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OUR PRISONERS OP WAR.
Humane-Treatment That Has Opened the Eyes of
the Captured Spaniards. .
ADMIRAL CEKVEHA'H BILLET,
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ization while you wait would be
• opriate motto for the prison
at Camp Long. Tho camp is
onS\ y’s Island, part of the Navy
•Yard, Which on the map appears in
Kittory, Mo.,nnd on ofllcial documents
at Portsmouth, in New Hampshire.
Two days boforo tho St. Louis
steamed into tho harbor with (102
Spanish prisoners of war on board the
camp ground was not much better tbnn
a desert. This end of tho islaud is
bound with rooks which stick up
through the bluoberry bushes and
Sornbby grass on knolls and hillsides,
it Within thirty-six hours from tho ar
rival of the St. Louis in tho lower har
bor tho village had boon equipped
with all tho crcatnro comforts de
manded by a free born Amerioan citi
zen.
b Tho landing of tho Spaniards was
without ceromony or display. Two
blaok, flatiron shnpod barges wero
brought up, ono after tho other, from
the big linor, about a mile away, and
made fast to Liontounut Greoly's land
ing place, at tho foot of old Port Sulli
van, now used ns a roBorvoir. There
were a fow workmen and a fow ladies
and children from tho post on the
ahoro, and a cordon of plensuro boats
on tho water, but no official demon
stration of any sort. There was not
an officor, nor ovon a marine, in sight,
and no indications that the island was
garr isonod.
i On tho first bargo Lieutenant Cnt-
lin, a survivor of tho Maino disaster,
brought with him Cuptaiu Moruu, of
the Cristobal Colon, to not as intorpro-
ter, and about 'a dozen American ma-
rinos to ta|co caro of a boatload of four
liundrod Spanish prisoners of war.
Lieutenant Catlin had a navy revolver
in his bolt instoad of a sword, but
went at his work without any fnss or
feathers. When sis marines had
scrambled ashore and were strung
along tho bank, the gangway was
opened to tho prisoners, who wont of!
the bargo in an irregular straggling.
They were dofeatod and shipwrecked
sailors, and they showed it. Baro-
beaded and barefooted, with straggly
ablo to sit in the sun, or at least ont
of the rain,-and 'discuss why it was
that Admiral Corvora did not utterly
destroy tho Amorican fleot. To be
sure thero are sontries and deep water
in front, and sentries with a high
board fence, backod by barb wire and
Gattting guns, in tho roar. What
would you? Shall sane men runaway
from good food, good clothes and n
good company to lose themselvos in a
strange country and starve?
Tho landing of the prisoners and the
establishment of the camp was ac-
tbe whites of his eyes heavenward,
and stood expeotant. Scores of ko
daks snapped, and the colored sailor
triumphantly rejoined his comrades
on tho shore. A lady in one of the
boats threw a hunch of flowers into
the water near the shore, and in
stantly twenty or more of the prison
ers struggled for tho possession of
the trophy. The Spaniard who cap
tured the boUquet was generous, how
ever, and divided the flowers among
his comrades, who proudly held aloft
the mementos, bowing and smiling
to the lady who threw them into the
water.
After the dishes had been washed
many sat in groups on the bank, some
of them singing the songs of their
native laud, some playing cards, others
writing letters home, and all of them
apparently pleased with tho situation.
It wns a sccno never before witnessed
in tho Harbor of Portsmouth, but its
repetition is likely to happen every
pleasant day in tho weeks to follow.
So much for the humbler prisoners.
Those of higher rank, Admiral Cer-
h yt
QUARTERS OF ADMIRAL CERVEBA AND niS
OFFICERS AT TOE ANNAPOLIS NAVAL
ACADEMY.
beards, and only a oonplo of dirty gar
ments in most oases covering legs and
bodies, they passively obeyed the or
ders of Coptain Moron, and wore
gathered in ship’s companies by tho
calling of the roll. Hardly had a hun
dred mon boon lauded boforo tho sick
began to drop groaning upon tho dusty
roadsido.
