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I II 4 I THE SUKT, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 180ft ' T
WEYLER AND HIS TUOCHA.
B I f-ljj CVUAX XEWB THAT HIE CAFTAZX-
Mm w oBsettAti did .r edit.
MM L i Wes-trr'a Method. iTpon III Arrival-Ill
f j ' Kfil.tarndtd Pin md II u New, Dnnai
H 3 - -Horn Hpwnl.li" Victories "and nalnaan.
MM 81 ere-lsnck find Forth Atnu the Troehn.
B S from llarir't Wttlly.
K 'Hi The first tiling that Gen. Weyler did. after
MM 1 I taking pottc.stoti of Ids apartments in tho
H f palace at Havana, was u tell what he was
H , going to do- to establish a newt bureau for tho
B ji purpose of editing his own war news, and then
H I Jit to surround the Insurgents on nblg rasp of Cuba
B lj with little red-headed pin. Weyler at once
H i 'i became the editor-in-chief of Cuban war new.
H j Bo jealously did he regard thla position that
MM , fl In )l first "royal" decreo ho put a check on
H ! R correspondents by rescinding the passe
H I tcranted them by his predecessor, and refusing
H t H' Krant any new ones, nlwnja pointing to hi
MM t JI nen uurenu aa tiie proper place to Ret war
B i news. Weyler complained that Martinez
MM H. ? )' Campos had left his armies In a terrible state
H ' Jr of disorganization, and It was going to lako
H all his time for the present to reorganize them.
B O He told tho photographer about It, and he told
MM j5, his clerks, and then ho appointed a general
Bl i m meeting of all nenBpapcr corrcspniulents and
Bl ' Jji told them. He appointed a certain time on a
BB 1 Bit certain day of each week when theso rorre-
MM $1 respondents could interview him iiil libitum,
!and he would tell what he wan going to do.
We) lor soon found It n difficult task to keep
ahead of American nowspaper correspondents,
who could remain at the Hotel Inglaterra
aud turn out moro tiovvsln two hours than ho
could turn out with all his clerks In'twenty
, four. Aftor a short Btay at tho Hotel Ingla-
t terra, I moved to moro humble quarters a
Spanish lioanllng house, occupied chlotly by
1 Spanish ofllcers. Hero I lenrncil moro In ono
i week Ihan I might hate learned In a month
at the Inalatona.
MM In my Spanish bonrdlng house tho war as-
Bl ft, mimed a dllTerent phase, and when a friendly
BM ft cifllcer told mu seriously that, he had only bren
BJ In ono severe battle since his arrivul In Cuba,
BM . S "d that the light lasted six hours, und tlmt
B l during all those six lours of lighting his col-
BJ 31 ,1,u" h&d "iilv two men wounded -one br fall-
Bl ' I p.: lug oil his horse, and tho oihorbva sjent bul.
BM j' let-and that he hadn't seen a single one of
BM i the enemy, I beiran to think that such flght-
BM i A I"g must bo far ahead (us an extravaganza) of
Mm ) i 4 any or tliuroviilutlons 1 had ever experienced
nana! . 1 j, In Central America.
BM ('- t H Naturally 1 determined upon seeing some of
MM I" f B this llglitlng for misel' Thero was Wey-
m I' Si 'era decrto lo stcor ilcar of; but I soon made
H f' a! l' discovery that m friemli, tl.u odlccrs,
M r Sj eeldoni read the paiiers, and had a ery ague
B I t !Si Idea of the Lontuuts of tno ilccrcoa Issued by
BM " ' 8J their Cupioln-Uotieral. One inornliif, usun
B I Tj experiment, I followed ono or tho llawina
K "Ji streets Into tho country, and returned In tliuo
m $ lor oreakfast. ultauut being moieted in any
B I way, although an American at the Inglaterra
Bal ( ?. j'fd been arreted for doing the Paiuo thing.
' i' lliea 1 mot a joung ntle who ogrecd to
, fe accompany me outsido of tho capital, and I
ir engaged his services to kvep a lookout for an
LB R Jnlerostlng scone of action. He nutlfled mo
J) 'f tho sacking und burning of Jaruco, and we
M I Ji made an uttempt to gu there. Ve got as far
Bi It u?.L'f,la, w'1,!ro ne fou d t'lat tiie engineer
m M If or th train had resignoil his commission, on
M ili F'e P' ,Dat neprofcrred starvation to be-
M ' jt Ig biown up with dynamite. 1 used my
BI i ff' camera to advantage at Hegla, and made
BI ' l6 discovery that to all Intents and pur-
M , . Ises it was about as good a passport tis
B ' 1 K Meyler could have elven me himself. Three
Bf ' f It "na lter 1 succieded In getting to .Taruco.
BI i' and saw the resu.t or its "heroic defenco"
B ! .K Vy P.Panisli soldiers, ns edited b Wojler
BI !,'E ,',' "' "ews bulletins. Tho result of my
BI ' oliservatlonH was to convince mo that al-
m , is though Werlor mlglit bo considered a very
Bi ; US guod new editor, ho vas a very bad his-
H iS torlan. I have seen towns ctrnck by carth-
Bl S iuake and not look hulf as badly ns Jaruco
;, looked after Macei .and his rebels got through
! K 'IJ It. and jet Weyler. In his history, ro-
'-, ,g " 'rlstenwl It with thu elaborate title of "I.a
B jig iludad do Jaruco muy herolca." There wat
BI i f 18 not enough left of jomico to merit even tho
Bj H' Irj ",,n at dty. Near by I visited the battlo
BI h- f I il'm wh?. according to Weyler's history. Col.
BI P' Ml ternaiidez y rnrrera had fought Moceo. Dur
Bl K Ell H'i0,- 'ed lilui.and-I have forgotten
BI & ml whether .he killed him that tlmo or not. How.
BI Sk f'U W. bottlefielil was Interesting. Tho
BI g ,t-v lead had not been burled. Thero was ono dead
BF" " It Horse and luilf of a roasted dog. which had been
1. 'IJ unable to escape from a burning shanty.
BI' i ilf ...-"J" next trip was to tho peaceful village of
BI 'C ..J; t.uatao. It was reported that a ma-snere had
Bj ' l. -n .commlttei there by .Spanish Mildlers. It
K,i Jj1 , ""deolcd by the Spaniards, nnd I determined
BJ T H' i?,I,BnU.'nc,!llnt0 lor "Oself. So ono
BJ W m niornlng 1 took tho train for Matlaao, and
Bi f :y 1,'".1C" sIo,",ly sauntend out upon the lotintry
B r m "K1,.1,1"?, J.'nnia Hrna.whcre It was
f Z.W ?ttld the battlo had bnin rouglit. On tho road
B :S1 1 passccl cauutri . wnf at tho end of avonues
B ! t ; beautifully shaded with tall aud stately rival
I i-i palms, and there were fniinhoiiw nestling In
f f, proves r.f gltstcnliiz gie-n mangrove tr-o"
B I " ?Pa "W tovoru1 with tho strongt-looklng
B f, 5'j Pineapple plant. Suddenly thero ramo dasli.
B T U U1." y1"0"1"1 n nend In tho road u company of
jK R omuiltted tho outrage whlcli I was on my
B Bi & I yyal, x". '"""tlgute. A sohllor droppcl his
B P N carblno from Its resting place, and In an luatant
B Wt f- no thlna-wiis eyclled ntme. Tho bore looked
B ' F f8."' thatnfaiannnn. una Idlrtn't know
H jw. -, out mj last hour hnl (oim-. Ilowover. with
f.'t V. iTiM."ie .i"n i,1."11"!1" wrel. I Miuured ana
IS! L alutea tho ofllier in i ommand. us thogh I
B ia either a military man mvself or ilsc had
Is i known U.o onicer nil m lire. Thegunllew
B a back to It nl.uc In an liisionl.
K 3 ' i arrivoiiatruntallruva, and there 1 learned
H. ffif ., tlml the inassacro hint occurred nonut a mile
B IS- l V.8 halfnir. on a road running to the left.
B S f. i 'oUow tho road till It merged Into the vll-
B S f ?co pf Ouatao. Tho houses were all then' -
B W i' liiSf i0'1' 51.10 Xo,r "I tho Jhonkecners, and
B ' Jlestrove.1 but the lives of Innocent victims.
B & ff 2.llSp i lim,1 fteltl appearance, and as I
i t was gaing about me a man rodo up with. a
B ft f blto cross eevvNl upon his alecve. Ho saluted
B & SBn,,, l dismounted mid tleil Ills Uorao
B B ff '" tl' nauB """r otl of the liouscs an old
Mf 5 m "! out and talked wttn him. Ai
V, J "jy01 '!!' t."ECt a ,M"tcr UB" of the Lhurch.
