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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF ZONEa HARD TO EXPLAIN U Happenings In Life Stranqcr Than Fiction. il i n. 1 l t "Cut-throat Castle," Quilt (Prepared by the National Otox ipblo Bo claty, WaJililUKtnn. D. ; ) An luttTimtloiml commission ofllclnl ly roles tlio destinies of "tliu Zone of the Straits." Only slnco tho World war bus It been it "zone." Kor cen turies It wub the heart of Turkey the DardanellcH, Marmora, the Bosphorus. Over It mxt not a commission, but uul ttuuu and caliphs, Jealous of the dem vnatruted power of political Islnm. And ages curlier Byzantine Greeks, and before them their Ionian and l'eloponneslan cousins ruled those samo straits. The new commission does not llnd Ita rule unquestioned. Descendants of Turk and Greek Turkish rotels, In open revolt against the commission, and modern Greeks, entirely willing to rulo In Its stead aver the Important waterways of their fathers nre fighting It out In the Near Eat; and the IJlnclc sea and Its gates are again a field of world events, while HnBslans, Roumanians and Bulgarians, and the great powers of the West look on, all to be affected whatever the outcome. This Is historic ground and water, from the mouth of the Dardanelles at the tip of the Galllpoll peninsulu, to the point nearly 200 miles to the north eastward where tho narrower Bosphor us sucks a mighty stream of water frm tho Black sea. Greek mythology and legend flrst made them Its theater. The legionnaires of the Trojan war, Phryxus and Ilelle, and Jason and his fellew goldseekers sailed over their waters and around their headlands; and later Greeks, Romans and Genoese built great cities on their shores and established over their waters the world-Important trade routes of their days. Center of the Old World. It U against the current that flows from the north that civilization as we have known It has worked its wny. The flrst adveuture was to enter the Dardanelles or the Hellespont, as the Greeks called It. This Is the longer of tho two great salt-water rivers thut (separate Europe from Asia Minor. It winds Its way, with two ftharp turns and numerous gentler curves, for 40 miles before Its expands Into the Sea of lltirmora, the Grecian Propontls. The strait varies In width from a lit tle over three-fourths of a mile to five xu1Ih. On the European side rises the kp'P rldgn of Galllpoll where the 111 futtn expedition of Australians nnd New Zcalunders suffered so keenly In tho World war. On the Aslo-tlc side of the Dardanelles lies the plain of old Troy and the foot hills of Mount Ida. The Sen of Mnrmora from which tho Hellespont loads Is about 140 miles in length and 40 miles wldo at Its greatest width, nnd Is thus somewhat Humller than Lake Ontario, the smull nt of our Great Lukes. But though relatively small, It hus In Ita time been the center of thu world. Probably about no other lake or bcu In the world of such a. size have so many iiniwrtnnt cities stood. Of these, Constantinople alone retains Importance today; but llvlug and dead cities cover tho shores of practically every harbor and head land of the little sea. The settlements that still exist are not even the heirs of the great cities of yesterday, but rather ill-kempt Interlopers squatters that under Turkish domain occupied their sites. Colonized by tho Greeks. Colonists from the Greek cities nnd Wands pushed up through the Helles pont and settled on tho 1'ropontlne shores nt the dawn of European his tory. Byzantium, on the site of pres-):u-day Constantinople, wus a member tf the Second Athenian league; and Uie Dardanelles, alrendy u Grecian strait, was the scene of tho battle which closed the l'eloponneslan wars. The Mnrmora really came Into Its own In the period following tho denth of Alexander when the kingdom of Blthynla nourished on Its shores, and I'ontus and I'ergamos grew to pros perity on either side. Cyzlcus on the trciilnsuln of that name on the south orn shore of Marmora was the chief city. It was founded earlier than Rome or Byzantium. It had a long Dfo, possessed at various times by ithens, Sparta, Persia, Moccdon, Per games nnd Rome. It was rated one f the splendid ancient cities, nnd Its pold coins were tho standard of their lay as Florence's florins became In Renaissance times. But when Byzantium, In its Incom parable position by tho Bosphorus, by Mohammed II. rose to power, the glories of Cyzlcui passed nwny. Today practically noth ing Is left of the once great city, foi