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.-. - M-. - TROUBLE IN TURKEY American Woman's Noble Part in the Balkan Crisis. 3 he rrmmiM the Ccnr to Interfere In llchnlf uf the People of Mnc- edoula Lender of the Kev olutlonlata. tJ " V Special Vienna Letter. J1 ALTHOUGH, under pressure from Austria nud Kussin, the Turk ish government has consented to Institute fur-reaching reforms in Macedonia, on paper at leant, the spirit of the Macedonian revolution ists Is as warlike as ever, und the name most frequently unU conspicuously associated with the revolutionary cause is that of Boris SarafolT. Nothing-, of a desperate na ture happens in the Balkans but it is nt once attributed to hini. One has only to glance at the recently pub lished Blue and Yellow .Hooks to ap preciate the importance of his person ality. His every movement is chron icled in dispatched to every European chancellery, and when his thereabouts are as they frequently are obscure, the question: ."Where is SarafoltV" is feverishly telegraphed from half a dozen European capitals to Constanti nople, Solia, Belgrade Salonica and back again. Sara foil' embodies the idea -of Macedonia for the .Macedonians. He is a conspirator'iind rebel of the classic type, absolutely without scruple and fond of veiling his proceedings in lurid mystery. He is, in hhort,.an extremist. A Macedonian by birth, lie was sent at an early age to Bulgaria, and there received his education. He entered the Bulgarian public service, but soon re nounced it in order to eonspire I or the rescue of his fellow countrymen from the yoke of tliq Turk. , - At first he participated in the idea of the "Great ( Bulgaria," 'which was sought to.be restored by the treaty of San Stcfnno, and he preached the gos pel of the annexation of Macedonia. About two yeajs ago, however, he changed his mind, and came forward as the advocate of a new autonomous ' BULGARIAN TROOPS BRINGING Uallcan state, as independent, at least, as Bulgaria itself. For this purpose he proposed, to- uprlcwith Servia as well as Bulgaria. From this,, moment his -autocratic career became seriously hampered. He incurred the'enmlty of the'Bulgarian government and in April, 1U0J, was ar rested, together with several of his col leagues, on a charge of murder. In due cours he was tried and 'acquitted amid popular rejoicings;, but onemerging from prison he discovered that the Bulgarian government had made use of its opportunity to depose him from the leadership of the Macedonian move ment. . il1. The central'Macedonian committee had seceded from the moderate party and formed a new organization to car ry on his propaganda in Majcldonia. With this organization he is now at work and all, the news 'received of an impending rebellion are echoes of his operations. He is resolved to delunl the scheme of reforms set on foot by the powers, and there is evidence to t-how that he is obtaining cqn-idern-'' uie support. I ins Is uue to the fact that, while neither Bulgaria nor Ser via desire to see an independent tyaee donia, they would both be exceeding ly disappointed if the country were to be pacified by a reform administration, and thus bound more tightly than ever to Turkey. Hence. Saraf oil's star is agin in the asbendant.' this connection it might be said t'liat it bccniR strange that an Ameri can woman, living at Sofia, Bulgaria, khould have been the chief instrument' in bringing about tho interference ,of the powers on behalf of Macedonia. Reports had been coming in for years of Turkish atrocities in the Christian province. Everyone was tired of hear ing such rumors, and only the press thnt espoused the caiiHe of the Mace donians continued to print them. When the Macedonian peasants began swarming over the border into Bul garia with nothing but the clothes on their backs, general interest was uwuk- ' 'I ' L " " '' "" ' ' ' encd afresh. M. Eakhmcteff, the Rus sian diplomatic agent at Sofia, being the representative of the most in terested nation, dispatched one of the consuls to investigate the conditions of the refugees and the causes of their flight from Turkey. The consul returned with harrowing tales. A brave woman then took up the work. The American wife of the Russian dinloiruitlo iiin.iif lmR directed the char ity and hospital works of Sofia ever since she arrived in the Balkans, five yenrs ago. She had been decorated for her work, and on one occasion Prince Ferdinand had called on her in. per son and presented a star of diamonds the only award of this kind which BORIS SAHAFOFF. (Leader of the Macedonian Revolutionary Movement) the Bulgarian