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The oasis., 1910-02-12

 Der of smaller towns in the noun tains, where people go to recuper- ate and where some improve. But everywhere the cooking is frightfcl and the sanitary conditions are we'll, there aren't any. The writer has tried Quito, Ambato and Riobamba and is satisfied with the United States, and particularly Arizona and New Mexico. A num- Der of Americans have come here recently, seeking relief from con- sumption, and all are disappointed and most of them have gone back some having been helped on their way by Americans here. Mir. Fox, the American minister at Quito, has taken the matter up and will do what he can to counteract the effect of the articles published in the United States advertising Quito as a place where consumptives are sure of absolute cure.
 Those who have written of Ecua- dor as beautiful country cannot be accused of exaggeration. To ex aggerate in that respect one would require a wonderful command of language. When Ecuador becomes sufficiently modernized as to have good accommodations and good cooks it will be paradise for tour ists. Everything is naturally clean and beautiful, except where pol. luted by human beings. The town: are filthy, the water bad and the cooking worse. Even in the noun. tain towns, where good water is easily obtainable, it is distributed in such dirty vessels that it is pol luted before it reaches the con sumer and tropical dysentery is the result. With proper sanitary conditions these towns would be clean and healthy, instead of being the pest holes they now are. In nearly all the towns along the coast and between the coast and the higher mountain towns, bu
 bonic plague is ever present and the same may be said of yellow fever along the coast. Americans and Europeans seldom suffer from either of these scourges, because
 they keep clean and keep theil
 premises clean. But some of tn,
 towns will soon have water plants
 as Americans and Europeans art
 now figuring on such enterprises
 and that will do away with tht
 distribution of drinking water il
 "slop barrels" The much needed sewer will follow. But those i'm
 provements cannot come all a l once. These people are very ia
 behind the times. Ecuador is a as far behind Mexico as Mexico 1 behind the United States. It i said that Quito. the capital 0
 Ecuador, was a center of civiliza } tion even at the time of the Grea Tragedy which brought down upol the head of the hapless Hebrew tn ] Eternal Curse. It may be so, but , with the exception of the last fe, years they have advanced but littl since that time. In fact, they hay retrograded, and the retrogressior seems to date from the time tha the swineherd, Pizzaro, with hi Spanish riffraff, came and saw an , conquered. The Spaniards crushe f the people down to the loves possible level, then fell down wit them. The work of repeneratio
The oasis., 1910-02-12

III the WOrlu, Wltn an aDQnQance OI water and each agricultural season twelve months long. Lord Lyt- tons hot air prince, Claude Mel notte, whose tongue-built palace on the lake of Como is considered one of the master strokes of imagi- nation, could not word paint scenes more beautiful fhan many that are common to people who travel through Ecuador. And if the American tourists who travel through the countries of the old world and throw catfts over Vesu- vius should take a ride over the Guayaquil & Quito railway, through the Andes mountains, they would see volcanoes beside which the famous Vesuvius would be but a foothill. First among them would be Cotopaxi, something like fifteen thousand feet higher than Vesuyius, putting up it's pillar of smoke and fire through a crest of three thousand feet of everlasting snow. Of course they would not have the satisfaction of climbing Cotopaxi and looking down into the crater. That has never been done. It is believed that some soaring condor may have arisen to height from which he might have looked down into that elevated hellgate, but even that is only a guess. And here, too, is Tungura- hua, putting smoke through three different mouths, and Chimborazo that looks as if it might do the same at any moment. And all around are great, snow capped peaks, beside which our own Rocky Mountains would look rather small. Canyons? Where there are so many high peaks of course there are canyons. The railroad into the hills follows Chanchan canyon, crossing the river Chanchan one hundred and four times in less than half that number of miles And all along the line the land is under cultivation, hillside and val. ley alike producing fruit and vegetables of all kinds, and horses cattle, llamas, sheep, goats, hogs and other animals are everywhere A land of plenty that the people do not know how to use. Coco water that is polluted and poisoned in distribution; abundance of the worlds best food that is spoiled il the cooking; pretty towns tha might be resorts of health, allowed to become pest holes through filtl and carelessness. Should tn, people stop planning revolution and guarding against revolutions much could be accomplished fo the good of Ecuador. But revolu tion seems to be one Of the princi
 pal and most interesting topics o conversation. In the larger town the bright uniforms of the soldier are always in evidence. The uni forms are very pretty, being blue with bright yellow trimmings, bu worn by men whose dull faces shoV neither energy, ambition nor intel ligence, much less combativenes' But revolution means politics an, the writer has not been in tn country long enough to pretend t
 discuss that subject intelligently.
 PATT R. SULLIVAN
The oasis., 1910-02-12

