The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, May 23, 1913, Image 2
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The raising of tho Niagara lo tho most striking feature of tho Impending cele bration of Perry'B victory which stayed the fortunes of tho United States n hundred yeare ago, This engineering feat seems to havo no exact parallel, and In sentimental and patriotic Interest It Is the most notable phase of tho coming centennial celebration To attempt to lift tho hulk from tho mud of Krlo harbor was a daring Idon from tho stnrt To make the project faot required courage and per novoraneo of n high order. Many wore tho Bcoffera It was snld, to tho vory last, that tho contractor liad hold of an old canal boat, nnd not till the gun ports of tho Niagara appeared above tho mirfatc of the lako did tho groat crowds ashore concede that Terry's ship was actually being raised. When the gun ports r am e in night a throng of lialf frozen curio neokers was ltl! back with diffi culty. Once It be came evident that tint battered hulk was actually that of tho Niagara the Bcoffers ' wore en i;or to rush upon tho wreck and tenr lior to pieces for .Bouvonlrs. Blind- jv&zzey jit 'i2i EJiFTZg oyi&KZ&en?- &ZZ JVZXG&&L (rOmrMYJlCOir tig snow and cracking Ico seemed no deterrent to their frenzy Within a few days tho battorod craft hud boon raised higher above tho water nnd propelled to nhoro on pontoons. She Is soon to bo hauled to a shipbuilding yard near by, whom alio will bo partly rebuilt and put Into Bhnpo for lior last splendid cruise on Lake Krlo this summor. . On this cruise tho Niagara will visit ull tho principal ports or tho great lakoB, decked with Hags and vnrl-colored bunting, and wallowing npleudldly ns befits a ship of hor slzo, on tour and noble achievement. She Is 110 foot long, has a 30-foot beam and la about 10 feet deep. Thuro Is nothing of tho cllppor ship nbout hor, but thuro In n HtnnchncBB thnt kopt hor steady while sho emptied broadsides at a whole UngllBh n,cot. In Lor prime, nt tho time of tho doclHlvo battle of Lake Krlo, sho wns a' brig of tho ohl-funhloncd nort, with an enormous spread of sull for Uiobo days. She hnd slnglo topgnllantsalla and, what was more chuiacterlstlc of tho time, slnglo top Halls. Thus tho number of hor sails was not ap parently gieat, but her actual spread of canvas was very largo for her day. Her rigging wns all of tho old-stylo sort. H.nr main, foro and mlzzon topB ,wero really fenced In for lookouts and sho had n spanker to aid her In maneuvering bettor .Ibnii hor natural Hquaro rig would. t Cnpt, W U Morrison of tho United States "training ship Wolverine, who is an odlolul of tho I'orry ccntunnlnl celebration and nn authority on historical facts relating to tho Niagara, hnn made tho prediction that In tho vobboJ'h hold will bo discovered rthiny old bucklos nnd revolvors; and in a short tlmo tho world will know If ho Is right. Haloing the Ningnrn was tho hnrdost kind ot work. I Is n big fonthor In tho cap of tho local contractor, who succoedod In lifting tho hull; from tho mud of tho lako bottom, vhoro sho had lain for a hundred yours. Tho task had to ho clone In wlntor In ordor to uso spring to got tho vessol In shape. Wlntor on tho great InkoB Is HUch ns to mako u naturally dollcato Job of xhls nort well nigh Impossible. Tho Intorstato board of tho centennial celebra tion had olllclal chargo of tho work To rulaci tho hulk took Just throo months. Tho original contract cnlled for the taBk to bo done in thirty days, but bad weather knoeked tills schedulo sky high. It was planned at first to sink ponlbons along nldo the Niagara nnd pump thorn out, bringing tho ship to tho surface with them. Had tho weather permitted this tho snlvago -a the hulk would havo boon accomplished in contract tlmo. Storms, however, threntenod tho undertaking al most every day nnd tho contractor dnred not wink his pontoons lost ho loso them. Thorcforo four pontoons wore anchored