The Herald-Sentinel. (Cloud Chief, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1898 Page: 2 of 8
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Instead of Trying to Escape It Is Doubtful
If Any of Our 692 Captives Could
Be Driven Away.
(Portsnwuth, N. H., Utter.)
Civilisation while you wilt would be
Ml appropriate motto for tha prison
tlirlr-'f at Cassp Lon«. Tha camp la
m Slavey's Islnnd. part o( tha navy
yard, which on tha nap appears in
Kittsry. Me., and on official doeumenta
«t Portsmouth, In New Hampahire.
Two daya before the St Lou la steamed
Into the harbor with US Spaniah pris-
oners e( war on board the esmp ground
wss not much better than n desert
This end of the Island Is bound with
up through tbs
ad scrubby graaa
ea knolls snd hUUIdes. Col. Jsmes
forney, commending the Maine Guard,
had during his previous term of duty
nt the navy yard laid out golf linhs on
this eastern end of the island.
Today he usee the old Iron hole-
markers as dead line ranges. The
best hasards In the links are spoiled by
a little new pine board town of a dozen
houaee, all but one of which are cut
off from the rest of the island by a
high board fence. Wltbln thirty-six
hours from the srrlvsl of the Bt Louis
In the lower hsrbor thla village had
beea equipped with all the creature
comforta demanded by a free born
American cltlsen.
The landing of the Spanlarda waa
without ceremony or display. Two
black. flat-Iron ahaped bargee were
brought up, one after the other, from
the big liner, about a mile away, and
made faat to Lieut. Greeley's landing
place, at the foot of old Fort Sullivan
bow used as a reservoir. There were
a few workmen and a few ladles and
children from the poet on the ahore,
and a cordon of pleasure boats on 'he
water, but no official demonstration of
any aort. There waa not an officer
nor sveo a marine, In sight, and no
Indication that the Island waa garrl
On the first barge Lieut. Catlin
survivor of the Maine disaster, brought
with him Capt. Moreu, of the Cristobal
Colon, to act aa Interpreter, and about
a dosen American marines to take
care of a boatload of four hundred
Spanish prisoners of war. Lieut. Cat-
lin bad a navy revolver in his belt
Instead of his sword, and went at his
work without any fuss or feathers.
When six marines had scrambled
sshore and were strung along the bank
go they landed, pennileaa, sick, dirty
and slmost naked.
After the mustering was over the
ftrst shipload of prisoners was sur-
rounded by marlnea from the garri-
son and marched into the stockade
the barefooted ones being chiefly
snxlous to avoid the nettlee that lurk
ed In some of the grassy places.
After one dsy in csmp theee same
hungry looking prisoners could hardly
bs recognlesed. The day's rations of
beef, breed, coffee and pickles were de-
voured st one meal, each men estlng
mors thsn a pound of moat. They found
hammocks,comfortable hair mattreeees
and government bianketa provided for
theln, and after a few puffs from bor
rowed clgarettee the well Spaniards
slept long and aoundly. More meals
followed with surprising abundance
and regularity, snd great wagon loads
of clothes were hauled over from the
navy yard and dumped at the feet of
the prisoners.
The few industrious spirits volun
teered for camp work, and their work
lng made a pleasant spectacle for those
who were not Industrious. With fcarm
new clothes and a comfortable full
nesa under one'a belt, It Is agreeable to
alt In the sun, or at least out of the
rain, snd discuss why It was that Ad-
miral Cervera did not utterly destroy
the American fleet. To be sure there
are sentries and deep water In front,
and sentries, with a high board fence
behind, backed by barbed wire and
Gatllng guns In the rear. What would
you? Shall sane men run away from
good food, good clothes and a good
company to lose themselves In a
strange country and starve?
Perhaps It may not last, but that 1s
the sentiment in Camp Long at pres-
ent. The landing of the prisoners and
the establishment of the camp waa ac-
complished without the slightest hos-
tile demonstration on the part of the
Spaniards. Some of the men passive-
ly object to being clean, but they can
put up with cleanliness If only they get
plenty of tobacco.
