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Illiln l;u,sril. RAJ.

My fad h slippers says Lillian
Russell. shippers OF ali siZes, OF all
countries, OF All ages. and No two alike.
| have boon collecting them since ! vas
II. That "a several years ago, AT
least. | have u~incty-tNO different
kinds of slippers, and come nj them are
rather famous Nell Gwynnc's slipper.
for instance. ] have "a Greek sandal
that Is eyeral years older than Chris
tianity. II has Il tomb-ltae olor. but
outside Of this detail 1t is all right. |
also have an old Roman slipper. which
is worked In bright ,~ulnre, With lot
Of gold and pearls"
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porating much OF it's language, was
given ut Drury Lane In 1867. the
character OF lmogcn - perhaps the
strongest ana sweetest m III
Shakespeare will be embodied in
Ellen Terry. On the London stage
lmogcn was acted by Mrs. Bul-
lock in 1920, MIS-. romplar In 1888, Mrs.
Cibcr in l74i, Mrs. Pritchard in l'i6,
Mrs. Vincent in 1859. Miss Bride in
176l, Mrs. Yates In 1861, Mrs. Barry III
1870, Mre. Buckley in 1852. Miss Young
in 1884. Dora Jordan in 1885. Sarah
Siddons. greatest vi all. In 1857: Mrs.
Pope in 1900, Miss Smith in 1906, Mrs.
Johnston in 1872. Miss stephens In
1916. Mrs. West In 1929. Miss Footc in
1925, Mis- Phillips In 1879. Helen FAUCET
In 1887. and in 1913 and 1864, and Miss
Addison in 1877. adelaide Nelson. who
vas distinguished in Imogen. first
played It when she was in America. IN
lS76-77.
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TRAPPING PARK DEER.
rhrco ~ the Druud nIi Ii.td wui a..
Cal. utrd ruI sold.

Cap urrd nui SOLD.
Capt tl-'.N 'p~.T.u'"ndcnt Of Druid
I'M park, say. 'ul' Mr.. Z. II. Eoobl.ng
wrote that I've wi ,hcd 10 purchase Jhrra
deer FOR the park aj chat place. Hll
have to wait unt.l ,.nyc s. y SNOWFALL
IN Baltimore which "u' cover ,lp
ground. as the de-. 80. '.' ;a.A cI"0>t
be- captured except V...N 's1" g. a.'y
enough to hide ihc grass and A..sI
they usually feed upon, says the b'.t'.
more sun. At other times th'Il ."a.
ger docs not compel them 10 seek Az
bait I'm the traps.
Whenever deer are to be- capturei 40
traps are g cctcd just after IA snowfall
4 pen of boards is brilt twelve f''t
high. back OF which there Is a ionr
leading to "a small hut. The pen must
be- at least twelve fcct high. rs deer at
the park have been known. Capt, cas-.
sell say =. to jump a tCn-foot fence. On
the foor of the hut corn Is spread, ani
! amid the corn are arranged triggers
which. Us soon as touched, causN no
door TO fall ana til" hungry animal
iinIs itself In captivity. In tbs way
as many rs srSru deer have been
caught in one pen IN a siug'c night.
that many getting iutu the hut b"'Ors
any OF them happened 80 touch a t.ii.
ger. The pm h. wr ~ attract door.
"a they might De- u.r.id % enter a lux.
There il To also uytuE so catch ch"n
except when Il nos said Capt. cas-.
sell yesterday. "roy several days va
have had 4 peck or 20 oi cora dumped
here and there to Sc II they wnh'i
come up and eat IL. but they w'.i nbt
go near 1t when they can get g.l'j.
Mr.. RocblirE wants two does and a
buck, but he cannot have a hlck ~
We cannot spare one There az" 10"
In the park but three bucks VIVA HONS.
which means three over 'GE.r"a
months old. There aIc snWr yuun'er
ones, but the great mHsO.i'} Of th' t""r
are does. Every autumn We shoot a
numbor OF the horned bucks 20 keep
| tlcm from m%utiiatinE the (Uu0H 'v."'
with their horns. Last tai We bot
twenty. There IL one which Ne have
spared for several years adl he has
now a beautiful set o. branching aat.
lcrs. adding II branch every year. IN
the park at present there are 10" deer.
Thcy arc in separate horlo In different
parts OF the park, from twenty-five -
thirty usually going In % herd
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practiced performer, and tho poor super
did not prove by any means equal to
the occasion. The moment came, and
he was pushed on to the stage. AL
most Immediately the %tragedian caught
him by the arm. and. looking at him
intently, said. in a well-marked stage
whisper. There's blood upon your
face" The perfectly natural and con
fidential tone in which the words were
uttered threw the man of his guard.
rs there" he cried, putting his hand
to his cheek. then the property man
has played me u trick"
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THERE ARE MANY O'LHIG%5.
Uut tho iarticu,,r unc Wanted SOW -
Policeman.

