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"C ertain ly", « i d Commodore Parildlog,
haiuliug it to him with the half chart.
“ Dbn*t 16*4 It: ft*« a valtiahle document.”
Smith, with- h i» pul»e» ttvrohhfa«, .hit
heart beating, took the papers and walked
out o f the cabin. The Ellen r And ' he
was going to capture h e r! I V privateer,
not the woman. W ell, it would go hard if
in the melee he did not get a chance at the
woman aa well as at the privateer.
privateer and put h fr “boats over. They
CHAPTER H.
M'r. Smith's reveries were interrupted, had barely reached the Petrel when she
as the reveries o f heroes upon ship« are went down, carrying a number o f wound-
ed with her. The rest were brought back
a lw a ys interrupted, by the cry o f—
to the frigate amid the loud guffaws of
"Sail-ho r
The keenest eyed on the frigate were her officers and men. It waa a huge sea
kept constantly on the royal yards on joke, this, the capture o f that saucy pri­
the lookout. I f the St. Iaw ren ce did not vateer in tbia way. Unfortunately, while
catch anything, it would not be the fault the Petrel's men could not fail to see the
point, the humor if it did not especially
,Of her captain.
So noon, therefore,
the approaching sail had been sighted, she appeal to them.
H ie discomfited Confederates who were
was recognised aa a small top-sail schoon
er, just the site and description o f the passed over the side o f the frigate were
not the only prise, however. The only
Petrel.
Inasmuch as it was highly improbable member o f the St. Lawrence's crew who
that any vessel o f that siae, save such an suffered any hardship in the battle waa
armed vessel, would be in those ‘waters in Lieutenant Thomas Beekman Smith, who
w ar time, especially one heading towards had got away in the first boat dispatched
the open sea. it was more than likely that to succor the sinking Confederate prira-
teersraen. Just as he reached the Pet­
the sail sighted was the P etrel. Original
J.v the I ’ etrel had been the revenue cutter rel one o f her officers darted across the
Aiken, a very swift goer— so sw ift that, deck and threw something overboard.
Smith could swim like a fish. Aa the
although she was not a steamer, the Con
federates had determined to risk her on a object flew through the air past his head
cruise. That the St. I.a wren re ,a heavy he saw that it was a mail bag. T oo late
old fifty-gun frigate, could overhaul the to stop the aran. he promptly dived for it.
and by great good fortune caught it as it
light, dancing schooner was an impoasi
sank below the surface o f the water. A
bility.
Commodore Paulding, a resourceful old dripping but triumphant figure, he hand­
seaman, bad been considering the matter ed it to Commodore Paulding at the gang­
mince he had received the flag officer's no­ way, then went below to the ward room
tice, and he had determined to effect by to change his clothes.
The mail hag was a treasure trove, in­
atrategem what he could not hope to ac­
deed. Shortly afterwards Lieutent Smith
complish by any other means. Happen
ing to be on deck when the sail was re­ was called to the cabin, where old Com­
ported, so soon as, through the officers modore Paulding sat in consultation with
his secretary. There was an open letter
whom he had sent aloft for the purpose
he had verified the report that indicated spread out on the table before him.
Mr. Smith,” he began formally, "your
that she was tba Petrel be resolved to run
quickness o f thonght and promptness o f
aw ay!
Feeling sure that his great ship must action, which I desire to commend, have
have been observed from the small schoon­ done us a great service.”
“ Thank yon. sir.”
er, Commodore Paulding brought his frig­
“ I have examined the letters taken
ate to the wind on the port tack and
•truck off at a broad angle from his for­ from the mail bag. Most o f them are per­
mer course directly away from the schoon­ sonal and appear to be unimportant. This
It
er, to the greet astonishment o f officers one. however, is of great interest.
and crew. The evolution was observed appears that there is a new and formid­
from the schooner, whioh immediately able Confederate privateer being outfitted
at
Jones'
changed her course so as to keep directly and prepared for cruising
W harf, wherever that may be.”
in the wake o f the frigate.
“ I know about where it is, sir,” volun­
“ W o t'i the old man up to?” growled old
Bob Ganllin, chief
boatswain’s
mate. teered Mr. Smith.
