We have spoken several times about the insignificant character of the revolutions in South America. We think it may interest our readers if we quote for them the statement on this subject, made by a gentleman who has been a good many years in Honduras, and who has large interests there.
He says: "A revolution down there is really nothing but an election.
"At election times the candidate for the Presidency who controls the guns wins the election. If the President doesn't suit after he is elected, some man gathers a force together, and a revolution follows.
"As nobody pays much attention to an election, so nobody pays much attention to a revolution, except those most nearly interested in its success or failure.
"The present President, Señor Bonilla, came into office after he had carried through a successful revolution against somebody else.
"He is a clever man, and absolutely honest, but his standard is too high for Honduras."
Richard Harding Davis has written a story called "Soldiers of Fortune," which gives a very excellent account of one of these South American revolutions.
The Massachusetts Assembly has made its annual appropriation for the destruction of the Gipsy moth.
This is a moth whose larvæ (as the caterpillars are called) do so much damage to foliage that the State has spent large sums of money in an attempt to destroy the troublesome pest. The matter has now been brought to the attention of Congress, and in the last Agricultural Appropriation Bill a special provision was made for a careful investigation of the matter.