Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1912 — Page 3

The CIVIL WAR

FIFTY YEARS AGO pjjpns WEEK _

June 24, 1882. .. /.-y General Earl Van Dorn of the Confederate army, at Jackson, Miss., issued an order assuming the command over the “Department of Louisiana," and recommending “that all persons living within eight miles of the Mississippi rlvier remove their families and servants to the interior, as it was the intention to defend the department to the last extremity.” President Lincoln visited West Point, N. Y, Captain Jocknick of the Third New York cavalry made a successful reconnoissance froth Washington, N. C., to Tranter’s Creek. : y r Maj. Gen. J. C. Hindman of the Confederate army issued a proclamation to the people of Arkansas calling on them to assist him in preventing General Curtis from Joining the Union, fleet on the Mississippi river.

June 25, 1862. , General Hooker’s division of the Army of the Potomac, advancing to occupy a new position on the Chickahominy, was attacked at Oak Grove by the Confederates, who contested the ground with him for seven hours before finally giving way. General Hooker’s loss was over two hundred in killed and wounded. Having learned the day before from contrabands picked up at sea in an open boat from Little River inlet, S. C., that two schooners were preparing to run the blockade with cargoes of cotton and turpentine, which was already stored in the warehouse next the wharf, Captain Glisson of the U. S. S. S. Monticello sent Lieutenants Braine and Bunce to destroy the schooners and the stores. The work was accomplished without difficulty, the town having been deserted by its inhabitants and thero being no guard at the wharf. General Butler at New Orleans ordered that “air the property in New Orleans belonging to Gen. D. E. Twiggs and of his minor son, the income of which he has received, and under the charge of his agent, H. W. Palfrey, Esq., consisting of real estate, bonds, notes of band, treasury notes of the United States, slaves, household furniture, etc., is hereby sequestrated, to bo held to await the action of the United States government.” The Union ram fleet arrived Off Vicksburg, Miss., and communicated with Commodore Farragut, commanding the Union gunboats. A train of cars on the Memphis and Ohio laden with a company of Union troops, was captured by a body of Confederate cavalry, who killed ten of the soldiers.

June 26,1862. The battle of MechanicsvlUe was fought between McClellan’s army in campaign against Richmond and the Confederate defenders of their capital. The fight, beginning at noon with long range artillery fire, waxed into a con* test as fierce as any preceding It in the war, and continued until night, when the Confederates withdrew, but not-jintil they had inflicted damages that*deprived the National troops of y victory. At Beaver Dam creek the Confederates were terribly repulsed by General McCall’s division of Gen. Fltz John Porter’s corps. West. H. Humphreys, convicted of having acted as a Judge under the Confederate government, was impeached by the senate of the United States. The Union mortar fleet on the Mississippi, under Commodore Porter, commenced to shell the Confederate works at Vicksburg. The bombardment lasted for three hours, without result / The National forces under Generals Banks, McDowell and Fremont, which General Stonewall Jackson had kept occupied by his campaign in the Shenandoah, were organized into the army of the Virginia and placed under the command of General Pope. , Lieut Col. Alfred W. W. Ellet, commanding Union ram flotilla an the Mississippi, took two rams and started up the Yazoo river to capture three Confederate gunboats. The Confederates set lire to their vessels and let them go down on him, driving him from the river to save his own craft from destruction. . - ■tt Nine vessels of the gunboat fleet under command of Captain Rodgers, entered the Appomatox river for the purpose of discovering the condition of the river. When six miles from its 'mouth they were fired upon by the •Confederates, who held out for an hour against the combined fire pf the fleet. The vessels discovered that the •river had been blocked a mile above ■by sunken hulks. June 27, 1862. I The battle of Gaines' Mills, Ya* one of the “seven days’ battles,” was (fought. McClellan’s advance toward Richmond was severely checked by it. ! The work of cutting off Vicksburg by means of a canal severing a loop of •the Mississippi was begun under the supervision of General Williams of (the Union ajmy. • The bombardment of Vicksburg by the Union fleet was resumed.. The London Herald, in an article on the aspect of affairs In America, declared the Union a “nuisance among nations.” ' . ; Colonel Keith, Twenty-first Indiana, •encountered the enemy in two skirmishes near Baton Rouge. ~ Tb» British steamer Modem Greece,

laden with arms and other munitions of war, ran aground throe miles east of Fort Fisher, N. a The blockading fleet fired on her with the view of defraying her, but the fort opened on them and compelled than to withdraw* A small skirinlsh r occuiTed at Smith Creek, N. C. Seepley, military commandantof New Orleans, by order and approval of General Butler, suspended the municipal government of the city until such time as there should be a sufficient number of citizens in New Orleans loyal to their qotmtry and their constitution to entitle them to resume the right of self-government. White House, Va., base of the peninsula campaign, was evacuated by the Union forces under General McClellan.