H«sy! w h a t!” exclaimed the Commo­
“ H ere we air, arter two months oat, an’
wet a shot </ prise money in oar locker! dore. “ H ave you been in these waters
A n ’ the fust time we raises a sailin’ ves­ before, air?”
“ No, air, bnt it ik on one o f those estu­
sel an’ gits a chance, we ups with our
aries opening off Pamlico sound between
•tarn an' runs away from h e r !”
. The commodore's mysterious move waa the Neuae and the Pam lico rivers, and is
presently elucidated, for the men were the private property o f M ajor W illiam
•ent to quartern, the guns were run in, H enry Jones, form erly o f the United
loaded, and secured inboard, the port shut­ States arm y."
“ Exactly true,” .said the commodore,
ters were dropped, the openings for the
gnn muzzles tightly closed; the men. save looking at the letter again. “ T h a t’s the
a few necessary hands, were sent below. man. Do you know him?”
” 1 did. mr, before the war. o H e star
T h e commodore and his aides on thp poop
deck removed their swords and umfcsnns, then a major o f artillery and was station­
the yards were braced in and cock-billed ed for some lime at G overnor’s Island.
slightly, and in a thousand little ways He------ “ Smith hesitated.
“ W ell, air?” interrogated the commo­
not intalligible to any
but
practiced,
trained observers the great frigate was dore impatiently.
“ H e— he had— a— daughter, air.”
given the appearance o f a lumbering old
“ Oh, I see,” smiled the old man. “ Well,
merchantman. Observing too that ha waa
pat being overhauled so rapidly as he he has a privateer now. W hat waa his
wished, the captain got out drags astern, daughter's name?”
“ Ellen, air.”
which materially decreased the speed of
“ T h a t’s the name o f his privateer. I
M b ship. H e told the helmsman not to
keep too tight a luff on the frigate, hut to gather from this letter that she’s all ready
let her go off to leeward gradually. Then but her armament. This is to be brought
to her from the Bahamas by the block­
everybody knew what waa Intended.
The manoenver— the ruse, rather— waa ade-runner Greyhound. Th is schooner we
completely successful. The Petrel waa not have jnst sunk was to tie off the month o f
manned by a body o f experienced man-o'- the inlet and pilot the Greyhound in.
warsmrn, whom it might have been diffi­ Th is letter ia one from Jones to her cap­
cult to deceive, and seeing the old St. tain. It gives in detail the night and day
Lawrence lumbering away from them, ap­ atgnals by which the blockade-runner was
parently making every effort to escape, to recognise the privateer and encloses a
her people— long shore, fresh-water sailors part o f a chart.” .
“ W hat a p ity ," murmured Mr. Siplth,
— came to the conclusion that a rich, old-
fashioned merchantman— some o f the East “ that we were ao precipitate in sinking
India ships at that time carried single her.”
“ A y,” said Commodore Paulding. “ H ow ­
topaail yards— waa thejrs for the taking.
T h e y cracked all sail on
their
little ever, that can't be helped now. W e must
schooner, therefore, and drove recklessly do the next best thing. It seems from
this letter that the blockade-runner is not
• fter the flying frigate.
-
There waa a long twenty-fonnr pounder expected for a week yet. I have decided
mounted on the Petrel's forecastle and to run up to Fortress Monroe and gat a
¿wo smaller guns, six pounders, in broad- schooner, if I can, and rig her up to
•ide. Under the circumstances, the chase look like this privateer. Then I Intend to
yras neither a long nor a stern one. Be­ put you aboard her in the hope that yon
fore evening the Petrel had drawn almost can capfute the Greyhound. A fte r that
wttbtn range o f the frigate. N ot a gnn you must go ia with bar and ¿astray the
could be seen on the 8t. Lawrence and privateer.”
“ A y, ay, sir,” raid Smith, grinning with
bat few men on her decks. Those aft
were in their shirt sleeves and wore straw delight; “ I ’U do it.”
“ H ow w ilt you proceed?” asked the
hats and sea boots, like merchantmen.
Ranging slang to widward, ot the chase, commodore.
