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TL.V e }*~ *' % ** ' v 4 , • ; ^ r - v *• ^ UNITED STATES Frigate Constitution Needs Another Oliver Wendetf Holmes wi HM! ?Mssss IJ. S jy-i^ate Constitution Chase of the Constitution >-^s. ^ Constitution W, M J ' *' v"*'*" \~7*" ^ *- s •"" ~ -.**• •<*;••."*• ' :. • • < •"• .'. >» .». '/ ILL. were so sure of capture that Captain Broke hud picked out the prize crew to take ^ Ae American Into Halifax I The Constitution, having Mi own the British how to •all. then proceeded to •how them how to fight "This time It was nothing less than the Guerrlere that llirnishgd the object lesson. She was commanded by fSapt. James Richard Dacrea, 'brilliant seaman who boasted her the crack frigate of the British navy. Dacrea ^ Iftet Hull before the war and 1 bet him a hat that if they •ver met the Guerriere •ould make the Constitution baul down her flag in short order. ; . The Constitution" and the ' Guerrlere met August 19 off ,*. Halifax. It was the first ; IHgate fight of the war. It • as the first time the Atner- Iran navy had matched jStrength with the "Terror \ ttf the World;" The Guer- • Biere at once challenged the Constitution to a ynrdarm to yurdarm fight. Imagine the feeling on the American, as she closed in. Many of the" Constitution's Ep^tpl Is Adapted to Highway Work anctGuerriere*^ % JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN ^ HE United States frigate Constitution-- Old Ironsides--is rotting away. She is 127 years old. Twice has the "eagle oC„the sea" been saved from the "harpies of the shore." In 182S the Constitution waa {Kit out of commission at Charlestown, Mass. But there happened . to be a young law student at, • Harvard, who took pencil and paper, dashed off nn indignant protest In verse and sent it to the Boston Daily Advertiser. In a few days the whole nation knew for the first time the name of Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Old Ironsides was saved. By 1834 the Constitution, completely rebuilt, was again upon the Seven Seas and her own proud self. Among other things she sailed around the world, making 52,279 miles at ap average of 106 miles a day. In 1884 she was taken to Portsmouth to serve as a receiving ship. In 1897 she celebrated at Boston the centenary of her launching. This time patriotic women saved Old Ironsides from rotting at her dock. In 1900 the secretary of the navy was authorized to make necessary repairs, ^the United Stutes Daughters of 1812 to furnish the funds, some $400,000. What of the third time% -- Curtis D. Wilbur, the new secretary of the Navy department of the United States, puld his first official visit to the Boston navy yard the other day. "I want to see the Constitution the first thing." said . he upon arrival. Well, he saw her--and grieved. She was literally rotting away at her dock. He said the rebuilding that was proposed should be done at once. But he said he was powerless to begin the work till congress made the appropriation, which waa passed over iu the scramble and filibuster of the closing days uf the last session And what did the Constitution do that the Amerl- Ican people should make such a fuss over a useless OLD IRONSIDES tur her UttfenJ •naign down! Long has it waved on high, And many a* eye haa danced to Nt That banner in the aky; > Beneath it rang the battle about. And burat the cannon'a roar;-- The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouda no more. Her deck once red with heroea' blood. Where knelt the vanquished foe. When winda were hurrying o'er the flood And wavea were white below, ~L No more ahall feel the victor'a tread. Or know the conquered knee;-- The harpiea of the ahore ahall pluok The eagle of the aeal ' Oh, better that her a battered bulk Should aink beneath the wave) Her thundera (hook the mighty deep, And there ahould be her grave: Nail to the maat her holy flag. Set every threadbare aail, And give her to the god of atorms, The lightning and the gale I was harrying us everywhere, had reached the Ugh ting point. So the Independence that had been won in the Revolution had to tfe won over ugaliL Enter the War of 1812--and the Constitution! The Constitution had played her part In the French and Tripolltan wars. Now she was to bumble the pride of the British navy, earn her name of Old Ironsides, put the American navy on the Seven Seas and make herself the most famous vessel In the long and glorious history of the Stars and