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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05

rods Of the cultIvatea -
's s,,s'iI INTO prlmeyal wlIdsrns you ma,
no, Sahp el. or the glImmsr ~ when,
bslta psnesratesi and tha an Sta
e evsen 10y o'rd or beast u 1 n', w.
vryrssslYs' II is like = m9ufnful,
wn.en one II buried awav tssepulehre, |,
,a Anu the Intense beauty , aS his klti
.oh.p makes ( more unrs VI lhe llvkr
~ these stmbte forests uslhy' II M,
ihs s IL, n.perIcomble and tbs D, ~. .oi,
M e ,tn. SO many thousand q, ,est u
iises 'yns war between French y, men b
s" ,Vr possession Of the war, uiu En-
tle Island Every stsn worthless H.
uanger clambefing over ,o,,vwas dead,
were awe with poisonars 'n Iogs tAV
enu sinking deep into SLIM sn ureatua
SNAKES abounded. Besides pVvls whh,
ana The fef-de.lanre thsss the fen
naaro eg h, rlanelse dams les boIs 90 Y
wara Apsn sallus We're called " ~
were desperate and releniiss. !, Thg
VINO had been liberated bv ,Ss plack,
ilon or llp2 and again ensla , uns revolt.
Ehglsn' Having massacrad H. ny he
ters,- men, women and chnSa.elr mas.
took 10 me woods, where tbsu Iun, hsY
Wllu eush-cush roots ana ~. nyed N
OF plantations, numbering ~ piuhdr
English alike. and In turn baI Huo1 ati
!, whs ,,s caught, After long yea Hllle
~, when England at last resl,syo sai I, Y
she was paying a hundred llys. " ~. h'i
shs onered the negroes thoir w. gns
on condition that they give Il" 81 .eeedoa
Then the brigands laid down NY, KY nght
W muskets and came out Of tbs I h, ,u''
ana were soon afterward formsd0 q ,s
2 crack British regiment ana s so. lnio
nght the battles Of diplomatic v yus %
on the coast OF Africa, which Soon '. NV
q glorious end OF them Wv" '''aas
FANNIE B. WARD
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/ TO Lucia, owing TO its windward situ-
alton and Incompatible harbors, would
render Martinique and the other is
lands in the nelghborhood OF little use
! I'm time Of war and that from II, as q
rendezvous and base of supplihi, every
other British possession on this side OF
the world might receive timely sue
cor. But the most important part OF
his advice was not carried Out--that OF
making a permanent naval station at
Little Carenage, with dock-yards and
fortihcatlons, and that "A town should
be built there by the government which
would Inevitably become the West In
dian metropolis. Had the whole or
Admiral Rodneys' idea been carried
out II might have been better for SAN
Ia Lucia. Today after a century or
peaceful occupation by the English. the
Island IL Of no consequence TO anybody,
except as O coalng station for an
occasional war-ship, or mall steamers
but II neither need repairs, II must 80
into dock elsewhere,
The admirable Carenage harbor
which was once strongly fortified and
an important naval station, is now
empty, and Castries, capital of the ISL
and, remains q dirty ramshackle VII
lage, celebrated for nothing but Its
deadly fevers, which at certain sea-
aohs " the year render the place unln-
habitabe to foreigners Nature did her
part nobly IN making Santa Lucia a
paradise for beauty and fertilltyi and
an authorities agree that with good
government and well.directed energy,
the island might have been converted
into q rich and thlckly populated gar-
den, up TO the very tops OF It's noun
tains.
Approaching from the southeast, The
first YOU see OF Santa Lucia are those
two extraordinary mountains, the Pr
tons, towering straight up out OF the
sea, like donkey's ears as the
lrreverent sailors say Coming near, IN
to the deep blue water at their base,
the twin peaks open outward, about a
mile apart, and you see that they are
obelisKs. rather than mountains 5000
feet high densely wooded and dark
green TO their SUBMITS. Between them
Is the loveliest little blue bay In the
world. and just behind rise forest.cov-
cred hills, one peering over the Shout
ders OF another to the central noun
tain OF lie Souffriere No words can
do Justice 10 the fantastic grandeur
of the scene--to the crazy-looking
peaks tossed about In Wild confusion,
the dark, inscrutable forests, and the
Notwithstanding forblddlng Souffriere.
Black depths of cloud and grey sheets
OF rain shroud the central highlands
In mystery and sadness, while the fore
ground glitters bright and clear In the
blazing sunshine-all slhouetted
against the bluest sea and sky this
great round globe can show.
While all conlcal hills in the French
