Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-02

dYoutly religious manner. Years
agb the name of the saint was
dropped in general conversation,
presumably for the sake of brevity,
and thus It now stands-Monte-
video. II see the hill" The hill which
the dlscovertr saw IL nowadays spoken
of as merely q Cerro, with no reference
to the forgotten apostle. II rises some
by \ lighthouse, signal station, and
picturesque fortress which was built
for the protection OF the harbor about
a hundred years ago, but is now used
only as a prison, 1t Is Uruguay's boast
that our revolutionary war first put her
patriots In the mood to rebel against
Spanish rule, that her republic owes Its
existence to the successful issue of that
early contest and that her constitution
was closely patterned from that Of the
United States. Uruguayan history Is
older than ours, for IT dates back four
centuries-to the day when Don Juan de
Soils sailed into the estuary Of the ma
jestlc river that was afterward named
La Plata, but which he called Parana-
Guazla, the latter word signifying sea-
like and landed about seventy miles
eRst Of the present capital, At that time
the country was densely populated
with lndians,--the Guaranls, VINO rank
next to the Incas Of Peru and the Ar
aucanians of Chill as among the best
OF the South American races, They
were still numerous whe nthe Jesuit
missions were destroyed, lin 1860 and
having been trained by the priests to
habits of implicit obedience, were a
peaceful, industrious and patrlarchal
people. They are now almost extinct,
having been supplanted by half-breeds,
Ia mixture Of Portuguese, Indian, negro
and what not), from whose ranks come
the class now known as "Guachos'
WHEN FREEDOM CAME.
Not until 1890 was Uruguay formally
proclaimed free and Independent
state. And then her troubles began IN
earnest, for every patriot In the new
republic wanted to be president, and
during more than half a century revolu-
ton followed revolution In rapid sue
cession. These internecine quarrels
were az their height when Juan Manuel
Resas-the dictator of Buenos Aires
not satisfied with the enormous Argen-
tine territory that he ruled, like another
AleNdHueTt anu slEnlHB ioT NolluS w
conquer, besieged Montevideo for nine
long years. During that time Qnm
1872 10 'bD, new town sprang up
some distance from the old one, with
churches, shops, stores and factories
established for the convenience Of the
besiegers. After peace was restored
the intermediate space between the
two towns was laid out by French en-
gineers after the most approved models
Of modern times. thus making one city
whose centra portion is by far the
most beautiful.
ON SOLID ROCK,
Geographically considered, few places
have greater advantages than Monte
video, situated on a limestone ridge
stretching far out into the river, some
what as New York occupies Manhattan
Island. This ledge Of solid rock rises In
the center like the roof OF house, thus
affording perfect natural drainage and
giving TO every casa splendid View
Of sea and river. Being constantly
washed clean by rains, Independent of
the lax sanitary regulations of the peo-
pie, perhaps accounts In part for the