diff options
Diffstat (limited to '15518-h')
| -rw-r--r-- | 15518-h/15518-h.htm | 1684 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | 15518-h/images/27-tb.jpg | bin | 0 -> 6620 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 15518-h/images/27.jpg | bin | 0 -> 55936 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 15518-h/images/28-tb.jpg | bin | 0 -> 26051 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 15518-h/images/28.jpg | bin | 0 -> 189826 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 15518-h/images/29-tb.jpg | bin | 0 -> 8927 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 15518-h/images/29.jpg | bin | 0 -> 132541 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 15518-h/images/covera.jpg | bin | 0 -> 21125 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 15518-h/images/coverb-tb.jpg | bin | 0 -> 65171 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 15518-h/images/coverb.jpg | bin | 0 -> 583855 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 15518-h/images/coverc.jpg | bin | 0 -> 11162 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 15518-h/images/favbicycle.jpg | bin | 0 -> 4449 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 15518-h/images/title.jpg | bin | 0 -> 19869 bytes |
13 files changed, 1684 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/15518-h/15518-h.htm b/15518-h/15518-h.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aec407c --- /dev/null +++ b/15518-h/15518-h.htm @@ -0,0 +1,1684 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> + +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> + <head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> + <title> + The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Great Round World, May 6, 1897, by Julia Truitt Bishop. + </title> + <style type="text/css"> +/*<![CDATA[ XML blockout */ +<!-- + p {margin-top: .75em; + text-align: justify; + text-indent: 1.25em; + margin-bottom: .75em; + } + img {border: 0;} + h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 { + text-align: center; /* all headings centered */ + clear: both; + } + hr { width: 33%; + margin-top: 2em; + margin-bottom: 2em; + margin-left: auto; + margin-right: auto; + clear: both; + } + + table {margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;} + + body{margin-left: 10%; + margin-right: 10%; + } + + .linenum {position: absolute; top: auto; left: 4%;} /* poetry number */ + .blockquot{margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 10%;} + .pagenum {position: absolute; left: 92%; font-size: smaller; text-align: right;} /* page numbers */ + .sidenote {width: 20%; padding-bottom: .5em; padding-top: .5em; + padding-left: .5em; padding-right: .5em; margin-left: 1em; + float: right; clear: right; margin-top: 1em; + font-size: smaller; background: #eeeeee; border: dashed 1px;} + + .bb {border-bottom: solid 2px;} + .bl {border-left: solid 2px;} + .bt {border-top: solid 2px;} + .br {border-right: solid 2px;} + .bbox {border: solid 2px;} + + .center {text-align: center;} + .smcap {font-variant: small-caps;} + .u {text-decoration: underline;} + + .caption {font-weight: bold;} + + .figcenter {margin: auto; text-align: center;} + + .figleft {float: left; clear: left; margin-left: 0; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: + 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 0; text-align: center;} + + .figright {float: right; clear: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; + margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0; padding: 0; text-align: center;} + + .footnotes {border: dashed 1px;} + .footnote {margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 10%; font-size: 0.9em;} + .footnote .label {position: absolute; right: 84%; text-align: right;} + .fnanchor {vertical-align: super; font-size: .8em; text-decoration: none;} + + .poem {margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%; text-align: left;} + .poem br {display: none;} + .poem .stanza {margin: 1em 0em 1em 0em;} + .poem span {display: block; margin: 0; padding-left: 3em; text-indent: -3em;} + .poem span.i2 {display: block; margin-left: 2em;} + .poem span.i4 {display: block; margin-left: 4em;} + // --> + /* XML end ]]>*/ + </style> + </head> +<body> + + +<pre> + +The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Great Round World and What Is Going On +In It, Vol. 1, No. 26, May 6, 1897, 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 +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 26, May 6, 1897 + A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls + +Author: Various + +Release Date: April 1, 2005 [EBook #15518] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GREAT ROUND WORLD AND *** + + + + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team. (www.pgdp.net) + + + + + + +</pre> + + + + +<p><a name="Page_725" id="Page_725"></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> + +<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>MAY 6, 1897</b></td> +<td align='left'><b>Vol. 1. <span class='smcap'>No</span>. 26</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>Copyright, 1897, by <span class='smcap'>William Beverley Harison</span>.</b></p> +<p><a name="Page_726" id="Page_726"></a></p> + +<hr style='width: 65%;' /> +<h4>AS A</h4> +<h2>SPECIAL INDUCEMENT +</h2> + +<div class="blockquot">for our subscribers to interest others in "The Great Round + World," we will give to each subscriber who sends us $2.50 to + pay for a year's subscription to a new name, a copy of</div> + + +<h2 style="text-align: left; margin-left: 7em; margin-top: .5em; margin-bottom: .5em;">Rand, McNally & Co.</h2> +<h2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 7em;margin-top: .5em; margin-bottom: .5em;">1897 Atlas of the World.</h2> + + +<div class="blockquot"><b>160 pages of colored maps from new plates, size 11 1/2 x 14 + inches, printed on special paper with marginal index, and well + worth its regular price—— $2.50.</b></div> + + +<p>Every one has some sort of an atlas, doubtless, but an old atlas is no +better than an old directory; countries do not move away, as do people, +but they do change and our knowledge of them increases, and this atlas, +made in 1897 from <b>new</b> plates, is perfect and up to date and covers every +point on</p> + +<h3>The Great Round World.</h3> + +<p>Those not subscribers should secure the subscription of a friend and remit +$5 to cover it and their own. A copy of the atlas will be sent to either +address.</p> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class='center'>GREAT ROUND WORLD,</div> + +<div class='center'><i>3 and 5 West 18th Street, · · · · · · · ·New York City.</i></div> + +<p><a name="Page_727" id="Page_727"></a></p> + + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2>THE GREAT ROUND WORLD</h2> + +<h2>NATURAL HISTORY</h2> + +<h2>STORIES.</h2> + +<h3>A Series of True Stories</h3> + +<h4>BY</h4> + +<h3>JULIA TRUITT BISHOP.</h3> + +<h4>Attractively Illustrated by Barnes.</h4> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<h3>SAMPLE SENT ON RECEIPT OF 10 CENTS</h3> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<h3>Author's Preface.</h3> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>The stories published in this little volume have been issued +from time to time in the Philadelphia <i>Times</i>, and it is at the +request of many readers that they now greet the world in more +enduring form. They have been written as occasion suggested, +during several years; and they commemorate to me many of the +friends I have known and loved in the animal world. "Shep" and +"Dr. Jim," "Abdallah" and "Brownie," "Little Dryad" and + +"Peek-a-Boo." I have been fast friends with every one, and have +watched them with such loving interest that I knew all their +ways and could almost read their thoughts. I send them on to +other lovers of dumb animals, hoping that the stories of these +friends of mine will carry pleasure to young and old.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class='center'> +<b>WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON,</b><br /> +<b>3 & 5 West 18th Street.</b> +</div> + +<p><a name="Page_728" id="Page_728"></a></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><i>We hope that</i> ...</p> + +<h3>TEACHERS</h3> + +<p>will avail themselves of the special trial subscription rate of <b>$1 a +year</b> before the time expires.</p> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<h3>GREAT ROUND WORLD,</h3> + +<p class='center'><b>3 and 5 West 18th Street,...... New York City.</b></p> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>A great deal is expected of the teachers in our public schools at the +present day in the way of keeping the pupils conversant with the political +and scientific questions of the day. While this is as it should be, we +believe that if parents would look well to the quality of reading-matter +placed before their children better results would be obtained from the +teachers' efforts in this line. <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World, and What Is +Going On in It</span>, is the name of a newspaper for children, and without +exception it is the finest one of its kind ever published. It comes in +magazine form, and is overflowing with interesting subjects written in +such a bright and yet simple manner that the whole household unwittingly +becomes interested in it.—<i>Omer, Mich., Progress, Jan. 8, 1897.