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DEATH’S ISLAND
CONVICTS DIE SO RAPIDLY THEY
23ARE BURIED WITHOUT COFFINS.
White Persons Quickly Carried I0fi‘ byg'.
Malaria, Fever and Dysentery-—Once It
Was Under British Rule, but Now It Is
a Spanish Penal Settlement.
If there is a diabolical place on earth
'_ I
Rs THE SYSTEM I st is Fernando Po. There are some
horrible places on this globe, but not
ine of them can compete with this in-
famous island. Spain uses it as a
renal station, and death is almost in-
'variably the doom of those convicts
who are sent there. Rapidly they die
-,-so rapidly that at times the authori-
ties find ,it difficult to bury'them. But
110w a new device has been adopted,
1nd all obstacles to speedy burials have
been removed.
During the heated term the Cuban
.— 1nd Phillippine exiles were dying so
. iapidly, that coffins could not be ob-
tained in which to bury them. There—
lpon the authorities put their heads
together and promptly decided to con-
, Itruct some coffins on an entirely new
' clan. The bottoms of the coflins were
' fitted with hinges, and when the bodies
,‘vere placed in them and lowered into
, the earth certain ropes were deftly
manipulated, whereupon the bottoms
apened and the bodies dropped into
the graves. One set of corpses being
7hus disposed of, another set was
olaced in the same coffins and dropped
'nto graves in the same inhuman man-
1er.
This deadly island is on the-west
coast of Africa, in the Bight of Bisfara,
vhich is at the extreme end of the Gulf
1f Guinea. The Portugese discovered
t in 1471, and ceded it to Spain in 1778.
[he first European settlement, howev-
u‘, was not made until 1827. In that
rear the English, unaware of the fact
that the Spanish government had right
if possession, established a coaling
station there for the benefit of the
war steamers engaged in preventing
;he slave trade in the Bight of'Biafra.
The settlement was called Clarence,
1nd the inhabitants were liberated
“laves, who had been captured from
llavers, as well as those who were
nought from Siera Leone.
The freed slaves, in number about
me thousand, sufiered much from ill-
1es-s, but still they managed to plant
orange, lemon, and other fruit trees,
vhich were imported from the West
-ndies, and they made a living by sell-
1ng the fruit to the men-o’-war. Ba-
ianas, pineapples, sweet potatoes,
{round nuts and yams were also grown
Ind found a ready sale. In a word,
the negroes were fairly prosperous un-
61 1859, when the Spanish authorities
look possession of the island. They
mported to Fernando Po a Spanish
lovernor, a troop of soldiers, as well
LS many monks and sisters of various
arders. 0f the latter many died with-
n a short time, and the Governor
ioubtless would have died if he had
'em-ained there more than a few
ponths. The soldiers suffered like
the rest, and many perished during the
irst year. As for the liberated Afri-
:ans, who had been Christianized by
Protestant missionaries, they were for-
jidden to meet in their church, but
were allowed to retain their Bibles and
lo hold religioirsservices in, their
Iuts.
Spain’s object in taking possession of
Ternando P0 was to make it a penal
.7tation, and she soon had gangs of con-
ii'cts there, making roads, cutting
"recs, andotherwise employed in :im-
proving the godforsaken place. Merci-
'essly she treated these unfortunate
oeings, forcing them to work all day
under the hot sun, and caring nothing-
lojr them °when illness struck them
lown. To-day her policy is the same.
she does not work the convicts as here-
.ofore—work,,is seems, being at pres-
1nt one of the penalties for
nisconduct—but she lets them
lie by scores. More than one
EurOpean Power has protested
against her ‘using Fernando Po as a.
