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opee the artery with their vicious teetk Soldiers Eaten by Sharks and afterward, «-hen the victim bat Awful | bled to death, gorge their cruel appe Feste of I tite. Swimmers The soldier who had given the warn At Ing cr.i novV shouted out to me to splash the water about me as hard as I could Ship as 1 swam on. so as to distract the vi Island sion of tlie shark as much as possible. A recent discussion in regard to shaiks reminded a veteran of the civil war of the subjoined experience with man eaters, in which be was nearly a victim of their voracity. When our regiment of a thousand men left Camp Lyon, in West Hart ford. for Louisiana to help General Butler to take New Orleans, we didn't expect sharks to be our tirst living au tagonists. There was the usual rough weather of the season, and none of us was sorry when we sighted Ship island, where we had been told we were to land. Ship Island, as everybody knows, is twenty miles from the coast of Mississippi, the nearest mainland, in Mississippi sound. I shall never forget how the desolate stretch of land appeared to us when we first came in sight of it after our rough, stormy passage. It looked like a lexig. Tills maneuver saved me. but not with out a wound. Tlie fellow struck at me and. through tlie vigorous splash ing, miscalculated his aim, biting on« of my legs just below the knee. 1 screamed, h iving no doubt that it was al, over with me, out perore rue shark could turn again a big, tall Maine sol dier had caught me. and, being able at the distance I then was from the beach to touch bottom, he gave me such mi Impetu* toward the shore that with taking long strides with liim on ward through the water we were sou» out of tlie man eater’s way. Had we been obliged to swim the whole distance there would have been no help for my comrade or myself, for our comrade* on the edge, shouting words of cheer and encouragement, could see three or four more sharks coming to share the find of their fel lows. The long stretch of sloping beach at that place was all that saved us. Of course the two merry, brave boys who had so suddenly disappeared nev er rose again, and I was delegated ta perforin the sad duty of writing home to their friends tlie pitiful story of I their deaths. My leg had only received a flesh wound; but. as it did not heal readily, I was obliged to respond to the “surgeons’ call” for some time aft erward, and I carry the scar still as a trophy of tluiDadventure. That evening at dress parade an or der from Brigadier General I'helpa, commanding, was read to the whole brigade forbidding any more swim- ming parties while we remained on the island. Convicts Escapes ! Take Desperate From ; ; Chances to ; Secure Prison j Freedom Escapes from prison will occur so long as there are prisons anil prisoners. It is the popular idea of the outside world that the prisoner who escapes has simply to yield to the overpowering desire for liberty. and on this basis he frequently secures the sympathy of many tender hearted people. While lib erty is certainly the dearest thing in tl’.e world, yet the love of freedom is PVBSVED BY MAN EATING SHARKS. low, dirty drift of snow, just raised above the blue expanse of waters. The greater part of the island consists of fine white sand, without a tree or shrub or blade of grass even to relieve the eye and with no soil in which vegeta tion can take root. One morning soon after our arrival I, In company with several of my com rades, stood on the beach looking out over the smooth sea that stretched be tween us and our much loved north. The day was perfect; the warm, balmy air was almost oppressive, heated as it waa by the reflection of the sun on the shining sand, into the wtfrin surface of which our feet sank at every step. “What a fine place for a swim!” ex claimed one. “And how warm tlie wa ter,” assented another, dipping bis hand in it. I should have said that the island was uninhabited at the time of our landing. We found the smoking ruins of the lighthouse keeper's dwelling, the round white brick