“ W hy, air, I'll lay off the month o f the
as the Petrel did, there waa nothing to
be seen o f the main deck o f the frigate, inlet and keep watch for the Greyhound.
anyway, on account o f b et heavy keel to When I sight bar T il make the signals and
starboard. Confident o f their prey, the go aboard her and take possession. Then
men on the Petrel cast loose and provided I ’ ll transship my crew to the Greyhound,
the long Tom forward quite after the take her through the inlet, cross the
nsinner o f the old-time privateer, and sent sound, go up the river, lay the blockade-
a shot sharp across the forefoot o f the runner alongside the Ellen under pretense
o f bringing her the guns, and take her by
supposed trader.
boarding.”
N o attention whatever waa paid ta this
“ T h at’s very well, indeed, ao far aa it
threat by the St. iAwrence, and when it
goes," asid the commodore, smiling at kls
waa repeated, although the bail came per­
eager subordinate, “ but what w ill you do
ilously near to hitting the bows o f the old
then?”
frigate, she still remained silent. By this
“ Bring out the privateer, sir."
time the Petrel waa well abreast and
“ But if you cannot?”
alightly to windward o f her supposed
“ Detroy her, then.”
prey. H er men mnst have been a very
“ H ow w ill you get back, then?”
stupid lot, for at that distance it should
“ I ’ll not be thinking o f getting back In
have been impossible to escape the con­
that case, air,” answered Mr. Smith grave­
clusion that they had a huge, old-fashioned
man-of-war under their lee.
Possibly ly.
“ But you must,*” said the commodore
they had so thoroughly absorbed the idee
Impressively. “ It w ill he a touch and go
that they were chasing a merchantman
at best, but I do not wish to throw away
in the ardor o f their pursuit that their
any men or lives if I can help It. Be­
judgment waa blinded. A t any rate, the
sides. the more honor to you and to ua
Petrel, confident o f success, put np her
all If you bring her out. I hardly sup­
helm and aweeped down towards the fr ig ­
pose you can break tbraugfc, but certainly
ate. The porta o f tbs latter were thrown
you must do your best to get back safely.”
open as by magic.
Huge black guns
“ I shall, sir.”
thrust their muszlea out over the aides,
“ I sent for you thna early,” continued
some o f them speaking grimly to d to a
the commodore, “ that yon might have
purpose.
T w o heavy holts from long
ample time to ms tars your plana. Wa
thirty-twos o f tha main battery ripped
ought to fall in with the fleet day after
through the ha pi cos Confederate cruiser.
to-morrow. The Greyhound isn’t expect­
An eight-inch shell from the forward pfvo.
ed for a week. Onr privateering captain
exploded jn ri as It struck the P etrel’s
evidently thought himself at liberty to
aide, tearin g a hole to her big enough to
cruiae mm Ua o t n kook for a few days
drive a w d g « A roogh .
T h e Schooner
before ho attempted to deliver bio - in n e r ,
was a total aod aboonte wreck. Bbe da-
and came to grief, luckily for ns. That's
laeoad sod sank la leas than four min­
all.”
utes
Tha St. Lawrence stopped firing
“Bag P**doa, rif,” said Mr. trnJdt, “bnt
h a raw tha plight a f tha
C H A P T E R 111.
Fortune favored Smith. Fortuna seems
to have a weakness for the Smith family,
paralleled only by a sim ilar feeling for
the Jones fam ily— therp are ao many of
both in the world, and playing great parts
too f I f fortune had not been kind to
them, they would bave died- out long
since, aa other great families bava be­
come extinct.
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The St. Lawrence fell in with the flag
officer the day after ahe sank the Petrel.
T h e fleet was busy at its amhoragn off
Old Point Comfort, getting ready for an
expedition, presumably destined against
the forts guarding Hatteras Inlet, the first
navsl objective o f the war. Among the
vessels assembled there was a small
schooner which had been a revenne cutter,
the Upshur. This vessel happened to bo
an exact model of the Petrel.
The flag officer entered heartily into
the plans o f Commodore Paulding. The
Upshur was turned over to the St, L a w ­
rence, Smith waa given command o f her
with fifty gallant tars from the old frig ­
ate, with Midshipmen Brown and Robin­
son aa hia assistants, and old Rob Gant-
lin, chief factotum, for a crew. It waa
a hard task to reject the three hundred
and fifty-odd men, volunteers all, who
begged to accompany the chosen fifty
from the crew o f the St. Lawrence.
