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"18 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1901. ft They Are Dreaming of the Good Old Days of French Improvidence at Panama - r . .tiiv - - ' ,. Aa i 1 vV-t -':A:- i 1 , J I . v" N: AA-; AA:' 3 ::.v "'::-:-:::'.;.-:"'A-:, .s,:V-: : I T . ...1 VV"-- -A u Af II - A A n A STREET IN COLON. ' , (Journtl Special Berries.) - Colon, Panama, Dec. 17. These are . hopeful daya for Colon, and, if cheer can raise Us head In this nest of mis ery, then wa bt the North are strangers to wretchedness. The wonder of every American, when he sees this reeking- lit tle place for the first time, is that there is anyone left alive in it . It sprawls In the mire of the .marsh with a reck lessness that Is abandon Itself. Under the houses are stagnant pools of black water, floating with filth, while between them are scum-covered ponds which of fend the very sky with their fearful stenches.. Decay Is monarch and rules with autocratic sway. He who would - live here cannot escape being a neigh bor to rottenness. You meet a dog and it will likely have the mange; if a duck waddles across your path, its feathers will be dishevelled and Its feet will be sore; the pony that staggers at the task of pulling the rickety cab In which you . ride, Is so poor and weak that you feet it would be a mercy to shoot it, and all the while the procession of dead men and women flies solemnly on to that gruesome spot, the world-famed bury ing ground on Monkey hill. , Bad for Man and Beast. , .She Is a brave housewife who "can sing in Colon, and the children do not shout so lustily In their play as their ,. rugged Northern cousins. - An invisible menace - hangs over . all. The .native swears under the climate, and the newcomer,- roan or -beast, falls easy -prey , to It. A- merchant bought - some Jer- aey cows In- the States and shipped them , to the Isthmus. The poor beasts waded around In the mire for a few. days, then o- stood- in the- damp barn, lowing and pin - ing. until they died.-: Another resident Imported some Barred Plymouth Rock "chickens.1 When -let -out of their coops they shook out their ruffled feathers, and began scratching bravely enough.- Bat It was only for a short time. , They soon became ' weak. , v Their legs , were not strong enough to sustain their bodies. 'and ' they moped' around and -died one after the other. Some , thoroughbred dogs were sent to another : man living here. rThey scampered about In a lively manner at first, chasing the lizards and disturbing the peace of the buziards, -but the blight soon -touched them, and . they went the way of the cows and the chickens. It's a bad place for any kind ' r thoroughbred. Facts About Yellow rarer. It Is understood that two years' resi . denoe In a, tropical climate renders a person Immune from yellow fever, but this does not always hold good, as shown in the case of the three sisters of Colonel Shaler, president of the Panama rail road. -These ladies had made their home In Colon for several years, yet last May they contracted the disease and all of them died within 14 days. A traveling man may be taken down with It the sec ond day after his arrival. It Is now ac cepted by most medical authorities that the mosquito is the distributing agent ef the fever. " The wsy to escape having it la to sleep under a net the Idea pre vailing that this particular kind of ln- . sect travels only at night and to pre serve regular habits. Men who come to the tropics and abuse themselves by drinking too much, and keeping late hours, wesken their systems, and are more likely to become Infected, although this is not saying that a man who takes absolute care of himself will escape the disease. It operates strangely, some times avoiding those who Invite It most, and attacking others who would appear to be Immune. Careful living, even if It Is not a sure preventative, at least re duces the prospect of contagion, and,! If the - disease is contracted, insures a reserve of strength to resist it. y ' - One of the first symptoms, of yel low v fever , is r a violent aching1 in the front part of the head.;. Backache Is another-faymptom. It is said that with the exception of smallpox, no other disease causes such a severe backache as yellow fever." There may be aVchill or not The kind Of fever a person Is coming down with can also be told by the tongue. In a case of malaria this organ will be large and flabby, very fre quently being indented by the teeth on account of Its being so swollen. Yellow fever is Indicated by a narrow, pointed tongue, with red tip and edges. That terrible feature of yellow Jack, called black vomit. Is caused by a disintegra tion of the red corpuscles of the blood, allowing the same to oose Into the stomach. Quite frequently this will pass from the "mouth of the sufferer with al most projectile force, going fully a yard straight out from the lips. On account of better understanding of this dreadful disease, the medical men are combating 'it more successfully all the while, Formerly 60 per cent ,of all cases were fatal, but now the mortality has been reduced to 6 per cent. - The great advantage lies In a proper diag nosis and getting an early start In the