Stripes afloat "Brlttanla rules the seas" was more than ever the slogan of the British navy when the war began. She had in her navy 1,048 ships of 800.990 tons, carrying 27.800 guns and 115,572 men. The old sailing vessel in this age of superdreadnaughtsl=«IJnIted States navy consisted T>f 17 ships of 15,300 Read! The Revolution--with all due reapect to Gen. George Washington and his armies--was Inrgely won on the sea by the colonial privateers, whictv carried the war clear to the English channel and" drove British merchants off the ocean until It was French ships that loaded In the Thames. The adoption of the Constitution and the election of George Washington as our first President brought comparative order into the political and financial chaos that prevailed after the Revolution; But the piratical extortion of the Dey of Algiers" in 1793 brought It home to the new United States • that it was a nation without a navy. Thereupon congress, in 1794, passed an act creating a navy. . The Constitution was one of the frigates authorized and built at this time--44 guns, 1,570 tons, cost $302,719 without fittings. It was planned to make the Constitution superior to any fighting ship afloat. Joshua Humphreys of Philadelphia, with the help and advice of veteran naval commanders of the Revolution, designed her. Disregarding the standard ratings for frigates, he made her longer than usual so that she would sail faster, lie planked her heavier than usual so that she might better resist shot. He gave her 24-pounders in addition to 18-pounders so that she might shoot harder. Cloghorne and Hartly built her. Commanders of the new navy watched the laying of every plank and the driving of every bolt. She was launched September 20, 1797, within hail of . the wharf in Boston, where she now lies rotting. The British naval authorities hooted and Jeered at the Constitution. She was too long and heavy and clumsy for rapid maneuvering, they said Her batteries were too heavy for effective handling. By the time the new nation had won a maritime war with France (1798-180Q) and had freed itself from the piracy of the Barbary states (1805-9). the Impressment of Americas seamen by Britain, which tons, Carrying 442 guns and 5.025 men. British •aval officers openly sneered at "the bundles of pipe sticks, tlying a gridiron flag." The Constitution sailed from Boston .Inljf 12 ,- t» Join a squadron at New York. Capt.'Isaac Hull s was In command. She soon ran plump Into a British blockading squadron under Oapt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke: the 38-gun frigate Shannon, the 64-gun razee Africa, the 36-gun frigate Belvidera. the 32-gun frigate Eolus and the 38-gun fHgnte Guerriere. It was five o'clock In the morn- - lag and a dead ' calm. Then began a historic chase that lasted for three days and two nights df alternate calms and light breezes and taught the British navy its first object lesson in tlie superior resourcefulness, discipline and skill of the Americans. The Constitution's men beat the prltish at towing and at Hedging. Several times the Constitution was under tire. The evening of the third day found her four miles ahead and to windward in a light breeze, with a black aquall of wind and rain approaching. • And here is the way Captain Hull used the •quail. Every sail was kept full until just before the squall struck. At the last second the light sails were furled, a double reef taken in the mizsen topsail and every preparation made as if for a heavy blow. The Britisii commanders imniedl ately began shortening sail and bore up before the wind. The Instant the rain mme down and hid the Constitution Captain Hull made aU sail. In 45 minutes the squall blew itself out. The British squadron prepared to resume the chase and saw the Constitution many miles to windward and bowling along at 11 knots. The British commanders chased her all night in vain. Then they quit. This memorable chase lasted sixty-six hours and thirty minutes and the brilliant maneuverng «f the Constitution astounded the Britinh--thejr crew carried the scars of British lashes on their backs. Many were the descendants of American sailors who had suffered martyrdom In the British prison ships during the Revolution. Captain Hull's father, Joseph Hull, had died In the pest ship Jersey from cruel treatment. Hull gave orders to cease firing and ran his ship closer and closer to the Britisher, his men training their guns and waiting for