Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 February 1881 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 188L

OUR FAIIM BUDGET.

Ensilage of (.rtM-n Crops-Fattening an Old Cow on Mill. A New Man of Storing Potato What My Bee IIa Ione Thoroughbred Gobbler. Knsilas of Croen Crop. The importance of this system, by which the enormous yield of cornstalks and other rxeen crops that can be produced ujon wellrulvated land can he cheaply stored anl kept in succulent condition for use in winter, or from one crop to the next, however lonjc the l-eriod, is at last attracting the attention of th farmer of the United States. The ni'th-l was discovered by Monsieur Auguste Goflart, of l-urtin, France, after tntv vpars' search, and his treatise upon the subject was translated and published in lsT'J, by J. B. Brown, President of the New YorK flow Ynupany, whose second edition rontons also the "Latest racts, as developed by experience in this country. The silo can be of any size or shape; but it is better to be of such width that it can be covered by one length of two-inch plank, say twelve to lifteen feet; and it is better to have it below the surface or barn Moor, and to be emptied from the top. instead of having any door at the bottom. The pressure upon the fodder, cut in half-inch lengths, need not be more than 100 pounds to the square foot of surface; and it is this pressure, continuously acting upon the shrinking subsidies mass that preserves it, by forcing out the air that it contains to such an extent that the alcoholic fermentation can not commence. It, therefore, remains in its batli of carbonic acid gas without change. The preservation i-i better when the plant is the most charged with juice. This fact for a long time eluded the notice of the discoverer, who supposed that more or less drying was necessary to insure preservation; and it is dillicult to make farmers now understand that it is a reversal of the old idea of preservation by drying, and that any desiccation or mixture of straw is injurious. Th talksof maize aresweeter when raised from the seed grown in the South and which uoes not inaiuie in the North. It is called Southern Horse-Tooth Corn. When the tassel appears and ripens its illen, and while the i.ol!en is droiiinj in-on the silk, the Mock is fullv cbarjred with sap und contains the greatest amount of saccharine matter. This is the time for cutting it for ensilage, while pollen is dropping. The silo needs to be filled rapidly, because, unless it is tilled to the extent ot two feet per d:v. the mass will heat; and when it has "been heated, or when the cutting has been delaved tle reproductive ict has been ncr 'lshed and the juice e tires from the. e. it will not keep ..r....lf . ....f . nr!i wtill verv xc.'lnt food for the cattle. Hie shrinkage 01 ie rut folder in the silo is e.jual to oneurterof its depth, at least; and it is well arramre curbinir above the silo to hold, at . i . . .1 ..,...!.. .... In irinking it will fill tlie silo to the top. The 1 , 11 IX. t UHU VI HH TT..-.., - - verin? should be battened together in e-feet sections, so that it will remain 1 as it shrinks under the pressure, re has been much discussion in agricultural journal as to the. itive value of the ensilage; whether the emng process ot commencement; oi lerntation does or does not prepare it for estion in a profitable manner. The testii.inv Kfn.i to r in f:vor oi the svstem. f hose who have built silos and tilled them are very much pleased with the results, and are unanimously in its tavor. am who nave built projose to build larger. The larger bilos and the more powerful cutting machines give. of course, less cost to the crop: but it varies from sev?nty-five cents to $iW per ton. A cubic foot of tlie packed ensilage weighs fif an r, Wl fifty pound., and a ration lor a full-sued animal is sixty pounds per day. The cost 4 Ytiasonry silos averages fl.i'o per ton of ontent. while in man v places earth-silos will answer and cast scarcely anything but boards for cover. It requires to supports cow (dry gras and hay) about six acres of pasture and meadow. Therefore, if forty tons of stalfes can be raised on an acre, it is equivalent to an advantage of twenty-two to one in the power of land to supiort animal life, while the manure of the barnyard will keep up the supply in excess cf the demand ujon it by the crop. Whence comes this gain? It is from the nitrogen of the air absorbed by the broad leaves of the growing crop. We are drawing more liberally uivon the aerial domain of nature. The cattle (cows, oxen, sheep, hops and horses) all jive preference to good ensilage over any other fond; but thev a1o enjoy and reward a variety in their bill of fare. The labor of keeping up meadows to their full productive capacity is a large item in the cost of hay, while the less costly plowing and harrowing of mellow stubble land is an item in favor of ensilage. The postM)iiement of the severe labor of harvest to the cooler days of September is a great advantage in the system of ensilage over that of haying;" while over and above all other considerations is the uncertainty of a good crop of corn-stalks, which can never be