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"Great was the consternation on the TH HRST STARS AND STRlPgS,
Erandywine that night. By'midnight j p.m j0ne ruc From the Bon Homme
a hundred men pattered by Captain j lticiiard Now Gorermnent Fropertr.
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resolved to defend it. But what were j RicharJ; Paul Joues-s famoas frigate(
a hundred men against an unknown , wM preseated to tbe Go?ern.
number of British cavalry!
pres
ment recently fofr permanent exhibi-
rgv-t Fourth t b
j ft' f ,
.ml .!rii:n y-u"il l;;-.r,
'J retr.
to-oa v
H eeiebrate Manila ntrru
Ami Hantlatjo bay.
NVit mured to loft ani file to right,
With starry banners gay.
I'j'on our bugle horns well blow,
Aa.l toot ami toot aai toot.
And firecrackers as u so
We 11 shoot aol shoot nnA shot.
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n u-c, om jtion iQ tbe National Maseam, is be-
a lad of ten. HeveJ tQ be tb(J tirgt American fla?
"He did not realize the horrors of bearing the stars and stripes, as it is
war, and he was very much in love nndoubtedlT the first national colors
with the new tla. which at that j Cver hoisted over the American war
moment was floating over the grand- j. vessel and the first that was ever
stand, rive miles away on the road to
Newcastle. While others were in a
state of terror over the fate of the
powder mill, Jack was wild at tbe
thought of the redatllfSlfe
beautiful flag:.
saluted by a foreign naval power, says
the Washington correspondent of the
Nw York Tribune. This flag was re
ceired by President McKinlej and
low Jack Boyer Saved the
Powder. Mill, July 4, 77.
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n.x w.-iit with mice if mv crrandfathev. Jack Bover.
. u :n an I horn, do'vn ; had not been a boy of rare pluck and j . . .. ." e. .
; .pm-t street of that ; wit. I've heard him tell about it a -v?s 1Ut!e rebel
' lvi;l(l tj'-.vii, "Toot ; dozen times, and always with pride.
Iiiil. :i dt;l,- "During the spring and su miner of
' TIjm n o i :i I 1777,'' Iih :aid, "Lord Howe had ljeeu
mm! 1 lmvr startb'd ; marching around that part of the
: m I ul liamlet n M-ountry, and fieneral Washington had
iv dav M-.'nt tiio i been watchinjr him. and hadn't been
1-art of the country and (reneral
Washington left also.
"Tho most of the time 'there had
been p guard of oOOO men near the
mill; but as there eeemed to be no
immediate danger, the usual gjiard
v.-taken away, and only a corporal
t ; f'ourth.
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But
in it
a. id
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' Jin; lit fcra'-kf r li id
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I i ' i i hour.
heroic resolve lo rescue it, and long
before the early dawn he was on his
i war to do ho as fast as his nimble
young legs would carry him.
"He climbed the pole,-cut the rope
with his jack-knife, and pulled down
the flag. lie gathered it up in his
arms ami started on the run forborne.
Meeting two British olScers he said
he was carrying the flag to Greene's
troopH who were below tbe bend with
four cannon.
L tlon t beiievo a word 01 it, you
I've a notion to
kill you
" T'm not lying,' and Jack looked ;
the Biitish oflicer unquaiiiug in the
eye. - j
"The ofiicers consulted earnestly :
together and riually concluded that
their f-iuall detachment of cavalry j
didn't stand much of a chance in a j
conflict with a regiment of Greene's j
patriots and four cannon. ;
"The ofiicer who had first .spoken
to. Jack held up the flag, thrust his
sabre through it in half a dozen
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fialnea FowIj
It would be & good pjau for all
poultry raisers to have a few puiaea
fowls 'about their poultry premises.
They are hardy, good natured and
beautiful. It is well to keep them as
tame as possible and always have
them around the home, as they make
an excellent "watchdog," their shrill
cry frightening away hawks and other
murderers. The ponltryman's great
est enemy in the South is the sparrow
hawk, and our neighbors have lost as
many as a dozen chickens a day by
bawks alone, while we never lost t but
three chicks from that source, and we
believe all credit is due the giinea.
