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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Great Round World and What Is Going On
+In It, Vol. 1, No. 27, May 13, 1897, by Various
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
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+Title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 27, May 13, 1897
+       A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
+
+Author: Various
+
+Release Date: April 4, 2005 [EBook #15539]
+
+Language: English
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+_FIVE CENTS._
+
+THE GREAT ROUND WORLD
+
+AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT
+
+    SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. MAY 13, 1897  Vol. 1. NO. 27
+    $2.50 PER YEAR
+    [Entered at Post Office, New York City, as second-class matter]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+    A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
+
+    WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON. PUBLISHER
+
+    NO. 3 AND 5 WEST 18TH ST. NEW YORK CITY
+
+Copyright, 1897, by WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+    AS A
+    =SPECIAL INDUCEMENT=
+
+    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
+
+    =Rand, McNally & Co.=
+      =1897 Atlas of the World.=
+
+    =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.=
+
+
+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 =new= plates, is perfect and up to date and covers every
+point on
+
+    =The Great Round World.=
+
+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.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+GREAT ROUND WORLD,
+
+_3 and 5 West 18th Street, · · · · · · · ·New York City._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE GREAT ROUND WORLD
+NATURAL HISTORY
+STORIES.
+
+A Series of True Stories
+
+BY
+JULIA TRUITT BISHOP.
+
+Attractively Illustrated by Barnes.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+These stories will be issued in parts. Price, 10 cents each. Subscription
+price (12 numbers), $1.00. Part 1. issued as supplement to GREAT ROUND
+WORLD NO. 20.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+    =Author's Preface.=
+
+    The stories published in this little volume have been issued
+    from time to time in the Philadelphia _Times_, 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.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+    =WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON,=
+    =3 & 5 West 18th Street.=
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+A Good Agent
+Wanted
+In Every Town
+for
+"The Great Round World"
+
+
+[Illustration: THE GREAT ROUND
+WORLD
+AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT.]
+
+    VOL. 1   MAY 13, 1897.   NO. 27
+
+
+
+The Grant parade is over, the monument given to and accepted by the City
+of New York, and the great day has come and gone as such days will,
+leaving behind it tired eyes and a confused memory of marching soldiers.
+
+The sections of the parade in which THE GREAT ROUND WORLD took most
+interest were those in which the boys paraded, and especially the division
+in which the cadets and boys from the military schools marched.
+
+This division was greeted with great enthusiasm all along the line, and
+well it might be! The soldierly make-up of these lads was a sight to see,
+and their discipline and marching were unsurpassed by any of the
+troops--regulars or militia.
+
+The boys walked with a springing step, that showed no signs of fatigue,
+even as they rounded the reviewing stand, and reached the goal of their
+long march.
+
+Among the many well-drilled companies of boy soldiers, marched one of
+artillery.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+This was perhaps the prettiest feature of the whole parade, for
+everything was in miniature to match the size of the small artillerymen.
+
+The field-piece which this company boasted was a tiny affair, drawn by two
+small ponies, and it had its two baby gunners to serve it.
+
+These gunners were very military babies. They sat bolt upright, their arms
+crossed on their fat little chests in true soldier fashion, and no jolting
+of the gun-carriage could make those little backs bend, nor those small
+arms unfold.
+
+There was also a company of naval cadets. These lads marched finely, with
+their cutlasses drawn, and held across their breasts. So steadily did they
+grasp their weapons, that it was hard to believe that they were held in
+place by nothing stronger than the will of these young heroes.
+
+In every company that marched past, the lads showed a pride and steadiness
+that made one think that this boy soldiering was going to be of the
+greatest service to them later in life.
+
+Boys are not, as a rule, noted for their neatness, and there are hosts of
+fine lads who find it hard to remember that clean hands and collars are
+among the necessary things of life.
+
+Knowing this so well, it was all the more remarkable that, in all the long
+line of parading cadets, there was not so much as a rebellious lock of
+hair visible.
+
+Each boy's buttons were in a straight line with those of the next boy,
+each shoulder-strap set at the same angle as its fellows, each gun was as
+well polished as its neighbor, and the spick and span appearance the line
+presented, after its long fatiguing march, spoke volumes in favor of
+military training.
+
+The School-Boy Cadets were without doubt one of the best features of the
+parade, and next to them in interest came the boys from the public
+schools.
+
+These lads also marched splendidly, with fine bearing and excellent
+discipline! And what a fine-looking set of boys they were! They had no
+uniforms or guns to help their appearance, nothing but their own bright
+faces to show them off, but every mother along the line must have felt
+proud to see the kind of lads that her boys are growing up amongst.
+
+Young America showed to very great advantage in the Grant parade, which
+will be memorable as the second occasion on which such a great number of
+boys were marched in line. The first time was at the Columbus celebration.
+
+It is said that nearly five thousand lads marched.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+It is somewhat sad to turn from our own beautiful military pageant to the
+Gręco-Turkish war.
+
+The people of Europe are speaking very severely about the behavior of the
+Powers in regard to Greece.
+
+The decision of the Powers, it must be remembered, is not the result of
+the wishes of the people, but rather of the scheming and planning of the
+diplomats of the various countries.
+
+The Powers have a great deal at stake in Turkey, and there is no doubt
+that, whatever they may say, there is not one of the diplomats who does
+not wish to see Turkey get the best of it.
+
+There is a great deal of European money in Turkey, and, shameful as it may
+seem, it would appear that this money has played a very important part in
+the action of the Powers, a part far above and beyond the fear they all
+have, that if Turkey is beaten and the empire divided, some one country
+may seize a larger slice of the plunder than another.
+
+Turkey, as we have said before, is bankrupt, and to be able to carry on
+her government at all she has had to borrow enormous sums from the rich
+men of Europe.
+
+These men fear that if Turkey is defeated they will lose the money they
+have lent, and it is openly said that they have been the means of
+hampering Greece, until Turkey has had time to gather enough forces
+together to crush her.
+
+The people of Europe are indignant that the Powers are doing Turkey's work
+for her in Crete, and making it possible for her to bring all her forces
+together against the Greeks, instead of having to divide them as the
+Greeks have.
+
+The unfriendliness of the Powers toward Greece is shown in a suggestion,
+which it was said was the German Emperor's, to blockade the Greek fleet,
+keep it in one of its own ports, and prevent it from assisting the army.
+
+This proposal was made after war had been declared.
+
+Germany was supported in this plan by Russia and Austria, and it is said
+that the Emperors were so sure of being able to carry their plan through
+that they told Turkey she might send all the arms she needed to the
+seaports, as they would be perfectly safe from the Greeks.
+
+[Illustration: Evzone, Member of Constantine's Body Guard.]
+
+The rest of the Powers would not hear of this, which was something to
+their credit. They spoke so very plainly about it that the three Emperors
+gave it up.
+
+Greece is in a most unfortunate position, thanks to the interference of
+the Powers, and unless something happens to turn the tide of war in her
+favor, she will probably be utterly defeated by the Turks.
+
+The loss of Milouna Pass was a severe blow to Greece, but not half so bad
+as the fall of Larissa, which from all accounts appears to have been a
+very disastrous affair.
+
+The Greeks appear to have behaved in a very cowardly, rebellious way, and
+the whole story is very discouraging.
+
+A battle was fought at Mati, and the Turks, who had swarmed through the
+pass, were victorious, and the Greeks were forced to retreat.
+
+Unfortunately there was no good general to manage the movement, and
+instead of falling back in an orderly manner, they seem to have hurried
+away from the battle in a mob.
+
+A newspaper correspondent who was present says that the men straggled
+along sullenly: the soldiers, mule-trains, carts, wagons, guns, and crying
+villagers, women, and children in a panic-stricken crowd.
+
+A few officers tried to restore order and to make the soldiers re-form
+their ranks; but their efforts were already hopeless, when a cry arose:
+
+"The Turks are upon us!"
+
+At this, the mob began to run for life, helter-skelter, pell-mell,
+trampling each other under foot, the soldiers actually shooting any one
+who barred their way.
+
+To make things still worse, the retreat had begun at nightfall, and it was
+in the darkness of night that the cry, "The Turks are upon us!" was
+raised.
+
+As a matter of fact, there were no Turks in sight, and nobody quite knows
+how the scare was started.
+
+In their mad rush the people at last reached Larissa, leaving the road
+they had travelled strewn with guns and baggage, and dead and dying
+comrades.
+
+Arrived in Larissa, the soldiers threw themselves on the ground, taking no
+heed of the trumpets calling them to rejoin their regiments.
+
+When morning came the officers collected their men, and formed them into
+companies in marching order.
+
+Then the news crept out that Larissa was to be abandoned; and another
+scene of confusion followed, the people fighting each other in their mad
+endeavors to escape.
+
+Special trains moved out of the city for Volo; the people crowded the
+platforms, and even climbed on the roofs of the cars in their eagerness to
+get away.
+
+The Greek army retreated to Pharsala, without so much as striking a blow
+for Larissa!
+
+So wild a rush was made when Larissa was abandoned, that the soldiers did
+not even fold their tents or carry away their baggage.
+
+When the Turks arrived before Larissa, they occupied the very tents left
+by the fugitive Greek army.
+
+You may imagine how angry Greece was at this!
+
+The people think that the Crown Prince is not a good soldier, and they are
+reported to have demanded his recall.
+
+This indeed seems to be necessary, for even the Turks laughed at the want
+of generalship shown in the retreat made by the Greeks.
+
+The Greeks are not cowards by any means, but without good officers to
+lead them, the bravest men are of little use.
+
+King George seems fully to understand that his son cannot lead the troops,
+and is willing to meet the wishes of the people.
+
+As far as known at the present moment, he has recalled the staff of
+officers who advised the Crown Prince, and has sent in their place men who
+are thought to be better soldiers.
+
+The loss of Larissa is declared to be solely due to the bad generalship of
+the Crown Prince.
+
+The people of Athens were very much enraged when they heard the mistakes
+that had been made by the army, and the foolish way that several of the
+battles had been lost.
+
+They insisted that the trouble was due to the King's interference in
+military matters; they declared that the men he had sent with Prince
+Constantine to command the army were not soldiers, but merely favorites at
+court.
+
+The Greek fleet and the troops in Epirus may yet do a good deal to offset
+the mischief that has been done in Thessaly, but the fate of Greece seems
+to depend upon the result of the next few days.
+
+It must not be forgotten that many armies that have met with defeat at
+first, have gathered courage, and gained victories that have changed the
+whole course of events. With the memories of Marathon, Thermopylę, and
+Salamis in their hearts, the Greeks need never despair.
+
+We told you of these celebrated battles in No. 25--in the story of Ancient
+Greece. Miss Yonge in her stories of Greek History has written a very
+complete and interesting account of them also.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+There has been quite a stir in the Senate, caused by the new Senator from
+Illinois, Mr. Mason.
+
+This gentleman has introduced a resolution asking that the Senate provide
+some rule for closing debate, and bringing to a vote questions before that
+body.
+
+Although there is a rule in the House of Representatives by which
+discussion of any question may be stopped, it has been the custom in the
+Senate to allow unlimited discussion, and in some cases this right has
+been used to "kill" certain measures. This was attempted a few years ago
+when the bill to repeal the "Sherman law" was before the Senate and some
+of the Senators think that it is now being employed to kill Mr. Morgan's
+Cuban Bill and the Arbitration Treaty.
+
+To prevent this Mr. Mason wishes a rule of cloture (or closure, as it is
+called in England) adopted. This is a French word, meaning, to bring to an
+ending, or close.
+
+Such a rule was introduced in the English House of Commons by Mr.
+Gladstone in 1882, when the debates on the Irish question threatened to be
+endless, and the whole business of Parliament was stopped by a few members
+exercising their right to speak as long as they chose.
+
+The rule of cloture operates in this way. When the debate has continued
+for some time and any member believes that the majority have heard enough,
+he introduces a motion that "The question be now put;" and if this is
+passed, all debate is stopped, and the presiding officer must immediately
+call for a vote on the question which has been under debate.
+
+What has been called "Senatorial courtesy" has heretofore prevented the
+passage of a rule of cloture in the Senate, but Mr. Mason thinks that the
+transaction of public business is of more importance than any exaggerated
+courtesy among the Senators.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We spoke last week about the invasion of Hawaii by the Japanese.
+
+It seems that the immigrants, turned back from Honolulu, have made up
+their minds to go to California; and it is said that they are trying to
+reach San Francisco by way of British Columbia.