said of hay. The freedom from danger by fire; the lack of attraction to the tramp, and the incendiary, and to the lightning in the silo; the advantage of two crops a year all these are imjortant to vvery farmer who depends for his living upon the products of the soil, andpoiito the silo as a valuable improvement ujon the hay-mow. There is also an advantage in having the cutting all done at once, which is necessary to its preservation, so that the crop is prepared for use asgathered. The only drawback to the system is the necessity of providing one or more cutting machines and the necessary power. The ensilage cutters should have the requisite strength, and ennaeity: but many farmers will hesitate before investing in that class of machinery until the low prices for dairy products compel them to change their system of mowing-machines and haymows to that of cutters and silos. Fattening an Ohl Cow in Milk. Fattening an old cow is generally a slow and sometimes an unprofitable process, unless she gives milk enough meanwhile to pay for the extra feed. A writer jn the National Live Stock Journal, who has made good beef of cows at sixteen to nineteen j-ears of age, causing them to weigh 100 to li.'0 pounds more than at an) period during their younger life, thus descrilies his process, which he has, without exception, found satisfactory, the animal always a little more than paying at the pail for all teed consumed and "sometimes a good deal more:" "If the old cow is quite thin and skinny, as she is very likely to be, she should not be plied strongly with corn-meal on the start. This is apt to make her feverish, and to induce a state opposed to thrifty fattening. Besides, this feverish state will render her milk eargety. (Jive her slightly loosening and cooling food at first such as pumpkins, potatoes, sweet apples, succulent rowen gras, one or two jounds of oil meal, cheap niol.i-e, and clover hay, or, better, green clover; and with any of these may be given on the start one or two quarts of corn-meal jer day. The food must be gradually increased. A pint to three pints of cheap mohisses, diluted with three parts of water and mixed with one-half bushel of cut clover hay, will keep stomach anl bowels in excellent condition when beginning the corn-meal. And all these foods will make prime milk. Another food that will be found successful, and in many places cheap, is one bushel of flaxseed ground with fifteen bushels of corn. This flaxseed will render the corn-meal jus: laxative enough for health, and

the flaxseed is worth, aa food, all it usually costs. Cotton-seed, meal may also be fed to advantage up to three pounds per day. Linseed meal, made by the new process, is excellent to feed with corn-meal, as it has a large proportion of nitrogen, and thus balances the corn-meal; but two pounds per day is sutHeient of this. The principal grain food may properly le corn-meal, which is usualiy cheaper for fattening than any other grain., Uran and corn-meal go "well together for feeding an old cow. and after the cow gets accustomed to the use of the grain you may feed her six quarts of bran and six quarts of cornmeal in three feeds per day. It is always better to liegt n feeding her on pasture, beginning the use of grain lightly, as mentioned, and increasing little by little up to her capacity. If the cow be young that you desire to get rid of, because she is too suiall a milker, you may be surprised at her sudden improvement in milk when you try fattening her on the plan suggested. Many dairymen do not know the capacity of their cows to give milk, because they have never fairly tested it by full feeding." New rim. of Storing Potatoes. Mr. Henry Ives, one of the extensive ?tato growers of Uenesee t-ounty, Xew ork, where twenty to forty and sometimes eighty acres devoted to this cropare common on individual farms, describes as follows in the American Cultivator his plan of keejing the crop throughwinter.which.be has found by experience insures all the advantages of the pitting system, without any of its drawbacks: "The potatoes are put in middling tight bins, of a capacity of from fifty to ,r00 bushels each, and, if need be, three yr four feet deep in the Jieap. As soon as thus stored, they are covered with a course of straw,' which will prevent the top specimens from turning green, and. besides, will absorb or aid in removing the moisture generated by the potatoes while passing through the sweat. A few weeks later, or before winter sets in, draw a good load jf earth (a light sandy loam is best) anil cover the straw three or four inches deep, which places the tubers in nearly the same condition as buried or pitted potatoes. This operation is much more easily performed than pitting in the field, for a single load of dirt is sufficient to pit over a bin of from 200 to .0 bushels. 