Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1912 — Page 3

CIVIL WAR

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

February It, 1862. ‘ The Nashville American seconded the warning against apathy and confidence in providence on the part of southerners which the Richmond Courier lately expressed In a strong editorial. “From the beginning of the war to the present time the constant cry of the people of the south has been, 'God and the British are on our side.* That cry has seemed to satisfy too many of those whose lives and all have been at stake that we would triumph without proper energy of our own. The first news that is looked for In the morning paper is 'The latest foreign intelligence, . . . We put our trust in God and the British. The disaster at Fishing Creek and the equally fatal result at Fort Henry may begin to open our eyes to the fact that God and the British will not help us untilLwe learn to help ourselves. This defeat may also serve to teach us that which every great general has found out before he has fought many battles, that individual bravery is valueless against organized drill and discipline. . . .” The Sawyer gun at Newport News burst while being fired, killing two men and injuring several. ‘ Dr. Luther V. Bell, medical director to General Hooker’s division of the Federal army, died in camp, near Budd’s ferry, Maryland. February 12, 1862. Gen. Price, who had. long maintained a footing in Missouri with his small Confederate force against the operations of the Federals under Fremont, Hunter, and Halleck, was obliged to abandon Springfield, and fall back toward Ozark and Wilson creek. For want of transportation facilities, he was forced to leave behind him some military stores and equipments, that fell into the hands of Gen. Curtis, who occupied Springfield with a Federal force after Gen. Price had left The Confederate states undertook to build a railroad from Danville, Va., and Greensborough, N. C. The congress passed an act and President Davis approved it, providing for the construction of the road as a military necessity. A Union expedition under command of Col. Reggin returned to Fort Henry from the country along the Tennessee river. They brought with them stores seized at Paris, Tennessee, and reported having found the tents and camp equipage used by the Confed erate troops who had evacuated Fort Henry. February 13, 1862. The convention for the purpose of drawing a constitution for the pew state of West Virginia, meeting at Wheeling, western Virginia, declared against admitting negroes within the boundaries of the state, by the adoption of the following article 6f the section on the fundamental provisions of the constitution: “No slave or free persons of color shall come into this state for permanent residence after this constitution goes into operation." In the United States senate Mr. Davis introduced a series of resolutions, concerning the Constitution of the United States and the secession of the southern states, stating “that it is the duty of the United States to suppress the Rebellion, to carry the sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other, and to restore the states as they were before the war.” Bowling Green, Ky., suffered from an extensive fire. Several large establishments were destroyed. The Confederate soldiers under Gens. Johnson and Hardee finally succeeded in putting out the flames, under the per* sonal direction of Gens. Johnson and Hardee. ‘ Springfield, Mo., evacuated during the night by Gen. Price, was occupied by the union forces under Gen. Curtis. The Federal troops advanced in line of battle at, three o’clock in the morning, but found the place deserted. Over six hundred Confederate sick were left behind. An expedition under Lieut. William N. Jeffers, U. S. N., from the mouth of North River, near Edenton, N. C., proceeded to the mouth of the Chesapeake and Albemarle canal and blocked it by sinking and burning two schooners. February 14, 1862. Earl Russell., answering a question by the Earl of Stanhope in the British House of Lords concerning the blocking of the entrances to Charlestown hwbor by the sinklng of stone laden hulks, expressed the complaisance of England in the matter. England would have protested against the permanentdestruction of any harbor, Russell returned to Stanhope’s specific complaint, but the American government had sunk the vessel* as a war measure, and the obstruction would be* removed as soon as peace was established. There had been a hope in some quarters that the stone fleets would become the basis of another international misunderstanding. Edwin M. Stanton, secretary war (for the United States, issued an order releasing all political prisoners held in confinement by the Federal «governmeat, on condition that they would not take part in er abet the armed rebellion against the Federal authority or hi any way attempt to injure the government. President Lincoln grant-1