+
+It is doubtful if they will be any more welcome here than they were in
+Hawaii, and it is probable that means will be found to prevent them from
+landing, if they come in large numbers.
+
+We did this with the Chinese, and there is little doubt that we will do
+the same with the Japanese, if they begin to trouble us.
+
+There is at this moment a little trouble about the Chinese, and that you
+may understand it fully, we will go over the whole matter.
+
+In the early days of emigration to California, those days when the
+wonderful discoveries of gold were attracting adventurous spirits, the
+Chinese were among the first to go there.
+
+At first they were welcomed and kindly treated, but after a while it was
+found that Chinamen would work for less wages than white men, and
+therefore obtained employment when the white men were left in idleness.
+From this the pioneers came to distrust John Chinaman, and then to dislike
+him.
+
+In 1877 there was a serious anti-Chinese riot in California, and five
+Chinamen were killed by the mob.
+
+The rioting and the feeling against the Chinese became so serious that
+California at last asked Congress to interfere.
+
+The result of this trouble was that a Chinese Embassy was established here
+for the protection of the Chinamen, and our Government took steps to
+prevent their coming into this country in such numbers.
+
+In 1882 the question came up again, and a bill was passed by Congress,
+forbidding Chinamen to enter this country for twenty years.
+
+President Arthur vetoed this bill, on the ground that it did not agree
+with our treaty with China. A new bill was then passed, stopping
+immigration for ten years, and this Mr. Arthur signed.
+
+By this bill it became a crime, for which people could be imprisoned, to
+bring a Chinaman into the country.
+
+In 1892, when the ten years covered by the bill had passed, a fresh bill
+called "The Chinese Exclusion Bill" was put through Congress, and made a
+law.
+
+By this bill, the landing of any Chinese person was strictly forbidden,
+and all Chinamen living in the country were forced to take out a
+certificate, licensing them to remain. Any Chinaman found without such a
+certificate was to be imprisoned, and sent back to his own country.
+
+The Chinese were much annoyed at this. They protested, but the United
+States Government remained firm. In the years that had passed since 1882,
+the people had had time to find out that the Chinese did not make good
+citizens.
+
+One cause of complaint against them, is that they have brought with them
+their horrible habit of smoking opium, introduced it among our citizens,
+and in that way alone have done us more harm than they can ever repair.
+
+Besides this, the fact that they would work for less money than our own
+workmen was very harmful to our citizens.
+
+Employers will always get their work done for as little as possible, and
+if the Chinamen had been allowed to swarm into this country, and work for
+the pittance they ask, the result would have been that our own workmen
+would have been obliged to take the same miserable wages or starve.
+
+The Chinamen like this country, and are willing to work for anything they
+can get, because they are so much better off here than at home.
+
+It is their anxiety to get over to this free land that is causing the
+present difficulty.
+
+To make the Tennessee Exposition a great success, Congress resolved to
+make it possible for China to send over an exhibit of her wonderful art
+works.
+
+A resolution was therefore passed, that the Chinese Exclusion Law shall
+not be held to prevent the landing of Chinamen who are going to exhibit at
+the Exposition, or whose labor is necessary to prepare the exhibit.
+
+The bill, happily, adds that Chinamen coming to this country on Exposition
+business must have a special permission from the Secretary of the Treasury
+before they will be allowed to land, and that they can only stay in the
+country one year after the close of the Exposition. If found in the
+country after that time, they will be arrested, and then sent back to
+China.
+
+This was too fine a chance for the Chinese to miss. They started for this
+country by the hundred, all declaring that they had special business at
+the Fair.
+
+Word was sent to the Secretary of the Treasury that over 2,000 Chinamen
+had started for these shores to get the exhibit in order. This seemed so
+serious, that the Government began to look into the matter.
+
+Several weeks ago 179 of these undesirable immigrants came into the United
+States, and another batch of one hundred and fourteen are waiting to
+enter.
+
+As you may suppose, such an invasion as this had to be stopped, and
+stopped quickly.
+
+The Secretary of the Treasury sent to the Attorney-General, and asked him
+whether, under the new resolution, any and every Chinaman had to be
+admitted to this country, or whether he had power to limit the number.
+
+Mr. McKenna, the Attorney-General, gave it as his opinion that the
+Secretary of the Treasury has full power to say how many shall be allowed
+to enter the country.
+
+The Secretary, Mr. Lyman Gage, then inquired of the Exposition company how
+many Chinamen were really necessary to do the work for the Fair. Word was
+sent back that only two hundred were required.
+
+On receipt of this, the Secretary of the Treasury determined to put a stop
+to the matter at once, and forbade the issuing of permits to more than the
+necessary two hundred.
+
+There will be great disgust among the Chinese; the first batch of 179 got
+through safely, but only 21 of the second lot will be admitted, and the
+rest of them will have to go back to the Flowery Kingdom, sadder but wiser
+men.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+News has come that the town of Guthrie in the new Territory of Oklahoma
+has been destroyed by a flood.
+
+The Cottonwood River, which flows through the town, had been so high for
+some days that it was feared it might overflow and do some damage, and the
+citizens had been watching it, and taking every precaution against a
+flood. Men had been stationed on the bridges ready to give the alarm if
+the river rose so high that there was danger.
+
+On April 27th the danger appeared to be past, the river fell a few feet,
+and though the watchers were still kept at their posts, no one supposed
+that a flood would really come.
+
+At six o'clock in the morning of April 28th, the men on the bridges heard
+a terrible roaring up the river valley. Convinced that a flood was coming,
+they gave the alarm, ringing the fire-bells, and warning the people to
+flee for their lives.
+
+So unexpected was the alarm, that the people did not seem to understand
+what the danger was. Tornadoes are frequent in that western country, and
+some hearing the roar of the flood and thinking that the danger that
+threatened them was the wind, rushed to the caves which they had made for
+shelter from tornadoes, and these poor people were soon drowned by the
+flood.
+
+Others stopped to save what they could, and they, too, were caught by the
+water.
+
+Very soon after the alarm was given, a great wave of water came sweeping
+down the valley.
+
+It is described as having been thirty feet high and one mile broad.
+
+It swept everything before it, toppling over the houses like cardboard
+boxes. The terrified people climbed into trees, and clutched at anything
+within reach, to save themselves.
+
+The rush of the water lasted till ten o'clock, then it ceased, and finally
+began to subside.
+
+The sudden flood was due to a cloud-burst, which is a great fall of rain
+coming down without warning over a very small area of land, the contents
+of the whole cloud being discharged at once.
+
+This mass of water rushing into the already swollen river made it burst
+its banks, and sweep over the surrounding country.
+
+It is said that about one hundred persons have been drowned, and two
+thousand rendered homeless.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+There is hopeful news for us of the floods in the Mississippi Valley.
+
+The river is falling slightly in some districts, and it is hoped that the
+floods will have entirely gone down in the next ten days.
+
+The distress is terrible, however. In some places the river is sixteen
+miles wide, and it will take a long time for such a quantity of water to
+drain off.
+
+Below New Orleans, for a distance of fifty miles, it is said that the
+country is entirely under water.
+
+A serious break occurred in the levee at Keokuk, Iowa, but with this
+exception no levees have given way. It is hoped that the worst is over.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+News comes from Cuba that the Spanish have met with two serious reverses.
+
+At Guamo, in Santiago de Cuba, the Cubans, under General Calixto Garcia,
+routed a body of Spaniards 2,000 strong.
+
+The Cubans had mined the roads with dynamite, which they exploded as the
+main body of the Spaniards passed over.
+
+During the confusion and fright that followed, the insurgents fell upon
+the troops, killing many, and finally putting the whole force to flight.
+
+The second engagement was in the Province of Havana, where the Cubans
+played another of their old tricks, and led the Spaniards into a trap they
+had prepared for them.
+
+The Spaniards met a small force of Cubans, which retreated before them.
+They followed hotly, until suddenly the fleeing insurgents turned and
+attacked them, and before the Spaniards had time to make out what this
+meant, they were also attacked vigorously from the rear, and found they
+had been again entrapped by the enemy.
+
+The fight lasted five hours, and then the Spaniards were obliged to
+retreat.
+
+We spoke, a few weeks ago, of the port of Banes which the insurgents had
+secured in Santiago de Cuba. It is said that four cruisers and several
+gunboats have been ordered there to retake it from the Cubans.
+
+Many people have criticised General Gomez for not gathering his forces
+together to fight one big battle which shall decide the war.
+
+The General has written a letter explaining his reasons for fighting the
+war in the way he is doing.
+
+He says that the Spanish force is so much larger and better armed than his
+own, that he could not hope to win a pitched battle.
+
+It is his opinion that the only way to fight the Spaniards with success is
+constantly to worry them with small bodies of men, and waste the Spanish
+money in keeping up the army until finally they cannot continue the war
+any longer.
+
+He feels sure of success in the end.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+General Miles, of the United States army, has made a trip to Sandy Hook,
+to look at a new method of defence that has just been designed for our
+coast-line.
+
+This consists of a concrete wall twenty feet thick, against which is a
+huge embankment of sand.
+
+This invention is intended to protect our forts from the terrible shot
+fired by the modern guns. As we told you the other day, these guns fire
+heavy shot which will pierce through such strong walls that the old
+methods of defence are of little use.
+
+Under these circumstances, in considering the kind of coast defence we
+would make, it became necessary to find something that would resist these
+powerful guns.
+
+It was thought that an embankment of sand, placed in front of the walls of
+the fort, would lessen the force of the shot, and render it almost
+harmless before it could reach the wall, so a small fort was built as an
+experiment.
+
+The result proved to be exactly what the designer had supposed it would
+be.
+
+Three guns of different power were tried on the bank, and fired at short
+range.
+
+It was found that the sand-bank was an ideal defence.
+
+The heavy shots ploughed into the bank, and, meeting the great resistance
+of the sand, were turned out of their course, and forced upward to the top
+of the sand-pile, without having reached the concrete wall at all.
+
+The test was considered very satisfactory, especially as such
+fortifications can be very easily made all along the coast, and at a very
+small expense.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Permission has been granted by the President for General Miles, the
+commanding general of our army, to go to Greece and study the war there,
+and on his way back to visit all the other European nations and observe
+their armies. He will make a report to the War Department on his return.
+
+He expected to sail on May 6th.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+There has been a change in the Ministers who govern Greece. The angry
+people demanded the change after the retreat from Larissa.
+
+M. Delyannis resigned his position as Prime Minister, and M. Ralli, the
+leader of the Opposition, was chosen in his place.
+
+M. Ralli declared that he was able to save his country, and that he would
+do so. His brave words encouraged the despondent Athenians, and he became
+the hero of the hour.
+
+He stated that all the trouble had arisen because the army needed thorough
+reorganizing, and that as soon as he had taken the oath of office, he
+would go to the army, strive to give the soldiers fresh courage, and make
+the changes that he considered necessary.
+
+M. Ralli has long been a very important man in Greek politics. His party
+has been opposed to that of the King, and he has never hesitated to speak
+his mind when he thought things were not being properly conducted by the
+King's party.
+
+Seven years ago he called attention to the condition of the army, which he
+said needed many changes if it were to be useful in time of war.
+
+His words passed unheeded at that time. Now that he is in power, it is to
+be hoped that his work of reorganizing will not come too late to do any
+good.
+
+M. Delyannis, the former Premier, was not willing to resign his position
+when the King asked him to do so, but when he found that the people were
+in such a state of excitement that a change was necessary, he gave up his
+charge.
+
+He has behaved very nobly since then.
+
+It was feared that he might be unfriendly to M. Ralli, and do all he could
+to hamper the new government, but, instead, he sent word to the new Prime
+Minister that though they belong to different political parties, they are
+one in their desire to help their beloved country, and that he will
+therefore do everything in his power to assist.
+
+[Illustration: KING GEORGE OF GREECE.]
+
+The new Ministry came into office on Thursday, April 29th, and on Sunday,
+May 2d, two of the members were at Pharsala, reviewing the troops, and
+finding out just what the needs of the army were.
+
+While these events were going on in Athens, many things were happening at
+the seat of war.
+
+After the Turks had secured Larissa, they advanced upon the town of Volo,
+a seaport on the Gulf of Volo (see THE GREAT ROUND WORLD war map).
+
+This city the Turks captured without much resistance, the soldiers giving
+up their arms.
