bk A BNA A A FIGHT W VITH PIRATES. Tu 1875, owing 10 the wreck of a Boston brig in the Chios Sea, 1 was left in Hong Kong in pretty bad shape. After I had carried a flag of distress, as you might say, for two weeks, an Eoglishman offered to let me work my passage to liverpool, but as I was about to accept it I ran across a coun- tryman who had a berth for me. One of the largest trading houses in Canton at that time was composed of three Americans, and they owned two small steamers and three or four sailing erafis. These vessels are employed in collecting goods from the various is- lauds to the southeast, and some of | | was nowhere to be found Call all the men at onee, but make no noise. That junk has got fifty ‘men in her hold, and the natives on shore are in with the plot to capture us Take a pair of handeuflsand bave the cook secured in his berth. After I bad called the men I went to make a prisoner of the cook, but he His object | in remaining aboard up to that bour nee was to drug our coffee and to note what preparations we were making. When he got ready he probably swam to the shore with his news, but he could have reported little more than the fact that he had drugged our | coffee, which all who were awake at % crowd of natives on NASA Ht A SA OS the supercargo flonlly ade a bargain with him, It was observed by the captain that some change bad come ever the natives for on his previous trip they had been eager wo close a bargain at any figure named. 1 he natives in our crew had been permit. ted to go ashore, and a dozen or so of | the leading men of the island had’ come aboard and inspected us, It was night of the second day before a trade was agreed upon, On the fol lowing day we were to begin landing | and receive goods. There was a big shore opposite the steamer, and they had canoes, catamarans and dhows enough to have midnight would probably make use of. | When the men had received their | the voyages extended up the Yellow Sea as far as Teng-chow. Just at) thas time the firm had come into pos- session of a new steamer, and she was | about to make her first voyage. There | had beeo trouble with piratical craft, | and the steamer had been fitted out | to take care of herself. She carried | two six-pounders, twenty American | cavalry carbives, a score of revol vers | and was fixed to throw hot water over | boarders. Her complement of men | was fifteen, of whom the cook, stew, ard and three firemen were natives. All others were Americans and Eng- | lishmen. The supercargo was an | American, who could rattle off the | Chinese language as well as the best of ‘em, and the Captain and some of | the others could ‘smatter” more or | less. Our first voyage was to be up the Yellow Sea, and we carried a load of junk, sud one of the guns was quietly [and the hose was attached and a man | assigned to take charge of it | captain of the junk could not have | He kept plaving out his cable foot by { foot until he was s0 close on to us f that I could orders we paid our attention to th: | rolled across the deck and trained up- {ou her. ben the night glass was directed to the shore we could make out that many of the natives were moving about and evidently getting {ready for some expedition. There was no question now but what we were to be attacked. We bad a good pressure of steam, peaty of hot water, It was an hour avd a half after mid. | night before there was any decided move on the part of the enemy. The had a night-glass, and perhaps he reasoned thit we were so badly off. bave tossed a biscuit | | junk coming down from the direction i and watch. embarked 300 people. Just before night closed in we sighted a large of Formosa, but gave her no particu Jar attention, About o'clock she came jogging along at a tramp’s gait, snd dropped ber nud hook with- in 200 feet of us. I gave her a look~ ing over with a night glass, and ss on nine only five or six men could be out her decks, it was natural to conclude that she was a trader, Being in port, with fair weather for the night, the crew might expect that only an anchor watch would be maiv- tained. The men mast therefore have been somewhat surprised when Captain Tabor invited our five natives | to go ashore, and spend the night with their friends, and anpounced to the rest of us that we should stand watch The cook was only He declared the native who did not go. that be had enemies ashore who would American and English goods. The | aboard of him. Owing to the set of | kill him, and he was therefore allowed | s ¥ cargo well deserved the name of mis- | cellaaeous, spears, sole glasses, There were muskets, fish, leather, tinware, looking ! calicoes, buttons, stoneware, lamps, fish nets, groceries, axes, and | almost everything else you can think of, and the alzo carried | money to purchase what we could not | traffic for. We wereto pick up inex: | change whatever foreign markets esll- | ed for in Canton, which included teas, rice, several species of nuts’ dye-stufls, roots, barks, shins, ete. I wa iv luck 10 secure the place of super Cargo : ! i mate, for Captain Tabor was a splen- | did fellow and the crew was one which could be depended upon. We had | three or four men who understood the handling of the six-pounders, which | had been sent over from the United States, and with the supply of small | Arms at hand we felt ourselves a match for anything except a gun boat, | We got away in good shape, rao ap | between the. coast and the island of | steered to the | Lioo-Kico I:- or eight in| Formosa, and theo northéast to fetch the lands, are al i which seven Oo ginseag, sarsapars- illa, sod other medical roots. We stopped a day at Ke-luog, which is at | the northern end of Formosa, and al- : i number and most opposite Foochow, on the maio- | land, and while here it was noticed | members of our crew a that the native were very thick with lot of suspi- cious characters who were hauging about us the greater part of the day. The supercargo overheard them dis- cussing our voyage and making many inquiries, and when he spoke of the matter Lo the steward that pigtailed gentleman explained that all our na- tives were related tothe strangers who had been hanging aboul, and of course the latter took an interest in ther, I didu't know Chinese character as well as some of the others, and was therefore somewhat surprised to hear the eaptain and supercargo discussing the impudence of the natives aboard we had left Ke-Lung by fifty miles. The firemno had given the engineer . trouble, and the steward had a certain sort of impudence in his obedience to commands, I did not know untii now that » gang of twenty or more of the fellows of KeLaung had attempted to induce the captain to give them pas sage to the island of Tseeusan, which we meant to visit. They had offered big paseage money and were willing to put up with any accommodations, but he mistrusted thew, and firmly declined to have one of them aboard. The steward and fireman were sound- ly berated by the captain and threat- ened with irons if any more trouble occurred, and there the matter was dropped. At the close of the second day we dropped anchor off'a small is- land to the southwest of Tseeusan, called Kong-Wah. There was no * bavbor, bat the dep of the water en. | : . . i stern of the junk was poiuted amid- J men came out of the hold and took ! | muskets, | which has been termed “stink pot.” : : : fous compound which is let | more to be dreaded than a ballet t attack on both sides of us at once. fleet would cone outon us from the | ready to come | of the flaet to see of had a lasge stock of roots, and lasting ¢ he while i The the tide cross-curreut, dropped don to us sturn fist, beach, or some we lay br mdside to the ships of the steamer, and our Buu | woud rake the whole deck at every | At one o'clock two boat ashore, and then forty or fifty armed discharge, men left ber ino a small and weot on deck. A few had but most of them carried knives and a sort of hand grenade their stations These bombs are filled with a villiao- loose as they are broken avd the fumes are Their plan as we solved it, was for an A { shore and the junk would drift down Ww e had the ea | on us at the same time, cable ready 0 slip, scat the engineer to his spot, aud then waited. At about hall tide had yer ha the Pp 181 while the r T droge é i or Ii Dont ull we saw i Jey had : the Ci k cofl «¢, therefore sent a boat | 10 What Toe be up very sul ly and rowea twice around us bef were, at came e Captaio hailed aod let them kuow we were wide awake, Some sort of a bunt, and Just the the sigoal was given from the the fightiog opened at once. moment we saw the people on junk getting ready to drift her upon us we gave them the grape from the sixpounder. They were not pis- tol shot away, with most of the men crowded aft, and I verily believe that the one discharge killed or wounded twenty men. I was at the gun with two others, a man armed with a car bive was near us, He fired six or seven shots while we were reloading and three or four musket shots were fired at us, Our second shot drove all who were left a.ive below hatches, and believing that the cafbineer could keep them there, we ran the run to the starboard side to beat off" the boats: It was high time. While the first discharge of the gun had done for a score of them, they were a reckless and desperate lot and would not re treat, They were provided with bombs, spears, blow guns, and muskets, and the man who was to sprinkle them with hot water bad been shot dead at their first fire. As s00n a8 we got oar gun over,some one picked up the nozzle of the hose pipe and turned it loose on every boat within reach. But for the bot water the follows might have carried us by boarding, for 200 to 10 is big odds. Captain Tabor had traded at this island a year before and he knew that the natives were all right as they down There was a trader on the island who | | to occupy his | soon after the were kept in awe by superior. roe. | the accustomed quarters There were ten of us besides him, and junk anchored, the guns | were cast loose and loaded with grape, the fire arms brought up aod made | ready, and the engineer was instruct’ ed to keep steam enough to permit us The eable was arranged for slipping and then five men turned in aod the other of Before this occurred to move. “all standiog,” five