'Then- are several advantages in this system of management. First, the potatoes are well housed, and in such a location that they can b easily looked after at any time. Security against frot is maintained, even if the cellar is cold. If wanted at any time for market or other purposes, tlie jKitatoes are accessible on short notice Tlie fresh and crisp quality & much desired in jotatocs is retained in as high a degree us in those specimens stored in pit. Ity this new method of storage the erccntage of shrinkage is far less than by the open-bin method. In fact, I find in my experience that I save enough in weight alone on the lots I sell to pay me well for the extra expense of arthing them over. I recommend keeping the storage cellar quite cool. I'otatoes stored by this plan do not sprout so early in the spring as the kept open in the cellar, but they should be uncovered early, since the sprouts will grow very rapidly on them after commencing. I'otatoes thus stored retain their good quality as well as tho.-e in pit., while the farmer secures the uc of his cellar as a storage-place. "I follow the same practice in keeping all othT vegetables, except onions, in the cellar. In storing cabbage, 1 t.rst litter the cellar bottom with straw, putting on row after row of cabbages, one nurse deep, with heads inverted, finally throwing the loam over them, until nothing can be seen of them except the roots sticking up. The cabbages can be taken out one at a time, as wanted, without disturbing the balance, and will be found as crisp and well-bleached as those which have been buried in pits. Tor the few beet., tnrnips and carrots stored for family use through the winter 1 ue, for convenience sake, a few old barrels as places of storage, placing the roots carefully in the barrels and covering with half a bu.thel of earth to each barrel. In this way the quality of the roots will be much better preserved than in any other method. In keeping apples, it is claimed by those who know, a covering of plaster answers an excellent purpose. This seems reasonable, although I have never tried the method."'

AY hat My Keen Have Done. The season has been one of the jioorest for some time for honey gathering. Cool night, with but little dew, and hot days, rendered it almost imiossible for the flowers to secrete much nectar; though, with my improved hives and Italian bees, my re.-ort will show encouraging figures for the beekeepers. I commenced the season of 1S.N0 with twenty-five swarm of bees. I took 1,000 pounds of surplus honey, part box and pirt extracted, from white clover. Increased to forty-nine swarm. The colony giving in honey and bew $7."..ir in IST'J gave $. 10 this year. I find that, looking over my diary, my honey has sold for twenty-five cents ier ound, and the increase, at .12 per colony, making $Jr0 worth of honey and worth of bees. I found also that I have sold $173 worth of queens from my Italian stock. November 1, 180, finds my bees all snugly packed in sharp hives, with plenty of good honey to carry them through the winter. W. II. Green, in Lewiston Journal. Thoroughbred Gobblers. (American Agriculturist. Thorough breeding in the poultry yard pays quite as well as among larger animals, though very little attention is paid to it. Most farmers are satisfied with breeding turkeys from tlie runts of tlie Mock, which generally means birds hatched in August or September, which have not had time to mature for the Thanksgiving and Christina markets. Toms weighingtifteen pounds,and hens ten ounds, will indeed perpetuate the race, but there is very little profit in breeding such stock, when birds a third or more heavier, are within their reach, and can be bred with no more care or cost. The introduction of a thorough-bred Urone or Narragansett gobbler, weighing twenty pounds or more, at eight months from the shell, among a tlock of mongrel turkey bens, will add from three to five jxiuiids weight per head to the turkeys raised the first season. The cost of such a young cock is not far from $Ti. Suppose a hundred birds to be raised, the gain would be alout 4') pounds, which, at the price that Rhode Island turkeys brought the past season in Kastern markets 'Jo cents a pound would be $80." As turkeys with a good range get their own living through the summer, the most of this is clear gain. It will pay those who raise turkeys to invest in thoroughbred gobblers. Couldn't Cheat Iliui. (Wall Street Daily News. A middle-aged, resjK-ctably dressed stranger entered an otlice in 1'ark I'lace the other day and thickly inquired if he could have the use of their telephone for a few minutes. As a matter of fact, the ofhee had none, but the clerk in'eharge placed an old champagne bottle on the desk, mouth toward the stranger, a ad told him to go ahead. He drew up his chair, eyed the bottle long and closely, and finally put his mouth at the opening and called out: "Hello! hello: fsnay, hello: " After waiting half a minute for an answer, he lifted up the bottle, sunned at it, and then turned to the clerk and said: "Can't raise en." "Can't your' "No, shur; can't get a sound." The clerk went on with his writing, and by and by the man arose, heaved a deep sigh, and said, as he moved off: "You didn't fool me Mali! I knew all the time that it was me who was full instead of that bottle." There is a young lady so modest and sensitive that she covers the legs of the chairs in her bed room. And another girl equals it by putting all her letters in a box at night to keep any mail from seeing her disrobe.