+
+The loss of Volo was another great blow to Greece, because it was the port
+to which all the troops, war material, and food for the Thessalian army
+were sent.
+
+The military roads in Greece are very few, and as the waterways are so
+many and so good, most of the transporting is done by water. Now that they
+can no longer use the port of Volo, the Greeks will find it much more
+difficult to feed and care for their army.
+
+While the Greeks were still bemoaning their losses, news was brought of
+their army's great victory at Velestino.
+
+This town lies at the junction of a railroad which connects Larissa, Volo,
+and Pharsala. It is marked on your map.
+
+Here the Greeks made a stand, and, after a fight which lasted for two
+days, were victorious.
+
+This success has put fresh heart into the nation; especially as the fall
+of Larissa and the news that the army in Epirus had fallen back on Arta,
+and given up the hope of taking Janina when it was almost in its grasp,
+had sadly disheartened the Greeks.
+
+M. Ralli has decided not to listen to any suggestions about making terms
+with Turkey and bringing the war to a close. Instead, he has called on all
+Greeks capable of bearing arms to join the army and fight for their
+country.
+
+This policy does not quite please the Powers.
+
+Turkey is becoming a little too strong for them. They fear that if she
+once takes her place as a powerful and warlike nation, she will no longer
+allow Europe to tell her what to do.
+
+For several days after the first disaster to the Greek army, the Powers
+expected that Greece would apply to them for help, so they declared that
+they would certainly give her no assistance unless she withdrew her army
+from Crete.
+
+Greece, however, did not ask for help.
+
+The Powers then turned their attention to Turkey. But Turkey had tasted
+the sweets of victory, and bluntly replied that she did not want any
+interference.
+
+Finally, the only way for the Powers to get their fingers in the pie
+seemed for them to call a conference to look after the interests of both
+parties.
+
+This plan was suggested by England, but Emperor William of Germany upset
+it very quickly by declaring that Greece must withdraw her troops from
+Crete before any steps are taken, and this Greece will not do.
+
+The general opinion is that all hope for Greece is now over. It is thought
+that she cannot possibly beat Turkey, and that in the end the Powers will
+be obliged to interfere to prevent the Turks from overrunning and
+destroying Greece.
+
+The Greeks themselves do not seem to consider their cause hopeless, and
+are preparing to continue the struggle.
+
+The army in Thessaly is now under the command of General Smolenski, from
+whom much is expected, for he is a fine soldier.
+
+The army in Epirus is once more advancing on Janina.
+
+The fleet has so far done little, and people are much disappointed in
+consequence.
+
+The Admiral in charge has also been changed, and it is to be hoped that
+the new commanders of both army and navy may do good service for their
+country.
+
+    GENIE H. ROSENFELD
+
+
+
+
+
+Invention and Discovery.
+
+
+Every boy who is fond of carpentering will be delighted with the little
+invention illustrated below.
+
+All boys who are not thoroughly expert joiners know the great difficulties
+that lie in the way of making partitions neat and workmanlike in
+appearance.
+
+With this little invention it will be possible to give a neatness and a
+firmness to corners that few amateurs have been able to attain.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+This patent is a small metal clasp which is laid over the joint and
+pressed firmly on every side of it.
+
+It is easily applied, and should be used by all carpenters.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+This attachment for bicycles seems to be a very useful and sensible one.
+
+It is intended for use on newspaper routes, and is made with a wire
+attachment over the front wheel in which the papers can be carried.
+
+Newspaper dealers have to arrange the delivery of the daily papers into
+routes, much in the same way that the postmen do the letters they carry,
+and a great many boys are employed to carry these papers about.
+
+It takes a long time to walk over the route, and it would save the
+newspaper dealers a great deal of time if they could find a better means
+of delivering their papers, than the employment of so many small boys.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+With the newspaper rack for bicycles the dealer himself will be able to do
+more than half the work, and save himself money, as well as the anxiety
+lest his boys are not doing their work properly.
+
+                                    G.H.R.
+
+
+
+
+Letters From Our Young Friends.
+
+
+    DEAR EDITOR:
+
+    I am glad that the Spaniards have other wars to attend to, so
+    that they will let Cuba alone, and so that Cuba can have a
+    government of its own and have the island of Cuba. I hope that
+    if the Spaniards do not stop fighting Cuba that troops of the
+    United States will go and fight the Spaniards out in a hurry.
+
+    My sister takes your GREAT ROUND WORLD, and I have been reading
+    it, and enjoy it very much.
+
+    I wish that you would tell us how the flying machine is getting
+    along. Yours truly,
+
+                                         EDITH S.
+    ONEONTA, N.Y., April 17th, 1897.
+
+
+MY DEAR EDITH:
+
+Up to the time of answering your very welcome letter we have no fresh news
+of the flying machine. As soon as we hear anything that we are sure is
+true we will tell you.             EDITOR
+
+
+    DEAR EDITOR:
+
+    I wish you would get a pattern of the kite. My teacher reads
+    your paper, and I am very interested in the newspaper. We have
+    it in school. I was seven years old on Sunday. Please put this
+    letter in the newspaper. It is the first one I have ever
+    written. Yours truly,
+
+                                       HOWELL G.
+    BALTIMORE, MD.
+
+
+DEAR HOWELL:
+
+We are very proud to think that the first letter you have ever written has
+been to us. Please write again--often. If you will look in the last number
+of THE GREAT ROUND WORLD you will see an answer to Sydney G. about the
+kite. We told him just where to find the pattern for it.       EDITOR.
+
+
+    DEAR EDITOR:
+
+    I want to ask you about the great monster, and did they take him
+    to Washington? I am eight years old. Please put my letter in the
+    paper. Good-by.                     MURRAY W.S.
+
+    BALTIMORE, MD., March 23d, 1897.
+
+
+Mr. Merrill, the Acting Curator of the Smithsonian Institution, has been
+kind enough to send us the following letter about the monster that was
+washed ashore on the coast of Florida.
+
+Our young readers should get _The American Naturalist,_ and read the
+article.              EDITOR.
+
+
+    EDITOR OF THE GREAT ROUND WORLD:
+
+    In reply to your letter of April 4th, I regret to say that the
+    nature of the animal which was washed ashore on the coast of
+    Florida is still undetermined. Some authorities are inclined to
+    regard the remains as a portion of the head of a whale. On pages
+    304-307 of the April number of _The American Naturalist_ is a
+    very full discussion of the subject by Professor A.E. Verrill,
+    of Yale College. This may be of interest to you.
+
+                                Yours respectfully,
+                                            GEORGE E. MERRILL,
+                                              Acting Executive Curator.
+    WASHINGTON, April 9th, 1897.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
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+
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+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
+
+
+
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+
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+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+    EXAMINATIONS
+
+    Have you thought of the Relief Maps for examination work?
+    Are you following from day to day the war in the East?
+
+    Klemm's Relief Practice Maps
+
+    especially adapted to examination work, as they are perfectly free
+    from all political details. Any examination work may be done on them.
+
+    For following the Eastern Question use Klemm's Roman Empire, and
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
+
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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>MAY 13, 1897</b></td>
+<td align='left'><b>Vol. 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class='smcap'>No</span>. 27</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_754" id="Page_754"></a></p>
+
+<hr style='width: 65%;' />
+<h4>AS A</h4>
+<h2>SPECIAL INDUCEMENT
+</h2>
+
+<div class="blockquot">for our subscribers to interest others in &quot;The Great Round
+    World,&quot; 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 &amp; 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&mdash;&mdash; $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, &middot; &middot; &middot; &middot; &middot; &middot; &middot; &middot;New York City.</i></div>
+
+<p><a name="Page_755" id="Page_755"></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. &quot;Shep&quot; and
+&quot;Dr. Jim,&quot; &quot;Abdallah&quot; and &quot;Brownie,&quot; &quot;Little Dryad&quot; and
+
+&quot;Peek-a-Boo.&quot; 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 &amp; 5 West 18th Street.</b>
+</div>
+
+<p><a name="Page_756" id="Page_756"></a></p>
+
+
+<hr style='width: 65%;' />
+<h3>A Good Agent</h3>
+<h3>Wanted</h3>
+<h3>In Every Town</h3>
+<h3>for</h3>
+<h3>&quot;The Great Round World&quot;</h3>
+<p><a name="Page_757" id="Page_757"></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'>May</span> 13, 1897.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class='smcap'>No.</span> 27</b></div>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+
+<p>The Grant parade is over, the monument given to and accepted by the City
+of New York, and the great day has come and gone as such days will,
+leaving behind it tired eyes and a confused memory of marching soldiers.</p>
+
+<p>The sections of the parade in which <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span> took
+most interest were those in which the boys paraded, and especially the
+division in which the cadets and boys from the military schools marched.</p>
+
+<p>This division was greeted with great enthusiasm all along the line, and
+well it might be! The soldierly make-up of these lads was a sight to see,
+and their discipline and marching were unsurpassed by any of the
+troops&mdash;regulars or militia.</p>
+
+<p>The boys walked with a springing step, that showed no signs of fatigue,
+even as they rounded the reviewing stand, and reached the goal of their
+long march.</p>
+
+<p>Among the many well-drilled companies of boy soldiers, marched one of
+artillery.</p>
+
+<p>This was perhaps the prettiest feature of the whole <a name="Page_758" id="Page_758"></a><a name="Page_759" id="Page_759"></a>parade, for
+everything was in miniature to match the size of the small artillerymen.</p>
+
+<p>The field-piece which this company boasted was a tiny affair, drawn by two
+small ponies, and it had its two baby gunners to serve it.</p>
+
+<p>These gunners were very military babies. They sat bolt upright, their arms
+crossed on their fat little chests in true soldier fashion, and no jolting
+of the gun-carriage could make those little backs bend, nor those small
+arms unfold.</p>
+
+<p>There was also a company of naval cadets. These lads marched finely, with
+their cutlasses drawn, and held across their breasts. So steadily did they
+grasp their weapons, that it was hard to believe that they were held in
+place by nothing stronger than the will of these young heroes.</p>
+
+<p>In every company that marched past, the lads showed a pride and steadiness
+that made one think that this boy soldiering was going to be of the
+greatest service to them later in life.</p>
+
+<p>Boys are not, as a rule, noted for their neatness, and there are hosts of
+fine lads who find it hard to remember that clean hands and collars are
+among the necessary things of life.</p>
+
