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By the end of the next day we had
the 3 piece in a very fair posture for de-
�
fense, whereupon Morgan had us
3cno k'ofand preparation was forth
forth-
with' made for the great expedition,
T' s1.ere were atthis time in the rivet,
some small Spanish named, I
CS ,
think,chatten, and these,with:the four
little'.ships that had' been there at'
f' :'eL. Morgan fetolsecil up close to the
a ansC%r�~�'- �._tl i h'caunon.. The
y_
`li that a
rr '..
ten
d set . was to
st
r ¢_i
������"iti�t•Dr-canoes
�Nroach to the castle,
ghat likewise had been captured, to-
gether`with the greater part of our
boats, were then brought up to the
main quay, and when 500 men had
been told off to garrison the castle and';
150 more left on the ships, we entered.
, the boats and the gun„was fired for
starting. Capt.Brodely was still left
to keep San Lorenzo, as the castle was
called, and looked a.' bit rueful as he
saw the rest of us so gayly setting
forth. ''Little diol he know what was to
happen to us, or what a desperate
thing the expedition was to be, or he
had scarce worn so long a face.:
Our command numbered just 1,203
men,g
'includin • Morgan himself, and
for conveyance we h.ez1 live barges, ten
ships' boats and 32 canoes. however,
we knew that we 'Were not to cover the
whole distance by water,as there must
be someleagues of a march front the
head ofnavigation to the city. 'Every
plan save one was carefully ll t ,y made but
that one proved of passing importance;
It was the matter of provisions, which :.
Capt. Morgan thought we should take
but a light supply of, as Ile conceived
we must be able to findia'sufficiency on
the way.' On a bright and not over
warm morning, then, with flags flying
from the stern of the boats and two
trumpeters blowing merry blasts,
vhile those on shore waved their hats
and, cheered, the oars were set going
and we started up the river.
My companions c m anions and 'I were still in
Pradey's command, not having found
a sufficient excuse for transference,-
tbough indeed it made little difference;
for ; all the companies were as one
arge ;one, with i>lorgan'at the head.
That day nothing of special note.
happened. We all greatly relished the
embbwering-'of the
y;
"We will go into camp now," said
Morgan coolly. l "To -morrow we i hall
have to test thse g
entlemen's men -
sees."
the
The men set upa cheer, aecond:I
he'be inning
hact�lieard since ;, of the
t beginning
ar b and immediately broke'
terrible m c, Y
ranks.
I sleet but ill. and: that not only be
Pause my Mind was etiotied but because
in the night the Spaniards fetched;
Fomo,. cannon • out of the city and be
all 'firing upon us. Fortunately, they
advanced their' battery belt a little way,
and none of the shot hurt us, but only
kept 'up a considerable noise and
cut down branches from the trees
about us. Sir,:Tym seemed much less'
Illstt uieted than I was, though, once or
twice he sat up and watched the corn
motion of the shot among the trees.
I fell asleep at last, though:I had not
believed so till I found myself coining
out of a troubled dream and my com-
rades beginning to stir about. It was
the gray of dawn, and et'erything
looked dim and cheerless, the men not.
talking much and no fires yet alight.
CHAPTER. XIII.
DF TEED OPENING OF TI -IH BATTLER.
'We were speedily in order, and every
captain` went to the head of his com-
pany, Morgan looked' in a satisfied way
,along the lines and drew his sword.
At that moment he seemed to have lost
a little color, but his bearing was bold
and steady. He pointed toward the lull,.
and with the loud` word "Forward!
led us into the road.
It seemed but a moment before we
were over the rise and marching down.
into the little plain. There, to the no
small stirring of my pulse, were drawn
up the Spanish forces.
T -thought but there must be 3,000 of
them. The greater part were foot, but
on each flank was a considerable body
et borse. Their arms and appointments
seemed of the best - description, their
cuirasses and helmets, in particular,
gleaming like pools of water with
every movement.