:onvict station,'but with her character-
stic obstinacy Spain has turned a deaf
ear to their protests. There are with-
.11 her jurisdiction many offenders, p0-
:itical prisoners and others, upon“
whom she cannot legally pronounce
leath sentences, and so she deports
ahem to Fernando Po, knowing well
phat they will die there almost as sure-
.y, if not quite as swiftly, as by the
garrote. ,
The Spanish Officials who are obliged ‘ ,
",o spend any time there contrive in a.
measure to ward off disease by dosing
:hemselves continually with quinine
and whiskey, but even these antidotes
lo not always prove successful. Any
one, however, in Fernando Po who
wants to save his life must keep him-
self constantly in a state of drunken-
qéss The unfortunate convicts clearly
:an‘no't fortify themselves with liquor ‘
and hence they daily drop off and are
:hrus-t into-nameless graves,
Evidently the island has sadly deter-
iorated within the past quarter of a
century. One who ought to know
says that no fruits are grm'v'm there
how, and that' there are nowhere any
ndications of prosperity Some ne-
groes manage to exist there, and they
are the only persons who can stand
:he terrible climate. To send white
arisoners there is equivalent to doom-
ing them to death, and to send politi-
3211 prisoners there is
ilization. Fernando P0 to- -day is sim-
ply the worst place on earth for any
uuman beings who are not negroes.
No one who has ever had the misfor-
unc to visit the infernal spot, an
inesrion the truth of this statement. -—
Tew York Herald. . _ V
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hospital
an outrage ,
igamSt humanity and adisgracetocivé.
who. has noted the countless _gzave: I
With which the hills arexstudoed will
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VICTOR EMMANUEL AS A HUSBAND.
’ “range Relations with .His Wife of the
“lie Galautuomo"——Anouble Life.
A curious accOunt of Victor Emman-
uel’ s married life, taken from the Au
tomography of Gen. Morozzo della Roc-
ca, who died recently as Senior-Genet
al in the Italian army, is printed by the
London Daily News.
“The wedding took place in April,
1842, and magnificent festivals were in-
stituted on the occasion by Charles
Albert. The incomparable kindness
and sweetness of Marie Adelaide did a
great deal to soften the manners of the
court. ‘As soon as he had made the ac
quaintance of his wife Victor Emman-
uel loved her ardently, and the affec-
tion he bore her continued tender until
the end- But she could not fill the life
of her husband, who was entirely de-
prived of mental occupation, for Carla
Alberto never permitted his children tc
share in the least in state afiairs. Sc
Victor Emmanuel still kept his bach-
elor habits, and after his marriage had.
still more liberty than before. He cre-
ated a life of his own to recompense
himself for the monotony of that im-
posed upon him in the royal palace. He
hunted and shot 111 the mountains and
in the marshes, undertook lengthy
rides and walks, and was—away from
home. not only all thegmjorniug, but
very often during entire".days. In the
palace Victor Emannuel was the Crown
Prince, a loving husband, a respectful
son; no sooner away from the house
than his natural instincts and repress
ed tastes burst out violently, and he
became a. species of mousquetaire 01
the sixteenth century, of whom he had ,
the physical type and wore,g'a' similar
costume. But he had nothing of the
rudeness of manners and vulgar pas-
sions given by Dumas to hisheroes
, Though Victor Emmanuelwas by nt
means proud or haughty, but'rather
familiar with the persons in his ser-
vice, he was most jealous of his per-
sonal dignity and would not have com-
promised it in the least degree. His
heart—and this is, true, though it may
appear strange—was entirely devoted
to Maria Adelaide. He entertained f01
her a respectful and passionate admira-
tion, placed in her unbounded confi-
dence, and his tenderness toward her
was such that he had none to spare f01
other people, not even for the woman
who during many years was the com-
panion of his life, the mother of his,
children, and to whom, finally, he was '
united in a morganatic marriage. He
reserved for Maria Adelaide the best of
himself without pretending to be other
than he was. He had no secrets from
her, and only avoided giving her de-
tails which might have proved incon-
venient for her chaste ears. Maria Ad-
elaide, however, knew a great deal,
which she not only‘condoned but jus-
tified, a. mystery of supreme indulgence
who was not, like myself, placed be-
tween the double existences of Victor
Emmanuel—that in the palace and that
without. The only person who had the
right of condemning him abstained
from doing so, and I dare to say that
she did well. ”
P ROHETIC. .
