V At this distance it look as though Spain it suffering from a serious im pediment in her pocketbook. The flag factories! of the United States find it impossible to keep up with their order". Thin evidence of accentuated patriotism cannot be very encouraging to Spain. The Austrian government lm en larged the boundaries of Vienna to uch nu extent that the metropolitan area is now half ns large a London, twice as large as Paris and three times larger than Berlin. Since the Declaration of Independ ence the United Htates lias lind six wars, not counting the little differ ences with the Indians. These were the war of the revolution, the war of 1812, the war with the Barbnry states, the Mexican war and the civil war. The war with Spain makes the sixth. It is said that a big trade in Ameri can bicycles will soon be opened up in China. An American bicycle which sells fur $100 here brings $.225 in Chi nese silver. As the average China man makes from 20 to 25 cents a day it would be interesting to know how long it will take him to save enough money to buy a bicycle. Naval experts are not going to see o tunny disputed questions settled in the "Vauko-Hpnuko" war ns they hoped. What modern ships cau do against modern forts, bow grent n role destroyers will play in navnl battles, will still bo debuted after nil the light that can be had from the experience of the present war. It is the person al equation which vitiate the con clusions. Spanish gunnery has been so bad that it has done little to de termine the power of forts to resist Ironclads. Spanish mechanical skill has been so poor that the ineffective ness of torpedoboat destroyers in Spanish hands proves little or noth ing. A statistician has recently puo lished in Faris, France, what purports to be a horse census, and some of his figures just at this time, when the government is buyiug horses, are in teresting. . According to this expert, Russia leads the world in the number of horses. Her total is placed at 22, 000,000 head, and the United States comes second with 12,000,000 head. The Argentine Republic is third, and Anstro-Hungary aud the German Em pire are tied for fourth place, with 8, 500, 000 each. France is credited with 2,880,000, and the United Kingdom with 2,790,000. This expert says that England and France have the most valuable horses, with the United States and Canada rauking next. It is estimated that the steam pow er of Great Britain is equal to the united strength of 1,000,003,000 men. The number of poisons employed in her coal mines is but 200,000, and of these fully two-thirds dig coal for other uses than for engines, leaving 60,606 men to mine the coal necessary to do the work of 1,000,000,000. The engiues are made by 60,000 men, so that 126,600 men furnish the means of doing the work of 1,000,000,000 the strength of each being thus multi plied nearly 8000 times. This gives to each man, woman and child of a pop ulation of 85,000,000 some thirty will ing slaves, born fully grown, exempt from sickness, needing iio clothes, eating only fire and water, aud costing merely the work of one man in 8000. .' In mineral wealth Cuba is capable of takiug high rank. Gold and silver Lave not been found iu paying' quan tities. Copper was mined at Cobra by the natives before Columbus dis covered the island, and there is strong proof that native copper was carried across to Florida and used by the Florida Indians hundreds of years ago. The mound-builders of that tate buried with their dead copper ornaments and utensila -hammered from native copper, which always has an admixture of more or less foreign matter. As no copper ore it found in Florida, or in that portion of the United States, and, as that found in the United States or in Mexico does not correspond chemically with that buried in the mounds, it occurred to , Professor B. H. Sanders, of the Acad . amy of Natural Sciences, in Philadel phia, that it wat possible that these mound-builders had water eoinuiuni eation'with Cuba. In the early part of the present century tome English capitalist! purchased these mines in Cuba, which are nine miles from San tiago. From 1828 to 1810 an average of from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000 worth f copper ore was shipped aunually to the United States from these miues. How lunch wat shipped elsewhere it not knowu. Large quantities of cop-j-r ttill remain numiue.l ia this h IN MEMORY'S BOOK. There are pages In memory's volume Written In tears and slitha. That gladly we'd (old toirnthor, Way from our aelilug eyes. There are panes where blissful moments Made life seem all complete) But the lines are dashed with sadness The bitter mixed with the sweet. IVAAAAAAAAA&AAAAA 4 GASPARD, L'IMBECILE. BY JOrW TjH Ahl those were happy days when (laspard Meudon was a fisherman! From the peaceful village of Uizou the Ashing fleet sailed, to return loaded with the spoil of the sen which has been provided for man. Hilvery.lithe and gleaming, the fish came into the boat ouly to pnnt their little lives away.for often