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diff --git a/16025.txt b/16025.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..120e8f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/16025.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1162 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Great Round World and What Is Going On +In It, Vol. 1, No. 47, September 30, 1897, by Various + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 47, September 30, 1897 + A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls + +Author: Various + +Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop + +Release Date: June 8, 2005 [EBook #16025] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GREAT ROUND WORLD AND *** + + + + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team.(www.pgdp.net) + + + + + + + +[Illustration: THE GREAT ROUND +WORLD +AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT.] + + VOL. 1 SEPTEMBER 30, 1897. NO. 47 + +=Copyright, 1897, by THE GREAT ROUND WORLD Publishing Company.= + + + * * * * * + +It is said that the Sultan of Turkey has at last made up his mind to do +something for the Armenians, and has ordered that a commission visit the +villages that have suffered from the massacres, and make a careful note +of the schools, churches, and monasteries which have been destroyed. + +This Royal Commission is composed of two Mussulmans, three Armenians, +and one Greek. + +It is to start immediately, and the Sultan has ordered that a careful +note of all the damage done shall be taken, and a full report rendered +to him. It is his intention to reconstruct every building that has been +destroyed. + +In addition to this, he intends to erect orphan asylums for the children +whose parents were killed during the massacres. + +If this report is really true it will greatly rejoice Europe as well as +the unfortunate people it is intended to benefit, for the impossibility +of making the Sultan do anything for the Armenians has been worrying the +various European governments considerably. + +There is nothing new to tell about the peace negotiations. + +England insists that the Turks shall leave Thessaly, and it seems as if +the other Powers were willing to agree with her. The Sultan has thus far +raised no new objections, and it looks as if peace would be concluded +within a very short time. + + * * * * * + +The Cubans are rejoicing over the news which we have to tell you this +week. + +They have won a great victory which is of the utmost importance to their +cause. + +Under the leadership of Gen. Calixto Garcia, the insurgents have taken +Victoria de las Tunas, a large town in the province of Santiago de Cuba. + +This town was considered one of the great Spanish strongholds in Eastern +Cuba. At the beginning of the present revolution it was freshly +fortified, and at the time of its capture was defended by seven forts, +which were armed with first-class guns. + +It was garrisoned by a force of three hundred soldiers, but after a +fight which lasted three days, the commander surrendered. + +The loss of this town was such a severe blow, that the moment the bad +news reached Spain a Cabinet Council was called, to discuss the +situation. It was decided that the Spanish cause must be upheld at all +hazards, and that fresh troops must immediately be sent to Cuba, to +strike some decisive blow which shall offset the triumph of the Cubans. + +The capture of this town is of great value to the Cubans for several +reasons, one of which is that it breaks the strength of Spain in Eastern +Cuba. + +We have told you before that this part of the island is now known as +Free Cuba, that the insurgent government controls it, and that there are +no Spanish troops marching through it, ravaging it or laying it waste. +What soldiers Spain still keeps in this part of the island are shut up +in a few large and important towns. + +These towns are, however, more of a burden than a profit to the +Government, for the Spaniards dare not venture out into the surrounding +country, the Cubans being too strong for them. + +They are thus practically besieged; their supplies have to be sent to +them from Havana, and they are entirely dependent on the main army for +support. + +For months past the great object of the Cuban troops in Eastern Cuba has +been to waylay the baggage-trains carrying these supplies. Again and +again they have been attacked, the guard slaughtered, and the provisions +captured. The Cubans have begun to boast that such comforts as their +army is now enjoying have been supplied to them through these forays on +the enemy. + +Bayamo, one of the towns that especially depended on the convoys, is in +a state bordering on starvation, as the last three trains sent to her +relief have been captured. + +The Spaniards declare that a force of ten thousand men is necessary to +take provisions to Bayamo in safety. + +But it is not alone the importance of their victory which pleases the +Cubans in the capture of Las Tunas. Their great cause for rejoicing