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on land have bee kl renult. except the ry. Victories 0 us. A defeated army 0 L- b I place of t ., that. the defeat is generally regarded and the war comes t.( u vouclusive. trial of strengtl ) an end before a second I m-vnrs on the ocean. -AA ‘ u conclusive. and ‘ on end before 1: seem occurs on the ocean Naval victories t thing are not very world’s history, but The downfall of N: monly dated from t 1803. Nuclear) appreciated the the lower of England must be crushed ere supreme power in Euro bent all his enemies of a navy which shoul strangest fleet Englan Enron-an waters. In of the Frenrh and Spanish fleets. he Abelieved that he had attained the ob- Ject desired. and when Villeneuve went " ' ' uthree French and he could hope for pean affairs. and to the creation1 d overmatch the (1 could plaice in the combination ltlme powers, as well as at the fore- front of the continental etates. 'I‘HP. CRUSHlNG DEFEAT. which amounted to the annihilation of the allied fleet. destroyed the hopes of Napoleon of becoming the master of the sea. as well as o: the land ; his pow- er was checked at Trafalgar and brok- en when his army marched out of the streets and from among the flames of the burning houses of Moscow‘ Leip- a'u' and Waterloo were the legitimate oonsequents of Trafalgar and Moscow, Elba and St. Helena followed as mat- auu lb WW vua -- “â€"â€" Tht’ French had a previous experi- when the two wtmld come in conflict. ence with Nelson off the delta oi the‘! At Marathon it was shown that the Nile in 1798. Napoleon had l’ersuaded!undisciplined Persian rabhle was no the Director of France that England ‘; match for the Greek phalanx; Salamis 00““ be best Ol’llosed by 0 feint at. ln- 5 furnished evidence that Greek seaman- die. so a fleet and army were dispatch- ship was superior to that of Persia. ed to ESSPL in "NOT. 38 Napoleon ex»; The poetic. imagination has magni- take Europe “1 the ': fied the numbers of the Persian fleet. p?essed it, “ t0 tremendous Buchyron speaks of the ships by thous- rear." The feint was a cese, for never before and .Seldomlands. It is now known that Xerxes since WM ”161‘?- SUl'h a panic In EDS-12‘ i had no more than 1%)0. The Greeks had ‘ land as “'88 lDSpil‘Bd by the 118‘VS th‘lt l better Shipfi and the advantage of Do... "19 FWm‘h had 80118 into Egypt. The s sition. for, crowded as they were in a commercial element is always nervous, l narrmv strait, the numbers of [he Per- and the lucrative trade which the East l signs were a hindranee rather than 3 India Company had built up between 711911). 3313,1135 was Won by tact and Asia and Europe constituted at that. g skill as much as by bravery; like Ag- day the greater portion of the expey“ tineourt. like. Plassy and Tours, Cha- business 0‘ ”10 311811811 ports. The 8311' ‘ lane and Tel-e1 Kebir it was a triumph ing and arrival of the semiâ€"annual East ; of hrains over brawn, the victory of "““" "m" “’9'“- lhe areat 8V8!“- Ofleivilization over barbarism. tens of course. ed to Egypt- in phrased it. “to rear." The feint costs, for [RV 8| U‘lflllll’aa UL tuv J‘ueâ€"â€"â€"â€" . ing and arrival of the semi-annual East ; India fleets were the great event of the year, and the hare thought of an attack on the East India trade gave ev- ery banker, broker, merchant and manufacturer in England a cold chill. But the promised attack upon Eng- land's possessions in the East never am- ounted to more than a proposition. “’ith the utmost haste Nelson, with a powerful fleet, was diSplliCbGd to the rescue, and with an instinctive per- ceptiom of the proper point. of attack. he saw that India was to be saved, not by sending ships around the Cape, hut by defeating the French in the Me- diterranean. In its way THE BATTLE OF THE NILE .T mu. momma. thn Trafalgar and nutscuw, . rersmn “mm “W a uuuuuu a "n _ 'clena followed “3 mat- to the \Veat, the Greek toward the East , and it was only a question of time had a PYBVIOUS expen- when the two would come in conflict. on off the delta of that At Marathon it was shown that the {817019011 had l’ersuaded5undisciplined Persian rabble was no f France that England i match for the Greek phalanx; Salamis .mnmd bv a feint at. ln- furnished evidence that Greek seaman- fleet by anO‘h' nnarOl'S become .k upon 'bng-‘l‘rusled In Ills Native Element hy ablg .ast never alm‘ ”on. gelgfip‘fii‘fl"; A shark. over three metres long, met etched to the 1 with a singular death in the Vera Cruz 1 istinctive per- port works a few days since. nnt 0‘ attack.