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q ram can be used in sea warfare it is
terribly effective. The vessels are SO
heavy that they are almost irresistible.
Ocean steamers coming into collision
with vessels, even when trying to stop,
strike with tremendous force. Even
when they seem TO be barely moving
and come in contact with a wooden
dock, they shave off its end as il they
were made of cheese. What then must
be the force of one of these rams striking
an enemy at full speed and especially
constructed for the purpose?
Most vessels now have especial shoots
for torpedoes. These shoots are con-
structed both fore and aft. They arc no
less formidable than the ram. Suppose,
for instance, vessel bearing down 60
ram an opponent. She approaches to
within hundred feet, when out shoots
rocket looking projectile from the enc
my. 1t glides into the water and disap-
pears beneath the surface. In a few
seconds tho ramming vessel is lifted in
the air and goes down in whirlpool.
When we consider the improvements
in engines, in guns, in steering appa-
ratus, in armor, in the screws, indeed, in
all moving, defensive and attacking
measures pertaining TO - modern war
ship, we are impressed with the magni.
tude Of scientific work mplished
But this is not all. There .fa the tor.
pedo attachments and the rams. both of
which are as important as any other
feature. What q combination of thought,
study, experiment is modern war ship!
What concentration of different kinds
of mechanical contrivance-forms of
scientific researchl
There is steel making, and working in
steel; there is naval architecture; there
are the different applications of power,
Of electricity, of explosive materials,
from gunpowder to dynamite. There
is the matter Of projectiles, the calcula-
tion of displacement, and hundreds OF
details connected with all these branches
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born at Ajaccio only two months after the
island had been conquered by that nation.
Strange that he who vanquished 20 many
European powers should himself have sprung
from vanquishci soil II anything, he was
italian, and Italian OF q much adulteratcd
sort. Attempts 10 furnish him with dis
tinguished lineage have proved unavailing.
The name, which In early years he wrote
Buonsparte and pronounced, Italian fashion,
IN five syllables. occurs In tho chronicles Of
Corsica as early as the Tenth century, and
recurs in the Sixteenth. but its connection,
even remote with the Napolconic branch, has
not been established.
The Buonapartes were patricians, and may
or may not have been bis ancestors. His
father, Carlo Maria. was an advocate Of local
rcpute, and an adhercnt and follower Of Gen.
Paoli In bis revolt against the Genoese. After
the patriots fight he became the friend Of
the French governor of the island, and
through him was enabled to place Napoleon,
one OF thirteen children, nt the military
school Of Brenne. The boy Is said 20 have
had a violent temper, and, IA qlIarrcls with
his elder brother, TO havo always gained the
advantage The tradition Is that his childish
propensities were military, and that he
drilled other children with wooden swords
and guns.
At Brienne-be went there at l0--he was
silent and surly, presumably on account Of
his ignorance Of French, his poverty and
pride But he was capable OF strong friend
ships, as with Bourienne, toward those who
were considerate and sympathetic. His
fnvorito study was mathematics, and he
liked geography and history, but cared moth
ing for literature or any OF tho accomplish
ments. He enjoyed excellent health, was
quiet, diligent, Of regular habits, and de-
lighted In Plutarch At Is be went to
Paris 10 finish his military studies, and was
offended at the expensive mode Of living
there. The year following he was commits
stoned a sub-lieutennnt Of artillery; was soon
after promoted TO lieutenant, and stationed
at Valence fle there wrote a prize essay on
the principles and Institutions Essential TO
Happiness" Having besn shown this after
he had become emperor, he evinced annoy
ance and burned IL. He also wrote consider
ably, expressing strong democratic senti-
ments and a fervid attachment to freedom.
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~ night, ana was driven 10 The commune
This wss deliberately going 10 meet death,
for he and the other accused bad beea out
lAwed. AZ the time Of the attack on the
Hotel be was carried on BY . friend, and In
the riot and confusion was lost sight q.
Having been discovered BY soms excited,
infuriated men, III and bleeding On one Of the
quays Of the Seine, they wers about 10 throw
him into the river. He mildly said 30 them:
"wait little, my gooA friends. am not yet
quite dead" But . few hours later he was
bchcadcd with the rest, In his 8sth year.