Col. Forney has in the barracks at
the navy yard and on duty at the stock-
ade about two hundred men. but Sur-
geon Parsons says that if the Span-
iards only understood that they wt;e
to have their three square meals a
day a marine guard would be requir-
«heit one large building Is usad f*r
hospital purposes. Two Spanish chap-
lains. two surgeons, an apothecary's
steward, and tve junior lieutenants
have had a building built for their
special accommodation, and have been
fitted out with aallor's clothes from the
navy yard storehouses. Their ward-
la fitted out with bunks snd
abundsnt furniture. Dr. Susres, who
speaks English s little, ssys that while
there will be a good deal for the doc-
tors to do, they all expect to enjoy
themselves In camp.
The civilising Influence of a short
piece of rope is still to be seen at Camp
Long. In olden times the rope was
to cow starved and Ill-treated
prlaonera. Today it serves a different
purpose. The members of the officer's
_ hardly got new clothes before
they began devising amusements, and
jumping rope has become very popu-
lar. Two of the more sedate officers
swing the rope while the others take
turns jumping.
The horrors of war slresdy seem far
away, snd the most Important things
In the world seem to be the delights
of good living. Admiral Carpenter,
who Is In temporary command of 'he
navy yard, has closed the island to
curioua visitors, who are not annoying
when they get long range vltws from
the New Castle and Klttcry shores.
Altogether the camp promises to be so
quiet that Colonel Forney may lay out
new golf links, and perhaps allow
the Spanish officers to learn the game.
MAGNIFICENT CAVES.
FAIRYLAND REALIZED IN
UNDBROROUND WORLD.
tea Mnm That giviMw Ik* Km •*
h*isi(l«u«f In
OLD METHODS THE BEST.
Work of Pvplla In PabUe School Uador
Two Sjrateina Compared.
From the New York Evening Post:
In the opinion of Professor Richard C.
Schledt of Franklin and Marshall col-
lege, nothing has been gained, but
something lost, in the abandonment of
the old methods in public schools of
alternate study and recitation periods,
and of a brief recess during each school
session. This view was expressed In *
paper read before a meeting in Lan-
caster, Pa., of the Associated Health
Authorities. The paper was scientific
and described psychological experi-
ments undertaken by Pro essor
Schledt and others to determine the
fatigue of pupils under different condi-
tions. Passing the experiments, and
coming to the professor's conclusions,
It appeared that under the Herbartlan
method of Instruction, which provides
for alternate recitation and study pe-
riods, and does away with home work,
the power of mental endurance exhib-
ited by the children was practically
without limit when the atmospheric
conditions were favorable. In the re-
sults the depressing or elevating influ-
ence of the atmosphere had an impor-
tant bearing. A partial remedy is t'ae
session recess, affording opportunity
for physical exercises In the oj:en air
and for a complete change in the at-
mosphere of the schoolroom. This is
(Special Latter.)
EDOUARD AL-
FRED MARTEL
of Paris is proba-
bly entitled to take
first rank aa an ex-
plorer of caves, llo
baa made many
marvelous discov-
eries in many
countiles, and Grit
today presents a
few Illustration*
made from calcium light photograph*
taken by M. Martel.
The giant stalagmite. "Le Clocbcr."
Is situated In the grotto of Dargalin.
In France. The cave was discovered
by chance In 1880. but nothing was
known of It beyond the first hall, which
Is 600 feet long, 200 feet wide, and 230
feet high. The full length of the ram-
ifications of this grotto totals more
than a mile and a half. It contains
twenty vast bails, a river 400 feet long,
and three little lakes. The stalagmite
named Le Clocher was upwards of 50
feet in height.
In 1896 M, Martel turned his atten-
tion to another part of Europe—Span-
ish Major lea. In the Balearic islands,
where a natural marvel wss said to be
Incompletely known. The explorer
writes: "I refer to the Drugon's cave,
on the eastern shore of the Island.
Since 1878 only one exploration of this
cave has been made, and that took
with them an Inefficient guide, with
the result that they lost themselves
for a whole day, and became half dead
from hunger and fright. Several years
ago I was Invited by the owner of the
SOME SCENES AT PORTSMOUTH.
the gangway was opened to the pris-
oners, who went off the barge in an
irregular straggling.