+<p>Knowing this so well, it was all the more remarkable that, in all the long
+line of parading cadets, there was not so much as a rebellious lock of
+hair visible.</p>
+
+<p>Each boy's buttons were in a straight line with those of the next boy,
+each shoulder-strap set at the same angle as its fellows, each gun was as
+well polished as its neighbor, and the spick and span appearance the line
+presented, after its long fatiguing march, spoke volumes in favor of
+military training.<a name="Page_760" id="Page_760"></a></p>
+
+<p>The School-Boy Cadets were without doubt one of the best features of the
+parade, and next to them in interest came the boys from the public
+schools.</p>
+
+<p>These lads also marched splendidly, with fine bearing and excellent
+discipline! And what a fine-looking set of boys they were! They had no
+uniforms or guns to help their appearance, nothing but their own bright
+faces to show them off, but every mother along the line must have felt
+proud to see the kind of lads that her boys are growing up amongst.</p>
+
+<p>Young America showed to very great advantage in the Grant parade, which
+will be memorable as the second occasion on which such a great number of
+boys were marched in line. The first time was at the Columbus celebration.</p>
+
+<p>It is said that nearly five thousand lads marched.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>It is somewhat sad to turn from our own beautiful military pageant to the
+Gr&aelig;co-Turkish war.</p>
+
+<p>The people of Europe are speaking very severely about the behavior of the
+Powers in regard to Greece.</p>
+
+<p>The decision of the Powers, it must be remembered, is not the result of
+the wishes of the people, but rather of the scheming and planning of the
+diplomats of the various countries.</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="./images/6.jpg"><img src="./images/6-tb.jpg" alt="Greek Dwelling near Mt. Hyanthus" title="Greek Dwelling near Mt. Hyanthus" /></a></p>
+
+<p>The Powers have a great deal at stake in Turkey, and there is no doubt
+that, whatever they may say, there is not one of the diplomats who does
+not wish to see Turkey get the best of it.</p>
+
+<p>There is a great deal of European money in Turkey, and, shameful as it may
+seem, it would appear that this money has played a very important part in
+the action of the Powers, a part far above and beyond the <a name="Page_761" id="Page_761"></a>fear they all
+have, that if Turkey is beaten and the empire divided, some one country
+may seize a larger slice of the plunder than another.</p>
+
+<p>Turkey, as we have said before, is bankrupt, and to be able to carry on
+her government at all she has had to borrow enormous sums from the rich
+men of Europe.</p>
+
+<p>These men fear that if Turkey is defeated they will lose the money they
+have lent, and it is openly said that they have been the means of
+hampering Greece, until Turkey has had time to gather enough forces
+together to crush her.</p>
+
+<p>The people of Europe are indignant that the Powers are doing Turkey's work
+for her in Crete, and making it possible for her to bring all her forces
+together against the Greeks, instead of having to divide them as the
+Greeks have.</p>
+
+<p>The unfriendliness of the Powers toward Greece is shown in a suggestion,
+which it was said was the German Emperor's, to blockade the Greek fleet,
+keep it in one of its own ports, and prevent it from assisting the army.</p>
+
+<p>This proposal was made after war had been declared.</p>
+
+<p>Germany was supported in this plan by Russia and Austria, and it is said
+that the Emperors were so sure of being able to carry their plan through
+that they told Turkey she might send all the arms she needed to the
+seaports, as they would be perfectly safe from the Greeks.</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="./images/10.jpg"><img src="./images/10-tb.jpg" alt="Evzone, Member of Constantine's Body Guard." title="Evzone, Member of Constantine's Body Guard." /></a></p>
+
+<p>The rest of the Powers would not hear of this, which was something to
+their credit. They spoke so very plainly about it that the three Emperors
+gave it up.<a name="Page_762" id="Page_762"></a><a name="Page_763" id="Page_763"></a></p>
+
+<p>Greece is in a most unfortunate position, thanks to the interference of
+the Powers, and unless something happens to turn the tide of war in her
+favor, she will probably be utterly defeated by the Turks.</p>
+
+<p>The loss of Milouna Pass was a severe blow to Greece, but not half so bad
+as the fall of Larissa, which from all accounts appears to have been a
+very disastrous affair.</p>
+
+<p>The Greeks appear to have behaved in a very cowardly, rebellious way, and
+the whole story is very discouraging.</p>
+
+<p>A battle was fought at Mati, and the Turks, who had swarmed through the
+pass, were victorious, and the Greeks were forced to retreat.</p>
+
+<p>Unfortunately there was no good general to manage the movement, and
+instead of falling back in an orderly manner, they seem to have hurried
+away from the battle in a mob.</p>
+
+<p>A newspaper correspondent who was present says that the men straggled
+along sullenly: the soldiers, mule-trains, carts, wagons, guns, and crying
+villagers, women, and children in a panic-stricken crowd.</p>
+
+<p>A few officers tried to restore order and to make the soldiers re-form
+their ranks; but their efforts were already hopeless, when a cry arose:</p>
+
+<p>&quot;The Turks are upon us!&quot;</p>
+
+<p>At this, the mob began to run for life, helter-skelter, pell-mell,
+trampling each other under foot, the soldiers actually shooting any one
+who barred their way.</p>
+
+<p>To make things still worse, the retreat had begun at nightfall, and it was
+in the darkness of night that the cry, &quot;The Turks are upon us!&quot; was
+raised.</p>
+
+<p>As a matter of fact, there were no Turks in <a name="Page_764" id="Page_764"></a>sight, and nobody quite knows
+how the scare was started.</p>
+
+<p>In their mad rush the people at last reached Larissa, leaving the road
+they had travelled strewn with guns and baggage, and dead and dying
+comrades.</p>
+
+<p>Arrived in Larissa, the soldiers threw themselves on the ground, taking no
+heed of the trumpets calling them to rejoin their regiments.</p>
+
+<p>When morning came the officers collected their men, and formed them into
+companies in marching order.</p>
+
+<p>Then the news crept out that Larissa was to be abandoned; and another
+scene of confusion followed, the people fighting each other in their mad
+endeavors to escape.</p>
+
+<p>Special trains moved out of the city for Volo; the people crowded the
+platforms, and even climbed on the roofs of the cars in their eagerness to
+get away.</p>
+
+<p>The Greek army retreated to Pharsala, without so much as striking a blow
+for Larissa!</p>
+
+<p>So wild a rush was made when Larissa was abandoned, that the soldiers did
+not even fold their tents or carry away their baggage.</p>
+
+<p>When the Turks arrived before Larissa, they occupied the very tents left
+by the fugitive Greek army.</p>
+
+<p>You may imagine how angry Greece was at this!</p>
+
+<p>The people think that the Crown Prince is not a good soldier, and they are
+reported to have demanded his recall.</p>
+
+<p>This indeed seems to be necessary, for even the Turks laughed at the want
+of generalship shown in the retreat made by the Greeks.</p>
+
+<p><a name="Page_765" id="Page_765"></a>The Greeks are not cowards by any means, but without good officers to
+lead them, the bravest men are of little use.</p>
+
+<p>King George seems fully to understand that his son cannot lead the troops,
+and is willing to meet the wishes of the people.</p>
+
+<p>As far as known at the present moment, he has recalled the staff of
+officers who advised the Crown Prince, and has sent in their place men who
+are thought to be better soldiers.</p>
+
+<p>The loss of Larissa is declared to be solely due to the bad generalship of
+the Crown Prince.</p>
+
+<p>The people of Athens were very much enraged when they heard the mistakes
+that had been made by the army, and the foolish way that several of the
+battles had been lost.</p>
+
+<p>They insisted that the trouble was due to the King's interference in
+military matters; they declared that the men he had sent with Prince
+Constantine to command the army were not soldiers, but merely favorites at
+court.</p>
+
+<p>The Greek fleet and the troops in Epirus may yet do a good deal to offset
+the mischief that has been done in Thessaly, but the fate of Greece seems
+to depend upon the result of the next few days.</p>
+
+<p>It must not be forgotten that many armies that have met with defeat at
+first, have gathered courage, and gained victories that have changed the
+whole course of events. With the memories of Marathon, Thermopyl&aelig;, and
+Salamis in their hearts, the Greeks need never despair.</p>
+
+<p>We told you of these celebrated battles in No. 25&mdash;in the story of Ancient
+Greece. Miss Yonge in her <a name="Page_766" id="Page_766"></a>stories of Greek History has written a very
+complete and interesting account of them also.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>There has been quite a stir in the Senate, caused by the new Senator from
+Illinois, Mr. Mason.</p>
+
+<p>This gentleman has introduced a resolution asking that the Senate provide
+some rule for closing debate, and bringing to a vote questions before that
+body.</p>
+
+<p>Although there is a rule in the House of Representatives by which
+discussion of any question may be stopped, it has been the custom in the
+Senate to allow unlimited discussion, and in some cases this right has
+been used to &quot;kill&quot; certain measures. This was attempted a few years ago
+when the bill to repeal the &quot;Sherman law&quot; was before the Senate and some
+of the Senators think that it is now being employed to kill Mr. Morgan's
+Cuban Bill and the Arbitration Treaty.</p>
+
+<p>To prevent this Mr. Mason wishes a rule of cloture (or closure, as it is
+called in England) adopted. This is a French word, meaning, to bring to an
+ending, or close.</p>
+
+<p>Such a rule was introduced in the English House of Commons by Mr.
+Gladstone in 1882, when the debates on the Irish question threatened to be
+endless, and the whole business of Parliament was stopped by a few members
+exercising their right to speak as long as they chose.</p>
+
+<p>The rule of cloture operates in this way. When the debate has continued
+for some time and any member believes that the majority have heard enough,
+he introduces a motion that &quot;The question be now put;&quot;<a name="Page_767" id="Page_767"></a> and if this is
+passed, all debate is stopped, and the presiding officer must immediately
+call for a vote on the question which has been under debate.</p>
+
+<p>What has been called &quot;Senatorial courtesy&quot; has heretofore prevented the
+passage of a rule of cloture in the Senate, but Mr. Mason thinks that the
+transaction of public business is of more importance than any exaggerated
+courtesy among the Senators.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>We spoke last week about the invasion of Hawaii by the Japanese.</p>
+
+<p>It seems that the immigrants, turned back from Honolulu, have made up
+their minds to go to California; and it is said that they are trying to
+reach San Francisco by way of British Columbia.</p>
+
+<p>It is doubtful if they will be any more welcome here than they were in
+Hawaii, and it is probable that means will be found to prevent them from
+landing, if they come in large numbers.</p>
+
+<p>We did this with the Chinese, and there is little doubt that we will do
+the same with the Japanese, if they begin to trouble us.</p>
+
+<p>There is at this moment a little trouble about the Chinese, and that you
+may understand it fully, we will go over the whole matter.</p>
+
+<p>In the early days of emigration to California, those days when the
+wonderful discoveries of gold were attracting adventurous spirits, the
+Chinese were among the first to go there.</p>
+
+<p>At first they were welcomed and kindly treated, but after a while it was
+found that Chinamen would work for less wages than white men, and
+therefore obtained employment when the white men were left <a name="Page_768" id="Page_768"></a>in idleness.