Owing 10 the contortion Of his limbs he could
not be stretched as usual on the plank be-
meath the AZ, and the executioner put him 30
much needless pain by trying TO adjust his
deformed body 30 as TO receive the fatal blow
Couthon was ~ eager to encounter death o.
TO infiict II on those no believed 10 be enc
mics Of the republic and the era Of emanci-
patton. His passion for humanity, for the
liberation OF the people, drove him, - II
drove 40 many revolutionary leaders, 10
mortal hatred Of all political opponents &C.
companicd by vehement desire TO destroy
them. 80 strange a blending o. humanity
and inhumanity, in the interest Of liberalism,
b unprecedented In the annals Of mankind.
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WAR SHIP AND ROW OF CITY HOUSES.
There Is one matter of congratulation
for Uncle Sam in respect to his navy.
When he gets it, it will be all new.
Probably in the history of nations no
great power ever sank so low compared
with others as the United States in her
water armament during the past ten or
fifteen years, What ships she had were
old fashioned wooden tubs, not too big
for genteman's yacht, and with guns
only fitted to fire salutes. There were
not enough of them to keep half tho off
GERS of the navy ahoat, and the men
were becoming demoralized for want of
sea service. When there were but few
such ships left they were nearly all gath
cred together at Samoa, and big storm
came along and wrecked them. This
left the United States government with
scarcely respectable ship to send to re-
place those lost In short, there was no
navy left, 1t had all been wiped out.
But the turning point had already
come. Congress had ordered ships, and
some of them were being finished These
were steel cruisers. having, as is said
about houses to rent, "all the modern
improvements" There is not as much
similarity of appearance between mod
ern iron war ship and the Constitution
as there is between the Constitution and
a Roman trireme. Indeed. there is one
feature in common with the trireme and
the modern iron war ship that tho Con-
stitution did not possess, that is tho ram.
During the naval contests of the civil
war this antiquated feature of war YES.
sells, which the Romans and other nations
of that time relied on as tho principal
implement of attack, came again into
use, and, strange TO say, it was intro.
duced by the Confederates. The officers
of the United States navy stood more in
fear of Confederate rams than any other
arm the Confederates possessed for naval
warfare. Considering the rams effective.
ness. it is a wonder that it ever dropped
out of the nayies Of the world.
1t was during this war between the
states that the great change of today
in war ships came; and for nearly thirty
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rAmo,Js aevoLur,oNls1s

4 moro devoted friend than Lcbss philippe
vraneoiss could not be. He had indissolubly
oteached himself 70 tho fortunes Of Robes
poosre, in whom his faith was unwavering.
Nce without eloquence and fine talents, he
- aheFbcd In work, In carrying out the
Hen1 q his chief. This, In truth, was his
w1ole ambition. Not being conspicuous in
~ Evolutionary procedures, he might readi.
y have escaped the ruin Of July. But when
9ooespierre was arrested he demanded TO
dhArs his fate. Consigned TO the prison Of la
3orce. be was rescued by Hanriot, command
Ing the troops Of the Commune, and taken TO
ths Hotel dc Vile When the soldiers OF the
couvsuticn bcsiegcd the building and wcre on
n eve Of capturing 1t, Lebas seeing the
insvitable result, shot himself dead; luckier
thau tho dictator. whose bullet had only frac-
tured his jaw.
Hanriot and young Robespierre tried 10
commit suicide by hurlng themselves out Of
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At first successful, he was besieged in turn,
and his communication with vessel which
had landed him there being cut oil, he was
constrained TO take refuge in the tower of
Capitello, He and his fifty followers nearly
starved there, but thoy were released by
some shepherds and the Bonaparte family
driven from Corsica by the adverse faction
The members were exposed to great peril
from the popular rage, and finally got oil to
Marscilles in chance ship. There Is strange
Inconsistency in the future hero of Mareugo,
Wagram and Austerlitz being obliged to ny
from his native land, with his mother,
brother and sisters, to save his life, on ac-
count of hatred Of tho enemies OF France.