Nelson’s Desire to Figure in as Fine I 210- .
ture as the ‘ Death of Wolf. "
Benjamin West’s picture of the
“Death, of Nelson” is closely connected -
with an anecdote of the great sailor,
says the Youth’s Companion. Just be
fore he went to sea for the last time
he was present at a dinner, during
which he sat between the artist and Sir
William Hamilton.
Nelson was expressing to Hamilton
his regret that he had not, in his youth
acquired some taste for art, andsome'
-discrimination in judging it.
“But ” said he, turning toI West,
“there is one picture whose power I do
feel. I never pass a shop where your
‘Death of Wolfe’ is in the window
without being stopped by it. "
West made some gracious answer to
the compliment, and Nelson went on,
“Why have you painted no more lllm'
it?"
“Because, my lord " West replied:-
“there are no more subjects.”
“Ah!” said the sailor, I didn’t think
of that. ”
“But, my lord, ” continued West, “I
am afraid your intrepedity will yet
furnish me with another such scene;
and if it should, I shall certainly avail
myself of it. "
“Will you?” said Nelson. “Will you.“
Mr. West? Then I hope I‘ shall die in
the next battle!“
A few days later he sailed,
111‘.
' strangely expressed aspiration was re-
alized, and the scene lives upon can-I
vas.
Cont-I Iolled by Colored People.
There is a. hospital for colored peo-
ple in Sa vanna-h which is wholly sup-
p01 tea by the colored people. Cori.
nected with it is a training school for
colored nurses, and a number of well-
rained Sick-bed attendants have been
taught there. 'The management of the
has Inever called upon the.
white citizens for aid, but has been
supported solely by'u‘ne colored peo-
. ple.
The Cause of Confluimi.
“ls u’t it strange the way people
make mountains out" of mole hills?”
“Oh, I don’t know; When you aren’t
big enough to see over them there
isn’t much difference.”—New York
World. - -
It is "resorded that once Senator Ma-
son proppu-nded a query to Senatoi
Morgan. “How long could you talk,”
asked Mason, “on a subject of which
you knew absolutely nothing?"
“Well ” answered Morgan with ar-
smile,‘ If it was a matter about w hich
I knew, absolutely nothing,l do not
think I could talk 1116: 0 than two days. '
-—Washington Post.
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T HE E ”v— N N1.» N 7.7;. A: M T
RUSKIN AS A PHILANTHROPISTL '
Save Nearly All His Wealth for the 111141.-
fit of the Poor.
A_ striking illustration of Ruskin’ 0'
, unselfishn-es's is scen in the manner in
which he has disposed .of his fortune,
which at the time of his father’s death
amounted to a million dollars. With
‘his money he set about doing good.
‘Poor young men and women who were
struggling. to get an education were
helped, homes for working men‘ and
Women were established, and model
1partment heiress were erected. He
tlso promoted a work for.recla.iming
waste land outside of London. This
land was used for the aid of unfortu-
nafle men who wished to rise. again
lrom the state in which they had fall-
!n through cruel social conditions and
their own weaknesses. It is said that
this work suggested to Gen. Booth his
colonization farms. Ruskin has also
ever been liberal in aiding poor artists,
and has done much to encourage the
Irtistic taste among the young. On
one oCCasion he purchased ten fine wa-
ter color paintings by. Holman Hunt,
for $3,750, to be hung in public schools
of London.
By 1877 he had disposed of three-
iourths of his inheritance, besides all
the incOme from his books.
calls of the poor and the plans he
wished to put into operation looking
toward educating . and ennobling the
tellers, and: giving to their gloomy lives
something more ,of sunshine and joy,
.were such that be determined to dis-
pose of all the remainder of his wealth
iexcept a sum sufficient to yield him
51, 500 a. year on which to live—The
Arena.
A REMARKABLE INDIAN WOMAN.
Attracting Attention as an Actress—As
Interesting off as on the Stage.
Go-won-go Mohawk is an American
Indian woman who has recently at-
tracted attention on the English stage.
‘ She is a. daughter of the chief Ga—ne-
qua,.known to Americans as Dr. Allen
Mohawk. She was born at Gowanda,
New York, on the Cattaraugus reserva-
tion, is a descendant of the old and fa-
mous chief Red Jacket, and belongs
‘o the Six Nations. That she should
have won success in a play of her own
creation, especially in conservative
England, is a matter of comment, even
in these days of progressive women.
