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Haacarte‘ .r‘erz‘“ '1 a la IT filtldibltfiibfl CON it let's lN FERNANDO Pu“ BURIED WITHOUT COFFlNS. but heat is excessive. No white woman. 1'. is Said, has ever been able to live on the island, and no Governor has reâ€" maiued there more thana few months. The Spensn offisiils who are. Obl_l-tet. to spcnl any time there contrive in :- melere to wari off disease by dosing themselves c.n:inuill:.' uitu quinine A )lo-t Dead!) t‘liumte â€" “lute Penomgand whiskey, but even these antidote.» Quickly fan-led on by “Maria. [v‘rvcrl uu-I Dyucntcry -.‘ tings-arc Lu Humanity E -â€" 0.1m: It Was. luder lh-lthh Rule. bull In.“ It in n spun-It l’nml with-mutt. l I! there is I diabolical place on earth 9 It is Fernando Po. There are some; horrible places on this globe, but not{ one of them can compete with this in-é famous island. :pnin uses it as a; penal station, and death is almost inâ€" variably lite doom of those LUDilCls who, do not always prove successful. Any one. however. in herurnlo 3.0. lulu wants l') save his life must keep him.- s;rlt Constantly in a state of drunk- enness. The unfortunate cconvxcts cledrly cannot fortify themselveswntzi liquor. and hence they daily drop off and are thrust into nameless graves. Evidently the island has sadly deâ€" teriorated within the past quarter of a century. One who oumf to know says that no fruits are grown there now, and that there are llOthert‘ any Helium. Pliny regarded nosebleed as one of, the distinctive characteristics of the human race, for he said that “man is the only creature from whom blood ffmvs at the nostrils." and. Properly understood. he was right. Of course luin will flow from any part of any animal “hen the arteries or veins of tin: part are opened,but it is afact llllt nosebleed, occurring without any appa rent cause. is 86310111, if ever, seen . in animals. The reason for this hit-I man regularity is that the mem-l v- - - u o w I banre .uung the nostrils in man 134 \N\ are sent there. Rapidly We! “ltâ€" 3° l incintiuns of prosperity 501118 negro“ espetiaily full of blcod-vessels. the. walls rapidly that at times the authorities; find it. difficult to bury them. Butl now a. new device has been adopted,l and all obstacles to speedy burials have been removed. i The officers of the British steamerl Niger which arrived at.l.iverpoola few days ago, bear testimony to the effi- cacy of this device. The steamer left Fernando Do on July 19, and at.’ that time the Cuban and Philippine exiles were dying so rapidly that coffins could not be obtained in which to bury them. Thereupon the authori- ties put their heads together and promptly decided to construct some coffins on an entirely new plan. The bottoms of the coffins were fitted with hinges, and when the bodies were placed in them and lowered into the earth certain ropes were deftly mani- pulated, whereupon the bottomsopen- ed and the bodies dropped into the graves. One set of corpses being thus disposed of, another set was placed in the name coffins and dropped into graVee in the same inhuman manner. Truly an economical method of bury- ing the dead! UNDER Bltll'l‘lStH RUiLE. ll‘his deadly island is on the .west coast of Africa, in the Bight of Bisfra, which is at the extreme end of the Gulf of Guinea. It. is about. forty-five miles distant. from the mainland, and Its highest. point is a. little over eleven thousand feet. it is of volcanic origin, as are the neighboring Prince’s and St. Thomas islands. The l’ortuguese discovered it in 1471, and ceded it' to Spain in 17715. The first. European HOLLlDlUbHL, however, was not made until 18.2.7. ln thut year the English, unaware of the fact that the Spanish government had right. of possession, es- tablisned u. coaling station there for the benefit of the war steamers engag- ed in preventing the slave trade in the Bight of Bisfra. The settlement was called Clarence, and the inhabit- ants wore liberated slaves, who had been captured from slavers, as well as those who were brought. from Sierra. Leone. A few traders also made their headquarters there. Clarence being an excellent port for shipping palm oil, on the water was deep and sheltered from tornadoes. One of these traders was named Governor by the English. The freed slaves, in number about one thousand, suffered much from ill- ness, but still managed to plant or- ange, lemon, and other lruit trees, which were imported from the West Indies, and they made a. ltvtng by selling the fruit to the memo-war. Bananas, pineapples, sweet 7potatoes, ground nuts, and yams were also grown, and found a. ready sale. In a word. the uegroes were fairly prosper- ous until 1859, when the Spanish au- thorities took possession of the island. They imported to Fernando Pp a. Spanish Governor, a. troop of _soldiers, us well as many monks and Sisters of various orders. 