bi 1 WJFSrmVVTr O i 1 w + I I W4v < isvi v M I f 1 THE SUN SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 12 1886TWELVE PAGES f SUNSET COX IN THE ORIENT r I tnntCADIKO TllK IHTES OF JIB SEA J IltllilORA At the rive of IIitsntbiIWIiere ikn Con 1 > eir tor Ihei Cotaesne or IChodee wne Fount The seen of Ika Ilassth or Antl one IIeUI 8r Ilvnrr Ilulnrere Iniul Ititle niplomacir nnd tele Kcccitlilclllfe CONHTANTINOPLE AlA 25Tho Prlncos lateR Iro of tho snmo number as tho muses AalhomuBos had various pleasing functions In tho hierarchy song and dance so thoso In their Bine Islos have a happy diversity family and attraction llostot thor sotvj M siiinniorlne places for tho resort of rich Oreolcx Armunlaus nnd Tarki Homellmos n diplomat In search 01 rest and heilth visIts the isla of Prlnklpos or lialkl and even sojourn thoro for the season Wo have boon sumninrlnu nt Irlnklpoo I Is the chief Island lean rouoit what somo ono use has paid that what Isohla nnd Irocida are 10 Naples Halkl and Irlnklpoa aro 10 Coo tln llnoplo ponrls ot beauty In n sottlni of 11711 ro I Those lands are full ot usaoclntlons of the Greek empire I with Its princes and queen They woro occupied for palaces prisons as well ns monasteries and lllns Hero tho patriarchs of Ibo Orthodox Greek Church trero educated exiled and burled Upon tho mainland almost In sight ot our home at 1rinklpofl U l tho grave of the cront Cnrtha Bonlnn Hannibal He committed sulcldi by poison whllo restrained by tho llnhtnlnn Ring rorsntis who hud given him refuge here niter the conclusion of the second Punlowar From any eminence In Constantinople upon a clear day two Isolated rocks apparently leap out of the soa of Mnrmoratho classic Propnntls Hut they are not merely rocks I Vim wblch In Qroolc moans lau In the r day froln one point looks like thn pyramId Ohlxl Vohavo not yot boon upon I but wu I bavo been nround It I Is not Inhabited ox eoptbyrnakos Our visit Id therefore reserved But wo have accomplished the other little Isle PIt I li the Oriental custom to name localities from Borne concrete quality nssocla too or object What PI all meant In Greek I eon easily surmise Although It Is somo 300 foot nbovo the sea level otllt It la n pta tenu I can b cultivated nearly over its whole area which Is at least 150 pros The name Is derived from the I Greek word x n > which moans flat or broad word plain urface It Is the same root for our or plaza or plat I is duo woat from Prlnklpos and due south from Constantinople I Is some fifteen miles from thnotty TiE TWIN WARDER Tbflso twin warders of the nrchlpolncro Oxla t and Ilntl are conspicuous lUurcs In tho Ja They hnvo each nu Individuality not merely hypiailr but ntrntiuotlcully The power C reek or Turkish RtrlIOUcul Constantinople used them ns sontlnuu to wnrn It of tho ap proach of tlu < Oonoifio or knightly onorny Ttaxtr Isolation mndo thom capital prisons Within tbolr horrid cat now used for cis I terns the convict was Immured without hope Bomotlinon tho loc so and abandoned visited them for the worst purposes of lust and esca pades of deviltry Plrntes sometimes con cealed thomsolvos lliarr But luring the drank mil the Oreclc Church nlso erected mon asteries upon them The remains of aterlos still am seen upon both Islands There was n church or oratory on Ilntl Its dtfbrls Is son near the Cntlo by tbo Ben Several times when tho does ot the bit city be 8vtral obstreperous or tho horses sick the former wore deported to the rocky nnd barren Islet of Oxla Rod tile horses there found their parndlso In the place whore tho hermits wero once establlnhPd civilization guys eternal rest to tho animal creation Homo times thesn isles f wore used as n target for tbe practice of Ibo Ottoman naval Buns Tho rubli tten or dungeon were once the scene of n singular freak of justice Two emi nent patricians hud n quarrel Ono was n non hash linrdas tho other a Roman r Bollros They foueht tho IIret duel recorded Into the Greek annals The story runs that the Emperor Constantine VII exiled them one to Oxla and the other to Ilatl They were con soled however as by a cruel Irony they were a 1 placed near each other and ono suffered like r the othorl Constantine ordered that their eyes should be put out I was the pleasant pastime at these Greek rulers to burn out tho oyen but ao this occasion the Ilatl prlsaneroscapod and there was no adequate compensation Thoso isles havoainoelntlons more Interest Jog to Americans than those which are phllo joBlc historic ireolocic or msthotle Ilati Is 4 best known as the Ulo 1 of Hlr Henry Lytton Bulwor He came to Turkey after his sorvlco it Washington as English Minister Ho fol lowed horo Hlr Stratford Cunnlnir the greatest of the English Ambassadors How Sir Henry Eulah Islu nnd what ho did with it nnd bat associations cluster about It In connection with his name furnish n strange eventful his tory They concern the biography tIm coon trlcltloB of the man and the Minister ns well as tlo mil the qualities and condition ot the Isle itself Bill BENny BULWEliS CAHECII There nro those In Washington who remem ber air Henry ThoC nytoiiUulwnr treaty t was a fact of his accomplishment Hcarcoly any publlo man from Jndgii Douelit time to tbe present but has taken n bniiil In tho discussion of this treaty nnd Its obnoxious cbttisa so inim ical to certain Isthmian Interests and ambitions of tho united Htate Among the rest In an bumble way the writer hereof mndn u report on April 16 1830 In favor of its abrogation Tho report developed Borne matters not Bannrally known It concerned tho Monroo doctrine and an Intarocunulo shin canal Tne President had urged In bis mossnco the policy of the cannl bcluc under American control Ho urtrnd the necessity of such con trol as n part of the guardiaristilt of our coast line Although Now Irnriadn In tho railroad franchise of 1841 and Nicaragua In the Hlsl treaty of IHlJ rncnvulzKd the American pro IrlLly lectorato the latter treaty wee not ratified bo enuio of Mr Claytons nlarm lost n collision with Great Britain would follow The Mos quito kingdom played Us llttlo buzzing sting lag klnldom Clayton disavowed the Hid l treaty to the Eiurilsli Minister Crnmpton but begged the Englishman not to allow thetIII vs to appear cowardly by ibo abandon ment ot great and splemllu advantages Mr Clayton boused England to gIve up her Mos quito protectorate and share with us the au tnorltyovorthe Transit lu this awkward way She negotiations proceodod until April 1 1850 08uotRIons partnership with Groat Brit ain win consummated I wan done under the adroit management of Sir Henry Ilulwor c Doth parties agreed n ver to erect or main tain any formications commaudlre or In the vicinity ot any chip canal or to occupy or fortify or asnumo or exercIse any dominion ovor Nicaragua Costa Hlca the Moiuulto coast ornuypartol Central America England often violated this treaty Hut why particularize I Is along story In whkh such statesmen as CISA and Buchanan Chic Jq endon and Nitplor Ousloy and Dallas Clayton and llulvver and recently Clarendon Justine I and Iroiln huvHon bavo figured and with nn t II onseiiuontlitl result Tlm subtle cryHtnlll ration which FUr Henry llulwer producnd remains llr lenry mains like a wall of adamant across tho lino of our policy and tho Isthmus Our puny statesmen bavo tilted In vain against UilH wall with their javelins of straw Iho EnglIsh employ Rush trained diploma tlflts at Jtulvver tile world nround lint his I I chicanery and Hlllsline3s overtook him nt Inst Ills Nimieala waHthogenlua of Platl Thn rock upon which Isle career foundered was this Mot to which the pruw of our little launch is I turned A riCTUnE OP A DIPLOMAT Sir Hnnn has left various Impressions bore upon tlioso who know him I was not In Con groBS witch tho treaty wits male I do not romombor oven to have seen him at Wash I ington He lit 1 described aa n most ongng inu and charming gentleman In Kuclnl etlqtiottji and Htyln ho had no peer Ho vas tIL011 thin In portion Ills none wax hooked and pnak d his Inca uan Ion I nnd truvn his eye w8si I Ilkn I 3 1 IUli ol f IIhlllll his I upunr tenth trots iidtid anil his mouth WI set n liitln awrr Do plto these gaucherinj ho was not unliniuUoni I fancy that ho was not unlike hits older brother tile gr at novuiUt Ii nm vursatlon ho wan unrivalled Ho was n capital THontour Ho UUu 1 to omit Htartlinu Paris In admirable Hurnker hetlifr doxes HI wasnlulllrlLblo Whelur ho wits nlnooro or not ho nutria all Batik his so ciety antl Ilko blni His voice was nou urI low musical nnd persuasive He was most at home In intrigue In this be displayed the lllu if I hid cIIstrscer Ha wont Into adiplo s matle coutost COM anwrf vl7or up nnd lance polntoil lie generally isurctsil the nrmornl his nta oiilst In Ho usually won lor tin did not ills diln to use ni lu the arts known to thn old stvle jniiuywhich he held was lust faillni away Al logo I ussr hi Is descrlbod to me hy tho phvsi clan who ntie uricil Ii I IU oust the t Citptnln ol hU clm its amot extraordinary and fascinating man but inplnte with wli I ins of ivls lois Ihl I ownership ol this ilo Is by somu nccountod oils 01 Lisa moat peculiar 011 motloculnr Ho was Amtiitssailor In the time of Abaiil Meii4 Wilson I romamier seeing on my trip