\ In the prosecution of the works in be saved, not: . )the Cape hut question. enormous stone blocks are h in the Me- i. raised on derricks and thrown into the r twater on the mattresses which have CHE NILE sheen previously sunk. About the ”.18 , battle 0tEheginning of the week the workmen 10 h..- i Ba [NVVcL. In Creasy’s decisive battles of the world, he mentions Marathon, but omits Salamis. From almost every point of View Salamis was '88- 3 ' on the surface of the water were hop- ak- . . :ed. rifled to observe that unmedlately af- wasi ter they had dropped. 1n the water one the I of these huge rocks an immense cloud de- ; of blood came up from below, so that 93.] the weter all mount} the wharf was __ J _ J----. -.A TLA“ ‘kn-snk‘ of the two. At the timewhen the in- vasion began. the Persian Empire surâ€" rounded the Eastern shores of the Med- iterranean. All of Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine and the delta of the Nile were under the rule of the Persian Emper-l or. The contest between the Greeks and Persians was at first one of com- memo. and little by little the com- petition between the merchants of the two nations led to an embittered state of feeling that finally resulted in war. This would, have come anyhow, for the ' steadily advancing to the \Vest, the Greek toward the East - L 2 ,-._ “4- #:mn Soon the rope which attached one of the divers was violently shaken as a signal that the man down beneath the water wanted to be raised. \Vhen he was safely back on the wharf the work. men gathered around him to learn the worst. To their great relief he told them that a big shark which had been swimrning at the bottom of the bay, near where he was at work. had been crushed to death by the boulder whic {they drOpped on him. . What are you going to do when you grow up! asked an inquiring citizen of the four-yearâ€"old boy next door, and the boy amend utter some canister. stion: . ' i am coma-ta has: ml A SHARK’S QUEER DEATH. inquiring Citizen N; was a good ids; out at Odessa. presents some tione from the Slav point 0 ! on the suggested con i view up- world's supremacy. lain's recent speech was like respondent at sian military authority. ’ tufes to prophesy that k the world's history. home. ”V‘s-v I "\Ve can never,” said he, "3‘ Britain at the head of any ‘ agaimst us. The Slav race “'5 up as one man to combat the sions of the Anglo-Saxon. an (victories such as we have ac the last. decade, we could never in the race in which we mean to should it cost us our last (1101) Of blood. only waiting for the against you, will anni our railways we have Spanne ithat might have served our enemies in a crisis. You cannot bridge the seas, and there we have you. From the Pechili gulf to the Dardanelles, nay, to the Adriatic, the territory thereby bounded is RUSSIA’S HERITAGE. . and she will barter it to no nation for a. mess of pottage. "We are nearing our destiny, and must reach it ere long; 200,000 tr00ps '_ and Tel Lien Wan, an dten times that number at other points. This will give you a slight idea of our onward march, and we have not reached our goil as yet.” With reference to the self-confidence B of this military view, the correspond- ? ent proceeds to explain how the Slav ,; System Operates. First and foremost in the process of unification of the vast multitudes o ‘ diverse nationalities over which the th Great White Czar holds sway undoubt- Gt edly comesâ€"strange as it may seemâ€" religion.- Some will call it coercion, 0U whatever the proper term, it comes in it the cloak of the Orthodox Church. it The Russian “'l‘chinovnik”â€"â€"he is lubiquitius, and scarcely anything is li: done except at the instigation of the b: Governmentâ€"no sooner plants himself among. let us say, the Samoyedi or the u Bokharans than he erects a cross and n fetches a priest to sprinkle the ground with holy water. This being done, the next thing to follow is the church, with its ornate Eastern architecture and scintillating golden domes. which A \is to inspire the inhabitants of the country with awe for the mighty Rus- sian Emperor, who speaks, by God’s grace, through the Church to his chil- l dren, wherever they may be. The c ”Tchinovnik" may only get his thir- , ty roubles, £3, per month. but his per- quisites, or peculations, as we would be inclined to call them, amount often ‘ t to ten and twenty times this sum; he 1 18 not badly off. Consequently he 00- - z oupies, with the power he naturally. wields, as .an administrator of the State, and the respect he commands as a representative of his Imperial Ma- ;jesty: an important and influential '8 l posrtion in