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THE LAST VOYAGE OF MARTIN VALLLANCE
A SEA STORY OF TO -DAY.
By JOHN ARTHUR BARRY,
Author of "Steve Brown's Ban yip." " In the /heat I)•ss," .to
Staggering to windward, f ran alt,
There wan no one at the wheel, Put-
ting ft bard Trp and slipping the becket
over a spoke to keep it there. I need
forward, and flattening to the stay-
eait sheet, had preagntly the satisfac-
tion to keel the Hebe laying' off and
the sails fitting again. Jiaok to tbe
wheel, and in a few minutes I had ber
again on her comae. Lucky it was
that we bad no more canvas met, or
it would have been 'Good-bye, Heber
'list where was tbe- Ma)or 1 Not for-
ward, I was nearly certain; aad sure-
ly be would not have gone below with-
out tint calling me I 1 had left a
clear sky, When I tell •aIeep beginning
to fill with moonlight• Mew it .w -as
covered with dark clouds, and there
was, too, quite a tumble of a sea on.
And where way the Major* -•-----
All at once, glancing astern. !mt.
withstanding the gloom. saw that the
_boat`was. soma and 1 started es if 1
bad received a -galvanic shock with
the premonition of evil that suddenly
struck me. Then I stamped violently
on the deck. But my /,hoes were too
light; so. catching up the grating, 1
rammed away with it until • tall fig-
ure raw through the comyanion. At
flsst-I thought it was tbe Major's. But
a voice singly unlike his. with the
seagicion o a laugh in it, said: -"Lt is
only two o'clock yet, Mr. Valiance!'
And tben I saw that it was his daugh-
ter.
"Will you please see if tie Major is
to Iia• berth Y'-t-sadd. "1 have- only
jest Dome to the wheel. Waking, I
food the ship a -back and the boat
gnus"
Without a word, she aped below
again.
No." she said. reappearing present -
a., Quos! speaking with &,sort of de-
ft/Airing quiver in her yoke+, =#16%ttl teat
nJbe_ cabin. Can be be forward, do
you think, Nr. Vallaaaeer'
"If you will take the wheel, I'll
search the vessil." 1 replied. And as she
---mane to-mereatd amme tbs-spokes 1 -
could hear her bravely attempting to
choke back • sob. Longing to take
her in my arms and comfort her -for,
tastiactively, -I telt that the worst
bad happened -but without tru'tiog
myself to speak, 1 rsoel To the galley.
Empty fro was the forecastle!
was every corner about the decks!
The Major and the Hebe had parted
c an S NVin that, I et a the
inn-toosail-halyards and hauled on
the clew -lines until 1 got the yard as
far down as I could. Then, backing
the fore -topsail yard, I practically had
the brig Bove -to. Next taking out the
port side -light,' I carried it aft. and
breading it on to the signal -halyards
ran it tW to tbe gaff -end. Then go-
. iagTelow, in a minute I returned
with the big egress rifle, and all the
cartridges I Bowed find, and loading,
began firing rapidly. All this I did
with such degn:ate energ' as lett me
breatbless. Nor all the time did the
dim figare at the wheel move or speak.
But now, as 1 stood beside her, she
exclaimed in an indescribable accent of
misery and distress: "Oh, my father!
my dear father!"
"Int tss bops for the beet, Miss
Fortescue," I said. "I believe myself
be ie in the boat, and that if it was
. .light be would still be In sight. Evi-
dently finding that it interfered with
his steering, be was leaning over, -
Laving beetled up tbe boat -and had
just oast adrift the end of tbe paint-
er, when he overbalanced and fell.
Look;" and I pulled in tbe rope that
I had myself tent on the night before
-a piece of stout new line, ite end
still retaining the halt -shape of the
Derrick -bend I bad used to fasten it.
Bo I tried to cheer and comfort ber,
althoiigh, God knows, my own bops.
webs of the slightest. The Major may
have bit the boat In falling hand this
was my chief fear), or abs might have
slipped away too rapidly for him to
swim to ber. And be was far from a
young man; also. as I anpposed,ebort-
sighted. flat as 1 took her away from
the wheel and secured it amidabipa,and
made her alt down on the raised grat-
ing, I did my beat to appear hopeful -
nay, certain of seeing the boat with
the Major in ber again at daylight;
painting out, too, that the squill -
for it was notbiug else. although a
prwcioan heavy one -was now over,and
that we could not be far from the
spot, with the Hebe making no pro-
gress.
ro-
gress.
And taihbg tans_firing at Intervale
sit. of the big elf the same that had
done such din execution among the
crew -1 gradually drew her to think
scare bop,cfally; although, as i sat
close beside her. I mold (eel • shudder
rasa through her frame every now and
again, and the sight of the net, pale
Mee, .tering always astern, made my
very 'heart sore.