- At least, I thought, we have our work
cut out. I greatly doubt if we can over
come such a strong force.
rr.• zou of many
of appre-
to regein their old station, and then an-
other trumpet aou'rzded and the entire
bocly of foot moved forward.
"Stand fast," said Morgan in deep
tones,
The enemy came on, slowly, and of
a sudden stopped. The line of gulls
€; lit tered, and ilisten :tly everything
was confused in feine and,sinoke. As
it cleared asvey I saw half a score of
our advance ft€11ow's down, and tbe
other limiting at full speed toward us.
No one in the mein body, as far as 7
could see, was hurt.
SEED CORN.
tleetlnxz aott Preeell•vtns Corn
Seed -'-A Ver.•nno,*t Wsiul�1e
The selection of cora for seed should
he Blade when the growth of stalks.
eche of ear and earliness can beat be
FALL SOWN FLOWERS. noted. 'i'hia x,3 usually at husking time,
When the corn Is Isusiced by band.. 1'1`
Seedy ,mint Care For 'FRneanre ves-A lztlhlcod, by machinery, pass through.,
r7s%v 'Wrinkle In drowa&naa• As eti;l, 2110 field boforo e,ultting and mark in
Ilave we 1'0und the soc;ret of how' to „ of no manner the hills or ears chosen,
grow asters? Es'erY year regularly for Seed, these to stand until
Ou the S Tania, ds their flanks 1 conies the query,"'li"llat 13 -the tuittter tltorou; lily ripened before busking.- Al.
1 with my a tars and what can I do for though not much of a Corn grower at
expanding and. their ha rse erclinc;•att �
into tht' meadow. In a flash the whole tllemi" Appal rutly healthy ,pliults., present, I was for a number of years
army seelrPa, LO be inelosiag s. suddenly'' fail` at the neck and topple t3Pea a large farm tvherre corn Was one
a y „
Itworld be n11(.31 o my hnincl it 1 aver, This Is one trouble._ Tile next is of the principal craps. Our seed was
t id de ,robe'tai';lt elo zti„1e;se and ire-alwn3s selected Willie husking, anti we.
<o l � .t ,t � I fJlttt the plant driesnp, tunable ;r disa-•r ,- uevcl failed irr h;twine a good yield of
cislan what Jalloir.el. L.nfciitun.stc.13 e eeable brown, and forgets to tlo its
it is beyond m power. I was all a squnc1 corn, Cizoose ears that are thor-
3 a et dutyaS a decent flowering aster • A 'ex-
whirl and .a mare of figures and the, ot.e;hly tzpa-nc.cl before ctli,tltlg, n
g p sbouid, Looking to tit° hai•diuess of perionced busker pan easily tell this by
pufilag in and breasting of clouds o.
e seeds, for several seasons we have the !sleeks and lirmuess of the grain.
smoke, and beyond that little but son
se
e'.. ?' ill the 'habit : says American Gars Neves' save eer old seed' an ear where
clattering of ,,�a oro. and _tions and been t 1 habit, , 3
much jostling about, I wasaiot in the deusttg, of sowing, oz scattering seeds the ltereels are shrunken or loose upon
'r u rank., and could only step this of'('arious kinds to test their ability of the cob; Wilen practicable, save from
rot 1, t 3 P.
way and :that, as my companions ad- withstanding the rigor of winter, then stalks having two` or more ears. Select
y l
vanced or zretreat.ed,. and o
beY unci once germinating and taking care of diem- only those that are full at the end and
discliar in my'un. did no actual selves the bfobowiti ` spring. In thls slaving the same number of rows: at the
g g g g 1 z�
it was soon over,anal sawhal some astonishing re- butt as at the center:- By •leaving a
tin .waywe have d 5
[fighting, n
<.
can be ens -
seeds 1� he's u:s c.
.>1 onthe f� husks 1_
of fewthey
• thadbroken.capable e
enemy aremore ca 1
thatels. ih.ze,o
R.t e1
3
S
"After thein, and take some prisons taking care of themselves during the sly sorted ,when the corn is drawn in.
ers!" Morgan roared. vviitter than the average gardener cred ,Brace up and hang in a cool, dry place.