THE HOME.

iot 4onttd tbat an h a horn in tbt l'iivhrMch on hu established hit hearth and (dc torn of his poMoaitoo aid fortan; whence be will sot depart, if nothing call him away; wheoee If to hM departed he teemi to be a wanderer, and If he return b ceeae to wander.-Dennition from Civil Caw. "Then stay al home, my heart, and rear. The bird it afet In It neat; O'er all tbat flatter tbeir winfr and fly A hawk U hovering- la the sky." Longfellow. OUK YOUXO FOLKS. Gran'uin Al'ua loea." I wants to mend my wagon. An' I hm to have some nails; jus two. free will be plenty. We're going to haul uur rails. The splendidest cob fences We're wiikiu' ever was! I wiV you'd help us find 'em Oraii'ma al'us does. My horse's name is lVtsey; f he jumped and broke her heal; I t'Ut her in tne stable And fed her milk und breud. The stabl's in the parlor; We didn't make no muss. I wis' you'd let it stay there Grau'ma al'us dot's. 18 going to the cornfield To ride on Charlie's plow; I 'spects he'd like to have me I wants to go rii;ht now. Oh, won't I Ree up awful. And whoa like Charlie wIioa; I wis' you wouldn't bother Urati'm never does. I wants some bread and hinter, I' hungry worstent kind; Itut Taddie mu.-tn't have none, 'Cause she wouldn't miud; Put plenty sugar on it. Tell vuu what, I known It's rinVit to put on suar t.run'iua al'us docs. A Young; Cruo. . Ii Y CII ARLES CUKT0X KOYCK Golden "Mother, I can not go to that place again 1 hate the very sound of it?'' 'Hut your father?" ''He is very hard, to make me work at an occupation 1 dislike. My inclinations are all bo different from this. I would like so much t continue another year at the seminary!'' This was ended with a sigh that was in perfect keeping wilh the words. "Hut Will, dear, leaving yur work as you have to-day, without your father's consent is very, very w.'ong. You can not help but know that yourself, and ' "It's not right, either, to force me into a trade I detest!'' broke in her hearer indignantly. "Stop, Will, stopl not another word!" said his mother, with a firmness in every tone that caused her son to jfeel only the more keenly her displeasure. "Doing as you have done is not the way to change your father's decision. He is vour father WilV'ehe continued, tenderly drawing him to her arms, "lie loves you jut as much as I do, and is doing what he considers best." 'But, mother, here I am, seventeen years of age yesterday, and yet I am. not to have some say in my future life. I surely am old enough to have some opinion in such an important matter." 'Talk it over with him again, and you may be able to convince him to your way of thinking.'' MI know his reply well enough," answered the son, with a cynical laugh. " 'You have been going to school ever since you were seven years of age. I never had more four years' schooling in my whole life. Ami any poorer for that? tkme day you must take my place in the firm, and to do that properly has not, or does not, require all the education you can ask for, or 1 would not bo where I am to-dy. To be fitted for this, you must know the business; and to acquire that, you must go into the shop and learn it practically.' That's what he'll reply." Mrs. Denbeigh, unknown to her hearer, hurriedly suppressed a smile, and said: ''Heturn to the mills, my boy, and tonight both of us will talk it over with your father. There, some person is calling me," and. with a motherly kiss, Mrs. Denbeigh returned to the house, that, standing on a high elevation, looked proudly down on the waters of Long Island Sound. "This 19 the way it always end?," he murmured, turning to the water's edge with a disconsolate air. "I'll go to Frank's and have a talk.' The idea appeared to gve him no little pleasure, for now his step was light and buoyant, and the troubled look on his face wa gone. Between Frank Stokes and our hero there was a friendship uncommon to one so young in years. It was a friendship lovina,, trustful and intellectual liken best unto l'ythias, if you will. Their very incongruities, in obedience to that undeli nable law of opposities, only seemed to lend new strength to their attachment to one another. This, of course, was not unnoticed by their companions, who not unappropriated dubbed them ''Damon and Pythias." "Are you looking for Frank, Wdlcried a little fellow rolling a ball on the shaven lawn in front of the Stokes' house. 