0f the latter many died within a. short time, and I the. Governor doubtless would have died if he had remained there more than a few months. The soldiers suffered like the rest, and many perished during the. first. year. As for the liberated Afri- cans, who had been Christitmtzed by Protestant missionaries, they were for- bidden to meet. in their church, but were allowed to retain their Bibles and to hold religiOus centres in their huts. CON VIC’IS (‘ltUELLY 'l‘Rl-JA'I‘ED. Spain's object in taking possession of Fernando 1’0 was to make if. a‘ penal station. and she soon had gangs of con- victs there, making roads, (cutting trees. and otherwise employed in im- sruving the godfonvtkeu place. More:- lessly she treated these. unfortunatebe- ings. forcing them to work all day under the hot sun. and caring noth- ing for them when illness struck them down. 'l‘o-day her policy is the same. She does not work the convicts as here- toforcâ€"work. it seems. being atprcs- out one of the penalties for misconduct .â€"but she lets them die by scores. More than one European Power has protest- ed against her using Fernando Do as a convict station, but with her charac- teristic obstintcy Spain has turned a dmf ear to her protests. There are within her jurisdiction many offend- ers. [mlitiml prisoners and others,upâ€" on whom she cannot legally pronounce death sentences. and so she dcports them to Fernando Po. knowing well that they will die there almost a: purely, if not as swiftly, as by. the garrute. She does not kill them her- ccll'. but she knows that the climate of Fernando Po will kill them. -' Much has been said about the hor- rors of Ceuta. another Spanish cou- vict station. but Cent-i is an earthly radlse compared to Fernando Po. rue, the latter place is very pictur- ue. with its magnificentb' wooded bibs. and many silvery streams; but then its climate is unbearable.breed- tag, as it does. malaria and fever. from which few who are attacked. over rw cover. Dyaentry and liver complaints the common. Moreover. the ninâ€" Efi ll haw end continuous, and the manage to exist there, and they are the only persons who can stand the terrible climate. To send white pris- oners there is equivalent to (looming them to death, and to send p()lli_l(.‘8.l prisoners there is an outrage qgfll‘nst humanity and a. disgrace to civiliza- tion. Fernando Po to-day is stmply the worst place on earth for any hu- man beings who are not negroea. ho one who has ever had the misfortune to visit the‘infernal spot, and_who has noted the countless graves With which its hills are studded, Will question the truth of this statement. THE ENGLISHMAN’S TONGUE. Calumet-ed :0. [lord Language to Learn by the People orlhe Confluent. The English language is not regard- ed with affection by the people of the European continent who are under necessity of learning it. Its diverse origin has laden it with an immense number of inconsistencies, contradic- tions and duplications, and above all,‘ with an irregular and inexplicable sys- tem of spelling. The Germans are. ac- customed to speak of the English lan- guage as "a. monster having two mouths, with one of which it speaks German and the other .Latin." The Slavonic people of Central Eu- rope,.who have always had occasmn to master many languages, have a story to account for the _ incon- sistencies of English which is Still more uncomplimemtary to our mother tongue. This story which we find in: " The Outgoing Turk,” by H. 0. Thomson, tells when the Lord made the different nations He gave men no tongues at all, and when they come and' .dumbly begged for them, He compassionately took a. piece of meat. and; cut' it into slices, giving each one a slice to serve as a tongue. i'l'his served well enough; but when the meat was all given away,- the Englishman, who had either lazrly or contemptuously failed to come sooner, arrived and demanded his piece. There was none left for him, and so the Lord called back the men of the other na- tions, and slicing from each one of their tongues a. little bit, he put them all together to make a. tongue for the Englishman. And this is why the English continue to speak in such a jumble to the present day. This story, which the author pf the book named heard in Omaha, is so close a. representation in. allegory of the actual fact of the_or1gtn of