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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-05-26
The Floods Abating.

Inc fl00QS AOaul1S.
QUINCY, ILL. May 21.-The great
flood in the Mississippi, which will
be remembered as without prece-
dent in the destruction and suffering
created, is slowly abaJing, and it is
thought that the worst of the high
water is passed. But the worst that
could happen has already occurred,
hundreds of families having been
rendered homeless, and thousands of
acres Of growing crops ruined, to say
nothing of the loss entailed by de-
molished dwellings, wrecked fences
and Washouts. From the northern
end of Adams county to the southern
end of Pike county the land on the
Illinois side of the river was protect,
ed by system of levees, the region
embracing 100000 acres, the soil be-
ing the richest in the State. All the
region is now one vast lake, from six
to ten feet in depth. Along the bluffs
on the eastern edge of the submerged
district hundreds of families are
camped, living in tents, huts and in
the open air. Before the food most
of these people were well-to-dO, pros
porous farmers, but now they have
little or nothing. Much sickness pre-
walls among the unfortunates, owing
to want and and exposure, blu
prompt measures have been taken to
alleviate their SufferingS, While the
vast majority Of the inhabitants fled
to the higher land, a few had not
time to get away or misjudged the
character of the break in the levee
and determined to stay at their
homes and are now living in the gar
rets or on the roofs. Every roof has
been turned into place of refuge for
live stock, poultry, &C., but number
less houses have been lifted from
their foundations and carried away.
In the Sny leyee district below this
city the situation is infinitely worse
than in the regions to the north. The
crevasse which completed the inuL-
dation opened at the upper end of the
embanKment and the pent-up waters
from the river poured over the vast
tract of rich farming land. sweeping
everything before it, The torrent
rushed down in great wave several
feet high with force which nothing
could Withstand. The towns of Fall
Creek. Seehorn and Hulls are but
mere islands, and hundreds Of refu.
gees are huddled together in limited
space. Four or FIVE families are liv-
ing in each of the rooms in the few
houses above the water, and are suf-
fering greatly, The damage to rail-
road property is enormous, and it
will be three weeks after the water
subsidies before trains can be running
on time. This city is cut off from
railroad communication North, West
and South. The Quincy and Garth
age track is under water for dis.
lance of several miles. The Quincy
Alton and st. Louis track Is washed
for miles, the bridges are gone and
telegraph poles down, The Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy and the Wa
bash tracks at East Hannibal were
washed out Saturday morning.
Owing to the great confusion it is
impossible to obtain detailed losses,
but the aggregate will reach fully
S3,000,000 from crops alone. The
damage to the levees, houses and
railroads will approximate 100000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-05-26
SATURDAY, MAY 26. 1888.

The General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church began
the election of bishops Tuesday. Five
ballots were taken, resulting in the
election of DR.. J. H. Vincent and DIR.
J. N. Fitzgerald. The conference ex-
tended the pastoral term to FIVE years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-05-26

take up the bills for the admission of
Montana, North Dakota and Wash
ingtOn Territories to statehood, and
it is thought each of the measures
will be disposed of on that day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-05-26

Correspondents must enclose full name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but
asa private guarantee of good faith. Reject
communications will not be returned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-05-26

Fresh shad, herring and rock at
White d Co.'S.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
Cancer Among Vcgetariana

Surgeon Maj. Hendlcy, resident sur
geon at Jappore. writes to us: "In
tho British Medical Journal OF April Z,
1883. the following statements arc
made: M. Roclus has shown that can
Ger was all but unknown among tho
persons whose fool was exclusively
vegetable M. Verncuil also believed
that the increase of cancer was largely
due to the carnivorous habits OF diet
of the past generation The records
of Mayo Hospital at Jappore, which is
under my charge. show no such immu-
nily of vcgctcrians from cancer. From
January, 1880, to the present data, 1O2
ma jor Operations have been performed
In the hospital in cases of cancer. Of
these Al were on the persons of meat
eaters and 81 on those of strict vegcta-
rians who had never eaten meat since
their birth. In India, where caste
rules are exceedingly rigid, the fact
that the latter were true vegetarians Is
capable of absolute proof. Among
them arc six Saraogis, class of jams
who even reject many kind of vegeta-
bles> Three Of these Saraogis suffered
from cancer of the breast. Out of 1O2
cases there were deaths attributable
to the operation. There is no Informal
ton available rs 70 recurrence, or tho
contrary. The cases were divided as
follows: Cancer of breast 20. tongue
or lips 8, head and face II, upper OK
tire unity IL, lower extremity 8, trunk
IS, testicle l. glands 8. There wero
62 males. and 40 females, large pro-
portion of the latter in country where
the Purdah system is in force. The
minimum age was 20 years. the maxi
mum Is years. tho average 43 years. -
British MedicaI Journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
How ClOthcspins Are Made.

