Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-12-28
sTHE SEA OF MARMORA.
..,iaI Stamboul and the Princes
Islands.
historical Horrors Enacted ia the
= S,y,.,s .fths SuItans---HOw cOnstan-
sooUIe Was Saved from Destruction
brDre MANA Stone Cannon
Sail and its History.

~ ,,.,4,.,s CSrrsspC-s,iruoe NHs Tors r'Ne&
ys,,s are few more picturesque voyages
~ world than q run southwark from
c.,.isndnOple through the Sea of AOrmors
y be Islands Of the Greek Archipelago,
Ain the glorious autumn weather one
the great panorama at its best The
/. setting over Constan;inople as we be-
1, 70 move through the swarm Of boats
.3sma!l craft that throng the hsrbor, aud
meath the soft light of the "aiterglow the
,-,rd old city stands Quit all its barbara
.l.p5or. To the east beyond q wide
r,.,ch Of smooth, bright water, extend the
Len slopes and dark poplar groves and
q, struggling streets of Scutari, conspicu-
among which appears the vast yellow
mi Of the Turkish Oarrack which was once
& famous military hospital where
II Florence NightinSaIe's Loving Care
,,o5,hed many q brave mans passage
Srou,h the valley ofthe shadow Of death
,;rtv years ago. To the west, between high
E,LiIg ridges, are the gEstering waters OF
II Goi!en Horn, almost hidden By the
s,,Ep, forest Of masts, from which tutter
: fags Of al nations, from the white
Tsrkish crescent upon It's crimson ground
he isunry stars and stripes of the great
4.rBbhc To the north, the hill Of Pera,
IS European quarter-which first saw as
K, Sac smouldering heap Of fre-blackeaed
- after the great couAsgratioa Of 1870
Laos hts once more an uR5roken crown
tf,n white houses against the lustrous
.rsHicg SKY.
But
Thc GraaGostYiew of All
1sozrrl the south, where imperial STAN.
3o-l-.hc only true Constsntinopls to the
1a,ro,it TURTLES outsDresd for many u
- beneath q rich haze of golden glory.
49, a rgarl SC-agEo Point where the pal
lac O.. ,h ottoman Sultaus has Supplsnted
No. o.'ha Byzantine EpperorS, the mas
N towers battlenents, dOmes, taperiug
raare.s. shady gardens, antique walls and
Ia,sl7 palaces, piled up terrace beyond ter
3-ea'cpg the steep hillside, might vel
irr tie Perfection of beauty to those VII
Irs Ignorant Of the awful memories which
,7s S-aujei this charming spot With
.rs hat can never pass away. But a.
IL deepening shadows OF nigh! ga.hs;
lrg.rI lie ancient walls, il needs little
Ire;ca Of fancy to see the gloom shaping
ss,i into hcadiess phantoms reeking with
4 Bod. gaunt and CHASTITY figures clanking
}ssir ponderous chains with looks OF unut-
knble despair,
Infants Strangl"d ut Midnight
b sg5;crranean dungeons, mutilated women
! .siug their handles arms toward heaven
3 q mute appeal for vengeance, half con
Irnei victims writhing aud shrieking amid
lsrcuring flames, old men from whose nose
IS and eye!ess faces the very senblance
i humanity has Gepartel-iJ tenants in
/ ED for spot which has witnessed a more
sar,ui accumulation Of human crime and
Igman misery than any other upon the face
the earth.
A few miles further on, we sweep past the
km0us Princes Islands, which sill re-
bin enough Of their summer beauty 10 show
hat they must be when their curvi0y
Hopes oyerhaug the bright blue sea in one
having mass OF green leaves, and when the
iainty little white villages that stud the
rS.er's edge are thrOuCed with all costumes
sHd all nations. Naltepe and Halki are
lie nearest TO the capital, and beyond them,
little further to the southwest, lies Prinki-
pos, the Staten Island of Constantiaople,
BpOn which we can sill distinguish the
.lsint little town almost level With the
water the smart modern hotel on q kind
,f Hstural terrace above It, and high over
VI the steep Mount of ST. George, with oil
"a waving woods, amid which, hidden almost
y completely as
The sleeping Beauty'S Palace,
IAuds one Of the countless Greek monas,
isIies to which the saint has stood gol-
s,her.
Steamers run several times a day be-
tween the city and this little archipelago. for
he convenience Of the numerous business
men, who find the breezy, picturesque
S!eis more agreeable place OF abode after
Fer DAYS work than the close, stialny,
llihy streets Of the metropolis. The asso-
nations which connect the Princes Islands
NTH the history of COuStsnlinople under
ne Examine Emperors are now interest
cg only to the antiqusry. But within the
memory CT not a few men still living this
TO1p fa5 been the theatre of one of the
aost :emsrkable episodes in the annals Of
.1r time, which, although redouuding but
ME TO the credit Of English sagscity. forms
historical romance too striking for any
ae2hs Imam 70 pass upnoticed.
EaFlT one morning in the autumn of |
'V1 tue Greek fishermen on the Priukipos |
Hand are amazed to behold a squadron of |
'aie.Y meu-oEwar, with the British union |
sex waving over them, coming swiftly up |
ION the southwest and casting anchor be- !
'ten Prlnkipos and Halki. But their
'esence Is easily explained. The cont.
eltat coalition formed year ago By En- /
ana sgslnst her great enemy, Napoleon,
as been
Shattered at One Stroke
the Geld Of Austerlitz. Na-oleon him
a' Is marching in triumph through shs
ssrt OF Prussia, and Just about 10 lay her
over IN the dust by the fatal blow of Jena.
eeTees are already being prepared which
'e TO shut out British goods from every
ort Of Continental Europe, and Colonel
eoasuani has been sent to Constantinople
The great cOnqueror to raise up enemies
salHst Britain in the East as we'll as in the
'est. The English government thinks it
ish time to put a stop to all this, and here
ieordingly is British Admiral, with a
nhsh squadron, who loses no time in send
g to the Sultan the stern message that if
does not at once dismiss Sebastian aud
cSept the alliance offered by England his |
alaee and his capital shall be laid in ashes
lthin tWenty-four hours.
The threat goads all Constautinopls into
Ten1y of mingled terror and fury beyond
aesPoEer Of words to describe. Wild faces
ND with fear or black with rage, throng
very street, and the air rings with yells for
e blood Of the hated Frank Jawur"
French in6deD who has brought this
'9aole upon the Commander of the Faith
!. and MS people. Never yet in truth,
me Green Standard Of the Prophet
Is 9Fst planted on her walls has Constan.
,.UP'e Teen IN such peril as now. Long
n