Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1912 — Page 3

The CIVIL WAR

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

January 28, 1862. t Reconnoisance from Port Royal, South Carolina, having developed that -the Savannah river could be entered through a passage several miles above Fort Pulaski, and that the fort could in that way be cut off from the city, Captain C. H. Davis, U. S. N., and Captain C. P. R. Rodgers, U. S. N., started with an expedition of gunboats to accomplish tlfe fact. Sailing the one up the Wilmington narrows on the east of the river, and the other up Wall’s cut and Wright river on the west, they came out on opposite sides of the river to find themselves blocked by piles and shallows. While they were there Commander Tatnall, C. S. N., sailed into view with five Confederate gunboats convoying supply ships to the fort. There was a spirited engagement. Three of the Confederate boats reached the fort, discharged, and returned up river. The others turned back. A petition from the people of Illinois, asking that slavery be not abolished in the District o: Columbia, and praying for the expulsion of members of Congress who asked its abolition, was presented in the United States senate by Mr. Saulsbury of Delaware. ' ■' - A division of Union troops, -under command of General Jeff C. Davis, left Versailles, Missouri, on a march fer Springfield. The War Department directed General McClellan to arrest General Stone, who commanded the Federal army in the Rail’s bluff engagement, on charges too indefinite te be specified. January 29, 1862.

Messrs. Mason and Sidell, the Confederate commissioners to England and France, respectively, who had been taken from the British steamer Trent by Captain Wilkes of the San Jacinto, and afterward released by the United States government, arrived In Southhampton, England, after an adventurous Voyage. The left Boston, where they had been detained In Fort Warren, on board the British S. S. Rinaldo, bound for Halifax. Owing to a heavy storm, the Rinaldo was unable to make Halifax, and put about for Bermuda, whence the commissioners' were transfered to St. Thomas, •where they boarded a West India packet. They were received at Southampton by the officers of the Confederate steamer Nashville and other gentlemen. No demonstration was made on their landing. Lieutenant-Colonel John Burke, with fifty men of the New York Thirtyseventh, General Heintzleman’s Union force, attacked a house near Occoquan Bridge, where members of the Texas Rangers were holding a stag dance, shortly after midnight. The Rangers returned the fire of the Union men through windows and portholes cut through the siding of the house. After a number of rounds, the Federal troops were notified that the occupants of the house surrendered. On entering, it was found that all had been killed excepting one man, who claimed that he had been engaged ta fiddle for the dance, and had urged the men to surrender from the first. The Nationals had one snan killed and four wounded. The House Delegates of Virginia passed resolutions, in secret session, thinking General Joseph E. Johnston for his distinguished service and conferring on him for life the right to appoint two cadets a year to the State Military Institute. January 30, 1862. > The Monitor was launched from Sneeden's ship yard, at Greenpoint, Long Island, New York. The Monitor, which was designed as an "ironplated steam battery,” had attracted much attention throughout the north for several months previous to its launching. Embodying a distinctly new idea In naval construction, it had been the subject of much adverse, criticism from experts, and was regarded with popular skepticism. The launching was viewed with curiositiy by a large crowd of spectators. Naval salutes from several vessels greeted , its first appearance in the water. Captain Join Morgan, a Confederate partisan fighter, captured six Union soldiers in a church near Lebanon, Ky. It was reported in the north that he permitted five of the men to leave with their clothing, but forced the sixth into the church and set fire to it. The alleged Intended victim succeeded in making bls escape. The First Ohio cavalry apprised of the occurrence set out In pursuit of Captain Morgan, but failed to come up with him, owing to the condition of the rsihdSi The senate of the United States passed a resolution Introduced by H. M. Rice of Minnesota directing the secretary of war to procure from officers and soldiers, then prisoners in the southern states, allotment pay for their families. January 31, 1862. Queen Victoria declared her termined purpose "to observe thefiHties of neutrality during the existence of hostilities between the United thfi states calling themselves the Confederate States of America,” and "to prevent, as tar as possible, the use of her majesty’s harbors, ports and coasts, and the waters

within her majesty’s jurisdiction, in aid of warlike purposes of either belThe congress of the United States passed an act authorizing the President to take possession of the telegraph and railroad lines in the United States, whenever in his judgment the public safety required ‘it, declaring that any-attempt to resist the unrestrained use by government of such property, when too powerful to be suppressed by ordinary means, should be punishable by death, as a military offence, directing the president to appoint three commissioners to assess and determine the damages suffered by railroad or telegraph companies in consequence of such seizures, and placing the transportation of troops, munitions of war, etc., under the Immediate control of the secretary of war or his agents. It was finally provided that the act should not be In force any longer than was necessary for the suppression of the rebellion. Wm. H. Seward, secretary of state for the United States, directed the release from Fort Lafayette <jf all prisoners taken on board vessels that had violated the blackade. Four men who were engaged in constructing a telegraph line through Kentucky for the use of the national forces were captured by a band of Confederates and taken south. February 1, 1862.

