Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1912 — Page 2

The CIVIL WAR

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

May 27, 1862. A portion of Gen. Fitz-John Porter's corps engaged and defeated a force of Confederates near Hanover Court House. The Confederates were reported to have lost five hundred prisoners and 100 killed. The steamer Gordon of Nassau was captured by the gunboats State of Georgia and Victoria while attempting to run the blockade at Wilmington. The schooner Andromeda, from Sabine Pass, was captured off Mariel, Cuba. -j Colonel Purcell of the Tenth lowa regiment reported having met and defeated a brigade of Confederates near 'Corinth, Miss., in a slight engagement . . .. •. --. _i The schooner Lucy D. Holmes was captured by the U. S. S. S. Santiago de Cuba on the coast of Georgia, having run the blockade of Charlestown, S. C., the night before. General McClellan, complaining that ..newspaper correspondents divulged information of the intended movements of the Union troops in the press despatches, asked the war department to issue an order holding editors responsible for the publication of such news. The president sent a message to the house of representatives of the United States defending his conduct of the war, and stating that the censure which had been passed on former Secretary Cameron was deserved as well by himself and the other members of the cabinet. The gunboats Stepping Stone and Coeur de Leon, making a reconnoissance up the Appomatox river, were driven back to City Point by the reception they met from Confederates on the bank of the stream. May 28,1862. A public meeting was held in Richmond, Va., to form a company of Home Guards for the defense of the city. The legislature of Virginia appropriated the sum of $200,000 to defray the expenses of moving the women and children' from the city. Mrs. Jefferson Davis was sent under care of ex-Senator Gwin to Haleigh, N. C. Three strong columns, commanded by Gens. Thomas, Buell and Pope, advanced and reconnoitered within gunshot of the Confederate works at Corinth. The Confederates slowly withdrew before the pressure of the columns. The loss was light on each side. Lieutenant Colonel Sickles, in command of the Ninth Illinois cavalry, had a skirmish with Confederate cavalry near Cache River Bridge, in Arkansas. Two other slight skirmishes occurred in the vicinity during the day. The U. S. mail steamer Northern Light, under command of Captain Tlnklepaugh, 'captured the Confederate Bchooner Agnes H. Ward of Wilmington, sailing on the high seas, under the Confederate flag and carrying a valuable cargo of southern products to Nassau. The mail steamer took her in tow for New York. General Shepley, military commandant at New Orleans, issued an order forbidding the citizens to pray for the ' 'dsstroetfon of the Union or the constitution of the United States, or for success to the Confederate arms. They were otherwise permitted to worship God. Pierre Soule was ari rested In the city by order of General {Butler. * May 29, 1862. The English steamer Elizabeth was captured off Charlestown by the U. S. S. S. Keystone State. The public debt of the United States was $491,445,984, at an average inters est of 4.35 per cent. Captain Frlsbee’s force of cavalry captured, near Neosho, Mo., two Confederate colonels, one lieutenant collonel, two jayhawkers, a number of •guns and revolvers, a train of forage, {fifteen horses, three mules and a dog, which they proceeded to kick around (the town. Federal cavalry found valuable stores and cars full of flour on the tracks at Ashland, Va., abandoned by the Confederates in their retreat. Some other cars had been rescued by being pushed by negroes to the crest of a ridge, whence they ran by gravity three miles toward Richmond. Brigadier General Schofield Issued {severe orders- against guerrillas and partisan fighters in Missouri, stating that al! such would be shot down on sight, and that all citizens who did not help in the capture of the marauders would be treated as alders tend abettors of their crime. The publication of the New Orleans !Bee was resumed, a satisfactory explanation having been made General TJntted States valry LuiUm! jbridge five hundred feet long over the Army of tli So {Crates. .VjV.-----