When Miss Mohawk was last in' New
York, she headed a. great parade of
Tammany braves which occurred here
some six years. ago. Off the stage she
is quite as interesting as upon it. She
was educated at a. girl’s seminary at-
Painesville, Ohio, and besides speak-
ing English fluently she knows some-
thing of French and German. Physic-
ally she is remarkable, Graceful as
the deer of her own forests, she pos-
and kindness which is not easy to un'- 'Isesses strength which in a woman is
. derstand or even imagine by any One
phenomenal. She is a. splendid horse-
woman, has ”won several prizes iwith
the rifle, and is a dead shot with the
bow and arrow. Most remarkable of
all, Miss Mohawk makes all her own
gowns. She is the, wife of a Mr.
Charles, a former ofiicer in the United
States army. She hopes to return
‘ shortly to the land of her birthx—Pur-
itan.
WHISTLE TOO BIG.
Amusing 'Way in Which Lincoln Scored
His Opposing Lawyer.
Some; of the most amusing anecdotes
are told about President Lincoln, re-
lating to inc1dents of his life when he
was a young lawyer, practicing in the
courts of Illinois. It is said that he
'was once engaged in a case in which
the lawyer on the other side made a.
very voluble speech, full of wild state-
ments, to the jury.- Lincoln. opened
his reply by saying. “My friend who
has just spoken to you led be all
right if it were not for one thing, and
I don’t know that yOu ought to blame
him for that, for he can’t help it. What
I refer to is his reckless {statements
without any ground of truth. You
have seen instances of this in his
speech to you. Now, the reason of
this lies .in the constitution of his
mind. The moment he begins to talk
all his mental operations cease, and he
is not responsible. He is, in fact,
.much like a little steamboat that I
saw on the Sangamon river when I
was engaged in boating there. This
little steamer had a five-foot boiler
and a. seven-foot whistle, and every ‘
time it whistled "the engine stopped.—
Locomotive Engineering.
A NEW INSECT IN ENTOMOLOGY.
A Termite That Liges on Ocean Cables
. Found in China.
Cable termites are the latest things
in entomology. They are playing
havoc with the French cable in Ton-
kin. They bore through lead and oth.
er metals. This cable was composed
of seven copper wires protected by an
' lo ' coated with i
insulation enve pe cotton _disch, but it is their speaking lan-
and jute. In addition to this it was
placed in a lead pipe. A few months
signs of decay. It was taken up and
replaced.
On examining the cavities in the old
cable Professor Bouvier, of the Paris
Academy of Science, discovered that
they had been made by a new termite,
Milne Edwards, commenting on this,
said that it was not the first time that
injury had been done to metals by
these insects.
Sn some portions of China. Mr Ed-
wards also said that some other spe-
172185 or insects had been known to at.
tack metal. -New York Journal.
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' Britannia’s Domain.
It‘ is possible to go round the world
and touch on British territory all the
way viz., from England to Halifax
_(Nova Scotia), across Canada to Van-
couyer, across the Pacific to Hang
.Kong, thence to‘Singapore, Pauling; _ .'
‘ - ,‘Cape Town. St. Helena and England,’ , ,
' of grass.
But the '
' triever.
. guage as well.
after it was laid it began to show i that no Hebrew knows of his country-I
They were numerous .
THE'NATIVE HAWAIIAN. '
ill-1 1.17am}. of“ Leisure and Free From’
. Cure—Sort of 1; Holiday Eilstence.
The native Hawaiian is a gentleman
711' leisure. Life. to him,is a perpetual
holiday, and, as a. 'native' of paradise
why should he fret about the dull car 1:3
of this world? Nature has spread a
bounteous feast for him, and like Adam
of. old, he has Only topluck the fruit
which grows without toil, eat and
breathe.