</i></p></div> + + +<hr style='width: 65%;' /> + +<h2>THE · FIRST · BOUND · VOLUME</h2> + +<p class='center'>OF</p> + +<h3>"The Great Round World"</h3> + +<p class='center'>(Containing Nos. 1 to 15)</p> + +<h3>IS NOW READY.</h3> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>Handsomely bound in strong cloth, with title on side and back. + Price, postage paid, $1.25. Subscribers may exchange their + numbers by sending them to us (express paid) with 35 cents to + cover cost of binding, and 10 cents for return carriage. Address</p></div> + +<p class='center'><b><i>3 sad 5 West 18th Street,——— New York City.</i></b></p> + +<p><a name="Page_729" id="Page_729"></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 <span class='smcap'>May</span> 6, 1897. <span class='smcap'>No.</span> 26</b></div> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> + +<p>Now that the war between Greece and Turkey has really commenced, people +are much interested in comparing the strength of the two armies, and +wondering which side will gain the victory.</p> + +<p>The Greek regular army numbers one hundred and twenty-five thousand, the +Turkish one hundred and fifty thousand. When all the reserves are called +out, it is thought that both countries can put twice if not three times as +many men in the field.</p> + +<p>The Turkish army is considered the finer of the two, because it is so well +drilled, and so perfectly armed. It is said that German officers have been +teaching the Turkish soldiers the modern methods of war.</p> + +<p>The Turks, however, are the weaker in two important points: their means of +providing food for their soldiers, and in facilities for carrying them +quickly from one point to another.</p> + +<p>An army that is weak in these two very important points loses a good deal +of its usefulness.</p> + +<p>As we have seen in Cuba, men cannot fight well <a name="Page_730" id="Page_730"></a>when they are hungry. It +is also a fatal thing to have no good roads or railroads, along which +large bodies of men may be sent when they are needed.</p> + +<p>The Greek army is not nearly so well drilled as the Turkish, nor so well +officered. The Turks have in Edhem Pasha a splendid leader, while the +Greeks have no great general to lead them, and at present no general who +seems even particularly clever. But that need not worry the friends of +Greece. The history of the world has taught us that every great occasion +has brought with it a great man capable of dealing with it. The French +Revolution brought forth Napoleon, the War of Independence gave us +Washington. We can therefore trust that what has happened before may occur +again, and that the Greek crisis may produce its Washington, to lead the +brave little country safely to success.</p> + +<p>The great strength of the Greeks lies in their navy, which is one of the +finest in Europe. The Greek ships are modern, well manned, and well armed. +The Turkish navy, on the other hand, has been the joke of Europe for many +years.</p> + +<p>Since the invention of the great guns that will send a cannon ball through +the side of a wooden ship as easily as you can pierce an egg-shell with a +needle, all the warships have been fitted with strong steel armored hulls +and water-tight compartments, such as we told you about on page 75 of Vol. +I. of <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span>.</p> + +<p>Turkey has none of these new ships. She has been bankrupt for so many +years that she has not had the money to buy any of them.</p> + +<p>It is supposed that the Turks will be more successful <a name="Page_731" id="Page_731"></a>on land than the +Greeks, but that the Greek navy will win back on the sea as much as the +army loses on land.</p> + +<p>It is also said that the Turkish arrangements for feeding the soldiers are +so bad, that, if the war runs on into months instead of weeks, the Turks +will not be able to hold out.</p> + +<hr style='width: 45%;' /> + +<p>The Senate has not yet taken any action on the Cuban Bill.</p> + +<p>Senator Morgan again brought it before the House, hoping that he would be +able to bring it to a vote. He was, however, obliged to agree to hold it +over for a day or two until Senator Hale should be able to be present, as +Mr. Hale has some very important things he wishes to say on the subject.</p> + +<p>From Cuba there is very little news of interest.</p> + +<p>Much indignation is felt against General Weyler, because he has sent out +soldiers to destroy the Cuban hospitals, and in the last few days several +have been burned and the sick soldiers in them murdered.</p> + +<p>The Cubans are not able to have large hospitals, because they cannot spare +a sufficient number of men to protect them, so they have been in the habit +of building huts in the forests, where they would leave a few wounded men, +in the charge of one or two nurses.</p> + +<p>These forest hospitals are not guarded. The Cubans have trusted to the +woods to conceal them from the enemy.</p> + +<p>It seems that the Spaniards have found out the secret of the hospitals, +and now General Weyler has sent out parties to make a careful search for +them.<a name="Page_732" id="Page_732"></a></p> + +<p>As soon as a hut is found the invalids are put to death and the nurses +taken prisoner.</p> + +<p>To fire upon or in any way attack a hospital is against the rules of +civilized warfare, and this new horror of General Weyler's adds one more +to the long list of his crimes.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> + +<p>The Mississippi River has not begun to subside yet, and the floods grow +daily more serious, as fresh levees give way, and allow the waters to flow +over new districts.</p> + +<p>There is, however, some hope that the greatest height of the flood wave +has been reached, and that the angry waters may begin to go back in a few +days.</p> + +<p>There is still fear that the city of New Orleans may be swept by the +flood.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> + +<p>The vexed question of the Bering Sea seal fisheries is coming up again.</p> + +<p>The Bering Sea divides America from Asia, and is bordered on the American +side by the State of Alaska, and on the Asiatic side by Siberia.</p> + +<p>Up to the year 1867, Alaska, or Aliaska, as it was called, belonged to the +Russian Government.</p> + +<p>In that year it was sold to the United States for $7,200,000.</p> + +<p>At the time of the purchase Alaska was looked upon as a very barren land; +no one ever dreamt that gold and silver and other valuable minerals would +be found in it. The money spent for the purchase was seriously begrudged +by many people, and Mr. Seward, the Secretary of State who had made the +bargain, was <a name="Page_733" id="Page_733"></a>much blamed, people saying that it was a foolish waste of +the public money.</p> + +<p>The one source of income which Alaska was known to possess in those days +was its seal fisheries. A great herd of fur-bearing seals lived in the +Alaskan waters, and the Government expected to make these seals very +profitable to it.</p> + +<p>Under the Russian rule, the fur seal regions had been very carefully +protected, and when the United States bought Alaska the Government decided +to care for the animals in the same way that the Russians had done, +allowing only a certain number of seals to be killed each year.</p> + +<p>The fisheries were leased to a company called the Alaska Commercial +Company of San Francisco, which had the entire rights to them, under +certain rules and regulations laid down by the Government.</p> + +<p>Soon after Alaska and its seal fisheries came into the possession of the +United States, English and American vessels—the latter not belonging to +the Commercial Company—entered the Bering Sea, and slaughtered any seals +they could reach, without regard to the proper rules for seal fishing.</p> + +<p>The Company complained to the Government, and in 1887 this seal poaching +had become such a serious matter that the United States ordered her +revenue cutters up to Bering Sea to protect her interests.</p> + +<p>Several ships were captured by the revenue-officers, and most of them were +British vessels.</p> + +<p>This opened the way for the dispute between Great Britain and the United +States, which has been going on ever since, and has been one of the most +troublesome questions our rulers have had to deal with.<a name="Page_734" id="Page_734"></a></p> + +<p>Great Britain claimed that she had a perfect right to fish in Bering Sea, +and the United States insisted that she had bought all the rights to the +fishing when she bought Alaska.</p> + +<p>After the quarrel had dragged on for five years, it was finally, in 1892, +decided to arbitrate it.</p> + +<p>The Committee appointed for this purpose met in Paris, France, in 1893, +and finally decided that Russia had never had any rights in the Bering +Sea, beyond the usual rights which all countries have of controlling the +seas for three miles out from their borders.</p> + +<p>Beyond the three-mile limit, the ocean becomes the "high seas," and is +then open to anybody.</p> + +<p>It was decided that Russia could not sell the Bering Sea to the United +States.</p> + +<p>The matter being thus decided, the question of caring for the seals was +left as unsettled as ever, and it was most necessary that some arrangement +should be made, unless the seals were to be totally destroyed.</p> + +<p>The decision at Paris made it necessary that Great Britain should be +willing to agree to any plan that should be adopted.