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only civilian who has had free run of the
island. and when the commanding officer
who escorted me was called from my SIDE
for moment sentry promptly tammed
his bayonet against the third button of my
waistcoat and demanded my pedigree. /
am particularly attached to that button,
and 1 demonstrated so earnestly that he
retracted his stabber one inch and there We
two stood until the commandant reached
me.
The Daily Life.
To the visitor there is little about Dar-
rells Island that suggests a prison. But
for the restrictions against visitors and the
wire lattices that shut off the landing it
would be taken for an ordinary encamp-
ment- The Beers live in big bell tents
seven to a tent, set in groves of cedar and
mangroye.
From cockcrow to curfew life in the
laager is one round of hustle and activity.
As the day dawns the burghers turn out
and over their own campfires boil hot cof-
fee, which they drink black and strong
enough to kill a man with sensitive nerves
Two hours later they answer to roll call
and the routine of the day begins At 6:3t
the contractor boat steams to the dock
and unloads the daily supplies of bread
meat and vegetables that are served oui
60 the burghers for food. Each man in
turn passes before the iron gates that bal
the inclosure-gates OF the wire entangle
nent that serve to divide the Boer laagei
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six feet six and his partner is four feet six.
Together they cover a lot of ground On
the anniversary of the birthday of Queen
Wilhelmina of Holland a field day was held,
with contests in running. jumping, obstacle
racing. weight throwing, ball and tennis,
besides an exhibit of the products OF the
laager
Evening Singing.
When dusk sets in the prisoners gather
once again round the field kitchens and
their own campfires and make coffee to
take the last meal of the day, graham
bread, over which the more fortunate
spread butter or such preserves as they
can get from the canteen, and eggs or
fish for the rich chicken owners and the
lucky anglers. There is a singing class
in the evening, and every night a church
service in Dutch, conducted by a chaplain
who came voluntarily from South Africa
to join his brothers in exile.
Every night before going to bed the
laager raises its eight hundred voices in
one of the hymns or psalms of their ma
tive veldtS and the cadence of their
voices, borne across the quiet waters, 81
lences the gayeties of the hotel dwellers on
the mainland mile away, who pause to
listen to the solemn music. There are cards,
checkers and chess for those who want
them in the library" and the school tents.
When taps has sounded the burghers
turn in either in their tents or in ham,
mocks strung from the cedars.
The government of the Boer laager Is
strictly a local government, conducted by
burghers duly elected by the men, SO that
the British authorities in no way exer-
else control. In fact, none of the sentries
of the Warwickshire regiment, that is act
ing as a guard, ever enters the incosure.
few attempts at escape have been made,
but the oBers themselves discourage these
The prisoners make few complaints; such as
are made are presented by the chosen Boer
officials. These come officially to the Brit
ish authorities, who give them prompt and
careful consideration The relations be-
tween the imprisoned Beers and their Brit
ism jailers are inspired by respect and con-
SideratiOn on both sides,
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have received as rations earlier in the day.
Special facilities to cook food have been af-
forded those of the burghers who wish to
avail themselves of the field kitchens, and
here they carry much of their allowance
of coal and timber will serve to cook
their meals. The meal over, the men wash
their pans. in an adjoining stream of hot
water, the waste that the condensers eject
in the process of producing the fresh water
which, in times of drought, Is served to the
men.
MONDAY meal over, such of the prisoners
who care to volunteer to do work outside
of the laager go under guard to the duty
assigned them, and. during my trip, /
! found five or six laying the brick founda-
tiens for one of the big water condensers
already referred to. Most of the burghers,
however, prefer to spend the afternoon in
sports. Some play cricket at low tide on
the dried-out mango swamps. Others play
sort of modified foot ball. Contests of
| strength and speed are popular but the
homemade billiard table and the tennis
court are the centers of amusement The
tennis court was made by the prisoners
after balls, rackets and a net had been sent
4 by the Association for Providing Amuse-
| ment to the Boer Prisoners of War" They
have taken to the game with delight and
| there Is great rivalry among them. One of
| the best double" teams Is made up of lit
| tie Piet Cronje, the fifteen-year-old cousin
| OF the gallant defender of Paardeburg and
! Lieut.. Vandeyenter, the shortest and, allest
prisoners in camp. The lieutenant stands
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from the guards camp-and there receives
his rations for the day, then returns TO
quarters to prepare breakfast. This meal,
eaten usually at T. consists mainly of cof-
fee and graham bread. Those of the pris-
oners who are fortunate enough to own
chickens boil eggs; others, whose plscato-
rial ambitions have been rewarded by
fortunate catch, fry fish caught on the
previous day, and others yet, who are more
fortunate with the worlds goods than their
comrades, purchase such delicacies as their
appetites dictate from the canteen.
Work and Play.
Breakfast over, camp fatigues are the or
der of the day. Tents are cleared of bed
ding and aired. and everything is put in
good order. Then the men scatter to va
rious exercises, amusements and duties
some wash their clothing or bedding, or
bathe in the warm ocean. Others angle
from the rocks for the gay-hued fish, some
of which are more beautiful than edible.
The mechanically inclined-and these are
many-apply themselves to their lathes and
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Eight Hundred War Prisoners on
DarreIl'S Island.
MOST BEAUTIFUL OF AL PRISONS
Inmates Lead Lives of Comfort
and Some Enjoyment.
GOOD FISHING AND SPORTS
Copyright. 1901. by F. H. yizetelly1

