THE SCHANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 189T. ncvc JD II iiji- ji i OPPRES g Facts About an Grand Old Mai of Crete, A Greek mail steamer piles weekly , liotween Piraeus, the seaport of Allien'?, , and tho Island of Cietc, and trnvoleis i who miss it and who do not caro to I wait a week longer usually take pass- age on one of the manv small Greek ( freighters. These frelghtura touch llrst at tho Island of Syra, the ancient Ilcr mopolls and the residence of the gover nor of Cyclades Islands. After a day In port there they proceed to Crete, touching at the Islands of Naxos, rv.ru3 nnd Slphnos, the whole trip lasting three and one-half days. The harbor of Canea, tho destination of the vessels, Is protec ted by a well preserved forties.-., one slili of which extends down to tho edge of the water. Tho eastern side of the fort Is about 1.G00 feet long, the southern bide 2,400 and the western side l.fuO. These walls are protected by four ramparts, two of which face the valley anJ the other two tho sea, and the whole Is surrounded by h deep und wide ditch. The northern sldo of the city Is built down to the harbor, which Is partly protected by a uhaln of rocks hardly visible above water. L'pon these rocks Is a wall 1.130 feet long. In the middle of which Is n strong rampurt. At the eastern end of this wall Is a tower with a lighthouse, tho light being visible twelve miles nway. At the western end there Is a fortress wlt.t a few old fashioned guns. Although the harbor of Canen Is larger than that of Candla or Itetlmo, It is very shallow and can accommodate only pmnll vessels. Large ships usually an chor In the bay of Souda, which Is di vided into upper and lower bays. THE lIAKBOIt OP SOUDA. Tho harbor of Souila Is, strictly de fined, tho upper bay, being five miles long and one and tin et-fourths miles wide, with a depth of 430 feet. On a small Island at the entianc-e of the har bor Is a fortiess with twelve Krupp guns. On the southern s-hore of the harbor Is the Mediterranean navy yaid of Turkey. It Is In this harbor that most of the European men-of-war sent to Crete And safe and comfortable an chorage. The city of Canca, being the seat of the governor geneial, has clean streets, fine houses and some public buildings of considerable pretensions, such as the governor's headquarters and the court house, both of which ate of modern construction. The military hospital, two armories and the health ofllce aiso are lino .structure. Tho population of the city Is estimated at 14.010, of whom 4.750 uto Greeks and 0,500 Turks, 1C0 Israelites and 200 Itoman Catholics. Nearly every European government Is represented by either a consul of a consular agent. Most of these repre sentatives live In the small town of Halepa, about half an hours' walk from Canea. " ' " ' " Halepa became quite famous on ac count of the well known treaty of 1878 that was signed there "by tho Cretan plenipotentiaries and the sultan's en voys. On lofty ground, covered with olive, pomegranate and almond trees, commanding an excellent view of Hal epa and tho country around It, thero stands the famous Ottoman tower of Halepa, built by the Janizaries. It is well foi tilled and has been a refuge for Turkish families in revolutionary times. TURKISH QUARTERS. The Turkish quarters of Canea are around tlu Spanlza squute. It was un der a plane tree In tho square that the members of the Turkish committee usually met to discuss matters with the Turkish authorities during the last rev olution. It was impossible for a Chris tian to pass through the square without being attacked by the Mussulmans. It is here also that the Mohammedan fam ilies gather in the evening for recrea tlon: they sit on wooden benches und listen to the music of th'.