Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1912 — Page 3

The CIYIL WAR

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

October 7, 1862. Lexington, Ky., was evacuated by the Confederates under Gen. E. Kirby Smith, who withdrew toward Cumberlang Gap. - -- {~ The monitor Nahant was successfully launched at Boston, Mass. A skirmish took place in the vicinity of Sibley’s Landing between a detachment of Union cavalry and the partisan forces of Quantrel and Childs, 'in which the Confederates were defeated. Col. Childs was taken prisoner. General McClellan issued an order to the Army of the Potomac calling attention to the emancipation proclamation, pointing out the fact that the execution of Federal laws was confined to the civil authorities, and that the army was Bimply to sustain those authorities. A fight occurred at La Vergne, Tenn., between a Union force of 2,500 under General Palmer and a Confederate. force under General Anderson, resulting in a defeat for the latter, who lost a number of prisoners, camp equipage, provisions, and munitions. The advance of the National forces under General George ' W. Morgan reached Frankfort, Ky. The bark Wave and the brig Dunkirk were captured and destroyed at sea by the Confederate" privateer Alabama, Captain Semmes. The Confederate steamer GeneralRuck, or Blanche, which had run the blockade with a cargo of cotton, was driven ashore by ( the United States steamer Montgomery near Havana Light, where she was burned by the crew. October 8,1862. The battle of Chaplin Hills, or Perryville, Ky., was fought between the Union army under General Buell and the Confederates under General Bragg. After a fierce struggle of several hours the Confederates withdrew behind Chaplin river, where Buell was contented to leave them unmolested. The loss was heavy sides. The Union generals Jackson and Terrell .were killed. Seventeen National government wagons, a number of sutlers’ wagons, and about 650 men of Gen. Sill’s advance column, under the command of Major Bradford, were captured in the vicinity of Frankfort, Ky., by the Confederate forces under Gen. E. Kirby Smith. A force of 17 Union cavalrymen dashed into Middleborough, London county, Virginia, and captured several wagons loaded with bacon belonging to the Confederates. October 9, 1862. *> The time allowed for by Commander Renshaw of the Union fleet off Galveston for the surrender of the city having expired, the commander proceeded to the city with a portion est the fleet, took possession, hoisted the Union flag over the courthouse, without opposition, the Confederates having (evacuated the place. A light took place in the vicinity of Lawrenceburg, Ky., between a Union force and Gen. E. Kirby Smith’s column, in which the Confederates were worsted after an engagement of five hours. c ~' A small body of General Siegel’s force captured in Aldie, Va., over 40 Confederate prisoners, several loads of bacon, and an ambulance. The Ericcson ironclad battery Montauk was launched at Greenpoint, L. I. The Confederates enforced the southern conscriptoin in West Virginia wherever they were in sufficient Strength. Every able-bodied man was carried Into the Confederate camps from Kanawha county. The Union boat Darlington, which left Jacksonville, Fla., on the 6th, returned from an expedition up the St. John’s river, bringing the Confederate steamer General Milton, which it bad captured 200 miles up. A squad of Union cavalry was badly whipped near Aldine, Va., by a superior force of Confederates. An expedition consisting of about 2,500 anion cavalry, supported by a battery of artillery, which left camp at Upton’s Hills on the 6th with a purpose of destroying -six locomotives on the Orange and Alexandria railway at Rappahannock Station, returned when it wsb learned that the locomotives had been removed to the ether side of the Rappahannock. October 10, 1862. The rear guard of General Bragg’s Confederate army was captured, at Harrodsburg, Ky., by a surprise. The number of prisoners exceeded 1,500. Lieutenant Colonel John Boyle of the Ninth Kentucky cavalry commanded the Unionforce that effected the surprise. Governor Harris of Tennessee issued an order requiring the enrollment within thirty days of all persons between the ages of eighteen and fifty-five. Gen. „J. E. B. Stuart’s Confederate cavalry entered Chambersburg, Pa., and destroyed over a quarter of a million dollars’ worth of government stores. One hundred Confederate partisans held Hawesvllle, Ind, for several hours. They were finally driven out by *he Connelton home guard*. Governor Letcher of Virginia issued