on olthor sldo of wboro tho ship would Ho when ralsod vertically to the lako's surface. Other pontoons woro sta tioned over her bow nnd Btom. Chains woro made fast to tho wreck by dlvors and sho was Mm ply pulled up to tho -water's odgo. Ico pllod up six feet high nbout tho pontoons, workman wero In constant danger of losing their lives In the black nnd loy water. Several foil Into nlrholcs la thawing ico but wet a roBcuod. Tho Niagara hnd to bo raUod through twenty foot of water. And now for something about tho Niagara's historic day. Tho Niagara nnd Commodore Perry'B flagship, iho Lawrence, wore the only two vessels In tho American fleet of six ships that, ovqn In 1813, could Imvo boon callod men-of-war. They woro HOO tons burden each, and each carried twenty guns. It wns almost as much of a feat for Oli ver Hazard Perry to build the vessels as to win the battle of Lako Krio. Tho commodore had beon In tho Amer ican navy for somo time, and In 1811 as n lieutenant In command of the schooner He vongo ho ran tho vos sol ashoro nt Watch Hill, It. I., and wrecked It in n storm. Ho was tried by court martial for this, but acquitted. Ho failed to got n c-o m m a n d when tho War of 1812 started. Thon ho applied to Commodoro Chnuncoy nnd wns ordered to re port at Lako Erie. On March 27, 1812,' ho nrrlvcd at Lako Erie and found a force of fifty shipwrights. The squadron had to bo built from tho forests nenr.by. A fleet of nine vessels was built by him and his men. A regl mont of Pennsylvania militia covorod tho Hhlp hulldors while thoy wero at work. Tho battle against a suporlor British squadron lasted all day, and tho Lawrence was dismantled, so thnt Porry had to row through a hall of shot to tho Nlagarn, where ho holstod his flag again. At 3 o'clock ho was nblo to sond his famous dis patch: "Wo have met tho enemy and thoy nro ours." Commodore Perry was then twenty-seven years old. Perry was a Ilhodo Islander by birth. Tho boii of a naval ofllcer and tho daughtor of nn Irish woman of unusual attainments, ho had tho most careful oarly training, so that after Lako Erie somo who know tho family spoko of it as "Mrs. Porry's victory." Young Oliver Hazard Porry waB fond of Plutnrch'a Lives, Shakespeare nnd Addison. Ho was a pupil of Count Rochamboau. At fourtoon ho wns commissioned a midshipman. When tho war wltlu Englnnd began thoro wns probably no hotter ordnnnco ofllcor In tho Amor lean navy, and In tho training of his crows ho wnH unwearying In personal attention to dotnllB. By assembling bin gunboats occasionally he gained actual knowledge ot tho evolutions of a lleot. Ho also practiced shnm hnttlcs, which taught him much. Within twenty-four hours nftor rocoipt of Com modoro C'hnuncoy's ordor to go to Lako Erlo ho hnd sent off a detachment of fifty men, and llvo days later ho sot out hlniBelf with his younger brother, Aloxandor. Traveling chiefly In sleighs ho reuchod Erlo jdii March 27. Thore ho found Nonh Brown, shipwright, and Sailing Mnntor .Dob bins awaiting fifty carpontcrs from Philadelphia. The carpenters woro moro than llvo weeks mak ing tho wintry Journey, Tho keels ot two twenty gun brigs and throo guuboato had already beon Inld. Incredible toll in tho wilderness enabled Porry to colloct nlno vobsoIs of 1.G71 tons with Gl guns capable of throwing a brondstde of D3G pounds of metal, of which 288 pounds could bo fired nt long range Puny figures these seem In this day of dread naughts, but In 1813 thoy woro respectable If not exactly Impressive, Tho Lnwronco and tho Nlngara, which wero tho tvo twenty gun ships, carried two long twolvo poundors nnd eighteen thirty-two pounder enrronndcu. Tho long rnngo guns wero tho chief dopondouts ot tho Aniorlcnnu. To mako his enr ronado flro offectlvo Perry rolled on grnpo and cnnlstor shot nnd favorlto American ammunition, Inngrngo, which was made out of scrnpB of Iron sowed up In lenthor baga. Porry's force of mon consisted of nbout 500 landsmon and bailors, many of