During Napoleons stay at Marseilles he
was engaged by n French general to nego-
tiate with the insurgents Of tae region round
about He issued pamphlet in which he
pointed out TO them the strength and temper
Of the revolutionists and the folly and danger
Of exciting the wrath which would certainly
be their ruin. His sentiments were undls.
guisably republican, but not radical, for he
had no relish of popular clamor or disturb
auce. He was speedily transferred 70 Paris,
and, after remaining there some months, was
iutrusted with the command of the artillery
sent against Toulon, then in the hands of the
Spanish aud English. He managed his guns
so admirably that the town was constrained
in few weeks 10 surrender, thus winning
December l1DD his first decided success, and
laying the basis of his surprising military
fame. Gen, Dugommier, in recommending
him to the committee OF public safety, wrote
significantly: Promote this young man. II
ho should DO neglected, he will promote him
selfn
He was made a brigadier, joined Dumer-
b!on's army and participated in the Pied
mont campaign. After the destruction Of
the triumyirate, he was arrested in Paris by
the Modcrates on suspicion OF having been n
partisan of Robespierre Ii this had hap.
pened duriag the Terror, he would, in all
likelihood, have been guillotined. An indig-
nant remonStrance from him 10 the authori-
ties procured his release in fortnight He
then sought for somo new military position,
which, despite his acknowledged abilities,
was not granted him Immediately. At this
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good size is 800 feet long, and her heavy
guns throw a shot weighing nearly
ton. Her cost would DO from 81 900, 900
to s., 900, 900. Place one of these vessels
alongside Of a block of buildings, and
observe the relative size. She would ex-
tend from point Of bowsprit to outer
edge of rudder along block Of fifteen
city three story, twenty-foot houses, and
her pipes would extend far above their
roofs.
Then note the difference in the gun Of
today and the gun of 1865. At that time
the largest gun afloat weighed abou'
twenty-one tons and was fourteen feet
long. 1t fred q round shot weighing 450
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OF UNCLE SANS NAVEE.
IT WILL SOON BE AS GOOD, At
LEAST, AS THAT OF GERMANY.

Some Points Regarding tho Relative Sizes
of Big War Ships and Houses Inter
esting Gossip About tho United States
Tars and the Craft They Sail On.
The prospect of the United States Sc
curing navy begins to be very good.
If the increase goes on as it has been pro-
crossing lately, Uncle Sans ocean war
outfit will soon equal that Of the German
empire; and the German navy stands
very high. Still, when one compares the
limited extent Of German seacoast with
that Of the United States exposed on
some 10000 miles of ocean, it would
seem that the United States should have
a navy far greater than Germany, rather
than nearly as effective.
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J0xFH IL BON.

a. unbsoken series Of crises
On The Sth Thermidor he received with
diedAanfm smile the charge Of Freron that he
was planning TO mount the throne over the
eospeo q ths people, Representatives How
eeoh J." be inquired ironically, exhibiting
~ parelyrcd legs. mount the throne,
Ianythang elsep When rescued from prison
b. ~ commune, knowing that he could be
e tttis ~ ON account Of his inflrmities. be
went home, instead Of 70 the Hotel de Vile
nnt fAithful to his convictions and friendship,
y ton hiuaben froua-his child and wife lats
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lover, bad she not
melted him 10 con
Spiro against tho
triuinvirate. Ono
Of her companions
In captivity was
Mime. tho Viscount-
ess Josephine Beau
harnais taftorward
cmpress), W hose|
husband had been
guillotined. TIL el
fall Of Robcspierrel
preserved the
three, as IL pre-
served hundreds,
and Tallien then
married the fascjn.
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Just, Cout h on,
Robespierre, all tho
demons Of denoc-
racy. might have
stirred in heir
bloody graves If
conscious that they
had died In vain.
On tho needless
graves Of $4,000
Frcnchmen q stu
pcndous intellect,
without morals or
without conscience,
builds the glitter
ing though fragile
fabric Of military,
absolute 60 vern-
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AFTER RoBespleRRe.

