The morning call., 1894-04-04
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

|
| yesterday gave a CALL reporter some interest
! Ing facts concerning the little Italian repuohc
Of San Marine, situated 10 the eastern spurs OF
the Apennines, aud occupying an area OF ABOUT
| thfrty-three square miles. An interesting Tea
| ture OF San Marine is mat. by an act OF the
| Great Council, no printng-pTess IS ailo"eu
| within its limits and any matter printed III tns
| country is Liable TO eonhscation and the pup
| Usher TO be sent TO prison. liz Is tue oniS
country on the face of the globe with sncn
law. The Inhabitants number about o9oo. ana
their CHEESE and wines are products widely
known. The city OF San Marine can be reaehed
| from Pisaro- UTbino by a good carriage road,
and would well repay any one Tor the WISH. IL
numbers about 100 Inhabitants, and IS a
quaint old place. which has changed little, IL
any, since the time of Columbus. 1t preserves
all OF its old customs intact, and the dress OF
the people is the same as II was three centuries
ago. The streets are steep aud narrow, ana
the houses tall and gloomy, built of undressed
stone, but decidedly picturesque for all that
In tile city OF San Marine no business OF any
Kind is allowed 10 be carried on. and all The
shops are TO be found at a little village about
two miles away. The republic is governed by
a Great Council OF sixty members, who are
elected for life. An army OF $50 men Is main-
tanned, who, however, are mostly employed on
police duty. San Marine dates its existence,
Dir. Weller says, from $50, and It's independ-
ence as republic from 1851. Napoleon III
pro eeted It from papsl interference Ia 1884,
and on The uniflcation OF Italy IT was allowed
TO retain It's Independence through the efforts
Of one Cebrarlo.
Howard NOrthrup, Scotland Yard man OF
London, IL in the ely in company with a party
Of English gentlemen who are now king
tour of This county. In speaking yesterday OF
ali hrs frrrR 81 NJ Fin oil NnrtbrnD
said that In his opinion Charles Peace, now
dead, was The most famous Of them all. HE
was the inventor Of an ingenious ladder" said
Mr. NoTthrup, (which, when not in use, was
folded up, and the casual observer would be
willing to swear IL was simply a bundle OF
kindling-wood. When opened up for use. these
bits Of wood were the steps OF rope-ladder
thirteen feet long, and The rope was concealed
from view when the blocks were punched to-
eelher. Peace left Shefisld In 1876, after
cracking two mansions and securing LOT Of
plumber His description was posted all over
1 England. and it told specifically that the burg
lar was minus one finger OF his right hand. This
was relied upon 10 identify him, but The fellows
fertile mind conceived scheme 10 avoid detec-
ton on that score. He made a dummy arm
with a hook at the end OF IL, and on this he
hung violin and Travelled about locating places
for future visits. Once he disguised himself
as a clergyman and visited Scotland Yard,
where he made minute inquiries about him
| self He carried OH an inspectors watch as a
keepsake. he had country house at Peck.
! ham aud kept Two housekeepers, TWO servants
| and a gardener. lie lived like gentleman of
! independent fortune, and was noted In the
J nelghboThood for his passionate fondness for
music. In his house was piano worth 200
guineas and the furniture In his drawng-room
cost al least 1000 guiness more. His equal has
never yet lived In England, and we hope be
| never will"
Fl. F. Long, an Englishman. who for several
years was a resident OF Constantinople, Is In the
| city. One OF The most peculiar features of that
| country, he says, are its land laws. Land Is
| bought and sold there on evidence. 10 former
| times the Oldest man and the men of expert
! enee In community IN which transfer was TO
be made were called in as Witnesses Of the pre-
vious ownership OF the land 10 be transferred
and to show its ownership In the person who
expected TO sell. The transfer itself was eele-
braIed with certain ceremonies. including a
feast and prayers. Land is bought and sold by
the foot and the acre, the latter containing
| SOC, 900 feet, and the price which is paid for
real property Is very much smaller Than that
which prevails in England or this country.
House lots are usually 80 by 100 feet. and may
be had in desirable communities at from S25 TO
! brings from 50 to SO per square foot. In tile
county districts land is sold as low as 5 cents
square foot. There are no sales by front foot
either in city or country. A peculiarly as re-
CARDS lands acquired for public purposes In
Turkey, MIR. Long says, is the fact that the land
is condemned without any compensation 10 the
owner. the understanding being that IL is TO be
held 10 fraternal way for all the people
Whenever there are difficulties concerning
titles to land the matter is presented to a
Judge, and, as the Judge represents The Sultan
his decision is final, ana so land titles are
speedily and cheaply settled In Turkey.
"Seamen and other loungers about the big
ocean docks in New York, or men whose busi-
ness frequently calls them in that locality, are
easily able to identify steamer when she is at
such a distance that The average landsman Is
filled with wonder" said Captain o. L. Holmes,
an old sea captain yesterday. There is how
ever nothing strange about the manner in
which this Is accomplished, as every ocean line
has its distinctive mark or distinguishing char
acterIstic. This is generally the funnel or
smokestack, either by itself or In connection
with the size and rig of the vessel. The vessels
Of the 1nman. now the American, line were for
many years marked by their peculiar bowsprits
as well as the white bands on their black fun
nels but the new steamers now being built by
stem common to other ocean steamers. One
| OF the most Intricate funnel marks OF the New
| York feet is that used by the Mallory lines,
running to Texas and Florida. The steamers
with two tunnels have big red star suspended
| between them; this star carries five small white
stars with white circle and second red star
| In the center. Those steamers with a single
iunuel have big red star on each side of the
pipe. The wellknown red tunnels with black
! tops which mark The Cunard steamers also
| designate those OF several other lines, but as
| The steamers differ in other respects the sim.
| larity of tunnels causes no confusion"
General Thomas Ewing, formerly Of Ohio but
now praclicng lawyer In New York, is at the
| Palace. General Ewing was private secretary
| TO President Taylor from 1849 I'LL 1850. In
1856 he moved from Cincinnati TO Leaven-
worth, kans., and became a member OF the
constitutional convention OF that Stale in 1853
aud In 1861 became the first Chief Justice. He
was a delegate to The peace conference In
1860 In 1862 he resigned the Chief Justice
ship, recruited The Eleventh Kansas Regiment
was made its colonel. and served wi distiBc-
ton in the Civil war. He was made briga-
der general in 1868 for gallantry at the battle
OF Prairie Grove. AT Pilot Knob, on the 28th
OF September, 1864 with 1000 men, he held