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I I 1 " 1 Main entrance to Cnn*topne's cuauc. (Prepared by the National Geographic So ciety. Washington, D. C > Twenty miles to the southwest of the town of ('ape Haitien, in tiie north of tiie island of Haiti, there stands, on the top of a precipitous mountain— Bonnet a i’Evegue—one of the won ders of the western hemisphere, .vet oue whose existence is as present scarcely known and one whose full history will never be written. A per sonal visit to Christophe s citadel is j necessary in order fully to appreciate its massiveness, its intricate ami elab orate construction, anti its remote sit uation. Few are so fortunate as to he aide to visit this spot, or. even when given the opportunity, possess i the physique necessary to make the arduous trip. Prior to the first general uprising of • the slnves against their French mas ters. Christophe worked as a waiter in Cap Francalse (now Cape Haitien), i and it was in this humble capacity j that he is supposed to have picked up his smattering of English ami formed tiie acquaintance of English naval of ficers. Tail and of a splendid physique, with exceptionally bright and pierc ing eyes, and with a reckless bravery and a terrible ferocity, combined with no little duplicity and cunning, he speedily achieved a conspicuous place as one of the trusted lieutenants of Toils saint LOuverture. that remark able negro strategist who rose from slavery to a position of commanding importance in Haiti and who success fully led the slaves in their revolt against tiie French prior to tiie in dejivndenoe of the island republic. Through treachery L’Ouverture was captured and carried away to Fort de Joux. In France, where lie died in prison in 1803. His immediate suc cessor was the both fatuous and no torious liessalines who created him self emperor. When liessalines was assassinated. In 1805, Christophe was elected president and soon proclaimed himself king. When lie was only a general under liessalines, Christophe had begun work on ids marvelous mountain-top citadel, j It is not known Just what length of | time was required to build the citadel, tint it is evident it was finished some little time prior to Christophe's death. In 1820. Its construction is variously estimated to have taken a toll rang ing from ten to twenty thousand hu- | man lives. rectiou of Grande Riviere. An army wllh the necessary guns and equipage successfully to attack this stronghold, would have to come from that direc tion. Guns In the prow commanded the nearer and steeper approaches, both from the direction of Grande Riviere mud of Milot. Other guns along the southern and western sides command ed adequately all oilier points of ap proach. Numerous loopholes were es pecially prepared for tlie use of sharp shooters. The elevation at the hase of the citadel has been variously given as from 3IMSI to 5.000 feet, but a care ful reading of a compensated aneroid barometer records 2,000 feet. To this must be addeii the height of tlie dif ferent walls, in order to ascertain the correct elevation to the top of the building. Approach Is Difficult. The difficulty in reaching the cit adel is due not so much to its elo cution as to tlie fact that to reach it one is compelled to cross at least eight miles of mountainous country, and the approaches are all very steep. The highest (dace on tlie walls (measured to tlie ground) is 140 feet. The high est wall, measured perpendicularly, is the prow, which has a drop of 130 feet. Other walls range from 80 to 111) feet. Although large granite blocks are to be found in many places through out tlie building, most of it is built of red fire bricks of different sizes, the average brick being 15 Inches long, 6 inches wide, and 2 inches thick. These bricks apparently were manufactured on the site of the building. Tlie moun tains for long distances in all dlrec t."ii- from lhe citadel show traces of Titanic labor In getting out building I materia!. The average number of floors is four, the longest being on the east face, where the main battery is located. It has a length of 270 ! feet In one stretch. The main battery gallery has an inside width of 30 feet. Each gun ! compartment lias wonderful vaulted ! ceilings 20 feet high, each compart ment being separated from these ad ; joifi’ng by thick masonry walls, ron | necT-d by a low passageway. This is to minimize the effect of local explo siiu,* and possible hits. Behind each gun there are still to I lie found neat piles of cannon halls j ready for use, while in convenient chambers just to the rear of some of the gnus are heaps of decomposed | black powder mingled wdtb the re mains of ihe original wooden powder cases. A vast pile of similar debris is also to be found in the large powder magazine. The largest guns are 11 feet 6 Inches long, caliber 6 inches (firing a 6-Inch cannon ball), 1 foot 10 Inches thick at the breech and 1 foot 3% Indies at the muzzle, dated 1786. They are made of bronze and have enormous hardwood mounts of the primitive gravity return type, moving In train over a large metal arc set in the floor, and on small wheels of a strong make. These guns came mostly from the Eng lish, some from the captured French fortg, and others, judging from the very apparent results of the corrosive action of salt water on them, from war vessels wrecked along the treach erous coast. There are only two entrances to the ciradel. or.e was used to bring In the reserve cannon balls from tlie long idles stored by sizes on the sloping terrace to the south; the other ad mits to the prow. Both entrances were closed by massive, bolted