Making, from her !cement shiv-
ering. that she might feel cold. al-
though the nigbt was a warm enough
rine, 1 ran down and got a wrap and
placed it over her shoulders where vibe
rat. and, sus she thanked me. 1 rvwtd
bear that she had been crying quiet-
ly tt bereelf. And presently elle tiller
and asked me if die couldn't be of same
use; and 1, knowing that onculwt.ien of
any kind wrenid be good far her, ask-
ed her to get more cartridges, if she
could find them. Alen to tris the red
light, which i now hauled down, as it
was bantling dimly. Tern dark though
it wen, for the moon was hidden behind
a'-t.nwy'' thud -trunk. i *dully tin the
bino.nlars and went aloft, more for
the sake of deing aometbiag thee he-
mmer I thought it of any avail. Whet
1 wasted to know was hew moos atter
I left 'hrm did the Major gn nnertonrdf
it ass a question no one eauld awn.
wer But t aM *trail not very long;
sad is that oeew it moat have happen-
ed anew bows -bourn during whieh the
brig, before the ahitline squall struck
Ler, was probable terming to end tail-
ing off.- bit "til 'mab ret beedway.
And stere as 1 might, all that the
`laws ga't1f rete was a heaving field of
blaek water. After that fierce and
trodden het the eine had tafltea gnite
light, alt)ousb 1 fancied there was
sore to follow thea[ )..fore very long
rty ter time i reached the deo& Het-
;, ea had heed no the lampget 1t
0,144.e.,.bstet...mh. also k eas
% bow reletridelle, saying that theme
were the last. But beyond one swift
glance at my fano in the red glow of
the lamp as we stud faring each oth-
er. mite asked no questions. Truly it
NW. & brave heart! 1 only hoped it
would not break with the tong, mis-
erable waiting for a dawn that seemed
as if it never meant to come again.
But it came at last, as most things
Must. and once the first faint streaks
showed. it seemed only s minute until
the whole eastern sky was alight with
Dolour. Swinging into the rigging. I
was soon perched in the main -royal
yard, sweeping the horizon with my
glances.
All around, exoept where %bat gloomy
cloudbenk still kept its position to
the north, the ocean itiemealear a tea
clear alae i Free from t beast speck
But It waited for the sun to fully show
himself before descending. And even
tben. when there wan no escudo for
remaining longer. I bung aloft,dread-
ing to go down and face those eyes.
following my every motion so hung
rily from the deck.
I need not have been frightened.
Helen Fortescue was of the wrong ma-
terial to make a scene, young as she
was. Bet when I aaw what that
night's waiting had done for her, I
protest I felt ready to set her an ex-
ample and cry out and abed tears my-
self. And T"•titink she must have seen
something T the sort in my (ace, for
as she came forward she put her hand
in mine, and said: 'Ni bole? No; 1
feared there could not be 1" And when
I, being unable to speak with the tight
of the great sorrow is that haggard.
woe -begone face. could only point to
the dark and threatening cloud -bank
es mush as to say, "He might be
there," she ebook her head sadly. say-
ing: "I tear not. Heaven help me, I
have Tort my father, the only friend 1
hod. issai h e was+li rty .
But at that I (bad my tongue, al-
beit jut then an unsteady member,
and said: "Not the only one, as long
as I am alive; Miss Fortescue;" and,
moved _bbJstroa emotion, I carried
TLe hand i still held to my lips. I saw
• faint tinge of colour come into her
fare as abe slowly withdrew it from
my grasp. But she simply said "Thank
ydu, Mr. Vallanoe. I am sun of it."
And seem that s e looked at the co-
nion with m
Isah a nori of longing in her
eyes, 1 gently supported her tremb-
ling footsteps to 'it, and cloned the
dpore behind bi r mtin went clown the
Attie tideway. Thinking that abs
Would with ea mucji as possible, to be
alone with ter sorrow. And, I can
tell you, my own heart wan heavy en-
ough that morning as i went for-
ward to Tight the fire and feed Nan.
I had begun to like the Majer,''spite
of bis crotchety ,ways.- and I missed
bis rather imposing presence about the
deck. Nor bad I much bole of his
safety. Yet often his speech about
the boat, and his refusing to let any
of the thinga be taken out of her,
recurred to tae with a kind of iosis-
tent idea, that. although unconsciously,
be must have hid some kind of previs-
ion of what was to happen. and that,
ergo he should be in her at that
moment.
"Bad and unsatisfactory logic, Nan,"
I said. going back to my old habit.
"God help him! I'm afraid we shall
never sae the poor Major any more."
CH A PT'ER VI.
