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i BULGARIA MOVE: HATRED OF THE TUR STROKE FOR LIBERTY LONG PLANNED For Centuries the Domination of the Sultan Has Galled Proud Little Nation Now Determined, with Arms If Necessary, to Throw Off the Yoke Dreams of Past Greatness Revived Large and Su perbly Equipped Army in Readiness for Eventualities. ONDON. For thoso who know Uulgarln and the Hulgnrlnns It Is not hard to understand what Prlnco Fordlnand'a proclamation of the Independence of the country means to his people. It Is tho consummation of 30 years of patlont, crafty, novor-sworvlng offort, always directed to tho ono purpose, by tho minds of statesmen who wore not afraid to match tholr wits' with thoso of tho prlmo ministers of tho great western powors aud whoso rowards wore occasional victories. It Is tho consummation, too, of tho prayers and hopes of tho 4,000,000 people of Uul garln over slnco tho treaty of Uerlln, dictated by Disraeli, deprived them of tho advantages secured for thorn by HtiBBln In tho treaty of San Stefnno. A wostornor can hardly npproclnto tho Uulgnr's hatred for tho Turk, it ts tho rollc of conturlos of slavery, during the time whon Europe was awaking from tho sleep or tho mlddlo ngos, and It is hatred that knows no GEN. NIKIPHAROFF OF BULGARIA. Photo Underwood & I'ndfrwood, N. V. bounds, no modifications, thnt is un dying and Imposslblo of mltlgntlon. Uulgnrlnns hnvo novor forgotten that In tho olilon days, whon western Eu- ropo wns for tho most part sunk In barbarism, tho czar of all tho Uulgars dominated tho entlro Unlknn peninsu la, nnd the Hulgnrlnn church wns a treasury of learning nnd nrt. It Is a far cry from Stephen Du shun, Inst of tho Dalkan czars, to For dlnnnd, cznr of the Uulgars, and, In deed, tho Uourbon blood of Fordlnnnd contains not ono drop of tho fluid thnt flowed In the veins of tho inodlovnl hero, but to tho Uulgars tho proclama tion of Tlrnovn represents a return to tho old estate On tho fatal field of Kosovo, "tho plain of the blackbirds," so colled from tho hordes of scavengers that de scended on tho slain, Juno 15, 1380, Sultan Amurath dealt tho final blow to tho Servian nnd Uulgnrlnn armies com manded by King Lazarus. From that day until tho Inst century the Ottoman empire domlnnted eastern Europo nnd BULGARIAN From tf9sr.it,iwrluli, 17 UwUrwwJ 4 D BY the Unlknn peninsula wns turned Into n second Asia Minor. It Is ono of tho prottdoat boasts of the Uulgars thnt for more than four centnrloa they woro tho bulwark of Europo against tho Mnhnmmudnn nnnles, and thnt whon thoy did fall thoy foil gloriously, fighting to tho Inst. Then Came pcgcncratlon. Uut in tho cyclos that camo aftor Kosovo tho Uulgnr race degenerated sadly. It became a raco of stolid peas ants, heavy, stupid, uneducated, nnd so It remained until tho wavo of lnsur. roctlon swept over Europe in tho first hulf of tho nineteenth century. Snn Stefnno insula Bulgaria nominal ly free from Turkey. Sho was to have almost the whole of what Is now known ns Macedonia, with n sonconst on tho Aegean, besides tho country be yond the lthodopcs. Uut this did not suit Disraeli. Ho summoned tho con gress of Uerlln nnd Uritlsh battle ships proved' too much for HtiBsInn diplomacy. Uulgarln wns hacked, cut down, amputated Into a tuppenny-ha'penny principality, a vassal state of Turkey, bound to pny a flxod annual ttlbuto, to bo determined later. And the Bulgarians woro not dis couraged, ovou though disappointed. Thoy begnn tholr uphill fight nt onco. They Ignored tho clnuses of tho treaty binding thorn to vassalage; they Ig nored tho tribute to Turkey, and, When tho time cunie, in 1885, thoy annexed Eastern Uumollu, a Turkish province hnvlng about the snmo stntus as Uul garln proper, and over which the prince of Uulgarln was govornor-gon-ernl. Turkey wns afraid to fight Uul garln then, hut Servla, Jonlouu at such an Important acquisition by hor young er neighbor, declared war and was whipped at Slivnitza.. Slnco