Clothespins are made in the lumber
regions They ore usually made of
white ashes, sometimes of beach, black
and white birch and maple. The
wood Is taken to the factory in logs
and cut into lengths Of thirty-one
inches by circular saws. These lengths
are then cut into blocks and tho
blocks again cut into sticks are placed
under another saw, and cut into re-
quired lengths. Next the turner takes
a hand at them and from there they
go to slotting machine. They are
placed in troughs by the operator,
the machine picking them up and
slotting them. They are then placed
in a revolving pipe drier going thence
to the polishing cylinder and then to
the packer.
Each pin passes through eight
hands. A single plant consist OF
board SOW, gang splitter, gang
chunker, turning lathe, drying house
and polisher and costs from $1,000
to $4,000. The machines working
are very interesting. Thelittle blocks
of five and a half inches long arc
placed on an endless bolt, which feeds
the blocks automatically into the
lathe. AS the lathe is turned the pin
is taken automatically from the
spindle and placed on a turntable
and carried to a circular saw, which
whittles out the slot in tho pin. Ii
is then finished and thrown out of
the turntable by tho same appliance
that puts the pins on the table. FALL
ing, they are caughtin a basket or bar
rel and are then taken to the drying
house for ten to twenty-four hours,
or until dry. The polishing cylinder
or rumbler holds twenty to forty
bushels; this is run at a low speed,
about thirty turns a minute, and by
simple friction and contrast they be-
come polished.-New York Mail and
Express.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
The Sailors Preacher.

John Cadman in The Century.
1 once heard Father Taylor preach
a sermon on the Atonement. It was
all in a style that nobody but q sail
or could understand, a style that
every sailor could comprehend, al
though a treatise on this subject
from an uptown pulpit would have
been "Greek" to him. This was one
of the passages: "You are dead in
trespasses and sins, and buried, too,
down in the lower hold amongst the
ballast, and you can't get out, for
there is q ton of sin on the main
hatch. You shin up the stanchions
and try to get it open, but you can't.
You rig apurchase. You get your
handspikes, capstan bars, and watch
tackles, but they are no good. You
can't start it. Then you begin to
sing out for help. You hail all the
saints you think are on deck, but
they can't help you. At last you
hail Jesus Christ. He comes straight
along. All He wanted was to be
asked. He just clasps his shoulder
to that ton of sin. 1t rolls off, and
then he says, 'Shipmates, come out!'
Well, if you don't come out, it is all
your own fault"
It was on the Sunday before state
election. Briggs was the candidate
of the wing party, but Father Taylor
desired that he should be elected be-
cause he was a religious man. This
was his prayer: 20 Lord, give us
good men to rule over us, just men,
temperance men, Christian men, men
who fear Thee, who obey Thy COM
mandmcnts; men who-but, o Lord,
what's the use ofveering and hauling
and pointing all around the compass?
Give us George N. Briggs for COVER
nor!' His prayer was answered on
the next day.
Father Taylor was eloquent, hu-
morous, and patheticby turns. Some
times all these characteristics seemed
to be merged in one. These and
many others of his traits interested
me, but loved him because, first
and last and oil the time, he was tho
sailors friend,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
10 Make Them Drink Beer.

The sinfulness from a police stand
point of sailing tho water on steam.
boat picnics rs a means of "booming"
the bar was theme of discussion be-
tween group of officials at head:
quarters to-day. Said one of the old
est captains in tho group: "The
practice is not new. ! remember that
twenty or twenty-five years ago, it was
quito a common thing for the beer
sellers to do. and led to the adoption
of tho law or rule requiring captains
of excursion steamers or barges to car
ry an ample supply of good drinking
water on their boats. That broke mp
the practice. Tho man. Ehrlich. no
doubt finding his crowd less thirsty
for beer than he had calculated. simply
revived stale but wicked old trick at
which ho had taken hand before. -
Neav York P0,t.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
Mild Punishment for g. Count

