story op tub revolution
Against turkey.
ChrtiUnnt Have an Army of 85,000
Men and Seek Independence
Great Suffering In
the Island,
PILLAGE, murder, massacre,
starvation and general desti
tution are words which rough
It describe the condition! that
prevail in the pretty isle of Crete.
Wicked as are the wars of the Spanish
in Cuba, the balmy island of the Medi
terranean if even in sorer strait, for
both oppressor and oppressed are there
the sufferers. Revolution with no
emlilance of system prevails, and
privation from natural onuses is aug
mented by the desuetude in things
commercial and agricultural that ever
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GRour of christian
Accompanies the violent overthrow of
xule.
This Cretan revolution is not too
I well understood by Americans. Feoplo
in the United, States think that Chris
tian Cretans are daily butohered by
the atrocious Turks, who outnumber
them largely. This is nut true. The
Christian revolutionists have a pretty
well organized army of about 35,000
men, while the Turkish forcos do not
A ORITAN IM KATTVI COSTCMB.
count up more than half that number.
The Christians butoher the Turks as
often as they are butchered by the
Tnrks, and the Sultan realizes that his
reign in the island is not powerful.
Be has sent to Crete provisions and
money to bo divided evenly between
Christians and Turks. But the Cre
tans want independence, and are de
termined to have it at all hazards.
They demand autonomy or annexation
, to the Kingdom of Grece.
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CANEA, THE CAPITAL OF CRETE.
A dear statement of the status of
the revolution and the history that
led up to it may serve to clear up the
. confusioii of idea concerning the
movement that prevail in the mind
ol American.
The population of Crete is about
800,000 Mussulman aod Christians.
Civilization was there first introdnoed
into Europe by the Phoenician and
Egyptian. From ancient time the
island baa been inhabited by Greek,
and for upward of 000 year it baa
beta under the domination of the
Turks. The proximate cause of the
present revolution was the cruelty of
Abdullah Faaba, the Turkish Gov
ernor, who persecuted the Christian
and Killed them without the shadow of
justification. In 1889 treaty was
signed by the Cretans and the Sultan
of Turkey after one year of revolu
tion. This treaty has been violated
time and again by the Forte. Finding
that peaceable means were of no avail
with the throne at Constantinople,
the Cretans decided that in revolution
alone lay any hope'of not only freedom
but of even security in their lives and
homes. They determined to throw
off the Turkish yoke and to place no
more faith in any treaty with the
the Turks, unless it were guaranteed
by the Fowers of Europe.
This revolution was organized by
Johannis Fetropoulnki, the Spartan
representative at the Athens Forlia
ment. His father was a General in
the Cretan revolution of 1809. To
his aid came Jobaunis Koundouraki, a
inbciigents is ciiete.
scion of one of the best families in
Asphykot, a city in Crete. Koundour
aki was educated at the University of
Atbeus, where he was given the dogree
qgJLL. D. in 1892. The Turkish Gov
eiluent had made him a Judge in his
own city, and he had served in that
capacity for years. The opposition
of his countrymen induced him to
resign his post and begin the work of
liberating his people from the oppres
sion of the Mussulman.
The first duty of the patriot was to
collect funds with which to carry on
the war. Committees were appointed
in all the cities of the world in which
lived Greeks in any large numbers.
In Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt, 810,
000 was raised in one day, and it is
said that the committees in Egypt
have succeeded in collecting as much
as 35000 a day ever since. Contri
butions poured in from all quarters of
the world. In the United States cities
like New York, Boston, Chicago and
San Francisco gave liberally, and the
sinews of war were furafshed for the
patriots. Greeks from all parts of
the world are flocking to the standard
of the revolution, and soon the num
bers of patriots in the island will be
so great and the revolutionists will be
so powerful as to force the Sublime
Porte into making suoh concessions as
will satisfy the people or into relin
quishing its hold upon the island and
giving the people their liberty.
The first fighting came about in this
way: In the city of Aspbykos a
Greek policoman, Dimitri Theodos
ius offended two Turks. They lay in
wait for him that night and murdered
him. The assassination was so wan
ton that the people of the city arose
and marohed against a Turkish garri
son of 1200 inthevioinity of the town.
Surprising the Turks, the Cretans
killed 200 of them, drove out the oth
ers and captured the fortification, its
supplies and ammunition. Rapidly
did the revolution spread, and soon
two Cretan States, Sphakia and Apo
korona, were in the bands of the in
surgents. At the present time the
Cretan army numbers about 35,000.
