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The Washington times., 1901-11-10
THE SITUATION IN TURKEY.
Everything Points to Crisis at nm
Early Day.

The situation in Turkey Is steadily
growing worse. and everything points 10
a crisis at no distant date Indications Of
the general paralysis are to be found in
every direction. In Macedonia, Albania.
Armenia. and Yemen anarchy reigns SUI
preme: the relations with most of the
Powers can hardly be described rs friend
iy: the State Golfers are entirely depleted
in fact to such an extent that the treas
ury is unable to pay the State officials
ard the army one months salary every
three months-and discomfort IS general
among all classes Of the population. Cor
ruption in all branches of the administra-
tiOn has attained an unprecedented point.
SO much so that, although fully conscious
Of the gravity of the situation, nobody
seems to care straw about it. The Sui
tan probably is the only man in the EN-
pire who is unaware Of the exact state of
affairs. The belief so generally held that
be is accurately Informed Of all that is
going on in his dominions Is certainly in
correct
Courtiers. ministers, high officials.
judges. officers. are too busy watching
ana denouncing each other to think OF re-
porting to their sovereign about the af-
fairs of state. This is no doubt In great
of mind, which makes him suspect of dis
loyalty those of his encourage, even his
greatest favorites who do not indulge in
the universal system Of espionage. Every
high official has his own service for spy
ing his colleagues. At Cabinet councils
it is the duty of every minister to watch
the others. and address a report to the
palace. The result is that nobody cares
to report to his Majesty about state af-
fairs, and that consequently he does not
learn all that he ought to know. The
ambassadors may rest assured that only
official communications 10 the Porte are
made known to the Sultan. Ambsssa-
doris and ministers frequently address Sc
we're remarks TO the Minister of Foreign
Affairs or the First Secretary of the Pal
ace, thinking that they will be repeated
to the Sultan. Neither Tewfik Pasha nor
Talisin Bey take the trouble to inform
their master. for fear that they may bear
the brunt of ihe Imperial anger.
Corruption has so completely pervadod
governing circles that all sense of hon
ssty, patriotism. and dignity is quite eX-
tinct All officials high and low, are con-
vinced that the country is doomed, and
that their sole preoccupation is to put by
enough money TO insure their material
The Washington times., 1901-11-10
BRIGANDAGE IN TURKEY.
kidnapping Once u Common Occur
renee in the Ottoman Empire.

The kidnapping OF Miss Stone has again
drawn attention TO what was once toll
erably common incident in the Ottoman
Empire a great deal of blame is always
given to the authorities. and doubtless
they are responsible to a certain extent
for the insecurity OF communication, but
anyone who has been in the country
where the brigands perform their exploits
will partially excuse the Government
The state OF affairs in South Africa at
the present moment is an object lesson In
the difficulty of running down any small
party OF desperate men, even with flying
and mobile columns of every description
and the country under martial law.
In the last case of kidnapping, which
occurred near Constantinople. II was not
till long after the victims had been res
cued, and by the employment Of a con-
siderable body of troops. who were quar-
tered ON all the villages ~ the district.
that the brigauds were captured. And
then 1t was principally the distress caus-
ed among the peasants by the presence
of the soldiery which finally led to their
betrayal of the robbers. As rutc, the
shepherds. themselves reckless and
lawless set. who spend their lives in the
most Lonely and inacce ssibie mountains
are OH friendly terms with the brigards.
iiher from fellow feeling or from policy,
and as Ions as they supply the latter with
food and information, II is almost i'm
The Washington times., 1901-11-10