then Uulgarln has been dovot- lug hor efforts to educating her peoplo, to building up tho most efficient fight ing machine owned by a small power In Europo, and to skillfully carrying on a propaganda In Macedonia cnlcu lntod to ndvauco her interests In that country. At tho samo tlmo tho Bulgarian statesmen hnvo boon watching and wultlng an opportunity to proclaim tho country's Independence. Actually, they hnvo ulwnys been free; nominally, tho sultan has been their suzerain, in Prince Ferdinand they nnd a ready tool nt hnud. Ho is vnln, ambitious nnd equally crnfty. As u statesman ho has proved himself no mean nntagon 1st during tho 20 years of hlB reign, and ho has been willing to sacrlflco anything for tho privilege of calling himself king. Prince Tolerated for His Brains. So Europo has had tho curious spec taclo of a ruler, selfish and bound to his own ends, working hand In glove with his peoplo for tho samo result. It Is Indifferent to his subjects what Fer dinand of Bulgaria calls hlmsolf. Thoy desplso him personally, while rccog nlzlng that ho Is an ablo ruler, nnd let it go nt thnt. In tho Turkish revolution, brought nbout by tho Young Turk's party, Uul gnrla saw tho opportunity sho had awaited so long. In fact, somo 6x tromlsts may bo prone to bollovo thnt Uulgarln had a hand In tho orgunizn tlon of tho Young Turks. Fordlnnnd saw Instinctively tho bo3t way to accomplish what ho wanted Austria, trembling over tho snfoty of hor tenuro of Herzegovina nnd Uosnla, wnB nnxlous for nny plan thnt would undermlno tho treaty of Uerlln. Vory likely Austria was only too happy to have a small nation llko Bulgaria start ARMY DRILL. I VuJ.-riMod,:f. Y. tho ball rolling, rntlior tlinn run tho risk of bringing down upon her own hend Uio wrath of the great powers. Uulgurlnn statesmen and nrmy ofTI corn hnvo repeatedly declared that nil Uulgarln wanted before declaring war ngnlnst Turkey was tho moral and financial particularly tho latter backing of one of tho groat powers. pparontly Uulgarln has that now In Austria. If Italy, Russia nnd Gormnny can he Induced to keep tholr hands off th on thero 1b not much chauco of Franco and England, who, ntter all, hnvo few Interests at Btnko, lntorfor Ing. That at least appoara to ho tho argument of tho Hulgnrlau govern ment. Can Put Big Army In Field. That Uulgarln Is propnrod for war none who has had an lntlmato vinw of tho country enn doubt. Hulgarln's army on a pcaco footing consists of CZAR ALEXANDER'S MONUMENT IN SOFIA, BULGARIA. I'roin Mcn-nKrapli,co)-flKkt,t7 Underwood & Underwood, N, T. over 50,000 men of nil arms. Accord ing to Capt. Mlschlcoff of tho general staff plans bad been mapped out whoroby 200,000 trained men could bo put in tho field on tho opposlto side of tho Macedonian frontier in two weeks. In nnothor two weeks ,lwo mora nrmlos of 100,000 men ench could bo placed on a war foptlng. Military sorvico Is compulsory, two years being tho minimum term, and n man stays 18 years In tho rosorvo after ho has completed his tlmo with tho colors. Consequently, the whole able-bodied mnlo population of tho country has been trained In arms. Tho army Is divided Into nlno mili tary districts, each of them tho head quarters of n division which, on a war footing, would become nn army corps. Similarly tho entire army Is organized on a skoloton basis. Tho regiments, whoso poaco footing Is 800 inon', would bo lucrensod to tho strength of tho Japanese regiments, a trlflo moro than 2,000 inon. Drilled on American System. Uulgniin's cavalry has been drilled on tho Amoiican Bystom. Shock tac- tics aro never used, and tho mon nro tnught to mako thcmsolvcs of uso In roconnoltorlng nnd scouting. Possibly tho totnl force of tho cnvnlry corps would bo 7,000 Bnbors. So fnr ns mounts go, It has tho best Hungarian or Russian horses thnt monoy can buy, quite up to thoso In tho American sorvico. Tho nrtlllcry has recently been equipped with 80 brand-new six-gun Hold bnttorlos of tho Creusnt mako, nnd, nil