'Yes, Charlie; I suppose he's in his room?" What happy, happy hours had they realized in that attie-room, decorated with all the wild profusion of a youthful hand! "No; he went to the city to-day." "All right; I'll go down to the boathouse," replied Will, turning his steps to where a small frame structure showed itself at the foot of the lawn. Will Denbeigh's story had been told by his own lips. Ilia father, as has been explained, had been the maker of his own fortune. With a common-school education, he had attainedall this. Iiis son -had had twice the advantages afforded him, and as he would one day succeed him in the mill, he concluded his intellectual education to b finished. Mr. Denbeigh looked upon his son's distaste for the business as a boyish whim, and so treated it. "You wiil soon get out of the idea. Will," he was wont to say. ' Because Frank is going to college, you naturally want to do the same." No boy had a better and more loving father than Will Denbeigh a fact he well knew, and it only served to make their present misunderstanding the more distress ing. ill's usual temperament was one of those sunny, happy dispositions every one loves to have around him. Lately this had deserted mm, and be now went about with a troubled face, pitiful to see. "Ah," exclaimed Will, coming up to the boat-house, "Frank has been repainting the Nancv! But what does this m-san?" added, somewhat astonished to find the little craft was not fastened to the dock, Frank being usually so caretul regarding hu property. Will was not awaro that Charlie had found the padlock key, and in a spirit of mischief unfastened the chain from its ring. Fortunately the tide had been low, and alter vainly striving to push the boat into the deeper water, the mischievous youth had returned to the house. The Nancy could not have been more than eighteen feet in length, and half that in beam. Originally adapted to rowing, Frank, with a boy's ready skill, had turned it into the jauntiest little yacht on the Sound. Altogether, she was a neat craft, and with a head-breeze flew over the water like a sea-gull. To be sure, her canvas was rather largo for her size, but, with her

young skipper at hand, no aecident had as yet occurred. Iler once broad sail was carefully fastened down when ATill entered the boat and threw himself carelessly down on the cushions 1n the stern, to gaze vacantly into the water below. It was just the place and hour for contemplation. The gentle rocking of the boat, with the now incoming waves and the whimperings of a new-born breeze, all seemed to lull the strivings of his heart. Somehow this same gentle, subtle brec?. seemed to arouse a new impulse wit'j.n him. "I'll have a row," said Will, but on looking round no oars could be found. For a moment he hesitated, as his eyes fell upon the sail. "I've been out enough with Frank to be able to manage a sail in euch water as this.'' The sail was quirkely hoisted, and seated at the helm, the Nancy was pushed by Will out into the great stretch of water. Her great white wing met the breeze in a manner to delight the Captain, who laughed to see the dancing spray as it glided so swiftly over the water. Mile after mile was thus hurried by, the wind never once losing its strength or the Nancy her gentle scorn of the little white wavelets that kissed her face. On such a day as this, and betöre euch a wind, a child could havo safely bandied a boat.

This was Denbeigh's first attempt at managing a sail, but he had been out with Frank time and again. Iiis quick eye had accustomed itself in these trips to many little points of sailing that now served him well; otherwise he was a new hand at the trade of Jack Tar. As he leaned back on the cushions, watching the movements of the boat,, his conscience, though not for the first time that day, gave him a little accusing prick. He knew how his mother dreaded the water, and at this very moment she supposed him at the mills, in response to her lat request. That her trust in him was great and perfect he well knew, and this made his present occupation only the more distasteful. "Just the way!" he said testily, and at the same time putting the boat on the home-, ward tack. ''There is always something to spoil my pleasure!" Juitthen the boat, beating against the wind, forced her starboard side close to the surface, and shipped a lot of water. This was not observed by Will without some misgiving. He had witnetsed this before, a hundred times, when out with Frank, but seeing and doing he found to be tvo different things. Steeling himself with fresh courage, he tacked again, this time lying close to the wind. Tnii gave him a perceptible advantage, and the Nancy glided along, but not with the su?ne speed as she had come. Then for the first time he discoversd that the sun was obscured by an ill-omened haze, and that the wind was increased in strength. In the east, a great frowning wall of heavy black clouds was looming up. For a moment Will lest all hope, for he knew this to be a coming storm. Not a ship was in sight, and the shore was miles away. "Not a moment is to be lostl" he cried. Turning his head for an instant to give a backward glance at the track he bad just quitted', he diseerned in the distance a long, blue ridge, that assured his well-trained eye to be an island. For a moment he was lost in thought, then his eyes turned to the oncoming clouds. Kither shore is not less than three miles distant." he said, "and to reach them against such a wind would bring me right in the teeth of the storm. The island is right with the wind, and not more than five or 6ix miles away. Yes, the island's my only hope'' With a skill far beyond one of his little experience, the boat was put to the wind. For a moment the sail flapped against its sides, then swelled out. The frail shell shivered and shook like a wet dog, and seemed to be lifted out of her native element; then she plunged her shapely neck deep into the water and sped away. The clouds now were meeting overhead, but as yet no rain had fallen. Finally night and the most intense darkness buried everything in Mack oblivion. 