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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-14

"HE day of the sponge farmer is
dawning. For several years the
d United States bureau of fisheries
has been conducting experiments off the
Florida coast with view to discovering
a practical method of sponge culture, and
officials of the bureau believe they have
succeeded. Not only have they demon
strated that sponges can be successfully
pfopagated by artificial means, but they
have proved that the quality of the
sponges obtained by these methods is
superior to that of sponges taken from
the natural beds.
The experiments carried on by the
bureau of fisheries have already resulted
in the organization of one company de-
signed to raise sponges down on the
Florida coast, and it Is expected that
other private capital will appear in the
field before long. The government ex-
perts figure that an original investment
of about $225 acre In sponge farming
will yield an annual net return of about
5000.
Preparations are being made on the
coast of Florida also to experiment with
a submarine boat built with apparatus
for sponge gathering. If this method Is
a success much suffering by native divers
will be done away with.
~
The bureaus experiments have been in
progress seven or eight years. DR.. H. F.
Moore one of the bureaus scientists, had
charge of them and he has written an
extensive report on his work.
The governments experimental stations
were situated on Sugar Loaf key. off the
Of Florida of apvaraI DlaceS
in Biscayne bay. the latter being now the
most productive sponge ground in the
Caribbean. The aim of the scientists
from the start was to deal not with
scientific possibilities, but with facts that
would demonstrate the commercial feasl-
bility of sponge culture.
Three methods were tried = growing
Sponges from the egg, from cuttings ana
from degenerative masses. The scientists
also made experiments in grating SpongeS
with a view to improving the qualities OF
certain species. The latter set OF expert
mentS was valuable only in negative
way, for they showed conclusiveiy that
nothing can be accomplished by grazing
in this curious form of animal ne ne
cut surfaces of the grated pieces FUSED
and healed quickly, but the pieces, instead
of com bining into a distinct type. as IN
the case of a successful graft on IFule
tree. retained each it's individuality and
continued to grow independently without
influence upon its fellow.
The governments experiments Indicate
that it is possible to grow sponges 70
marketable size from the eggs, Dut that
method is so delicate that probably 1t Will
never amount to anything from com
mercial standpoint The only method that
the government scientists found practlcai
was by what they call cuttings.
They took a healthy seed sponge and,
while it was still alive, cut it into small
cubes. When taken from the water the
sponge is a solid-looking, Shiny. nesny
ball, and when cut resembles piece OF
beef liver. The cuttings are small, six
inch sponge being divided into 100 or more
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tons. They had thought this big Amer
lean a demon, a thing of supernatural
strength and of charmed life. Yet he
had sunk and drowned with his boat
turned over. So would all his kind.
Before a congressional committee last
winter Maj. Gen. Bell, chief Of staff for
the army, was telling of some of the re-
markable men of that service and the
effective work they were doing. Lieut..
Miller was cited as the most prominent
of these. Gen. Bell told of his work and
concluded by saying:
II have heard it stated that he could
not be replaced by company, probably
not by a battalion, and possibly not by
a regiment of troops"
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poses he was in reality king, for there was
no authority in the land but his.
II
When a mass of people has been tucked
away in lost corner of the earth for
twenty centuries and has known nothing
of law and order, it does not readily
grasp the ideas of civilization. An in
dividual man and woman might exert a
considerable influence on a few people,
1000
The American school has been the great
instrument in the hands of the Americans
in the Philippines. In the islands every
year 100000 native children are learning
English and getting the American idea
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around him, and they soon learned that
all his acts were for their good. They
carried the stories to an overwhelming
circle
Soon he was able to muster a number
of chosen young natives into a militia
organization. These he supplied with
arms and drilled. His aim was the re-
polling of the Moros. Salip Akib had
long been the terror of the coast. The
natives had been ineffective as warriors
and the raids were at the option of the
pirates Lieut.. Miller was we'll prepar-
ed before he struck blow.
Then one summer night the news was
brought that the pirates were ashore at a
village up the coast and the natives were
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necessary is either to lift the disk or
take the sponges with the ordinary
sponge hooks.
The government authorities have NJ
doubt that the sponge fishing grounds
are fast being depleted The demand
for sponges is growing yearly in this
country. The first shipload from the
Florida keys was sent to New York
back in 1S49 more as an experiment
than anything else. Now the Florida
beds produce about $4,000 worth of
sponges each year. There has been a
great impetus to the sponge fishing in
dustry in this country in the last six or
seven years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-14
The Patriarch.
NHAYOR BAEHR of Cleveland. in