the word to fire. Two were killed and several wounded. Three times Lieutenant Morris asked permission to fire. Three times Captain Hull replied, "Not yet, sir." Finally the Constitution gained a position about •40 yards off the Guerriere's port quarter. "Now, boys, pour It Into her," roared Hull, squatting to the deck and springing high Into the air with such vigor that be split his dress breeches from belt to buckle. "By G-d, that ship's ours," was Hull's exultant bellow. And she was his. In forty minutes by the watch the Guerriere was a dismasted and sinking wreck, wallowing in the sea, with 15 dead and 63 wounded. The Constitution, with 7 dead and 7 wounded, made repairs to her rigging and was ready to fight again. Dacres, who had promised his men an extra ration of brandy If they took the Constitution In twenty minutes, wus too dazed hy the suddenness and completeness of his defeat to answer intelligently to the first summon/ to surrender. Later when he went aboard the Constitution and offered his sword. Hull said: "No; keep your sword. But I'll trouble you for that hat!" When the Constitution, bedecked with flags aijd vwith guns booming, appeared off Boston lighthouse August 30, there was gloom and despondency ashore. Gen. William Hull had surrendered Detroit. Fort Dearborn (Chicago) had been surrendered and its garrison massacred by the Indians. Disaster and defeat everywhere on land But the Constitution's tnle of victory changed despondency to delirious Joy, not only In Boston but all through the nation. It nerved the people to renewed efforts. It was a decisive battle in more senses than one. If you want to see the colors of the Guerriere. go to the Naval academy at Annapolis. They are there to this day. The Guerriere, a frigate bold, on the foaming ocean rolled. Commanded by proud Dacres, all Jit grandee. Oh! With as choice a British crew aa a rammer ever drew-- They could flog' the'Prench. two to one. ao handy, Ob! • , • . • • • • • Then Dacres loudly cries: "Make the Tankee ship yeur prise-- Ton can In thirty minutes, n^at and handy. Oh! Thirty-five's enough. I'm sure. and. If you'll do U ^ ID a score, I'll treat you to a double share of brandy. Oh!" So goes an old song. "The Constitution and the Guerriere," written at the time and long popular. Next the Constitution, with Capt. William BsiiObridge in command, engaged the Java, in 1814.. When the uction was over the British frigate was s wreck not worth saving and her deck was a shambles, with 00 killed and 101 wounded. The Constitution's rigging wus damaged and her wheel was shot away. Her loss was 9 killed and, 25 wounded. Finally the Constitution, under Capt. Charles 8tewart. chased down the rrlgate Cyane and the slnop-of-war Levant--the two carrying 5.1 Kiins-- and captured them both. Here she was so cleverly maneuvered that she made a new naval record --fought two vessels at ont-e and avoided beiqg raked. The War of 1812 was most certainly won on the sea. More than 1,500 vessels were taken from the British and more than 20.000 seamen captured. And old Ironsides won the first and last battles of the war, outsailed, out maneuvered and outfought the beat of the British fleet and put the American navy on the ocean. Her name and fame shall last as long as Old Glory floats the Seven Seas--whether "her shattered hulk" Is giv- «a new Ufe or goes to "the harpies of the shore." New Explosive Shortly to Be Released to Farmers for v Blasting Stumps. (Prepared by the United St*tea Departmee* of Agriculture.) One hundred million pounds of explosive, enough to load a freight train 40 miles long, Is shortly to be made available to farmers foreland clearing and to the states and fecferal government for road construction. This explosive, pyrotol, Is to be distributed by the bureau of public roads of the United States Department of Agriculture at the cost of preparation and shipment This is a continuation of the work which has been carried on for the past three years whereby the vast supplies of explosives in the possession of the government.at the close of the World war are being made over to make them suitable for constructive purposes. The distribution has already resulted in saving millions af dollars 10 the people of the United Statef. : Used for Open-Air Work. Pyrotol is composed largely of ground smokeless powder, prepared by a process perfected by George It. Boyd of the bureau of public roads. It is peculiarly, adapted for blasting