Mf. i ''7 ,j,0i0 to ". "d Invited me within o
BEE 'ft i w Klvin a neat and a cigar, and tho
K f "ld,man "'?" to Leei.-used for the disorderly
. ff r. tte of his house "Hut you see," said ho. "I
B-. .. I ia.VBentiny family all away, and only I and
WT Ui. I J?hi hY.'.' c,".n' t "tlend to a little tobacto
Mf7 Mj M blrh It la now time to cut." And as ho talkc"l
Ml ffi- ! he arranged an nhohol lamp and lit Itiand
R. m ! l0P,g ?", tlmfl '" '"It Invitation, he brewed
Mfv ftf ' JI in55?.ion. onouJl' readily to distinguish a
m iFs I if ?isr'1 '"Jm n. u,n. and the man with tho
M- ' J ff white cross I naturullv took for a Spaniard, as
K vf t! he w In tho hosplul service. IiutlwasBoon
m1' S I "t ''" this subject, for the old fX
H I fy u"dth I was an American, aid
B m thenheald: "Wo are Cubans. vVe are alone,
B S- K fnd w.u ?Rn talk wlili frankness." Then i
B; tyf 1 2Ti? tli.'J t"?,I"y t mounted soldiers
B ' 1 famo dMhln Into tho quiet vlllagn and shot
B p- ', the peaceful villager down where they itood-
My " nd ?ot satisfied , with this amount of blZl:
MS j ! 5hd,theypring from their horses and droggod
Mr K rf father from their liouao and husbands fom
;v i J the arm of their wives, and cruelly shot them
', ?' 5 Jn co'd blood lmforo tho eye of their scream.
.s ' - -..r.-.. . ..v.v timiiEia, nuu were firagginir
S P I'.lnffKP moro to the .laughter, when their
; ft; Captain rpdo uii and ordered the massacre
J atopped. Novvafl the families who had thS
' L '"?"." h,ul ntA. tnm l,' t)l-eaa though it
i f ''"i1 .brn.,,'ur,,11 Ptllence. u,oue;i "
Vl ' ',"" JH? old man' hospitable shelter and
I wandered through the deserted vllliiestreeU
, Sj J saw gathered together In one corner oftho
; ri t"" ft f0110 " women and children. The?
'i , Si urrounJed me as though thoy rwo "nlied In
-t xk yif told mo Uielr aajl tales of woe-how thulr
it W 83' ij'""'''. and brother, had been lagged
5 lie 18 ., h Ilffci ..J "" "edino tho pool of blood
"S lV feB ?i L'in,',nl."!!f..,"B flr,ln w,ier8 this onehad
i 8 IE '"lion n'l that one hal caape.1 his lait.
f feB bli,fola".h2i,J3W tlmt '"le5 ' not rosponal.
IS nkte ? ThISCim.r"i'i'Jmi'5lt,ed tyldubonl.
i 58 i?Lj .i Bn, I'V.dld not urh crime occur
, 8g u')Sr tho rul of Martlner. CampoiV
la Tfu,rwS.V'l,rd?'w"w
5fi !".!iuat"'1 rlrst he Issued one of his war bul.
i BJ Jt.liBj. sUtlng that the insurgent had been
fctf i IS tbSS" Lfnwi,rn '."" "r,' at "ut o. thlrteenof
FT gg '.' ",,,fk''lt,,31 '",a twenu.tHo taken p l"nSr":
II fef liuali,Sr.?.ei,iir " n?nLu ?rtu lUten to the
f fl i'., ndloss wives or father h children whu
li n-?lr-"',V,ic..,0vl",, t"lace upiiI "utlng
PS imiin'f .la,,.Ilr. h" ordered tho arrest ad
; irSrttoBomta't.,U, l,0mPl t0 "lv"'o
96 ''al. Vcn,"B "f the prisoners? Thev wer
II fn'tfJiH ",0 Mo?ro f"r two mon hwTi
m Jhelr faailllea were begg ng for broad, i after-
SB ward pent thlrUwn ifays in the wine cell m.
IS f,?fi5fJS -h TJ,iri, of ',"" and"fundth;
1 1 fnJ".? haa ,.,,on ,,ulr "-ompanlons dur"
fS S" J' oo two inouljis and tliey told mo that
,lh ,"llatJ t-rlsoner finally mide up a pur.
Vf itH.tt,r 'ntene. l$100 In Spanish gold)
Hi. I uyrlt"0wthe;,.J,andffiu.Cd
K.V f NVhei' wy.ler took un the rein so lnclort.
Wt - m S25lyn,pTd ,Vr MortlneV cim'po0, "flomex
Hi t I 'l,kd marchod all the war from th Ti-i,,;i
Bfj f fK0' U,t1','andlnnVrmln"r"m;
III fc C lot A"ntnh mI1 rt0,",.K n"., "! l-leuten?
1 Ir V 3 !!1' Antonio Macro, and Bent him to liiv-mi,.
r f P lhVT.r!?e: . '1nr del iff". TlS narr0w".
li ff of Ja''d' ut where I'lnwdTlllo1
S H .i-h. f0" Artemlsa at the houth to Uui
I " 'fi i,fi;j.aL,nh",hln'-wi''tUane".
I I i 8 LiL0.1. f0-' do.n mllloleiiKth" It
ML t 8 J, 'no ,n,,n matter to fortify this
k B .d and to keep aiacco with hi rebel, ilpwu I
BJ r-v '
In Plnardel nio. Thl wa called the troeha,
and when I arrived In Havana It was all tho
fashion to talk about the troolia. and to tall
bow Maoeo had got himself Into a trap Inlthat
mall end of the island, from which no could
not escape. The Bpanard did not seem to
comprehend that thl. small end of the Island
embraced a territory of some 8,000 square
m!les-atnplo room for an army rauoh larger
than the one possessed by Antonio Macco. Al
though tho trocha scheme did not originate
with Captain-General Weiler.be seems to have
thought It a very good thing, for he put hi
red-headed kin. along th lino on hi. map and
demonstrated conclusively to his friends that
the black.headed one. could not pass them.
Thon ho put some more pins down In l'lnardel
Mo to surround Maceo, and then he sent out
hi. war new. announcing that Macco was
hemmed In and could not esoape. But he woke
up one morning to look over his latest de
spatches, and dlrcovercd that Mareo wa. miss
ing from thai part of tbo map where he had
placed the blaclc-headod plnr.
An American correspondent who called to
Intori low Weyler that day found him In the
greatest confusion. Evidently Ml ceo had got
through where he had filled to put enough red
plna. Two or three davs later Maceo was dis
covered some thirty miles to tho cast of the
trocha. How did hn ant throiiuh thn trncbar
Spaniards never ask questions they cannot an.
ewer themselves. Maceo did not get through
the trocha at all he went around It. Then he
circled around Havana, sacking andbnrnlngu
number of town., during which time Gen.
Weyler was zept busy Issuing war bulletins,
In which appeared a profusion of "heroic de
fences" and "the flight of rebel, before tho
valor of Spanish arms."
Then came the new: that Maceo had llei' Into
Malanxas province, and tho Havana iwoplo
drew a breath of relief, for now the war would
certainly bo contlnod to the cast.
Then followed two weok. of quiet. Maceo
had joined Gomez, and according to Weylci's
bulletins thoy were still fleeing across Matnu
i! ton.nl tho cast. Gen. l'ando, military
Governor In tho east, sent word that he wa.
anxiously awaiting tho night of "theso rebel
lious hordes" Into Ms Jurisdiction, "burning
with tho delio" to exterminate thoin, or at
least to drive them Into tho mountain fastness
whero they could no longer do harm. Then
Oon, Welter Issued his proclamation, an.
nouncliig that tho rebels had nil been driven
out of I'innr del Hio, with the exception of a
few scattered band, of Iwudlts.
On tho evening nf Saturday, March 14. I
Joined tho American correspondents in the
cafe of the Hotel Inglaterra. Now was
coming In warm and exciting. Maceo wa.
again In tho province ol' Havana. The
light from burning plantation, could lie
"ion a short distance fmm tho city. Data
batio, to the south of Havana, was being
sacked and burned. This was all under
ground nr unofficial news. Our party did
not break up till a late hour that night, or
rather an early hour tho next morning.
An enterprising correspondent, desiring to
get the new. to his paper, hurriedly pre
pared a lespatch and took It to the palaco
to get tho censor's approval, as required be
fore It could bo transmitted by cable. The
censor looked veri wise, and ns he read the
news of tho burning ami sacking of Hata
bano his wislom turned to amrpr. Tin nc.
cuscd Amnrlcou correspondent, of being liar,
in general and with his red pencil crossed
out the news, leaving the correspondent with
but a few empty phrnsos. which ho was nt
liberty to cable. Two days later Weyler's
news buretu published, In a mild way, this
same news,
This Is what really happened: Macco hail
been encamped with his commander-in-chief,
Maximo Gomez, unmolested In tho province
of Matanzas. Gome?, decided that Maceo
should return with 10.000 mon to Plnar del
Hlo. and operate In that province utitil tho
Spaniards should give up the Island or he
should give further orders, thus proving to
the world conclus.vcly that the rebels had
not been driven out, and that Weyler wa.
powerless to drive them out. Maceu's army
wa. called the Invading army of the west.
Gomez accompanied him Irto Havana prov
vlnco. and then returned. Acoirdtng to
veyler's new. bureau, the Spanish column
mot tho Invading army near I.os I'alos and
defeated it. killing Mjvonty horses left on
the field, aud, according to blood stains and
old hate, must have killed a great many
rebel. alo. Tho rebels had tied precipitate
ly, and this was counted u victory for tlio
Huanlnrds. But theso rebels. Instead of
fleeing buck to Matanzas, fled forward across
Havana, applying tho torch, as they lied, to
plantation.!, towns, and cities. So fast did
they contlnuo their precipitate flight that
they left the Spanish army way behind, and
only tho lurid glare of burning towns and
plantations designated their whcrealmnts.
On the Hth of March Maceo sacked and
burned the city of IWubano. on tho loth
ho crossed tho tnxha. which had betn auan
doncd. and on tho 10th vvus laving slego to
Cundclarln. In I'innr del Hlo. Again Wey
ler's bulletins announced a victory anil
Mnceo's night, as ho continued to burn and
devastate the countrv about htm.
