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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Great Round World And What Is Going On
+In It, April 1, 1897  Vol. 1. No. 21, by Various
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+Title: The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, April 1, 1897  Vol. 1. No. 21
+       A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
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+Author: Various
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+Editor:   Julia Truitt Bishop
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+Release Date: March 24, 2005 [EBook #15451]
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+And WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT.]
+
+    VOL. 1   APRIL 1, 1897.   NO. 21
+
+
+Greece is certainly the most daring little kingdom!
+
+Far from being alarmed by the message sent her from the Powers, she has
+replied that it is impossible for her to withdraw her troops from Crete.
+She states that her object in sending them there was to restore peace, and
+as serious troubles still exist in the island, she cannot comply with the
+request of the Powers.
+
+In the reply, she further states that she cannot consent to Home Rule for
+Crete under the direction of Turkey, but is willing to leave it to the
+Cretans themselves to decide under the rule of what monarch they wish to
+be.
+
+The Powers are surprised and angry that Greece should dare to disagree
+with them; but the reply has been written in such a careful manner that it
+is not an open defiance of their wishes. They cannot therefore send the
+second note of which we spoke in our last number, but have had to call for
+a fresh discussion of the matter.
+
+The general idea is that the reply of Greece is very clever, and that it
+may be the means of preventing a war, because it is so reasonable in its
+tone that Europe cannot find in it an excuse for getting angry enough to
+declare war.
+
+The reply of Greece opens a way for further discussion, which may lead to
+a settlement.
+
+There is a good deal of sly diplomacy under this soft answer.
+
+The great combination which is called the Powers, consists of six nations:
+Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Austria, and Great Britain. It is
+necessary for these six nations to agree before any action can be taken by
+them. As a matter of fact, they are very far from agreeing. Greece, it
+seems, is well aware of this, and relies on it to help her get her own way
+in the end.
+
+To begin with, France has sent word that she cannot possibly take part in
+any severe measures against Greece, while public opinion remains as it is
+in France. She would be glad to act with the Powers, but dares not do so
+in the face of the opposition of the French Parliament.
+
+England would gladly take the same stand. She is, however, unable to do
+so, because the rest of the Powers are now suspecting her of having
+stirred up the Cretan trouble, and so she has to appear severe to show
+that she is in earnest in trying to prevent war between Greece and Turkey.
+It is known that she is unwilling to support Turkey against Greece, and
+that the Queen is taking an active part in the Greek question, and
+restraining her ministers from taking severe measures with Greece.
+
+On the other hand, it is reported that the German Emperor only joined the
+rest of the nations on the understanding that his advice should be
+followed. He suggested that the Powers should first blockade the Piræus,
+which is the great port of Greece, at the head of which lies the city of
+Athens. Having arranged the blockade, the Powers were then to send a final
+message to Greece, ordering her to withdraw from Crete, and if she
+refused, were to proceed to bombard Athens.
+
+This gentle advice not being followed, the German Emperor became highly
+insulted, threatened to withdraw from the alliance, declared himself no
+longer in sympathy with it, and had to be coaxed and flattered till he
+grew amiable again.
+
+Russia is openly in favor of Turkey, and is indignant with Greece for her
+warlike attitude, and that she should refuse Home Rule for Crete unless it
+is under the guidance of a Greek prince.
+
+It is quite certain that Greece knew all about these disagreements when
+she sent her reply, and was fully aware that her refusal would throw the
+Powers into the greatest confusion.
+
+Little country though she is, Greece has the best of the argument.
+
+If Europe decides to drive Greece out of Crete, she will have a great deal
+of trouble in doing so. Not only has Greece a large force of troops in
+Crete who are well provisioned, and able to remain some time without
+further supplies, but the whole Christian population of the island is on
+the side of Greece and will fight with her.
+
+If the Powers attack her, and try to drive her out of Crete, she will at
+once attack Turkey on the mainland, and with the help of Servia, Bulgaria,
+and what are known as the Balkan States (from the Balkan Mountains which
+run through them) will try her best to destroy the disreputable Turkish
+monarchy in Europe.
+
+The preparations for war are going steadily on. Greece has summoned all
+her army reserves, and ordered them to rejoin their regiments. All the men
+are answering willingly to the call.
+
+The army reserve is that part of the military force of a country which is
+not made a portion of the regular standing army. For instance, our States
+Militia, or National Guard, is an army reserve. The men belonging to it
+can follow other professions, and need not be soldiers all the time; but
+they learn how to be soldiers, and can be called on by the government
+whenever soldiers are needed.
+
+Our standing army is very small. We have only about thirty thousand men in
+it; but our National Guard, the reserves that would be called out in case
+of war, number over ten millions.
+
+In Greece there is a penalty of $200 for any man belonging to the reserve
+who does not answer the call of the country, and, moreover, neither
+distance nor citizenship in another country excuses him. If he does not
+answer the call, he will be arrested and imprisoned whenever he sets foot
+again in Greece.
+
+The United States Consul-General from Greece has been notified to call for
+all the Greeks in this country. They have answered willingly, and are
+arranging their affairs so that they may be ready to leave the moment war
+is declared. They are endeavoring to charter a ship to take them back.
+Over a thousand of the Greeks in this country answered the call the first
+day it was made.
+
+It seems almost sure that war between Turkey and Greece must come, and to
+this end Greece is hurrying troops, arms, and provisions to the Turkish
+frontier, every available steamship being chartered to aid in the work.
+
+A number of the warships of Great Britain and the other Powers have
+appeared near the Piræus, and it seems likely that some sort of a blockade
+may be maintained.
+
+In Crete itself, fighting is still going on. The allied Powers are making
+a very determined effort to subdue the Greeks.
+
+The Italians have forcibly put the Greek consul out of Canea. They took
+him into custody, and put him on board a Greek war-vessel, with a warning
+against trying to re-enter Canea.
+
+The correspondents of the Greek papers have also been ordered to leave the
+city, and they, too, will be forced to leave, if they do not go quietly.
+
+The British went to the town of Selino, which was being besieged by the
+Cretans, forced the insurgents to desist, and rescued the Moslems who were
+besieged, bringing them away from Selino under a strong escort of British
+soldiers.
+
+The Cretans were so enraged at the rescue, that in spite of the fact that
+they had promised the British commander that they would allow the Moslems
+in Selino to go free, they gathered at the gates and waited for the
+Moslems to come out, dashed through the soldiers who were guarding them,
+and tried to wound and rob them.
+
+A Russian warship made a cruise round the island a few days ago, and
+brought back word to the allies at Canea that fighting was going on near
+all the coast towns, and that the whole island seemed ablaze with war.
+
+Colonel Vassos has received orders from the King of Greece that he is to
+hold all the positions in the island now occupied by Greek troops, and to
+resist all attempts on the part of Turkey or the Powers to dislodge him.
+
+A report from Crete states that there has been trouble between Germany and
+Greece.
+
+A German vessel, the _Kaiserin Augusta_, ordered a Greek vessel, the
+_Hydra_, to come to a standstill, and fired a blank shot at her to make
+her obey. The _Hydra_ immediately replied by firing a whole broadside at
+the German vessel, and went on her way.
+
+This report has not been fully verified, so after all it may not be true.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Turkey, in the mean while, is following her usual method of saying nothing
+at all, simply waiting to see what happens.
+
+The various Sultans who have been ruling Turkey ever since the affairs of
+that country first began to scandalize Europe, have always maintained this
+same attitude, in the hope that the Powers which insisted on interfering
+in the affairs of Turkey might at last get into a serious quarrel among
+themselves, and so be obliged to leave Turkey alone.
+
+The Turkish troubles have been going on for years and years. The Armenian
+massacres, and the misrule in Crete, are only the last two of a long
+series of crimes which have made Turkey the horror and the despair of
+Europe.
+
+If the various Powers could only have agreed how to divide up the Turkish
+Empire between them, the Sultan would have been expelled from Europe long
+ago. But they never have agreed, and so the Sultan of Turkey has kept his
+throne.
+
+The Powers sent a note to Turkey at the same time that the one was
+despatched to Greece, telling him that they wished Crete to have Home Rule
+under the control of a Turkish prince.
+
+The Sultan's reply was most amiable; he agreed to the wishes of the Powers
+so willingly, that it is said that he is glad to have an opportunity of
+ridding himself of Crete, which has long been an annoyance and expense to
+his Empire.
+
+At the same time he, too, is massing troops on the frontier, ready to fly
+at the Greeks the moment war is declared.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Affairs in Cuba are beginning to look a little brighter for the Cubans,
+but very dark and dismal for Spain.
+
+The last news from Madrid says that a Carlist rising is feared, and that
+Spain dares not send any more of her soldiers out of the country to help
+in the Cuban war. Her money is also exhausted. The enormous sums that were
+raised last year have been spent, and she has no means of raising any
+fresh loans. If she can send neither money nor men to further the Cuban
+war, it is likely that the Cubans will soon be victorious, for General
+Weyler says that he has not enough men to pacify the island; the funds are
+so low, that the Spanish soldiers can neither be paid nor fed properly
+and are deserting to the Cuban ranks from sheer want.
+
+The Carlist rising, that is so much feared, concerns the pretensions of a
+certain Don Carlos to the throne of Spain.
+
+From the time of Philip V., in 1713, the succession to the Spanish throne
+had been according to the Salic law, from father to son; or to the nearest
+male relative.
+
+The Salic law is a very old law, which provides that no woman can inherit
+lands, or occupy the throne. According to this law, if a king dies leaving
+several daughters, but no son, the throne passes away from the daughters,
+and goes to the nearest male relative, be he nephew, uncle, or cousin.
+
+In 1829 Ferdinand III. of Spain, having no sons, rendered the Salic law of
+no effect in Spain by a decree granting the right of succession to the
+daughters and granddaughters of the king.
+
+When Ferdinand died in 1833, his daughter Isabella Maria II. was declared
+queen, and the brother of Ferdinand, who under the old law should have
+been king, was passed over. This brother was named Don Carlos.
+
+Don Carlos refused to recognize his brother's decree, and declared himself
+King of Spain. Many of the nobles, who did not like the idea of being
+ruled by a woman, flocked to his standard, and war was declared against
+the party of the Queen by the people of Don Carlos' party, or Carlists, as
+they were called.
+
+For six years a cruel civil war raged, then Don Carlos was forced to give
+in. This first war was from 1833 to 1839.
+
+In 1860 Don Carlos II., the son of Don Carlos I. (Ferdinand's brother),
+declared himself King of Spain, and headed a new Carlist rising, which was
+again unsuccessful.
+
+There have been several unsuccessful uprisings since then.
+
+From 1873 to 1876 Don Carlos III. headed a rising which bid fair to be
+successful.
+
+Don Carlos III. is the direct descendant of Don Carlos I., and is the
+present pretender to the Spanish throne, to which, according to the Salic
+law, he is the rightful heir.
+
+In January, 1876, he was forced to give up the fight, and nothing more has
+been heard of him till the present time.
+
+There have been murmurs of new Carlist risings, but no actual trouble has
+been feared.
+
+Now, with the whole country enraged and dissatisfied at the mismanagement
+of the wars both in Cuba and the Philippines, Don Carlos is once more
+gathering his followers together.
+
+He has agents working for his cause in Cuba, as well as in Spain.
+
+In the Spanish army, there are at the present time a number of officers
+who fought for Don Carlos in the last war.
+
+These men were pardoned by the King of Spain when the Carlist revolt was
+subdued, and were allowed to enter the Spanish army. They have always been
+looked upon with suspicion, and have not risen to power, or grown rich,
+like the other officers.
+
+They are of course not very well satisfied with the present state of
+things, and are very willing to listen to Don Carlos' agents, who promise
+them promotion and fortune if they will once more return his standard.
+
+The rising is planned for an early date.
+
+While this is enough to harass the government, it is not all. There is
+another party in Spain, which it is feared will rise up and fight both the
+Carlists and the government. This party is called the Republican party,
+and it is thought to be the strongest of the three.