distinct than those other films which are
occasionally Incorporated III the neve, and
may thus be recognizable until the upper
snow field begins to pass into the glacier
proper. The ice is then affected by differ
ehtial movements, often of a very compli
Gated character. As was shown years ago
oy Forbes. Tyndall. and other observers,
the upper part of the glacier moves more
quickly than the lower, and the middle
than the sides DISTINCTIONS or inequali-
ties IN its rocky bed also produce, as
frof. Solias demonstrated in model con-
sstructed with kind OF pitch, movements
stone.
All these will most certainly produce
shearing. as scientific folk call it, 1t is
stated that hopes are entertained of learn
ing more about the blue banding of a
glacier by watching the course Of this
layer. This is caused by rather irregular
alternating stripes of blue and white ice
The difference in color is due to the
white ice being full of minute air bubbles,
whlie the blue is almost free from them.
80 the FORMER wastes away more rapidly
than the latter, and the surface of the
glacier. where the structure is well devel-
oped, presents miniature ridge and fur
row arrangement But exactly how this
fabric is produced is by no means plain.
The late Prof. j. ID. Forbes attributed 1t
TO the glacier movement, which drew out
into layers masses of two kinds of ice
formed in the upper part of the glacier,
ana he compared il to the ribbon struc-
ture OF slags, while the late Prof. Tyn-
dali attributed it to pressure. and treated
II as analogous to slaty cleavage-assert-
ing that it was developed while the ice
was being forced through a narrower
part of the valley.
Thus it was originally inclined at a high
angle to the bedding of the ueve. and ulti-
mately obliterated 1t. The molecular
changes required by either of these theo-
ries would be almost certain to make
the blood rain" layer unrecognizable, so
that. though the attempt to watch its
& worth
very sanguine that it viii be rewarded by
Succnss Il .nnhnn Standard.
The Washington times., 1901-11-10
BLOOD RAIN IN THE ALPS.
Scientists Hope 1t VIII Help Eiuci-
date Certain Problems.

The blood rain recorded last March
has. our Berlin correspondent informs us.
left its mark on the snow fields of the
Eastern Alps. and German men of science
are said to entertain great hopes that it
Will help TO ehcidate certain problems
connected with glacier motion. The snow
of the neve, or supply basin. of glacier
exhibits a stratifed arrangement, each
bed being defined either by a line of i'm
perfect cohesion, owing to long pauses
between heavy snowfalls. or sometimes
by films of dust which the wind has car
ried from neishboring rocks onto the
snow field.
The blood rain" fell rather heavily
near the upper part of the Adriatic. and
thus may have been thick enough in
the more eastern Alps to produce a dis
tinct layer, which will be now safely
sealed up under newer snow. The idea
of using this to Indicate the progress of
that particular layer of ice on its down
ward journey Is excellent in theory. but
will be attended with several practical
difficulties. 1t is by no means clear that
the material will be recognizable after
it has been for some time embedded in
the ice. At present. as the name inn
plies, it is redder than ordinary dust.
the color being due to a certain oxide of
iron. But this will very likely turn rust
colored. or If changed into iron carbon
ate will assume a blush tint. If so, as
II differs little in other respects from
ordinary rock dust. IL will be indistir-
gushable from the thin seams of mud
which are by no means rare in the ice
OF glaciers. especially in their lower
parts
The layer is probably thicker and more
The Washington times., 1901-11-10

An expert, however. points out that the
robes VIII have to be worn for several
hours, and that cresses and crushing
would Immediately betray the imitation of
the real and sumptuous material. while
robe-makefs themselveS express the opin-
ion that it Will be impossible to obtain
the sweeping and diguifed folds desira-
BILE in anything save the best qualities Of
velvet.
Meantime, some few great ladies and
leaders Of fashion have been giving their
orders direct to the English silk weaVers
for the brocadeS or satins they Will wear
a the great ceremony. one thoughtful
young countess is having her dress woven
at Bedford Leigh, in Lancashire. where.
together with Rochdale and Middleton.
some very choice materials are turned
out. In another. and less costly direction.
there is evidence that English products
are coming into brisk demand, and that
it is for pretty and useful silk shirt
biouses. it is satisfactory to learn, on
the highest authority in the trade, that
no other descriptions of light thin silks
are equal to the surahs of Manchester ana
Macclesfield for making up the daintily
tucked and trimmed blouses now so wide
ly worn. and indications point to con-
tinued and extending call for the charm
ing wares of this description throughout
the coming spring-London Telegraph.
The Washington times., 1901-11-10
HOW LORD SALISBURY SPEAKS
Support for His Elbow Necessary for
m Flow of EIouuencc

When Lord Salisbury rests his elbow
on something his speech flows unchecked.
But take that something away. and he is
verse than a Hyde Park orator.
One day in the House of Lords some
body removed one of the books On which
the Premier is wont to lean while speak
ing His usual eloquence was hating ard
undecisive. and he wandered away from
his subject. His Iordship, however, imme.
diately missed the books. and waited until
they were returned. when he continued
his speech.
on another occasion, during a political
meeting at his own home. he was com
pelled TO lean on the edge of fire-screen
In order to assist himself in his political
Observation-Disclosures.
The Washington times., 1901-11-10
THE CORONATION ROBES.
Orders for the Product of Lyons
Looms Canse Dissntisfaction,