act es the Virginia legislature prohibiting the removal of salt from the limits of the state, and making provisions regulating its sale to people within the state; a measure made necessary by the scarcity of salt within the Confederacy. Henry Flairback of Colonel Bissell’s engineering regiment; Albert Bacon of the Fourteenth Illinois, and Robert Timmins of the Thirty-fifth Indiana, who were captured at the battles of Shiloh and Corinth, reached the gunboat Western World, blockading 80-’ doy Sound, Georgia, after having escaped from the Confederate, prison at Macon, Ga. They had been traveling sos seventeen nights, enduring many hardships. October 11, 1862. «* A body of Texas Rangers under Colonel Giddings was defeated In a brisk fight near Helena, Ark., by a detachment of the Fourth lowa cavalry. Colonel Giddings was taken prisoner. The ship Manchester, from New /York to Liverpool, laden with grain and cotton,' was captured on the high seas .by the Confederate privateer Alabama, and btimed. A force of three hundred Union cavalry, nnder Col. Mcßeynolds, descended on the Confederate Colonel Imboden’s camp, near Cacapon Bridge, about 17 miles from Winchester, Va., and captured one major, one lieutenant, twenty-five privates, thirty-three mules, eight horses, one thousand blankets, two brass cannon, five wagons, and Colonel Imboden’s. private papers. The Confederate gunboats Palmetto State, built at Charlestown through the efforts of the women of South Carolina, was formally named <; and dedicated. The schooner Elmira Cornelius was captured by the U. S. S. S. Restless while trying to run the blockade at Bull’s Bay, South Carolina Her captain ran her in shore, but she was got off. s *' Rumors of peace began to be mooted. The Richmond Enquirer of date said: ‘There are prospects of an early peace, which conclusion is founded on the results of the battles in Virginia and Maryland, and the campaign now progressing. The battle of Antietam was, to the Federal forces, the most terrible defeat of the war.” Fifty Confederate wagons loaded with ammunition, were captured in Kentucky by Union cavalry. A train of wagons, two pieces of artillery, and 350 Confederates, were taken by a large Union force near Versailles, Kentucky. The British schooner Revere, carrying military stores, was captured off Cape Fear, N. C. October 12, 1862. The Confederate general, J. E. B. Stuart’s cavalry, which had passed around the Union army under General McClellan, made good its escape across the Potomac at White’s Ford, near the mouth of the Monocacy river. During the day General Pleasanton, with 500 cavalry, harassed the Confederate rear, and engaged them in a sharp skirmish, but with no material losb on either side. Considerable excitement was created in Gainesville, Tex., by the discovery of a secret organization of Unionists, whose object was said to be to kill the secessionists, after which they were to remove to Missouri, taking with them whatever property they could carry, and bum the remainder. The militia was called out, and arrested 29 persons supposed to belong to the organization, two of whom'were Immediately hanged. I October 13, 1862. A successful reconnoißsance w:a made by a force of Union troops under general Stahel, in the vicinity of Paris and Leesburg, Va. More than a hundred prisoners were taken and paroled, Important information was obtained, and the command returned to headquarters at Centerville without losing a man. The Sixth Missouri returned to camp at Sedalia, Mo.; after a successful raid on several hands of partisans who had been making trouble in the vicinity. The partisans were temporarily dispersed* The expedition to Jacksonville, Fla., returned to Hilton Head, S. C., and announced the complete success of the adventure. The Confederate fortification at St. John’s bluff was captured, and a Confederate steamer. The Confederate Congress passed an act authorizing President Davis to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases. The Confederate house passed a bill making the penalty death for any Union soldier who might have In his possession, or endeavor to pass, counterfeit Confederate currency. The ship Tonawanda of Philadelphlav from Liverpool, captured by the Confederate privateer steamer Alabama on the ninth, was released and allowed to proceed on her way, there being no manner of providing for the considerable number of wbmen apC children captured on board of her. fCopyright. 1911. by W. Q. Chapman.)

Process That Resists Rust

By a new proces the galvanizing of Iron and steel for the purpose of resisting rust has been greatly simplified by the application of a coating of iead or lead alloy, instead of zinc, which is used at the present rime. Lead, with 1 per cent of tin in has been found to be a very durable combination. especially suitable foi electric railway work. The econo ay of the new process lies not only In the fact that the value of the alloy made uae of Is very much lower Gum that of zinc, but also in that a very much thinner coating; may be applied.

