Whi ce Poise cm as ce de ae oe » 9 be bad no suspicious of the spurious | HE American brig Sarah, of and from Norfolk, ~ Va., entered the port of Liverpool some time dur- ing the month of June, 1509, with a fall cargo. She was com - : manded by Cap- FI tein William apd his first mate was Tom enough, a true-hesrted Yankee or, who hailed [rom somewhere in hy » State of Delaware. After the ig hail been daly entorad at the Cus- Hotise, she was soon cleared of r ear and within one week after rival she was loaded for home. pleasant evening —the one pre- the ax} 8 wh on which the brig was o rail—-Tom Macdonongh took a stroll y into the town, was seived by » J and in less than half an our foun ET Braselton board an Eng- ih frigate, which lay at the mouth of lish captain, as he ran bis eyes adumir- set of men,” said the Eng wer the stalwart forms of the sed seamen. ‘They will just | the list of our main-topmen. ’ 8 you the commander of this "* saked Tom, addressing the ee had just spoken. 8 Downis, “at your servies,” vd the commander, with munch “Then, sir, of you I demand my im- release. I am second in com- an American brig now ready s, and{no power in England can y detain me.” won'tgo down, youngster,” the captain, with a sneer. ‘are a little too young for such Lor id The king needs men, and out take your chance with the mean to say that Tam to . an board your ship?” ly.’ sir," replied Tom, while his fee, you will doit at Already have your Pgeple » eho reckoning, and the yet come when your king to settle it. Tam exempt by laws from impressment, and know it.” bevel a1 esptain showed a little anger hero spoke, but, turning to one eutendnts, he maid: Monson, bave these men's tered, and then station them them” and without farther x walked alt to his cabin, s inoment Tom's mind was made nd without resistance or remark kind he allowed his name to on the purser’s books, and and mess to bs assigned which a hammock and bed- s served out to him, and he 410 “arn in" as soon as ste ‘was well guarded by : two upon = \ at each gaungway, oue on srecastle and one onthe bowsprit, os those which were stationed at # posts below, 80 that no further as taken of the newcomers bad received their bedding, ng to give the sentinels ad. l eaution with regard to watch- ill that no one left the ship un- as passed by the officer of the n's hammock was already clawed, having hang it up, he turned without undressing. The night and sultry, gud as a means a circulation of fresh air the ports were lowered, and from ‘which our hero swung he look ont upon the waier as it ) beneath the beams of the lay quiet uutil buts yot he could think - Shortly after be heard the re- thought Tom, “is with this ides in quickly out from ceeded to divest oo oo 2 he started as 8 & » Jong he di ~ { npon the poop, with his Stlaee nn- i der his arm. The sentries performed petfings and running forward from | was shaded from the light of the moon | ‘ by the awnings, upon the swinging boom, and, having hauled the boat up and leaped into etitter cast off from the ship, and | {second cater swingiog in her usaasl kitchen in s house on Manjoy Hill, their walk upon gang boards raised even with the bottom of the hammock the ladders. The larboard gangway and, walking delib- erately up the ladder, Tom looked over the ship's side. “Seéntry,’ said he,ina mambling sort | of a tone, “what boat is that at the boom ¥"* “The second cniter,” returned the marine, showing by his manner that oral. ‘om immediately walked of to. where stood the officer of the deck, and being reassured by the mistake of | of the sentry be pulled his cap down over his eyes, and, tonehing his visor | respectiaily, remarked: *‘f should like to overhaul that see | ond eutter, sir, for I think there is! ram aboard of her.” Tom knew he was playing a des perate game, but liberty was to be the | result of success, and he flinched not | a bair. ; “Ha! the villians,” uttered the lisntenant, “Up to their old tricks again. Go,corporal get down into the boat, and if you do find ram in her they'll catch it.” 1 Tom started quickly forward, but just as he got abreastof the fore-hatch. | way he saw the Simon-pure corporal’s head rising shove the combings. The marine ascended no higher, for with | one blow of his fist Tom sent him back from whence he came, and then sprang quickly ont through the port reached the place where the second cutter's painter was made fast, he her. The flood time was setting ap the river very strongly, and quick as thought Tom cast off the painter sud | rapidly dropped astern, “Help! help!” shouted our hero, at the top of his voice; the boat's got | loose.” “(et oul a couple of oars, you lub- | ber,” cried the officer of the deck, as | he jumped apon