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islands are called "Pitons," you do not
wonder that these are characterized as
the Pltons, par excellence. They have
never been climbed-unless the follow
ing story. for which | cannot vouch, Is
true II is told and believed by the ISL
anders that In the gear ITS
some OF Rodneys English sail
ors. about 60 OF them, de-
termined to scale the tallest column
one Piton being more than g hundred
feet higher than the other Using the
vines and shrubs that entwine II for
ladders, they began the ascent but
they found the roCk.ledges garrisoned
by an enemy more 10 be dreaded than
the whole French army or the negro
brigands of the forest-the terrible fer
defiance. Beneath the serpent's deadly
onslaught and perhaps the tropic sun
had something TO do with It, man after
man dropped dead on some narrow
shelf of rock, or rolled down the cliff
into the sea. A single survivor reach.
ed the summit, gay young Lieutenant
named Steele, who was seen to wave
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the Union Jack In triumph above his
head and then fall, to rise no more.
Speaking OF the abominable reptile,
which the French named Iron lance"
and the English call ''rat-tail snake
his scientific appellation Is nearly as
long as himself being craspedocephalus
lanceolatus. He seems to cherish an inn
placable hatred toward man and beast
and not only lies In wait for human
prey but will go out Of his way to
murder. The RATHER Of our northern
wilds is harmless plaything COM
pared to him, for the former at least
gives notice of his intention 10 strike
and his poison may generally be coun-
teracted by prompt amputation and
free use Of whisky, But for the bite Of
the fer-de-lance there IL no antidote.
The victim not only dies a horrible
death within few minutes,
but decomposition follows, al
most before the breath has left the
body Sir Richard Schomburgh,
in his Travels In British Guiana" tells
OF a tragedy which he, himself wit
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GpeCldl correspondence
Castries, Santa Lucia, b. w. l., May
s,--About 30 miles from Martinique and
an equal distance from Barbados lies
he most interesting island OF the whole
West India archipelago. whose present
peaceable possession by the British has
cost literal rivers Of blood during CEN
turtles OF warfare. The English call II
Santa Lu-see-ah after the Spanish pro-
unuclatlon, accentng the second sylla-
bic. The French, It's former owners,
speak OF II as SAINT Leu-see, accentlng
the last syllable;whlle the natives them
selves say San Loo-see with the ao-
cent ON the first syllable II Is forty
miles long by maximum breadth of
twenty miles, and has deservedly bad
reputation OF being one OF the most UNI
healthful places on our side Of the
world Indeed, from end TO end II is
one beautiful graveyard, with layer up
on layer Of corpses Of various periods
and natlonalltles, It's excessive rank
bright green vegetation gruesomely
suggestive OF fertilization by human
blood, When Columbus found and
named this island, near the beginning
of the sixteenth century IL was
densely populated by peaoeable and
happy Caribs. who lived to great age
and seemed TO have no idea what sick
ness meant But alas! As In other
primitive paradses, civilization and
christianity cost unnumbered woes.
After Columbus visit, the CARDS re-
manned In peace and contentment for
O full century, until 1889 when the
English attempted 10 colonize Santa
Lucia. When for more than a CEN
fury and half. the little territory was
given over 20 bloody conflicts between
France and England; up to 1903 when
the latter gained II ''f0r good Dur
Ing the long struggle for supremacy
thousands OF the bravest soldiers OF
both countries persisted miseraby in
its dark forests and noxious marshes
MS many by local fevers and that ter
rible serpent, the Iron lance as by
the ordinary fortunes OF war. The
world wondered AT the time why Eng
land considered this small island worth
such a tremendous expenditure OF hui
man life, to say nothing of money! and
the wonder grew when In the final adj
justment of accounts Great Britain
restored Martinique to the French In
order TO keep insignificant Santa Luz
ella. IL was done on the advice OF Adj
miral Rodney, the same doughty seadog
who boosted Of his exploits in these
watersi within two short years ] have
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FAIR SANTA LUCIA.