the English language that it. has a made- up air. It is, nevertheless, picturesque and interesting. FOR WHEEL \VOMZEN. Don't wear a skirt that shows more than eight inches of your boots. Don't wear black boots. Don’t allow your escort to ride inside, nearest the sidewalk. That is your place. Don't keep on ringing your bell when turning out to make room for you. The jungle of the bell may frighten the horse. and is sure to annoy the driver. Don't stand in the middle of the road to fix your lantern or pump your tire. so that every other rider will have to made a wide detour to pass you. Don't borrow a. pump ofa man you do not know, and forgot to return it. Don't hesitate to accept assistance from a man in case you are in trouble with your wheel. That is an occasion when a woman may take well-meant help from a stranger of the opposite sex. Don't wear club pins outside your coat. and never wear two large CIOfil- ed flags on your lapel. Don't ride down elderly or inexperiâ€" enced cyclists just. because you have more. control of your machine than they. wheel. In the slang of the day, "there are others.” Don‘t star‘ until you are certain that not only your wheel. but your costume will )rertk loose under the strain of riding. Don't wear flaming colors in your hat. Don’t. rest with one foot on the ground and the other on the outside pedal. It will make you look unprece- lufi. if not worse. Don't. try to keep up a steady converâ€" sation while riding. You need your breath for pedaling Don‘t wear “bite untlcrskirts on a. wheeh They will not be white for lone . . Don't trim any part of your vialbie wheeling costume with lace or frills of any kind. Remember that the best dressed wheelwomau is she who in most severely plain In every detail. Don't “1le your bicycle more than absolutely necessary. It attracts un- pleasant attention Don’t mount by the aid of a telegraph pole: That is not the way your in- structor taught you. Don‘t. went more than one color in vour whole costume. including hat and boots. "Don't umke short turns at corners. A vim-Clo will slip easily. particularly it the ground in not d . Don't hesitate to 0 er assistance ir. caseof a spill. whether the unfortunate is of your own sex or not. you see that the driver of a~horsev is Don't ride without gloves. |from them, is in perfect condition, so that milling! [glowed {by of which are weak and easily ruptured . by slight causes. I It is usually very easy to recognize: nosebleed, but sometimes the blood' bJOWs backward into the throat. and Is coughed up. or vomited, and may be thought to come from a hemorrhage . of the lungs or stomach and so cause‘ much needlesss alarm. i As a. rule nosebleed is a thing of sight Importance, and stops of itself after a. little while, but the blood may ; compo in such quantity, or the bleedâ€" l'ng' may continue so longr (that. the paâ€" tient'. is greatly weakened. When oc- curring. in children it. has ordinarily no significanceâ€"though this is not all-l “313's to be taken for grantedâ€"but. in! cater persons it may be 8. symptom of; some other illness, mich as the beginâ€"1 mug“ of typlhoxd fever, or a trouble of tlhe. .I'ver or he‘art. i Noseblbed is one of the common mantâ€" i {estatto-ns of that curious condition in l tfihere ifst a temdefinoy to severe r aged or on si‘hti ’ "0 even W'i’ft'hbluk a‘n y g "Jun I discovered. disposdionâ€"otften culled "bleeders"-â€" suffer from frequent and uncontroll- able attacks of nosebleed, and some- times die in- cuts of them in spite of all efforts to control the hemorrhage. Ordlnardbr there is libtle to be done, for the bfbeding usually stops of it.- Tfhe child 6310qu be m’ade to sit quieth In a. chair with the head only slightly Inclined forward. just. enough to list. drops fall clear: of the lips into a. bamn. All clothing should be loosâ€" ened about the neck. Ice may be apâ€" ptlled to the back of the neck, or Ice-t water slhomlll be dashed into the face or made_ to trickle down the back. It 15 tuneful; also, to insert a little. piece of. me into tlhe bleeding nostrilâ€" .