Judge James H. Burch, running for ! governor of Missouri, was Arrested at Rolla, for lnadvertant remarks in « political speech. It was suspected that he was 'Endeavoring to obtain votes of sympathizers with secession. The English iron steamer Cambria arrived at Philadelphia, having been captured by the U. S. S. S. Huron after a chase of five hours off Charlestown, S. C. She was from Liverpool for Charlestown, via Nassau, with rifles, liquor and saltpeter. " General Stonewall Jackson, continuing his demonstrations in the Shenandoah, advanced as f«r north as Harper’s Ferry, which place he threatened for several hours during the day. The Confederates were driven out of Front Royal, Va., by a Union brigade, which made a surprise attack early in the morning. The Confederates retreated without quantities of stores and transportation they were guarding in the town. Thirteen members of the Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteer cavalry were captured near Zunl, Va. May 31, 1862. A body of Illinois militia was attacked and stampeded by a force of Indians and Confederates near Neosho, Mo. They reached Mount Vernon with a loss of only two killed and three wounded, where they found a portion of the Tenth Illinois cavalry. The enemy, commanded by Colonel Coffee and Major Thomas Wright, took a number of guns, overcoats, ammunition, camp equipage, and fifty horses that fell behind. The schooner Cora was captured off the Charlestown bar by the U. S. S. S. Keystone State. The gunboat Kennebec arrived at Baton Rouge, La., with a force of Federal troops. General Butler, commanding the department of the Gulf, Issued an order for the hanging of six Confederate soldiers charged with having violated their, paroles. Part of General Banks’ command advanced beyond Martinsburgh, Va. A reconnoissance In force was made at Winton, N. C., by General Viele of the National army. There was a sharp skirmish on the Greenville road, eight miles above Washington, N.C., in which the Federal force was left with the advantage. At noon the main body of the Confederate army defending Richmond, under General Joseph Johnston, attacked the left wing of the Federal army at the Seven Pines and Fair Oaks, and a desperate battle ensued, in which the National forces were steadily pressed *back. At night the Confederates occupied the tents of the Fourth corps. The situation was regarded as critical for the Army of the Potomac, on its way to capture Richmond. June 1, 1862. The struggle between McClellan’s Union army, campaigning against Rich, mond, and the Confederates, was resumed in the morning at Fair Oaks, Va. The Confederates were finally defeated and compelled to withdraw toward Richmond. General Fremont’s advance brigade, looking for the Confederate general, Stonewall Jackson, whose force's had be-a operating in the Shenandoah, occupied Strasburg without meeting resistance. A midnight reconnaissance developed the enemy’s rear guard, and retii ed with a small loss. The Union expedition sent out from Corinth by General Pope on the 28th of May returned to that place after destroying stretches of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, burning a railroad train loaded with Confederate supplies, destroying ten thousand stands of small arms and three pieces of artillery, and capturing two thousand prisoners, who were released on parole. The Confederate fortifications at Pl# Point, Va., and the barracks in the vicinity were destroyed. 7he Union forces under command of Brigadier General Wright, which succeeded in penetrating from Edisto Inlet to Seabrook’s point, S. C., on the 31st, had a series of skirmishes with the Confederate pickets lit the vicinity and compelled them to retreat. June 2, 1862. Jacksonport, Ark., was visited by a Confederate gunboat which destroyed the wharf-boat and all the cotton and molasses to be found, after shelling the camp-ground recently deserted by the Ninth Illinois cavalry. Mass meetings were held at Memphis, Tenn., at which resolutions were adopted against surrendering the city to the Federal forces. Although the city had already sent seventy-two companies Into the field, every man capable of bearing arms was called upon to repair to the defense of Fort Willow. A committee was appointed to collect men, money and arms. Two boats belonging to the United States bark Kingfisher were captured by a body of Confederates as they were proceeding up the Ocilla river, in Florida, for water. Two of the boats' crews were killed and two wounded. A party of National scouts captured the mate and six seamen belonging to, the Confederate gunboat Beauregard, at a point nearly opposite Felton, Mo. The Union forces under Major General Hunter, operating against Charlestown, S. C., landed on James Island under cover of the gunboats without opposition. The Union fleet of gunboats in the James river got aground in moying up the river from their anchorage before City Point, and suffered from the fire of Confederates that gathered on the blu? fringing the river. The enemy *as dislodged by gun fire, and the fleet floated at the next high tide. A portion «f General Fremont’9 Union force came up with General Jackson’s rear guard between Straserates continued their retreat,

Courses in Animal Husbandry

By J. H. SKINNER.

’ Pnrdte Umreriity Agricsttaral Erifiwioa

Students In the Eight Weeks’ Course Judging Beef Cattle.

The department of animal husbandry of the Purdue school of agriculture and experiment station is maintained for the purpose of finding -out and giving students and practical farmers the information necessary to make a success of live stock. The department has a staff of trained men constantly Investigating problemc, and disseminating information on all phases of animal husbandry. The Four-Year Course.The instruction is given, first, to resident students; second, to non-resi-dent students, consisting mostly of farmers actively engaged on the land. There are two main classes of students In animal husbandry in the university—those In the four-year course and those In the eight weeks’ course. A one week’s course is also offered to farmers. Students in the four-year course in agriculture, taking animal husbandry, receive thorough training through lectures, laboratory exercises and practical demonstration in Judging and selecting all classes of farm animals, Including poultry, for breeding purposes and the market. Hundreds of the best specimens obtainable are brought before the students in these courses. Flocks and herds of pure bred animals, under the best practical methods of managing and handling them, are maintained on the university farm where tliey are available to the students for study and observation. Large numbers of animals involved in various experiments relating to feeding, breeding, etc., are under the observation of the students throughout the year. Courses In the management, breeding, feeding and production, Including the study and discussion of scientific principles and the best methods used on well regulated, successful farms in this and other states, give the students a knowledge of all phases of the business, which should enable them to make a success of their work. The results of experimental work and successful breeders and feeders throughout the country are summarized and studied in the class room. Students taking the four-year course not only

Aid Vocational Plan.