whatever society he chooses e ' to move. He becomes in time elect- re ed. preardent of the commission ap- n pornted to construct the barracks for r- the soldiers who invariably follow in the wake of the priest, if they ham [1 e f- not had to clear the way for him, as reisometimes happens. The “Tchinov- id nik ’ gets a bosom friend of his to ten--l at der for the work at a fancy price, and 38. then they divide the spoils between bt them. _The Czar and his ministers 1d arecognizant of these abuses, and 00- us casionally an erample is set by some flagrant offender, who has exceeded all of pourble bounds. being exposed and a cashiered; but things again assume he the even tenor of their way. and the he State continues to be t 73: ROBBED aren't AND LEFT. ; A8 only “pravoslavnie’ior those p;o- ther -Noah feesmg the Orthodox religion. are elia hr.“ man gtble as candidates for public offices. m the service of the State. except in “1 ”1° “'11 partgcular cases. an in the telegraph peered ‘0 ‘ eervtce, where Germans. Lutherans. must. I” ‘ are admissible. tt follow: that all thoee Wm!“ M I 3 of other than the Rnesian feith who In the spa â€"â€"' v..-“ Naturally the position of “Tchinov- glonouely quaint imaginations. who nik" is much cofeted, and the natives saw hhlngs, as Coleridge puts it' by commence to think how they can man- the 1‘31“ 0" the halo 0‘ genius that age to have a. share of his pickings. shone about his hem Wonders whe- Ag only “pravoslavnie” or those pro- t?" .Noah might not have been the fessmc the Orthndnr rnlioirm gm .nL first man that. mmmnluul Mm -Inxm gible as candidates for public offices. 'Smce,” days he "if the flOOd cover ' in the service of the State. except in “1 the whole earth Md no lands ap- particular cases. as in the telegraph [’08er to hinder the current. Noah service, where Germans. Lutherans. must b° earned W1“! the wind and are admissible. lt follow. that all thoee Wm“ mordins to the sun. and so of other than the Rnesien feith who ‘1' the m of the deluge. mieht even are excited by onpidity or ambition to We “3° tour 0“ the 810!!- And since. m to e post in the Government de- 115 there were no contlnent 01_ America. come orthodox Russians. And so the assimilatlng prone“ 8°“ on, and the empire becomes urged to- ' . e Gov- his rag'enous appetite for grandlzement, and we are stop him. ‘ and he in- action. nvu, “w. _. makes seems to add to his strength lend him a new lease of life. feel his far reaching influences 11 parts of the globe, and try to p0 our souls in patience, for we know what the mqrrow may bring fort: feel his far eaching influences in an parts of the globe, and try to possess our souls in patience. for we what the marrow may bring forth. If. as it is stated. an Anglo-Saxon alliance is effected, then the Slav race from the Vistula to the Volga and he- yond will unite as one man and makp might the new coalition. "You have no patriotism," said 3 Russ to me. “it’s only interest." \Vell, if the much talked of alliance becomes a realized fact, the patriotism of the Slav race will be aroused, and we shall see whether it will win the dav against. so-called British, or will 3f the 313V r806 Will an guyâ€".7--. _ we shall see whether it will win the A. Brantford lineman. Ed. Lanthier, dav against so-called British. or will seized a live wire. lie wrestled with‘z. ’ - xon ' It henceforth be termed Anglo-SO 000 volts. and came out with no injuries Interest. - _____.. save burned hands. flan-E SAYINGS. The MasseyHarris (‘0. will Blend ._ 815.000 on their Bramfnrd works as h, soon as the Council assures them flood Silence is the pantomine of trut .. "ll ‘ , i ‘ 1 Selfishness is e suicidal mania. in prevention “1 :e M WM. ' Kent County jail. avcording t0 the man. Slanderers cannot buzz long without grand jury. is a “”9”” t0 the “W biting. ty. Tramps will please take notice and - Cities are the tombs of nature. the govern themselves 3"i‘0rd10815- cradles of art. Mrs. Howard Mt-Lmd, of Rat Port. ‘ ‘ ' 6' . (3 (IVES W 1133:: i:R-eedtoo unique and bizarre to 22?: 30(3):? xiii-11am; 08300 mime: . The. model farm at Guelph. with its Patriotism begins at home‘ but does lunch attachments. attracts almost not end there. . ' Conceit is superior to small enviea daily excursmns of farmers from dif- ' ferent parts of the provmce. and jealousies. . . ‘ .. ' Life is a crazy-quilt arrangement in \\ 11112111) I. (,oulson. of hmgton. Out. is one of the marines \VhOpnl flesh and blood. We suffer more from the devil with- up such a plucky fight against the Spanish at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. in than without. . War is organized murder; death is Berlin Board of Trade had a confer- ‘ts prOper penalty. ence with C. P. R. officials, and made All dread the hand-toohand conflict satisfactory arrangenmn‘ts astoireuh! ‘Vith gladiatorial life. rates “.hen ‘be ne“' llne readies tilt Heaven trusts us .witb intellect but city. puts irons on our will. In fifteen years Lake Huron stur- L 'lbmptation is a spy upon our vir- h' . ad' cod in value from no- tue. to be ' . 