xHAYOR BAEHR of Cleveland, in q
Av4 recent after-dinner speech, said OF
race suicide:
There is very little Of that sort OF
thing in our city. Mr.. Roosevelt would
be pleased II he could see some of our
large families. / heard of Cleveland
man the other day. though, who perhaps
carries the anti-race suicide idea a step
too far.
This man was being examined for an
insurance policy
How many children have you, sirr
said the examiner.
The man hesitated. Then, clearing his
throat he said:
Let me see-there's George, May.
Peter, Randolph-four at school; and at
home Clara, Ethel-ahem-John, Charles.
Edgar-weIl, yes, about fourteen, l be-
lieve, in ALL"
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from the books of Uncle Samuel. Already
vastly more people speak English than
learned Spanish in the 200 years that the
Islands were tributary to Spain. In an
other decade the whole islands will be
an English-speaking people, 100000
strong planted in the southern seas The
common language will have supplanted
those of the six tribes.
Strangely. these natives have the quail
lty in them that desires to learn. The
Malay mind is acquisitive-is that of the
student Wherever schools have been es-
tapllshed they have been crowded to the
doors. Lieut.. Miller turned first to the
school He was unable to get American
teachers to go into the wilderness. He
was unable to secure even Filipinos from
other sections where education had al
ready gotten hold. But he started a. good
school in Puerta Princesa. where he and
mrs. Miller and what assistants they were
able to secure began the development
the various villages to send their bright
est young people to this school that they
nnient return to the villages after TWO
years and teach. He secured an occa-
siohai recruit from the outside.
The first crop of teachers, native boys
ana girls, but two years out Of the brush,
would hardly be regarded as classically
educated In Boston and would be consid-
erably puzzled by the teachers examina-
ions put on, by most of the states back
nome But they began the educations of
their fellows and as the seasons passed
they were added to by young people with
more and more learning. The parents
made every effort to assist They volun-
tarily contributed their labor to the build
ing of schoolhouses and often materials
were given. AS rapidly as possible the
eoucauon idea got hold and was just COM
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This was merely from the military
standpoint of keeping the peace, and as
suredly the island overrun by troops
would not have the beneficial effect upon
the natives that was being ACCOMPLISHED
by Miller.
Lieut.. Miller's body was given a mill
tary burial at Camp BOSNIAN. near Puerto
Princesa- The provisional government is
experimenting with Gov. Evans as a tenn
porary man to fill his place In the
meantime 1t is looking for strong man
with the big idea and the knack of 1t to
be virtual King of the Palawans," to
leave the stamp of his personality upon
the plastic minds of these MANY thou
sand children Of the dark
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Piece of Impudence.

MADAME POLAIRE, the French act-
AVA ress, laughed at a supper party at
Sherry's in New York over the story that
she was the ugliest woman in the world.
THE press agents. she said, may
have benefited me by circulating that
story. but 1 think that they were very
impudent, all the same.
They were as impudent as Pullman
porter I heard about yesterday. This
porter was dissatisfied with the tip that
an actor and his wife gave him. The
actor said to the porter, when he got or
the train at New York:
Have you seen my baggage!
Yes the porter answered, jerking
his thumb over his shoulder She's back
there in the washroom maxim up her
face"
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Uncertain Genius.