Helen did not stay below very long;
and when she reappeared, although
still haggard and tear -worn, abs look-
ed more eompo.w d and resigned. But
although she spoke little, she insisted
on getting the breathiest ready and
batwing beI'sedf about galley and
pantry as usual.
Seeing this, and that. it would not
take much to start the tears going
again; I nnoe more went aloft with the
glue to get a look -out: and presently
away on tbe port tow, I taw the white
glimpse of canvas- just enough to
swear to, but no more. Whilst 1 was
on the royal yard & faint breeze came
along, and, deerending, i clapped a
jigger on the fore -topsail -halyards and
started to maat-bead the heavy yard.
Helen. bearing me, came out to
help, putting all her weight
into the bull when I gave the
word. But, as I might have known, it
was too much for us. So. procuring a
notched -block. I led the jigger -fall to
the winch. and, with Helen holding oo
1 managed to in same sort, get the
yard nearly up. We served the main
me the same way; and presently Helen
brought my lireakfaet to the wheel,
eating. I noticed, nothing herself.
boring the morning the vessel I hast
caught sight, of turned out to be a
small barque coming directly for on.
And, indeed, the spectacle of the Hebei
in such weather, under her too badly
sit bulging topsails. to say nothing of
the reversed ensign blowing oqt from
the batyarda. and general al 1 -round
look of forlornesa. would have been en-
ough to attract a nose's attention and
make her alter her course la say mess.
Aa the two vessels neared each other,
tbs stranger hacked bin mabnyards and
lay -to within a couple of hundred yards
of os -.•a • retty enough picture of a
modern `on clipper, wedge-shaped,
wire -rigged. and steel -s erred, as she
rolled llerhtly, -bowing her bright -red
composition -painted bottom glistening
wet to the meeting of the b{aok top-
aides.
ogaaides. whilst ber . ow-seblte Osamu bil-
lowed tremblingly irom lofty royal
doabie topes/lent, sed doable -topsail
yards down to ber great e*'araes as if
la protest of deley. She swam ligkt,
with her Pllmsnl l mark well out of the
water, -end locked to he in ballast, or
very sourly In. Two persons stood oe
the poop; and onset theta a red -white -
end, red -fared. dont man, after aIDeg
stare .t the Bebe aid her fair helms -
woman -for i had hers hesay about oat
yards --hailed.
"What brig'. heat" be abeatted, "aa
what's the matter w1' ye r"
1n se few wade as possible I told him
*eked If he had sees anything of gloat
adrift. and vented up --el ebeet bopaltea
as I knew it meet lace--hy asking him
1f be mold ssppaare us • temple of bands.
l'etered walla( about him name or
whither he wed going: tut he replied
'Mb is the Ats.rora'W Gleam: tive.an'-
.(r.rty deg&feet, bround.tsu Cehatrb loan
l-damerg
is 7oaar• •Nat t y', 1e d
i can tell ye that there's sae mala seta
abuord here nor there's mice to catch.
I've osly aaoht for'sad. a' told. Ye
as count' in for yotutel' "
And, finite, there were 'ems tly all fightt
bearded faces gaping
row, over her rail.
"That's a gey queer story o' yours.
soon.' he cootloued; "en' it ye've nae ob-
jections, I'll just Dome atoord o' ye, m'
hear it malt to richt'? And I saw him
mat another wondoring gleam at the
Hebei as`bs spoke -
"You're wekgme," I replied shortly;
and in a minute or two • gig with •
couple of men and the speaker In her
wail pulled alooagside the Hobe.
Coming up the light ladder I had
thrown aver. be gave a quick, rather
suepicious glanoe aro:tnd the deolal but
made his best shore -low as I introduc-
ed him to Helen. Presently the three
of us went Into the cabin, where pro-
ducing decanters and glasses I told my
story more fully, interrupted often by
exclamations of astonietuuent in very
broad Seotcb-tire broadest Aberdeen
could produce, I think.
"Weel," said be, "I'll be keepio' a
eznalrt lookout for your boatie. I wish
I meld do mair; but ye'Il ken eoursel'
a-nane'bettera-that merchant -ships are,
na murkle ower -manned thee times; an'
I'm afraid ye'li no be 'retain' belp un-
less it's trete vine o' they passenger
steamers or a moroo'-war. An' it'll
mebbe a month afore ve eicht ane or
Wier d ase; but if the teddy" with an-
other bow to Helen. "wad accept o' a
passage to Calcutta. she's welcome. vera
welcome. an' Peter Macalister o' New-
burgh -that's me -will he the pleased
mon ,to tae bee. An'," be went on,
turning to me, "if ye like, Meister Val-
lance, ye cap Dame wium. But. ye see,
ye're • sailor -mon. an' can mak' shift
weel anew'b wi' a sound ship an' twat
mostly proveesions until help comes.
