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consul at Tunis and an ex-captain in
the regular army, conceived the idea
of undermining the sway of the reigh-
ing pasha, Jussuf Caramelli, by enlist
ing the aid of his brother Hamet, then
a refugee among the Mamelukes.
The Argus was dispatched, with
Eaton on board, to Cairo. From this
point Eaton, Hamet and a force of
400 mercenaries proceeded by camel.
With the column was sent Lieut..
Prestley N. OBannon Of the marines.
with a sergeant and six privates. The
plan of campaign was to cross the
Desert Of Barca, a hike of 500 miles.
thus cutting off the provinces to the
southwark controlled by the pasha
and opening up free intercourse to the
interior.
detachment of 100 marines and two
field pieces was to join the column at
the end of the 600-mile march and then
an assault was to be launched against
the redoubtable fortress of Derne. The
naval forces were to cooperate in the
assault by preliminary bombardment.
AT various points Eaton won over more
Arab mercenaries to his standard, at
one point recruiting a force of $50.
The march was one of unremitting
hardship, of little water and short ra-
tions, and of unceasng vigilance
against the feared treachery of the
mercenaries.
When the promised reinforcements
met them nine days out from Derne a
flag OF truce was dispatched to the hey
of the Arab stronghold. The bearer
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came back to the expeditionary camp
with the laconic answer of the bey:
my head or yours"
The Hornet, Nautilus and Argus, an
chored with springs on their cables,
closed in for the bombardment, and
O'Bannon. after the guns had played
for an hour, rushed his motley force of
Arabs and marines against the princi-
pal work. The enemy put up a spirited
resistance. but it ended with OBannon
lowering the Tripolitan ensign and
hosting in it's place the American COL
ors.
For the first time the flag of the new
republic flew over a captured strong
hold of the old world. OBannon was
later honored by his native state, vir-
ginia, with a handsome presentation
sword. but when he handed in his res
ignation two years later the govern
ment failed to bestow on him even the
meager reward Of a brevet.
The next notable encounter of the lit
tie corps with a savage race came in
Sumatra in 1892 Prior to that they
had held several brushes with the pi-
rates who infested Porto Rico Cuba
and Santo Domingo, but in those days
such occurrences were too common to
have received the attention of Amer
lean historians. The American ship
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Friendship was lying in the harbor of
rates sacked her and killed three of
her crew.
Commodore John Downes was sent
with the frigate Potomac to secure re-
dress. Diplomacy failing, the doughty
commodore lost little time in fitting out
boat expedition against the town,
which was defended by several works
carrying ordnance. The marines of the
Potomac led the expedition. Stockades
of bamboo and man-traps protected
each fort. Each was rushed and cap
tured and palisades were torn down to
throw them across the moats as
bridges.
1t was the day of the cutlass and
hand-to-hand fighting and the Malays
opposed them with fanatical bravery.
The landing force carried the day and
inflicted on the pirates heavy losses,
one of the dead being the chief rajah
of that part of the country.
From Sumatra to Florida is a far cry
even in these days of steam and wire
less. 1t was in 1885 that Col. Archibald
Henderson. then commandant of the
corps. volunteered his services in the
field. His battalion did yeoman service
dians in the swamps and thickets of
Florida, being reinforced at times until
there was a full regiment of his ma
rines cooperating with the volunteers
of Ala ALBANIA, Georgia and friendly In
dians
One year later naval surveying
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Explorer Is Planning Difficult Mediterranean nd

which grew to be as affectionate ana
was as intelligent as dog.
This is a cousin of the ermine,
little weasellike thing. ! was fortu-
nate in obtaining baby female specl-
men from u captain on the Brazilian
Para guayan frontier. She had oeen
brought to him by native, VINO sold
her for "A bottle of rum. She traveled
with me for Il long time. ana L hdu
hopes of bringing her home. but We
We're both poisoned in French Guiana
and my little pet did not survive.
Il found many animal lovers among
the natives of South America. l tnlnk
the straneest instance of the kind
ever saw was in the Andean pass. in
Peru. We had climbed .oilsomely UP
on muleback, and we actually met on
the top of one of the mountains-l1.ooo
feet above the sea level-a woman
walking with a cat upon her shouIoer.