the men were lucky, and it was ns much as they coald do to get iu the nets and clear them. When summer came and the sen, like the skies, wan flaunting its royal tints of deepest, brightest blue and the lazy wind would not lift the sails, it seemed a dreamy life to (laspard; the older hands would tell the young ones tales of countries far away which they had seen when they had been serving in the warships, as any of the fishermen might be called upon to do. But when winter came, nnd the great waves threatened to swallow up the little fisher-boats, there was no leisure for recounting stories while nt sen, for each one had to strive and heed for the safety of all. They were n brave and generous nice, the fishers of Bion.nud courage wns born in every babe of them: through generations they had battled with tbo sea, growing braver nnd har dier, nnd so the government prized them, and always some of tbe.Jli.ou moti were away in the warships. And then n day mine when Gnapnrd bad to leave home nnd kindred to join the Marine Depot, (laspard wns to join the mnrine soldiery, and after some months of drill he was seut away to the west const of Africa, there to be drafted into the Dialmatb, one of the small flotilla lying off Gorep, At that time France, wishing to ex tend her African dominions, had threat ened the Daniel, or monarch of Gnyor, who reigned over a lavge territory, the possession of which would enable her to connect Ht. Louis and Goree. Reinforcements had been sent from Algeria, native volunteers were en listed, and 880 marines were added to give solidity to the expedition, which was to start in two parties, one from Goree aud the other from Ht. Louis. The Senegal column, to which the marines were attached aud among them Gaspard Meudon set out for Gaudiole on January 2, 1801, whence it proceeded to Beuon-M'bro on the 6th, the road lying by fresh and briny lakes and through marshes, by welcome oases, where slender palm trees tow ered up toward the brilliant blue of the cloudless heaveus aud clusters of tiuy huts lay scattered here aud there. As the column advanced the Dnmol Macodon retreated, and on January 12 the French decided to mnrch on Mek hey, where was the king's palace. The Darnel sent messengers asking for par don aud offering terms, but they were seut buck to hint unanswered. "When the king say's he is willing to give ns whatever we itsk tor," said (laspard to his comrade, Francois Beanie, "why do we go on marching tjirougu this terrible country, where we lose so mauy of our brave fel lows?" "Why, man, we have had no fight ing yet," said Francois; "we should be laughed nt if we returned without defeating the enemyl" "But whnt more can we gain by fighting than the king offers us free ly?" "Fame, glory, honnrt Whnt else does a Frenchman Ask for?" returned Frnncois, and (laspard marched on, pondering over his comrade's words. But Commandant Saprade was not satisfied with this bloodless march upon Mckhey, aud .so, on February 5, he left Goree with a small flotilla of four dispatch ships.n cutter and other small vessels, and the marines, com manded by Lieutenant Vullou of the Dialmatb, dobarke I on the 10th, op posite Sedition and murched immedi ately on Hardiniori. The village was strongly hold by the natives; every iud hut was pierced for the guns, and its the column ad vanced a heavy fire was poured upon it. The French oommauder sent on the native voluuteers first, then the Spahis from Algeria to see that the volunteers did uotrun away, and then, in reserve, came the marines. From every hut came flashes of light and puffs of smoke which hardly floated away, but hung about ou the still air and preseutly concealed the village and those nearest to it. The marines were moved up noarer, and half of them were led round to the rear, just in time to tee issuing from the huts the desperate natives, who fired upon their advancing foes and then turned and fled. The marines opened fire upon the fugitives, aud they, realising that their retreat was cnt off,rnshed back to the village only to oe met by the merciless black vol unteers and the Spahis. - The French otticers. by dint of driv ing back their allies with thrents and blows, even shooting a few of them. managed to save the Uvea of a small remnant of the gallant foe. but most of them lay dead or desperately wounded by tne time tUe firing bail ceased. Guspard was sick at heart as he inarched past those groaning or si leut bodies; his comrades cheered aud langhed, but it had come home to him with appalling directness that he was uiaieri Fain would we pass them quickly These records of other rears Seeking some fairer writing, (Jndimmod by regretful tears. But ever the hook flies open, And Memory pnluts again To scenes we may never banish, Though fraught with bitterest pain. New Orleans Tlmes-Ueiiiwrat AAAAAAAAAA RFHII P J. BRETON As night approached the women came from the country outside and tried to onrry off the bodies of their men, wailing out their death-chants with an awful, piteous monotony that depressed