The national food of the native is
poi, fish, and pork. Poi is made from
taro root, a. water plant, boiled and
beaten to a. pulp of the consistency of
gruel, and allowed to slightly ferment,
when it is very_ nutritious. The na-
tive’s table is a mat spread upon the
floor or ground on which lies poi;
roast pig and fish are placed in sepa-
rate calabashes.
cross-legged about this sumptuous
feast. the Kanakas proceed to regale-
themselves, scorning the use of knives
and forks. Their dessert is the papa-
ya, oranges, bananas, bred-fruit,
strawberries, and other fruit of the
tropics.
The primitive Kanaka home is made
There are many grass hous-
es left on the islands. The home is
very simple, but. at the same time neat
The house is without any means of
heating or cooking. The former is
never necessary and all the cooking
is done in the imu, or pit dug in the
earth, where the pig, fish and beef are
baked with heated stones, 'while the
boiling is done in pots over a camp
fire near the building.
About one half of 9. grass house is
raised to about two and a half feet,
cushioned with a mattress on it for 'a
bed, while the remainder is the bare
earth. The raised part affords a. seat
during the day and a. bed at night. Here
the entire family and visitors, without
regard to age or sex, sleep side by side.
The grass-house is said to be not
only proof against those troublesome
insects, the mosquitoes, but capable of
‘ turning rain.——Godey’s Magazine.
CRAB THAT ACTS AS DOORKEEPER.
It Has the Instinct of a. Watch Dog and
Very Rarely Makes :1 Mistake.
In the West Indies the natives train
a rare species of. crab to act as a ser-
vant. This animal is about the size
of a football. One of its claws is
nearly as big as the rest of the body.
The crab has a fashion of raising this
limb in such a way as to give the im-
pression that it beckons or threatens.
In appearance it is a very formidable
brute, possessing enormous eyes and
feelers. It takes up its position at the
front door of the house, and acts in
every way as a watchdog, and every
bit as faithfully. It is possessed of
wonderful strength, speed and stam-
ina easily overtaking an enemy not
possessed of sprinting powers.
Its instinct is very acute and it is
rarely at fault in spotting a. person
who approaches the house with any
intention. Woe to the intruder if
he gets into the clutches of the merci-
less doorkeeper. , It will require a
sledge hammer to extricate him from
the embrace.
This crab is' of a very affectionate
dispositibn toward members of the
household, and plays with children
with the gentleness of an English re-
- It is’highly prized rby natives
on account of its usefulnessas a. heuse
defender, and is very costly 'to buy.—
New Yorngurnal.
‘ BLACK DEAF AND: DUMB"WONDER. "
Claims to 11¢ a‘ Hebrew and Writes the
Language of Moses. .
There was in Hartford recently a
young African negro who claimed to
be a Hebrew... He was deaf and dumb
and; black-I lie was. tryinga-to accumu-
'late enough money to go back- to Afri-
ca. If he is what he represented him—
.self to be and if what he claims is true, .
he is quite an. interesting character.
He carried a pad of paper and a_ pencil
and answered allquestions by writing
them in Hebrew and Loschen .Khodish.
'-What incited the moat wonder ‘was
that he wrote ' Loschen .5Khodish- very
rapidly. It is the language or the books
of Muses, and is made a special study
of, spoken and written with ease only
by the rabbis and highly educated HeI
brews.
This negro was sent to one of the
rabbis of Hartford, who is perfectly
satisfied that he is a Hebrew. He. said
.that he came from a large town in Af-
rica, where there are a tribe of about
20,000 black Hebrews who speak Los-
chen Khodish and are quite' prosper-
ous. He alsosa'id that his father is a
rabbi in that tawn and that is why his
father took the trouble to-teach him to
write'these languages, which needed
an extra amount of labor on account of
his being deaf and dumb, ‘He said his
people do not only write Loschen Ko-
His great surprise was
men in Africa. ——-Hartford Courant.
_.___..____,_,,__,_
Wilton—Do you agree 'with David
that all men are liars.
Wilby—How can I tell? Just think
of the number of men that I never
sawl—Boston ,Transcript. }
Squatted or sitting.
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THE CZAR AND THE DOLLS.