Byzantines and Turks alike used tin old buildings In the placa of nutural quarries as sources of stone with which to build the latest metropolis ol the Mnrmora and the Bosphorus. NIcomedIa, now Ismld, at tho ex treme eastern end of the Mnrtnoru, was unother city of world Importance. Under the Emperor Diocletian It was for a brief time the capital of Rome -and the world. Nlcaea, Just to the south of NIcomedIa and a short dis tance Inland, has three times been the seat of empire. Twice tho Turks, be fore they reached Constantinople, made It a capital rivaling to a degrcs old Bugdad; and for moro than half the Thirteenth century, between Its peaks of Turkish brilliance, while the Franks held Constantinople, It wus tin capital of the Byzantine empire. There, too, the Nlcenc creed, a land mark In the crystallization of Chris tian theology was framed. Chalcedou, Rodosto, llernclcla Per lnthos, Selymorla were 'Other centers, uo mean cities In their day, which have disappeared or dwindled to Inslgnlti cance. Thriving communities In nl most each case until tho Turk ap peared on tho scene, they have been since touched with the blight to pros perity nnd progress that Is said ever to follow his steps. Bosphorus Most Important Shorter and narrower than the Dan dandles, the Bosphorus, third link In the chain of historic waters that sep arates Asia Minor and Europe, Is per haps most Important; It Is the Immo dlnte gate to and from the great Btacb sea which reaches toward the heart ol southwest Europe. To dominate It hi to dominate one of the world's grenl trade routes, n fact which has been put to good nccount from the days of pre-Byzantlne Greeks to those of Sel julc Turks. The strnlt Is about twen ty miles long and varies In width from 1,800 feet or a third of n mllo to two miles. Darius chose not the narrows but a point at which the shores are more than a half-mile apart as the site for his famous bridge of boats. The water In the Bosphorus Is over 100 feet deep. A mighty current flows along the surface from the Black sea ; but beneath the surface a return cur rent of water flows In the reverse di rection. A similar inbound current flows from the Mediterranean to the Sea of Mnrmora, furnishing for tho BlnckAen at least un auswer to tho old query: Why Is the sea salt7 Tho Seljuk Turks recognized tho strategic Importance of tho Bosphorus; nnd crossing It ubove Constantinople In 14,72, built on tho Europcnn shoro the old "Cut-throat Castle," only seven miles above tho city. With the Bos phorus In their control, they captured the undent capital the following year. Until the conclusion of the World war and tho adoption of the treaty of Sevres with defeated Turkey, tho Turks had sat for over 000 years as the masters of the Bosphorus. Many Nations Around Black Sea, At the northern end of the Bosphor us lies the Bluck seu a dark, forbid ding ocean to the lundsmuu and well worthy of Its nnme. One wonders that the early Greeks named It Euxlnos, signifying "friendly to strangers," un less they did so by wny of offering u propitiatory complaint to tho angry sea god. Here we ore dealing with no small sea comparable In size to our Inkes, but with a great expanse of water 750 miles long and from 200 to 400 miles wide, which would cover Mississippi, Georgia, Alubamn nnd South Carolina nnd a considerable part of Tennesseo Into the bargain.. Around the Black sea are now grouped more nations than Its waters have touched, perhaps, nt any other time In history. Just beyond the nar row zone of the straits and the tiny patch to which Turkey-In-Europo has shrunk, Greece, forging northword, ifow has a strip of the coast Next conies Bulgaria tvith a shoreline of about 100 miles; 'and beyond It lies Roumnula, occupying the greater part of the western end of the sen. Across tho north stretches Russia, and In the east lie Georgia and Armenia, Stretch ing nlong the rocky south shore Is Turkey-ln-Asla. Hardly less Interest ed In tho Black son are Inland Austria, Czccho-Slovnkla, Hungary and Jugo slavia, whoso commerce reaches Its waters over the Danube. Odd Coincidences of Wrecks, nnd In the Careers of the Ex. Kaiser and Emperor Napoleon. Coincidences In life nru stranger than unythliig In fiction. There used to be two steamers called the Romulus ami the Remit'. A few years buck the former wus lost In the English channel. Within three weeks the Remus wis wrecked a thousand miles iiwny from the scene of her sister ship's disaster. Many reliable nutliorltles regard the following us the