</p> + +<p>It was therefore shown to the Committee that the seal flocks were in +danger of being destroyed, and a set of laws was made that proper care +might be taken of the seals. England and the United States agreed to obey +these laws, and it was decided that they should go into effect at once.</p> + +<p>As it was supposed that in course of time it might be wise to alter these +laws, it was further agreed between England and the United States that +they should be looked over every five years, and changed if it was +necessary.<a name="Page_735" id="Page_735"></a></p> + +<p>The five years has still sixteen months to run, but the American +Government has thought it advisable to ask that the two countries meet and +talk the subject over once more, as the laws are not strong enough to +protect the seals.</p> + +<p>The United States complains now that Canadian and British fishers are +killing the seals in the same careless, ignorant way that they did before +the Treaty of Paris, and that unless they are stopped there will be no +seals in Alaska in a very few years.</p> + +<p>The Government says that the habits of the seals must be studied and +understood, so that they may be protected, in order that all the fur +necessary for market may be obtained, without interfering with the growth +of the herds.</p> + +<p>Every year the seals arrive in flocks hundreds of thousands strong, and +seek a sandy beach, or some nice sunny rocks, where they can spend the +summer. In these places they establish rookeries, or villages, as they are +sometimes called.</p> + +<p>The fathers of the families come first, arriving in April to seek out +comfortable quarters.</p> + +<p>In June the mothers come to the island, take possession of the homes +provided for them, and pretty soon each seal mother has a nice little seal +pup to occupy her home with her.</p> + +<p>It is a curious thing about these little seal pups that though they are +going to spend their lives in the water, they don't like the idea of it at +all, and have to be forced into the water by their mothers, and taught to +swim just as though they were little boys and girls.</p> + +<p>Baby seals have nearly white fur when they are <a name="Page_736" id="Page_736"></a>born, and, strange to say, +until this coat falls off and the dark one comes, their mothers never +attempt to take them to the water.</p> + +<p>The seals are not the gentle things they appear to be, with their soft +brown eyes and their sleek coats. On the contrary, they are very fierce +and warlike if any attempt is made to interfere with their families.</p> + +<p>When the fathers first reach the beach, and set about making the home +ready for their families, they will not allow any of the young bachelor +seals to land near the rookeries. They force them either to remain in the +water, or to go to the highlands above the village.</p> + +<p>The bachelor seals think they have as much right to a comfortable home as +the older seals, and so they fight hard to enter the villages.</p> + +<p>This fighting keeps up the whole summer while the seals are out of the +water, and those who have seen these battles say that "night and day, the +sound of them is like that of an approaching railway train."</p> + +<p>So steadily does the fighting continue that the old seals have no time to +eat, and during the three or four months they stay with their families on +the beaches they never take a mouthful of food. At the end of the time, +when they leave the rookeries, they are thin and miserable, and covered +with battle scars.</p> + +<p>The killing of the seals should be carefully arranged with a knowledge of +these habits.</p> + +<p>The proper rules are that no mother seals, baby seals, or father seals +shall be killed, but that the hunters shall watch until the badly behaved +bachelor seals have got tired with fighting, and gone up above the +<a name="Page_737" id="Page_737"></a>rookeries to rest. The hunters ought then to creep in between the seals +and the water, and making a noise to frighten them drive them inland.</p> + +<p>Every hunter should be armed with a wooden club, and when he has chosen a +seal that seems to be about two or three years old, he should strike it +with this club and kill it.</p> + +<p>In this way a large number of seals can be obtained without disturbing the +rest of the flock.</p> + +<p>The manner of killing that the United States complains of is that the +hunters creep into the rookeries and kill the mother seals, leaving the +poor little pups to die by thousands for want of their mothers' care.</p> + +<p>Because of this wholesale killing of the seals, there are few young seals +left to grow up in the place of those that have been taken away, and so +after a time there will be no more flocks at all.</p> + +<p>The sealskin which we use is made out of the under fur of the animal. The +seals which are caught for fur have a very thick, velvet-like undercoat, +covered with a quantity of long hair, which has to be removed from the +skins before they can be used for market.</p> + +<p>The roots of these long hairs grow much deeper into the skin than those of +the short, thick fur, and so the pelts can be laid face downward, and +pared away very carefully at the back until the roots of the long hairs +are cut through. The long hairs are then pulled out of the skin, and the +beautiful soft fur is left.</p> + +<p>It is to be hoped that, in the discussion of this matter between England +and the United States, the proper rules for killing the seals may be very +strictly laid down, that they may be enforced. It will be too bad <a name="Page_738" id="Page_738"></a>if this +splendid fur is lost through ignorance and carelessness.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> + +<p>Another of the old questions that have vexed our Government is being +brought to the front again. This one is the annexation of the Hawaiian +Islands.</p> + +<p>The reason why this subject has come up again is that the Japanese have +been emigrating to these islands in such vast numbers of late, that an +invasion is feared, and the Government is anxious to have American +protection.</p> + +<p>A little while ago word was sent that the Hawaiians had turned back four +hundred Japanese emigrants who sought to land at Honolulu. Japan +immediately sent war-ships to inquire into the matter, and the United +States also sent a cruiser.</p> + +<p>It soon became evident that the affair was much more serious than at first +appeared.</p> + +<p>The Japanese have been emigrating to Hawaii in such vast numbers that, +unless something is done to stop them, there will soon be more Japanese +than natives in the islands.</p> + +<p>The Government of Hawaii, awakening to the danger that threatened, has +made fresh advances to the United States, asking once more to be annexed +to this country.</p> + +<p>This question of annexation has been talked about since the year 1893.</p> + +<p>In January, 1893, there was a revolution in Hawaii, because the people had +found cause to dislike their queen, Liliuokalani. This queen's behavior +had been very bad, and her rule had been a disgrace to the islands <a name="Page_739" id="Page_739"></a>for +some time. At last the people would stand it no longer, and so removed her +from the throne.</p> + +<p>The people who revolted against the Queen were either Americans or people +born of American parents settled in Hawaii.</p> + +<p>They formed a government, and after many troubles asked the United States +to take possession of the Hawaiian Islands, and, in return, to pay over +$3,000,000 of debts which Hawaii had contracted, and a yearly income of +$20,000 to the deposed queen, and also a lump sum of $150,000 to her +daughter, Princess Kaulani.</p> + +<p>Mr. Cleveland, who was President, opposed the idea of taking possession of +the islands, and endeavored to restore Queen Liliuokalani to her throne.</p> + +<p>His efforts were not successful. The Hawaiians would not have her back, +and having had time to establish a government for themselves, they felt as +if they could do without the United States as well as their dark-skinned +Queen. So the question of annexing the islands fell through.</p> + +<p>Now it is before us again with greater force than before.</p> + +<p>It is evident that if we don't want Hawaii, Japan does, and the time is +drawing near when some decided step must be taken.</p> + +<p>The Japanese plan for securing Hawaii seems to be similar to the English +plan for getting possession of the Transvaal.</p> + +<p>It seems to be their idea to fill the islands with Japanese, until the +number of Asiatics is far greater than that of the Hawaiians. Then they +will demand a voice in the government, and when once they have <a name="Page_740" id="Page_740"></a>secured +that, it will be only a question of time when they will have the +government of the islands under their control.</p> + +<p>The people of Hawaii became suspicious of this plot when they found that +the Japanese who came over in such hordes (sometimes as many as fifteen +hundred in one week), were not laborers seeking work, as is the case with +most immigrants.</p> + +<p>It was found that the new arrivals belonged to the student class, and that +after they arrived in the islands, they made no attempt to get anything to +do, but seemed to be living on their incomes.</p> + +<p>This made the Hawaiians suspicious that these emigrants were being sent +over at the expense of their Government, and that the Mikado was +supporting them until he had gained his ends, and secured the islands for +himself.