Copyright. 1901, by f. II. Ntzetelly)
Written for The Evening Star by F. II. Yizetelly.
on DarreII's Island, one of the loveliest
isIets of the beautiful Bermuda group, the
British government has established a BoeI
laager. Officially it is known as the camp
of the BOer prisoners of war. but the eight
hundred captive bUrghers, mindful of the
fight still icing waged thousands of miles
over seas, prefer to call it their laaSers.
There they pass their time as best they
may. completely shut off from the outer
world. but with a very fair and habitable
little world of their own: a prison, to be
sure. but perhaps the most beautiful prison
in which man ever sent his fellow men.
And, as a whole. the Beers are a cheerful
and comfortable lot of prisoners.
Darrells Island is a low-lying splinter OF
land a mile away from Hamilton. 1t Is
about mile long. and less than quarter
as broad at it's greatest expanse. Its shores
are varied, the bright tropical waves wash
ing. here a gentle beach. and there an ao-
rupt group of rocks. Rich shaded wood.
lands alternate with open spaces. There is
more variety in that bit of land than tins
South AfriCanderS would find in many d
hundred miles of their own country. Per
haps that was one of the reasons for their
great depression when they first landed
The contrast between the broad sweep OF
their own yeldts and the little wave-pent
prison home, jewel as it was. was too much
for their spirits. But soon it was borne i'll
upon them that they were going to have a
comfortable, If not yaTiegated, life. What
pleased them still more was the discovery
that, within the limits of their island. they
were free to do as they pleased; that, eX-
Cept for certain broad restrictions, they
could establish a government of their own.
This they did, and at the time when l WIS.,
tied them their ''laager'' was an illustra-
tion of how happy prisoners of war can be.
When ! visited them sounds very sim
pie, but it wasn't as easy as it sounds The
British prison authorities are very strin-
gent in their conduct of the island settle
ment-a curious civilian who rowed past
the line of guard buOys recently was shot
in the hand by a watchful sentry. An
other who gained access to the island by
pretending to be a provision contract or
was put under arrest after he had been
there quarter of an hour, and spent some
time in the guard house. On the Fourth OF
July a party of patriotic Americans, set
ting OF rockets and fireworks from the
nearby Isle of Wight, were rudeIy inter
rupted by a guard boat and were threateneC
with arrest by the subaltern in charge a
threat which might have been carried out
but for the Intervention of a superior oifi-
Ger, who explained that the rockets might
be mistaken for signals l believe 1 am tee
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the five brothers Doleman-all keen and
good golfers-were with me in a company
of golfers the evening before the amateur
championship. In the course of conver-
Sation some remark was made about my
play and determination never to be beaten.
Mfr. William Doleman, the best player of
the family, remarked that but for miracle
of brilliant play at the finish he would have
had the proud honor of being the only anna
teur who had beaten me in match play for
three years He told us of what had for
gotten In 1867, on St Andrews links,
without thinking OF the deadly short game
of my opponent, l allowed him to be up
two holes and five to play. Then, said
Mr. Doleman, Mcpherson pulled himself
up and determinedly said: Now for IT,;
you'll get 1t now This was not an empty
brag for he took all the five holes In nine
teen strokes, the lowest score ever made
before or since" Thereupon he described
to all present, who were famiilar with the
accuracy; of course, because they were ex-
ceptional Yet this showed the wonderfully
retentive memory of a golfer over these
thirty-four years.
The Golfers License.
OF course little license is given to
golfer who is describing his own play and
telling of his feats. The length of putt
which was holed on certain green is as
excusably exaggerated as Is the weight OF
the keen anglers trout. Here he made a
|
at this hole he 1oundered in a bunker; at
another he made a deadly iron approach
which he will never forget. 1t was just
there that he turned the match by mag
nificent steal Yet no one seems to be bored
too much; for in turn the experiences go
round
Enthusiastic beginners are known to
practice lofting with the iron. over a pile of
books into spittoon in some back room.
I once caught a reverend gentleman at
this In his manse. Old gentlemen have
| sometimes walloped round their arms dur
ing sleep when they dreamt they were
making a tremendous swipe- According to
| the golf laureate. Carnegie, in 1872:
| The game is ancient, manly and employs
In Its departments women, men and boys.
Men play the game the boys the clubs convey.
| And lovely woman gives the prize away.
She does more now-she plays; and in
| many cases well. She plays the short game
| admirably She speaks with enthusiasm
| about 1t, and likes to hear 1t spoken about.
4 At the big matches galaxy of ladies are
| seen following with breathless excitement.
/ There is no respect Of persons In golf
/ skill reigns supreme. Many life attach
/ ment has been made on the green. Golf
eclipses all outdoor games for developing
/ sociability. The cynies sneer cannot
dainpen the spellbound golfer:
..And stiIl the royal game maintains its place,
Aud VIII maintain 1t through each rising race"
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DISEASE.
Should Be Considered as a Process,
Not an Entity.