and Ioopholed wooden doors The entire structure is in an excel lent state of preservation, pxcept that the floors in the prow were all shaken down in the earthquake of 1842, which laid the town of Cape Haitlen in ruins. Christoplie's downfall and death were as sudden and melodramatic as the rest of his career. While attend ing mass on April 15, 1820. he suf fered a stroke of apoplexy and fell i heavily to the floor alongside the altar in the chapel, paralyzed below the waist. Relielllon soon broke out, and the king, deserted by his army, com mitted suicide. _ Murdered its French Designers. It is believed that the plan tor the structure were drawn and the work of construction supervised by two cap tive French officers, who possessed the highest order of technical train ing. When their work was completed, Chrlstophe, iu company with these of ,fleers. is said to have made a thor ough inspection of ail purts of the structure, and then, upon arriving at one of the highest points of tlie edifice, ordered both men seized und hurled to their deatli on the rocks below, thus i forever safeguarding the secrets of tlie place. There Is a legend that the tyrant once had an entire company of mutinous soldiers driven off this same spot; it was hit favorite method of dispatching those who incurred the royal III will. The mere location of this citadel is such that one wonders how nature provided such a site, and a thorough inspection causes unbounded admira tion for the master mind that recog nized the possibilities, aside from con ceiving and constructing the edifice now standing there; for Bonnet a L'tvtijue could not have been more ideally located for its purpose if it had been made to order. Occupying the entire top of the mountain, tiie citadel commands every neighboring peak and approach, while a spring be neath and inside of the building fur nishes an abundant supply of water, that prime necessity in wlthstandJng a long siege. The building has the prow forma tion pointing toward the magnetic north, the entire eastern face being In this fine. On the eastward side, wfiich Is tiie longest, is located the main battery of heavy guns; and strategically this should be so, for tills gives absolute command of tiie most dangerous approach, that fmn the dl Subscribe for - ►. v ■ I The Teat of Life By JUSTIN WENTWOOD | Copyright. 19*2. Western Newapeper Union. She was a nice little thing, hut al together Unsuitable for Tom. That was the banker, Charles Routledge'* first Impression as he looked at his son’s fiancee. There was nothing In the world the matter with her. She was the sort of girl whom millions of American men marrj- and think they are entering in to Paradise. Charles Routledge sighed a little as he played with his paper ' cutter. He did not mind Amy’s being what | hi* wife would have called socially be neath them. Anne had been the daugh ter of a poor clerk when he. Just ! made a partner In his father’s hank ing business, married her. Anne had made their position in the social world, and there was no family In Boston too proud to feel honored at an Invitation to the line house on Pea cock street. No, It was not that. Routledge wondered, thinking of his own disap pointment, whether he could make Amy understand. And. after all. It all rested with Amy. Tom was a cipher —a happy-go-lucky, fairly Industrious, typical young American. It was the woman who counted. "So you think you and Toro are In love with each other?" the hanker asked, studying the girl's shy ■ face as she watched him confusedly. “I—I think we shall he very happy," Amy answered. “My dear." said Routledge, “1 won der If you understand Just what mar riage with Tom will Imply. I"—he was unconsciously speaking out of the book of his own life—“1 wish all girls understood how wholly their future happiness depends upon themselves, and how little upon the men they marry. "Of course you will he loyal and affectionate; but there's something more than that, Amy. How much will Tom’s life become your own?” “In every way," answ-ered the girl. “I was thinking." said the hanker, slowly, “of a man I once knew. He wasn’t like Tom In disposition, but all men arc more or less alike in ways. Only this man married with that sort of purposive Intention that often proves n trap. He thought, ‘I atn tak ing this girl to myself. I shall mold her in m\ own ways, I shall make h#*r everything that I desire her to be.' But It didn't work, my dear. “You see, a man has to he very faithful to his Ideals If they are to work out, and married life is a pitfall for the unwary. He found his wife cold, aloof. They drifted apart. At first he was puzzled to find that she appeared unwilling to share his Inter ests. Then, when It was too late, he came to the conclusion that she, too, had been trying to mold him." “Go on," said Amy In a low voice. "There should have been an under standing between them from the be ginning. Both were to blame, hut the woman should have set to work to make her husband's life her own. She erred In thinking only that she was to be the mistress of her home. She should havg, set herself the task of becoming the mistress of her hus band's heart." He watched the girl'* face keenly. ‘‘Men want so much more than a home, my dear, and women—often— don't understand. I)o you?' “I—I think so,” answered Amy. Itoutledge studied her again before speaking. “1 believe you do,” he an swered. "And, after all," he mused, “that's the stuff that life's made of. Jt’s only out of our disappointments that we strike the spark of character —perhaps Immortality. “My dear,” he said to *he girl, “I hope you and Tom will be happy." He