</p> + +<p>Just lately there was a scare of fever in Honolulu, the port of Hawaii, +and the baggage of the incoming people had to be carefully fumigated. +While doing this work the officers found to their surprise that nearly +every Japanese immigrant had a soldier's uniform done up in his baggage.</p> + +<p>The Government does not know what to make of this, but has become so +thoroughly alarmed that it is seeking the protection of the United States.</p> + +<p>A prominent lawyer from Honolulu has come over here to assist the +officials who are already in Washington laying their case before our +Government.</p> + +<p>The Japanese treat the matter very lightly, and pretend that it is a +foolish scare that amounts to nothing. They insist, however, that the +Japanese immigrants shall not be turned back from Hawaii but <a name="Page_741" id="Page_741"></a>allowed to +land, as they have a right to do, according to the treaty existing between +Hawaii and Japan.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> + +<p>Some fresh news has come about the uprising in Brazil.</p> + +<p>The insurgents it would seem are led by a man named Antonio Conselhiero, +who appears to be a very extraordinary kind of person.</p> + +<p>He first made his appearance last November, when one day he marched +through the streets of a small town in Bahia, followed by a well-drilled, +orderly band of men and women.</p> + +<p>These people went through the streets singing the old songs and hymns of +the empire, and every now and then they would halt, and Conselhiero would +address the crowd that gathered around him.</p> + +<p>From the descriptions of him that have been sent from Brazil, he seems to +be an enormously tall man, with black eyes, and long black hair and beard. +He is broad and big as well as tall, and looks like a giant.</p> + +<p>He seemed to have such an influence over the crowds who listened to his +words, that they flocked to his standard, and followed him, promising to +help him in his crusade against the government, and his attempt to restore +the monarchy.</p> + +<p>The Governor ordered the police to send the crowds back to their homes, +and drive Conselhiero and his band out of the city. But this was easier +said than done. The strange man's followers, women as well as men, +attacked the police, killing some, and wounding many.</p> + +<p>Then Conselhiero made his way to a mountain, where <a name="Page_742" id="Page_742"></a>he encamped with his +followers, and prepared to defy the authorities.</p> + +<p>The Governor, still thinking the whole affair was but an insignificant +riot, sent a small body of soldiers after the insurgents, with orders to +make them break up their camp and move off.</p> + +<p>When the soldiers arrived at Conselhiero's encampment, they made very +light of being sent out to disperse a body of tramps and vagabonds.</p> + +<p>Their amusement did not last long. A number of women, armed with heavy +swords, rushed out upon them, and attacked them so furiously that they +were forced to run for their lives.</p> + +<p>More troops were sent out by the Governor, and three times were they +beaten by Conselhiero's strange army of women and men.</p> + +<p>The authorities refused to believe that there was anything serious in +these defeats, and persisted in thinking "the fanatics," as Conselhiero's +followers are called, a parcel of crazy lunatics who would soon come to +their senses.</p> + +<p>At last when it was found that Conselhiero was preaching the return of the +monarchy to the people, and that peasants and soldiers were alike flocking +to his standard, in the hope of seeing a prince on the throne of Brazil, +they began to see that this man was by no means crazy, but that he was a +very serious enemy who must be seriously treated.</p> + +<p>There is a very strong wish in the hearts of many Brazilians for the +return of the monarchy, and numbers of influential people are joining +Conselhiero, who is gaining ground every day.</p> + +<p>The revolution has indeed gained such a strong hold <a name="Page_743" id="Page_743"></a>in Brazil that it +will be a very difficult task to put it down.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> + +<p>The Greater Republic of Central America does not seem to be having a very +pleasant time of it.</p> + +<p>If you remember, it was only recognized by our Government in December +last, and already there is trouble.</p> + +<p>On page 220 of Vol. I we told you that the Greater Republic of Central +America was formed by the union of the three republics of Honduras, San +Salvador, and Nicaragua.</p> + +<p>Now there is a revolution in Honduras; one of those toy revolutions we +spoke about in No. 22 of <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span>.</p> + +<p>In all the small South American Republics, revolution and rebellion is as +the breath of life to the people.</p> + +<p>If a general gets popular with his soldiers he at once plots to overthrow +the government, and with the help of the army become president himself.</p> + +<p>Every man who is either clever or ambitious gets up a toy revolution to +depose somebody, and take his place.</p> + +<p>The present revolution appears to be of the usual kind.</p> + +<p>The President has become unpopular, and it is said that one of the former +presidents, Dr. Soto, thinks he would like to have another term of office, +and so he has incited the people to revolt.</p> + +<p>A new government has been formed to take charge of affairs until they +become more settled, and things seem to be shaping themselves to suit the +doctor's wishes.<a name="Page_744" id="Page_744"></a></p> + +<p>San Salvador and Guatemala, though by their new ties they are bound to +assist their sister republic, have declined to interfere, and it looks as +if the life of the Greater Republic of Central America would not be nearly +as long as its name.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> + +<p>On page 134 of Vol. I. we spoke about the unfortunate Russians who are +exiled to Siberia, and of the thousands of miles they are forced to march +across the continent before they reach their place of punishment.</p> + +<p>It has just been reported that the Czar has issued a decree that persons +who are exiled to Siberia shall, from this time forth, be carried by train +to the convict settlements.</p> + +<p>In the days when the poor unfortunates had to make the journey on foot it +took ninety days of steady marching to reach the journey's end, and women +and children as well as men took their places in the long, sad procession +that wound its way across the dreary steppes of Russia.</p> + +<p>This decree must have caused much rejoicing among the Russian people, and +if the Czar continues to rule his people so mercifully and kindly, we may +all live to see the day when there will be no more Nihilism or hatred +between the ruler and the ruled in Russia, and when it will no longer be +necessary to send anybody to Siberia.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> + +<p>The boys of the Cambridge Manual Training School have a new lesson which +has become very popular with them.</p> + +<p>This is a fire drill.<a name="Page_745" id="Page_745"></a></p> + +<p>The pupils are taught to go through the whole process of fighting a fire +in the same way that the firemen do.</p> + +<p>Before the boys are allowed to join the fire battalion they have to be +drilled, taught to march, and are obliged to attend lectures on surgery, +and how to help injured people until the doctor comes.</p> + +<p>After the boys have gone through this first course of study, they begin +their real fireman's training. They attend more lectures in which they +learn how to handle the various ladders and machines which firemen use. +They have to learn how a fire engine is put together, what are the uses of +every wheel and valve, and how to clean and care for each separate part of +the engine; and when they are quite familiar with the various things used +by firemen they pass on to the last stage of training.</p> + +<p>This begins on March 1st, and from this time on the work is done out of +doors.</p> + +<p>A wooden building forty feet high, and provided with doors and windows +exactly like a three-story house, is put up in the schoolyard, and it is +with this building that the lessons are given.</p> + +<p>Every Thursday afternoon an imaginary fire takes place in it. The hose is +run out, the ladders are raised, and the lads go to work with a will, +saving imaginary lives, and fighting imaginary flames.</p> + +<p>Each week some new complication is supposed to take place, and some extra +machine has to be brought into use, until by the end of the school term +they can handle every machine and ladder with the greatest ease.</p> + +<p>When first the fire drill was introduced into the <a name="Page_746" id="Page_746"></a>school, the boys were +not obliged to take the study unless they wanted to; but it has become so +popular that they are eager and anxious to take it, and now is part of the +regular course of the school for all boys who are strong enough to stand +the hard work it necessitates.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> + +<p>Some time ago we talked about the moving of the village of Katonah. Our +friends in California can do better than that. While New York moves +houses, California moves mountains.