The Count de Yillenuve is a fortu-
nate person. He is wine manufac-
turer at Hyeres and seems to have
used considerable quantities of arsenic
in the composition of his decoctions,
with the result that some 500 persons
we're poisoned. of whom 20 died. Last
week he was tried at Ioulon and found
guilty Of causing grovious bodily harm
to his victims. though he was acquitted
on the more serious charge of man.
slaughter. But tho court lot him off
with tho absurdy inadequate sentence
of 20 days. imprisonment and lino of
100 francs OF course 1 am aware that
in England, where poisonous adultera-
ton is looked upon as perfectly log I'll
mate trade. he would probably
have escaped with even less severe
penalty, but waa under the impress
sion that they manage the things bet
in France. Truth.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30

BIZ The AUThOB OF BEN HU8,
Gen. Lew Wallace We hear has removed to
indianapolis, and Is busily engaged writing
g Biography ofhis old friend, Gen. Ben.
Harrison.
Rarely has 30 happy q combination been
known as that resulting In the issue of this
work. Gen. Lew Wallace, known tho world
over as the author of "Ben Hur,"
10 ono Of Gen. Harrison's lifelong and
trusted friends, and 10 also distinguished
soldier, trained statesman, and q
diplomat Of high national reputation.
Hin name as author gives at oncs tho a.
surance Of q biography of extraordinary
merit.
His long and intimate acquaintance with
his distinguished subject will enable him to
prepare rapidly an authentic and deeply
interesting biography.
His large experience in national and inter-
national affairs fits him to treat under
standingly and ably of General Harrison's
superb record as a statesman, and clearly
to unfold tho principles held by him respect
ing the science of good government, and the
weighty issues at stake in the present great
contest.
Gen. Wallace at first declined this task but
upon the urgent solicitation Of many emf
nent men Of the party, and Cen. Harrlson's
assurance that verything needful should be
placed at his disposal, 90 as to make 1t the
strictly authentic, and only authorized hi.
ography, he yielded to tho call, and has
agreed to complete the work for publication
early in August.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
Didn't Want it Matlc Too Good.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
An inventor recently perfected a
discovery, for which he has been work
ing during a number OF years. It is
India rubber ina state of solution, in
the preparation of which no sulphur,
ether, or naphtha is employed. He
applied it to a number of materials
to demonstrate it's varied and great
usefulness, among them to a piece Of
black silk. A friend introduced him
to a leading silk importer, who sent
for his chef expert to examine the
piece of material treated. After a
very careful examination the expert
said:
"This increases the lustre of the
silk?"
EYES," assented the inventor.
increases it's body"
Eyes, yes"
"Renders it thoroughly waterproof,
while the rubber is not discernible?"
"Just so?"
"And vastly increases the durqc
bility?"
EXACTLY so. Just the four things
that I claim. I'm delighted that
you recognize them"
"And nothing is further from our
wishes than to see such a thing intro
duced. We want silk to- wear out
not made to stforever."
The merchant endorsed that view,
and politely bowed the inventor out.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
Sleeping in a Grave.

The strange habit of an aged Albany
woman of using the rural cemetery for q
dormitory on special occasions has. &C.
cording to the Albany journal. come
to light. The woman in question is a
widow named Briggs. whose husband
died about eight years ago and was
buried in the cemetery. For some
time she has been in the habit of max
ing two-day pilgrimages to her hus-
bands grave. SHE always carries with
her sufficient quantity of food to last
through her vjgil, and blankets to
serge as covering during tho night.
In converse with her departed spouse.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
~N
MARKETS..
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO.
No. spring wheat, s2Ac.; No. 2 red.
8Ghc; No. 2 corn. 45hc; No. ? oats
25Ac.; No: 2 rye, 45%@+cMc; No; 2 barley,
timothy seed, -. mess pork, per bbl:,
$13.9O@13.95 lard per 100 lbs, $s.72h:
short rib sides (oose), $S.15@S.2O; dry
sailed shoulders (boxed), $74O@7. so: short
clear sides (boxcd), rs. 9O@9.25; sugars, cut,
loaf, s5sc; butter. creamery, 1314@17c; dairy,
13H@16c; eggs, 13k@14kc.
MINNEAPOLIS.
Wheat: No. 1 hard s5Ac; No. 1, North
ern S3Ac; No. 2, Northern, sOhc; Corn
40@43c: Oats, No; 2. white, 33Mc; No: ?;
% 9iSo, SIS , No. & xht S 2 o gsfte
Mixed feed *1G0D1s per ton. Hay $3.50.
Eggs, fresh l5c; Mutton, dressed 7@S1ac.
Potatoes, 10 per bu.; spring chickens per doz.
$1.75Gl2OO: Wool, medium, 81 q ~; coarse
nnwashcd 17@l9; Butter, creamery, 1o@ 1Sc;
dairy, 12@l4c; grease butter 4@15c.
vt. PAUL.
Wheat No. hard, SEC; No. North.
crn, S5c; No, 2 Northern. SEC Corn.
No. 2, 43c. Oats, No. 2, mixed, 30c
No. !, white, 32c No. 2. white, 31Mc,
corn meal, unbolted, $17.25: Hay, No;
], $3.50; No. upland prairie $6.OO@$6 so
per bu. 45c; eggs, 151ac.
MILWAUKEE.
Flour steady. Wheat closed firm; Septem-
Der, Sic; October, 81%c. Corn quiet; No: 8,
45Ec. Oats firm: No. 2, white, 37hc. Rye
dull; No. l, 4Sc. Barley lower; No. 2, 6Gc for
old. Provisions lower. Pcrk-Cash and
August, 1895. Lard-Casl,, 1915; Sep.
tember, *S.77h Butter-Chotce firm; poor
weak; dairy, 15@1Gc. Eggs, fresh, 14c.
Cheese quiet; cheddars, S@Shc. Receipts
Flour, G,GOObbls; wheat, 1000 bu.; barley
700 bu. Shipments-Flour, l.5OO bills;
wheat, $4,000 bu.
DULUTH.
Wheat, Cash SAFE; August, 94c., Septem
her, 847sc.; October s4Mc.j December, s4Hc;
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30