With the Terror ended tho despotism Of the
commonalty, including the dregs Of the Pari.
sian populace, who had from the assault on
the Bastile been clamorous for blood, and in
whose name all the frightful excesses had
bean comnHtted. Consonnnt with their an.
nulment the influence OF the better, the moro
intelligent classes. 30 long suppressed, began
TO rcvive along with law and order. 1nsur.
rcctions, more or less formidable, owing 10
scarcity Of provisions and lack Of employ.
ment, not less than 10 the agitation and
schemes Of the defeated leaders, broke out nj
intervals, threatening a return Of the former
horrors They were overpowcred, however,
after sharp conflict; but in tho uprising Of
May 20, 1795, the invention was temporarily
driven from its hall The mob had been do
privcd Of its power, though not Of its fury.
by the events Of the 9th Thcrmidor; It's saw.
age triumphs could not be repeated. The
conservative deputies who had fed or been
banislcd gradually returned TO Paris
In a few months the convention, aided by
the wholesale reaction, adopted new consti,
tution-bearing date Of tho year lIf--provid-
ing for two Legislative bodies tho council Of
five hundred and the council of ancients, mum.
bering two hundred and fifty The Jacobin
club, the focus OF radicalism from it's founda-
tiop, wns closed Nov. l2, which indicated the
strength and pcrmancnce Of the social and
political change. The attempts TO rcorganIzc
IL proved abortive, altered time and circum.
stances rendering reorganization impossible.
Going back bit, many happenings need
TO DO recorded. Tallien, head Of tho Thermi-
doriens, as they were named, who had brought
about tho downfall Of tho triumvrate, be
came, for awhile, one of the most potent and
conspicuous men In the country. Possessed
Of ability and boldness he seems TO have been
unprincipled. He turned as much against
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BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS.
The Dreadful Work That Was Done
by Napoleon's Guns.
CLOSE OF THE REvoLUTIoN-i7oS.
Taliieo's Rise and FaIl-The Virtues of
Madame Tallien-aer Great Influence
In Dispeiiing the Terror-Gen. Bona
parts In the Rue 81. Honore.
By JUNIUs HENRI BROWNE
tCopyright, 1880. BY American Press Association
XII

tCopyr1Rnts lobv, Dy American GreSs AssociatlonI
XII
Mme Tallien, who, we repeat, had dono no
much toward tho overthrow OF Robcspierre
by instigating her husband against him, ex.
ercised as much social influence In Paris as
he exercised political influence, and retained
II longer. She appears not 10 have loved
him, or " she ever did, 10 have quickly re-
covered. His attraction 10 her. too, must
have been mainly through the scnses--shs
was singularly voluptuous and bewitching in
persoh--for he became alicnsted from her,
distrusted her, and in a few years sought and
obtained divorce. Its not improbable that
abe listened to his suit because he had author
ity and power; could secure her freedom,
kave her life, indeed, and could give her
prominent position at the French capital
After going there as the mistress Of the
proconsul, which was Talllcn's Office, she wns
again thrown into prison as a suspect, and
would have been executed along with her
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cLOsINo SCENES.

But tho man having como, the hour did
not long delay. Tho convention was sorely
In need Of resolutc, efficient commander for
its 5000 regular soldiers, abundantly provi.
ded with cannon. Barras, president Of that
body. had general control Of the troops, but
hardly felt adequate to the responsibility OF
pitting them against the $1,000 national
guards, as the defenders Of tho sections lpri-
mary nssemblics) Of Paris were called. Gen.
Menon was at first selected for the position,
but he lacked decision and was set aside.
Bnrras, who had been with Sspoleon at Tou-
lon, declared that he was eminchtly the man
for tho emergency, and the committee ap
pointed him 10 tho important Office.
Tho convention is sitting In the Tuileries,
and the guards, backed by the populacc. ad-
vance Oct 8, 1799, confidently along the
qunys Of the Seine and the Rue st. Honor6 to
the palace, confident Of expelling the assembly
as they had done before. Napoleon, with but
one night for preparation, has secured the
best positions and calmly awaits their COM
ing. They represent tho people, In whose
sacred name the Wholesale, promiscuous
throat cutting has been waged for six years
and more, tho people who had rioted and
can dare to defy their overwhelming numbers
and consecrated prestige, He is not the man
20 finch from odds or responsibility. to be
deferred by names or prccedents. He has
divine faith in artillery; he opens with IL
heavily and seasonably; mows down the
marching columns; keeps up the thunderous
fire incessaptly. In one hours actual fighting
the mighty monster that had devastated
France and terrified tho Old World is shivered
into atoms; il no longer to be seen or felt.