I was immediately left in a little Its, The effect of tills plan is easily noted
space,' with only?sir. Tyne clear y
3
and It. was
in this lea y that we discover- in a Lew years by increased yield, size
1110 Ivrach near at hand. The others :edthis spring that the aster withstood and shepeof ears.
had made a dash after the.ilying Span- the rigor of winter in our oxen trial If there is any doubt as to the sound-
lards.rounds and eame up abundantly, The ness'of, corn, 1 would discard it entire
My two companions, like myself, plants were so thrifty and looked so ly for seers and buy of some reliable
were :unhurt. In this respect they well that we ' were tempted to use seedsman, as it is seldom that the crop
were more fortunate than 20 or so of them. At the same time in the regular is a failure throughout the entire coun-
our mates. Nine or ten Of these were r of various kinds were sown try. In planting I have always been
way asters v
killed' `and, the others were . , . g ._ in the habit of rejecting the corn from
outright',In the spring and transplanted, Of
doubled uppwith pain or sitting about the tipand butt of the ear. There Is'a
these we hacl a fine stock. They flour.
bloodyand bewildered. showtheir
isluid for awhile, began to
Tee smoke radually thinned out,
gi
p blossoms and then bs.can to go 'off with
and I looked toward the city.:I saw fatal diseases. Not so the slants
the Spaniards slowly but doggedly: re- the at l 1
that had been transplanted in parallel
treating, stopping at intervalsto rows from the autumn sown seed:
wheel and fire a desultory volley. Our
These grew and flourished. Not sin
n,dtrance men were at their' heels, but ie pleat has been lest, and at the time
Elio'not pursue far,: for, having -taken
S
are in full flower, This statement is
inn' shot or two and returned,
five or six prisoners, they let go a part -
i of'Writing,,0et. 3, the lateral branches
harangued us briefly,madesimply for what it is worth and
Morgan now harang
from only one season's observation, but
saying that victory was assuredly
appeals so strongly that: wefeel com
reach, and that we had but it app_ g o
within our elled to let' our readers know about it.
toput forth one more effort to secure P,
In the early part of the season pref-
it. This
speech being well received, he
perence forplantand blooms would go
left a guard of 200 with the wounded,
and also to act as a reserve," "and led to the spring sown. They appeared
the rest to the attack. I1r. Tym, Mac.
Y
Tvrach and myself' were included in
this assaulting party.
We marched directly toward the
enemy, and at once received their fire,
losing ten or twelve in killed and'se'v-
eral wounded. Then, of a sudden, Mor-
gan sprang to the right, and we, evheel-
ing after him, he led us almost at a run
from the road into the meadow. I. im-
mediately;perceived what he would
do, which was to avoid the forts and
this, strong front of the town, and at-
tack a weaker place. To effect this he
had -feigned to make an assault, there-
by holding the main force of the ene-
my, where it was.
It was soft footing, and (we ran
more vigorous and started.. in to throw
mach larger flowers. The autumn
sown plants were sturdy, came halo
bloom a few clays later, and while the
blooms have been all the season uui-
formly good they have lacked the size
of well grown plants sowu in the
spring- and which have escaped these
'diseaises. We do not gual'antee that
this is a panacea against stem rot' and
.. make the statement
rust, but simply
a. decided success with
that it has been
us this season.
A Fine and. Very Hardy Here.
Gardening illustrates the very beauti-
ful new hybrid rose, Pink Pearl, a
err .+ T.�T nr , rid Moteor.
claim by some that this should not be
done, as' the corn will not fill out as
well. 13y claim is that the grain on
the center of the ear is earlier and
more perfect than at the ends, 'produc-
ing better and earlier corn and liner
shaped ears.
While, travelingthrough Vermont a
,
few years since I noticed that the
farmers hung their seed`coru under the
wide, projecting. eaves of'the house for
wintering, proving the fallacy of the
idea that cold will'injure germ, as I
have seen the finest of flint corn grown
from seed so treated,; says a New York
farmer in New England Homestead.
rareniva For 5t,ring Use.