/ had heard that a domestic cat cannot
live at that altitude. but / saw this
one for myself.
"The woman was an Indian-a Qui-
chua-and she was changing ner anoue:
for she carried a number OF househoid
belongings as well as her pet saw
her on this mountain summit. and. as
is the custom in this and many other
Countries she stopped down. nfeeo
stone and placed it upon the cairn
I.eared bv those who have attained the
height What interested me was tha'
pussy. unclaimed and unbasketed, stay
ed unmoved upon her shoulder.
although l have been the first white
woman to follow many caravan trail.
l always bear in remembrance the
women who preceded me. ] go pre-
pared. equipped and protected. These
women before me since prehistoric
Gays have travelled the almost impreg-
nable ways on foot, unprotected, un
equipped for the hardships. Ny ques-
thought as l meet one difhcuity
after another is always. HOW did
those women meet the dangers? what
were their thoughts
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party landed on one of the Fiji group
and was Immediately attacked. A
punitive expedition from the Vincennes
and Peacock. led by the marines of
those sloops. administered the tradi-
tional corrective. Later in the same
year another body of the cannibals
treacherously attacked a surveying
party at Malolo. and killed two officers
The marines reinforced by a landing
party from the Flying Fish and Por-
poise, marched acress the island and
took by storm village surrounded by
stockade of cocoanut trees. before
which lay a wide moat.
A rocket set fire to the nipa houses in
the inclosure and the attacking party
swept over the stockade. The march
was taken up to another native strong
hold. This was fired without encoun-
tering serious resistace, and a boat
force. cooperating, sank five canoe
loads of the survivors. The following
day the command was paraded and the
chastened islanders sued for peace.
Soon after leaving the southern is
lands the expedition sent another puni-
tive column ashore in retaliation for
an attack made upon liberty party
in one of the Kjngsmill group. and the
same results were recorded. For three
years, what with massacres, punitive
expeditions, the rushing of stockaded
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The Price of a Fur Coat.

mR. ANNA HOWARD SHAW: d,nm., the 1o
w. suffragist, said at a dinner IN
Philadelphia:
I'D rather see woman wrapped up
in politics than wrapped up in dress.
It's less expensive. too.
.They talk a lot about these antis.
these home bodies: but was visiting
such a woman once 1t was about this
time of the year, and the little daugh-
ter of the house began to read from
one of her school books.
I'm winter, she read. every animal
puts on a new fur coat which,
But the little girls father turned
pale, shuddered and snatchsd away the
book.
".Alice. be STILL he murmured.
is lying down in the next roomr"
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way Of the Bering sea. There is a
great work to be done in comparative
studies of words and peoples to con-
meet our primitive Americans with the
early Indo- Chinese. and i can hardly
wait to begin upon it.
Travel and exploration open up for
me an immense field Of inquiry along
paths chronological and genealogical
But all this is the future. You want
to know something about where / have
been Of late | have been thinking
these days a good deal about poor
Haiti.
1T may be my weakness" she con-
tinued but Haiti and the Haitians at
tract me. and I believe them to be in
a measure maligned, and ! know. per-
haps better than any other white
woman, whereof [ speak, for l have
spent months in the island
DO you know that the Haitians ap-
peal to me very much as do children;
they are in a state of evolution, and
should be treated accordingly. l liked
country people as they really are in
their homes. far removed from the
coast towns with their artificial atmos-
phere and pernicious influence. My
husband and l rode across the entire
country. from Cape Haitien on the
north to Port au Prince on the south.
and then east across to the border of
for short time at Cape Haitien. and
the people were hospitable.
THE town still reflects the days of
the French dominion. and in the long
ago was called Little Paris With
the supremacy of the negro this is, of
course, now a misnomer. but there yet
remain many of the marks of the days
when Haiti was dominated by the
French. The wealthier Haitians still
send their sons and daughters to
France for their education, and you
will see as purely French costumes in
the Haitian homes of the upper class
today as in our own Washington. The
well-to-do people live in good style
in beautiful houses, and they import
their fashions and furnishings directly
from the French capital.
