What We Owe To John Cabot

Itl niow omly remains Jor us to consider tliie practical comsequences of JoImi Oabfft's diseowies. Xhey have ibesea more importiant in their ultiroate resulta even, ttoan tluose of, Coluiu.luis liimself, and of tlie Spaniah explorers ivbo exce&d'ed him., Nor, li'O-wever porad'oxleal ib inay eound, will tlheie be aay rti.iiculty iu P'povlng tJiia soundiness of h,is opinión. Tüe Spanisli adivntawi&rs, in'deed, were insrumeníJal in bringiny vast regions uudier tihe dominion of t'lie Spanidh cnown and1 in po uring, ïor a certaia n.um.ber oí y&ars, rivera of gold iuto tlii3 Spanisli ti-easuir, buit tttue po Mc y whicli accoroplislied these results was a barren p.olicy of enieFty, rapiiine, and eacbortjan. It letli tio tlhra extiuictilcwi oí two interestims' and original civilizations, to tke demoralizabiiO'a of tte coaquerori, aud to vhs uUimiats ianpioveiiáflinient of hhe fcingtiJin wh.08e revenues 3iad beeu titos artatteally; ioila-ted. Xj:-, giv:n eTery credi't to tbe Soutii anü Cent.al American republics flor the cliaracteiiisiite wfcïeh vlow distinguiiiih. tlhm, eau the result of the origi'aal üm.pulae t j wiiici ijiey o we tiieir oi'-iili be regurdied a Mea!. Joiui Öafoot, on t)li& otilar IkmkI, haviuig,by giodd loi'tune etirack tha northern ooast of America, acquired ior the Angla Suscn race- tille only race that possesses a pnoper comception of the tyio pilláis that support civilizatiaa : "Libeity" and "Justice" - a lermanent focrtiag on a vast theatre peculiarly fitted for the development j of the best forms of buiaan energ-y.J-uly Scribner's. "It's a wonder this hotel liasn'tbeen struck by liglitning," said a patrón oí a Newport caravausary to the proprietor. "Why do you thinkso?" "Because you charge like thunder."