ed an amnesty to all such persons torpast offenses. Included in the number affected were those taken on vessels that had attempted to run the blockade. Gen. Lander, of the Union army, made a reconnoissance in force and broke up a Confederate camp "at Blooming Gap, Va. Col. Carr oil, with some Ohio volunteers, made a reconnoissance to Unger’s store, in Virginia. Gen. Dunning captured a herd ot beef cattle from a band of guerrillas at New Creek, Va. , Hamilton Fish and Bishop Ames, who had been commissioned to visit the Union prisoners in southern prisons, returned to Washington. They had been refused permission to visit the prisoners, for military reasons, but the Confederate government had negotiated with them for a general exchange, which was brought about February 15, 1862. Bowling Green, Kentucky, was evacuated by the Confederates, and occupied by a Union force under Briga-dier-General D. C. Buell. The national troops reached the Big Barren river, opposite the city, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, after a hard march of 40 miles in 28% hours. The bridge across the river having been destroyed,‘the brigade under Colonel Turchin was sent across the river in a flat boat, under cover of a heavy fire from the batteries of field artillery, under Captain Loomis. The Confederates were not in sufficient force to resist General Buell’s army, and left the town. It had lost much value as a strategical position because of the recent fire. The national batteries on Venus Island Point, in the Savannah river, were attacked at 3 o’clock in the’afternooh by four Confederate gunboats. The gunboats sought to silence or destroy the batteries in order that vessels might pass the point from Fort Pulaski. The engagement was heavy for an hour. It was terminated by a lucky shot that disabled the boat of the Confederate flag officer, which was towed out of action by another of the fleet of gunboats. The steamer that had come with the gunboats from Fort Pulaski to take advantage of the passage they might effect; returned whence it had come. The Confederates attempted to break through the Federal lines drawn by General Grant about Fort Donelson. They Were repulsed and driven into their inner works by a general advance. Commander Foote bombarded Fort Donelson. February 16, 1862. Fort Donelson, a strong Confederate position on the Tennessee river, in Tennessee, surrendered on the morning of the 16th to the Union forces under General Grant, who had been operating against the fort for several days. On the 13th there had been an attack by the Union gunboat flotilla, which had been repulsed after a heavy duel between the boats and batteries. On the 13th more gunboats arrived with reinforcements. General McClernand’s column had occupied a position in front of the works the day be fore. On the 14th the gunboats attacked again, but with no better success, losing heavily from the plunging fire of the Confederate batteries. Finding it out of the question to carry the works by a river attack, General Grant determined .to invest the place, but his plans were upset by a fierce sortie from the Confederate works early on the morning of the 15th. The Confederates succeeded in driving back the right wing of th* Union army, and held a decided advantage until General Grant ordered General Smith to move against the Confederate left. The movement was executed with dash, and was successful. The Confederates were driven from that part of the.field, and subsequently from the right, where they had gained ground earlier in the day. On the morning of the 16th the Confederates surrendered. Generals Floyd and Pillow, with a large part of the garrison, had escaped during the night Generals Buckner and Tllghman remained with the fort and were taken prisoners. The capture of the fort was considered a decisive victory in the North and did much to raise General Grant in the popular esteem. ’Brigadier-General Price of the Confederate army, son of Sterling Price, together with a number of Confederate officers, was captured near Warsa, Missouri, by lowa troops under Colonel Stubbs. February 17, 1862, , There was a savage encounter in the woods on the banks of Sugar Creek, Arkansas, between a body of Confederates whose identity was not known, and the First Missouri Cavalry, Fourth Missouri Cavalry, and Major Bowen’s battalion. The First Cavalry, attempting to drive the Confederates from their shelter behind the trees on the top of a ridge, Were driven back. Major Bowen opened with a howitzer, to which the Confederates replied briskly. No further attempt was made to dislodge them, the Union forces withdrawing to their camp. Two regiments of Tennessee Confederate volunteers marched Into Fort Donelson and were captured. They did not know the place had been captured and occupied by the Uhion The legislature of Ohio held h jubilee over the success at the national Fiery Speeches Were made, advocating th* bangfog <Oae“rebels,** and a war on Great Britain. The Confederate provisional con(Copyright, mg «- ChapmaaJ

EXCELLENT QUALITIES OF CUB SHORTSTOP

(By HOMER CROY.) Joe Tinker, the king pin of the Cubs, has invented a scheme to kill sacrifice hits and has sculled on the Missouri river. He never smiles so clamorously, cleaving a Royal Gorge from ear to ear, as when he puts on his athletic undershirt and haste's riverward to scull as light as a gull hither and yon. In the winter time when the front gates are locked, when the snow blows on the bleachers and the Durham bulls are herded in the stables, Joseph Tinker, Esq., emulates the flnecut bovines and does some barnstorming himself. As Reginald Montmorency, with a goatee on his chin and a puttee on his shin, he comes upon Sullen Steve just as he has bound the beautiful Gladys to the railroad track, hard and fast, while onward, onward, ever nearer, with singing rails and hissing steam, comes the Cannonball Limited. With flashing eye Reginald M. Tinker steps up to Sullen Steve, one hand loitering suspiciously near his hip-pocket, taps him on the shoulder, and in clear, vibrant tones says, “Have a care, Sullep Steve, or fain will I use vforce on your all but unworthy body. Unbind that girl, I say, or you will have Reginald Montmorency to settle with. Haste, or you wilt rue your foul work!” Tinker has also been on the sleeper route with other plays, checkerboarding from watertank to watertank, learning to wear a fur overcoat and do his soft laundry in the washbowl of his hotel room, appearing on the bills as the coach in “Brown of Harvard.” In “A Home Run” this Thespian of the diamond went clear