The proper way for regarding disease is
TO consider 1t as process rather than as a
distinct thing or entity. The causes which
give rise to the series of symptoms or proc
esses seen in a disease vary greatly, of
course. We find, for example, cold and
chill. strain and stress laid on an organ,
undernourishment or overfeeding alcohol
ism, bad air, vicious habits and a host of
other conditions. all of which favor dis
ease. But more Immediately figuring as
the exact cause of the ailments we suffer
from we find various germs or microbes
which, we know, breed and multiply in our
bodies and give rise to the definite set of
signs and symptoms proper to each dis
ease. Once the disease process is set up it
must go through its stages. There are few,
very few. cases in which it is possible to
cut an ailment short. What is meant by
this expression is that we able to stop
the development of, say, the germs to
whose presence the ailment is due In the
vast majority of cases the disease runs its
course.
But nature is fighting for us, all the same.
The old expression Wis medicatrix Ma
Evening star., 1901-11-09
Finds Captured Flag.
From the Baltimore Sun.

Col John S. Mosby, the noted confederate
cavalry leader, has found a tattered flag
of one of his old regiments in Denver, Col
Observing the emblem in a curio store win
dow while passing, he entered and made an
examination. 1t proved to be one of the
standards of the 18th Regiment of Misss-
sippi Volunteers The flag had been a fine
piece of silk, very rare in those days of
privation. 1t once contained a cross Of
blue in field of pink, the cross dotted with
eleven stars. Ladies presented 1T to the
regiment on its departure for the front. 1t
is much tattered and faded into pale bro ,vn
with age. Col. Mosby will send the flag
to Mississippi, with instructions that when
1t shall have been viewed by the survivors
of the regiment 1t be forwarded to Rich
mond, Va, to be placed in the Confederate
museum. Col. Mosby Is stationed at the
federal land office at Akron, Col
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turae"-the healing power of nature-repre-
sents a real factor in the treatment of dis
ease. The bodily powers-I might go fur
ther and say the living cells of our bodies
resent the invasion of disease germs and
fight for us and against them. If the bat
tie is to the cells We recover; if TO the
germs, we have to undergo the disease,
with all the risks of death. One might go
further and say that in health such a bat
tie is forever proceeding. We are always
being invaded by microbes, and our white
blood cells. well as other living units of
our bodies, are perpetually engaged in a
warfare of resisting and killing the micro
sccpic foes that beset US everywhere.
Evening star., 1901-11-09
THE RUSSIAN PEASANTRY.
Unsatisfactory Condition of the Farm
ing Classes.
From the London Times.

From the London Times.
The British consul general at st. Peters
burg concludes his latest report by saying
that although forty years have now passed
since the emancipation of the Russian serfs,
and much has been done during this period
to improve the material well being of the
agricultural classes, their condition in most
parts of the empire causes serious appre-
hension. Among the measures adopted in
favor of the peasantry were the abolition
of the poll tax, diminution, partial remission
and postponement of the annual redemption
payments, establishment of the Peasants
Bank, encouragement of migration and the
like; but the advantages conferred by
dimnution of direct eXactionS were neutral
ized to great extent by an increase in in
direct taxes on articles of primary necessity
for the peasant the customs duties having
been gradually raised for the benefit of the
manufacturing classes.
The main causes of the growing impover-
fshment of the peasantry Of European Rus
sia are the heavy burden of taxation which,
in the form of redemption and other dues
still falls on the peasants allotments of
land, which do not yield sufficient to meet
the charges levied on them; the insufficency
of these allotments: the communal system
of land tenure and joint responsibility of tie
members of a commune for payment of di-
rect taxes; the frequent failure of harvests
with recurrence of famines, consequent on
the gradual exhaustion of tie soil and
diminution of cattle; and, last, though not
| least the unenlightened condition of the
rural population of Russia proper, whicn
| prevents them from utilizing their land in a
manner more profitable and less exhaustive
than that at present pursued. Although
arrears of the redemption tax to large
| amounts have from time to time been re-
| mitted. they show no signs of abatement in
| their growth. Since 1861, the year of eman-
| clpation, the government spent over f95-
| ooo,0oO in redeeming land from the proprie-
tors and S9,300,000 acres were thus acquired
| by nearly 10000 communes The arrears in
| the payment of the redemption tax amount
| ed to over I'll 900, 900.
Evening star., 1901-11-09
"Alright' Is All Wrong.