is +that at this battle the Spaniards for the first time accorded them the +rights of belligerents. That is to say, the Spaniards treated them as +soldiers engaged in legitimate warfare, not as brigands and bandits. + +The Spanish commander himself requested that the Cubans should consent +to an exchange of prisoners. + +That you may understand the importance of this request, you must +remember that there are especial rules and laws which govern the conduct +of a war, and from which no nation dares depart, unless it wishes to be +branded as inhuman and savage. + +One of these laws relates to the care of prisoners. Prisoners of war +must not be treated like criminals, for they have done no wrong. The +patriotism that makes a man willing to give his life for his country is +a virtue, not a crime, and therefore prisoners of war must always be +treated as honorable men. Nothing should be done to them but to keep +them in confinement, and prevent them from fighting. + +As every prisoner captured weakens the fighting force of the enemy, all +armies try to take as many captives as they can. During a war it is +customary frequently to exchange prisoners; that is to say, each side +gives back the prisoners they hold, in exchange for their own soldiers +who are held by the other side. + +Brigands, bandits, and rebels are not considered prisoners of war, and +when captured are treated as criminals. + +Up to the time of the capture of Victoria de las Tunas, the Spaniards +utterly refused to exchange prisoners with the Cubans. They have +insisted that the Cubans were rebels, and have shot their captives +without mercy. + +The Cubans have tried in every way to get the Spaniards to treat them +fairly and acknowledge their rights as a nation at war, but have been +unable to do so. + +Now the situation is changed, and Spain has at last acknowledged the +belligerency of Cuba to a certain extent. + +When it was found that Las Tunas could hold out no longer, an unarmed +officer was sent out to parley with the Cubans. He said that the +commander would surrender if the Cuban General would consent to spare +the lives of the garrison, and grant them their liberty in case an +exchange of prisoners could be arranged. + +General Garcia was only too pleased to agree to these terms, and the +forts were delivered over to him. + +Eighty-seven Spaniards were afterward exchanged for an equal number of +Cubans. + +It is thought that the Cubans will endeavor to improve the advantage +they have gained by holding the city of Las Tunas, and establishing +their government there. + +One of the reasons why both Mr. Cleveland and President McKinley have +hesitated to acknowledge the war rights of Cuba was that the Cubans did +not hold one important city in which to establish a government. Their +government was carried on in secret and hidden places, and the army +wandered from camp to camp, without one stronghold to call its own. + +Should the Cubans fortify Las Tunas, all these objections will be +removed, and the United States may be able to grant these brave people +the rights they ask for. + +Once recognized as belligerents, they will be able to buy what they need +in our ports, and fit out a navy to fight Spain. + +The Spaniards are fearful that some such action will be taken. The +Government in Madrid has cabled to Weyler that Las Tunas must be retaken +at any cost. + +An attempt has already been made on the town, but the Spaniards were +routed by the Cubans, who still retain possession of their prize. + +The Spanish prisoners who were exchanged have been put under arrest for +surrendering. They will be court-martialled, that is to say, tried by +military court, and called upon to explain why they gave up the town. + +From the Cuban accounts that have reached us, it seems that they +attribute the victory to the fine work done by a new artillery corps +which General Garcia has just organized. An artillery corps is made up +of a number of cannon, each having its regular number of gunners to +serve it. The artillery is a very valuable assistance in all warfare. + +The new corps of gunners had only lately landed on Cuban soil. It +consists mainly of American sympathizers with the Cuban cause. The guns +they serve are two heavy cannon, six rapid-firing guns, and one +dynamite-gun. + +The Cubans declare that as soon as the dynamite-gun went into action the +victory was assured. + +On the other hand, the Spanish claim that the loss of the city was due +to the poor communication kept up on their side between the posts. + +For more than two weeks before the attack on the city, the commander at +Las Tunas had been aware that the Cubans were advancing, and +contemplated an assault on it. + +He therefore used the heliograph, and with it flashed the news to the +Spanish stations on the Canto River, asking that reinforcements be sent +him. He was surprised to receive no answer, and again and again the +mirrors flashed his message across the hills. No response was received. + +For some unknown reason the commander did