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I Ten Minute Classics
Î Famous Talcs and Legends Told in Brief Form
Literature's Finest Story of England's Greatest Sea Fight
By J. W. MULLER
Copyright bj J. W. Muller
Land's End, the Lizard, the Nee
dles. Portsmouth, Calais, Dunkirk,
the North sea and the Orkneys—all
the places that figure today in the
submarine and other naval news of
the two huge watching sea powers,
figure thrillingly in the last and
greatest scene vf Charles Kingsley's
famous sea story, "Westward Ho!"
When Don Guzman Maria Magdale
na Sotomayor de Soto won and carried
away from Devon, Rose Salterne, whom
all the young blades called the Rose of
Torridge, Amyas Leigh of Bideford
Bwore a great oath. He swore that he
would kill the Spanish grandee, though
he hunted him around the earth's globe
and though a thousand times a thou
sand salt tides should pass before he
found him.
He sailed his tall ship Rose to the
Spanish Main and failed to meet his
foe. But he left the ship's bones there
with those of his brother, and he re
turned home knowing that Rose was
dead in Venezuela. It made his hatred
all the more black, seeing that there
was little left to him except that
hatred.
He prayed often thereafter—an aw
ful prayer. It was that Don Guzman
might not die before they met.
A wild joy was his when one day
Sir Richard Grenville stormed into his
house and brought news that a great
Armada of Spain was sailing toward
the coast of England to break the
island kingdom forever.
He sailed out of Bideford Into the
Bristol channel and around Land's
End up the English channel to Plym
outh, where were gathered ships of
Francis Drake, iohn Hawkins, Fro
bisher, Raleigh and a dozen more of
Queen Elizabeth's Spain-hating gentle
men-udventurers. None hated Spain
more than did the crew of Amyas
Leigh's ship, the Vengeance.
They waited till the Armada was
spied sweeping up Channel past the
Lizard in formation half-moon-wise
and full seven miles from wdng to
wing.
Then they put out.
They banged and ran away and
banged and lied again, their little ships
hanging to the Spaniard's high sea
castles as snapping whippets might
hang to a herd of Andalusian bulls.
They shuffled the huge fleet past
Plymouth and down the coast to Ports
mouth. From the Needles poured Eng
lish ship after ship to join the fight
that shook the white chalk cliffs. Past
Brighton cliffs, Beachy head, Hastings
and Dunge ness it roared with clouds
of sulphur smoke and vast painted silk
banners shining high above.
The Vengeance was in the press of
It. Amyas Leigh was at the helm, and
by his side fierce old Salvation Yeo,
who had been with John Oxenham at
Panama and had only one wish in all
the world—to pay back the Spaniards
for hanging that beloved captain.
Through smoke and bangings and
battles, now of single ships, now of
confused squadrons, these two steered
the Vengeance ever again toward one
Spanish ship, a great galleon whose
banners flaunted the bright coat-of
arms of De Soto. And Don Guzman
WM not remiss. Shining in silvery
mail, his brave figure stood on the
poop, beckoning to Amyas Leigh with
a hungry sword.
The sea-fight drove down on Calais,
snd toward yellow Dunkirk sands, and
of a sudden northward and out into
the North sea. Then the English fleet
knew that the great Armada was run
ning. Past Yarmouth and the mouth
of the Humber and Flamborough head
they drove the fleeing ships. The Scot
tish coast came In sight. My Lord
Thomas Howard hung to them and
drove them beyond the tempting shel
ter of the Firth of Forth.
Once past there, It was all over. The
avalanche that was to overwhelm
England had melted helplessly and
Pliably away.
'if by one the English ships
dropvkd off, to pillage prizes or carry
them into port At last only one ship
remained in chase. It was the Ven
geance, and the ship she chased was
the galleon Santa Catherine—shot
torn, gale-battered, her gold tarnished
and her bright silken banners ragged,
but unbeaten still and commanded still
by the undaunted Don Gusman.
They raced around Scotland and the
Orkneys. Then the Vengeance forced
him south again, down between the
Hebrides and Scotland and past the
Isle of Skye, whose wild Inhabitants
howled with glee. Into the Irish sea
they raced, and southward past Holy
head into Cardigan bay. Four times
they fought, and still Don Guzman
evaded a grapple. So on the sixteenth
day of the chase the two came around
St. David's head and into the opening
of Amyas Leigh's own Bristol channel.