II believe ! am the only white woman
NH ahac clr
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strongholds of Tripoli and the crowded
bazaars of Alexandria. Sixty-odd years
efore the columns of Lawton and
Wheaton smashed the fight out of the
Filipino insurreCtionists another COL
umn of the marines had swarmed over
the bamboo stockades of their Malayan
prototypes and run the Stars and
Stripes up slim bamboo flagpole.
They landed in Portuguese West At
rica to drive back an attacking force
of blacks who were threatening the
European colony with determination,
and in Indian fighting had met and
downed the warning tribes in Florida
Washington territory and Alaska. With
the close of the Philippines insurrec-
dion the piping days OF peac. may be
said to have ruled our destinies, yet the
story of the American marine in even
that period is one long list of expedi-
tions and campaigns, the greater part
of them directed against The uncivilized
races.
When open anarchy raised its head
in Haiti after turbulent years of rev.
olutions and counter revolutions, it
was the detachment of marines on the
U. S. s. Washington. under the COM
mand of Capt. George Van Orden, that
led ashore the battalion from that
cruiser and disarmed the malcontents
Within tWenty-four hours after tbA
news of the assassination of Haiti's
last president and the parading of
his mutilated body through the streets
of Puerta Plata a regiment of ma
rines was on board the transport Prai-
rie and on its way to the scene.
Col. Eli K. Cole of the Marine Corps
was assigned the command of the re-
inforcements. and when the Prairie
cast off her mooring lines she carried
a regiment armed and equipped to
1ac or afaj fnr
months A week later followed a sec
Ter as brigade comma nder.
With equal celerity a battalion of the
regiment of sea soldiers on duty at
the San Diego exposition was dispatch
ed to the port of Guaymas when news
came to Washington that the Yauuis
had taken the warpath and were en-
dangering the safety of the American
colonists in the province under the
nominal control of the Villa chieftain,
Maytorena. That laconic wire from
Washington stirred the San Diego ma
rines to jubilant hope. for the unre-
generate soldier. like his brothers
of the army and navy; infinitely pre-
fers a fight to any other sort of a
frolic. In this case he gladly turned
his back on the ceremonial drills and
gayeties of that festive exposition.
1t would be difficult to invent a more
dramatic expedition than the first one
i'll which our marines operated or one
Waged against greater odds. Tripoli
was under blockade by the frgates
and sloops of war of Decatur. Preble
and Bainbridge in 1905 Mr. Eaton. our
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I ride cross-saddle, and this amused
the natives very much. In the towns
they would say. Madame rides like a
boy: in the country they were more
polite, and said. Madame rides like the
little priest When we met the coun-
try folk they never failed in greet
ing. BonJour. monsieur: bonjour.
ity of the people impressed me again
and again. They were bright, merry
folk. They do not sing, as do the
Jamaican negroes. but their laughter
seems to fill the place of song.
They are, Of course, very, very poor.
these peasants. but they are amiable,
light hearted and hospitable recall
several occasions when my husband and
!. with our so-called guide. would have
been bee undone but for native politeness:
We were once In the mountains of
northern Haiti when night came on,
and we had got to no shelter. having
leIt the matter to our guide. Pres
emily the latter. an English speaking
Jamaican negro. began to weep and
wall. and finally to howl. We had be-
come lost. and this was his way of
meeting the dilemma.
we discovered at this time that he
knew nothing about the country he had
ventured to guide US through, being a
seaman who had lived always upon the
coast. We were In a quandary. and. to
make matters seemingly worse. we
looked up to see a torchlight process
sion descending upon US. was not
sure as to what might befall. but we
waited, and the formidable. nearly
naked, band came on. AS they neared
US we observed that their expression
was less ferocious close than at a dis
tance.
"They had somehow learned Of our
approach and had come to see US and.
il possible. to help US. We sought food
and shelter. and they brought fruit
and accompanied US for many miles to
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to the black Napoleon, but | think the
industry which | saw among the ma
t1VeS OF northern Haiti constitutes the
chief memorial to that strenuous and
powerful Haitian.