not send out scouts and +messengers to find out why his despatches were left unanswered. Not +receiving any response to his messages, it is strange that he did not +send scouts to find out the reason; but the idea does not seem to have +occurred to him that the stations on the Canto River had been captured +or abandoned. + +He throws the whole blame of the disaster on the river stations, and +declares that if they had only answered his appeal, Las Tunas might have +been saved. + +As a matter of fact, the insurgents had been so active in the +neighborhood of the Canto River that the garrisons had all been +abandoned, and the messages from Las Tunas were never received. + +The fall of Las Tunas has made the fate of Holguin, Bayamo, and Jiguani +very uncertain. These are other towns which Spain still holds in "Free +Cuba." The Spaniards fear that they too will soon fall into the hands of +the insurgents. It is rumored that Garcia has already sent an expedition +against Holguin. + +Reports have reached us that a president has been elected for Cuba. The +reports, however, do not agree, and it is therefore impossible to make +any decided statement about the matter. + +One telegram states that General Bartolome Maso has been elected, while +another, on equally good authority, says that the new Cuban president is +Senor Domingo Mendez Capote. Senor Capote is a young lawyer, and while a +bright and clever man, was not thought of as a possible candidate for +the office. His election, if it is confirmed, will be a great surprise. + +The only information which we get reaches us through Havana. It had been +arranged that couriers should carry the news of the election to the West +as soon as the result was known. No courier has, however, arrived in +Havana. Such information as we have received has been sent through +channels that may not be reliable. + +General Lee has been interviewed in regard to the state of affairs in +Cuba. + +He gives a very sad picture of the once prosperous island. He says that +there is no business doing but that which deals with the actual daily +needs. No crops are being raised, except those that are required to +supply food, and even these are maintained under difficulties, for the +Spaniards destroy when they can all the crops the Cubans try to raise, +and the Cubans try to do the same toward the Spanish. Between the two +the island is being laid waste. + +General Lee also says that he has distributed about $15,000 of the +$50,000 appropriated by Congress for the relief of the sufferers. He +says that there are very few native-born Americans among those who +apply to him for help. They are mostly Cubans who have come to America +and become naturalized. + +Considerable anxiety is being felt on the score of General Woodford's +mission. + +He has been presented to the Queen Regent, and we must now wait +patiently to know how the Spanish Government will receive the message +which he bears from our President. + +There are new rumors of a Carlist rising. + +It is stated that Don Carlos and his advisers are still waiting for a +favorable opportunity to come forward and press their claims. + +Don Carlos is still afraid of prejudicing the people against him by +coming forward and trying to seize the throne at a moment when the +country is in so much trouble. He is hoping that the new leaders of the +Government will make some mistake which will render it possible for him +to come forward and declare himself the only person who can save the +country. + +It is stated on most reliable authority that the Carlists have secretly +established an elaborate military organization. They have, so it is +said, made lists of all the men who are willing to fight for Don Carlos, +and have arranged and mustered them in troops and companies, posting +each man as to his place and duties. When the time comes that the +Carlists unfurl their standard and revolt against the Government of +Spain, they expect, by these means, to have a well-drilled army to back +up the claims of the Pretender. + +Arrangements have been made for the Carlist leaders to meet at Lucerne +in Switzerland. They are to discuss the situation. Many of them think +that they have been passive long enough, and that it is now high time +that a decided attempt should be made to secure the crown for their +candidate. + + * * * * * + +A flutter of excitement was caused in this country the other day by the +news that a Spanish officer had been inspecting our Southern coast +defences, and had made sketches of some of them to send to Madrid. + +Our Government ordered the matter investigated, and it was found that +the man who had apparently been spying on our forts was a lieutenant in +the Spanish navy named Sobrai. He is known to us as being the author of +certain letters, calling attention to the weakness of our coast +defences. + +On his arrival in Charleston, Senor Sobrai chartered a boat and went +over to Sullivan's Island, where the new forts are being constructed, +and spent the day examining them. + +He was not