If public sentiment on the vocational education plan may be correctly measured by the letters received, there is little doubt but that the time is ripe for active work along industrial lines. Just what this action will bring forth is, of course, a matter for speculation. Indiana teachers, however, who wish to fit themselves for aiding in the movement, should prepare now for the work. Pq|due’s Summer School for Teachers, to be held from June 17th to July 20th, will prepare teachers for the handling of elementary work in agriculture, domestic science and manual training. Many applications have been received, and there is every assurance that the innovation will be a success. By taking this summer school work, th 4 teachers will be in a position to impart the rudiments of the vocational courses and to "grow with their own work.” The Purdue Agricultural Extension department will send an illustrated pamphlet, describing the work, to persons requesting same.

Ensilage for Steers.

The Indiana experiment station'at Purdue has carried cm feeding tests with silage for several years past and Png lately published the data gathered. One of the facts that should be of value to every feeder of steers was that when corn silage was added to a ration of shelled corn, cottonseed meal and clover hay the result was a more rapid as well as a cheaper gain and a higher finish on the cattle; that

Sckool of Agriculture, Purdue Uabanßy

obtain training in animal husbandry, but in addition receive instruction which will enable them to successfully build up and maintain soil fertility, improve the quality and yield of crops, successfully care for their orchards, gardens and dairy products. They also study English, history, economics and the sciences. Short Courses. The eight weeks’ winter course in animal husbandry is planned to meet the needs of thosq who canifbt be away from the farm during the growing season, and who from necessity demand a shorter course. Students in this course receive instruction in sdl phases of animal husbandry work, and owing to the fact that their time Is practically all devoted to animal husbandry subjects they are able to obtain much valuable instruction in thia brief period. Instruction for Farmers. Thousands of farmers have not had and never will have the advantage of a college course. Therefore instruction in animal husbandry is offered In farmers’ short courses, farmers’ institutes and in meetings of feeders and breeders held at the university, and in#other parts of the state. The short courses provide Instruction in judging, which should enable the fanner to learn to discriminate against inferior and undesirable animalß for breeding and feeding purposes, while representative types of animals are exhibited where the farmer can study them and thus become familiar with the best types. Lectures and discussions are given on breeding, feeds and feeding and management of the various classes of animals. Instruction is also given in boys’ Judging contests at county and state fairs. Exhibits showing results of experimental work, courses of Instruction, photographs of equipment and Btock on the university farm are displayed at various county and state fairs. By writing directly to the department, where their questions are answered by members of the staff, hundreds of farmers are assisted In their work and in the solution of their problems.

Purdue Students Judging Horses.

cattle fed corn qllage shed their coats earlier in the spring; that a smaller quantity of grain was consumed when silage was fed; that the steers receiving cottonseed meal and corn silage fattened more rapidly, required less finish, distributed the fat more evenly and brought a higher market price than similar cattle that did not receive the two feeds.

Another circular which is demanding consideration in view of the disastrous effects of the drouth and unfavorable weather conditions on last year’s clover crop, is “Supplementary Pasture Crops,’’ by F. C. King of the department of animal husbandry, and Prof. M. L. Fisher of the Purdue soils and crops department. The - circular suggests the use of rape, cow-peas, soy beams, Canadian field peas, etc., to return prompt food values, as well as the planting, under favorable conditions, of oats, rye, vetch, crimson olover, sorghum, root crops, pumpkins, etc. This circular, No. 35, may be had upon application to the Purdue expert* ment station. La Fayette, Ind. -~ i The effect of liming on Indiana soils as a means of nuetralizlng harmful acids in the soil is the basis of study contained in Circular 33, recently issued by the soils and crops department of the Purdue experiment station. The bulletin covers the question exhaustively,' showing nnder what conditions and in what quantities lime should be applied ,

Fasture Crops.