tower alone standing on our arrival, so there was no one to tel) us of the danger that lurked in those clear waters that looked so invit ing as they gently lapped the smooth beach. Presently some half dozen of us had thrown off our woolen garments, which had been very comfortable when we left the snow of New England, but were cumbersome in this new climate, and we wore plashing and ducking each other like a party of big boys, as. indeed, we were. The feel of the wa ter was delfght/ul, and we were en joying it exceedingly when one of the Maine boys called out: “Let's strike out! Come on. Connecticut!” dashing into deep water as he spoke. Some one followed with a “Come on!” and I was next in order, swimming as fast as I could in an effort to overtake the lead er when ip hardly a moment’s time an agonizing shriek from tlie soldier who was ahead apprised me of sonic dan ger that I could not comprehend. The cry was follow'd by another from the next in line. and. thinking they were taken witli cramp and that I might be of some assistance to them. I made al) the effort possible to reach them, but in an instant both had dis appeared. The telltale streaks of blood that commingled with the clear water near the spot where our p<x>r comrades had gone down were seen by the sol diers watching us from the beach, and one who knew something of the mode of attack of these creature* shouted: “Sharks! Sharks!” I needed no fur ther warning to make me turn and swim for the shore for dear life. But I had hardly changed tny course when, looking down into the transpar ent depths where I was. I saw only a few feet from me one of the ugly fel lows, ten or twelve feet in length, with his smooth, brown back and white, glistening belly, bis small evil eje fix ed on me. I had no doubt been select ed as his next victim. Tlie creature was slowly turning over, then back again, then over on his s de again, aa he moved along after me. preparing for his fatal bite. Sharks, the “man eat er” apedea, do not swallow whole their hitman pfoy. ns some people suppose, but first dart for their victims, catch KOEHLER SPRANG FROM THE BARBEL, seldom the motive that prompt» the prisoner to take “French leave,” for even the most ignorant mind can read ily understand that no person behind the bars is so bereft of liberty os the hunted fugitive from justice. The incidents here set down were re luted by an ox-convict in Sing Sing pris on and ap|M*nred originally In the New York Hern id. From the early seventies until a very short time ago he knew no other world than that made up of the population of Sing Sing prison; In my early days at Sing Sing there was a different class of men from that which populates it at the present time There were criminal giants in those days—bank burglars, safe blower*, highway robbers—men who wore in famously cruel, astonishingly bold, who never undertook a crime without de liberating upon the chances of being strangled to death by the hangman's rope for possible murder, necessitated by the accidental features of the “Job." That type of criminal has disappear ed. His extermination Is due to sev eral causes, principally the Pinkertons. The perfected precautions against bur glary by the financial institutions are also a great barrier to the success of the old stamp of professional criminal. The tirst escape in my time was an exceedingly clever affair. Frank Koehler was a burglar and was assigned to employment in one of the industries that shipped Its product to the market by a steamer plying In* tween the village of Sing Slug and New York city. Koehler was a strap ping big fellow, very muscular and wonderfully skillful -in the use of Ills fists. He was a most generous and obliging chap, but was too well aware of his physical power and too Indiffer ent to consequence* to submit to impo ing them generally by the thigh, biting sition at the hands of the officers. •1 ne sec-mu tiay arter m> urrirm Koehler was walking in the lockstep to his dinner. An officer, whose post of duty was by the tnessrooin door, was accustomed to poke the prisoners In