They will live and prove profitable
for eight or ten years, and no farm
should be so crowded but that it could
make room for at least one pair of
guineas. They destroy a vast amount
o.f insects and clean the fields of seeds
that would otherwise go to waste,
costing almost nothing to raise, and
no better meat can be fonnd in the
poultry line unless it be the turkey.
Poultry Herald.
Secure Good Seed Potatoes.
The importance of using sound, nn-
sprouted potatoes for 6eed cannot be
too strongly emphasized. Just where
to get the seed is a matter of opinion.
Some would send North each year for
new stock, while others prefer to get
their seel potatoes from the South.
l!he Obit Experiment Station in its
teste has found that the locality from
frhich seed fs obtained is a matter of
les importance than the manner i:i
which the seed is kept during the
wiute; Cold storage Ohio potatoes
have giveu as good crops as those
from Maine or North Carolina. Cold
torage, however, is not convenient
fcr all, hence the easiest plan is to
secure seed potatoes late in the season
by planting them the last of July.
To carry out this plan preparations
tnust be begun as early as the first of
May. Ordinarily potatoes will not
keep in condition for planting until
the first of July, but if they are taken
from the cellar before they begin to
sprout or when the sprouts are just
starting and spread on a barn floor or
loft, or some other clace where they
the thirteenth star is explained by the will receive little light, they will throw
fa it that Georgia had not joined the out short stubby sprouts about one
confederation at the time it was made. half inch in leneth aud then remain in
The evidence shows that the flag that condition for months. The po-
! was made by the Misses Mary and tatoes must be only one layer deeu
Sarah Austin, under the supervision preferably, and seed ends up. When
of General Washington and Captain planted the potatoes will come up
John Brown, Secretary of the Lnited quickly and make their erowth in a
THE 5IR.ST STAr.S AN1 .iTKIPEv
(Iifcputly nrr ent-.l to th Goveraavnt .
and positJil iu the jjmithsouiau lu
f fetita'.ioii.'i
y ;
Secretary Long from Mrs. Harriet R.
P. Stafford, of Cottage City, Mass., to
whom it had descended from her an
cestor, Janes Bayard Stafford, and
with it she gave the Government con
vincing evidence of its authenticity.
The flag is of English bunting,
about two and one-half yards loagaud
two yard" wide. It was originally
j about fifteen feet long, but in the last
century of its esisieuco two yards his
been appropriated piecemeal by pa
triotic relic hnnters. It is sewed with
lias thread and contains twelve stars
in a blue union, and thirteen stripes,
alternately red and white. The stars
are arranged in four horizontal lines,
three on eac.i line. The omisnon of
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
' Kound Tble Again.
for lancheons, afternoon teas Atta
evening suppers nothing compares in
favor or effectiveness with the polished
table. Indeed, it may be said that
polished tables, round, square or ob
long, are the fad of the hour. Thej
are, of coarse, mado the background
for beautiful lace effects, in centet
pieces, large and small doilies. New
mahogany may be aged by processes
that are known to furniture dealers
and defaced or dull woods may be re
newed and polished. . A top aixty
inches in diameter will seat seven or
eveu eight comfortably, and one seventy-two
inches will seat twelve. A.
large doily is placed at each cover,
and every article on the table (except
ing the silver and glasses at the indi
vidual covers) has something under it
proportioned to its size. These biia
of lace or openwork, with the center
piece, flowers, brilliant crystal, silver
and flue china, give an effect as strik
ing as it is pleasing. Woman's Home
Companion.
Bott to Suppress Moth.