admitted inside the works, and could only make his +observations from the outside. A new regulation has lately been made by +the War Department, forbidding any persons to inspect the new defences, +except American army and navy officers. + +When Lieutenant Sobrai heard of the accusation against him, he protested +against it vigorously. He said that he had not made the slightest effort +to inspect any of our Southern forts or coast defences. + +He declared that he had been in the South on a confidential mission from +his Government, and that his visit to Sullivan's Island was merely to +escape the intolerable heat of the city. + +Whether his statement be true or false, the scare which he caused will +have the good effect of making our Government still more careful about +admitting strangers to our forts. + + * * * * * + +The reports from India are not as encouraging as they were last week. + +There seems to have been small foundation for the statement that the +Mullah had ordered his followers to go back to their homes, and had +disbanded his forces because of the refusal of the Mohmands to join him. + +It is true that the Mohmands have not risen, and that the British have +little or no fear that they mean to make trouble; but the Afridis are +just as troublesome as ever. + +They have now been joined by a new tribe called the Orakzais. If these +people are as terrible as their name, they must be an unpleasant enemy. + +The news comes from the hills that these two tribes now represent a +force of forty-seven thousand men, and that they are advancing on the +Samana Hills, where the British have a number of small forts. + +The tribesmen apparently intend to attack and demolish these forts. + +Some brave fighting is being done in these hills. One of the forts was +attacked by a body of Orakzais, one thousand strong. Its garrison +consisted of twenty native soldiers, who defended themselves with +wonderful heroism for a period of six hours. + +One of these men whose duty it was to signal to the other forts remained +at his post until the fort was captured. In spite of the bullets that +were whistling around him, he continued sending his messages of warning +until he was overcome by the enemy. + +Another had been told off to defend the guard-room of the fort. He +remained at his post, killing twenty of the enemy before he was shot +down himself. + +Of the whole garrison, but one man remained alive when the assault was +over. + +These heroes were not white men, but native subjects of Queen Victoria. +They belonged to a people called the Sikhs, natives of the Punjaub, a +northern province of Hindustan. + +With such brave men as these loyal to their standard, the British should +take heart about their future in India. + +The expedition which is to be sent out to punish the rebellious tribes +is being hurried forward with all possible speed. + +The Ameer of Afghanistan has, it is said, become seriously alarmed over +the advance of the British troops to the frontier. He is persuaded that +England intends to invade Afghanistan, and take his country away from +him. + +The Government in India has sent him word that though they are obliged +to send troops across his frontier, in order to accomplish their +purposes, their object is solely to punish the mad priest, or Haddah +Mullah, and his followers. They assure the Ameer that no harm is +intended to him or his loyal subjects, but declare that all the tribes +who endeavor to oppose their advance or harass the English troops will +be included in the severe punishment which the British intend to mete +out to their enemies. + +On hearing this, the Ameer sent a letter to the Mullah, ordering him to +cease from inciting the Afridis to revolt. + +In spite of this the British Government continues to be very suspicious +of the honesty of the Ameer. + +Word has been sent to him from the Government that no war material or +machinery for manufacturing it will be allowed to cross the frontier +into Afghanistan until the present troubles are over, and the tribes at +peace. + + * * * * * + +Some time ago we talked to you about the Ex-Empress Charlotte of Mexico, +widow of the Emperor Maximilian who was shot by the Mexicans. + +The Empress, as you doubtless remember, went out of her mind from the +troubles of her short reign in Mexico. + +We told you that after thirty years of insanity the poor lady had given +signs of returning reason, and that the doctors thought a visit to +Mexico might entirely restore her. + +Preparations were being made for the visit, which was to take place as +soon as the doctors thought it safe. All plans have now, however, had to +be abandoned, for the Empress Charlotte has become so alarmingly ill +that her life is despaired of, and the news of her death is hourly +expected. + +Ever since her affliction she has been leading a quiet life at the +Palace of Larken, near Brussels. + +Her insanity has never assumed a violent or unmanageable character, and +her sweet and gentle nature has endeared the unhappy lady to all her +attendants. + +Her mania lay chiefly in a belief that her husband Maximilian was alive, +and she spent her days in hourly expectation of his arrival. She +appeared to have forgotten all the troubles which had unbalanced her +mind, and to be unaware of the cruel death which he had suffered. + +The Palace of Larken, where the ex-Empress passed her life, is +beautifully situated in a large park. The gentle Princess would wander +over the estate, interesting herself in all the various phases of a +country life. + +It is said that her one pleasure was her dairy. The King of the +Belgians, who endeavored to gratify every wish that she expressed, sent +a very fine herd of cows to Larken, and the ex-Empress established a +model dairy farm, from which she derived much pleasure. + + * * * * * + +Another traveller has reached the summit of the Enchanted Mesa. + +We told you how Professor Libbey, of Princeton, had successfully scaled +the bluff, and had reported that there were no traces of human life on +the Mesa-top. + +It seems that the scientists were not altogether satisfied with this +decision. + +It has been the experience of all men who have had any dealings with the +red Indians that, no matter how vague and strange their legends may be, +they are always founded on fact. Every tribe has an abundance of +legends, and it has been found that there is always a leaven of truth in +them. + +The story of the Enchanted Mesa,--how the roadway which led up to the +village on its summit was destroyed in a great storm, and how the people +left on the top were starved to death because they could not get +down,--exists in one form or another among all the tribes in the +vicinity, and therefore several men who are versed in Indian lore have +refused to believe Professor Libbey's assertion that there were no +traces of life to be found on the Mesa's top. + +A representative of the Smithsonian Institution, Mr. F.W. Hodge, has +just returned from an expedition to the Enchanted Mesa, and his account +is utterly at variance with that of the Professor. + +Mr. Hodge ascended the Butte by means of an extension ladder, and once +on top proceeded to investigate in a much more thorough and leisurely +manner than Professor Libbey had attempted to do. + +After a long and careful search, which convinced him that people had +once dwelt on this mound, Mr. Hodge began to dig at various points where +he thought he had a chance of making a find. + +His perseverance was soon rewarded. After a few hours' labor he found +two stone axes, a broken fragment of a shell bracelet, a stone +arrow-point, and several fragments of pottery. + +This proves conclusively that there have been dwellers on the Mesa-top, +and it seems a pity that after all his trouble the Professor was not +rewarded by some such find. + +Mr. Hodge says that Professor Libbey could not have attempted to dig, +but must have expected to find the traces he was in search of lying +exposed on the surface. + +By Mr. Hodge's measurement, the Mesa is 431 feet at its highest point, +and 224 feet at its lowest. + +He thinks there is not a shadow of doubt that it was once occupied by +Indians, and suggests that an expedition be sent out prepared to encamp +on the Mesa, and examine it much more thoroughly than he was able to do. + + * * * * * + +The committee appointed to look into the possibility of establishing a +government factory for the manufacture of armor-plate has reported that +it will cost about three million dollars. + +The committee was also instructed to look about for a desirable site on +which to build the works. This raised the hopes of the towns within the +iron districts. Delegates from several States have appeared before the +board to extol the desirability of their various townships. As yet, +however, it is not decided whether the Government will build the works +at all, and so the matter of place has not been taken into serious +consideration. + +It was supposed that the Bethlehem Iron Works and perhaps the Carnegie +works might make some offer to the Government by which the works could +be under the control of the Government, or the armor could be made at +the price the Government offers ($300 per ton). No offer has as yet been +made. + +A suggestion has, however, come from a man who thoroughly understands +the manufacture of armor-plate. + +He says that by the use of a new process of making steel the plate can +be turned out at a much less cost, and with half the waste that there is +in the present method of making it. The plant to make this new-process +steel can be built for half the money required for the old-style plant, +and moreover the armor-plate can be turned out in a much shorter time. + +By the use of this process he asserts that the finest armor-plate can be +made at a cost of $150 per ton, and at that price there would be a +margin of $50 profit. + +The armor factory board has written to him, telling him that they will +be ready to consider any proposals from him in a few days, and will +inquire into his process. + +The