- Arab music Jans of Canea. Until a few days ago the population of the island of Crete was a matter ot conjecture, The most Uuthworthy cen sus on the island was taken In 1SS1, by order of Governor Photlades. and Is re garded by competent authorities, both Christian and Mohammedan, as fairly honest. It gave a total population of 270,165. Of these 205,010 wt re orthodox Greeks, 73,234 Mohammedans, 253 Ro man Catholics, 8 Armenians. C17 Israol ities, and 13 Protestants. Nearly all the Inhabitants speak Greek. Even tho Mohammedan priests and teacher use the Greek lunguage in explaining the Koran or the Turkish le&sons to their pupils, Desldeii Canea there aro two other cities of pome Impoitance in Crete, namely. Candla, Inhabited by 13,000 Turks ai.d C.OOO Greeks, and Ketlmo, with n population of 0,321 Turks and 1,320 Greeks. Roth cities He on the northern shgro of the Island, and they are only a shoit distance apart. THE WHTTH MOUNTAINS. Not far from Retlmo is a range of hills, known as tho White mountains, with extensive table land at each end, which are places of refuge during i evo lutions for the Christian families. The mountains aro coveted with plne.chest nut and cedar tree, and abound in springs of excellent water. On the southern coast ot Crete there are few settlements of any Importance. The only noteworthy spot Is the harbor of Fair Havens, mentioned In the Acts of thu Apostles, chapter 27, verse 8, In which tho vessel carrying St. Paul to Malta found refuge. Vessels today usually seek refugp In the same port In had weather. There aro but a few email houses at Fair Havens, and thesi are occupied by Turkish olliclals sta tioned there to report to the Aga of l"eakl, tho chief village of the district, the parsing of vessels. These olliclals have little to do. On the east side of tho bay there nre the ruins of an old Greek chapel dedicated to St. Paul: legend haH It that the chapel was built on the spot on wn'.c'i the npostlo stood when ho preached to tho natives of Crete. A HBAM'HY PLACE. No island has a healthier or moio agreeable cllmato than has Crete. In the hottest days of Mimmer refreshing sea breezes are beldcm lacking, and winter, which begins In December, ends obout the latter part of January. Tho rainy season often continues until late Jn April, but It very seldom rains in tho Mimmnr. A chain of mountains divides thfl Is land Into what are called the northern and southern slopes. One-third of ths island consists of rocky slopes; an other third has a fairly good soil, which 11 11 JC Island tbat Now Is tie 's remains uncultivated for want of farm hands, nnd the other third Is cultivated only rudely for the same reason. Tho cultivation of fruit remains as It was centuries ago, Tho wnnt of progress Is owing to the repeated acta of Injustice committed against the Christian far mers by the Turkish tax gatherers. Olives and their oil are tho Btnple pro duct of Crete. Valleys from one end GENERAL Dashing Greek New York, April 23. General Smolentz's brilliant victory of yesterday over tho Turkish forces near Reveal Is tegarded as the first Jewel In the crown of the former Gieclan minister of war. Smolentz Jurt missed capturing IMhem I'asha, comman der of the Turks on the frontier, and pushed him in IllRht toward Damasi. Tho dashing Greek has been promoted from his late colonelcy, and is now a full-Hedge I commander, who has had good experience In battle. When he leccntly deserted his portfolio for the Held he was placed in tho command of 14,00) koIJIpis at Revenl, which Is near the strategic city of Iirii"sa. Kdham had moved forward toward that of tho Island to the other are covered with olive trees. Next to the olive In dustry conies that of the vines pro ducing many varieties of grapes, rais ins and wine. Orchards of orange, lem on, citron and almond trees abound In the vallevs, while chestnut and fig trees are found at tho base of the moun tains. A peculiarity of all Cretan pro ducts Is their cxpulslte flavor, which they retain long after they ure gath ered and shipped. It Is the opinion of the best Informed Cretan merchants that, with proper facilities for trans portation of products to the seapoits nnd a guarantee against misrule and arbitrary taxation, Crete could provide all Europe with oil and fruits of several kinds. NUMEROUS REVOLUTIONS. Like Cuba, Crete has always found her curse in tho beauties with which nature has endowed her. Since the Island was left by the Venetians to tho Turks In 1715 no fewer than nine revo lutions have taken place among its peo ple. Each time the revolt was precipi tated by Turkish tyranny. The most remarkable feature of nil these revolu tions Is that In no Instance have the Cretans been forced by defeat to lay down their arms. Their disarming has been due always to the Intervention of some "friendly power" which wished to give an opportunity to the Turkish government to Introduce reforms. Whoever hns lived In Turkey has his opinion ns to the good faith of Turkey In