the ribs with his club, either for "di- varsliun” or to hurry them into the dining hall. Said officer made an un fortunate selection for a victim when he viciously Jabbed Koehler in the ■ide. for the convict’s mighty arm shot out. ami the big paw caught the guard under the chin. That officer never struck another prisoner. His usefulness as u prison guard was ended. Koehler was terri bly punished for ills act. but the guards thereafter held bls strength in great respect. Koehler hail been with us but two months when tie escaped. By some means he got his huge bulk, alter dressing It In a stolen suit of clothes, into one of the barrels in which the factory's product was being sent to the dock for shipment by steamer. He bad a confederate in a little bit of a chap, who worshiped the big fellow’s strength, and this lad adjusted the lid of tlie barrel after Koehler was Inside. The boy then gave the barrel a kick with his foot that sent It rolling dowu the incline to the steamer’s side. The "kid” sauntered carelessly down to the vessel tn order to be near Koehler should the contents of the barrel be discovered and a tight or a killing be necessary, but the barreled man was rolled aboard the boat, Koehler heard the steamer's signal bell ring, the splash of the water as the lines were heaved overboard, the shriek of the boat’s whistle and knew that he was safely on his way to the next stopping place, at Tarrytown. a few miles be low the prison. So far. so well, but the stowaway knew that he was yet far from liberty. At Tarrytown be pushed open the lid of the tiarrel until he could observe what was going «a. and at the appar ently opportune time he leaped out from his hiding place. But the pilot of the boat discovered the sudden exit and knew at once that the “uncollected fare” was an eseap- Ing prisoner from Sing Slug. He gave the alarm, and n score of men rushed for the prize, for he was worth $50 cash to the man who got him. Koehler instantly plunged Into the river, swam for a long distance with out coming to the water’s surface, reached the «hallows, waded ashore, climlied 'he steep bank and disappear ed in a thicket. He was seen no more in this uart of the country until he eommitted'a crimb. fifteen years later, tn the state of Pennsylvania, whence he was brought back to Sing Sing prison to serve out his term, I had almost forgotten to tell of tlie attempt to escape by Charles Vincent Slid' James Welsh, though tlie incident is not likely to lie effaced from my memory. The details arc unpleasant enough, and I shall touch upon them as lightly as possible. Vincent was a sixteen year man, for burglary; Welsh had five years, for grand larceny. The former had served three years of his term, and the latter bad been in prison but a little n-arc than a year. The night of Aug. 22 was an appall- lngly hot one, and there was uiuch restlessness in the celts of the 1.200 I>oor fellows who were boused in a ■pace that is small enough to smother any human creature even when the nights are cool. A sleepless light in Sing Sing prison is_enough to drive a sane prisoner mad. He bar no light by which he can read. He has but his past sins and his black future to dwell upon. On the night in question I had not closed my eyes at half past 1 o'clock and was enduring all the horrors that a despairing man can know in his frightful helplessness. The sound of a pistol shot therefore had double effect upon my nerves. The report was fol lowed by groans, by appeals for mercy, by curses, by a fusillade of ritle shots and then a dread quiet. Vincent and Welsh bad sawed the locks of their cells, had run to the end of the gallery, forced aside the bar of a window and were almost at liberty when a guard of the name of Post dis covered them. Vincent threw himself upon the officer and took bis revolver away from b:ni. calling to his compan ion to force wider '.be bar in the win dow. — Welsh probably thought that it* made the window passage wide enough for Vincent’s bulk to get through. At any rate, he Jumped to the ground, Vincent was a large man, and the win- dow