The HOME DEPARTMENT

HOME MADE BUTTONS

SOME LITTLE TIPS THAT WILL BE FOUND HELPFUL. The Story of the Button Has No End When the Quick Eye Can Grasp the Little Touches on the Expensive Gown. This season is surely a button season, and If you care not to give your order for molds to be covered, you can make your own quite easily. Do not make the mistake of cutting the circular piece to cover the wooden form too large. This makes a needless bulk on the under side of the button and prevent a„ flat, well-ad-justed mold in trimming. Gut -the pieces from a pasteboard pattern all at one snip of the scissors. Then begin with a wooden form. After gathering the circular piece, slip it over the button, .draw up -the thread and sew across with a few stitches. If possible, attach immediately to the dress with the same thread. Satin buttons, velvet, linen, lace over silk and embroidered buttons are easily fashioned. Have you priced hand-embroidered buttons? Well, sit right down, sister, and make your own. After covering with silk, take coarse silk and x cross In either two or three diagonals. Knot at the center, and then from this point weave over and under the radiating lineß until a spider-web effect Is obtained. The stitch is quite like that which we used in our renaissance lace work years ago. Gold and colored net over silk gives a very good imitation of embroidery. Lace with a flower pattern can. be applied with the blossom in the center of the button. A touch of colored thread over white applique lace adds wonderfully. Cretonne-covered buttons are good; Irish -lace roses sewed on linen-cover-ed buttons can be easily made. Indeed, the story of the button has no ; end when & quick eye can grasp the little touches that are apparent on expensive gowns, and the clever hand can apply the hints In one’s own sewing room.

For the Sickroom.

A convenience for a sick person is a good-sized shoe bag, with ample pockets, which may be fastened with large safety-pins to the mattress, on whichever side of the invalid’s bed U is needed. In the pockets may be stored books, papers, fancy work, handkerchief and various articles that are constantly being lost or getting out of reach. This idea is suggested for one who is confined to her bed for some time, yet is able to read, write and amuse herself.

Folding Motor Bonnets.

Among purely English Importations these, are the most adorable little bonnet that can be folded op and laid out flat in a suit case, taking up no room at all. They are designed specially for the automobile, though they might well have danced on Gretna Green. They are made of the finest weave soft straw. One Is old blue, edged with old green and has a strip of flowered embroidery stretched across the fropt and little bunchy bow things over each ear. \

WALKING COSTUME IN BROWN

This i> of nut brown Venetian doth with trimmings of black satin. The •kirt Is cut narrow at the foot, where It is trimmed at each side hy two Of k«M b, bottom

NEW STYLE DRESSING GOWN

This Garment Is Built on the Magyar 1 Plan and Is Bimple and Comfortable. Viyella, delaine, or a thin cotton; material should be used here. Thetyle is Magyar, and quite simple; it, has one revers and a yoke of Paisleypatterned silk or sateen, according toi material used for gown. The fasten-)

ing is at ien side oi iront, where the, revers ends; it 1b formed by a cord ornament. The sleeves are finished with bands of trimming. Materials required: 6% yards 30 inches wide, % yard 30 inches wide for trimming, 1 cord ornament

Flavored Toothpicks.

To make flavored toothpicks take one box of toothpicks and place in a strainer or anything that is perforatedwith holes and put toothpicks in; tnenf take oil of cinnamon or oil of lemon or any oil flavor that has a pleasant taste and put into a vessel large, enough to put strainer with toothpicks and cover all with towel or cloth andj the fumes of the oil will penetrate the toothpicks and you have something nice and sweet. Try same ands see how nice they are in the mouth.

Smart Neck Bows.

• It 1b far better to. buy, one jor tWQi. smart neck bows and buckles than to: try to make them and turn out an article which is palpably home mada The trouble with the average woman’s neckwear Is that she does not choose it for Its becomingness i>ut because It looks pretty in the shop window. Certainly with a little taste and judgment applied to one’s buying there is no need of having inappropriate or unbecoming things.

The coat Is semi-fitting and also has. straps at the sides and to form fastening below the satin collar; the wrists; are trimmed to match. Hat of brown satin lined with black ' and trimmed with a bow tat the side. Materials required: 4H yards 46 inches wide, 14 yard satin 20 inches! wide, 4 yards silk or satin for lining; coat, 1% dozen buttons.

HINTS FOR NEEDLEWOMAN

Little Suggestions That Will Prove. Helpful to Woman Who Does Her Own Sewing. When your thread persists In knotting, unthread your needle and' thread it from the other end. It will cense to trouble you. In selecting draperies for windows do not neglect to look at the fascinating cotton godds in the dress departments. The mercerised fabrics as well aa the voiles lend themselves admirably to this purpose. To save the top of a stocking from being tom out by the supporters’ fastening, attach a small brass ring to a piece of tape and sew the tape to the stockings. Clasp the supporters through the rings, using rings that will allow them to slip through. Make generous seams under and over the arms, and generous hems on the closing at the back. Make the buttonholes In a fly, and thus the goods is not damaged, and the waist can be widened as well as lengthened if necessary. Have plenty of tucks in the little skirts, and turn in the ends of tan belt, stitching with a fine needle and a toe thread.