Nor can the teddy's beta' ewe frace
mak' coy possible differ in the result,
tie way or t'lther. An' -sun' -west, ye
ten' -and the skipper suddenly stopped
as If he bad leen shot, whilst Helen
divining what was coming. and what
I never dreamt of. albeit my heart
was in my boots. rose. ber pale cheeks
all aflame, and replied: -
"Thank you very much. Captain
Maoalister, for your kind offer; but I
could not think of leaving the Hebe
as long as my friend, llrr. Vallangk;'
stays by her. Besides, would you ad-
vise me to desert sly poor father's
property. when. perhaps, 'may possibly
be of was to Mr. Valium is helping
hist to -.ave it f" -- • -- - —
"Vera true, my dear young teddy,"
replied the worthy skipper, getting
redder than ever. but obviously im-
pressed by the tatter view of the caw:
"it was jest my ain bairns at hams
tbet I was thinkin' on when I spoke
an' bow I wathia muckle relish the no-
tion o' see o' than driftin' aboot the
sea wi'- But there, there,' be brake
oft. reclsng himself probably on peril -i
one ground again. "it's nae business o'
mine to interfere wi'. A' I can do is
to keep a gude lookout for the Major.
an abet I will wi' pleasure. An' sore I
think on it when we lett Capetown
they were expeotit' Her Majesty's ship.
AImzandria to every day. a'most, free
tee colonies--Aaatralia, ye ken. It ye
could but speak•• her ye'd be richt. Ye
hae Greenwich time shooed, ye say.
Wed, I'll stand by ye till poon, an'
we cen compare oor observations. An'
1' the meantime, if ye like. I'll bas my
men help us pits, reef is thee big top-
s'ls o' yours• an' snug yon tor. sail.
Ye'11 be a' the easier, gin it comes ne
a bit o' a blew, ye ken.'
Thankfully accepting his kind utter,
the four of ma reinforced by another
two (ran the Aurora, put a single reef
it each of the Hebe's topsails and re -
stowed the fore -course. By that time
It was close on noun, and the captain,
bidding us a hearty farewell, went
aboard; and presently. discovering that
our chronometers and position were ex-
actly &liike, be braced his yards up, dip-
ped his ensign three times in token of
farewell. whilst a hoarse roar of a
cheer arose from the men in the bar-
que's fare -rigging, as she stood across
our stern with ber port tanks aboard
an4 gradually faded away to a white
speck on the horizon.
I thin* we felt lonely as we watched
her. each probably fancying that per-
haps it might be loss before we aaw
again_the [roes of our kind or beard
familiar speech.
"How glad 1 am you did not accept
the captain's offer!" 1 remarked pre-
.seatly to Helen. se she left the wheel
for a minute to give nes a poll oe a
brace. "I dent know what I should
have done, all sloes os. the Hein -
gone meet. I expect."
She blosbed as her eyes met mina.
and repliedamities tautly. "Captain
Manalister evidently -thought it would
be the correct thing for me to do sod
was within an err of plainlyn
saying so.
You see, airs. Grund 'a in lies ex-
tends ever into the Idia Oman. Per-
haps the captain was right; but 1 could
not bear the thought of•leaving the
Bebe. It seemed almost like an act of
treachery to my poor tatter to de-
tect her et the very first opportunity."
This time. you will observe, there was
nothing about me; but 1 waa satis-
fied. nevertheless; pcsssesing my soul
in pstienre until the right place end
moment should arrive, tab arrive T felt,
by naw, they surely mteet.
Foot' days went by anent folly, sad
1 found we were making soothing rap-
idly, uo murk so that f reckoned an-
other twenty-four hours would bring
the Hebe well within the parallel of
Cape Agultae, and actually not many
miles from the spot of (seem int which
I had fallen overtime -4 frnen the Ante-
ing*. During the nights our drift was
isle'eteaiderable, and always to the west-
ward.
Sinop the Aur,.ta left us there bad
been several heavy ral -.gnalls. To
avedd t.besr- wlthougk Helen wished me,
' to comm Tato the debts -1 hed Bleared
out the dadt-batdt forayed, and in it
on wet nights I pitched any eater. Lone-
ly as it might be aft for the filial
wished oboes sl to refrain frame ear-
thing' that, mold bear the faintest re-
awnblsaco to idl rusich. And !think
i did right; tubus b l elan stunned jmst
the bat bit with me. How-
ever, ibm weather generally leapt so fiats
that I was able lo stay on deck aft
most sights. Wet or dry 1 would have
done is but that, ono. aiming up, and
!iodises lee them in the rain, she very
d*niledty expr..mmd her intention of
staying in it siren unloose 1 either tonic
shelter held.► with her or forward with
Ness. ' 1 ! ,
(t10 be Continued.)
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BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR.
