Year: 1874

ONE MAN THE ORUSADERs Won AWAY +,
~ FROM THE SALOONS. ; f,a ,,,
> A resident of the Sixteenth, Ward id
Boston, believing, that drinking liquor
was pernciotis custom, resoiutely set
Ais face against the saloons, Ana put 4 p
ba,rel Of ale in his fcAllar. On the first,
evening of the purchase he repaired to, j.
the cellar to tap his ale, taking .kero-
sene lamp with him. On reaching the =
barrel he thouShtfully set the lamp on '
the floor in direct limo with the sp6tii
he'wAs to tap, and taking The fa,csl iHi
one hand he drove in the hung, and
meant to have applied the faucet ct
once. But the power at the vent was s0
great that the faucet, was knocked from
his hand, and the lamp being in di. 4
rect range was upset and put out in
flash. A less sanguine party would
have straightway plunged upstairs for
another lamp, but he'd find that faucet
in the dark if it took him seyenty-f1tSo ,
years to do it. He dropped upon bis,
knees, and described various circles,
with his hand, while the foaming and
sputtering ale whistled uninterruptedly.
He moved around swifter, losing the
calmness born Of his determination at /
every unsuccessful return of the encir-,
cling hand. He bumbed his head
time and again against divers other bar
rels, and scratched his knees on the
floor, and was bombarded in the face
and neck, and under his coat-tail by
the fierce stream. But he wouM find,
that faucet. He beat the basement
surface with his fist and prayed, and
howled, and screamed, and wept..
The flying ale got into his throat and
choked him, and into his nose and
made him sneeze. It ran from his eyes
and his ears, and down, his neck and
face from his hair. But he wouldn't
give up. And down there on his knees
in the dark and flying liquid, he stayed
like an honest and an honorable citizen
until he had found that faucet, and
jammed it into the barrel; then he felt
his way upstairs, and appeared to his
family with want of congruity in his
appearance that was painful to behold.
The blood from q scratch over his eye
had mingled with the fecks of foam
and ale, and these in turn were loaded
with dust and cobwebs. His hair and
clothing were saturated, and one eye
was completely closed, while the other
glared upon the horror-stricken family
in unconcious ferocity. But he found
the faucet, and he would have found it
if he had stayed down there until Can
ada had frozen over tive think he said
Canada.) Then he went up stairs and
got in bed.-Danbu,y M,cs.


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The SACK TREE-A notable tree is
the sack tree, of Western India, the in
ner bark of which forms very good ma
terial for sacking, and also for cordage.
1t often attains height of 100 feet,
with diameter of six. The native
method of making sacks of this material
is very simple. Usually trees about one
foot in diameter is chosen, sand from
this section of the length desired for
the sack is cut. This log is stepped for
some time in water, in order to soften
the bark, and is then beaten with clubs
In this way the outer bark is removed,
and the inner detached and rendered
soft and pliable. Next, it is folded
over on itself at end. like skinning q
squirrel, and turned inside out, All
that is required to complete the sack is,
that one of the ends be sewed up, which
is readily done. But q sack may be
made without stitch or seam. This is
done by arresting the process Of skim
ming some two or three inches above
the further end of the log, and then
saving off the latter at that point.
The sack has then solid wooden Bot
tom. These sacks are extensively used
in Western India, Ceylon, and serve
their purpose we'll. The same mate
rial is sometimes employed in the man
ufacture of clothing and for paper MAX
ing. Toprepare it for the former pur-
pose, the bark is stripped off in pieces,
which are then thoroughly soaked and
beaten. out till the texture becomes
white and rough like fur. It is then
cut according to the required ahapss.
and stitched together. siae''' 'iia@sAF2o