+From this the pioneers came to distrust John Chinaman, and then to dislike
+him.</p>
+
+<p>In 1877 there was a serious anti-Chinese riot in California, and five
+Chinamen were killed by the mob.</p>
+
+<p>The rioting and the feeling against the Chinese became so serious that
+California at last asked Congress to interfere.</p>
+
+<p>The result of this trouble was that a Chinese Embassy was established here
+for the protection of the Chinamen, and our Government took steps to
+prevent their coming into this country in such numbers.</p>
+
+<p>In 1882 the question came up again, and a bill was passed by Congress,
+forbidding Chinamen to enter this country for twenty years.</p>
+
+<p>President Arthur vetoed this bill, on the ground that it did not agree
+with our treaty with China. A new bill was then passed, stopping
+immigration for ten years, and this Mr. Arthur signed.</p>
+
+<p>By this bill it became a crime, for which people could be imprisoned, to
+bring a Chinaman into the country.</p>
+
+<p>In 1892, when the ten years covered by the bill had passed, a fresh bill
+called &quot;The Chinese Exclusion Bill&quot; was put through Congress, and made a
+law.</p>
+
+<p>By this bill, the landing of any Chinese person was strictly forbidden,
+and all Chinamen living in the country were forced to take out a
+certificate, licensing them to remain. Any Chinaman found without such a
+certificate was to be imprisoned, and sent back to his own country.</p>
+
+<p>The Chinese were much annoyed at this. They protested, but the United
+States Government remained firm. In the years that had passed since 1882,
+the <a name="Page_769" id="Page_769"></a>people had had time to find out that the Chinese did not make good
+citizens.</p>
+
+<p>One cause of complaint against them, is that they have brought with them
+their horrible habit of smoking opium, introduced it among our citizens,
+and in that way alone have done us more harm than they can ever repair.</p>
+
+<p>Besides this, the fact that they would work for less money than our own
+workmen was very harmful to our citizens.</p>
+
+<p>Employers will always get their work done for as little as possible, and
+if the Chinamen had been allowed to swarm into this country, and work for
+the pittance they ask, the result would have been that our own workmen
+would have been obliged to take the same miserable wages or starve.</p>
+
+<p>The Chinamen like this country, and are willing to work for anything they
+can get, because they are so much better off here than at home.</p>
+
+<p>It is their anxiety to get over to this free land that is causing the
+present difficulty.</p>
+
+<p>To make the Tennessee Exposition a great success, Congress resolved to
+make it possible for China to send over an exhibit of her wonderful art
+works.</p>
+
+<p>A resolution was therefore passed, that the Chinese Exclusion Law shall
+not be held to prevent the landing of Chinamen who are going to exhibit at
+the Exposition, or whose labor is necessary to prepare the exhibit.</p>
+
+<p>The bill, happily, adds that Chinamen coming to this country on Exposition
+business must have a special permission from the Secretary of the Treasury
+before they will be allowed to land, and that they can <a name="Page_770" id="Page_770"></a>only stay in the
+country one year after the close of the Exposition. If found in the
+country after that time, they will be arrested, and then sent back to
+China.</p>
+
+<p>This was too fine a chance for the Chinese to miss. They started for this
+country by the hundred, all declaring that they had special business at
+the Fair.</p>
+
+<p>Word was sent to the Secretary of the Treasury that over 2,000 Chinamen
+had started for these shores to get the exhibit in order. This seemed so
+serious, that the Government began to look into the matter.</p>
+
+<p>Several weeks ago 179 of these undesirable immigrants came into the United
+States, and another batch of one hundred and fourteen are waiting to
+enter.</p>
+
+<p>As you may suppose, such an invasion as this had to be stopped, and
+stopped quickly.</p>
+
+<p>The Secretary of the Treasury sent to the Attorney-General, and asked him
+whether, under the new resolution, any and every Chinaman had to be
+admitted to this country, or whether he had power to limit the number.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. McKenna, the Attorney-General, gave it as his opinion that the
+Secretary of the Treasury has full power to say how many shall be allowed
+to enter the country.</p>
+
+<p>The Secretary, Mr. Lyman Gage, then inquired of the Exposition company how
+many Chinamen were really necessary to do the work for the Fair. Word was
+sent back that only two hundred were required.</p>
+
+<p>On receipt of this, the Secretary of the Treasury determined to put a stop
+to the matter at once, and forbade the issuing of permits to more than the
+necessary two hundred.<a name="Page_771" id="Page_771"></a></p>
+
+<p>There will be great disgust among the Chinese; the first batch of 179 got
+through safely, but only 21 of the second lot will be admitted, and the
+rest of them will have to go back to the Flowery Kingdom, sadder but wiser
+men.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>News has come that the town of Guthrie in the new Territory of Oklahoma
+has been destroyed by a flood.</p>
+
+<p>The Cottonwood River, which flows through the town, had been so high for
+some days that it was feared it might overflow and do some damage, and the
+citizens had been watching it, and taking every precaution against a
+flood. Men had been stationed on the bridges ready to give the alarm if
+the river rose so high that there was danger.</p>
+
+<p>On April 27th the danger appeared to be past, the river fell a few feet,
+and though the watchers were still kept at their posts, no one supposed
+that a flood would really come.</p>
+
+<p>At six o'clock in the morning of April 28th, the men on the bridges heard
+a terrible roaring up the river valley. Convinced that a flood was coming,
+they gave the alarm, ringing the fire-bells, and warning the people to
+flee for their lives.</p>
+
+<p>So unexpected was the alarm, that the people did not seem to understand
+what the danger was. Tornadoes are frequent in that western country, and
+some hearing the roar of the flood and thinking that the danger that
+threatened them was the wind, rushed to the caves which they had made for
+shelter from tornadoes, and these poor people were soon drowned by the
+flood.<a name="Page_772" id="Page_772"></a></p>
+
+<p>Others stopped to save what they could, and they, too, were caught by the
+water.</p>
+
+<p>Very soon after the alarm was given, a great wave of water came sweeping
+down the valley.</p>
+
+<p>It is described as having been thirty feet high and one mile broad.</p>
+
+<p>It swept everything before it, toppling over the houses like cardboard
+boxes. The terrified people climbed into trees, and clutched at anything
+within reach, to save themselves.</p>
+
+<p>The rush of the water lasted till ten o'clock, then it ceased, and finally
+began to subside.</p>
+
+<p>The sudden flood was due to a cloud-burst, which is a great fall of rain
+coming down without warning over a very small area of land, the contents
+of the whole cloud being discharged at once.</p>
+
+<p>This mass of water rushing into the already swollen river made it burst
+its banks, and sweep over the surrounding country.</p>
+
+<p>It is said that about one hundred persons have been drowned, and two
+thousand rendered homeless.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>There is hopeful news for us of the floods in the Mississippi Valley.</p>
+
+<p>The river is falling slightly in some districts, and it is hoped that the
+floods will have entirely gone down in the next ten days.</p>
+
+<p>The distress is terrible, however. In some places the river is sixteen
+miles wide, and it will take a long time for such a quantity of water to
+drain off.</p>
+
+<p>Below New Orleans, for a distance of fifty miles, it is said that the
+country is entirely under water.</p>
+
+<p>A serious break occurred in the levee at Keokuk, Iowa, but <a name="Page_773" id="Page_773"></a>with this
+exception no levees have given way. It is hoped that the worst is over.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>News comes from Cuba that the Spanish have met with two serious reverses.</p>
+
+<p>At Guamo, in Santiago de Cuba, the Cubans, under General Calixto Garcia,
+routed a body of Spaniards 2,000 strong.</p>
+
+<p>The Cubans had mined the roads with dynamite, which they exploded as the
+main body of the Spaniards passed over.</p>
+
+<p>During the confusion and fright that followed, the insurgents fell upon
+the troops, killing many, and finally putting the whole force to flight.</p>
+
+<p>The second engagement was in the Province of Havana, where the Cubans
+played another of their old tricks, and led the Spaniards into a trap they
+had prepared for them.</p>
+
+<p>The Spaniards met a small force of Cubans, which retreated before them.
+They followed hotly, until suddenly the fleeing insurgents turned and
+attacked them, and before the Spaniards had time to make out what this
+meant, they were also attacked vigorously from the rear, and found they
+had been again entrapped by the enemy.</p>
+
+<p>The fight lasted five hours, and then the Spaniards were obliged to
+retreat.</p>
+
+<p>We spoke, a few weeks ago, of the port of Banes which the insurgents had
+secured in Santiago de Cuba. It is said that four cruisers and several
+gunboats have been ordered there to retake it from the Cubans.</p>
+
+<p>Many people have criticised General Gomez for not <a name="Page_774" id="Page_774"></a>gathering his forces
+together to fight one big battle which shall decide the war.</p>
+
+<p>The General has written a letter explaining his reasons for fighting the
+war in the way he is doing.</p>
+
+<p>He says that the Spanish force is so much larger and better armed than his
+own, that he could not hope to win a pitched battle.</p>
+
+<p>It is his opinion that the only way to fight the Spaniards with success is
+constantly to worry them with small bodies of men, and waste the Spanish
+money in keeping up the army until finally they cannot continue the war
+any longer.</p>
+
+<p>He feels sure of success in the end.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>General Miles, of the United States army, has made a trip to Sandy Hook,
+to look at a new method of defence that has just been designed for our
+coast-line.</p>
+
+<p>This consists of a concrete wall twenty feet thick, against which is a
+huge embankment of sand.</p>
+
+<p>This invention is intended to protect our forts from the terrible shot
+fired by the modern guns. As we told you the other day, these guns fire
+heavy shot which will pierce through such strong walls that the old
+methods of defence are of little use.</p>
+
+<p>Under these circumstances, in considering the kind of coast defence we
+would make, it became necessary to find something that would resist these
+powerful guns.</p>
+
+<p>It was thought that an embankment of sand, placed in front of the walls of
+the fort, would lessen the force of the shot, and render it almost
+harmless before <a name="Page_775" id="Page_775"></a>it could reach the wall, so a small fort was built as an
+experiment.</p>
+
+<p>The result proved to be exactly what the designer had supposed it would
+be.</p>
+
+<p>Three guns of different power were tried on the bank, and fired at short
+range.</p>
+
+<p>It was found that the sand-bank was an ideal defence.</p>
+
+<p>The heavy shots ploughed into the bank, and, meeting the great resistance
+of the sand, were turned out of their course, and forced upward to the top
+of the sand-pile, without having reached the concrete wall at all.</p>
+
+<p>The test was considered very satisfactory, especially as such
+fortifications can be very easily made all along the coast, and at a very
+small expense.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>Permission has been granted by the President for General Miles, the
+commanding general of our army, to go to Greece and study the war there,
+and on his way back to visit all the other European nations and observe
+their armies. He will make a report to the War Department on his return.</p>
+
+<p>He expected to sail on May 6th.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>There has been a change in the Ministers who govern Greece. The angry
+people demanded the change after the retreat from Larissa.</p>
+
+<p>M. Delyannis resigned his position as Prime Minister, and M. Ralli, the
+leader of the Opposition, was chosen in his place.</p>
+
+<p>M. Ralli declared that he was able to save his country, and that he would
+do so. His brave words encouraged <a name="Page_776" id="Page_776"></a>the despondent Athenians, and he became
+the hero of the hour.</p>
+
+<p>He stated that all the trouble had arisen because the army needed thorough
+reorganizing, and that as soon as he had taken the oath of office, he
+would go to the army, strive to give the soldiers fresh courage, and make
+the changes that he considered necessary.</p>
+
+<p>M. Ralli has long been a very important man in Greek politics. His party
+has been opposed to that of the King, and he has never hesitated to speak
+his mind when he thought things were not being properly conducted by the
+King's party.</p>
+
+<p>Seven years ago he called attention to the condition of the army, which he
+said needed many changes if it were to be useful in time of war.</p>
+
+<p>His words passed unheeded at that time. Now that he is in power, it is to
+be hoped that his work of reorganizing will not come too late to do any
+good.</p>
+
+<p>M. Delyannis, the former Premier, was not willing to resign his position
+when the King asked him to do so, but when he found that the people were
+in such a state of excitement that a change was necessary, he gave up his
+charge.</p>
+
+<p>He has behaved very nobly since then.</p>
+
+<p>It was feared that he might be unfriendly to M. Ralli, and do all he could
+to hamper the new government, but, instead, he sent word to the new Prime
+Minister that though they belong to different political parties, they are
+one in their desire to help their beloved country, and that he will
+therefore do everything in his power to assist.</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="./images/25.jpg"><img src="./images/25-tb.jpg" alt="KING GEORGE OF GREECE." title="KING GEORGE OF GREECE." /></a></p>
+
+
+<p>The new Ministry came into office on Thursday, April 29th, and on Sunday,
+May 2d, two of the members <a name="Page_777" id="Page_777"></a><a name="Page_778" id="Page_778"></a>were at Pharsala, reviewing the troops, and
+finding out just what the needs of the army were.</p>
+
+<p>While these events were going on in Athens, many things were happening at
+the seat of war.</p>
+
+<p>After the Turks had secured Larissa, they advanced upon the town of Volo,
+a seaport on the Gulf of Volo (see <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span> war
+map).</p>
+
+<p>This city the Turks captured without much resistance, the soldiers giving
+up their arms.</p>
+
+<p>The loss of Volo was another great blow to Greece, because it was the port
+to which all the troops, war material, and food for the Thessalian army
+were sent.</p>
+
+<p>The military roads in Greece are very few, and as the waterways are so
+many and so good, most of the transporting is done by water. Now that they
+can no longer use the port of Volo, the Greeks will find it much more
+difficult to feed and care for their army.</p>
+
+<p>While the Greeks were still bemoaning their losses, news was brought of
+their army's great victory at Velestino.</p>
+
+<p>This town lies at the junction of a railroad which connects Larissa, Volo,
+and Pharsala. It is marked on your map.</p>
+
+<p>Here the Greeks made a stand, and, after a fight which lasted for two
+days, were victorious.</p>
+
+<p>This success has put fresh heart into the nation; especially as the fall
+of Larissa and the news that the army in Epirus had fallen back on Arta,
+and given up the hope of taking Janina when it was almost in its grasp,
+had sadly disheartened the Greeks.</p>
+
+<p>M. Ralli has decided not to listen to any suggestions <a name="Page_779" id="Page_779"></a>about making terms
+with Turkey and bringing the war to a close. Instead, he has called on all
+Greeks capable of bearing arms to join the army and fight for their
+country.</p>
+
+<p>This policy does not quite please the Powers.</p>
+
+<p>Turkey is becoming a little too strong for them. They fear that if she
+once takes her place as a powerful and warlike nation, she will no longer
+allow Europe to tell her what to do.</p>
+
+<p>For several days after the first disaster to the Greek army, the Powers
+expected that Greece would apply to them for help, so they declared that
+they would certainly give her no assistance unless she withdrew her army
+from Crete.</p>
+
+<p>Greece, however, did not ask for help.</p>
+
+<p>The Powers then turned their attention to Turkey. But Turkey had tasted