They are pretty well equipped, and
are under the command of General
Hatzi, Miohalli and Bozani. The
Turkish army is less than one-half the
ize of that of the insurgents. The
warfare is on the guerrilla order.
The insurgent refuse to fight in the
open country, oontenting themselve
with harassing the Turk from am
buib. That is the reason why, in the
aotion already reported, the Turkish
losses bavt always exoeeded thooe of
the Cretan. Often the Turk lose
core ol man, while the inurgnU
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cape with only a few wounded. This
sort of thing naturally exasperates the
Mussulmans, who whenever they are
given an opportunity, mutilate the
bodies of the Christians they kill,
pillage chnrohes, desecrate graves,
maltreat women and children, burn
houses and indulge in ether atrocities
calculated to inoite the wrath of
neutral-peoples and to pnt the Turkish
authorities in an unfavorable light
for many of these outrages are done
by no order, or agalpst the order of
the Sultan oluoere.
On the last Friday in Mar the Mas-
Salmans in Canea, the capital, as
sembled and demanded that the Gov
ernor arm them to avenge themselves
on the Cretans. The Governor refused,
and the mob took possession of the
city. Many Christians were killed
and mutilated, and the Turks slew
Christian wherever found, sometimes
entering the houses of the Cretans tot
their victims. The Sultan has done
all in his power to bring about peaoe.
Long ago he depoted Abdullah, the
cruel Governor, and appointed Georgi
Berovitoh, the Prince of Snmos and a
Christian, in his stead. This action
has done much to quiet the disorder,
but the solution is far from having
been reached as yet.
All the people in the island, Chris
tian and Mohammedan, are suffering
from look of food. The crop of olivet,
the chief staple raised on the island,
is ready for garnering, but the trees
are bending under their burden, with
no hands to relieve them of their pre
cious fruit. It the revolution could
be delayed long enough to gather the
olive crop the people of the island
could breath once more. Chicago
Times-Herald.
Microscopical Wonders.
A specimen of a beautiful species of
alga, found in the fresh waters of the
Sau Diego flume, has been made the
subjeot of investigation and study by
the Sac Diego Microscopical Sooiety.
A finely prepared and mounted speci
men of cyclops, a minute fresh water
copepod of the genus cyclopidae, tak
en from the flume waters, was exhib
ited by Dr. Gamber. This curious
form of life, as observed through th
splendid instrument at tho rooms o!
the society, does not fail to command
the attention of all present at the
meetings of the society. Its kite
shaped body and tail, cumbersonm an
tennae, aud one eye, makes it as for
midable an object among microscopi
cal life as were the one-eyed giants to
the races of men described in the
Homeric legend. A cyclops is said to
produce four and one-half billion off
spring annually. San Diego (Cal.)
Union.
A Chair That Coat Urcr 920,000,009.
By long odds the most costly piece
of furniture in the world is the jew
eled throne of the Shah of Persia.
The late Shah had bis picture taken
in this most remarkable chair only a
lew days before his death. It is mado
largely of gold, beautifully wrought
and set with variety of iireoious
COSTLIEST CHAW IN THJJ WORLD.
stones. Some idea of the splendor of
this regal seat may be gained from the
faot that the jewels in it alone have
been estimated to be worth fully four
million pounds, or twenty million
dollars. Occasionally when this chair
was formerly at Delhi stone of great
value wore missed and supposed to
have been stolen, but now that it oo
capies a carefully-guarded plaoe in
the palace at Teheran no trouble o f
this kind is experienced.
At Hi Mercy.
The Villain "Swear to marry me,
ot I'll upset tut micbiatl" Tratb.
FALL FASHIONS.
WHAT WOMEJC ARB WRARIXQ
THE9K AUTUMN DAYS.
Ladles' Cycling Snlt In Brown and
Ecru Shades Useful Dressing
Sacque of Gray and White
Jersey Flannel.