SCOUT IRWIN IS OPTIMISTIC

Believes Manaoer Wolverton Has Wln> nlng Infield Combination—Knight la Grand Player. Scout Arthur Irwin, of the New York Americans, does hot believe Manager Wolverton will find it such a tremendously difficult task to round out a winning infield. “Jack Knight,” quoth the boss scout, "is a wonderful ball player when he is in physical condition to play and when he is free from worry over other things. Last season he-wasn’t in

Jack Knight.

shape half the time, and along toward the end the fans roasted him so unmercifully that he simply couldn’t play his game. . “Grief and illness were an that stood between Early Gardiner and a wonderful year. Until hi* tether died, while th* team was in St Louis on th* s*o-

Joe Tinker as Artist Cesare Sees Him.

through the thrills of love, intrigue and ultimate happiness to the curtain speech with never a tremor, always willing in a company to play the hero when the box office receipts were heavy as the villain when the manager couldn’t afford to send him out for a shave. Tinker is the' goat getter of King Christy, fearing the mighty Mathewson no more than a Kansas zephyr. When other batters come up before Matty and grow dizzy with fright until the diamond rocks -and tilts up at second base, and slashes around to port every time he crooks his elbow, Tinker is as steady as a painted ship on a painted ocean qnd lines them out for first nearly every time up. He fields with either hand and ia one of the highest jumpers in the business, being able to leap so high on rainy afternoons he has to wear leggins to keep the mud out of his shoe-tops when he lands. The Minute Man of the Cubs has had the appendicitis and now 'owns an apple ranch in Oregon. When he is not acting or writing for a sporting page he is at home dressing up his trees, putting belts around them, arranging them artistically so that some will have high waistlines and some lew with here and there a hobble. On Saturday afternoons instead to goir_g to town and sitting around on the courthouse steps, or attending a free lecture on the corner of Main street and Monroe avenue by the agent of Dr. Dink’s Dark Drops, Joe Tinker has the time of his life by staying home, getting out the hand power pump and spraying his trees for Gypsy Moth. (Copyright, 1911, by W. G. Chapman.)

on western trip, Gardiner played second base very nearly as well as any one in the league.; He hit something ill and died. Earl always has been a home boy and his father’s death knocked all the ginger and life out of him. - —A—--“He probably would have recovered from that shock and picked up in his playing again but for an attack of illness that laid him up for ten days or two weeks. Another year he ought to be one of the sensations of the year. He always has been a classy fielder, and his work during the first half of the 1911 campaign was enough to satisfy me that he’s a natural hitter. “It he ever gets to hitting again there will be no trouble at second base. Third is taken care of with Dolan and Hartzell to pick from, and if Knight is right the short field will be in good hands. An infield composed of Chase, Gardiner, Knight and Dolan, with the middle two playing the sort of baseball they are capable of playing, would look mighty sweet.”

GOSSIP AMONG SPORTS

. Jim McGuire may scout for the Tigers. Baltimore will probably sell Noah Hanline to Chattanooga. From big league reports, ball players now are being bought by weight. On* man’s idea of absolutely .no sport at all is a six days’ bicycle race. If Cravath can show, the Phillies, it is said, win let John Titus out next spring. Continuous baseball might be more profitable, but it is not necessary to < keep up interest Picking pennant winners has already begun. At this time of year all th* teams ar* on top. -A / Those who find all sports dull except football might try watching a pimo of intercollegiate. The average fight ten would rather see ten rpundt of really deyer boxing than a knockout before the seat* are wanned.

WOMAN'S SHPHERE

FITTED TO THE FIGURE

PETTICOAT WITH ADJUSTABLE FLOUNCES MOBT USEFUL. Serviceable Model of Gray Alpaca Shown—Materials by No Means’ Costly and Garment Is Easy to Construct. / - *. A closely fitting petticoat terminating just below the knees, and several adjustable flounces, is a most useful possession. Our model has on a top of gray alpaca, with flat pleated

flounces of the same; this is fixed on by press studs set closely together on the hem of petticoat and under the band of flounce. At the left another flounce of gray silk is shown; this is set in sets of three flat pleats with spaces between, and has a 8-inch pleating at edge; the upper flounce at right side is of the silk, just scalloped and buttonholed at edge; the lower one is of black satin closely pleated. Materials required for gray alpaca petticoat: 3 yards 46 inches wide. For gray silk flounce, about yards 22 inches wide; for the blue silk, about 1% yard 22 inched wide would be needed; and for the black satin, 2% yards 22 inches wide. (