+the sweets of victory, and bluntly replied that she did not want any
+interference.</p>
+
+<p>Finally, the only way for the Powers to get their fingers in the pie
+seemed for them to call a conference to look after the interests of both
+parties.</p>
+
+<p>This plan was suggested by England, but Emperor William of Germany upset
+it very quickly by declaring that Greece must withdraw her troops from
+Crete before any steps are taken, and this Greece will not do.</p>
+
+<p>The general opinion is that all hope for Greece is now over. It is thought
+that she cannot possibly beat Turkey, and that in the end the Powers will
+be obliged to interfere to prevent the Turks from overrunning and
+destroying Greece.</p>
+
+<p>The Greeks themselves do not seem to consider their <a name="Page_780" id="Page_780"></a>cause hopeless, and
+are preparing to continue the struggle.</p>
+
+<p>The army in Thessaly is now under the command of General Smolenski, from
+whom much is expected, for he is a fine soldier.</p>
+
+<p>The army in Epirus is once more advancing on Janina.</p>
+
+<p>The fleet has so far done little, and people are much disappointed in
+consequence.</p>
+
+<p>The Admiral in charge has also been changed, and it is to be hoped that
+the new commanders of both army and navy may do good service for their
+country.</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">G</span><span class='smcap'>enie H. Rosenfeld</span><br />
+<a name="Page_781" id="Page_781"></a></p>
+
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2>Invention and Discovery.</h2>
+
+
+<p>Every boy who is fond of carpentering will be delighted with the little
+invention illustrated below.</p>
+
+<p>All boys who are not thoroughly expert joiners know the great difficulties
+that lie in the way of making partitions neat and workmanlike in
+appearance.</p>
+
+<p>With this little invention it will be possible to give a neatness and a
+firmness to corners that few amateurs have been able to attain.</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="./images/29.jpg"><img src="./images/29-tb.jpg" alt="Small metal clasp" title="Small metal clasp" /></a></p>
+
+<p>This patent is a small metal clasp which is laid over the joint and
+pressed firmly on every side of it.</p>
+
+<p>It is easily applied, and should be used by all carpenters.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>This attachment for bicycles seems to be a very useful and sensible one.</p>
+
+<p>It is intended for use on newspaper routes, and is made with a wire
+attachment over the front wheel in which the papers can be carried.</p>
+
+<p>Newspaper dealers have to arrange the delivery of the daily papers into
+routes, much in the same way that the postmen do the letters they carry,
+and a great many boys are employed to carry these papers about.<a name="Page_782" id="Page_782"></a></p>
+
+<p>It takes a long time to walk over the route, and it would save the
+newspaper dealers a great deal of time if they could find a better means
+of delivering their papers, than the employment of so many small boys.</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="./images/30.jpg"><img src="./images/30-tb.jpg" alt="Bicycle Newspaper Rack" title="Bicycle Newspaper Rack" /></a></p>
+
+<p>With the newspaper rack for bicycles the dealer himself will be able to do
+more than half the work, and save himself money, as well as the anxiety
+lest his boys are not doing their work properly.</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">G.H.R.</span><br />
+<a name="Page_783" id="Page_783"></a></p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2>Letters From Our Young Friends.</h2>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><span class='smcap'>Dear Editor:</span>
+
+<p>    I am glad that the Spaniards have other wars to attend to, so
+    that they will let Cuba alone, and so that Cuba can have a
+    government of its own and have the island of Cuba. I hope that
+    if the Spaniards do not stop fighting Cuba that troops of the
+    United States will go and fight the Spaniards out in a hurry.</p>
+
+<p>    My sister takes your <span class='smcap'>Great Round World</span>, and I have been
+    reading it, and enjoy it very much.</p>
+
+<p>    I wish that you would tell us how the flying machine is getting
+    along. Yours truly,</p></div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">E</span><span class='smcap'>dith S.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">O</span><span class='smcap'>neonta, N.Y.,</span> April 17th, 1897.<br />
+<br /><br /></p>
+
+
+<div><span class='smcap'>My Dear Edith:</span></div>
+
+<p>Up to the time of answering your very welcome letter we have no fresh news
+of the flying machine. As soon as we hear anything that we are sure is
+true we will tell you. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class='smcap'>Editor</span><br /><br /></p>
+
+
+<div class="blockquot"><span class='smcap'>Dear Editor:</span>
+
+<p>    I wish you would get a pattern of the kite. My teacher reads
+    your paper, and I am very interested in the newspaper. We have
+    it in school. I was seven years old on Sunday. Please put this
+    letter in the newspaper. It is the first one I have ever
+    written. Yours truly,</p></div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">H</span><span class='smcap'>owell G.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">B</span><span class='smcap'>altimore, MD.</span><br />
+<br /><br /></p>
+
+
+<div><span class='smcap'>Dear Howell:</span></div>
+
+<p>We are very proud to think that the first letter you have ever written has
+been to us. Please write again&mdash;often. If you will look in the last number
+of <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span> you will see an answer to<a name="Page_784" id="Page_784"></a> Sydney G.
+about the kite. We told him just where to find the pattern for it. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+<span class='smcap'>Editor</span>.<br /><br /></p>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><span class='smcap'>Dear Editor:</span>
+
+<p>    I want to ask you about the great monster, and did they take him
+    to Washington? I am eight years old. Please put my letter in the
+    paper. Good-by. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class='smcap'>Murray W.S.</span></p></div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">B</span><span class='smcap'>altimore</span> MD., March 23d, 1897.<br />
+<br /><br /></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Merrill, the Acting Curator of the Smithsonian Institution, has been
+kind enough to send us the following letter about the monster that was
+washed ashore on the coast of Florida.</p>
+
+<p>Our young readers should get <i>The American Naturalist,</i> and read the
+article. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class='smcap'>Editor</span>.<br /><br /></p>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><span class='smcap'>Editor of the Great Round World:</span>
+
+<p>    In reply to your letter of April 4th, I regret to say that the
+    nature of the animal which was washed ashore on the coast of
+    Florida is still undetermined. Some authorities are inclined to
+    regard the remains as a portion of the head of a whale. On pages
+    304-307 of the April number of <i>The American Naturalist</i> is a
+    very full discussion of the subject by Professor A.E. Verrill,
+    of Yale College. This may be of interest to you.</p></div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 16em;">Yours respectfully,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">G</span><span class='smcap'>eorge E. Merrill</span>,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Acting Executive Curator.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">W</span><span class='smcap'>ashington</span>, April 9th, 1897.<br />
+</p>
+
+<p><a name="Page_785" id="Page_785"></a></p>
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+
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+
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+<div>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Have you thought of the Relief Maps for examination work?</span><br />
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+
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+<p><a name="Page_787" id="Page_787"></a></p>
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+
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+
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+
+<p class="center"><span class='smcap'><b>The GREAT ROUND WORLD</b></span><br />
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Great Round World and What Is Going On
+In It, Vol. 1, No. 27, May 13, 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
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+
+Title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 27, May 13, 1897
+       A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
+
+Author: Various
+
+Release Date: April 4, 2005 [EBook #15539]
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+Language: English
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+
+THE GREAT ROUND WORLD
+
+AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT
+
+    SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. MAY 13, 1897  Vol. 1. NO. 27
+    $2.50 PER YEAR
+    [Entered at Post Office, New York City, as second-class matter]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+    A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
+
+    WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON. PUBLISHER
+
+    NO. 3 AND 5 WEST 18TH ST. NEW YORK CITY
+
+Copyright, 1897, by WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+    AS A
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+
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+    World," we will give to each subscriber who sends us $2.50 to
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+
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+
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+
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+but they do change and our knowledge of them increases, and this atlas,
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+
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+
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+GREAT ROUND WORLD,
+
+_3 and 5 West 18th Street, . . . . . . . .New York City._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE GREAT ROUND WORLD
+NATURAL HISTORY
+STORIES.
+
+A Series of True Stories
+
+BY
+JULIA TRUITT BISHOP.
+
+Attractively Illustrated by Barnes.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+These stories will be issued in parts. Price, 10 cents each. Subscription
+price (12 numbers), $1.00. Part 1. issued as supplement to GREAT ROUND
+WORLD NO. 20.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+    =Author's Preface.=
+
+    The stories published in this little volume have been issued
+    from time to time in the Philadelphia _Times_, 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.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+    =WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON,=
+    =3 & 5 West 18th Street.=
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+A Good Agent
+Wanted
+In Every Town
+for
+"The Great Round World"
+
+
+[Illustration: THE GREAT ROUND
+WORLD
+AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT.]
+
+    VOL. 1   MAY 13, 1897.   NO. 27
+
+
+
+The Grant parade is over, the monument given to and accepted by the City
+of New York, and the great day has come and gone as such days will,
+leaving behind it tired eyes and a confused memory of marching soldiers.
+
+The sections of the parade in which THE GREAT ROUND WORLD took most
+interest were those in which the boys paraded, and especially the division
+in which the cadets and boys from the military schools marched.
+
+This division was greeted with great enthusiasm all along the line, and
+well it might be! The soldierly make-up of these lads was a sight to see,
+and their discipline and marching were unsurpassed by any of the
+troops--regulars or militia.
+
+The boys walked with a springing step, that showed no signs of fatigue,
+even as they rounded the reviewing stand, and reached the goal of their
+long march.
+
+Among the many well-drilled companies of boy soldiers, marched one of
+artillery.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+This was perhaps the prettiest feature of the whole parade, for
+everything was in miniature to match the size of the small artillerymen.
+
+The field-piece which this company boasted was a tiny affair, drawn by two
+small ponies, and it had its two baby gunners to serve it.
+
+These gunners were very military babies. They sat bolt upright, their arms
+crossed on their fat little chests in true soldier fashion, and no jolting
+of the gun-carriage could make those little backs bend, nor those small
+arms unfold.
+
+There was also a company of naval cadets. These lads marched finely, with
+their cutlasses drawn, and held across their breasts. So steadily did they
+grasp their weapons, that it was hard to believe that they were held in
+place by nothing stronger than the will of these young heroes.
+
+In every company that marched past, the lads showed a pride and steadiness
+that made one think that this boy soldiering was going to be of the
+greatest service to them later in life.
+
+Boys are not, as a rule, noted for their neatness, and there are hosts of
+fine lads who find it hard to remember that clean hands and collars are
+among the necessary things of life.
+
+Knowing this so well, it was all the more remarkable that, in all the long
+line of parading cadets, there was not so much as a rebellious lock of
+hair visible.
+
+Each boy's buttons were in a straight line with those of the next boy,
+each shoulder-strap set at the same angle as its fellows, each gun was as
+well polished as its neighbor, and the spick and span appearance the line
+presented, after its long fatiguing march, spoke volumes in favor of
+military training.
+
+The School-Boy Cadets were without doubt one of the best features of the
+parade, and next to them in interest came the boys from the public
+schools.
+
+These lads also marched splendidly, with fine bearing and excellent
+discipline! And what a fine-looking set of boys they were! They had no
+uniforms or guns to help their appearance, nothing but their own bright
+faces to show them off, but every mother along the line must have felt
+proud to see the kind of lads that her boys are growing up amongst.
+
+Young America showed to very great advantage in the Grant parade, which
+will be memorable as the second occasion on which such a great number of
+boys were marched in line. The first time was at the Columbus celebration.
+
+It is said that nearly five thousand lads marched.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+It is somewhat sad to turn from our own beautiful military pageant to the
+Graeco-Turkish war.
+
+The people of Europe are speaking very severely about the behavior of the
+Powers in regard to Greece.
+
+The decision of the Powers, it must be remembered, is not the result of
+the wishes of the people, but rather of the scheming and planning of the
+diplomats of the various countries.
+
+The Powers have a great deal at stake in Turkey, and there is no doubt
+that, whatever they may say, there is not one of the diplomats who does
+not wish to see Turkey get the best of it.
+
+There is a great deal of European money in Turkey, and, shameful as it may
+seem, it would appear that this money has played a very important part in
+the action of the Powers, a part far above and beyond the fear they all
+have, that if Turkey is beaten and the empire divided, some one country
+may seize a larger slice of the plunder than another.
+
+Turkey, as we have said before, is bankrupt, and to be able to carry on
+her government at all she has had to borrow enormous sums from the rich
+men of Europe.
+
+These men fear that if Turkey is defeated they will lose the money they
+have lent, and it is openly said that they have been the means of
+hampering Greece, until Turkey has had time to gather enough forces
+together to crush her.
+
+The people of Europe are indignant that the Powers are doing Turkey's work
+for her in Crete, and making it possible for her to bring all her forces
+together against the Greeks, instead of having to divide them as the
+Greeks have.
+
+The unfriendliness of the Powers toward Greece is shown in a suggestion,
+which it was said was the German Emperor's, to blockade the Greek fleet,
+keep it in one of its own ports, and prevent it from assisting the army.
+
+This proposal was made after war had been declared.
+
+Germany was supported in this plan by Russia and Austria, and it is said
+that the Emperors were so sure of being able to carry their plan through
+that they told Turkey she might send all the arms she needed to the
+seaports, as they would be perfectly safe from the Greeks.
