| Show I I I The Lone Isle Ise of 5 A Visit to the tho Little Sea Girt Out Outpost 5 post of at Germany n nIt M i i n ii nn n ii n i n n n n Special Correspondence Germany Sept 1301 I Ham burg burs as us Is well veli known Is not situated on the sea sen coast but Is la some seams twenty or thirty miles mIes up the Elba from the little town tonn of ot n which lays directly on the ea en where the Elbe EIbe empties Itself All MI 11 the yes ves vessels sels seis stop first at and the time larger passenger ships give sho over their human freight to the tender mercy lUCre of ot the railroad which carries It down the I green hilly banks of at the river to the greatest of at German commercial cities Hamburg Vessels of ot lighter draught than th as III a Die Bis Bismarck marck go always as 18 fat far ai IJ Hamburg but these two and others other of ot their class clau go 0 only when hen necessity requires It for tor repairs Is virtually the key to Hamburg it would bo ho a cm place of ot no little Importance lo to Germany German in a IL war with any nation And Is of ot course very ery Welt well ell fortified lies northwest of at Hamburg as al I have remarked about or thirty miles Continuing ing In the same ame direction from Cux haten about forty mile mike out In the North Sra Ste Sc a ft little r red rd d rock jut juts up out of at the ocean Oltan to lo which a stranger r would scarcely y give ghe a pawing passing thought from rom the he deck dC k of ot an aim ocean t Yet this little rock rook Is nil all the land that many of ot the sixteen hundred souls nouli who live hive upon it have hao eret seen In times remote It tt was a kingdom by b Itself illicit and to this day possesses many man peculiarities ami ant customs which give It a Ii distInct Indi Individuality and hold bold It u se much apart from Europe Euro C as AI though It were ere on the tho theother theother other halt half of ot the globe Of Or the tarl history of ot much Is Li I not known and ant what records I theto are arc are ore very ver Inaccurate A cor Johannes Ieler of ot Husum gives us In n time the year 1002 n a very ory smell small II account of the Island which Is ns as n Inaccurate as It is 18 small smail Ho Itc tells tens us of ot the dimen stone of at tho the Island bland In the year MO SOO 1300 and 1610 which it will not be tY for tor f me to Give In nn an ol W J h chronicle of the eighteenth century It Is said that In the year 1010 was WM two Icing by one n wide At this time Christianity was to so strong In the time Island that thero wore vor nine lilac churches but hut ow lag Ins to floods flood between the yeat yeats t i hOlO 1010 and iS 1010 pt it the tho latter thre ore only to two heft standing landing There The Is now tiow Ilo hut bur one ont At lie time tim Is I meters long by MO toO In width The rock stands some Iome seventy meters out or of the It Is approached on one sIde lide by b a sandbar which Is called the but Lut on nil other Rides sides the tho rook drops straight off orT Into the MO Ilea A Journey Journe of ot about four tour hours hour from tram the time land drops down below belov belo the horizon brings one to the time lonely rock out In tile the sea but hut long Ion If before the four hour hours are up the little Island Is plainly to be lie seen ten anet and grows larger and an larg er Cr till we arc almos almost on the sand Band bar at Us JIll foot toot QUAINT FEATURES My y opinion Is III that In order to leave he tile Island as much ns as a possible of ot its 1111 original qUAIntness and not to mar In Anyway by modern modem Improvements Im its picturesque ue sandy bath baehm no III DIeT Ier for or the reception N of been built buill The landing consequently C must be bo ac accomplished by or means of at row boats un del der the guidance of ot swarthy old landers lande whose every feature and very every ery movement bespeak the hardy bardy old tars tau who bo from cradle on have ho know nothing but the sea till the only music they know Is I the screech c ech of ot the gull 1111 and the wash of ot the waves wave These Thee fishermen are one of ot the most moet Interesting and highly pie file picturesque features of ot the islands Every 4 face Is IA a n study from the young oung strip stripling strIpling ling hag who bo Is III just beginning his hla school schooling ing Int as an oarsman to the time uld II rusty tar who commands the tho little craft As Aa me Qua tiers stePs down tho the ladder r at tho the ships side there are a n dosen dOZ ll hands out outstretched outstretched outstretched stretched to h help lp him into hito th the boat and Ind I give ill him a seat Be t When all nil is Iii ready the boat Is IB pushed off orT from froam the chips bide and the tho great heavy he v ores begin to