One of the best and easiest ways to
suppress moths is to burn sulphur in
their haunts. Closets and apartment
mav be treated in this way, one by
one, in order not to have too heavy &
dose of the fumes at one time. Delicate,
fabrics and garments trimmed with
any sort of metal trimming should be
taken from closets and gilt-framed
pictures ancl silver and gilt bric-a-brao
removed from rooms before the aul
phur is used. It has been known to
change the color of a paper which has
a heavy gilt pattern. With these ex
ceptions, however, it is harmltss. A
2iece of lump sulphur is put into any
sort of metal can or vessel, a little ex
celsior being placed beneath it to start
its burning. The room or closet in
which it is burned is carefully shut
for a few hours. Rugs, furs and
blankets in use in a house that seems
peculiarly infested with moths for
they appear in large numbers every
spring have been kept absolutely
free from injury by this semi-annual
treatment of the closets in which they
are packed away.
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I States marine, the design being taken
i chieliv from General Washington's
! family escutcheon. These women
I presented it to Captain John Paul
: Jones, who raised it on a small vessel.
j and sailed up and down the,Schuylkill
! River to show it to the assembled
! 'jonsands of Philadelphia. The n he
t placed it on the Bon Homme Richard
' and went out privateering. In the
short time and almost surel.y give a
To Cat an Apple.
To cut au apple into two or more
pieces without also dividing the skin
seems an impossible feat, but that it
can be performed with comparative
ease anybody following the directions
here given will testify. Apples are
so common a fruit that they figure on
every well organized dinner table,
aud the little trick, when performed
as au after dinner feat, is really quite
k startling.
Ah apple with a farm, smootn skm
M. w ncn you
ad ii!;i:,i:ii!i's a
;"n. and had
: tl'- v-
I, won't ask
i w ;;s only
er t old you
. -k ll 'Vi r. kept
u : lie pow ii. r-
To NYasbinton, tho reat an-I true.
Anit iih hi LravHvii'torlus hos;,
V Ucmace pay with da 1 a.' -laiai.
Au.l iu their memorv make our loa?t.
this method will keep in a common.
cellar without sprouting and for this
purpose are much superior to seed
grown in the ordinary way. New
England Homestead.
Brefdins; Fancy Poultry.
Breeding faucv poultry is a fascina-
English Channel, off Fiamboronsh ting science, and those who follow it
Head, I J0 years ago, he was assailed carefully and use fair intelligence can
! .by the Br.itisn ship herapis, and in make it a paying industry. The
! that memorable conflict this flag, trouble often is that people take it up
j which was floating at the masthead, without adequate knowledge ' of the
, was (K)t away ami fell into the sea. work. There is science in all poultry
Dtaiica.!, men a young lieutenant on
i the Bon Homme Richard, plunged
' overboard, recovered the flag and
! nailed it to the masthead. After the
j fight Paul Jones transferred tho flag
i to the Serapis and subsequently tool:
; it. -with him to the Alliance. When
j the Alliance was sold in 17S4, the
1 uaval authorities presented" "Paul
; Jones's Stcrry Flag.'' as well as a
boarding sword ani a "muqtiet cap
; tared from the Serapis." to Stafford
m recognition of his meritorious ser-
vices through the war.
good crop Thepo atoe produced. by sbouldF1bo 8elected. Take a long.
I'inis en t hi day of alltli year
t'ol-mibias t.rightet stars may sbin
T tll of I n.tptin!on. won.
Orlcin of Yankee DoatU.
The tuue of "Yankee- Doodle" seems
t a
It':
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y cried,
a h. rt
the
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a iV .;r;u)'it';i
-h' that
he day e
iyv,-ine ii.st
at 1:5 iii nsvJ
:i. 'far her n;
. ie runv'uw-
'pie in the
declared cur
was one oi
nr.-- s to :h-. va
lit the i i'U vit :
. .:.:ukiug P'j v -le!.iware
right in tie
:. i nd. but by
e ;he British
.testiovicc the
with twenty meu left in charge. For j
several days there-was no disturbance,
anil just before the first anniversary
of the Fourth of Julymy great-grandfather
wout to Philadelphia and
brought home a beautiful silk flag.