Dissatisfaction was rife amoug manu-
facturers and prominent member Of the
wholesale distributing drapery houses
in the city yesterday at the news which
has leaked out that an order for 1900
yards Of the costliest silk velvet in Grim
son. for the robes of peers or peeresses
at the coronation has been given in I.y-
ons. 1t is not that English manufactur-
crs have shown any lack of enterprise IN
the matter. for on the earliest possible
occasion an official pattern Of the correct
shade OF crimson was obtained from th.
Earl Marshal. and lengths Of the finest
fabric that can be produced are waiting
upon the counters OF their makers for
the demands which it was naturally ex-
pscted would follow at once upon the
expression OF Queen Alexsndra's wishes
upon the subject.
The proper shade of crimson Is a deep
and rich one. with the least tint Of purple
IN II, aid 1t involves very delicate and
careful dveing to obtain precisely the tone
desired. For lining. Il white corded silk
must be employed. and here again our
own looms might well have looked for
preference. lr the ali-important matter of
price the Eng lsh veiyots comnara favor. ~
ably with thee OF foreign make. but
with moderately good erInine II T. sit
mated thar ca III robe Will cost from ESQ
TO 31So There are silk fnfshod' vel
veteens, and smother material known in
the trade as shah velvets." which at a
distance would be difficult 10 Distinguish
from the real velvets at les TO lSs 4 yard
The Washington times., 1901-11-10
A DEMAND FOR ERMINE.
Many Skins VIII He Required for
Coronation MnutIes

Furriers will be uncomnonly busy next
year, preparing so many mantles for the
coronation. The run on ernine cannot
fail to render the skin of the white wea-
sci, as the animal used to be termed. very
dear for while, as the real thing. not its
limitations. must be worn at the great
historical ceremony. The much-discussed
miniver ought to be genuine ermine; and
for Royal use. the lining of a royal man
tie and sleeves, it should be spotted with
the black paws of the astrakhGn lamb.
The black spots on the bordering of a
royal mantle are Of ermine tails. These
were usually omitted in the dress of
judges and high ecclesiastics.
In bygone days. when this fur came in
to great request for the warirobes Of ex-
alted personages, vague ideas were enter
talned as to the animal which furnished
it. Some declared ermine to be the skin
of Il white rat. others of large species
of white mouse; ard for a good while
miniver was described as the white un-
derpart of u grey squirrels skin White
hares rabbits and cats also contributed
their proportion of~nock ernaine, as they
still continue to do.
1t was once considered a piece of great
presumption. punishable by law. for per-
sons of ordinary dc gree 20 wear eTiiifiIs,
sable, and choice furs reserved fer royal
ty and nobility. At the present day.
however. moneyed folks can buy and put
on anything. anc 1t IS even reported thae
certain millionaire sses are waxing dis
satisfied with ordinary diamond tiaras.
and are having royal crowns made for
evening wear-cOpies of genuine regalla.
They had better reserve such headgear
tor their home circle, and not appear In
dress affair. where every other person -
IN rcgal trappinss.-Modern Society.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19
CURIOUS HONDURAS PIPES.


Spanish and Aztec Implements Retain
Historic Designs aud Color.
this country many OF the odd imple-
ments and curios OF those lands. The
Spanish population has large admix-
ture OF Aztec or other aboriginal blood.
and preserves many OF the implements
as well as customs which prevailed In
the time OF the Montezumas One Of
the queerost survlvals In this regard is
the long pipe which Is stlll employed
In the rural districts OF both republics.
II IL made from shrub or a sapllng
which grows somewhat like the elder.
The bush is cut down and the plth ex-
tracted from the stem. which is after
ward peeled. polished. dried and paint.
ed with primary colors In barbaric
style. The simplest form Is a straight
stem from three to six feet In length,
A more expensive kind Is made from
n stem with two terminal branches.
This demands much more care In ex-
tracing the pith. and enables the own
err to offer friend a mouthpiece on
one branch while he Is enjoying an
other upon a second. Three-stemmed
sticks are also made. and. very rarely,
four-stemmed ones. These are kept as
ourlos rather than as useful articles,
and are supposed to have been emu
ployed upon especial occasions In the
days OF the Incas. The bowl is OF red
mouthpiece may be OF bone, or horn
or decorated silver and amber. The
length OF the stem causes the tobacco
smoke TO cool appreciably in It's pas
sage from the bowl TO the lips. and
gives taste almost as mild as that
produced by the oriental nargile. Tn,
tobacco used with II is OF rich red
brown color about intermediate In
flavor and appearance between Vlr'
ginla and Havana leaf. These pipes
make very pretty ornaments for .
mantel or for wall, being much more
pleasing TO the eye than the "churct
warden" familiar 10 all smokers. They
are strong and durable. but, unless oil
ed and vanished now and then. they
are apt to split In dry climate. Col
lectors make II n rule to oil them OF
the inside once a year.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19
sEooAR.s BANK ACCOUNT.
Taithfui Dog Earned $4,000 for Its
Master.

