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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-24
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senator Morgan Nrns. Stntesmn n
rroEa ntNte for Precedent

BIRMINGHAM "A f,1.v - Sanass-
NG~<se, whG has Arrived ~ Annsstcn. t~e~-
Htsts Ess saxfers eEsS ~ An f8seFV3aNe ee-
GENTLY given out a. Wsshlassrr IA wherh
Ire aec3sTei thal tSe Esaasacras~ s>se.s =
s7ssFssgnste fes pres de9l = nsars WON aR
see;tur< - tAe sas8atfy cosasA SunftaYs In
ad4fttcu 81 thSs se S8l1i s-sr that sc was
wf.tsaE - Vnfe teF snV grsse ssSe{. honest
sa3 kast&sa fstrsecsst wsssw hl~ uaefv nav
ran7e aaG 33sA Il shasslA 2ss s~Gsxhfesf
- See tne S0ftn s@t @g7s1s <ogve fa.ses 1ar
ans Nssts fasts : Tsss Fros0 10 Sneta -
T7& Ss1af srs knlSevts 81 hsr JsTs9fg~e.~ a
trf sSssssasas F%aitHtrs} ssu<ztta Ia kas2sa rrsa
being sressyess - su znt~glryas aee1ssa.
ton. an3 already thv gxtew1se R~Yso sren
&fe sEF~fsz-snE - rn2k1 var rr Ma~rAs
Tee supporters - Gov fasasgNr for 81.
Ata~ sr~ vet nfease3 80 whas th@v terra
MoYxsr's aaa break. ard aTe very Nots%ris4
New 80 y rn1ng al seS Tsrysn sers~es axee-s
Saksst aa.s sse at&Et
AarEsAsz fFsstSts a-@s cnrseTsssBvr rAess,ee-
cratic fFasssys Eerersjf7 - usys sAsre IN -
Niss tA&e a&s sixa~Tsssgs - fSryaa MI De-
frRt 80 <wsafsr fs- ra-%se~slas 1ssss say
shAs Narxaa Pas res es~ Ef.@w nvsa~ass .
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S-g Asss asp maf s@sssefNssts sssss "a r,ssas.
Nesv exaF9ss. sn& th8s ssFae ws1f Xg~ es~ssa
80 wtxssaNa - RS rsstt Nh = - Fes@a~ssss
that Morgan r@ser~zcs 20 a Southern ssrsa
fer president rseans that Sc fxvsrx too
rszsnAssaz 81 former Sesasos GoEmas-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-24
JUST BEFORE BEDTIME.
Tragic Tale Of q Lost Leg Told for
the Beneft of Youngsters


He who with limping lost leg not soon
shall find another. Here 1t Is sung nov
this was done and how he kept the other
A man one day. N peurile play, to please
a grinning youngster, bereft would seem
OF half a limb like giE-ensnared sonsster.
When he had done. the youngster gone.
full strides he soon attempted. Guess his
dismay, some tricky fay his left leg had
pre-empted. Some peevish sprite in keen
delight had him with fern seed pelted-
No sense they stirred. but him they mar
red. for 10. his leg had melted.
This grieved him much. as. lacking
crutch. he hurried hopping homewar1.
and. home reached. swore that vengeance
sore should soon be started gnomew7rj.
Right soon a trap he baited up with dain-
ties elfkins' love. With cunning care he
left II where that fay would surely move.
BY puddle of his melted leg he placed his
deft-wrQught gin. and soon the mp who
caused his limp came by to 2loat and grin.
Incautious haste that imp soon placed
within his victims snare. His fern seed
spilled. by stern hands held. he wished he
was elsewhere
Return my leg hts captor said: what
use is Il 10 you.'' Not so," quoth fay.
"'tls run away like heavy morning dew
Who limbs would keep when sly fays peep
must not play iimping Iamely. To keep
the one you're standing on you'd better
hop out gamely. Who has good legs must
stir his pegs and keep them n repair. sir
or else like you his fate he'll rue, and need
"a rolling chair. SIR
He OF this tales exceeding length the
hero and the victim. took fay's advice.
.Twoula not be nice IL right leg also trick
I'd him.
What from this song may children
iearn?" Ny chilli. you drive me crazy
The quantity queer Is all that's here. To
he'd with you, my daisy
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Before I consulted DIR. Reeves r,
stomach was very bad. The severe pains
beichlng. bioating and sour risinEs szs
awful. lost 70 pounds IN less thar 5
year. I thank God II was my forlane y
go to this great doctor, who cured ne
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-24

All Parts Of the Animals Have Been
Used to Cure Disease.