Mr. Dole, commissioner of Indian affairs for the Federal government, met the chiefs of several tribes in conference at Leavenworth, Kan. The chiefs most prominent at the interview were Opothleoholo of the Creeks, Alektustenuck of the Semlnoles and several representatives of the lowa tribes. Mr. JDole assured the Indians that the government had no intention of calling on them for help in fighting the southern states, but told them that an expedition would be sent into the Indian Territory to punish certain tribes that had proved false to their allegiance and, instigated by southerners, had attacked loyal Indians and driven them from their homes. " The name of Wolfe county, Kentucky, was changed to by the provisional government that’ had been set up in the state by citizens of southern sympathies. “The county of Zolllcoffer will perpetuate on the records of Kentucky the name of one whose fame belongs to struggling freedom everywhere," said the Louis-ville-Nashville Courier. A company of the Second cavalry, Forty-first Indiana volunteers, commanded by Capt. J. B. Presdee, was Involved in a skirmish with a* band of Confederates near Bowling Green, on the Green river, Kentucky. The fight was drawn. The Confederates were reported to have lost two killed and three wounded. The value of the Confederate dollar had fallen to sixty cents, on the first of February.

February 2, 1862. Lieutenant Colonel White’s Confederate cavalry encountered a Union force of cavalry, estimated at three hundred strong, on the mountains in Morgan county, Tennessee. Colonel White charged the enemy at once. Captain Duncan, in command of the Federal cavalry, held them to a stiff defense, rallying them twice from a condition of great demoralization. The issue of the conflict was still in doubt when a lad, J. Roberts, fifteen years old, brought down the Union officer with a bullet through the head. The loss of their leader threw, the Federalists into hopeless confusion, and they fled, leaving seven of their number dead on the field. The bark Trinity left Boston, Mass., for Fortress Mbnroe, Va., with three hundred and eighty-six rank and file and eleven officers of the Confederate army, who had been made prisoners In the war in the south and confined in Fort Warren, Boston harbor. The men were to be exchanged for an equal number of Union soldiers in the .hands of the Confederates. A formidable land and naval expedition under General Grant and Commander Foote left Cairo, 111. The force consisted of seven gunboats and 15,000 men on transports. The objective of the expedition was Fort Henry, Tenn.'/ February 3,1862. In accordance with the decision of the adntfnlstration in Washington, the privateersmen who had been confined in the city prison were released and confined as political prisoners in Fort La Fayette. The persons captured on the British ship M. 8. Perry, who had been held at witnesses, were released. , By the operation of Earl Russell’s circular of neutrality, the Confederate privateer Nashville was sent away from Southhampton. The Union gunboat Tuscarora, anchored off Coweq, set out in pursuit of her as she passed, but was detained by the British Frigate “Shannon,” (Bl). Under international law she could not be permitted to proceed in chase of the Confederate within twenty-four hours. The British press congratulated the country on having rid itself of’the belligerent vessels, and the prospect of being freed from others of the same character for the rest of the war. /•: ■ - '' Mr. Chandler presented in the senate of the United States resolutions from the rejffirmlng the &yaRMHHBpt state to The United States. Indorsing the conftkoation 'df the property of southerners. and asking for the abolition of slavery as the cause of the war. - The French minister at Washington on behalf of his government made an offer of mediation between the north and- south.' * • - - - *• (Copyright, 1312, by W. G. Chapman.)