Miss Margarita Brickwood has accepted a clerkship in the Nogales postotfice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21

old craft to go to pieces and sink. Inc
Crown had travelled several thousand
miles from the time she was abandoned
to where last sighted.
The good work done by the officers or
the revenue cutters Apache and Onondoga
in policing the race course during the
recent international regatta was univer-
sally commented upon. Though. several
hundred launches, canoes and other small
boats congregated about the course on
the days of the races there was no con-
fusion and the course was kept absolutely
clear at all times. The Onondaga remain
ed at anchor in the Potomas until Thurs
day last in order TO have her compass
corrected. it having been affected when
the vessel was struck by lightning as she
was coming up the river from Norfolk to
this city.
The new register of the officers anu
ships of the revenue cutter service. cor
rected up to July l Of this year, has been
issued and has been sent TO the Offfcers
of the service The register contains the
names, rank and service of all the ON.
GERS. the stations CT the vessels OF the
service and lists of the officers in charge
of them and other valuable information
Two names have this year been added to
the list of those who have been distin-
cuished by Congress with medals of honor
or who have received special commenda-
ton The names added are those OF Sec
Ond Lieutenant OF EHSiHeeTS Micfidcl ~.
Irsina. awarded silver life-saving medal
of honor by the Secretary of the Treasury
fer gallant conduct in saving girl from
drowning in Mobile bay. Ala. July L,
1909. and Second Lieut.. Paul III: Harrison.
awarded a silver life-saving medal of
honor by the Secretary of the Treasury
for bravely rescuing a seaman from
drowning in Boston harbor, November 1.
1909.
Judge Cushman, who has been conduct
ing a floating court aboard the revenue
cutter Rush during the summer months.
has finished work along the Aleutian
Islands and has returned to Seward. Alas
ka. The court disposed OF the cases Of
three Japanese schooners captured by
revenue cutters and charged with viola
lions OF the United States government
fishing and sealing regulations. The en-
tire crew OF one vessel. twenty eight Jap
anese i'm all, were sent to Jail for three
months at hard labor for illegal sealing.
Another vessel was fined 800 for failing
to clear from the custom house when. or
dered to do so. and the third paid
fine of 500 for Illegal fishing.
Orders and Instructors to officers In the
revenue cutter service have been issued
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from the division of the service as fol-
lows:
Second Lieut. r. c. Weightman. ordered
to the Forward for temporary duty.
First Lieut.. p. W. Lauriat, granted M
teen days leave.
First Lieutenant of Engineers ID. r. X.
Bowen, granted seven days leave COM
mencing August 49,
Capt j. NJ. Moore, granted thirty days
leave commencing August 10.
First Lieut.. w. II. Munter. granted
three months leave commencing Septem-
Der 4.
Third Lieutenant of Engineers c. ii.
Johnson, granted thirty days leave COM
mencing September 4.
Captain of Engineers c. w. Munroe
ordered to cooperate with the immigra-
ton service In the construction OF steam
ferry boat at San Francisco, CAL
Second Lieut.. +. l.. Austin. granted
thirty days leave commencing August IL.
Senior Capt. w. K. Reynolds, granted
four days leave.
First Lieutenant of Engineers Hermann
Kotzschmar. granted five days leave;
Gunner L. +. Shaw, appointed gun
ner for duty on the Morrill,.
Second Lieut.. w. III. Shea, granted ten
days leave<commencing September :.
+ Gunner George Jeffas.. detached from
the Seminole and ordered to the WINDOW
Capt Commandment Worth u. ROSS,
granted two weeks leave commencing
August Is.
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BIG ORION IS LAUNCHED
ENGLAND'S NEWEST AND
GREATEST BATTLESHIP.