the poop on hearing the ery, where he arrived just as the entter was sweeping past the quarter. “You ean hold her against the tide.” Tom did get out a couple of oars, bat the moment he got them balanced in the rowlocks he commenced pull- ing for dear life, and, to the utter cpnstornation of the lieutenant, the boat began rapidly to shoot up the river. All the sentries on deck were immediately called upon the poop, and their mnskets were fired at the de- serter. Only two of the balls whistled near the boat, but neither of them did any hare. On the next moment Tom heard the third entter called away, but he knew the men were all sound asleep in their hammocks, and so he felt se- euro. t “as ten minates before the third | long ere they resched Tom he had | gained the shore and was runniog st | a remarkable speed toward the city, which he reached in safety, and be- fore 2 o'clock he was on board his own brig. The next morning the Sarah dropped down with the ebb tide, and | as sho passed the frigate Tom saw the | place, and, ss he gazed nupow the | proud flag that floated at the Eng | fishiaan’'s peak, he murmared to him. | soil: : “I Y live, I'll some day take the | pride from those proud tyrants.” How literally was that saying fal- filled! Tom Mscdonough had been Deeatur’s favorite midshipman at the | siege of Tripoli, and “wherever De- | catur led he daredto follow.” Sabse- quent to that brilliant chapter in the page of our history occurred the svent | which is embodied in our sketch; bat | five years aflerward, on the llth of | September, 1514, Thomas Macedon. | ough met one of England's proud fleets on Lake Champlain, At the | ~ first broadside, the British Commo | dore, Downie, fell, and at the end of | w fight which lasted two hours snd | twenty minutes, without intermission, | Commodore Thomas Macdonough was | the conqueror of Champlain. He had | gained « proud vietory-—he had in- | deed humbled the pride of the tyrant, and that day's aclievement forms one | of the brightest pages of the history of America. Commodore Thomas Macdonough ~the hero of Tripoli--the Congueror of Champlain! He was a noble and trae-hearted man, snd a terror to all enemies of his country, Peace to his ashes, and ever-lasting honor to his memory! Left the Doomed Steamer, A peculiar incident is related at the freight sheds of the Portland Steam- ship Company in Portland. Onboard the ill-fated Portland was a eat with a i i i i family of kittens. The cat formerly | ocoupied the warm corner of the until she was taken on board the steamer a few months ago. She had made many trips and appeared to greatly enjoy her life on the ocean wave. Shortly before the Portland left this city on her last trip to Bos- ton, however, the cat deserted. She left her family and everything seem- ingly intent upon getting away from the ship. Soon after the Portland | sailed the cat turned up once more at | her old home on the hill where she | ——— A ta A 3 3 taught in Russia since 1812. It was | instituted in the Crimea for the pur. ry cultivating Southern plants, ought never to be neglected. —New [and looked up to by the warriors of pro { chicks from two nests and pullefs will begin to lay and con- tinnes daring the winter and spring, | easier to get the soil in proper condi. never empty except in cleaning : should not be kept in the sama pen if | Shoemaker, in the New England Howe | } ble fo 488 up The rask, as is Pp uf the frst does not perform the work now is.—Bangor Commereial, { { Handling Poultry. My experience in chicken growing | in the Spring. The object should be has demonstrated that a flock of good | laying hens will pay all expenses and produce not less than one dollar each every year. The flock consists principally of : Leghorns and Plymouth Rocks, most of the former being non-sifters, while the latter are exeellent brooders, During the past season the non-sit- ting Leghorns have averaged oue hans dred eggs each in four months, The | er have raised about fen chicks each, by doubling up the broods at | hatehing time and giving one hen the When the molting season is over the old hens when ages ars most desirable and have the greatest value. Fifteen dozen | eggs wach may be expected annually | from the Leghorns, and I have some that lay eighteen dozen in twéive months, I am adding the black Min. orcas, when thes chicken yard will be complete except probably a few of the larger varieties for table nse, The | egga of these fowls are not 80 zralabie in some of the older Eastern cities, beeanse rminll and while, but Western miners, who consume most of our eges, are not so partienliar. : The chicken coops ars made he. neath a Western hay shed, which 1s) built by setting posts ten feet apart, placing