+
+Both Carlists and Republicans are using the mismanagement of the Cuban war
+as a means of turning the people against the government, and indeed the
+Spanish people are so disgusted with the waste of money and life, that
+they are ready to revolt against their rulers. A change in the government
+is almost sure to come, and the Carlists and Republicans are both trying
+to become the new power that is to get in when the old is overthrown.
+
+For these very good reasons the government has told General Weyler that
+neither men nor money can be sent to him.
+
+It seems that what money he has in hand will be used up by May 1st, and
+then no one knows what will be done.
+
+There is a general idea that while Spain will never withdraw her troops
+from Cuba, and allow that she is beaten, she will quietly drop the war,
+sending no more men or money to help carry it on, and leaving the
+Spaniards who are in Cuba to shift for themselves.
+
+The poverty of the Spanish soldiers is something pitiable. They are sick,
+hungry, and only half clothed. The medicines have given out and there is
+no money to buy any more, and so the poor fellows have to suffer without
+proper medical care.
+
+Then, too, the smallpox has broken out, the government has no means of
+checking it, and it is steadily gaining ground, until the people are dying
+like sheep.
+
+What pay is left for the poor soldier lads, after the officers have got
+through stealing it, is paid to them in the paper money Weyler tried to
+force on Cuba. (You can read about it in No. 2 of THE GREAT ROUND
+WORLD.) This money is utterly worthless; none of the Cuban merchants
+will take it, and yet it is given to the poor soldiers, and they are told
+to go and buy what they want, Weyler well knowing that they cannot
+purchase even postage-stamps with it.
+
+The disheartened, starving soldiers are falling back before the Cubans,
+and victory after victory is reported for the insurgent side.
+
+Havana has been attacked! The insurgents actually passed through the
+suburbs, and reached Havana itself. They ransacked stores, put the whole
+population in a panic, but after a fierce fight of two hours were at last
+obliged to retire.
+
+Weyler did his best to keep this news from the people, but, before his
+plans were fully made, the Cubans made a fresh attack on another suburb of
+the city, endeavoring to seize a large quantity of provisions and arms
+that were stored there.
+
+This time they again loaded themselves with plunder, but failed to get the
+rich prize they had gone for.
+
+A part of the same force which attacked Havana descended on the town of
+Guines, also in Havana Province, and about thirty-five miles from the
+capital. After a few hours' struggle they succeeded in forcing the
+Spanish soldiers to take shelter in a church, and then they ransacked the
+town, and took $10,000 in gold from the government safe.
+
+Bejugad, another important town in the same province, was also attacked by
+the Cubans, and with equal success.
+
+It looks as if one great effort would win for Cuba the freedom for which
+she has worked so faithfully.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The widow of the Dr. Ruiz who was reported to have been murdered in the
+Cuban prison has arrived in this country.
+
+She has gone to Washington, and has laid her sad story before the
+government, and asked for help.
+
+It seems that Mrs. Ruiz has some evidence which proves that the Spaniards
+were ill-using Dr. Ruiz. The evidence came to her in a most curious way.
+
+As we have mentioned before, the Spaniards do not put either beds or
+benches in their prisons. Their captives must either stand, or lie down on
+the filthy floors, among dirt and vermin.
+
+Mrs. Ruiz went to the authorities when her husband was arrested, and asked
+permission to send him a bed and some chairs.
+
+She was refused. But she still persisted. After many prayers and
+entreaties, she was finally allowed to send him a chair.
+
+When it was returned to her after his death, she found scratched in the
+varnish under the seat a message from her lost husband.
+
+In this message were the words, "They are killing me!"
+
+The poor unhappy woman and her five helpless children have brought this
+message from the dead, and hope, with its aid, to convince this government
+of the wrongs she has suffered, and make them demand from Spain money to
+take care of her helpless family.
+
+[Illustration: Mrs. Ruiz is received by the President while her children
+play on the White House grounds]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The election of Mr. McKinley has brought the filibustering parties no
+better luck.
+
+It is said that much greater care is to be taken to prevent any such
+parties from leaving our shores.
+
+The _Texas_ has been ordered to join the _Montgomery_ off Florida, to
+watch for filibusters, and the President seems determined to maintain a
+strict neutrality.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Matters in the Philippines look just about as gloomy as they do in Cuba,
+from the Spanish point of view.
+
+The same story of badly paid and starving soldiers comes from Manila that
+we got from Cuba, the same distress from fever and disease.
+
+The general in command is asking Spain for money and men, just as Weyler
+is asking. He says he cannot conquer the rebels without a larger force.
+
+With great reluctance Spain is sending a small force out, but it is
+understood that she can send no more men, and no money.
+
+The insurgents are gaining ground, and are said to fight with great
+steadiness and bravery.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The only news from the Transvaal is that England has sent a very
+determined message to President Krüger, demanding that he shall give the
+English-speaking people in the Transvaal what they are pleased to call
+their rights.
+
+It is said that some of the British ministers feel sure that war with the
+Transvaal must come before long, and that they are only too willing to
+have it come as quickly as possible.
+
+The ministers have decided that in the case of war being declared, a force
+of twenty thousand men will be quite enough to send out from England to
+conquer the country.
+
+It is understood that President Krüger is kept informed of all that goes
+on in England in regard to his country, and is quite undismayed at the
+prospect of an invasion by the British.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+State Senator Lexow has made his report to the Legislature at Albany, as
+to the Trusts which he investigated, and the people generally are not
+satisfied with it.
+
+Mr. Lexow declares that Trusts are dangerous things, that they kill
+competition, help monopoly, dodge taxes, and make enormous profits.
+
+Having said this, he declares himself powerless to prevent any of the
+evils which he deplores. He thinks an amendment to the Constitution will
+be the only real means of remedying the evil, because the Trusts manage
+their business so cleverly that they avoid doing anything that breaks the
+law so openly that they can be punished, while all the time they are
+contriving to disobey and set the laws aside.
+
+One member of his Committee was, however, of opinion that the Sugar Trust
+had not been fairly dealt with. He presented a report of his own, in which
+he tried to show that this Trust was of great benefit to the State.
+
+A member of the Albany Legislature has, however, found out a way to stop
+Trusts.
+
+He has offered a bill making it a crime for a Trust to give any money,
+property, or thing of value to help any political campaign, or to attempt
+to bribe Congressmen to vote for its bills. The penalty for doing this
+will be a very heavy fine and the breaking up of the Trust.
+
+While we are on the subject of Trusts, we must mention a very interesting
+case which came up the other day.
+
+An action was brought by a workingman against the Knights of Labor,
+sometimes called the Labor Trust.
+
+The workingman, an engineer named Charles Curran, was employed by the
+Miller Brewing Company in Rochester.
+
+He was a clever workman, and had a steady job, and good wages.
+
+One day the Knights of Labor called on him, told him that he must join
+their society, pay the necessary fees, and allow himself to be guided in
+future by their rules.
+
+They told him that, if he refused, they would see that he was discharged,
+and make it impossible for him to get further employment.
+
+Curran did refuse, and the Knights of Labor went to his employers and
+demanded that he be dismissed.
+
+The Brewing Company had an agreement with the Knights of Labor to employ
+only members of the association in its works. They dared not refuse the
+request for fear of a strike being ordered, so they discharged Curran.
+
+True to their threat, the Knights of Labor watched Curran, and prevented
+him from getting work in the city of Rochester.
+
+He finally was forced to go to another town, but he soon found that he was
+a marked man. Word was sent from one branch of the Knights of Labor to
+another to follow Curran, and prevent his getting work.
+
+From being a prosperous, well-to-do man, he became very poor, and finally
+suffered for food.
+
+Then he went to the courts and asked for help.
+
+His case has been before different judges for seven years, but at last it
+has been decided in his favor.
+
+The Court of Appeals, the highest court in the State, has decided that it
+was not lawful for the brewers of Rochester to make a contract with the
+Knights of Labor, agreeing only to employ members of the society in their
+works. Further, that it was not lawful for this contract to be used as a
+means of depriving a man of the opportunity to earn a living.
+
+The Court ordered that Curran should be given money for the damage he had
+sustained through the loss of his work, that the Knights of Labor should
+pay him this money, and should besides pay all the expenses of the trial.
+
+This Labor Trust has been one of the most dangerous of all the Trusts,
+because the members of it have made it a practice to force every workman
+to join it, or else treats them as it treated Curran.
+
+Up to the present time men have been afraid to disobey the orders of the
+Knights, but now that this very important case has been settled in favor
+of a man who is not a member of the Trust, it is to be hoped that
+workingmen will have the courage to seek the aid of the law against the
+Labor Union, when it treats them unjustly.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+President McKinley has chosen the various gentlemen who are to be his
+advisers for the next four years, and his Cabinet is now complete.
+
+On Wednesday, March 5th, the day after his inauguration, President
+McKinley sent word to the Senate that he had a message for it, and almost
+immediately after word was brought that he had chosen the men whom he
+would like to have for his Cabinet officers, and would be glad if the
+Senate would confirm his appointments.
+
+The names of the Cabinet officers are as follows:
+
+Secretary of State, John Sherman.
+
+Secretary of the Treasury, Lyman Gage.
+
+Secretary of War, Gen. Russell A. Alger.
+
+Attorney-General, Joseph McKenna.
+
+Postmaster-General, James A. Gary.
+
+Secretary of the Navy, John D. Long.
+
+Secretary of the Interior, Cornelius N. Bliss.
+
+Secretary of Agriculture, James Wilson.
+
+The Senate confirmed the President's nominations, and the matter of the
+Cabinet was settled.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A very exciting account of a trip down a lumber flume comes from Pomona,
+California.
+
+It seems that in the lumber regions on the Pacific Coast, flumes are built
+for the purpose of carrying the lumber from the camps in the mountains to
+the sawmills in the valleys below.
+
+These flumes are a kind of V-shaped trough, about three feet deep, and are
+built on trestles after the manner of the elevated roads. The height of
+the flume from the ground ranges from twenty to one hundred and twenty
+feet, and they are fifty to sixty-five miles long.
+
+The logs are floated down on water that is turned into the flume from the
+mountain streams. The time taken to make the trip is from two to three
+hours.
+
+A party of three men was invited to go up to a lumber camp and take a
+trip down into the valley by one of these flumes.
+
+All three of them were accustomed to tobogganing, and thinking it would be
+only a toboggan slide on a huge scale, they decided to go.
+
+They spent the night at the lumber camp, and were roused up very early in
+the morning, so that they might get down to their business in the valley
+betimes. After a hearty breakfast, they wrapped themselves up as warmly as
+they could, and prepared for their trip.
+
+They had left warm weather in the valley, but here in the mountains the
+snow lay thick, and it was bitter cold.
+
+They shivered (not altogether with cold) when they caught sight of the
+little boat that was to take them their fifty miles.
+
+The boat was a very rough-looking thing, nailed together without much
+care, and did not look over-strong.
+
+However, as none of the three was willing to be the first man to give in,
+they stepped into the little craft, and gripping the seats firmly, in
+obedience to the orders of the lumbermen, were pushed off.
+
+For the first few minutes their experience was something terrible. They
+were going at such a frightful rate of speed that they could hardly catch
+breath; they seemed to be falling down the side of the mountain, and every
+moment the speed of their fall increased.
+
+They flew past snowy mountains and ice-bound rivers, and had no time to
+see anything.
+
+Each man remembered all the dreadful stories he had heard about accidents
+in flumes, and at every curve and turn expected to be dashed to pieces in
+the cañon below.
+
+So they sped onward, past rocks and cliffs, down, down, down, until they
+flew out of the regions of snow and ice over hillsides clothed with
+vineyards. Still down, past orchards, the trees in full bloom, down and
+still down, until their fear had passed, and they were able to enjoy the
+novelty of their position.
+
+Suddenly a curve in the flume brought them into a wide stretch of water,
+and they had reached their journey's end. The little boat, still propelled
+by the force it had gathered in its journey down the mountainside, cut its
+way through the water, and reached the wharf,--only two hours having been
+taken for the trip.