NELSON'S VICTORY OVER THE
FRENCH AND SPANISH FLEETS
Napoleon's Seater/ so Ieved* Leldeed
Wrwatrw ed-leboWs *lapblp Led be
Ube Aleaelle-The Al11ed Wiesen Were
e'Mapleeely lerfh•ted, see the Great
Adssbal seethed rills seats Wiest/
The last of the great tattles that
took place under the old methods of
warfare is, at the same time, the uwst
brilliant naval engagement in the long
list of British conquests. It was $
tattle between sailing vessels and is
the most famous ever fought between
wooden shim. It was the battle of
Trafalgar -a word that was one of lbs
first that directed the final downfall
of the greatness of Napoleon, -and that
which funned about the name of that
illustrious sailor. Admiral Viscount
Nelson, an wafting halo of tbe rev-
entice
ev-
entu a 4(-! great nation -and the ad-
miration of all the world.
The conquest of England was Na-
poleon's scheme at that moment, and
be attempted tea defeat its navy by the
etaahine& fumes of France and- Spain.
The bead of the allied fleet -unfortun-
ately for the working out of Napol-
eon's plans, was the French admiral,
de Villeneuve. Napoleon's istenetioss
were to fora m the et rents of Gibraltar.
land troops on the Neapolitan west,
sweep the Mediterranean of all Bri-
tish cruisers sad eosnusres sad eater
the port of Toulon to revictaal and re-
fit. And it was un this errand that
Admiral de Villeneuve led out of the
harbor of Cada the French mid Spanish
battleships under bit „supreme com-
mand. It was the 19th of October, Mb,
Mit owing to $ light wind it was not
until the 80th that the entire fleet
got into the last Atlantic swell sod
sbosed their lies toilieStil4:iltiaritMk
reconnoitering frigates. Ds Villeneuve
took the frigates tor scouts, but did
not know that they were
TELEGRAPHING DILATED NEWS
of his movements to the commander-
in-chief of the British fleet. who lying
just beyond the curve of, the ocean.
bad been waiting fur this movement
for Many months. Admiral Nelson had
boiated Ids flag on his old 100 -gun ship
Victory. Be was a little, alight, ops
armed man, blind in toe eye, end shab-
bily dressed. The status of his uniform
frock coat were threadbare, the fabric
white with sea salt. the gold lace tar-.
gashedto black. flattened rags. Am -
ons the folds of the left breast were
four frayed lack -luster stars --dull car-
icatnres, of what had once been brit-,
liant decorations. He was a most slat-
ternly admiral. There was little of him
remaining, but of what then was, the
quality was of the hest. His solitary
eye was as bright as a bird's. His brain
was the most perfect sea brain that
ever schemed a tactic. In a ship's come
pany, when all were active, Done "V SS
more active than be. Re visited the
decks. oversaw everything himself. and
cautioned obs seen not to fire &single
shot without being certain tbe1t it
would find a suitable resting place. He
spoke in the rotigb sea -argot of his
day, but what be meld went borne -to
the hearts of that rough fighting crew.
They knew what a fight was. and they
knew what a fight that little shabby
nun would give them. The joy of bat-
tle was es meat nod drink to them.
and they licked their lips and made
their noises of glee like dogs held back
on a chain. Their one wiab was for
close action -and they were not disap-
pointed.
Nelson formed h'a fleet in two divi-
sions, each in single column, the simp-
lest and most fletihl* order of attack,
says Capt. Mahan. and the ons whose
regularity is moat easily preserved.
THE SINGLE COLUMN.
however, unflanked, riacrificee daring
the critical period of closing the sup-
port given try the rear ship to lb.
leader, and draws upon the latter the
concentrated fire of the enemy's line.
Although a column of ships does not
possess the sestetmed asomentnm of a
column of men. whose depth sed mass
combine to drive it through th r.-
latively tai■ resistance of a line and
so cut the patter in twain, the results
revert helsse are closely anelegoas. The
leaders is either case are sacrificed -
encomia is won over their prostrate
forms; bat the contismed impact up-
on one pact of the erety's order is
essentially a concentrating. the issue of
which. if loss seat�pptained, cannot be
doubtful. Print ranee. severance sad
the enveloping of orae of the partial
fragments sous he the result. So, ea-
scty. it vele at• Trafalgar.
To the British "Abrams, the nines op-
posed the traditional order of battle.
a long single line, elms hauled. The
distance from one flank to obs other
WWI nearly five miles. Owing to the
light mesa of the ureses, the great num-
ber of ships. and the inefficiency aL
many of the Unita of the fleet the line
was very imperfectly formed. Bhi
were not In their places, intervals were
of irregular width. here vessels were
tart closed up. there two overiapct
one masking the otber's tire.
sawed result was that uatad of a
line, the allied order showed awry.
of gradual sweep. There wire twentyt
seven thiys in the British fleet, and
their allied rtppensatts rmrnnmbereet
them to the extent of hall a dozen.