They turned eastward — toward
home, the home whence the Spaniard
had taken the Rose of Torridge.
Amyas Leigh exulted that his revenge
should be so finely staged. But one on
board said î ''Eastward Ho never
brought us luck'!" and at that moment
a tearing squall broke from a long,
black cloud.
The two ship« were wrapped la a
gray whirlwind as they staggered help
lessly to lee. "Can you see the chase?"
yelled Amyas, and then: "Hurrah!"
There was the Santa Catherine, fly
ing with splitten canvas.
"Range alongside, though it blow
live imps and witches !" bellowed
Amyas.
Salvation Yeo 1 aped to the helm.
"Port ! For the love of God, port your
helm !"
Amyas and Yeo leaned to the helm
like yoked steers. The Vengeance ca
reened, but she swung around. Within
two hundred yards was the Spaniard,
and in front of him loomed a huge,
dark mass that was not rain or cloud.
"Lundy!" screamed Yeo. "The Isle
of*Lundy! Hard aport, and may the
Lord have mercy on us ! Look at the
Spaniard !"
Between them and the wall of gran
ite the galleon loomed dimly, struggled
to obey her helm, fell away, and
rushed to her doom.
"Lost! Lost!" cried Amyas Leigh,
madly. He hurled his sword far into
the sea. "Shame! To lose my right,
my right! When it was in my very
grasp ! Unmerciful !"
, A crack rent the sky. There was a
world of bright flame against which
stood out every mast and sail, the
sinking galleon and Salvation Yeo,
bright and fearful, the tiller in his
hand. Then Salvation Yeo dropped
dead on deck and utter darkness fell—
a black, black night that never lifted
again for Amyas Leigh of Devon. The
great flash of lightning had struck him
blind.
It is not too much to say that this
story, written by a churchman, is
one of the very finest sea stories ever
produced in any language or in any
age. Whoever has followed the
course of the Spanish Conquista
dores and their English enemies
over the Spanish Main, bears wit
ness not only to the beauty of
Charles Kingsley's descriptions of
Caribbean tropics, but to their won
derful accuracy. Yet Kingsley never
saw .the American tropics until
1870, and he wrote "Westward
Ho!" in 1855. He got almost dll
his material from Hakluyt and Eng
lish histories; but he had the imagi
nation of genius, whose mark is that
in its,farthest flight it still grips un
deviatingly at the truth.
ONLY NOBLES AND PEASANTS
Russia a Country Where There Is No
Middle Class, as in the Rest
of Europe.
Contrary to the laws existing in Eng
land and Sweden, in Russia when a
lady belonging to a titled family mar
ries a Russian gentleman without a
title she takes her husband's name en
tirely, and the only right left to her of
her former title is to write on her
visiting cards and official papers, "Mrs.
So-and-So, born Princess, Countess or
Baroness So-and-So." Her children are
called by their father's name. There
are only a few exceptions to this rule,
according to London Tit-Bits.
In Russia no middle class or gentry
are known. There are only nobles and
peasants. The czar, however, grants
sometimes for special merit the right
to be styled a nobleman, and also for
the same reason the titles of count and
baron, and occasionally that of prince.
All those merchants who have kept
firms flourishing for a hundred years
have the right to receive the title of
baron. This law was made by Peter
the Great over 200 years ago, but the
merchants very seldom accept this Ger
man title and generally decline the
privilege.
In former days when the peasants
were still slaves they had no family
names, but were called by their fath
er's Christian name. Peter's son was
called son of Peter—In Russian Petrov.
So also Smirnov—Simon's son ; Ivanov
—Ivan's (John) son ; and so on. When
slavery was abolished and the eman
cipation proclaimed by the Emperor
Alexander H, they all kept these
names. Since then many of them
have received the right to belong to
the class of nobles.
The Russian clergy, belonging to the
class of peasants, for it very seldom
happens that nobles become priests,
have special family names. Their
names mean always a feast day, or a
precious stone, or something connected
with the church. In former days the
clergy was a class apart, and a son of
a clergyman was bound to be a clergy
man, and when they first entered the
church they chose a name for them
selves.
Different View.
"Did you see where they arrested
motorist because he wasn't lit upr
"And they arrested me because I
was."
Comparative Ease.