X
"It was in rho ,ove1v Isl.nd of uai,i
,b.t -. -,
ouii' 'He piehis'oile ahliiiai l.
the Solenodon paradoXlS OF zoology.
We knew that this almost extinct
creature existed somewhere i, tho fast
ra.sas ~ t,,a 80 - eI'o
the Island, and We had search made
for specimens. There are no fierce
beasts of prev in Haiti. and these Jjtr,e
remnan+s op Tho sh,do,,, 49,.
IT.. p'
ii'eu On uhmoles1ed through the CEN
turies from the time of the ant eaters.
They are the size of a large rabbit.
have tails like rot , ,o,a arotoo;,,
o,.,,, faot 80 -, os pioooseis'
a" 10; &C. anu snort WlrE hair Ihey
on ,Sss' small plrds ana grubs
pes tney are Oh no Falue. tried
10 play win them. but never had re-
-. -. ~ - ''i ~
b stupiu anu uhili'ei estiis- we
survived the voyage. We gave three
to the Geological Park in New York.
anu a oIought palr TO our National Zoo
in Nsu, yart -. III n So. IL ,'ioSe
You can see the pair. which lived for
five months in Washington. among the
stuned specimens at the smithsonian
s;.. ultoi. ieai .ies VIZ S:1oi o
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MARINES EMbARLING fOR.
EXPEDIT1ONAF9 SERVIeE
IN HAITI.

positions against poisoned arrows and
ancient artillery, the marines of the
squadron led a life that reads like the
most stirring of Marryatt's novels.
Close the heels of the Mexican
war, when the marines operating under
the command of Gen. Scott and Maj
Levi Twiggs won the distinction of
being the first to enter Chapultepec.
came stirring engagements with Korean
and Chinese pirates The chapter was
ushered in with an engagement in
which American and British jack
cts and marines fought together in
1854 against the Chinese troops at
Shanghai. following the capture by the
pigtailS of an American pilot boat in
that harbor.
In the following year the same allies
made a small boat attack against a
fleet of Chinese junks manned by a
band of bloodthirsty pirates that had
not tasted defeat in many years. 1t was
a crushing lesson, and the monument
erected by the British and American
governments at Happy Valley, Hong
kong, in its commemoratiop is still
tourist landmark of the east.
The story of the storming of the
barrier forts is that of one of the
most spectacular exploits of American
arms. These forts, the work of Eu-
guns behind granite walls of seven
feet in thickness. They were manned
and defended by 5000 men. but the
attacking force rendered them as i'm
potent as so much papier mache. In
the same year, to illustrate the versa
tility of the marines. came a skirmish
against Russian Indians and a brush
with the Indians of Puget sound.
Close on the heels of the demolition
of the Canton barrier forts in 1856 the
monotony of ship drills was broken by
a sanguinary conflict with a large force
of Indians who had taken the warpath
near the present site of Seattle. Wash
ington territory, and again the luckless
Fiji braves came under the forcible
disapproval of another landing force
in avenging the murder of two Ameri-
can traders.
The last event of note before the
civil war broke was the landing of
the marines of the sloop-o of-war Marion
at Kisembo, on the west coast of Af-
rica. Bloodshed was averted by this
act. for the blacks had gathered in
force to wipe out the Portuguese set
tlement at that port
Mexican pirates tempted fate five
years after the close of the civil war,
and their craft were burned to the
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They then set US upon the right trail
and said goodbye in the most friendly
manner.
"I am surprised to find many people
who have very haZy ideas as to the dis
tinction between the Haitian and Do
minican republics. They are separate
races. both in their blood lines and in
the history of their speech. The Island
of Haiti is divided between the Haitian
and Dominican republics. Haiti has
the larger population and smaller area.
Nature seems to have marked the
boundary for them by making arid
strip of land between them, forming d
perfect dividing line.