After the mastering wns ovor the
first shipload of prisoners was sur
rounded by marines from the garrison
and marched into the stoekngo, the
barefooted ones being chiefly anxious
to avoid tho nettles thnt lurked in
some of tho grnssy places.
* Aftor ono day in camp those same
hungry looking prisoners could hardly
be recognized. The day’s rations of
beef, bread, coffee and pickles were
devoured at oue meal, each man eating
more thau a pound of meat. They
found hammocks, comfortable hair
UNCLE SAM, HE PAYS THE FREIOIIT.
(The cartoonist of the New York Herald gives his Idea of how the prisoners will be sent
home to Spain.)
eomplished without the slightest hos
tile demonstration on the part of the
Spaniards. Some of tho men passive
ly objoct to boing olean, but they can
put np with cleanliness if only they
got plenty of tobacco.
Colonel Fornoy has in the barraoks
at tho Navy Yard and on duty at the
stockade about two hundred mon, but
Surgeon l’arsons says that if the
Spaniards only understood that they
were to have their three square meals
a day a marine guard would be re
quired, not to keep them on the island
hut to drive thorn uwav from it.
Two SpAuish chaplains, two sur
geons, an apothecary’s steward und
five junior lieutonauts have had a
building built for their spooial accom
modation, and have 4 boeu fitted out
with sailor’s olothes from the navy
yard storehouses. Their wardroom is
fitted out with bunks and abundant
furniture.
The oivilizing influence of a short
piece of ropo is still to be seen in
Camp Long. In the olden times tho
rope was used to cow starved and ill
treated prisoners. To-day it serves a
different purpose. Tho members of
the officer’s mess hardly got new
olothes before they began devisiug
amusements, and jumping ropo has
become very popular. Two of the
moro sedate officers swing tho rope
while the others take turns jumpiug.
Tho horrors of war already seem
faraway, and tho most important things
in tho world soem to bo tho delights of
good living. Admiral Carpenter, who
is in temporary command of the Navy
Yard, has closed the island to curious
visitors, who aro not annoying when
they get long raugo views frdm tho
New Castle and Kittory shores.
Tho soeno on shoro of the prison
front on Seavoy's Islaud on n reoont
aftoruoon betwoou five and six o’olook
presented a most novel and interest
ing picture. The prisoners had just
finished their afternoon meal and had
swarmed to tho water’s odge* to wash
their bowls, platos and spoons. The
clatter of tho dishes and the laughter
and animated conversation of tho pris
oners rnado suoh a babel of noises that
they could plainly bo heard on the
Newcastle shoro on the other sido of
tho Piscataqna Bivor.
Huudreds of boats gathered in front
of tho Spaniards on the beach and
watched them at their work and en
joyed tho animated scene, for the
“Pons” seemed happy as larks and
evidently greatly pleased at tho atten
tion shown them. Many ladies in the
cook and the steward of the Santee
havo been placed at his disposal, and
a servant to attend to his personal
wants. The last occupant of the
house was Lieutenant Gove. The
other prisoners occupy the old cadets'
quarters on Stribling row.
COOKING FOR SOLDIERS.
German Army Inventors Pay Mach At
tention to the Subject.
The interest shown by all classes of
people at present in the matters of
military manoeuvring and equipments
is so great that a recent exposition of
CAMP COOKING APPARATUS
SMALL BATTALION.
army and camp furnishings was a gi-
gautio success, ns demonstrated by tho
throngs of people which ilooked to tho
place day after day. Evidently tho
German inventor has been working on
the theory that a full stomach is the
best equipment for a fighter, and
cooking implements were displayed
in the greatest variety. A clover
cooking outfit is shown herewith.
The stove for a battalion is designed
for use in the open. It is formed of
CAMBON RECEIVES REPLY.
IT IS CABLED TO WASHINGTON IN
CIPHER FROM PAUIS.
THE DOCUMENT IS A LONG ONE.
Work of Deciphering H» Content* Woe
Immediately Taken Up by
the Embassy Staff.