SAFETY IN BLACK AND WHITE

Matter of Colors May Be Eliminated From the Minds of Women While Fashion Lasts. Surely a woman does not have to worry much about colors this winter. It is sheer waste of time to look in the mirror with the sunlight and the electric light at different times to see whether a piece of purple or green or blu* or brown, piaeed under tfae chin, reflects a becoming glow on the skin. The stores show dozens of colors, and the dressmakers offer them to you in a half-hearted way, bdt if you know what’s what in the world of fashion you will brush them all aside and go in heavily for black and white. There was some sense in struggling against this edict last summer because here and there barbaric and Byzantine colors darted their heads

PRACTICAL CASE FOR MUSIC

Full Description and Illustration of Most Useful and Pretty Plano Accessory. There are several different ways in which music cases can be made, but perhaps one of the most simple and practical is shown in our sketch. It can be carried out in any art serge.

silk or American cloth, and lined with soft silk and bound at the edge with narrow ribbon. ?.V The sides are stiffened with two piece* of cardboard, and between these two pieces tn the, center a space of about an inch should be >nllowed ao that the case may fold together easily. . ’ The diagram on th* right hand aid* explains this, B and C being Stif-

up into sight like asps in an urn, but the urn of fashion is now given over to the two sharply contrasting colors. You must not wear all white, and you must not wear all black, but you must juggle with the two until your skill draws applause. You may think the wearing of black and white fa monotonous; that it lacks variety; but when you hear an expert talk on the subject you feel as if you were at at food exposition lesson where a cookery teacher describes one thousand and one different ways in which eggs can be used. <

HATS MOSTLY IN ONE COLOR

One Small, Vivid Touch of Display fa About the Only Thing Permissible at This Time. ' Hats show nothing now. They cover the head as well as they can and' since becoming accustomed to the style people like it. Women look odd with none of the back hair showing, but oddity is apparently something the couturier and modiste both seek for their clients. Plush and velvet make the best big hats, while those for smaller shapes are of fur—if the owner can afford the fur, for only good pieces go in hats, and such a hat means a handful of money. A class of women wear imitation fur, even on the head, where the counterfeit is so marked, but . well dressed women do not incline to it During the last few days a note of red has been introduced on black hats for morning wear. This is generally in q chou of ruby, scarlet or empire red, and little is employed. There is no great variety about hats this winter. All the best are in black and white and when’ not that, then in violet or a rich purple; they remain simple and require little trimming. The one color feature is mostly followed. Shapes are not pretty, but they are picturesque and fit the head well. If a color be put with purple it is dark blue. This combination is put in dresses, too, and with the two for embroidery there is often a note of cerise and yellow, only a suggestion of the latter. Plumes are no longer modest. They are long and wide, ths strands sometimes covering the whole hat.

BRIGHT COLORS IN AFTERNOON

One's Own Drawing Room I* the Place for Display, but Hues Must Harmonize. The woman who dislikes display out of doors, in her own drawing room often wears the brightest colors. This gives her a chance to lay aside the sober yet attractive tailor-made suit Dresses are worn to harmonize or contrast with the colorings with which the room is decorated. Red looks well where the colorings are the claret shades and brown. Green in the soft, dull tones blends equally as welt An afternoon gown of geraninm pink is effective where the surrounding colorings are of purplish hues. Bright sapphire blue harmonizes with almost any color. A striking combination which look* well for afternoon wear is red and purple In fuchsia shades. Emerald green is much worn,’ sometimes combined with black, (told laee and nets of all varieties make effective trimming for this color. Any odd attractive color, no matter how vivid, may be used for the afternoon dress.

fened with cardboard, and A shows the space between. Inside the case two bands of elastic are sewn, under which the music may be slipped and held in its place, and the case is secured when closed by a small tab that bends over and fastens on to a button sewn on the reverse side of the ease. The handles by which ft may be carried are made of silk cord, and the word “Music” or initials can be worked upon one side. The small sketch at the top shows the case completed and fastened together.

Posy in Her Belt.

Ne s evening frock is really complete nowadays without its corsage flower, mad&of ribbon, silk or chiffon and designed to emphasise the color harmony J of the gown In some daring note of color. For instance, a dinner gown In the lovely subtle mauves and yellows that make one think of a Sargent background, has a girdle lower in deep mauves and magneta; a brown and yellow bridge frock shows a cluster of - black chrysanthemum® with yellow centers at the belt; a debutante dancing frock of pink ehif- . son has its cluster of little pink rosebuds; in the young widow's pale gray crepe de chine dinner gowng are fastened violets A red flower adds indefinitely to the chic ot a black lac® frock, and a white gardenia in green leaves or a cluster of green silk grapes will add much grace to * white costume. ■'S»" 111 I I »ll> IS • 'S ■ < Tiny butterflies of brilliants make . a lovely finish ta evening slippen.