PORTSMOUTH. England, August 20
The Orion, Great Britain's newest and
greatest battleship, was launched here
today In the presence OF King Alfonso
and Queen Victoria OF Spain and a dis
tinguished gathering OF naval officers
and representatives from public life.
Compared with the armored cruiser Lion
OF 26.350 tons just launched. the Orion
will displace only 1880 tons, but her
ten 13.5-inch guns and her new, deadly
equipment of torpedoes render her bv
far the most powerful battleship afioat
The new torpedo to be carried by the
Orion weighs nearly ton. and it's range
will exceed 1900 yards at a speed OF
forty knots. The torpedo carries "A
charge of gun cotton weighing go
pounds. The Orion will have a speed Of
Il knots. and will carry 1000 tons Of
fuel, giving her an unusually wide radius
OF action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
BOWER NOT IN BAD DOOR.
Upheld Usually, Testifes Rear Ad'
miral Nicholson.

Official denial was given at the Navy
Department yesterday to the report pub
lished to the effect that Supt. Bowyer of
the United States Naval Academy at An
napolis was not on. good terms with the
department.
Rear Admiral 4Sicholson. the acting
head of the department. said yesterday
that the action Of the department in dis
approving the recommendations of Supt.
Bowyer in three recent cases was not -
be taken as a disapproval of his admin
istration by the department, but rather
one of approval
mo superintendent of the academy has
been upheld more consistently I'm his rec
concentrations than the present executive
head" said Admiral Nicholson when
speaking OF the matter today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

Lieut.. Frederick c. Billiard. aid to the
captain commandant of the revenue cut
ter service. who has been on a leave of
absence, which he spent at White Sulphur
Springs, has returned to duty in the divi-
sion of the service in the Treasury
Capt. Worth G. Ross, captain COM
mandant of the service. Thursday last
went on a leave of absence Of two weeks,
w. Va.
Second Lieut.. F. L. Austin. on special
duty in the division Of the service in this
city. has been granted a leave Of absence
Of thirty days from August II. Lieut.
Austin has gone to Macatawa. Mich, to
spend his vacation.
Capt. James NJ Moore, commanding the
cutter Apache, on the Baltimore station,
has been granted thirty days leave of
absence. and while he is away Lieut..
John Boedecker. executive officer of the
vessel. will be in command. The Apache
was the smaller OF the two ships that pa
trolled the race course during the recent
International regatta on the Potomac.
First Lieut.. w. w. Joynes. assistant in
spector. life-saving service. at Elizabeth
City, N. c.; First Lieutenant OF Engin-
GERS w. E Maccoun, from the cutter
Onondaga. and First Lieut. s. p Ed
wards. from the cutter Forward, at Key
West, visited and registered at the de-
partment in the past week.
The derelict destroyer Seneca, which
has been on a search for the derelict
Norwegian bark Crown for ten DAYS. re-
turned to New York in the middle of lost
week without finding any trace of the
ship. The Crown was abandoned In mid
Atlantic last December, and several times
since has been reported by passing yes
sells. The last report was made about
three weeks ago. and though the Seneca
cruised in the vicinity of where she was
mine, commander of the Seneca, who .
an authority on the subject, Is OF the
opinion that the storms have caused the
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the Drayton being held on the Rockland
course. and the others on the Delaware
Breakwater course.
Retirement of Capt. Hampton.
Capt Celwyn Z. Hampton, 21st In
faEtry. has been placed on the retired list
of the army on account of disability. He
is from Ohio and was graduated from the
United States Military Academy in jan
uary. 1891. He reached the grade of
captain In April, 1901. and is no& OF Fort
Bayard, y. NJ
Saved Shipmate From Drowning.
James Williams. chief boatswain's mate.
ATTACHED to the battleship North Dakota,
has been personally commended by the
acting secretary OF the navy for his
prompt and gallant conduct in jump
ing overheard at Newport and saving IL.
Baker, ordinary seaman. who could not
swim, from drowning. Williams is from
New York city. and has been In the serv-
Ice about eleven years.
Collier Marcellus Abandoned.
No attempt will be maze by the Navy
Department TO raise the collier Marcellus.
which sank of Cape Hatteras August .
in collision with the Norwegian fruit
steamer Rosario oil Giorgio. The Mar
celius cost S90OOo and had been in serv-
Ice for twelve years. Sic lies In deep
water. IL is estimated that II would cost
more TO raise her than she Is worth.
Coaling at Sea.
The U. s. s. Iowa, upon completion OF
its service with the Naval Academy prac.
tice squadron, will be fitted out for q
series Of experiments in connection with
The collier vestai. The latter ship has
been equipped with an improved type u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Rattle Practice on Warships.