d ROF. HARRY THURSToN PECK. at
1 literary dinner in New York, dis
cussed men of genius.
Prof. Peck's address began humorously.
There are" he said, many different
opinions as 10 the true definition of a
genius, but all authorities agree that ie
is generally unsafe to lena the ieioW
money"
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for a man who can fill the place of the
dead governor-king, but with little hope
of success.
All of which leads to the story of Lieut..
Miller. He was at the time Of his death
q member of the 10Th Infantry, but had
never seen that regiment and was I'M
known to it's officers. This because of the
fact that he had been since the time OF
his appointment on detached duty as Gov
ernor OF Palawan. AT the breaking out
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fear seen to tumble ingloriously from
boat. founder helplessly and sink to the
bottom?
Lieut.. Edward Y Miller, the governor
of the most outlying of all Uncle Sans
territory and the inspired upifter of its
people has been drowned in the course or
duty and where is the man who Will be
able to fill his place?
This is the question that is facing the
Philippine government and the bureau OF
insular affairs. This is the question that
is bringing to light a piece of work that
has been carried forward in the wids
of the great east that is as full of ro-
nance and accomplishment the most
fanciful yarn ever spun by the magma
ton.
Lieut.. Miller, United States Army, had
for eight years been absolute ruler over
$4,000 people wild and barbara. He had
single handed. brought peace to those
people in the place of continuous warfare
He had repealed the Moro pirates in many
pitched battles. armed and drilled his ma
tives and made his coasts place to be
Stunned of all else by these gypsies of
the sea.
Yet Miller died ingloriousIy month
ago from falling overheard from a boat
in the still waters of inland stream.
The Moros have learned of the nature of
his death in such a simple emergency that
any mere native would have been able to
save himself. The fear of him and his
kind has consequently vanished and the
Moros are again at war.
Dean c. Worcester, American secretary
of the interior for the Philippines, who
came little later into Palawan TO inau-
surate Emergency Gov. Evans, was at
tackled by the Moros and much blood was
shed. All is chaos in Palawan, where
peace had reigned for six years The
insular bureau and the provisional gov
eminent are looking the g0OOO,OO0 over
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HE TagbanoS are
disconsolate, for
[ n e 1T nlan-gOd
and soldier-kins is
dead. Salip Akib
and Salip Toni, the
pirate Moro chiefs,
are again despoil-
ing the peaceful
and fertile Island
of Palawan, for
was not the man
they had come to
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pieces. The sharpest knives were used in
this operation so as not to tear the tissues
unnecessarily.
Each little cutting carries within Itself
the complete germ of sponge life, and I'M
der ordinary conditions reproduces the
sponge.
The pieces Of the living sponge as fast
as they come from the operating table
are placed in pals of sea water. If it
is necessary to keep the cuttings for a
day they are hung in nettings in the sea,
but If they are left in these bags for
conglomerate mass. so quickly do the liv-
ing particles reunite.
The problem that for a long time baffled
the government experimenters was to
ing the cuttings to supports that would
Withstand the action of the sea water
and at the same time not be injurious
to the sponge life. At first all Of the
cuttings were attached to copper wire
and submerged. They seemed to be do
ing nicely until about eight months after
they had been planted; then it was dis
covered that most of the little sponges
were dead. The poisonous salts produced
by the action Of the sea water upon the
copper had done the trick.
Next the experimenters tried insulated
copper wire, lead and heavily galvanized
iron wire and various forms of cordage.
Lead wire and asbestos cord, the latter
most satisfactory. The lead wire how
ever, was not sufficiently strong to sup
port many growing sponges.
Months of experimenting with mechan-
zeal devices followed. until finally the
scientists invented holder with a wire
core covered with coating of lead. They
thought then that success was in sight,
but they discovered that the sponges were
inclined to rotate about the wire and
wear holes in themselves More experi-
menting. more failures. and finally they
produced a fiat ribbon of galvanized iron
incased in lead, which seemed to fill the
bill. This weathered three seasons in
fairly good shape
The experiments with wire sponge
growing were undertaken with a view of
opening up the muddy and grassy bot
toms among the Florida keys as sponge
beds. Now the beds are confined to the
comparatively limited areas where cur
rents have swept the mud and vegetation
off the coral reefs and disclosed a smooth
and hard surface upon which the sponges
attach themselves.
The investigators found that muddy
bottoms the young SpongeS were smoth-
cred by the sand, while on the grassy
bottoms they were choked by vegeta-
ton. The scientists are compelled to
acknowledge that this attempt to utilize
barren bottoms In shoal water is not
practical because Of the expense of the
wire.
1t was in experimenting with concrete
disks and triangles that the investigators
met with the success which. they believe,
makes sponge culture commercially feast
BILE. The cuttings were fastened to these
disks with aluminium wire, the disks be-
ing lowered to the sponge beds The
sponges quickly attach themselves to the
are ready for the harvesting all that is
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Palawan is the very outpost of the Phil
ippines. 1t lies in that great reach of the
island that runs out to the southeast, a
two-day journey from Borneo, and sepa-
rates the China from the Sulu sea.
1t is strip of land twenty miles wide and
20 miles long. Timbered mountains store
the moisture which makes the valleys al
ways fertile Its long coast line offers
itself TO the spoliation of the Moro pirates
who have swarmed through those waters
for centuries and have prayed contin-
uously upon the natives. The mountain
people and those of the valleys are wild,
but good-natured and simple. Yet all was
chaos, and war never ceased in the old
days.
1t was into these conditions that Lieut..
Miller took his young wife. The men of
the army protested against such exposure.
but the young officer believed that he
knew the natives better than they and
that he was safe with them. He estab-
lished himself at Puerto Princesa, which
had once been a Spanish town of some
importance, but had become a deserted
city of the south seas. Here was made
his capital and there he began his work
with the natives.
The people in the immediate vicinity of
Puerto Princesa had known something of
the outside world through the Spanish,
but their memory of their former mas
tiers was not such as to encourage init
macy. But the new governor became ac-
quainted with few and began by heal
ing their sick. A man of great physical
strength and much energy. Lieut. Miller
worked among these people Immediately
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Of Palawan." the savior of the people,
the man who had started thousands on
the road to development, went uncere-
moniously to the bottom and his native
companions dived for hours before
they were able to recover his body.
So there has settled down upon Palawan
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By Herbert Kaufman