+
+[Illustration: Evzone, Member of Constantine's Body Guard.]
+
+The rest of the Powers would not hear of this, which was something to
+their credit. They spoke so very plainly about it that the three Emperors
+gave it up.
+
+Greece is in a most unfortunate position, thanks to the interference of
+the Powers, and unless something happens to turn the tide of war in her
+favor, she will probably be utterly defeated by the Turks.
+
+The loss of Milouna Pass was a severe blow to Greece, but not half so bad
+as the fall of Larissa, which from all accounts appears to have been a
+very disastrous affair.
+
+The Greeks appear to have behaved in a very cowardly, rebellious way, and
+the whole story is very discouraging.
+
+A battle was fought at Mati, and the Turks, who had swarmed through the
+pass, were victorious, and the Greeks were forced to retreat.
+
+Unfortunately there was no good general to manage the movement, and
+instead of falling back in an orderly manner, they seem to have hurried
+away from the battle in a mob.
+
+A newspaper correspondent who was present says that the men straggled
+along sullenly: the soldiers, mule-trains, carts, wagons, guns, and crying
+villagers, women, and children in a panic-stricken crowd.
+
+A few officers tried to restore order and to make the soldiers re-form
+their ranks; but their efforts were already hopeless, when a cry arose:
+
+"The Turks are upon us!"
+
+At this, the mob began to run for life, helter-skelter, pell-mell,
+trampling each other under foot, the soldiers actually shooting any one
+who barred their way.
+
+To make things still worse, the retreat had begun at nightfall, and it was
+in the darkness of night that the cry, "The Turks are upon us!" was
+raised.
+
+As a matter of fact, there were no Turks in sight, and nobody quite knows
+how the scare was started.
+
+In their mad rush the people at last reached Larissa, leaving the road
+they had travelled strewn with guns and baggage, and dead and dying
+comrades.
+
+Arrived in Larissa, the soldiers threw themselves on the ground, taking no
+heed of the trumpets calling them to rejoin their regiments.
+
+When morning came the officers collected their men, and formed them into
+companies in marching order.
+
+Then the news crept out that Larissa was to be abandoned; and another
+scene of confusion followed, the people fighting each other in their mad
+endeavors to escape.
+
+Special trains moved out of the city for Volo; the people crowded the
+platforms, and even climbed on the roofs of the cars in their eagerness to
+get away.
+
+The Greek army retreated to Pharsala, without so much as striking a blow
+for Larissa!
+
+So wild a rush was made when Larissa was abandoned, that the soldiers did
+not even fold their tents or carry away their baggage.
+
+When the Turks arrived before Larissa, they occupied the very tents left
+by the fugitive Greek army.
+
+You may imagine how angry Greece was at this!
+
+The people think that the Crown Prince is not a good soldier, and they are
+reported to have demanded his recall.
+
+This indeed seems to be necessary, for even the Turks laughed at the want
+of generalship shown in the retreat made by the Greeks.
+
+The Greeks are not cowards by any means, but without good officers to
+lead them, the bravest men are of little use.
+
+King George seems fully to understand that his son cannot lead the troops,
+and is willing to meet the wishes of the people.
+
+As far as known at the present moment, he has recalled the staff of
+officers who advised the Crown Prince, and has sent in their place men who
+are thought to be better soldiers.
+
+The loss of Larissa is declared to be solely due to the bad generalship of
+the Crown Prince.
+
+The people of Athens were very much enraged when they heard the mistakes
+that had been made by the army, and the foolish way that several of the
+battles had been lost.
+
+They insisted that the trouble was due to the King's interference in
+military matters; they declared that the men he had sent with Prince
+Constantine to command the army were not soldiers, but merely favorites at
+court.
+
+The Greek fleet and the troops in Epirus may yet do a good deal to offset
+the mischief that has been done in Thessaly, but the fate of Greece seems
+to depend upon the result of the next few days.
+
+It must not be forgotten that many armies that have met with defeat at
+first, have gathered courage, and gained victories that have changed the
+whole course of events. With the memories of Marathon, Thermopylae, and
+Salamis in their hearts, the Greeks need never despair.
+
+We told you of these celebrated battles in No. 25--in the story of Ancient
+Greece. Miss Yonge in her stories of Greek History has written a very
+complete and interesting account of them also.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+There has been quite a stir in the Senate, caused by the new Senator from
+Illinois, Mr. Mason.
+
+This gentleman has introduced a resolution asking that the Senate provide
+some rule for closing debate, and bringing to a vote questions before that
+body.
+
+Although there is a rule in the House of Representatives by which
+discussion of any question may be stopped, it has been the custom in the
+Senate to allow unlimited discussion, and in some cases this right has
+been used to "kill" certain measures. This was attempted a few years ago
+when the bill to repeal the "Sherman law" was before the Senate and some
+of the Senators think that it is now being employed to kill Mr. Morgan's
+Cuban Bill and the Arbitration Treaty.
+
+To prevent this Mr. Mason wishes a rule of cloture (or closure, as it is
+called in England) adopted. This is a French word, meaning, to bring to an
+ending, or close.
+
+Such a rule was introduced in the English House of Commons by Mr.
+Gladstone in 1882, when the debates on the Irish question threatened to be
+endless, and the whole business of Parliament was stopped by a few members
+exercising their right to speak as long as they chose.
+
+The rule of cloture operates in this way. When the debate has continued
+for some time and any member believes that the majority have heard enough,
+he introduces a motion that "The question be now put;" and if this is
+passed, all debate is stopped, and the presiding officer must immediately
+call for a vote on the question which has been under debate.
+
+What has been called "Senatorial courtesy" has heretofore prevented the
+passage of a rule of cloture in the Senate, but Mr. Mason thinks that the
+transaction of public business is of more importance than any exaggerated
+courtesy among the Senators.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We spoke last week about the invasion of Hawaii by the Japanese.
+
+It seems that the immigrants, turned back from Honolulu, have made up
+their minds to go to California; and it is said that they are trying to
+reach San Francisco by way of British Columbia.
+
+It is doubtful if they will be any more welcome here than they were in
+Hawaii, and it is probable that means will be found to prevent them from
+landing, if they come in large numbers.
+
+We did this with the Chinese, and there is little doubt that we will do
+the same with the Japanese, if they begin to trouble us.
+
+There is at this moment a little trouble about the Chinese, and that you
+may understand it fully, we will go over the whole matter.
+
+In the early days of emigration to California, those days when the
+wonderful discoveries of gold were attracting adventurous spirits, the
+Chinese were among the first to go there.
+
+At first they were welcomed and kindly treated, but after a while it was
+found that Chinamen would work for less wages than white men, and
+therefore obtained employment when the white men were left in idleness.
+From this the pioneers came to distrust John Chinaman, and then to dislike
+him.
+
+In 1877 there was a serious anti-Chinese riot in California, and five
+Chinamen were killed by the mob.
+
+The rioting and the feeling against the Chinese became so serious that
+California at last asked Congress to interfere.
+
+The result of this trouble was that a Chinese Embassy was established here
+for the protection of the Chinamen, and our Government took steps to
+prevent their coming into this country in such numbers.
+
+In 1882 the question came up again, and a bill was passed by Congress,
+forbidding Chinamen to enter this country for twenty years.
+
+President Arthur vetoed this bill, on the ground that it did not agree
+with our treaty with China. A new bill was then passed, stopping
+immigration for ten years, and this Mr. Arthur signed.
+
+By this bill it became a crime, for which people could be imprisoned, to
+bring a Chinaman into the country.
+
+In 1892, when the ten years covered by the bill had passed, a fresh bill
+called "The Chinese Exclusion Bill" was put through Congress, and made a
+law.
+
+By this bill, the landing of any Chinese person was strictly forbidden,
+and all Chinamen living in the country were forced to take out a
+certificate, licensing them to remain. Any Chinaman found without such a
+certificate was to be imprisoned, and sent back to his own country.
+
+The Chinese were much annoyed at this. They protested, but the United
+States Government remained firm. In the years that had passed since 1882,
+the people had had time to find out that the Chinese did not make good
+citizens.
+
+One cause of complaint against them, is that they have brought with them
+their horrible habit of smoking opium, introduced it among our citizens,
+and in that way alone have done us more harm than they can ever repair.
+
+Besides this, the fact that they would work for less money than our own
+workmen was very harmful to our citizens.
+
+Employers will always get their work done for as little as possible, and
+if the Chinamen had been allowed to swarm into this country, and work for
+the pittance they ask, the result would have been that our own workmen
+would have been obliged to take the same miserable wages or starve.
+
+The Chinamen like this country, and are willing to work for anything they
+can get, because they are so much better off here than at home.
+
+It is their anxiety to get over to this free land that is causing the
+present difficulty.
+
+To make the Tennessee Exposition a great success, Congress resolved to
+make it possible for China to send over an exhibit of her wonderful art
+works.
+
+A resolution was therefore passed, that the Chinese Exclusion Law shall
+not be held to prevent the landing of Chinamen who are going to exhibit at
+the Exposition, or whose labor is necessary to prepare the exhibit.
+
+The bill, happily, adds that Chinamen coming to this country on Exposition
+business must have a special permission from the Secretary of the Treasury
+before they will be allowed to land, and that they can only stay in the
+country one year after the close of the Exposition. If found in the
+country after that time, they will be arrested, and then sent back to
+China.
+
+This was too fine a chance for the Chinese to miss. They started for this
+country by the hundred, all declaring that they had special business at
+the Fair.
+
+Word was sent to the Secretary of the Treasury that over 2,000 Chinamen
+had started for these shores to get the exhibit in order. This seemed so
+serious, that the Government began to look into the matter.
+
+Several weeks ago 179 of these undesirable immigrants came into the United
+States, and another batch of one hundred and fourteen are waiting to
+enter.
+
+As you may suppose, such an invasion as this had to be stopped, and
+stopped quickly.
+
+The Secretary of the Treasury sent to the Attorney-General, and asked him
+whether, under the new resolution, any and every Chinaman had to be
+admitted to this country, or whether he had power to limit the number.
+
+Mr. McKenna, the Attorney-General, gave it as his opinion that the
+Secretary of the Treasury has full power to say how many shall be allowed
+to enter the country.
+
+The Secretary, Mr. Lyman Gage, then inquired of the Exposition company how
+many Chinamen were really necessary to do the work for the Fair. Word was
+sent back that only two hundred were required.
+
+On receipt of this, the Secretary of the Treasury determined to put a stop
+to the matter at once, and forbade the issuing of permits to more than the
+necessary two hundred.
+
+There will be great disgust among the Chinese; the first batch of 179 got
+through safely, but only 21 of the second lot will be admitted, and the
+rest of them will have to go back to the Flowery Kingdom, sadder but wiser
+men.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+News has come that the town of Guthrie in the new Territory of Oklahoma
+has been destroyed by a flood.
+
+The Cottonwood River, which flows through the town, had been so high for
+some days that it was feared it might overflow and do some damage, and the
+citizens had been watching it, and taking every precaution against a
+flood. Men had been stationed on the bridges ready to give the alarm if
+the river rose so high that there was danger.
+
+On April 27th the danger appeared to be past, the river fell a few feet,
+and though the watchers were still kept at their posts, no one supposed
+that a flood would really come.
+
+At six o'clock in the morning of April 28th, the men on the bridges heard
+a terrible roaring up the river valley. Convinced that a flood was coming,
+they gave the alarm, ringing the fire-bells, and warning the people to
+flee for their lives.
+
+So unexpected was the alarm, that the people did not seem to understand
+what the danger was. Tornadoes are frequent in that western country, and
+some hearing the roar of the flood and thinking that the danger that
+threatened them was the wind, rushed to the caves which they had made for
+shelter from tornadoes, and these poor people were soon drowned by the
+flood.
+
+Others stopped to save what they could, and they, too, were caught by the
+water.
+
+Very soon after the alarm was given, a great wave of water came sweeping
+down the valley.
+
+It is described as having been thirty feet high and one mile broad.
+
+It swept everything before it, toppling over the houses like cardboard
+boxes. The terrified people climbed into trees, and clutched at anything
+within reach, to save themselves.
+
+The rush of the water lasted till ten o'clock, then it ceased, and finally
+began to subside.
+
+The sudden flood was due to a cloud-burst, which is a great fall of rain
+coming down without warning over a very small area of land, the contents
+of the whole cloud being discharged at once.
+
+This mass of water rushing into the already swollen river made it burst
+its banks, and sweep over the surrounding country.