treatment. A healthy t person, iWlth prompt and proper care, now has a good chance for recovery. , . rreventloa Better Thau Cure,1 ' Th" proper way of removing all evil is to strike for the root and destroy the cause,. , The experts have established a good case .against the mosquito, and a most sweeping war Of extermination in vo wgea against tnat - obnoxious insect, t Its habits are well known now, and the fact that It does not migrate far from Its hirthnian i. most favorable points discovered, -This means that a eone which Is once clearefl me pent, wun proper safe guarding, can easily be kept m -a healthy condi tion. Colon is one ttt h ftwhu.t .m.. in the world, and Its defiance of all laws v vumib iv m. very lat j, it a auii aay nere when there are not several funumt. r ui. abiding place f pestilence can be re- uoctueu mna maae naDitable, )t will be a victory for science greater even than wui wmcn was won in Havana, , Tnra the Basoala Out. The dawn of a new mark th naislnv nf iha K(1..aHj s w wuv aut Ui A 11 1H is interesting because under ordinary : . U8Mra t0 he South what the dog is to the North a neces sity.. It Is Dart at th luw,i i - - . .vau vi BautM tion. It has served long and well In iu sireei cleaning department, but the new order of thinn win i. Jobf and force this old and faithful em ploye, who has worked all these years for its board.- to seek other pastures. The buszard la tnnoh m.n. While It la the black sheep of the bird .u....,,, ,v ,a una omer piacK sneep inas much as it 1a not wlthnnt io Vigilance and nromnt attontinn k.i ness may always be expected from It. ii asionisning now quick a buzzard will find out where It is wanted and the Old motto. "Wnrlr rtnna with and dispatch," fits Its case exactly, When uikk vi uuizirai iase cnarge of a community the parole they put Into ef fect Is BOlendld. Bomn nt tham .1 ways on duty. They soorn to associate with other members of the feathered tribe. In event of Bl OH fl lot flvav lha division of spoils in some back yard, a gobbler or a rooster has no more show than a billy goat would have In a con test with a mad bull, ; A Back Yard Battle. I was a witness to a disturbance of this sort . one morning recently, The cook had thrown a lot of refuse over The bacK fence, and in the mess ..was some spoiled fl8hAifeathered - patrolman promptly reported for duty. Some chick ens were near, and they, too, began an Immediate invoice of the pile of scraps. The chickens got to work first, but Mr. Bustard had the enticing smell of bad fish In his nostrils, and after executing a couple of preliminary circles In the air, he alighted, and opened the battle by pulling a couple of tail feathers out 6f the nearest roosters. The chickens out numbered the scavenger and the whole outfit went to the defense of their out raged companion it Is a very grave and humiliating thing for a rooster to lose his tall feathers. The tactics of that buzzard were wonderful. He side-stepped and ducked, and every little whlh he would uppercut one of his opponents with the result that v out would come more feathers. If there was an instant's delay In the attack he would help him self to more fish, for that was what he was there for. In the end he had pulled so - many feathers out of the 1 biggest rooster that he looked half undressed. When the fish was all gone the victor cast one scornful look at the subdued flock or chickens, and flew away without a Blngle note of triumph, for buziards do not crow. . " Appointed by Abraaam Uaeola. Mr: Oscar Malmos. the United States consul at Colon. Is doubtless the oldest man In the American consular service, and has probably eerved longer than any other man In it. He is nearly 77 years of age, and was appointed by Abraham Lincoln In 18(5. juat three days before that lamented ntatamnn km naanaal. nated.. Mr.. Mslmni was innaul it -urin. ni peg, now called the Chicago of the Northwest, when It had only 400 Inhabi tants, and waa still under the rule of the Hudson's Bay company. Later he served m xNova Bcotia ior n years, ana dur ing the' trouble with Great Britain over the fishery question, he traveled 900 miles in canoes and Ashing smacks, col lecting eviaence to support tne American contention. He has held stations In Roumanla. Scotland, France, Spain and Bohemia, and he still keeps posted on the affairs of all the nations In which he has been stationed. , He Is a bachelor and an enthusiastic student. rr a an accomplished linguist, being able to con verse in six languages, f or three years he has been In charge of the office at Colon, and the recent ravnlntlnn fcra was the third uprising he has experi enced in nis career. He Is a man of f ru ral habits and cnrrlna himanir with tha dignity of a gentleman of thu nlA arhnni He has a little table to himself in the corner or the hotel dlningroom, and ss ha sips his single glass of wine, or lln rert ntitr hl iftarJUitna.-Ai.... .