hero iii IH51 I No rUI1 wlhy Sultan unless I except bH boil thu proxent H iltnn Abdul Ha mod II bOlt Il mora for the reform of bU Government nr lumle moro fncrlllcus for thu advnnc nintof civilIzation lie U known as the Hurmm ul Ituchld of mod r times lu the Ku t Hir Henry llulwer hail thorofore rainy lhorr opportunltleH of nldln vlloctually In there B nratlon of Ibo Iast THU dm OF THU SULTAN Sir hoary con < iuored the goodwill ot this Rilltan of happy monory by xnme special efforts 11or forts about the nuoMsdlon InCgypt Macon I nijueaoo or rest irdtho Kultan made him a gilt 16IUOlO f Hn biuan Its Improvement Ifs reeled tbe two cantleg onx on the shore and the other on the summit It I sit that thu y I were laUndtd A miniatures of hit own ancot tral homtt at Knebiirorth England lie had another whim lie thought t raise cut tie on tho II lane In faot he clocked It with some cattle of the rarest breed A storm ot a fortnight before the day of sttnm ferries hero prevented adequate provender from machine the Isle The cattle Iporlsbod nnd BO did the ontorprl He seldom lived on 10 tho Island Ills wife visited It frequently but only remained short time Homotlmos with friends ho stayed over night and had 1 good time hit his health wart infirm and ho could not follow very far n certain jocund dlspoit tlon without hurt to bin physical system Ho Vfas odd about his health IIIn doctor tells mo that bo saw him every day for four years nnd that he used to takn ndlfforont pill nt thn end of each dish nt his meals I was ono nf his caprices to have frcnuont Imaginary Ills It was the remark of Uulzot about him that If lluluor wore III look out Sllschlnf wan sure to follow Oulrot had reforonrn Htilvvpta tact ut Madrid In the matter ot tho Illwol It mller Hpnnlxh nmrrlnitn of tim Duke Montponnlir non of Louis Ihlllppo Hlr Henry must have Innry Mi lhllplo bad n hail spell just about the tint bo In velKhd Mr Clayton tn sign away nn American protectorate Our the Inthmlitn ways how lie used tochirklo over his diplomatic Irlullbsl I Homo ol them vvnro won in Iou tniuiln along with llalll Pachn n losto coin Pan Ion and 1 good fiillow tt colleague nf Ilul I wor In Knumnnln llnvr ho used to laugh ovor his circumvention of 31r Clayton I Those aro a part 01 tim trnilltlntis nnd gostip yet 1 lora which Is called tho anthill of politics He had ciirloui characteristic tiomotlmos It wan thought that tin wan mo in lu monoy mat torn but tlm owner of our launch Mr Jnnni who branch oWllr steam yacht for him from Ingland nnd used to nhlp him nbout these isis And tho Ilosporus lulls mn that nt times he way extravagantly and unexpectedly Ion WI Ho was oftin timorous of society Hn would peek tn hide from bin embissy nail frinndi for weeks at a time I was his whim or his respite Ills doctor sacs that oncewhile SIS IILt rostl 18 be attended him at Cairo bo InsKod on Rpond Ina three weeks with nn old English farmer ni thro vlh 011 nut of that city where amId the chickens donkeys docs and ho9 ho was content to live on thn homely faro and under the simple 10 cottage thatch of the peasntit > whom ho never afterward tailed substantially to remember THE ISIAVD BOLD TO THE KHEDIVE It Is n tart of tho reminiscences about Blr Henry Hint while ho WAS resplendent In social hIss stud exquIsite In personal taste ho was not to b relied upon His word was not absolute verity It wan not exactly unvuraclty It was Imagination all compact I was 1 uostro to plcaso Ho was princely In his entartnlnmunts I Aftr bo was no longer Ambassador here be returned on some speculative mission nnd rltroo1 POCUILlvo hold thu Rams old hUb carnival dal y nnd nightly with his epicurean friend What ho nllhy embarrass the American mlsiiionurieB bore I do not exactly know I had some refer oxncly onco to tho American Iloborl College Its then President Dr Hamlln In his book bandies him without cloves lie held him to bo as des titute of publlo probity ns ho was of private morality As to lisa latter tho tonguo of uos rip never oonsos to wag OOIOO Wil This lack of private morality Is not treasured 10rllt11 against him so much ns the lack of public honor Of his acquisition anti disposition of this h18aolu18110n rocky Islet there U much said After thu Ulo wan given him by tho Kultan Hlr Honry In wal IBM spent 75000 In Its socalled Improve ment Hn did 7500 keep I bug but somehow In I peculiar circuitous way Bold It for around clrculnus aOlo noculnr then Khodlvo of Egypt I rnitel Faiths who ot lives ns the best or worst typo of a millionaire who has wrought 1 treat fortune out of the mlsfortUHOJof his country One of use stories which reuriluH us to this Isle Is that when Iold Lyons was appointed In Sir Henrys stmid as Amlnssador bur ho called on Lord Palmers ton at the Foreign Office In London to receive his Instruction After they wero ulvnnLord Lyons took his leave Hay Inn My Lord Is there anything olAo you cn say as to Turkish affairs and my duties sty Lord Pixlmorftoii replied No Lord Lyons mid Goodbr but ns he reached the door nod was about to make his ronhAd Axlt Lord Inlmnrstnn coiled Olt My Lord I YeslOne thing I forgot Never own an Island thlll forjor It was thin Island ot Ilatl to which Pnlrn sinn referred It lost Bulwor his plnco for ho Bold It torn large sum to n party Interested In of his the service transaction 111 lost his oftloo hv the Indelicacy Now that we know tho later history of the Isle lot the launch steam up Ho for Platl 1 Lot us ono what aro the graces of the isle which attracted and outwitted tho oovor diplomatist SUNSET COXB HUSXH I Before wo dash away from this fcaln lot ui take an observation or two With a rood glass the two cobtlon upon this rooky islet arc visible from Prlnklpos Wn made preparations In launch out for It and launch on It Ono Pal motion strnOm IVdrn Hkoppeglla proimro the latter white our Maltese Canitasso Jrlllros takes tbo rudder In bOld nnd gives tho order The laiineh U muvly iiplinlxtiMnd nnd looks as gay as a jaybird Thn cushions have beet newly covered nnd tbo fine looks Its prettiest Wo attract attention ns we start from the crowd of fishermen and llhictors on the quay The SOIL Is quiet Ni I whlto horses are capering ovor Its smooth czars surface A few Usher mon are dropping their nets They look i ida turosquafn their Mil nashua baggy lireeplis and fez caps They are half Ireuk half Otto man A few ahlls lie at anchor In the harbor Time Asian coast with Its mountain ciirvcn mi the north and cast is faintly limned against a sky which has but 1 few lloecus ol clouds In tho ami hldint limo snowy tops of Ibo Mytvan Olympus Tha sea IH I Intonsi In IU azure ocept whore there aro rich band Izurl oxeHlt sit like whlto lUnversor of green and the gulls slllko wiio Imnr Us boaom The water U I nu clear as n fouitiln In July when sin > sass onl crtln of gravel wlPI Lake Tahoe In Neva In U I not inure lucunl than this water of tho Irooontlp A gentle blOt ripples It with sunshine arid makimn myrlail of clitturlrig diamond points which iiocnraie Its blue rube A few eI1IU and fuliicons with white wlnirs lire In the distance who o hori zon Is stained hoio ant thorn with limo Card in coal smoke emitted from thn tenmorrt bouna from Constnntlnoplo to the Dardanelles or for Modenn and the port of llroiisan What u plcturo Is that to tun northward 1 Htamboul like un odalUiiuo In her ynahmak of finest Iko seams tn imor e fron the bue deep luln u picture of Tunor a bomlldeal llmpsoot Venice or homo weird mlniRo of Jrioulullsm It scorns falrv city nf tho sea t Is sot on bevels hills ansi although a dozen and more miles off It Is ns unreal as I woven jy unseen lingers In aerial linns nu unsub stantial dream of a country that never was on stnntal land which greatbrowed Homer ruled as his demesne My wife rmgaess 1 possibility of liaising at Piati or on limo way Atones WB nro environed PIRt 01 lf by I pIcIuriHiiuo group Wo chooso u four onred caliiun with II canopy and two sturdy Greeks The ctliiim itsull Is I picture On Its nnlde Is n clean floor covered with Turkish rugs of rich colors The woodwork Is Htnlnod with golden hues Tlm outside Is of green wih Ioldon red and white daintily dashed or strewn with nnl not unartlsllcally painted whllo you cannot toll stern from bow so airily tiptilled are the graceful and of the boat Our lines and bait are ready We take a turn In the bur bor with tho launch which was named by Its owner Mr limes Irons whom It wan leased In honor of a pet name I have hoard frequently bunsot Then wit tnko the calauo In tow and leave tho scaln with much eclat BAILING OER THE tEA OF mitMORA Before we leave lot ui take n ilntico at the old town with Its bath houaesand tttono quays What Is IhAt moving object far olT to tho Anlan shore Is it a duck or 1 seamow The glass reveals I IH an amateur 111 llatbont with loddlos which tho man deftly piles Our little crow gives u fow eutioy apnshy turns for tho admiration of tin Mthernien and Greek ga mils of this iiuny and wo arts off for tilt west moricaWHrdl I Halkl Is noarod lIar Ill yol low barracxb by Iho shore where thore Is a TutklBh naval rcheol her rook theoloslcal oille o on thi northern summit soil her wooded rind lovely eiirvcJ mnuntnlns riHom illnc n Mexican hiddlo or mi Inverted cnlijuo detain tho oyi > but not the launch A bropZD springs us as wo pnas the hotels Citivpso and Ouaclnlo on thoonigcv left shore Prlnklpos The superb villas which crown thin tiufis are on our loft Time liroore starts the prlsmutlo windmills In motion liio flag overthoArsrlan water tower Ii oiirown Star Spaimlod Ilaunur I kisses the brooo amid we salute limo Htirry emblem Boys nro xwlm mtnc in tbo bay Thu mountains nearly to lbs top LcLIn tj sony with their pines The iretty nooks and twisted rocks of tbo shore ho gardens tirofus In scent flower 110 Innltns nnd ran tress lass by as I wo ror were Indeed In dream lan > l with poasuro thomas m ul ally evoked out of Flonp Soon wo pass 01 thu south sldo of Halkl Its rocks are irokon cavernouH and prcliiltoii ns I lashed ii iy I thousand storms Alone this south sldo rsf Halkl U n boaullful Intrbor Ihero Is 1 Va cation now In I the callous hut the placn looks esortod Vo PASS round point > after point ol Iilkl until between Halkl suit Antlgono there Illklulll Anllono pens n vista fcaicely crndlhlu for Its loveli I ltn ness CliatikDniih the highest mountain of les he mainland of Asia Is In our mar 1VX feet lUh It lithe tile gas which wo look through Ihe shore linn Inl mountains makA n Insist 111 capo ovor which nnd through which there lustre anti distant hangs an Inerponotrallnc nOi mvallluu which would mako lllerstadt wild with nrtlntlo cnthuhlasm We forgot tn lou at you avenue of cypresses on Halkl Thoy lend up to another fa noas monastery whure many a Uroclc exile has been Housed arid many n marriage core mommy hii been pnifnrmid Tho rocky ledges of ntlgone near which wo now still urn rnuced atmd lofty They are full ol cavis and not do old of trees which give gnrnlturo to their Idea and lodges Here sea birds live in great numbers A8 wi > turn to look back attain the ark coves of Western Prlntclpos aro revealed antI beyond the southern end of Prlnklpos little Nlnntro lies almost In nmhuah at the foot of St barges Mountain whloi looms UP as If it would rival Olympuiwhoso hund la shrouded irs tha whlto clouds auvhorod over tho Mysonu fountain Iolllaln wo could keep right on on on whero would wo land 1 Out the map and see I strikes mn thul ice would strike Lemnos Isle to which the Empress I Irene was banished when It pleased her Lord Tronauror to show bis harsh uthorlty ovor the murderous mother whose nuthorly somewhere on thu Isle ot Prlnklpos Or II w le missed Lemnos going tine west we would come up oiilnst the ooast of Tbessaly and almost under lbs shadow of that olbcr ana more elMla Olrmput u t wnleti thor U much t b laid when the roll of Homor heroes arc calod ma nirtoa 01 ANTIOONI Oar boat turns now to the Ulo of Dolar Platl I looks near lay flre miles I strive to sketch its oulllnti for Its exterior seems a yet only a blank rock Its castles arc dimly lined and nebulously white tOvlor look back Orcat shadows from white floooes of clouds are moving over the Asian shore and old Olympus has not yet come out of his tabernacle The OOle WHverlna line of the Asian shore to tho south Is pencilled on the edge of tho horizon Itsoon vanishes around Modenna gulf anti in 1 lost In the sea Passim tho clipclterod nnj streaked cliffs of l Hnlkl nnd Antluono noting tho walls bore nnd Ihero to provent land slides and excavations from which Iron nnd copper have boon taken observing the clean tilled brown nnd rod earth which the ollvo nnd cyprossornamontsmelling tho scented shrub or runchie which gives Its fragrance to tim nlr we turn again lo look back amid lol h loorges Monastery on southern Prlnklpos Is n while dot out croon eminence Wo pass time southern shore ol Antlgono ansi lotl upon tho narrow shlnll beach in places some men who bunt birds steal their ecus and Rather Of 51 era lrll some other CIR crl I con which abound on these shore They have boms Vo run clone to tho beetled cnigs colored nnd Bfockled like tho Increase of Jiicob wlille horn nnd thnti urn bIg boulders hold aloft In thn arms ot stout rocks which frost dud anrthiiunkn have tumbled from tho scarred mountain sides Antigone rhea sheer 500 feet Her side la full ot caves What are those whltn flowery speck mingled with Ibo rock and crounorv Wo soon ascertain for hnvo wo not discovered and aroused tho culls nnd cormo rants who hero nestlet Thoy rome out of tholr nooks by tho thousand anti keep up such n clamor that It seaums like the angry protest of 1 bird mob against the Invasion by our launch of their haunts hUM are the birds which make Marmora and lbs Bosporus no full ot lie I even whim limo hot ulr stloncou all other noUe nnd motion Thoy are never disturbed or killed by tIle Inhabitants nnd Imvo a mo nopoly of tile Isewblch Is named alter tho her olno ot Bophoolos Poor Anticono hint forerunner Anllolo runner of Juliet even nn Haemon her be trothed Julet antltypoof IAoron for silt Hho not sacrifice herself when entombed alive and her lover kill himself by her corpse Every Isle of Greece thus perpetuates name lrtoco Invention or mvth In vvlilch the trade olomont pbtys Its part Thobo birds of AIU ono clrtMo all about us then thy off orcnnlViinto com pnlieb and battalions and return to us with n wall which Oreok fancy might translate Into some wotul song Upon the sides of tho mountains bnynnd the chiTs are lines through the shrubbery lanes Irou1 II for tho coat and sheep As wo pass beyond tho point 1 umnck U teen with ono must standing and iso proofs nro written In tho chaotic rocks of the ehoro ot hot earthquake and torn pent have wounded und shaken tho Isle The colors of limo rocks ore various sense black ns time porphyry of upper Egypt some brownishred as the I Iron can paint them nod somo nt white ns mow Now wo stopr direct for Platl Its profile Is I n Ketnlclrclo It has dark caps In Its shies There Is n while bulldimr inIS its shore and whlo another on Its 1 summit A few moro whirls of tho HunsotB screw nnd there is revealed tho two AngloSaxon castles No houses yot ap pear The smaller sister Oxla Is moro like I pyramid In fact It U about ton times ns large ns the pyramid of Ohlzi but not so symmetri cal tlu As we near It It takes on a roimh uipnct These twin Isolated rocks ns we approach bn como quite tall and commodious 1 Bhould say that Plntl Uulvroiri Islo was at lonbt n mile in circuit Lonklnc to tho north west appears In dim outline thus European const Thu white specks nro the hOI OR of San Ktonno Thoro thus fnmou TurcoIltisslaii treaty was inside and theni Ibo Ilusnlan army Iny In wait toady for aspritip nt and Into Con stantinople As wo approach the llttlo Ulo 1 tho harH llltH Tbo desert of I blue water Is nnPcd by nptiletidld slilp In full pal bearing this Greek fulIILI ntislgn It mires likes n UIon of hOI nnd I 18 1 110slk8 I loaves no smirch upon tho sky It hides be tween time isles wo han pn bod than rcaptiears rO11Rr8 Hho IB moving toward Moduna which Is tho portof time ancient capital of this Ottoman ut tho foot of Olympus nuuvnns ihLU Now wo sire within a hundred yards of Plat I hut as wo cannot land In thn launch wo em bark nu the cutiiiio with the lishurmon and aro rowed Into a hId cave whore we are saluted by tho BoneBeliul of tho ensile Ho Is an old mnnan Armenian Georcu by nnni Ills last name Is thonst thing W inquire lor ivory one hero coon by their JluUtlan name oven ole Turks The ensile Is then Indeed Inhiib Itod Its towers und walls have 1 relic radiance of past glory As wo enter the chin room nn onoriunni clmndollir attract nt tentloa Then the fresco of the nulls tho mosaic of time floors ole thn nselUted pavpi of limo courts nil speak ocnupntlon und euddei decay Everything Is quint No blnU Him not even a cicada chin Not u chip or hOlt la In view Tho Be Is mill It scorns Ilkn tha primeval time Leforo tho winds wero looser from their cives Tho water glistens and Blow under lie July FUII limo luue clean away II most entirely and tho city of Utninbou rises out of tlio > blue elements Tho inluiiioti nnd outiolas ot the moiiuo of Sullcmanuli the Orfinnnll strmset ml rat genliih i a mitt tlie mlnn ruts und dome of Rtatoly BolU seem to gesturr ftR 11 upward nid swell vvlth new grandeur Turn I Ing to tho east every one of this limo isles 1 are miirkuil In clear oulllno oxcott llttlo Ita vvlilch plays hide and tacit Duhlnd AntLunp nfl tI A iudb rovu lisa ont icls Him i i pi ono like tin I dragon under tIme hlutdovv of ht ioorge ol Piluklpns Thn HouiU s 11 I I sn tim roimd 01 v us lime on time south but tho outline of limo Asiatic coast N bediming 1 morn deluitv > lfIIIW UOI lnll Time loner cusllo s much tlo Inruost I has many chtmbors racnptinn rooms with Urn pieces tie If It mlgnt have ben IomfortHblo In winter Onn Is n hiram frnscoed hall 1 hail various bonkctses vhlOI give added mockery to thiiouUid a hqll of a cattle I tars i a lime History of Mohemet All there tho Historic dogs Arubes > ondor ltotiiiMon Pnloxtino and again born DOhsHont Tableau of illm iro I Ottoman Onr A Turklnh Inscription t I llnd one most 1 charniteri volume contents i otulttoil t t Notes I ot Michlavolli i lu ami i MummIes i qulim After lookinc about the castle on time shore w AIr mm td hiss I hill I i I by a plth gallanted I by inn Armenian He bills us 1 that ho fiunm LImo property > and that that Is hIs consideration for