The Dominicans are a spanish
speaking people, whose customs are al
lied with those of other Latin Amer
leans. The Haitians are negroes who
were under French rule for many years
and. speaking French patois. have
grated many French ideas and ideals
upon their inherited beliefs and char
acteriStics.
Il can say frankly that in spite of the
obloquy cast upon the Haitian republic.
I have kindly remembrance of it's
people, among whom ] lived for months
and from whom ] received only consid-
Grafton and kindness. Why utter a
word in disparagement when one can
in truth praise much that is good and
true?
The Haitian villages through "hlcn
We passed were clean. and the people
looked clean. Mothers seemed devoted
to their children and the children clung
to their mothers with the tenacity of
mutual affection. The Haitian women
have dignity in their carriage that is
impressive. To be sure this may be the
result of using the head for burdens,
but it keeps them erect and 1.-the
I'm Haiti one encounters all climates.
and goes literally from palm to pine as
one ascends. In the plains and valleys
1t is tropical, and one finds the most
wonderful variety of flowers anc
plants. There are many spots or Ar.
cadian beauty, the flowers and palms or
our conservatories. On the heights one
meets the pine and must be prepared
for proportionate cold
Il shall never forget the spectacle OF
the beautiful plain at Milot, near cape
Haitien. In the center of the tropical
beauty stand the ruins of Sans Souci,
the wonderful palace home of Chris
tophe, the black Napoleon. From this
point one looks across the plain to the
citadel rearing it's great, strong. rug
ged walls two thousand feet above the
sheer. shrub-grown cliffs. La Farriere,
II was called. surely the strongest and
most impregnable fortress in the world.
Suilt with meteoric rapidity a hum
dred years ago to ward against re-
capture by the French. to ruins 1t rap
idly came after the suicide of Its re-
markable builder. La Ferriere, the
strong, and Sans Souci, the beautifui.
have been called the chief monuments
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Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adas One of the Ten Woman Explo-
ers in the World Has Travelled Over Many Lands Interesting
Recoections of Her Long Sooum Hai-Ony White Woman
to Cross That Island Horsebacker Strange Pe-She Con-
templates Visit Bagdad Teheran Russian urkesan and India
To Follow the Tide of Civilization.
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~
~ conflict has passed without the
IN swallow tails of Uncle Sans
spangled coat having been dis
tressingly caught in the clutches of the
war gods. But hardly had the first
milestone been distanced when two in
significant tentacles threatened to
fasten themselves on the striped tails
of Americas patient guardian.
One has thrust out from the saualid
ports of the black republic of Haiti.
and the other, separated by the span of
a continent and the blue leagues of the
Caribbean, recently shot out from the
desert of the Yaqui country just in
back of the west coast of Mexico.
That the danger introduced by these
obscure peoples is fully realized at
Washington was shown by the prompt
dispatch of two expeditionary forces of
marines. with orders. if necessary, to
resort to drastic methods. The dan
ger of the Haitian incident lies in its
close relation to the enforcement of the
Monroe doctrine. The lawless blacks,
by invading the sanctity of the French
legation at Puerta Plata, have drawn
On themselves the severe displeasure of
the French government and made it
incumbent on the State Department to
control the situation with an iron hand
The seriousness of the Yaqui outburst
lay in the fact that a clash between
those savage fighters and the endanger-
ed American colonists in that corner of
Mexico necessitated the intervention
OF marine expeditionary force under
Admiral Howard's command. BY diplo-
matte methods Admiral Howard avert
ed clash, and the expedition was re-
called.
Whatever the outcome in delicate sit
uatIons such these they make for
another picturesque chapter In the
worldwide activities of the Yankee
marine. All through those activities,
across stretch of more than cen
tury. the fighting records of the sea
soldiers is shot through, like the red
threads in a tapestry, with conflicts
waged all over the world again just
such savage antagonists.
Ever since the United States Marine
Corps was organized by the Continental
Congress, on June S, 1875. it has been
meeting and thrashing just such peo-
pies in every quarter of the seven
The Fiji Islander and the Chinese pi-
rate have felt the heavy hand of the
chastisng sea soldier. He has left
his dead in the jungles of Sumatra and
the bush of Samoa; in the desert