Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1912 — Page 3

CIVIL WAR

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

{November 11, 1862. A body of Confederate irregulars that had attaeked a company of the Huntsville Home Guards, near Huntsville, Tenn., the day before, without success, crossed the Cumberland mountains and made their way to Jacksboro, Tenn. A report that the Confederates were In Mercersburg and moving toward Chambersburg created Intense excitement in the place during the day. General Morgan’s Confederate force met one of its infrequent reverses near Lebanon, Tenn., when it fell in with a party of National cavalry. The northern papers reported seven of Morgan’s men killed and 125 captured. The Union line at Newbern, N. C., was heavily indented by a Confederate attack which opened with shell and canister. There was a great bustle of preparation in the town to repel a further attack, but the Confederates were not in sufficient force to attempt it or retain the advantage already gained. The supreme court of Georgia decided that the Confederate conscription law was constitutional under the provision which gives to congress the powder to raise armies, as distinguished from the power to call out the militia.

November 12, 1862. General Hooker assumed command of the Fifth corps of the Army of the Potomac. The British schooner Maria was captured while endeavoring to slip through the Union blockade at Sabine Pass, Tex. A cavalry engagement took place near Lamar, Miss., between a detachment of the Second Illinois and a company of the Seventh Kansas regiments, under the Command of Col. John J. Mudd and a force of Confederates, resulting, according to northern papers, in an utter route of the latter, with great loss. November 13, 1862. Earl Russell replied officially to the circular of Drouyn D. Lhuys, proposing mediation in the affairs of the United States of America, dissenting from the French proposition for the reasons that “there is no ground at the present moment to hope that the Federal government would accept the proposal suggested, and a refusal from Washington, at the present time, would prevent p my speedy renewal of the offer of the government.” Coloned Lee, of the staff of General Hamilton, with a Union force, took possession of Holly Springs, Miss., after a slight skirmish with the Confederates. President Lincoln issued an order directing that the attorney-general of the United States be charged with the superintendence and direction of all proceedings under the Conscription Act, and authorizing him to call on the military authorities to aid him in carrying out its provisions. Lieutenant-Colonel Beard, of the Forty-eight New York, In command of a detachment of a colored regiment, left Beaufort, S. C., and went to the Doboy river, Ga., where he succeeded in loading the National steamers Ben Deford and Darlington with three thousand feet of lumber. Coloull Shanks attacked a camp of Confederate irregulars with a force of four hundred cavalry and drove them out, seizing their horses, arms, and camp epuipage.

Governor Letcher of Virginia issued a proclamation informing the people that he had reason to believe that the volunteers from that state* in the Confederate army, were not provided with the necessary supply of shirts, drawers, shoes, stockings, and gloves, and appealing to them to furnish such of these articles as they might be able to spare for the use of of the troops. November 14, 1862. General Burnside, recently placed in command of the Army of the Potomac, issued an order for the reorganization of the army. At New Qrleans, Brigadier-General Shepley of the Union force of occupation issued a proclamation authorizing the election of members of congress of the United States in those portions of the 6tate of Louisiana held by the National force. November 15, 1862.

A fight took place near La Fayette, Va., between a detachment of Union troops, under the command of General Sturgis, and a body of Confederates, in which the latter were defeated after an hour's fight. The iron-clad steamer Passaic, with Admiral Gregory, chief superintendent of iron-clads, and Chief Engineers Stimers, Lawton, and Robie, on board, made her trail up the Hudson as far as the Palisades, where she fired several shots from her eleven and fourteen inch guns. The working of the guns, the turrets, and the sailing qualities of the vessels gave general satisfaction. The- Second Army corps of the Army of the Potomac, under the command of General Couch, left Warrenton, Va., in an advance on Fredericksburg.