An excited 1rishman lately rushed into a
Boston drug store, having = "broken up"
appearance generally. "Be jabbers'! hs
some shtuff to strAighten mo out. Some o
thin 'Purgatory Bullets will hx mo, I'm
thinkin'. What dye tax for thim'7 "What
do you mean"7 asked tho clerk. "Purgato.
~ Bullets, sor, or eomethin' loiks that, they
coll thin" replied the man. 'Shure, I'm in
purgatory already, with headache, and liver
complaint, and bad stomach, and tho divil
knows what ALL" The clerk passed out a
vial of DR.: Piorces Pleasant Purgative Pei
let's, and Pat went of contented. These lit
tie Pellets cure oil arrangements Of liver,
stomach and bowels. Sugar-coated, little
larger than mustard seeds, and pleasant to
take. Druggists.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
PROF. LO1sETTE WINS IN COURT.
Literary Piracy CONDEMNED.

From New York Sun.
''Chief Justice Van Brunt, holding the
Special Term of the Supreme Court yesterday
on the application of Nelson Smith and Col.
Robert G: 1ngersoll, made the injunction in
favor of Prof. Loisette, restraining George 8.
Fellows from publishing his Memory System
perpetual.
CDR. William A. Hammond, Daniel Green
leaf Thompson, author of a work on psychol-
ogy. and several other professors testified
that Prof. Loisette's system was original, be-
ing . new departure in the education of the
memory. The Court ordered Fellows to de-
liver up to Prot. Loisetts the stereotype plates
and all the books in his control. Over nine
thousand copies of the pirated edition were
delivered up yesterday.
1t il stated that full details will be furnished
in the pr0spectus sent post free by Prot. A.
Loisette, 237 Fifth Avenue, New York.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
Millionaire Flood Of San Francisco and hia
wife and daughter are still at Hamburg.

During the war, DR.. Lloyd, Of Ohio, from
~ havo no hesitation in saying that IT. was
by the use of Aliens Lung Balsom that am
now alive and enjoying perfect health ~
Don't experiment with new and untried medi-
cines. If you have a cough or cold, take at
once Allen's Lung Balsam.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30

The question of female suffrage has agi-
tated the tongues and pens Of reformers for
many years. and good arguments have been
adduced for and against it. Many Of the
softer sex could vote intelligently, aud many
would vote az their husbands did, and give
no thought to the merits of O political issue.
They would all vote for DR.. Pierce's Favorits
Prescription, for they know it il q boon to
their sex. 1t IL unequaled for the cure of
leucorrhea. abnormal discharges, morning
women ore subject. 1t il the only remedy
for woman's peculiar weaknesses and all
ments, sold by druggists, under a positive
guarantee from the manufacturers, that it
will give satisfaction in every case, or money
will be refunded. See guarantee on wrapper
around bottle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30

Old men use hoxie the year round to keep
their nervous system strong enough to sup
port the functions Of their body, and mend
up the break down of q long business life.
The young city bloods to remove tho effects
from liquors and night of dissipation. A
tumblsr full will break q recent intoxication
in IN hour, with no i'll effects OF stimulation.
The car has presented his portrait to
Count Herbert Bismarck.
The North Star Lung and Throat Balkan
10 sure cure for Coughs and Colds.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
Blood Poison