The parsnip is so hardy a root that,
like salsify or vegetable oyster, it may
be left in the soil where it grew all
winter without being materially In-
jured. Usually there is enough snow
on the ground to afford all the protec-
tion needed to what grows below the
surface. What runs into the soil may
be exposed to' freezing temperature
without injury, for if the'frost enters
the parsnip it is extracted by the soil
around .it. We have known parsnips'
that grew above the surface to be In-
jured by freezing and thawing several
bines during the winter, when there
was not enough snow :to protect them.
TAXiNG THE REtpI
'Ile speedy Joe Watts, 2:10%, once
sold for the sunt of $28.
Jitllauy. Caitcomb received p present of
$1,-00 for winnitlg the 'Transylvania,
Charles Marvin has in training a year-
ling by (iecitian that stands 1n hands
high,
b ittsiir'ld Ilriek Yard is the latest and
,Minot the worst in 710n1enclafaire for a
ra0e horse,
The p00e'r Goshen Jinn, th;it took a rec-
ord of `2;101/,1 in ()alifornia, stands 17
Minds, and it is said he can go a mule in,
2:03.
\l'illcie Collins, by George 'Wilkes, is
still living at ths' age of 21 years and is
i'il„ ged and vigorous, Ile is owned by J.
11. Lamb, llilfoi�d, fa.
The black stallion Too Soon, by Direct,
w^lli4h 'M`ont'oe Salisbury entered heavily
in colt 11)11(es several years ago, recently
took a record of 2:2414.
importing ti Pet
\1'esti'eu horsemen site 1 ltln>n
elierpn stallions ram 11'rance amus are sell-
ing the offspring to 0c rrnany, The Amer-
ican breeders Lind it a profitable` venture.
Lueille's mile to wagon in. `2:07, was the
ulote remarkable, as the trotter was not
aecotnllsuticd 03' a pacemaker or prompt-
er, Billings Carried neither a
er whsle i li, 13 1u �s c n.it
whip not, watch.
o
1.
The two heats of f ittitas Ranger in
'I is s
2:111 and 2:121/, at North Yakima Sept.
e Is 0a eve
23 are salt1 t i be the fattiest beata r
s
paced its the state o1 Washington. .she
horse is of unlcoown breeding,
The inure Neva Simmons, 2:21%, which'
T. W. 'Price is.trailing at Pittsburg,
must be the 'fastest trotter in tbe coun-
try without a -record. She has shown ex-
treme speed all summer, and on Sept. 23
Price drove her a' mile in 2:08%.'
THATCHER'S SLANG.
Of course I don't deny that I sling a lit-
tle slang occasionally, but when they
charge me with irreverence that's a horse
of another color, ,and I won't stand for it,
says Professor Thatcher.—Chicago Trib-
une.
Professor Thatcher of the:University of
Chicago" pleads guilty to' the. accusation
of using; slang in his classecom, but he
insists that it is up to date slang' and that
if he attempted to teach in Addisonian
English his class would go to sleep. To
use his own favorite lingo,: that's thof'
stuff'.—Boston Herald.
from
Sarcastic petitions a mile long
oversensitive students will not dissuade
Professor Thatcher of the'University of
Chicago from using slang to hammer in,
the truths of meditc'val'history. The pro-
fessor believes in the penetrating power
of carefully chosen slang when it comes
to lodging mediaeval facts in the cranium
of an indifferent pupil.—Chicago Times -
Herald.
After all, the professor's crime is a
common one, for slangisheard -on every
side. He is really vigorous in' his meth-
ods. Oi Charles Martel he is reported to
have said that he dict tiny -old thing he
pleased, got tired of his wife,- told her
she couldn't pack her things in his trunk
any more and then gave her the grand
bounce. Picturesque. certainly, this blend
lug of old world history find new world
gift of "expression, ibis infusion 'of dead
facts with fresh blooms..
A CENTURY'S PROGRESS.