stumps and for work of similar character. It can be used for all open-air work without causing headaches or other 111 effects and will not stain the hands or clothing. It is a low-freezing explosive and can be used with good results in all ordinary temperatures. The cartridges are of the same size and shape a8 the ordinary dynamite cartridge. Each box contains 50 pounds, about 150 cartridges and each cartridge is approximately equal in strength to a cartridge of 20 per cent dynamite. It la safe to handle, providing that the ordluary care exercised in handling dynamite or other explosive Is used. It Is detonated by the No. 6 caps commonly used with commercial dynamites. Uses for Explosive. The laws under which these explosives are made available authorize distribution to the rtate highway coramis alons for use in road building, and to farmers for land clearing. There Is no charge for the explosive Itself, but the consumer has to pay the cost of preparation and the freight charge*. These charges are different in various sections of the country, but. In general, the cost Is about half the cost of an equivalent amount of commercial explosives. In each state, where there Is sufficient interest in agricultural ex- Maintaining Profits in • Handling Chicken Flock To maintain profits In the handling of poultry one must maintain the egg yield, says A. C. Smith, head of the poultry division of the Minnesota experiment station. University Farm, St. Paul. Mr. Smith believes that the usual dwindling of protlts in egg production In the warm weather is largely caused by lax methods, and that It Is a mistake to discontinue feeding a good rich-laying mash during the summer season. He says it will not do to let flocks which are restricted to hard grain rations depend alone upon such insect life as they tind on the range for their animal food. This Is true because the essential egg-making materials are lacking in the feeds obtained and hens cannot manufacture eggs without the necessary raw materials. Further, to maintain egg production In the summer Mr. Smith says that poultry houses should be well ventilated and kept as cocl as possible by opening or removing windows, and If necessary by installing additional means of ventilation; that mites and lice should be destroyed and yomig and old stock kept separate. Whatever you do. says Ir. Smith, feed regularly and feed liberally, putting into the mush more wheat byproducts and more ground oats, and putting Into the grain fed more wheat If wheat prices are not too high. plosive, some state agency, usually the state agricultural college, takes the orders of the individual farmers, poois them Into car-load lots to decrease the freight charges and handles the details of the distribution. The Department of Agriculture cannot accept orders for pyrotol except through such state agencies. Shipping points for the explosive will be Repauno, N. J., Barksdale, Wis., and DuPont, Wash. It Is probable that this pyrotol will be the last of th^ surplps war explosives to, be distributed by the Department of Agriculture. Time to Harvest Sweet Glover Crop for Seed The best time for harvesting a sweet clover seed crop Is when threefourths of the seed pods have turned dark. It should be cut in the morning when It is rather tough, in order to minimize shattering of.the seed. It Is advisable also to haul It on tight-bottomed racks, on account of the shattering. No machine has yet been developed that will give absolute satisfaction iu harvesting sweet clover, but the grain hinder will probably do better work than other machines. If much of the clover is to be handled. It will pay to equip the binder with pans to catch the shattered seed. A description of how to make these Is afforded in Farmers' Bulletin 836. published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington. Unless the sweet clover can be threshed within two weeks after cutting, stacking Is advisable. The best plan is to thresh as soon as possible with the minimum amount of handling, owing to the tendency of the seed to shatter. A clover huller or a separator, with some adjustment** -wW thresh the crop. Back Given Out? It's hard to do one's work when everv day brings morning lameness, throbbing backache and a dull, tired feeling. If you suffer thus, why not find out the cause? Likely, it's your kidneys. _ Headttchea, dizziness and bladder irregularities may give *>»T*h»r proof that your kidneys need help. Don't