The Brush Medical Journal gives tho
following curious Information in reply 20
q correspondent who desired TO learn
when 'hare's blood" was last used as a
therapeutic ascnt. Cor what purpose. ani
n What manner. The hare has been en-
pioyed in folk medicine a; least from the
time Of Fisnv The use ~ the blood was
continued in England uattl the end of ire
seventeenth century. sus Is IS. Of course
i7,posssn}e 10 say when the practice ceased
even II Il has done al TIRE present siFnn
Il was believed that the blood anc.ntsd
Cured frsekiss. and that the ashes OF the
blood carsi the alcessiy ssux. All PARIS -
the animal were used: the whole hare
1a9rned 80 ashes Was excellent against the
stone tx given in doses ~ thtrty IN sixty
es4ius oatwardiy the sxhes were u~sl
Ia tai.a away excrgScencss ard 70 cleanse
dry and heal foul ulcers. While mixed with
tar ,hey cured siapceia. TIE brain " IS an
autAiogs against poison and cured tren.-
tlimE The e~oth was good against S0us
and pains u The joint. The TAT was So al
iFssttve ssat s. cculd draw i1nrrs ard
either foreign bzsaieS out a. the aesh.
The heart powdered and drunk ia galr,l
- z = nols o1s Sc \ tire In Rhsussh ~ nc
euVess sEsiiepsy and qlsa : 4 asus IN week.
teguEa s. ehe disease ;.ere stubborn tls
usc Was 10 - ceatlagest for thirty days
together Tse liver given Sith sartn q
sSassS was coed f5r nasn1optysls whlle
the sah cured ai3naseSS and deafness. Mar
ttSl tails n aeaf ard raayfui er4grsfn sns
virtue which the Romans attached 90 cal
trE ere s9s<h~shsf tae eater a@s,a me fssx -
face. The latter physicians seia however.
ta@s hare was lack -s1ssat MELANCHOLY
AMI Aarz ~ digest .nts--a ~ ecss tsaa II en-
g1u3erss4 More melancholy than anv ufhsr
Tnesss sften easeas II bred sreuA2z~ 49,
rtEhssTaarse and caused fearful dreams
Thes aeereed. therefore that IL ought ne.
10 - Sse3 as az article o. Diet bot oa.y
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-24

That Used fer whisky Mere Coo9ly
TAaa Any other In Extstenee.
A whisky barrel 81 the highest grade
costs from Sz-se TO g. -. and It - the most
expensive OF all barrels II IL made of
heavy. selected. ktln-drsesx oak. tree from
sap--a handsome and substantial package.
Such earre.s are made IN great ccopengss
IN the West n the neiEhborhood OF the
distilleries and IN proximity when possible
- the forests from which the maser-As
for them ale taken. Whisky barrels Of
the best grade used 10 eass from 81 To s..
Machinery mas been brought more and
more into use IN making them. with the re-
suit that they are now cheaper than ever
before
These barrel. are likely to be hliea with
whisky and stored for three years or more
before they are shipped. When barrel
has found 10 way 70 this marke; and into
the hands OF the final distributor and has
been empiied Ii Is bought by a dealer In
barrels. There are cooperx and dealers IN
new and secondhand barrels who buy all
the barrels that ofYsr and send out and
gather up barrels. which they buy and
sell in great numbers
Bought in this manner the whisky bar
rel 70 inspected and put N order, Ii 1t re-
quires any repair. and sold. IL may be. to
wholesale dealer in liquors. TO be used
/
likely not again to be used as liquor
package, but TO be sold for q vinegar or a
CIDER barrel. In this use IL Is not likely
again TO get as far away from New York
as the point whence II orig nally came. and
when IL gets back here and has been again
emp.ied IL Ia sold again to the dealer. In
the course 81 Its use and travel t may
come 10 need repatrs-a new stave or two
or new hoops. It IS put IN order and sod
again.
When II has ceased to be useful as VIM
sgar or a cider barrel. gradually wearing
out and becoming cheaper. 1t is sold as a
pickle barrel for sauerkraut and finally
4 Is likely to become tar barrel and after
that Il Is broken up and destroyed.
Not counting the time that il may spend
In storage before its first shipment, the
whisky barrel is likely TO last through the
various stages Of its existence from the
time Ii starts out until the end. two or
three years. though much depends upon
the care taken Of 1t: carefully handled. ];
may last ten years or more. The whisky
barrel holds forty-fve gallons.
There's = cheaper whisky barrel. also
made OF oak bait of Fighter materials. tina,
costs from 80 to s.. which Is used largely
by Eastern distHlers. Great numbers Of the
heavy barrels are used larger numbers
stiI OF the l.gnter barrels. which, ike the
heavy barrels are mace In cooperages in
the neighboThood OF the dsst.iieries In
which they are first used. OF materials
drawn from the forests or Of shocks
brought from the West. The life OF the
tighter barrel is about the same as that
OF the heavier barrel and IL Is put 20 the
same uses. OF the lighter barrels. how
ever. thousands. after the first empsying.
are sold 10 go to Scotiand.-Roanoke World
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-24
''He Cured Me Of Cataffk :