stringers on top and laving poles across, apon which the hay i | stacked. The entire shed or corral is . enclosed by boarding ap and down with slabs, and is divided into five sections, occupyiag the space of twenty feet square tor each coop or pen. All the roosts are in the conter | coop and are made of small, groen | oak poles resching ap to within two fost of the roof, which is eight feet from the ground. Instead of having | a single slant with poles nailed on | every two feet, I have the roosts in the | | shape of a wide hay rack or double! feed stall, slanting both ways, with | poles every two feet, and some be | tween the top notches. In this way I get all the young chicks to their perches long before the mothers leave thes, and give plenty of room for all | 4 roost on the top Ix poles, ro a flock fifty old hens and | threes months’ chicks I feed three | quarts of grain or six quarts of bran aad milk a day, dividing the ration into two, and giving one feed at 7 o'clock in the morning, the other at 5 in the afternoon. This proportion is increased or diminished according to the number of flocks, but the feed ix! always given with perfect regulwity The fowls have an unlimited range bint ooenpy about five acres, which consists of an oak grove, aifalfs pateh aud stab ble field. Fresh wator is given once a day, but the troughs or ditches are Laying hens aud oung ehieks eggsare wanted. [I have a Drowding | peu sixty feet square, fenced with lath and wire combination, and cusneeted with the yards by a runway of about twanty feet. An ald straw stack stands in the center, a pond of fresh! | water, fod by a trough, socupies one! i sorger, while a tight shed covered with | | liznbs and [straw fills another corner. | "The chickens are all securely housed | at night and on rainy days. —John | stead. om A Rerviesable Feed Rack. It is the little things that make farm | i lise a pleasure, and when rightiy en pliyed also profitable. Thersfore, whit lambs and calves have the ran ' of » small yard or lot near the barn ail | | bo themselves, as daring samuer and | tail they often do, nothing is move | | practioal than setting ap for them a . feed rack wach as is exhibited here- | | with in the illustration. As can be seen, it is cheap, very, sizaple of construction and is easily! moved {rom one place to another. In| : making it, si that § is # required are nar- Ta. Fd ~~ vr rR 7 ree - . 1 - ~ Fall plowed land that is intended for wurface. it would be better to harrow | amount of dye woods is teken, and | the natives cut for their own nae, but in, We when we shonld hy in hat way save a great deal of moisture in the soil. a late erop should be harrowed early ‘to simply drag on the surface, on whatever weed seeds have germinated ‘and prevent the evaporation of mois tare. Now, in case the land is fall plowad and ron wish fo put in a late erop of corn or potatoes, it would be better not to try to level the whole | (lengthwise rather than orosswise and leave 18 rough. Successive harrow. | ings will get land in proper condition to put in yvonr erop, and in that conse the enltivation necessary to take care of the srop will be in a lnrge measure | { done, even before yon sow the crop, ‘and the nioisture retained in the soil. | : There is another valuable feature in this, and that is that it i» $ mach tion when it has the right amount of | moisture in it, Slight barrowing, | when the soil has a safiicient amonnt of moisture in it, will »ave very much labor later on, It is surprising to ses how many farmers spring plow for corn, or in: fact for any crop, and negieet to har- “row nntil they got through plowing. If 1t is a dry time it is impossible to got it in proper condition; 1 is lnmpy and dry, double the labor, and will not produce half the resalts. If rain does not come the crop starts un. evenly, or if rain does feome after seading it down the field is Inmpy, and in scndition to dry out rapidly, and a poor erop is obtained. Harrow every half day, if necoswsary. Fall plowing is better left in a rough con. dition during fall and winter, if in- tended for a spring erop. Harrow- ing winter grain in the spring gives good resuits. Just try it. It closes cracks or fSesares made by the frosts, breaks up the ernst, kills weeds, and will put in grass seed in the very hest | manner, I like ii better than sowing the Jatter on snow Thomas Coavey. in an address delivered befors the - Wisconsin Farmers’ Tastitate, Improved Fall Por Rars and Doors, The ent shows an improved way om asing the eord and wheel pail for doors. The door jamub 1s made very wide by pailieg on a piece to the {ordinary jamb. In this, insert a small pulley whee! at a alight angle, so that the rope will not puil so mach