The flag officer did more than Commo­
dore Paulding suggested, or even desired.
Paulding had determined to support the
attack him self with his railing frigate.
Very dubious, in spite o f the successful
ruae by which the Petrel had been over­
come. as to the suitability o f the old frig ­
ate for such duty, and very desirous o f
apprehending the Greyhound, ruse or no
ruse, the flag officer decided to assign to
the duty the uew and extremely fast gun­
boat Wamego. It was believed that noth­
ing on the ocean had thq heels o f the
Wamego, fresh from the shipyard. She
bad shown marvelous speed on her trial
trip, and it would be a greyhound indeed
n'hich could run away from her.
Commodore Paulding waa given com­
mand o f the ill-assorted squadron, and the
three vessels got away three days after
the capture o f the Petrel. Th eir uniforms
had been taken from the surviving offi­
cers o f the Confederate schooner and had
been donned, ao fa r as they went around,
by the corresponding officers o f the U p ­
shur. Someone had been careful to secure
the Confederate flag and the private sig­
nals from the sin tin g Petrel befere ahe
went down.
Sailors’ - eyes are keen for
details, and many had marked the way
the privateer had been painted, so that
it waa easy to duplicate her outward ap­
pearance. I t would need a very naur in­
spection indeed to show that the Upohur
was not what she appeared to be.
T h e commodore disposed hia ships In
the follow ing manner ! T h e St. L n w *w ee
hull down to the northward o f Ocracoka
Inlet, thr Wamego hull down to the south
ward, and the Upshur Immediately off the
entrance. Th ere was nothing ta do there­
a fter but wait. T w o days a fter they ar­
rived at their appointed stations the look­
out who waa kept constantly at the fore
cross-trees on the Upshur sighted a-at tam­
er early in the morning.
R eferring to hia letter, which, indeed,
be had studied until he knew it by heart.
Smith struck hia light yafl*— he would
have to effect the capture by strategy, not
by speed, if the approaching stranger
proved to be the Greyhound, o f course—
retaining just enough rail to give hia
vessel steerage y a y , and boitted the
agreed signals by which the Greyhound,
if such she were, could
recognise the
Petrel. The St. Lawrence and Wamego
were well out o f sight in the misty m om
ing.
( T o be contrnoed.)
T h e L a n d o t th e F re e .
“ T h e re ’s eigh t nations represented In
this w ard o f ours,” said Mr. Ila lio ra n
to bia w ife on hia return from a politi­
cal meeting. H e began to count them
o ff on hia fingers.
“T h e re ’a Irish, Frlncb, Eyetallans,
Poles,
Germans,
Rooslaus,
Greeks
an’------" ,
Mr. Ila lio ra n stopped, and began
a g a in :
“ T h e re ’* Irish , Frlncb, Eyetallans,
Poles, Germans, Rooalans, Greeka— an’
ain’t It queer I diaremember the other
w an? TTiere's Irish, Frinch------”
“ M aybe ’twaa Am ericans,” suggested
Mrs. Ila liora n .
“ Sure, th a t'» I t ” said her husband.
“ I couldn't think.” — Y ou th ’s Compan­
ion.
D o c to r*'
mil*.
W ho, h avin g obtained an honest blft
fo r the medicine, w ill' wish to have par­
ticu lars o f the doctor's “ professional
services?” Im agin e a bill made up w ith
such nicety as t h is : ?T o counting pulse,
sixp en ce;
to v ie w in g tongue, three­
pence; to asking fou r questions (th ree
Irre le v a n t), fou rp en ce; to tellin g pa­
tients to say, ‘ninety-nine,’ elgfatpenca;
to medicine, la 6 d ; to bottle, tw op en ce;
to label, 1 pen n y; total, 3s fid.” — Y o rk ­
shire Observer.
Sam e Old G a n * .
L ittle James has been Im parting to
the m inister the im portant and cheerful
Inform ation that hia fa th er had got a
new set o f fa lse teeth.
