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NO. 29 + + * * * * * + +The settlement of the terms of peace between Turkey and Greece promises to +be a very long and tedious matter. + +It has been announced that Turkey offers to conclude peace, provided +Greece pays her $15,000,000 to cover her war expenses, gives her certain +strategic points in Thessaly, and turns over to her the Greek fleet until +the war expenses are paid. + +The Sultan has begun the negotiations by asking for everything he could +think of, but this was just what people expected he would do. + +England regards Turkey's demands as unfair, and will oppose them. She +thinks that Greece should merely be made to withdraw her troops from +Crete, and give Turkey a reasonable sum of money as war indemnity. + +It is a pity that England did not show some of this sympathy sooner, +instead of standing idly by until Turkey had brought Greece to her present +piteous plight. + +That Greece should have been so easily beaten is still a cause of +wonderment. + +If all accounts are true, the Crown Prince Constantine deserves a good +deal of the blame of the disaster. He was not experienced enough to take +command of an army in an important campaign, and should not have +undertaken so difficult a task unless he was sure of himself. + +It is said by all the newspaper correspondents who were with the Greek +army, that the shameful flight from Larissa was the cause of the series of +defeats that followed it. These men declare that after Larissa the Greeks +lost confidence in their commanders, and had no hope of success. + +It is claimed that if the Greeks had pushed forward instead of retreating, +the Turks must have been beaten. + +Up to the evening of April 23d, when the retreat occurred, the Turks were +in a desperate condition. Edhem Pasha, the general in command of the +Turkish army, had decided that it was impossible to break through the +Greek lines, and had ordered a retreat to Elassona. That very night he +telegraphed the hopelessness of his situation to Constantinople, and a +special messenger left for Athens, bearing a message from the Sultan, +asking for peace. + +The retreat on Larissa changed the whole fate of the war. + +There are many rumors why this retreat was ordered, but no one seems to +understand the matter clearly. + +One report says that the Turks were actually falling back on Elassona, and +one of the Greek generals, seeing the movement, mistook it for an attempt +to surround the Greeks and cut their army to pieces. He is said to have +galloped to the Crown Prince with this mis-information, and assured him +that unless he ordered a retreat they would all be sacrificed. The Crown +Prince did not attempt to assure himself of the accuracy of this +statement, but at once issued the fatal order. + +If this account be true, the two armies must have been fleeing from each +other at the same moment. + +Edhem Pasha, being a good general, soon discovered what had happened. He +at once saw his opportunity and took advantage of it. + +The Greeks, unfortunately, had no general who knew thoroughly the art of +war, and so their mistake was not understood. + +In reviewing the short Greek campaign, some interesting comparisons have +been made between the war in Greece and the war in Cuba. The conclusion +arrived at has been that good leaders are the essential for successful +warfare, and that without them the bravest soldiers are of little use. + +The army sent by Spain against Cuba was about as large as that sent by +Turkey against Greece, but there were only one-fifth as many Cubans to +fight the Spanish army as there were Greeks to fight the Turks. The +Cubans, moreover, were badly armed, knew little of the trade of +soldiering, and were merely a band of sturdy patriots, fighting with a +determination to conquer or die, while the Greeks were finely equipped +soldiers. + +One would have supposed that the Greeks would have given the Turks some +hard fighting, and have been able to make their own terms in the end, and +that the Cubans would have been subdued in very short order. + +[Illustration: ATHENS: KING'S PALACE FROM THE GARDENS.] + +How different the results have been. + +Greece with her splendid army had no leaders worthy of the name, and has +been whipped and shamed in two short weeks of war. + +Cuba, in spite of her motley, ill-armed bands of soldiers, is happy in the +possession of some great leaders. Cuba had her Maceo, and has yet her +Gomez and her Garcia. + +What have these generals done for her? + +For more than two years they have carried on the unequal war. Clever +enough to avoid meeting the Spaniards in any pitched battles, that, if +lost, would ruin their cause, they have succeeded in harassing their foe, +wasting Spain's money, wearing out her patience, and keeping her at bay +until time has made better soldiers of them, drawn more friends to their +cause, and rendered the conditions more equal. + +The success of the Cubans can be looked forward to with confidence, +because they are well generaled. The failure of the Greeks was expected +with equal certainty, when it became evident that the