Purdue Summer School for Teachers

There has been a growing demand throughout the state for agricultural Instruction for teachers. The state board of educatiota has outlined a course in agriculture which the teachers have had before them in their “State Manuals” and “Uniform Courses of Study” for the last two or three years, but this has been merely suggestive. The teachers have bedn asking where they can get information on this subject that will enable them th teach it successfully. They have felt that they did not have the necessary information to do the work as.it should be done. In view of these facts, Purdue university as the leader of agricultural education in Indiana, will conduct a summer school for teachers from June 17 to July 20, 1912. Instruction will not only be given in agriculture, but in,domestic science and manual training as well. The purpose of the school will be to prepare teachers in the rural schcools for teaching these subjects effectively. The instruction will emphasize the elementary side of the subjects principally, with Especial attention to the organization of materials and apparatus for rural conditions. The university laboratories and equipment, including the library, will be available. The school will be conducted primarily for teachers already in the service who wish toNbecome more valuable to their respective communities. The corps of instructors will be chosen from the Purdue faculty, with especial reference to their fitness for the'work, and will be, under the leadership of Prof. George L. Rob-

SILOS AND SILAGE

Purdue University Agricultural Extension

An economical home grown dairy ration, corn silage an important part.

H. C. MILLS, DAIRY FIELD WORK. The hlsory of silage dates back into antiquity, but it was not until 1875 that It attracted much attention or that It can be said to have been introduced into modern agriculture. In 1875, . Aguste Goffart of France, announced the results of experiments in preserving green forage. , For the successful outcome of his experiments, he was awarded, by his government, the cross of the Legion of Honor. The first silage made in America was prepared by Francis Morris of Ellicott City, Maryland, in 1876, by putting corn In a trench and covering It with earth. He reported that he found It fairly well preserved and that the stock ate it well. Dr. J. M. Bailey’s “Book of Ensilage,’’ published in 1880, -brought Jbe use of silage to the notice of American farmers and from this time on, the use of silage spread rapidly. In 1882 the United States government was able to learn of 92 silos in use. Today there are few dairy sections where the use of the silo Is not very common. The advantages of silos are many. One of the most important is, that it utilizes the entire corn crop. In many sections of Indiana, the stalks, or pnethird of the corn crop, Is left standing in the field. It is supposed that when the stalks are turned under In the spring, that the fertility taken from the soil In growing the plant is again returned to the soil, but experiments have proven that this is not true, but that quite a large per cent is lost. There Is a similar loss when the corn is cured in the shock. The corn crop in the form of silage produces more milk than when fed in any other form. The cows not only consume more of it, but more fc digested. Corn silage provides a succulent food during the winter months and in times of drough., which is similar to the succutency of June grass. Com silage also lessen* the cost of the cow's ration, more roughage being consumed in this form, and leas grain re--—J; ■ -jf' 'J ' quireu• -r—— —— ——~ The use of the silo lessens the cost of harvesting the corn crop because the work can be done when the days

By J. D.HARPER

Purdue University Agricultural Extension

Purdue University Campus.

erts of the department of education. All correspondence, however, relative to the school should be addressed to G. I. Christie, superintendent of agricultural extension, who will have charge of all details of management. The work is so planned that each teacher may, if desired, spend the major part of his time on any one of the three main divisions of the course, namelyi—agriculture, domestic science or manual training,-and elect one of the other two’for the rest of his work. Or he may spend all his time on'any one of the three divisions. 1

The work in agriculture will embrace instruction in farm crops, plant studies, soil .studies, horticulture, dairying, animal husbandry and poultry. The domestic science teachers may do additional work in either agriculture or manual training and mechanical drawing. Teachers manual training will be given mechanical drawing instruction relative to wood working and blpe printing. They will also be taught the use and care of tools. In addition to the above regular conferences will be held to consider ways and means of introducing industrial subjects into the public schools, methods of conducting the work, courses of study, equipment, books, teachers, co-operation of patrons and school officers, the correlation of the industrial work in other subjects, etc. The work as a whole will be administered in such way as to be extremely practical and helpful as an effective aid in furthering the development of vocational training.

are long and the weather agreeable. The use of the silo makes possible the keeping of more cows on a given acreage. An acre of good silage furnishes food for two cows for one year. An acre of blue grass will barely feed a cow three months.

Construction of Silo.

The silo may be constructed of stone, brick, wood or cement. It mast be so constructed that the walls an smooth, so that the silage will properly pack. The round silo gives best satisfaction. The size of the silo should be such that the herd will consume at least two inches from the surface each day. The silage should bo removed evenly when feeding.

Extend Experimental Work.

