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Show "inn trnich'r. mtio.v "Tin: Htilckcu Nation" Is Ilia llllo of a pamihht lately riihlhlied ly Chailrt T. Ilaker, of New Vork. II Is written by n perron who callalilmwlf "Ktcchaallc" It shora a thotougli Intimacy with current I'niea. It It making quite a sensation In Washington Washing-ton oml In all the son coaat clttet. of Iho Unlteel Httlce, It puirt Ij l a history his-tory of lha yeara I80j.nl and KJ, and of the relation, between thla wintry nud Hngland during these jeara. Owing Ow-ing to tho vlvldne. of Its style, and to Ihemlnutenuat of detail which Item-brace's, Item-brace's, It ha. nil tha appuiritico of realism. That Is why, irhipat la I creating so much comment. The finl chapter la lira Id "Tho Dream of Hecurlly." The peaceful condition of the United States Is lc-tured lc-tured In chatla language. Tha foreign relation of our country wera not ell-turlnd ell-turlnd by any tytu tomt of dltpleaaun abroad. Tho Canadian (liberie caused soma dl,.lomitlo corrt-tpond-ence-, but tha lines of tha peoplo regarded re-garded thla question without tlio slightest concern. Thedomndlolreue were maluly ou revenue, but wero all atlafactorlly seitlod. Tht nellonal treasury waa full to oveiflowlug; proa-rlly proa-rlly abouudcil; callal and labor wera at peace; trade, Industry and commerce! Ilourlthed; the past wa looked at Willi pride and complacency, while the future wa viewed with hope.ful confidence. Thl wa KOd a portrayed by Htochaatlo. The adtalnletratUm of President Harrison Is next touched on. During 1SU1 all Ihe domestic l-tuo relating to Lirlll, flnaiKeanJ thu jiolltlcal rlghU of the negro wera actlled. In thta jear James (1. IlUlna carrlua his pet piojocl Tan American reciprocity, Into practical t)ri.o. TliU latter lo'iemo nrouae lha Jealousy of France, Uernnny and Kngland. The comtnerclal supremacy uf tiny United BUlee, not alonu la coutlnonUl Ahicrlca but In other climes, la looked upon with dread by Oroat lltltaln. Tha saoond chapter Is hradu! MTpr-tentaof MTpr-tentaof thcBlorai." It openawtlia sketch cf the rise of Ilrlllah iLfluenca In Mexico and olher of Iho Latin American Am-erican countries, especially Taraeuay and llomluraa. It next louche on Canada and Its contempt for tha Untied Btatii. It dwell on the enthusiasm manifested by Canadians In their welcome wel-come to llrltaln' jouug prince. Iu Canada during H91 new steamalitp lint' weru established by means ol liberal subsidies, waterways and rail-roadt rail-roadt wero opeuod up with a view to ttrategloiurpusesln war. At Halifax and eiueUeo great fortlllctlton wera built. At Vlclolli, Vancouver taland, a east fortress wa built tapiblo of dominating lha Northern Pacific. This wa equipped with tho heaviest artillery artil-lery that Woolwich could iruduce,and ly Iho closes of 1331 Canada wai aa Impreguablo nt Jingland. Thirty Thir-ty six powerful gunboats wera secretly built In Kngland. They wera constructed In sections and shlpiad to Canada at ordinary merchandise, merch-andise, aud stored any "till wanted." Thucoiirtu pursued by Canada towards to-wards American fishermen Is sketched Iun manlier which shows that thu fonner waa arrogant and aggreealvr; and that the alatramcu cf the latter tountry wero weak and Indecisive, II it James U lllalno eamu upon Ihe bomd, and then Iho wholes initiate Illcy It changed. llrltaln and Canada Mil prrpnro for war, knowing that Maine won't tako tally. When l'.nulaud and Canada found thrm-elvettun oaltlon lo lainggrs- alva with safety, Canada demand dominion do-minion over tho sea In accordance with headline limit. That Is, the wauU control of tho see to the extent of Iho furthest limit of her head'and. Into the rea. A direct lib drawu from tho extreme headland limit north and south to bo Canadian territory. I o the llehrlng Sen, Canadian sealera lie-nmmli-l full light to fbdi. In Ihl maimer matters go on until June, la!)