+
+It must have been a wonderful ride. What a clever and yet simple device
+for bringing the lumber down from the mountains with so little trouble and
+expense!
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Some people have been complaining that Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, the
+President of the Board of Police, has been giving the men, who want to
+join the force, such a severe examination that it is almost impossible for
+half of them to answer the hard questions that are asked.
+
+Mr. Roosevelt declares that it is necessary that policemen should be
+intelligent men, and have some slight amount of education. He thinks they
+ought to know a little about the history of this country, and of the laws
+which they are called to uphold.
+
+He says the questions were only such as a fairly bright child could answer
+with ease, and that the men who cannot answer them have no business on the
+force.
+
+To prove the truth of this, he prints a few of the answers made by the
+rejected policemen, and asks the people who complain to read them, and
+then let him know whether they would like to have such ignorant men as
+guardians of the law.
+
+One question was: "Name five of the New England States."
+
+One man wrote: "England, Ireland, Scotland, _Whales_, and Cork"; and
+another, "London, Africa, and New England."
+
+To the question: "On what instrument is the Government of the United
+States founded?" one answer was:
+
+"On paper."
+
+"Into what three branches is the Government of the United States divided?"
+puzzled them sorely.
+
+"Republicans, Dimulcrats, and Popperlists," seemed the favorite answer.
+
+"What is the highest department of the United States Courts?" also worried
+them badly.
+
+"The Fire Department," was written by several.
+
+Others suggested, "Sir Pream's Court."
+
+"Why July 4th and February 22d were made legal holidays?" was quite beyond
+their understanding.
+
+"The day on which George Washington landed and crossed the Delaware";
+
+"The day on which the President takes his seat"; and
+
+"July _Forth_ was the end of the _warre_," were three of the brilliant
+suggestions.
+
+I think we ought all of us to be very much obliged to Mr. Roosevelt for
+preventing such ignorant men as these from being set in authority, and
+having the difficult duties of the police to perform.
+
+                                    GENIE H. ROSENFELD.
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+                            Yours respectfully,
+                                         LEONARD O.
+    SOMERVILLE, MASS.
+
+
+
+DEAR LEONARD:
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+NEW ROAD TO ELECTRICITY.--A paper was read recently before the
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+conclusion, will mean a new motor or driving force to do the world's work,
+in place of steam, and he insists that the new force will be much cheaper
+than any now in use.
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+heat. It has long been known that there was a terrible waste of electrical
+energy through the use of heat. The method of producing it by galvanic
+batteries was impossible for large electric plants, because the zinc that
+had to be used was too expensive.
+
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+succeeded in doing with carbon, and without heat, what the galvanic
+battery does with zinc.
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+it has no practical value whatever; but that to scientists a way has been
+opened which will lead them into a new field of thought; and that, when
+his discovery has been worked out, and applied to practical methods,
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+       *       *       *       *       *
+
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+capture of a huge python by Walter Ralston, a young man who was employed
+in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
+
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+and that the big python had escaped, and was in Rock Key, off the Florida
+coast.
+
+Mr. Ralston determined to go and catch the horrid reptile, so he went down
+to Florida and tried to secure guides.
+
+He had great difficulty in doing so, for the whole country was in terror
+of the snake, and no one wanted to take the risk of hunting him.
+
+At last Mr. Ralston found men, and landed at the Key.
+
+They found the snake coiled up on the body of a small doe he had caught.
+The Indians immediately ran away. But Mr. Ralston was not in the least
+afraid, and, boldly approaching, tried to put a bag over the python's
+head.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+The reptile avoided the bag, and struck at him, catching its fangs in his
+coat, and in a moment had twisted its tail around him, and was crushing
+him to death in its horrid folds.
+
+He shouted for help, but the Indians were at first too scared to come to
+his aid. At last one ventured near, and laid hold of the serpent's tail;
+and the others helping, they succeeded in unwinding the reptile and
+getting Mr. Ralston out of its clutches. He was more dead than alive, but
+even then would not give up the chase. As soon as he was sufficiently
+recovered they started after the python once more. And two of the Indians
+managing to engage the creature's attention, Mr. Ralston slipped the bag
+over its head, and it was caught.
+
+It struggled desperately for a long time, frightening the whole party
+nearly out of their wits lest it should get away. But at last they had it
+safe; and binding it tightly they carried it off.
+
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+Title: The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, April 1, 1897  Vol. 1. No. 21
+       A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
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+<p><a name="Page_553" id="Page_553"></a></p>
+<p class="figcenter"><img src="./images/covera.jpg" alt="THE GREAT ROUND WORLD AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT" title="THE GREAT ROUND WORLD AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT" /></p>
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+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="subscription, date and volume">
+<tr><td align='center'><span class='smcap'>Subscription Price</span>,</td>
+<td align='center'><b>April 1, 1897</b></td>
+<td align='left'><b>Vol. 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class='smcap'>No</span>. 21</b></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='center'>$2.50 PER YEAR</td>
+<td align='left'>[Entered at Post Office, New York City, as second-class matter]</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="./images/coverb.jpg"><img src="./images/coverb-tb.jpg" alt="Cover Illlustration, Globe" title="Cover Illlustration, Globe" /></a></p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><img src="./images/coverc.jpg" alt="William Beverley Harison, Publisher" title="William Beverley Harison, Publisher" /></p>
+
+
+<p class='center'><b>Copyrighted 1897. By <span class='smcap'>William Beverley Harison</span>.</b><a name="Page_554" id="Page_554"></a></p>
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+
+<h2>History and Manuals of</h2>
+
+<h2>Vertical Writing</h2>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 28em;"><b>By JOHN JACKSON</b></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 25%;' />
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="Vertical Writing">
+<tr><td align='left'>Theory and Practice of Vertical Writing,</td>
+<td align='left'>$1.25</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Teaching of Vertical Writing,</td>
+<td align='right'>.50</td></tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr style='width: 25%;' />
+
+
+<p>John Jackson, the originator of this system of vertical writing, is the
+only teacher who has had the years of practice in teaching it that make
+these the standard manuals for teachers and students. The adoption of
+vertical writing abroad and in this country is largely due to his
+persistent work and the marvellous results of his teaching. His series of
+copy-books were the first to be used in this country, and are considered
+by experienced teachers, who are not to be misled by mere beauty of
+engravers work, to contain the only practical well-graded course of
+instruction leading from primary work to the rapid and now justly
+celebrated <b>telegraph hand</b>&mdash;for these books are the only ones containing
+copies in this rapid writing. The telegraph hand is the style used by the
+best telegraph operators in the country&mdash;and these writers are universally
+acknowledged to be the most rapid writers, and writers of a hand which of
+necessity must be most legible.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 25%;' />
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="Copy-Books and Pads">
+<tr><td align='left'>Copy-Books (10 numbers),</td>
+<td align='left'>96 cents per dozen</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Copy-Pads (8 numbers),</td>
+<td align='left'>96 cents per dozen</td></tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<p class="center"><b>BOTH SERIES CONTAIN SIMILAR COPIES.</b></p>
+
+<p class='center'>Sample sets to teachers (post-paid), 75 cents</p>
+
+
+<hr style='width: 25%;' />
+
+<p class='center'>
+<b>WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON</b><br />
+<b>3 and 5 West 18th Street, New York City</b><a name="Page_555" id="Page_555"></a></p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2>FOR SALE</h2>
+
+
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="List of Books for Sale">
+<tr><td align='right'>500</td>
+<td align='left'>Wentworth's Primary Arithmetics,</td>
+<td align='left'>10c.</td>
+<td align='left'>each</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>250</td>
+<td align='left'>Wentworth's Grammar School Arithmetics</td>
+<td align='left'>25c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>300</td>
+<td align='left'>Brooks' Elementary Arithmetics</td>
+<td align='left'>10c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>150</td>
+<td align='center'>Brooks' New Written Arithmetics</td>
+<td align='left'>25c.</td
+><td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>500</td>
+<td align='left'>Colburn's New Mental Arithmetics</td>
+<td align='left'>10c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>100</td>
+<td align='left'>Wheeler's Second Lessons,</td>
+<td align='left'>25c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>200</td>
+<td align='left'>Harvey's Practica Grammars, <i>not revised, new</i>,</td>
+<td align='left'>10c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>200</td>
+<td align='left'>Harvey's Elementary Grammars, <i>not revised, new</i>,</td>
+<td align='left'>10c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>200</td>
+<td align='left'>Kerl's Language Lessons, ><i>new</i>,</td>
+<td align='left'>10c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>125</td>
+<td align='left'>Dozen Haile's Drawing Books, <i>new</i>,</td>
+<td align='left'>50c.</td>
+<td align='left'>doz.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>100</td>
+<td align='left'>Dozen Barnes' Drawing Books, <i>new</i>,</td>
+<td align='left'>40c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>200</td>
+<td align='left'>Dozen White's, Krone's, etc., <i>new</i></td>
+<td align='left'>25c. to 60c,</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>50</td>
+<td align='left'>Williams' Composition, <i>not revised, new</i>,</td>
+<td align='left'>40c.</td>
+<td align='left'>each</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>50</td>
+<td align='left'>Kellogg's Rhetorics, 276 pages, <i>new</i>,</td>
+<td align='left'>50c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>200</td>
+<td align='left'>Continental Fourth Readers,</td>
+<td align='left'>25c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>200</td>
+<td align='left'>Continental Fifth Readers</td>
+<td align='left'>25c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>100</td>
+<td align='left'>Lippincott's Fifth Readers</td>
+<td align='left'>25c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='right'>100</td>
+<td align='left'>Davis' Fourth Readers</td>
+<td align='left'>25c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><p>All of the above books are used copies, good condition, except
+    where marked new.</p></div>
+
+<p class='center'>French and German Books, Arithmetics, Geographies, and Text-Books of all
+kinds at low prices.</p>
+
+<p class='center'>WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON<br />
+3 and 5 West 18th Street, New York City
+<a name="Page_556" id="Page_556"></a></p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2>MAPS, CHARTS, &amp;c.</h2>
+
+<p class='center'>BARGAIN LIST.</p>
+
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="Maps and Charts">
+<tr><td align='left'><b>UNITED STATES&mdash;</b></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'><span style="margin-left: 2em;">5 large Standard Government Maps, (82x66 in.) mounted on
+cloth and common rollers</span></td>
+<td align='right'>$1.50</td>
+<td align='left'>each.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'><span style="margin-left: 2em;">5 &quot;Bird's Eye View Maps,&quot; (72x65 in.) A large <i>relief map</i> of the United States. Spring rollers</span></td>
+<td align='right'>10.00</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'><span style="margin-left: 13em;">Common rollers</span></td>
+<td align='right'>7.50</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'><div class="blockquot">7 Government Relief Maps, printed in browns, with actual heights of land given in accurate figures. An indispensable map for school work, (size 20x32 in.) mounted on linen, (unmounted, 75 cents)</div></td>
+<td align='right'>1.35</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'><b>MISCELLANEOUS MAPS&mdash;</b></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'><span style="margin-left: 2em;">10 Guyot's Physical Maps, <i>small</i>, assorted</span></td>
+<td align='right'> .75</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'><span style="margin-left: 2em;">Guyot's Large Physical Map, Western Europe</span></td>
+<td align='right'>3.00</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td></tr>
+
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+
+<hr style="width: 25%;" />
+
+<h3>...SCHOOL BOOKS...</h3>
+
+<p>I offer a great many bargains, in Standard School Books, similar to the
+following:</p>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="School books for sale">
+<tr><td align='left'><b>Brooks' Elementary Arithmetic</b>, (published price, 41 cents)</td>
+<td align='left'><b>10 cts.</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'><b>Brooks' New Written Arithmetic</b>, (published price, 80 cents)</td>
+<td align='left'><b>25 cts.</b></td></tr>
+</table></div>
+<hr style="width: 25%;" />
+
+<p class='center'><b>William Beverley Harison, 3 and 5 West 18th St., N.Y. City.</b><a name="Page_557" id="Page_557"></a></p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<p class="figcenter"><img src="./images/title.jpg" alt="THE GREAT ROUND WORLD AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT" title="THE GREAT ROUND WORLD AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT" /></p>
+
+<div class='center'><b><span class='smcap'>Vol.</span> 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class='smcap'>April</span> 1, 1897.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class='smcap'>No.</span> 21</b></div>
+
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+
+<p>Greece is certainly the most daring little kingdom!</p>
+
+<p>Far from being alarmed by the message sent her from the Powers, she has
+replied that it is impossible for her to withdraw her troops from Crete.
