeniable fact that when the Confeder-
ates attacked 10 full force on the morning Of
Sunday, April 6, 1862, the Federals were in camp
and not in line NJ battle. would seem 10 fur
nish absolute Demonstration that the attack
was not expected. Attention is also directed
to the fac that so long as Grant
felt II necessary or desirable to keep 10
his headquarters At Savannah "a consider
able distance north Of Pittsburgh Landing, }.
II was dolbIy ln"lln1beu' nnon HIM 10 secure
the position 81 his army by every practicable
means II he thought it better to employ
his raw troops In drilling. than in throwing up
c~nrthworks, it was an error in Judgment, eS-
cusable in view Of his want Of experience, bur
none the less m error. His inattention to the
exposed front between Owl and Lick creeks
IS pretty clear proof that he was not expecting
attack in that quarter for the morning of sun
day, April q Had he been IN the lookout for
such nm event, would lie not have spent Sntur-
day night NJ Pittsburgh Landing instead of
savannah, and would he not have lpft some
appropriate instructions with low Wallace.
who was nos'Nd Al a considerable Iii
tance in the rear of the Union army, instead
Of waiting until Sunday morning? We should
also note that, on Saturday nivht. when Grant
visited al Savannah the camp - Ger. Nelson.
who commanded the advance division OF Buell's
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Mr.. Sydney Olivier, the author Of the lecture
on British Honduras. reproduced in the book
before us. seems serenely unconscious OF the
fact that, under the Clayton-Bulw Treaty,
Great Britain had no right to erect the wood
cutters settlement in the Belize into a colony.
which. nevertheless. was done in 1852. when
the United States were in the throes Of a strug-
gle for existence. and. therefore. unable 10
protest effectively. What is now alleged TO be
the Crown Colony OF British Honduras covers an
area OF about 7 .sO square miles on the eastern
slope Of Central America, the territory having
been acquired by succe Isive encroaohments
upon Guatemala. According to the census Of
1901 the population was 81 500. consisting Of at
least six elements, 10 wit Maya Indians,
Belize Creoles. descended from African ne
gToes; Caribs, deportcd in the last century from
ST Vincent: Spanish refugees from f~ucatan.
and the descendants Of English buccaneers,
reinforced by some Scotch and German traders,
The principal industry of the settlers Is now,
as IL has been from the first. the cutting Of
logwood and mahogany. The w~oodcutters
receive wages relatively high. but their mn
ployment Ia not continuous. being Interrupted
by an annual holiday Of two or three months
duration. AT one time the sugar industry
in British Honduras promised well, the yield
of the sugar cane in the rich virgin soil Of the
olearinas being unsur passed in the West Indies.
II has collapsed. however, owing partly TO the
falling price for sugar In the worlds markets.
and partly 10 the high cost Of labor in the colony.
Such cane plantations as survive merely sup
ply coarse sugar and rum for local consump-
ton. To the prevailing stagnation OF aEricrl-
tural enterprise there is but one exception.
to-wit: the banana trade, The dearth OF other
cultivated fruits and Of indigenous vegetables
at Belize is remarkable. Most butchers meat
is imported alive from Honduras and Guate-
mala, or on ice by steamers fromlNew Orleans.
Mir. Olivier admits that British Honduras is
comparatively less Of a British settlement to-day
than 1t was some two hundred years ago. when
Benbow, subsequently, Admiral of the Fle-t,
was cutting logwood with his partners on the
creek that bears his name. The earlier set
tiers lived and worked themselves at manual
labor in the Belize. as they had done in the
West Indies, before the full development Of tho
slave trade, They seem not to be able TO do
SO now. neither do they seem able To tram or
persuade the emancipated negro TO work Tor
their profit in agriculture. IL Is admitted
that. unless the labor problem can be solved.
British Honduras must become more and more
the horne of a medley Of colored races, ostensl-
blv co6rdinated by European institutions. hut
exhibiting little promise Of Joint OF several abil-
ity to maintain such coordination themselves
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H..

The Bermudas have more historical and
strategic than geographical Importance. The
entire area Of the islands is only about 10.
square miles. According To the census Of
1891. the population WAS 1903. including whites
and colored persons in the proportion Of ? 10 ?.
These figures are exclusive Of the garrison.
which varies according to circumstance
The original settlers OF Bermuda seem to have
been three men left behind by Sir George
Soners, who was wrecked there in 1909, and
departed thence for Virginia in the following
wear. In 1912 the Virginia Company sent ont
a party Of hftv settlers, under the charge Of
one Richard Moore. Several hundred emf
grants were forwarded TO him In successive
patches shortly aftcrward, but they seem to
have overtaxed the resources Of the islands.
and, a. a consequence, suffered from priva-
tons, Subsequently the islands were divided
into nine parishes. which still constitute tho
basis for the political and ecclesiastical ar
rangemeuts. Altar ie1a the population IN
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been added recently. What we have In
this volume IL purely military
narrative, detached from the multitude
Of Incidents which, In a general history,
would form tho context The story OF the
war west Of the Alleghanies Is here followed
from the battle OF Belmont TO the surrender
Of tho Confederate ARM under Joseph r.
Johnston. Separate chapters are devoted to
the capture Of Fort Donaldson and the battle OF
Shiloh. to the capture OF Island Number Ten
and New Orleans. To the battle Of Stone River
TO tho solution Of the vicksburg problem
TO the battle Of Chickamnuga, 70 that OF Chat
%tnnooga, and. finally, TO that OF NASHVILLE
The abilities and the performances OF all the
principal Generals on both sides are care'nily
considered, but We shall here exemplify the value
Of the book by combining ourselves to tho an-
thor's sober and discriminating yet apprecia-
tive. comments upon Grants achievements
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DRINK SOUTH AFRICA.