?, when n Vatiktctthoeiier, tha .bV.iroc, wascaptutrdby n Canvllan cruiser, tha JMJIelon, aud tha Vankeo eaptalu placed 111 Irons. Just at thta joint Hie American man-of.nnr lcniiliron atenmed on tho sceneaud captured Uia JMttfoiandher prlte, taking them Into Tortland. 'Ihl wat tho la-gln-nlrgof thotttir. Tho third ctiatler Is headed "Tho Declaration of War." It describe thu state of felltig In Mil countries, Kng. land demands an Biology, Hhodoet not gel It. Tho llrltleh mlnltlerla recalled. re-called. Orator und minstrel nru em-plojed em-plojed tu nrousu American feeling. Ihu antipathy towards lingland In letullles wllh uvcry allualoii to American Ameri-can UN rty and honor. A verso from one of the pojular dltllet runs tu follows: Tl. Ilrltlsh Mast they'll secersa ear ceael from XorlliSra Mala loTtaas. Itcl fts at salt wits, sbal aad altell. laj oebtrwisa will eat na. IssboaaliagLnaeesI Tber'rs seats stares From I aad a rn4 to srlnalabrlat Our 1 aakia sle.l aala Iber II reel-It reel-It a II III. 'aas Hall Oelamtila. Oil IbnUndof June, leW, Fliglaml declared war. Chapter the fourth Islicndid "Tho Terrible Awakenlrg," and shows Itow the Amtrlcan now rcnllio their de-fenHlesa de-fenHlesa sltuallon. The gunboats tent la Canada In taction! tac-tion! were new constructed and placed In the laket Chicago, Detroit, Clair-land Clair-land anJ Krle were at the mercy uf tin Ilrltlsh shls. Chapter Iho flnii Is licadcil "Treimra-lion "Treimra-lion for National Defence." Tha harbor an I port of New Vork Is surrounded sur-rounded by llrlllsh Ironclads. It Is found that New York City Is wholly nl tlm mercy of thi IlrltLili Navy. Atthntamo tlaio uaws rracbea Wa.hliigton that Ban Traucltco, Tort-liud, Tort-liud, lbiton, Chula.tnn, Havanualt and other cllleinf the coait vera cuu-fmnti.l cuu-fmnti.l with Urlllsh sl.l) of war. Ilrltlsh cannon, some of them, sixty-seven sixty-seven Ion guua, capable of throning n 1110 pound shell a distance of lou mllea, werolralnoiloiiNow Vork .City. On July 3rd the llrlllsh Admiral summoned sum-moned thu Mayors of Now Vork and llrookljn, aa welt aa all Ihe leading merchants to meet htm. They were told that unleiu New Vork City surrendered sur-rendered completely b Ilrltlsh authority author-ity and pild a sum of .W,XX),O0O, Ihe city would be destroyed before SI hour. Thl extraordinary demand could not ba complied with and New Vork was doomed to destruction. Tha alith chapter 11 headed "Tbo Destruction of New Yetk." It reads a follows: "llcddcned by th glare of flame from luindrede of Ita butldlngai II. alrreta dreneheilwllh the blood of ll.oil.ali.li of lu peo la stain; a mob of tu tboiiaaud uf the ae.um of Ita population delllloua w lib drink and despair, pillaging Ibe palace of lie millionaires, and committing tha luo.t flendl.il outrage, upon the weak. and helpless; It splendid building, crunitllngbnneath terrible ml.tllea: tho crash of solid ahot aprradlng rnhi on every alde theahrlekof ahall. leaving In their track death an I deatracttoni the bourse shouts of a nobla land who tried to savo lha ettyi lha cries and moans of thowoiiutledt lha yell, aul acrcaoia of frenalel fugitive.; ihe roar of thecun-rlaarallon thecun-rlaarallon which now raged from Cham-bcrereirecttoMelleon Cham-bcrereirecttoMelleon Mpiare, aueh waa tha tenlble tableau preaen'M by New York City on the nlghtof July elli, IsM." "Tlio rtrltt.h admiral gate Ardors fur a simultaneous attaok,and tha dread hsvoo begin. The looming of the grant guns nf such terrible mooaters a. tho fflaok Trincq aud tlie Temeralre waa folowetl by a combined roar of cannon fruni tbo entire flnot and than Ibtre rained npuit Ihe lispless, helpltak, 'deisowelaU Jelly aueh tIMructfdnas hs.1 hot bicn Veenou earth sluto Almlglety OeSl vlelleki Ma terrible