whom hnd novor bcoii salt water On tho British sldo Captnln Bnrclay hnd six vessels or 1 ICO tons, mnnnod by nonrly BOO mon, but ho had slxty-threo cannon. Barclay wan ono of NcIsoii'h veterans. As tho Hoots approached onch other at about 11 o'clock tho buglo sounded from tho flagship. Tho men of tho whole BrltlBh lino gnvo throo cheers and tho long guns of the Detroit opened on tho Lawrence nt u dlstnnco ot n mile and a half. By noon the battle began In earnest In tho form of n duol, tho honvlest vessel In each Hoot confronting the other. Barclay had nt first n manifest ndvantnge. Tho gunners of tho Law rence, depending too much on their carronndos, fired too fast, and overshottlng tholr stumpy guna wero able only to pit nnd dont tho sides ot tho Detroit. So tho Lnwronco waB reduced to a hulk by a ateady British flro. After two hours only ono gun was loft mountod, tho cookplt was crowded with wounded and only olghtoen un harmed men, Including commander nnd surgeon wero left on board. Tho Niagara for some reason had remained In tho rear. Tho smaller American vessels seemed unable to do anything to prevent a British vic tory. W'ith the audacity of genius Perry called four sailors to man tho boats, and with his brother Alexander, tho flag of tho Iiwrenco wrapped round his arm, he left the ship. At'flrst he was shielded by the battlo smoke. Then he wns rowed through 'the enemy's flro for fifteen min utes, at last reaching the Niagara unharmed. The breezo now freshened, speeding the Nlagarn and the American schooners Into nction. Tho Queen Charlotte of tho British fleet was disabled whHo getting into position for n broadsldo. Sho fell foul of tho Detroit. Tho American schooners took raking positions. Tho full battery of the Niagara, Joining In tho steady and rapid .fire, swept the British decks. Kentucky rltlemon In the tops acting as marines picked off every enomy visible. At 3 o'clock tho British flag was hauled down. It waa the fltst tlmo in Britain's history that she had lost a whole squadron. Then It was that on tho deck of tho Niagara Perry dis patched to tho secretary of tho navy tho brlof account of his victory nnd shortly afterward sent to Gen. William H. Harrison the line: "Wo have met the enemy and thoy are ours." Congress voted Perry thanks, n medal nnd the rank of captain. The city of Boston pre sented him with a sot ot silver, nnd other cities voted him thanks. He assisted In tho defenso of Baltimoro, and In tho squadron that was sent to tho Mediterranean In 1815 ho commanded tho frigato Java. In Juno, 1810, while In command of tho John Adams and other United States ves sels In tho West Indies, he contracted yellow fovor In the Orinoco and died. Tho United States has appropriated $250,000 for a Porry momorlal to bo erected at Put-ln-Bny on Bass Island. Tho great shaft will stand In tho mhlst of a park. Individual states have bi ought tho total up to $700,000. New York gavo $150,000; Ohio, $83,000; Pennsylvania, $75,000; Wisconsin, $50,000, Other states that lntorcstod thomsolves woro Michigan, Illinois, Rhode Island, Kentucky and Minnesota About a year ago tho national commissioners of flno arts accopted a design for tho memorial submitted by J. H. Preedlander and A. D. Sey mour, Jr. Tho design provides Tor a plaza 1,000 foot long nnd about 200 feet deep. On the plaza will bo a Doria column 320 feet high. The Islnnd on which tlfe column will rise is one of a group at tho western end ot Lake Erlo. The fourteen ncres havo been acquired to pro vide a reaorvatlon around the memorial. Tho Doric column will servo as a lighthouse. Othor features nro a museum, a statuo typifying peace flanked by a colonnade. In tho museum will bo panels, nrrangod for mural paintings doscriptlvo of historical events connected with tho battlo of Lako Erlo. - -' Tho plan calls for a crypt under tho shaft In which will ho placed tho bodies of American and British sailors who perished in tho battlo, which woio hurled on the