A Near Neighbor OF Martinique, Which Belongs to
England and is Populated by 1.-The Frenoh--Belliger-
ent serpents Whose Bite is Instant Death - The
Deadly Fer-de- Lance.
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10 Lucia, owing 10 lts wlndward altu-
Correspondence.

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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-26

CANCER AND SALT.-Dr. James
Braithwaite has published IN "The
Lancet" an article upon cancer, in
which he puts forward the theory that
there are four factors in the causation
OF the disease, excess of salt in food
being the most prominent. Salt, he
holds, is an essential factor, but re-
qulres one or probably two of the
Others to originate the malady. The
other factors are an OvernOurlshed con-
dition of the system proceeding from
the consumption of too much food,
and especially of meat, anil the impure
condition of the body, resulting from
the non-oXidation of the food. The
fourth factor is local irritation or stimu-
lation.
Dr. Braithwaite, who is on the staff of
the Leeds general inlirmarv, was
struck by the almost complete im-
munity of Jewcsscs who attended the
genealogical department of that in
stltutlon to cancer, there having been
but one case in period of ten years.
DIR. Tunstall, late medical officer to the
Jewish Hospital for Incurables, gives
corroborativc evidence as to the rarity
ol cancer among Jews. The Argument
ls therefore made that this apparent
immunity Is either due to race or diet.
The latter he claims as the more pro-
bable cause.
The Jews forswcar bacon and ham,
and, as it has been shown that the pig
is the only domestic animal ever at.
tackled by cancer, by the process OF
elimination he concludes it must be
The salt and the flesh of the animal
that are at fault. The Jews also eat
less butchers meat than do the fol-
lowers of most other religions.
That diet has much to do with the
incidence of cancer is belief con-
stantly gaming ground, and there can
be no doubt that a large quantity of
salt is consumed by civilized people,
but the contention of DR.. Braithwaite,
that where salt is absent cancer is alb
sent, appears quite untenable, if not
absurd.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-26
PLAN FOR MAILING MONEY
The Paper Currency to he Used
AS Checks on the Govern
1tlcnt Treasury.

The Paper Currency to he Used
AS Checks on the Govern
1ncnt Treasury.
A unique feature in Congressional
Legislation this winter, says the Wash
ington Star, is presented in the pro-
motion of postal currency. The sys-
tenn was devised, perfected and patent
ed by private citizen, who offers the
result of his efforts to the government
free of all cost. The system has the
approval Cf many officials, and is en-.
dorsed by long list Of manufacturers
and business houses throughout the
country. Publishers end farmers are
especially interested, in that the new
currency promises an easy way for a
man in the country TO promptly send
remittance for his favorite publication,
Under the present inconvep;ent money
order system the individual desiring "a
send a small sum of money through The
| mail is met by the necessity for time.
killing journey to the post Office TO OBJ
tain safe money. This sets up bar
rier TO the prompt transaction of bust
ness and results in much lose from thu
fact that many people never carry on
their original intention to subscribe o.
purchase. The need is for money il
the hands of the people that can b.
safely and instantly sent by letter.
The provisions of the "post checks
currency bill, n,w before Congress, in
itroduced in the Senate by Mr.. McMil
Han, and in the House by Mr.. Gardner
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-26