Policeman.
An old man. trIvrl-sa.U,l "a!
weary. wandered into EaaoS Narhrt
court this morning ana stO'h patient.
ly waiting for .omc one 10 speak %
him, a y the New York Mail md TX.
press.
He VIA finally arrested by Rounds.
man O'pricn, who asked him hts bust.
ness.
"Oi'yc came all tn way frUm Ia
ovid country looking Tor me lad" .ad
the old man.
"Oi'm near So" H. continued. an
me boy run away from nome twenty
year ago. Me name Is OIBrieu. an IN,
son is a policeman. DO y"2 know any
O'Briens' thot are on tn foOrca!"
Yes" assented the rOundsinan, my
name Ia Tom O'Br!en.'
How long hove Sc been a p0lrc''.
mon?" asked the old man. eXc!icdly.
Twenty years said the rouni'-
man.
"HurToO," huwled the old man. yer,
me lad fer sure And he grabbed
O'Brien around the neck and kissed
him ecstatically.
I'm not your son. said the rounds
man. blushing furiously. my father -
still living with me. | was born right
| here In New York.
BE they ony other Ol'riens tia; =
| poleecemen?"
About 100"
Glory be to God, BIZ how'll o.
ever foiud me SON."
The old man was directed to go -
! police headquarters. and he left colr.
with the announcements:
ION foind that lad il il takes tw.a.
~ years. OF want 10 see me buy"
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sarah itsrnhardt's New rlsy.

In spite of her starring tour and all
her other pressing engagements. Sarah
Bernhard has found the time to write
a play, making good use OF hints given
her by Sardou, to whom she showed
her first draft of the plot. she Is very
much perpleXed just now where and
how she will he able to present 1t to
the public. for the principal part is, OF
course, written to suit herself. But,
according to the bylaws af the Society
Of Dramatic Authors, OF which she Is
a member. she CANNOT perform her own
play in a theater OF which she Is tn
proprietor and manager,
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wicked Father Kills His wronged Chill

On Hangers branch, IL miles from
Anderson, W. Va, William Robbins, the
father OF several grown children, shot
and killed his ~lS-year-old daughter last
week from ambush. 1t developed that
she was encieute ana her father mur-
dered her to conceal his crime. lie
was lodged in Jail and a mob was or
ganizcd to lynch him, but before hey
reached the Jail he suicided by cutting
his throat.
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uorrib,s Mode az Suicide.

An unknown man with remarkable
nerve ended his life ut Jacks Run,
near Pittsburg, the other day, by plac-
ing his neck on the railway track and
calmly awaiting the approaching en-
CINE. IL do this TO save Others" was
written on a slip of paper found in his
pocket, but nothing was found indicat'
ing who the suicide might he.
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Cyc,,sts aud Carrier .i'ic.on,.