“ Indeed, James?” replied the min­
ister, Indulgently. “ And w hat w ill be
do w ith the old set?”
“ Oh, I s’poae,” replied little James,
“ th ey'll cut ’em down and make me
w ear ’em.” — Illu strated B it*,
T h e T lr e le e e P ace,
“ T on Am ericans don’t take enough
e x e rc is e !” said the foreign physician.
“ G reat S c o tt!” replied the young man
w ith a sun-burned noee. "T o n ought to
aee ns on the boardw alk a t a summer
resort” — W ashington Star.
Tba good yon do*ls not lost though
yon forget It— Fielding.
In terestin g P oin ts.
na(l no htmbb.'-arid whafc lambs therff
were, did not amount to any tilin g
These old peltets evidently tim e wes *
in the ’ooi; and it niakes me swear lik<
sixty-when I think o f thorn.., I t was
bad dejl, and no farmer should buy.
one at any price. An old, worn-oui
range sheep i f I h f nearest thing tO
nothing at all there is on earth.
R esu lt o n ln u n b is .
There were also a number of Iamb*
about a year.old or less. This brought,
my average down to seven' pounds.'
The. next year wna tha sam * only
lots more yoi^ng lambs. M y propot-f
tibn o f very young and very old was
away above the a v e r a g e * o it dropped
to til pounds. This is just the aver-<
age sheep fleece In the United Stkte:
Idaho going a trifle better. I can say
right here that good. Fair, coarse-wooL
mutton sheep will shear chose to 10
pounds.
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f.
In 1905 and 1007 my wool was sold
to a hide buyer, who made several
cents a pound on it without doubt. In
1906 is was sold direct to a w ool
buyer.
•
The lambs for these three years are
as follows:
1005— Lamba $2.50, wool $1.55, $4.05. 1020— T h e Pilgrim s In (he cabin o f t i e
“ M ayflow er” signed the famous com­
1906— Lambs $2.75. wool $1.40, $4.15
pact.
1907— Lambs $3.00, wool $1 24, $4.24.
The lambs were sold to local butch­ 1072— Island o f Tobago taken from t|e
ers in Nampa and Boise, and weighed
Dutch by the English.
i *
from 75 to 100 pounds. Th e average
1784— Zenger, editor o f a N ew
York
income for three years was $4.15, or
weekly journal, was imprisoned fo r
call it $4 even up. This is counting
defending government by the people.
Iambs at 100 per cent increase; it
will average close to that with care 1762— F irst school- o f anatomy in A m eri­
ca waa opened in Philadelphia.
This does not count losses o f ewes, of
which there will be an occasional one. 1789— North Carol las, the tofclfth Stats,
Now, we find we can pasture 13
accepted the < on Ml tut ton.
UH
sheep on an acre, and one acre o f al­ IB W — Opfi. A rm stron g American M inis­
falfa, counting four tons o f hay to
ter to France, presented hia creden­
acre, will winter 20 sheep, and this
tials to Napoleon Bonaparte.
hay land will also furnish pasture in
1808— Napoleon declared 0 blockade ot
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M
m 1 spring while regular pasture is
the British lgjex
getting a start, and also in the fall.
These tw o acres, one o f hay and one 1829— T h e city o f Camden. S. C „ almost
o f pasture, will keep an average of
destroyed by fir e .. . .President Quer-
16|, or say 16, sheep the whole year,
rero o f M exico relinquished .the ex­
or eight to each acre, and an income
traordinary powers granted M m by
o f $4 each sheep makes $32 income
Congress on account o f the SpanM i
per acra.
t
Invasion-----Gen. B olivar1 a attempt
Another thing, these sheep harvest
tn establish a monarchy frustrated
their own crop on three out o f every
b j the Venesuelans.. , .N ew England
five acres. N ow , every farmer knows
began the custom # t celebrating the
it costs good money and lo ti o f sweat
.last Thursday in November aa a day
to put hay in the stack.
o f Thanksgiving.
One o f the strongest points in sheep
1849—
Dr. George Park man murdered In
raising is they are so little work or
Boston by P rof. John Webster a f
trouble most o f the time. For about
the H arvard Medical College.
eight months they w ill run on pasture.