The Victorj. in keeping with the
rootage of Nelsen. was the van ship
of the British column, As it here ter
ref of the cc,m.ander-in-chief, it was
writable that it would draw demi
tip eorxwnt rated forte of the enemy's
tin, but the remonstrance of the of-
ficers and the suggestion t.bst soother
ably should slip ahead and take the
bruat of the fire nes met with
A CARBL1b8 LAUGH
end a good-natured refute! on the part
01 the brave oommender. It was lust
before poopthat the Preach Farago -
Pox opiated fire epos Vine Admiral
t'oUlagwood In the Royal Sovereign,
and se thou ws
it had bn a sigma
the two admirals' flees brake out at
?hair tAritdtastand the rets
Loeb fleets hoisted ii Al
it esolgna. The
Mal test
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'we arwrWl bat
:4111s ,orwc
•
A CRUISER FOLLOWING
A TORPRDO INTO ACTION.
wind was light. the sea oil -smooth. and I MIMIC NAVAL COMBATS
the glaring sun from oat a cobalt sky
biased down. �A.Then, the .gust .
I*t.iFkr amok* m ed air in thicker
volumes and the flats and the ships
themselves disappeared in its mist and
only the lurid crimson flashes of the
gune'ttbone out to tell that the fight
had begun from every battery that bid
drawn Into range. Two boars atter tbs
battle had begun the allied fleet was
cat in two, the rear enveloped and in
process of being destroyed in detail.'
In the meantime the commander of the
British fleet lay dwIng In the cock-
pit of the Victory. ?bough in exernel-
ating pain. ha still gave orders till
death sealed his lips, when the come
and was given over to Collingwood.
It had been Nelson's dying request that
tooth fleet and prises should come to
aarbor as soon as prartieabk. This.
however, was agsinst the }adgm.nt of
he new commander. the fleet waa net
.wehored and the British ships and
tbeir prises were ordered to stand out
o sea. Bet a heavy gal. frustrated
their efforts and of the eighteen prises
captured, four weer. retaken M the •I -
led ships. some were driven ashore and
wrecked, some foundered, one was sent-
tled, and of tbe total, only four were
Wrought safely to the British naval
station at Gibraltar hay. it was the
Rrested of Englisb naval battles. and
the victory was dos to the genius of
one man, and bre died in the moment of
is triumph.
THE RUSSIAN SOLDIER 1N ASIA.
els k . Melees PsaYess ese she 11•41a se
saeve.
I have bed an opportunity of seeing
a great deal of the Russian army of
Central Asia, and the sinew I lave wen
of it the less pleased have I been at the
prospect of our Indian army having to
eneonate; it, writes a correspondent
i have never feared the issue. because
i am sure that at the last we shall
pull ourselves together. and with a
mighty effort, repel tbe R,uiaians. But
the cost, the labor and the strain, will
probably be terrible. and the nearer
they approach to us the more difficult
will beecure the task. i once bell the
Russians in supreme ooatempt, and,
like many Englishmen, believed that
we could make short work of them/ or
any other toe. Rut the conviction has
sinoe slowly and steadily hien impress-
ed
mpreared on my mind that the Russian army
is for fighting purposes. in every rte-
ttle *goal to oars; and la some
paote would have an immerse. &d-
aintaea over us in the field. The men
re all of ons race. ars stronger, mote
ardy and healthier thee oars; there
re no native followers; they require
ems transport and supplies and fewer
uiunies; have an inexhaustible re-
rve, are nearer home, etc.
I have visited Tresaeaapia on eight
perste oeeasioas, have seen the Rua-
iaa soldiers on and elf parade. and
vs traveled with hire for weeks to-
tbmr in trains and in steamers it
indeed. chiefly on heard ship tart I
ve amused myself by studying him.
And i have arrived at the conclusion
that he Is the most docile, goof tem -
red, till you scratch him, pig headed
emature on earth, es hard as nails and
nerally of superb physique He is
tepid and Ignorant, perhaps. but be
apprehension *sough to shoot
treigbt, and to understand when be
ie told to advance or not to quit a post
lire. and he omen disputes so order
or complains. And that, 1 take it, Is
sefficient for a fighting marlins. He
as bad no wheel hoard .dttcatinn, and
i&, therefore, content with hie lot and
no lawyer. ,
A CONDITION EXPLAINED.
Yee, said the man who 1s generally
to be found with W (feet on a desk,
fame's no doubt abent it; colleetione
me terribly bard.
Do yea speak from personal expert.
enoe.l 1p uired the friend.
Certainly. I haven't beso able to Dole
feet a dollar, 1, three weeks.