-- ' ... u'oi.i, i-ipn I , many people pause to pay their respects to the qoumy oia veteran wno has grown Wo gray in tne service or his country. Campers oa the Border. The members of the itttia cninn n Americans m coion are mostly employes or xne ranama railroad, and their fami lies. Their home ia about thm In the Isthmus where a stranger can draw his breath In comfort. During the recent trouble the newspaper correspond ents would go over on Sunday, as they said, "to get a shower bath." and "be cool for a day." These resident Amerl cans lead a lonely existence. Most of them are sick for home. Th a lit tle band of pioneers, stationed at this lonely outpost to help the Isthmus open and give the world Its highway. They are very brave about it ail h .-.. are looking to the north and hoping qiat civilization will not be long lh overtaking FREDERIC J. HASKIN. BBUTAIXTT ZB THE BKXTISK ABBOT. It Waa Tlaally Put Down by the Bol . diets Themselves, "There is only one way of putting down brutality in the army," said the gray-haired man with the mllttarv cut when the brutal treatment of German soldiers at the hands of their officers was discussed. "Soldiers have sot tn do It for themselves, and to do It with the rifles. I have seen men treated worse than dogs in 'the British army, ana l saw it put a stop to, " -"It is over half a century ago since I enlisted as a boy in a regiment that was recruited from the West of Ire land. At that time flogging was the punisnment tnat was most : frequently , iiiiuci-u., ana a man would be tied up and flogged to death for the most . trifling ,offense. It was little wonder tnat our regiment made a reputation for recklessness when we were sent out to ; India on active service. The men were tirea or lire, and three or four of-them had already committed suicide. The commanding officer was a blood thirsty brute without a single good !m pnlne in him, and the men often threat ened under their breath to put a bullet In his back at the first engagement. They would have done it. too, but that the colonel was such a daredevil him self, and would throw himself into the hottest spot with such reckless courage that no one had the heart to murder him In the beat of sn engagement. . - , "When we got back Into barracks he treated the men worse than ever and one night a young man named Murphy, who bad been, flogged, blaw out Ms brains with his own rifle. ' Then a dozen men t tegether and agreed to draw lots lo decide whs was to shoot the colonel iluwn en parade, Murphy's elder brother got strews of different lengths, and the, one who drew the shortest straw was to do the shooting. . - "One Aftar anntha. it .... , v. I..i.i fingers and white face, for although they imu oem ucn aeviis in a fight It was onuiner inmg xo snoot down an un armed man. Flnaltv Miimhv ..., with one straw In his hand and he laid it aown alongside of the others on his cot. It was the shortest. He swallowed "' " saia, in ao, it, when I'm on guard. ' "Two days after this Murphy was placed on sentry opposite the officers' quarters. He had his rifle loaded and some of the men were watching in the gathering dusk for tha colonel and the adjutant stepped out iwia wi.nea up ana aown together, talk lntr earnest! v. inrnhv wQ tvic - j. .T WW Mf.VIVVa UIV1I1 Keenly as he marched up and down on aW"i oui me aajuiant, the nnegt of fleer thnt vf 1 vnco - a itniAM - pened to be always between him and the vwtvgitri "At IflSt th mnmant -ama - 1.tf.ti.M - - . w ....... lljo, Ui UIIV was afraid that If he waited he might mmn nut cnance. ana he determined to maae a try ior it anyhow. Just as the two officpra wara In a Una mi.u v.i - - dropped on hla knee and fired. Both of " vmcera- mil, ana wnen the others ran OUt Of the mrnnm th fnn.j tu adjutant dead and the colonel dying, the uu"' vinir puBsea enrougn Doth. The guard came nn at tha iinuhi. Murphy Standing at attention, his rifle .covin .gamut me wan oonind him. "At the court. mnrtlnl tlnmiiii 1.1 t.. would have- given his life for the adju tant, but the colonel had to die to save the lives of other men. He was quickly convicted and the whole regiment was turned out to see him hanged. That night a lot of the men broke barracks and met In a saloon shau tttao h...i. to the memory of The man who died for men.' . - j-i . ' ... , ... . , "There wn regiment." - .. MA'S PSTBIOAL CT7LT0BB. . From the Baltimore News. Sis. takes Calisthenics, " Injun clubs an' such, ' Reaches t'r her toes' ten times : - 'N each time makes 'em touch; " Raises up her arms an' "" Sweeps 'em all around. Kicks her heels three times 'ithout ' Ever touchin' th' ground. . "; Ma takes phys'cal culture - - In th" washln' tub Gets th clo'es an' soaks 'cm down ' on urginn iu ruo; . . Makes ten thousand motions Up an' down at way . , She gets lots o' exercise In a workin' dayl Sis goes f th gym an' Travels on the -rings, , P 'en she takes a big, deep breath, v 'N en she yells an' sings Says It's good tr weakness In th'. lungas-an' sayt Tennis is her hardest work ! Ought V see her play! 1 Ma. she washes dishes. ' , 'N 'en she sweeps th' floor. . W en she scrubs th' marble steps Clear up t' th' door: N" 'en she chops th' klndlln -wnen work 8 through Hns f do It, 'cause pa, he's Calisthenics, too! Both take phys'cal cultu But I tell you thls,S They lots o' dlfTunce 'tween th' kind , My ma takes, an' Slsi ; ' Bar Id aa. 't .. . Barravne Thpt-fl'. an Jiioirt dyce tho price of theatre seats. . 1 i Mrs. K.rirnvna . Dk ITan... 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