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The herald., 1897-03-07

defense ship and one armored cruiser Of
ancient type.
The battleships are the Spetsai,
Psara, Hydra. The armament of each
Is as follows: Three ten and one-half
inch Canet guns. five six-inch Canets,
seven six-pound rapid fire, sixteen ma
chine guns, three torpedo tubes. These
battleships are of 1885 tons burden.
Each Is protected by an armor belt of
eleven three-quarter inches. deck plate
two inches, battery plate thirteen three
quarter inches.
The coast defense ship, the Basileos
Georgios, registers LIZA tons, has two
8-inch lotion Krupp guns, two machine
guns, four 1-pounders. The Olga, a
wooden armored ship Of 2060 tons, has
four six-and-one-half-in five-and-
one-half-ton Krupp guns, two six-and-
one-half-inch three-and- e-half-ton
Krupp guns, four machine guns. four l.
Founders. There are four partly arm
ored sloops Of war, ranging from 1000
to 1900 tons. They are the Hellas,
which has twelve six1nch Krupp guns
and two machine guns; the Nauarchos
Miaulis, which has three six-and-one-
half-inch five-and-o d-one-half-ton Krupp
guns, one six-and-one- -half-inch and
three and-one half-ton Krupp guns.
two machine guns and four 1-pounders;
the Sfaktirea, which has two four-inch
the Mykale, which has only two machine
guns The other ships of the Greek
navy in commission, except the torpedo
fleet already mentioned and the Kan
aris "a torpedo depot ship armed with
two four-inch Krupp guns, two White
head torpedo launching tubes and two
ordinary torpedo tubes0 are wooden
vessels of obsolete types. They are the
Ambrakia, the Alepheos, the Acteon, the
Aphroessa the Burotas, the Nauplion
and five smaller vessels lightly armed.
According to the latest register pub
lished by M. Canaris, inspector of ma
rine, the strength of gun metal of the
Greek navy is as follows: Canet guns.
nine, ten and one-half inch, twelve
eight-inch, ten six-and-one-h -half-inch.
twenty -four six-inch and fifty Of small
er caliber. Machine guns, principally
of Nordenfeldt and Gattling pattern, 210.
The regular standing army of Greece
consists of 1920 infantry, 3120 caval-
ry, 3,S42 artillery, 1,0S0 engineers and
transportation men and 3,400 officers and
men, This makes a total of 28, 470 troops
in the land forces This by no means
represents, however the strength of
the Grecian army when on its present
warlike footing. Thousands of volun-
teers have entered the field. and light
ing side by side with the regulars, is
that gallant body of young men, the
pride of Athens. the Athenian Students
corps.
Greece has had many vicissitudes. In
the centuries during which she has been
known to the world she has passed from
the pride of sovereignty into the bonds
of servitude. Once again she emerged
from the mire of slavery, in 1922, and
now has attracted the attention of the
world by her bravery and determina-
ton. whatever may be the result of
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the good opinion of humanitarians ev-
erywhere.
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Astr oIogy Triumnhanf

The astrologists of England have
made distinct advance. They have
formed themselves into a society and
have held their first annual meeting.
and so have come out from their mys-
terious dens ornamented with owls.
dried alligators and stuffed cats into the
light of day. And they have no reason
to be ashamed of themselves in these
days of theosophy. satanism, Christian
science, faith healers, and other mani
festations of occultism I'M which the
mind of man rejoiceth. Mr.. Alan Leo
made an address to the aforementioned
society, in which he declared in true
Ingersollian style, that there was no
such thing as good and evil; what was
evil was the abuse of principles which
man had In him! The mission Of as
biologists was to teach people why they
suffered. and he affirmed that every
child coming into the world could be
provided with chart by which he might
steer clear of many dangers. Sooner or
later. astrology would become the re. =.
ligion Of the world. an assertion which
Madame Tingley and Mrs. Besant will
be inclined to dispute.