November 16, 1862. The remaining corps of the Army of the Potomac, which had encamped tn the vicinity of Warrenton, with the the cavalry under command of General Pleasanton, followed in the advance on Fredericksburg. President Lincoln issued an order respecting the observance of the Sabbath in the army and the navy. The advance of General Sill’s brigade had a skirmish with a party of cavalry on the Murfreesboro road, seven miles from Nashville, Tenn. November 17,'"1862. Va., was finally evacuated by the Army of the Potomac. The schooner Annie Dees was captured by the National gunboat Seneca when attempting to run the blockade at Charleston, S. C. At Gloucester Point, Va., an outpost picket guard was attacked by a small force of Confederate cavalry, who killed one, wounded two, and captured several, of the guards. The committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery society in London issued an address, in which they earnestly commended to the consideration of their fellow countrymen, and to the friends of humanity in all lands, such an expression of sympathy and encouragement as should encourage the emancipation party in the United States, in their most difficult position, to persevere in their endeavors to obtain justice for the slave. Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, issued the following orred to General Holmes, commanding the Trans-Mississippi department: “Inclosed you will please find a slip from the Memphis Daily Appeal, on the third instant, containing an account, purporting to be derived from the Palmyra (Missouri) Courier, a Federal paper, of the murder of ten Confederate citizens of Missouri, by order of General McNeil of the United States army. “You will communicate by flag of truce with „ the federal officer commanding that department and ascertain if facts are as Btated. If they be so, you will demand the surrender, of General hJcNeil to the Confederate authorities, and, if this demand is not complied with, you will inform said commanding officer that you are ordered to execute the first ten United Stateß officers who may be captured and fall into your hands.” (Copyright, 1912. by W. G. Chapman.)

Horse Shoes for Luck.

There are many persons who think it is lucky to find a horseshoe and they will take It home and nail it over the door to bring good luck to the house or barn or wherever it may be, although they are not always careful to have the points upwards, which they should be or the luck may spill out. If you ask one of these people why the lu<jk' should attach to the horse’s shoe more than to his bridle or bit you will probably find that they do not know anything about It. - They have always heard it was lucky and that ends it.

The superstition goes away back of the days of horseshoes as we know them now and Is really attached to the number seven. From early times many persons have thought it very lucky to find anything connected with the number because it seems to be a sacred number and is mentioned more than any other in the bible. It so happens that .a horseshoe usually has seven nail holes in it, and that is the only reason it was considered lucky. If you found one with six or eight nail holes in it it would be no more lucky than a three leaved clover.

In Hungry England.

Mr. Samuel P. Orth, in the series of articles about Socialism, calls England the “Land of Fulfillment.” Socialism there, he says! has fed upon the fact that England Is the land where the poor are the poorest and the hungry are the hungriest. "I went into Kensington garden one day last summer,” he says, “with some dry bread to feed the birds. A poor little chap, with dirty rags wrapped around him for clothes, scattered the twittering sparrows and pounced on the larger crumbs where they had fallen among the blades of grass.” Rowntree says that “30 per cent, of the people of the kingdom are below the bread level*—toe poorly paid to eat. One in every forty-four in the kingdom is a pauper. One in eleven in Ireland depends upon the state for bread. The towns are flowing over with the indigent populations that have exchanged the misery of the country for the miseries of the city.”—World’s Work. 'i , :

Last Man In the Stocks.

The punishment of the stocks has been inflicted within the memory of many living men. In the Manchester Guardian of June 14, 1872, there is an account of a man enduring this form of legal torture ait Newbury. He was a rag and bone dealer of intemperate habits and was fixed in the stocks for drunk and disorderly conduct at the parish church. “Twenty-six years had elapsed since the stocks were last used,” runs the account, “and their reappearance created no little sensation and amusement, several hundreds of persons being attracted to the spot where they were fixed.” The “amusement” does not appear to have been shared by the prisoner, who was released after four hours and “seemed anything but pleased with the laughter-and derision of the crowd.”

Auto Hobo.

'"What’a the trouble?” “There’s a tramp at the door with a rickety autqmobile. Wants to know If we can give him an old set of tires."

RACE FOR A WIFE

The Best Man Won Despite the Great Odds Against Him.

By HARMONY WELLER.