June 28,18<&. * - */?- McCleiian’s army continued to meet defeat at the hands of the Confederates in Its campaign against Richmond. After the Union defeat of the day before at Gaines’ Mills the Confederates renewed the fighting on the 28th, pounding at the disheartened and disconcerted Nationals along the Chickahomlny, with high hopes of hemming in and destroying the invading enemy. . JC Bmall party of Union troops under Lieutenant Glenn was attacked by a body of Indians near Rocky Ridge, Utah. •-/ The Confederate General Hindman burned the railroad bridge at Madison, Ark., fearing that General Curtis would pass that way to the Mississippi. Five clergymen who refused to take the oath of allegiance to the United States were Imprisoned In Nashville, Tenn., by order of Governor Johnson. Flag Officer D. G. F&rragut reported to the secretary of the navy that the Union fleet passed above Vicksburg, silencing the shore batteries while passing, and that he had communicated' with General Halleck and Commodore Davis. General McClellan began his retreat to the James river, where a new base has been in process of establishment by the transports. The move was made necessary by the threat of Lee to sever his communications. June 29, 1862.

The battles of Peach Orchard and Savage’s Station, in the “seven days," was fought, resulting In the further embarrassment of the Union Army of the Potomac'under McClellan. The British steamer Ann was cut out from under the guns of Fort Morgan at the mouth of Mobile Bay by the United States steamer Kanawha. The steamer passed the blockaders during the night, and was discovered unloading in the morning. The Susquehanna and the Kenawha ran in and opened fire, and the steamer, abandoned by ber crew, got adrift and came within reach of the Kanawha. A fight took place In Henderson, Ky., between a company of the Louisville provost-guard supported by a detachment of Captain Andrew’s Michigan battery, and a force of Confederate guerillas. The Confederates were driven off. ” Moorefleld, Vh., was captured by a body of Ashby’s cavalry under Colonel Harris. • A large company of the Maryland Borne Guard occupied the place at the time, but they made no defense., having been informed that the Confederates were four thousand strong. They were taken prisoners, but were released next day as noncombatants. General Halleck, at Corinth, Issued an order authorizing the protection of the mall service In his department The bombardment of Vicksburg was continued. The firing commenced at noon, and with the exception of an hour’s intermission, did not ce&se until nearly midnight Lee attacked the Federal rearguard at White Oak Swamp.

June 30, 1862. General Butler continued his efforts to restore peace and tranquillity in New Orleans by issuing the following order: “John W. Andrews exhibited a cross, the emblem of the sufferings of our blessed Savior, fashioned for personal ornament, which he said was made from the bones of a Yankee soldier, and having shown this, too, without rebuke, in the Louisiana club, which claims to be composed of chivalrlc gentlemen. u "It is therefore ordered that for this desecration, of the dead, he be confined at hard labor for two years in the fortifications at Ship Island, and that he he allowed no verbal or written communication to or with any one except through these headquarters.” General Crawford, with a portion of his Union brigade and a support ot cavalry, made a reconn oissance in force up the Shenandoah valley, In which they succeeded in driving four companies of Confederates out of Luray, Va. The bombardment of Vicksburg was reopened at two o’clock, and continued all night A turnpike bridge between Harrodaburg and Ferryville, and another between Nicholasville and Pekin, Ky., were burned, supposedly by Confederate irregulars. i The United States gunboat Sagamore made an attack on the city of Tampa, Fla. She succeeded in silencing the Confederate battery ashore, but could not get close enough in to cover her landing beats, and was obliged to give up the plan of occupying the place.. General Franklin, commanding the Fedef&r rear guard, held General Jack, son at White Oak Swamp, while McClellan was holding Lee off at Charles City Cross Roods. Lee was endeavoring desperately to cut MoClellan’B line of retreat to the James river and destroy his army. (Copyright, 1912, by W. O. Chapman)