And what did Uomcz do? Ho continue!
his march eaatwurd Into tho pruvlnco of I-aa
Villas, where Gen. l'ando had boon awaiting
tho rebel hordes, "burning" with the desire
to meet them. Gomez's army consisted of a
few thousand mon. tho half of thorn poorly
armed and a thousand with no arms nt all.
Thero was but ono battle fought, and this
was when two Spanish column, met near
Esperazn, and each, supposing tho other to
be tho command of Gomez, fought for twenty
mlnu'ns before the mlstako was discovered.
This battle was cited ns an cxamplo of Span
ish valor' l'ando. In n rage, rode Into Santa
Clara and ordered tho arrest of tvventvodd
Cuban., representative, of the host families,
and throw them Into Jail. Wei lor ordered
him to Havnni, and thenco home to Spain.
l'ando gave a farewell address to his army.
In which ho told them that they ware tho
hi roes who hail climbed the frigid heights of
tho Andes, and had carried Spain's civilization
and Christianity Into tho New World. Then
ho wen' to Havana and r,uarrellcd with
Weyler. and tno Captain-General agreed to a
truce, nPnwlnc l'ando to resume his com
mand ana then ask for a leave of abaeneo.
oj lor published another chnpter of his his
tory: Maximo Gomez was dead, and Antonio
Maceo was entrapped on thu other sldo of
the trocha. which this time was to he as lm
pregnnblo us tho ancient wall of China.
I rccolved a letter from the edltnrnf the 1fr..
W signifying a desire to have me Investigate
thu trocha. Ilcfoni leaving Havana I tried
to get all tho Information dosI1jIo concerning
It. nnd was told that It was the most wonder
ful military line ever Invented: nnd from tho
descriptions I received I concluded It must
bo. and since I have peon It I still think so. I
was told that it consisted of forts built ncross
the Island, at a distance of S00 yards from
cadi other, all with telephonic or telegraphlo
communication; that thero was a continuous
ditch nine feet deep and a. manv feet vvldo;
that tho whole thing was lit up at night by
cluctrhiity; and then that thero were Intricate
meshes of barbed wire hidden somewhere to
trip up nnd dnmago the Insurgont cavalry.
I ho most pro nsterou. of all theso descrip
tion, wa an account of a certnln cabbage
field with growing cabbages, and each cah
bago loaded with a dynamite lnmli, which,
bv somo cunning arrangement, was going to
explode at tho parsing of the rebel.
I approached thli wonderful trocha with
fear and trembling. The train drew up to
the station at Artcmlra, and I crawled Into u
rickety carriage, Its top tumbling all over tho
seat, and whlspored to tho driver to go to a
hotel. It was hot and dusty, and everything
was covered w Itli red earth. Tho houses wero
red, tho horses wero red, and even the soldiers
were reii; and there were a lot of them, too.
They lay In the streets, their camp nrcs
burned In the streets, and they Bweltered In
ILe streets. I wuh given a room with six beds
In It, and no room for ani thing but tho beda.
I protested that 1 could mo but one of the
beds, but mine hoBt wld there would prnlw
bly be other weary traveller, by nightfall,
who vyould lm glad to occn.iy tho others. Thus
I made mv entry Into Artcnilwi, mid got my
llrst gllmpHo of the trocha. I was very hy
all tho afternoon, as I kept a careful watc.lt
for tho man with tho crieen tils fori !,,,..,
hlmto bo my worst persecutor In mywhoio
Cuban cammlgn. I did not attempt to go
anywhere until tho next morning, whon I
willed out. and of course got arrested Hut
my arrest, as usual, turned out to my good for
tune, for I had thn pleasure of mnklng the nc
oUBlntanco of Col. Candida Hernandez y Va
li.cn. Of all the Spinlh officer, with whom
1 came in contact. I likcdlCol. Hernandez liest.
llo was a man who as well read and knew
tno history of his own country. Ho could
cllscats Irving and I'rescott. ana thoujht that
ppain should erect a monument to rrcscoltat
lean. 1 used to call on the Colonel nearly
every aftornoon. and wo would spend hour,
rnjoylm tiwh other's conversation ftnd com.
pa.n',.,"S WB.8 n. "oldler, patriotic, and hon
est. He fought battle, did not kill hi. pris
oners, or massacre Indofcnalve country people
and report .uch deeds oa victories. Ho had
eetn tweutl-elght yours of nervlco In Cubi.
nil yet he still woro tho galloon, of a Colonel,
whllo such assassins aa Melgulzo. Vicuna
and other, had risen to the grade of Goneral
under tho short iidminlstrotion ot Woylor.
undoubtedly reaping their reward according
to their activity In exterminating the Cu
bans, as their ancestor, had exterminated the
aborigine..
wi'.,wVr nominally iiutlor nrrett in Arlemlss,
when Mr, Akera of tho London 71iiim turned
up with an order from Got,. Wcilor grantl.ig
him permission to Insure! toe trocha n nrlvl.
lnmrrH'ch i?ollor l"'d "M't'l othor corre
spondent. Hut upon his arrival In Arte
'.' J1, no Ta" 1",Jried to learn that theie was
"iA.me.r,"n ""'"Pondoiit tliero before him,
and that that American carried no other nass
tnan hi American paaspart.
.'" t,'?.,13,h ' v 1 left Artemlsa for Ha
lana, with my pockets full of photograph, of
i.."!?.! T"S" .0n that morning there
were slorlea afloat of an attack on Candelarla.
fml!? i "i" wr,'tln a letter. I told of thear
... I ?r?.dai '.'"J b? lu" niarchlng of Infantry,
and tho distant boom of cannon. And what
?. 'LaI1 aUutl. A column had gone out
fro n Artemlsa. Near a place called Iju Man
F.M ntlve guide pointed out to the command,
ing otllcer a mnuiuua la wooded spot), where
he wld the insurgent, camped, Then tho artll.
i.vV.wa .o"1"1 u" M'd Plnttl on a small
f., ,?,? 6n "Penrd upon the Innocent
tHiinona. A negro living near the placo and
bearing the raoket dashed out of hi house.
"!!.?.' ' ou.rV a" ,llot- A battl wa reported
- Insurgent h.sse. one, Spanish lo.se none.
Aa I had uo: finished bj work iu I'limr del
Bio, I retnrnod to Artemlsa, via Gn.najar,
pon mv arrival In Gnanajay I found that t
had tumbled into a very dangorou. locality
and wa llaolo to be arretted again. I remained
only over night, and tho next day engaged a
carriage to tako ma along the trocha to Arte
mlsa. Of course, I knew 1 ought to hare a pa.,
from the Government, but In view of the Im
possibility ot obtaining one, 1 wasted no tlmo
in that direction. I .Imply Invited a rhanrn
a-nalntance, who was going to Artemlsa nnd
hail procured n pass, to .It by my aide In the
carrlago which I engaged. lie appeared Hat
teredand Pleased, accepted my Invitation, and
I placed him next tho carriage door. Tho driver
whipped up hie horses, darhrddown the street
and nut at tho entrance or the town, where I
.aw a ittKird lucli it Preparing to stop us. My
companion began fishing for hi. pass, nnd f
threw myself back among the tapestry cover
ings and flapping curtains of tho rickety old
vehicle. I watched the guatd from the corner
of my nearly closed eyelid, n. he tumbled
with my friend', pass. As the guard handed
the pa.s back he looked In ot me ns though he
wa. in doubt whether to disturb me nr not, but
my friend nut his mind at easo by hohllng up
two flnger,.lgnlfylng, I auppose, that the
ono pass covered two. So our Joliu was nl.
loweJ In drlvo un, and I breathed a sigh nf re
lief. Then I In. net ted the upper end of Wey
ler's famous trocha. I wondered why Wejler
hadn't established a similar cordon around the
whole Island. He could then have declared thnt
ho had all of tho Insurgent, entrapped In the
Island, and that they couldn't get away. Tho
road wns a splendid one. I miuposo that Is
what Mr. Akcrs meant whon ho said in hi.
letter to the Tlmm that "for tho purposo for
which It wns constructed It wns nn excellent
plese of work." The road wns being kept vcrv
clean, soldier sweeping It constantly wltli
bundle, of bushes. A. for rortttlcntiomi, I
didn't seo an thing that resembled any. In
jome plac es thero wa. a great amount of barbed
wlro wasted. In other plucos log fences or
stone walls, and now nnd then a palin-leaf-t
hatched shanty, called by courtesy a "fort."
If there wero 110,000 soldiers stationed on that
lino 1 failed to see Indications of them. Once
In a whl'e n fellow with n gun would straggle
out from ono of the hbnntlcs, the conch Would
top, and I would sink back lu my corner," hlle
my friend would hand out his pass, hold up his
two lingers, get hit pas back, aud wo would
drlvo on.
I was again in Artcmlsn. Scarcely a night
passed but Insurgent bulleln were whistling
ovi"- our heads, and th Mausers of the Span
iards were barking back and bending their
charges umnng the lenve. of the palm trees.
Ono night thero was a fu-lous waste of powder
nnd ball. The Insurgents pretended to nttack
tho town from the south. Their bullets rained
Into the plain, lodged In tho church vvnlK and
even rarrL-d nvvny a Spaniard's too. Gen.