</p> + +<p>A dam is being built at San Diego, Cal., to gather water for the city. +Where the water supply for a city is not quite sufficient, darns are often +built, to stop small rivers from flowing away to waste; and the water +gathered by the barrier of wood, stone, or earth, as the case may be, is +turned into the city to be used by the people.</p> + +<p>In the San Diego work, a huge mass of rocky hillside overhung the cañon +which was to be dammed, and at the bottom of which the river flowed.</p> + +<p>A cañon is, as you doubtless know, a deep gorge or ravine, formed by the +river that flows through it, and which little by little has worn away its +bed until it has cut deep down into the heart of the land, hundreds of +feet below its original level.</p> + +<p>As we have said, the plan for the San Diego work was to build a dam across +the cañon, and keep the waters from flowing away.</p> + +<p>The engineers thought that if they could only take this huge mass of rocky +hill and drop it into the cañon, it would make their work very much +easier, as the task of getting enough stone down to the bottom <a name="Page_747" id="Page_747"></a>of the +gorge to build their dam was by no means an easy one.</p> + +<p>They thought the matter out, and finally decided to try and move the +mountain-side into the cañon.</p> + +<p>They laid their plans, and for two months were busy preparing for the +great move.</p> + +<p>They tunnelled the hillside in all directions over the section which they +desired to move, and in these tunnels laid mines of giant powder or +dynamite.</p> + +<p>These mines they connected with electric wires, and when all was ready, +the various wires were gathered into one bunch, and taken across the gorge +that was to be filled up.</p> + +<p>When the explosion was about to take place the workmen and engineers moved +ever so far away, until they were at a safe distance from the explosion, +and one man, the foreman, was sent to the edge of the cañon to touch the +wires, and start the firing of the mines.</p> + +<p>When he received the signal he touched the wire, and then ran away to +safety as fast as he could go, while the others watched the explosion.</p> + +<p>It seems to have been a most wonderful sight.</p> + +<p>Bowlders and masses of rock rose from their beds on the hillside, and +little tongues of dust and smoke shot out from the earth in all +directions. Then there was a terrific growl, which seemed to come from the +heart of the mountain, the earth shook, the men who were watching were +thrown to the ground, and with a roar and a rattle the side of the +mountain moved and began to fall.</p> + +<p>There was a shower of stones which continued to fall for over an hour, and +the dust was so thick that <a name="Page_748" id="Page_748"></a>it was impossible to see; but when it finally +cleared, it was found that an enormous slice of the side of the mountain +had been blown into the cañon below.</p> + +<p>The engineers said that one hundred and fifty thousand tons of rock had +been moved, and to their great pride they found that it had fallen exactly +according to their plans, and had bridged the cañon and formed the bulwark +for the support of the dam.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> +<p>The past week has been one of great anxiety for Greece and the Greek +cause.</p> + +<p>The Turks have been steadily gaining ground in the East; they have swarmed +through the pass of Milouna into the plains of Thessaly.</p> + +<p>The Greeks fought nobly, and succeeded in driving the Turks a little way +back toward Milouna, but the vast army of Turkey was too strong for them, +and despite their efforts, the enemy has made its way into Greece, and +advanced upon the city of Larissa.</p> + +<p>The mayors and governors of Thessaly have called on the peasants and all +men capable of bearing arms to come to the defence of their country, and +volunteers are flocking in every hour.</p> + +<p>The latest news that has reached us states that the Greeks have finally +fallen back to Pharsalia, leaving Larissa at the mercy of the Turks.</p> + +<p>Now while this looks very badly for the Greeks, and at this time it seems +as if their ultimate defeat were sure, it is too soon to offer any very +decided opinion.</p> + +<p>It may all be a part of a very deep-laid plan of the Greeks.</p> + +<p>It must be remembered that the weak points of the Turkish <a name="Page_749" id="Page_749"></a>army in regard +to provisions and transportation are as well known to the Greeks as to us. +The farther the Turks can be enticed away from the place where they keep +their stores, the weaker they grow. The Greeks may have planned to lure +them over the border, and away from their supplies, and then fight them +when they have them at a disadvantage.</p> + +<p>This looks the more likely when it is taken into consideration that the +Greeks have been successful in invading Turkey and reaching Elassona, the +Turkish headquarters, and that they also hold the Pass of Reveni.</p> + +<p>The Greek navy has been doing some very fine work, bombarding and +destroying towns on the east coast, as well as the west.</p> + +<p>The Greek army which was pressing on to the Turkish city of Janina in +Epirus has met with a severe reverse.</p> + +<p>With information of the defeat comes news that is of such great importance +to the Greek cause that the present check may prove to be of very little +importance.</p> + +<p>This news is that the Albanians have risen against their masters the +Turks, and joined with the Greeks.</p> + +<p>Albania was at one time a part of Greece, but that was in the early +history of the Empire. It at last secured its freedom and became an +independent country.</p> + +<p>In 1478 the Turks conquered Albania, and it has been under Turkish rule +ever since. The Albanians have no love for the Turks, and though they are +supposed to be obedient to the Sultan's wishes, he does not dare to +appoint any but native Albanians to govern <a name="Page_750" id="Page_750"></a>them. The people have always +contrived to give him all the trouble possible.</p> + +<p>The Greeks hoped that the Albanians would join them, as well as the +Macedonians, and so, despite the reverses that the week has brought, with +these powerful friends to help them, they must be feeling more sure of +success than they were a few days ago.</p> + +<p>Bulgaria is also becoming restless and making demands of the Sultan, +threatening to revolt against him if he does not give them what they ask +for.</p> + +<p>The Prince of Bulgaria has made a trip to Berlin to borrow money for the +war. And it is likely that the Sultan may soon have so many enemies to +fight that he will wish the Powers had allowed him to arrange the Cretan +matters for himself, without interfering and bringing this hornet's nest +about his ears.</p> + +<p> +<span style="margin-left: 22em;">G</span><span class='smcap'>enie H. Rosenfeld.</span><br /> +<a name="Page_751" id="Page_751"></a></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2>INVENTION AND DISCOVERY.</h2> + + +<p>With the summer coming on, inventions for swimmers are being brought +forward.</p> + +<div class="figright"> +<a href="./images/27.jpg"><img src="./images/27-tb.jpg" alt="Water Skate" title="Water Skate" /></a> +</div> + +<p>The <span class='smcap'>Water Skate</span> or shoe is to afford a new and very delightful +means of sport.</p> + +<p>It is intended to be used when the swimmer is in the upright position +assumed in treading water. A swimmer can maintain this position for a long +time, but can ordinarily make no headway in the water.</p> + +<p>The water skate is invented to enable him to strike out with his feet as +in walking. Under the skate there are two "fins." These remain pressed +together with the forward movement of the foot, but with the same movement +as the hands take in swimming. These fins open out as the foot reaches the +limit of its stride, and push back the water exactly in the same way that +the arms do.</p> + +<p>It is claimed that a high rate of speed can be obtained with this water +skate.</p> +<hr style='width: 45%;' /> + +<p><span class='smcap'>Canopy for Bicycles.</span>—All cyclers complain so of the heat of the +sun, that busy brains are at work to find a means of protecting the riders +from the fierce heat.</p> + +<p>A canopy has just been invented, which seems to <a name="Page_752" id="Page_752"></a>be the most practical and +sensible of any of the coverings offered.</p> + +<p>It has a pointed roof to it, and spreads over the rider at a distance that +in no way obstructs the view.</p> + +<p class="figcenter"><a href="./images/28.jpg"><img src="./images/28-tb.jpg" alt="Bicycle Canopy" title="Bicycle Canopy" /></a></p> + +<p>One great advantage of this canopy is that it is firmer than any other +kind so far suggested.</p> + +<hr style='width: 45%;' /> + +<p><span class='smcap'>The Portable Fire-Escape</span> is an invention that should recommend +itself to every one. It is small enough to be easily carried, and is so +arranged that the person using it to let himself down from a burning +building can control the rate of speed at which he descends, and avoid all +danger of a sudden fall.</p> + +<p>It is firmly hooked on to a clamp that is provided with it, and it +consists of a seat attached to two pulleys, through which the ropes pass.<a name="Page_753" id="Page_753"></a></p> + +<p>The person seeking to escape from the fire places himself on the seat, +and, grasping the pulley firmly, lets himself out of the window. By means +of an attachment he is able, as we have said, to regulate the speed of his +descent.