In competition with the college Of the
lost mysteries of the ancients, under
theosophical guidance, the star-gazers
are to found one of astrology to explain
the mysteries of their beautiful SYM
biology" and guide people from darkness
into light. Sometimes when one is in the
mood to boast of the great advances of
the human mind, 1t is well to reflect on
such phenomena as the survival of me-
dieval superstitions in what we are
pleased to call the full sunlight OF the
ninteenth century.-Mexican Herald.
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adapted to carry on defensive war;
fare. She has few rivers and many hills.
None of the former are navfgable and all
of the latter can be fortified, as many
of them are. In the oomplexity of her
makeup and the variety of her natural
features Greece excels every country IN
Europe. Her Inhabitants are inquisi-
tive, fond of excitement, and, like the
ancient seers of Athens, love discus
sion, long for knowledge, learn easily
and are aggresslvely patriotic. Despite
this universal patriotism, the popula-
ton of the country is made up of three
different races, who really speak three
different languages and consider them
selves entirely distinct from one an
other. The first of these is the Greek.
the second the Albanian and the third
the Roumanian.
over all these people there rules with
an iron hand a man who went from the
masthead of an English cruiser to the
throne of Greece. Thirty-four years ago
he was Prince George of Denmark, the
brother of the Princess of Wales, and
O nddshipman in the British navy. One
day, while aboard the cruiser, and at
the masthead by way of punishment for
some mischief of which he had been
guilty he was suddenly called down by
the executive officer and on the quarter
deck met the representatives Of the
Athenian government and the great
powers, who hailed him as the King Of
the Hellenes.
If solid shot had dropped out Of the
sky and struck the deck directly In
front Of him. the royal MILDLY could not
have been more astounded Greatness
that is thruss upon the sdions of royal
houses, however has to be accepted. and
so the young sailor left the berthdeck
of the cruiser for the palace at Athens.
He has administered from the first the
government of his turbulent. divided
and yet united kingdom with such
sagacity and wisdom that he has en-
The herald., 1897-03-07
WINE FROM AUSTRALIA
New Workers Have Sampled and Endorsed II,
and II la Cheap

Saunples of the Australian wines ship
ned to this country within the past year
have met with so much favor that steps
have been taken by wine merchants IN
Melbourne to develop trade with the
United States American residents Of
Victoria have written letters to friends
IN this city praising the qualiy of Aus
tralian wines very highly, and United
States Consul General Daniel w. Ma
rata, in q recent communication to the
state department, says that in his opin-
ion there ought to be good trade in
wines between the two countries
"A wine is grown here Tin Victoria),"
says Mr.. MaMtta, (which may be classed
under the head of claret. which is a good
ordinary table wine. comparing favor
ably with the wine which Is served by
the hotels and restaurants in Paris.
which sells at from Is to rs cents per
gallon. This wine would perhaps not
find a sale in the United States. as the
wine made in California would meet the
demand at very nearly the same price,
and the duty would be avoided; but
am sure that there is future for the
better class of Australian wines with
the consumers of America-wines that
will compare creditably with the bor-
deaux and burgundy wines of France
(which sell in New York for SO and "a
per bott1e) and that are sold here at
35 and 80 cents per bottle. Even after
paying the duty, these wines would
compete with wines now imported from
Franco. and could be, laid down In New
York at about half the price,"
Consul General Maratta further de-
clares that some Of the wines produced
in Australia. notably the clarets, hooks,
chablis and burgundy, have bouquet
and flavor approaching the high stand
ard of the French wines. An American
firm doing business in Melbourne sent
about thirty cases as sample lot to New
York about two years ago, and every
bottle was purchased by private parties
who expressed themselves as much
pleased with the quality and flavor of the
wine.
About s375,0OO worth of Australian
wines was exported from Melbourne in
1895, mostly to England, France and
German, and a slightly increased
quantity was shipped last year No eff
fort has been made to introduce these
wines into the United States, because of
the duty. The principal wines manufac-
tured in Victoria are claret, burgundy
chablis, hook, reislng, sl1iraz. hermitage
chasselas Sauvignon, tokay. port and
sherry. There are from forty to fifty
wine growers in the colony, and some of
the vineyards are very large. Compare
lively little champagne is made in Aus
tralia.-New York Times.