Hellenic army had no +leaders. + +Poor little Greece! + +There is still some fighting going on. + +The Turks are pressing on, and will continue to do so until the +negotiations for peace are actually begun. Every Greek town they can +capture, every mile they can advance into Greek territory before peace is +formally asked for, gives the Turk the right of demanding better terms +when the final arrangements are made. + +In Thessaly the Sultan's army has occupied Volo and Pharsala, and there is +no doubt that it will soon gain possession of Domokho. + +In Epirus the Turks routed the Greeks when they attempted to advance after +the retreat to Arta. + +The army is said to be completely discouraged by the frequent defeats, and +sorrow and discontent reign throughout Greece. + + * * * * * + +The Greeks are a very excitable people, and it was only natural to suppose +that when the fortunes of war turned against them, they would seek to +throw the blame for their defeat on their rulers. + +Every trouble that has befallen Greece has been laid at the door of King +George and his sons. + +There have been wild rumors of making the King give up his throne, and it +was reported that a Russian vessel was moored off the Piræus to rescue the +Royal Family in case of need. + +These stories have not been verified, and probably have little truth in +them. When Greece calms down a little she will learn that her King has +been doing the best he could for his country and his people, and their old +kindly feelings for him will return. + +The Royal Family have kept themselves quietly in their palace during the +worries, the Queen and Princesses working unceasingly for the relief of +the sick and wounded. + + * * * * * + +Important news has reached us from Cuba. + +Gomez is in Havana Province, and it is said that the Spaniards were +defeated in a battle at Guines, thirty miles from Havana. + +The city of Havana is once more in a state of excitement. As usual, the +authorities deny that there are any insurgents in Havana Province, and as +usual the people do not believe a word of their proclamations, and are +terrified lest the city be bombarded by Gomez. + +The first news of the nearness of the insurgents was brought by a few +Spaniards who formed part of a garrison at Bermeja, a small town on the +borders of Havana Province. + +These men straggled into the city with the information that the Cubans had +seized the town and their little fort. They had all been captured, and had +been brought before the general in command, who proved to be Gomez +himself. All but ten of the prisoners were Cubans who had enlisted in the +Spanish service. + +General Gomez freed the Spaniards, but ordered the Cubans to be hanged on +the spot, as traitors to their country. + +The Spaniards reported that Gomez had a force of 2,000 men with him, and +that General Carillo was following him with another party of 3,000 more. +In Havana it is expected that an attempt to capture the city will be made +within a few days. + +It is said that the Cubans have been concentrating their forces in and +around Havana Province for some time past, and that the troops who served +under General Rivera, some 7,000 men in all, are waiting in Pinar del Rio +until Gomez gives them the signal to join him. + +Pinar del Rio is at the west of Havana Province. In Matanzas, at the east +of Havana, more insurgents are said to be gathered. It looks as if the +Cubans were really closing in on Havana for a definite purpose. + +Spain is trying to raise a new loan to meet the cost of the wars in Cuba +and the Philippine Islands. + +There is a report that the health of General Rivera is failing. It is said +that, for want of proper care, his wounds are not healing, and that he is +suffering a great deal from them. + +Senator Morgan's bill for recognizing the belligerency of Cuba has been +debated in the Senate. + +No progress has been made with it, however. + +Some of the Senators spoke very warmly in its favor, and reminded the +Senate of the time when we, too, were struggling for our liberty, and +needed and obtained the support of other countries. + +Other Senators tried to get rid of the bill by sending it to the Committee +on Foreign Relations, which would mean a long delay before it could be +brought to a vote. + +The chances are that nothing definite will be done for the present, and +that the Cubans will not receive any help from the United States. + +The Navy Department has refused to send any more vessels to patrol the +seas for filibusters. + +There are now three ships detailed for that duty, and more have been asked +for. + +Mr. Long, the Secretary of the Navy, says that he thinks three are plenty, +that the rainy season is at hand, and very little fighting will be done in +Cuba after it once sets in. + + * * * * * + +The death of the Duke d'Aumale has just been announced. + +This gentleman was a personage of very great interest to Europeans. + +He was the fourth son of Louis Philippe--the King of France who was +deposed in 1848. The Duke d'Aumale was trained to be a soldier. He loved +his profession, and made great progress in it, winning honors for