</p> + +<p class="figcenter"><a href="./images/29.jpg"><img src="./images/29-tb.jpg" alt="Portable Fire Escape" title="Portable Fire Escape" /></a></p> + +<p>This invention ought to be of great service to all those who live in high +buildings.</p> + +<p> +<span style="margin-left: 22em;">G.H.R.</span><br /> +<a name="Page_754" id="Page_754"></a></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2>LETTERS FROM OUR YOUNG FRIENDS.</h2> + + +<div class="blockquot"><span class='smcap'>Dear Editor:</span><a name="Page_755" id="Page_755"></a><a name="Page_756" id="Page_756"></a><a name="Page_757" id="Page_757"></a> + +<p> Being a great reader of your paper, I of course felt inclined to + send you some praise, as you deserve it. I am more interested in + Cuba than in the affairs of Crete. I have been to see the new + Library, and consider it the finest in the world. Hoping much + success to the paper, I remain,</p></div> + +<p> +<span style="margin-left: 14em;">Your interested reader,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 20em;">N</span><span class='smcap'>atalie C.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">W</span><span class='smcap'>ashington, D.C.</span><br /> +<br /><br /></p> + + + +<div><span class='smcap'>Dear Natalie:</span></div> + +<p>Your letter was received with much pleasure.</p> + +<p> +<span style="margin-left: 16.5em;">E</span><span class='smcap'>ditor.</span><br /> +<br /><br /></p> + + +<div class="blockquot"><span class='smcap'>Dear Editor:</span> + +<p> My teacher, Miss Galbraith, takes your paper, and I used to be + looking for it; at last I bought it myself, so I could own it.</p> + +<p> Your paper is very interesting and helpful in Geography. All my + family are interested in <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span>, + especially my father.</p> + +<p> Will you please tell me if General Maceo is dead or not? We got + so many different stories it is hard to tell which is true. Or + if General Rivera is to be put to death?</p> + +<p> I live in New Haven; it is a beautiful city, full of elm trees, + with parks. Also Yale College, from which Nathan Hale and Samuel + Morse graduated.</p></div> + +<p> +<span style="margin-left: 18em;">Your Reader,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 20em;">J</span><span class='smcap'>ohn C.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">N</span><span class='smcap'>ew Haven, Conn.</span><br /> +</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>P.S.—I am glad that you don't publish prize-fights. It is the + nature of animals, not human beings.<br /><br /></p></div> + + + +<div><span class='smcap'>Dear John:</span></div> + +<p>There is no longer any doubt that General Maceo was killed. The stories +that he was still alive were probably made up by the Cubans, for fear +their countrymen might lose heart if they knew the truth.</p> + +<p>You will see in this number of your paper that General Rivera is not to be +shot, according to the present reports. <span class='smcap'>Editor.</span><br /><br /></p> + + +<div class="blockquot"><span class='smcap'>Dear Editor</span>: + +<p> I enjoy <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span> immensely, and look + forward to its coming every week. I like to read about Greece + and Cuba, and if I were Grecian I would gladly join in the war. + I hope Greece will win, for I pity the poor Cretans under the + cruel rule of Turkey. Wishing your paper many years of success, + I am,</p></div> + +<p> +<span style="margin-left: 16em;">Your friend and reader,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 23em;">H</span><span class='smcap'>arold R.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">N</span><span class='smcap'>ew York</span>, April 8th, 1897<br /> +<br /><br /></p> + + +<div><span class='smcap'>Dear Harold</span>:</div> + +<p>Many thanks for your pretty letter. Write to us again soon.<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 22em;">E</span><span class='smcap'>ditor</span>.<br /><br /></p> + +<div class="blockquot"><span class='smcap'>Dear Mr. Editor</span>: + +<p> I want to ask you about the <i>Cometa</i>. Did the Admiral ever bring + her into the Havana harbor as he boasted that he would, with + flags flying on her?</p> + +<p> Do you think Cuba is going to win? I hope that she will.</p> + +<p> Are the Americans going to help them?—and then I know the + Cubans will win. Yours truly,</p></div> + +<p> +<span style="margin-left: 20em;">S</span><span class='smcap'>Sydney</span> G.<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">B</span><span class='smcap'>Baltimore</span>, April 9th, 1897.<br /> +<br /><br /></p> + +<div><span class='smcap'>My Dear Sydney</span>:</div> + +<p>The Spanish Admiral has never brought the <i>Cometa</i> into Havana harbor. He +was just spinning a sailor's yarn, apparently.</p> + +<p>We hope that Cuba will win her freedom, and it seems very likely that she +will.</p> + +<p>You will see in this number of <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span> that there +is a chance that the President will try to settle the troubles between +Cuba and Spain.</p> + +<p> +<span style="margin-left: 22em;">E</span><span class='smcap'>ditor.</span><br /> +<br /><br /></p> + + +<div class="blockquot"><span class='smcap'>Dear Editor:</span> + +<p> Our teacher takes <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span> and reads + to us whenever the time will permit. The reading makes an + interesting part of the exercises of the day. We are all anxious + to hear about the war between Cuba and Spain, and we hope Cuba + will soon be free. Can you tell us about how many people pass + over Brooklyn Bridge in a day? I think it is wonderful how + buttons and such articles are made out of milk. Do they have + schools in Freeville? I think we should all be grateful for the + interesting news that is printed for us in your paper each week.</p></div> + +<p> +<span style="margin-left: 18.5em;">Yours truly,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 22.5em;">N</span><span class='smcap'>ellie R.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">T</span><span class='smcap'>iffin, Ohio,</span> March 24th, 1897.<br /> +<br /><br /></p> + + + +<div><span class='smcap'>Dear Nellie:</span></div> + +<p>We are glad that you like <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span>. Why don't you +try and get it for yourself by becoming one of our agents? You can get +your own paper free of charge for two subscriptions, and it would be very +nice to own it yourself, and be able to read it whenever you wanted to.</p> + +<p>In Freeville the children are taught to work.</p> + +<p>You ask about the number of persons who cross the Brooklyn Bridge daily. +Mr. Martin, the Chief Engineer and Superintendent, has been so kind as to +tell us all about it for you. We publish his note.</p> + +<p> +<span style="margin-left: 22em;">E</span><span class='smcap'>ditor.</span><br /> +<br /></p> + +<p>One hundred and twenty-five thousand people per day ride across the bridge +in the cars. Twelve thousand walk over on the promenade. Five thousand +vehicles cross the bridge on the roadways.—C.C. <span class='smcap'>Martin</span>, Chief Engineer +and Superintendent.</p> + + +<hr style='width: 65%;' /> +<h3>A Good Agent</h3> +<h3>Wanted</h3> +<h3>In Every Town</h3> +<h3>for</h3> +<h3>"The Great Round World"</h3> +<p><a name="Page_758" id="Page_758"></a></p> +<hr style='width: 65%;' /> +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="Great Round World Polisher"> +<tr><td align='left'><h2 style="text-align: left;">That Rust</h2></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='center'>ON YOUR WHEEL CAN BE<br /> TAKEN OFF IN TWO MINUTES<br /> WITH A RAG AND SOME</td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>PRICE<br />25 CENTS</td> +<td align='left'><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span class="u">Great Round</span></h2> +<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span class="u">World Polisher</span></h2></td></tr> + +</table></div> + + +<div class='center'>FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS</div> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<h2><span class="u"><b>EXAMINATIONS</b></span></h2> + +<div> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Have you thought of the Relief Maps for examination work?</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Are you following from day to day the war in the East?</span><br /> +</div> + + +<h2>Klemm's Relief Practice Maps</h2> + +<div>are especially adapted to examination work, as they are perfectly free +from all political details. ANY examination work may be done on them.</div> + +<p>For following the EASTERN QUESTION use Klemm's Roman Empire, and record +each day's events. Small flags attached to pins, and moved on a map as the +armies move, keep the details before you in a most helpful way, especially +when you use the Relief Maps.</p> + + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="Klemm's Maps"> +<tr><td align='left'><b>SAMPLE SET RELIEF MAPS (15), $1.00</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><b>SAMPLE ROMAN EMPIRE, 10 CENTS</b></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class='center'><b>WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON, · · 5 West 18th Street, N.Y.