Master.
For the past ten years theater- goers
and other pleasure seekers who walk
ed on the Broadway Of New Yorks
Tenderloln after dark were wont to
glance aside to the curbing at the at
tenuated harmonies Of a hand-organ.
says the New York Times The glance
showed them a ragged old man. grind
Ing out the wheezy greeting OF age to
youth. but II also showed a grizzly
haired dog hard by. with basket half
full OF coin In his mouth. The men
who saw II merely grumbled. "Pshawl
Only a hand organ beggar Probably
worth more than am" but their
feminine companions were not 10 be
put on In that wise. But look at tho
faithful dog they would cry And
the result was that the dogs basket
became heavier every moment that he
was on duty It was the tribute OF
woman to the dog.
Now, mind" the male escort would
say. II do % simply out Of S'gard for
the dog. Several days ago Broadway
missed the dog broadway wondered
ana then speedily forgot an about Il.
The dogs home was In the tenement
house. i02 West Thirty-eighth street.
where week ago he died. His master,
since dead, the ncighbors say. starved
both himself and the dog to death. The
dog Ia dead and the nclghborhood
knows not his name. but there Is left
to guard his memory a noble mOnu-
mont The savings OF the master that
The dog earned amount to something
over S25 600.
Timothy McGrath was the dogs
master. For years he lived In a small
room In the tenement In Thirty-eightn
street or late. since the death Of the
dog he himself had been aillng. and
James Brown, tailor. who had his
shop on the ground floor. had been
accustomed to do the meager shopping
OF McGrath.
Yesterday morning. as usual, Brown
went up to the top floor. but could < I
no answer to his knockIngs. A police
man finally broke In the door Me-
Grath was dead. The ambulance sur
gcon said that lack OF proper nourish-
ment was the cause. In tin box So.
oroted In the room they found two
bank notes, one on the Emigrants'
Savings bank. and one on the Bank
for Savings. showing TO McGrath'a
credit $4,000. There was also the
deeds for n house on Fortieth street,
on Fifth avenue. a life insurance pol.
icy. and deeds for a lot and monument
In Calvary cemetery.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19

puiiets laid $500 eggs. and the old
fowls C.3l9. or a difference In favor OF
the old hens OF 40 eggs. The breeds
we're white and brown Leghorns, and
the old hens were three and four years
o. age. This seems to demonstrate that
the notion Of killing on old hens over
two years Of age Is not good one
But the lesson Is not perhaps Of gem
,rai application for the reason that
ILeghorns are said to continue dropping
,gHs In large numbers long after most
breeds have ceased to lay. One poultry
nan says he keeps his Brown Leghorns
,s long as they Will lay. and that he
Itept ono hen TIL she vas nine years OF
lge. a good many experiments will
lave 10 be made before we can get
ouch definite light on the subject.
The adylsablllty Of not sending
/ dickens 10 market In a lean condition
/ 3 borne out by about all the expert.
SCENTS undertaken along the line OF
httening fowls for market. One year
De Maine Experiment station So
nrod a considerable number OF fowls
b be used In a test OF this kind. The
AickenB were 1870 days old at the be-
ginning Of the test. and the feeding
ms continued for thirty-hve days. The
y weighed 1879 pounds at the begin.
inr OF the test and 2371 at Ia close,
cd gained total OF S9.2 pounds dur.
4ag the period. an average gain Of 222
punds per chick The quantity Of dry
seal required to produce a pound OF
pin was $50 pounds. when sold the
Ards brought ~ cents net each more
IAN they would have brought II sold
q the former weights. or course THE
hvance was made in a state whore
stall prices for poultry are high, but
he cost OF feed ~ corrcspondingly
igh The quality OF the woll-coyered
at-hoshod chickens. II they are moi
40 tat, IL 80 much superior 10 that OF
~ same bros not specially prepared
mt they will be sought for at a higher
pce.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19
s,r.nr. Railway Mr.eh.