Marat, ,Chaumette, Desmoulins. Danton, st.
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Rev. Washington GLADDEN., who made
such determined attack upon trusts at
Chautauqua the other day, and against
whom Mr.. Gunton, an English econo.
mist, was pitted. was born in Pittsgroye.
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deem bis sword-diaatisded, downcast, full
Of anxietiea Life" he says in one Of bis
letters, "is but an empty dream Of brief
duration" How unlike the man of unceas-
ing, marvellous performances in this shadowsd
sentimentl He was 20 dependent. % troubled
with compulsory idlensss and want Of ap-
probation, that be contemplated Offering his
services 20 the sultan Of TURKEY,
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mcnt. Thus again IT happened in Europe
that liberty leads to anarchy, anarchy to
despotism, and despotism back to liberty.
How long is this TO be the cycle Of political
eyentsi How long is humanity TO suffer
and be sacrificed before liberty sSall be uni
versally and permanently attainedl
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ths window. Tho
stone nagging
- on nded them
Ursly nevcrthe-
~ they were
dragged 70 the scaf-
fold 6huddering
aghA hurrying to
bshsad the bleed
he end the dying,
asRhatrsd pursued
Nssn 10 the very
grave; and yet
common enough In
Nat boiling hie-
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years the new
system has been
developing. d At
first the vessels
were small. The
original Monitor
was not large,
and for a time it
seemed that this
little craft was
the coming mod
el. Her extreme
length W as l13
feet. S h c ha d
two guns in her
turret throwing
S h OF weighing
l66 pounds, and
her cost was
S975,000. A war
ship Of today of
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pounds ana required nfty pounds Of
powder. Today gun Of equal bore
throws shot four feet long, weighing
nearly . ton and requiring about 800
pounds Of powder. This gun will throw
. shell eight miles. II weighs ninety
tons and Is forty feet long. 1t Is breech
loading. In this respect, - In the case
Of the ram, the navy has gone backward.
for the first cannon, used some 800 years
Sgo, were loaded ct the breech.
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Pa, on Feb. II,
1886. IN 1859 he
W as graduated
from Williams
college, and after
a course of theol-
ogy became pas
tor of the State
Street Congrega-
tional church, in
Brooklyn,in 1860.
He held the same
position in Nor
risania and inl
North A da IN S.
Mass, , from 1867
TO 1871, when he
returpad ~ New
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ENTER NAPOLEON.

Such reinstatement was only avoided by
the accidental choice Of young soldier, who
had already won renown, and was destined
10 ill the world for ages with tho magnifi-
cence of his achievements That one man
carried the fato Of nations in his brain; he
was the shaper and controller OF events, the
maker Of epochs, the creator of history, tho
foremost character Of his century, in truth,
of modern umes
Napoleon Bonaparte was then 90, recently
made a brigadier general Of artillery, and
burning for military employment lie had
been waiting for his opportunity, and here it
was Does 1t always open 10 men Of tran
scendent power; or do such men turn the most
ordinary circumstance into opportunity;
whereupon the world says they were singu-
larly lucky to find i'll Whatever the fact,
the great men and the great opportunity
seem TO be Us cause and effect; they act nc.
ciprocally; they discover one another. But,
for lack Of opportunity, may not the great
man pass unrecognizedi
Napoi.on was not a Frerchman by the
most liberal construction, ard would never
have been accepted as such by France but
Tor his prodigiOus, well nigh universal genius
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thns as oecame pastor 81 H. arst church
Of Columbus. O. He has been . frsqusaa
contributor TO paper. and periodicals,
successful public lecturer. and hes pub
lished "plain Thoughts on the Ar a
Living" from the Hub 70 the Hud-
son." The Christian Boy" and many
other works.
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II he had been killed
at Lodi, and b is
army defeated, rs
it must have been
without him, sh Q
would have spoken
OF him as q Corsi-
can adve nturer,
who showed prom
Use that he had not
redeemed II o W
vastly he might
have slipped out Of
life without reveal
ing his signifcancel
Very narrow was
his escape from not
being territoriany
French. as hs was
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CHESS ) ANo cHeckeas.

Cbess problem No. 2a
Black, seven pieces,