across the edge of the wheel when the door | (is wide open. The weight runs ap Land down apon the back side of the jamb. The door should Wore easily ma TE en A kar Yh ap rrr — | ther sountry in the world, and yet | . her forests have scarcely been invaded the moat valuables wooils ‘of the eonu- | fry are scarcely known beyond the China coast, C rieties of hard woods that eould i mle, been lost. | firms engaged in the trade, and the : the hardwood forests are in the lesa | the fatsous white ants of the Past White ants are viciously destractive, | and Lut few substances besides metal | strength, and enters very largely into ho IN ANY OTH THER COUN | Yaloalle ard Wands That Conld Win a Flaee in Art and CommercnSome of the Most Important Kinds Timber as Hard as Steel 8 Corvinus Crooked Tree, The Philippine Islands produce a greater variely of woods than any by the agents of commerce. A limited No less than fifty va: | speedily win a place 1m avi and com meres thrive thronghont the islands, but very few of them have ever heen . offered in the markets of the world. China and Japan are the only heavy | buyers, and if samples of oe wood | worked ap have found their way to . Earope or America their identity as a | product of the Philippine hax, as a There are several | amount of local business is quite large, but the trade does net seem to . have ever heen worked up on the | large scale that the merit of the woods demands, Tha chiel draoback seems to have | been inaccessibility, for the beast of | 7 aiviiized loealitien, the fired enats made | it diffionit to eo siiipate with the other wood produoers of the East. Still, it is rae ge that the manifest superior. ity of the finer woods of the islands Fe hg won them recounition even | wien allowance 1x made {or the diff. enltion of operating and the erpense | of transportation, The fifty odd varieties ran the seals | of color from the jet black ebony to the fighter shades of cedar, and many of them offer ad much resistances to the Dozens of them | withstand the teredo, so trimblesome | in Parifle Coast waters, and several of | ' gradusted with theclass of "52, “when I feel all run down I go back to the scens of my college life and recuper- elements as ates] thew are impervions to the attieks of are capable of withstanding their al. tacks, The best known of the Philippine woods is molave, Itis a heavy brown wood, almost as herd as steel. The teredo and white ant respect it, and the tryiag dampness and burning heat of its native country do not affect it. It has come into general use, and in Manila you may see it in nso as a rail way sleeper, in a panel in some draw- ing room, as the keel of a ship, or fashioned into the figure of some saint in a ehurch. It possesses immenne the heavier building operations, batit | variety, and are put to eves instance. Dm all ran i ; sight as I lay in bed listening fo the reams almost anfortanate that it can- not ba preserved for mors artistic pur- poses. The interior of the Jesuit! chareh of Manila is fSuished jn molave, snd there are few prettier pieces of | woodwork in the world The care | ings are by master hands and ars of surpassing beanty. The wood takes a | splendid polish. The trees are nearly all defective, in that they have heart enp, but that does not affect the wood, | Dangon ia the substitute for molave when the Intter cannot be obtained in | ' wafcient sizes for the parposss de. | A DEVICE POR CLOSING DOORR, Lo that | as lig ta weight as possible | may be aed. Then tha door will : | open easily, and yet pull to with great | promptness. With all indide barn and | stable doors fixed in this way, much | trouble, and often loss, will be avoided ‘by cattle and other animals getting nto forbidden quarters, because of icra enrslessly lett apex, Bloated Cattle. Bloating in cattle comes from a { variety of causes, and in somes breeds it appears to develop more easily than in others. Cows taken from winter ‘food and turned loose npon a good | pasture feld are apt to bloat. In © changing pattle from one Kind of feed { to another bloating is almost sure to develop, unless the change ia made i very gradaal, Bloating does not necessarily mean indigestion, aso many < | supposed to be the case a few yours Lage, bat this disease may sometimes accompany it. It is more generally | an indieation that the bulk of the food taken into the stomach has fermented, sad this destroys the gastrie juices, and causes the rapid formation of gas, he tras remedy ia a preventive one, Be careful in changing the food of the Lasimals, and never let them rat too much of ary one thing. Bat if for | some reason they show signs of bloat. | 1 A SERVICEARLE FEEDING ARRANGEMENT. row strips of hoards sawed in proper