HOW TO COOK RHUBARB

HEALTHFUL AND TASTY DISHES EASILY PREPARED. ___ Skin Gives Sauce Pinkish Tinge That Is Very Attractive—Bolling Water Removes Sharpy Acid Taste -—Rhubarb Pudding la stewing rhubarb do not peel, for the skin cooks tender and gives the sauce a pinkish tinge that is very attractive. Scrub the stalks well, then cut In inch lengths. Put in a colander and pour actually boiling water over them, allowing it to drain off immediately. This removes the sharp, add taste of the rhubarb Without impairing its flavor. Now put the drained rhubarb ihto a saucepan, with layers of sugar in weight about equal to fruit. Add the lead little water, from a quart to half a cup, cover closely and set on the back of the range or in. the oven, where a gentle heat will melt the sugar and cook the rhubarb. By the time a good rich syrup Is made, the fruit will be tender, not broken, and full of sweet, pleasant Juice —a great contrast to the insipid or overacid compound which sometimes masquerades as “stewed rhubarb.” Rhubarb Pudding.—To make a pudding cut into inch lengths four unpeeled stalks of rhubarb. Stew very gently with two tablespoons of sugar and a little grated ginger; cut a thick slice of bread into strips, put a layer in the bottom of a dish and another layer crosswise on top; pour in some of the fruit and the Juice, then put in another layer of bread and more fruit Until the dish is nearly full; set aside to soak. Prepare a custard of half a pint of milk, a tablespoon of cornstarch, sugar and lemon rind to taste and when thick pour over the pudding. Serve cold.

Rhubarb Bherbet.—Wash the stalks well and cut into Inch pieces. To a dozen stalks add a quart of cold water and simmer until tender. Sweeten to taste, flaygr with a little grftted orange peel and stand in a cool place, then strain and freeze. As with, all frozen dainties, a good allowance of sugar is necessary, as it loses sweetness in the freezing. Rhubarb Cream Pie.—Pint stowed rhubarb, four ounces sugar, pint cream, two ounces powdered cracker, three eggs. Rub the stewed rhubarb through a sieve, heat the other Ingredients well together and Just as the pie is ready for the oven stir in the rhubarb. Pottr the whole into a plate lined with pastry, cover with strips and bake. Baked Rhubarb.—-Pedl the rhubarb, cutting into inch pieces; fill a baking dish, cover with sugar and set in a moderate oven for half an hour. It forms its own juice and should not he allowed to brown at all; stir occasionally. A pan should be set under the dish, as the contents may boil oyer.

Clocks for Travel Bags.

Have you seen the very latest thing in traveling clocks? They are as flat as a quare envelope, yet the watch it covers is an eight-day one, warranted to keep time. Flat clocks which can be carried In a small handbag have been used, but they were not eight-day affairs. Besides the added convenience of not winding each night, the face of the clock, In different colors of enamel to match the leather, is exceedingly artistic. Some have illuminated faces so it is possible to tell the time in the dark by the mere touch of a spring.

A Useful Hint

Sometimes there are fine handkerchiefs in the wash which the careful housewife dislikes to, subject to the wind. In winter, when it freezes and blows at the same time, the fabric of a really fine handkerchief is in danger of being injured, and many a one has. been blown away by a stiff spring breeze and never seen again by its owner. At such times put one or two into each pillowcase and hang the case up by the hem; thea rest secure In the consciousness that the handkerchiefs are safe.

Strawberry Creams.

Line deep saucers with some nice pastry, crinkle the outer edge and bake a delicate brown in a quick oven. When baked, slip the crusts from the saucers and allow them to cool. They will form shells or cases. Just before serving fill with either strawberry Jam or else the tfresh beVries. Cut the berries in pieces to make an even surface and cover with whipped cream.

Asparagus and Watercress.

Asparagus and watercress make a delicious salad. Wash the cress and break it into bits, rejecting the’coarser leaves. When ready to serve mix it with salad oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. Heap it In the center of a dish and surround it with iced 'green and white asparagus tips.

Raised Doughnuts.

Add to pint of milk bread dough one egg, one-half cup of sugar, onequarter teaspoon of soda and half pint of warm milk. Add flour enough to knead and let It raise until morning, when it should be cut and fried without remolding. '

Polished Wood Dusters.

Save the stocking legs. There Iff nothing better for dusting and wiping polished wood. Dampen them in boiled oil and they will give the wood a snlendid «»n«h v»'-

HOW TO PREPARE ASPARAGUS

Three Ways la Which to Berve This Delicious and Healthful Vegetable. the inside of eight or nine rolls or plate biscuits; cut off tops to serve as covers. Set open id .the oven to crisp. Heat two cups of milk, pour over four beaten eggs. , Stir over the fire until it thickens. Add spoonful of butter rolled in flour. Put in the tops of two bunches of asparagus, boiled tender, chopped line and seasoned. Fill the rollß with this mixture. Put on the tops and serve hot. Baked Asparagus.—Lay two bunches of cooked asparagus on a buttered baking dish and spread Bechamel sauce thickly over the upper half of the stalks only. Sprinkle with grated cheese and bread crumbs end dot with bits of butter. Lay an inverted pan over the baking dish so that only the part of the asparagus covered with the sauce will be exposed to the heat and bake a light brown. Asparagus and Eogs.—Cut about two dozen stalks of asparagus (tearing out herd parts) into inch lengths and boll tender. Drain, pour on a cup of drawn butter; stir until hot, turn ip to a bake dish. Break about six eggs on top, put a hit of butter oh each; salt, pepper and put in quick oven until the eggs are “set”