promising reforms, especially when they aro exacted by the threat of dem olition of the ottoman dynasty in Eu lcpe. But for "friendly" foreign In tervention Crete would have secured her Independence long ago. Russian diplomacy frustrated the hopes and as pirations of the Cretans In last vear's revolution, and, despite the role she Is now playing with tho other European cowers,, as If to force the sultan to carry out the long promised reforms among the Christians In his domin ions, she Is the one country dlrettjns the sultan's policy In the east. There Is not a Cretan of any prominence on tho Island who has the least faith in the professions of the porte as to car rying out any reforms. OLD COSTO VELOUDAKES. At present there is not a man more trusted by the Cretans than the grand old man of Crete, old Costa Veloudakes, the permanent president of the revolu tionary assembly and a scion of one of the oldest families of the Island, He has Just celebrated his ninety-fifth birthday. He has taken part in every revolution on the Island during his time. In tho eight-year revolution of 1S21 he was at the head ot a strong Cretan force, having distinguished himself by liberating sixty-eight Cretan women held In bonduge in a Turkish fortress. Ho is a man of few words, but when ever ho speaks his utterances carry great weight. His courago is prover bial. In the battle of the Fountains In 1SC6 he. was lighting beside his two sons whin a bullet killed one of them. With out flinching ho gave orders to carry the dead from the battlefield j he con tinued fighting until the enemy was re pulsed. In 1S78 ho was proclaimed com-mandcr-ln-chlcf of all tho revolutionary torc-iiB on tho Island, and was subse quently selected with two other Cretans to proceed to the German capital during the drawing of tho Berlin treaty to lay before the representatives of tho pow ers the claims of the Cretans. To give ovldenco ot the low esteem In which Turkish promises are held by tho Cretans it Is necssary only to quote the remarks recently mado by one of the most conservative members of the Cretan revolutionary committee. Turkish finnans." ho said, "granting .reforms ic-mlnds mo ot tho story of the schoolboy taught In mischief by his teacher, and then resorting to all sorts ot excuses and promises of better con duct so as to cscapo punishment. So It flit -mj-p in with tho sultanonrl hl firmans Rrant hiB prlvllcRPB to tho Christians of Crete! you may always look for thorn when ever Home high-handed rascality has heen committed ly his people and tho foreign Kovcrnments look Bternly at lilm. It Ih needless to say that the ex citement cinco over you need not look for the fulfillment of his promises." Public opinion among the Cretans Is advoiso to the acceptance of any re foims. The prevallltiK opinion at tho mectlnga of the Cretans Is that they should fljjht until the union of Crete with Greece is accomplished. MR. BUSTEBD REPLIES. OIIcm Some Objections to Our Edi torial ol Licit Saturday. lMltor of Tlio Tribune. Sir: While I highly appreciate your courtesy In granting mc so much space In your valued newspaper last Satur day, nnd extend to you my thanks therefor, yet 1 cannot conscientiously permit your very spirited nnd antag onistic editorial upon It to pass un challenged nnd undented on account SMOLENTZ, Military Chieftain. ancient town in the hopes of taking It, nnd ultimately taking it, nnd ultimately press ins on to Athens, hut he was most disas trously checked by Smolentz, The new general in his Ilfrhtlng showed, that the lessons ho learned In the military schools of lluropo were not thrown away. He is u native Greek, and is Just 43 years old. Ho spent his youth In the schools of Athens, and then went aboard to llnlsh his educa tion in the great schools of middle Europe. While away from home ho studied interna, tlnoal law, and on his return entered the Greek army, wher he served as a captain of artillery. He was then promoted to be a colonel, and afterwanl mado minister of war In Premier Delyannis' cabinet. of some Inaccuracies as to facts there in contained. In the llrst place you fall to romem-" ber what is stated In the article, that It was wiltten tour years ago, at which time Mr, Stevens was very much alive and most actively employed in his con spiracy with his coadjutors. Again, you comment that I "omit to discuss well authenticated reports