wont orJIn In the hands of at th tM the boat crow crew Aa ItS Q regularly as clock cock the time onre rise and fall fail anti and take the boat steadily alone towards the time where arc for tor the tiie th hoot bont par ties tics to land M piers have ha e b lJ been en n arranged on omm always kept even incA with the waler water at high and tow low tide The boat muK makes s for tor one of or these and you ou find yourself over the tho film with Jh he crowd snaking making for or the time nearest houie rooms rome to let f l An All before mentioned the Island is quite strongly fortified A number of ot tunnels have h o been dug Ilu and there are cis area cisa a Q number ot of cannon placed In them that cannot be va won L n but could very ver probably ly Iy I bo be heard There arc are a number of larger guns runs mounted on ull tup top of at the limo rock In very commanding positions They Timy ate arC about ten ton or ur tWelve 11 in um size and would make It very cry lively for tor vessels within their reach Prom From l rom of ot the fourteenth century was In possessIon of at the dukes if lit Gat torp tarp till 1711 when wilen It was WS taken by the Danes Panes In Ml time the English took time the la Is laland laland Island land but dd did not become the rightful owners till fill the tho th DaCO of Kiel Wel 1814 1514 At A tho i e fn Napoleon po con tried to annihilate ate English commerce by closing all continental ports to England land became the thc center of ot great excite excitement meat ment and many people came caine to time the Is Island Island land At no nl time in iii the tho past has hus the little Island seen so much munch stirring life lite and It Il probably never will wilt see nee such a u aone aone one again It was th tint chief place of ot resort for tor all smugglers and smuggling grew rew to such elicit dimensions that It became necessary to erect an exchange for tor the many ninny merchants At this time timmie the na ima natives tives lived like as It U wore were Of at course this state of ot affairs came Caine to an end and then followed very hard bard times Indeed for the Inhabitants Through the time energy of ot one George Andersen Dolmens a company was formed In the year rear In 1826 for tor the purpose ol 01 o erecting bath house and making snakIng the place into Inton a n The Tho beginning was small but hut the place Ilace became better liked hiked over year till now It Is III one of the most moat popular popular lar summery resorts of ot the Germans Germane NOTED SEA FIGHTS Two naval battles ought fought In tho the last century served to bring Into prominence In 1845 a battle MUle was fought between the thc Danes Dance and the tile Germans and In 1864 one ono took place between the Austrian ships and the time Danish In tIme the vicinity of ot the time Island In time tho latter fight n ht the tho Austrian A commander Von won his first laurels ns as n nII asa a II fighter Ho He afterwards became the tho hero of ot Lisca Although the English government did not give Ive Itself much trouble concern concerning concernIng ing lag still England Is to bo be thanked for tor a great many Improve Improvements improvements ments such as ns good streets and ft n afew few tew good buildings and the Urge large light lighthouse lighthouse house houe which Is one 01 of at the tho features of ot I Ithe the time Island TheM Improvements Were brought about through the time efforts of ot several of ot her governors CEDED TO Germany was IM naturally very ory desirous of at having as ns Is be boo belonged belonged longed geographically to her herand herand herand and would be bo a n very linn ban bandy dy naval naIl station The Tho two gov gor governments gO considered the proposition for forn fora n a 1 long time and It II was finally decided that England should take Zanzibar antl gg that Germany should have hare nel oland On tho tIme 1st let of at July Jul WO 1800 It was delivered over to time the German and on the of at August tho the last English gover governor governor governor nor took his leave On the Kat Kater I al allI lI ser er r William was received with great ceremony and the time Island tile the German SUNSETS The Tho sunsets are celebrated and they the are ur worthy of ot their fame tame It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is absolutely one of ot the finest Onest sights that cnn can bo be b Imagined to see the great ball of f fire sink Rink behind th the western horizon What Indescribable hues and tints are thrown out over the water and through the sky sk from this fiery mass tunas as ns asit asIt it bids goodnight to the tho world When the sun rests n a trifle above the horizon it Il Deems to throw Its flames oft off and be become become come cease a n white