Ham you tried b
No; i kNw It was of no nee. That
ie,--rpt--hull. to tell the truth. I have
n t been het rebels like work Later
1 , owl whoa I mem to think of it,
islet tray one whin dates f e
lar.
Mw Oraj14Ted Aaadtee iseseet mei
lib relearns.
• At the time of the Roman Ewpir t
the love of splendid spectacle, is which
flowed freely the blood of human be-
ings, found gratification la naval cam-
bats which were exhibited like other
rows by the M111Ren/. Tb 7 were
tdgalsd, saaatla>i�s. tier Dry gives
a dusts ammint oft ipw that toe&
place duties the reign at Claudius.
The suem of actio* s Lake Fuoi•o.
Captives and criminals to the number
of 1,1100 wars collected. placed an board
a hundred ships, and draws up in two
opposing equadroaa called derisively
the Malan* and the Sicilians. The
ships were large triremes and quad-
riremes. To prevant the wasps of the
combatants, guards were stationed
round the lake and the rafts were
guarded by toren and platforms, ow
which stood catapults and other en-
gines to command the fighting ships.
In frost et tb emits wan arrasgmd
vessels from the emperor's fleet to com-
pel the victims to engage or to mas-
sacre them if they refused. In the mid-
dle of the lake row & silver Triton wbo
woaad Ms born for & signal and en-
couragement to fight. while artificial
monsters played round him is the wat-
er. The rising ground about the lake
wee fitted with seats. like an amphi-
theater. and was occupied by an eager
multitude. amoeg whom was Claudius
himaelf. and the princes of the blood
in their military drew and the em-
press In a splendid gold sad purple
robe.
The poor wretches that were doomed
to such igeoUa battle, cried out to the
emperor : "Hail, sovereign lord! Ws
whose lives are forfeit salute thee."
The emperor entered. "Hail 1" which
the hopeful nsfortun►tes tote Women
that they were pardoned. Not so, for
seeing that they delayed when the
signal wee given. Claudius &prong
trait his threes, and tottsrtsg on his
week knees ran roand the lake, writing
teas a by gesture* sod threatening
these with lastest destruction it they
did sot begin. Seeing that there wee
as "esrepe, the peer Autism to this
bridal meek* attacked one another. At
first there wee little loss. bat warm-
ing tr the fght on haciendas desper-
ate, they .6 length shed sufficient bked
to satisfy the spectators, and the lives
of the remainder were spared.
W$ST INDIAN TRADE.
elus..,dtas Rxperts seeelvlag a■ rampeees
me lbs Resell of taw war.
Canadian trade with the West Indie.
is receiving considerable Impetus since
tbe outbreak of the war between the
United States and Spain, sad prom-
ises to develop to very considerable pro-
portions. Reports Men Port of Spain,
Trinidad, just to band, •bow the ar-
rival there. pet downer Duart Castle,
oil over one thousand barrels of Cana-
dian flour.. Six hundred turrets of
tbese were fowl Lake of the Woods
Milling Company and the shipment has
been followed by others sines thee in
this connection aletter received by the
sseeet.rg of the Meetreal Baird of
Trade from Trinidad la interceding.
The eommanioation refers
Ito resist
7e tbe
war has led west lsdiafs merchants
and iapvrtetre to boon Caseda for
tb br supply d feodatsdls. We be-
lieve that Oanada can and will supply
all our feeletsf e," said the letter.
The prime resolved for Canadian floor
so far exported Sr tbe West Indies has
all that meld be ezpected, leev-
1 gtlitte. a handsome margin of profit
the expmrtsrs.
DEMAND FOR MANITOBA LANDS.
Active descend far farm 141d
throatiest Manitbhm sod the Territato-
ies is reflected in the C.P.R. sake dar-
ing the Month W Mag. The Osmose/
disposed 0418011111arreso sit is •setaal
tttarak rrn. a bisebar of people are
kwu slei =lad Relassttb/er
ale lee leserdi
This. -ttrossesifollitrem iwtisdred
masts arrived fitting the estret.b.
birth DISEASE RIDDBI
THE CONDITIONS ARE WORSE THAI
EVER BEFORE.
WINOS
p...4 red People Are tsar t I�uar_
e aaUpex, leUew Meyer and tae tkogeib.