You only have to keep a little water 1801— Federal forces bombarded tha Con­
running and corral them at night.
federate fortifications i t Pensacola.
When evening comes mine are a ir in
... . U n io n .forces defeated in skir­
or close by, and all there is to do is
mish at.H u n ter's H ill, V a ....U n it e d
shut the gate and open it in the morn­
States vessel Santee captured the pri­
ing. Even this is not necessary if you
vateer Royal Yacht off Galveston.
have a coyote - tigh f fence, but we 1882— A ll political State prisoners ra­
sleep better when they are corralled,
letoed.
*
,
and moat of them like to g o into their
1883—
Prince o f 8onderburg-Glncksbnrg
house.
proclaimed K in g o f Denmark aa
In winter a farmer has only to feed
Christian I X .
.
them hay, when they have to be fed,
and only when lambing has he really 1864— Gen. Sherman began his march
to give them much work; but still they
from Atlanta to the sen. ...S a r a h
are always nnder bis eye to see that
Jane Smith, 16 years old. a Confed­
everything is going right.
erate spy, sentenced to death In S t .’
Louis.
,
Revenue From W ooL
People say sheep and w ool have 1867— Charles Dickens arrived In Boston.
been away up and you can’t make such
..C om m ittee o f the House reported
returns very long.
In favor o f the Impeachment o f P res­
W ell, let ns see. I sold my last
ident Andrew J M m d b .
wool for 10 cents. This same farm 1888— N ew England Woman Suffrage As­
wool in Ohio brought 30 cents. W e
sociation organised, with Jnlia W ard
shonfi. get the same, less freight, or
H ow e as president. ,
26 or 28 cents, instead o f 19, and we
1870—
Duke o f Aosta elected K in g o f
will get it when enough farmers raise
Spain.
sheep so it will be worth while for
wool buyers to look it up. As long as 1878— “ Bora” Tweed convicted * o f de­
frauding the city treasury o f N ew
we have only a few hundred or thou­
sand pounds scattered all over the
York.
country, we will have to be content 1874— F o rty persona w efe drowned by
with the best range prices. The same
the sinking o f the packet Em pire at
holds true o f lamb*. M y lambs, i f I
the Ualtad States swept by a hurri­
had enough to ship to Chicago, would
cane.
„ -V
have brought me from $4 to $6 net
1875—
M
ary
Anderaon
made
her
stage
de­
last year instead o f $3. W ith 'p len ty
but ia LouiaviUe.
of sheep on the farms, buyers would
be here every month, taking all the 1878— The H a lifa x award o f $5,500,000
lambs ready to go, at prices away
waa paid to Canada.
above local, or the farmers could pool 1888— Standard tim e substituted for local
and ship themselves and get full re­
time.
. ’
turns. Th e more that go into it the
1884— Mine. Patti, in N ew York, cele­
better, so you see I am working for
brated the silver jubilee o f her ap­
my own interests as well as neigh­
pearance there as a prims donna.
bors’ in this discussion. I f we can
monarchy overthrown
ship cast, prices can drop 50 per cent 1880— Brazilian
and republic eetabllxhed.. . .Alaska
and still we can make good money, or
demanded representation in Congress.
we can even cut the prices I got right
in half and still make more money 1890— Battleship Maine launched at the
than selling hay at $4 in stack. I sell
Brooklyn navy yard.
my hay to my own sheep at $8 per ton
1802— International Monetary Congress
and they gather three-fifths o f the
met In B ru ssels.. . .S ir John Thom p­
crop.
The following articlet by D. C. Mut
len, o f Nam pi, Idaho, is one o f threw
contributions to tho Boise Capital
News made by that gentiemart, who is
rancher near Nampa:
The editor of the Capital News hav­
ing kindly encouraged me to write a
tittle more on the subject o f sheep on
the farm, i will try to give a few fig ­
ures on what I have done in a small
way.' These articles are not written
for entertainment, but are strictly for
business. M y sheep are lambing now,
and I have but little for anything
but business. W ork on the farm at
any time is anything but a lazy man's
job, but winter finds us with the most
spare time, apd I like to have the
lambs come early, so I can give them
full attention.