+
+It is said that about one hundred persons have been drowned, and two
+thousand rendered homeless.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+There is hopeful news for us of the floods in the Mississippi Valley.
+
+The river is falling slightly in some districts, and it is hoped that the
+floods will have entirely gone down in the next ten days.
+
+The distress is terrible, however. In some places the river is sixteen
+miles wide, and it will take a long time for such a quantity of water to
+drain off.
+
+Below New Orleans, for a distance of fifty miles, it is said that the
+country is entirely under water.
+
+A serious break occurred in the levee at Keokuk, Iowa, but with this
+exception no levees have given way. It is hoped that the worst is over.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+News comes from Cuba that the Spanish have met with two serious reverses.
+
+At Guamo, in Santiago de Cuba, the Cubans, under General Calixto Garcia,
+routed a body of Spaniards 2,000 strong.
+
+The Cubans had mined the roads with dynamite, which they exploded as the
+main body of the Spaniards passed over.
+
+During the confusion and fright that followed, the insurgents fell upon
+the troops, killing many, and finally putting the whole force to flight.
+
+The second engagement was in the Province of Havana, where the Cubans
+played another of their old tricks, and led the Spaniards into a trap they
+had prepared for them.
+
+The Spaniards met a small force of Cubans, which retreated before them.
+They followed hotly, until suddenly the fleeing insurgents turned and
+attacked them, and before the Spaniards had time to make out what this
+meant, they were also attacked vigorously from the rear, and found they
+had been again entrapped by the enemy.
+
+The fight lasted five hours, and then the Spaniards were obliged to
+retreat.
+
+We spoke, a few weeks ago, of the port of Banes which the insurgents had
+secured in Santiago de Cuba. It is said that four cruisers and several
+gunboats have been ordered there to retake it from the Cubans.
+
+Many people have criticised General Gomez for not gathering his forces
+together to fight one big battle which shall decide the war.
+
+The General has written a letter explaining his reasons for fighting the
+war in the way he is doing.
+
+He says that the Spanish force is so much larger and better armed than his
+own, that he could not hope to win a pitched battle.
+
+It is his opinion that the only way to fight the Spaniards with success is
+constantly to worry them with small bodies of men, and waste the Spanish
+money in keeping up the army until finally they cannot continue the war
+any longer.
+
+He feels sure of success in the end.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+General Miles, of the United States army, has made a trip to Sandy Hook,
+to look at a new method of defence that has just been designed for our
+coast-line.
+
+This consists of a concrete wall twenty feet thick, against which is a
+huge embankment of sand.
+
+This invention is intended to protect our forts from the terrible shot
+fired by the modern guns. As we told you the other day, these guns fire
+heavy shot which will pierce through such strong walls that the old
+methods of defence are of little use.
+
+Under these circumstances, in considering the kind of coast defence we
+would make, it became necessary to find something that would resist these
+powerful guns.
+
+It was thought that an embankment of sand, placed in front of the walls of
+the fort, would lessen the force of the shot, and render it almost
+harmless before it could reach the wall, so a small fort was built as an
+experiment.
+
+The result proved to be exactly what the designer had supposed it would
+be.
+
+Three guns of different power were tried on the bank, and fired at short
+range.
+
+It was found that the sand-bank was an ideal defence.
+
+The heavy shots ploughed into the bank, and, meeting the great resistance
+of the sand, were turned out of their course, and forced upward to the top
+of the sand-pile, without having reached the concrete wall at all.
+
+The test was considered very satisfactory, especially as such
+fortifications can be very easily made all along the coast, and at a very
+small expense.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Permission has been granted by the President for General Miles, the
+commanding general of our army, to go to Greece and study the war there,
+and on his way back to visit all the other European nations and observe
+their armies. He will make a report to the War Department on his return.
+
+He expected to sail on May 6th.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+There has been a change in the Ministers who govern Greece. The angry
+people demanded the change after the retreat from Larissa.
+
+M. Delyannis resigned his position as Prime Minister, and M. Ralli, the
+leader of the Opposition, was chosen in his place.
+
+M. Ralli declared that he was able to save his country, and that he would
+do so. His brave words encouraged the despondent Athenians, and he became
+the hero of the hour.
+
+He stated that all the trouble had arisen because the army needed thorough
+reorganizing, and that as soon as he had taken the oath of office, he
+would go to the army, strive to give the soldiers fresh courage, and make
+the changes that he considered necessary.
+
+M. Ralli has long been a very important man in Greek politics. His party
+has been opposed to that of the King, and he has never hesitated to speak
+his mind when he thought things were not being properly conducted by the
+King's party.
+
+Seven years ago he called attention to the condition of the army, which he
+said needed many changes if it were to be useful in time of war.
+
+His words passed unheeded at that time. Now that he is in power, it is to
+be hoped that his work of reorganizing will not come too late to do any
+good.
+
+M. Delyannis, the former Premier, was not willing to resign his position
+when the King asked him to do so, but when he found that the people were
+in such a state of excitement that a change was necessary, he gave up his
+charge.
+
+He has behaved very nobly since then.
+
+It was feared that he might be unfriendly to M. Ralli, and do all he could
+to hamper the new government, but, instead, he sent word to the new Prime
+Minister that though they belong to different political parties, they are
+one in their desire to help their beloved country, and that he will
+therefore do everything in his power to assist.
+
+[Illustration: KING GEORGE OF GREECE.]
+
+The new Ministry came into office on Thursday, April 29th, and on Sunday,
+May 2d, two of the members were at Pharsala, reviewing the troops, and
+finding out just what the needs of the army were.
+
+While these events were going on in Athens, many things were happening at
+the seat of war.
+
+After the Turks had secured Larissa, they advanced upon the town of Volo,
+a seaport on the Gulf of Volo (see THE GREAT ROUND WORLD war map).
+
+This city the Turks captured without much resistance, the soldiers giving
+up their arms.
+
+The loss of Volo was another great blow to Greece, because it was the port
+to which all the troops, war material, and food for the Thessalian army
+were sent.
+
+The military roads in Greece are very few, and as the waterways are so
+many and so good, most of the transporting is done by water. Now that they
+can no longer use the port of Volo, the Greeks will find it much more
+difficult to feed and care for their army.
+
+While the Greeks were still bemoaning their losses, news was brought of
+their army's great victory at Velestino.
+
+This town lies at the junction of a railroad which connects Larissa, Volo,
+and Pharsala. It is marked on your map.
+
+Here the Greeks made a stand, and, after a fight which lasted for two
+days, were victorious.
+
+This success has put fresh heart into the nation; especially as the fall
+of Larissa and the news that the army in Epirus had fallen back on Arta,
+and given up the hope of taking Janina when it was almost in its grasp,
+had sadly disheartened the Greeks.
+
+M. Ralli has decided not to listen to any suggestions about making terms
+with Turkey and bringing the war to a close. Instead, he has called on all
+Greeks capable of bearing arms to join the army and fight for their
+country.
+
+This policy does not quite please the Powers.
+
+Turkey is becoming a little too strong for them. They fear that if she
+once takes her place as a powerful and warlike nation, she will no longer
+allow Europe to tell her what to do.
+
+For several days after the first disaster to the Greek army, the Powers
+expected that Greece would apply to them for help, so they declared that
+they would certainly give her no assistance unless she withdrew her army
+from Crete.
+
+Greece, however, did not ask for help.
+
+The Powers then turned their attention to Turkey. But Turkey had tasted
+the sweets of victory, and bluntly replied that she did not want any
+interference.
+
+Finally, the only way for the Powers to get their fingers in the pie
+seemed for them to call a conference to look after the interests of both
+parties.
+
+This plan was suggested by England, but Emperor William of Germany upset
+it very quickly by declaring that Greece must withdraw her troops from
+Crete before any steps are taken, and this Greece will not do.
+
+The general opinion is that all hope for Greece is now over. It is thought
+that she cannot possibly beat Turkey, and that in the end the Powers will
+be obliged to interfere to prevent the Turks from overrunning and
+destroying Greece.
+
+The Greeks themselves do not seem to consider their cause hopeless, and
+are preparing to continue the struggle.
+
+The army in Thessaly is now under the command of General Smolenski, from
+whom much is expected, for he is a fine soldier.
+
+The army in Epirus is once more advancing on Janina.
+
+The fleet has so far done little, and people are much disappointed in
+consequence.
+
+The Admiral in charge has also been changed, and it is to be hoped that
+the new commanders of both army and navy may do good service for their
+country.
+
+    GENIE H. ROSENFELD
+
+
+
+
+
+Invention and Discovery.
+
+
+Every boy who is fond of carpentering will be delighted with the little
+invention illustrated below.
+
+All boys who are not thoroughly expert joiners know the great difficulties
+that lie in the way of making partitions neat and workmanlike in
+appearance.
+
+With this little invention it will be possible to give a neatness and a
+firmness to corners that few amateurs have been able to attain.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+This patent is a small metal clasp which is laid over the joint and
+pressed firmly on every side of it.
+
+It is easily applied, and should be used by all carpenters.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+This attachment for bicycles seems to be a very useful and sensible one.
+
+It is intended for use on newspaper routes, and is made with a wire
+attachment over the front wheel in which the papers can be carried.
+
+Newspaper dealers have to arrange the delivery of the daily papers into
+routes, much in the same way that the postmen do the letters they carry,
+and a great many boys are employed to carry these papers about.
+
+It takes a long time to walk over the route, and it would save the
+newspaper dealers a great deal of time if they could find a better means
+of delivering their papers, than the employment of so many small boys.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+With the newspaper rack for bicycles the dealer himself will be able to do
+more than half the work, and save himself money, as well as the anxiety
+lest his boys are not doing their work properly.
+
+                                    G.H.R.
+
+
+
+
+Letters From Our Young Friends.
+
+
+    DEAR EDITOR:
+
+    I am glad that the Spaniards have other wars to attend to, so
+    that they will let Cuba alone, and so that Cuba can have a
+    government of its own and have the island of Cuba. I hope that
+    if the Spaniards do not stop fighting Cuba that troops of the
+    United States will go and fight the Spaniards out in a hurry.
+
+    My sister takes your GREAT ROUND WORLD, and I have been reading
+    it, and enjoy it very much.
+
+    I wish that you would tell us how the flying machine is getting
+    along. Yours truly,
+
+                                         EDITH S.
+    ONEONTA, N.Y., April 17th, 1897.
+
+
+MY DEAR EDITH:
+
+Up to the time of answering your very welcome letter we have no fresh news
+of the flying machine. As soon as we hear anything that we are sure is
+true we will tell you.             EDITOR
+
+
+    DEAR EDITOR:
+
+    I wish you would get a pattern of the kite. My teacher reads
+    your paper, and I am very interested in the newspaper. We have
+    it in school. I was seven years old on Sunday. Please put this
+    letter in the newspaper. It is the first one I have ever
+    written. Yours truly,
+
+                                       HOWELL G.
+    BALTIMORE, MD.
+
+
+DEAR HOWELL:
+
+We are very proud to think that the first letter you have ever written has
+been to us. Please write again--often. If you will look in the last number
+of THE GREAT ROUND WORLD you will see an answer to Sydney G. about the
+kite. We told him just where to find the pattern for it.       EDITOR.
+
+
+    DEAR EDITOR:
+
+    I want to ask you about the great monster, and did they take him
+    to Washington? I am eight years old. Please put my letter in the
+    paper. Good-by.                     MURRAY W.S.
+
+    BALTIMORE, MD., March 23d, 1897.
+
+
+Mr. Merrill, the Acting Curator of the Smithsonian Institution, has been
+kind enough to send us the following letter about the monster that was
+washed ashore on the coast of Florida.
+
+Our young readers should get _The American Naturalist,_ and read the
+article.              EDITOR.
+
+
+    EDITOR OF THE GREAT ROUND WORLD:
+
+    In reply to your letter of April 4th, I regret to say that the
+    nature of the animal which was washed ashore on the coast of
+    Florida is still undetermined. Some authorities are inclined to
+    regard the remains as a portion of the head of a whale. On pages
+    304-307 of the April number of _The American Naturalist_ is a
+    very full discussion of the subject by Professor A.E. Verrill,
+    of Yale College. This may be of interest to you.
+
+                                Yours respectfully,
+                                            GEORGE E. MERRILL,
+                                              Acting Executive Curator.
+    WASHINGTON, April 9th, 1897.
+
+
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+
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+
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