monarch had 'ever be stowed upon a woman. Besides having proved her ability as a leader in Bed Cross work, Mme. Bnkhmcteff was a personal friend of the czar and of Count Nicholas Ignatieff, president of the great Bussian charitable institution, the St. Petersburg Slavonic society. The Bussian and Bulgarian officials asked her to conduct the work of re lief for the unfortunate people of Eu ropean Turkey, and to make an inves tigation of their condition. The plucky American woman found thnt many of the poor Macedonians were crazed by the crimes and IN REVOLUTIONARY PRISONERS. atrocities which had boon committed. Some ofthese horrors were inde scribable. It had been the custom in one province to steal young Christian girls for the harems of Turkish gov ernors and other officials. As soon as a female child began to rcvnl promise of physical charm a small 'cross was tattooed between her eyes. The-cross saved these girls from in ferior harems, .but drew upon them other persecutions, and many so marked were among the fugitives. .Many women had had their girls as mere children captured before their eyes by soldiers, and if the men in terfered they were shot down; One w.omnn came across the border with her infant on her back, and when she lifted it down found it cold in death from a bullet fired at her a a she was' crossing into Bulgaria. Women and men were crowded into the same little hospital when Mme. Bakhmeteft arrived. Many were ly ing on the floors, with hardly skinn enough to cover.'them. She secure'd 'other bujldings, had them fitted out with cots and blankets, and had tho women, moved into them. She -went on ,,to, Kntchnrino,. llisolelo, Drago dan, Bpboohovn, the monastery of the Bulgarian monks at Itilo and all the other towns where the 'fugitives were quartered, and she carried on the same. work. . . i Before she made a second trip to the border Mne. Bnkhmct.eff went to St. Petersburg and reported Jjer dis coveries to 'the czar, who theroupon called upon. the sultan to institute reforms, in which she and he wa seconded by tho emperor of Austria. Mme. Bakhmeteff is the daughter of the late Gen. Edward F. Beale, of Washington, who Berved during President Grant's administration as Minister to Austrin. It was while she was in Vienna that she met and became the wife of the noted lluf-. sian diplomat, who now holds one of the most delicate poBts in Europe. GRDQOR KAMAKOFF. ' "y VE&xy&Egx, "y's&f& Lesson in American -vSS" "-M-v N MOVING AKTIM.KUY AT IMIll OAKS. Kind Gen. MuCIelliin. Every soldier, and especially every artilleryman, who served in the civil war, can fully appreciate the above illustration of a confederate battery attempting to get into position at the battle of Seven l'liies, fought on May 31 and June 1, 1802, (luring Gen. McClellnn's peninsular campaign. Tho incident illustrated here is described by the battery commander as follows, in "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War:" "1 experienced great difficulty in getting my guns along. I was obliged at times to unlimber and. use tho prolongs, the cannoneers being up to their waists in water. About 4:30 p. in. I was within three-quarters of a mile of Fair Oaks Station with three picceB and one cnisson, tho remninderof the battery being in tho rear and coming tip as fast n circumstances wuld permit." SCHOOL AND CHURCH. Less than half the children in the public schools attend Sunday school. Rev. Charles A. Trotnian, pastor of the Church of the Redeemer, St. Louis, is also a practicing physician, having regular office hotirs during the week. After an interval of 3C5 years a new Roman Cntholic abbot has been in stalled at the abbey of Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. The ancient monas tery, .now reestablished, was sup pressed in 1538.. ' A medal had been struck by the Ger man Samaritan union in honor of Prof, von Esmnrch'selthtieth birthday. This medal will be awarded to those who have distinguished themselves in the service of the sick. ' In the school for the blind at Lisbon there has been established n new kind of industry which will prove most re munerative to the inmates. It consists in unraveling or "picking" vegetable fibers used as stuffing material for furniture, btfds, etc.' The minister of fine arts in Paris, M. Lej'gues, is at last about 1o sign a de cree admitting women students in the school of fine arts to compete for the Grand Prix dc Rome. There are now seven women studying painting, one architecture and eight sculpture. , Bcv. Charles M. Sheldon, of Topeka, Kan., snys that aft-er he had married a couple not long