The soils and crops department has leased two additional fields for expert mental purposes. One of these is lo cated at Worthington, the other al North Vernon. The work to be carried on at these points will embrace the study of the effects of different rotations, tile drainage and the value of lime, manure and commercial fertilizers. Special emphasis is being placed upon the conservation of the fertility of the soil by returning as much of the crop residue to the land as is practical. Considerable attention will also be given to clover and cowpeas as soil rejuvenators. These experiments promise to be of much value and the results, which are to be published as soon as available, will be looked forward to with much interest

Gratifying Results.

The soils and crops department has obtained some gratifying results from their experimental fields at Wanatah, Ind. The experimental work there has been carried out on land hitherto thought to be extremely unproductive, but by the use of commercial fertilizers And proper managementsome surprising returns have been obtained. Corn, soy beans, wheat, oats, potatoes, clover, timothy and. cow peas were the crops dey«t qped. _ \ j

WOMANS SPHERE

front. Two folds of crape outline the edges. A ruffle of soft dull silk ribbom finishes the neck and a bow is placed at the fastening. The crape used for this purpose is

IS DISTINCTLY BAD TRAIT

Too Many Girls Alm at Complete Monopoly of Men Who Pay Them Attention.

Are you one of the girls who is so feaful of sharing your good times that you steer men from the other girls? There are many girls like that, and they are not loved by their own sex in consequence. If it were only the unpopular girl who acted thus there might be come excuse for it—a man on her horizon is such a wonder that she wants to hold him. But there are girls who are belles who are selfish about keeping men to themselves. Why do they do it? Perhaps from vanity. They alike to seem the great belle of their set, the one with an ever-growing string of admirers. So they calmly take every strange man they meet as their property and take no chances by introducing him to other girls. Perhaps from jealousy. There is many a girl who • would indignantly deny being jealous who presents that appearance by her dread of sharing her attention. She makes a point of keeping her men friends and her girl friends apart; she never introduces save when driven to it, and quickly follows the introduction by detraction of the other girl to the man, sometimes by open mischief-making. ' U Perhaps from z selfishness. She thinks that the fewer girls a stranger in town knows the more time and money he will have to spend upon Whatever the cause, it is a poor one and shortsighted. A girl must be

CUTAWAY COAT

Everything "cutaway” in type is becoming Immensely fashionable, both foj.men and women, and the little velvet suit pictured here shows this jaunty cutaway effect in both coat and; aklrt, the tunic being sloped to correspond with the coat. The suit is built of black velvet, with collar and; cuffs of gray and white striped taffeta. The hat has a silver lace crown andi gray plume and is faced with black. The boots are patent leather, with) buttoned tops of dull calf.

JULIA BOŢOMLEY.

Green and Brown Combined.

Some excellent new models in chiffon blouses have just been brought out. Green and brown seem to be favorite'-colors in these, sometime® combined, as in a model having anupper part of green chiffon over a band of the brown and over gold and brown applique banding. The.same color scheme is carried put in a model of satin, a single green satip rever bordered with brown fringe, appearing on a brown satin blouse.

uncertain of her own power to charm tht she fears to stand her chances with other girls. A girl whom a man likes will be singled out by him from the midst of a dozen fascinating maidens. if he doesn't like .her, nothing can chain him to her. And the more a girl seeks tokeep * man to herself the more restive grows that man. It Is fatal for any girl to have ownership airs with y>e men that are nice to her.' If the man be serious in his attentions he begins to wonder if his fair one is jealous; If he is only polite, he thinks the girl misunderstands politeness-and cools* off forthwith. The more eligible a man is the higher he rateehta self; the moreinclined. to sheer from thegtrl who seeks to monopolize him.

Personal Economy.

My first and greatest economyla In buying street suits. I never have a suit that is extreme In style, but always get an" nearly as possible the regulation tailored suit Such a suit when made of really good an 4 inconspicuous material can Se' worn-three or four seasons without • being remarkable. In order that my suit may be exactly what 1 want f buy my own material and lining and tell my tailor, just how it ia to be made. Another/pnrcaution which I take is»> when my matgriaL to get a yard and a half more Ihan, wW be* in two ch tfcfrtl iu luaßiuj inv oun, ov ***» - case the skirt gets torn & be altered or remodeled there rift beBy making the tailored skirt I can save about half the expense of making the suit—Harper’s, Bazar,