manufacturer says that if the Government does not take kindly to his +plan, he will start his own factory, and make armor-plate at $150 per +ton. + +There is little fear that the article which this Mr. Carpenter offers is +of an inferior character, for all armor-plate is carefully tested before +it is accepted. + + * * * * * + +The people who have gone to the Klondike gold hunting have found out for +themselves the truth of the saying that "all is not gold that glitters." + +Day after day news reaches us of the trials and struggles, the hunger +and hardships, of those who have hurried off in this mad rush after +wealth. + +Only a day or two ago a carrier-pigeon reached its home in Portland, +Oregon, bearing a message from a party of young men who had set out from +that city to seek their fortunes. + +Wishing to be able to tell their friends of their safe arrival, the +young men took several carrier-pigeons with them. This bird is the first +that has arrived. The message it brought was by no means a cheerful one. + +When the slip of paper tied to its leg was unwound it was found to +contain these words: "We are all well and in good spirits, but tell +every one you know not to come up here this winter." + +It was written on the summit of Chilkoot Pass, and dated August 25th. +The pigeon had flown a distance of 1,071 miles to bear this message, and +was completely worn out when it reached its home, refusing food, and +declining to enter the dovecote for some hours. + +The scarcity of food is already being felt. Some of the old miners are +frightened, and are coming out of the district before it is shut in with +snow. + +Hundreds of men are, however, pouring in from all directions, and +shameful stories are reaching us of the wild and lawless deeds that are +being done. + +A returning messenger brought word that a party of men who had for some +reason been separated from their comrades blockaded a mountain pass, and +having barred it up with trees and rocks, guarded it with firearms, +refusing to allow any one to pass until their friends came up with them. + +So lawless did they become that they threatened to shoot the first man +who ventured to approach the barrier. + +Party after party arrived at the pass, until finally there was a crowd +of two thousand people waiting in the narrow gorge to be allowed to pass +the barrier. + +This state of affairs continued for several days, until a party of men, +more resolute than the rest, pushed their way to the front, made a rush +for the barrier, and overcame the resistance. + +The waiting crowds promptly pushed aside the barricade, and began to +file through the narrow pass; but so eager was each man to be first into +the land of gold that the travellers pushed each other aside, knocked +their fellows down, and trampled them under foot till the pass looked +like a battlefield. + +It is strange how men lose all sense of humanity when they are thirsting +for gold. The stories of jealousy, hatred, robbery, and murder which +have followed the rush for riches into the Klondike are a repetition of +the lawless doings of '49 in California. + +The question of providing food for these eager hordes has been +considered by the President and his Cabinet during the past week. + +It has been decided to send two detachments of troops to Alaska, to +preserve order and carry supplies to those who are in need of them. + +As it will be necessary to send the supplies before Congress can meet +and make an appropriation for it, General Alger, the Secretary of War, +has agreed to purchase the provisions at his own expense, and trust to +Congress to pay him back. + + * * * * * + +A report is current in London that a great honor has been conferred on +Sir Julian Pauncefote, the English Ambassador at Washington. + +The term for which he was appointed ends next year, in 1898, but it is +said that in consideration of the good service he has done, Lord +Salisbury has obtained permission of the Queen to keep Sir Julian in +office for another year. + +The rumor that a new arbitration treaty is to be prepared is again being +circulated. + +We told you some time ago that it was likely that another treaty would +be arranged for, and it is now said that Sir Julian Pauncefote is to be +kept in office that he may have ample time to arrange the details of a +new agreement which shall be favorably received by both countries. + +It is said that when he returns to Washington this winter he will bring +with him full instructions to guide him in this difficult matter. + + * * * * * + +The next mail from Hawaii is being most anxiously waited for. It is +expected that it will bring word what action the Hawaiian Congress has +taken in regard to the annexation treaty. + +The Legislature of the islands was called to assemble on September 8th, +and the first matter to be brought before the law-makers was to be that +of annexation. + +While the United States have been invited by the Hawaiian Government to +annex the islands, the voice of the people has not yet been