at beat was small. He became wedged between the cross bar and the «'de of tlie window. He bad all the time kept Post covered with his pistol, warning him that he would shoot to kill if the officer made the slightest sound, in Ills cramped position, how ever. Vincent was at a disadvantage that Post quickly realized, and the lat ter started to run for assistance. In stantly the rejiort of the revolver rang out, and Post fell to the flpor, wounded severely in the leg. But Vincent was caged. Sixfce^ of ficers. with their rifles, hurried to the scene, nn<l sixteen bullets went in the Ixxly of the man wedged in the win dow. Better dead; his sufferings for his act would have ueeu a ru<,um>uu times worse than the death dealing bul lets. Welsh meanwhile bad run townrd the depot, but liefore lie got outside the prison grounds he stumbled over a ditch nnd broke one of his legs. A bul let from a rifle broke the other, and he was brought back to his cell, which now needed no lock to bold safely the occupant. This signature is on every box nt the genuins Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablet« Its remedv that ewrva ■ volti lu «lay Silas J. Day THE LATEST REPUBLIC JACK 8ONVILLB Trials and Tribulations of the Island of Cuba. 1 STORY OF ITS INVASION BY 8PAIN History of the Gem of the Antilles HOUSEWORK Notary Public Real Estate Agent and I). S. Commissioner for Jackson County. W Tot, much housowork wrecks wo- Abstract* made ta Title* af From Ita Discovery by ( olaiubus ( 1» men’s tierAnti the constnnt Landa. to the Present Time—What Ameri cure of uhiliiron, <lay urd night, is LOCALDOCUMBNT*. cans Have Done For the Good of often too trying for even a strong All sind drawn up sauaolallv psrtalatag lo th* aatllemnui ot •sistas the Islautl. woman, A haggard face tells the story of the overworked housewife The Island of Cuba, which han Ju«t i Accounts Sillclted, Prompt RemlttMce. and mother. Deranged menses, aturtetl out under Uncle Bam'* aus HUNBY LOANBD. lcucorrhieq nnd falling of tho pice* a* the jraungeat American repub tnvslmsnt *sourtttaa a .uaui.iiy, Jaoksaa Sounty Scrip lioughl and sold womb result front overwork. lic, is aanoclated with the vary begin bars a oumplutc sst of maps of all survsyod Every housewife needs a remedy sad* In thl* county, and reonlvs Abstrsots ning of American history, says tho monthly from Rosoburg Land Offios, Ihs Load to regulate her menses and to Philadelphia Times. Cuba was the >'P*rluu-ni ot the O. A C It. K. and ths Stair (.and Department at Salem of all new snlrlss keep her sensitive female organs second islund reached by Columbus on made I am tbu* prepared lo make out home in perfect condition. his first transatlantic voyage in 14t>2, stead Papera and lake proof* thereon. Alaa I take niings and proofa ot limber lands, sad and it was named Fernandina In bon- can nave lo parl.ea the sipeusa of a trip or of its dlacoverer’s royal patron, Not to tho Ho.oburg laud offioo until after tlie ilcuth of Columbu*, who 1 kava a Numbar ot FtneFarma and otbor 1* doing this for thousands of died with the belief that it was * part Daalrabla Pra.ertv In my bnnda tar ■ al*. of a greut continent, wa* there au in American women to-day. It cured vasion of the Islund from the neighbor Mrs. Jones nud that 1* why she daFPromut reply made to all tat tars. Chora- as tn sooordanoe with 'ho times ing Spanish colony of Illtipanols. where write* this frank letter: Raters, by permission, Hon. H. K. Hanna it was believed that there were rich ludge of the 1st Judoist Dialriot, and lo any ’ >u*lnss* houss lu JsokaonvIUe Glendeone, Ky., Feb. 10,1001. mines lu Cuba. Th« nutlves offered SILA» J. DAY I am so (lad that your Wine of Cardul little resistance to the artned force sent Is helping me. 1 am teelln* batter than to subdue them, and Don Diego Velas I have felt for year*. I am doing my « OOOOOOOO-C >'KXXXÍOOOOOOOOO oivn work without any help, aud I quez was appointed governor in 1511. washed last week ami we* not one bit During his rule Velasquez founded tired. That >how* that the Wino I* doing me good. I mu getting