The battle practice OF the Atlantic fleet
wi: be held this year. as last, OF the
virginia capes. beginning September
ami continuing six days. The practice
viii be held under the conditions which
have hitherto prevailed, the firing during
more or hess rough weather. but AT longer
RANGES than usual
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
DYSPEPSIA

"Having taken your wonderful Casca-
rets' for three months and being entirely
cured of stomach catarrh and dyspepsia,
think . word Of praise Il due to
sCascarets' for their wonderful compost
ton. have taken numerous other So
called remedies but without avail, and I
end that Cascarets relieve more In day
than All the others have taken wouldip
. year" James McGune.
roe Mercer st.. Jersey City. NJ
Pleasant. Palatable. Pctest. Taste Coed
DO Good. Never Sicksn. Weaken OF GripA
Zoe 2sc Soc Never sold n bulk. The geo-
nine tablet stamped CCC- Guarauteed g
cure % your Wooey back -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Army Orders.

BY direction OF the President. First
Lieut.. Stephen Abbott, Coast Artillery
Corps, will report TO the army retiring
hoard at Forst Sam Houston, Tex. for
examination by the board.
The leave or absence granted Capt.
Frank A. Barton, sd Cavalry IS extended
one month
Granted First Lieut.. Walter u. Rodney.
"a Cavalry.
silver for the Delaware.
A silver service. costing sio@". the gift
~ the people OF Delaware. VIII be pre-
scnted to the kGttleship Delaware October
l. The presentation will be made by Gov
Pennewir. whose niece. Miss Anna Penne-
viii Cahau. christened the warship wner
size was launched at Newport News, va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
STUDENTS HERE
THREE BOYS WILL STUDY IN
AMERICA.
Two Are Great Grandsons of Faith
Ali, Shah in the Time
Of Napoleon

Mira Ali kuli Khan, charge d'affaires
OF the Persian legation. has returned to
this city from visit to Europe. He
brought with him three young members
of nobae families of Persia. who are
TO receive American educations. including
the elementary courses i'm the public
schools.
These boys are the first to be sent here
TO OBTAIN complete American education.
Their coming Is to be followed by tina; of
other Persian boys Of ranking families.
Scions Of Royalty.
The new arrivals are Mohammed Khan.
fourteen years old; Muzaffar ed Din
Khan. hfteen years, and Settled Din Khan,
ten years. The latter two boys are great
sranosons OF Faith Ali Shah. Persian
monarch VINO was cotemporaneous with
Napoleon. Mohammed Khan is the
nephew OF the Persian charge
MuzaHar Is to be educated as an ag-
ricuiturisi, Mohammed as a physician and
SEIZED as financier and political econo-
mist. Upon completion of their schooling
mere, which. II is expected. will occupy
nIteen years. they will return to Persia
10 take important government positions.
To Live With Diplomat.
Il shall have the boys live with me
for year at my home in Washington
Mr.. Mira All kuli Khan said. las my
wife is an American they will have OPP
portunity not only to imbibe American
education but American ideals of home
iife."
The diplomats wife. who was Miss
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the Drayton being held on the Rockland
course, and the others on the Delaware
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21

Florence Breed of Boston. has written
several works on Persia, in recognition
of which the Persian government has
given her a decoration and the title OF
Morayeh- es-Sultaneh. That distinction
has never before been conferred on a
foreign woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21

There is a rumor TO the effect that
one OF the largest automobile factories
I'm the United States will shortly be
erected at Richmond, Va. The identity
OF the proposed hackers Is kept quiet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21

Mrs. Mary Il. Price, ninety-six wears
old. died Thursday night at Staunton.
Va. She was the widow Of George Price
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Trials of Naval Destroyers.