the most exuberant of the marines. Fascinated, yet horrified, Gaspard watched their lithe dark forms as they tore their hair and flung their arms above their beads iu ges tures of wild grief and wept over their dead. One of the wotneu, who was crouched beside the body of a fine young warrior, turned upon (laspard ns he passed nnd spnt at him, uttering words which from her manner of de livering them, seemed to be curses. (laspard looked nt the woman; he met the full gaze of her eyes of ha tred, of savage agony and savage love, and he flniig'down bin rifle with a clutter and marched on. "Private Meudon, what means this?" shouted Sergeaut Croix. "Go, pick up vonr rifle!" "I shall not use it again, sergeant. Look nt that woman!" "What have the black cattle to do with you? You have done your duty; it is enough. Pick up your rifle!" Gaspard strode on and never an swered, nnd so the sergeant picked up the rille himself nnd reported Private Meudon to the lioutenaut, aud the culprit wns sent for. "Do you know whnt you deserve?" asked Lieutenant Vnlloti, who was a kindly man, although a severe disci plinarian, nnd who bad no wish to be severe with a man who had fought his first battle gallantly. (inKparil was silent. "Death is the punishment." haz arded the lieuteunnt. He hnd no exnet knowledge of whnt the puuishmeut wns for such unprecedented behavior. Clearly, however, Gaspard had been guilty of disob dience of orders while iu an enemy's country. Gaspard was unmoved. It was evi dent to the otticer that this man was no coward, and to he tried to reason with him. You must have had some motive for throwing away your rifle. Come, out with it, my lad!" I have killed men." The words enme out slowly,relnctnntly,aud Lieu teuaut Yallon laughed outright at the answer. And whnt do von RtiriunnA vi n rifle was given to you, for? To iigut tire wttli, eU7" "Tiny are murdered! Their wives and children are broken-henrted. I kuow it!" You know nothing, rou fool I Those bluok pigs do not value your life so much as you value your cignr. If you hadn't killed thorn they'd have killed you." " then I would have diod without being a murdorer. In takingthe lives of men I have lost my own soul." t'ouf ! 1 11 absolve you. mon en fant I" "It is impossible, lieutenant!" "What?" the olllcor was nnirrv nt the man's obstinacy now. "What? Speak to your officer like thatl Here, sergeant, put this imbecile under ar roHtl We haven't auy cells, but do your best to make him feel what a fool he is." The sergeant grinned intelligently aud inarched the prisoner off to a hut and placed a guard at the door. The hut was filthy and the air foul,' but there Gaspard bad to remain, thirsty and restless nnd silent, until the guard was relieved, aud then he asked for water. , ".Sergeant's orders are that yon are to have none until you recover your senses, comrade. Come, be a man," was the sentinel's reply. "I am a man!" Gaspard said prond ly and he waited without complaint until morning, wheu the sergeant fetched him and marched him to the lioutenaut. '.'Well, prisoner, are yon going to do your duty?" asked the officer. "I cannot kill," was the hoarse re ply, and the swollen tongue and the cracked purple lips told what agony of thirst the man hnd endured. "Very well," safil the lientenant, "do with him at t you euggeBt, ser geant," "Prisoner! Eight about face! March!" cried the sergeant.and, joined by the guard at the door, they marched to a stake that hnd been set up in the villnge street, and Gaspard wat bound to it. There, in the burning raya of the tun, half-crazed with the heat and the longing for water, Gaspard remained until late in the afternoon. Then the sergeant approached him, beariug in hit baud a flask of water aud a cup, into which he poured some of the oool liquid, raising the flask high so that the water fell into the cup with the sound that there is no forgetting. Gnspard'a eyes glared at it wolflehly, but his lips and tongue were so swollen that he oould not utter a sound. "Private Meudon, will you obey or ders?" asked the sergeant. The poor scorched head nodded at teut, aud the mouth moved feebly; the sergeant poured a little of the water between Gaspard's lips, and he tried to swallow it. Then, in a moment, hit eyes brightened, nnd he opened his mouth for more and swallowed it and muiub'cd that ha wauted still ' , I So, having surrendered, he was rnst loose and carried to a hut, where be lay for a week between life and death; aud when three weeks hnd passed he came again upon a parade, a hollow cheeked, sunken-eyed wreck, hardly able to stand. Next day some of the soldiers went, ns was their daily custom, to bathe in the river, and while there they were sur prised by a body of Maudiugoes, who killed ten or twelve of them before help could arrive. There was a fort just outside the village, nnd the gar rison, 20 in all, hnd rushed out to the rescue; but they, too, were so far out numbered that they could only show a bold front and retreat to their fortress with the rescued men in their