â€"sor.n.et/lmes tlh'e effect is better if the me. 155 put. into the other nostrilâ€"and retain it there for a. moment or two; or a. still better plan. is to stmll’f up a" mixture otf alcohol and water: as hot as it own borne. The introduction of cobwebs into the bleeding nostrils oft- en tndu‘ces coagulation, or the same purpose may be served by a little wad of lbose womted Which has been pickâ€" ed apart. If simple measures fail. the physr- clnln should be. summoned before ex- haustion ensues. THE ANOIDANC-E OF COLDS. ' In a. recent insule of the Companion afew words were said concerning the chuck modes of catching cold, and men- tion was made of the various especially- sensitive areas of the body, or "cold spots,” but nothing was said, as to the best means of protecting Lh'ese spots and preserving the body in general from colds. It is not always snifficicnt. however. to point out a danger; it is- often of even greater importance to show how the danger may be averted. Most people properly recognize a. cold as avoidable, and think they are greatly to be commended for the prudence they exercise in protecting themselves; but if they did but know it, they are really doing all they can to make themselves susceptible to colds by weakening their resisting powers. A German professor once wrote a. bug treatise, with a learned title, on how to avoid cutohiong cold. After tracing the history of collds from the earliest ages, studying their causes and symptoms. and cataloguing the remeâ€" dies which have been used by the most eminent physu‘tans of all times, he concmded with a short. chapter on’ pre- venuom. His plan was to inure the back of Uho neck to draft): by' having some one (lll‘l'l‘t a current of air upon it from a) be.«lows three times a day. The writer had the correct idea. all- though its pmhtica. application was cJumsy. and he twas a long time In to cat'an coids is to whet the causes that produce Lou't‘ boast. of the superiority of your. rem-hing it. The best and only way them and not. to run Let the body be burdened by a cold sponge bth or even a coid plunge. brisk rubbing with a. "scratchy" Lowe} every morning. Let the 0.0lhijlg‘ be adapted to the season. though ai'wuys as light as possible, but keep the neck uncoveredâ€"no turned- up cont. polar. no muffler, no boa. Never lbt the. temperature in the haunts rise above seventy degrees in the winter. Air every room syste- nmtical'ly every day. no matter what the outdoor temperature may be. ALâ€" wuys have fresh air in the bedroom; there is nothing poisonous in "night- air," popular belief to the contrary notwithstanding. In a word, don't be always afraid of catching cold; don't. coddle. but meet' cold and wet and changes of tempera.â€" ture like a munâ€"or rather like a horse. and you will then run a better chance of being as strong as a horse. Of course you must strengthen your armor where it in weak, but if you recognize in ymumlf a weak place. a. "cold spot." dont cover it up with more elbthes. but toughen it. and Wu your entire body until it is one homogeneous resistant whole. BE GOOD TO YOURSELF. The. Medical and angina! Reporter given the following practical advice:â€" "Thiuk deliberately of the house you live inâ€"your body. Make up your mind firmLy not to whose it. lint no- thing that wiL-l hurt it. Wear no- thing that distorts or pains it. .Do not over.oad it. with victunls or drink or work. Give yourself regular and abundant sleep. Keep your body waruny clad. 1).) not take cold; guard yourseft against it. If you feel the f list symptoms, give yourself herein treatment. Get into a. fine glow ofl heat by exercise. This is the only body > you win} have in this world. Study deeply and diligently the structure. of it. the laws that gmwet‘n‘ it. the pains und penn‘Jy that will mner follow a vioihtion of every 'law of life and health." -â€"â€"â€"â€"- RBMARKS ON DRINKING-\VATER. Professor Ray Lankesler recently said that. if they wanted to dodge ch01»- era and typhoid, and slush-like un- pleasant things, they had better imbibe "good riuh river water, neither hotb- ed nor filtered." River water of that kind. he said, is safer. to drink, for the .Very reason that it is teeming with microbes of various species which prey upon each other, and so give the hu- man organism 21 chance; whereas. in pure spring or l‘ake outer the typhoid genus. for example, flourishes unmoâ€" ' l'ested by the harmless bacteria, whose duty is that of killing the disease .genns. so that typhoid has a clear fiele 'CLEANLIN ESS AND HEALTH. Sir B. \V‘. Richardson says: Cu'eanlt- nose covers the who‘le field- of sanitary Labor. Cleanliness means purity of both air and water; cleanliness in and around the house ; cleanliness of person; cieanliness of dress; cleanliness of food and feeding; cleanliness in work; oleamliness in the halbit. of the indi- vxdunlli man and woman; cleanliness of life and conversation; purity of life. teniperanceéall these are in men's .57 cause that can be power. Clblfldretn with this preâ€"l â€"â€"___..