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A MOTHERS STRANGE STORY
She Ii Willing to Appear Dis9raced In Order
to Keep the Child From Her Husband

The strange case of a woman willing
to swear to her own disgrace in order to
prevent her husband from whom she
was separated from obtaining possess
sion OF her child was brought out in
trial Friday before Supreme Court Com
missioner Nugent of Jersey City.
The woman is Mrs. Jaeger, the wife
of William Jaeger, a produce dealer Of
Jersey City. The suit in court concerns
the possession of fiaxen- haired 3-year-
old boy, who was born a few weeks after
the separation of the couple in 1899.
Jaeger is endeavoring to get possession
OF the child. but the wife swears he is
not the boys father.
Jaeger insists that his wife's story,
damaging as 1t is to her character and
incomprehensible as it appears that she
should invent 1t, is told solely for the
purpose of keeping him from obtaining
the boy. The testimony was taken for
the purpose of determining If a moth
er's love might induce her to falsely con-
fess wrongdoing The commissioner said
he had never known of a woman's pride
and mothers love figuring so strange
ly in case. and that every new part of
the testimony simply added to the mys-
terry of Mrs. Jaeger's nature.
She is about 30 years of age, tall, dark
haired, black-eyed and strikingly prer-
ty. She has plump. fair cheeks, red lips,
hcdFy tycDlOWS anu ldSntS. Jaeger is u
strongly built man of 35 intelligent and
very frank in his manner. The little
boy has long, light curls and was dress
ed neatly in knickerbockers During the
trial he was alterntely with his mother
and his father and his foster mother, a
Mrs. Wangersheim. who is as anxious
to retain him as Mrs. Jaeger is that she
should do so.
Il couldn't live with my husband be-
cause of the way his mother treated
me-" she declared. HE was kind, but
we had to separate"
The woman spoke with apparent
frankness on the stand, but the hus-
band maintained that, although she con-
fessed infidelity, she had been a good
wife except in temper.
Mrs. Mangersheim testified that she
had Just seen the child at Snake Hill
institute for the poor and she had been
allowed to take II to her home. Mrs.
Jaeger afterwards consented to her
keeping it, and Jaeger, she said, had
called at her house and said the child
was not his and she was welcome to It,
She then obtained legal possession of 1t
and the present proceedings are on a
habeas corpus instituted by Jaeger for
the possession of the boy.
The case was contiued.-New York
Journal
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wherever he went. 10, there went the
stick also.
On his way back from Japan to
Greece, Prince George visited st. Pc
tersburg with his cousin, that he might
see the latter safely home. While he
was there the late czar succeeded In Sc
curing possession of the enormous
stick of his young relative. A
few days after his arrival at
Athens, Prince George, who was sor-
rowing for the loss of his stick. was
more than gratified again to receive It,
While in the czar's possession It had
been magnificently mounted In gold and
precious stones and adorned with jew
eled inscription as follows: ITO Prince
George, for valor."
Two years ago, while on board Gre
clan cruiser, terrific hurricane was
encountered In the Bay of Piraeus. A
bost containing a sailor capsized, when,
without doffing his uniform coat. FRINGE
George jumped into the ocean, reached
the sailor. and finally getting within
reach Of the cruiser, caught rope that
was thrown to him. Holding to the rope
with one hand, he held the senseless sea-
man with the other. and the two were
this drawn on board.
The crown prince of Greece is Con-
stantine. His wife is the sister of En-
peror William Of Germany. but neither
the crown prince nor princess are on
speaking terms with the Kaiser because
the princess abandoned the Lutheran
church and embraced the Greek national
faith. Constantine Is statesman. AS
Abraham Lincoln once said, HE has
his ear to the ground at all times and
can tell what the people are doing. with
the mass of the Grecian people he is
more popular than any of his brothers,
unless 1t be Prince George, whose recent
gailantry has made him very dear 10 all
those who love liberty and religious
freedom.