midst. By the time they bad reached their mud fort they were almost surrounded by a ferocitms horde, mad with the lust for blood, and only one person at a time could pass in through the small door to safety. The fort was pierced for musketry above the line of the door, and those who were within fired down into the black crowd, keeping them somewhat at bay. Still the enemy fired and advanced, and Frenchmen fell dend and wound ed, and those who were able to stand struggled among .themselves to gain access, ttutil nt lu'it the inevitable re sult arrived, and the doorwas blocked. Garp ltd never looked at the door, but faced the foe with a calm and res olute courage that moved the sergeant, who was near him, to admiration, so that he cried out words of encourage ment to him. Every time the foe made a rush he pointed his rille, nnd they foil back before the determined looking soldier nnd llred nt him in stead. They were bad enough shots, those dark-skinned warriors, nnd yet Gnspard was bleeding fron half a dozen wounds wheu the sergeant shouted to him, "You've done your siinre, mon brave! linn iu." (laspard would not move, but stood there a few j ao iu front of the door through whim the Inst of bis comrades were retreating until ouly he aud the sergeant were Left. "Now, Private Meudon, I'll cover you," cried the sergeaut. "I wait for you, sergeant," and the sergeaut, seeing how determined he was, made a rush and got through the door in safety. Then Gaspard turned his head toward the door, but iu that moment the enemy rushed in upon him with yells of triumph, and he wns lost to tight; only a struggling mass of lilaok warriors was to be seeu, hacking and hewing at something iu their midst. Just an hour later reinforcements came from the villago, aud the Mau diugoes were drivou an ay with heavy loss, nnd theu they fouud what was Gaspard. The sergeant took up a rifle from the clinched hand of a dead untive; he knew it had belonged to Gaspard, and be looked into the barrel. It was bright aud had not been fired. The sergeant mused for n moment. "Ah! the poor Ga pnrd Meudon," he said; "he wns a.i imbecile, look you, but he wns also a man and a brave man!" QUAINT AND CURIOUS, Transparent leather is made in France. There are 10,000 camols nt work in Australia. Savnges, on the whole, live longer than civilized people. As a rule, n man's hair turns gray five years sooner than a woman's. The most wonderful bridge in the world is one of solid agate in Arizona. A pen carrying a small electric lamp to prevent shadows when writing has been patented in Germany. It is estimated that since the begin ning of the historical era 13,000.000 persons have perished in earthquakes. The Tartars have a quaint custom of taking a guest by the ear when in viting him to eat or drink with them. Under the laws of China the man who loses his temper iu a discussion is sent to juil for five days to cool down. Chileans never euter or leave a coach, street car or other public vehi cle without bowing to all its occu pants. Ornithologists have discovered that crows huve no less than twenty-seven cries, each distinctly referable to a different action. The uests of tbo termites, or white ant, are, proportioned to the size aud weight of the builders, the greatest structures in the world. In Sweden there are floating can neries. They are small vessels, which follow fishing fleets, aud men on them cau the fish while they are fresh. It was once customary in France when a guest had remained too long for the host to serve a cold shouldor of mutton instead of a hot roast. This wat the origin of the phrase "to give the cold shoulder." Cats can swiui if they ouly care to exert themselves sufficiently. The ancient EgyptiiMis used to fish with them on the Nile, according to the representations on walls aud to forth that have come down to us. Bull-VI(litlng In France. Bull-fights are now becoming popu lar in the north aud west, as well at in the south of France. At Alencon, in the Orue,400() people assembled in order to witness a real tight ou Span ish lines between tnrot and toreadors, Robert, a burly bull-fighter from the south, was practically crownod with laurels after he had despatched two animals by his sword in what was con sidered a masterly manner. The po lice summoned the organizers of the show aud the toreador. Another fight wat to take pluce ou the followiug Sunday, but the prefect of the depart ment declined to be present at the spectacle Loudon Taliwaub. SYMBOLS FOR THE ARMY. HOW CORPS, DIVISIONS AND BRI CADCS MAY BE IDENTIFIED. . r,t;.r hr rirnrrnl MilesNot t.lke Civil War Designs Ingenuity Kxerrlsrt by War Department Onlrlnls-Dlstlncttra Badge nnd Pennants Preserved. General Miles has issued a general order designating the symbols, flngs and pennants by which the various army corps, divisions and brigades may be identified. The order prescribes corps badges and pennants entirely different from those which were in use by the army during the civil war. It was the original purpose of the war depart ment