of the ex queen's personal unfitness to reign over an Intelligent people and yet accept as tiuo all the hearsay gossip to the detri ment of Minister Stevens." If it is a question of the morals of courts, I respectfully refer you to the court of Great Britain, of Austria, and in fact any court in Europe, and It Is my Arm belief that tho court of Queen Llliuoknlani will bear very favorable comparison. As to taking hearsay gos sip about Conspirator Stevens, you overlook that I allege In my article that I refer to stat papers on file In Washington. I fall to appteclato the following sen tence: "Our correspondent forgets that higher than the right of accidental Inheritance Is tho right of acquisition, the light of conquest, the inevitable and divinely appointed survival of the fit test." I believe In the survival of the Attest. I believe in the right of honor able acquisition; but It must not be by chicanery, fraud or deceit. I deny that there Is any such thing as a right ot conquest. Such a proposition, coming from a civilized community, leturns you to that savage condition which you say my article would return us to, where might made right.. You refer to "the right of to responsible- inhabitants of Hawaii to estab lish a government In accordance with their own ideas." Of course you allude to the present usurp ers and rebels, some of whom were members, of Queen Lllluo kalanl's government at tho tlW they entered Into tho conspiracy, all known a3 missionary children. I paid my re spects to thorn in the article- itself. What is right and what Is wrong Is entirely a question of geography, be ing altered and reversed according to the points of the compass. Civilization, as we, the puny little minority of tho Inhabitants of thi? world, choose to call it, we self con stituted censors who claim that every one that disagrees with us is wrong has instituted n social fabric which de mands us to not only suppress, hut to actually deny possessing every nat ural disposition that was born in us; nnd has Incited the crime of hypocrisy and untruth. I think the les3 said, about the native Indian to which you refer and our treatment of him, the better. You re member the famous answer made in re lation to a question of how tho nborlg lnics were- converted: "Bibles and Bul lets." Very respectfully, Richard Buslced, Jr. Scranton, April 23. m Spurgcon's Stories. Where did Spurgeon get all the good stories with which his writings and speeches were Illustrated? asks an ex change. Tho Rev, William Denton tells how many years ago ho used to meet a gentleman at tho British museum searching diligently folios of the fathers and other ancient books. "May I ask you," said Mr. Denton one day, "what work you are engaged in bringing out?" "I?" was the reply; "don't you know who I am? I nm Spurgeon's man en gaged In looking out stories for him in books not generally read or familiar to tho public." Aot Vet. Caddlngton That's a lino Job of yours up on the court house, McManus (the contractor, proudly) It Vj fhotl CScdiUngton Is tho plumbing exposed? McMunus (In hoarso whisper) S-s-s-sh I Not yet; an' OI've hopes th' Investlgatln' committee can bo shtecred off Rl-Puck. TRADE CHANCES IN TURKEY AND GREECE American Commcrclnl Interests Not Much Affected by the War. OUR TRADE THERE IN THE PAST It Ilns Itccn Slight, According to Consular Reports, but din lie Un proved If Intelligent Study lie Given to the .Markets ol the Two Countries Now at Uncli Other's Thronts. Special to Th5 Scranton Tribune. Washington, April 23. The effect of the wnr between Turkey and Grtcce will probably be felt less in the United States, In a commercial way, then In any other country. Our export trade with both ot these countries is com paratively small; In fact, almost Insig nificant. A report from Consul Short, ot Constantinople, dated Oct. 2(5, ISflG supplies the following data ns to In dustrial and trade conditions in Tur key: The Industries In the Turkish Em pire are on the decrease, owing chief ly to the lack of native capital and enterprise, foreign cnpltal being kept away by unsettled political condition. A few factories exist In Constanti nople, viz, factories for cotton cloth, for felt hats and caps, and for boots and shoes, all owned by tho govern ment. Factories belonging to private Individuals, under limited and priv ileged concessions, nre: Ice factory gloss factory, brewery, paper .mills, cottoni yarn factory, and a tobacco factoiy, the latter being administered by the Ottoman Tobacco Monopoly company. There are also seveial Hour mills and tanneries. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. The late of . duty on Imports Is 8 per cent, ad valorem, and 1 per cent, ad valorem on exports. The only of ficial statistics on the Imports and ex ports at Constantinople are published by the Turkish custom-house and cov er tho period of tho Turkish financial year, ended on March 12. The last statistics published are for tho year ended March 12, 1S03. It Is Impossi ble, says Mr. Short, to obtain any general statistics from any unolllclal source. A marked decrease both In imports and exports is observed since lust year, and this decrease Is contin uous, owing to tho anomalous condi tion of affairs in Asiatic Turkey and to tho recent disturbances in Constan tinople. There are no changes In currency nor in the United States gold value of the monetary unit. The rate of ex change has Increased about 2 per cent. The actual amount of currency In cir culation is not known. There are no mniked changes In the prlco of commodities, the rates con tinuing almost the same. The only marked rise has been In the grain market, the pi Ice of wheat having gone up 60 per cent. The price of bread has gone up 25 per cent. TAXES. There are no new municipal taxes, octroi duties, etc., which bear upon American trade. The only octroi duties which affect American goods are thosv paid for storage, which petroleum is obliged to pay. The stores were built several years ago on the banks of the upper Bosphorus, and all petro leum merchants arc required to keep their petroleum there and bring it to town in Iron boats or tanks construct ed for this purpose. Only a small quantity Is allowed to be stored In the stores In the capital. The duty paid for storage Is 0 cents per case for the first month and an additional charge of one-half cent for every oth er month; also a charge of 4 cents per case for transport to town. The actual means of communication with the United States are by steam ers from Constantinople to Liverpool, Marseilles, Havre, Genoa, and Ham burg. Tho gcods on reaching said ports are transhipped to the ports of destination in the United States. The tlmo occupied In transit Is about a month or forty days. The rates of freight to tho- United Slates are not excessive, bclmr from $4,37 to $1.80 per ton dead weight, and from $4.13 to $4.37 per 40 cubic feet measurement. SPECULATION. The cause of the financial prostra tlon which has pervaded business cir cles In Constantinople, says Consul Gtneral Short, Is the Incalculable and unwise .-speculation i.i government stocks, bonds, and private shares of all descriptions, most of which were issued by the leading bank of the em pire the Imperial Ottoman Bank an institution with foreign capital, but governed under the Turkish laws and amendable to the Turkish tribunals and Jurisdiction established under special imperial decree. This bank Is the only one which has the privilege of Issuing bank notes to the amount of about $5,000,000, payable In gold on de mand, Tho bank encouraged specula tion and induced the people to engage in it heedlessly. Even women weie speculating. Tho reaction was not long in coming. Thero was a rush on the bank and it could not cash tho bank notes, as the shares were going down and the bank was obliged to sell, Tho only means of salvation wns a moratorium, and this was obtained trom the Turkish government by the director-general' of the bank. Sir Edgar Vincent, an englishman. The mora torium was for four months, and tho bank was saved; its position, however, Is not tho same now as It was before the moratorium. The crisis' in the market began and was In full force during the political disturbances of last year, and the massacres of a. few months ago brought the financial con dition to the present acute and cul minating point, diminishing tho re venue of tho empire very considerably. TRADE CHANCES GOOD. The prospect for Introducing Ameri can products, Mr. Short thinks, Is very good, but efficient agents, familiar with the language and customs of the country should be uppolnted, and at tention should bo paid to the credit system of tho country. A great quantity of products, such os carpets, embrodrrles, gum mastic, gum