told, probably has about GOO quick-firing guns, not counting ma chlno guns and heavy slego pieces. Tho Infantry, which Is splendid fight ing matorlal, carrleB tho Mannllcher five-shot rlflo nnd knlfo bayonet, and Is largely ofilcorod by men who have been under llro In tho Macedonian rovolt. It was n favorlto trick, whllo tho revolution lasted, for ofllcors to bo given loavo of absence for an In definite length of tlmo, to visit tholr friends. They wont across tho frontier with the insurgent chetas. Porhaps tho grontost mllltnry ndvnn tngo Bulgaria possoBses lies In the fact that both hor personnel nnd equip ment are at a muxlmum of efllcloney. This is based on statements by offi cers of hor general staff. Provisions of the Treaty. Tho principality of Uulgnrla was crcatod by tho treaty of Horlln. signed July 13, 1878. It was ordorud by the treaty that Uulgarln should be constituted an autonomous nnd ti Uni tary principality under tho suzerainty of tho sultan, with n Christian govern ment and a national mllltla. Tho prlnco of Uulgnrla should bo freely elected by the population and con firmed by tho sublime porto, with the consent of tho powers, lint no nionibor of nny reigning houso of tho grout European powejrs should bo elected. Eastern Ilumelln (slnco Us union with Uulgnrln, nlso known ns South orn Uulgarln) wns created by tho tronty of Uerlln. Signed July 13, 1878. It wns to remain undor tho direct po litical and military authority of tho sul tan, undor conditions of administrative autonomy, with n governor general nominated by tho portc. On Septom hor 18, 1S85, tho government wns over thrown by n revolution nnd tho union of tho provlnco with Uulgnrln pro claimed. Tho estimated area of tho principal lly of Uulgnrln proper Is 21,380 Eng llsh square miles, nnd of South Uul garln (or Eastern Ilumolla) 13,700 squnro miles. By a census taken in January, 1000, tho population of tho whole principality was ascertained to bo 3,744,283, Including tho population of Eastern Ilumelln (1.090,981). At tho consiiB of Jauary 1, 1900, It was 3,783,189, tho population of Eastern Humella being 998,131. Germany's Game. A' short tlmo ago Gormnny was tho Isolated power of Europo. England, Franco nnd ItUBsIa woro banded to gether to hold her In curb. Austria and Italy will bo closely bound to hor again nnd Hussla may bo detached In whole or part from tho othor drcl bund. This Is already Indlcntod In tho dis patches. Tho treaty of Uorlln, which settled tho status allko of Uulgarln and of Uosnla and Horzogovlna, being virtually torn In pIecos, tho cznr's gov ernment will naturally demand Its share of tho benefits. Its oyes will naturally bo turned to tho Uosphorus and tho Dardanelles and n demand will bo mudo for tho ronownl of tho ombargo upon tho passago of warships through tho straits, Thus ltussln will hopo to gain tho naval advnnlngo of her grent littoral upon tho Uluck sea Instead of having to depend upon tho ports of tho Unltic, which nro prnctl cnlly Ice-bound overy wlntor. May Split With England. And this is whore tho split with England may come. Tho opening of tho Btrnlto would place Itussla In u position to contost at an onrly day hor supremacy in tho Levant. Willi hor great Interests In Egypt nnd with tho necessity for guarding tho Suez routo to India against nil attack, It would become Imporatlvo upon hor in tho course o" a few years to keep n vastly more powerful and expensive Ileot In tho Mediterranean than Is at present needful. Tho reward offered te Italy for con sontlng to tho Austrian territorial ag grandlsomont Is no doubt a hnnd lu tho colonization of Tripoli, towards which sho has long had nsplrntlons This concession Is not unlikely to suit Oernmny's plnns, slnco It niny cronto suspicion nnd Jealousy on tho part of France, aiming as It does to n com nloco nronondornnco of influence in tho north of Africa. Gormnny cannot but bo pleased also at the blow to tho Young Turk move mont, inevitable from tho loss of so