ago, the bridegroom fumbled in his pockets nervously with out producing anything and finally ad mitted that he had neglected to p'ro vide for the clergyman's fee. "But," he added, brightening up, "I enn show jrou how to fix your gas meter so that it won't register." The physical director at Yale col lege has measured -11 students enter ing in the last nine years. The non smokers 'average 15 months younger than the smokers, are taller, urid'diiring the four years in school gnin 21 per cent. more. in height and 26.7 per dent, more. in chest growth than do habitu al users of -tobacco. The Syrian Protestant college at Beirut, an ..American nonsectarlan'in stitution hns 027 students in medicine, pharmacy, commerce, arts and archae ology. Twenty-eight of Hie 45profes ors are Atnerlcrths,' nnrf English is the prlncipnl medium' of i'nst ruction. The institution. wih'e Ramples'of American manufactures and 'commercial litera ture. Its students come. from Turkey, Greece, Persia; Egypt and the Soudan. , , lf DreaamakerN In Conrt. A London justice has jtint;made an important decision regarding dress makers' disputes. JiVa will not have dresses tried on In court,, because he "had long slnco come to tho con clusion" that twitlu ordinary dresses any lady could, veap a dress to make it look as ifit did not ijt" and he was alsot perfectly satisfied that "any milliner or dressmaker could pull it about pud make it fit 'wlen It did not do' so." N. Y. Sun. ' ' I T Concln-Ivr Evidence. "They weren't playing goli," said tho wise caddy, "they were nulling love." "They did stayntthe otherend of the links a pretty long time," "Oh, it ain't that." "What is'it, then?" "They wouldn't take n cady along, an they never lost u all."Cbicago Post. . . History in Puzzle HUMOROUS. Pish "What made 'em put people on the rack?" Tush "They wanted, I surmise, to draw 'em out." Harvnid Lampoon. What Bothered Him. "No use ttr grieve over spilled milk, Bre'r Wil liams." "I know dey ain't but dey done stoled my cow." Atlanta Consti tution. Opdyke "What's the use of arguing with a woman? you can never con vince her." Depeyster "True. But think of the pleasure itgves the W0(jn an.'k Town ai)d Country Tlic Governor' (about to engage o new groom)-r-''My man, do you drink?'' "Enthusiastic , Applicant "I never 'ave, sir; bijt I think 1 can learn, sir." Harvard Lompooii, Jim ".Tiiupbon declares that hcis go. ing to quit using tobacco." .lam "I never knew that lie used tobacco at all, You see, I've attempted to smoke some of the cigars that he smokes." Balti more Herald. "I am fixing up a surprise for John, but'! am afraid that if he stays around .rhe-house he will discover me." "That's all right. You just tie a towel around your head and ask hini If he can't stay at home to-day and help you take up the carpets." Baltimore News. A Simple Rule. "It seems to be n very nice dog," f-aid young Mrs. Tork ins, critically, "but it isn't well bred." "I didn't know you were so well in formed about dogs," exclaimed her litis, band. "Oh, I could tell at a glance. He isn't, ugly enough to be well-bred." Washington Star. Dealer "These" are the most benuti ful cut-glass tumblers we have; $48 n dozen." Mrs., Housekeep "I'll take them, but I want you to label them beconds, Imitation cut glass, $1.59 a dozen.' " Denier "That's rather a re markable reqjlest." Mrs. Housekeep "Yes; it's merely to deceive the servant girl."f Philadelphia Press. - i. i ii . One-CIfent .Lawyer. The poverty'pf brieflvMt barristers is as proverbial as that of the church mouse. It would not be an unnatural mistake to consider a barrister with only one client hanBy, better oil than one with nqne.' But the, modern "onc client;Jawyer" is. usually a prosperous individual. Said a' man well known in th,e bufejnesh world.sojne year.ago to a friend: "t want a young lawyer to put dqwn at a desk beside mine. I'll famil iarize hini with my nffairs, and then 1' want him to keep me out of trOuule.', 1 Wji.i nml tl i TnM li. rf flilc lutl't-l.t. it'linpj . ..u -....