bniig its chiittdaln I asked L > o you make anything out of It f Imo jears n little Not much thin year How niitnv hands Un you employ V Wo lime ho lopliud eight persons on the island Including I my boy here Antolne and my wife wlvci keeps house In Ibo upper castle Time other len nro flailing tho oats now nod curlnc for the six cows and ono bull JJLIAVEllH CAbTLE Our path to thi upper castle lund once boon laid out with skill amid ringed with flowers Thenir ifs ha has left Its remnanta here on the border Wo pasa I > old t trees that never fll to live where there IH n mouthful of dust n few 10 ash and locust trees remains of old buildings oratorios convents and kiosks pdonlnlsof curved marble and broken bOIls of columns some doubtless ravished from old mileB mid never worked Into the projected architecture Then we eland In front of the main castle It Is surrounded by follngo I has even In Its ruin I falryllka look Per haps In this neglected spot Mr Henry hatched many n diplomatic egg or revelled In many a bout with his nttachlH nnd friends There Is a little touch of this Arabic In the Onthlo of the bulllnl which destrovH its unity Largn rocks nnd boulders lie about Us esplanade Bbeals ld grain are Blacked anti somo mnlzo and melon patches me on the terraced spots Ttio building above Is not so stately as the bulolnl castle by the sen but It Is In bettor preserva tion and Is prettier rime rooks are clad In n tOI lichen und vines la good condition nro In eligible places Here and thoro are garden patches where are gourd pistachio nuts melons artichokes anti tomatoes In good growl But tbo business looks us If It had cone to lul HO do tho peasants In thulr Turk lab fuz red Greek sash ansi hntrgy rants The only healthy and handsome gentleman on the Isle hOILlhy bull Wu oamo upon him unexpectedly He mndn n quiet remark In his which I retreated tmddonly own toncuo upon HIMonl I was happy to see that 1m wan llxeil to n Mako by a chain he could not break His live cases Borennlyohowod their cuds and gave no sIgn of surprise lit our presence lrISUlco We Bland In front ot tho cnstlo Tho lady chataalne appears Mho Is I not romantic nor cbnlonllo uretty blt nplon The two men stop their flail and como down limo circular sfps that lead to the portal above Ou this circled torrace are trees of luxuriant growth and fancied vines In lower Tbu front of the paine his Its win dows and doorsnrch wills brown and white none from Chios The fools within tho rooms nro of marble mosaic and are not yet disar ranged by neglect The ceilings of most of tho rooms are low arid where the rain bun not on tnrnd are as clean as when just frobeood There nrl silo mirrors nil about In the din ing library and other rooms The Cal orod cass elves I dim religious light 108S to the chambers But the feature of these apartments Is the Imitation book cases Thoso nro cupboards but thnlr iloors sire neatly painted with tho blndingnnd titles of works of sill kinds This seems to have loon tin ruling passion of Bulwur thU outside display of literature I nuked fleorce to open one of tho bookcases Ostensibly It was n library of vol Ibrryof umos on taoUngllsh FrenchGerrnHn nnd Turk liii l cuIsine Ho opened It and I lot of bottles lllled with the nn lu vain appeared This evoked a smile all 1 round hut George did not tondor us n perusal of the contents of these brittle books hero worn bonks entitled Wine Drinkers fleoarnphynnd Metaphysics Jeer one door ol thin library w is written In rench 11 Jaut nrrc atec ci anile Ovor an oilier the same motto In Turkish It would seem strange that Bulwor should soak such n fecluded spot where friends could inrely cpme and where If time tralltlona arts ourrect ho wns Inl rathor limited In his selection by number and sex THU INTEIlIOIl OF THE CASTLE Wbatacommentary those oliamnbois furnish of the elegant man of the world Ibis type of time accomplished strategist In the wiles of diplo matic warl Upon those marbled lloon lie piles mllo Unonllo of oat and broken straw for the kin whllo the sound of tho Hall keeps time where the golden bowl used tn flow nnd the viands ot the loldon bwl 10w epicure wore wont to sham Now the common vegetable used for tbe peasants soup totiitlia vOlotablo kind of seed or nut U spread In one room biis la another the wormeaten wooden floor ha lost IU power even of storage Upon these desolations the loft hue of the stained archways elvo a melancholy Instro which the mirrors rot unbroken on oelllng and on wall reflect lu multiform shapes Homo pictures are In the sails a manner but they aro not 00 tro Irish as those I saw on tbo tombs of arpt four thousand years old We pass up n stairway ot while marblo which Is i ported and thin only portent poleo of work remaining Btrenks of white light bore shoot BlroRk through the round windows Hero too Is the Illusory library Ono cupboard bos n lot of supposititious volumosontltlod Is Wine Bono flolul another In German Drunken Secret recensos repeat thoso Illusions Here ovor time bedstead In nn alcove Is n cuo of haves Dreams The bedstead Is elegant but the fnmllyof thoArmenlnn peasant sloops upon the coarse Qui which covers its eliding I Over limo fireplaces era vohiumne of Day Droims an other of Visions rho outlook over the cas tellated terrace up stairs shows the superb sea tolnld ultrntnnrlno robe and Htnmboul tho Ilonutlouul I These upper rooms are hot and close Homo of Iho doors nro scroops of flowers In IJI > lqll lomo upon cloth picturing vine lent and grape upon both sides Those rooms nro painful Ilk tho wreck ot n lk AO proud man In tho glory of his youth Upon time floor below In one of the rooms thoro lie tbo ilisjn la membra of an alabaster vase of pro portionate elegance and chased with tho vine loaf nnd fruit I asked Oeorgn If ho thought tho exKhedives asont In Constantinople would sell this Yes sel would In fact It had boon once sold to nn American hit he had never taken It nor Paid for It All Effendl at Kloskontuk on tbs Bosporufvwas the agent Hoe him I Wo passed out Into the court I Is not largo ear 100 foot square I has a fountain but no vvnter It bns flowering shrubs but thulr scent In wild ns If time tangle of time had deprived them of sweetness Woods weeds weeds all an epitome of the life of tholr former owner Homo of the walls nro tumbling down mind have props but the arches spring perennially pof9 in their various stones from the Island home of Homer The general color of tho bulldlna In white so that tho stains nl time and weather are plainly apparent Btlll tho towers remain and thocustellntlon Is clean cut aaulnst tho sky BULWIIIH KTABIEH The pestpreserved portions of the castle are timetables They are quite roomy Whet did SIr Honry want of horses on so small nu Isle I stumbled ovor nn old grist stono mnde to grind tbe grainas old ns tbnt which Mungo larks necrceses used when ho was Invostl Baling Africa tho countorpnrt of that which Is seen In Arloatho Y1t countorllrt understand Us utility hero In this lonely place There are Ushers hints lying about In which my feet aro entrapped Their rnitnn detrp Is also ap parent for Marmora Is the son for fish par ox callence I can appreciate tho pleasure tot race boroud tho stable lookinc woct I for horo rnc sentimental diplomat of Ibo Bulwor type could proDtntilM museos he looks oil to ward sunset and Washington whoro his Clay tonHulwer treaty Isttlll dlBouHSud I cnn np preemie also tbo gaidon of figs and melons be 1Ilon f twoen this terrace and tho western end of tho Islon wild incongruous romance on durable ourselves upon rock for hnvo wo not regaled 0lrsolvn8 this fresh flit ansi tho dollclnns melons I can Imagine n utility In the Ito llzzurd which flashes Into the sun out of tbo locks to clvo my wife an pjacuUtory surprise Even tho snails i which cling to the shrubbery have tholr use 11 only ns a bait for fish I cnn well imagine why tho kitchen with Its oveni and woodtiouso Is M > pnrnt d from ls canto and which still has its use M n chicken hence Tho old petroleum cans that lie around hnvo their ueo na buckets I cnn understand thin compensation which n ttlncoot this isolated kind so full of remoteness from the pries of the pooplo who do come and co furnishes to time jideJ Intellect ansi this palled taste of tho hot and stifling city I need not read Huskin to givo emphasis to the utility of beauty sncli as this panorama establishes slcl < Innornmn with breezy fretwork upon the blue eon antI Us lnphrathondrawn no closolv from HIM fountains nt nature But I cannot fancy what on earth Blr henry could want on ouch nn Isle 1 such Btube room for n Croat stud of horses who could not carter very nimbly bore without fall ing off Into Mnrmorul Perhaps the solution Is found In the Qulxotlo spirit which erected thofio cnsthH In such nn out of tins way spot or perhaps In the spirit of Homo nl the mock volumes whoso titles I read 111 I time lower ensile Ills ns Themes on the Impossible or LAdvantages do In Iuno et ilu Soldi Compaios or Charms du Mariano par un lar < on do 60 fins for In their tlllTerent colored bindlnira blue rod nnd creon these odd and outro titles to toxtloss books render them pretty toilettes to the eye which thirsts for tho realities which are not within IUHINO IN THE DOSFOBUB I said nearly