us stood watch. the captain said to me ; Mr. Grabam, this may be g a good deal of trouble for nothing, oing to but the man who deals with these na- tives has got to be prepared for soy If they trouble us it will I will | watch emergency. not be until after midoight, therefore head the second Keep your eyes on that junk, and per- | mit vo boat to come aboard under any eire umstances, 1 distributed my men ov i to the best ad vantage, and if the right That is gs ge, LO wise to set as ane, i | went from one e+82l to another and kept ther the very quiet up to 113 the junk and the n A wk, w | was 1 discoveries cook had flee for our We bad large urn ou 1 stand in one corner of | the + g aeath hep thi b print of entering the cabin to Iwo Th ft made hen | 1 QUICK 8M Cession. e presared a larg dish o ase ie night. a r oom and 8 lamp under The same American I was on the secure I passed an open window, I heard the | cover of the urn rattle, and then caught the footsteps of some one in retreat. It could be none other than the native cook, I urged, but did not | go to his quarters to verify or disprove my suspicions. I entered the cabin, tarsed up the light, acd earefully ex- amined the urn, The rascal had cer tainly “dosed” it. There was a gray ish powder on the cover atid on the edge ol the urn, and in his haste he had spilled some on (he floor. A look inside showed numerous bubbles | the coffe hot : in 8 in fen ral use tels and res aurants, when a drink of the beverage fe carbines, lasted Lver seven or eight minutes and | sauce mada of one ¢ upfal of builig ai #000 #8 they began 10 draw off | | milk, two tablospootfain of hubs, a ‘single one and tear it to pieces, i cheertul i Hang, the trader. f dollars worth of RO wis tl e old {about once in six tof water, : : SB RANE oa or The ‘Baht coold not ‘ have) rau my gun 10 the pore side, loaded | with shell and sent the missel right | through the jouk's stern. Hall a! dozen fellows rushed out of the hold [ third ad jumped overboard, and When the fired there was an explosion, probably | of a barrel of powder, which {iited her deck thirty feet high snd split her She sank 1ight there be- | fore our eves, and the of the | wounded wretches who floated about for a minute or two were dreadful to | hear, Captain Tabor felt that such treach. | ery as the na the severest punishment, and we turn- | ed both guns loose on the village and When day give | her two more, Wie | wide open. wails tives had shown deserved fired forty or fifty shells, light came not a homan being was in sight. Portions of the junk had been | driven on the beach and the natives hid fled and left everything behind them. The sharks were probably st. tracted to the spot by the sounds of firing and they certainly bad a rich | feast, be | fore vor since, and as they fished up | the bodies from the bottom around us | I never saw them so thick three or four would seize and tug at a [ was sent ashore with a flag of truce, with four men armed to make it respected aud on the sands I found the body that of our fireman, and not far off our cook. After some hard talk to name was Wung Hang, and a Hi : JUNK. of the forest and me, humble man I never met all to the pt ople on the The patives of vor crew had spired with fellows at Ke-LL cure passage abroad sod over power uid 3 ual us. When this game oo to the captain Lo ake them, be the wed H Wung ni " i refi they worked, owing 0 foll: nk, and foun old He denied takis Pd on after us in the ic Co-operalor in ard added that be did his best to dissuade the stack wu fo i apy part in the affair personally, his people from making His loss according to his gut odd killed, most everyone else was al- or wie sixty wiile wounded Five men gob ashore | the junk, which aboard of her, We are scalded. from bad nearly ify ins situation to take “very TasCai had in his storehouse, Captain Tabor had wo intention blasting t We held his pres in ize the trates made, a i He irashed, and like ple 3 al : Hi8 AORTA. tt under the “ SAME Chums anct He sup] i (14 respected the thrashers, ' us with the best of provisions, detailed natives Lo do all our work, and we were ready to leave he supplied vs | with five natives and gave Captain Tabor full power to decapitate them | at the first sigas of disobedience. During the next three years, or : H I severed my connection with 1 steamer, we got aronad to the and mouths old | Wung Hang always bad & good bit | of cargo ready for us, and woald de al | ! with no ove else, — a — HOUSEHOLD, To Make Sort SOAP. —~Disolve three pounds of potash in three quarts Put the potash, in the lump in an old saucepan, pour the boiling water on it, set it on the stove and Heave it till it Is dissolved; it may take seve.al hours, Stir it about with a oa the surface of the liquid but these broke and disappeared while I was lookiug. The rascal conld have but one object in bis actions, I arranged | the can 80 that no gne could secure a drink, and then started to notify the | captain. As passed along the d ck | I looked for the junk, and in an in- stant saw that she had decreased the distance between us. The tide was setling in, and she was chther drag ging her