IT had catarrh for a long time. II a.
fected my ear and throat. and there Mss
growths In my nose, DR.. Reeves M
Treatment is splendid. ] never tried any.
thing that did me so much good a
recommending /, 10 all my friends-
JUST LIKE A DEAF MUTE
DOCTOR REEVES RESTORED
HIS HEARING PERFECIbi'
TOOK HER SISTERS ADVICE
AND WAS CURED OF SoKE
THROAT BY DIR. REEVE
SHE HAD ENDURED THREE
HEMORRHAGES FROM HEX
LUNGS-CURED BY DIR. REEsAs
BRONCHITIS AND
DYSPEPSIA CURED
RY DIR. REEVE
EYELIDS GRADUATED SINCE
CHILDHOOD AND
EYESIGHT FAILING .,~,
DIR. REEVES CURED NM
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Dat Of His sight.

Get ou.i' commanded her father.
Don't ever let me see you here again"
Very we'll replied the coniiden. young
nan. Your daughter can tell you the
nights ! am to call. and you can arrange
20 be cut unsi I leave. "-Phiiadelphia
North American
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-24
He Cured Ne Of Deafneaa''

My deafness came on about six yeaio
ago. with bad ringing noises In the head
which troubled me greatly n conveesa.
ton. had to ask people 10 rsjsA thet1
voices when speaking 10 me, ana arossl
the table could only hear tAe Spund 81
voices. but could not catch 4 Rord. II
hearing rapidly improved undef n.
Reeves treatment. l now heat epod "a
the ringing noises have entirely stopceds
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-24

MY eyes were so bad I had to 50
reading entirely. The dizziness. the huf.
ring and pain around the eyes made -
fear total blindness. Or. Reeves master
Of diseases of the eyes Is wonderful. caa
now see good. and best OF all, can fesa
with comfort. l was cured In a short i'm
while other doctors tempered with ~
eyes for the past six years.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-24
Discoveries In lreIau Il.

The Earl Of Arran has discovered gold
on his Irish estate in comb nation with
copper. and a new Kind % marble has been
found IN fair abundance near Galway.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-01-12

TRIBE ~, D
u Meets every WeauTI
FSl,oWs hall. " Z
Geo. HAMILTON Chlel"'
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-01-12
miscellaneous.