Experiments with cyclists and car
rier pigeons for transmitting messages
are being made by the Gymnasic So.
ciety of Rome. in the interest OF tho
Italian army. The rider carr, es a small
cage attached to his machine, In which
are several well-trained pigeons. When
important observations have been
taken and jotted down they are PLACED
in envelopes nd affixed to the birds.
which are liberated.
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lie murder OF old B,triIG loker. was
executed AT the Uniohtor1 Jail the 9TH
.r day.
The crime for which Morris hanged
vas committed in Builskin Township,
Fayette County, Pa, just two years
ago. Young Morris was Il frequent yis-
itOr AZ the home OF NJ. Bernard Lokcr,
an inotfensive old German. who came
10 the United States a few years ago.
iid settled near the nome OF the father
or Frank Morris. The old man was
Industrious, and o. an cmploye at the
coke works he accumulated money
enough TO buy 4 little home. lie made
lie purchase from the father of Nor
rs. and when young Morris saw Mr..
Loker pay the purchase money from
his little store Of hard earnings. he
concluded that the old man had an uu-
limited amount Of money. and he deter
mined to rob him. lie had been read
Ing the low. criminal class OF Jesse
James literature, until his mind had
become completely iemoraliZcd. and at
nineteen, when he committed the muir
der, he was II hardened criminal. lie
told SOM of his companions that he
you'd like to have Barney" Lockers
money, and that nc intended to get two
reyolyers and make his living in that
way. He cultivated the friendship OF
Mr.. and Mrs. loker. and spent much
time AZ thcir home. They treated him
very kindly and welcomed him to their
humble home. one day IN September.
fN01 h. .tsnn4 80 f.t.s# -r,4- p,l ana.
g!ed with him a shotgun and y revolver.
lie found the old folks busy at work on
4 cellar wall under their house. He re-
manned FOR some time talking TO them.
and when Mrs. LoA7r had gone out 20
get kindling wood he shot Bernard
Loker. She heard the shots and re-
turned in a few moments and asked
what caused the shooting. He then
shot her twice. the bullets entering her
head ana neck. as In her husbands
case. After shooting and, as he sup
rcsed. killing them, he hunted for the
money and in mis- search tore every
ching 10 pieces, but found only $50 and
some jewelry. all OF which he took. She
/. finally regainod consciousness and
crawled to the cellar, where she found
her husband lying or the ground with
4 bullet hole in his head and the blood
running out OF the wound. She then
Crawled 10 the nome Of Abe Morris, o
leighbor, and brother Of the murderer
where she related what had occurred
several persons went TO the Lokel
house and found Mr.. L.okcr dying. Mrs
Loker lay near deaths door for a Ions
time, but finally recovered. and her ties
t.mony was chiefly instrumental II
Norris conviction, and she was present
A. his execution.
Morris was tried at December court
1894, before Judge Ewing, and wa,
found guilty. His counsel took the plci
VI insanity. but IL was established
clearly that he was not insane, bu
that his greatest desire was to kill an,
rob people. and that his craving TO
crime was fed on dime novels an,
other low class, yeilow-backed litera
ture. His attorneys exhausted the tech
nicalities of the law In behalf OF the.
Silent, and finally carried II 10 the Boar
Of Pardons, and a respite was granite
until they could Sell an insanity ex
pert to Uniontown. This was done, an
his report was thar Morris was san
and responsible for his act.
Norris spent his last days on earth |
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An astonishing physiological phs

An astonishing physiological phs-
nomenon is Just announced from Paris.
It il that the size OF the waists OF all
women of fashion has suddenly In
creased three or four inches. Cycling
and tight lacing do not go well to-
gether.
Luminous iuks may nov be used TO
print signs to be visible in the dark.
Zine salts and calcium are the mediums
generally used.
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Cavieton'- first 1'iay.

Victor Durand was not my lrst
play" relates Henry Guy Carleton in
a Mirror interview. The distinction
of priority belongs TO a play called The
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THEATRICAL GOSSIP.
SAYINGS AND DCtNCs OF THE
PLAYERFOlN.
Henry irving. Reveal ~ ICY mhciinc'
-Carlrtpn', Itr>t riny rretty Anna
Held ->,ral, urrunIrdt. sew risy
stage Whispers.

ENRI IRVING :
promised revival OF
"~Cymheline' call
up the fact that
since ~Shakspearc's
time there hay,
been twenty lou
productions of that
play. Tom Durfcy
play. The Injured
Princess based
upon 1t and incor'
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HE usc OF hynnO-
tisln instead of an
luao+i hctic in GER
tain surgical opera
has lately
been the subject of
60 = iicrablc dis
clssiOn among the
higher authorities
VI the medical pro
icssihn. \ very To-
markahlr case ~
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rouristS Narrowly Escape.