Island. Tho sum of $100,000 has beon set nsldo for harmonizing tho landscapo with tho general scono. Tho members of tho commission having chargo of the Perry contounlal celebration will try to secure a brlof suspension of that convention be tween tho United States and Canada by which warships may not enter the Groat Lakes. Tho Idea Is to havo British and American bnttlcshlps at tho ceremony of dedicating tho column to Porry's victory and possibly n warship or two of Canada's now navy. Tho national commission of flno arts which se lected tho design for tho Porry memorial con sists of Daniel H Burnluun. chairman; Daniel C. Kronen. Thomas Hastings, Krodorlck. Law Olm sted, Charles Mooro, Cass Gilbert and Krancls D. Millet Thoy wore unanimous in tholr cholco of a design V Commander George II. Worthlngton, Gen. Nelson A. Miles nnd Col. Honry Wnttorson nro on tho Interstate board In chargo of tin colobrntlon. WYANDOTTE IN FAVOR Excels inability to Be Pushed for Rapid Growth. Breed Ranks About With Plymouth Rocks as Layers, but Is More Act ive and Has Loss Tendency to Ovcrfatness. (By It. G. WKATIIKUSTONB.) ThoWynndotte Is smaller than tho Plymouth Rock, but nn equally rapid grower. It Is generally claimed that the White Wyandotte will stand push ing for rapid growth tho best ot any breed.- As layers tho Wyaudottcs seem to rank about with tho Plymouth Rocks, but being somowlmt more active and Excellent Farm Type. having loss tendency to ovcrfatness they should bo credited with a slight advantage. The Rhodo Island Red breed con stitutes tho lntest addition to the list of popular American breeds of chick ens. This variety differs from the majority ot breeds In claiming for themselves nn origin based solely on practical considerations. Thoy are partly of Asiatic blood, but In their selection, vhlch extends over a period of fifty years, 'attention has been paid to rapid growth and egg production, so that the breed to day moro rearly re&cmbles the Leg horns than does either the Plymouth Rock or Wyandotte. One fundamental difference still ex ists that shows the Asiatic origin of the red chicken, they being persistent, sitters. Tho Rhode Island Reds do not reproduce themselves with certainty as to shado of color or stylo of comb, but In practical points thoy may be considered n distinct and well-established breedr In the eastern part of the United Stntes nro many farms keeping from one to several thousand hens and devoted exclusively to the production of poultry and eggs for the market. Tho uso of any breed on such farmB should bo good witness of Its utility. Tho tabulation ot tho breeds used on such plnnta as are Bh'own to t,ho writer gives the following results: Whlto Wyandottes occupy first place, being used on about twice as many plants ns any other ono breed. Single-comb Whlto Leghorns, Barred Plymouth Rocks and White Plymouth Rocks follow next In order. Rhodo Islnnd Reds, Light Brahmas, Buff Wyandottes, Buff Plymouth Rocks, Brown Leghorns and Black Mlnorcas aro tho other broeds In uso. Leg horns, Mlnorcas nnd Rhode Island Reds aro used on tho egg farms, Light Brahmas and Plymouth Rocks on tho roaster and capon plantsi while tho broiler and combination plantB uso Plymouth Rocks, Wyan dottes or Rhode Island Reds. LITTLE SURPRISES "I don't want any aftornoous out, mum; I'm sntlsflod It I can go to church Sunday ovonln's." "Harry, you'vo boon an awful long time mak Ing up-your mind to ak mo to mnrry you!" "Your bill, doctor, Is only about half what I expected It would be," "Bobby, I've kopt you in aftor school to tell you you'ro a doar, good llttlo boy. Won't you glvo your old teacher a kiss?" "No, Blr, I haven't anything In stock that's qulto as good as what you aro asking tor; try that druggist across tho street." Cause of Gapes. Gapes aro cnused by a worm-like parasite that becomos nttached to the lining of the windpipe. Wet and fil thy grounds are a proline cause. Iso late the Infected birds and spade up tho yard