The one time that you must look
after sheep is in lambing. I f weather
is cold they may chill to death; occa­
sionally a mother w ill not own her
lamb, and in case of twins you must
see they keep together at first. W e
lave little pens to put them in, where
there are twins or mothers are in­
clined to leave them. However, they
are generally the best o f mothers, and
grieve over their dead lambs in a way
to make your heart ache. On the
ranch there are none o f the dreadful
cries o f starving orphans that you
hear one the range. M y first sheep
was one o f these orphans. W e made
one visit to the lambing ground, and
that was all I ever wanted. I can
hear those cries yet. and the time wiU
come when such things-w ill not be
tolerated. There will be laws to
cover this, just as there is for feeding
and watering stock in shipping. These
orphan losses in a financial way are
also favorable to ranch sheep. W e al­
ways have a few for some unavoidable
reason, but we raise them on cow’s
milk like a calf. Rangemen tell me it
is better to have lambs some later, so
they will have green grass to eat, and
that they do better. W e do not find
it so. The lambs will begin to nibble
at the hay when three or four days
old, and soon eat as well as their
mothers. Th ey are all started and
care for themselves when spring work
is on, when most farmers are worked
to death. Th e rangemen forget that
when they are lambing that is all they
have to do, while a farmer haa many
other things to attend R>.
Conditions Differ.
I find in nearly every way that
sheep on the ranch and range are en­
tirely different businesses. T h e range
man, from a money point o f v i«w , just
lets his oijihans die, loses stray sheep
in the brush without bothering about
it. and the sick must get well them­
selves or die. But such methods on
the ranch would be a disgrace. W e
will expect to keep a better grade, or
even pure breds, and so cannot afford
such fosses. Ije re is where I suffered.
W hen I started in on sheep, only, one
man that I knew o f was handling them
on the ranch, and I had no onç to ask
advice o f when in trouble except the
range man. and all he knew was to
let them die. I could do that without
any help, so just had to blunder along
reading all I could find in papers on
the subject and studying my own.
I forgot to say how little I knew of
stock, and o f farm work except what
I had read, until I came to the ranch
here eight years ago. I-scarcely knew
a sheep when I saw one, so it is very
evident if I could make it pay at afl
that any farmer raised to the business
ought to make a big thing o f it. D is­
cussions on sheep in the papers have
been a great help to me, and may we
hope these lines on my mistakes may
help some other farmer from going
the same rough road. L et us consult
together and profit by others’ mis­
takes.
Sheep Vary.
Before I give my figures I would
like to say that^ny sheep are the ordi­
nary scrub, range sheep, that I' have
picked up anywhere from one to half
Q. I raw a dynamite thawer the othei
a dgzen. They are all sizes, and coarse
and fine -wool o f all grades. The one day consisting of a rack upon which the
trouble in getting started on the ranch ■ticks of dynamite were placed, and
is that range men don’t want to tell a underneath the rack was a pan o f water
hundred or two, to you bavé to pick heated by eandie flames; tha ateam given
them up wherever you can. So mine off by the water upon boiling served
are in no way a selected lot. This to thaw the powder. Ia the above •P-
•imply emphasizes what I said above paratus a «are arrangement!
A. N o; more or less nitroglycerin ox-
about my making any profit. Pure­
bred sheep or good grades, like any ndea from the cartridges when they are
other stock, will pay better than heated and this drops into tba pan be­
scrubs, pnd I can say right here I neath. If, aa may easily happen, the
don’t intend to always have scrubs; water boils away, the nitroglycerin in
but they proved both cheap and profit­ the bottom o f the pan it subjected to
ably, and are especially good to prac­ the full beat o f the candle flame and
tice on, for a beginner is bound to may, easily explode. This type of
lose more or less, and, in fact, any on« thawer waa yie eaiiae o f an explosion
in the C'oeur d 'Alone district last
in stock must expect some losses.
1 will only give my last three years* Christmas time— F. S. Thomson, Wash
ington State College, Pullman.
receipts:
1005— Average fleece, 10 pounds, at
Q. A couple o f neighbors and m yself
lSjc, $1.55.