himself +when but a lad of nineteen. + +The French people idolized him, and declared that he would some day be to +France what Wellington was to England. + +His father was then King, and the Duke induced the King to send him on +active service, and for six years he was in various campaigns, always +distinguishing himself for his bravery and soldierly qualities. + +At the end of this time there was a revolution in France. The King was +deposed, a second republic declared, and the whole Orleans family exiled. + +The King and the princes went to England, and purchased some fine property +near London, at a place called Twickenham. Here the Duke lived, devoting +himself to literature and study. + +The ungrateful French Government, forgetting the services he had done for +his country, not content with banishing him with the rest of his family, +took from him a famous estate called Chantilly, which had belonged to his +ancestors for centuries. + +Despite this treatment the Duke's love for his country never changed. + +When the Franco-German war broke out in 1870 he instantly offered his +services to France. + +Napoleon III., the same Napoleon who sent Maximilian to Mexico, was then +Emperor of France. + +He declined the help of the Duke d'Aumale, fearing to allow any of the +princes of the royal blood to serve in the army, lest they might endeavor +to influence the soldiers to bring about a new revolution. + +After the battle of Sedan, when Napoleon was taken prisoner, and France +once more became a republic, the Duke returned to France and took an +active part in the affairs of State, and Chantilly and the greater portion +of his lands were restored to him. + +The other Orleans princes also returned to France, and remained there +until 1883, when the Minister of War, following the policy of Napoleon +III., declared it undesirable to have the princes serving in the army. + +The Duke's name was struck off the army-roll by that General Boulanger who +made such a stir in France at that time. All the commissions held by the +Orleans princes were cancelled, and the whole family once more banished +from France. + +A few weeks after the Duke had left France, the French people were +somewhat ashamed to learn that this man, whom they had twice hounded out +of the country, had returned good for evil, and made a present to the +nation, or rather to the Institute of France, of his beautiful chateau of +Chantilly. + +The Institute laid the matter before the Government, and asked that the +decree of exile be revoked. + +After some time this was done, and the Duke returned to France to live in +Chantilly, which, by the terms of his gift, he was at liberty to use +during his lifetime. + +The Duke was seventy years of age. His death was caused by the news that +the Duchess d'Alençon, a favorite niece of his, had been burnt to death in +a dreadful fire which has just occurred in Paris. + +Some charitable ladies organized a bazaar for the benefit of sick women +and children. + +The great ladies of France were interested in it, and its opening was one +of the fashionable events in Paris. + +One afternoon during the progress of the bazaar, when the place was full +of visitors, and many of the greatest ladies in French society were in the +building, buying and selling, a cry of fire was raised, and it was found +that one of the stalls was in flames. + +Unhappily, there was but one exit to the building, and the fire spread so +rapidly that it was impossible for all to escape. A number of the ladies +were burned to death. + +All Paris, indeed all Europe, is in mourning because of the disaster, for +there is hardly a noble family in Europe which was not represented at the +bazaar. + +The Duchess d'Alençon, one of the unfortunate ladies who perished in the +flames, was not only the niece of the Duke d'Aumale, but the sister of the +Empress of Austria. + +This same duchess came near being a queen herself, for at one time she was +betrothed to the King of Bavaria, the same King who first understood and +appreciated Richard Wagner, the famous composer, and encouraged him to +write the wonderful works which have changed the whole history of music. + + * * * * * + +Li Hung Chang has not forgotten us, though he is far away in his own +country. + +His regard for General Grant was well known, and when he came to this +country he expressed a wish to visit the tomb of his dead friend. + +While paying this visit he said that he would like to show his regard for +the great man in some permanent way. + +It was suggested that he should plant a tree on the site of the old tomb, +and he seemed greatly pleased with the idea, but nothing further was said +on the subject at the time. + +The other day Mr. Yang Yu received a letter from the Viceroy, asking him +to plant the tree before he left the country. + +Mr. Yang Yu is the Chinese Minister who has just been recalled from +Washington, and sent on an important mission to St. Petersburg. + +When the Minister received the order from the Viceroy, he sent word to the +Park Commissioners asking them if the matter could be arranged. + +It was not possible for Li Hung to send a tree from