+She states that her object in sending them there was to restore peace, and
+as serious troubles still exist in the island, she cannot comply with the
+request of the Powers.</p>
+
+<p>In the reply, she further states that she cannot consent to Home Rule for
+Crete under the direction of Turkey, but is willing to leave it to the
+Cretans themselves to decide under the rule of what monarch they wish to
+be.</p>
+
+<p>The Powers are surprised and angry that Greece should dare to disagree
+with them; but the reply has been written in such a careful manner that it
+is not an open defiance of their wishes. They cannot therefore send the
+second note of which we spoke in our last number, but have had to call for
+a fresh discussion of the matter.</p>
+
+<p>The general idea is that the reply of Greece is very clever, and that it
+may be the means of preventing a <a name="Page_558" id="Page_558"></a>war, because it is so reasonable in its
+tone that Europe cannot find in it an excuse for getting angry enough to
+declare war.</p>
+
+<p>The reply of Greece opens a way for further discussion, which may lead to
+a settlement.</p>
+
+<p>There is a good deal of sly diplomacy under this soft answer.</p>
+
+<p>The great combination which is called the Powers, consists of six nations:
+Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Austria, and Great Britain. It is
+necessary for these six nations to agree before any action can be taken by
+them. As a matter of fact, they are very far from agreeing. Greece, it
+seems, is well aware of this, and relies on it to help her get her own way
+in the end.</p>
+
+<p>To begin with, France has sent word that she cannot possibly take part in
+any severe measures against Greece, while public opinion remains as it is
+in France. She would be glad to act with the Powers, but dares not do so
+in the face of the opposition of the French Parliament.</p>
+
+<p>England would gladly take the same stand. She is, however, unable to do
+so, because the rest of the Powers are now suspecting her of having
+stirred up the Cretan trouble, and so she has to appear severe to show
+that she is in earnest in trying to prevent war between Greece and Turkey.
+It is known that she is unwilling to support Turkey against Greece, and
+that the Queen is taking an active part in the Greek question, and
+restraining her ministers from taking severe measures with Greece.</p>
+
+<p>On the other hand, it is reported that the German Emperor only joined the
+rest of the nations on the <a name="Page_559" id="Page_559"></a>understanding that his advice should be
+followed. He suggested that the Powers should first blockade the Pir&aelig;us,
+which is the great port of Greece, at the head of which lies the city of
+Athens. Having arranged the blockade, the Powers were then to send a final
+message to Greece, ordering her to withdraw from Crete, and if she
+refused, were to proceed to bombard Athens.</p>
+
+<p>This gentle advice not being followed, the German Emperor became highly
+insulted, threatened to withdraw from the alliance, declared himself no
+longer in sympathy with it, and had to be coaxed and flattered till he
+grew amiable again.</p>
+
+<p>Russia is openly in favor of Turkey, and is indignant with Greece for her
+warlike attitude, and that she should refuse Home Rule for Crete unless it
+is under the guidance of a Greek prince.</p>
+
+<p>It is quite certain that Greece knew all about these disagreements when
+she sent her reply, and was fully aware that her refusal would throw the
+Powers into the greatest confusion.</p>
+
+<p>Little country though she is, Greece has the best of the argument.</p>
+
+<p>If Europe decides to drive Greece out of Crete, she will have a great deal
+of trouble in doing so. Not only has Greece a large force of troops in
+Crete who are well provisioned, and able to remain some time without
+further supplies, but the whole Christian population of the island is on
+the side of Greece and will fight with her.</p>
+
+<p>If the Powers attack her, and try to drive her out of Crete, she will at
+once attack Turkey on the mainland, and with the help of Servia, Bulgaria,
+and what <a name="Page_560" id="Page_560"></a>are known as the Balkan States (from the Balkan Mountains which
+run through them) will try her best to destroy the disreputable Turkish
+monarchy in Europe.</p>
+
+<p>The preparations for war are going steadily on. Greece has summoned all
+her army reserves, and ordered them to rejoin their regiments. All the men
+are answering willingly to the call.</p>
+
+<p>The army reserve is that part of the military force of a country which is
+not made a portion of the regular standing army. For instance, our States
+Militia, or National Guard, is an army reserve. The men belonging to it
+can follow other professions, and need not be soldiers all the time; but
+they learn how to be soldiers, and can be called on by the government
+whenever soldiers are needed.</p>
+
+<p>Our standing army is very small. We have only about thirty thousand men in
+it; but our National Guard, the reserves that would be called out in case
+of war, number over ten millions.</p>
+
+<p>In Greece there is a penalty of $200 for any man belonging to the reserve
+who does not answer the call of the country, and, moreover, neither
+distance nor citizenship in another country excuses him. If he does not
+answer the call, he will be arrested and imprisoned whenever he sets foot
+again in Greece.</p>
+
+<p>The United States Consul-General from Greece has been notified to call for
+all the Greeks in this country. They have answered willingly, and are
+arranging their affairs so that they may be ready to leave the moment war
+is declared. They are endeavoring to charter a ship to take them back.
+Over a thousand <a name="Page_561" id="Page_561"></a>of the Greeks in this country answered the call the first
+day it was made.</p>
+
+<p>It seems almost sure that war between Turkey and Greece must come, and to
+this end Greece is hurrying troops, arms, and provisions to the Turkish
+frontier, every available steamship being chartered to aid in the work.</p>
+
+<p>A number of the warships of Great Britain and the other Powers have
+appeared near the Pir&aelig;us, and it seems likely that some sort of a blockade
+may be maintained.</p>
+
+<p>In Crete itself, fighting is still going on. The allied Powers are making
+a very determined effort to subdue the Greeks.</p>
+
+<p>The Italians have forcibly put the Greek consul out of Canea. They took
+him into custody, and put him on board a Greek war-vessel, with a warning
+against trying to re-enter Canea.</p>
+
+<p>The correspondents of the Greek papers have also been ordered to leave the
+city, and they, too, will be forced to leave, if they do not go quietly.</p>
+
+<p>The British went to the town of Selino, which was being besieged by the
+Cretans, forced the insurgents to desist, and rescued the Moslems who were
+besieged, bringing them away from Selino under a strong escort of British
+soldiers.</p>
+
+<p>The Cretans were so enraged at the rescue, that in spite of the fact that
+they had promised the British commander that they would allow the Moslems
+in Selino to go free, they gathered at the gates and waited for the
+Moslems to come out, dashed through the soldiers who were guarding them,
+and tried to wound and rob them.<a name="Page_562" id="Page_562"></a></p>
+
+<p>A Russian warship made a cruise round the island a few days ago, and
+brought back word to the allies at Canea that fighting was going on near
+all the coast towns, and that the whole island seemed ablaze with war.</p>
+
+<p>Colonel Vassos has received orders from the King of Greece that he is to
+hold all the positions in the island now occupied by Greek troops, and to
+resist all attempts on the part of Turkey or the Powers to dislodge him.</p>
+
+<p>A report from Crete states that there has been trouble between Germany and
+Greece.</p>
+
+<p>A German vessel, the <i>Kaiserin Augusta</i>, ordered a Greek vessel, the
+<i>Hydra</i>, to come to a standstill, and fired a blank shot at her to make
+her obey. The <i>Hydra</i> immediately replied by firing a whole broadside at
+the German vessel, and went on her way.</p>
+
+<p>This report has not been fully verified, so after all it may not be true.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>Turkey, in the mean while, is following her usual method of saying nothing
+at all, simply waiting to see what happens.</p>
+
+<p>The various Sultans who have been ruling Turkey ever since the affairs of
+that country first began to scandalize Europe, have always maintained this
+same attitude, in the hope that the Powers which insisted on interfering
+in the affairs of Turkey might at last get into a serious quarrel among
+themselves, and so be obliged to leave Turkey alone.</p>
+
+<p>The Turkish troubles have been going on for years and years. The Armenian
+massacres, and the misrule in Crete, are only the last two of a long
+series of <a name="Page_563" id="Page_563"></a>crimes which have made Turkey the horror and the despair of
+Europe.</p>
+
+<p>If the various Powers could only have agreed how to divide up the Turkish
+Empire between them, the Sultan would have been expelled from Europe long
+ago. But they never have agreed, and so the Sultan of Turkey has kept his
+throne.</p>
+
+<p>The Powers sent a note to Turkey at the same time that the one was
+despatched to Greece, telling him that they wished Crete to have Home Rule
+under the control of a Turkish prince.</p>
+
+<p>The Sultan's reply was most amiable; he agreed to the wishes of the Powers
+so willingly, that it is said that he is glad to have an opportunity of
+ridding himself of Crete, which has long been an annoyance and expense to
+his Empire.</p>
+
+<p>At the same time he, too, is massing troops on the frontier, ready to fly
+at the Greeks the moment war is declared.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>Affairs in Cuba are beginning to look a little brighter for the Cubans,
+but very dark and dismal for Spain.</p>
+
+<p>The last news from Madrid says that a Carlist rising is feared, and that
+Spain dares not send any more of her soldiers out of the country to help
+in the Cuban war. Her money is also exhausted. The enormous sums that were
+raised last year have been spent, and she has no means of raising any
+fresh loans. If she can send neither money nor men to further the Cuban
+war, it is likely that the Cubans will soon be victorious, for General
+Weyler says that he has not enough men to pacify the island; the funds are
+so low, that <a name="Page_564" id="Page_564"></a>the Spanish soldiers can neither be paid nor fed properly
+and are deserting to the Cuban ranks from sheer want.</p>
+
+<p>The Carlist rising, that is so much feared, concerns the pretensions of a
+certain Don Carlos to the throne of Spain.</p>
+
+<p>From the time of Philip V., in 1713, the succession to the Spanish throne
+had been according to the Salic law, from father to son; or to the nearest
+male relative.</p>
+
+<p>The Salic law is a very old law, which provides that no woman can inherit
+lands, or occupy the throne. According to this law, if a king dies leaving
+several daughters, but no son, the throne passes away from the daughters,
+and goes to the nearest male relative, be he nephew, uncle, or cousin.</p>
+
+<p>In 1829 Ferdinand III. of Spain, having no sons, rendered the Salic law of
+no effect in Spain by a decree granting the right of succession to the
+daughters and granddaughters of the king.</p>
+
+<p>When Ferdinand died in 1833, his daughter Isabella Maria II. was declared
+queen, and the brother of Ferdinand, who under the old law should have
+been king, was passed over. This brother was named Don Carlos.</p>
+
+<p>Don Carlos refused to recognize his brother's decree, and declared himself
+King of Spain. Many of the nobles, who did not like the idea of being
+ruled by a woman, flocked to his standard, and war was declared against
+the party of the Queen by the people of Don Carlos' party, or Carlists, as
+they were called.</p>
+
+<p>For six years a cruel civil war raged, then Don Carlos <a name="Page_565" id="Page_565"></a>was forced to give
+in. This first war was from 1833 to 1839.</p>
+
+<p>In 1860 Don Carlos II., the son of Don Carlos I. (Ferdinand's brother),
+declared himself King of Spain, and headed a new Carlist rising, which was
+again unsuccessful.</p>
+
+<p>There have been several unsuccessful uprisings since then.</p>
+
+<p>From 1873 to 1876 Don Carlos III. headed a rising which bid fair to be
+successful.</p>
+
+<p>Don Carlos III. is the direct descendant of Don Carlos I., and is the
+present pretender to the Spanish throne, to which, according to the Salic
+law, he is the rightful heir.</p>
+
+<p>In January, 1876, he was forced to give up the fight, and nothing more has
+been heard of him till the present time.</p>
+
+<p>There have been murmurs of new Carlist risings, but no actual trouble has
+been feared.</p>
+
+<p>Now, with the whole country enraged and dissatisfied at the mismanagement
+of the wars both in Cuba and the Philippines, Don Carlos is once more
+gathering his followers together.</p>
+
+<p>He has agents working for his cause in Cuba, as well as in Spain.</p>
+
+<p>In the Spanish army, there are at the present time a number of officers
+who fought for Don Carlos in the last war.</p>
+
+<p>These men were pardoned by the King of Spain when the Carlist revolt was
+subdued, and were allowed to enter the Spanish army. They have always been
+looked upon with suspicion, and have not risen to power, or grown rich,