much torrltory to tho porto, oven though tho hold on it was little moro than nominal. Down to tho tlmo of tho Young Turk uprising, Germany wns tho most influential of tho powora nt Constantinople. Tho sultnu rolled on tho kaiser for support against tho rost of Europo nnd tho kaiser hoped to secure grout udvnntagcs -first In tho way of railroad concessions aud ultimately in torrltory In tho Turkish roglons of AbIu. Tho Young Turk sue cess dispelled tho Gormen Influence and curbed German ambitions. Ed vnrd of England supplnutod William as the host frlond of tho Ottoman gov ornmont. Anything thnt might tend to cause runctlou lu Turkey, (bore lore, could not fall to give satisfaction In Uerlln. JOHN t- mm I I ? a BY GEO, V. HOBART, Dear Uunch: Say, Hunch, I don't I think women hnvo nny business play ing pokor, anyway that is most women. Thero nro n fow cheerful exceptions, of course Tako Monday ovonlng for example. George ltlggaby dealt, nnd I being next, passed. Then wo waited whllo Maudo said to Peaches, "Oh I yes, I think a bodlco trimmed with molro nntlquo nnd with white chiffon over tho cor sago Is perfectly stunning, but I want to get a houso dress of green ullk with laco Insortlon oh, did you soo Mrs. Wilson's now nutomobllo coat? If sho Isn't n porfect fright; well, 1 hopo " "Pass I Pass! Pass!" I yelled. Thon Mrs. Lorrcnz, paying no at tention to us, unburdened horsolf to Tenches: "And do you know, our now cook lost one of my hnndBomo silver cpoouH Hint's beon In our family for generations, und I didn't drfro say any thing to her about It, becauno sho'd leave, and I know what troublo I had Inst tlmo finding a cook. Uut a hand somo sllvor spoon" "What do you do?" I nhrlokcd nt Penches, who sat next to mo. "What do I do? What do you monn? What do 1 do!" "Do you pass, or do you open It?" "Oh! I pass. You needn't yell so, I'm Buro. Do you know, Mrs. Lorronz, tho samo thing hnppened to us, only ourH was n fork; yes, n silver fork, ono of a set that Aunt Martha gnvo us for a wedding present, and don't you know, whon " Thon nil of n sudden Maudo yelled, 'Oh, I open It. No, I don't I thought I had an nco darualuck!" Whoroupon Mrs. Lorrcnz laid hor hand down and began to count hor chips, declaring that a whtto one was missing. Aftor looking over tho tablo and un dor tho tablo and on tho mnntolpteco and oil around tho room, sho finally found tho white chip undor tho hand sho had laid down. When penco was restored Georgo Ulggnby said, "I'll open It for ton!" Whoroupon Mrs. Lorrcnz screamed, 'No, you won't. I'll opon it, for 11 vol" "Hut you snld you passed." "I didn't!" "Pnrdon, mo, I thought you did!" "Pardon, mo, I thought I didn't!" "Cards?" asked Georgo, resignedly. "Gl'mo throo." I said. "Threo," said Peaches. "No, two, no, threo wait a tnlnutot Gl'mo ono no, wait; that's a diamond. Glvo mo two no, no; glvo mo throo cardB!" 'That's tho way with mo," said Maudo to Pcachas; "I get so confused Bomotlmos. I remember ono ovonlng wo woro nil playing over at our house, nnd tho baby " "Cnrds?" screnmcd Georgo. Maudo gavo him a withorlng glnnco, and Mrs. Lorronz snld, "Ono enrd, ploasol" Georgo gnvo hlB mothor-ln-law tho card, took threo himself and laid tho deck down. "Well, I'd llko to know whoro my two cnrds nro?" inquired Maudo scathingly. "Well, I thought you stood pnt,' snld Georgo. "Stood pnt; tho Idea!" snapped "Pais! Pass! Pass!" I Yelled. Maude, "I novor did such a thing In my llfo. I'd llko two cnrds, ploaso." "It's too Into now," I hutted In. "You'll hnvo to play your hand or drop out." "Drop out, indeed. Woll, I guess not! Georgo ltlggaby, you glvo mo two cards!" "Can't do It; against tho rules," said George. "Against what rules?" "Hoyle." "Who enrcs for Hoylo. You gl'mo two cards!" And bo to kcop peaco In tho family sho was glvon two cards and won tho pot. Then Mrs. Lorronz got mad and wanted her anto back, all of which put us another half hour to tho had, If I had to play hen poker vory often, Hunch, I'd have