'Oh, for one lok at all the people at homel" cried Will, over and over again. The wind grew more fierce and howling; tho sea grew higher than before, and the Nancy, now at her worst, was shipping water at a fearful rate. The boat's keel lay high above the water, for it was useless in the teeth of such a hurricane to try to lower the sail. Securing the long rope on his arm, Will sat awaiting his fate, for death stared him grimly in the face. With the report of a cannon tho sail at that moment wai torn into ribbons that lent new force to the terrible cries of the storm, now in all its fury. The boat righted lor a moment only a huge seething wave, more powerful than its fellows, caught it just amidships, and then a heavy blow struck the boy on the head, the cold water ingulfed its victim, and all was silent. When consc:.i. asness returned for the falling wood had dialt him a heavy blow Wiil knew that he was being dragged through the water at a rapid rate. The rope that he had been thoughtful enough to secure to his arm had been the means of rescuing him death, as it was still fastened that now, keel upward, was from instant to the boat, being washed along. Will wa3 a good swimmer, however (as every boy should be who lives near any stream of water), and soon gained the boat. After several eflfjrts he was successful in reselling the back of the slippery hull, where at least he was safe from the angry water. Every limb was stiff and cold with the long exposure to the elements. His head was almost bursting with pain, and with a nameless fear, that almost stopped the quick beatings of his heart, he took the precaution to secure the rope more certainly around his person, and prepared to meet the worst, foj a drowsiness came over him that would not be shaken off. As he lay thus, a thousand fancies filled his troubled slumber. Amid all tho pain and turmoil ho felt the warm imprint of his mother) parting embrace, and smiled and whispered to the dying wind the sacred word : Mother!'' Some time after, he was awakened by a rough shock, and thrown into the cold water. The moment his feet touched the water they met beneath them the .hard gravel of the shore. "Land! Land!" cried Will, in a voice thatfairlv startled him. "Land at last!" he repeated again and again. The boat had really drifted on the island shore. The mast, being turned down, had met the beach, and the concussion had thrown the occupants into the water. A few quick dashes landed Denbeigh on shore, where, with the rope that at first had been his preserver, he secured the boat from further wanderings. "Safe at last!" Will said thankfully, as he seated himself in the shelter of a couple of heavy bushes, for it was useless to reconnoitre the ground, as everything was hidden in the deep gloom of night. At length a few faint streaks of eray found their way in tho east and chased be

fore them the heavy, somber clouds. Assuring himself with regard to the boat's safety, Will set out to ascertain the condition of his domicile. His clothes being heavy with the seawater, and his limbs aching from long exposure, this was no easy task at first. However, the bouyancy of youth, and the thought of seeing the loved ones soon, gave energy to his inclinations, and so, with a sort of boyish whistle, jse set out on his tour of discovery. He was on an island, standing, alone in Long Island Sound. In length it was probably a mile, and half that distance across. It was not inhabited, for these bits of land are only used for the scanty timber tbey afford the soil being too poor and sandy for cultivation In all his search Will could discover no signs of fresh water, and this fact caused him r.o little anxiety, though he hoped to find it in the locker öf the Nancy. The morn being but just' born, the cold air sent the most intense chills through his whole body. "Ah, the Nancy," exclaimed Denbeigh dear, old thingl must certainly have some matches stored safely away!" Suiting the action to the thought, he hurried to the boat, that now lay ingloriously groaning with the out-going tide. It wa3