+like the other officers.<a name="Page_566" id="Page_566"></a></p>
+
+<p>They are of course not very well satisfied with the present state of
+things, and are very willing to listen to Don Carlos' agents, who promise
+them promotion and fortune if they will once more return his standard.</p>
+
+<p>The rising is planned for an early date.</p>
+
+<p>While this is enough to harass the government, it is not all. There is
+another party in Spain, which it is feared will rise up and fight both the
+Carlists and the government. This party is called the Republican party,
+and it is thought to be the strongest of the three.</p>
+
+<p>Both Carlists and Republicans are using the mismanagement of the Cuban war
+as a means of turning the people against the government, and indeed the
+Spanish people are so disgusted with the waste of money and life, that
+they are ready to revolt against their rulers. A change in the government
+is almost sure to come, and the Carlists and Republicans are both trying
+to become the new power that is to get in when the old is overthrown.</p>
+
+<p>For these very good reasons the government has told General Weyler that
+neither men nor money can be sent to him.</p>
+
+<p>It seems that what money he has in hand will be used up by May 1st, and
+then no one knows what will be done.</p>
+
+<p>There is a general idea that while Spain will never withdraw her troops
+from Cuba, and allow that she is beaten, she will quietly drop the war,
+sending no more men or money to help carry it on, and leaving the
+Spaniards who are in Cuba to shift for themselves.</p>
+
+<p>The poverty of the Spanish soldiers is something pitiable. They are sick,
+hungry, and only half clothed. The <a name="Page_567" id="Page_567"></a>medicines have given out and there is
+no money to buy any more, and so the poor fellows have to suffer without
+proper medical care.</p>
+
+<p>Then, too, the smallpox has broken out, the government has no means of
+checking it, and it is steadily gaining ground, until the people are dying
+like sheep.</p>
+
+<p>What pay is left for the poor soldier lads, after the officers have got
+through stealing it, is paid to them in the paper money Weyler tried to
+force on Cuba. (You can read about it in No. 2 of <span class='smcap'>The Great Round
+World</span>.) This money is utterly worthless; none of the Cuban merchants
+will take it, and yet it is given to the poor soldiers, and they are told
+to go and buy what they want, Weyler well knowing that they cannot
+purchase even postage-stamps with it.</p>
+
+<p>The disheartened, starving soldiers are falling back before the Cubans,
+and victory after victory is reported for the insurgent side.</p>
+
+<p>Havana has been attacked! The insurgents actually passed through the
+suburbs, and reached Havana itself. They ransacked stores, put the whole
+population in a panic, but after a fierce fight of two hours were at last
+obliged to retire.</p>
+
+<p>Weyler did his best to keep this news from the people, but, before his
+plans were fully made, the Cubans made a fresh attack on another suburb of
+the city, endeavoring to seize a large quantity of provisions and arms
+that were stored there.</p>
+
+<p>This time they again loaded themselves with plunder, but failed to get the
+rich prize they had gone for.</p>
+
+<p>A part of the same force which attacked Havana descended on the town of
+Guines, also in Havana Province, and about thirty-five miles from the
+capital. After <a name="Page_568" id="Page_568"></a>a few hours' struggle they succeeded in forcing the
+Spanish soldiers to take shelter in a church, and then they ransacked the
+town, and took $10,000 in gold from the government safe.</p>
+
+<p>Bejugad, another important town in the same province, was also attacked by
+the Cubans, and with equal success.</p>
+
+<p>It looks as if one great effort would win for Cuba the freedom for which
+she has worked so faithfully.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>The widow of the Dr. Ruiz who was reported to have been murdered in the
+Cuban prison has arrived in this country.</p>
+
+<p>She has gone to Washington, and has laid her sad story before the
+government, and asked for help.</p>
+
+<p>It seems that Mrs. Ruiz has some evidence which proves that the Spaniards
+were ill-using Dr. Ruiz. The evidence came to her in a most curious way.</p>
+
+<p>As we have mentioned before, the Spaniards do not put either beds or
+benches in their prisons. Their captives must either stand, or lie down on
+the filthy floors, among dirt and vermin.</p>
+
+<p>Mrs. Ruiz went to the authorities when her husband was arrested, and asked
+permission to send him a bed and some chairs.</p>
+
+<p>She was refused. But she still persisted. After many prayers and
+entreaties, she was finally allowed to send him a chair.</p>
+
+<p>When it was returned to her after his death, she found scratched in the
+varnish under the seat a message from her lost husband.</p>
+
+<p>In this message were the words, &quot;They are killing me!&quot;<a name="Page_569" id="Page_569"></a></p>
+
+<p>The poor unhappy woman and her five helpless children have brought this
+message from the dead, and hope, with its aid, to convince this government
+of the wrongs she has suffered, and make them demand from Spain money to
+take care of her helpless family.</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="./images/18.jpg"><img src="./images/18-tb.jpg" alt="Mrs. Ruiz is received by the President while her children
+play on the White House grounds" title="Mrs. Ruiz is received by the President while her children
+play on the White House grounds" /></a></p>
+
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>The election of Mr. McKinley has brought the filibustering parties no
+better luck.</p>
+
+<p>It is said that much greater care is to be taken to prevent any such
+parties from leaving our shores.</p>
+
+<p>The <i>Texas</i> has been ordered to join the <i>Montgomery</i><a name="Page_570" id="Page_570"></a> off Florida, to
+watch for filibusters, and the President seems determined to maintain a
+strict neutrality.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>Matters in the Philippines look just about as gloomy as they do in Cuba,
+from the Spanish point of view.</p>
+
+<p>The same story of badly paid and starving soldiers comes from Manila that
+we got from Cuba, the same distress from fever and disease.</p>
+
+<p>The general in command is asking Spain for money and men, just as Weyler
+is asking. He says he cannot conquer the rebels without a larger force.</p>
+
+<p>With great reluctance Spain is sending a small force out, but it is
+understood that she can send no more men, and no money.</p>
+
+<p>The insurgents are gaining ground, and are said to fight with great
+steadiness and bravery.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>The only news from the Transvaal is that England has sent a very
+determined message to President Kr&uuml;ger, demanding that he shall give the
+English-speaking people in the Transvaal what they are pleased to call
+their rights.</p>
+
+<p>It is said that some of the British ministers feel sure that war with the
+Transvaal must come before long, and that they are only too willing to
+have it come as quickly as possible.</p>
+
+<p>The ministers have decided that in the case of war being declared, a force
+of twenty thousand men will be quite enough to send out from England to
+conquer the country.</p>
+
+<p>It is understood that President Kr&uuml;ger is kept informed <a name="Page_571" id="Page_571"></a>of all that goes
+on in England in regard to his country, and is quite undismayed at the
+prospect of an invasion by the British.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>State Senator Lexow has made his report to the Legislature at Albany, as
+to the Trusts which he investigated, and the people generally are not
+satisfied with it.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Lexow declares that Trusts are dangerous things, that they kill
+competition, help monopoly, dodge taxes, and make enormous profits.</p>
+
+<p>Having said this, he declares himself powerless to prevent any of the
+evils which he deplores. He thinks an amendment to the Constitution will
+be the only real means of remedying the evil, because the Trusts manage
+their business so cleverly that they avoid doing anything that breaks the
+law so openly that they can be punished, while all the time they are
+contriving to disobey and set the laws aside.</p>
+
+<p>One member of his Committee was, however, of opinion that the Sugar Trust
+had not been fairly dealt with. He presented a report of his own, in which
+he tried to show that this Trust was of great benefit to the State.</p>
+
+<p>A member of the Albany Legislature has, however, found out a way to stop
+Trusts.</p>
+
+<p>He has offered a bill making it a crime for a Trust to give any money,
+property, or thing of value to help any political campaign, or to attempt
+to bribe Congressmen to vote for its bills. The penalty for doing this
+will be a very heavy fine and the breaking up of the Trust.</p>
+
+<p>While we are on the subject of Trusts, we must <a name="Page_572" id="Page_572"></a>mention a very interesting
+case which came up the other day.</p>
+
+<p>An action was brought by a workingman against the Knights of Labor,
+sometimes called the Labor Trust.</p>
+
+<p>The workingman, an engineer named Charles Curran, was employed by the
+Miller Brewing Company in Rochester.</p>
+
+<p>He was a clever workman, and had a steady job, and good wages.</p>
+
+<p>One day the Knights of Labor called on him, told him that he must join
+their society, pay the necessary fees, and allow himself to be guided in
+future by their rules.</p>
+
+<p>They told him that, if he refused, they would see that he was discharged,
+and make it impossible for him to get further employment.</p>
+
+<p>Curran did refuse, and the Knights of Labor went to his employers and
+demanded that he be dismissed.</p>
+
+<p>The Brewing Company had an agreement with the Knights of Labor to employ
+only members of the association in its works. They dared not refuse the
+request for fear of a strike being ordered, so they discharged Curran.</p>
+
+<p>True to their threat, the Knights of Labor watched Curran, and prevented
+him from getting work in the city of Rochester.</p>
+
+<p>He finally was forced to go to another town, but he soon found that he was
+a marked man. Word was sent from one branch of the Knights of Labor to
+another to follow Curran, and prevent his getting work.</p>
+
+<p>From being a prosperous, well-to-do man, he became very poor, and finally
+suffered for food.<a name="Page_573" id="Page_573"></a></p>
+
+<p>Then he went to the courts and asked for help.</p>
+
+<p>His case has been before different judges for seven years, but at last it
+has been decided in his favor.</p>
+
+<p>The Court of Appeals, the highest court in the State, has decided that it
+was not lawful for the brewers of Rochester to make a contract with the
+Knights of Labor, agreeing only to employ members of the society in their
+works. Further, that it was not lawful for this contract to be used as a
+means of depriving a man of the opportunity to earn a living.</p>
+
+<p>The Court ordered that Curran should be given money for the damage he had
+sustained through the loss of his work, that the Knights of Labor should
+pay him this money, and should besides pay all the expenses of the trial.</p>
+
+<p>This Labor Trust has been one of the most dangerous of all the Trusts,
+because the members of it have made it a practice to force every workman
+to join it, or else treats them as it treated Curran.</p>
+
+<p>Up to the present time men have been afraid to disobey the orders of the
+Knights, but now that this very important case has been settled in favor
+of a man who is not a member of the Trust, it is to be hoped that
+workingmen will have the courage to seek the aid of the law against the
+Labor Union, when it treats them unjustly.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>President McKinley has chosen the various gentlemen who are to be his
+advisers for the next four years, and his Cabinet is now complete.</p>
+
+<p>On Wednesday, March 5th, the day after his inauguration, President
+McKinley sent word to the Senate that he had a message for it, and almost
+immediately <a name="Page_574" id="Page_574"></a>after word was brought that he had chosen the men whom he
+would like to have for his Cabinet officers, and would be glad if the
+Senate would confirm his appointments.</p>
+
+<p>The names of the Cabinet officers are as follows:</p>
+
+<p>Secretary of State, John Sherman.</p>
+
+<p>Secretary of the Treasury, Lyman Gage.</p>
+
+<p>Secretary of War, Gen. Russell A. Alger.</p>
+
+<p>Attorney-General, Joseph McKenna.</p>
+
+<p>Postmaster-General, James A. Gary.</p>
+
+<p>Secretary of the Navy, John D. Long.</p>
+
+<p>Secretary of the Interior, Cornelius N. Bliss.</p>
+
+<p>Secretary of Agriculture, James Wilson.</p>
+
+<p>The Senate confirmed the President's nominations, and the matter of the
+Cabinet was settled.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>A very exciting account of a trip down a lumber flume comes from Pomona,
+California.</p>
+
+<p>It seems that in the lumber regions on the Pacific Coast, flumes are built
+for the purpose of carrying the lumber from the camps in the mountains to
+the sawmills in the valleys below.</p>
+
+<p>These flumes are a kind of V-shaped trough, about three feet deep, and are
+built on trestles after the manner of the elevated roads. The height of
+the flume from the ground ranges from twenty to one hundred and twenty