r I. >chell to John 4 Graham, bill OF
sale Of und e int in safe etc.-$l50.
Chilcotte & Cody to r Stoner, chat
mtg on saw logs-s200.
Clark J Smith to r J Stoner, bill OF
sale, 22 tons oats-$396
Sheriff to Ninemire ct al certificate OF
sale personal property q 4 West-s3l3.
J F Atkinson to Oliver Davis, bill Of
sale to = int in logging outft-s50.
b F HUFF, sheriff, to VIM Hepfinger
and Z Bernier. appointments as depu-
ty sheriff
National Cash Register Co to Dole &
Elliott, cash regIster-$l25.
l. Tra-k to J 4 Hutchinson, mtg on
lots 6 and :, IN blk B {; VS. First add
Montesano-$300
American Church Building Fund to
Trustees st Andrews Church Of Aber-
deem, relea," OF mtg on lots > and g, blk
Z, W &; b. add, Aberdeen-$600.
Gtay. Hmbr Commercial c. vs. John
rongra'z, len on lots Is. ~, 20, Llk is,
Co-mopoii--$l54.
Le.,i. u Gamae. TO john " Bum.
m'so. h4ctA4l part vi lot ,, blk -,
Hoquun-,75v.
L#n'eett to Ernest Herman, mtg
on e. Of a.. oi mel, Of nw'j ii sec 81,
l8-6-$l50.
Tho- Armstrong TO Z II story, mtg On
lot +, blk 8, Bylra' add, Monte-ano-$ l65.
Alonzo Elliott TO Thos Pearson, release
OF two mtgs on fann-$26oO.
VIM Hale vs. Annie + NAPLES, lis
pens 10 ioreclosc mtg on lots II, y, Is,
ii, blk H. Academy add, Montesano.
II A Hayes TO Thos c Mou,on, release
OF mtg Oh sw14 sec 4, 19-l0-f300.
II A Iiaye: to Richard Kcegan, re.
lease Of my on ne4 sec II, lG-7-$l50
b + Keith to II b Critics, release Oh
mtgs on lots and 2, blk 3, W & BIS add
Aberdeen-}500
II d Critics to Henry Mueller trustee
mtg on 80 50 feet Of lots and 9, blk 3
W & BE- add, Abetdeen-$ll00.
Benz Johnson 70 Mrs Lena Phelps
mtg on lot , in blk 81, Frances add tc
Aberdeen-$50).
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-01-12

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...--..-.- IT. y r-..-.- : acre j..
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1r.--..,... ,,-,-...-s 0C; Chase. liz.
t-.. II Fo..-.s.-sz-
,,c.-,.,...pS C,.tbt'a lo-- n.
o.,..,-sl
r..A ra.,., Nm Hr;seo. lots ; aud
> r.. p;.-.r ada ur.,ris,n-sl0s1.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-01-12

Council-F. E. in
A. J. West, l. W. y
J. 5. Gum F. T. 81
L. 5. Deputy CslAs
the port Of Grsys Hsa
4 aberdeen.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-01-12

CwEDIsH MISSION
- and Market stree
Ing. services every ~
7:45 p. M; Bible reao. n
meeting, Wednesda! -
strom, pastor.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-01-12

Through tickets 10 Japan and China VI
Tacoma and Northern Pacific steamship &C
For information, time cards, maps and tickets
call on or write
o. z. SHACL, Agent, Aberdeen
A. D. CHARLTON. Assistant General Passenger
Agent. 2i5 Morrison street. corne- Third. Por'
land. Ore.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-01-12
iGiFnt T. TIKI COURT HOUSE.
u-l1e-- rraa-art~d by thr ~upe-ior
Court and Lit 81 In-trarneut. Piled
with Onicial-