AZTEC BALL PLAYERS

MAD GAME REQUIRING HIGH - DEGREE OF BKILL. Star* of the First 'Magnitude In the ' Big Leagues Today Would Have £ Found Nothing Easy About Those Contests. -"No, the first game of ball eve/played on the American continent did not take place the first Bine the home team walloped the visiting “ginkp” way back in the last centnry. That “game’* seems to have been played several centurlds ago. - It was an Aztec game and it was played somewhere out on the mesas of Mexico* long before the Spaniards arrived in their search for gild. ~ The sort of ball - that the Aztecs played was very popular with the public, just as the Dig league draws attention today. They had no “regular league balls’* at $1.25 each, but used one of rubber or elastic resin, and in another sort of contest used those made of gold. The ancient Aztec game was called totoloque and was played in a court known as a tlachco, not so large as the present day diamond. The players were clothed only in a maxtlati or girdle around the loins. There Were pitchers, "but not catchers, and the fielders were few. When pitched the ball was struck by au upward movement of the thigh or elbow, according to how it wan aimed, whether high or low. After being struck the sphere, In order to count, had to pass through a hole in one Of several stone disks hanging just in front of the wall of the court. The feat of bunting that ball with the thigh and sending it throngh one of those-holes required a great deal of skill, as mfeht be imagined. Agility was one of the prime requisites of an Aztec big leaguer. Any player touching the ball with the hand lost a point. The emoluments of the game were quite as interesting from a pecuniary standpoint as they are today. Things of great value were usually given to the winners. And not only the prize. The vletors were often presented with jewels, fine cotton stuffs, feather work or plumes of great value. The game with the gold balls waß a favorite of Montezuma. It is Bald that when Cortez staged his little hostorical skit known as the Conquest of Mexico and took Montezuma prisoner the royal captive spent a great deal of his time In durance playing the game with gold balls. He often challenged the Spanish general to a contest. These yellow “pills’’ were thrown at targets of the same precious metal. History shows that Montezuma had the makings of a pitcher who might have been in fast company had he delayed the date of his birth a few centuries. He could lean them against the home plate with unerring regularity. The Spaniards never could learn to play ball any way, and Cortez was not one two three with the first great American pitcher, so he lost frequently. The Aztec emperor usually insisted upon having high stakes placed on the game and won precious stones, Ingots of gold and other more or less desjrable property, which he promptly distributed to his attendants with the wonted generosity of his emperorship. Cortez probably played a clever game on “Old Moate” for he was the captor, you know. He probably relieved those same attendants of their evidences of Montezuma’s liberality as fast as the old fellow loaded them up, and thus kept up a clever triple monetary play, Montezuma to servants to Cortez. —New York Sun.

Alligator Hunting Free for All.

Since the publication in this paper a few weeks ago of a paragraph about the profits to be made in alligator farming, many letters have been received asking for further Information. It .will interest these correspondents to know that alligator hunting is now free for all on the Magdaleija~river in Colombia and that there is one firm In Newark, N. J., which has a virtual monopoly of the alligator skin trade of the world, buying as it does from 80 to 90 per cent, of the production. In the Magdalena river are three species of alligators, only one of which, the caiman porro, is of any value.

Change of Diet.

Senatoy Penrose was congratulated 1 at Atlantic City on his aspect of sunburnt and vigorous health. “It Is the change/* he said, ” the change from the baking heat of Washington. There’s nothing like a, change, you know. There was wisdom in the doctor's remark: “ ‘You should cat for breakfast every morning,’ said the doctor, 'an orange and two poached egg*/ “ ‘But, doctor,’ said the patient, *1 do!’ “‘Then/ said the doctor quickly, •don’t!* ” ; - -/ Vr ;

Somewhat Like Eve.

Rose Pastor Phelps Stokes, at a dinner in New York, was describing a particularly intelligent little "country weeker.” “In a soft and wistful August twilight,” .she said, “this little girl and I stood watching the milking. The. little girl was complaining about her shabby clothes—the gift of some charitable organization. “ ’Eve,’ she grumbled, quaintly, as site looked down- at her old-fashioned and ill-fitting drees—‘BTe had nothing but leaves to wear; and I bars nothing Lot iezvtef*/ ” *

PECULIAR BELIEF IN JAPAN

Seems Strange to Our Western Ideas, Though Titers {p Much That Is Pathetic About It ~ Si Among the Buddhists in Japan it fs believed that the souls of children go after death to Sui-no-ka-wara (the stony river-bed) and there they remain until they reach maturity under the care of Jizobosatsu, who is represented as a priest with a long cane in one hand and a ball in the other. He is said to stand in the center of the kawara, where he preaches to the children as they pile np stones, one tot the mother/ the third for brothers, the fourth for sisters an<L the fifth for their own salvation. When night comes on «nd the wind blows hard a gigantic evil spirit appears and with a huge Iron rod knocks down the heaps of stones which the children have made, and thCy are so frightened that they run to Jizo and hide themselves in the big sleeves of his kimono, which have a miraculous way of increasing in size according to the number of children who seek refuge. Then the evil spirit disappears and the children begin again the work of heaping up stones. Passing through cemeteries in Japan one sees tombs that have the image of Jizo carved upon them, as the parents take that way of gaining the special favor of Jizo for their children, and one will see little piles of stones built up by the parents and brothers and sisters of the children with the hope of helping in the tedious work of the little ones in the kawara. —Christian Advocate.