TFroxn the Contemporary ReView.1
But of all the wrongs in regards TO
natives and their labor in the TransVaal
none come near to the scandals Of the IL
quor trade. The laws restraining it are
excellent on paper, but their administra-
ton is infamous. They prohibit the sale
to natives; but they are broken whole
sale. The profits are enormous; to the
inexperienced Esafir the sensation of get
ting drunk is a novelty, something too
grand to be resiste5. The government
sells drink licenses, and all nationalities
are more or less engaged in the illicit
traffic. There have been some 10000
natives in the mines, earning, say, $40
OF 6 80 a year in wages. Their one temp
tation to expenditure is drink. Vile spIr-
its are sold to them on wage days, man
ufactured in johannesburg itself, under
ground, or imported from the East
Coast, and worth. perhaps I'd. per bottle,
but charged at S., los A native, when
he is paid, will buy a bottle of this pois
on, drink it in an hour or two, and go
mad for a week They go mad with
drink, jump about, and are beside them
else Under the drink influence natives
employed in different mines frequently
have regular battles, especially on Sun
day, when work is stopped, and many
have been killed. Now, the mine own
erS have made every effort to get this
trade stopped. 1t is exceedingly injur-
ious to their business; they have to ally
low for perhaps third of their men,
on the average, being drunk and abSe It
from work all the time. On numbers of
mines the whole difference between pro-
fit and loss depends upon passing the
average quantity of rock through the
mill every week. If the average is not
there to keep the mill constantly going
it is a. loss.
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SECUTED WITH CODY.
Frank Bennett Commits Suicide
at Honolulu.

Honolulu. Dec II. via San Francisco.
Dea. 25.-F'rank P. Bennett,the well known
american scout. committed suicide here by
shooting himself in the head last Thurs
day evening. December H. His suicide
followed the death by poisoning OF MISS
Clara Schneider, a young woman with
whom he had much associated. Bennett
was an Indian fighter of national repu-
tation, having been one of the three sur
vivors of the famous company of which
Buffalo Bill is best known, and having
taken q prominent part in running the
Apache Geronimo to earth. Miss Schnelder
was a domestic in the home of Paul Neu-
mann. post norton examination
showed that her death had been que TO
morphine poisoning.
Documents indicated that Bennett had
borrowed $500 from her. On the night
before Miss Schneider's death she 1eTI
her home, it, is said, for the purpose OF
meeting Bennett She did not come home
until early the next morning and was not
seen alive again except for a rev IN
conscious moments before the last. A
post mortem examination showed that
morphine had been taken with some food
1t is not known whether she met Bennett
this night or not, but she said that she
was going to see him and get the money
Bennett shot himself the day after the
girls death, but-his body was not found
until three days later, when the po-
lice We're looking for him to ask about
Miss Schneider
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the country would be poor In the midst
Of abundance. as it was when Mr. JEFF
ferson's embargo was in force
There is no question that such a war
would raise freight rates at the expense
of the consumer. But the demand for
American products would be increased
and there would be ships enough to car
~ to their destinations all products not
contraband of war. Vessels sailing I'M
der neutral flags would be withdrawn
from less profitable trade and employed
in the American trade. The owners Of
the merchant vessels of a belligerent
power. IL in any doubt as to the ability
Of the navy of their government to fur
nish protection, would transfer their
ships to citizens OF neutral nations and
they would be sailed under neutral flags
If the United States chose to admit for
eign built vessels to registry 1t could
have a good-sized merchant marine at
once in the event of a war between mar
thine powers
1t is asserted also that American pro-
dueers are at a constant disadvantage
because the 100000 tons of shipping
needed to carry on the foreign trade of
this country are not under the Ameri-
can flag. But there is no lack of vessels
to do that trade on reasonable terms.
Where the cargoes are there the ships
gather together. No wheat, cotton, corn,
steel, or iron, for which there is a for
eign purchaser, remains on this side of
the Atlantic because transportation can
not be had at a reasonable rate. An
English order for 20 900 tons of steel rails
has just been placed with a Chicago
mill There will be no difficulty about
their shipment when they have been
made.
There are no Determinations by for
eign vessel owners against American
products There Is no patriotism in the
freighting business. Competition be-
tween ocean carriers Of different nation
alities and OF the same nationality fixes
the rates.
AS the cost of building ships in the
United States decreases and as capital
lists become content with the small pro-
fits earned by ocean vessels. the mer-
chant marine of the United States will
expand naturally. Subsidies will simp-
~ stimulate an unnatural growth The
American policy should be to let natural
causes do their work and save that So
100000 year which it is proposed to pay
out. largely to the international Naviga-
ton company, whose four largest YES
sells carry next to no freight.