The reply of the Spanish govern
ment to the peace conditions laid
down by tho United Statos wns re
ceived at Washington by the French
ambassador, M. Cambou, shortly be
fore 3 o’clock Monday afternoon.
Tho concluding portion of the Span
ish reply wns received during the
evening, bnt it was not nntil a Into
honr thnt it was deciphered ns a whole
and gone over by the ambassador.
No effort wns made to communicate
it to the United Statos government nt
such a late hour, beyond a note to Sec
retary Dny advising him that the doc
ument had been received but uot dis
closing its contents.
There was complete reticence in all
quarters as to the text of the reply.
The reply came in sections, the dis
patch first received giving only tho
opening passages of the Spanish re
ply. A fow minutes later another dis-
HU Beading. .
•The face is an inda
to the
She:
mind.”
He: “Then your mind must be mado
up.”—Indianapolis Journal.
Lost hi. I.lfo Saving Other*.
A country boy .visiting New York stopped
frantic runaway team that waa about to
(laah on the sidewalk whore there wero hun-
dreds of women and children, lie caved their
•s, but loot hie own. Hundreds of lives are
ed every yoar by Ilostettor’s Stomach hit*
ter*. People who are fast going to their
graves with disorders of stomach.
bowels and blood are brought back to good
health by It. All the sick should try It.
The government contracted for 350,000 Hes
sian bags to boused tor fortlllcatlon purpose*.
Donuty I* Dlood Deep.
Clean blood means a clean slrin. Ko
beauty without it. Casearets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all un-
E urities from the body. Begin to day to,
anish pimples, boils, blotches, blackhead*,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
CascareU,—beauty for ten cents. All drug*
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 60c.
When Hot
DonH sweat and fret, but ke*f> oool and'
take Hood’s Sarsaparilla. This-4* good*
advise, as you will find if you follow It.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is ft first-class sum
mer medleino, because It’ is so good for
the stomaob, so cooling to the bloody
so helpful to the whole body. Make no
mistake, but get only
Hood’s 8 p.*rm.
America'!. Greatest Medicine.
several iron chests arranged in the i patch brought a second section, and
shape of a cross, with a chimney in 1
tho middle. A smaller one is built
vera and his captured officers, are
hold at the Naval Academy, Ann
apolis, Md.
Admiral Oervera would bo taken for
an English merchant by ninety-nine
out of a hundred persons who didn’t
know who he was. He is prosperous-
looking, well-made, and wears a gray
beard. His son, Lieutenant Angel
Oervera, is tall and handsome, and
wears a coal-black beard. Altogether,
the Spaniards are quite a distin
guished-looking group, and when
they are fitted ont in appropriate gar
ments will doubtless mako much
social progress in Annapolis, as nearly
all of them have given orders for
visiting cards.
The parole signed by all the prison
ers exoopt Admiral Oervera, who
waved it aside when presented, with
the remark that his sword of honor
was sufficient, and Captain Eulate, of
the Vizcaya, who declined to sign it
because he declared the other officers
should bo permitted to give their
word as well as the Admiral, is as
follows:
“I do pledge my word of honor
that daring tho period of my retention
at the United States Naval Academy
as a prisonor of war I will not go be
yond suoh limits as may bo pre
scribed by the Superintendent of the
Naval Academy, and freoly agree to
abide by such regulations as said
Superintendent may from time to
time establish.
“The limits now established will be
the grounds of tho Naval Academy
and the city of Annapolis from 8
o’clock nntil sundown.”
Admiral Oervera’s house, which is
I
to accommodate a squad of about
thirty men, and for use where there
are no general cooking provisions
made for the men, each one looking
after the preparation of his own ra
tions.
It is gratifying to note that the sub
ject of caring for the dead and
wounded has received n great deal of
attention at the hands of army and
navy inventors. A large variety of
devices was shown, having for their
objeot the care and comfort of the
wounded warrior.
m People Who Live In Tree*.