11•1a84a1 /ever epesd 1111104117 Arses
These,
The rainy season in Cuba began mon
than two weeks ago, and it is probable
that Havana it In a moat unbsahby
condition. An old resident of 1luaaa.
now living at Key Weat, Florida, attest
" Havana has malarial fever aid
smellpoz the year round; but they are.
not epidemic ezospt in the stay sate
see. Withip a weak atter the eine be,.
gin the death rate shows a large in-
creaae, and the situutloit gerws worm
as the season advances. Only a few day.
are enough to scatter disease tar and
wide. It is no wonder tai people tet
lieve the rain itself oontatns deadly,
poison. For several month• the weather
has bees unusually dry, and. fotlowr,•
tel preoode5b. the rains should kw
b ler thin_jd eantomezy.
o Wham tb -war book there w
fAsrsnasda Seeassi -wbe bed n
sufficient mesas of sapport fur ow/
week. What mutt be their eondillod,
now, atter five weeks a the blockade -
As a rule Cubans are sot provident,
while 8p6atarde are not open handed,
Boase the Spaniards bad sumieo b ag-
whoa the war began, the Cabana n,,th.
tag. Weeks before the blockade we, - ems
tablished a large cigar firm. befoul to-
feed
ofeed its workmen in an immense k,tcle
en. The tobacco supply baa run out,
the factories were closed, and the
workmen were soon almost star+ :ne.
I do not believe the Spaniards refused
to well food to the Cubans. with obs
idea of starving them. la • time lake
this the instinct of .alfepreservatwm.
Dr'edoasinstes- The o a iwa. g one, -
will live longer then UmtW wan hes
mase. The latter will starve -to deata.
unless dmease hastens the sad. Hun.
fret soon put. a perms in a cosd,una,
is which pestibaoe can readily meiae•
him. '
HiED BY TENT INN TMOUSA N DA.
"Among the reeustsntrados sm e 11 -
pox has killed marts than other diseases
The people were tumble to keep clean.
tumble to be vaccinated, even if wilt-
ing. and they died by tens of thou.!.
sada. la their debilitated endoition the
disease operated rapidly. Smallpox
.oagbt not to he dangerous in Cube.,
One large manufeeturer induced the
taree thousand employes to be vacr nk
&ted, and only use of them died from
smallpox. Malarial fever is now feared
by the Cubans more than the yellow
fever is. Yellow fever attacks a p»rr
son only once, and the Cubans truer'
ally It.,. the disease is a mild lora
during childhood and are tbenoeforlb
istmened; but malarial fever bee as •
iswused; but malarial fever las me
antirtbxin. and a person recovering
from an'dike may be seised again and
die.
HOUSES NOT DISINFECTED.
" When a deetb from yellow fever oc-
ean
scan in Havana the victim is boned
with the usual public funeral exertions.
and the house in which be died is orrof-
pisd as before without disinfection.
Smallpox victims, however. are hurried
away to the graveyard and -harked as
noon as possible. During some rainy-
seaaons I have known hundreds of
deaths per day to uocer from eestagr
inns diseases. and with the present roto-
dittoes the dally death list may rue
into the thousands before the middle
iof the summer.
In Havana proainee tbere are numb.
erous bands of from twenty to fifty
insurgents each. They ale no losget
able to raid the suburbs as before, the
defences having bele strolktbot, bot
they do bang about to bat off dru-
gless. A small beady of Spanish med-
dlers who. abould wander away Iron
the toms would he pretty sere to be
ebopped to pieces by Caban matches.
With the fleet in frost and abe Cu-
ban guerillas behind,• tihvana is peace .
ticaUy besieged. and the same say be
said of the otber towns-" 1
GRAINS OP OOLD.
What we are is malt more to ns than
wbat we do -George Herbert.
Be a whole man at everything; whole
mac at study, in work. In play. --Joseph
Gdroey.
I have always been a quarter of se
hour before my time sod it tam made
a man of mo. -Neilson.
Iy is a. slimy Or Gall bock a atone
tbrowa from the hand ea to call beck
the word that be spoken.
Economy is half the tattle of life;
it is not so hard to earn money is to
spend it well.-9psrgeoa.
A closed beeves represents tie black-
est misery that humanity is capable of
suffering. -Rev. W. S. Owsmore.
It ie the vain endeavor to rook! our-
selves what we are not that hem strewn
history with so many broken pur'prare'
and lives left in the rough. -Lowell
Beware of stnnsbiteg m►.r a proven
sity which sadly beasts you from not
hiving your time folly employed. Ion
lastaatly whatever is to be done and
take the hours of reaction after boni-
ness, eerier before ti. --Sir Ratter Sestt.
Tbe law of nature is that a certain
quantity of work le necessary to pre ..
Aces $ certain quantity of ped of any,
.tiled whets/Nee. Il yam wast know
WW1. yen must Lott for it; if food,
you most toll for it; and 1f pleasura,.
you most toil tot tt—Rtasbin•
If • mad haw so regard for time of
other sen why .Isuid be ha'e
their messy f What is the difference '
"twain takings a mauls beer awl iat-
Ing ala illi. There ars many man to r' .
whole mirk boor of the bseteMt day le'
worth more Ursa 115.-•-Hor*iS Greeley.
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