+feet, and they are fifty to sixty-five miles long.</p>
+
+<p>The logs are floated down on water that is turned into the flume from the
+mountain streams. The time taken to make the trip is from two to three
+hours.</p>
+
+<p>A party of three men was invited to go up to a <a name="Page_575" id="Page_575"></a>lumber camp and take a
+trip down into the valley by one of these flumes.</p>
+
+<p>All three of them were accustomed to tobogganing, and thinking it would be
+only a toboggan slide on a huge scale, they decided to go.</p>
+
+<p>They spent the night at the lumber camp, and were roused up very early in
+the morning, so that they might get down to their business in the valley
+betimes. After a hearty breakfast, they wrapped themselves up as warmly as
+they could, and prepared for their trip.</p>
+
+<p>They had left warm weather in the valley, but here in the mountains the
+snow lay thick, and it was bitter cold.</p>
+
+<p>They shivered (not altogether with cold) when they caught sight of the
+little boat that was to take them their fifty miles.</p>
+
+<p>The boat was a very rough-looking thing, nailed together without much
+care, and did not look over-strong.</p>
+
+<p>However, as none of the three was willing to be the first man to give in,
+they stepped into the little craft, and gripping the seats firmly, in
+obedience to the orders of the lumbermen, were pushed off.</p>
+
+<p>For the first few minutes their experience was something terrible. They
+were going at such a frightful rate of speed that they could hardly catch
+breath; they seemed to be falling down the side of the mountain, and every
+moment the speed of their fall increased.</p>
+
+<p>They flew past snowy mountains and ice-bound rivers, and had no time to
+see anything.</p>
+
+<p>Each man remembered all the dreadful stories he <a name="Page_576" id="Page_576"></a>had heard about accidents
+in flumes, and at every curve and turn expected to be dashed to pieces in
+the ca&ntilde;on below.</p>
+
+<p>So they sped onward, past rocks and cliffs, down, down, down, until they
+flew out of the regions of snow and ice over hillsides clothed with
+vineyards. Still down, past orchards, the trees in full bloom, down and
+still down, until their fear had passed, and they were able to enjoy the
+novelty of their position.</p>
+
+<p>Suddenly a curve in the flume brought them into a wide stretch of water,
+and they had reached their journey's end. The little boat, still propelled
+by the force it had gathered in its journey down the mountainside, cut its
+way through the water, and reached the wharf,&mdash;only two hours having been
+taken for the trip.</p>
+
+<p>It must have been a wonderful ride. What a clever and yet simple device
+for bringing the lumber down from the mountains with so little trouble and
+expense!</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>Some people have been complaining that Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, the
+President of the Board of Police, has been giving the men, who want to
+join the force, such a severe examination that it is almost impossible for
+half of them to answer the hard questions that are asked.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Roosevelt declares that it is necessary that policemen should be
+intelligent men, and have some slight amount of education. He thinks they
+ought to know a little about the history of this country, and of the laws
+which they are called to uphold.<a name="Page_577" id="Page_577"></a></p>
+
+<p>He says the questions were only such as a fairly bright child could answer
+with ease, and that the men who cannot answer them have no business on the
+force.</p>
+
+<p>To prove the truth of this, he prints a few of the answers made by the
+rejected policemen, and asks the people who complain to read them, and
+then let him know whether they would like to have such ignorant men as
+guardians of the law.</p>
+
+<p>One question was: &quot;Name five of the New England States.&quot;</p>
+
+<p>One man wrote: &quot;England, Ireland, Scotland, <i>Whales</i>, and Cork&quot;; and
+another, &quot;London, Africa, and New England.&quot;</p>
+
+<p>To the question: &quot;On what instrument is the Government of the United
+States founded?&quot; one answer was:</p>
+
+<p>&quot;On paper.&quot;</p>
+
+<p>&quot;Into what three branches is the Government of the United States divided?&quot;
+puzzled them sorely.</p>
+
+<p>&quot;Republicans, Dimulcrats, and Popperlists,&quot; seemed the favorite answer.</p>
+
+<p>&quot;What is the highest department of the United States Courts?&quot; also worried
+them badly.</p>
+
+<p>&quot;The Fire Department,&quot; was written by several.</p>
+
+<p>Others suggested, &quot;Sir Pream's Court.&quot;</p>
+
+<p>&quot;Why July 4th and February 22d were made legal holidays?&quot; was quite beyond
+their understanding.</p>
+
+<p>&quot;The day on which George Washington landed and crossed the Delaware&quot;;</p>
+
+<p>&quot;The day on which the President takes his seat&quot;; and</p>
+
+<p>&quot;July <i>Forth</i> was the end of the <i>warre</i>,&quot; were three of the brilliant
+suggestions.<a name="Page_578" id="Page_578"></a></p>
+
+<p>I think we ought all of us to be very much obliged to Mr. Roosevelt for
+preventing such ignorant men as these from being set in authority, and
+having the difficult duties of the police to perform.</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">G</span><span class='smcap'>enie H. Rosenfeld</span>.
+</p>
+
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2>LETTERS FROM OUR YOUNG FRIENDS.</h2>
+
+
+<div class="blockquot"><span class='smcap'>Dear Editor</span>:
+
+<p>    I have been taking <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span> for two weeks,
+    and think it fine.</p>
+
+<p>    I thought I would ask you a few questions, as I knew you would
+    be glad to answer them. Is England in favor of Turkey or Greece?
+    and will United States ever help Cuba?</p></div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 14em;">Yours respectfully,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 20.5em;">L</span><span class='smcap'>eonard O.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">S</span><span class='smcap'>omerville, Mass.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+
+
+<div><span class='smcap'>Dear Leonard</span>:</div>
+
+<p>You have asked us the two questions that are puzzling the wisest heads of
+Europe and America.</p>
+
+<p>Europe wants to know what England will do, and with whom she is siding;
+and all America wants to know whether we are going to help Cuba.</p>
+
+<p><span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span> only claims to tell its readers what has
+happened. The Editor does not profess to be a prophet, and able to
+foretell events.</p>
+
+<p>We are glad to answer any questions that we can, but you have given us two
+difficult conundrums that we cannot solve. Better luck next time.</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">T</span><span class='smcap'>he Editor</span>.
+<a name="Page_579" id="Page_579"></a></p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2>INVENTION AND DISCOVERY.</h2>
+
+<p><span class='smcap'>New Road to Electricity</span>.&mdash;A paper was read recently before the
+New York Electrical Society on the subject of a new method of producing
+electricity.</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="./images/28a.jpg"><img src="./images/28a-tb.jpg" alt="Willard E. Case, His new electric battery" title="Willard E. Case, His new electric battery" /></a></p>
+<div class="figright">
+<a href="./images/28b.jpg">
+<img alt="Comparative amount of coal required by the present method
+and the proposed method of generating electicity" src="./images/28b-tb.jpg" title="Comparative amount of coal required by the present method and the proposed method of generating electicity" /></a><br />
+</div>
+<p>The discoverer of this process is Mr. Willard E. Case. He has been working
+for ten years on this subject, and recently showed the results of his
+labors to the scientific men assembled to hear him.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Case claims that his discovery, when it is worked out to its
+conclusion, will mean a new motor or driving force to do the world's work,
+in place of steam, and <a name="Page_580" id="Page_580"></a>he insists that the new force will be much cheaper
+than any now in use.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Case has found a means of generating electricity without the use of
+heat. It has long been known that there was a terrible waste of electrical
+energy through the use of heat. The method of producing it by galvanic
+batteries was impossible for large electric plants, because the zinc that
+had to be used was too expensive.</p>
+
+<p>The great point of Mr. Case's discovery lies in the fact that he has
+succeeded in doing with carbon, and without heat, what the galvanic
+battery does with zinc.</p>
+
+<p>He is very modest about his invention, and says that at the present moment
+it has no practical value whatever; but that to scientists a way has been
+opened which will lead them into a new field of thought; and that, when
+his discovery has been worked out, and applied to practical methods,
+tremendous results will be achieved.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p><span class='smcap'>A Big Python.</span>&mdash;A story comes from St. Augustine, Fla., of the
+capture of a huge python by Walter Ralston, a young man who was employed
+in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.</p>
+
+<p>Some weeks ago a story was told of the wreck of a ship carrying a circus,
+and that the big python had escaped, and was in Rock Key, off the Florida
+coast.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ralston determined to go and catch the horrid reptile, so he went down
+to Florida and tried to secure guides.</p>
+
+<p>He had great difficulty in doing so, for the whole country was in terror
+of the snake, and no one wanted to take the risk of hunting him.<a name="Page_581" id="Page_581"></a></p>
+
+<p>At last Mr. Ralston found men, and landed at the Key.</p>
+
+<p>They found the snake coiled up on the body of a small doe he had caught.
+The Indians immediately ran away. But Mr. Ralston was not in the least
+afraid, and, boldly approaching, tried to put a bag over the python's
+head.</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="./images/30.jpg"><img src="./images/30-tb.jpg" alt="Python" title="Python" /></a></p>
+
+<p>The reptile avoided the bag, and struck at him, catching its fangs in his
+coat, and in a moment had twisted its tail around him, and was crushing
+him to death in its horrid folds.</p>
+
+<p>He shouted for help, but the Indians were at first too scared to come to
+his aid. At last one ventured near, and laid hold of the serpent's tail;
+and the others helping, they succeeded in unwinding the reptile and
+getting Mr. Ralston out of its clutches. He was more dead than alive, but
+even then would not give up the chase. As soon as he was sufficiently
+recovered they started after the python once more. And two of the Indians
+<a name="Page_582" id="Page_582"></a>managing to engage the creature's attention, Mr. Ralston slipped the bag
+over its head, and it was caught.</p>
+
+<p>It struggled desperately for a long time, frightening the whole party
+nearly out of their wits lest it should get away. But at last they had it
+safe; and binding it tightly they carried it off.</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">G.H.R.</span><br />
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Great Round World And What Is Going On
+In It, April 1, 1897  Vol. 1. No. 21, by Various
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
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+Title: The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, April 1, 1897  Vol. 1. No. 21
+       A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
+
+Author: Various
+
+Editor:   Julia Truitt Bishop
+
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+Release Date: March 24, 2005 [EBook #15451]
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+[Illustration: THE GREAT ROUND
+WORLD
+And WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT.]
+
+    VOL. 1   APRIL 1, 1897.   NO. 21
+
+
+Greece is certainly the most daring little kingdom!
+
+Far from being alarmed by the message sent her from the Powers, she has
+replied that it is impossible for her to withdraw her troops from Crete.
+She states that her object in sending them there was to restore peace, and
+as serious troubles still exist in the island, she cannot comply with the
+request of the Powers.
+
+In the reply, she further states that she cannot consent to Home Rule for
+Crete under the direction of Turkey, but is willing to leave it to the
+Cretans themselves to decide under the rule of what monarch they wish to
+be.
+
+The Powers are surprised and angry that Greece should dare to disagree
+with them; but the reply has been written in such a careful manner that it
+is not an open defiance of their wishes. They cannot therefore send the
+second note of which we spoke in our last number, but have had to call for
+a fresh discussion of the matter.
+
+The general idea is that the reply of Greece is very clever, and that it
+may be the means of preventing a war, because it is so reasonable in its
+tone that Europe cannot find in it an excuse for getting angry enough to
+declare war.
+
+The reply of Greece opens a way for further discussion, which may lead to
+a settlement.