lengths and held in place with plenty of nails. Indeed, the uprights at the ends should be nailed very firmly to the rack, and have their lower ends sharpened, so that they can be driven into the ground wherever it is desira- sented. Thus arranged, hay, grass, corn fodder, or any other material of a similar nature can be placed in the rack and fed with impunity. Wh? | Becanse it is held ap ont of the way, of dirt snd dust, and all the litte ani- | mals have to do is simply to pull it out and eat it, as desired, only a very small percentage being wasted in their so doing. Place such a rack as this in the shade of a good tree or the barn, and | then *‘load” it, and ealves or lambs | can eat and enjoy it to their hearts’ content during the hot, dry days of late summer and early autumn As much to get ‘seasoned” to mest the better the hardships of winter, it but there are now many courses in the | York Tribune. at : i bbe given safely. This should be given that it is deadly poison when given ia | in small quantities. ing a dose of colehienm, which ia the active principle of the saffron root, can in the dilate form, and in small doses, | This will eorrect the acidity of the stomanh, and in the early stages of bloating eure the disease without any | discomfort to the animals. From | three to five drops of the liquid eol- chicum in the animal's water will | safee. The dose can be repeated if | satisfactorily, It must be remem- bered in sdministering this medicine | large doses, but if given ia home pathic doses it ix very beneficial, The | animals shonld be fed very sparingly ‘for a few days after the medicine bas ‘ been administerad, With a little care the most stubborn ease of bloating | ‘ean be erred. Professor James 8S. Doty, in American Cultivator, An Up-to-Duie Inslian, “Two - Boots - Standing ~- Together” has been deposed as chief of the Tas- carors Indians in Northern New York The science of gardening has been ' treatment of this nature helps thew beenuse he has declared himself in | favor of woman's rights. Previous to | tis declaration he had been respected } "his tribe. punaiag from a light straw to a desp cred. Jt takes a high polish, and ite | of resisting the ravages of ime. The ; of one piece, fifty-five inches wide and , twenty-four feet long. That piece must have come from a partieuisrly ! large tree, for while ten feet more in burly tree that grows into eurions | ervoks and carves. | proves useful for shipbuilding. It is sired. It is a variety of the Herenlia i smbiformis, and is generally known as | ironwood. It is largely used for ship | building, although it ie said that it does not resist the terwdo, and in alse used in building. It is rarely put to floer uses, Antipolo, another of the woods that | are largely used, possesses the atirac tion of being light and yet strong. It is almost as impervious as molave, and | after being once well seasoned will not | warp, howaver mneh it is exposed. | Batitinan, in addition to being sirong and tough, is also elastic, and is ex- cellent for furniture. It closely re- sembles black walnat, and can be used for all the purposes to which teak is pat. It is frequently asserted to be the superior of teak. It requires sea soning to stand the clisiate, sand never withstands the dampness of the earth, Ebony has been found in quanti tien, and it bas become a matter of be | lief that move thorough exploratory | work would lead to the distovery of | larger forests of it, The small amonuts that have been found are of | excelent quality. Mangachapuy is | another of the extremely valnable | woods, It closely resembles batitin- teak. Perhaps the prettiest wood of the Philippines is narra. tis used largely iu the manufacture of fine fur nitnre, It greatly varies iu color, strength and harduess make it capable finest pisce of it in Manila is in a table in the Jesuit observatory. The top in length is often obtained, twenty-six inches is usnaliy the greatest width, Narra has fonnd its way to the Eure- pean and American Sin but only Palo Marie de Playa is a knotty, Jt is strong, and . said that iron bolts or pails will sot | | antediluvian, corrade in it. Basaba snd macasin , ara the woods that go largely into { hoases, betag useful for either exter: | iors or interiors. Lanete, aucther of the valuable! | woods, is especially adapted to the | - mannfacture of musical 1nstruments, | | way the old man has been enlivening and is greatly prized on that account. | Jt is easily the equal of the other woods pat to that use. It tirns well, has a good color, is strong, and is also | | used for fine carving. Guijo is the art’ at ue a he. : with it, Lauan is as historical as American palmetto. The old guileon builders used it for outside