persousl property to widow AM making
an allowance f9r Her -upport signed.
Order directing s4le Of persona property
sjgneI.
In matter Of tL- in..ni,s "i Ben
Helms. Order Of cornmitm-ut signed.
Anders >elberg W " f Trembly.
Order directing the issuance Of writ Of
restitution -isel.
H. tie u at'..r Of the estate q Daniel
Curan, deceased. order appointing 4.
H. King, joseph Olsen and John Multi
NIX appraisers signed.
Waldo f. Royce vs. Frances ". Scr
field ct al. Orer condrmin. >h riff z
sale signed.
G. ". Waplen-,-in vs Aberdeen Baik
ct al. Cause continued till Monday, Jan.
9th, 1899.
J. H. Beard-.~e' W F. II B-ar,l>re 81
al Cause confined I'll, TUESDAY. Jan.
3rd, 1879
e. ". Wapper-.e = +',"f.lppt b K
e:a' Or'e- di-eoi : 'ne receivers 70
deed - ". F. Book 70, ;. r'oek II. Ab@r.
deeu, on p!rer. - 'i~n ofih"-lm 81
$40 signed.
j II. BearI.lec ': T.. II. Beaslaiee.
Can. taken go '-r ai;.-cmcut.
Gco. b. -choa4.d Ct g. v-O-rar wilson
ct a. Judgment and '.cc.ee g.ir'ia!
IT, i-n@
Robert =. Porter y BANK II Cco,'a
Or'er confirming 'h- -ai~ II per- nal
property sis"s 20. 'i''f c>n1fmih1 tie
'air 'f real estate signed
John CInne - l~'n Nor. brn1ner
"'erfHi-''.
J.J. Mckone y t.4A4ri G. N..an.
'rder confirming H"r'!l = -a.e .-neH.
E,o@ft T. Porter - Bank Of Oros'a.
orotF directing A"'.c" # the hearn. d
thu aspiration f2r ti''. discharge of the
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-01-12

Klondike Fizz.
Drink Klondike Fizz, non-alcoholic.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-01-12
The Soldier Bows

Hoods Sarsaparilla are said to have
stood the long marches much better than
their companions. This medicine gives
strength and endurance.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-01-12

HOOPS PILLS cure all liver ills. Mailed
for % cents by G.. |. Hold & Co., Lowell,
Mass.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-01-12

CCANDINAVIAN Lg,. Y,
- Services every S9n !, \
p. III. sunday School VI
The times., 1899-09-03

most of his poetry; but the man who could
write Self-Dependence' might, under
other circumstances, have been as great a
thoughts TO men in language as finely fitted
to the meaning as the form of a cystal is
to the substance.
Prof. Gates sees, as most readers of Ar
mold have seen, the misfortune OF this self
conscious faculty in the great English crit
ic. He calls 1t "a strut" and the word Is
as any other to express the peculiar Arnold
attitude. Says Prof. Gates:
He condescends to his readers with such
gracious elaboTateness; he is at great pains to
make them feel that they his equals
1t might have been added that with all
his pains Arnold does not effect this re-
suit at any rate he never succeeds in
making his reader think that he thinks
they are his equals The only thing which
can save man guilty of this sort of thing,
This man possessed; and that quality is sim
cerity. He was in earnest, and no one
could doubt it. AS the present writer
points out, che made of life an art rather
than a science" Had his writings been
confined to merely literary subjects-had
he not frankly said, and taught, that con-
duct is the greatest thing in life, he would
have been unbearable.
This essay is the best of the three, and
is worth anyone's reading. The whole
book will be delight to any student of lit
erature, or to one who is especially inter
ested in any of the three men with whom
it has to do New York: The Macmillan
Company. $1.50).
The times., 1899-09-03
The spirit and the Flesh.

Into this glorious world came.
The free-born of the wind and fame.
l bound to me for good or i'll
A body-serf TO do my WILL. t4
Though he was frail and prone to rest,
l snatched him from his mothers breast
And babe him serve me. What would you?
j had great Kings work 10 do;
Wrong to make right; comfort to bring
To those in trouble sorrowing.
needed one both swift and strong;
Great the load, the journey long.
Yet this my slave was weak and lame;
Faltering at nay behest he came;
So, when his strength was almost gone,
! took the seourge and urged him on.
Yet hurry as / might TO keep
The minutes pace, both food and sleep
My slave must have impatientiy
/ saw the glorious hours pass hy
q could not leave him. for we must
Have hands of dust to work with dust).
At last he fell and would not rise,
He called me with imperious eyes,
And bade me pause.
This small white room, this cot Of snow,
Ministering forms that come and GO
i crouch here listening for his breath.
And with my hands / hold back Death,
My work neglected and uHdone.
II he but beckon, swift / run
This worthless serf of mine 10 save.
How hard they toll who serve a siavel
Il. b. Bridgman. in the Century.
The times., 1899-09-03
At FourscOre.

