The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-05

at one time the chamber of deputies
at Paris mad a single appropriation
of &600, 600 to carry them on. He
made treaty after treaty with France
only to break them, and it was long
before they were able to subdue him
n take possession of his kingdom.
This was along in 1895. ana since then
they ave held the king in captivity
II prevented him having any con-
nectiOn with his country and people.
"Thcy first carried him off to tho
West Indies and imprisoned him in
Martinique, q little island belonging to
France Later he was given a villa
there and allowed 10 drive about with
his ~faNOrite wife and one of his sons.
and it was just about one year a%O
that he was brought from Martinique
to this place. The cause of his trans
fer was largely due to his ill-health
and his fear of the volcano Mont
PcIec. Whom the eruption occurred
Bchanzin became terribly excited. and
every earth treInOf thereafter sent nm
into fits of fear that the Vocanic dis
~turbanceS might extend to his home.
His nerves became SO shattered that
the French feared he would die. n
it was ordered that he be transferred
to Algeria and kept under surveillance
here at BIidah, about thirty miles
from Algiers.
Bc!tanzin's Prison in Nigeria.
Blidah is Il military station with
barracks inside and q great fort on the
foe hills of the Atlas mountains near
by. 1t has the chief army stud of the
Algerian cavalry and its surroundings
are such that it would have been use
less for the king to have tried to
escape. lie was given 4 villa outside
the city walls, but he was always sur
rounded by spies and police. The king
very Well knew hat it was useless
for him to think OF making his way
off to the sea, and also thai the 1900
miles of desert between him n Da-
honey were patrolled by French sold
lerS on camels While in Martinique
he had made all sorts of promises OF
good behavior if he were allowed to go
back to his country. He con-
tlHued to make such promises here,
and it is believed tina the chief cause
of his death was his homesickness for
the and of the Amazon.
King BeIianZin's Last Interview.
l ave the honor IF having had the
last newspaper interview With the no.
tor1ous monarch. The interview was
not full of meat, for the King was too
SICK to talk much, and as to the honor,
l. doubt much if that term applies to
the meeting with one who had prob
ably offered up human sacrifices, who
had killed many Christians and Tho
mad likely often sharDened his ivory
teeth upon the human flesh of the
Caucasian race. At any rate, | saw
and talked With the king in his pris-
on villa without the walls. The aud
renee took place several weeks since.
My way to the villa was over q road
fenced in by high walls, above which
the green branches of olive and orange
trees waved. we passed gardens fill
ed with roses. vineyards loaded With
Fat blue grapes, and by enough fig
5000 Ewes Of B~ehanzin-s Amazon
trees. / verify believe, to have clad the
army.
Finally we anne to q gate labeled
La Paisible'-"The P~eaceable." 1t
was indeed q facctious name for the
dwelling place of this, the D~loodthirst-
lest of kings. Nevertheless. it was
there that l}eh1nzin was living With his
Iuuf wives and his numerous children.
The villa is Il large tWo-story struc-
lure, surrounded by d Nertnda tN"iv"
''ot wide, with The rooIns opcn5aS ''it
"l"n 1t. The house stands il ~
Orange grove Of several acres. nn1 IS
! Went up lhc walk passed ~, ,w,,
PEI d"ilN"NS of he kings LITTLE .b"ny
princes, Witch were feeding under the
trees.
As | neHrcd the house | was met
by the Kings aid-dc-canln, Or the
man who came nearest 10 bc,ns Ills
high couft chamDerlain. lie was
dressed III white duck ana h. Sloke
French iluentiN. He is l nesr, of
IarfiniHuo, who has hcr:@ Win e,-
hanzin for some years. lie took my
card and asked ne to stay outside
while he learned whether his ra1ic5.y
would receive Us. Within a rev mo-
ments he returned mi led Us up
stairs to the veranda. Here we waited
while the high court caambarlan."
eraWiea n through one - til .v.n-
dpWS and passed nut several c:ilc-
seated chairs TO us, asking IS t. res,