Mount Hood. Ore, was in eruption q
few days ago. and a party Of moun
tain climbers narrowly escaped death
in flying rocks and ashes.
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Il q
mans blood. by
man shall his blood
be she'd Gen. ix..
g. In accordance
With the laws OF
Pennsylvania. bias.
ed upon the law OF
God as set forth In
the above quota
lion, Frank Nor
ris. convicted of
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- TO BOTH.

4 Ksns,s Romeo and Juliet iind Pow
-rty IL the WN of HappinesG
The mystery of the National hotel
tragedy, at Lcayenworth. Kan, was
cleared away a few days ago when rela-
tives came there to care for the young
girl in her d! ing moments, aud TO AXE
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SAVED IN A TRANCE.
DRESSING THE WOUNDS OF A
CUBAN INSURGEHr.

Not . I,ng rclt by thr rNt,cnt whllo
tho Doctor Clipped nnd >cwrd "
QuiverinG iirsh ONrr forty stitches
Were rakru
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W'rN'p'' ''S' -
mat one when recently hnppnh'h III
one OF the Insurgents camps III 'uo''
/! Il NJ NoJa2&' Wh'h sue" an op'''-
uon was performed on a
who understood Ensl'sh perfectly anu
VINO was brought IN WIN i "''u"''
wound To the advance STUART NV
slash which ia" oih'tr Il r''''N'n
cleft tn" right ihtSh ana continue"
down, exposing the ZONES 81 '"' MIC
joint ana laying open lh' can u',""
II wound vas "Il'd WV" ''"''''
blood, sitting The How OF pIn"n' NV
every writing or lNle'!us Oh '"' SUI"
erer dlSlods"d the ''nlhs ana S'''''"
the bleeding dI'c.h tie lay III u 't"-
vas hammock, pAl" ana ~'Nh"uS''n' MS
wounded limb. from which Tue tr"uS'''
had been cui. p'"lHdod 'roSs"'s' wv
The canvas. H' Er"ah'd anu '''" wv
assistance when "a" surgeon ''fl''"'
The implements for a surHi'al opera
ton were exceedingly S'ah'' 'o"''
water was boiling III Il 'i''N'd o'' Nv"
kettle. Into 1t "tEe '"' 'u''
instruments at haul, a Nnlle' Il h'Ch'''
n needle furceps ana IN artery io'c'p'
with a spool oi SURGEON ; SIN
asccptic OF mercury t'p'''S "'s','
water was prepared in Two i''''e drluu
gourds. The surgeon now began 20
wash the wound Win a piece Oh COZ
ton netting. stcrililed from germs U!
boiling. The suffering OF tue n'In WI
intense. lie writhcd twls''d 50
much that the flow of blood ih'toaScu'
Operation was impossible without ue-
priying him OF consciousness. III TINS
dilemma, the physician, although not q
hypnolist. determined upon an expert
ment. And y began an eNn'ol''on
OF hypnotism. which wouId nave put
Svengali In the shade. pIa"'hS iroHl
his pocket "A small gold com anu lca"-
Ing far over the patient, ne new II oc
fore his eyes, saying IN a c''ar' to"'
earnest voice: Look Directly AZ th's'
I want you to think of no'hihs else out
this coin" still holding inc CON- "
passed his right hand over the pal'
brow, stroking it soItly. / am TAX
ing the sensation from Jour lo'eh''"
II ls numb. You do no teel atyth'ht
now. Why! you are very S''epy' a''
you not You aie s'"H
breathe deep o'eep' ,,oL
Intense peeahie 'no ~ nn,
For a momcht ne nta 80
spoke, inteht'! hans'"e -,
tient with the eoiuen ,' -
deepiy, hc @ hu, he
eyes had d 'ao" ..nro,,he
prealheu Us A.. ,,,. nj
you are prea.h,"s . ,a Loo
verse! brea'ne' nor
your eyes now 50 " a.'
'heh' iou
He now cioseu ."c pa,ehts es,,
with the pam Vi "is vooi manu-, anu "a
man remaiheu as u III ueop ian"
Motioniess u cam iiurrieuiy SIP
ping inc COIN in,o Ills po'Ae' ""a 81
looking intensely on Tue man oeio'
n,n' n ~aaoatto, 60, Won,
.nh Va, ao,o
aoina =,
ioe, +, u i,
MANI ~ " ,a. ,'i,n' =,
s'fu.A -. p",' =. +,
-, ..I 4. .up
ris'u'
What was the WONDER Oh the specta
tors Wheh man . pare arm ooca"'
absolutely riga. ana ni3 inuscies stoo'
out 'ihat VIII no. sa'u the uoc'o,
Let 1t drop. ana the arm OPT
he was an absolute ''e''i" VI nyPho''
influence
~ iour leg 10 uo"o' 'oh',nuou 'n
!, n'pho'iHl nle 80 - .
! IL is d pieee y. "oo .os iou ia.
, no S'hDa.lon I'.,o W." '"o pa.,
: was ieauy ~, opo'an
=, u us'.o 49, ,'i,h 10 n"oa,
' It'll In,,nas. ard Iii
, ,p nnao,,ao haaan 80 On ~ -
. ~ ~ IT, To- So 40 hn,,onr 49,
!, sasn n,,n ,nTo, naarIar mnvo,non,'
va, ,ha tnInt
Wv liz ISAiiNs
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To Contest with Modlr,La.

