Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-06-07

| captain found That LleY all knew TOO
little for his purpose, with the eXcep-
ton of Nathaniel Nye, who was no less
wise in this matter than in many others,
So, to save his life, Nye became the
| Malay captains faCtOtum; but he was
firm in the purpose of deserting as soon
as an opportunity arrived.
One day the pirate stopped at an
island in the South Pacific to replenish
her stock of water. Watching his
chance, Nye concealed himself at tWi-
light in a cIump of bushes not far from
| the shore, and was OveriOyed at seeing
the vessel weigh anchor and make sail
| without him, for he had not yet been
missed. He was row free man, but
| as to what sort of an abode Providence
had thrown him upon, he could form
but general idea. However, he was
provided with his gun and few rounds
of ammunition, together with food
/ enough to last him for a day. So, after
penetrating inland till late in the even
ing, he stretched himself out on the
I ground, and fell into a sound sleep,
| from which he did not awake till the
next morning.
He now resumed his journey, but had
] not walked far when he suddenly found
/ himself face to face with a savage whose
/ duskv cOuntenauce was hideOusly tat
/ toOed. The islander made an effort to
wrest Nathaniel's gun from him; but
| the American proved the stronger of
/ the two, and the savage retired to a
/ short distance. Suddenly turning, he
| drew his bOwstring to his cheek, and
pointed an arrow at Nathaniel. The
I inter -preferring that of the two the
| savage should die, fired upon and XIII
! led him. The report Ofthe gun brought
/ upon the scene a hundred duSky war
riors. who surrounded our unfortunate
| adveDturer, disarmed him, stripped
/ him of his clothing, and led him to their
village, where he was condemned to be
/ shot.
The hour of execution followed speed
/ ilY on the sentence. Nathaniel was
| led forth, bound and guarded. The
king of the tribe sat beneath n wide
/ spreading tree, surrounded by circle Of
| his subjects A line of warriors were
| drawn up at short distance, and the
| king rose to his feet to address them.
| Taking from his neck string of glass
beads which he wore, he detached one
! of them from the string, and held 1t up
! between his thumb and tOre-hnger.
! ''This Jewel, =" said the king, ''shall be
/ the prize of him who shall first pierce
the prisoners heart with an arrow"
! You may imagine that Nathaniel had
watched what had passed about him
/ very closely. The king, in speaking,
/ was very prOfuse of gesture, and Nath-
/ aniel cOmprehended what he was say
/ ing, although he could not understand
his words. Perhaps his perceptions
rendered more keen by the sight Of the
| twenty arrows headed with sharp fish
! bone and feathered with bright red
| feathers, which were already pointed at
| him. He made n gesture to attract the
| attention of the savage who had acted
as an interpreter for him thus far.
/ This savage, whose name was AlOg-Pi,
| spoke the Malay dialect, enough of
which Nathaiel had picked up, while
on board of the pirate, to be able to
/ make himself understood. The inter-
prefer approached.
| els that necklace highly valued by
your king?' he asked.
| s'Yes.' said AIOg-Pi, ''the kings neck
lace has no brother. 1t was captured
in one of our wars with a neighbOring
| tribe, and was bought with the blood
| Of a hundred warriors.
"Ask your king if he will spare my
life, and give me my liberty, If Will
/ make him ten such necklaces"
! MOg-Pi laughed.
'What does he say to you p demand
| ed the king, impatiently.
"TIe says" answered MOg-Pi, ''that,
/ if YOU spare his life, he will make ten
/ such necklaces as that"
| "Whatr cried the king, in great sur
prise, and with gestures showing the
! intensity of his astOnishment. us he a
magician ?" He approached Nathaniel
and stared at him earnestly. "Make
/ him say il again, MOg-Pl."
Nathaniel repeated his words.
-fUubiud him - cried the king
''ShaIl I have my new necklaces to-
morrow p
Nathaniel took a moment for reflec-
ton and then said to the interpreter,
II must have thirty days"
The king was greatly disappointed at
this but finally agreed to the
terms. 81 am suspicious" said he.
! 'Why cannot he make these gems
| sooner? But give him the time he asks.
! He shall be watched night and day,
and, NIOe-Pi, tell him this il in thirty
. l.. Hnrfr7f
| power. his tongue shall be cut out and
! burned for living, his eyes shall be pick
| ed from their sockets for having looked
| on my disappointment, and his body
| shall be burned, and the ashes scatter
ed to the winds"
"a very uncomfortable prospect
that thought Nathaniel; "BUt l shall
1 do it. Blessed day that sent me into
| GiOCOmelli's glass-wOrES 1 am saved
! He was soon left to himself, except
that guard of four stalwart savages
| kept watch over him and sitting down
under the tree whose shade the king
and his subject had just vacated, he
began to take counsel with himself.
''Thirty days in which to make a
bushel or so glass beads" he said to
himself, "and nothing to work with but
these two hands. Excuse me, my
| brains [ came near forgetting you.
And now what to do There are two
materials that I must have, to make
] LiaSE or namely llluB anu al Null
| Flint is here in plenty, in the shape or
sand, which is mostly composed of flint.
III had any time to spare, dare say
could hunt up purer article Of flint, in
the shape Of quartz crystal +; but sand
will do. To melt it, 1 must have an al
kali, either in the shape Of potash or
soda. and this I must make. The ashes
of wood and plants will yield me pot
ash in plenty but there it is again 1
haven't time to spend in converting
these ashes into an alSai. Now, as to
| soda, that is a simpler matter TO GET
have only to burn a quantity or sea-
= wrack, of which there appears to be
plenty on this island and, besides,
! soda makes glass brighter and harder
than potash. So soda it is !
With this he sprang up brisEly to go
, at his task at once, and noticing ms
guards staring intently Mt him, he ad-
dressed them, though knowing they
couldn't understand a word. ''N NOu
7 poor heathen ounces, you EXPECT to
hear me cry, Presto Change! and see
, me wave my hands in the air, I sup
pose don't you What precious lot
, of greenies you fellows are, anyhow !
[ suppose YOU don't know that glass
was made in Egypt three or four thou
sand years ago. / suppose you don't
know that Moses and Job knew about
2 glass in those old times of theirs. 1
suppose YOU don't even know who Mo
ses and Job were. But I'm wasting my
time addressing you, gentlemen. Let
me see. =" he continued musingly. "Raw
. materials are very well as far as they
go; but the worst part of it is to come.
l must have furnace in which to NELL
my sand and soda, or 1 can do moth
: ing"
p Nothing was more certain than this
To melt sand and soda requires a very
q intense heat, and of course the cruciblC
Y in which they are melted must be able
4 to sustain this heat unharmed; auo
v not only that, but it must resist tht
q chemical action of the soda, which viii
4 melt some things that fire won't, be
Il cause il can't. The material must there
= fore be a clay containing so small "a pro
n portion of flint as to resist the action o.
! the alkali. The main constituent of this
clay is alumina, which, when miNeC
a with a certain proportion of sand uuC
4 a little maEnesia, will resist almost any
% fire.
h Nathaniel understood all this thor
Is Ouphly, thinks to his habits of study