to adopt for the present army badges precisely like those for the corresponding corps during the civil wnr, but the idea met with much op position from prominent soldiers of that war. They maintained, with force, that their badges and pennants wore distinctive; that they had been baptized in the blood of many a hard fought field, and that their individual ity ought to be preserved. This view was acceded to by the war officials and a new set of designs was pre pared. Following is a part of the text of the general order: When the land forces of the United States are organized into army corps, divisions and brigade the same will be designated by the following sym bols, flngs nnd pennnnts, made ac cording to descriptions and designs ill the office of the quarter-mnstor general: Hymbnls. Cnvnlry corps, n winged horse foot; artillery corps, crossed conical pro jectiles, with round shot above centre; 1st Corps, a circle over a letter I of special design; 2ud Corps, a four-leaf clover; Mrd Corps, n three-tooth clutch; 4th Corj s, a caltrop; 0th Corps, a flre bastiou fork; (Uh Corps, a six-tooth sprocket ; 7th Corps, a seven-pointed star; 8th Corps, two circles over lapping each other, resembling the figure 8; 0th Corps, a buzz saw with nine teeth; 10th Corps, two triangles, point to point, resembling the letter X; 11th Corps, badge of 10th Corps, with horizontal bar through centre, representing XI; 12th Corps, a square with clover leaf at each corner, there by showing twelve small circles; 13th Corps, a palm leaf with thirteen spikes; 14th Corps, a square with one half circle on each side; 16th Corps, an anchor; lHth Corps, a bugle; 17th Corps, a spearhead; 18th Corps, a battle-ax; 1'Jth Corps, anarch; 20th Corps, a broom. Designating tlie Divisions. The division of a corps will be rep resented by the color of the symbol, as follows: First division, red; second division, white; third division, blue. Corps headquarters will be desig nated by a swallow-tail flag of yellow. Division headquarters will be de signated by a flng four feet ou the staff and six feet fly, with fie corps symbol in the centre, as follows: First Division A white flng. Second Division A blue flng. Third Division A red flag. Brigade headquarters will be dis tinguished by triangular ponnants four feet on the staff, us follows: , First brigade, red; tecond brigade; white; third brignde, blue. Colors of the pennant to be as fol lows, rending from the staff to the point. t'lrtt Division. , First brigade Bed, white and blue; corps symbol in red. Second brigale White, blue and red; corps snnbol in red. Third brigade Blue, white and red; corps symbol in red. Hrrnnd Division. First brigade Bed, white and blue; corps symbol in white. Second brigade White, blue and red; corps symbol in white. Third brigade Blue, red nnd white; corps symbol in white. Third Illvl.lon. First brignde Bed, white and blue; corps symbol in blue. Secojid brignde White, red and blue; corps symbol in blue. Third brigude-f-Blue, white aud red; corps symbol in blue. Meaning of Flags. The corps of engineers will be des ignated by a swallow-tail flag 5 feet on the staff aud 0 feet fly, with swallow tail 1 foot deep; flag to be divided in two horizontal stripes of equal width, the lower stripe to be of blue, beariug the castle symbolical of the engineers iu white, occupy iug a space 2x3 feet; the upper stripe to be white, beariug the corps symbol in red, bordered in white 2 inches, aud edged iu blue 1 1-2 inches, 2 feet high, or occupying a space 2 feet square. ' The divisional engineers will be designated by a swallow-tail flag 1 feet on the stall and 4 feet fly, with swal low tail 9 inches deep; the flag to be divided in two horizontal stripes of equal width, the lower stripe blue, the upper stripe white (with exceptiou of that for the second division, which will be red), bearing the corps tymbol, 8 inchet tquare, iu the color of the division to which the command be longs. The corps cavalry will be designated by a swallow-tail flag 0 feet ou the stuff aud B feet fly, with .swallow tail 1 foot deep; flag to be divided in two horizontal stripes of equal width, the lower stripe to be of yellow, bearing crossed sabers in blue, occupying a space 2x3 feet; the upper stripe to be of white, bearing the corps symbol in red, bordered iu with 2 iughes aud edged in blue 1 inch, 2 feet high or oconpyiug a space 2 feet square. The divisional cavalry will be desig nated by a swallow-tail flag 4 feet ou the staff and 4 feet fly, with swallow tail 0 inches deep; flag to b divide! In two horizontal stripes of eqnat width, the lower strine yellow and the upper white, (with the exception of innt J or tne second division, ' wliieli will be bine), bearing the corps sym bol 18 inches high, or occupying a pace IB inches sqnare, In the color lesignatins the division to which tha commands belong. The corps artillery will be deslg ated by a swallow-tail flan 5 feet on the staff and 5 feet fly, with swallow tail 1 foot deep; flog to be divided in two horizontal