ttwahler many towns. Introduced the systematic than I over wa* Indore, nnd sleep good cultivation ot sugar cane and firmly nnd ent hearty. Before 1 began taking Wine of Cartful. I used to have to lav established the slavery of the aborigi VIA Tllh down five or *lx time* eiery day, but nes, a system that was not abolished now I do not think ot lying down through thoduy. Mas. Rl< H*«D Juxas. until IMS, when the efforts of I’adre *1.00 AT IIKKK.ISTH. Las Casas secured the almost unlver- sal release of the natives. Ver s<l,le* «nd Ht-»rw»uee. *44, ■«, Kivlnc -y'rv Railway tulm, " Th* Lsdl**’ 14* |>«nin«nt' . I M From 1511 to 1007 the island was In t ;»tt*nuv*a M*4Ulu* I w»A>x*. r«oa. AND termittently racked by violent diaseli- sinus among the Spanish officials and overrun by pirates of all nations. The most memorable event of this period "Railroad was the departure from Havana of Unir 'rAUHooQtiDitrilal lln llernnndo de Soto wilii a tiin-t brought P^NNiiitf directly throutfb from Spain to accomplish the conquest SALT LAKE CITY, of Florida. From BU)7 to ltftl the island lay lu a LEADVILLE. state of lethargy, but on June 0. 1702. I’lEBLO, an event occurred which awoke Spain to some realization of the worth of COLORADO SPRINGS. Cuba. A large English squadron, with 20.IKMI men, under tite Duke of Albe and DENVER. marle. suddenly appeared off Havana Tbrw Splentlidhr «quipped fila« dal nnd laid siege to the town, which was ly To «Il Point« Last- taken after stout resistance by the out Through Hlwplng and Dlningi Carn and Freu Hoel In Ing Cha Ira numbered a nil surprised garrison. From I'lK’ Hi'.*! niitgnl lc-111 rimry in this time until July. 1703, the English America by Daylight * held the north of Cuba, imported negro Stopovers allowed on all claaaca of labor, sltippetl in much European mer ticket». chandise and gave tlie first impetus For chcupent rale* and descriptive literature addret»« which pushed Cuba from her old leth argy toward the development of her |. 1) MANSFIELD, Intent wealth. In 17B3. by tlie treaty Gon«*ml Agent, of Paris, which ended tlie seven years' TTIrd Street, Portland, Oregon. war. Spain received back the English st izures in Cuba. Uy 1801 there was <V<MVOOOOO<XXVOOOOOOOOOOOOC established a steady increase of popu- . lation. Aliout tills time there began a series . of insurrections ou the part of the na tive inhabitants, which showed their I In « wirdilbl» tell» of the puNMuntfer »er- desire for greater privileges und free vice via dom. In 1S2.’’> there was a society call ed "Soles,” beaded by one Lemus. It made plans for an uprising which wns PKOFESSIOMl CARDò Eight train* run dally between Chicago end never accomplished. In 182b a revolu it Caul. comprising the latent l*ullui*n tionary conspiracy of the “Black Ea Beepers. Perrle»* Dining Car* Library sud Ibscrvellon Car*. Free Reclining Chair Car* gles,” involving many Mexicans, was GEO. O’B. DB BAR, M. I)., discovered and crushed. In 1844 the ; THE «ITH CENTURY TRAIN uns every day Insurrection of tlie blacks, who had tlie i PHYSICIAN AND SUROKON ot the year. intention of killing all whites on the | Island, was remarkable for Its com j Fastest Train in the World, pleteness of plan. The rising in 1851 of • ■Office *n Kahler’s Building, up-atalra. Ke» blectrlc Lighted, Steam Heated. Narciso Lopez, with 300 men. wa* it ¡deuce on California «¡reel Dav or niani calle attended nrumotlv , daring but short lived stroke for free The IHdg«r »late Expre»». the rtne»l daily train ruuuiruf between Hl. Paul and Chicago dom, and it was not until 18(’.8. when via the Short Line. A. E. REAMES, the ten years’ war for Independence, ATTORN E Y-A T-L a w , Connection» from the Weal made via The instigated l>y the outbreak of the revo Northern Paetflo, Great Northfirn and Cana lution in Spain, began, that tlie cortes i Oregon, dian Pacific Hallway» Thlw 1» alao the beet Jacksonville, line between Omaha, St. Paul and Mlnneupo felt the full force of an expensive, 11«. All agent» »el! llcke.» via- draining struggle with a Htnblsirn iwo- •roiür« In Red Men's Building. ple fighting on from year to year. This HOST. G. SMITH revolt closed in is"8, when promises, such os representation in the Spanish ATTORNEY ANU COUNSELOR AT LAW W H. M 1AD. H L. HIHLER. General Agent, Traveling Agent, cortt-i. wif a wire never I.” pt. were 4S Aide' H< Portland. Oroaon. Grant's Poss,Oregon m:i<l ■ 1.