The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-20

may be said right here, quite un-
apropos.
1t is noon when we anchor at the
lie Royale.' The mail sacks Ire taken
on board and we are again en- route and
soon on the other side Of the islands.
Between the point of the lie st. Jo-
seph and that of the lie Royale,' we
still see for some minutes the prison
house, the guardhouse and the look
out. Two hours more and we are at
cayenne, the interval being employed
IN completing the sketch made earlier
we got ashore at p. m. and con-
sumed three hours in search of a lodg-
ing. BY o'clock, being assured of not
having to go back to the vessel to
sleep. we began without loss of time
our voyage of discovery by a tour of
the cafes and a visit to the Circle In
these places are gathered at the earlv
evening hour every one who takes any
part in non-Oficial Cayennaise life, and
1t. is in these crowds that we can best
CLEAN news. The people who are con-
cerned with Dreyfus at Cayenne are
of three categories.
"Ffrst-The officials, from whom 1t
Is very difficult to obtain any informa-
ton whatever.
Second-The correspondents of the
family of the prisoner.
Third-The people who furnish his
supplies.
I'VE must be very discreet in ap-
preaching and sounding these persons.
more or less informed, more or less
careful and sincere, and compare ( the
statements of one with those of Others
How has Dreyfus lived since the first
day of his seclusion? What does he
do? What is the state of his health
and how are his spirits? To all these
questions we have had very precise
answers.
"TbA condemned man r,soa -. ?
o'clock in the morning, at which hour
the door which leads from the prison
house into the yard is opened After
having taken his first breakfast, which
he prepares himself, as he does all his
meals, he goes out and smokes for q
While, pacing rapidly about the inclos-
ure, from which he can see nothing but
the sky.
From 10 to II o'clock the door is
closed, and it will be opened again
from II to o'clock in the afternoon.
During the day Dreyfus writes
great deal, but is largely occupied in
drawing architectural designs and in
figures. Always very careful of his
person, he dresses generally in white
linen and has for long time worn
starched shirts
His guards must never speak to him.
and, as to himself, he has never adj
dressed a word to any one save the
dOCLOI wien IL WAS necessary to con-
suit him. His confinement is on the
solitary cell system in a special cell
and in the open air. As he has to do all
of his own cooking he lives principally
on canned goods to save trouble.
AT first his orders for provisions
and different things were distributed
among several dealers of Cayenne.
Lately, however, one house furnishes
everything, and the propretors will be
as much astcnished as the penitentiary
officials to see in public print a dupli-
cate of his order for the month of Oc-
tober Here It is in entirety:
liter of alcohol for fuel
TASKS of orange flower water
8 kilogram Of chocolate
boxes OF Camembert cheese.
bottles soda water
bottles Hunyadi-Janos
pairs colored socks
w lkilos Stohl tobacco.
wooden pipe.
80 cigars.
2 packets of matches
quires of white Daper
packets of wax tapers
mask OF graduated kola
kilos of SOAP
pairs Of pantaloons of white cloth.
white linen handkerchiefs
Inc whole sums up 139 rs franc
1t Is an average of the monthly ex-