During the second day of the river
journey came the shooting of some
rather gentle "rapids," where brown
rocks thrust their noses out of the wa
ter and we rushed down splashing on
a slide to lower level. At last, some
Cingalese Superstition: A "Luck-Pole"
on the Site of a New House in Ceylon.
4
miles after we had passed the opening
of the Kelani river canal, the long
bridge of Kaletura appeared at the riv
er mouth with a line of fiery sunset
sky behind it, and I saw again the rail
way, and that fringe of cocoanut palms
against the sea which more than any
other detail is typical of Ceylon.
COLUMBUS WAS A SPANIARD
Noted Cuban Scholar Asserts That He
Has Documents to Prove
This Claim.
New York.Dr. Constantino de
Hora Pardo of Havana, a Cuban
scholar of note and a Fellow of the
Royal Spanish Geographical society,
has undertaken to prove to the satis
faction of the American Geographical
society and the Hispanic society of
America that Christopher Columbus
was a Spaniard and not an Italian.
He maintains that Columbus was
born at Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain,
and not at Genoa, Italy.
Dr. Horta has gathered a mass of
documents to prove his contention,
and these are now in New York await
ing the consideration of the American
Geographical society and the Hispanic
society.
After these organizations have com
pleted their examination, Dr Horta
purposes to publish the details of his
research in a pamphlet which will be
sent to governments, universities and
civic authorities throughout Latin
America, that they may rejoice in the
knowledge that Columbus was of their
own blood.
Vanderbilt Helps Injured Man.