From the London Chronicle.
A correspondent who has been having an
argument with a friend as to whether the
word alright" can be 1egitimateIy used
appeals to us for a decision. 'It Is word
that has puzzled a good many mercantile
men," he writes. Well, alright" is all
wrong, and has no more right to exist than
the forever tbs a single word" which in
spired one of Caiverley's most delightful
absurdities. But we have noticed that about
three women out of five spell "aIl right" as
a single word, though our forefathers
deemed it two Indeed, we should give
alright place in our collection of wo-
mems words. which Is really quite an in
teresting one For there are many words
used habitually by women which men never
USE as there are masculine words which do
not fit feminine lips.
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Runs No Risks.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Colonel" said the fair grass widow,
suppose that you and were up in a bal
loon alone, and"
"Oh,'' he answered. as the cold sweat be-
gan to appear on his forehead, there's no
use supposing that. l never go ballooning
without chaperone."
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Enthu.ia.m Unconflned.
From the Chicago Record Herald

From the Chicago RECORD Herald
"I saw you at the Thomas concert the
other night Who was that lady that sat
beside you? You and she seemed to be al
most carried away with enthusiasm"
"Oh, we were! That was Sue Darlington.
Haven't you ever met Sue? She was telling
me Of such splendid dressmaker she has
just found"
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A Common Story.

| From Puck.
| my poor man.
Seldum Fedd-"Aw, 1 went up against IL
an bounced back-dat's me whole record
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-01

Although the Earl Of Rosebery is nat
urally proud Of his stately home of Dali
meny, it has few historic memories save
those connected with the visits Of Queen
Victoria and Mr.. Gladstone. His lord
ship sets more store by Barnbougle cas-
tie, hard by in the park, which dates
az far back as the Conquest, and came
into the possession of his ancestor, Sir
Archibald Primrose, lord justice-g general
Of Scotland, in the year 1862. OF course
it has since been restored, and now
forms one of the finest specimens of the
old baronial style in Scotland. The fact
that the electric light is at present be-
ing installed within the castle is arous-
ing some criticism on the part of some
people who think that such new-fan-
gled invention is out OF place in a struc-
ture which has all the associations of a
feudal keep. But the truth is that Lord
Rosebery, in restoring the castle, meant
it to be used as I'm annex to Dalmeny.
and thus to be as habitable and COM
Portable as possible. Hence the electric
light. The interior is magnificent, espe-
cially the banqueting hall and the libra
~, which contains Boehm,s lannon's
statue Of Carlyle. 1t is said that the
earl does good deal of hard reading
here, and that his recent study of Ma
poleon at St. Helena was COMPLETED at
Barnbougle ~ =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-01
ANIMAL PSYCHOLOGY.
Paris Creates au Institute for Study.
ing the Faculties of Beasts.

Paris Creates au Institute for Study.
ing the Faculties of Beasts.
Lovers Of animals will be interested in
knowing that an Institute of Animal
Psychology has been created in Paris,
writes correspondent. The new insti-
tute is under the patronage Of several
eminent men of science, and the founders
propose to study by experience the psy-
soul of the beast will be the especial OBJ
ject Of attention, and the observation Of
the experimenters will De carried out in
circus at Vincennes, specially erected
20 yards long by 20 yards wide, and con-
tanning a track 13 yards in diameter
Four hundred seats will1sb reserved
round the center for naturalists and 9TH
ers interested in animal psychology. Ev-
cry beast-like every human being-it is
contended, possesses distinctive indi-
viduality, and after examination the
psychical qualities. One Of the expert
ments recently had the lion as its object
The members Of the new institute were
DESTROYS of finding out whether the king
of the forest was ingenious enough to
open the lid of box containing a titbit.
After carefully examining the box the
lion lifted the lid with his teeth and ex-
tracted the meat. In 80 doing the
psychologists. claim that the lion acted
reasonably"
Another experiment was made with a
box with mirror on the inside. Jocko
ate the nuts and used the glass to make
his toilet, and he has now become so
c0quettish over his new acquisition that
he spends great deal Of his time every
day in looking at his own reflection.