IN the large illustration mixed
cheviot in brown and eoru shade
is stylishly deoorsted with eoru
faoed cloth and worn with a fall
ohemisette and turn over collar of
eoru batiste. The jacket is close fit
ting, the low out vest front closing
in center with button and button
bole. Single bust dart adjust the
fronts with the other usual seams, all
of which are sprung below the waist
line to cause the fashionable rippled
flare in back and over the hips. Open
ings are finished in the dart seams
through whioh the leather belt is
passed, to olose in front with a bnckle,
or the jaoket may be worn without the
belt, if so desired, Stylish pointed
lapel are reversed at the upper edge
STYLISH CYCLING SUIT.
of fronts and meet the rolling coat
collar in notches. The comfortable
log-o'-mutton sloeves are shaped with
single seams, gathered at the top and
fit the arm closely bolow the elbow,
the wrists being finished with deep
pointed cuffs. The short circular skirt
is one ot the simplest yet constructed
for cycling, and possesses all the mer
its of the more complicated style
without thoir objections. It fits
smoothly at tho top without plait or
wrinkle and falls below the nip in
deep flute nil around. Openings are
made on eah side ol front that fasten
with buttons and button holes in fly
closings, a handy pocket being insert
ed at the loft side. Mohair, covert
cloth, tweiid, cheviot and other wool
ens will Jioake stylish suits by the
mode.
The quantity of material 44 inohes
wide reqn'jred to make this jaoket for
a lady in the medium size, is 2 yards.
To make the skirt it will require 4
yards of the same width material.
May Manton, in Modes.
80MB AUTOMK INNOVATIONS.
Women never look smarter than
when in tailor made gowns. It is re
markable that the frocks of heavy
oloth, cut in severely plain style, uit
every kind of woman. If she has a
good figure the tailor made gown set
it off; if she ha a bad figure, the
gown Improve it so that it appears
good. In view of these fact it is good
news to everyone that the tailor made
gown will be more in evidencothis au
tumn and winter than for many year.
The patterns will be mostly shot
goods, with some nolid colors.. There
will be greens, brovn blaok and doz
ens ot shade ot gray. Tby will be in
all kinds ot combinations, and most of
them will be pleasing to the eye, ac
cording to the manufacturer. A for
the make of the gown, they will be
rather more ornamented than has
been the case. They are to have but
tons, large and small, and of all kind
of material and make. The button
will be pnt on wherever there is room
for them, and will be attaohed for or
nament a much a for utility. There
will be pockets in the ooats and poc
kets in the skirts. A determined elort
will be mado to supply women with
receptaole for the small baggage that
they alway carry about with them,
and that is generally olutohed fever
ishly in the hand for laok ot any
where else to keep it. Altogether
there i a prospect of rmioh oomfort a
well a style in the tailor made gown
for the fall and winter. A for the
S rices well, that is another story.
ew York Journal.
TALL MTLUNKBT.
Ottriob feather are oomlng to the
front again in tb millinery world,
and yon see them not only in sinsle.
double and treble mounts, but also
rosette shape, with a jet ornament a
a finish. Again, yon see them in tip
form trimming the crown with the aid
ot a band ot rosea set very olosely to
gether.
A very pretty Panama hat ia made
with full puffing, ot yellow pieoe
ailk, out on the cross, rouad the upper
part of the crown, with black rose
beneath, and on either aide a loop and
end of the (ilk with the addition of a
white coque mount on the left aide.
Poppy and geranium red are the
newest colors, and blaok hat trimmed
with white or blaok velvet and gauze
poppies are the latest Parisian im
portations. Notwithstanding this
fact, roses are by no means unpopular,
nor are they likely to be, exoept for a
short space. Fiokle as Dame Fashion
is, she always returns to ber old
loves.
vmrcm DRBsst.sa hacottb.
Gray and white Jersey flannel, say
Modes, is the material used for this
useful sacqne, which is exceedingly
simple in style and trimly neat in ef
fect. Bed silk feather stitohing deo
orate the free edges, a bow of ribbon
of the same bright color being tied at
the neck. The adjustment is loose
fitting, boing performed by under-arm
gores and a curving centre seam in
back, the fronts closing with smai
gray buttons and button-boles. Tha
sleeves are shaped with (ingle seam
in leg-o -mutton style, the fullness be
ing plaited in the arm's eye. A neatly
fitted rolling collar finishes the neck.
This sacque is the most convenient of
its kind as it requires little material
and is not bulky, to it can be utilized
in traveling by land or sea. Cash
mere, eiderdown, flannel, cambric,
lawn or other cotton wash goods are
DREftfirsa ftACQCTC.
usually ohosen, n plain finish or edg
ing on collar being all the deooratioa
necessary.
The quantity of material twenty
seven inohes wide acquired to make
this sacque for a lady having a thirty
six-inch bust measure is four and one
half yards.
SOU COIFFTRB THICKS.
The Frenchwoman prefers a smooth
coiffure, a pompadour or a madonna,
to all others, and roll and puff her
lock marvelously. To the English
woman suoh hairdretsing i far from
desirable. If natnre ia chary with her
gift iu the way of curls, iron are in
constant demand. When they fail,
"various warranted-not-to-straighten
affairs are pinned on in half a dozen
difierent plaoe to get the de-tired
drowsy and heavy effeot ot fringe and
ehignon.