Arolas swore by nn extra number of saints
that ho would hold the plaza or dlo In tho at
tempt. IIIh artllleri boomed utwn tho mid
night air. as bl infantrymen lav behind tho
breastworks, nnd Maeeo'n commission of a
dozen men innrched quietly across the trocha
to the north on their wav to confer with Max
imo Gomez. And this Is w hut Weyler called
lu his history grcnt coustcrnutlou in the Insur
gent ranks.
JOHN TA3ir.S'S DYNAMIC OIIOST.
A etpook Hint Drives Watchmen Aunj
from nn Altiburaa Hnwintll.
f Wuti tl,c SI. tAtult Oloht Dcmocmt.
In the bottoms of tho Tomblgbco Hlver, a few
miles above It. confluence with the Alabama, I.
a deep, lagoon-like lake, locally known a. Da
vid's Lake. On the western shoro of the lako
aro a shingle mill and a row of a halt dozen
shanties. Intended ns houses for tho mill hands,
all the property of tho Seaboard Lumber Com
pany, at Falrford. a few mile. away.
The mill has been Idle for some time and tho
shanties untenanted, owing to a depression In
tho market for cypress Bhlnglcs. It ha been
necessary, however. In order to preserve tho
validity ot certain Insurance policies, to keep a
watchman constantly in charge there. Vptoa
short time ago the watchman was a certain
crippled negro named John Jameb.
John James's Job was a negro's Ideal of a .oft
Job. All the work ho had to do was to light a
lantern In tho mill at dark, blow it out In tho
morning, nnd never under any circumstance,
to leavo tho mill unguarded. The company paid
him $20 a month, furnished a dwelling, a mule,
and a plough, together with Just as much land
a. he might want tu cultivate. Tho lake wa.
full of nth. toothsome nnd easy to catch.
Therefore. John .lame, was much envied by hi.
fellows. Hut on nn unlucky evening about sun
down he paddled his boat out In the lako to set
Bomo lines .'or ble catfish. His wlfo aw him
.tart, and when she looked again a little later
there was an upturned boat, but no John James.
I The neighbors were hurriedly called, and In tho
gathering gloom they dragged tbo bottom with
grappling Irons nnd brought to the surface tho
drowned body of tho watchman. How he hap
pened to loso hi. balance, or why he made no
outcry, will In nil probability never bo known.
Of course, tho company over at Falrford re
gretted the affair, paid tho widow John', back
salary, at onco sent down another negro a.
watchman, and things seemed to movo alonr
about as before.
In a few days a company oftlclal chanced to
go to David's Lake, and wns surprised to And
tho new watchman gone, and also the company's
mulo. Tho animal was found later at a station
?.Tfr ? til" rallroaq. where the operator atated
It had been nddon In early ono morning by an
agitated negro, who had left on tho ilrst train.
Thl. thing mystined the company, and wn
vexatious, because If the mill should burn In the
absence pf a watchman no insurance could be
collected, and unguarded buildings have an un
fortunate wny of catching anro in that rountry.
Another negro was at once sent down to the lake
as watchman, and Informed thnt If lie wanted at
any time to mitt hi Job to give notice, so thero
Would bo no Interregnum. No. L" went m nvi,v.
Lake, nnd next the news came that he, too. was
missing, Nelth r he nor his predecessor ever
railed for salary duo them, nor has any truco of
either ever been found.
At this, the powers that ruled tho company
held a serious conference. Something wns .car'
ng the negroes away, and It must bo put an end
to. botlllam rotlatch. one of the comliany'n
most reliable negroes, was sent to th Rlilnglo
mill with a six shooter, which he wa. Instructed
to use should anvthing bother him.
William returned the very next morning. Ho
was the worst scared negro in the statu of Ala
bama. He told n confused story, that no ono
could make head or tall of. about ghost, and
John James, l'hero wns no contusion In his
statement that no money cou'.d over Induce him
to go back again.
Meanwhile stories began to float around to the
B iff l!la,t ',,0,'n James's ghost was Haunting tho
mill and lake. (If course, the company officials
corned such an Iden. but for all lu ubsurdlty
there wasaserlou. side lo tho mutter. If the
Place ever gained tbo reputation ot lieing
haunted no negro wonld work there and tho
mill wou d have to he torn down, as negro labor
I. the on y kind available nr mimI to he ,,rn.
cured. I ho company determined lo lay the
ghost at once and forever, and to that end sent
2??." i"i ?tb w?" 'A.'i'l'Ded with all proper
material for exorcism. The party was composed
of lorn Smith and Henry McTiish, whlto men of
known bravery and coolness; also two necnio.
whom the presence of the whiten might Induce
to stand firm In tho prtM-nro of danger, vll
wfdskV" n"'1 cnrrlt'd "ffl'ly of food nnd
They reached the mill at David's Lake In tho
aftornoon, taking possession of tho shanty next
to and almost adjoining the ono formerly occu
pied bv John .lames. Afler supper, when the
trif,i'!1!',fW' "I i "fntor" nn'' "'' t out m
the little gallerv of their quartern. There thev
Kits. tied, toil lilies nrwl n,ni. ..i.i.i; '".A
they were In a proper mood to defy the natural
or line supernatural. After the supply of talcs
had run out they took to shooting craps down
on tno nutir
It must have been near midnight,
tn nnti U'S "W" w,praylng energetically
JJ, "Jj " Powers controlling fortuno that he
mLuh,t..U,f0,,va.nlne,",otH.,", thereby win tho
Phf. Si. lmS,M? no: "hoo. when suddenly
the door of John James', shanty opened and
lint violently. Tbo players looked up at once,
A plecoof a moon over In the for vvohtirave a
dim light. One of the negroes exclaimed;
"Lamb o' God, looky yonduh!"
rrnm out of tho shadow In front nf the James
hantyenmo the form of a man. walking a
though lame and carrv Ing a long pole lloth the
negroes at once broke for the woods' Smith
ond McTusb stood their ground llko tho narvv
men they were The shade neltl'e? looked to
right nor left, but hobbled straight on across un
open space und toward thu lake, whero severa
.klNH-crumoorod. Aa, though with ono lm
Jt"!0.?."!1 m"v,.'ln,!nt f"mltli and McTusb fired
I'Sm"11''.1"1,1 '"' no '"orfftPParent result
than If they had shot at the stars. There was
only tho plunge of their bullets heard out In the
f.i'iSpook "n n,, ?"o' ,,n Bln' to run that
t. '.h'0!' i? ,J ""'"' aml " lotnrtod Mc
lush followed him.
They saw tho ghost loosen one nf the (.kllTs
and paddle out Into the lake. Its motion I ad
seemed to bo a slow walk, nnd yel. rutin g
hard n. they could, they did not catch up with
It. I hey. lu their turn, Jumped Into a skiff and
Paddled lleroely after. About here jSf H
James s txidy wan found tho llrst boat stopped,
and Its mysterious occupant began t shove the
long pole down Into the water. The pursuer,
drow nearer and nearer, until there was barely
a boat length between them and their object.
AJL?,1 ont;0 they beard a terrible, awesome cry.
?i?L' .hn,ii!,lerf nB' .simultaneously each man
rolt a .book a. though from an electric battery
"Jii k Ju SV.".? aml overpowering that they
pollansed and fell unconscious in tho bottom of
in o ski IT
It was daylight when they revived. They had
floated at least two miles below the mill. They
were so weak and nervous, ro numbed and
dazed, that they had barely strength to paddle
tn shore, nor has either one fully recovered to
Now. for any one who doubt these thing., or
"J"?.!. eur oil about them, here are the lake
and the mil. and the S.aboard Company anx
Iouh to assist nvestlgathui, Alio, the po.lttoD.
of watchman It open. Who want. UJ
JANET AND HIS INSECTS.
irorr a ritrafon xattjrai.ist
btvdixs rnnut itats.
Ill C'oloalse or Aate Live la ArtlfleUI
Illtl, Afnue Monada that Caa Be Haard,
Carry it Comb, a.4 Do Qnter Thtase.
ft-osi lli tlettm Xvmlno JYawvript.
Within A few year a Frtnohman, Charles
Janet, a mechanical engineer of Ueauvals, haa
been conducting an exceedingly Interesting se
rles of experiment with ant and allied Insect.
Hi. earlier papers, half a dozen years ago, con
cerned themselves with the fossil, of the north
ot France, but all of hi recent work ha been
In the observation of anU, bees, and wasps. One
of the earlier of hi. conclusions tra that the
ant could emit sounds audible to the human
ear, and he spent much time In Investigation, ot
tho anatomy of the Insects and tho mean
whereby they could produce these sound.. It
becamo very evident to him that for proper
study toino form of artificial nest mutt
to contrived, and to thl. end he exer
cised hi. Inventlvo genius. It I. true thst
Hubor nnd Lubbock contrived homes for
the ants which thoy observed, but thete were
adult ants, while Janet proposed to unearth
other secrets with reference to the home life of
the little creature, and the rearing of their
families. They thrive best under condition, of
partial darkness at least, and great hnmldltv,
and these wero the requisites of the successful
nests. To accomplish his purpose Janet mado
nests of plaster or terra cotta. They were open
on the top. on which a slip of Bias. wa. placed
tor purposes of observation, and at one end
ot the series of chambers wa. placed a little re.
ceptncla for water, hollowed out of tho plaster
Itself. Tho seeping of the water throagh the
porous plaster caused tho nearer cell, to ba
qulto damp, with other lost and less humid as
tho distance from the water Increased.