planking becanse it wonid not split when a bullet or eannon-ball was firad into it. It is light, can be easily worked and is uses ful. Another valuable wood is ipil. it has nearly all of the qualities of 3 i molave, and faily as much It heats the white ant, but will not ree : Mabolo and malate mist the teredo, pay are two pretty woods quite like each other. The former is black, streaked with yellow, and the latter is black, striped with red. Both sre brittle and take a high tlantis, or cediur, is found in | quantifies, and its largest use ie { the manufacture of cigar boxes. nn is also used for finishing work. Bane salagque, or bullet tree, is still an- other wonderin] wood, It can be driven like a nail, and makes splendid tool handles. It is close grained and turns easiiy. It is largely ansed for traenails ju shipbuilding. Varal is another wood that resists white ants, and is valued for building purposes, anid so if is through a list of over ; | bard woods which offer a great : aty of colors and more qualities of ‘merit than the woods of any other conniry. To the native the bamboos and rat. tans are the most nseful woods, snd ' both enter largely into his sverydes {wants. The one makes the walls of ‘his house and the other binds it to- gether. Both thrive in every of the islands and in almost every i ix possible. The hard | Manila seem to offer su excellent field for investment, for the opening of, the eonntry will remove any of prezony difficulties ——N ork he, ¢ baie, Another Effect. oy “Yas,” said the old man who had ate.” “That so?” said the old timer an he puffed long at his badly burning cigar, * “Haw loug does it take you ¥* “Not more than three days,” was the reply; “and say, the effect is mar velons, Why, when I look back of the four years I spent in coliege 4 before me rise the faces of old professors it ssems as though possessed with an overwhelming -~ sive to return and visit the scenes of it all” “Always felt that way “Yes, sir, always. ve you?’ i and last digeordant strains of a German street (band I said to myself, T'll go back ‘there and walk up and down the old | campus once more. And Tm gx It will do me a world of good. (evilege is the fountain of youth for Tae, : “You don't say?” “Yes do. Why don't you nn anid ses if it won't make you feel Stor. The sweetness of the memories Pwill as it were, - spread a balm over | your spirit and... “No, | zuess it wou't have thessme affiot an me.” “Way. Why not? “T wan expelled at the end of my frestimun Your "e=Dretroit Free Press, Whe Owned the Rabbis, Ex-Goversor Proctor Keott and & distingmished professional gentieman of Danville Were discussing the claims of Sampson and Sehiey to the credit of smashing Cervera at Santiago. The professional gontleman took the ground that ali the honor of thet memorable eouiliet belonged to Ade imiral Sampson, asd was nelined to wnore entirely Commodore Schieys | part in the affair. The Governor tened antil hiseompanion had Bataan, sud then, with that charscteristio twinkle in his eye, said: “My dear mir, 18 is excondingly gratis fying to me to ber you take the tion you have in thas matter. Ib iS like a balm to my conscietcs and seb : tlex a point that has worried me a a day. “I was walking through the woods with a boy friend of mine when we | saw a rabbit rua into a sinkhole. We stood around the hole awhile: then § [told the boy to keep wateh while | ' an, and like it, is put to the nses of | went to get some fire to smoke the ‘rabbit out. When [ returned the boy had the rabbit. I promptly took % away from him, elsinmag that it bes jonged to me, because 1 had told hm ; to cateh him if he came out. “That was over fifty years ago, ol you sie the tiest man who has over : agreed with we that the rabbit was mine. 1 feel now that I was right in taking it, and my conscience is a 4 >=Panville {Ky.} Advoeate, ay A New Mode of Warfare, There is a queer genius aud fretting at Willoughby, near ney, who would delight the a ot Mark Twain. He sits all day long on a log composing mibifying sentences against the local suthority, which he nails ap at night on his cottage . Evidently things are not as they should be at Willoughby. One poster i says: “Our footpaths are of cinder sing and clinker, m through the land. gobbling ap the ratepayers, while the victim sarrend~ ers with asinine servility.” In this matters till the local journal has been forced to record (borrowing the stale wart’s own style; that his walls are “veneered with venom. "~Laondon i wood of the wheelwright aad carriage | Chronicle. duader-headed — vishes to grind the hoofs of the rate- payers.” Another runs: “Our coun ‘cil is Gorgon stalking hydra-headed %® 2 7
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