heard. The +decision of the Congress of the Sandwich Islands will therefore be +eagerly looked for. + +Some members of our Senate are of the opinion that the people of the +islands are not really desirous of being annexed to the United States +but if the representatives of the people vote for the measure, it will +remove all such doubts from their minds, and greatly help the matter in +its journey through our Legislature. + +Mr. Thurston, the Hawaiian Minister to the United States, asserts +positively that the Congress will decide for annexation. + +He says that just before the Legislature in Honolulu adjourned, a joint +resolution was offered, declaring that the interests of Hawaii demanded +that she should be joined to the United States. + +This resolution was adopted unanimously, and as there have been no +changes in the Hawaiian Senate since the adjournment, he thinks it +absolutely sure that the members voted in favor of annexation. + + * * * * * + +One of the inhabitants of Milledgeville, Kentucky, has a very +interesting relic of the early days of our country. + +It is an old flint-lock rifle which once belonged to Daniel Boone, the +famous pioneer, who opened up Kentucky for us. + +It is asserted that this rifle belonged to Boone when he went to +Kentucky in May, 1769, and the history of the rifle can be so clearly +traced back to its first owner that there seems to be little doubt of +the truth of the story. + +The barrel of the gun measures four feet one inch, and the entire gun +six feet two inches. + +The story goes that it was with this gun that Boone helped to kill the +2,300 deer whose skins were hidden in the mountains of Kentucky, while +the pioneers went back to Virginia for more ammunition and supplies. + +When the men returned a few months later, they found that the Indians +had stolen and destroyed the entire lot of skins. + +The present owner of the gun has had it for fifty years. + + * * * * * + +A new bullet-proof cloth has been invented by a priest of Chicago, +Father Casimir Zeglen. + +Father Casimir is a man of peace, who takes but little interest in +implements of warfare, and this great discovery was made by chance. The +discovery once made, he determined to bring his invention to the highest +state of perfection, hoping that through it he might lessen the horrors +of war, and save many innocent lives that are now sacrificed for the +honor of a country. + +The cloth is intended to be used as a padding or interlining for the +soldiers' uniforms, and its inventor hopes to make the cloth so thin and +flexible that it can be worn without inconvenience. + +It has already been tested, and the results were highly satisfactory. + +The test was made at Fort Sheridan, near Chicago, and it was decided to +use the Krag-Jorgensen gun against it. + +The inch steel bullet thrown by this rifle has, it is said, been known +to pierce through armor-plate. It has made its way through twenty inches +of packed sand, pierced twenty-two inches of oak timber, and fired from +a distance of six hundred yards it will pass through five feet of earth. + +The cloth stood the test of these terrible bullets wonderfully well. +Five thicknesses of the material were used for the test, all the pieces +being exactly the same size, and laid together in one compact pad. + +The first shot was made at a distance of four hundred yards. It was +found that the bullet had pierced through the first thickness of the +cloth, but had become flattened out against the rest. + +When the bullet was removed from the cloth it was said to have looked +like a mushroom, the end that had first touched the cloth being +flattened. + +The experiments were continued at shorter and shorter range, but the +cloth was never quite pierced through. + +The military men who witnessed the trial were amazed at the results. + +Colonel Hall, who conducted the experiments, said that he thought that +the cloth might perhaps be penetrated at a distance of fifty yards, but +even so, there was no doubt that it would afford immense protection for +soldiers engaged in actual warfare. + +The material of which the cloth is made is a secret. Father Casimir will +only say that it is made of silk. He keeps it so closely covered that no +one has had an opportunity of examining it. + +He evidently has the most absolute faith in the qualities of his +invention, for he is anxious that the authorities of Governor's Island, +New York, shall make a test of his invention, and offers, to envelope +himself in the cloth and let the soldiers fire at him. + +He wishes to sail for Europe and give exhibitions of his invention in +various cities. + +If the Governor's Island test takes place, regular army rifles are to be +used, and the only precaution the priest will consent to is, that the +soldiers shall first fire at an animal, enveloped in the bullet-proof +cloth. When it is found that the creature escapes unhurt, the priest +insists that he shall be allowed to become the target. + + G.H. 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