You can't make headuay without headwork. Reflection
your future will against DETECTION from it.
After you the opportunities about survey clear
path ONE goabut be of the middle roundhm
prove impossible.
Measure the before you and then calculate mental
and physical fitness ooit the end don't undertake what
you can't undergo.
The world an1ned and cran1n,ed with faures-wh fools
capable of without thought of setback
derects who went sailing fortune without chared
mtook for capaby and elected
without the training requisite for suruiuaL
This is period Of high specialization We continually
narrowing the of trades and professions We believe
the fine division of abor depth rather than breadth of no
nation.
The family doctor relic of the pasthe physician of this
hour devotes himself single features and of mbs he selects
Of anatomy and concentrates his research and practice
upon n organ region a naaLady.
may take nine doctors repair from head to foot,
but each has a nine-fold fitness for his precise specially
Year by the Lawyer focusing his brain depart
Jurisprudence The corporation counsel does
tend competency criminal practice The great offices
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MAY GROW SPONGES BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS.

pieces. The Sharpest knives were used in
this operation so as not to tear the tissues
unnecessarily.
Evening journal., 1910-03-23
LONDON TO SHOWER
HONORS ON ROOSEVELT

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
LONDON, March 28.--The title Of a prl-
vate citizen which Colonel Roosevelt
wears. is more OF talsman in Europe
to-day than the crown Of any king.
Nothing could indicate this more clear
ly than the preparations being made in
the capitol that the colonel is soon TO
visit to receive him mith proper distinc-
ton. No crowned head. to say nothing OF
private citizen was ever shown such
honors as It is apparent viii be shown TO
the ex-President
This is true. too. despite the fact that
Mr.. Roosevelt has all along insisted that
he be received in an unofficial capacity.
Had he permitted the various countries
TO follow their own inclinations regard
ing the receptions TO be accorded him. his
trail through Europe would be one con-
tinuous and triumphant fanfare.
Colonel Roosevelt is the most interest
ing personality IN the world to-day. ac-
cording 10 the English viewpoint which
same viewpoint also deems IT improba-
bic that he will not be a figure 70 reckon
with when he returns TO America. The
effect of the homage shown him by Euro
pean countries Is sure to be enhancemenr
OF his popularity a. home and many Eng
lishmen will be surprised II the political
exfgencies Of America do not again sweep
tstR Tbs Presidential chair.
Evening journal., 1910-03-23
HORSE HAD TASTE
FOR SPRING HATS
Nibbled One on MaidenS Head
While Waiting for Some
thing Else to Do