They were defeated and shipwrecked
■allors, and they showed It. Bare-
headed and barefooted, with straggly
beards, and only a couple of dirty gar-
ments In most cases covering legs and
bodies, they passively obeyed the or-
ders of Capt. Moreu. and were gather-
ed in ship's companies by the calling
of the roll. Hardly had a hundred
men been landed before the sick be-
gan to drop groaning upon the dusty
roadside.
The first official navy demonstration
on shore was made by the navy sur-
geons. Drs. Parsons. Fitts and Morris,
who walked over from the naval .hos-
pital, followed by an ambulance. Sur-
geon-ln-Charge Parsons speaks Span-
ish quite fluently, having been station-
ed In Peru, but very little talk was
accessary to feel the pulse and see the
tongue of a groaning Spaniard. With
all possible gentleness the most seri-
ously sick were taken to the naval
hospital snd given as good care as
eould be given to American sailors.
ed. not to keep them on the Island,
but to drive them away from It. At
the navy hospital baths and clean
nightgowns and beds have transform-
ed the patients who Monday afternoon
were groveling in the dust of the road-
side.
There are three wouuded men, one
having been shot in the leg, another
having been hacked in the face by a
Cuban machete while attempting to
get ashore from the burning ship, and
a third who lost several toes from a
machete wound. There is an old man
whose legs are paralysed, probably
from being so long In the water. All
the other patients, about one hundred
and twenty-five, are suffering from ac-
cllmatlc fever, which Is not conta-
gious, but which cauaes chills, cramps
and great pain for about five days. The
surgeons say that this fever will go
through the camp, attacking all who
have not had It. About a score of
men are taken sick every day, and
about the ssme number sre discharged
from the hospltsls.
The convalencents and milder cases
of fever sre ca.-ed for In the stockade,
the mor« t««nnrtant. Professor Schledt
s&ys, as In this region the days with
unfavorable atmospheric conditions
are In the majority.
Flahtlnf for a Sentiment.
The masses of the north will fight,
and fight hard and long, as we of the
south have had proved to us. More-
over, they will flght for a sentiment,
as we also know by experience—they
will flght better for a sentiment than
for anything else. But for the senti-
ment of the ncrth about "the old flag"
and "the preservation of the union,"
South Carolina would now be a mem-
ber of the Confederate States of Amer-
ica. That ts a self-evident proposition.
While that section utilized an enor-
mous Immigration to recruit its armies
it would have defeated the south with-
out much aid, because without It It
was still far stronger than the south.
Chlckamauga, Gettysburg. Sharpsburg
and Fredericksburg proved its fighting
capacity. If we do not recognlxe that
we can claim no credit for our own
glorious fighting for four years, and
we would have no excuse for our defeat.
-Columbia (8. C.) State.
LE CLOCHER CAVERN.
Mlramar estates to work out the ex
ploratlon of the Dragon's cave.
found here one of the largest under
ground lakes in the world, which
named Lago Mlramar. It is 650 feet
feet long and 100 feet to 125 feet wide
and is 15 feet to 130 feet deep. The
accompanying photograph, taken by
meanB of magnesium light with a ten
minutes' exposure, represents a corner
of this lake better than any long de-
scription could do. The vaults and
walls are covered with countless sharp
and thin stalactite needles, and the
roof is supported at Intervals by stal-
agmite columns. All of these are pure
white, like the finest marble. The
cave Is a mile and a quarter long, and
all Its large and small lakes are on the
same level as the sea, with which they
communicate through narrow clefts."
FISH WHICH TAKES BOARDERS
glngvlar Cate of One Animal Living on
Another.
A very singular case of commensal-
ism (living on or with another) has
Just been made known by M. Gadeau
de Kervllle, says Science Gossip. It
concerns the young of the marine fish-
es called false mackerel, which are al-
most always found In company with
the suborder of large medusae known
as rhizotonee. These young fishes
swim parallel with the long axis of the
Jellyfish, and in the same direction as
the latter. They remain above, be-
neath and behind the animal, but nev-
er advance beyond its umbel. It fre-
quently happens that some of them In-
troduce themselves Into the cavities of
the jellyfish, and are then visible from
the exterior, owing to the transparency
of the host. Sometimes the school of
fisheB wanders a few yards away from
the medusa, but at the least alarm Im-
mediately returns with great rapidity
to occupy its former position. It is
evident that the medusa very effica-
ciously protects the young fishes by
means of Its innumerable stinging cap-
sules. This is shown by the fact that
when the fishes become larger they pro-
tect themselves.
a Carina* Little Coin.