must amazing coinci dence on record, says Loudon Answers. More than "00 jenrs ago. Pec. f, HUH, n boat crossing the Monnl straits with . eiglity-oiie passengers encountered a terrllle gule and foundered. The only mini to escape death was u Hugh Wil liams. More than 100 years later, Dec 5, 17S0, another vessel, with a largo num ber of passengers, sank In the same clrciimslnnces, and in the same -pot. All the passengers were drowned ex cept one. His name was Hugh Wil liams. Again. Dec. fi, 1S20, a bout carrying thirty people, sank in the same spot. Tlie sole survivor was u Hugh Williams. The llgure P. hus a peculiar con nection with the career of the ex kaiser, lie was born In the llfty-nlnth year of the century, entered the army In 1S(i!l, and completed his university career in 1870. Tho dates of bis birth and marriage .Tan. 27 and Feb. 27 both make nine, If two and seven aro added together. And the sumo number llgures In his defeat nnd exile. That occurcd In VMS. which contains nuo llgure "0" and two llgures that added together make "." Also, lie was fi9 years old when his career as ruler ended. It has often been pointed out thnt the letter M, for better or worse, dogged the footsteps both of Napoleon the Great and Napoleon the Little. In the case of Napoleon I., It was Mnr boeuf who first recognized Ids genius nt the military college, Marengo was his llrst great victory, Morller wus his best general, Morcuu betrayed him. Mnrnt died for him, Mnrle Louise shared his fortunes, Moscow marked the turn In those fortunes, Metternlch beat III in In diplomacy. His llr&t battle was Montenotte, his Inst Mont St. Joan. He stormed Mont inartre, took Milan; Marniont deserted him. His right-hand man wus Mont esquieu, his lust resting plnce in France, Mnlmalson. He surrendered to Captain Mnltlnnd, nnd bis compan ions nt St. Helena were Montholon nnd Mnrehnnd. Ills marshals were Mas semi, Mortler, Mnrmont. MacDonnld, Murat and Moucey, nnd no fewer than twenty-six of his generals had names beginning with M. Napoleon III, mnrrled the countess of Montljo. nnd his most Intimate friend wus Morny, and his tutor Morelthe of Montellmnr. His greatest military successes were the capture of the Mulakoff and the Muuselon tower. His biggest battle was Montebello, and MncMahon won Magenta for him. He drove the Austrlnns out of Marl guano, and made his trltiinphnl entry Into Milan. He was repulsed before Mantua, in hlu Inst wnr driven back to the Moselle and his fate settled by Moltke at Metz. Octogenarian Pedestrian. Viscount Bryce, nt eighty-two, is giv ing Americans in the Berkshire hills nn object lesson In pedestrlnnlsin which our uuto-botiiid nnd front-porch-lovlng race would do well to heed, u writer stuted recently In the Cincinnati I Times-Star. The rtlstlngulshcd visitor j seldom uses a motor car unless the ' dlstnnce to he covered Is too fur to negotiate on foot, or unless speed Is a necessity. Viscount Bryco prefers to hoof It. He is covering the hills nnd dales of the Berkshlres with a stilde so rohut as to out distance most of his companions. Ills health Is excellent nnd his appetite perfect. For these blessings Lord Bryco gives walking, constant, dully walking, the endit. He Is a living example of the virtues of using one's legs for tho purpose which nature Intended. The English are great pedestrians. Even In the Inrger cities, where trans portation Is frequent and comfortable, they Hock along the pavements from the sheer delight they llnd In using nature's llrst means of locomotion'. In America wo go In n great denl for uports, and llnd much pleasure and health In these diversions. But we nro not a walking race. Wo are pass ing up one of tho simplest, easiest and cheapest forms of exercise known, and our digestions and tempers are paying thu price of our pedal laziness. The Oldest Donkey. A cut Is snld to have nine lives, i How ninny lias n donkey? According to Snm Woller, "nobody ' ever saw a dead donkey," hut donkey's j do die, nnd tho clnlm of n C'umberwelJ coster thnt his donkey, nged forty, Is I tho oldest donkey In the world may ho true. Only one contennriait donkey j has ever been recorded. Ho Is stated to Imvo lived In Cromnrtv for inn years, nnd then died from a kick of a horse. " There Is another story of n mnn who once expressed n desire to llvo to two hundred. "Two hundred!" exclaimed his com panion. "You must be tin ass I" But that, of course, was n different kind of an ass. London Answers. 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