“ t; In 18M5 the t.'ubans. tired of the bro practices ell the court* Office in Hank ken promises cf tinor governors and bullcllug uo scxlre their ministers in Spain, reyoltwl again, as President Palma, the then insurgent J. M. KEENE, Ü. D. S representative, wrote to Washington, [acknon vil le, Oregon. “for tlie same rcazons us those which OPERATIVE DENTISTRY A SPECIALTY KHTAHLIMHED IN 186g. mil forced them Into their former Offices >n the Adkins Deuel block struggic.” Tlie history of that war Oreten s fret li in the mcniory. The slow Medford, T hs school continue« the careful training and thorough Inilructkon for which It Is favor •druggie, carried along on tlie guerrilla ably known. P. P. PRIM A SON, lines of pact years, stretched on to the The Music Department blowing up of the Maine in Havana ATTORNEY» AND COUNSELORS AT LAW mrl.or in 1S'.)8, the Spanish-American Is always In oba <• of competent and sspar- Jackaeavllle, Oregea lenoed teacher* Hoard and tuition per session war, the final treaty of jwace and the of twenty weeks, ten U0. Studies will be resunn military governorship conducted by the ed September *, 1901. 'Will practice In all eourta of the State. Ot United State* Just ended. For prospectus, sddree* Hoe In the Court House laat door on the Since the evacuation of Cuba by SISTERS OF THE HOLY NAMM. rlrht from entranoe Spain the administration of the is land by American army officers has A. C HOUGH, nttalned in a comparatively short time ATTORNEY-AT-LAW unusual results. The entire municipal • Urtiti. government of the cities and towns Orast’s Paas, held by the Americans for three years Office over Halr-R.ddle Hardware Store. has been remodeled. Efficient police and harbor forces have beeu trained H. D. NORTON, Hanitation. which and established. wa* formerly in a most primitive Tf ) RNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW state, has been modernized, and eco Great's Pass, Oregon. JACKSONVILLE, OREGON nomic conditions, which were desper ate at the end of the war. have been Ottica »nova BP D. *L. Co i Store. relieved. Grime has been checked, the Orders for Hooks, Huge les end Riding Horses promptly attended to. death rate has been reduced, employ Feeding done at reasonable rates. Bast of Was. M. COLVIG, ment on public works hns aided the acre taken to prevent aocldents. but will be re sponsible tor none should they ooour. poor, and by the mustering out of the LAWYER. Will refuse to do livery work on predlt Cuban army agriculture has received UZUkUK N LEWIS l»rorp Oregaai Jacksonville an Impetus which It bad not had for a d's-nde. The church and the state hnve tieen quietly severed, laws have Office In Red Men's Hu Idin ts-eii reformed to meet the exigenclea of the present, the school system has LAND FOIL SALK. tieen modernised and railroads have been put into working order. A good stock ranch, on Antelope, 14 WINE°f CARDUI GO EAST Rio Grande Western Denver & Rio Grande Best of Everythig The North-western line* i he Northwestern Line. St. Mary’s Academy, UNION LIVERY, FEED SALE I A New Name For It, The new French name for typewrit ing is dactylographic, says the Cleve land Plain Dealer. It’s quite a mouth ful and might lie considered a little ir ritating If attempted nt 2 a. tn. It la possible, too, that the pretty typewriter might not like to be called a dactylog-1 rapher. but she could renJily be short ened to “ducky dear.” • miles from Medford and 12 miles from Central Point, containing 1560 acres of grazing and farming land; price 110 an acre. Seventeen hundred acres ly ing under the Jackson county Im provement Company’s ditch; at W per acre. Eighty acres of orchard land, adjoining Jacksonville: at *40 an acre. For further particulars apply to W illiam B vree , Jacksonville Oregon. hsdMMM