1000— Average fleece, 7 pounds, at intend to buy a bull, tho dam o f which
I understand has been troubled w ith
SOc, $1.40.
1007— Average fleece, 6i pounds, at m ilk fe v e r. Ia it lik e ly that the progeny
o f this bull would bo sim ilarly troubled?
10c. $1.24.
This is a bad showing, as every year Should w e have the bull exam ined rela ­
my average was lower, but let me ex­ tiv e to hie health b efore bu ying?—
plain. In 1905 my sheep were all good L. N.
ewes, only one old range sheep in tfce
A . I do not think that beeanse the
lot, and that sheared * i pounds. T h ey dam o f the bull yon expect to buy had
averaged just a trifle less than 10 the m ilk fe v e r that hie ealvee are lia ­
lounds. The next year I made a bad b le to this disease, as w e h ave not aa
pelt
u v in g some
so
ireak buying
old range ! peltcrs.
y e t recognized i t aa a transm issible
id lamb
la
figured that the w ool and
disease. I t ia not safe to buy an ani­
.. juld pay the bill and would not mal unless it haa been tested b y n relia ­
?ount the old aheep anything. But it ble veterin arian and found to be fre e
didn’t pan out. They only sheared 4j from tuberculosis___W ash in gton S tate
and 4i pounds, and spme died, more C ollege, Pullm an.
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A Onnaap.
Teas— Mr. Dumley’s just tha mean­
est ««an- Ha told ma last evening ha’d
tench ma how to wblatla if I ’d pucker
op my llpa------
jera—Oh, that old achema 1 Than Be
kissed yon, eh?
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Teas— No, tba atopld thing 1 Ha didn’t
kira ma at all.— Philadelphia Preax
Tba people always catch It; tha
poor man rays “tba people snub him” ;
tba
rich
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man
says
“ tb a
people
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A D ip lo m a t.
Nice Old Ooot— My boy, don’t yon
know It’a wrong to amoks cigarettes?
Small boy—Yoralr.
N. 0. O.—Then why do you persist
In doing It?
Small Bor—I ain't paraiatln'; my
pnll fast aa bad about It that ba won't
lick ma fer finin' awlmmln’ this after­
noon.—Toledo Bladx
Tha man who la tha trod friend of
tba people la never tha one who «panda
tha mast time tailing than about It
son succeeded John Abbott as Cana­
dian Prim e M in is te r... .T h e great
Homestead strike declared at an end.
1898— T w elve thousand lives lost by
rarthijuaka in Kachan. Persia-
1899— T w en ty thousand British troop*
thared at Cape Town.
1900—
Many lives
lost by
hurricane In
1901— T h e P riv y Council o f England de­
cided the Manitoba prohibition law
to be constkutlocal.
1005— Prin ce Charles a f Denmark
Chosen
^ K in g a f N o rw a y . »V.General strik e
renewed at St. Petersburg.
1006— Rev. Algernon Crapeey, who had
been charged with heresy, renounced
ministry In the Proteetant Episcopal
chnreh.
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1907— Oklahoma admitted to the Union.
FAC T8 FOB
FARM ERS.
Tha demand for farm implements la
again springing up and manufacturers ex­
pect a return tn normal conditions next
year.
The American Society o f Equity Organ-
Ited at Fargo the T ri-S tate Grain g r o w ­
ers’ department fo r Minnesota and both
Dakotas.
In a speech to the National Grange,
Gifford Pinchot, chief forester, urged the
farmers to aid in raving the water power
from monopoly by a few big corporations.
IIe raid the farmer* would soon be using
electricity and would need this w ater
power themselves.
President B arrett told the delegatee at­
tending the convention o f the Farmers*
Union at N ew Orleans that it waa with­
in the power o f the southern planters, by
restricting their ontpnt to bring the price
o f cotton back to last year’s level and
add $150,000)000 to thair wealth. O ver
1,000 delegates attended the convention.
Ole Swanson, a Mg Swede, working on
the.H elbertaon (arm, southwest o f Lxko
City, Iowa, claims that he can husk more
corn In elevan hours than any other man.
H e secantly beaked 141 bushels In eleven
hours and ten minutes, measurement by
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