There were but few of them then and
they were highly prized. The people
f the country round-about intended
t celebrate the first anniversary of , powder-mill July -i, 1777
the lndepender.ee in fine style. Tnere ; "But here's the carriage
was to be a barbecue, and
and music from tne grandstand, over j
which the new flag was to float. . j
"On tbe eveniug of the third the
arrangement for the fete were com-
dieted,
I .ittd.
w aue iow w t..;w a: Freedom's shrine, j to belong to America only by adoption,
I its origin being very obscure.
ptaces ami men uirew rt at .lack, say- J Wherever its birtb. it first appeared
mg. 'Here, take your rag; you are a ! in America on the banks of the Hud
plucky, httle rebel, anyway.' ; son. June, 17.);,, in the foiloivinff man
"Jack snatched the flag and fairly juer:
tew towarvi home, while the British ; The British entnl
horsemen wheeled about
tcred down the road to Newcastle.
"That's the way. ray boys, ray
grandfather. Jack Bover. saved the
and clat- j asembiiuc the colonists near Albany
for cu attack on the French and In
dians at Torts Niagara aud Frontenac,
when in marched
speaking ; oli t our taroecue.
Let's be
and a prreat time was arth
th.vi r
But just as the Boyer family
.we:e at supper, a terror-stricken dd
colored man burst into the room, his
eyes starting from his head, and his
teeth chattering with fear.
" 'Ob, Massa Buyer, dev ., comin'!
dey's coram !'
" 'Ww:' cried everyone, starting
froEu the table.
'De red-coat5, ma;sa" gapped tbe
faithful man.
' "You're dreaczing. Mose, said my
graadlatber. 'Lord Howe zzd the
whole kit oi then cleared cut a week
figh. ' if there would only be a wa:
so I could do something glorious V
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h:iv.- none so at
. rv well what H'
":i?-r;i! Ireetie a'ld
i ;. nd th:-re. t. o.
vu;;..; but :,o h:-rd
tiy close to his
L.st of .1 ui;e Lord
troops from that
:gc.
'Yes, mgssa, "hut Cap'n Audrey he
dime tahm fr ie country au lie .et
me an he -ay, '" Mose. tell Massa ?
B ver a nhoie regimen' o" red-coat i
cabalry mu ccmiu to blow up 1e
po do" mill' Tell hiui I'se goia to
ion dc country.' ' I
Tup I ourtti in ih IUrn.yai.1.
i
LiJ C-5T The band quickly caught the Mtap!e
rf- 7 Sli ft5r. ali(l "though the British toldiers
WilV- 'V- ipPi ! inr?tl at it. the Americans hked it,
Cx'-1'r'ifi-rL " 1 rn'l asg it with gusto .whu,-twenty-
- -: - ve years later. Cornwall i
" ! r:-?rstiir.ta;
"ita t b-ir r-: 1 fgtrar tnis.'
keeping time to music JhO years old.
i'ney presented such a verv fuuny ar-
; p-aiauce that they attracted the atteu-
t;cn of Dr. Richard Shuckburg, a regi
mental surgeon in ;he British army,
i who was h. wit and a musical genins.
j As the Continentals marched into th
: ha:idso:ie Britisti lines the contrast
: was so great that the traditional song
! of Cromwei on the Kentish Tony witn
t a Kacaru'ui to hold his plume, as op
j. posed to the elegance of Charles and
? his cavaliers, flashed into the surgeon's
mind, and setting down the notes of
th tune, he wrote with them the lively
: satire uiK.:n Cromwell well-known then
m En,
'VV L'-ryll oats to tc-T;
Hi tc.k a leather ia i.S cap
l to: u. tra-rarc-ai.
44 0if to the front."
marched
mt the American line- t itt mul
, stirring strain nd surrendered his
j sword and his arm v.
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breeding, but more so in raising fancy
breeds than the ordinary farmyard
fowls. There are several points that
the breeder must keep well in mind.