' Of all the islands of the South Seas
New Guinea is in some respeets the
most peculiar. With its towns built
on the water, its native castles in the
treeB and its strange native inhab
itants, who have been steadily dying
BARRACKS ON SEAVEY’S ISLAND, PORTSMOUTH HARBOR.
(Whore tho rank and fllo of tho Spanish prisoners aro contlnod.)
mattresses and government blankets
provided for them, and after a few
puffs from borrowed cigarettes the
well Spaniards slept long und sound
ly. More meals followed with sur
prising abundance and regularity, aud
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 oanip work, and their work
ing made a pleasing spectacle for those
who were uot industrious. With
warm, new clothes and a comfortable
fulness under one's belt, it is agvee-
* uiue, easy to operate.
A TREE TOP nOME.
A GROUP OP SPANISH PRISONERS ON *A-
VEY’S ISLAND.
boats bad provided themselves with
kodaks, and hundreds of pictures were
taken of tho prisoners that will prove
valuable souvenirs of the American
Spanish war as time goes by. The
Spaniards enjoyed having their pic
tures taken, and many of them gath
ered in groups and posed in pictur
esque attitudes aud waited their turns
for the camera.
A colored prisoner, blaok as Erebus,
waded out into tho water up to his
knees, and, striking his bowl aud
plate together (to attract attention,
placed his hands by Uia side, roiled
known as No. 17 Buchanan row, is an
old brick painted a dork drab, with
brown outside shutters, aud its front
windows overlook the oak-shaded
grounds of tho academy. Tho com
mandant’s house is two doors distant
at the corner, and diagonally across
the lawn to the left is the superin
tendent’s office. A tine marine view
is obtained from the rear windows,
with the parade grounds in the fore
ground.
The whole house except the hall,
which is approached by a flight of
stairs from the road below, is heavily
carpeted. The parlor is supplied
with comfortable furniture. Opening
into the parlor by broad doors is the
dining room, which is carpeted like
the parlor and contains an oak dining
set. The passage chamber, which
communioates with the bed room, is
the Admiral’s private office. It is
provided with a desk, chairs, good
lights aud writing material. All the
mail matter sent and received by the
prisoners goes through the offioe of
the superintendent, and' is censored.
The Spanish officers are uot being
pampered with luxuries. They are re
ceiving the same foed that is given to
the naval cadets.
Admiral Cervera has a house which
is occupied by three or four others
besides himself aud his sou. The
out since tho advent of the whiteman,
it is an intensely interesting bit of the
world. The natives are gifted with
such remarkable powers that they cau
see into distouoes far beyond the vis
ion of the white man; they can track
the wild beast by signs that the white
man cannot learn; thoy can find food
and drink in deserts where white men
would perish of thirst and starvation.
The accompany picture represents
one of the tree houses built by na
tives of the island. Among the sav
age tribes are warriors who are known
as the “head hunters.” The aerial
houses are built as refuges from the
head hunters. When tho cry is raised
that the head hunters are coming the
feeble and the women flee to the tree
huts and the able men arm for the
fight.
9 A Natural Sun Dial.
An immense sun dial, certainly the*
largest in the world, is at Hayou
Horoo, a large promontory extending
3000 feet above the Aegean Sea. As
the sun swings around the shadow of
this mountain it touches, one by one,
a circle of islands, which act as hour
marks,
Magnanimous.
these kept coming uninterruptedly by
a procession of messengers until Sev
ern! sections of the Spanish reply had
been received at 3:50 o’clock, when
the Inst part was Btill to arrive.
In the meantime the cipher experts
were at work nnd at 4:30 o’clock they
were abreast of all thnt portion of the
reply received up to that time nnd
there was a lull of some time pending
the arrival of the concluding portions.
It was thought a terrific rain stortn
which swept over Washington about 4
o’clock might have occasioned the
delay of tho remainder.