China, but he wrote +Yang Yu that he would like him to select a tree that was a native of +China. + +A tree was obtained which is a native of Japan and China. It is called the +Maidenhair tree, because its leaves resemble those of the Maidenhair fern. + +Its botanical name is _Gingko Biloba_. + +The tree was partly planted by the gardeners, and then the Chinese +Minister, accompanied by some members of the Grant family, proceeded to +the spot to perform the ceremony in the name of Li Hung Chang. + +The Minister threw a few shovelfuls of earth on the roots of the tree, and +then read some words in Chinese from a scroll he carried. + +The words were translated by the Secretary, and proved to be: + +"This tree is planted at the side of the tomb of General U.S. Grant, +ex-President of the United States of America, for the purpose of +commemorating him, by Li Hung Chang, guardian of the Prince, Grand +Secretary of the State, and Earl of the first order. + + "YANG YU, + "Vice-President of the Centre Board. + "Kwang Hsu, 23d year, fourth moon, seventh day." + +This inscription is to be cut in marble, in Chinese and also in English, +and placed near the tomb. + +The Mr. Yang Yu who performed the ceremony is the Minister whom the See +Yups came on from San Francisco to visit. + +It does not seem as if he were going to be of much use to them, for +instead of returning to China he is to go to St. Petersburg, and he may +not see his Emperor for a very long time. + + * * * * * + +An amusing story comes from Victoria, British Columbia, about the Chinese +special envoy, who has just arrived in New York on his way to London. + +When the Canadian Pacific steamer which brought him over from China +arrived in port, it was found that she had two cases of smallpox on board. + +The authorities of Victoria at once ordered her to quarantine for +twenty-four days. + +The steerage passengers, who were all Chinamen, were taken to the +quarantine station, where the usual process of fumigation and disinfection +took place. + +There were, doubtless, many protests and wails from the unfortunate +Celestials, but nobody heeded them, and the work was carried through +without difficulty. + +When, however, it came to the other passengers, there was a great +disturbance. The English were furious, threatening terrible things if any +one attempted to fumigate them. A special company of 200 armed men was +consequently detailed to guard the quarantine station, lest the passengers +should attempt to get away before the twenty-four days were over. + +All this trouble was as nothing, however, to that which arose when it was +conveyed to His Excellency Chang, Special Envoy from the Emperor of China +to Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, that he needed disinfecting! + +Accompanying the Envoy was his suite, which was composed of a number of +Chinamen of high rank. None of these illustrious persons had the slightest +knowledge of Western ways, and they one and all protested that to fumigate +them, or their great Chang, was practically fumigating the Emperor of +China! In their eyes this seemed the most awful crime that mortal could +commit. + +His Excellency Chang refused to submit to any such insulting treatment, +and appealed to the Canadian Government, the British Government, and the +Chinese Ministers in London to protect him. + +He declared that, rather than submit, he would go back to China without +fulfilling his mission,--a proceeding fraught with considerable danger to +himself, as he stated that the Emperor, his master, might cut off his +head, and the heads of all his suite, for disobedience to his wishes. But +the noble Envoy preferred death to fumigation. + +What he imagined fumigation was it is impossible to say, but he warned the +authorities that if they attempted it, the Emperor of China would declare +war on England. + +The unfortunate officials did not know what to do, and waited in a great +state of anxiety for orders from the Government. + +The story does not say how the matter was arranged, but as His Excellency +is now in New York, and war has not been declared by China, it is to be +supposed that he was not fumigated. + + * * * * * + +The Japanese are a very progressive people. + +A generation ago the inhabitants of Japan were not allowed to leave their +country, nor were foreigners permitted to enter it. + +Since the war with China Japan has taken a wonderful start; her commerce +and manufactures have greatly increased, and her people have begun to seek +a better market for their labors, and emigrate to foreign countries. + +Japan is a densely populated land, and the inhabitants have not been slow +to see that an overcrowded country, where thousands of people are +constantly unemployed, is not a good place to make money in. + +Since the Japanese have been permitted to seek their fortunes in other +lands, they have emigrated in vast numbers. + +They are now to be found all over the world. + +We have spoken about them in Hawaii, but the Sandwich Islanders are not +the only people to protest against them as colonists. + +In British Columbia they have arrived in such hordes that the