The herald., 1898-07-10

=. (Edited by Enoch Knight.)
After all. torpedoes are not new. In al
old Boston paper, The Messenger, date,
November 18th. 1911, Robert Fulton, the in
ventor Of the steamboat. addresses this dog
Gerel to Napoleon's infant son, the king O
Rome:
s'Great king, two years ago wrote
To Lord Marbois civil note,
Which he ne'er answered, like a bear;
So now send my modest prayer
TO your dread throne, or stool, or chair.
'sThe plan. my lord. which have hit on
Will quite destroy the pride of Britain;
Twill send her navy to the devil,
And bring her to your nations level.
The great torpedoes I prepare
WIN blow her ships up in the air.
And every man Of war will soon
Ascend Just like a vast balloon,
In half day one thousand men
Would scatter all the ships you ken,
Now towering round about Boulogne;
And If I'm not completely wrong.
A force bat twenty thousand strong,
(Well organized and trained, you know,
To eat and drink. and sleep below
Would clear the channel, and do over
All between Calais port and Dover;
Thus In two years. sir, might be seen
The end of England's proud marine;
And then that isle, without doubt,
Pulled like farthing rush-light OUT
Instead of reigning Ger the waves,
Would only furnish France with slaves.
How glorious then were such thing,
TO grace your annals, mighty king!
And (turn it over in your mind)
How happy 'twere for all mankind,
And more, (but that's thing between us)
How worthy of your daddy's genius;
For who can say that 1t is not
To happen while his head is hot?
It may be that to raise his name,
And add to his uncommon fame,
(Fame growing out of mighty works
Pois' ming his troops, and murd'ring Turks;)
This business will be done-this blow up
Take place. great monarch. ere you grow up.
sNow, sir, soon as the naughty foe
Shall feel meditated blow.
Their ships. perhaps, they will abandon
That you with ease their coasts may land on
Or-England, If don't befriend her.
May quickly all her fleets surrender;
Unless, indeed, she should reduce 'em,
And never from her harbors loose 'em,
For all reduced, or prizes made,
] humbla hope 1 shall be paid
Though, sir, (you may have noticed it,
I'm apt my interest to forget.
"Now rendered master Of the seas
You may let ports out as you please;
These can be rented, understand,
Just as some Kingdoms are on land.
England, then PROSTATE at your feet.
For peace, on any terms, must treat;
Her power thus shook to dissolution,
You'll lay her under contribution.
Then. sir, before you grant her peace
Before you bid her thunders cease,
Be this your language firm and bold:
while yet the brand Of war hold,
As you are most completely beaten,
This basis only will treat on
That you. without the least delay,
Two millions to BOB FULTON pay
Every reader Of Captain Charles Kings
stories was glad to see that President Nc
Kinley has honored him with an appoint
ment as brigadier-general of volunteers
especially refreshing to feel that Literary
feilers" are having their inniags in the
army about this time.
When this cruel war is over Captain
General King may be able to give us new
story with Cuban coloring.
O O o
Another old publishing house has gone
out Of existence. The we'll known firm of
Roberts Brothers has sold all its proper
ties to Messrs. Little Brown. & Company,
who will henceforth carry on miscelan-
eous publishing on large scale, having
been doing more and more of this for sew
eral years. The latter concern is winning
the same success in the new line as it did
in law publishing which was it's original
speciality. What it puts out in the way of
new books now, especially novels, will be
drst-class, which is something to be truly
thankful for.
By the way, Boston would appear to be
again coming to the fore as great pub
fishing center.
True to his word lola has again tried to
get into the academy, but has failed more
vacancies when he applied but not one vote
was cast for him. This was remarkable
rebuke and ought to settle the matter for
ever. And 1t has all come from the fact
that Zola's pages have not always been
clean In the long run the unclean cannot
win.
Some rhymes about famous old Spanish
feet would not be out of place now, like. for
instance, the following:
Lang. lang may his ladies sit,
With their fans intill their hand
Before they see the Spanish Dons
Come sailing to the land"
In this connection, however, it must be
admitted the Spaniard is in many ways
showing his old-time courage. We quote
from Mr.. Henry c. LEAFS paper in the July
Atlantic the following, which is no doubt
fair:
O O O
TrJE SpA MA pr Thy rrrcrOnv r.