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DIXON’S PIPE JOINT GREASE FOR STEAM OR GAS PIPES mikes a perfect joint that can be opened with ¢ ae in three years or thirty years. Bolts, screws, e!c., smeared with this grease will not rust even in the dampest places. Write to Jos, Dixon Crucible Cy Jersey City, N. J., for circulars. “ad sary to indulge in comment. Let us compas- sionate the one cruel frailty of a man,in all else, and in his proper nature as gentle and generous as he was brave. His next magnifi- cent exploit was the battle of Copenhagan in 1801, in which, after a struggle of terrible se- verity, he shattered the naval power of Den- mark, and along with it the dreaded coalition against England of the three northern king- doms. Never were the characteristic and heroic qualities of the man more brilliantly displayed than on this trying occasion. Tn the moral courage to accept responsibility at all hazards, no man ever surpassed him. In the heat of the battle, his chief, Sir Hyde Parker, in deadly anxiety as to the issue of what at a distance seemed to be a hopeless conflict, signalled him to discontinue action. “D— the signal,” said Nelson when this was reported to him. “Keep mine for closer bat- tle flying. That's the way I answer such sig- nals. Nail mine to the mast.’”’ And with a certainty of professional disgrace and ruin staring him in the face, in case of failure, he worked out his great triumph. Commodore Nelson’s services. here ceased, his fame would still have been assured asthe greatest of Ingland’s naval heroes, but a crowning glory awaited him. Ip the earlier part of 1806, glowing with fierce ardor and impatience, he had chased half round the world a French flect of nearly double the force of his own, seared by the very terror of his name, and on the morning of the memo- rable 21st of October of that year, the desire of his eyes was satisfied, when, in the Bay of Trafulgas, he saw before him the combined navies of France and Spain moving to meet him in frank fight. Of the glorious consum— mation which followed, we need not speak ia detail. Ere night, the power of France upon the seas was annihilated, and her threatened invasion of England had bee»me an abortive dream. But Nelson was no more. He died as such men wish to die, amid the thunders of his mightiest victory. The character of Nel- son was, for a man of his greatness, unusually simple and transparent. A more absolute singleness’ of aim and aspiration than his, it is difficult even to conceive of. Literally on fire with ardor and enthusiasm, he was driven by it imperiously in one direction. The greatest of sailors—he was a sailor and a great man. In coolness; foresight, prompti- : tude. instant intuitive decision, on, and a darin; | which, even when i i ene at ti temerity, was yet, reg has, perhaps, never bee ture was most noble ar aera Nothing has been read here with mo terest than the reports of the Samoan disaster Captain Kane’s handling of the Calliope i: extolled by the English, even though Ireland — claims him as Irish. The press does, as Ad~ — miral Sir Geoffrey Hornby did, justice to her American and German consorts. The cheer of the Trenton’s crew to the Calliope has been heard in England. “ Consider the scene,’”? says The Telegraph, “and the match- less heroism and generosity of this Yankee crew. They could see the Queen’s ship fighting the hurricane and appreciate the gallantry of the effort generous. pleasure of true mariners. with the We do not know makes of man- the in all naval records any sound which a finer music upon the ear than the cheer the Trenton’s men. It was distressed hood greeting triumphant manhood, doomed saluting the saved. It was pluckier and more humane than any ery raised upon the deck of a victorious line of battle ship. It never can be forgotten, never must be for- gotten by Englishmen speaking of Americans. That dauntless cheer to the Calliope was the expression of an immortal courage.” ‘These are extracts from along editorial ina Lon- don paper all in a similar tone. SIeRe: aa re A SAL ANNIVERS: ARY. Tuesday was a sad anniversary to one or two old-time marine and vesselmen in Duluth, and a few storied rehearsals of the horror of twenty one go At Il o'clock on the evening of April 8, 1868, the years were made. elegant sidewheel passenger steamer Sea Bird, of the Gooderich line, left Milwaukee for Chicago, having on board a passenger list of about eighty people and a crew of seventy- five. She took on a large number of passen- gers at Racine and continued on her journey- When the boat had nearly reached Waukegan an alarm of fire was raised, and flames soon afterward shot up all aronnd the engines and stopped their working. A few minutes after- ward an explosion took place, and the upper works of the steamer were blown into frag- ments. The wreck burned to the water’s edge in about two hours. Quite a little sea was running, and the construction of hastily improvised rafts was proceeded with under great difficulty. These frail floats were soon destroyed, and but few passengers ever reached the shore. Only two of the Racine passengers escaped, and the full list of the lost was never known, al hough the number was estimated at over 200. Many Milwaukee business men were drowned. The hull of the boat driited southward and then went down close to the Illinois shore. The loss of life was the greatest ever Known on Lake Mich- igan, with the single exception of the famous Lady Elgin disaster about eight years. pre- a jous.