The smallest coin In the world Is
used In ths Mslsy peninsula. It Is
made from thn resinous Juice of s
tree, and Its value Is sbout l-lO.OOOth of
a penny.
Com! of Africa.
The crushing of seeds aad nuts for ths
oil which they contala aad ths prep-
aration of feeding stuffs from tha res-
idue is, so fsr as England Is concerned,
s comparatively new Industry. And
one of the most important phases of
this business is thst which eeaters
around the products of the oil palm
snd plsys such s considerable part In
the trade between the west coast of
Africa and Liverpool. This palm—a
beautiful tree of the umbrella pattern—
flowers about September or October,
and the fruit ripens about four or five
months afterward, the main crop being
gathered from February to May. The
fruit is gathered by natives, who as-
cend the trees by means of rofres—sail-
or fashion—and detach the masses of
nut clusters, or "handa," as they sre
called, with a small ax or cutlass. The
uuts sre then heaped on the ground,
covered with palm leaves, snd left for
week in the hot and more or less
moist atmosphere, to ferment. During
this process the nuts become loose In
their sockets and are removed by hand
and placed In baskets. The next proc-
esses aim at the separation of the nut
proper from the seed vessel or perl-
carp. First, huge earthenware pots
are taken, with a capacity of about
12 or 14 gallons, and in these are placed
about half a hundredweight of nuts.
Water Is added and the pot placed over
alow wood fire. After two hours'
boiling the seed vessel is sufficiently
Boft to be squeezed by the fingers. The
nuts are then placed In the bottom of
canoe drawn up on the river bank,
and the natives tread out the nuts
from the encircling pericarp with their
bare feet. Three men will thus tread
out 250 pounds in an hour. Water Is
then poured Into the canoe to the
depth of three or four inches and the
nutB treated to the final separating
process by being rocked, stirred and
shaken. By this means the kernels
with the hard shells containing tham
become detached from the pericarp,
and after drying in the sun are cracked
between stones so as to separate the
"palm kernela" of commerce from the
hard shells inclosing them. But the
water in the canoe has become cov-
ered with a yellowish, oily scum.
This Is carefully collected in calabash-
and the pericarp fiber is squeezed
and washed and finally pressed In a
mortar to extract the remaining par-
ticles of oil, and being of no further
commercial value, Is thrown aside to
be used as fuel. Thus do the West
African negroes supply us from the
oil palm with two valuable articles
of commerce—palm oil and palm ker-
nels. The processes employed are
wasteful, no doubt, and the absence of
means of communication save by the
rivers and creeks Implies that many
thousands of tons of preciouB produce
are annually allowed to rot. This
waste, however, is gradually being re-
duced, and with the advent of much-
required railways our supplies of West
African tropical produce must be In-
creased indefinitely. The bulk of the
palm kernels—or rather that section of
them shipped to England—find their
way to Liverpool, and it certainly did
not reflect creditably upon the enter-
prise of the merchants of the Mersey
port that the major portion of such
imports also figured in the exports or
transshipments from Liverpool to con-
tinental ports.
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DO SWANS REASON?
The fine lines which separate the
reason of man from what in animals
we call instinct are often undiscover-
able, and among the most numerous
and striking illustrations of the fact
are the changes wrought in the habits
of birds to meet exceptional and un-
foreseen requirements. Thus, a pair
of swans had their nest below the
floodxateB of a stream in a preserve.
The non waa sitting on the eggs. In
the absence of the keeper the flood-
gates were opened. In a short time
the keeper appeared, hurriedly closed
the gates, and then as quickly sought
the swans, to find the nest had been
raised upon a little hillock of grass,
pulled up for that purpose, by the male
bird. Next day he went down to see
THE MOTHER.
it, and, directly he appeared, up rose
the hen, as If to show him that her
newly born brood waa perfectly aafe.
X
1
The Empress of Austria, at one time
the most beautiful woman In Europe,
la desrrlbed now aa pitifully thin and
worn, prematurely aged and losing her
Interest In out-of-door sports, of which
she waa once passlonstely fond.
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