- j.... . .....3 ... ..j v. , miurv duty it is to act as hl own client's 'ounce of prevention, muy be found in the office of many large coiicerns. He is often connected w"ith trust com panies bdilks, banking hoiihes, rail road and other transportation com panies and large wholesale mercan tile houses. When n merchant found .himself in a tangle, it was once the custom for him to go to his lawyer for adlce. The results wore a written "opinion," and a fee. The buKinesMiiau to-day has a lawyer who shall work for him alone. Again, the field of th6 general, practitioner is narrowed. World's Worl . Up Had the Good-. Earnie Why djd s)(e refuse him? I thought she said he was a man of ster ling qualities. Helen Yes; she did; but she found a man with sterling silver. Philadelphia I Record. RURAL FREE DELIVERY. It- Future Development Ilependn on t3ic Equitable-Solution of Mio Hand Problem. Tho remarkable growth of tho ru ral free mail delivery system, and tho willingness of congress to appro priate money for extensions faster than the extensions can bo made, have been surprising even to the- L most enthusiastic friends of tho sys tem. "Why, the thing is spreading liko wildfire," remarked a gentleman who had been reading up on tho sub- , just. "At this rate rural free mail' delivery will bo universal in a few t years." At first glance this view ap pears to be correct, but in fact such . a view is merely superficial. It takes no great amount of investigation to convince one that tho system must . meet and overcome very great obsta cles before it can even become gen eral, to say nothing of being univer sal. So far the system has sailed on . smooth and open seas vlth favorable winds. Hut no it i rapidly up- ' pronchlng a region of rocks uud snags and storms. Dropping the maritime figure and coming bnck to terra lirinn, the great obstacle to the general spread of the rural freo delivery system is tho nils erable roads of the country.' So fnr tho system has only been extended to communities blessed with gootl roads. Among tho many communi ties demanding the introduction of the system the post office department has been able to stlect thoso which have good roads, either ns a result of favorable natural condition or superior wealth. The less favored communities, which have been pnssod by, have consoled themselves with the thought that their turn would come soon. But when these disap pointed communities-uud their num ber is increasing very rapidly find out that they are permanently barred from enjoying the benefits' of free delivery on' account of the con dition of their rondrt, a cry of indig nant opposition will bo raised, and it will grow into an angry roar abovo which it is doubtful if tho friends of free delivery can bo heard. When this storm breaks the beneficiaries oi the system will bu found to be i . small minority and tho disappointed . .. a large' majority of the rural pop- ulatlon. Suppose the minority stands A on its dignity and says: "What are v, you going to do about it?", ' What's v. to prevent the disappointed 'majority . from wiping out the' whole system ' and thus restoring "equality before , tho law?" Or suppose 'thmlnorlty says: "Why don't you improve your--roads, and thus secure' the hlePalng of free mall delivery?" The majority en'n answer: "In improving our roads-' we have to overcome greater ohtttiK ' cles, and our means are less. Why not help" us improve. Our 'roads through general taxation?'' Such a demand us this is almost certain to result from the agitation for rural free delivery of the mails. And what. is there unreasonable or unjust about such a demand' The genera) Improvement 'of the roads of the country is a work too stupendous to bo left entirely to the small munlcl; . palitie.s. Resides, it is not morti deserving of national aid thnn W building of railroads and canals, u li the Improvement of rivers and hart bora? - ' A proper distribution of the ext penses of general ronrjtnprovcinont among the nation, the states mid the local communities appears to bq je only practical s'olutipn of the roriVI problem, and the road problem mu-f be solved If rural free mail delivory is to be matle general. (i BRACING FENCE POSTS. A Homemade Implement Which Doe the Work an Well a Thoae Sold In Shoiia, Take a 2-inch plank -1 feet long, fl inches wide, rip it dingonally into two pieces, 2x2 incites at one end, 2x, inches at tho otlwer. Butt the -1-inch ends together and connect them with a patr'of heavy strap hinges. Cut another piece 4 feet long for aft lever and bolt it on as shoun in cut-' The upper end of the machine should ' FENGK POST BTRAIGHTENER. have a ferrule and sharpened spike, to prevent splitting and slipping. The. bottom end will need a foot to pre vent sinking in the ground. To operate, place against leaning; . post (b), and press down on lever.' Two bites are often necessary if the post leans badly. When the post la plumb, as at (a), the niuchino will hold it in place for tamping. S. U. Lawrence, in Farm and Home. . m JIB S wmvffl it ' Vx i'r ivftvAU HI H Jjf Js ' 'fcVftvv Intt -S-T'3"5' " ":"" w3(f 1 w.--a i wrnrzmmmWiim&SiJZS&t ----- t , . . , -jj,jMMMfc,,MMaa,,,,,,M,,1--- bnUi) -! IJAJ