Show V barge arac ships shii of the ancients wo we moderns aro are justly proud of tho the wonderful anti specimens m us of nai hicl ol 01 that crowd tho the port ports of tho the world jt it thoro there la Is aoth thing lug now under tho the atina eun a first clasa class ocean steamer it Is bellow od is that rarity lit our conceit wo we recall only the galle a s and trie ruic of the anc leuta that ectro ci or i endured be 3 ond the coast coa st it line and tho the email small birks in which columbus and those thit followed film conquered tho the now world and gac oom merLC its greatest field but tho the ancients built jnnny a goodly sized craft t and made luxury ft studa on 00 some of thorn them th that at much controvert ed craft the urkle an 17 yearn ample plo of bigness her tonnage is at about tons tone smaller it is true than that of tho the great eastern no loss an authority au ati thorit than lindsay thinks that sho alto was simple a raft of stupendous size havlek upon it a structure resembling a huge a liu means of propulsion were decoss iry this description may bo be correct tho the argo hotter wab unique and probably tho the largest and most valuable e ocr cr carried the tion of the ark as gh ghon on in tho the scrip I 1 tures makes the betsel about 4 50 feet in length 75 feet fact f la n breadth and 4 45 5 feet in depth proportions to those now in use to day for great es but 1 as the agnostic apostle is not sure sire that this life boat of hanian jacc c er existed and us the materialist is suro sure ale buo nc or was built letus let us tac talo for example of big ancient casole cs sole some other craft vouched for upon the authority of prof profane ane and not sacred writers the egyptians found big of argo things and big a mude the big tonnage i bessels of an chent times Ptole ptolemy iny philop iton dori would haw hane appreciated the great eastern he ile was toad fond of building big boats one of these is said to have been feet long 57 feet broad and 72 feet deep from the highest point to the stern tills vessel had tour four rudders or what some would call steering 0 oars as they wore were not fastened each 45 feet flet long she corned carried rowers besides mannee marines a large bod of or sur survantus under her liar docks and beores and pro visions her oars were 57 feet long and the handles were inere weighted with lead there i borc cre 2000 rogeis on a side and it is supposed that these v r ere divided into ja a banks that tills tuis extraordinary veasel eer put to a sea ea is doubted but that she slit was launched and used sl t timed times if only for or display die play several historians arcag reed read another ship the gus built for one ot of the Ptole mies ie is said 0 co o have bf an feet loog lorig 40 feet broad and CO 00 feet deep Tb this as a fu far more magac nt ves eael set iban an n previous an alex aarian hiett hieronin hie orvin a do scribing her of ler I 1 laing t ing marble stairs and ani dene dens another great vessel vewel anitori cal cat li b ireae revson ti 0 of its itri size 1 one buriff bj y hiero hiero ki g of sj her tier le ure ue ot est milel tc V oe aia lage fix r i the do huici of her 1 ti ngo g rd the number f for I 1 or lecka lecks md ald m d bous joi ts slie she is d to tahae ha e bt fcc ath nb ed ei ith 1 11 10 0 ill binl amoin i 1 J it li u inc a 0 av t h deta ipson I 1 lit Is wild on rl a tt tt it like I 1 st t i 0 L f ra actu 0 9 lii n c Q aoi soi rive lr il r 11 r 1 1 ll 11 ahu U a hr d it 1 ad 01 d tu tho lie cil rno i ati 4 i 1 l 0 0 t tic lc fire i th atti i ia k folly i ILL foi fit v id is t n ilu 1 I 1 1 S ard C t 4 4 aa i ilij I 1 2 til I 1 ot k 1 11 0 o n 4 i 1 K x nj ili tk ie i ci t I 1 t j s WWI rk irk IL i F IL ILIA it t 1 L ir pot I 1 13 it alk U t ca c r 14 in 11 pa 1 i 1 it i taa i oa a c ae a P ant car r i w hela e yeii oatt oan limm lia it is recorded loul that joen oua wie or two of iho the laau would 4 4 i A V carry 80 tone tons akis vessel seolia Is sali havo have carried measures corn jars jara of sicilian salt alt aleli talents ts all 0 of which was in addition to tho the 4 b tho crow arc the notably big vessels of times but tho the supposition la Is that aa as aulcia whether king or people ws a emulous in those days a ai these other big crafts were niso also built from froin tho the foregoing a description tho the thought is sugg suggested ested that the first designers of our awu river its may way havo have herd lord of iho lie egyptian and Syra cuslan i vessels easels and taken a hint from thorn them in ili build ing floating p pi iacca lacca 11 what will bo be tho the rank of 31 do koltko limong military chieftains for the moment it would bold bo idio loto to dray drair parallels to beek or ilc ha lins succeeded and aud itis certain that lie ile ones a part of his success only to a series of unprecedented and that ho tic would hj hio N 0 b been ce m 1 loss 00 9 fortunate if he lie had bad found baroro him a better prepared de defenses defences or some goneril goner il bold enough to disconcert if for pit instant his combinations 10 lo ile himself uttered an abs a rn a tion as modest aa as it was profound ono one dua du when recci receiving ving campli compliments menta a on wit W it success that ono one should not bo be ain aln glorious that tho the germin germ in army had lind not bet ct been under the procure pressure of defeat and that this was the deaf g 1 cotest 0 test at all a ants he lie rein ains assuredly ono one of the most ible 0 izera of armies an administrator as skillful as methodical a patient calculator calculater and it is by these qualities that lie prepared tho aggrandizement arm sm and the establishment ent of the regon orated crated german gorman empire this etwas it was to winch which tho the emperor william to g tc e prominence in ili crowning the old marshal with honors lio nors this I 1 it if ir also which germans ha hai e seen been in these recent fetes fates that which 1 is curious ie IN tant among 0 these princes these gift military ir leaders these ministers these embrel lorod coats assembled at ekr lr liu ito there yas ivas one conspicuous abeen absen tec tee and that absentee cu was properly pro perky the tho first who shoals ahmo hmo 1 been near the old field marshal 31 do ba B mirek was not in ini red he did not iop nir to beilin his place remained i old in lit a feic feto of the empire it will bu be admitted however that koltko was an a able organizer if he formed an arma araa for long before designed BiLs marlc prep prepared Fired the way for him and by ins lits diplomacy has done anoro for the empire than the military lead era sec such buchis Is the fortune of coursol to today day M K de moltke is nr rounded eT eald with honors 1 de haeg a ra cluse in diggin we morose already al forgotten tor gotten tern it is the philosophy of new rein chrt in alway flatte lne the oc chic aig u c L i td ja TIU ruji 9 rl it i ita wao become r lil inae to rl r 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