A horse belonging to the Kiamensl
Springs Company has as good taste in
Easter hats, and as urgent a desire for
one. as any woman in Wilmington.
This equine was on the I<iamensi spring
water wagon, at Fifth and Market streets.
this morning enjoying the balmy breezes
and the sweet sunshine until someone in
authority should say, "Giddapv' Natural
ly its thoughts turned to spring, and when
a buggy drove up and stationed itself in
front Of the Kiamensi horse. a buggy with
the top down to conveniently display a
maiden with a spring hat. the horse sighed
gently and moved up a STEP II was a
tempting hat, It had bunch of luscious
crab apples upon it. A dreamy look came
into the horses eyes, the velvet lips be-
gan TO twitch, and there was a gleam OF
white teeth. The maiden felt warm
breath on the back OF her neck, and a
soft. gentle, but steady pull upon her hat
She looked around-O mercy O-O-O-Ol
The horse and its dream OF Easter miIli.
merry were parted, and the Kiamens
wagon started up the street, pulled by q
horse that was shedding watery tears
spring-watery tears.
Evening journal., 1910-03-23
CHINA TO HAVE ARMY OF 10000, 900

By United Press Leased Special Wire.
BERLIN, March 2S.-That China will
adopt the compulsory military service
now In vogue in Germany and become
numerically the greatest fighting power
in the world. as exclusively foretold by
Prof. Theodore Schiemann, Germany S
foremost student OF Chinese affairs, in
United Press cables Of March 2. was con-
hrmed to-day by YIN Tchange, the Chi
nese minister to Berlin Yin is soon to
return to China TO become minister OF
war
BY the new cOnscription plan, China
will have. according to Prof. Schiemann.
an army OF 30.OO0.OOO. Minister Yin ad-
mits that II will take years to mold the
huge Chinese population into compe-
tent fighting force but he intends to
surround himself with military experts
from Germany and other European coun-
tries, who will lead in the work.
Yin Tchange says recent events have
shown that China's integrity can only be
maintained by China herself; that Il 4,
idle TO depend longer on the fair deal
ing OF other nations.
I'VE propose to make China able q
fight her own battles and to command
respect rather than beg for it," he said
TO-DAY.
Evening journal., 1910-03-23
ROOSEVELT NOT, TO SPEAK
TO METHODISTS In ROME

By United Press Leased Special Wire.
ROME. March 23.-Ex-President Roose-
welt will not be asked 20 address the
American Methodist church when he
comes TO Rome according TO a statement
to-day by Professor Edward b. Spencer
OF the Methodist College. Professor Spen-
Ger says there have been no negotiations
with Mr.. Roosevelt regarding an address
to the church since December, 1905 when
the church authorities wrote to him.
Mr.. Roosevelt replied at that time that
he wouid make no addresses in Rome and
the Methodist dropped the matter. It is
hoped Colonel Roosevelt viii find time 70
visit the Methodist Church and college
but II he does Il viii undoubtedly be after
his audience with the Pope April s. Thus
there viii be no embarrassment such as
resulted from the vaticans cancellation
Of its Invitation 10 former Vice-President
Fairbanks because he addressed the Meth
odists before the date set for his recep-
tion By the Pope which made the recep-
ton impossible
Mr.. Roosevelt will be received by ting
Victor April A state uinner will be
I given I'm his honor. Queen Helena is also
planning a social function in honor OF
Mrs. Roosevelt ad Miss Ethel. an unusual
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