"Why did you enlist, John, and go
Into all this fighting and danger 7'
"Sure, I did it to get some peaee
and comfort in me life"
BEST FEED FOR SOW AT FARROWING TIME
(By TV. L. BLIZZARD. Department of
Animal Husbandry. Oklahoma A. and
M. College, Stillwater.")
Causes of losses in pigs :
1. Sows too fat, too much corn.
2. Lack of attention at farrowing
time.
3. Poor shelter and poor feeding at
farrowing.
The first day after farrowing give
water only. The second day after far
rowing give a little of the same kind
of feed that the sow received before
farrowing. Also add bran to the ra
tion as this gives more bulk to the ra
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HOG RAISED BY ALABAMA MEMBER OF PIG CLUB.
tion and helps to keep down the crav
ing appetite. Keep a close watch on
the pigs. Do not feed the sow without
looking at the pigs. Increase the feed
slowly, depending on the appearance
of the pigs. Generally the food can
be increased on a sow with a large lit
ter faster than on a sow with a small
litter. If the pigs are poor, It is evi
dent that the sow should have more
UNSOUND TEETH IN ANIMALS
In Selecting <ff Dam or Sire Careful
Inspection Should Be Made for
Defects in Mouth.
(My W. P. SHULER. Department of Vet
erinary Medicine, Oklahoma A. and M.
College, Stillwater.)
When we speak of an unsoundness,
It is common to think of the limbs, re
spiratory and generative organs, but
one of the common seats of congenital
faults is the mouth. The tendency in
animals to inherit "soft" teeth and
malformed jaws Is very great, and in
selecting a suitable sire or dam, inspec
tion for these defects should in no wise
be neglected. The condition of the
mouth and the form of the teeth re
flect directly on the nutrition of the
animal, the chief factor In health,
physical development and usefulness.
The congenital defects of the mouth
are the so-called parrot mouth, the un
dershot, and the scissor mouth. The
first two conditions may affect only
the incisor teeth, the upper incisor
overhanging the lower In a parrot
mouth and vice versa In the under
shot. A scissor mouth is one In which
the molar teeth are extremely beveled.
The edges of the upper and lower
teeth meet at a long, acute angle like
the blades of scissors. They may af
fect one side or both. A horse affect
ed with any of the above conditions
can only be kept in shape physically
by oft repeated dressing and sharpen
ing of the teeth by a skilled veterinar
ian. This is an unnecessary expense
and could be easily obviated if a lit
tle examination and forethought were
shown in the selection of breeding
stock.
Any young horse whose mouth shows
badly worn molars should be rejected,
as this probably points to "soft" teeth,
and the discovery of such conditions
should be sufficient ground to adjudge
it unfit for good breeding purposes.
ROSIN IN POULTRY PICKING
Poultry men of South Claim That by
Ita Use They can Dress Quicker
and More Thoroughly.
Some poultrymen In the South use
rosin in dressing poultry, claiming
that by Its use they can do the work
quicker and more thoroughly. The
fowl la first dipped In cold water, then
with a perforated can powdered rosin
Is sprinkled all over the feathers. The
fowl is then scalded In the usual man
ner, and the whole coat—pin feathers
and all—It is said, comes off very eas
ily in the mass, and the job Is com
plete. It does not In the least affect
the appearance of the skin.
MIRACLE WHEAT IS FAILURE
Falls to Live Up to Reputation of Be
ing Greatest of Drought-Re
sistant Plants.
Miracle wheat described as "the
greatest drought-resisting variety of
wheat that has ever been produced,"
has failed to live up to the claim.
After three-years' trial by the gov
ernment in Oklahoma It has been
fonnd not to be any more drought
resistant than turkey wheat, and not
to outyield It.
Moreover, it does not produce near
ly as good floor. -
feed for milk production, while on the
other hand if the pigs are fat, the feed
should be increased slowly. In case of
scours In the pigs, do away with all
sloppy feed and put a tablespoonful
of blood flour in the sow's drinking
water.
The feed for the sow should gradu
ally be increased until she is receiving
about all that she wants. The object
being to get quick growth in the pigs.
As soon as the pigs learn to eat, they
should have a trough by themselves.
A pig should be kept growing rapid
ly until it is 50 or 00 pounds In weight.