uninitiated of the workings Of the
great phosphate industry, which saved
South Carolina from ruin at the close
of the war for Southern independence.
The hours have waXed and waned /,
and we leave the scenes of work and
noise to enter once more the vine
clad porch and watch the twilight as
it deepens.
Far overhead long black line ex-
tends, for mile or more, it moves on
and ever onwards, arrows shaped at
times, then thinning to mere thread,
thickening again TO the size of large
floating cloud, which streams out in
small black masses, and finally ends in
a few black dots. This is the home
ward flight of hundred, nay thousands,
of crows, who have been feeding all
day in distant fields, and as the sun
sinks below the horison they rise IL
hocks and soar across the river to the
marshes, where they spend the night,
sheltered amid the reeds from the
force of the wintry winds. AT last
they are settled, their hOarse cawing
ceases and all is still again save, per-
haps belated bird, with frightened
cry, darts past and the chorus of the
frogs III distant pond is family
heard.
The thud of the axe in the distance
scarcely disturbs the wonderful still
ness, while through the trees CLEAN
the lights from the cabin doors. On
an unseen road passing laborer sings
+" Rock of Ages" while far away
groups of negroes shout their wild re-
fralns, keeping time with the rythmic
beating of the sticks.
AS the patient kline pace slowly TO
the milking their bells tinkle in sweet
accord, and high above us the great
oaks seem dreaming of mysteries be.
yond our ken. Crisp yet balmy is the
evening zephyr; crescent moon gilt
ters in the dark blue of the sky and
peace unuttorable prevades the little
corner of the great world that seems
so far away.
And this is the morning and evening
of one winters day.
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creditor ls unjustly defrauded, lnno
the new system these troublesome and
unfair methods of making remittances
would be done away with. owing to the
simplicity and convenience of the post
checks, and the cost OF sending the re-
mlttance would be placed where it
properly belongs-with the sending
debtor or the person making the pur-
chase.
The main difficulty with the present
money order system Is that less than
half the post Offices in The country are
money order Offices, and even at these
such evidences of money can only be
Obtained at the expenditure of much
time and trouble and during certain
specified hours. With a post check
note in his possession one has but to
fill in the blank spaces for the purpose,
attach postal stamp, cancel it, in
close In an envelope, place in a mail
box, and the transaction ls finished.
Unquestionably the intent of the pos
tai authorities is to extend and increase
the usefulness and popularity of the
rural free delivery service. The adop-
tion of the post check notes will afford
most convenient and safe money for
the agricultural communities, to whom
banks, with their facilities and safe
guards, cannot be utilized with con-
venience. 1t is claimed by those who
have investigated the subject that the
revenues Of the Postoflicc Department
would be very materially increased by |
The adoption of the post check sys-
tenn.
"A somewhat unusual feature of the |
post check proposition is the fact that
the inventor is successful business
man, who has for years realized the
urgent necessity for simpler way of
making small remittanccs in the mails,
and who has devoted great deal of
his time and means to the perfection
of the idea, and offers, in case of its
to turn the patents, and all
rights under them, over 10 the govern
ment free of any cost or charge what
ever He considers that should the
system be adopted The consciousness
of having accomplished n reform of
such Importance TO the general public
and business men will more than COM
pensate him for his time and trouble.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-26
GEN. MILES HAS BEEN DOOMED
THE PRESIDENT
is TIRED OF HIM.

His Statement Before the Sen
ate Committee Gives the Oc-
casion for His Retirement.
Gen. N elson A. Miles has told the
Senate committee on military affairs
that if the bill introduced by Senator
Hawley at the instance of the war de-
partment for the organization OF a gen.
eral staff for the army should become
a law he would decline to hold his COM
mission any longer. The reason he
gave for the statement is that the bill
is utterly subversive of the interests of
the military establishment, and he said
that he would not be party to such
proceeding to the extent even of con-
tinulng to hold his place.
The statement was made in the
course Of q prolonged hearing by the
committee, which was conducted be-
hind closed doors, and in which Cen.
Miles touched upon variety Of sub
jccts connected with the army. The
part of the bill to which he directed
his especial criticism is that contained
in Section z, reading as follows:
"That from and after the passage of
this Act the senior general officer of
the army shall be assigpei to command
such portion of the army as the Presi-
dent may direct, or be detailed TO duty
In the general staff corps. All duties
prescribed by law for the commanding
general of the army shall be performed
by the chief of general staff Oh other
general officer designated by the Secre-
Lary of War: Provided that so long rs
the present lieutenant general of the
army continues on the active list he
shall be the chief of the general staff
and upon the separation from active
service of the said lieutenant general
of the army, said Office, except as here
IN provided, shall cease and deter
mine."
Gen. Miles said thet if this portion
shall become a law it will have the
effect of destroying the unity of the
army, and he read numerous authori.
ties, including Napoleon, Wellington
Washington, Cass and Grant, to show
the necessity of having one head to the
army and of controlling authority
His own experience and observation
had, he said, had the effect of confirm
ing these views and he gave an illus
tration of its beneficial effect in time O
emergency, instancing the beginnin,
of the war with Spain.
"I heard at midnight" he said
Z" that the Spanish feet had beef
located definitely at Santiago and
hastened to the home of Secretar
Long, where the news was confirmed
Shafter was then at Tampa, and / so
down there, in the Secretary's house
and wrote dispatch, directing him {
, start Immediately for Santiago, wi.
the result that the army was soon o
| its way to the point where its present
: was needed" "Suppose," he adde
a exhibiting the message which he hi
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-26