Chicken Race War.

“A sectional issue has arisen in our town,” said the commuter. “Before it is settled I am afraid the civil war will be fought all over again. Anyhow, our southern friends are sure to indulge in some fire-eating language “A resident of our village, who undertook to raise chickens, received a crate of fowls from a South Carolina farm. When the neighbors learned where -tbe chickens came from they raised a row. ‘“lf you must get chickens,’ they said, ‘get northern chickens. They don’t crow nearly so much as southern chickens. There is something in the climate down there that makes a chicken crow four times as often as a chicken brought up In any other part of the country.’ “That peculiarity of southern chickens was news to the amateur poultryman. He noticed, however, that his chickens really did crow more persistently and more vigorously than any other chickens he ever had known, and when an experienced poulterer assured him that they always would, because southern chickens always do, he sold them and bought New Jersey chickens instead. Now he is in hot water with the southern families in our town, and heaven only knows how the squabble will terminate.”— New York Times.

Rented Wedding Cake.

There was something wrong with the cake, the baker said; it looked all right and it smelled all right, but bis artistic sense told him it would not taste all right. “Then fix it up with an extra coat of icing, and we will keep it for a renter,” said the proprietor. “Who in the world would rent a cake?” someone asked. “Wedding parties,” said he. "Thcty want a big cake in the center of the table for show, but a cake of that size good enough for a wedding would cost more than they can afford to pay, so they order fine cake put up in individual boxes for the guests, and use the bride’s cake ju6t as an ornament. They don’t buy it, they rent it. Sometimes a cake is rented a dozeh different times. After each wedding it Is freshened up with a new coat of icing, and looks as good as new for the next occasion. A good renter fetches about $3 a wedding.

Being Convinced.

It is said that Andrew Carnegie’s use of simple spelling has “irritated” some people on the other side of the water, Who have read his published speeches on certain subjects. "The effect on the reader/’ says one man, “is irritating, rather than convincing.” An American, commenting on this comment, says that if a person cannot be convinced by reason and sense, irritation is the next best thing. Now, whether or not one believes that irritation ever is or was or could be a wise method of procedure in causes good or bad, it Is a notable fact that irritation often seems immediately to precede conviction. For example, take woman suffrage. I know of a dozen cases in which violent dislike of the idea turned almost without warning into approval of it. Will the irritation simple spelling rouses in the breast of many of us fade into acceptance of it? - _/•

Sure-Death Fly Poison.

I read somewhere recently that formaldehyde and water constitute _a good fly poison, and hasten to add my testimony to the many volumes already written on this important subject The scheme will work, under proper conditions. Purchase 5 cents worth (or more, If you have many flies) of formaldehyde at any drug store, and* put two or three" drops In a saucer of water. Then —and this is extremely im-portant—-catch a fly and bold him by the left hipd leg with his head immersed in the mixture for three-quar-ters of an hour. When removed be - wil be quite dead. Repent the operation until all the flies have disappeared.- Exchange, -

THE BOUDOIR

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IN BUCK AND WHITE CONTRASTING COLORS POPULAR FOR MILLINERY. Charming Shoulder Wraps May Be Copied From the Approved Fashionable Designs Combination Petticoat in Vogue. i _____ Velvet and plush hats are de rigueur for dressy one-piece gowns worn in the street, but generally only the top of the hat is covered with these materials. The facing of the hat is of satin — if the top of the hat is black, and the reverse for the other arrangement—and the shape is larger than those worn with coat suits, the custume calling for more dressiness than the suit. The single ornament still bedecks these dashing hats, a pair of Mercury wings perched lightly at the brim edge, or In front of the hat, a silk cockade at the front or side, or silk and velvet quills of enormous height put anywhere. The broad hat with rolling brim and round shallow crown, with a flat cockade of some sort, is a favorite with those who can wear the youthful and smart style. Colored hats In the same fabrics and styles also appear, but black and white reigns over every other scheme.