In homes of this kind Janet fed and tended bis
ants, gathering all the while the Important do.
tails of their life story. Of course, much of this
It technical In Its nature, but withal th.re Is a
great deal of popular Interest. For example. It
is to be noted that the insect, made themtelve.
quite at home In the plaster-of-Parls houses, and
were loath to leave thorn. Thl. wa. shown rather
romarknbly by an accident. Some ono hap
pened one day to displace ono of the glass .Up.,
and when the aperture wat noticed a. many as
a hundred of the ants had etcaped and wero dis
tributed over the table. To prevent tho lots of
others of them h o replaced the slip, and thought
no more of tho matter. A couple of days later
ho found the stray ants at home In another nest,
the cover of which had been displaced by tho
some original accident. Tho Invaders had takon
posesslon of tho outer chamber In their new
home, and had driven tho rightful possessors
back Into tho Inner compartments.
Four or five months ago Janet was requested
to present a paper at the annual rennlon of the
zoological Society of France, and for tills occa
slim he selected for his subject " The Anta,"
giving tho best rcsumo of our knowledge of
these creatures that baa been published in any
language. The paper la well worth translation
complete, but a few of the fact which are set
forth in It mutt suffice for the present.
Line Intect In general, the ant has four forms,
the egg. the worm or caterpillar, the pupa, and
the perfect insect Emerging from the egg, the
solo object of the worm Is to eat. and without
changing form to any great extent It steadily
and rapidly grow, to its full .Ire. Then It .pin.
ror Itself a web of silk, forming a cocoon within
which It Imprisons Itself. This bablt of spinning
silk Is not, however, universal, for some or the
larynj become pupas without thl. ornamen
tation, and both kind, may be observed In the
snmo colonic Thl. Is In all probability due to
tho extreme care which surrounds the raising
of the Infant ants, which renders less necessary
the protectlro device of tho cocoon, and from
this hypothesis Janet draw, turns conclusion,
about evolution, which In this Instance seem,
to proceed not gradually, but In the Individuals
most SUdllenlv. Tha cocoon lions nnf. hannm
thinner or smaller In consequence of Its uscless
ness. but disappears. The pupa takes no nour
tshment, nnd does not Increase In size, butat the
end of a stated period the perfect Insect emerges
In n wonderfully changed condition.
In the three allied families, the ants, the bees,
and the wasps, there are, according to the gen
eral rule, male Individual, and females. Dut
the latter aro characterized by the peculiarity
or developing two very different forms, the so
called queens and the workers. Janet takes ex
ceptions to the term "queen." for it Implies a
hierarchy that does not exist. He prefer, to
call them "mothers," for their purpose la to as
sure tho perpotuatlon of the colony. In their
larval stage they are all precisely alike, both
mothers and workers, and to any one of them Is
open the chanco to become a mother ant. It all
depends upon the kind of food which Is supplied
to the individual after a certain moment of It.
exlttenco has pasted.
The queen bee never works, for she Is sur
rounded from tho moment of her selection by a
crowd of workers whose business It Is lo look
after her. All the worker wasps, however, die
In the autumn, and the mother wasp most pass
the winter In seclusion, waking In tho early
spring to attend to the duties ot establishing a
home. Day by dav and week by week hn
labors on. until at last the earliest developed
workers come to give her a well-merited season
of rest. The anta. however, have still a differ
ent custom. During the middle of tbe.ummer
thoy nil remain quietly together In the paren
tal home, tho old mothers, the young males,
and tho young queens, until some 3no day
the younger ones go away together. A few
hours later the males may be round on the
ground k lied by tho unpltylng workers, while
sumo of the queens return to their natal nest to
increase the already lnrt nnmlwr nt mnihM
Other of them do not return, but And places of
refuge wherever they can. pnsslng tho winter aa
do the wasps, and .suing up their own homes In
tbo spring and attending tn all duties until tha
workers aro prod need U lake this labor lrora
them. Tho lot of the mother with an estab.
llnheil colony Is an easy ona, and tbey exist even
aa long a. ten years, caresl for tenderly by tho
workers of the nest. This Is. In brief, the story
of the ant.
In his garden Janet has many colonies of ants,
and by giving them nice roofs of stone or tile
he has had the opportunity to lift this and study
the bablt. of the creature, beneath It. The earo
or the young Is one of the must striking features
that he has hoou able to observe, 'lhere la. It
seems, a dally displacement of the eggs and
young that Is very curious. Thero are certain
or the workars who make this their espoolal
business, as Janet has ascertained by spotting
the anu with paint. The purpose of tho change
is to give the eggs or cocoons the very best
chance possible for development. At night they
are carried clown Into the lower galleries and
chambers of the nest, so as to be sheltered from
the ohllly atmosphere of the night. In the
morning, as soon as ihe temperature is suffi
ciently raised, they are brought up again Into
the higher galleries. A. tho day goes on and
the conditions change and the heat beoomes
stronger or the ulmusphere dryer, the pre
cious burdens are carried about and depos
Ited In tbpso places which are best suited
to them, hvery one who haa disturbed an ants'
nest hns remarked the facility with which the
creatures seize coooous almost as large as them
selves and carry them away: and this facility
betokens the constant practice in this kind of
work, the moving of the young. Eggs, cater
pillars, and cocoons are all equally Important to
tho preservation nf the i olnny: so all are cared
ror. and aro moved about according to a regti
larsystem. 1 his entails moeh vnrt n,T.
borers, lhen they have to keep the nest clean,
to remove from It debris of all kinds, tho cast
off coats of the caterpillar., the empty cocoon.,
tbo dead, and the dirt; they must attend to tho
engineering portion of the enterprise and exca
yam new galleries and chambers, carrying out
J0.-0.1,1 a RrBlQ al a time: thon they must look
"fite.ri"'0 nourishment of the colony, and. last of
"J ' tl,e..m,1,t Protect It from Invaders and ene
mies. 1 his makes for them a busy life, nnd nn-mi-roil,
ns they aro. they have all plenty to do.
Occasionally the powers thnt be order a re
moval or tho colony to a moro propitious loca
".'.. .i""" there are uli tbo things to carry
away, the eggs and the worms and tho pupas.
tho food and household belongings, and hero
ILT." c,n,rae a curloui. earning of tho llvo In
sec s. I here ure. It seems, som In overy nest,
which, perhaps joung or tittle accustomed to
..".. iC"nnoil b? .P'rsnoded to leave tho old
nest. 1 iiese Individuals It it necessary to carry.
M'.'.'i.""010 wa" It l communicated to them
that they must pack themselves for the pur
KJmit A'tl'ougb they will not walk away, they
5Lcr."i"i ."'""Jves to be cur ed up with their
feet folded against the body, nnd mako no oppo.
sltlon or demonstration when seized In the rain.
brV,f" Porter. The form of folding or
"'"n?n,f th" nt. nml tho pmltlon In which It
lut nIi hJoWi"0 "m8 ln thB Brae Ile of
5ltthipBeeliJ!l.,y VMy t0 80me "tent ln lh
Janet, In hi. paper, gives attention to details
of anatomy, methods of defenco, tho venom
which Is secreted to make the bite effective, and
dwell, ut length on the relations of the colonic,
o each other. He note, the nablu of the ere,
ttires. their method, of procuring food, the cu.
rlous storage place within the body but not lu
i.inJ,J0in'lc,l'iJD wnic" the collector, of the
f..nM,yrV.nr. U 5 tbo nest, and many other
fna.r.e,,,at ,0, make th ' tory of the
Insects more complete and Interesting. A couple
;.?"" a? D0 lotsd much time to rinding
?,Sit0TilfiLanUo..alam" their sounds, and
ZtS.iail. btn Pla t d"ver a atrldulatlug
S?Da.r.aiIu.I'rher,,&r "" Portion of th body Is
drawn across another part which I rigid and
S.D0JJi, ? flmU 4Sl edncaUd ant
t a,y.vi,hhtu.aln eomb and brush with whloh
.SJ?,,."i".,b.,!r ,iolUu' and they are so un
I.inn5Vim"ai?ibrcolnS " oUecl. tbr Bend
fhu?!,1.'?". tlu,n th.rn.elve. and In doing
blz.rr.Dpo.1Uo,ur "cdln" ""leal an5
mi;nacu?'wT.?.,,nrdfsToiDid.e?t1'tri.
perfect on. still hardly to li classed aa i
a? ii,;.i "f 2i,nD,,r. flat "ow ln"lV2a".n
ai UtauraU a oolouy of ants, whose queen M
had removed. A short time later he selected a
few yonng and attractive qneens of another
Bpeclcsandllberated theran.arthettone, A few
weeks later he found that a third apeole had
dislodged the tint and was living under their
stone. Dut the next year, nt a dUtance of a
dozen feet from the .tone, be found a colony of
the first kind, and with them a queen of the
species thnt he had liberated, Although the
ants of the first spocles nre rare In hi. garden,
till Janet Is not quite satisfied that the selec
tion or a queen nf another aoocle. wa. not a
purely natural phenomenon, although circum
stances point to It. being really one of his II It
erated queen. The broken link In the evldenco
disturbs him. and he .tales the facts without
drawing Inference..
FOUND A BIO CAVE J.V JIAIXX.
Bald to lie the Moat limitative Cavern la
the .Northeast.
rem fat Aotfcm itrafif.
That a mammoth cave wat discovered In
Maine and partially explored last Jannary I.
quite generally known, though llttlebeyond the
bare fact of the discovery nnd exploration ha.
been mado public. Mr. F. O. Oould. superin
tendent of the City Hospital In Old Town, went
on an exptorlng expedition through the lumber
ing region In tho extreme northern part of
Maine, and wa. for a short tlmo In camp on the
shore, or near the shore, of Allegash Lake, some
fifty mile or more north of Moosehcnd Lake,
and not to very far from the north end of Cham
plain Lako, Allcgath Lako I. accessible only
by toto road, from Chc.tincook Lako up to
Chamberlain, thence by crossing to the west
ward through the woods to Tom Lawlcr'a camps
on the lake shore.
Mr. Gould wa. at Lawlcr's lower camp when
he heard that a lumberman had discovered a
Cavorn of considerable magnitude somodlstanco
beyond Lawler'a most northern camp, and being
curious about the matter ho decided upon In
vestigating tho story for himself. The result of
bis Investigation was told to tho writer, who
soon after went to the lumbering region, ln
search of adventure, but could not then visit
the wonderful cove.
It seems that In tho early part ot last January
a workman who was stopping ut Lawlcr's camp,
while tramping on the shore near the north
western corner of Allegash Lake, three-fourths
of a mile or so from tho camp, discovered a hole
In the sldo ot the hill which had never before
been heard of. Tho discovery carao about In
rather a remarkable manner, and a hundred
men might havo gono as near to the opening a.
this man did and never have noticed It, Thl.
workman, however, noticed the peculiar ap
pearance of the bushes; about It, aud Investi
gated, tlodlug the hole. Tho bushes looked as
though steam or hot ulr hud been thrown upon
them and then frozen. The man peered Intothe
nole, and was so startled when he could not see
the end of It that he tied ln fright. He told tho
story, but was not believed until the following
Sunday, when litteeu men went to Investigate
and found It Justns he bnd said. Tho fifteen
men, however, did not dare to enter tho hole.
The excltumuut over the affair had not died
out In tho camp when Gould came along and
expressed the determination to enter the hole
nnd find ont what was Inside. After consider
able effort he succeeded In Inducing three men,
Steve lluzzell of Old Town, one of the Lawlcrs,
and a man named Howe, to go with him. though
all were thoroughly convinced that Gould did
not have tho courage to enter the cave. In this,
however, they proved very much mistaken, for
he went about the task at once unon their ar
rival at the opening.
When the party reached the mouth ot the
cave lanterns were lighted, and a vestibule of
the labyrinth wa entered. The men found It a
good-sized passage, and walked ln about ton or
twelve feet without the least difficulty. Then
thev came to a great boulder stuck right in
their path. After feeling about they found a
bole on each side of the boulder, which they
estimated to weigh ten or twelvo tona. through
whlcli a man could crawl. After some hesita
tion Mr. Gould crept through one of the hole,
and found a large open space on the opposite
side of the mass of rock. The other men then
crept through the narrow space, and the party
began a thorough Investigation of tho aurronnd
ingt. which were far different from anything
they bad ever before seeu.
They found themselves In a narrow chamber
of great height, which appeared to run off Into
an apex or tunnel shape, and running down
ward at an angle ot about 45 degrees. The floor
was mostly ot solid rock, and was hard and
smooth. After walking along fonr or Ave rods
a large chamber, of a bolght bo great that the
lanterns did not reveal the top. was entered.
The walls wore found lo be of rough rock, and
the room was a regulnr bat cage. 1 lie walls and
crevices, and eveu portions ot the floor, were
covered with them, and they were so dull and
stupid that those within reach could easily be
taken In the hands. It might easily bo Imag
ined that this was the winter home of all
the bats ln North America, they were so
numerous
Mr. Gould and his companions named this
cavern tbe "Reception Hall." There was an
opening ln the floor something like two and a
half feet square, and irregular In shape. This
opening slanted a vsry little, enough no that a
person could keep a foothold, and Mr. Gould
determined to Investigate tbe entire rave, at
onco proceeded to climb down. After about
sixteen feet of this climbing he came to a sort
of bottom, running off in a narrow rock-lined
passage, at n downward auglo for perhaps
twenty feet or to. At the end of this tunnel the
explorer was surprised to find another largo
chamber. It was so large that it was not fully
explored, tint Mr. Gould says that this cavern,
which he named the "Drawing Hoom," Is ex
tensive, and he doubts not leads to still others.
Mr. Gould returned to his companions, who
had not entered "Hades." as they cboso to
term the lower regions or the cave, and pro
ceeded to iiinUU more thorough examination
of the " reception room." He discovered a
second passage lending off for twenty feet,
mnklng n sharp turn, then going straight ahead
about a hundred feet to another large chamber
which was called the "ballroom." from a
fancied resemblance tn the ballroom of clvlllza.
tlon. Mr. Oouli did not dart- to venture further
In this direction for fenr of losing hla way and
bis companions, who had not followed him.
During Mr. Gould's visit to the " ballroom"
one of his companions had discovered a thtnl
opening from the "reception room," and had
found another small apartment Just within the
wall of the main room. The passage to thla
room was under tbe big rock, and it was so small
that only a very small man could got through
The party had been In tho cave more than
three hours, and. fearing that the oil in their
lanterns would not last, thev did not dare to re
main longer.
Slnco then other men from the camps have
visited the cave and havo found five or six
rooms that were not discovered by Mr. Gould
and hla companlons.and It la very probable that
there may be still others. At all events, thl. I.
by far the largest cave yet discovered In New
Knglnnd or ln the northeastern part of the
United Slates.
A few people who have thus far visited thts
wonderful cave are very enthuslastlo over lu
and predict that when It becomes accessible It
will be the most Interesting point ln New Kng.
land to tourist nnd sportsmen. There Is talk of
opening some sort of a route lo it oilier than tho
very hard one now In existence. Should this bo
done the discovery of the cave will prove a verv
important event to tho State and the guides will
reap a harvest,
A party of hardy sportsmen have already de
termlned lo visit the Allegash countrv- after the
shooting season opens and explore this wonder
fn,1.,arfi, "this Idea Is carried out additional
Interesting faots lu regard to the cav e will sure
ly be learned
SIIEA11IT1I lSHAKt.'lt MIT.I.BTOXE8.
They're from Molrmuecher'a allll.'vriiere is
Hatch Church Wh Orcaalxed 1W8.
To tub EniTim or The Sus-Str; The re
peated mention In The Srn of certain ancient
millstones, two of which aro in the vestibule of
the Synagoguo Shrarlth Israel nnd others In the
courtyard ln tho rear of the store at 4-t Heaver
street, recalls a. fact In the early history of .Man
hattan Island which may be of Interest to those
of your renders to whom It Is not known.
In tho year 103(5 the Hollanders resident on
the Island begun to hold divine service ou the
Lord's day In tho loft of a mill which wns
owned by Francois Molemaecher. The stones
were turned by horse power. Tho loft is
recorded to havo been designed for this use
when thn mill was built. The services were
conducted dur tig two years by two " Krauk
bezocckers " visitors of tbe sick and cateenlsts
nmcersof thoKstobllshed Church of the Neth
erlands. In the absence of an ordained minis.
tr theso ofllcers, Sebastian Jauscn Krol a id
Jan lluyck. read to the people " tomo texts "it
0,i,uf.?.,Lrl,,.lur.V1' wtbor with tin. creeds."
.t.'".I.'.,-H 'J10 Jl,v.' J?naM Mlchacltus came to
tho "Island pf Manhatas," and In tho same
year regularly organized a church of "fully
fifty communicants" n the loft of this nami
horsemlll. The church then and thereof"
Ized is the most ancient fully organized Fro".
e.tant church on this continent. It I. now
tbUWc?t" '" Colle'f,a,0 formed Church of
These millstones wero dltoorered by Mr. AI.
ft.11'':"' ifta "a about ,bem thVoS .
ouk April -'1, 1HIU. Two were presented to the
congregation of the synagogue ebovemen
tloned. fourteen still lie flush iwltlitho oav2l
r2i0!S2S& rV08 tlon raiutiSnld
JS I Hm ex-ri,,melr Interesting re lie. of th
early time. They are about thirty Inches lh
diameter and about nine Inches thlekFach
stone Is composed of two or three or four
lions. .trongTy hooped wltn an Iron band.
Cor.LM.AT. Cacncn. B&S&fa?11-
CARPET TJ. STEWART,
xxozxan TROvnzRa is tub baht.
Embarrassmtat Orawlos, Out ot lanetlen
ns to the. Armenian Ma.aaere.
Lord Salisbury must be regretting In blf
ternes of heart that tho Government of Iho
dar did not accept tho proposition, for the
dismemberment of Tnrkey thnt were made
Just prior to the Crimean war by the Em
poror Nicholas to Sir Hamilton 8eymour. then
Drltlih Ambas.ndor at St. Petar.bnnr. It
would havo liecn n mnttor of comparatively
easy acrotnpllshmont at the time, ami wonld '
havo spared Kuropo tho legacy of anxiety now
surrounding tho ultlmato solution of tja
Ei.torn problem. Tho cherlthed dream of
tha British Foreign Offlco for lone years,
until It was dispelled by the discovery that
there were Kuroponn power thnt would veto
It, even If the Torte wero willing to grant tho
concession, namely, the construction of tae
Euphiftto. Valley railway, would navo long
slnco been nn accomplished faot. From
acimo point on the Syrian coast thero would
have been a railway with Its furthermost tor
minus at Calcutta, and theBrltlsli flag would
havo waved over tho territory stretching frjm
the Lobanon to tho Indus. Dut prudenco or
policy prevailed, and a war that only le
tardecl without preventing tho disintegra
tion of Turkey ensued.
Tliore were none of tbo power, concerned
In tho Berlin Congress toward which tho Sul
tan Abdul Haiiild dovolopcd a ttronger feol
Ing of nntmoslty than England. Tnls was
partly duo to tho failure of support during
tho Husso-Tiirklsh war of 1877-TH. wlilch sup
port, thero is no renson to doubt, wns prom
ised him by Sir Henry I.nynnl. tho British
Ambassador at Constantinople nt tie crisis
of tno enmpaign. Then tnero wan tho scries of
Intrigues regarding Kgpt tnat ended In tho
bombardment of Alexandria and occupation
of Cairo In 188:.'. The eucouragoment. moro
or le:s overt, given to tboArnta of tho Hed
Jaz and other parts of Arabia to revolt
against the'Sultan touched him In a specially
tender point, for with tho uninterrupted
mnlntennnro of his sovereignty over tho holy
places of Islam. Mecca and Medina 1. asso
ciated his tenure, of the Khsllfatc.
Tbe circumstances connected with the Brit
ish acquisition of Cyprus, wrung from him
ln tho moment of agony and practically under
falso pretences, were also gall and bitterness
for htm. It Is hardly surprising that, after
tho conclusion or the Berlin treaty, he sent out
Jo India a number of agents charged to stir up
Issaffectlon against Euglnnd among tho
Mussulmuns. The project failed for two rea
sons. One wns that tbe British Government
found It nut, and promptly Instructed its High
Commissioner ut Constantinople. .Mr. Goschen,
to call upon tho Suluin to recall his emissaries
forthwith, or they would lie arrested and sent
outof tbecountry. There were other meas
ure, to relieve the British Government for the
future of danger from similar action on hi.
part. Tho Sultan tried at tint to bluff the
matter, and said that tho statement of Mr.
Guohenwas "tmc riiriutnine." which wa bad
French and worse manner. Mr. Goschen
clinched tho matter by producing tne list con
taining the names ot the revolutionary emis
saries; on which the Sultan, considerably als
romflledthrcw down hi. hand.and telegraphed
to them to return. The relation, between
Knglind and tho Sultan slnco that episode
have been wanting In that complete cordiality
that should exist between tno "old and ancient
allies," as tbo diplomatic. Jargon goes. The
other reason was nearer homo, and perhaps
of a more serious character. Among those to
whom Abdul Harold, ln moments of confidence,
was ln the habit of opening his mind, there
was a personage who :ommitted somo of the
most Interesting of tho conversations of hi.
Imperial master to writing in a Journal. By
some meaus, which wro never satisfactorily
explained, a considerable portion of this Jour
nal whs one day abstracted or lost, ln conrso
of time it transpired that tho contents
of tho lost portion of tho Journal were
known at one of tho embassies ln Pern,
and that they related ln part to a conversation
about the Mussulman pilgrims from British
India. Tho Sultan newalleil the pernicious
influence they were exerclsln on bis own sub
Jects who encountered them during the pil
grimage, and who. when thoy returned t
their homes, described the superior comfort
tn which the British Indian Mussulmans trav
elled, their greater well being, and, worst of
ah. their contentment with the British gov
ernment of their country. Tnls. to Abdul
Hamld, was, according to himself, a perpetual
source of worry, for. whatever might have
been the result of his efforts t j foment trouble,
had the mission of his emissaries not been dis
covered, there Is no reason to believe that they
would at that time hav bad much suctea. It
Is. not quit" the same Just now.
Always since the conquest of India the
Mussulmans thero havo regarded England a
ine most powerful country In the world, and up
H.abtiH.t 1S81 they had reason for their be
lief. The first shock came when the Ger
mans, on taking possession of that tiart of
the east coast of Africa acknowledged by the
other powere aa witnln their sphere of Influ
ence, proceeded without discrimination to
bombard and destroy ihe towns along tho
seaooard, by way of Impressing their non
subjects with a due sense of their power.
Among tho property destroyed ln this manner
wo about $13,000,000 worUl of goods, ware
houses. c. belonging to tho Banyas. as
tho British Indian subjects trading along
tho Kast African coast were called. They
naturally looked to tne British Government
to obtain for hem redress and compensation
for their losses. Their astonishment waa
great when Lord Salisbury explalneJ to them
tnnt bo had neither the right to demand nor
the power to obtain tho MiifMiinn .v....
asked for. A hen the news got about the ba
zaars of India that there waa a power that
Lngland could not bring to book, the first
streak of doubt passed through tho minds of
t e people as to tho reality of England's
power, and her prost'ge suffered to a degree
that could never be known. The echoes of na
tive foiling that reached Kuropo from time to
time showed that a ferment was going on.
and the daubing of trees with some color that
occurred a few yeors ago caused an unpleas
ant senhAtlon among the officials, who called
jo niind tho passing of tho cakew from hand
to hnnil through tho country Just before the
outbreak of the mut'ny of 1837. The de
strucllon of the mobilization depot nt 1'e.h
awur In northwestern India by fire, not very
long bofore. together with other things, studi
ously kept from the BrllisL. public, waa also
tho caUBo of smich anxiety to the Indian Gov
erument and Jn London. But It seems that
the rebuffs suffered by England in her at
tempted Intervention in Turkey over the
Armenian matter have started li fresh fer
mentation in India anong Mussulmaus and
Hindoos both.
Tho entire native press Is watching the de
velopment of events In the southeast of Eu
rope with the very keenest interest, and ln the
bazaars they are discussed with all the exig
geratlon of detail and clrcumsunro peculiar
.jf (?r,on1 'magliinllon. Lord Salisbury's
speech, in which ho give ns an excuse for in
action at the moment the' massacring of tho
Armenian was nt it height that Turkey had
mobilized ','00.000 men. and England wall not
prepared to go any furthor In coneoouepce.
was a puzzle to the natives ilmv ,,-., ,n,.'
solved. Toe boast of tho English press tliut
hngland was nlways ready to face the world
wiS' "B fl,r ". ng tlmo accepted as rea
55iiS'i" nml .P0"1,1''0- The Mussulmans es
f?.C.'ttL'.y,air ff d lo L,p K?j"ly ngltated. and un
less Ird Salisbury Is nblo 10 do something In
Turkey that will re.tore the presUge of rfng.
land, tho bu tan may flnd an opportunity uf
doing now what he failed In before.
ti F rnli1 ni,,on !?'. therefore, full of difficulty
""il n.1 '''" """'lent. The Europeh
powers after their experience of her dealings
with regard to Egypt are. trora all accounts
!SUf1,.",,Urr '.kely. ," "V " : "nt to "," th,n
In favor or the Armenians than to facilitate
tho ro.-overv of her Influence In Turkey. There
aro a good many things that are obscure in
England's more recent attitude toward tho
Armenian question, and they havo npoarrntlv
determined the Sultan as well a. Humi" fond
rT,.r,raBn,!'- "lc.l,,lin ,ls ".!' take every care
that then, shall be no advantage given to
.Si,n?;i,l07',r ,ma,ters may ho wttle re
garding the Armenian.. As to tho Armenian.
hemselves they have lost all the mmidVnc"
of V, 7Jn,Tl 7,""r ,".1 ,,,e enxl r,lltl1 "r Iwi!
?Li SiV'i' Itv.niil.1 Mein. thorefnro. ns If
th.rlT''JnM;Vry VreUlnB ,lrhe" in i-cept
the alternative of a romp eto surrender nf
.,in1.f!"i",B.pr7!,Ke' w,i "H nrrompanjing
danger of trouble on a g gantlc acnle In Ind I.
or the striking of n blow at tioHu .an "by , &
motlnc a general rising of tbo Arvb" whVaro
ntwais ready to revolt nu-aln.i the i haSJd
oUKtVmen.acu't''reU'e KI"W tn CWri!"",
New Took', Sept, n. '
Sliver und Gold Opinions.
To the Fiiiron ok T,.E RCN-.sir; If the Artmlnls
tratlon should now dismiss Col. Dell rrom the place or
Nepuly Commissioner or Pensions It would beadont
Ing tbe uuwlte iliey or tbe silver men themselves
Col. nell, In company with den Fran. Hlrel
ttumped New York ror Cleveland', reflection. Agslu
in ISM, h. stumped Indian, for Cler.l.nd; y.t ,h."
narrlsoa admlal.trstloa nerrr dismissed him but
retained Mm throughout. ' l
lu Cleveland', first term, Teller and Iiowen defeated
my connrnistlon as Superintendent or the Hint at
Denver, because of my opinions on stiver
llw.ref.r Utter tn choose men whose opinion,
areuptotundardlntb. tint pl.e. than to choos.
SMtaSr.:' no,,an'1 ,heB "u,
It 1. or was. aaacc.pt! policy In Colorado to d.
tiroy tha business, If pa,iW.. of every gold tt.ndart
eountrv M",WOnd,r "' w' " h"a'
, W..m. nW 8.pt. o, , "T Wn"'
J
HHHHHLlHHiiLtttw
M'KINLEY FLAGS ABOUND. I
BOVND'XOSJZT JMItT.EXa IX OltEAX li
MOVVSIO. I
Oaly One J-arste Fopaerntln Itnnn.r 1Vnv If
Inac Amid n Multitude of Hlnrry Dec. U
titrations of Deration to Nntloanl Credit
nud Honor Hundred of Mnsall llnnner.
To a foreigner wondering casually about thl.
city It wonld almost appear that there w as to t
no contest In tho coming election of n I'rc.hloni
of tbe Unitod States. On all sides ho w oil. 1 s,,
tho flag. and banner of but ono pair or camll.
dates, MoKlnley and Hobart, and but for one
big Bryan banner hup.g out over the street iu
front of the mongrel headquarters Iu tho liar- I
tholdl be would hs.rdly know that thete was a I
I'opocrntlo ticket In tho Held. In tome of ,
tldo street nnd far np town thero are a few
scattered flags flaunting tho names of ltrun
and Bewail, but all through tho districts w I n .
Now Vork bnstness I being dono round money
show Its Stars and Stripes everywhere.
Nevor before ha thero been n campaign of
uch enthuslnttlo display. Tho banner and tl.ig
dealer have dono n rushing business, ami tlm
city presents n festal appearance. It was n v-ery
natural mistake that ft Frenchman, who Is stop,
ping for a faw day nt one of tbo up-town houl s, i
made on tho day ho got here. iSomo acqusJnt- J
anccs of hla discovered him standing on n Broad. i
way corner looking noxiously up nnd duw n tie
street, a performance which he varied by oc
casionally walking ont in the mtddlo of tho road
and peering Into the distance. To iholr ln
qulrlos as to what ho was doing ho replied.
"I wait for ze parrado: xo prozcssJon."
"What procession?" asked ono of tho New
Yorkers. "I hasen't heard of any process ion."
Tho Frenchman waved his bands comprehen
sively. Indicating half a dozen banners that
waved In tho breeze within a spaco ot two
blocks.
"Yon decorate, you celebrate," ho observed.
"I wait for ze parrade. Kes eeunot your Day of
Independence I"
With much disgust, not rmmtngled with
doubt, he learnod that tho bannitrs were perma
nencies and not put there for nny special cele- 1
bratlon. All Broadway tea tort of continuous I
celebration of patriotism Jutt at present, how. I
over. Hiding up yesterday from Duane to I
Twenty-third street and looking right and left S
along tbo side streets, a StTN resporter counted 1
nearly fifty large McKlnloyand llobart Hags I
stretched across the streets.
In Duane street Just off Broadway there are
two. one to the east and one to the west. Just
above Reode street a monster flic hangs over
Broadway, and at Worth street thore is another.
In Worth street, one on either aide of Broad
way, two more flags hang, and Leonard street
shows two more. There I. one at 353 Broad
way. one at Frankltn street and Broadway, two
in White street wcetof Broadway, one ln Walk
er street west of Brotvdway, and one stretch -4
across from 410 to 4111 Broadway. Across the
foot of thl banner runs the Inscription:
Tbe country's credit must be maintained.
Canal street near Broadway shows two ban
ners, and Howard street one. There are twain
Grand street Just off Broadway, one In Broad
way near Broome street, and two ln Broome
street near Broadway. A large banner crosses
Broadway at 407 and another at 610. Spring
and Houston streets west of Broadway each
how one flag. There la a flag at Bond and
Broadway, another at 080 Broadway, a third at
707. a fourth at 722, and n fifth at 740. Thl. is
getting them in pretty close when thero are
added In tha same neighborhood a big banner in
West Fourth street, only a few rod from
Broadway, and three more ln Washington
place, averley place, and Astor place respec
tively. At Clinton place and Broadway
there Is a flag; there Is one In Eighth
street, and there are flags In front of
800, 874. 804, DIG. and 035 Broadway. Tho
State Club's banner ln Twenty-second street
looms up large, and then oomes the one and
only Bryan and Sewall banner, swung oat from
the Popocrntlo headquarters at Twenty-third
street and Broadway. Just beyond it. but not
hidden by It, Is the huge banner ot the Repub
lican headquarters.
Off from the line of New York's main
thoroughfare there Is by no means such a dis
play, but even in the smaller flairs and banners)
the Popocrats fall signally to keet their end up.
That atronghold of regular Democracy, the
east side, shows a number of sound-money en
signs. "Judging from the business I've been doing.'
said a dealer in campaign goods yesterday, "the
proportion of McKlnley decorations to Bryan
decorations is a good deal better than It to 1,
and at that the Bryan banners are mostly Utile
ones. The sound-money people have got soun I n
money to spend in showing thetx principles, and
they are spending It. When you consider tha;
a first-class big banner, with campaign mottoes
and tho pictures of tho candidates on it cost H
5500 or JilOO. and a big flag from f 100 to S200. I
yon can aee that considerable money Is being I
spent In that line. Why. my men here hardly
know how to paint a picture of Bryan. They 1
haven't had anv chance to learn." I
o the Popocrat visitors rrom tho West the ff
condition of New York's street, overhead is a
matter of painful concern.
,r,?ar'.Toa 'ellows lnt making; any show at
all, ' snld one of the Westerners at Popoeratio
headquarters. " Why don't you get out comt
nags and make a show?"
They took him aside and qnoted financial re
ports and the orlco of campaign goods to him,
and he departed, shaking his head sadly. One
of the most disgusted Popocrats that ever came
from over tho hills Is a long.bearded Kansas
man who was escorted around town by a "gold
bur" friend, a resident of this city. Tho New
orker excited the Westerner's wrath by tell.
Ing him that all tbe publlo buildings wero flying
sound. money banners.
"That's a derned, blasphemlou. outrage."
snorted the visitor. " Somethln' ought to be
done about that. Show me some of 'em."
So the gold man pointed out to him Old Glory
" 'ng from the flagstaffs on several buildings.
k.L r,01.' Be. anything abont MoKlnley on
them." observod tho Westerner.
..u.JiH.1 "J'.15! there w "ch thing." re.
?.15f,'en.'1' to'4 'on they were sound
money flags." '
ne'lther"1 dat an" Bonnd money on 'em,
S3n''ViUer?S"eH' mr frlnd. that's the
-VSe.7,ca'.1 ." The aUr mean national credit
t: , 'tripes mean national honor, and If you
a?. tm. ' an?.n,,ns bnt nnd money out, of that
?,lsti nd .e In Abyssinia, Go hack to
that " toU your "I,rer '"n'1
f."i .?ir '? flaea and tanners, bnt also in
SuXf.f1 fns. show-window designs, and small
QltPIBls.IStbBMnnit.ninn.. n.,.l-(.M .. .,.,
m,..,.'S .n alt "'o- Instead of advertise
ment the temporary fencings on many build.
irS!, V000 of erection bear sound-money
ST??!',"' son? o' them ln very terse and con-nt?iCnDJF.f0e5i-
""fdred of shop window, show
SiVl7iariM5,J nlefr or. the trl-color pampas
ffah,.lnal nJ tno "Publican Prty. Dealers
!i-,??r"pil18 ,a!C "t tbero tcnxcely any
hu ."i.hTA7a,n. " Pictures. Bofore ho made
ii "IVi" ln Madison Square Garden there was
i.J. li. "emnd. but since then his photograph.
l.y.un.tBeadriy.0n m"6t' Wh" McKla-
The Kxtradltlon or tbo Innocent.
To ma F.DITOB of Tn Bvx-Sir: While we are yet
thinking of th learned paper lately read by Ixird
IlusMl at Saratoga on the subject of "Internatlonsl
law. It lias cx-eurred to me that there are some
phases dt our relations with foreign countries thst
need chauKn and which might be corrected l.y treaty. ,
Our treaty with Oro.t llrltaln. for esample. eon.
taint no provision that a man extradited upon a '
charge of crime, and afterward acquitted upon trial
ror that crime, thai! be tent baca at the expense of
the extraditing Government lo the place from w bleb
he was taken. Sow It may happen that a man Is In
nocent of the charge made aj.lnst Mm thst hit
original Intention ofeonilinr to this country was lion. '
jMei thst ho had Intended from th. start hirsmsln !
here j that ho hail eipended all the money ho had or '
could afford In coming oere; that perhaps lm hsd ex. ,
pendsd all hla means on his defence, ami that lie w. i
returned tluiuly by th. mistake or malice of some om-
cl.lofhltnatlvocountry. Under these circumstances '
I should like to ask, Wb.t remedy has he got. If an .
agslnit the Government asking for or the Govern i
inent granting the extradition J It It clear thst ther- I
Isnone against tho Utter. It Is said that there Is ro
prluctiile of International law that i an lw invoked to '
tend him back aud none to comwI compi nsatlon I )
log granted. li It true, howaver, that 'whllo He
rules by which nations have agrsed to regulate tt.rlr c
conduct faterse, are alone proper!) to lei-otnl.lered t
International law, these do not necessarily eihsust
the ethlcsl duties of State, one to. noiher anv mot. J
Indeed than municipal l.wexhausts therllilciil dullet l
or man toman" (Westlake), .
Tim removal rrom the United States Is In pursiianes i
of law and Ire.ly. Th.extradliloii Isgmn'ea mer-ly t
for the trial of the accused, but hi re llo ir-ji j "i I
and makes no provision for the benrflt of 'hea. uat 1 I J
fur he has shown himself Innocent of Hie "arei-s I j. j
made against him, A tyrannical or cruel s- lament, B(
like that of th country from whloh I llliisirsie l.aa. rl'i
In tha absence of aou stipulation, too murli rpt- In
Junltyferoppmtlea, Justru U Kxistk & I '