It is shade and -feathers that he is
breeding for, and not for the qunlities
which makes ordinary poultry valu
able. Without perfect shape and ap
pearances the fancy birds would be of
little use in a show, and it is for ex
hibition qualities that he must strain
for. One may iguore the exhibitions
f poultry when raising the birds for
market, but he cannot do this if fancy
fowls are his objects.
In order to understand the bus
iness, one must read and study upon
the subject of fancy fowls. He must
have the shape of his breeds firmly
fixed in his miud. Half the batile de
pends upon the shape of the bird. By
conforming to the ideal shape on lays
the foundation for all other successes.
No matter how perfect the carriage or
marking of the birds may be. if the
shape is poor they will never come up
to the standard set by the exhibitors
of fancy breeds. Good shape general
ly indicates the rest of the essential
points. But not always. Otherwise
it would never be neceseary to breed
for carriage and plumage.
A well-shaped fowl will usually
have a good carriage, but occasionally
this can be improved by selecting for
further breeding the birds that ore
stately and graceful iu their walk and
deportment. Breeding for plumage
is not the least fascinating part of the
fancier's work. It probably yields
more genuine pleasure than any other
part of the labor. Starting with birds
of excellent oonstitution and shape,
it is remarkable what changes can be
made in the markings of the feathers
without in any way destroying or in
juring tne type. But it takes long I
jeraoi care,eici:on ana Dreecmg to
accorsplieri ttis in a way that gives
satisf actios. It is a work of love a:,
well a for wage. W. Still well, ia
Americm Cultivator.
In case Canada becomes & part of
the Fnited States, a native Mbsouriaa
proposes the State mofeo for Greater
America: "United we stand, divided
by Niagara Falls. "
slender darning needle and thread it
with silk or cotton. Lineu thread is
perhaps the best, as it is not so liable
to break. Begin at the stem and take
a long stitch'under the skin of tbe ap
ple, being careful not to go so deep
that the point of the needle does not
readily emerge. Take another stitch
in the same direction, sewing right
around tbe apple, exactly as you
would cut it in half.
When the thread comes out again
near the stem, take the two ends in
each hand, cross them and pull stead
ily. The thread will, of course, cut
the apple in two, leaving no mark on
the skin, and without breaking it be
yoiind the tiny holes made by the
neodle, which are quite invisible. By
repeating the performance in different
parts of the apple it may be cut into
quarters and eighths, aud on being
peeled will fall into these sections. '
l'rclpet. "
Rhubarb Charlotte Wash, wipe
aud cut the rhubarb into thin slices.
Cover the bottom of a pudding dish,
with a layer of rhubarb, sprinkle well
with sugar, then add a layer of thin
slices of buttered bread from which
the crust has been removed. Repeat
until the dish is fall and bake in a
moderate oven.
Parsnip Croquettes Wash, scrape
and boil fivo medium sized nnranina
until tender, then drain and mash fine.
Add a piece of butter the size of e
small egg, two tablespoonfuls of cream
and pepper and salt to taste. Let
this ;ust come to a boil, then remove
from tho fire and add one well beaten
egg. Form into croquettes, dip in
beaten egg and bread crumbs and fry
nntil a nice brown.
Peach Short Cake One cup sugar,
one egg, one kitchen spoonful lard,
.one pint sour milk, one teaspoonfnl
soda, flour enough to make dough
tame as for biscuit. Divide in four
pieces, roll out the size of a pie tin
and spread over with butter. Rolf
out another and lay on top. When
baked turn upside down, take the
top piece, lay on a plate and place
nice peaches on top; lay the other
piece on top and serve with whipped
cream. To prepare the peaches: One
can of peaches placed on thX stove in
a granite vessel, to whicu add one cnr
of sugar, and stew until soft, makes two
cup. The Greatest Tea Drinkers.
It has been calculated that some
thing like 1.-J50.OU0.O00 pints of tea
are imbibed yearly by Loadoaers, and
that the teapot necessiry to contain
this amount, if properly shaped, would
comfortably tnko in th nt.nto nt at
1 Paul's Cathedral.