+
+There is a good deal of sly diplomacy under this soft answer.
+
+The great combination which is called the Powers, consists of six nations:
+Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Austria, and Great Britain. It is
+necessary for these six nations to agree before any action can be taken by
+them. As a matter of fact, they are very far from agreeing. Greece, it
+seems, is well aware of this, and relies on it to help her get her own way
+in the end.
+
+To begin with, France has sent word that she cannot possibly take part in
+any severe measures against Greece, while public opinion remains as it is
+in France. She would be glad to act with the Powers, but dares not do so
+in the face of the opposition of the French Parliament.
+
+England would gladly take the same stand. She is, however, unable to do
+so, because the rest of the Powers are now suspecting her of having
+stirred up the Cretan trouble, and so she has to appear severe to show
+that she is in earnest in trying to prevent war between Greece and Turkey.
+It is known that she is unwilling to support Turkey against Greece, and
+that the Queen is taking an active part in the Greek question, and
+restraining her ministers from taking severe measures with Greece.
+
+On the other hand, it is reported that the German Emperor only joined the
+rest of the nations on the understanding that his advice should be
+followed. He suggested that the Powers should first blockade the Piraeus,
+which is the great port of Greece, at the head of which lies the city of
+Athens. Having arranged the blockade, the Powers were then to send a final
+message to Greece, ordering her to withdraw from Crete, and if she
+refused, were to proceed to bombard Athens.
+
+This gentle advice not being followed, the German Emperor became highly
+insulted, threatened to withdraw from the alliance, declared himself no
+longer in sympathy with it, and had to be coaxed and flattered till he
+grew amiable again.
+
+Russia is openly in favor of Turkey, and is indignant with Greece for her
+warlike attitude, and that she should refuse Home Rule for Crete unless it
+is under the guidance of a Greek prince.
+
+It is quite certain that Greece knew all about these disagreements when
+she sent her reply, and was fully aware that her refusal would throw the
+Powers into the greatest confusion.
+
+Little country though she is, Greece has the best of the argument.
+
+If Europe decides to drive Greece out of Crete, she will have a great deal
+of trouble in doing so. Not only has Greece a large force of troops in
+Crete who are well provisioned, and able to remain some time without
+further supplies, but the whole Christian population of the island is on
+the side of Greece and will fight with her.
+
+If the Powers attack her, and try to drive her out of Crete, she will at
+once attack Turkey on the mainland, and with the help of Servia, Bulgaria,
+and what are known as the Balkan States (from the Balkan Mountains which
+run through them) will try her best to destroy the disreputable Turkish
+monarchy in Europe.
+
+The preparations for war are going steadily on. Greece has summoned all
+her army reserves, and ordered them to rejoin their regiments. All the men
+are answering willingly to the call.
+
+The army reserve is that part of the military force of a country which is
+not made a portion of the regular standing army. For instance, our States
+Militia, or National Guard, is an army reserve. The men belonging to it
+can follow other professions, and need not be soldiers all the time; but
+they learn how to be soldiers, and can be called on by the government
+whenever soldiers are needed.
+
+Our standing army is very small. We have only about thirty thousand men in
+it; but our National Guard, the reserves that would be called out in case
+of war, number over ten millions.
+
+In Greece there is a penalty of $200 for any man belonging to the reserve
+who does not answer the call of the country, and, moreover, neither
+distance nor citizenship in another country excuses him. If he does not
+answer the call, he will be arrested and imprisoned whenever he sets foot
+again in Greece.
+
+The United States Consul-General from Greece has been notified to call for
+all the Greeks in this country. They have answered willingly, and are
+arranging their affairs so that they may be ready to leave the moment war
+is declared. They are endeavoring to charter a ship to take them back.
+Over a thousand of the Greeks in this country answered the call the first
+day it was made.
+
+It seems almost sure that war between Turkey and Greece must come, and to
+this end Greece is hurrying troops, arms, and provisions to the Turkish
+frontier, every available steamship being chartered to aid in the work.
+
+A number of the warships of Great Britain and the other Powers have
+appeared near the Piraeus, and it seems likely that some sort of a blockade
+may be maintained.
+
+In Crete itself, fighting is still going on. The allied Powers are making
+a very determined effort to subdue the Greeks.
+
+The Italians have forcibly put the Greek consul out of Canea. They took
+him into custody, and put him on board a Greek war-vessel, with a warning
+against trying to re-enter Canea.
+
+The correspondents of the Greek papers have also been ordered to leave the
+city, and they, too, will be forced to leave, if they do not go quietly.
+
+The British went to the town of Selino, which was being besieged by the
+Cretans, forced the insurgents to desist, and rescued the Moslems who were
+besieged, bringing them away from Selino under a strong escort of British
+soldiers.
+
+The Cretans were so enraged at the rescue, that in spite of the fact that
+they had promised the British commander that they would allow the Moslems
+in Selino to go free, they gathered at the gates and waited for the
+Moslems to come out, dashed through the soldiers who were guarding them,
+and tried to wound and rob them.
+
+A Russian warship made a cruise round the island a few days ago, and
+brought back word to the allies at Canea that fighting was going on near
+all the coast towns, and that the whole island seemed ablaze with war.
+
+Colonel Vassos has received orders from the King of Greece that he is to
+hold all the positions in the island now occupied by Greek troops, and to
+resist all attempts on the part of Turkey or the Powers to dislodge him.
+
+A report from Crete states that there has been trouble between Germany and
+Greece.
+
+A German vessel, the _Kaiserin Augusta_, ordered a Greek vessel, the
+_Hydra_, to come to a standstill, and fired a blank shot at her to make
+her obey. The _Hydra_ immediately replied by firing a whole broadside at
+the German vessel, and went on her way.
+
+This report has not been fully verified, so after all it may not be true.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Turkey, in the mean while, is following her usual method of saying nothing
+at all, simply waiting to see what happens.
+
+The various Sultans who have been ruling Turkey ever since the affairs of
+that country first began to scandalize Europe, have always maintained this
+same attitude, in the hope that the Powers which insisted on interfering
+in the affairs of Turkey might at last get into a serious quarrel among
+themselves, and so be obliged to leave Turkey alone.
+
+The Turkish troubles have been going on for years and years. The Armenian
+massacres, and the misrule in Crete, are only the last two of a long
+series of crimes which have made Turkey the horror and the despair of
+Europe.
+
+If the various Powers could only have agreed how to divide up the Turkish
+Empire between them, the Sultan would have been expelled from Europe long
+ago. But they never have agreed, and so the Sultan of Turkey has kept his
+throne.
+
+The Powers sent a note to Turkey at the same time that the one was
+despatched to Greece, telling him that they wished Crete to have Home Rule
+under the control of a Turkish prince.
+
+The Sultan's reply was most amiable; he agreed to the wishes of the Powers
+so willingly, that it is said that he is glad to have an opportunity of
+ridding himself of Crete, which has long been an annoyance and expense to
+his Empire.
+
+At the same time he, too, is massing troops on the frontier, ready to fly
+at the Greeks the moment war is declared.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Affairs in Cuba are beginning to look a little brighter for the Cubans,
+but very dark and dismal for Spain.
+
+The last news from Madrid says that a Carlist rising is feared, and that
+Spain dares not send any more of her soldiers out of the country to help
+in the Cuban war. Her money is also exhausted. The enormous sums that were
+raised last year have been spent, and she has no means of raising any
+fresh loans. If she can send neither money nor men to further the Cuban
+war, it is likely that the Cubans will soon be victorious, for General
+Weyler says that he has not enough men to pacify the island; the funds are
+so low, that the Spanish soldiers can neither be paid nor fed properly
+and are deserting to the Cuban ranks from sheer want.
+
+The Carlist rising, that is so much feared, concerns the pretensions of a
+certain Don Carlos to the throne of Spain.
+
+From the time of Philip V., in 1713, the succession to the Spanish throne
+had been according to the Salic law, from father to son; or to the nearest
+male relative.
+
+The Salic law is a very old law, which provides that no woman can inherit
+lands, or occupy the throne. According to this law, if a king dies leaving
+several daughters, but no son, the throne passes away from the daughters,
+and goes to the nearest male relative, be he nephew, uncle, or cousin.
+
+In 1829 Ferdinand III. of Spain, having no sons, rendered the Salic law of
+no effect in Spain by a decree granting the right of succession to the
+daughters and granddaughters of the king.
+
+When Ferdinand died in 1833, his daughter Isabella Maria II. was declared
+queen, and the brother of Ferdinand, who under the old law should have
+been king, was passed over. This brother was named Don Carlos.
+
+Don Carlos refused to recognize his brother's decree, and declared himself
+King of Spain. Many of the nobles, who did not like the idea of being
+ruled by a woman, flocked to his standard, and war was declared against
+the party of the Queen by the people of Don Carlos' party, or Carlists, as
+they were called.
+
+For six years a cruel civil war raged, then Don Carlos was forced to give
+in. This first war was from 1833 to 1839.
+
+In 1860 Don Carlos II., the son of Don Carlos I. (Ferdinand's brother),
+declared himself King of Spain, and headed a new Carlist rising, which was
+again unsuccessful.
+
+There have been several unsuccessful uprisings since then.
+
+From 1873 to 1876 Don Carlos III. headed a rising which bid fair to be
+successful.
+
+Don Carlos III. is the direct descendant of Don Carlos I., and is the
+present pretender to the Spanish throne, to which, according to the Salic
+law, he is the rightful heir.
+
+In January, 1876, he was forced to give up the fight, and nothing more has
+been heard of him till the present time.
+
+There have been murmurs of new Carlist risings, but no actual trouble has
+been feared.
+
+Now, with the whole country enraged and dissatisfied at the mismanagement
+of the wars both in Cuba and the Philippines, Don Carlos is once more
+gathering his followers together.
+
+He has agents working for his cause in Cuba, as well as in Spain.
+
+In the Spanish army, there are at the present time a number of officers
+who fought for Don Carlos in the last war.
+
+These men were pardoned by the King of Spain when the Carlist revolt was
+subdued, and were allowed to enter the Spanish army. They have always been
+looked upon with suspicion, and have not risen to power, or grown rich,
+like the other officers.
+
+They are of course not very well satisfied with the present state of
+things, and are very willing to listen to Don Carlos' agents, who promise
+them promotion and fortune if they will once more return his standard.
+
+The rising is planned for an early date.
+
+While this is enough to harass the government, it is not all. There is
+another party in Spain, which it is feared will rise up and fight both the
+Carlists and the government. This party is called the Republican party,
+and it is thought to be the strongest of the three.
+
+Both Carlists and Republicans are using the mismanagement of the Cuban war
+as a means of turning the people against the government, and indeed the
+Spanish people are so disgusted with the waste of money and life, that
+they are ready to revolt against their rulers. A change in the government
+is almost sure to come, and the Carlists and Republicans are both trying
+to become the new power that is to get in when the old is overthrown.
+
+For these very good reasons the government has told General Weyler that
+neither men nor money can be sent to him.
+
+It seems that what money he has in hand will be used up by May 1st, and
+then no one knows what will be done.
+
+There is a general idea that while Spain will never withdraw her troops
+from Cuba, and allow that she is beaten, she will quietly drop the war,
+sending no more men or money to help carry it on, and leaving the
+Spaniards who are in Cuba to shift for themselves.
+
+The poverty of the Spanish soldiers is something pitiable. They are sick,
+hungry, and only half clothed. The medicines have given out and there is
+no money to buy any more, and so the poor fellows have to suffer without
+proper medical care.
+
+Then, too, the smallpox has broken out, the government has no means of
+checking it, and it is steadily gaining ground, until the people are dying
+like sheep.
+
+What pay is left for the poor soldier lads, after the officers have got
+through stealing it, is paid to them in the paper money Weyler tried to
+force on Cuba. (You can read about it in No. 2 of THE GREAT ROUND
+WORLD.) This money is utterly worthless; none of the Cuban merchants
+will take it, and yet it is given to the poor soldiers, and they are told
+to go and buy what they want, Weyler well knowing that they cannot
+purchase even postage-stamps with it.