From 50 pounds on, the gain can bo
made largely from grass with some
concentrated fetd in addition.
The amount fed in winter will de
pend on the age of the sow. Old sow;
should be kept from getting fat.
Corn should be fed in connection
with some nitrogenous feed, such as
tankage, meat meal or oil meal.
[MORE ATTENTION TO APPLES
High Prices Received for Fruit Would
Indicate That It Is Being Neglect
ed by Farmers.
(By C. W. RAPP, Department of Hortl*
culture, Oklahoma A. and M. College,
Stillwater.)
The high price of apples In many
parts of the state during recent years
seems to indicate that this fruit is not
receiving its share of attention in the
home orchards. This Is probably due,
in part, to the fact that the apple Is a
slow grower.
Under normal conditions, peaches,
cherries and plums come into bearing
much sooner than apples. For this
reason the apple orchard is frequently
neglected. It grows slowly, and fre
quently it does not fruit for five or
ten years after it Is set. While the
tree is maturing the owner becomes
discouraged, leaves this part of the or
chard neglected, and, as a result, the
proportion of apple trees which come
into bearing Is very small.
Another reason for the neglect is
the fact that the wrong varieties are
frequently planted. This Is, of course,
not discovered until the trees come
into bearing. When the owner dis
covers how poorly they are yielding,
he virtually abandons the orchard.
Anybody who plants an orchard of
apples of the Wlnesap group, and who
tends it thoroughly during the years in
which it does not produce, should re
ceive good returns on his investment
when the trees come into bearing.
SANITATION HINTS FOR DAIRY
Remove All Animale Suspected of Be
ing In Bad Health—Never Excite
Cow by Abuse.
1. Have the herd examined at least
once a year by a competent veterina
rian. Promptly remove animals sus
pected of being in bad health. Never
add an animal to the herd until cer
tain It is free from disease, particu
larly tuberculosis.
2. Never allow a cow to be excited
by fast driving, abuse or unnecessary
disturbance.
3. Clean the entire body of the cow
daily. Hair In the region of the udder
should be kept short by clipping.
4. Do not allow strong-flavored food,
like cabbages or turnips, to be eaten
except immediately after milking.
Changes In feed should be made grad
ually.
5. Provide fresh, pure drinking wa
ter in abundance.—Clemson College
Bulletin.
TICKS ARE GREAT SURVIVORS
Many of Insects Live Through Temper
ature of 20 Degrees Below Freez
ing—Dipping Is Best.
Gattle ticks are great survivors.
Many of them survive temperatures as
low as 20 degrees below freezing, while
eggs if protected by grass or similar
material may survive zero weather.
Seed ticks can live In the grass for
three or four months in warm weather,
and for eight months if winters are in
cluded, without food.
The longer they starve, however, the
hungrier they get for cattle blood.
Starving ticks out la the slow way.
Dipping cattle In arsenical bathsj
the ticks at once.
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Street Railway Lines Must Keep Nickels Moving
N EW YORK.—If the nickels taken for fares on the traction lines of this
city were not collected at the end of each day and put into circulation
again at once, New Yorkers would And that in two or three days at most
there would not be a nickel in the
city available to pay carfare or buy a
loaf of bread. This remark was made
by an official of the Interborough Ele
vated company.
Every visitor knows of the hun
dreds of thousands of people who rush
hither and thither every day on ele
vated and subway trains. But few
know what the stream of small change
flowing into the ticket offices in a
never-ceasing stream amounts to in
24 hours, nor how this money is col
lected. Every night shortly after midnight the hank on wheels starts on Its
round of collecting the nickels from the subway and elevated stations. This
bank on wheels is a curious car. One end looks like a hank. There are
screens, counters, pigeonholes and partitions used while paying off the sub
way employees. At the other end are the quarters of the collectors. As soon
os the car arrives at the station the agent runs out of the ticket booth,
shoves through the window of the car two canvas hags of cash, one day and
the other night receipts.
It takes about five hours for the hank car to make the trip on the sub
way and elevated. When it is completed, over $100,000 in nickels, dimes and
quarters and bills are ready for the accountants to paw over and fix up In
bags for the hanks.
Mondays are the best days on the subway and elevated. The receipts
on those days jump about ten thousand above the other days. This increase
is due to the women shoppers, who have had time to read In the Sunday
papers the announcements of alluring bargains iu the shops, and rush off the
first thing Monday morning to buy them.