not without some trouble that the mast was removed and the boat sands. , hauled up on the A sharp olow a large stone soon brought to sight the contents of the little pantry, consisting of a number of thoroughlysoaked biscuit, a can of tomatoes and peas, two potatoes and a kitchen-knife. These were not found without some disappointment on Will's part. Iii quick eye, however, discovered a similar closet in the bow of the boat. This was forced open the same summary manner as its companion. " Matches, matches!" cried Will, brinsing forth from tin-box, aiong with a nice, new fishing-line, the much-coveted lucifers. "Such a prize!" cried Will, joyfully, hurrying into tho woods and returning with a load of dry leaves and wood. The tomatoes and other things being put among the embers, he dried his garments and warmed his shivering limbs before the jolly, rollicking flames. No boy never enjoyed a fire as he did this. He laughed, he whistled, perhaps cried a little; at any rate it was a treasure fit for a King, he thought. His next move was to make some sort of shelter from the ' wind, which was cold and damp; not that he supposed his people would not rescue him, for all the time he was busy in scouring the water for Eome sign of assistance. Selecting a well sheltered spot, he pro ceeded to build a lean-to familiar to all who have, that doubtful pleasure of "campingout." "It's just like Crusoe," he said, surveying the result of his labor with no little satisfaction. "If Frank was only here to enjoy itl" The thought was a painful one, for he instinctively turned from tho sight of the water with a sigh. By the time this was accomplished the boy was very tired, and was foreed to sit before the fire and rest. The sun disappeared, followed by twilight, and then everything was bathed in obscurity. All that day not a single drop of water had passed his lips, and now he felt the first burning of thirst. This, in a measure, was allayed by the tomatoes and some blackberries he found during the afternoon. Replenishing the fire with freh fuel, and giving one farewell look at the silent waters. Will crawled into his leafy shelter. There are times that the best of us can not slumber, when our hearts are heavy and despondent, and though weary with the day's work, its cares and its sometime pleasures, we would fain seek repose, we are compelled by the conflict of emotion to toss and fight with the wild flight of a feverish imagination. Tired, overworked, and exhausted with exposure. Will could only toss and sleep by turns. llow long he slept thus he could not remember, on:y he started up with tue idea that hu friends were near. He thought be heard a footfall on the sand withont. Iiis heart stood still for very joy. Not a word could he utter, for his tongue clung to his mouth. Breaking off the spell, with a wild bound he cleared the intervening ground and stood on the shore, looking np and down-with a heart full of pent up grief. "Fatherl fatherl Frankl Help! help!" The waters only answered, and a gray owl overhead in the bushes hooted at his despair. "Oh, Merciful Father am I to die here of thirst? Have I not suffered enough? Water! one drop of water! Water!" Throwing himself recklessly among the wet grass, he lay there sobbing out his grief sobbing till the tears refused to answer. Consuming with fever beyond description and driven almost to madness with the cravings of insatiable thirst, he rolled and tossed among the wet herbage. This furnished some reliefs and filling his mouth with the short grass, cooled his Durning mouth for a moment. Suddenly, away in thediEtar.ee, lying low with the water, was a dim light. It was miles away not a bouse, not a light-ship; no, for it wavered and scintillated over the waves as only a moving body could. It was the head-light of a ship. 'A ship! a shipl" cried Will, mad with joy and hope. "A ship lor me me!" "Every moment it was growing brighter and drawing near. At first the. boy's limbs, so racked with pain and exhaustion, refused to move. With la bound almost superhuman, he was beside the camp-fire. Filling his arms with leaves and wood, he proceeded to built the fire-signah This he continued until three huge piles were erected at short distances along the shore, immediately in front of the camp. The advancing (teamer, for such it was, was now not more than two or three miles distant. The signals were faming . up, and illumined the water at a great distance. Will's quick eye never for a moment left that beacon of hope at the steamer's masthead. HU ears, strained to their utmost, caught at length the beatings of the paddles that seemed to eay, ''I'm coming, comingj coming!" Hark! Over the water sounded a hoarse burst of escaping steam. Then, peal alter peal from the angry, bellowing whistle. "Saved I Saved I cried the anxious watcher, falling on fiis knees, and his face uplifted to heaven. For a moment the angel of death hovered over the prostrate form, and then sorrowfully winged its fiight for only the ''break, break" of the water served to sing his lulllaby. One morning, weeks after, Will Den beigh awakened to find himsclt eafe and comfortable in his own cozy bed-room, the sun playing hide-and-seek through the latticed windows. He thought himself in dreamland, no doubt, for he rubbed his eyes very vigorously. When they opened again, it was to see ä well known face bending over him, with a depth of love and sympathy in every lineament. Frank," murmured Will, in a voice wasted with sickness, "Frank, forgive " "Stop, old friend; not another word I