</b></div> + +<p><a name="Page_759" id="Page_759"></a></p> +<hr style='width: 65%;' /> +<p class="figcenter"><img src="./images/favbicycle.jpg" alt="Which is your favorite Bicycle?" title="Which is your favorite Bicycle?" /></p> + +<p class='center'>You have your choice of any wheel in the market if you send us one hundred +regular subscriptions to the</p> + +<h2>"Great Round World"</h2> + +<p>Show the paper to your friends, and you will soon find one hundred people +who will be glad to subscribe. Send the subscriptions in to us as fast as +received, and when the one hundredth, reaches us you can go to ANY dealer +YOU choose, buy ANY wheel YOU choose, and we will pay the bill.</p> + +<p>Six-months' subscriptions will be counted as one-half, three-months' as +one-quarter.</p> +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> +<div class='center'><span class="u"><i>SAMPLE COPIES WILL BE FURNISHED AT HALF PRICE. (SEE OTHER OFFERS)</i></span></div> + +<div class='center'><br /><br /><br />Great Round World<br /> +3 and 5 West 18th Street, New York City</div> + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Great Round World and What Is +Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 26, May 6, 1897, by Various + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GREAT ROUND WORLD AND *** + +***** This file should be named 15518-h.htm or 15518-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/1/15518/ + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team. (www.pgdp.net) + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, +set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to +copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to +protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project +Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you +charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you +do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the +rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose +such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and +research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do +practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is +subject to the trademark license, especially commercial +redistribution. + + + +*** START: FULL LICENSE *** + +THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE +PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK + +To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free +distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work +(or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project +Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project +Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at +https://gutenberg.org/license). + + +Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic works + +1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to +and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property +(trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all +the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy +all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. +If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the +terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or +entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. + +1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be +used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who +agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few +things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works +even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See +paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement +and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works. See paragraph 1.E below. + +1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" +or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the +collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an +individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are +located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from +copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative +works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg +are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project +Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by +freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of +this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with +the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by +keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project +Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. + +1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern +what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in +a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check +the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement +before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or +creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project +Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning +the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United +States. + +1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: + +1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate +access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently +whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the +phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project +Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, +copied or distributed: + +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 +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + +1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived +from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is +posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied +and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees +or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work +with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the +work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 +through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the +Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or +1.E.9. + +1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted +with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution +must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional +terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked +to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the +permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. + +1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this +work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. + +1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this +electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without +prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with +active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project +Gutenberg-tm License. + +1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, +compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any +word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or +distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than +"Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version +posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.org), +you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a +copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon +request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other +form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. + +1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, +performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works +unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. + +1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing +access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided +that + +- You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from + the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method + you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is + owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he + has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the + Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments + must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you + prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax + returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and + sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the + address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to + the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." + +- You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies + you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he + does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm + License. You must require such a user to return or + destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium + and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of + Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +- You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any + money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the + electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days + of receipt of the work. + +- You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free + distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set +forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from +both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael +Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the +Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. + +1.F. + +1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable +effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread +public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm +collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain +"Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or +corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual +property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a +computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by +your equipment. + +1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right +of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project +Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all +liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal +fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT +LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE +PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE +TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE +LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR +INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH +DAMAGE. + +1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a +defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can +receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a +written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you +received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with +your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with +the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a +refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity +providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to +receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy +is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further +opportunities to fix the problem. + +1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth +in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS' WITH NO OTHER +WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO +WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. + +1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied +warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. +If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the +law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be +interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by +the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any +provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. + +1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the +trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone +providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance +with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, +promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, +harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, +that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do +or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm +work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any +Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. + + +Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm + +Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of +electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers +including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists +because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from +people in all walks of life. + +Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the +assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's +goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will +remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure +and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. +To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation +and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 +and the Foundation web page at https://www.pglaf.org. + + +Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive +Foundation + +The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit +501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the +state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal +Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification +number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at +https://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent +permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. + +The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. +Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered +throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at +809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email +business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact +information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official +page at https://pglaf.org + +For additional contact information: + Dr. Gregory B. Newby + Chief Executive and Director + gbnewby@pglaf.org + + +Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation + +Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide +spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of +increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be +freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest +array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations +($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt +status with the IRS. + +The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating +charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United +States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a +considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up +with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations +where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To +SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any +particular state visit https://pglaf.org + +While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we +have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition +against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who +approach us with offers to donate. + +International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make +any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from +outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. + +Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation +methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other +ways including including checks, online payments and credit card +donations. To donate, please visit: https://pglaf.org/donate + + +Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works. + +Professor Michael S. Hart was the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm +concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared +with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project +Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. + + +Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. +unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily +keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. + + +Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: + + https://www.gutenberg.org + +This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, +including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary +Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to +subscribe to our email newsletter to hear about new eBooks. + + +</pre> + +</body> +</html> diff --git a/15518-h/images/27-tb.jpg b/15518-h/images/27-tb.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..0e6fe4f --- /dev/null +++ b/15518-h/images/27-tb.jpg diff --git a/15518-h/images/27.jpg b/15518-h/images/27.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..09a109b --- /dev/null +++ b/15518-h/images/27.jpg diff --git a/15518-h/images/28-tb.jpg b/15518-h/images/28-tb.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..08e5ec7 --- /dev/null +++ b/15518-h/images/28-tb.jpg diff --git a/15518-h/images/28.jpg b/15518-h/images/28.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..0f4fd6f --- /dev/null +++ b/15518-h/images/28.jpg diff --git a/15518-h/images/29-tb.jpg b/15518-h/images/29-tb.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..f9ee22c --- /dev/null +++ b/15518-h/images/29-tb.jpg diff --git a/15518-h/images/29.jpg b/15518-h/images/29.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..52816c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/15518-h/images/29.jpg diff --git a/15518-h/images/covera.jpg b/15518-h/images/covera.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..c5ed0dd --- /dev/null +++ b/15518-h/images/covera.jpg diff --git a/15518-h/images/coverb-tb.jpg b/15518-h/images/coverb-tb.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..07dcf19 --- /dev/null +++ b/15518-h/images/coverb-tb.jpg diff --git a/15518-h/images/coverb.jpg b/15518-h/images/coverb.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad5a18e --- /dev/null +++ b/15518-h/images/coverb.jpg diff --git a/15518-h/images/coverc.jpg b/15518-h/images/coverc.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..c2d3a38 --- /dev/null +++ b/15518-h/images/coverc.jpg diff --git a/15518-h/images/favbicycle.jpg b/15518-h/images/favbicycle.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..bd58183 --- /dev/null +++ b/15518-h/images/favbicycle.jpg diff --git a/15518-h/images/title.jpg b/15518-h/images/title.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..b061da3 --- /dev/null +++ b/15518-h/images/title.jpg |