Frank Fisher awakened from sweet
dreams a few days ago to find himself
perehed high on the top OF wrecked
locomotive. amid the ruins OF far
worse wrecked caboose. The sudden
change from scenes OF pastures green
and babbling brooks TO a winter land
scape. full OF twisted iron. spllnters
and kissing steam was so unpleasant
that Fisher lost no time in climbing
down from his high seat, but not be-
fore he had been painfully scalded,
This remarkable incident occurred dur
ing the wreck on the Schuylkill bridge.
on the Perkiomen railroad Fishers
escape was miraculous. He had charge
OF a car OF eleven horses, and was dog
ing in the gig top OF the caboose when
the locomotive plunged into the rear
end OF the train. The horses were all
killed.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19

This Is an exceedingly fatal conta
pus disease, which Il widely dlstribu
"A over this country. and causes onor
aus annual losses. especially In this
'ctral and southern sections.
The FIRST symptoms OF the disease
m In the majority OF cases. a yellow
,o0ration OF that part OF the excre
nat which ls usually white. quickly
flowed by violent diarrhea and rls,
d temperature. other common nc.
oc-panying symptoms are dropping OF
tawlngs. stupor. lessened appetite ano
eiassive thirst.
snce the disease Ia due to n specific
gvn, II can only be introduced into
iook by direct importation OF this
ga. generally by fowls from infected
pEnisea. As soon as the symptoms Of
u disease are observed the fowls
Sald be separated as much as posi-.
b and given restricted quarters,
vre dlsinfectants can be freely used
Aioon as the peculiar diarrhea is no.
VI with any OF the fowls tho birds
oitnat lot should be changed to fresh
gnund and the sick ones killed. The
Injected exerement should be carefully
scaped up and burned. and the inolos.
uu thoroughly disinfocted with one.
haf per cent solution OF carbolic acid,
which may be applied with an ordinary
wtering pot. Burn dead birds.
The germs OF the disease are taken
into the system only by the mouth. ana
Got this reason the watering troughS
ani feeding places must be kept thor.
oughly free from them by frequent dis
Injection with one OF the solutions
mationed.
Treatment OF sick birds ia not TO be
recommended under any circumstances
The malady runs It's course. us a rule
In one, two or three days. and II can
only DO checked with great difficulty
Roup Ia one OF the most dreaded Of
diseases. II Is sometimes spoken OF
as the winter disease. The symptoms
ar, hoarse breathing swelled eyes. dis.
charge at the nostrils and sometimes
a istld breath. Treatment is not gen.
orally satisfactory. The affected birda
should be removed, the house cleansed
and disinfected. Damp. foul air and
cold drafts In the poultry houses should
be carefully avoided whenever fowls
ara subject to roup. A decrease In the
proportion OF corn and an increase In
the proportion OF meat food in the daily
ratlon Ia held by some TO be highly
beneaclal In warding on this disease.
In general the treatment OF the com
mon diseases OF fowls is not 80 salts
factory as preventive measures. No
WHARF more than In the poultry bust
uee, does that old adase apply. An
onnee OF prevention Is worth a pound
Of cure" - Agricultural Department
Bulletln.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19
shs,Iand sheep Wool

rhe wool OF the pure native Shetland
Assn IA generally compared TO merino
an account OF It's fine texture. Like
ma shetland pony, the pure Shetland
ha.n IA a small and very active crea-
mra often TO be seen moving with the
,r,,,tness and agility OF n goat or
Il a,nola among the cliffs and orags OF
ma shore. For the nrst few months
AZ lambs live on the hill pastures
v,,h their mothers, but toward the
49, ~ summer they are taken In
son, the hill and tethered, usually In
80 on the grass inside the bikes
IA, separAte the hill pasture from the
,,o,,s This Is done to give them a
80 chance OF standing the winter,
~, a,hen bad weather really sets In
A., are shut up In snug and comfort
M ,,,,Ie folds every night, and regu-
s,,v sed. In spring they are again
allowed to run free on the hill pas
lures. -. .
,s.,Iv clipped or shorn, On the big
-. where oheviot and black-facod
S.an are kept shearing is, OF course,
\. prsctlee. but the shetlanders leave
M shsep's fleece intact TIL the wool
- 20 10 speak. and Just about to
so.,l IN itself: then Il is rooed or
,rne, an carefully, so as not TO hurt
4. - ar.stures. and any part OF II that
a. oot come on readily Is left TN
h,,r -chamber's Journal.