ter-rible Teralii upyO tbo Arp SweA Cllle of Ilea Halo, Tlierft wa no WMUt of abot or ehelb Prom th Ural tha dlataova had boeu a. aoeurately JuJgsd a If lha gun-nor gun-nor wero at practice on a ktatlonftry hulk In Torttmouih harbor. It bad boeu uun-fldcnlly uun-fldcnlly believed lliat lha gum or Ilia licet would ba of Ineumelent poster to reach New York City, and that Ilrooklyn erould be the first to Buffer. Hut thla proeedtftbeamletalF. At the beginning of Ihalomtsarduient, Ilrooklyn escaped compared! rly uninjured, lha delation of tha guns ensbllng Xaxr York lo be reached st every point from Canal Street down to tho Itattery. He. Paul' Choreh, lha Astor ltmisoan.llh city Hall were among the first building tola struck, and then tho great new spupcr ortlce on l'srkllov,. Then ahell after shell begsn to fall In the densely populated Iorer district, lying towards the Rest Ither, aid an hour after the bombardment bombard-ment began a eliol crashed luto lha New York enl of the Ilrooklyn Ilrldge. Two hums lator a ftfty.four.lnrli shell ex-plolsd ex-plolsd alout three huadred foet from the Ilrooklyu side, on Iho bridge, and an hour lstsr tied tutl structure had patted an 1 wat In ruin. Andnowflrobcganlo add It dnalfld horror lo the aseno. Dainea bunt forth 111 a doren different I lacea, the greatest flro at thla Hum lielng In the centra of the dry good district! w hllo further up toevn there w ere a doren bnlldlnga bnnilug In a. many blocka, (t waa now see n that nothing could savo the city from total destruction. Tha flamce sjrd!y got la'yond all oontrol, and were spread'og In all directions. In llii luoao. time, ton of Ibouaanda of lb KKirer In-hal In-hal Hants had taken refuge In the upper pail of the city, tellevlng that tbey wera out of danger. Hut their nc.o cf security se-curity waa ar,on rudely .IUtnil.l. hhota from the fleet In P.uahlug flay Wguu falling up a far aa Fortieth Mi let, and M. Pal nek', splendid calhsdial eras among the first of the up-low it structures hi moire tbo shock. Olio of Its great toeeera had fallen cra.rlhig t,' ough the loof,und killing hundrcde of peoplo who ere I'raylng In Ihe vaat temple." Chsptrr Ihu seventh i headed "The Doomed Cllle of Iho Cun.t," Chicago, Ihiston,Tlillailelplila,Torllanill(Malna)l Washington, llaltlmote. New Orleans aud Han Franc! rco are all either tn the hands of the !lrlilli,or their clthcri have lied to the Interior. The teat of goietnmeut I removed from Washington Wash-ington lo Uprlugfleld, Illinois. Universal Uni-versal tudness and despondence tr. vailed among all t lasses of society. Chapter llm eight Is lioaded "Thu Treaty of Teaco." The term dictated by thu Ill'.tlih weto liarslt In the extreme. A war Indemnity of Un thousand millions of dollars u aa demanded. Thaoccupatlou of audi American furls as Her Majesty may designates, 'I hn abrogation of the treat) of 1617. Tha llrlllsh to occupy tliegrrat lakes, ami tb Americana uol lo construct uuy (.miser except for revenue. California, Oregon, Florida and Lotilslatm tu becoutu Ilrltlsli territory. terri-tory. Three Ilrltlsli Commlsalouora lo have charge of lha Amerlean reve m,, titillt llm war liidrmnlly bo paid. The Btrlcl.cn Nation apialed to il, morcyoflUonemy. Tha answer cam. lint Her Majesty coul,: ,.,. ,u dou nor modify tin. treaty teri.w, a, ofsral for Jetay would iot ba heaj,. Finally Cougreta fled to fHk army of Americans wl,., bad con,, from lha Weal crylntf nu turret,, and vowing vengeance cit the A tier,' can ofllclala who had wrought the 4,'i. ruction of tho country. From tl. ruins of Ibe United Htalea neputu, a nev bailor, arlse-s, Ihu story of i,i-i Will lei )lbllslirel at a Sequel I, ti, Stricken Nation," uni'er tho till, ,j "Tho New America," byi nia writer. It Uamostrematkalle literary it diictlounnd lalu Hue with inch wtrki a. the "Fall ef lha Ureal Ilepubllc ' |