Constantine is at all times the friend
The herald., 1897-03-07
UREETS ALL THE PASSENGERS
Strange Conduct Of st. Bernard Dog on G
Suburban Train

Suburban Train
He gets on the suburban train north
bound every day at Thirty-ninth street
and rides up to Randolph. He is only
st. Bernard dog, but all the passen-
gers who make the trip in the smoker
have learned to look upon him as a
friend This dog Is not as other dogs,
for he is very friendly fellow and al
ways greets every man in the car. He
is the property of well-known violin
list, but he Is on good terms with all who
enter the car to ride to the northern ter
minal.
Every day as the 1:20 train steams in
to the Thlrty-n ninth street station the
owner Of the dog enters the smoking car
and seats himself. The dog is always
with him. AS soon as the master has
taken his seat the dog begins his daily
parade up and down that car. He stops
for an instant before every man and
will not move on until each has given
him a pat on the head. He makes the
entire circuit of the car and then returns
to his master and calmly seats himself
in the aisle.
He remains quiet until another sta
tion Is reached when he watches to
see II any new passengers enter. In ev-
cry case when such a happening is
noted the dog gets up and goes to the
new arrival for his customary pat. He
is flne looking animal and never a man
enters but is ready and anxious to ex-
tend the greeting the dog seems to ex-
pect of not exact. The master is gener-
ally buried In some paper and pays but
little attention to the doings Of the dog,
but the other passengers are always
alive to the situation and pleased with
the good nature and frendliness of the
dog.-Chicago Chronicle.
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The Claims to Fame of That
Little Nation
HER KING KNOWS NO FEAR
A Family Of Sons, the Sturdiest Of All
Royalty
The First Q Statesman, the Second . Soldier,
the Third Sailor Of Daunt-
less Courage

For the hrst time in modern history
Greece has assumed the most prominent
position among the powers of the earth.
This time It is not forensic glory that she
seeks, but the glory which is won by
feats of arms and by the sincere salts
faction Of having championed the cause
of the patriot as against the fanatic, by
performing. in spite of fearful opposi-
ton, a deed which all Christendom has
openly or secretly applauded.
The murder of the Armenians by the
Turkish hordes made the Europeans
blush with shame and tremble with
rage Yet not a hand was stirred to
prevent further outrage; only voices
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deared himself to each and every one OF
those who VOW to him allegiance.

deared himself to each and every one OF
those who vow to him allegiance.
The royal family of Greece is the
sturdiest in Europe among all upon
whom the fierce light of thone shines.
Queen Olga, the consort of King George,
is the daughter of that statesman and
philanthropist. the late Grand Duke
Constantine Nicolaevitch of Russia.
Five sons and two daughters are
the result of this union. Six
Of these children are still alive, the sew
enth, the Princess Alexandra having
died a year after her marriage to the
Grand Duke Paul. 1t is probably due
to the domestic misery which preceded
the death of the princess. that the king
and queen hesitate to fix the day for the
marriage of their remaining daughter,
Princess Marie to the Grand Duke
George of Russia, who Is her aff1anced
husband.
BY far the most notable, however. of
the children Of the royal pair Is Prince
George, the third son, who, like the
duke of York, Is a sailor because he
likes to be. 1t Is he who Is in command
of the naval expedition that has given
the Cretans aid. 1t is he who, when
notified by the admiral Of the allied
powers that an attempt by him to land
would result in the bombardment by
them, said II shall do my duty, let
the consequences be what they may"
At the time when this remark was made
King George of Greece. in his palace
at Athens, said to the British minister:
IT shall do my duty by the Cretans. My
people demand it. I would rather be
q dead monarch than an exiled king"
1t may also be stated that Prince
George, the worthy son of a worthy
father. has many other acts Of gallant
ry to his credit than those which he has
already performed at Crete. He is. it
might be said, superior in stature. weight
and muscle to every other prince of the
blood in Europe. He is devoted to ath-
letic sports. and it was more to his in
fiuence than anything else that the reviv-
al of the Olympic sports in which Ameri-
cans won so many honors was brought
about.