with slacked lime onco a week. Remove th.o pnrasltos from tho wlndplpo with n feather dipped In turpentine. Put a llttlo turpentine or camphor In the drinking water. Limit on Eggs. . Ono good mother hen can brood twenty chicks and oven moro with easo, .while Bhe cannot successfully cover moro than thlrteon. Thus It Is well to sot two hens at tho eamo tlmo nnd glvo ono tho chicks from tho two hatchings. Tho othor lion can thus cover thirteen eggs again and ralao hor own llttlo family when theso aro hatched. Grit In the Ration. A lion ennnot digest hor food prop erly without plenty of grit In hor dl gestlvo apparatus. Koop a good sup ply of It always on whero sho can havo free access to It, for, no grlt no digestion; no digestion, no eggs; no eggs, no dividends from tho direc tion of the hoiiuouBo, liiJmjK' Dome, llttlo comrade, let us faro across tho hills, boyond tlio city, And wander In tlio open, whero no voica shall call to ua for pity; We'll wade In brooks that babble by the HlunttriK Heidi nnd forest edges, And Anton to the winds thnt slsh and slnn through aromntlo sedges. tVo'll linger In the hawthorn's shado an enrvo tho letters of our names Dn mossy fences that wero made b ImniU thnt toll no longer claims; t'll lead you whero tho valleys Ho deep In tho niornliiK's glortnlhiK dew,' Tho wild Club's frnguint blossoms I will pluck from thorny boughs for you. The friendly colt shall coino to lay Its eU vet tpuzzlo In your hand, And wo will watch the lambs nt piny, nnd hoar no muster's lmrsh com mand; No churning gougs shall terrorlzo and there will be no shrieks of pain, Ho maiming wheels nor warning cries, no angry bickering for gain. wOtne, little comrade, let me guide you out beyond tho ronr and rattlo And show you that the world Is wide, that life Is not n ceaseless battlo. And through tho Joy thnt you shall know and by tho glee of your expfesslon Tho boyhood t had long ago shnll come again to my possession. Unkind Doctor. "I would suggest," said tho doctor, titter ho had looked at the lady's tongue and felt her pulse, "that you walk three miles every day and be careful to chew everything you eat. rake a light breakfast and avoid jweets of overy .kind." "Yes, doctor." "That's all. Good morning." "But, doctor, aren't you going to prescribe any medicine?" "No, I never give medicine whero It :an be avoided." "Oh, pshnw! I havo saved up near ly a dollar's worth of bottles that I wanted to exchange In at tho drug tore." The Outlook. THE OPTIMIST, v tVhen war drums throt no longer And navies melt away, Tho righteous will bo stronger, Tho Just will havo their day. tVhen nil the warrlng's ended, And no man cheats for gain, Chen Virtue will be splendid And Righteousness will reign. ' TUB PESSIMIST. When armies aro disbanded And soldiers till the soil, The people, to bo candid, Will still buy Standard Oil. When navies are forgotten And warriors cease to kill vVo'll probably have rotten State legislatures still. Pride All Around. "I'm proud to say," boastod tho man with the largo stomach nnd the Immense solitaire, "that I ain't novel wnsted any time rcadln' poetry." "Well," ventured 'the gentleman, with tho seedy clothes and the high orow, "If the poets wero asked thoy would probably agreo that thoy woro proud of It, too." Not a Hardship. "Do Mr. and Mrs. Wlckolson, tho pcoplo who llvo across tho hall from you, ever disturb you at night by tholr quarreling? I am told that thoy fight llko cats and dogs." "Thoy do fight, but wo are not dis turbed In tho least. My husband al ways permits mo to lot tho transom down and listen without a protest." A Wonder. "You seemed to regard that man with a good doal of awe." "Yes. Ho excites my wonder. He's married to one of my formor wives and getting along with hor." Unforglven. Thoro aro many pcoplo In this world who can never forgive a man for achieving bucccbb after they havo pre dicted that ho would never amount to Anything. &?. J jt it&. c '3-, r .v I r,-,-T.,Vl v. .4W-