Emperor" Nicky.” End 11811-7511. Desire H
Understand Their Machaninm
As every one knows, 1M. Faun weN
bearer of some extraordinary Paris
dolls to the little Grand Duchess C lg:
when he went to St. Petersburg rc-
(ently, but now comes the droll ..:o. 7
of the reception _‘given ,them by the
Emperor himself. The baby Granc‘
Duchess, it seems, was not more eu-
tranced than her august papa with
these sweet dollies who carried en a
squeaky dialogue as between motha
and child, but after an hour passed in
their society nurse was obliged to take -
the little Princess to bed, and the Em- .
peror was then left alone with the twc
clever artificial ladies. In an adjoining
room the Empress, M. Faure and some
ladies and gentlemen of the court were ’
talking, when suddenly a. strange noise
like that of an infernal machine was
heard, followed by a loud exclamation
'of dismay. Everybody rushed to see
what it was. There was the Czar safe
and sound, but with a dismal face
looking at the dolls, which he had
partly undressed, to find on. the secret
hidden in their bosoms, while the dolls
were chattering away as though they
would never stop! The ‘gentle._Em-
press quite lost her temper; snatching
up the. carpeted 'board on which the
precious ladies were standingshe' gave
it to a gentleman near her,- “Please
take it away,” she cried, “it is too had
indeed; the Emperor spoils everything
he tenches,” but as “Nicky” lookec‘.
very penitent and the situation was ad
funny, she could not help laughing
“You see how it is,” said the Emperor,
“I am not permitted to talk with' my
own daughter’s doll!” At this sally
the company laughed heartily, and
peace was at once r-Jestored It is hoped
that Miss Olga’s new possession will
be no more interferred with, or, 9.1
least, the French people will send an.
other doll for the Emperor’s own en-
tertainment-Boston Herald.
THE use OF THE GREAT TOE.
It Serves the Negroes of the West India.
in Climbing.
The negroes of the “fest Indies us.
« the great toe constantly in climbing.
Several years, ago, while spending
some time at one of the famous resorts
in Jamaica, a. writer in the Overland 7
Menthly says: I had an opportunity to
observe the skill with which the black
women, who do a great part of the
menial labor, carried stone, mortar
and other building materials on their
heads to the top of a five- story to‘wer.’
in a part of the hotel not then finished
Much of the uuerring accuracy with
which they (women and girls) chased
each other up and down the long lad
ders, with heavy loads skillfully pois-
ed on their woolly pates, was due to
the firmness with which they grasped
each rung of the ladders with the
great toe. They did not place the ball
or the hollow of the foot on the rung
but the groove at the juncture of the
great toe with the body of the foot,
and they held fast by making the back
of the other toes afford the other grip
ping surface. In much the same way thn
Abyssinnian native cavalry grasp the.
stirrup. And -I have seen a one-armed
Santo Domingan black, astride the
near oxin. a wheel yoke, guiding :1 ‘
lead mule with a rein held between his
great and second toes, while his onl;
arm was devoted to cracking his team
ster’ s whip. ‘ . -
Settled, the-Questi‘onrof Age.
D. W Caldwell, the late President .
, of the Lake Shore, and John F. Miller
general superintendent of the south-
west system :of the Pennsylvania, were
friends-falls their lives, but there was
one thing on‘whiclrthey could never
agree, and that was as to “which was
the older. One day they were driving
up to Caldwell’s country home in .a
buggy -
“John, ” said the Lake Shore man
"you have always insisted that I an:
older than you."
“Why, of course, I, was born in—
“That's all right, John; , if you are
younger than I am suppose you Open
the gate.”
Without a word. Mr. Miller climbed
from the ‘buggy, opened the gate, and
Mr. Caldwell drove through. And
then he did not step, but went ‘on to
the house, leaving Mr'. Miller to follow
through the dark and mud as best he
could. When . the house was re'achec‘
the soil was scraped off Mr. Miller and-
nothing more wassaid. He had prov-
ed that he was the younger man: of the
two—St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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Pluggs—See here, Muggs, what the
deuce do you mean by going around
saying that I’m a liar, eh?
Muggs—I never said so, my dear
boy. Not at all. All I said was that
you could be thoroughly depended up-
on 'to tell the truth whenever there was
any money in it. , .
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