every object here indicates do cay There Is nn excoptlon In front ot the castle lhere I I good bas relief of Ht George and the Dragon and an elegant monogram of H L 11 Drjon elphT Is I nil that remains to attest tho peraonnllt ot time accomplished diploma tist who in mnklnii these structnrrn built even lees than n Spanish oistle The dements of the Imagination of his brother HlrEdvvnrd Lyt ton Itnlvvpr and limo pantry of tile son tOen Jlhpr who tlo dorllled Mnionco Night ingale by song us sweet ns Hint bird Itself can ting han Sonl lef their permanent Impressions upon thuS tlmn But thesn uocativo llgments ot monnr nnd stone class nnd wood have no mniinlni except to murk time swift decadence of tho blntesmnn who erected them nml nf the full from POVVIT of limp oxKhodlve Ismail Pnhn who owns them Thus mnrnllzlni wo tnko our way after mnklng rnmunnrnilon to the Armenian keep er for his piilltnnosg In show Inc us the realities of these cnsllen whicli eoem from Iso Bosporus und from the other Islos Ilko unreal cliateaits I i inntiiii or castles In tho nlr Wo timid at tho hind Ing hum good launch Hunsot sitting like a bird upon Use semi Impatient to show I hor brand now line to thho warders of thin once xtringo dlDlomatlu chateau Our ambitions take u m moro apostollo turn nnd for gutting diplomacy and its eccentricities wo 101101 steam oor huts clear blue water to Antl oiio with our fishing caique In the wake There wn enter thin caique and fish for gratuto luiiKiiif WI While tho launch darts around tho lain for 010 broad for lunch What wo cauiiht is I noljilnc to nobody Hut wo brought home n splendid manylined aIrIng of memories lllendll I and zest of cnstlo building with nil tho flavor Ind ZIst coslo bllhlll without the glamour of antIquIty or tho ruin of time K S Cox tmo Hka win Fly Dearest I love you Fly with me said a base nail pla > er to Ills best girt I weiiii sail time fair one only It would never bo nancies I ccWI otl WI wemm lyou know you are always caught on trio fly nil But be rang Ids gong and flail Not VFcll The Galatea people dont appear to be feel leg well call I 1 Jai No I What II thus matter with them I 0 I ilimt know but they seem to be suffering from 1 General 1alne A Nat uf Taper I think the New York Yacht Club aro n hard Set of topers salt Kotlnson discussing the yacht race with a friend wIl nIcer heard that ther were Why do yon think sol 10 U appears almost Impossible 1 l make lucas give up the cup BUT OOODS AND IlflEHS NOTES Iolonalsei are revived Violet wood fane are the rail fancy the rule this fill Twopiece fabric trucks are IIU bleeves are no longer cut Unlit above the elbow Shoulder seams are as short or shorter than ever Nldrrcd cursaice > and full plastrons are all the riO Plaid velvets nre coining In vogue but they are not pretty Sleeves are cut tight only from the elbow to the wrist this fall or lllg garment and lilt buttons are both worn on the same suit Vigogne andbourolte are Ibo popular Paris cloths for faU frocks Velv et striped broche silts come among fall dry good Importations Diagonal rtrnplng across the front of thus bodice Is issn oa new 1arll ilresius Tinsel shot SlsJris I lace curtains are pretty norelllca In winilow Urajivrks Vertical stripes I in tress good of all kind are the feature In fall futirlcs CnniLlnnttona ut silk with light wool stuffs are popular for rlrtl auinniu froikr Brocaded borders and bands as well as vertical stripes are much favored by fashion Milt plush on wnnllrn grounds In striped broctie effects are serum un dress goods counters The newest KoodsAir tailor made gowns are novilty aulllngs linltatlne melts trouserings and coatings Some nf this new plnih brochv bordered woollen stuffs areas rich amid dreis ai well as costly aa slU velvet broc lie Onepiecc drcKses of wool and of silk are both worn ana i rsforrid by man ladies of unquestioned taste amid fashion New camels hair cloths new chev lota and nuttings are seen to herring lion and chevrou weaves to form Ihe vertical stripes Cabinet mantel shekel In artlstlo panels tlie entire backs ot bevelled French plate glass mirrors are sold at very Ion prices la Denning new art furniture depart ment The crazo for tare Is on ttie Increase and la creating k genuine revival of oIl nolnis Flemish Alemnn Druges ami knitUsh along with S emieiiaii amid via Flursuilne pubS taupe Now Is the time to buy wool suitings and woollen novelties for there will eoun bn an advunce In prices uS these gotMls on account of thelulcly advauced uric of wool m Europe The flush stripes on new woollen novnltr fabrics are made to produce shaded block bar iluwer amid leaf effects by Ihe cut mid uncut pile crcatlug what tIme merchants cat IrUc effects All the novelty broctie plush and striped goods H heth Cr itt silk or wool are accompanied with plalu sslfcu ored goods la match shoeing that lull leosuus Trucks will again be combination costumes Large plaids In deep dark rich tones of color one shading Into the other and producing Indefinite vanish ing effects These plaId are accompanied with plain self colored goods toiuitch time prevailing tone of the plaid features In fall fashions are walstcosts ot various kinds long over draperies long waists short shoulder scams sleerea loose atiorelihe elbows full skirts side panels little or no looping lu skirt draperies many but boa Iilgii tapering liii stows hIgh solflurss sod vii hi5b dresa qUr IN CASE EARTHQUAKES INSECURENntr route HOURS AND 4J nvaiNiua ii VILDINOD Intaresllx Oplnlemi of a Nkllled Architect Absolutely Heeiir llnlldlncs Mm be Had by Thoie tVlllInc la JPisy for Them Since tho recent solstnto disturbances In South Carolina a good many limbernocked citizens la the narrow streets down town have boon peering up at limo cornices ot the tall buildings lining the way and wondering whether In case of an earthquake shock those towering edifices would coma rattling down In to the street It Is by no moans nn exhilarating reflection that they might do so and time fact thatsomo ol thorn have actually threatened It oven when tlioro was no onrtlmuako for nn ox cuso elves n gloomy probability to the fancy It Is not very Ions sInce that n huao nail costly building In time money district cracked In such an alarming way that tonnnts flew out and roostoJ on limo opposite side of the street wait Jag to BOO It collapse Dlnicult perilous ex pensive and mysterious things wore done to It and It suspended more or loss permanently Its process of foiling down Persons from the country who have occasIon to enter It now are liable to be Impressed with an Idea that It la a very stanch structure But the habitues of Urond and Wall streets sire not a little curious as to what effect nn earthquake would bavo upon It Thoro Is also a big hotel up on llroad way that for n long Unto alter Its erection used to co on settling to such an extent that Its owners kept on hand a stock of hugo plateglass windows to hurriedly replace those that worn burstod out of limo store fronts with as little delay and effort to attract public attention as possible The men who did that work had practice enough to make them quIte expert at handling Buoh big plates of glass For several yearn now that hotel baa seemed pretty steady but what would It dolt an earthquake should give It a shako 7 Of course nobody has the faintest doubts about what would happen to the Uuddcnslek class of flat houses and tenements It ISo earth bhould give just tho loabt llttlo bit of a wriggle There sire long rows ot them UD town that while In process of erection barely escaped the fate of tlioso between Tenth and Eleventh avenue the walls of which wore too weak to stand higher than the third story Their sham foundations thin wails of crumbling brick with mud for mortar Blender rafters and Insuftleiuutly anchored showy brownstone fronts would easily bo jarred Into their coilarc Unhappily thoro mime hundreds of such build Ings put up by UuddeiiHtiik and his Imitator and tilled with thousands of mull women and children nil liable to bo orunhud to death In an InMnnt If ocr nn cnrtlKjunko springs tho donth traps la whlUi they Imvo sougnt shelter In tho opinion of wolllaiornvd and Intelli gent architect tlioro is no city In the world whoro a bovnro oarthaunko chock would to I likely to caulsus um rim eiii rnl I slaughter I tn t limo residence portion m In tills city ol Now York Accenting that appalling probtbllity as be yond dispute tho rjuictlon rninnlni an Inter esting ono whuthur thorn la any very mucU creator degree of security In n uioro preten tious class of building tlioso ot publla char acter erected us permanent Investments by their owrmori Engineers and architects reply umphatlcul y In the alllrmatlvo Tliui say that greut progress has boon made within t fnw re cent yearn In the building art and though earthquakes have never bean thought of as contlnaonclos to provide against In this latl tudo to such n point hove we attained In per footing the solidity of our buildings that few ot our modtirn large structures ot the better clans would be nt all likely to suffer seriously from avon nioro severe sho ks than thoae oxpe rlonoHl in Charleston The facts upon which this coulldonco Is bases wars hast stated by Architect btonhen D Hatch who ban bad