The Washington herald., 1908-01-12

turned 20 France, plunged into politics,
and after as stormy a political career as
ever man had. is now the biggest gun
beyond question in the republic. As all
the world knows, GarIbaldi spent his four
years, from 1850, in the United States,
making candles for his friend. Antonio
MeucCi, on Staten Island. New York It
is rather interesting TO note that an three
eXiles. while in this country, limited their
activities to New York City or its en-
virons. Paima's school was at Central
Valley, only an hour or so out of the city.
and as president Of the Cuban iunta he
naturally was In the city a good deal OF
the time.
spent Many Days in Prison.
Palma. like Frey, has spent a portion
OF his life in prison. Clemenceau doubt
less escaped Imprisonment by obeying the
sentence Of exile. Il was in 1876 that
Palma, who had been left extensive plan
tations by his father, which were subse-
quently confscated by the Spaniards. was
chosen president Of the provincial re
public Of Cuba" As soon thereafter as
the Spanish could lay hands on him he
was arrested and bundled of 10 Spain,
where he passed three years in confne-
ment On his release he came TO the
United States, and not long thereafter
went 10 Honduras, where he was made
postmaster general Of that republic. That
part OF his life over. he returned TO this
country and settled in Central Valley. Y
Y, where he established his school in the
midst of thirty acres Of foothills. training
the youthful Cubans in American wavs
and customs. When it was up 10 Cuba II
name its first president, the fact that
many of Palma's former pupils were in
fiuential in affairs Of the island had much
to do with his selection for the post
Palma, at the time of his exile was
about 30; Garibaldi 42: Clemenceau onIv
2& The candlemakCr was the only one nj
the three 10 become naturalized. though
Clemenceau was thinking seriously of
forswearing allegiance 70 his native land
when word of the downfall of Napoleon
III reached him and determined him Ia
go back TO France He had been exiled
because, with the youthful fervor that
has ever marked his utterances. he had
harangued against Napoleon III and his
empire.
One of this trio Of American trained
eXiles now fills a niche in history as the
George Washington of united Italy: an
other, as the first head of an island re-
public. The third will be known 10 the
future, probably, as the man who brought
about the peaceful separation Of church
and state In France. despite the fact that
nOminally % per cent Of France is Ro-
man Catholic.
Poor Boys Who Were KRighted.
Henry NJ. Stanley. whose U!ace in his
tory is the unique one of opener of Africa
to civilization, cane to this country as a
cabin boy on a schooner bound for New
Orleans. He was then fifteen. at which
age Thomas Upton threw up his Job as
errand boy TO a Glasgow stationer, at 60
cents a week, and took steerage passage
FOR the New World, he, like Stanley be-
fore him, hoping TO carve out a fortune
here. Stanley, or rather John Rowlands.
fresh from a Welsh workhOuse. on land
Ing IN New Orleans became attached to a
merchant named Henry NJ Stanley. took
ms patrons name and uved with him un-
I'll his death. Then, Mr.. Stanley having
died intestate, the young Welshman was
face 10 face with TIE sting of poverty
once more. and until the civil war broke
out was busy scurrying around trying to
get enough to feed, elothe, and shelter
his body But from the day the bugle
sounded to battle until short time be-
fore his marriage, in 1890 to the much
sought after. beautiful Dorothy Tenant.
what with fighting first on the Confeder-
ate side, then on the Northern. reporting
war in Abyssinia and rebellion in Spain.
and mapping Africa, he led as adven-
turous life as fell to the lot of the boldest
conquistadore Of Spain. True. he had not
taken out British certificate of natural
ization when he made his African discoy-