380“ “8 Hm I . BhOt at B‘ght thing to $3 3 1.31139. “19 ngs 31‘? 00' Children are naturally ungratefulâ€" . ,. . V :.. h ma de um t: God's children especially. 23313:: to (um-man. e 3 'War is organized murder; death is its pmper penalty. . All dread the hand-toâ€"hand conflict with gladiatorial life. The. experienced handle life cautious- lyâ€"they dread its fangs. (1" guy. It is hard to beimagined how aimul- w '7: T' .,_. . emptied 1119 till uf Sm, . taneously we can love and hate. It is thought he “a,“ ‘ Nature is formless and valueless una .t . til reflected in the soul of man. or a coilec or - ' ‘ ' mun H Our ideal moments are our best ones; A ‘ 3m 0‘“ 9" our practical moments are risky. and started for Dawn“ God teaches socialism; man elects to moon. And 110W “Hm“, BtUdY individualism at his peril. to whethm‘ be hoxruued Gratitude in in inverse nrnnnrtinn to . IOUkmg for it' Gratitude is in inverse prOportion to 3m benefitâ€"hence our ingratitude to 0d. What we learn with our sweat and our blood is worth our ink. Improved experience is worth what it costs, misimproved experience what it will bring. \Ve are well aware that Death is ang- ling for us, yet we swallow his sweet baits with a rush. There are more spoiled men and wo- men than Spoiled childrenâ€"only we do not hear so much about them. nu Was Ihe rim Vessel wnm Inim- sympathy. The Ark is the first ship, then, to ap- peal to human sympathy. Let. her be called the mother of ships. Though. we need not too curiously consider her, it is a strange fact, nevertheless, that the dimensions of this ship (taking the cu- bit about. eighteen inches) correspond very nearly with the proportions of a sailing ship of toâ€"day. I Her burden was 15,000 tons. The Great Eastern was 7,- 000 tons larger than the Ark. Noahfl‘ when he laid his keel, designed with: strict reference to the animals and to ' the living sheets of water that were: to descend from the heaven. He would ‘ have need to build with great caution. nevertheless. for unless animals were. stalled a sudden panic among them would occasion a dangerous “list.”s ,Noah seems to have provided against this by building his extraordinary stables upon a gigantic spoon-shaped hull. He required neither sails nor helm. When the ark was once awash she lifted easily to the tremendous weight of rain. and floated off into the gray .vapors of steam. which rose hissing midway to heaven from the fierce stroke of God’s pitiless storm. says the Pall Mall Magazine. Sir Thomas Browne. a genius of I . ‘A‘__A THE MOTHER OF SHIPS. 7â€"â€" â€"vâ€"â€"' vv vuuv‘u V' “‘4 that. congruent! thp globe. and PllRflY [IMAM m INTERESTING ITEMS Anom- 0‘! owN coumay. W In- Vnrlou Pom. 1,.- ti. Atlantic to the Pflcflu. _ Coal merchants in Hamilton are cm. ting pricel- Farmers in other puts an cutting ha'y' J. McNe-rhanie. of Shoal Bay, B, c was found dead on the trail near Fanny Bay. Heart disease. Winnipeg has an agitation for lbw. law to prohibit bicyclists urn-1;]! children on their max-hlnee. .Twwty-tive thousand [warsons have one” ‘he Klondike V18. {he ChllkOOt gm so far this 898301]. of the, “$0,000 required to wipe out the debt of the London Y.hLC.A.,a11 but .1000 has been raised. In the Slocan riding of West K001. enay there are 1,510 voters, and in the Nelson riding there are 1,000 voters. Owing to the “wages of grabs, 1h. foliage is completely stripped off 1}. trees at Horse Shoe and Heron Island; Old John MvanzLe 0'. was recently removed 1 Refuge. was literally st and had undergone Sui] hm recovery is doubt: Two St. Thomas ball ‘ a small boy “ he said nust their playing. Th boy to to a policeman. and the trate will wt as umpire The Conger Lunu Sound, have SOL] 1 of logs. in all 19,000.! Turner 8: Fisher, 0 The logs arv all tu September lst. Three Peterho ro' l Parentage. raided af FOIice authorities. lu ture of inherited res tracted “cusamlness, to do Will) lbvfll. A Hamilton 1.“; Open air to the same-“hat [“1818 Of the St‘hnnlâ€"I‘uulll. V into the little completely LIN“ posed tumor in of the violin. hu dancing? 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