All, yes, divine, by the way they look
Who bring rue the birthday gift and word;
They think me waiting for priest and book.
And the place where greetings are never heard.
Yet though ! am standing at Deaths dark door,
am not thinking of him or his;
The soul of twenty returns once more
Although in the body OF age it is.
With the thought of dying. away tonight!
Away with the thought of ills and pain!
/ would have no comrade of mine in sight,
Flaunting life that is on the wane.
But give me young faces without seam,
Give mirth and music and tripping feet;
Give me red lips with the corn-white glcam.
And the light of life that IS summer-sweet.
Whence is this hunger. fhis thirst OF mine
To cast the trammels Of age away?
Is it all human? Nay, half divine
The reach Of the night for the dawn Of day.
Charlotte Fisk Bates, in the Century
The times., 1899-09-03
To Diane.

The ruddy poppies bend and bow,
Diane. do you remember?
The sun you knew shines proudly now,
The lake still lists the breeze's 's-yow,
Your towers are fairer for their stains,
Each stone you smiled upon remains.
Sing low-where is Diane?
Dianei do you remeuIber7
come to find you through the years,
Diane do you reInemberf
For none may rule my loves soft fears.
The ladies now are not your peers,
seek you thro your tarnished halls,
Pale sorrow on my spirit falls,
High, low-where is Diane?
Diane! do you remember?
crush the poppies where l tread,
Dianei do you remember?
Your flower of life, so bright. so red
She does not hear-Diane is dead.
pace the sunny bowers alone
Where naught of her remains but stone.
Sing low-where is Diane2
Diane does not rememberi
Helen Hay.
The times., 1899-09-03
Recent Histories.

"a Short History of the United States, T"
by Justin Huntly Mccarthy, is the kind
of history which one would expect from
the pen of this gifted Celt-picturesque,
vivid, interesting in every page. 1t reads
very much like a romance. After reading
It, the thoughtful may come to the con-
elusion that the quick. imagination and
yolubility of the Irish nature are needed
in the writing of histories. Certainly most
records of the life of this country are
very dry reading. and there is no reason
why they should be, since our 400 years of
life are as rich in picturesque and romantic
incident as anything in the chronicles of
the world.
1t is probable that the fight between the
Monitor and Merrimac has never been more
graphically and artistically described than
in this book That was one of the most
remarkable combats in history. and thus
far it has too often been recorded in
bald, matter fact phrases, which make
about as much impression on the imagin
alton as page Of an agricultural report
When, on the contrary Mr.. Mccarthy de-
scribed the Merrimac as looking like a
huge half f-submerged crocodile" and says
that the shells OF the Congress and the
Cumberland 'rebounded from her sides as
if they had been tennis balls" one sees
"A I0lS
mastery description of a sea fight may
be worth quoting:
II would be impossible TO exaggerate the terror
which the telegraph carried TO every State and
city of the North What was there that this new
marine monster this death-dealing LeyiathHn,
might not be expected TO accomplish? Before
the armored sides and the deadly beak of this
terrible prodigy the stately wooden frigates the
splendid ships of which the North was so Justly
proud, were worthless the paper boats that
a child floats a pond Ministers trembIed
in Washington, expecting at any moment 10 see
the black horror hurrying along the Potomac
What hope, men asked each other could
there be Of maintaining the great blockade
when the Merrimac, unscathed herself, could sink
every vessel that unfortunate enough TO cross
her path?
In these paragraphs we get something
Of the atmosphere of 90.
After describing the conflict between the
Yankee cheese box and its formidable
| adversary, the author goes on to say:
Surely there was never more wonderful battle
fought at since the world began; never
swifter, more amazing sequence Of prodigious
events. Holmes might well ask, SIS it not the
! age of fables and of heroes and demgods over
againE' On day q sea monster makes its
appearance, apparently invncible, apparently in
vulnerable, thing that can break blockades like
packthread and annihiate nayies with irresisti-
Die case; the seourge OF every port it chooses to
threaten, the doom of every ship il chooses 20
| assail. For four and twenty tremendous hours
| the terror OF this awful thing, this sea dragon
whose scales stroke could pierce dominates
| the minds of men. Then, as in breath, the
terror ends. the horror dissipates; the great
sea-slaking beast OF yesterday is disdained
| memory today.
The only trouble with Mr.. McCarthy's
history is that it is inadequate in point OF