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THURSDAY 'MORNING, MAY 18.
WVartLs the British ,jou'rnals aie'teem
ing with burning words, :iand' Esni gland
with burning hearts, Cher streets. echo
ing the heavy tramp of: departing: in
fantry, her ports bugsy with, wrarlike
preparations, and t?'`he whole islarid
engrossed in the gigantic struggle
coming, it is curious to remark, amid
the patriotism evinc~d, the ' s.:d.
principal predominating;i- :Defindce to,
the Czar, and hatred of oppression,': are
somehow connected `: with "'Corazza
Shirts," and the prosecutiton of 1the dwar
is to be facilitatedQby the purchase of
" Travelling Bags for officers proceed=
ing to the Iast," and'' Coiimpendidm
Canteens for the Mediterranean.." '"Fcr
the tired nwarrior " taking: his -rest,:'
Mr Smith recommends his. "Improved
Camp Bedstead," and"- John Brown
informs naval and military'officers that
he has a large stock, of '' Cottoni
socks for the war in Turkey. '.:- f, Out
fits for Cadets" are advertised amazingly.
lotw, and wonderful " Sea Chests" wiith.
the most recent improaeiments. :" Ball
proof Paletots, in the most approved
style, for actual warfare, appear in the
same column with the " Repelliant gao:
ments of the Oriental Waterproof
Company." Anticiipating disasters at
sea, a benevolent trader puts-forth the
merits of his "Patent.tubular life rafts
for the preservation "of 'life from ship
wreck ;" and'inolb'eijfo meet th' means
of officers who have .h.en, .rusting oin
a lean half pay, offers to" clean up
tarnished "Gold anr' .iiver Epaulettesi'
and make them "bet. ciah new." To keep
up the ":physique," M1:. .bniebody' has
"Preserved Potatoes for easteirn con
sumption," "Medicated. Cream- .for ihe
Black Sea," " Anti-Sinope essence of
beef," and " Fishil-lesh,. and fowl her
metically sealed for thb Boslphorus."
Then we have Russian bear's grease
superseded by the " Real :Euxenic," a
preparation for shaving without soap or
water, and " Turkey .tones," preferred
to Mechi's magic razor strop, liilst,
another adventurous piece of inigcuity,
proclaims his " coffeine" • warrantedo to
make a cup of coffee in a minute, anid
especially suited to the " campaig? :on:
the Danube." 'Thus far, having pro=
vided for the comforts of the warriors.
Colonel Colt prefep.a his merits; and
draws attention to his revolhers, hintin',
at patent infringemenft," inil:-Daiin and
Adam. dilate on the destrichii?ness of
their weapons. Pangs of parting 'for
foreign service, find *means of-allevia
tion in the " W\idow of a .Vav 1 O(ficer.
who will take care of a number of
"wives, daughters ;ad chil'ren of offi
cers going abroadn" ' ??t in succession
come A\ssurance C.ompanics, offering t-"
asure ifficers at the mostmoderate rates:
the most notable of these advertise
"' arowithi Russia! Accidental Death
Insurance Company,". terms:
B. s.
Death by accident, violence, 3 3
or death in action. f
To include payment for loss
of limb, or half insurance 3 3
on death.
Asylum for Soldiers' Widows, sup
norted by voluntary contributions. 'This
is benevolence, the prnetical ohristianity
of warfare, and ought to have a place
iiirt. 'Ilhe book trade furnishes
?ittalion of works to supply information
and keep up the bellicose spirit. There
pre hand-books for the Baltic, Russia.
Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland.
Turkey. Constantinople, Asia Minor.
Iiiitoty of-the-Campaign in Russia in
1-812, Trar -in Russia--and Germany,
liussia'in Europe and the Ural . ountains.
Domestic 'Manners of the RIussians,
I ?tter from the Baltic, Wellington's
Despatches. Military Manuals, Improved
Gunner), Fifteen Decisive Battles of
thie World, Treatise on the Minie Rifle,
an?d fift . otlier productions swarming
from t?:he press of a similar nature.
Authors, patentees, soldiers, sailors,
traders, are all pushing forward, shoul
der td shoulder, in eager expectation of
the# bloody fray," and keeping a sharp
eye to business at the same time-the
musical world not being idle, the follow
ing being the last warlike effusion :
"'Tis treason now-to falter
SThe foe of free-born men
,' Would grasp the world, and make it
A: desert or i den !
B3it death to his ambiticn,
We'lt-ineset him face to face,
And his gigantic weakness
Will totter tb'the base.
TheTurklihdth made him tremble, . -.
On, Franca and England on !
And finish bnavely, nobly,.
lThe work so well ,began. , -
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