long experience In the construction or lange edl Ileus of the most costly Kind ills remarks voro ld Into by his reply to a quastlou ug to time length of tulsa that it takes n big buildIng to settle down to whore It la going to stay A largo building properly built be said In generally settled In time first year after In completion and It rnroly settles oorcoptlbh after that except from some exterior cause Huch as digging below Its foundations for an adjoining building for Instance Unfortu nattilY many buildings are emoted with little jud moitln the matter of foundations Tha is the greatest and mot likely Infect Bull II Is n mistake to Biipposu that n defect tlioro will bo hidden because It Is burlud out ot night A man may put ilnnu piles to carry n buldlni thuutt arc perfectly capable ot carrying It bist limit Bomiithlnu on top ot them that will not hold the imposed weight and will bo crushed he foro the piles begin to hold the structurn You havo a pile for Instance that vvlll carry iou tons and you cover It with n poor con crusts that will only carry CO tons and you might use well have only a pile capuhli ot earning CO tons Tho maxim will reference Iii n chain that It Is only as strong at Its weakest link may very properly boapplloc to hnlldlngB It Is not long shgmce that f wits called upon totako don entiroly a large build ing that had botvvcon itum piles anti the founda tion MoniB u maaa of concrota that was yield ing all thi Illume causing tin structure tc cruck nnd constantly threaten to full Nothing could to done with It to mako it safe hint pull It down romu ay thut defect and roijiiild In thn cnsn of Hint hotul on Broadway which you motitionod the tine that was so long in Bottling thsti foundatlonn wore only intended for a Luilillnn ot twothirda HM height nml wolght tn which It iibcnrrlodso It had to keen on packing down tho sand until the Impact wan pulllclont to resist the prussiao thrown upon It Now It Is ht op n nl and Is doubtlosi safe under present condition Whuthnr it would bu cafe It an earthquake should shaku thin sand I cannot BUS and I would not core to eMinien nn opinion llnrlhgunkes are not taken Into consider atlon In phnnlng bulldlngn In this part of th world but our Jlroprool buildings are BO bound togothnr with Iron In every direction that they would stand Hfply a good deal ol vibration Tiike thin Itorool building for in stance put up In 187 It Is not only anchored together with Iron beams but tied together at limo atmles with Iron plates all of which make It portuctly rlald And Unit mode of con struction Is now faVored by all firstclass archi tects who have larco bull jinas to erect and are conscientious about their work In southern countries notably In San Francisco n bore earthquakes aro not so much of a curiosity as they are hern and special provision to meet their dancers Is called for their high buildings are tied together with Iron rods and plates HO as to withstand almost army probnblo shock Like precautions sure adopted In time modern structures of South America where they rise above the ordInary height of their dwellings and they have some very tall buildings such as the Cathedral ot Santiago de Chill although theirs 1s an earthquake country What chance do yon suppose our ordinary cood flat houses would have In a tussle with an earthquake 1 As nearly as I can judeo from what are re ported as the experiences of Charleston I should Boy that they would be likely to bo very considerably dlsturbud though perhaps a few of time very best class would bo no morn affected than would the publla buildings ot which I just spoke rime common Hat houses nro merely anchored to wooden Instead of Iron beams and are not uuunlly cropstied They will Btnnd up well enough under normally placid conditions hut would bo likely to come Buddnnly to irrlof If forced to participate In any such lively pro ceedings its an oarthquakn compels To what publlo buildings In this city would you point confidently an models ot strength likely In resist well an earthquake shook V oll there area good runny but I might specify the Mutual Lifo Insurance Compauvs building that of time Liverpool London and Globe ln uranoi < Company the lloruol build ing lists Murray Hill Hotel ansi buynnd them almost any of the modern lireproof buildings possess Biilllclnrt solidity to make It likely that they would Htnnd successfully such n trial All that In iioauusnry to make your buildings enrtluiiinkn proof Is to construct thorn of limo tuel materials In HUlllilont quantity and prop erly put together If a good architect Is re quired to do NO and Is not trammelled by con siderations of economy ho can make n build lug whatever Its biro practically nn strong an nn Iron sate ono that uould ho liable to hold together pmtty well even If the earth under It danced n jlc Tho men who Imvo capital to In vest In big buildings unuerstnndtnls and nn fears of damngo by onrtlmunkti will stand In the way ol their going ahead with tIme erection of just as tall edifices as HreumstancCH eeom to demand and popular Ideas of convenience will permit Do you iliiem Ironfronted buildings as safe In case ol polamlc disturbance as those of stone and brick V That depends upon how they are con structed The walls must be Imeavy ansi solid to bu stcure whatever time material II nn Iron front Is properly put up and filled In with ma sonry I think It will stand ns well as one of brick or stone but n hollow Iron front n mere shell as some are will bo likely to vibrato very easily and glee way under the strain of n sudden severe shock The city ot Mexico shows us limo sort ol walls that people familiar with enrtbqaakes build to withstand them several font thick sometimes Our method of construction with Iron tie rods and angle Plata Is far superior to theirs which Is do pendent simply upon Its masjltancss for Its Btiength but wo can form a good idea of what is attainable for us by combining their system ttumd ours Tho Croat thing primarily as I In dicated In the first place Is to got the founda tions suniclont Wo can tell nothing more exactly than what n pile will support provided tbe Inalstnnt weight Is put directly upon It and working from that bail we have no con ditions of location on Manhattan Island that will not admit of the construction of a perfectly safo building of any size That wo can cut a itructureol any required solidity upon a rook bait ot course used hardly bs raid THE JFA8TK8T Oft RECORD Exlrocrdllnry flpsd of the TrlM whteb Carried Tk Usa B Ilnfful Tbo residents of tho towns along tim line of the Now York Central Railroad as far away as Uuffalo wore very much surprised on a cer tain Sunday In May last to hoar tho cries of the newsboys about the street offering TUB BUN for saloon time forenoon of the day of publica tion Theretofore they had read their nearest local Huuilny paper at n glance oror their cof fee mind rolls and had waited until Monday for the volume of interesting news and general reading matter which the Sunday HUN now brought them on the day of their greatest leis ure U was a pleasant surprise not alone to the old Bottlers but to the summer residents as well who welcomed heartily their favorite Now York newspaper The October days are cloflo at hand when tho town reclaims its wandering population and when thoro Is no longer the snmo impatient demand for outoftown Hundny newspapers on Sunday Accordingly the fast newspaper train has boon discontinued for tho present In the varying weather ot fall and winter with their falling leaves and rains and snows to make the tracks slippery and retard fast travel it U no loncur safe or expo Bent to run nt such n rate as tIme Now York Central newspaper train to Iluffiilo has kept up during tile summer The first train of the season started out from the Grand Central station nt 3 oclock on n rainy Sunday morning and went booming through the gloom and the growing dawn on into the light ol day throwing off cront bun dles of TUB RUN nt tho stations which were pnssod nt full speed along tho route Only such stops were musIc ns wore necessary to change engines or to take water A minute was lost hero Twenty miles further and two minutes wcro gained On the train sped whizzing past wondering people who had come out curly to POO It co by throning oil Its bundle of THE BUN shedding light thus along Its course and ntlnst rolling breathlosuly Into thia station at Uuffalo 141 mile away from the starling point at high noon on time This was fait running Indeed and the people along the line appreciated the enterprise which at this pains brought them tbolr Sunday after noon reading There Is n wide difference ot opinion as to the respective merits ol the gravel or rock ballasted roadbed It Is prutty generally agread that the latter is Irmor and tho former much moro ulastlc and easier for this passen ger Grave1 Is used on thn bed of tile New York Central road and by labor nnd constant atten tion the road has been brought toi condition practically perfect In running this lust train it was merely a matter of right of way and tine capabilities ol the i On no occasion during ho summer was the train late In reaching liuffalo and for tbls promptness this icadereot Juts HUN who cot tholr papers on time every Buuday