a rollor rink In my pot story. A little later on that ovonlng I oponed a Jnckpot, and overybody droppod out except Mrs. Lorrcnz and Peaches. You know, lui.'h, I llko Peaches. Sho's tho only vifo I voni hnd, and tho only ono I over wish to hnvo, nnd so I say It from rny heart thnt sho plnys pokor llko a Welsh rabbit, which Is without form and full of dark surprises. From a social point of vlow Penches s the best follow that over HENRY And POKER ("HUGH M'HUGH.") drow cnrds, but Judged solely on hor skill ns n pokerlno sho Is what tho nnctcnt Greeks Mould call n Patricia Hollvar. Woll, nnywny. Hunch, to mako a long story loso Its cunning, Penches wnved fnrowcll aftor losing four dol lars, which wns all In tho family any wny; hut Mrs. Lorronz hit hor Hp nnd trailed. Yes, Blr, sho trailed with nil tho dnngcr slgnnls set until sho had sont soven of her good dollars to tho Had .amis, then sho called me. Whon I laid down four typewriters sho culled mo ngnlu but I'd hato to tell you what. Novcr boforo, Hunch, In tho history of tho gnmo did ono woman got nmd In so many different plnces at tho samo time. You sco, BUnch, sho had four-douccs all tho time, nnd nftor tho first bet sho begnn to buy a now drops. aiecr uio scconu uoi sue soiocecu tho trimmings. After tho third bet sho changed tho material nnd took something, moro ex pensive. . Aftor tho fourth hot sho decided te pick out nn- Importod drcssmnkor on She Called Me Again But I'd Hate to Tell You What. Fifth avonuo, and after tho fifth hot sho felt wonlthy enough to go thoro In a cnb. Soon enmo tho awful awakening, nnd sho hnd to put the dress back In tho store. I don't think Mrs. Lorronz will over quite- recover from tho Bhock. Sho will bo a snddoned woman all her llfo unless a rich rolntlvo dies soinowhoro nnd lonvos hor soven dol lurs. And to mako matters moro llko n llfo Insurance investigation, nbout ton minutes later Georgo ltlggaby Btung Undo Gregory for $5,7C, which caused undo to go up In tho air. ' Aftor bouncing between tho floor nnd tho celling for flvo minutes ho hnd nn Intornnl fit, which nearly bo camo opldcmlo nil over his Bystom. And thus it hnppened, Uunch, thnt those two momboro In good standing In tho anclont order of tho Com panions of tho Cold Foot had to sit thoro all ovonlng und piny thorn close, trying to got tholr monoy back, which thoy didn't. Tho mills of tho gods grind slowly, Hunch, but onco In a whlld thoy grind out something worth while. Piny pokor If you must, Hunch, but nlwnys keep your rubbers on. This goes for tho neck as woll as the foot. Yours to tho finish, JOHN. (Copyright, 100S, by O. W. Dillingham Co.) BILL 8AW HIS CHANCE. Willing to Pay Three Dollars to Get Rid of "Old Woman." Hill, who wad employed In tho ca pacity of ostlor at a wayside Inn, was standing at tho yard gates with tho Inovltablo hit of straw in his mouth, wondorlng if llfo was worth living. Before leaving homo In tho morn ing ho hnd engaged In a wordy war faro with his wlfo, and had decidedly como off Bccond boBt. In tho midst of his modltntlon a break, filled with ladles on tholr way to a well-known resort, pulled up to allow tho driver to bait his horses. After seeing to tliu animals, Hill and tho driver adjourned Inside to refresh tho Inner man. "Not much of n dny for n drive," said Hill. "Wlioro'a yor going with that lot?" "O," said tho driver, In nn offhnnd manner, "I'm going to Hurnham." After thinking deeply for n fow min utes, Hill Inquired, "Got room for ono?" "Yub," wan tho roply. "Cost yor two and a half." Hurriedly Hill clutched tho driver by tho nrm aud oxcltodly whispered, "Do us n favor, mate, and wait ton minutes whllo I go homo nnd fetch the old woman and I'll glvo yor throo dollars, if you burn 'em good." Itehoboth Sunday Herald, Practical Illustration. Stubb Who Is that in tho next yard, Martha? Airs. Stubb Why, that is Urown and his young wlfo beating tho carpet In unison. Mr. Stubb Ah, I soo. Two hearts that bout ns one, eh? Chicago Dally Nows.