Whether originating IN dlseass, or nom hnndlin9
chemical or vegetable polsons. 10 cured by Hoods
Sarsaparllla. which thoroughly eiesnses, purines
and enrIehes the blood.
Il was poisoned BY poison ivy. and tho poison
got into my blood. whom I was Obliged to give
up work. and was confined to my house for two
to feet my f,ngor nails came on, and my hair and
wAiskers came ouA Hoods Sarsaparllla helped
me % much that continued taking It TN had
used three bottles. whom was cured 0soHsD ".
VuNK, Brockport, N.Y.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
~
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of Log Cabin. Warmers Log Cabin
Sarsaparilla also originated in q Log
Cabin and stands pre-eminent among
the blood purifiers of to-day as War
ner's "Hppecanoe" does as q stom-
ach tonic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
itching PII00.

81 e11 :: 49,, II ntsn.. as ~ Sxt:*:
continue tnmors form which sssn bleed and uIese>
ata becoming very soee: ewAYN1s OINTxsKr seops
many CASES removes the tumoes II l. "a silly olcsSoss
h curing al Skin DiaeassA DR.. sWAYNB 3 son,
ProrEietosH Philadelphia. ewAYN11 0INrxsNr oas
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
Shall women s. 1iieWe1 to Vetei

r. H: Stoddard, the poet, has a lock Of
hair believed to have been cut from the head
of Milton
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
RARBED WIRE.

Kyou havc barbed wire fences, keep Veter-
lnary Carbollsalve In your stables Il
cures without scar and renews the hair its
original color. 50 cents and 91.0o at Drug
glsts or by mail Cole l. Co., Black River
Falls Wis.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30

Science says that it does, but We cannot
help wondering sometimes II there isn't some
mistake about 1t, when We see how stubborn.
antiquated ideas. II was believed once that
consumption was ineurable, and although it
has been clearly demonstrated that 1t IL not,
thousands Of old-time physicians close their
eyes and put their hands to their ears and
refuse to abandon the theory. But for all
that the world moves on, and DR.. Pierce's
sufferers from consumptives' graves 1t IL a
sure cure for this dreaded disease, If taken In
In time. All scrofulous diseases-and con-
sumption is included In tho list-yield to it.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
A(.------
Docs the Earth Really Novel

The only surviving member OF Carlyle's FAM
lily now left in England IL a brother Of his.
James Carlyle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30

NOTHING Is KNOWN TO SCIENCE At ALI,
~ comparable TO the CUTICU1A RINHDES in
their marvellous properties Of cleansiDx. purify
urtn9. disAeurilR. itching. scaly aud pimply dis
eaees o( the akin, scalp and blood. with loss OF
hatr.
CUIIcU1A. the great Skin Cuca and CuT1cuIA
Soar. N exquisite Skin BeautiAef, PREPARED from
It. externally. and CUT1cURA- REsoLveNT. the
new Bleed Pot!aeE. Internally. cure every form Of
akin and blood disease. from pimples 70 scrofulA
soLvEaT. q: Soar. Csc. Prepared BY the PoT-
TER DRUG AID CHEMICAL Co.. Boston, Mass.
Send for "80W to Cure Skin Dseaseo."
~ Pimples. blaokhesds, ehapped and oily "a
~ skin prevented by CUTICURA soar. ~
- Dull Aches, Pains and Weaknesses in
SANITY relieved BY the CUTIcuRA ANTI
- PAIN PLASTER. the only pain killing plas-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
VO
QQXia.

Sir Edward Vincent, The financial adviser
OF the khedivs OF Egypt, IL making q brief
tour in the United States.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30

An order for a receiver has been mode
against Herapathe, Delmar L Co., brokers,
East IOn1on
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
TIE LOG CABrNa q.

The LOG CABINS Of
America have been
birthplaces of some of
the grandest men. Lin
coin, Grant, Sheridan,
first saw the light of
day through the chinks
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
Life Of Del, Harrison.
BY THE AUTHOR OF BEN Hun.

Hon. c. F. Templeton has been appointed
Associate justice of Dakota.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30

Judge Thurman meets with IN enthusiast
tie reception at Port Huron.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
''Purgatory Bullets"

DR.. Talmadge received 81 200 Tor two talks
It tho Piedmont Guantanamo