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5OMEB0DY IS
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City Efficiency Reducing Dayton's Death Rate
D AYTON, O.—The telephone in the office of Henry M. Waite, Dayton's city
manager, rings. Waite answers it. "My little boy came home from school
today with a bad sore throat and we're afraid it's diphtheria," says a Dayton
mother. "Will you send one of youi
doctors and nurses out to see
about it?"
"Certainly," says Waite.
Waite telephones his division of
health, and within a few minifies the
city government has taken charge of
the case.
An average of 1,000 persons a
month in Dayton either telephone or
call at the office of their city manager
to tell their troubles.
If the commission manager gov
ernment in Dayton is working wonders in increased efficiency and economy
in every department, it is doing still greater wonders along social-service lines.
What is a human life worth? A thousand dollars? Then the commission
manager plan of government is saving nearly $300,000 a year in human lives.
In 1913 bad food, poor sanitation, unskillful care of babies, and indifferent
medical inspection of schoolchildren, had combined with other câuses to give
the city a death rate of 15.7 per thousand.
Waite's efficiency experts took hold of the problem in 1914 and the rate
was reduced to 13.7 ; to 13 In 1915, and it will be less than 13 this year. This
means nearly 300 less persons are dying in Dayton each year now than a few
years badk.
"Let it he said that Dayton is the best city in America for a baby to be
born in," said Waite. His 12 city nurses and corps of district physicians
made it so.
Every mother in Dayton can have the free care and advice of the city's
nursing and medical department in the matter of feeding, dressing and caring
for infants.
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Sleight-of-Hand "Con" Men Infest Gotham Streets
N EW YORK.—In New York city there prowls around a band of men who
try to dispose of their wares upon the unsophisticated class who usually
look for bargains. Their specialty once was gold bricks, but now it includes
diamonds, gold watches and platinum
chains.
These prowlers usually parade
the busy sections where a little pros
perity reigns, and there they work
their game upon the innocent.
"Say, feller, do yer want to buy
something good?" usually is their in
troduction.
Bargains everybody looks for.
"Let's see the article."
The faker then takes from a knot
ted handkerchief a highly polished
gold watch and chain, and after looking around to see if the "coast is clear,'*
asks the purchaser to "inspect the goods."
Of course the bargain seeker sees the genuine, but does he get that which
the faker shows?
These fakers have studied sleight-of-hand and have a duplicate of nearly;
everything they sell.
The argument and examination take place In some quiet corner. The
faker tells the purchaser that his "mug" is snapped in the gallery, and sine»
the article is a "copped" one the purchaser should not make much outward
display when somebody passes by.
Finally they come to terms, and when the purchaser is ready to pass over
the money the faker says. "Just a minute," and whispers, "Wait till this gay
(who is one of the band) passes. He looks like a detective." And in th®
meantime they walk a few yards, while the faker slips the watch and chain
back into his pocket. When the deal is finally completed the faker hands
over an exact Imitation, which is much Inferior.
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Milwaukee Ministers Must Be Jacks of All Trades
M ILWAUKEE.—Ministerial duties, regarded by the general public as trivial,
are actually strenuous and comprise the occupations of clergyman, legnl
adviser, employment agent, chauffeur, expressman and public orator. A
multitude of work is required of the
modern minister, especially If the con
gregation has provided him with an
automobile.
Interviews with a number of Mil
waukee pastors disclosed that they
are often called upon to rush a par
ishioner to a train or tote some fur
niture from one part of the city to
another.
A short time ago a Milwaukee
minister, who was to have solemnized
a marriage that day, was called to
the phone by an excited woman, who said the bridegroom had disappeared,
and asked him to call on about 50 invited guests to notify them there would
be no wedding and no wedding dinner.
"If a minister is seen on the tennis courts or at the bathing beach th®
people say, 'Don't those preachers live easy,' " sighed Rev. R. S. Donaldson.
"Monday usually Is a preacher's off day, and because It Is he schedules every
thing for that day, and consequently does more work than on any other day,"
added the clerygman.
In addition to their routine work, ministers must find time to visit th®
homes for the aged, hospitals, jail and other county Institutions, snd almost
every bankers', architects', old settlers' afcd bookkeepers' elab wants to have
a pastor address them when they have a banquet. j