The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-16
NEW INSPIRATION to the Creeks-other

NEW INSPIRATION to the Greeks-other
~ than that great bond of sympathy, their
n religion. which attached the various
Greeks tog g,ther during the Sixteenth and
Seventeenth centunes-came with the advance
of culture in the end Of the Eighteenth and the
beginning Of the Nineteenth century. They
began to be animated by the feeling of ma.
tionaty. The French revolution aroused their
minds into activity, and they were ashamed that
nation which had played such a grand part
in the early civilization OF mankind should he
slaves OF an illiterate and barbarous horde OF
aiens-the Turks. From the fall OF Constanti-
nople in 1i53 till the end OF the Eighteenth
century almost all the occasions on which the
Greek people appear on the page of the historian
are occasions which they were butchered or
sold into slavery. Records tell only of their
humiliation or dispersion. Now, however. they
began to summon energy to resist the Turks
Secret societies were formed to make ready for
u rising of the people. Patriotic songs further
stimulated them, and though they were twenty
years buckng on their years, they never lost
courage When the time ripe they marched
forth and returned triumphant. Their war OF
independence, though dearly bought was vic
tory worthy the paudits of the nobility of An
cient Greece.
This period was fruitful in artillery progress
everywhere. Horse artillery had only been in
ues in England seven years and the driver corps
established little later. The battalion or reg-
mental guns were abolished about this time, and
field batteries or "brigades'' OF six guns were
formed horse artillery battalion being styled
| troops Military drivers were introduced, the
horses teamed in pairs the drivers beng mounted
On the Of horses, while eight gunners were
| carried on the limbers and wagons. The equip.
ment was lightenod and simpihed, the am.
am Sys
TEN Of maneuvers introduced, This was soon
followed by the invention OF shrapnel and the
Transformation of the rocket from a mere signal
to a destructive engine. MI OF these things
greatly added to military power.
The merits OF Henry Bone, who later became
| known as the most eminent enamel painter in
| Great Britain, were recognized by the Royal
| Academy of London and he was admitted as an
| associate. lie had been a china painter in the
| Plymouth and Bristol works, and on his removal
to London applied his knowledge OF vtrhed pig.
ncnts to enamel painting. Excelling all his
| predecessors in the magnitude OF his plates he
| finally painted a noble plaque measuring lsXlG
inches. This masterpiece was a copy OF Titian's
| famous Bacchus and Ariadnc.
| -
Tie first bicycle was used in France. II was
at best an awkward affair, composed Of cou.
| pie OF heavy wooden wheels of equal diameter,
one behind the other and Joined together by
a longitudinal wooden bar on which the riders
| seat was fixed the mode of propulsion being
pushing the feet against the ground. 1t soon
died a natural death and no progress in manu-
featuring bicycles was made for many years.
| The tables of the moons place We're further
corrected by Charles Mason and calculated &c
| tenths Of second.
Among those born the first year OF the century
they helped much 10 make progressive, were
Marie Joseph Eugene Sue, French novelist.
Thomas Treadwell Stone, American clergyman
John Augustus Stone, American dramatist ant
actor.
Ebenezer w. Stone, American soldier ant
| author,
Baron Stone, American Baptist clergyman ant
| author,