Government +has been considering laws to keep them out in future. + +In California there is a strong opposition to them. They are not desired +in Australia, nor in the English colonies in the Pacific Ocean. + +With all these countries making laws against them, and Hawaii sending them +back from her shores, it would seem that the thrifty Japanese would have +to stay in their own country. However, a haven has just been offered to +them in Mexico. + +A Japanese syndicate has secured 300,000 acres in the Mexican State of +Chiapas, on which a Japanese colony is to be established. The land is to +be divided into lots of 20 acres, one lot to be assigned to each family. + +The immigrants are to raise coffee, cotton, tobacco, and sugar, and to +introduce certain Japanese industries. + +The first party of colonists are now on their way to Mexico, and it is +thought that thousands will follow them. + +The Mexicans are said to be quite pleased with the prospect of the +Japanese settling among them. They need a great many laborers; these they +find it very difficult to obtain, and they expect the new immigrants to be +a great help to them. + +It will be interesting to watch how the amiable, active Japanese get along +with the fiery, indolent Mexicans. + + * * * * * + +Hawaii is disturbed over the news that the Japanese cruiser _Naniwa_ is on +its way to Honolulu. + +She brings with her a special Japanese Commissioner, who will investigate +the immigration matters, and claim from the Government of the Sandwich +Islands the sum of $100,000 damages for preventing her citizens from +landing. + +It is reported that the _Naniwa_ has on board three of the emigrants who +were refused admission, and that she will try and land them, for the +purpose of making the Hawaiian Government prove in the courts its right to +forbid their entry. + +The Japanese insist that Hawaii has violated the treaty existing between +Japan and the Sandwich Islands. The Honolulu lawyers have been studying +the treaty, and insist that the immigrants had no legal right to land, and +that the treaty has not been violated. + +In the mean while, the Government of Hawaii is doing all in its power to +get white laborers employed instead of Japanese on all the sugar and +coffee plantations. And as it is feared that the United States will not +care to annex the islands if all the labor is done by Asiatics and there +is no room for white men, it is trying to get Americans to go over with +their families, and is promising them steady and paying employment. + +An Immigration Bureau has been opened, and every effort will be made to +get first-class American laborers to go there. + + * * * * * + +The revolution in Honduras has been suppressed. + +We mentioned this trouble in No. 26 of THE GREAT ROUND WORLD, and said +that her sister republics had declined to interfere. + +Matters became so threatening, and the revolution took on such a serious +aspect, that Nicaragua finally decided to help; but she did not move +until Dr. de Soto had been proclaimed President by the rebel party, and +had gained possession of the town of Puerto Cortez. + +Finding that the revolution promised to be something more than the usual +South American affair, Great Britain and the United States both ordered +cruisers to Puerto Cortez to protect the interests of their citizens. + +Nicaragua at the same time armed a steam-tug, and, loading her with +soldiers, sent her to the little town to recapture it from the insurgents. + +This was evidently accomplished, and appears to have ended the revolution. +A telegram has been received in Washington from our American Consul in +Honduras, stating that the revolution is at an end. + +There is, however, a very indignant feeling against Nicaragua, in +consequence of a story which has been brought in by the steamer _Rover_. + +Captain Reed, of the _Rover_, which is a fruit steamer, declares that when +about four miles out of Puerto Cortez, his vessel, though flying the +American flag, was fired upon by the Nicaraguan gunboat _Lucy B._ + +The story as told by him is that he reached Puerto Cortez on May 6th, and +knowing the port to be in the hands of the insurgents, he decided not to +anchor, but to cruise about until the customs officers should board him, +and tell him whether it would be safe to land. + +He could see that the town was in a state of ferment, and that the +inhabitants were running about from place to place. + +After waiting a little while he thought it unsafe to land, and determined +to go to the town of Omoa, where he knew the government forces were in +possession. + +He had travelled about four miles from Puerto Cortez when he sighted the +_Lucy B._ + +He decided to wait for her, and find out from her how matters stood in +Puerto Cortez. + +Suddenly, when about half a mile away, the _Lucy B._ fired on the _Rover_. + +Captain Reed instantly ordered the engines to be stopped, and brought the +vessel to a standstill; but before the sailors had time to carry out his +orders, another shot was fired at him. + +Soon after the vessel was boarded by General Reyes, of the Nicaraguan +government, and six of his followers. + +He