Mrs. Arthur Boucher, who as Violet
vanbrugh was in America eight years
ago with the Kendals, is to show her
mettle this year. when she will be
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VIULCI NANbftUUT-
e~ontrasted with Modjeska in Donna
DIANA" with Ada RehaS, Mime. Rejane.
Aimee and Duse, as Cyprienne In ID
vorcons," her latest London success.
besides bringing us at least four new
parts, among them Kitty Give. actress.
in a one act play. the heroine OF m. de
Paris" in another one act play, the
title role In THE Chill Widow" Miss
Grantham in THE Liar" and several
new roles that she has not yet done in
London,
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Pretty Anna Held.

anna Held. who Is now in New York.
is an English girl with a Paris reppta-
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fltANN MoltINlC.
having a jolly time with his fellow
companions In the Jail, and outwardly
vas the coolest mar about the jail. He
vas anxious to see the scaffold erect
ed, and offered to help put 1t up. The
,vening before his execution he asked
TO be allowed to see the scafOld. and
sheriff Ohalfant allowed him to exam
Inc It. After doing SO in n careful man
ner, he said: We'll. boys. 1t looks as II
Il is capable Of doing the work" Then
as asked the sheriff whore tine trigger
vas, and the sheriff showed him. He
hen remarked. Well, | have had many
troubles In my short life, but this will
md them all TOMORROW" There was
no tremor about his voice. AS he
started for his cell again he added
What other man could walk out this
way and look at his own scaffold?'
Then to a little boy who was present,
he said: when | see an innocent lit
boy like thai 1t always reminds me
when ! was a boy, and of how much
Itter it would have been for me II
" died when | was OF his age"
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unknown woods. He produced map
of the country, saying at the same time:
We are sent like sacrifices to the altar
The event of the expedition too fatally
verified the generals expectations. On
going away he put into my hands a pa
per, which proved to he his will"
This will was drawn up in favor of
John Calcraft, to whom it bequeathcd
of volume3 3 the actress narrates further,
after referring to the news of Brad
docks death:
"a demand was made from the treas
ury for the government plate left us by
the late unfortunate Gen. Braddock.
The demand was rejected, upon which
a suit was commenced. But that fail
ing we were left in possession of the
royal donation. and the lions, unicorns
and hares made their appearance at our
table"
Gen. Braddock knew that he was not
undertaking a holiday excursion, but
must 'cut his way through unknown
woods" for the purpose OF conquering
whole nations;" thereby showing z
that he did not underrate the savage
bands in the new world. He was a
brave and worthy soldier who has not
yet secured his proper place in history.
was reminded of Braddock's march
and the disastrous termination of his
efforts by being led to-day to an his
toyic stone near the bank of the Poto-
mae by an old resident who showed me
Eraddock's rock.
II Edward Braddock. general;ssimo
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ture. He was succeeded by a line of
chiefs famed for wisdom and liberality.
and they in turn gave place to semi
republican form of government, which
continued until 81 b. c., when the island
became part of the Roman empire.
In the partition of the dominions OF
Rome Crete fell to the byzantine. or
Eastern, empire, by which it was held
until A. d. s23. when it was conquered
by the Saracenes. These daring SOL
sdiers held possession until the tenth
century, when the island became
Genoese province. From the Genoese
1t passed by gift to the marquis of
Montferrat, who sold it to the Vene-
tians in 1904. Venice, then in the height
zof her glory, held it for four centuries,
in the course of which Crete developed
into one of the most prosperous and
wealthy states in Europe. After n
terrific struggle, which lasted "a
wears, and in which a number of Ital-
ian states took active part, the country
was wrested from the Venetians by the
Turks, and made Turkish province in
1869.
The natives were oppressed by their
.onquerors and the numerous indus
tries established under the mild Vene-
$ian rule were taxed out of existence
From being the most affiuent people in
the Greek archipelago the Cretans be-
came the poorest. But persecution did
not extinguish their national pride, nor
did wanton cruelty succeed in compell-
ing them to renounce the Christian re-
ligion. The fire of hope burned in their
hearts, and scores of revolutions at
test that they preferred death to slav-
ery In 1921 and again in 1871, popular :n-
surrect;ons taxed ALI the resources of the
Turkisli government. In both instances
the patriots were defeated only after
fierce struggles, but after the con-
Quest the hand of the oppressor rested
u1,on them heavier than ever. In 1s42
the sultan placed such unjust restric-
tions ON the commerce of the island
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FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM.
The Cretan Struggle for Liberty
and Independence
Heroism d Displayed by the PoorIy-Fed
Patriots of the Island of Crete-Turkish
Cruelty Gives Renewed Strength
Their Cause.
ISpeciaI Letter.l