â€"â€"â€"_â€" A ATUITOUS TRIBUTE. uâ€"d An American ('onlt-mpornry Brushes Away Prejudice and Talks on (‘nnndlnu Mines. ON A RUSSIAN CONVICT SHIP. Home: or the Voyage Mm (Mild. to the Island of Sacha"... The sailing of a Russian convvst ship from Odessa for the Island of Sag- hnlin. in the Japan am, Li always an impressive sight. The motley crowd. indigenous to ail count rim. is of course present, but there are in addition many Government officials. full of luiport~ ance in their emblazoned uniforms and more numerous members of the clergy attending to perform the cereâ€" mony of sprinkling the ship with holy water and to give the inmates a part- ing blessing and a gmlspeed. Nothing is done in lllmsia. without the help'of priests, and a. Russian is bathed in holy water from the cradle to the grave. The religious ceremony over it in with a cargo of heavy hearts that the convict, ship-usually built at: Glasgow, by the wayâ€"weighs anchor and departs for even a hardened convict would per- fer serving his sentence on his native soil‘. to dragging cult. his existence In a foreign land. Bgult, however, that. may be, the Mcommodation for the thousand or more convicts on board as ample and the arrangements for their well-being complete. The food provided is good and wholesome. and Mid it is not an infrequent. thing for permit“. in the saloonâ€"the convict. ship carries ordinary passengers as well as state prisonersâ€"to ask for convict. soulp and rye bread. All the convicts are in fettors, wrist and ankle bracelets. willhl a connecting chain. These and their half-shaved heads present. a most hideous appear- ance. Tlhe daihy roultine on board is. uuvurying; therefore, to change the monotony. the prisoners have resort to all kinds of devices to minke the time pass ewaynus pchaaanLly as the Circumstances wwl allow. Most lower class Russians are born curd piluyers. so the convicts collect all the old scraps of paper they can lay their hands on. L‘tl'ulus and spades are .An American contemporary of llrook- roughly scribbled on these slips with 3 lyn. New I York, gives the following gratifying tribbe speaking of the the ink supplied {for "letter-writingx purposes, “but: "to provide hearts tin diamonds. ot the requisite color one or Klondike gold region. to the superior more of the company consent to have administration of law throughout the Dominion of Canada. as compared with. a_ vein opened. This delicate opera- tion In performed with the aid of the tan spoof. of u the. can. ground to a the United S‘tateszâ€""One great gain. sharp edge. 'om the iron deck, This though we own it to our sorrow arises from the fact that the mines are in Canadian territory. This means that men will not be! shot every day or two. that they will not be permitted to jump each other's claims, that there will he a chieck oln liqu’or saloons and idance houses, and gambling hells. For, git must be admitted that in the con- ;xluct of their mines the Canadians have exercised ucoblncss anld justice and ltemperance that in our own land has [been the exception. In the mining towns of British Columbia, for instance; though they were discovered and de» veloped under nearly the same condi~ tionns as our own, there is no more ruf- ifianism than there is on Fulton street. land usually not; as much. Courts are established curl , an'd the police are gfellows of goo sense and courage. tLync-hlings are unknown, and it is said {that not a single case of extraâ€"legal 'punishmenl; has occurred in BrilishCoâ€" lumbia. Tlllis is remarkable. when we read the recomd of blood and theft and extravagance in Colorado, where even to this day the gambling house. the dance house and the poisonous grog- gery are the principal features of new camps. The disarming of the newcom- ers is a wise measure. and allquarrels have to be settled in court. which is the only fair way, or with‘ fists, which is perhaps, the only convincing one." UTOPIA FOR THE UGLY. The Argentine Republic bus just in- troduced a. series of laws which spare neither youth nor age. Clause 1 runs as follows: "On and after January 1, 1897, every mule from the age of 20 to 80,. shall. ,pay a. tax till he marries. and shall pay once in. every monthl." And in Argentina no womnnâ€"no, nor man eitherâ€"may be fickle, coy, or hard to please. Let us hear Clause ll: "Young celilxttes of either sex who shall without legitimate motive reject the addresses of 'him or her who may aspire to her or his hand, and who continue contumnciously unmarried. shall pay the sum of 500 pinstres. about five hundred dollars. for the benefit of the young: person who has been so re- fused." Argentina will become a veritable Utopia of the ugly. However hardthe