Capt. Grossman, Of Cologne, Ger
many, the inventor of water shoes. has
just completed 100 mile walk on the
surface of the River Danube. lie
started from Linz and finished his
journey at Vienna, drawing his wife in
a boat all the way in less IT, two
days. The shoes are iuum
cylinders, 13 feet long, and Ight
enough to be carried on tn ders
like pair of oars. 'rh srer
propels himself by treadiny =
ment, which causes four or 1
wings to revolve.
The Senate judiciary comm M
the Maryland Legislature has r.. .giy
opposed the bill admitting womeu to
the Bar Of that State, but il is uoJer-
stood that the committee has decided
TO make an unfavorable report of the
bill making lawful the appointment of
women as notaries public. There are
already four women who have been
notaries, but the legality of these ap-
pointments has been doubted and this
bill was introduced to remove all
doubt.
The part of President William Nc
kinley and President Hayes in the
battle OF Antietam will be marked by
monument erected by tb" State of
Ohio. In this battle, Nc inley, then
private, acted as commissionary to
the ONO troops. The monument Will
stand at the place where he stood dur
ing the iiercest part of the fight. At
The head of the Twenty-third was the
late President, then Col. Rutherford b.
Hayes, on whose staff Mr.. Mckinley
was an aide.
Gentlemen Ito yokeD: Well, John
did you give the marquis my note2"
4okel: eyes, sir; but it's no use
writing letters to him. He can't see
to read them. He's blind-blind as q
batl"
Gentleman: BlInd?"
Yokel: Eyes, sir; blind. Twice
he asked me whore my hat was, and |
had it on my head all the time. Tit.
| Bits.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-26
The Finest Cake
Is made with Royal Bak-
ing Powder. Alwaysl light,
sweet, ,pure eS wholesome.

Tor The Office excepting that OF the in
cumbcnt, Marshal Melton. There are
other candidates for the office IN the
field. and they are working for the ap.
polntmelt and several of them have
written to Senator McLaurin in the
hopes of enlisting his support for his
candidacy, but the Senator says he is
not aware Of their having papers on
file at The department. 1t was learned
from another source than from the
Senator that these several candidates
have written to Senator McLaurin. II
was further claimed by another au-
thority that the Senator has not taken
any sides in the contest, and ls holding
aloof as far as possible. The term Of
the present marshal expired week
ago and it was thought the nomination
would be made promptly, but no indi-
cation is given either at Il White
House or by Senator Mel us to
when the nomination of y Mel
toms successor is like be
sent in. Under the law Nj. 5 Nell
ton can serve until his succt d
pointed, and qualities. The 9-
lief existing in South Carroll IS
here, however, that the non IS
likely to be made at any time
Representative Lever, O. >outh
Carolina, has introduced in the house
bill for the erection of a monument
% the memory of Major General
Thomas Sumter. The bill has been
'eferred 10 the committee on the lib-
'ary.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-26

The worlds consumption of tea in
1900 is estimated at about 314 900, 900
pounds.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-26

ia 9T Cd Ia EA.
Bears tho ~ The Kind You Hsve Always Bought
signature q GeM2A1zg
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The Washington correspondent of
the Spartanburg Journal says that
when Senator McLaurin was question
ed in regard TO the appointment of
United States Marshal to succeed Mr..
Melton, whose term has expired, he
replied that he dill not know the Pre-
sidenes intention in the matter and hat
no knowledge as to the time when fh,
nomination will be sent to the Sena, o
He stated that 80 far as he knows tina
There is no application on file al In
department. OF justice by arg appii, an