HOW TO MAKE AN EGG LOAF

Very Dainty Dish for Bummsr Days end Can Be Served Either Hot or Cold. For egg loaf use six hard-boiled eggs, 1% cups grated bread crumbs, one cup finely chopped meat, any kind; one cup soup stock, one cup sweet cream, two raw eggs, one rounding teaspoon salt, one-fourth teaspoon pepper, ohe minced onion and one heaping teaspoon powdered sage if liked. Directions: Remove the shells frard boiled eggs, grate thenv both Volks and whites; add the raw eggs, Beaten; now the chopped meat and seasoning, next add the stock and cream and last of all add the bread crumbs. The other ingredients should be thoroughly mixed before the crumbs are added. * The mixture must we stiff enough to form into a leaf Use more bread crumbs if needed. Mold into a loaf, place in a pan and bake in a moderate oven twenty-five minutes. 1 Cut into slices and serve either hot or’cold with tomato sauce if liked.

USES FOR THE PAINT BRUSH

Comes In Mighty Handy About the House If One Knows How tq Use It Some uses for a paint brush are to clean out the corners of windows and corners of furniture and carved work, also to brush out dust and dirt around buttons of leather furniture. Keep qne in the pantry for brushing milk over the top of pie crust before baking, also to grease your bread pans and cake tins, so all the corners are sure to be greased well. Use one to spread your stove polish to get in places a cloth oannot be used without getting the hands all mussed up. To take out ink from white goods, soak in fresh milk about 16 or 20 minutes, then rub till stains take a grayish look, rinse in milk onoe more, then place in cold water in wash boiler and shave some more soap and boll 10 or 16 minutes, and the stains will disappear.

How to Make Hominy.

Take one-half gallon of white corn, shelled; put into a kettle sufficient to hold about two gallons of water, add one tablespoonful of lye potash, put Settle on stove and boll about one hour and a half, or until the water is thick and the skin is coming off the corn; now drain and wash in several waters, rubbing the com hard between the hands; put plenty of water in it and set back on stove to boil; in about an hour change the water again and wash, it usually requires eight hours to cook hominy. The amount will make five quarts of hominy.

Strawberry Shortcake.

While the crust is baking carefully pick and wash the strawberries, drain on a doth, put in a bowl and sprinkle powdered sugar over them. When the crusts are done butter riehiy, cover the lower one on the buttered side with berries and lay on the upper crust, butter side down. If three layers, butter both sides of the second. Other berries may be used in the same way. A tablespoonful of whipped or ice cream placed on top not only gives the shortcake a relish, but serves as a tempting ornament for the dainty.

To Clean Farniture.

When your piano or other nice furniture has finger prints and took dull, take one pint soft water, one tablespoonfni olive oil and wash with clean soft cloth, then take dry eloth and rub until perfectly dry; you will find your furniture looks like new.

Refreshments for Whist Club.

The following refreshments can be used at a whist party conveniently: Ice cream, cake or cookies. "I prefer ladies’ fingers, fruit punch or lemonade, fruit or candy.

Cooking the Cereal.

While washing the dishes from the evening meals put the cereal cm end cook it All that need be done to it on the following morning la to add a Uttle water to it and haaL

WOMANS INTERESTS

CRYSTAL SHOWER NEW IMA 80 GOOD THAT IT AT ONCE “CAUGHT ON.” Form of Showing Affection for Future Bride Is an Excellent One—Accompanying Luncheon May Be Appropriately Served. Glass is a shower that is new and is most welcome. It not only includes the-ordinary glass furnishings of the dining robin closet and sideboard, but dozens of useful things for the kitchen, many of which were unknown ten years ago.' r 3;:/ " ' This is called a crystal shower. Invitations might be written on isinglass and they might Invite the prospective guests to a crystal luncheon on a certain day and date. A postscript, which* is, of course, omitted on the invitation card of the future bride, announces a crystal (glass) shower to follow luncheon and invites each guest to send in advance of the date any crystal contribution which die wishes to make, ticketed with her name Naturally, glass appointments are used as much as possible for the luncheon table setting. Every household boasts a certain number of these crystal appointments in the way of flower bowls, candlesticks, side dishes, saucers and the like All the remainder which is necessary to carry out the effect can be added from the cheap glass goods in the ten-cent stores. For the centerpiece have the glass slipper of Cinderella filled with caudles or flowers. At each cover have a place card, on which if written, together with the - name of the guest, some allusion to or proverb concerning glass which the guest is required to read aloud and complete or amplify. For instance, the word “Houses” might be amplified into the proverb about people who live in glass houses « throwing stones. Or the guest can be called on to say who was described as “The glass of fashion,’* or whence tore have the saying “Through a' glass darkly.” All those who answer the glass questions successfully might draw for a prize in the shape of a good hand-mirror.