morning owe tholr thanks to tho facilities which Super Intondont Toucoy ot thn Now York Central placed nt the command of Tin BUN limo fast est engines mind what was quite an much to time point this cleverest unglueers Blood ready to do Tim SUNS seivlco and so Sunday after Sunday In rain anti pleasant weather the train pulled out of the Grand Central station with 1s Height ot nowspapore dump from thin liuhtnlns presses nta clock In the morning and with oiiual regularity rumbled duly into the Buffalo station One run was especially notable It was mado onHunday Auc 8 h when the fastest time nn record for nn equal distance was mudn by Kn gins 511 driven by John W Cool Engineer Cool appears tolltu boon named with ruler once to his temperament AmlKhnpto tho locomotive on limo IIuilsni River division dulayod the train mtj minutes on this Sunday morning llctwnen Albany arid Syracuse leu minutes of this time was mado up and then an John Cool took his scat In tho cab and dropped tile Uvcrauond husild lie was going to make up that lost time liio unglue started with a jolt ns the throttle valve outs opened and away went John Cool over n straight stretch of track chasing that romnant ol lost limo across this Mate It was just 10 nclock i and I Ituftalo wan neiirlv i Ifit 5 nillo Hvvav A mIte a minute unit was lunched within thn first four miles The tram pasod Wmulspoit at the rate of 741 miles an hour sins limo wind blew through John Cools whiskers There ant a number of crnden between Syracuse nnd Buffalo but the track U reasonably Rtruight and smooth At Fnlrport tho train was skim mini along nt the uxlillnratlug rate of 74UJ initss alt hour At HocliMtT the engine stopped eight minutes for water and was away again and tho next fix miles wuie covered In Oi minutes At liatavla tha ounlnn slowed up butthu iieoplo who stood at the station and saw It lly by at 52 mlloH nn hour dldiit know that It WLHUI maUng tinton Hpeed Long twtoro DusTnlo was reached Emuiitsner Cool hail mnrcomo time lost time nml wheu 1m jumped off his Boat nnd cllmbixl down from the cult In tho station ho wns six mliintosaliittil of time The nvurugii speml Irom Syracuse to flit halo 1487 miles was 150 miles nn hour Irom Syracuse totothe4ior whore thus stop was mauls for water tin I avurayn VVHS at thus irtinirabo rate of U727 miles per hour This ieats u Iii record and John Coal IR partleulaily proud of hIs achievement So Is Tun HUN LLrrin8 Ill 011 TllK VKOIW Could Daniel N JUtklmon lies lle n J unl imited I fir ireI units I To TJJI rniTon OF TUB Suv fir In your Eurulay ciltluii of Au > c J ors iiubiUritil tlio Ktlvri of YinU Marey ami IlttnUl H Illcntiiion 1 notice lu the Utter of Mr Miruy of June 12 IKU he cays lit 1 > even nftcR to lioM out Hie i nntlati llirt h nilklit litnikflf litH beers nominated hut I miit retail I tliffD WH not ut Si ii lime n serious thought ot Ills iuml I nation lu the tousenltuit Tlio writCMDBQ ilclcfiiilc In that Convention nnd tht frlciuloCMr l HiKlinnan omit HUBNoon inihnale tennis with Mr iuieklusssms us iso was nil mirth l ut rlrtid itt Seis Cms In that Coineiitlon An tntortnnt cent occurred In tlmi Com Billion tltat hat nut beets referred to After tho doieiTAlet lead balloto < for tuoln > n ami it became Apparent ttmt thu nomination of either CAin fir Iluch in an wa hoi tlcw this ttctejuteii beuii to COO nbo it for sonie fuiultitlc i ssuutl date At I its ittmf llic I S cneral > U James Hnrbour htitrintin it his Vsrglsiia duiorutloti arose ntl hi a lituOiuiue speeds iiunitiitttKi U tin I ci I tt Ulcklnkoii for irui lent Till nuninutun is o rculttd with amtiiise ami n large number < > f hoiHjtietit were Urnprtl cross Site gallery to Mr DU kinniin us to litnne lately In a brief peecliilfilartnT isle frleiidshsiu for den Cue declined u Sue imiinnatinn the i rsmer wee netr him lit tIe time and sail tn him intu bier Siwl I the oppnrluuO ot your life llo oflen ipuXv of thh afmern srI llu tno t certainly would have lirtn noinlnnteil Btiurll after the iniuo nf frunklln Ilfrtouni usiiel i in nnintiiutlon Suit nuniliiAted Ihere I arc S try few of the delegates of the Ionv uitiou of lean l now lu lug Sir Ucliaont nf New York wsis a delegate A UkLKCilK Or sue NlTIOiL LUNVkMION < JT 15Z henry Geuree far Alnyar To THE Euixon OK THE SUN Sir At present there li considerable dlicuiiion ifolns on amonfr Itie inochaulci and Uboriiifr people ot thU city at ton tin would be the most available candidate for Mayor The recent disclosure hare opened the eyes of the people to the fact that both of the old panics are rotten and corrupt No matter how glaring the rolienneis or how severe the punishment cf tti wrongdoer those same old parties loth Democratic and Kcpubllcan atlil persist In their corrupt iiruinices Hint I fact iso thou is the i meihinlca tml uorklncmenif this city Hut > o fir us tiirlr Inttresn nn concerned their votes have been v irluallr thrown u 55 a > YC Sr eSter ur on either one or tho other of thoo old uolllicat lianlesln tisia city Now Hut t the worklngnteu of this city are < iriranUd tn a Inrccr extent thou the pollii > tanor iini > t teojU Illumine the can force Ihe 1111 u tH < tui < inoinlnnte goal clean men end It thy iltuv oil un ties do I not liolulnatn gli I man thor will lluti I themselves burled ut the polls lists nrlni Ipal iiuseu inn appears to be VVh will be our candidate for iis ivurf Itoswelt 1 Mu vtriii aif u td I nutn S I Henrt DiiKro or James J Coocaii are also gustt t men t < utdu u they repre aunt thu InterLfU nt i the n < irkliunt vinst itocld dl > nn Who thin f Ihe answer 14 llenrv I lleiir e lie lit ono of usa mint aiminir men nlihutuh we miiy not nil airreo with him in his tiles He Is a man of principle with a clear spotless reputationu ho i < ii ll I use isly hue er Klvvn lo him In the Interest ul nil good t HUeiis The liusmesA pooplo coil I tlltr 5 cuss nl voter will I join w th time orklntc people in electing sn h n innn Vlatur and teach those latlisu cud parties a lef fnn ilieV rlchl > deserve illaihril Mix New Vonar Sept 10 Ceursrei CrooU and the loitlnnf To THE KniTon op TIm SUNSs fs If it bo us true as It would now appear la be that litroulnioi iirrsnder was not unconditional and that he as > nc corded terms by dun Milt a gni3 thing was < Ions which ought to have been don at least fix montha be fore when Hen Crook could have done is list lieu Miles has now done siring many Innocent llteivast Injury to the people of Arizona and a great deal of money to tilt Government lets Crook Is alnnya awlie man in dealIng with Indiana In both peace and war In war releutlei skilled and energetic i In peace honest truth ful end 3ust lumillins unit been taught to four ae vrell as M roped and trust him Ills pacification of the tiiuux after lighting them wai an etntordlnary achieve inent and renulttd In Inestimable blessings 10 Hie pee pIe of ih Nebraska rolorado yonilng and vionlana order Truinet blowing for Jen Miles after Semi Crook had liunted to vurrcnler all but nineteen of the Chlracahuas who wets on use ausruli ii was all very wull but It S could h not cloud the name or obscure the servlcei of leone Crook In the inmcsot thu Sell Informed who knew that lie had for goticn worn about Jndljne Indian narfare and the ito way of dealing with the red race than all the reit Cr uhu gallant ssshulirs if the United States army nut to gether ever knew Including HierlJan Tue Christian cry I Hang lleronlmol This la I In the Chrlstun order the cry li natural Ueroiilmo Is a lessee VVar with Mm as II was with Hie Inqunli vt ho gave this country to the people who now occupy and possess It iniana savagery and laiaterrK the sine everylitre It obtains between Indian and In dian us n ell at between Indian ami white It springs from the rude religions nt barbarism Hut let what we call Junior prevail and when Ucrnnimo shall have been hot or hung for nghllng for his rights and country with a courage seldom surpassed In the history of any sac or people timers are white men who will still re gard him aa a patriot who lacked only numbers forage and food to compel those who had robbed and wruugaj all people la live back what wai limply ItKlr own XlwVou6eH10 IBW Jstiu1 NEW ENGINE HOUSE TRICKS BLZIIGZIT OF a AND la SLOW COMPARED nun iiitc fine LADDIES WORK New iBivenlona ehcraea far flATlnff n Frau lion f a Hecond Anxletr Last Hems FrHillon Jtfar 8IIII be Wusted Tim sharp clung ot the big alarm gong rang rough the cosoy quarters of Caot 11 af fortys Fire Patrol No 3 In West Thirtieth street on Friday night Instantly the bone dashed to the patrol truck shafts with n swift clatter and just as swiftly Driver Abram Lieu was In his seat and had the heavy reins crnspod tightly tn his brawny bands Ills npponrnnco In bis place was BO sudden that It looked like magic The cone had struck but a sIngle stroke ol the alarm when be sprang from his bed on the second floor and catno slap bane through n trap door In the coiling just Ilko n hnrloquln In the pantomime It took him lost than nlno seconds to leave his bed and start the horses out with n rush from the pntroi house Driver 1C S Hoot who rides with him was just ns swift In dropping down beside him The beauty ot the performance was that It wasnt nn exhibition lost either but a bona fide answer