The National tribune., 1905-11-09
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G2G WIZ ~
, revolution in Cuba! And then, again,
| 1T is said that he is not really buying
| arms, that he is only letting on" and
| that he is DESTROYS of making believe
| that Cuba is in a state of unrest, and
thinks this a good way to create that
| impression. The general impression of
this revolutionist is that he is good
deal of a fraud. and that he longs for
| notoriety and does not care by what
means he secures it.
The President had a good time in
the South; it was hospitable; it was
honeyed; 1t reciprocated outwardly all
that the President said, and practically
nominated him for President to sue
coed himself; but it might have spared
him one humiliation. The rebel yell
on that. They were in their own baili-
wick. and that is all the yell they
know. 1t is good deal like an Indian
warwhoop; but that doesn't matter.
The thing that makes a Union mans
blood boil is the fact that they deco
rated their cities with rebel flags and
met the President waving that emblem
of lost cause in his face and forced
him to ride under it in the parades. This
was unjust and ungenerOus The Pres
ident was not in a position to object,
yet it is a well-known fact that he
considers the rebel flag a dishonored
rag, and that it should be shut away
from the light of day and never brought
out again. 1t was execrable taste. to
say the least, to thrust this indignity
upon a guest who is known to abhor
the traitorous emblem. When McKin-
ley went South on his trip, they not
only displayed the rebel flags in the
same way-but they have many more
of them now, since Congress has been
magnanimous enough to return them
but they pinned badge made Of rebel
flags on President McKinley's breast.
1t is deplorable thing that so debased
an emblem should be brought to the
front every time a President of the
United States tries to assure the rebel
lious South that this country can only
prosper under one flag, and that flag
"Old Glory"
DR.. Wiley is going into the food ex-
pertinent business again. This time it
is to test cold-storage foods. 1t has
been said that cold-storage food. meats,
fruits. eggs and such things, lose most
OF their flavor and all their nutritive
qualities after long storage. There has
never been a test made, and DR.. Wiley
is going to try cold-stOrage products
on class of II young men, the Gov
eminent paying the freight. The men
will be under rigid rules of diet, and
are not to eat mouthful of food other
than that which is furnished by Dr.
Wiley. They will live by rule, and feed
on things that have been ION ice" for
the last fi2e to 10 years. DR.. Wiley will
select perfectly sound. healthy men,
and will watch them closely to see the
effect that the ancient grub has upon
their vitality and nerves. If he detects
nf ha of
the test for those who do not thrive on
the diet.
OF course, we laugh at DR.. Wiley's
experiments, for which the Government
puts up, but just the same they have
been invaluable to science and to health.
He has proved by actual experiments
that borax, boracic acid and other food
preservatiyes are actually injurious to
digestion and destructive to health, and
that the Gamers Of the country were
using vast quantities Of preservatiyes
to keep their wares from spelling, thus
fast making of Americans a race Of
dyspeptics. Since their little game is
known, Congress has passed laws which
make criminals of Gamers who persist
in putting preservatives and coloring
matter in their goods without annOunc-
ing the same on every package SO put
up. DR.. Wiley has gone into the mat
ter OF adulterated imported canned and
bottled goods, such as fruits, wines,
spirituous liquors, cheese and all that
sort of thing, and now We get pure
goods, or else goods marked "adulter-
ated." All this goes to help make US
stronger and better as a people, for we
cannot eat adulterated foods and drink
adulterated liquors and go on beating
the world. DR.. Wiley is all right.
fu,a
unusual animal. but there is one in
captivity in Washington now that has
excited considerable curiosity among
the snake sharps Of the National Mu-
scum, and which, in all probability, will
eventually go on exhibition In the big
bone yard" as the anatomical section
Of the Museum is known among the
initiated.
The turtle Is a very little fellow, and
is now in possession of a local bird
fancter. II was captured over In Vir-
sinia soma time ago and brought to this
city by hunter. 1t Is about as big as
silver dollar and looks like an ordi-
nary young land turtle, except that
there are two perfectly-developed heads
sticking out of it's shell. Otherwise 1t
seems to be perfectly normal. Just
what its arrangements are inside no one
knows. but 1t eats with both mouths
and winks it's four little bead-like eyes
III DlOchS Oh TWO, each mead being
Indifferent to the others performance
In this regard. 1t has but one tail and
the usual turtle complement Of four
legs. The owner Is making a deter
mined effort to raise 1t, and the little
fellow will not be cut open to investi-
gate his interior department so long as
he consents to feed on flies and fresh
meat, which just now constitute the
chief part Of his diet.
Maj.-Gen. John r. Brooke, retired,
has been having the dickens own time
ever since he started out to clean up
the slaughter-houses of Cuba a number
OF years ago He ran counter to most
of the income of the Countess Buena
VISTA" of Havana, and a supposed lin
cal descendant Of Columbus. The
Countess inherited the concession of
killing all the beef cattle slaughtered
In Havana, and for which a royalty Of
81 per head was paid. Gen. Brooke
deprived the family of the concession
and gave 1t to the municipality of Ha-
Xana. Under the terms Of the treaty
with Spain The United States Govern
ment had no authority to deprive any
enc Of vested property rights. The
Countess sued the General and the Gov
ernment. cohtending that the conces-
sion was vested property right Cen
Brooke SwOre that he deDriyed the