examined the ship's papers, and though finding them in order, still had +the ship searched from end to end, declaring that the _Rover_ was carrying +arms and ammunition to the rebels in Puerto Cortez. + +When his search was over, and nothing had been found, Captain Reed +vigorously protested against the treatment to which he had been subjected, +and pointed to the American flag which was flying at the mast-head. + +General Reyes replied that he might protest all he pleased, but he ought +to consider himself lucky that the _Lucy B._ had not sunk his vessel. + +The captain of the _Rover_ will enter a protest against the action of the +Nicaraguans. + +We have spoken several times about the insignificant character of the +revolutions in South America. We think it may interest our readers if we +quote for them the statement on this subject, made by a gentleman who has +been a good many years in Honduras, and who has large interests there. + +He says: "A revolution down there is really nothing but an election. + +"At election times the candidate for the Presidency who controls the guns +wins the election. If the President doesn't suit after he is elected, some +man gathers a force together, and a revolution follows. + +"As nobody pays much attention to an election, so nobody pays much +attention to a revolution, except those most nearly interested in its +success or failure. + +"The present President, Señor Bonilla, came into office after he had +carried through a successful revolution against somebody else. + +"He is a clever man, and absolutely honest, but his standard is too high +for Honduras." + +Richard Harding Davis has written a story called "Soldiers of Fortune," +which gives a very excellent account of one of these South American +revolutions. + + * * * * * + +The Massachusetts Assembly has made its annual appropriation for the +destruction of the Gipsy moth. + +This is a moth whose larvæ (as the caterpillars are called) do so much +damage to foliage that the State has spent large sums of money in an +attempt to destroy the troublesome pest. The matter has now been brought +to the attention of Congress, and in the last Agricultural Appropriation +Bill a special provision was made for a careful investigation of the +matter. + +The caterpillar of the Gipsy moth strips the trees of their leaves as +completely as if they had been swept by fire. Almost every variety of +tree, as well as of farm or garden crop, is attacked by these worms, and +the farmers in Eastern Massachusetts are terror-stricken over the army of +them which yearly attacks their crops. + +The history of the introduction of the Gipsy moth into this country is a +somewhat curious one. + +The moth is not a native of this country, but of Germany and Austria, +where vast sums of money have also been spent by the governments in a vain +endeavor to get rid of it. + +In 1869 a French naturalist came over to this country and settled in +Medford, Mass. + +He had brought some Gipsy moth eggs with him from Europe, and intended +making some experiments with them. + +He had the eggs out on his table one morning when he was called away from +his work. He went out of the room, leaving the eggs lying near the window. + +When he returned he found that a puff of wind had blown the whole paper of +eggs out of the window. + +He ran down into the garden and searched everywhere for the lost eggs, but +in their flight through the air they had become scattered, and he was +unable to find them. + +He well knew the dangerous character of the worm which hatches out of +these eggs, and he went all round the village, explaining to every one, +warning every one, and imploring every one to be on the look-out for the +caterpillars when they should appear. + +The inhabitants of Medford thought he was a crazy Frenchman, and took no +notice of his warning. + +It was twenty years after this before the people began to suffer from the +ravages of the caterpillar, though for several years the neighbors of the +old naturalist had been annoyed and puzzled at the way in which their +gardens were eaten up. + +In 1889 the worms became so numerous, and did so much damage, that the +Legislature set aside a sum of money for their destruction, and appointed +a number of scientific men to undertake the work. + +Every spring since then the Gipsy Moth Commission has been at work. + +One summer, policemen were pressed into the service. They were stationed +on all the roads leading out of the infected districts to examine every +vehicle that drove through, to see that none of the caterpillars escaped +into the surrounding country by clinging to the wheels or the body of the +wagon. + +That year there were such myriads of these caterpillars, that they would +fall by hundreds on the vehicles as they drove under the trees. + +The moth policemen were both necessary and useful. + +The Commission starts in, this year, with several new inventions for +destroying both caterpillars and eggs, and hopes to make good progress. + +Thus far Massachusetts has spent nearly $1,000,000 in her effort to rid +herself of the Gipsy moth. + + GENIE H. ROSENFELD. + + + + + +INVENTION