tragacanth, mohair, attar of ross, opium, sheep casings, skins, tobacco, wool, etc., are exported, and all of them, especially carpets, lugs, opium, mohair, attar of roses and wool, find a market In the United States. The amount of exports from the Consular districts of Constantinople to the United States was $2,010,833.12 for the fiscal year ending Juno SO, 1800. The Introduction of United States In ventions and mechanical or trade methods cannot bo accomplished very easily, as tho people, as a rule, do not wish to give up their primitive habits. It will require a great exertion and i very great economical advantages to persundo them to adopt American In ventions and trado methods. IN GREECE. Consul Ilorton, of Athens, ln a re port of the commerce und Industries of Greece, date September 10, 180tl, gives a number of tables of Imports and exports. Table No. 1 gives a list of the prin ciple articles Imported by Greece and of the countries which supplied them during tho year 1S04, later statistics coverlnng this point being unobtain able. England heads the list, with a total of $0,501,241.51, followed by Rus sia. With $5,509,040.40, over $5,000,000 of which represents wheat nnd other ce reals. Tho importations from the United States amounted to only $020, 727 35. Table No, 11 shows that the princi pal articles of export from Greece aro the Zante currants, minerals, sponges, and olive oil. England Is Greece's best customer, buying products during the year 1894 to tlv extent of $4,275,820.00, while for the snme year, tho exports to the United Stntes amounted to only $106,170.04. OSMAN Famous General-in-Chief Next to the tultan himself Oman Pasha U tho moit Important personage In tho Ottoman Kmplte, It is he on whom wilt largely depend the outcome of the present war, for Osmnn I'js-hn Is thu highest mili tary power under Abdul Ilaiild. As com-mander-ln-chlcf en the Turkish forces ho will bo given an opportunity to show once more his line ability as a director ut armies. Osman Is a Moslem soldier of tho ancient type, fanatical, frugal, absolutely fearlcbs, an intense believer In Allah and tho prophet, and, when Intrenched behind earthworks next to Invincible. He i3 the most distinguished soldier in all the em pire, and one of the most distinguished In all of Kurope. lie Is now In his sixty-sixth year and ns keen a general as over. Ho has not always been victorious, but his career hns been brilliant. Ho came out of that ancient country, Asia .Minor. Ul.s native town Is Tokat, and ho was trained for the army from his babyhood. Ho en tered the military school at Constantino ple and distinguished himself then by his Tables III and IV are with reference to tho exports from Greece. These two tables show a general shrinking In business, due In great part, no doubt, to the unsettled financial condition of tho country. Tables V, VI and VII have reference to the three nations specially favored by the Greek customs duties, I. e., Germany, England and France. These favorable conditions have been secured by special commercial treaties. No such treaty exists between Greece and the United States. The commercial tieaty between Greece and Belgium, signed May 28, 1893, makes the fol lowing provisions: Belgium repeals the duty on cur rants Imported for the purpose of dis tilling wine and reduces the duty on currants used for other purposes from 23 francs to 20 francs per 100 kilos (200 pounds). In return, Greece reduces her duty on certain articles of Belgian manufacture, such a1. Ironwork, etc. TOBACCO. The main object of the commercial treaty with Egypt Is to obtain In that country a market for G -eek tobacco. On condition of Greek " "abjects In Egypt submitting to all ihe require ments of tho customs, the importa tion of Creek tobacco has been per mitted. Egypt agrees not to levy a higher ad valorem duty than 10 per cent, on Greek products, except on silk, alcohol, cattle, and gialn, on whleh a 15 per cent, duty Is permls sable. By commercial convention with Sweden and Norway, those countries agree to reduce the import duty on currants from 23 to 15 per cent. From the treaties, it Is evident, says Consul Horton, that the main object of Greece, and one for which she Is willing to make almost any conces sion, is to secure a market for her cur rants. The large extent of territory devoted to this crop as caused over production, resultin