Blossom looked down, suddenly very much abashed. The question lurking in the masculine eyes must bd answered and there were three sets of eyes, all adoring and likewise all impatient. Dick gazed fondly at the little brown hand that he longed to possess as his own; Harry’s eyes were riveted on the misty line of blue that showed beneath her lashes and Tom absorbed the whole perfect girl in his glance, but mostly he watched the crimson stain of her lips which curled now and again with a troubled smile. She looked up and her eyes lin-' gered on Tom, on Dick and on Harry. Each man watched with trepidation the dimple that played fitfully in the girl’s face. A half drawn breath escaped her lips. “You have all,” began in her Bweet voice, “honored me —by loving me.” The men glowered, each at the other two. She continued a trifle nervously, “And In return—l love you —each one of you—with the same amout of loyalty. I think that I am not a ‘one man woman.’ I think I could be happy with any one of you—very happy,” she added. This polygamous speech had not the soothing effect that the girl had hoped for. The masculine element glowered with greater force but made no attempt to break the line o£ thought that struggled behind the girl’s eyes. A touch of color fanned her cheeks; her eyes became darker. “I want to marry one of you. I long for the city! Life on this island has become irksome to me and I want to see the broader sphere of life. Living here, I have been denied so many pleasures. Until this summer I had not realized a half of what life holds. You have each, in your grand big way, made the last three months a Paradise to me. I had never seen an airship until the day Harry swept down through the air in his huge machine. I had never been in a motor until Dick came whizzing across that old bridge. Good old fleet-footed Bess, whom Tom has taught me *to ride, has filled-me with —well—Joy, and you have all three just spoiled me with your attentions." Negative shakes from three heads condemned her last words.

“Yes, you have,” she contradicted quickly. Blossom drew a deep, troubled sigh. “And now—l have to decide whether I would like to marry a birdman and fly with him, a motorist and joy-ride with him or an equestrian and gallop through life with him! It is a vexing question." She raised appealing eyeß to each man in turn. The look compelled an answer.

"The latter is of course the most enjoyable,” said Tom. “The former is more exhilarating,” said Harry. “The middle path is always the safest,” said Dick. Blossom laughed and jumped quickly to-her feet and motioned the men to remain.

"I am going to bring out a Jug of cider and some fresh doughnuts. While you three are making them disappear I shall walk once around the island. When I return it will be to tell you whether I motor, gallop or fly through life.” With another rippling laugh she was off. When she had gone a second time, leaving in her place a tray of fresh doughnuts and cider, Tom, Dick and Harry glowered darkly one upon the other. Then, because they were all of fine mold, an arm shot out from each brawny shoulder. ’To the best man—may he win!” they toasted in one breath. Blossom tripped along with light feet. She went flrßt along the level Btretch of sand upon which a great airship spread its wings in rest; Bhe looked tenderly at it. She passed the old bridge, the only connection between the island and the mainland; a gray racing motor lay silent. Blossom’s eyes caressed it. Still farther on, under the great spreading elm, Brown Bess grazed. The mare whim nied at sight of the slim figure in the pink sunbonnet and Blossom fondled the sleek neck and let fall a light kiss on the mare’s velvety nose. She walked on with knitted brow. Half way around the small island she stopped short. The idea had come. Excitement lent speed to her return. Blossom sank down in a little flutter of grace beside Tom, Dick and Harry. She began without preamble. “I will mai4*y—" she paused. “ —The man who first reaches me with a parson and a license!” The girl gasped. She was not prepared for the lightning effect of her words on her three admirer*. Had she shot them simultaneously out of a triple-barreled cannon they could not have started with such precision and speed. Her grip on her breath relaxed and she looked after the flying figures wondering at the hidden force of her words. A little unsteady laugh fluttered from her lips. She closed her eyes and tried to still the beating of her heart. In this position of expectancy Blossom remained until x>me time later, when a multitude of sou-da broke upon her ears. Her eyes traveled to the mainland -whence the noises came. First, a cloud of black dust like* the funnelshaped mass that precedes a summer cyclone and out of it arose the honk, honk and whirr of Dick's green racing

car. Second, her eye caught sight of the great winged thing hovering over the tree tops, and the sound of its engines floating down to her like the humming of a million bees. Blossom held her breath. A fearful sinking of the heart took possession of her when she discovered Brown Bess and her rider were nowhere to be seen.

“Oh, what if my foolish dare has brought them to grief!” She was scarcely able to stand as she scanned the horizon line. “Ah!” a sigh of relief escaped her. They were there, far in the rear, like a speck of black against,the blue, but dashing toward the inlet for dear life. Nearer and nearer the three men came. Inch by inch the birdman drew ahead! He was just over the Water’s edge! The motorist dashed to the bridge and good old Brown Bess leaped on at the same moment Blossom, no longer having control of herself, beat the ground with her foot and cried excitedly first to one and then the other.

Suddenly her blood seemed to stop in its oourse. There was a deafening crash, a splintering of wood and a fearful splash. The girl, terrorstricken, was afraid to look. But she summoned her courage. The unexpected had happened. The old bridge, unable to stand the strain of a motor courtship, had given way and a thin line of water separated it from the shore. A terrific jerk of the brake threw Dick and his aged member of the clergy sprawling on the bridge. Brown Bess, her master and a young curate, were thrown into panic. Suddenly a dull roar rent the air. Blossom screamed.