In a little importing shop on a side street are being shown some shoulder wraps of a specially charming sort, and here the woman with a sewing gift often appears to pilfer ideas for cheaper things. One wrap, with something of the graceful quaintness of the old time talma, is called the "Coralie,” and it is made of numerous wool fabrics and of satin and silk. If you wish one, get a yard and a quarter of double-width good* and divide it exactly in two down the fold at the middle/sew the two pieces together, making a straight scarf two yards and .a half long. Then double the length with a soft, harmonizjng silk, hemming this down neatly about a quarter of an inch from the edge. Then take a loop in the middle back of the scarf —this about eight or ten inches deep—sewing on a hook and eye to hold it together. When on, the straight scarf sinks into the lines of the shoulders and arms, this adaptability to the figure and the loop at the back giving it the appearance of a shaped garment. The same smart throw on could be made of silk gauze, deeply bordered at the bottom with velvet, edged in turn with a strip of marabout. With the continued scantiness of skirt it follows that the petticoat receives more and more attention, and now a wonderful freak of the combination sort is being shown for the finer costumes. This slimming garment, which owes its being to French Ingenuity, is called a “pantalon jupon,” and, with its top part made after the manner of a corset cover and wide drawers, its bottom bangs in anklelength legs, hung with a single flounce of quilled lace, or lace over chiffon. Some of the more practical jupons will be made of fine silk in the same two-legged manner, and nobody need fancy that this bit of under-raiment is immodest or ugly. When worn it has ali the appearance of a princess petticoat, and despite the growing vogue of the panier such garments are needed for the good lit of the skirt. MARY DEAN.

DRESS FOR A LITTLE GIRL

' Tils dress for a girl of four to six years is made of cambric flouncing and bus a short skirt of the flouncing attached to the long-waisted bodice under a colored sash. // The bedioe is Magyar and has a round yoke cf strips of Insertion ’dged with lase. Material i Z\i yards of

NOVEL WALKING COSTUME

We show here a costume with the skirt of one material and the coat of another. For the skirt, blue and gray striped delaine 1b used, and for the coat, plain blue; this is semi-fitting and has a belt of material taken round back to sides; for the revere and cuffs, the striped material is used. Hat of blue with a brim of black satin, trimmed at side by a wing. Materials required: Four yards striped and three yards plain delaine 28 inches wide; eight buttons.

Bon Voyage Gift.

To find a novelty one may give for a “bon voyage” present Is always a satisfaction, for any jplft which is out of the ordinary expresses more thoughtfulness than the conventional, and hence is always more welcome and appreciated; the latest gift of this kind is a wee wicker basket, or rather hamper, decorated with a spring of artificial flowers or fruit, and holding within it a bottle of imported perfume; some of these hampers contain i bottle of perfume and a cake of imported soap.

Ratine and Scarfe.

Collar and cuff sets seem almost indlspensable'accessories in the summer wardrobe; they are fashioned of batiste and embroidery or of Irish or ratine lace, or the plain ratine. Those of batiste can be had for $4.98, the collar and cuffs made deep; while the Irish lace sets, with roses and shamrock motif are $2.95 a set .Collars of baby Irish for collarless blouse can be had for $1.25. Wide insertion of ratine lace is in vogue for scarfs, edged with net or fold of chiffon.

flouncing 27 inches wide, 1% yard insertion. % yard lace, 2 yards ribbon for sash.

PLAID SILKS AS TRIMMINGS

Their Use in Collars, Girdles and Sleeves Brightens Up the Dark Colored Dresses. Dark-colored serge dresses in sea! brown, navy and black are often brightened up by the use of plaided silks for the waist, or the introduction of these bright-colored patterns for the collars, girdles and a portion of the sleeves. In some cases, when the plaided waist is seen the skirt material extends into the waist section in bib or jumper effect. Narrow pointed' directoire collars extending in sharp points over the shoulder are also made of plaid when the waist is developed in the drees material. Robespierre collars, turnback cuffs and military girdles and sashes are also made in these fancy silks. Silk dresses plaided off with yellow, red. and gresn on a dark blue, black or brown background are used with buttons to harmonise; for Instance, amber balls or bins buttonc with red or green centers! They are applied in profusion both on waists and cn skirts.

New Sofa Cushions.

The cushion of tbe moment i« undoubtedly the new round shape, waicb is made of ruffed silk or satin and Is big, soft and light as a feather, 'them are fine muslin covers designed for these as well as for the ordinary shaped. cushion, which is in Franco also recognized as the most comfortable form of night pillow.. -