ton call to afire at Tenth avenue and Thirtyseventh street The way Drivers Lyoll and Hoot loaptlirousb the trap door every lime there Is i a fire Is nn Im provement In speedy preparation for respond ing to fire calls thnt Is nt present exclusively the proud feature ot Capt llalTortya wide awake company Time trap Is cut In the ceiling Imme diately over limo drivers sent on the heavy truck It Is surrounded on the floor above by a polished brass ratline four feet bleb that shines like a mirror ISo drivers beds are right beside this railing When nn alarm sounds at night they spring from their beds together PoliO tho railing nnd lot their bodies drop horizontally through the trap The la etant the door opens they lot go and catch a second brass bar fitted Into the coIling like no acrobat dropping from one trapeze to another This second bar balances them mind prevents p them from falling forward In their fivefoot drop to the trunk neat A weight attached to a pulley rope shuts tho trap door with n bang tine moment they disappear through line trap Tho whole device works so smoothly and quickly that It Is only a ijuostlon of time when the trap will bo Introduced in all thn engine houses la town It saves smo seconds of time lost In shinning down the brass sliding poles and clambering to the peat on the engines In ex hibition dtllls Drivers Lynll nnd Itoot have been able to drop to their neat and started limo truck In loss than two tooonds which Is nwar ahead of anything dono In time patrol truck mnumo log Even day the brave fiio laddies of Gotham are getting to bo moro export In swiftly an swering lire alarms und are on thin lookout for Improvements that will cut down oven shorter the few seconds nt urocnt occupied In hitch ing up boieuA and Planing time engines or trucks ratlllnc on their way to the lire rise sliding polo wan an Improvement on time old fathloned pellmoll lush Town thus stalrn that saved nearly a minute of preparation Julclc dressing la ono of time features of lIre luddto natIvity rowadiyd that tills every lumnn with nmimiincnt The huddles huvo cot the business down to such n uchuco that they literally jumii into their vlotlics Every lire Imman goes to Id with ii Is roil lltuuhlrt on Ills trousers arts nlvvnts kept tucked Into tha logs of tilts heuv rubber hootx nail when ho rehires ho simply lets tine troimusuina elide oil him and down over the boot lee and then steps out of the boits When ho wmts to dross bu stops back into the boots again yanks the trousers up around bis waist fastens them wilts a gprinK buckle and mikm duhoA for tlm slid ing I pole iiulck as u wink comploluly drn < 9d Ylsou Iitrol3 wont to the his on Friday nisht Lleuu lluvveon I nnd 1utrul fjere < tu I < t Smith I jumped Into thir clothes BO fust that THE HUN reporter could sst tlino ihem Twolvu i BeoondB IH tne average time u takes a fireman to dies vhun nu nhiim stunts linn out o bol i at nIght Suirgnmnt SmIth stuild and Ill but I UK I tn 1 ni many limos as nmbody wants to take tho odds that vvo hnvo men bora who Cfil5 throBs In six seconds every tlxe tnuy sCant tm The essential thing Its putting fires oiit In n hurry Is to gut tho mnchlnory them ri u null its tbo man who handle It A nil It I Is lou is is DSHOII tiil thine iiboni tho s lnrea cf liHiidllnc him mis that our 1iij i Cr iii tn I sutlisis sue think inu 5 ttu liar 1 nient comes KB near perUctlanu It U I ftilila furl I ninan lncnultrtn reach lm rovment after iinprovomiiit ha lMrn l innb unil I I now lit > I ° R nt tniu I In hlUhlng I IIIH IILI n led need 5 i ncpirunlly alnrlately to inu Iii t utxi mu 11 Tnura nre only tw > ttilic nbout It th it nreit tttto lisa tie The o mo tlm movement of tho isrsue I fr < m tlio Mills to tlpdr jImiee beside the engine I uhaft and lie 1 vnniiplni I u i I ut tp collrrj over tuilr ic < lilj 1 tutu vat limnii And liith tl I esc are ilium In RUh a urfeel I viy that tmst turn ns cood in aiitiiinitl il ihow Attonull in cllnciy d 1 < > nl of ihr n nt nt Ibo vvoiUlulil nouKh to mako jmir tin 5 ri if snit tIy tu Inn t this details The ititintit tho operator at Flin HundiiinrtTH I 011 u is Mm cir cuit to fetish 111 ultrm tlm un n l drop a n ilnl bill niimt halite this guni i Thu bi1 atmiln 3 inebea douu a Lnr nf bris nnd rnlls I u steel wino that rrimUnlly unlilteiii the prlrefl ut tin old > i of limo ittlls IInt hold thin laltiis nf limes lorp list lintiniur of HID gong simullnurouil with nut llrrft ilarm toni stilts tho httlu nord iuuk < that Is pure lit il i n n fliell boside tl cgirc anil thus nulomaliia Iy I leii n ricinl nl this limo t i oiibumeil In cuIng to a tin Mitlitii It out nnd reuruiru II IMIIIP ultig tlio little clock is ills the u his chisel untile t vill that Is I kept KUIIIS m nil the 11 me tIme Ctiptalnnf his t company < iri till at f claniu 3511 t hnvv mug ll took to dnanvijlvvn lieu a iii work I limo I iiiiKsslsnlvriinKiisii < rilutl ovi f the hhaft by nn nulom itlo linn bnng > r It Is hold In position thoro by fitliss When tho drivor ginlm tho loiiib thn tonnlon looseiia the hid ings limo hariiobsiM diop down upon time horiex the vvaihni uuarmIsm tile cal larn around tho horsuV nocKx and ntitumatlu vvduhtx attiched 11 litllo pullots In tin teilng cany the framework of limo laiijror up over head out ot tile way iLiprovunicuta are steadily being mado In tmi collars that limit lie horfos wear Thoy aunt mnda In two hoctlnns fvtenid whIm it hlngi at the top nnd 1 snap togntlHT at thn botcm wit ii an automttlu sited fiiirliig hick OollarB made of east Iron have recently bcnn Introduced In somo of the engine houses They tire blxtoen liounils lighter than tan leather lollnr which weigh thlriul pounds cacti and they nre considered moro durable nnd serviceable These collars can be faMnnid nround tIle homes necks In n fraction n nncom No time whatever Is now lost In llmmutlng nut whoro H lire alarm In originally Built from Placards son which are time number ot every regular nlnrm box In town with Hn location arm bunc up on the I walls of thin tungi miss house nn th ground floor behind the dipt ilnb d > fdc TtioCnptaln glanciH nt iso t rhiteuu nit ishm lit tIme mn guns gelling icady and tihnuu limo Inottlon of this lila to tho driver thin moment thin last stroke of Iho alarm Is struck Many big build Ings In town have within thus lust few months Introduced n now nutoumlo special nlarm which saves the time lost In traimmlt hug nn ulaim from n regular uttoct box It canf > ltH of nn olnctrlenl oonlrivmco hitched on to this celling of each flout of the huildinu und ntlnehud to n sure FonHltlvo wire A Ttain daneorouH ilegrno of boat In nnv par tlculur floor no mutter how gunnrntod will miisK Iho vvlrn to IMiand nml stirt n current thnt drops a dink In the engine htousst of tile district In which time bulldim In lorned timid on this diKl IH I Inscribed I not only I tbo exit > t lo cution of the building but alto the tYaot hart of time buildIng In which thu tiro or thin heat thnt IH great enough to produce finn It not chclud linn broken out Thoro Is n perennlil compnllilnn noising the varloiu flreroiiipaiiluft In the dopartm for this honor of hong known an time compuny that cots there first vvlienover nn alarm consists in lnglnu 33 which doiiKH In Croat Jsritsu Street ban been thn cock nf lit 51 vrnlk I for n lone time Slit won this pno nt the horxo show foiHivllt nets In catting rut Iy Tho men pan get lor In shape to start in los thnn two noconds In sum exhibition tost and the humdrum uveryday work of hitching up nml iettuig away U never moro than live or ulx beeuiuli Orcftt tie la thus ofllcliiniy nf lImo appirattiR lot us tinc is ltshii uiir II rye still I I further luts birds ft ttl nts tilts Omuttu utu lila tush Coiutnlsnlonur 1iuroy is trying to have nn elietrlo lantern pcI foetnil tbnt will enable tho firemen to sen I into biilld usgs through thick smoke nnd that vout go out and leave them In darkness as the present oil lantnrns do lists Uoimnl8 lonrrh brother waists lo rig up n double slogs arrangement In every onzlno hoiibe that will onnulu Ivvonnclnns to bo kept I In cacti homo nnd thus donlili Ho t capacity of the department to light hIres Sen onu engine has cone to a Urn tIlts othor by tIme proposed plan can be holbtod out of tlio collar arid be kulut In Instant ruadluenH toiuihvvor a Bill for refnforoomeiit Iroud inlhiimltos ihiunk that tho department PonM all crmitlon now as It Is If it should got tho electric lan tern and limo double stngu thor nro cerfilii hunt it would bo far ahead ot anything over dioarnt of anywhere by nn > body creation 11 fa la I Texns from the HI Paso Trlliunt Mr ansi Mrs El l Wishes IIP father nnd mother to ns Cu Its msssmnicssgst litik girl iiilnes in lbs Texan country Slue lipped thu scalesit lAuttly firieeu I I usnla Just after th atari left her nn llic I from shea i nr her pVa mansion nn Wednesday night and she crIes us natural aslf the hud pracliccd It lor curs risking by IroKy toil At milaMvMi Irtntnt Call naglcyflolnc fishing today UeUaggs No sir roc much business to attend lo Ser Vk Iii HhiWof > uu when Im litlimmif Dii thus bank In the U shady hauling twononml hvsutuu Tliats right do And when v > m stop at the market en yeur way lisme Just lmuy me a StrIng IOU Tims 5 1544 1594w 3