Recently the cable brought the ter
rible news that in Canea, the principal
city of the island of Crete, 1000 persons
had been massacred by Turkish troops.
Five hundred women and children es-
capped from the infuriated mercenaries
of the sultan by seeking refuge in the
Christian churches, where they would
have starved to death had not the Eng
lish and French warships stationed in
the harbor come to their rescue and
furnished them with the necessities of
life. All the bodies of the slain were
mutilated, and in many instances the
eyes of the victims had been goUged
out. And all this in the face of the fact
that six great powers-Russia, Ger
many, Great Britain, France, Italy and
Austria -Hungary-ar pledged to pro-
tect the porte's Christian subjects.
The Turkish government excuses the
horrible crime on the protest that the
Cretans are in revolt against the pad
ishah, that $4,000 armed patriots are
fighting to overthrow the Mussulman
domination established in 1869, and
that they have been guilty of murder
ing Turkish troops in cold blood. While
it is true that the Cretans are endeav-
-oring to secure freedom, the charge
that they have been guilty of anything
like the atrocities committed by their
taskmasters is absolutely silly. The
natives of Crete love liberty, are re-
markable for their agility, activity and
=swiftness, noted for daring and brav-
cry, are by some reputed to be vindic-
tive, but they are not cruel. Whenever
the patriots have met their opponents
on the field of battle they have treated
them fairly, and the Turkish gov
-ernor has been unable to prove a single
case of harbarity against them.
The Cretan is classic people. His
tory tells us that the island of Crete,
or Gambia, which forms the southern
limit of the Grecian archipelago, was
-anciently settled by colonists from the
Phoenicians, Pelasgians and Dorians.
and fable has it that it was first gov
-erned by Minos, whose laws are IA
miliar to every student of Greek litera-
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of his British majcsty's forces in Amer
lea, We're to revisit this earthly stage
and observe that the lonely spot on
which he disembarked in 1755 to begin
his ill-starred expedition against Fort
Duquesne is now the geographical CEN
ter of the national American capital,
bearing the name of his once humble
eide-de-camp, George Washington, he
would doubtless exclaim. as he eX-
claimed regarding his disastrous de-
feat near Pittsburgh: who would
have thought it,
Probably nobody would. for the CO.
incidence is too extraordinary; but
such is the irony of fate, the fact is
even thus. The ground whereon Brad
dock first set foot is practically the key
to the city of Washington, almost equi-
distant from either end of it and afford
ing to an invading force the readiest
approach by water.
At that time, at the opening of the
French and Indian war. and for half q