Wired Sleeves.

Paquin makes a specialty of designing attractive gowns for the young girl. A wonderfully lovely model is a modified revival of the fashion popular during the second empire. The material used Is pale coral pink tulle over white liberty satin. The low round decoiletage is finished by a frill of finely pleated lace. Here add there nestling among the billowy folds is a pink rose. The waistband and flat bow at the back are fashioned of deeper coral v«l----vet Tucked In*the belt is a bunch of roses, which trail sometimes beneath and sometimes outside the veilings of tulle. The sleeves must be emphasized, as they are lightly wired to cause the gauzy folds to extend away from the arms. This is an entirely new feature In fashion after a season devoted to straight, clinging lines.

NEAT AND NOVEL MENU CARD

Idea Which May be Elaborated on by Hoetese on the Lookout for Something New. jQne of fee housewife's pleasantest duties is the decoration of the dinnertable, and any new suggestions for floral and other decoration are always welcome. ~ In the accompanying sketch may be seen an original and pretty idea for a menu card that may be very easily carried out either with white

cardboard or cardboard in some dehflate shade of pink or Use, possibly chosen of a color to harmonise wife the dinner service with which it is to appear. - The cardboard is cut oat in fee shape of a miniature palette and on

WALKING COSTUME

Navy blue ribbed serge Is chosen here. The skirt is a plain well-fitting shape, cut a convenient walking length. The- coat is semi-fitting has cut-away fronts which fasten below the material-faced revers; satin fa used for the collar. Hat of coarse straw, trimmed with roses and an aigrette. , Materials required: 4ft yards serge 46 inches wide, % yard satin for q*llar, 4 yards silk or gfttlp for coat, 9 buttons. % - - .... - - -■-

SASHES THAT FORM TRAINS

£ f ■ These Streamers Are Likely to Be Been on Many Light Summ«r rrocw. A charming novelty is a long sash of liberty satin that fell some distance beyond the gown of the wearer and formed a sort of Uttle train. We shall probably see many of these snehce this summer on the lighter frocks — the spotted net, the marquisette and the like. Sometimes, however, the streamer will take Its rise on the hat, and this Is quite as picturesque and graceful, though it has the inconvenience of dragging the hat backwards and disarranging the hair. For both purposes, soft —tints used. On the hat it starts as the trimming of an immense capeline of fine straw, Tuscan or ehip, tied In a monstrous twolooped bow at the bade, and thence one long end descends to the ground. One woman who had adopted this hat had fastened her ribbon en route to her left shoulder with a diamond safe-ty-pin, leaving a fairly loose curve to allow of any movements of the head, and not disturb the set of the hat.

he front the menu is written. & t» supported at the back by a wedgeshaped piece of Cardboard binged oat with a piece of stamp paper, in the same manner as the support of an ordinary photograph frame is fastened in its place. In the thumb-hole of the palette some flowers can be prettily arranged in the way shown in the sketch, and a little damp cotton wool wound round the stents will keep them fresh ae long as they will be required. .The shape of the palette should he carefully sketched upon the cardboard and then cut out with a sharp pair of scissors, and after one pelette has been cut out it can be used as a pattern for others and laid upon a piece of cardboard and a line drawn round it with a pencil, and in this way a number can be made in a very short time. ' - j. ......

Leather Flowers.

The newest type of corsage bouquet is the flower composed of leather colored to match the gown. Bed and ye!am wnmet ■till tka Hlw JUBIIMJI rUBro arc WOTB, WlUl vXKf? petals beautifully cut to imitate nature. The shot taffeta roses are welcomed as a change from the flowers of selfcolored satin, blooms which, however, are still seen, and find great favor with many wearers.—Pittsburg Post-

Wool Shawls.

Little Shetland wool shawls axe much better for seashore use than scarfs of chiffon or mousseline de sole, as they do not crinkle la the dam; ness; their price Is far from prohibitive, averaging lees than a dollar;, they have a recommendation In a* ways being becoming to any women, and especialy to young girls.