In the topmost branches of the old elm tree the airship had come to grief and Harry, a minister and the huge machine were struggling with Fate. She stole a glance into the elm tree. The reverend gentleman was safely wedged in a supporting branch while Harry was trying frantically to aid that dignified person into speedy descent from the tree. It looked to the girl as if she would one day be a birdman’s wife. She sighed. Hastily her glance swept in the scene on the bridge. Dick was storming violently both at his machine, which was half in and half out of the water, and in a milder but none the less urgent manner at the old curate, who was slowly collecting himself. “Can’t you swim?” Blossom blushed at Dick’s tone toward the whitehaired, minister.

Above the beating of her heart It was not possible to hear Tom’s voice, but his words had been effective. She saw the wiry young curate fling off his clerical coat and hat and make a neat dive into the water. After that Tom commanded Brown Bess, and she, too, with a tremendous splash went into the water. Tom followed suit Out on the bridge Dick raged Inwardly and outwardly. -Up in the tree top Harry fumed at the impotent moment.

Yet in the heart of each defeated man was a something that clamored for expression. And, as Brown Bess reached the shore and with steady muscles drew herself on to a level beach a cheer went out from each heart.

The mare stood for a moment dripping; then, as the slim figure in the pink sunbonnet made an involuntary movement toward her, she whinnied a glad welcome. It seemed almost as if the animal’s intelligence had told her that she had won a very dear prize for her master. Blossom found, when she reached the mare’s side, that she was trembling. The girl did not realize until her arms were about Brown Bess' neck that she could not have faced any other outcome from the race. Tom and the young curate splashed onto the beach then, and in the new shyness that had come over Blossom she could only hide her flushed cheek on dripping Bess.

The parson went hastily to Blossom. “Allow me to congratulate you," he said, smiling broadly and giving her a wet but genial handshake. “This is another case of the best man to win despite all odds against him.” “I consider my victory a good object lesson, parson,” put in Tom, bringing himself alongside his sweetheart. “You see my desire was so strong and my object so desirable," he sent a swift, tender glance into Blossom’s eyes, “that no new inventions of mankind could cope with the God-given power of good old Bess; nothing could take you from me,” he added, as he handed Blossom a soaked license. ' (Copyright, ISti2, by the McClure News- . ■ * paper Syndicate.)

Found Tobacco Popular.

Compilers of the "Statistical Account of Scotland,” published in 1791, did not find tea drinking much in vogue. They reported that “the chief luxuries in the rural districts are snuff, tobacco and whisky. Tea and sugar are little used, but the use of whisky has become very great. The use of tobacco may almost be said to be excessive, especially among the female sex. There is scarce a young woman by the time she has been taught to spin but has also learned to smoke. Smoking seems to have been introduced as an antidote to rheumatism and ague. The favorable alternation with respect to these diseases has produced only a greater avidity for tobacco.

Could Fill the Order.

A railway contractor recently advertised for three hundred wooden sleepers. By return of post he received letter fztom a neighboring clergyman, offering him the whole of his congregation on reasonable terms.

FASHION

MUST BE SIMPLICITY THAT IS THE ORDER FOR THE WINDOW DRAPERY. * r” \ * -f Many Arrangements, and All of Attractive Description, Are Posaible—Here Are Some of Them Outlined, The fact that a room never seems quite complete for winter use until the curtains are up makes one think of those accessories almost the first of all. It is this problem that takes one on long, tiring ambles about town looking at every kind of curtain that is made and often asking for something that has not been made or is not made any jpore. Fashions change in curtainsV as in all things else. The regulation parlor lace curtain 1b still in use to a great extent, but it is not so popular as it was in the days when everything was draped back or

The Net Curtains Should Be Stretched Plain From Top to Bottom.

looped up—the period of lambrequins and bustleß. Will the return of the pannier bring back the tournure and looped back curtains? We hope not. The simple dignity of curtains hung in straight lines, whether entirely covering the windows or pushed back to the sides, has won general favor throughout the country. It is probably due to the advent of the so-called mission style of furnishing, but because of its simplicity it lends itself to any style and period of decoration. Plain net curtains or net effects cannot be surpassed for charm of durability. They are made with plain wide hems and simple Battenberg or cluny edgings, or embellished with interesting medallions and insertions of various sorts. But whether these are of the most costly sort or are the inexpensive machine-made reproductions now to be had in every good shop, the suggestion or effect of sim-