AND DISCOVERY. + +[Illustration] + +Summer trips will be more easy to arrange and pack for, if we have such +space-saving inventions as the travelling or military hair-brush, as the +inventor calls it. It is a handleless brush, the back forming a box deep +enough to contain a comb, and provided with a sliding lid which pushes in +or out like the lid of a child's pencil-box. + +[Illustration] + +This invention comes from the ever-inventive West, and consists of a +penholder formed of tightly rolled paper which in some ingenious manner +holds the pen permanently in place. + +At last we seem to have a mucilage brush that is going to answer every +requirement. + +We have had them in plenty with the handles so arranged that the mucilage +would not get on one's fingers, and so that the neck of the bottle would +not get clogged. But so far every invention has fallen short in one very +important particular. The brush has always been left in the mucilage, +where it got hard and stiff and unusable for a time, or had to be lifted +out and put in a fresh compartment, where it again dries and hardens. + +The new brush is so arranged that it does not touch the mucilage, but is +held above it by a spring in the handle. When the gum is to be used, the +top of the handle is pressed, and the brush is forced down into the bottle +until it meets the liquid. + +The moment the finger is taken off the handle, the brush springs back into +place; and when taken out of the bottle it is found to be furnished with a +metal rim which prevents any of the liquid from touching the fingers. + +[Illustration] + +We have chronometers which can register time, and odometers which can +register distance, but there has been the double weight to carry of the +two instruments; and, while every effort is being made to reduce the +weight of the bicycle as much as possible, every ounce or fraction of an +ounce tells. Consequently all cyclists are indebted to the man whose happy +thought it was to combine the two, and who had the skill to do it. An +instrument can now be had which will at one and the same time register +time and distance. + +[Illustration] + +Something new which will surely find favor with bicycle riders is a +simple coupling apparatus by means of which any two safety bicycles may be +converted into a tandem. We see so many bicycle tandems in the parks and +bicycle paths that riders will surely be glad to know that any two people +can have a tandem at a moment's notice, and at the same time, if one +person only wishes to ride, the machines can with equal speed be restored +to their original condition. + + + + +LETTERS FROM OUR YOUNG FRIENDS. + + + DEAR EDITOR: + + I read with the greatest pleasure THE GREAT ROUND WORLD, and + think, if I may express myself so, that it tells all that is + going on in a nutshell. + + We subscribe for your little magazine in our class, and we all + take turns reading it. + + I wish you would inform me the difference between the government + of Russia and that of Turkey. + + Very truly yours, + ROBERTSON P. + NEW YORK, May 7th, 1897. + + +DEAR ROBERTSON: + +Russia is an absolute monarchy, which means a government in which the will +of the monarch is positive law. + +Turkey is a theocratic absolute monarchy, which means something stronger +yet than an absolute monarchy. The Sultan of Turkey is considered the +successor to the Prophet Mohammed, and therefore he is not only the +political but also the religious head of his people. + + EDITOR. + + + DEAR EDITOR: + + I read THE GREAT ROUND WORLD and think it fine. The following + are books I have read and found very interesting: "A Knight of + the White Cross," by Henty. "Boy Explorers," by Prentice. "Jack + Ballister's Fortunes," "Merry Adventures of Robin Hood," both + by Pyle. "Log-Cabin Series," by Edward S. Ellis. "Boris the Bear + Hunter," by Fred Whishaw. + + Did the ten Chinamen who were invited to have their heads + chopped off, escape? + + Wishing great success to THE GREAT ROUND WORLD, + + I remain your faithful reader, + HOWARD B. + NEW YORK CITY, May 2d, 1897. + + +DEAR HOWARD: + +It is too soon to know about the Chinamen yet. They came from San +Francisco to see the Chinese Minister in Washington. There was to be a +change of Chinese Ministers in this country, and it was expected that Mr. +Yang Yu, the gentleman who was leaving this country, would go back to +Peking, and so the See Yups wanted to make him the bearer of their +messages. + +Mr. Yang Yu has, however, been appointed to St. Petersburg, in Russia, and +it is doubtful if he can be of much use to his countrymen, as he may not +go to China for several years. + +It is to be supposed that the Chinamen under sentence of death will have +the sense to remain in this country, where they are safe. EDITOR. + + + DEAR EDITOR: + + I like Cuba. Do you think Cuba is winning, or Spain? I hope Cuba + will win. I am six years old. I like THE GREAT ROUND WORLD. + Please put me in the paper. I think that monster you wrote about + was very nice, but I would not like him to catch me, and I like + the lazy man's stairs. 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