glowing sphere When the time ball bail Is halt half sunk in time the deep with the lone baY glittering pathway that lint it II shoots across the time water and the long Ion rays ras of Ct light that find resting places In the silvery slivery clouds It docs does Indeed as someone has nId resemble what we 0 think the gateway of ot heaven hea n should be It leaves however a tI brilliant sky sl of ot constantly changing colors which at nt disappear dl behind the time curtain of ot darkness ss SQUADRONS Situated aa Lie It Is Is of ot course quite a rendezvous for squad none rons of ot the tho t 10 German navy and It Is 18 wry very Interesting Indeed to watch from a II lit Ut little Uttie littie tie tle bont boat the tho approach of at torpedo boat oat I destroyers At first only a II a few tow faint black specks can be bo discovered on tho time horizon which grow larger und and larger until they assume the shape of ot boats and from ruin each smokestack Issue great volumes of thick black block smoke which bid lild fair tall to hide the sun Tho The boats approach quite close to the Island and make n a 1 tow few turns as prettily an u a squad of ot execute a 1 few ew signals In response to some somo from the flagship and come to a standstill In perfect or order order der After Alter all nil Is quiet on ott the fleet the tha admirals gig Is In dropped and then fol tal follow tallow follow low tho the other boata from Crom the tho theother theother other ships and anil soon the time cafes on tho time beach ore are full of at officers from the time des doe destroyers destro tro who Immediately overshadow o all alt rivals with the tho fair sex Surgeons and lieutenants ensigns anti and captains stroll around with time the thorough con conviction that the whole world trembles and humbly bows as ns they pass It ItIs ItIs Is II n a question whether more repulsive arrogance than that of ot the German Gorman army nat and naval officers o can be bo found anywhere ILLUMINATED n FLEETS loI I It happens very vary often that n II torpedo flotilla when It visits the time Island Is the time I forerunner of at a n fleet of battleships and cruisers which follow somewhat tart tard tardily ily lIy In tho the torpedo boats wake It happened that on orm tho time occasion of the tho writers visit to a n section of ot tho the German volunteers was Willi expected homo home from China Chinn and the tho North Sea Boa fleet was ras to receive them In the tho vicin vicinity vicinIty ity of ot the Island Lato Late one afternoon tho the warships put in their appearance and dropped anchor some miles from the land hand It was a II great sight sl ht Indeed from the time top of at the time rock rack to see sec the time magnificent war vessels execute their maneuvers like great machines man snarl managed managed aged by liy some ome unseen force By thy the tho time Iliac all on board was quiet and each ench ship was anchored It was dark and then began the shooting of at rockets ant the Illumination of or the time ships Strings of ot electric lights were hung from tram time the to the time sides sidell and ends of ot tho the thov v vessels Searchlights were score continually moving In all nit directions Interspersed with whim rockets from Cram tho the different ships alternately This his Fourth of July per performance was kept tip up far Into the time night Tho The fleet In tho the daytime da would always leave the tIme Island but would re return return return turn at night and repeat the tho fireworks performance BIDDING ADIEU After breathing the fresh tresh sea Bell air for tor torn fora fo foa a n week one feels eels cels as all though ho lie were ven made anti he feels worse and nn worse every day about leaving tho time ro re romantic mantle mantic little Island hut But after all the tho visit vial t has hall been blen long and all nil has been beer seen so why wiry not go It Is a II hard harl question to answer but something seems to hold him there At last h hit in t reluctantly derides after a II consulta consult consultation consultation tion with his hla friend that lull It If all nil Is well yolI tomorrows steamer will VIII take them back linck to Hamburg All MI Is la not always I well veIl for the time morrows boat Is In missed which necessitates waiting another hours At last the time Iliac t comes goodbye must mu t bo be said to t the Island no so he and ant his friend with feelings of f step Into the little boat are arc soon Boon under full steam for or tire the rib and as liS they thoY look back lack the little red rei sand stone Island Islam sinks and Into the sea Ben ns as the recollection of or their visit to It will eventually sink and become blurred In Inthe Inthe inthe the sea 1101 of ot memory SPI tIm CLAWSON Jit |