When Prince George was in Japan
with his cousin. the present czar Of
Russia, he saved the life of the latter
by almost Draining a would-be ASSASSIN
with a heavy stick. The man had al
ready struck once at the czarowitch
with a keen edged sword. and but for
the princes blow would have essayed
a second and surely successful stroke.
This stick of Prince Georges, which
played 10 prominent part in the SAL
vation OF the carowitch, was previous
to this time an eyesore to his family.
1t was tremendous In size and attracted
attention wherever its owner took 1t.
He called It his mascot, however, and.
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of the people. Times without number
he has openly and earnestly opposed his
fathers ministry in the course they have
decided upon. In every instance his
sagacity and wisdom have been thor
oughly proved. 1t was he who brought
about the fall of the Tricoupis cabinet
two years ago. Although he was crit
icised at that time, subsequent events
show that he was perfectly justified in
all that he did. National feeling was
with him and the nation benefited great
ly by his action.
Prince Nicholas of Greece. the second
son of King George, is an artillery off,
Ger and in commander the forces on the
Grecian frontier. He is not a giant in
stature, although an exceedingly well
developed young man above the average
height and weight. 1t is his duty to pre-
pare for the threatened invasion by the
Turkish troops and his attitude thus
far indicates that the sublime porte will
have his hands full when he tries to
enter Hellas. the Greeks call their
country.
The mother Of these boys. Queen Oh
ga, is worthy Of the sons who have
caused her so much qualification. She
Is the only petticoated admiral in the
world. There are plenty Of women who
hold official positions in the army, but
Queen olga is the only admiral, and she
arrived at this distinction through the
late czar of Russia, who made her an ad-
miral of the Russian navy. Like Prince
George she is passionately fond Of the
sea and uses her yacht as other women
of royal lineage do their carriages. She
has successfully passed the examination
required in order to secure the diploma
of full fledged sailing master. Not only
does she hold the commission Of an ad-
miral, but If necessary could perform
the duties of one. Withal, she is
woman, true. sincere, sympathetic.
Charity is her delight and the sick and
poor Of her kingdom bless her. not for
her royal station but for her wcmanly,
loving kindness The people Of Greece
love her as they do her eldest son. She
is not only the queen Of their country,
but Of their hearts as we'll.
All this indicates the sort of stuff Of
which at least one royal family is made,
a family who will do and dare, who will
dare to do right and dare to be true. The
power that they have to carry out their
determination is not a very great one.
The army is neither large nor the fleet
particularly formidable. The Greek
navy consists principally of unarmored
cruisers and half ironclad eloops Of war
and gunboats. There Is fiotilla Of six
teen torpedoes, only eleven of which
are In commission. There are three
first-class steel battleships. the oldest
Of which - but seven years; one coast
The herald., 1897-03-07
Discover Some PIre worshipers

Two Danish officers. MN. Oloufsen
and Phillipsen, recently arrived at St.
Petersburg on their return from jour-
ney of exploration to the Pamir country,
where they reached places hitherto un-
trodden by Europeans. They brought
back with them over 300 photographs of
places they visited and types they met.
During their travels they met, among
others, tribes who are still fire worship
ers and totally uncivilized in their mode
of life. The men of these tribes, and
even their animals, are of very small
size, the bulls and COWS being no larger
than a European foal and the donkeys
about the size Of large dog. The sheep
are about as large as a small poodle.
The use of money Is unknown to them,
and their only trade consists in the bar
ering of furs. Women are bought at
the rate of five or six cows or fifteen
sheep apiece. These natives are very
timid, and on the approach of strangers
take flight
NM. Phillipsen and Oloufsen have Sc
cured numerous scientific collections,
which they intend presenting to the nat
ural history museum at Copenhagen,
and have also made interesting meteoro-
logical observations.