Fashion's Fancies

Broad brimmed hats, are worn at rakish angles.All evening gowns are long and most of them have extended brims. The most brilliant shades are fancied for stockings, and shoes have almost invariably the fancy tops. The train may form an integral part of the gown or it may hang a separate appendage from the waist line. There Is a great fancy at the present time to show the ankle in the opening at the buttoned part. This is the outcome of the rage for colored hose. * A charming diagonal effect is given by a jabot of lace starting at one side of the waist line and falling down the entire length of the skirt and carried out upon the train.

MAKING THE BEST OF ROOM

With a Little Care and Arrangement Much Extra Bpace In Attic May Be Contrived. \‘ 6 , There are thousands of thousands of homes where attic rooms are "done off,” and in almost every instance a lot of space is wasted. This can be overcome in most cases. Making a room in a top floor 'or “attic” is generally done by panelling or plastering the walls, and where the roof slopes down to the floor, or almost to the floor, a large place la cut off by building a short partition down from the roof to the floor.

pliclty is maintained. For outsidv appearance of the house it is preferable to have the white curtains covering the window. They may be put on rings in order to be easily pushed back, or if there is no necessity fov this the hem at the top should b« made wide enough to slip the small brass rod through. This latter arrangement will make the curtains hang in better lines, and will save much time and labor at laundry time. The window will look much better from the outside if these curtains hang next the glass, the shade being inside, next the room, and for both looks and cleanliness should just escape touching the sill. When the windows are open and the curtain blowing back and forth they will not pick up so much dust and become so soiled along the lower edge.

NOW THE CHAMELEON GOWN

Scientist Promises, Among Other Things, Mstter of Some Moment to Women Readers.

Chameleon gowns for women, changing color with the intensity of tho light, are predicted by Dr. Giacomo Ciamiclan of Bologna, addressing the eighth international congress of applied chemistry, recently in session at the College of the City of New York. “Photographic , substances,” said Doctor Ciamiclan, “which often assume very Intense colors in the light and return in the darkness to thefr primitive colors, may well attract the attention of fashion. The dress of a woman so prepared would change color according to the intensity ot the light Passing from darkness to light the colors would brighten, thus conforming automatically to the environment the last word of fashion for the future;"

Another of Doctor Ciamician's suggestions was world prepare to use the daily solar energy, equal to 6,000,000,000 tons of coal. Instead of the mere 1,000,000,000 tons of real coal which is mined per year. "Out of the arid lands there' will spring up industrial colonies without smoke and without smokestacks,” he said, picturing what will happen when all the coal is gone; “forests ot glass tubes will extend over the plains and glass buildings will rise everywhere. Inside these will take place the photo-chemical processes that hitherto have been the guarded secrets of the planets, but that will have been mastered by human industry. Life and civilization will continue as long as the sun shines. If our Mack and nervous civilization, based on coal, shall be followed by a quieter civilizar tion of solar energy, that will not be harmful to progress and to human happiness.”

To Freshen Veils.

To freshen veils or faded silk scurfs, let them lie for awhile in gasoline into which has been mixed a ami.ll portion of oil paint of the desired shade. To renew slimsy lace or mesh veils, idissolve two teaspoonfuls of mucilage in two of hot water. Pin the veil to a cfbth, exactly as a curtain is stretched, and apply this liquid with a fiat paste brush, or small paint brush, and leave until dry.

The partition or “wall” of such a room is generally not high enoutch for the average bureau or dresser with its swivel mirror; no old-fash-ioned bureau without a mirror is high enough for a chiffonier. And so a small one is generally placed against this wall. This takes up a lot of space, sticking out into the already small room. This can be avoided if, when the room is done off. Instead of cutting

Simple But Valuable Method for Having Space in Attic Rooms.

off this space back of the short piwtltion, a series of drawers is built Hi. The bottom drawer would be deep and wide and the other three or four drawers would taper up, the top one being quite narrow 'a* the not Is sloping toward this abort partition all the time. With two each built-in bureaus or seta of drawers the entire fioor apace, of the room remains for the bed., chairs and table, sad yet there are plenty of drawers handy.