in cheap prices. To alleviate this e the government last year passed ill providing for the retention of per cent, of tho crop, to be used r the manufacture of cognac, etc. No appreciably suits have followed this measure, .J the Greek people realize thnt the Jbest hope lies In the foreign market. OUR CHANCE. Among the articles for which Ameri can manufactures might find a mar ket In Greece may be mentioned diving and sponge apparatus, agricultural and Industrial implements and machinery, bicycles and bicycle supplies, drugs, lfeW.' W 1MM&M AH Cleaning" chemical, patent medicines, clocks, watches, firearms, hides, paper, pre pared fUh, whlpkey, sugar and wheat. During tho year 1R94 and 1S95, $025, 045.50 worth of sponges wero expoited from Greece. The headquarters of this Industry nre the Islands of Acglna and Hydra, and sponge fishing Is carried on extensively In the Aegenn. Greek lleetH venturing ns far from home n) the coasts of Africa. The llttlng out of th'cso boats with ntiparatu-s must bo a profitable Item of trade. During the year of 1S95, Grccco bought $S08,850 wortli Of prepared llsh. There are over one hundred and sixty fast days In the Greek religious calen dar, on the most of which fish Is eaten, particularly dried cod. Tho greater part of tho cod that reaches Greece Is of tin Inferior quality thin nnd poor. Better codfish would find a ready mar ket, even at a higher price. In 1S94, over Sl.2Jl.fG2. worth of .drugs nnd chemicals were Imported into Greece, none of which came from the United Stales of America. American firearms, checks and wat ches nro beglnlng to make their ap pearance In Greece, and are very much PASHA, of the Turkish Armies. great aptness and his easy mastery of tac tics. He was a prominent figure In the Crimean war, and during the last Cretan campaign tho sultan made him comman der of the Turkish forces on tho Island. He was likewise head of the army during tho serbo-Turklsh war, and acquiteu him self bravely. When the big war with Rus sia came Osman was placed In charge of tho Fifth army cotps, and ho led the troops at the battle of Sc.ilevltz. The Russians beat him back In that engagement, nnd then Osman retired to Plevna and In trencVh'd himself. For four months he held Ms position unmoved, and on Ucc. 10, 1ST", ho surrendered with his army of 43,000 men. Since his lighting days ho has served his emperor In many useful capa cities. He had the portfolio of war several times, and In 1S9I he was mado grand mir shal of tho Imperial palace, and of lito w ns placed at the head of the army. He Is di'Voted to his master's Interests, nnd In ir.n the Greeks will undoubtedly find no easy and submissive opponent. In favor. Generally, these goods are brought from London, Most of the cereals consumed in Greece nre brought from Russia. Tho value of this import during tho year of 1S93 was $5,368,912.99. The average price paid for wheat was 3.9 to 4.3 cents per oko of 24-5 pounds. Thero are 11 steam flour mills at Plreaus, employing 350 men, The dour In use, If judged by American stand ards, is of poor quality. Products of Greece most suitable for exportation to the United Stntes are currants, sponges, cognac, olive oil, onions, citrons, lemons, toap, emery, manganese and other Iron ores, cal cined magncsite, and fire bricks. CHEAP SU.MMF.U CIIA.K1TIES. Wise Methods of Helping the Poor in Iiurgo Cilic. From the Sun. Boston has instituted a charity that shows how much good can be done by the expenditure of little money. In the congested portions of the city open spaces have been converted Into play grounds for the children. At a small cost loads of clean white sand wero dumped In these spaces; the children of the neighborhood wero Invited to come, and all sorts of Implements and toys given them, Here the children spend many a happy hour, while un der the care and direction ot one or more teachers, who are always in at tendance. Fr5m this Boston sand garden Idea bus sruns: up in New York a similar enterprise. The stones were removed from the empty lots, a shed with a roof built all the wuy across, and under It placed tables and benches, while swings were hung for the smallest chil dren and tools and playthings fur nished. Outside the shelter are big swings for the big goys and girls and seesaws, as well as simple gymnastic apparatus. 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