kissed her and watched her de part. And the memories of the past held him so that It was gome time be fore he turned to his work again. How different things might have been If Anne had understood—If he him self bad understood—what he had been trying to tell Amy. But, after all, as he had said, one learned only by experience; one ham mered out ones character upon the anvil of disappointments. The door of his room opened, and Anne stood on the threshold. At the sight of her Routledge Instantly be came himself again—cool, self-pos segsed and quiet. > Anne Itoutledge came to her hus band’s side and stood looking down at him. “Charles!” she said in a low’ voice. He looked up at her. “Eh—what— what's the matter, Anne?" “I—1 heard what you were saying to Amy. 1—1 think I didn't under stand before. Oh, If you hud only said It to me?" She kneeled beside him, her artna about him, sobbing. “Is It too late, dear?' she asked him. “I—we shall be lonely now. I think I always understood In a dim sort of way, but—.t'g the man’s part, too, Charles. Will you help me. and teach me—or is It *oo late now?" “It's never loo late,” he answered, huskily, as lie put hlg arms about her. Harsher Name. “How old are you, Uncle Eph?” “Ninety-eight years old, sah.” ’ “You're a hue example of longev ity.” “Sah?" “I say you are a fine pxatnple of longevity." “Yas, sah. Thank you, sah. But when my ale 'otnan is hard at work an’ I'm setting In de sunshine dat ain’t wliut she calls me.” MUST HAVE KNOWN PICKEREL Un«l« Jim Quite Evidently Familial With the Habits of That Particular Fish. Uncle Jim, trapper, had some easy “plokln's" In the summer escorting de partment store clerks on hunting and fishing trips. Last summer there came one whom Uncle Jim catalogued ns a fish mono maniac. He Imd learned ad about casts and files from a book, and inflated upon being rowed all over the lake long before sunrise. One morning, while en route to a certain piece of water which this leumed fisherman was certain con tained every variety of fish, a Idg pickerel made a playful Jump in the water near their tioat. “Walt!” Uncle Jim was excitedly commanded. "Didn't you see that whopper Jump? Let's stop and catch him." “Aw, he'll stay there," said Uncle Jim. "Let’s wait and get 1dm when we come buck."—Judge. SECRETS ARE WORTH MUCH Paris Newspaper Would Like to Know More of the Wondrous “Land Where Nobody Die*." MERRY QUIPS Simple. "How cun I keep my toes from going to sleep?" “Don't let them turn In.” An Equation. O’Rourke—The mun phwut has no woife is nuwthin.’ McToole—So Is the man plnvat 1ms wan, b'gob?—Life. Something Missing. ’ She—You are a perfect deurl He—Not perfect, darling, you have my heart 1—Wayside Tales. The Truth. “You can’t reason with a woman,” “No, my boy, women are hurd to fool."—Louisville Courier-Journal. As a Friend. “Is Flubdub a free thinker?” "No, lie's married.”—Louisville Cour ier-Journal. Litter. “Well, here you are in your sanctum surrounded by literature." "Not lit erature," said the editor. Far From Flattering. “Foreigner, hey? By gosh, jou talk our Hugo like a tiatlve.” “i’urdon me, 1 hope not.” The Eternal Feminine. “The last shall he tirst.” "Yes especially when a woman la reading a good novel I" Well Read. Miss Can—"I can read her face like a book.” Miss Xipp—“What kind of Cover design doe she use?” While the Money Lasts. North A toi l and Ids money are soon parted.” West Bui until they're parted lie's not a fool.” Bovinely Speaking. Hotel < Blest lias Mike Howe registered l;.-"e?” i’lerk—r*\\ hat do you think this is. a stable?” Not a Wireless Phone Co.? “That athlete Is wiry, all right.” “Yes; he used to lie lineman for the phone company.” Leslie Van Every. In the Ultra-Smart Set. “Is he good enough to marry our daughter?" "Well, he’s good for a mil lion."— I.onisvil!e Courier-Journal. Shaw and His Critic. Bernard Shaw Is not the hardened skeptic that he has sometimes been called. He is full of good humor. Some time age he was reading a par ticular^ hitter attack on himself, brought to him by one of his friends. He read ..lipping attentively, and then, turning to Ids friend, said: “How appallingly this fellow punc tuates his sentence*.” ---. _.. In truth, they do die there, tmt not until they are very old. The country Is Madagascar, or, inure exactly, An tanarlvo, the capital, situated In the middle of the Island, on a rock crown ing u small plain belonging to the plateau of Imgriiia. According to [>r. Kstrade. the colonial physician—and there B no reason for not believing hint—the Idrth rate at Antannrivo Is extremely high and the mortality iff surprisingly low. These Malagasays are a happy peo ple. "But could we not," asks the Baris Figaro, “get from them their two beautiful secrets: That of the numerous births and that of longevity? They would remit r us greater services than all the laws on depopulation and th« bounties and other encouragements which the state gives to the parents of large famines.” Corned Beef and— Italian cigars are not so good. Not so good. They are made by the gov ernment, are as long uml narrow as the road to salvation uml have a straw run through them so that the smoker cun occasionally draw a puff. A former A. F F.er who had been brigaded with the Italians came home and presented one to his friend. A couple of days later he met said ; friend. "flow'd you like that cigar 1 gave you?" he asked. "Cigar? rejs-ated the other won dering! J. "Cigar? Why. good laird, man, it was great. I took it home and huti it hulled and It went wonderfully with the corned beef.”—Atmtrican Legion Weekly. 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