The Washington herald., 1906-11-19
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/ the age OF seventeen 10 take Up the study
OF medicine In the University Of PeunsyI-
vania, making such proficiency therein
that he became a member OF the faculty
and for thirty years was professor OF
pathology In that institution. He Is now
a member OF the superior board Of health
q Cuba. and director Of the Yellow Fever
Hospital in Havana. DR.. Guiteras. be-
sides his great professional attainments.
is gentleman of the oId-fashioned, court
iy type. and a most interesting taIker.
Speaking OF matters in his own country.
ne said TO a reporter Of The Washington
Herald:
There seems TO be an unfortunate tend
ency on the part Of the United States
press TO make out the people of Latin
American countries as wholly incompetent
in all the essential affairs Of life. Here
comes Sundays New York Herald with
columns Of exaggeration and misstate-
ment as to the yellow fever situation in
Cuba, and charging this alleged condition
to the neglect and inc0mpetency OF the
Havana authorities By way Of answer
10 this unfair attack. let ne say that
since yellow fever was practically stamp
ed out of our country four years ago, it
has recurred but once IN Cuba. in cpl
demic form. while in that period it has
ragged virulently on two different occa-
sions in the United States being espe-
cially bad at Laredo and New Orleans.
Its prevalence throughout Mississippi a
year ago last summer Is well remembered.
Now. while / admit that we have our
short comings, and that we do not always
measure up TO the standard Of perfection.
why should we not be given credit for the
good things we do and not be continually
paraded as failures By the press Of the
United States? The United States govern
ment helped US materially 10 rid our land
OF the fever, and since then the Cuban
administration has kept out the disease.
save once; but no cOmmendatiOn Of this
good work is heard in the American pa
pers. II is not fair, il is not kind. and
, it makes the Cubans think that they are
victims Of injustice"
What Of the outlook for future poll
teal tranquility in Cuba"
1t is 10 be sincerely hoped that after
the United States puts US on our feet
again there VIII be no more internal
strife: but the best people OF Cuba hope
that the authority Of the United States
will not be too quickly withdrawn from
the Island. Any early Withdrawal thereof
IS apt 10 be attended with disaster, and
bring on another period Of unrest and
agitation. The present status should be
, continued, even II it lasts through sew
eral years until il shall be satisfactorily
demonstrated that our people are thor
Oughly ripe for seIf-g0vernment"
1T is in the nature OF some men to
cherish secret which they never impart
to any human being" said Mr. r J. Fow-
Ter, OF ST. Louis. at the Raleigh.
I have in mind the case Of q rich cat
tleman who died several years ago in
Texas. He went 20 the Southwest when
quite a young man. and lived there for
. upward OF thirty years without any
one ever suspecting that he was a mar
/ ried man, the manager Of his ranch. his
b attorney, and his most intimate friends
always deeming him a bachelor.
We'll, when he died it was discovered
that he had a wife ard three children in
California, whom he had been supporting
In comfort ali those years. and 10 whom
he left property amounting 10 S300G10 His
friends were astOunded at the revelation
as he had never hinted ct being mar
ried. but they We're made wise as 10 the
occasion Of certain long and mysterious
journeys that the deceased was IN the
habit Of making about once a year"
THE rage among the gem-loving public
IS now for sapphires." said Mr. Irving I.
Russell. representative OF big New
York jeweITy house, at the Arlington.
There is a reason for # in the COM
paratve cheapness Of this beautiful stone.
= It isn't everybody who can afford pearls
and diamonds and those Of moderate
means look 10 less costly gems. Don.
! understand me as meaning that sapphires
are cheap: they are indeed far from that.
b and in the last year their cost has ad-
vanced 70 per cent. They are, however,
not so expensive but that they are in the
. range of buyers who do not rank in the
millionaire class-the class that thinks
nothing OF a pearl necklace costing un-
der 100000. The finest sapphires come
from Cashmere. Burmah. and CeyIon. but
an English syndicate is making a lot OF
money mining them in Montana. The
Montana specimens are rarely over one
! carat in size, very small as compared
with those from the Orient, and they also
lack the perfection OF color. which the
Cashmere sapphire possesses
"One OF the noted traits in the charac-
ter Of the remarkable patriarch. Gen,
Edmund W Pettus, junior Senator from
Alabama" said Mr.. c. r. Allen. OF that
: State. at the Raleigh. is his de-
votion to his kindred. II matters
not II man or woman is only
thirteenth cousin TO the old general, that
lis sufficient 10 constitute a bond which
the Senator never allows to relax. He
Will go further and work harder in aid
Of a relative, close or distant. than any
man ever saw, and it takes him but a
second TO rush TO the defense of a kins-
man who is in peril or distress If he
had been born in Scotland at an earlier
age he would surely been head Of some
great clan. and there is a big chance that
he may be the reincarnation Of some OF
its great chiefs"
In Nevada" said Mr.. ". r Brown
ing. Of Bullfrog. at the Arlington.
gambling houses are licensed. and nearly
every town in the State has from half a
dozen TO a score Of places where the man
who wishes to take a chance at faro,
roulette, monte, craps. twenty-one, or
poker can get accommodated.
The usual tax is 500 for each table
used for gaming. so that the larger
houses contribute pretty heavy revenue
10 the public treasury Being licensed.
there is no concealment about the run
J ming Of the establishments. and the gam
bling goes at full blast on the first floors.
usually in the same room where liquid
refreshments are sold. Who supports the
: games? Well, there is a large mining
element among the patrons, and fire.