strines of annul width, the lower strirje to be of red. bearing crossed cannon in yellow, oc cupying a space 2x feet; the upper stripe to be white, bearing the corps symbol in red, bordered in white 2 inches and edged in bine, 1 inch; 2 feet high, or ocenpying a space 2 feet sqnare. The divisional artillery will be des ignated by a swallow-tail flag 4 feet, on the staff and 4 feet fly, with a swallow tail 9 inches deep; flag to be divided in two horizonal strioes of equal width, the lower stripe to be of red and the upper white (with the ex ception of that of the second division, which will be blue), bearing the corps symbol 18 inches high, or ocenpying a space 18 inches rquare, in the color designating the division to which the command belongs. Members of the Drovost irnard.when on duty, may wear upon the left breast, as a badge of authority, the corps symbol in tin or white metal. WHEN A BIC CUN COES OrF. ftrlentlflo Men Do Not Know All That Takes I'lnre Avoiding I he ftlinrk. Not one man in ten thousand has a clear idea of just what happens when a big cannon is fired. I he physical manifestations are numerous. Even professors of chemistry and physics nre stumped when they want to differenti ate nil the gases set loose and the pe culiar effects they induce. The puff of whitish smoke, the flash of fire. the dim imnge of the flying projectile, the ronr and the recoil are all familiar.bnt back of these is a complex mass of phenomena most bewildering to the- mind of any but an artillery expert. First, the enbes, disks, hexagons or irregular lumps of powder are chemi cally transformed into a powerful, ex panding gas the instant firing takes place. Then there are innumerable-by-products that even chemists do not understand. The explosion of gunpowder i divided into three distinct stages, called the ignition, inflammation, and combustion. The ignition is the set ting on fire of the first grain, while the inflammation is the spreading of the flame over the surface of the pow der from the point of ignition. Com bustion is the burning up of each grain. The value of gunpowder is due to the fact that when subjected to sufficient heat it beoomes a gas which expands with frightful rapidity. The so-called explosion that takes place when a match is touched to gunpow der is merely a chemical change, (lur ing which there is a sudden evolution of gases from the original solid. It has beeu calculated that ordinary gunpowder on exploding expands about 9000 times or fills a space this much larger as a gas than when in a solid form. When this chemical change takes place in a closed vessel the ex pansion may be made to do a work like that of forcing a projectile along the bore of the great gun or test tube iu the line of least resistance. The hardest work a gunner is called upon to do is to stand the tremendous shock. The forces exerted by these gases in expanding seem to radiate in all directions from the cannon, as rip ples are caused by dropping a pebble in a pool of still water. As a matter of fact, it has been discovered that these lines of forces are exceedingly complicated affairs, and play, very queer pranks abontthe cannon. As a result few people know just which is the safest or the most dangerous posi tion for a gunner to take besidt his gun. In the case of the great 13-inch guns on our monitors, a position back of the gun is much easier than one nearer the muzzle. A HpanUh Trick l8(l. The rolations between the two coun tries, which Drake's raid into the South sea had for a time threatened with open rupture, had greaUy im proved, at least in outward appearance, and in 1583, under special promises of immunity from molestation on reli gious or other grounds, Philip had in vited to his ports a fleet of English corn ships, in order to supply the de ficiency of his own harvests. No sooner, however, had the English ships arrived than an embargo was laid npon them, and their crews ar rested. One ship, the famous Primrose of London, managed to escape. While lying off Bilbao quietly discharging her cargo she had been visited by the corregidor of Biscay and his guard disguised at merchants. Suddenly called npon to surrender, the crew flung themselves upon the Spaniards, drove them all overboard, and made sail. Some of the discomfited Span iard -t, as the shore boats fled, were, seen clinging to the English vessel. These were humanely rescued and curried in triumph back to England, and among them wat the corregidof himself. Upou him were fouud his official instructions, setting forth ex pressly that the embargo wai ordered' for the purposes of the expedition which Philip was prepariug aguiust the English. This wan eaough tor the (jueeu and the powerful publi oj iaiou of commercial circle iu Lou don, which had obstinately clung to pacific relations with Spain. A retal iatory embargo wat proclaimed, let ters of general reprisal were issued, and Drake was let loo.-ie.--Publication of the Navy Records Suoielf, Ue Britain.
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