LATEST IX BRIDES' GOWN.
The gown ot the most fashionable
brides is now of satin ducbease, snow
white for slender blonds, milk white
for fair, robust women, cream or ivory
white for brunette and those who
fear to appear large. The olosing of
the gown is eonoealed nnder the trim
ming of tha corsage, the skirt fasten
ing at the side, never down the middle
of the front, as that give the look of
wrapper.
QUA1JT ASD CURIOUS.
Ia Santo, Brazil, business bouse
that keep open after 10 o'olook aro
fined.
A provincial paper says that tho
marketmen of Rio da Janeiro, Brazil,
mix the egg of vultures with hen
egg.
A London paper estimates that the
total number of visiting cards nsed
every year throughout the world is
600,000,000.
A New Orleans, La., man who r'ifv. '
home on a street car is irl.t rvry
evening by a pet cat 'uivti wait far
him at his usual plao of aligbticg.
Tho original Straebatg (Oermany)
clock, the mechanical wonder of Eu
rope, was made in tiie year 1832. Tho
present clock was made ia 1839.
Dust showers are frequently report
ed from ship in the centre of the
Mediterranean Sea, and from hun
dreds of miles off the west coast of
Africa. '
St. Jerome, states that he saw
Scotchmen in tho Boman armies in
Gaul whoso regular diet was human
flesh, and who had "double teeth all
around."
An umbrella covered with a trans
parent material has been invented iu
England, enabling the holder to see
where lie is going when he holds it
before his face.
Tlio mysterious Elchencr lake, in
the Grand Ducby of Baden, which
has the peculiarity of appearing and
disappearing every year or two, has
recently made its appearance again.
No monument marks the last rest
ing place of the late James G. Bluino
in the Oakhill cemetery, Georgetown,
D. C, beyoud a small marble marker
at the foot of tho grave with tho ini
tials, "J. G. B."
The fine new building being erected
iu Philadelphia by the Presbyteriau
board of publication will be named
the Witherspoon, after John Wither
spoon, a signer of the declaration ot
independence, aud a president of
Princeton college.
A gooso belonging to Mrs. Harriot
Groner of Belmont, N. C, recently
died at the ripe old age of twenty
sevou years, four months- and four
days. She was raised by Mrs. Gro
ner, who knows well when she was
hatched as a gosling. The goose ap
pareutly died of old ago.
Peculiar marriage rotations exist, or
will exist, in a family in Belfast, Me.
About a year ago a young couple were
married. Now a brother of tho first
named groom is to marry the mother
of his brother's wife. By this ar
rangement one brother become- the
father-in-law ot tho other.
Hypnotism Produce!) Disease
. Professor Elmor G.ites, tho brain
student and director of the laboratory
of Psychology aud Psychurgy at
Washington, has just written au elab
orate article for the New York Jour
nal in which he describes his recent
study ot the brain of a woman who
before her death had been frequent
ly hypnotized He found the
tissue oongested, the arteries di
lated, and the veins lengthened
and tortuous and lying within
surrounding bed of coagulated fluid
which had oozed from them. Ha con
eludes from this, and from 'the faot
that only one area is traiued under
hypnotio iufluence, leaving the area
of normal faculties quiescent, that
"the practice of hypnotism produces
disease ot the cere'oral oortex the
most importaut part of the brain."
Best Cloth for Mahogany.
If one is fortunate enough to pos
sess a real mahogany dining-room
table, how to keep it from becoming
scratohed and burned by hot dishes
is a matter of grave consideration.
The best brush cloth is yet to
be discovered. In the meantime
a muslin oloth lined with cotton
and then quilted is not to be de
spised. Neither is one made of plain
cotton flannel. It must bo neatly
bound aud spread smoothly over the
table uuder tha damask olotb. Iu
case where the dishes are particularly
hot an asbestos mat may also bo
placed under the bush-cloth directly
beneath the dish. Ia this way tha
table may be kept a thiug of beauty
for years.
Houses fur the Tornado Belt.
The little town ot Reserve, Kan.,
recently struck by a cyclone, did nut
stay wiped ot the face of the earth.
No Kausas towu does. The building
along the busiuess street of Reserve
have nearly all been replaced with
better bouses; house that oan roll
over if necessary, and retain their
shape. It will be a better town ia a
few week than it Tr was before.