Pending the roooipt of the complete
reply, no steps were taken to fix a
time for a conference with the presi
dent, as tho time for that depended
largely upon some of the features of
the reply nnd also upon the explicit
instructions concerning the delivery
of the answer which usually accompa
nies a document of this solemn char
acter. Neither at the white house nor
at the state department was there any
oflioinl knowledge that the reply Lhd
reached Washington and the usual
office hours closed with uo appoint
ment made for a conference.
Pending the official delivery of the
answer speculation wns rife ns to its
contents. There wns little further
doubt that the length of the reply
meant that Spain had not given a
simple and direct affirmative to the
American conditions. It wns evident
thnt if the reply was an acceptance, it
was accompanied by extended discus
sion and probably by conditions.
This caused considerable npprehen-
sion in official circles here, for while
it was felt last week that Spain would
yield in every particular, it begau to
be felt that possibly there might be
another period of discussion aud pos
sibly an indirect attempt to open up a
diplomatic exchange on the nature of
the terms.
The prevailing view, however, was
that the reply was on its face an ac
ceptance, although not such a one as
precluded all possibility of future dis
cussion.
All vitnl points were believed to be
concluded—the abandonment of Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Lndrones, and the
establishment of a commission to pass
upon questions relating to the Philip
pines.
In the carrying out of this programme
it was believed that Spain would seek
to secure an understanding on many
incidental points involved, some of
them of considerable importance. For
instance, some doubt was raised as to
whether Spain’s acceptance would be
operative until referred to and ratified
by the Spanish cortes, and it wns un
derstood that the reply might call at
tention to this condition. Tho same
condition, it was pointed out, exists as
to the United States, for a peace
treaty requires the ratification of the
senate to become operative.
Early Dictionaries.
Tho first dictionary recorded In lit
erary history is the standard Chinese
dictionary, compiled by Pn-Out-She,
who lived about 110# B. C. It con
tained 40,000 characters, each of which
stood for a word, mostly hieroglyphic
or rmle representations resembling our
signs of the Zodiac. This was four
centuries before writing wus employed
by Western people. Anticlldes, a con
temporary of Alexander tho Groat,
published a Greek dictionary of the
words In ancient writings 330 B. C.
Another 'Chinese dictionary wus pro
duced about 150 B. C., and Vnrro’e
Latin compilation dates back to 110
B. C. The earliest attempts at tho
compilation of an English dictionary
were made by Bullokar In 1010, and
by Cockcrham In 1023, ulthougb a
glossary of old English words waa
prepared in or about 075.—San Kran-
TEACHEn: “Who discovered Ameri
ca?” Street Gamin (after deep thought):
“I disremember his name, but he was
a Dago.”—New York Weekly.
BELIEF FK0M PAIN.
Women Everywhere Express their
Gratitude to Mrs. Pbtkham.
LIGHTNING KILLS OUTLAWS.
Father and Son Were Credited With Long
Lint of Murder*.
A special to the St. Louis Republic
from Red Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
says on Sunday, in Roane county, tho
bodies of Wade Counts, the leader of
the notorious "Consolidated band” of
ontlaws, and his son were found under
a tree where they had been struck by
lightning. Every bone in the elder
Counts’ body was broken, but there
was no abrasion of tho skin excepting
where the bolt entered his head. The
two were credited with o long list of
murders, but had never been brougkt
to justice.
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APPOINTMENTS BY PRESIDENT.
Several Westorn Offlcee Are Filled By
Chief Executive.
The President, Friday, made the
following appointments:
Register of the land office of San
Francisco, Cal., Aaron B. Hunt.
Receiver of public moneys at San
Francisco, Sargent S. Morton.
Receiver of public moneys at Mar
shall, Minn., C. F. Case of Minne
apolis.
C. P. C. Co . P. 0. Bov, 610, Atlanta, Ga.
VIRGINIA BUSINESS COLLEGE
Commercial. Shorthand. T> pewrlUne Fn-ilih
fort'v” w?, n n- t 18 f? n " •}**?"**** forttSSttn'or
lortjduo wi eks. Opeu to both fexcR GnuliiAfai
acMited to positions. Eleventh session beidna ££?-
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