anchor or had raised it and allowed ir Tay The captain was up as soon as I touched his arm, and when I reported my suspicions of the cook and tle junk he replied : Such | about nine days after it is started, atick now und then, taking care not to splash it on you, Fut three pounds | Of clean fat in » tub or small barrel, Whea the potash le dissolved pour on the fas, stir well with the stick and [leave it. Next day poor a kettle (holding at least a gallon) of boiling water slowly to the potash aod fat stirring thoroughly. Do this every morning tll the soap is wade, which you will know by It beginning to look Like stiff jelly when cold and losing all appearance of grease. Then try it; If it seems too strong or mukes the hands rough, add more boiling water, The soap will be ready to use in _ Oruay Toast. Pare the crust off quickly. | on the stove and eep stirrin | the fire; cover ana let it [aud whites, | browning as litle as | tikes the right { caus, of | work 1] : / o . : Bie 3 1s $¢ } pri dt induced the head man to come in out | the pieces in flat bundles for shipment | and only gets abou: 810 per ton His | more | wen | { froth with the be | led | ! fuls when! antil | island i, - | | leather, and bave a flap that keeps | wr. we i — all the tomlin ready polly ower it a little salt and the white of one ezp, beaten stiff and whipped in ar the last, just befors the milk is drawn from stand five the table, This preparation of tosst is very de. lightful, minutes before it goes to SWEET Warens.—8ix eggs, { put flour, two ounces melted butier, ! of | teaspooniug Beat the whites and velhs | one one and ouisball cups powdered | siigar, one cup milk, one | of nutmeg, s:parately and very stiff; rab the sugur | aud butter to-gether and work in first | the yelks, fl. well batt, red theo the uiilk then the ur Bake wafer or waflls irons very quickly, | Roll | them while hot upon a smosthe round fi: ger ’ ’ 3 possible 4 slick not larger than your little PRICES! 1859-1887. Great Reduction Y | slippiog it out carefully when the cake | Faess cakes are an acceptab e addition shape, hit HET .| any teas or supper talde, and look well among fancy cakes iv a basket, Uses vor Op Tomaro A promivent junk Jealer recently ree ceived an order for 10,000 old tomato The much of this kind « desler explained i tig is used corners and edge pieces on a low grade of trunks, while maoy pe he usps j for flushings on roofs. The dealer is obliged to welt the soder off, straight en the cans out into flat sheets, pack for his trouble. A t v il Le are BOTTLE of ould Ls LGIrp Blind Ki pt in every house, for is i & ) pumerous, A few ps sprinkled where Cockroaches cou greg ale » il ex- lerminaie them at once, also ants, red r biack, irom wil I: mnsliin odor of it. ies des it isan exe application for a burn or cut. will take ink stains out of while 11 when sdded Wo 8 ap and will help to whiten ciothes if added 10 thems while boiling. Crean Pin in a First pie-plate; bake a paste thea make istard of the yeiks of war of ablasp waful of corp starch, six tab) two ir KA®, y \ fitlie more than a prot mig, « spoonifals of sugar. Save out {AXE = H e | I am now Prepared to Give that | for | ‘BIG BARGAINS. DRY GOODS, Dress Goods Jrom 5c lo per yard, NC7 IONS, #poonfuls of sugar and beat to a stiff | whites of the Fiavor the costard with vanilla eggs. pu, it nto the crusts ead the fe, Eur gpt over the tops, and put tos wh Love brown. Ce igar three ony “ CAKE. ~T i 1 w Of { ergs, (wo tea. > “ff WR N spoon baking powder. Bake y ’ : i AVErs Take oue up of sy f a jrint of swe for the above milk, pA one egg, th corn starch and « Sur in og CARE : i i EH Ar i ree 1s Reg OD Ok Iy. i and spread between the cakes, thorough this one grated eocoanut, | ply of pocket handkerchiefs to reached without the trouble of pulling open a drawer, are a sensiole inven | tion. They | the contents of this pocket free from { dust. Any shape that may be fancied | will serve, and if the pocket is cut | with a rather high backing, a tiny pouch for holding the watch at night may be added, Toxaro Toast ~Run 8 pint of stewed ripe or canned tomatoes through a colander, place in a porce Jain stewpan, season with batter, pep- per and salt and a‘very little sugar; cut slices of stale bread thin, brown on both sides, butterand lay on a platter; just before serving add one cupfnl of milk aod a litle pinch of sada stirred into the towiatoss, and pour theni over fons, Hartody Mérron.~Maxe 5 good gravy by boiling trimmioge, s*sson- ing with pepper aod’ salt. Strain end add carrots, parsnips wd onions pre. viously boiled tender. #lice thew in, | then pepper and salt the mutton, Broil it brown and put it ito (he gravy along with the vegetabléy, and stew all together ten minates Trassranesr Proptse.—Beat ted, and ha!f a nutmeg, grated are made of plush or] eight eggs very light, add half a pound | of sugar, the same of fiwsh butter mes | at tals Hose fi il Se lo £1 per P GROCERIES Wars pockets for holding a sup. be | 4 Lower Tan the Low: est. Give us a Call. We Guarantee Satige faction. Countrv Prode ed On band, and WwW af all tim Wanted
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