+
+The disheartened, starving soldiers are falling back before the Cubans,
+and victory after victory is reported for the insurgent side.
+
+Havana has been attacked! The insurgents actually passed through the
+suburbs, and reached Havana itself. They ransacked stores, put the whole
+population in a panic, but after a fierce fight of two hours were at last
+obliged to retire.
+
+Weyler did his best to keep this news from the people, but, before his
+plans were fully made, the Cubans made a fresh attack on another suburb of
+the city, endeavoring to seize a large quantity of provisions and arms
+that were stored there.
+
+This time they again loaded themselves with plunder, but failed to get the
+rich prize they had gone for.
+
+A part of the same force which attacked Havana descended on the town of
+Guines, also in Havana Province, and about thirty-five miles from the
+capital. After a few hours' struggle they succeeded in forcing the
+Spanish soldiers to take shelter in a church, and then they ransacked the
+town, and took $10,000 in gold from the government safe.
+
+Bejugad, another important town in the same province, was also attacked by
+the Cubans, and with equal success.
+
+It looks as if one great effort would win for Cuba the freedom for which
+she has worked so faithfully.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The widow of the Dr. Ruiz who was reported to have been murdered in the
+Cuban prison has arrived in this country.
+
+She has gone to Washington, and has laid her sad story before the
+government, and asked for help.
+
+It seems that Mrs. Ruiz has some evidence which proves that the Spaniards
+were ill-using Dr. Ruiz. The evidence came to her in a most curious way.
+
+As we have mentioned before, the Spaniards do not put either beds or
+benches in their prisons. Their captives must either stand, or lie down on
+the filthy floors, among dirt and vermin.
+
+Mrs. Ruiz went to the authorities when her husband was arrested, and asked
+permission to send him a bed and some chairs.
+
+She was refused. But she still persisted. After many prayers and
+entreaties, she was finally allowed to send him a chair.
+
+When it was returned to her after his death, she found scratched in the
+varnish under the seat a message from her lost husband.
+
+In this message were the words, "They are killing me!"
+
+The poor unhappy woman and her five helpless children have brought this
+message from the dead, and hope, with its aid, to convince this government
+of the wrongs she has suffered, and make them demand from Spain money to
+take care of her helpless family.
+
+[Illustration: Mrs. Ruiz is received by the President while her children
+play on the White House grounds]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The election of Mr. McKinley has brought the filibustering parties no
+better luck.
+
+It is said that much greater care is to be taken to prevent any such
+parties from leaving our shores.
+
+The _Texas_ has been ordered to join the _Montgomery_ off Florida, to
+watch for filibusters, and the President seems determined to maintain a
+strict neutrality.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Matters in the Philippines look just about as gloomy as they do in Cuba,
+from the Spanish point of view.
+
+The same story of badly paid and starving soldiers comes from Manila that
+we got from Cuba, the same distress from fever and disease.
+
+The general in command is asking Spain for money and men, just as Weyler
+is asking. He says he cannot conquer the rebels without a larger force.
+
+With great reluctance Spain is sending a small force out, but it is
+understood that she can send no more men, and no money.
+
+The insurgents are gaining ground, and are said to fight with great
+steadiness and bravery.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The only news from the Transvaal is that England has sent a very
+determined message to President Krueger, demanding that he shall give the
+English-speaking people in the Transvaal what they are pleased to call
+their rights.
+
+It is said that some of the British ministers feel sure that war with the
+Transvaal must come before long, and that they are only too willing to
+have it come as quickly as possible.
+
+The ministers have decided that in the case of war being declared, a force
+of twenty thousand men will be quite enough to send out from England to
+conquer the country.
+
+It is understood that President Krueger is kept informed of all that goes
+on in England in regard to his country, and is quite undismayed at the
+prospect of an invasion by the British.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+State Senator Lexow has made his report to the Legislature at Albany, as
+to the Trusts which he investigated, and the people generally are not
+satisfied with it.
+
+Mr. Lexow declares that Trusts are dangerous things, that they kill
+competition, help monopoly, dodge taxes, and make enormous profits.
+
+Having said this, he declares himself powerless to prevent any of the
+evils which he deplores. He thinks an amendment to the Constitution will
+be the only real means of remedying the evil, because the Trusts manage
+their business so cleverly that they avoid doing anything that breaks the
+law so openly that they can be punished, while all the time they are
+contriving to disobey and set the laws aside.
+
+One member of his Committee was, however, of opinion that the Sugar Trust
+had not been fairly dealt with. He presented a report of his own, in which
+he tried to show that this Trust was of great benefit to the State.
+
+A member of the Albany Legislature has, however, found out a way to stop
+Trusts.
+
+He has offered a bill making it a crime for a Trust to give any money,
+property, or thing of value to help any political campaign, or to attempt
+to bribe Congressmen to vote for its bills. The penalty for doing this
+will be a very heavy fine and the breaking up of the Trust.
+
+While we are on the subject of Trusts, we must mention a very interesting
+case which came up the other day.
+
+An action was brought by a workingman against the Knights of Labor,
+sometimes called the Labor Trust.
+
+The workingman, an engineer named Charles Curran, was employed by the
+Miller Brewing Company in Rochester.
+
+He was a clever workman, and had a steady job, and good wages.
+
+One day the Knights of Labor called on him, told him that he must join
+their society, pay the necessary fees, and allow himself to be guided in
+future by their rules.
+
+They told him that, if he refused, they would see that he was discharged,
+and make it impossible for him to get further employment.
+
+Curran did refuse, and the Knights of Labor went to his employers and
+demanded that he be dismissed.
+
+The Brewing Company had an agreement with the Knights of Labor to employ
+only members of the association in its works. They dared not refuse the
+request for fear of a strike being ordered, so they discharged Curran.
+
+True to their threat, the Knights of Labor watched Curran, and prevented
+him from getting work in the city of Rochester.
+
+He finally was forced to go to another town, but he soon found that he was
+a marked man. Word was sent from one branch of the Knights of Labor to
+another to follow Curran, and prevent his getting work.
+
+From being a prosperous, well-to-do man, he became very poor, and finally
+suffered for food.
+
+Then he went to the courts and asked for help.
+
+His case has been before different judges for seven years, but at last it
+has been decided in his favor.
+
+The Court of Appeals, the highest court in the State, has decided that it
+was not lawful for the brewers of Rochester to make a contract with the
+Knights of Labor, agreeing only to employ members of the society in their
+works. Further, that it was not lawful for this contract to be used as a
+means of depriving a man of the opportunity to earn a living.
+
+The Court ordered that Curran should be given money for the damage he had
+sustained through the loss of his work, that the Knights of Labor should
+pay him this money, and should besides pay all the expenses of the trial.
+
+This Labor Trust has been one of the most dangerous of all the Trusts,
+because the members of it have made it a practice to force every workman
+to join it, or else treats them as it treated Curran.
+
+Up to the present time men have been afraid to disobey the orders of the
+Knights, but now that this very important case has been settled in favor
+of a man who is not a member of the Trust, it is to be hoped that
+workingmen will have the courage to seek the aid of the law against the
+Labor Union, when it treats them unjustly.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+President McKinley has chosen the various gentlemen who are to be his
+advisers for the next four years, and his Cabinet is now complete.
+
+On Wednesday, March 5th, the day after his inauguration, President
+McKinley sent word to the Senate that he had a message for it, and almost
+immediately after word was brought that he had chosen the men whom he
+would like to have for his Cabinet officers, and would be glad if the
+Senate would confirm his appointments.
+
+The names of the Cabinet officers are as follows:
+
+Secretary of State, John Sherman.
+
+Secretary of the Treasury, Lyman Gage.
+
+Secretary of War, Gen. Russell A. Alger.
+
+Attorney-General, Joseph McKenna.
+
+Postmaster-General, James A. Gary.
+
+Secretary of the Navy, John D. Long.
+
+Secretary of the Interior, Cornelius N. Bliss.
+
+Secretary of Agriculture, James Wilson.
+
+The Senate confirmed the President's nominations, and the matter of the
+Cabinet was settled.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A very exciting account of a trip down a lumber flume comes from Pomona,
+California.
+
+It seems that in the lumber regions on the Pacific Coast, flumes are built
+for the purpose of carrying the lumber from the camps in the mountains to
+the sawmills in the valleys below.
+
+These flumes are a kind of V-shaped trough, about three feet deep, and are
+built on trestles after the manner of the elevated roads. The height of
+the flume from the ground ranges from twenty to one hundred and twenty
+feet, and they are fifty to sixty-five miles long.
+
+The logs are floated down on water that is turned into the flume from the
+mountain streams. The time taken to make the trip is from two to three
+hours.
+
+A party of three men was invited to go up to a lumber camp and take a
+trip down into the valley by one of these flumes.
+
+All three of them were accustomed to tobogganing, and thinking it would be
+only a toboggan slide on a huge scale, they decided to go.
+
+They spent the night at the lumber camp, and were roused up very early in
+the morning, so that they might get down to their business in the valley
+betimes. After a hearty breakfast, they wrapped themselves up as warmly as
+they could, and prepared for their trip.
+
+They had left warm weather in the valley, but here in the mountains the
+snow lay thick, and it was bitter cold.
+
+They shivered (not altogether with cold) when they caught sight of the
+little boat that was to take them their fifty miles.
+
+The boat was a very rough-looking thing, nailed together without much
+care, and did not look over-strong.
+
+However, as none of the three was willing to be the first man to give in,
+they stepped into the little craft, and gripping the seats firmly, in
+obedience to the orders of the lumbermen, were pushed off.
+
+For the first few minutes their experience was something terrible. They
+were going at such a frightful rate of speed that they could hardly catch
+breath; they seemed to be falling down the side of the mountain, and every
+moment the speed of their fall increased.
+
+They flew past snowy mountains and ice-bound rivers, and had no time to
+see anything.
+
+Each man remembered all the dreadful stories he had heard about accidents
+in flumes, and at every curve and turn expected to be dashed to pieces in
+the canon below.
+
+So they sped onward, past rocks and cliffs, down, down, down, until they
+flew out of the regions of snow and ice over hillsides clothed with
+vineyards. Still down, past orchards, the trees in full bloom, down and
+still down, until their fear had passed, and they were able to enjoy the
+novelty of their position.
+
+Suddenly a curve in the flume brought them into a wide stretch of water,
+and they had reached their journey's end. The little boat, still propelled
+by the force it had gathered in its journey down the mountainside, cut its
+way through the water, and reached the wharf,--only two hours having been
+taken for the trip.
+
+It must have been a wonderful ride. What a clever and yet simple device
+for bringing the lumber down from the mountains with so little trouble and
+expense!
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Some people have been complaining that Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, the
+President of the Board of Police, has been giving the men, who want to
+join the force, such a severe examination that it is almost impossible for
+half of them to answer the hard questions that are asked.
+
+Mr. Roosevelt declares that it is necessary that policemen should be
+intelligent men, and have some slight amount of education. He thinks they
+ought to know a little about the history of this country, and of the laws
+which they are called to uphold.
+
+He says the questions were only such as a fairly bright child could answer
+with ease, and that the men who cannot answer them have no business on the
+force.
+
+To prove the truth of this, he prints a few of the answers made by the
+rejected policemen, and asks the people who complain to read them, and
+then let him know whether they would like to have such ignorant men as
+guardians of the law.
+
+One question was: "Name five of the New England States."
+
+One man wrote: "England, Ireland, Scotland, _Whales_, and Cork"; and
+another, "London, Africa, and New England."
+
+To the question: "On what instrument is the Government of the United
+States founded?" one answer was:
+
+"On paper."
+
+"Into what three branches is the Government of the United States divided?"
+puzzled them sorely.
+
+"Republicans, Dimulcrats, and Popperlists," seemed the favorite answer.
+
+"What is the highest department of the United States Courts?" also worried
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+
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+
+                                    GENIE H. ROSENFELD.
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+
+                            Yours respectfully,
+                                         LEONARD O.
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+
+
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+
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+
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+
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