risk neglect! Use Doan't Pillt, a stimulant diuretic to the ki<lr neys. Thousands hare been helped by Doan'a. They should help you. Alt your neighbor! An Illinois Caie -- George K u h M, • w prop, of grocery, N. Main St., Waterloo, 111., says: "Long hours of standing caused I my kidneys to go |back on me and | knife-like pains stabbed me throuerh my back. It was painful for me to bend. I felt lameand tired but after using Doan's Pilla. I waa cured of the trouble." DOAN'S'SP STIMULANT DIURETIC TO THE KIDNEY# Foster-MUbum Co.. Mi«. CLem_ BwKnto. N. Y. Nevada School Favored Endowments approximating $450^* 000 for the school of mines of the Ultfversity of Nevada and the erection of a new science building witli most m«iS> em equipment are recent gifts Clarence M.ickay. Best Plan to Segregate Cockerels and Pullets As soon a It Is possible t is desirable to separate the cockerels and pullets In order to give more room and to prevent heckling of the pullets. The cockerels also will make broilers more quickly when confined to limited quarters where It Is cool and fed a fattening mash.' Sixty pounds of millrun or middlings and 40 pounds of corn meal combined with either ten pounds of meat scrap or 200 pounds of liquid milk make a good broiler fattener. Feed this morning and night and a little cracked corn and green stuff at noon. Feed In troughs. Do not leave the wet mash over nn hour as they rre likely to go "off feed." Give cockerels and pullets roosts to prevent crowding and to nrovlde for fresh air.--O G Rrum. Poultry Specialist Colorado Agricultural College. enuuie Say "Bayer"-Insist! For Pain Headache Neuralgia Rheumatism -umbago Colds Accept onTy i ^ Bayer packager which contains proven direction® Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablet# Also bottles of 24 and 100--Druggists Aspirin ts the trade mark of Bayer Mins- Cacture of lloaoaceticacideatar of SaUcrUcadf Somewhat One Sided Wife--Marriage Is a matter of gtva and take, you know. Husband--I know It. I give yon I can and you take what I don't,-- . London Answers. FOR PAIN IN BACK Profitable to Have Ewe in Vigorous Condition A handful of grain fed to a ewe In October or November is worth a peck of feed fed to a thin ewe In January. successful sheep men of New York state declare. They vay It is a mistake to try to be economical In feeding sheep, especially In late fall. A ewe that Is In good condition In the early winter will be found In the spring to be much stronger than one which starts the cold weather in poor flesh. The ram Is usually turned In with the sheep In late October or November, and It has been found to be good management to have the ewea In a healthy condition at this time. The experiences of sheep men indicate that this not only results in u larger number of twins, but also enables the ewes to take better care of their lamba. It does not pay, the sheep men say, ^^atDrug Storca or by Pared Poet, 35 f For Rheumatism, Insect Stings, Sore Throat, Frost Bites, Piles and Burns A Pain-Relieving Healing Oil FOR R&1N to try to produce lamh.s from sickly ewes. They advocate the culling of all ewes having had udder trouble, and those with Injured leats, before the ram Is turneU in to the floclL These cull* may te -fattened for market M. R. ZAEGEL A CO. €30 Eighth St. Sheboygaa, Wlk STATION ESTABLISHED FOR RANGE STOCK EXPERIMENTS Crave Symptoms "I am afruld poor old Uncle . gle is losing his mind." said Farms# Fumblegate. "What makes you think so?" asked his wife. "Is he acting queer?** "Queer? Why. he is actually read* Ing the valuable literary works that book agents talked him into buying!" ' --Kansas City Star. Tract of 57,000 Acres to Be Used for Study. Widespread Is the Belief in "Charms" 'Men .have been known to carry buckeyea or horsechestnuts as charm against rheumatism and other evlla, and it is known that a rabbit's foot keeps Dame Fortune at the shoulder of a man. Some men are so particular that they insist that It shall be Jbe right-hind foot of s graveyard rabbit killed at midnight In a certain phase of the moon, but it Is admitted that It is well to have any kind of a rabbit's foot In one's pocket. Nobody doubts that a horseshoe nailed with the heels up brings good luck and that a horseshoe Is more effective In attracting luck than an automobile tire. In the northeust corner of the United States a bayberry candle "brings luck to the house." There are also lucky pennies and lucky shillings. Our ancestors