road may be to others. the plain man shall not. err therein. “Madame. l desirc the honor of your hand. What! you refuse me. lmcause of my facial defects? Thou 500 pins- tres. if. you please." COULDN‘T STA-NI) ’l‘lll‘I STRAIN. A woman “ho was traveling alone not long ago Wanderer! one evening into a hotel parlor. A pretty young girl at once rushed toward her and breath- lessly asked what time it was. Some- what astonished. the woman glam-ed at the big mantel clook and repeated the hour. " Oh. thank you." said the stran- get, but without any signs of going away. "I suppose you think it queer my asking that," she burst out a mo- ment later. "but to tell the truth. I didn't. want to know the time at all; I just. had to speak to somebody. You see. I’m on my wedding trip. and for a whole week I haven't spoken to a. soul but my husband. Why. I've hard~ ly heard t 9 sound of any one's voice but his. _It was really a. question of mydspeakmg to some one or going Wt .' SUFF ICIEN '1‘. Hobbâ€"I don’t why you should (vmsivler wheel riding so unsafe. Nomiâ€"Probably because I don‘t ride one; I well. improvised lancer. also does duliy us a. razor, 'serving to remove the remain- ing hair from the) head of some devout foislomer of Islam. The stakes of the curd‘ptluyers are knobs of sugar saved by rtgoroub economy a‘b the tea table. Wth these faill'. bones and odds and ends are. substituted. On the fifteenth day at sea. the let.- ters are removed. This is, indeed. a day of rejou'lug. and the most hardened criminal gives vent to a sigh of relief at bemg released from (bone hateful emblems of bondage. The coveted freedom is not, however, of .long duratibn. A poor, inoffensive Crimean Tartar accidenllly treads on the fool. of u.- regullnr cutthroat vil~ loin. to be sctzed immediately by the throat. The cry is instantly raised that. the Mohammedans are killing the Christians: A. general" melee ensues. in which racial hatred is. given full play. 'lhe gtmrd is cttllled'out. and, turning on the hot water. hose pipes, which are kept ready for any emergency, soon cows the combatants. The ringleadâ€" er 18 pllraced in, irons, and put on dry bread and water for fourteen duys. 'l‘ha l‘artar lB carried more dead than native to the hospital. and the rent. gtwnljt'y and innocent. alike. are kept. in chumnst and shacklles for the rest of the voyage. LIVE FOR PLEASURE. "How lucky you are to come nowl I am just come home from the K.’s re- ception. Come into my boudoir and we will have. a. nice little chat. Why, what make»; you look 'so sober? No trouble, I hope, for you? “I want you to tell me just how you pass yourtime. Give me a sample day as it. were," answ‘cred the caller, abruptly. "Oh, you are after the drones, as usual," laughed the younger 'woman. "Well, there have to be drones, you know, in every hive, no I can’t see why you need quarrel with nature‘s plane. However, here is the way I spend my days usually. 1 am out. late about every night, so of course I cannot get. up to Fred’s early brmkfast. He has his about 8 o'clock, for he must be down town by 9. no I don't. see him until din- ner. I cannot be disturbed, so I gener- ally eat my breakfast in bed, and by noon I manage to get. dressed and answer my. notes and see to my invitâ€" ations and such things. Then. I go out, go down town shopping or to see my dressmakcr, 1 usually lunch down town. then I make a few formalvis~ its, and come. home in time to dress for owner and the evening. lr'red is always so «loud “rod that I can't get him to go out. Ill the evening very often. an I, truth to tell he is apt to 'be stupid at dinner unless we have guests, which i contrive to. have pretty often. It brightens him up. and it's much more cheerful for me. Whenever 1 ask Fred phat. makes him so silent he says he is thinking of business. Now I think that a. man ought to lenve his business down town. l mu sure he is there long enough to attend to it." "So it is for this sort of women-that some men toil and struggle.” meditat- ed the older women. "They s end years Lu this dull, monotonous grin , and have no home life. no companionship, no in- fluence to keep their feet in the narrow path of. business I‘Pctilutle. no spiritual upliftin to steady them in the discip- line of llfel Nothin but shelter. food ting the privilege o paying ceaselee! u s.‘ Truly the honored name of wife is dine graced by the career of these selfish child-Women. and even more .truly wonderful in it that more men do not go down in moral and financial wrecka having no bell? M’- hm . - - k .. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMAL