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PROGRESS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
GOVERNOR FORBES of the Philippine Islands Is In this country telling of the great work the United States U
doing In the archipelago. Among the evidences'of the resultß of civilisation which he brought'ls the accom
panying photograph. It shows a Bontoc Igorot, a member of a savage head-hunting tribe, photographed when
making application to join the Philippine constabulary, and the same “savage" as a member of the constabulary
one year later.
BETRAYED BY PUMP
Two West Point Cadets Found
Guilty by Contrivance.
Student* Accused by Commander of
Having Partaken of Forbidden Re
freshments, Make Denial and
Are Sent to Hospital.
West Point, N. Y. —Because they
were found guilty of following otber
alleged transgressions by a violation
of one of the most stringent rules or
the army, Charles Carroll Fltsbugh,
appointed frpm North Dakota, and
Frederic Hurd Van Horn, from Con
necticut, were dismissed from the Mil
itary Academy recently by Ueneral
Thomas Barry, commandant of the
post. An Innocent but efficient stom
ach pump used In the post hospital
accomplished the downfall of the
cadets.
Both cadets were members of the
fourth class and obtained permission
to leave their quarters on April 27 to
witness a baseball game on the post
athletic field. They discarded their
cadet uniforms, and, dressed In natty
civilian attire, escaped tbd~ watchful
eyes of their superiors after the game
and slipped away from the reserva
tion. The late afternoon and part of
the evening of that day Fltsbugh and
Van Horn were alleged to have spent
In the village of Highland Falls.
They were detected by one of the of
ficers when they attempted, under
cover of darkness, to slip unobserved
back to their quarters.
One of the - charges subsequently
lodged against the cadets was that
when absent from the post they had
partaken of Intoxicants. Both denied
the charge.
To tell an untruth Is considered In
the. army an- unforglvable offense.
General Barry learned of the cadets'
denial.' He ordered both to the hos
pital. A report reached the office of
the commandant soon after a vigorous
application of the pump, that estab
lished .to the satisfaction of Ueneral
Barry that both had partaken of the
forbidden refreshments. The order ot
dismissal followed.
SORCERY REVIVED IN FRANCE
Two Women Discovered Practicing a
Medieval Form of Witchcraft
by Bergeant.
London. —An extraordinary story
comer from Calais. While a sergeant
was on guard before the postern gate
of the old citadel two black-veiled
women glided slowly Into view, and
one of the visitors Btretched herself
out on the damp grass with arms ex
tended in the rorm of a cross. Tbe
other with a small spade began hastily
to dig a hole In the ground. In It
she placed a packet wrapped In wblte
linen, covered It aa quickly as possi
ble.
Under the Idea thqt be bad wit
nessed the closing scenes of an In
fanticide, tbe sergeant notlHed tbe
eutbo.-itles, and tbe packet wae die-
Interred and taken to the police bead
quarters. At the tame time a doctor
wbb summoned, who at once began to
unwrap the parcel.
What was the astonishment or the
Investigators finally to discover, not
the remains of a child, but merely a
pig's heart And In what a condition!
It was pierced through and through In
every direction with no fewer than
113 pins, and was also traversed by a
dagger. 0 #
In tact the authorities were raced
with a case of "envoutement," one of
the favorite forms of sorcery In the
middle ages, which borrowed- It from
antiquity. It was then practiced very
generally, together with the “black
mass,” the “reptile sacrament," human
sacrifice, and other superstitious rel
ics of barbarism.
The method was adopted as rollows:
Some hairs or articles of clothing of
the person to be bewitched were pro
cured, and an animal was chosen to
represent this person, and was named
after him. The creature was first
placed In contact with the victim's be
longings, and then slain with a magic
dagger.
Its heart was taken out and
wrapped, If possible. In the person's
clothes, and during three days pins
and nails were driven through It to
Fine Pasturage in Ocean
Dr. oaul Portler Tell* of Vast Grazing
Land* Under Water —Food Val
ue* of Varloua Fishes.
Paris. —Tbe food resources of the
sea was recently tbe subject of an In
teresting lecture at tbe Paris Institute
Oceanogrnphlque. Tbe lecturer, Ur.
Paul Portler, stated that In tbe sea. as
on tbe land, there exist tracts of vege
tation wblcb constitute tbe food or
herbivorous animals, such as tbe sea
horse or molluscs. These In tbelr
turn are devoured by tbe carnivora,
such as sharks, micro-organisms, put
refaction Anally reducing botb animal
and vegetable organisms to tbelr
prime elements.
Fish are most abundant on wbat is
known as tbe continental plateau,
which extends to a distance of Ml to
100 kilometers from tbe coasts and
where tbe sea bas a maximum deptb
of 400 meters. On this plateau algae
or seaweeds abound. At greater
deptbs they become rarer, because tbe
light necessary for tbelr existence Is
absorbed or reAected by tbe water of
tbe sea.
Marine mammals, such as the whale
or tbe seal, are only exceptionally
utilized as food by man. Porpoises,
bowever, are occasionally sold in tbe
Paris market. The food supplies of
tbe sea are furnlsbed by tbe Ash.
properly so called, such as soles, tur
bots, mackerels, skates, herrings, sar
dines, salmon, conger eels, etc.
The nutritive value of Ash la ex
tremely variable. Taking a certain
weight of bread to have a food value
of 6*. tbe same weight of sole would
an accompaniment of curses and male
dictions. It was believed tbat all
the tortures Inflicted on the dead ani
mal heart would be endured by the
living Individual.
A much more common wav. how
ever, was to mold a wax Image ot the
person to be bewitched and to dress
It In the clothes he or she usually
wore. The waxen doll was then
cursed and tortured In the hope that
the person would suiter the same.
AT MERCY OF BIG MADMAN
Pennsylvania Qlant Uses His Wooden
Leg and Teeth as Weapons
Against Officers.
Berwick. Pa. —Big Joe. an alien, con
sidered the most powerful man In
West Berwick, became violently In
sane, and, rushing from his home,
spreaa terror In his path, taking to
some open common and defying cap
ture. It required the efforts of a Lum
ber of men to capture him, and once In
the lock-up he battered the door with
his head so violently that It was
feared he would fracture his skull. He
was hurried to the Danville hospital
and almost overpowered the four offi
cers who had him In charge, biting
two of them and with bis wooden leg
almost knocked Chauffeur Creasy out
of the machine.
West Berwick has had a mad dog
epidemic and it Is feared he was bit
ten by a mad dog.
bave a food value of 17, the skate 13.
the salmon 42 and the eel 73. Tbe
nutritive value of tbe salmon and tbe
eel Is due particularly to tbe large
percentage of oil, which renders them
also less easily digestible. Potted fish
are generally more nutritive than
fresh fish, because they contain a
smaller percentage of water, and fats
are often added In tbe preserving
process.
On comparing tbe cost of Osh for
equal nutritive values, taking bread
as tbe unit of comparison, tbe follow
ing figures are obtained as against
tbe worth of bread: Herring, 4
francs, 60 cents; mackerel, tt francs.
36 cents; sardine, 8 francs, 36 cents;
eel, 11 francs; salmon, 27 francs; tur
bot. 28 francs: sole. 75 francs, 36
cents.
As regard molluscs, mussels, oys
ters, periwinkles, etc., these, says Ur
Paul Portler, bave but' a very small
nutritive value, and the same bolds
good of tbe Crustacea
Canals Effect on Fish.
New York. —Scientists here will
watch with great Interest the effect
of the intermixing of the flsb of the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans, which Is
expected to follow the opening of
the Panama canal. Accurate Informa
tion on the gubject will be mada avail
able through a faunal survey of tha
Isthmian waters Just completed. A
second survey will be mada In from
five to ten yeara to verify the prognos
tication of a complete Intermixing of
species on tbe two coaata.
Historic Blackguards
By ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE
Copyright, by the Pna« Publishing Co. (The New York World).
William Cunningham, Jailer of New York "Revolution
Martyrs’*
OLK of
fashion do I
comp lain
right griev-
«c;
T;
ously that the
groanlngs 'and la
mentable cries of
the rebel prisoners
(both here In New
York and in the
prison ship on the
Breucklen shore)
CAPT. WILLIAM
CUNNINGHAM
disturb their slumbers. And they pray
that Master Cunningham, our provost
marshal, will devise some means to
keep the poor wretches quiet of
nights.”
So runs an old letter written In
New York during the darkest days of
the American Revolution. The Brit
ish had captured New York and Phila
delphia. To both cities —but chiefly to
New York—they brought thousands of
patriot soldiers, captured in battle,
and many non-combatants who had
risked freedom and life to help the
cause of liberty by money, gifts or by
patriotic speeches.
These unlucky captives were not
trected like prisoners of war. They
were housed and fed —or, rather,
starved—ln away the law nowadays
would not permit for cattle or swine.
And the man In charge of them was
a blackguard whose own countrymen
loathed him, William Cunningham.
Cunningham was the son of a Brit
ish dragoon and was born In the
regimental barracks at Dublin. In 1774
he came. to America and settled In
New York, where he made a living for
some time by “breaking" colts and by
giving riding lessons. When the Revo
lution broke out, In 1775, he became
Involved In a political row with some
local patriots and was forced to flee
to Boston, there to seek the protection
of the British army.
His noisy loyalty to King George
111. got him Into trouble there and at
tracted the notice of Thomas Gage,
the English general. Gage appointed
him provost marshal to the royal
army. His chance for "revenge" had
come.
Cunningham was sent back to New
York and was put In charge of the
Revolutionary prisoners there and in
Philadelphia. There were several lm-
Charles II, the Merry Monarch
“Hero lies our sovereign lord, the King,
Whose word no man relies on:
He never says a foolish thing.
Nor ever does a wise one.”
I HIS acurrll
o u a verse
was found
scrawled one
T
morning on the
bedroom door of
hla majesty. King
Charles 11. of Eng
land. The king
read the rhyme,
smiled carelessly
at the horrified
CHARLES II.
courtiers and passed on. Another
man might have taken oltense
at being thus lampooned. But
Charles had two remarkable traits
that saved him much bother: He
never carried a grudge and he never
felt gratitude.
When Charles 11. was a- mere boy
his father, Charles 1., had been over
thrown and beheaded by England's
"Parliamentary Party." The young
fellow had not stayed In England to
light to the death In his father's cause.
Instead he had slipped over to Hol
land, where he was living In Jolly
gecurity. But on hearing of the king's
execution he promptly proclaimed
himself "King Charles II.” The proc
lamation did him little good. For the
parliamentary party (with Oliver
Cromwell at Its head) had for the
time made England an Impossible
place for kings.
Still, the Scotch, ever restless (and
probably forgetting they had betrayed
and sold his fugitive father to the
English), offered to make Charles
their king If he would give them cer
tain promises. These promises
seemed to him disgraceful. Tet a
promise was one thing that Charles
was nlwsy willing to give, knowing
he could readily break bis word later.
He went to Scotland and In 1651 was
crowned. Then be invaded England
Cromwell quickly routed him out of
both England and Scotland and sent
him scuttling to France for safety.
But when Cromwell died, England
grew tired of Puritanism and the
parliament's rule and the people
gladly welcomed Charles home as
their king. It was the beginning of
modern England, and of a reign whose
profligacy and scandals set the whole
world agf>g. Charles embarked at
promptu prisons in Now York where
the patriot captives were lodged. One
was the city hall, another the famous
old “Sugar House," another, King's
(now Columbia) college; another the
"new gaol” (the old hall of records
in City Hall park), torn down only a
few years ago), and —worst of all—
the "prison ship ‘Jersey,’ ” moored on
tue Brooklyn shore. Churches were
also turned into Jails.
In the prison ship the captives were
herded by hundreds in dark, foul pens,
destitute of pure air and sunlight.
They were given such food as a dog
might well scorn, and in such tiny
quantities as would not sufflce to
keep a dog alive. The water they
drank was filthy. No medical core
or chance for cleanliness or exercise
was granted them. Prison fever and
other maladies scourged their ranks.
They died like so many files. To such
fearful condition were they reduced
that the lowest city outcasts were
touched by pity and secretly sent
them food.
The fate of the captives in the new
igaol, or hall of records, was little bet
ter. Here is an extract from Pin
tar d’s account of their sufferings:
"So closely were they packed to
gether that when they lay down at
night to rest, on the hard oak planks,
and they wished to turn, it was all
together, by word of command—
‘right’—"left’—being so wedged as to
form almost a solid mass of human
bodies."
Ail war is cruel. But such torture
as this was Inexcusable. And (though
the British government might perhaps
have bettered matters had they chos
en to) the lion’s share of the blame
was Cunningham’s.
Cunningham went back to England
after the war and took to riotous liv
ing. Being short of money to squan
der on dissipation, be forged a draft.
For this crime he was tried, con
demned, and, on August 10, 1791, was
hanged.
He is said to have been responsible
for the shameful death of nearly 2,500
American patriots. Nor could mere
hatred for the colonists account for
this wholesale slaughter, since he dis
honestly sold for his own profit the
provisions allotted to them.
once on a life of pleasure. He turned
a deaf ear to the pleas of those who
bad beggared themselves In behalf of
his father and himself. He said he
bad no money to spend on sucn peo
ple. But he squandered fortunes at
the gambling stable and In heaping
wealth and rank upon such women
as he chanced to fancy.
He neglected and 111-treated his
homely little wife, broke state pledges
at will, lavished money on low favor
ites and mismanaged the nation.
Rochester In calling him “a merry
monarch, scandalous and poor,** had
but spoken the truth.
Charles's chief advisers were five
noblemen (Clifford, Ashley, Bucking
ham. Arlington and Lauderdale), who
aided him to defy parliament and
cheat the people. The first letters of
these men's names In order spelled
"Cabal,” and the oddly coined word
has ever since been used to describe
any conspiracy against the state. To
get money for his own purposes
Charles sold two English towns to
France. He also accepted a large
yearly sum of money from the French
king (Louis XIV.) to act In that mon
arch’s Interests. All this did not add
to hts popularity with his own people,
who hated France.
In 1663 war broke out between
England and Holland. A Dutch fleet
Invaded England, sailed up the Med
way river as far as Chatham, destroy
ing everything In Its path. London In
1666 was swept By the plague and In
1666 by fire. Plots, religious disturb
ances, national discontent—all sorts
of misfortunes piled up. Through It
all the Merry Monarch pursued his
calm, blackguardly way; seriously
disturbed by nothing; enriching vice
and allowing virtue to starve; his lire
and his court the scandal of the civ
ilized world. He would probably have
been assassinated were It not that
his brother James—duke of York, the
most unpopular man In England—
would have succeeded him as king.
For Charles and the queen had no
children.
In February, 1686, Charles 11. died.
To the last he was the Merry Mon
arch, whimsically begging his cour
tiers’ pardon “for being such a long
time In dying.” Courage, wit and
lolly nature were his only good qual
ities. There were perhaps still fewer
bad ones he did not possess.