You're safe at home. You've been ill w'th fever these many weeks," he said, in anticipation of the eager, questioning look of his companion. "The boat, Frank?"" "It's all right, now. The floor was

soon repaired, and, with a new sail and mast, the JNaney lies down at the boathouse. lell me about the island." shuddered Will, the vUion ofthat dreadful niht still vivid in his memory. "I'll tell you; but if you persist in talk i ing I will luve to leave you. You know wnen you re well you can always out-talk me, o give me a chance, please," Frank aaueo, witn bneht. sunnv lau?h. tht brought an answering smile from the in valid.Well," continued Frank we missed you : i .1 . . . . . . jusi, ns me. siorm commenced to show itself. Charlie saw you going out, and thus jve sus pected of your flight. Your father procuryd a steam tug. and together, we set out to your relief. By midnight the force of the storm compelled us to return, or share your supposed fate, as the engine fires had to oe Kinaiea twice tne waves washin ig away everything baforethem. e is lost, saiu me pilot to me in a whisper; 'nothing can live in such a hurri cane as this.' "Oh, Will, I shall never forget that ter rible night, and the grief of your father and motherl I he next morning at break of day, we resumed our search with the tug, and telegraphed all along both shores. That nicht, returninsr heavv-hearted from Sag Harbor, were all startled by the cry öf ii g nie aneaa.' "Sure enough, there on our right, not more than half a mile distant, glimmered tome three or more lights that the pilot assured us could only be that of a pile ot fagots I could not say why, but I knew that you were there. We approached the shore as near as safety permitted, and the life-boat being lowered, and the shore gained we began our search. "I came upon your hut, so snug and warm, just at that moment, but to my sur prise it was empty. I knew it was of your constructing, for it was similar to the one we made at East Hampton last summer. Searching the locality very carefully, and diving among the bushes and the long grass, I discovered you where you had thrown yourself when you first descried our boat. "At first you lay so still and cold we thought you dead, but, on removing you to the tug, you broke into the most heart-rending cries for water that I ever heard. Since that hour I have watched your unconscious slumbers every night, as you lay between life and death. Now, for once in my life, I have had my say without any interrvption on your part," eaid Frank, p'layfully. "Go to sleep, old fellow; I'm going down stairs to tell the good news." With a pressure of the wasted hand that his friend could only understand, Frank hurried away. In the coming of the autumn. Will gathered fiesh life, and was enabled to walk about the grounds. Never once had he received the first word of reproof with regard to the cause of his illness. "Father," said Will, one night, som-j time after, when they were all gathered around the hearth-fire, "father, have you any vacancies in the office?" "At the mills?" asked Mr, Denbeigh, not a little surprised at the question. "Yes; the mills!" Uis son had risen now, and stood with his arms around the other's neck. "Well, yes; several." "Well then, father, I want to go into the office just as soon as I become 6trong enough." "I am glad to hear it, my dear boy; but, at the same time, I had made arrangement for you to go to College with Frank. Think well before deciding either will be satisfactory and pleasant to me." At one time he would have given a far dillerent answer. He felt now like another boy, and thought, as it were, with another mind. 'I'll come to the mills, father." He did and never regretted the step. That he was successful, his widespread indnstries testify, as you sail down Long Island Sound. Little Folks Abroad. A little boy at his first concert innocently asked, when a singer was encored, "What's the matter, mother, didn't she do it right. A little seven-year-old girl said, "Uncle Horace, eight and seven make fifteen, don't they?" "Yes." "Then, " said she, "it's only eight years before I shall have a beau, and oh, I dread itl" "Now, my little boys and girls," said a teacher, "I want you to be very Etill so still tbat you can "hear a pin drop." In a minute all was Eilent, when a little boy shrieked out, "Let her drop!" Lou was having a bad fit of pouts, and and her face looked decidedly unpleasant. Even little Minnie noticed it. "Mamma," she eaid, 'I don't think Lou looks pretty when her face is all doubled up." Nautical. Husband (jokingly) "Oh, I'm the mainstay of the family." Wife "Yes, and the jib-boom and the and the '' Small boy (from experience) "And the spanker, too, mamma." Applause. 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