A series OF interesting trials viii be
conducted during the next five or six
weeks with new torpedo boat destroyers.
The first OF these will be the Paulding.
over the gockland course. beginning
TUESDAY This will be followed by the
trial OF the Terry. September o. over the
Delaware 3reakwater course. The Nc
Call, J;ur-ows and D-ayton Will have
their t-iS.s later IN september. that CT
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apparatus for coaling at sea, and the
transfer will be effected in moderately
rough water. The test will be an accept
ance trial OF the apparatus. in the first in
stance, but 1t will also serve to demon
strate whether coaling with the two ships
under way is possible. Such an achieve
ment is of importance in a military sense
and the results of the coming trial will
be awaited with interest.
Badges for Pistol Experts.
The army ordnance department will
shortly issue the new expert pistol shot
badge. under the new small arms manual
of 1909 1t is a silver badge with crossed
revoivers of a similar design of the ex-
pert rifle badge. Ii is estimated that.
counting all arms of the service, there
will be five hundred who have qualified
for the new badge. The extra bar for
each years qualification as sharpshooter
and expert rifleman will soon be ready for
issue by the ordnance department This
will be the first year in which q bar is is
sued for each qualification. 1t Is thought
that there are about two thousai-t- In the
army who will be entitled TO an extra bar
under the new regulation.
Officers Studying Languages.
The War Department is considering the
detail of more officers to pursue a course
of study in the Japanese and Chinese
languages. At present Capt. III. II. Pat
tison, I'd Cavalry; Lieut.. A. w. Campo
noie 18th Infantry: Second Lieut.. j. HI.
McElroy. 9th Infantry, and Second Lieut..
George d. Strong. 9Th Cavalry. are sta
toned at Toxic. Japan. where they are
studying Japanese Their course of four
years will be completed next year, and II
will be necessary to relieve them with
four other officers. In addition to this,
II Is expected that more officers will be
detailed to Japan, and a number to study
the Chinese language at Picking. The
practice of sending officers abroad for the
study of foreign languages is one car
ried out on an extensive scale by other
governments, but the United States. until
recent years. has not paid much attention
to the matter.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-20
G. Il. STROLLER
Dealer in Cement, Plaster, rIantles
and Other Building Material.
A Public Spirited, Honorable Citizen, Who is
Held in High Esteem By All Who Know Him.

and well selected stock is always at
your service, at prices to meet the
keenest competition. Added to this,
you have the advantage of practical,
painstaking methods at your service,
and the benefit of dealing with gen.
erous, honorable and public spirited
citizenship. In, both business and
social circles Mr.. Strother ranks fore
most among our people and he enjoys
long career of honesty and morality.
realizing the rich fruitage of usefulness
and devotion to duty.
The Advocate, in it's Greater Mt.
Sterling Edition, pays this voluntary
tribute gladly, recognizing Mr.. Strother
as factor in Mt. Sterling's advance
ment and substantial public spirited
citizen.
We recommend him to our readers
as reliable and worthy Of your every
confidence.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-20

In this special edition of The Advo'
cate, giving a concise review of the
various industrial and commercial en-
terprises located in Mt. Sterling,
mention, as a matter of course, must be
given to the Mt. Sterling Steam Laun-
dry. an enterprise operated by home
people who employ home labor and is
noted for it's clean, sanitary methods
and honest. up-to-date laundry service.
A city of the size and Importance OF
ours, with constantly increasing pop
ulation, demands the presence of an
up-to-date laundry and where honest
work is turned out, with promptness
and obliging service, the most liberal
share of patronage must of necessity
follow. The Mt. Sterling Laundry, a
home institution, operated by loyal
and patriotic home-bred people, is To-
Gated on Maysville street, near the
depot, and commands large and sub
stantial trade 1t is among the best
equipped and most successfully con-
Quoted plants in this end of the State,
and holds an excellent position here
in Central and Eastern Kentucky for
high-class work and prompt service.
The proprietors, who are men OF
energy and influence, are ever alert to
their interests and are quick toadopt
any device or method that will inn
prove the plant or its service in the
least. Keeping everlastingly at it, and
we'll abreast of the times, they have
made rapid progress, all due to their