knew that a twig of mistletoe bung outside the door would keep demons from entering at Yuletlde and a twig of mistletoe hung on, the chandelier still brings good luck to many girls. Nobody doubts that breaking a looking glass will be followed by seven years of bad luck. World'* Famout Wind* The wind that made Seistan. In Asia, famous--the "bad-l-sad o-histroz." or "wind of 120 days"--blows with appalling violence from May to September. Another dusty wind, the "brick fielder," halls from Australia. The simoom, of African deserts, owes Its celebrity not only to its dustiness, but ulso to the fuct that everybody misspells its name, says the Detroit ^'ewi The "devil*' of the Indian an! South African plains are dust whirlwinds. and so are the "twisters" of Texas. Thei. there are the "kite and Junk winds" from Slum ynd eaually "wllllmiius" from Tlerra del Iruego. and thev enervating "levanter" \ from Gibraltar. (Prepared by tha Unitfil Statca Department o( Agriculture.) A tract of 57,000 .icres, comprtslng most of the old Fort Keogh Military j reservation at Miles City, Mont., has | been transferred to the, Uulted States i Department of Agri< uiiure by congress, ' anil Is being transformed into an ex- | periment station for the study of range j live stock and forage crops. Ex peri- I ments at the station will be conducted j jointly by the United Stutes Depart- I rnent of Agriculture and the Montana i agricultural experiment station, the former being responsible for the management and operation of the station. Llva stock Interests have been seeking for years for an opportunity to study some of the difficulties of western stockmen on ii scale large enough to make the results reliable. The new station is well suited to the purpose. It has irrigated land for growing forage, and typical western grazing lands. It has an annual average rainfall of but 14 inches, and its winters are severe. The two railroads and the Yellowstone trail which cross it will make it easily accessible to visitors. The Northwest particularly Is enthusiastic over this splendid opportunity for research, but those who are now making plans for the work to be done at the ranch recognize it as a distinct gain for American agriculture as a whole. Problems in the breeding, feeding, and care of live stock, and the growing of crops for them, that ore of concern to all live stock raisers, are to be studied. The results obtained will be Immediately applicable to the range country, but their Influence will not Stop there, because cheaper and better Western feeder steers make possible more success In corn-belt feed lota, and cheaper, jucier steaks on the consumers' platters. Good iriirmg helps to keep live SlOCt and fertility at horu£. When sows eat their pigs. It usually means they need more minerals In their ration. • • • A rolling stone gathers no moss; bat neither does an animal at rest good pasture. When aelecttng paint for the farmv buildings, remember that there are some other colors than red. • • • Marketing is no longer merely a process of disposing of the surplus raised 0% the farm, but a business af selling wbat is needed In town. • • • Throngs gather annually at our agricultural fairs in- anticipation of seeing the^ best that man has accomplished In the various phasea of fans activities.' • • • One pound of cottonseed cake per head per dny and all the ground cors they will eat Is the cheapest rktion one can feed steers that are being fat tened on grass this summer. J Brought up on a Farm As a young man Dr. Tierce practiced medicine In a rural district and w a s k n o w n f a r a n d w i d e f o r his great success 1 n alleviating d i s e a s e . He early moved to Buffalo and put op lu ready-touse form, hit . Golden Medical D i s c o v e r y , t h e well-known ton* Ic for the blood, which Is an extract of native roots. This "Dlscov- * ery" of Dr. Pierce's clears away plmplea and annoying eruption^ .. tends to keep the complexion fresit *- and clear. It corrects the disordered'v conditions In a sick stomach, aids dl- 4" gestlon, acts as a tonic and enriches f i the blood. Vim Is sure to follow its •» u«*e. All dealers. Tablets or Mq«i»i, Men, Women* Boys and Girls! Learn at home a refined, healthy, making business during the loug Fall Winter evenings. Address; The American Artificial Flower Co. 7928 S. Halated St. Chicago* I Cfear Your Skin With Cuticura :-v Soap to CI eaase J \ J f Ointment to Heal Abeolutely Nethi«| Bn