Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1913 — Page 3

The CIVIL WAR

Fifty years ago THIS WEEK

January 20, 1803. / John A. Andrews, governor of Massachusetts, was authrlzed by the National war department, “until further orders, to raise such numbers of volunteer companies of artillery in the ■' forts of Massachusetts and* elsewhere, and such corps of infantry for the volunteer infantry service, as he may find convenient, and he may include persons of African descent, organised into separate corps." 1 The Confederate privateer Orpte arrived off Havana and was allowed to proceed to anchorage. The Union Maj. Gen. Peck, in orders Issued from his headquarters at Suffolk, Va., expressed bis satisfaction at the soldierly qualities exhibited by Col. Alfred Gibbs, of the One Hundred and Thirtieth New York, and his confidence in his disposition and ability to discharge whatever duties might fall to him, with credit to himaelf and the National service. Gen. McClernand occupied Young’s Point, nine miles above Vicksburg, with a federal force. Gen. Fit*-John Porter was dismissed from the federal army for disobedience of orders at the second battle of Bull Run. January 21, 1863. Governor Vance of North Carolina sent a mesage to the state assembly* . notifying them that, although everything possible had been done to re--pel the northern invaders then threatening the coast, much remained to be done to strengthen their arms and increase their efficiency, and offering a few sugegstions on the subject. The national ship of war Morning Light and schooner Velocity, which were on blockade duty off Sabine Pasß, were surprised and captured by the Confederate steamers Josiah Bell and Uncle Ben. A detachment of Col. Douglass’ Union command in Missouri ran in with a band of Confederate captains In camp and captured four of them, after a sharp skirmish. Col. J. S. H. Mix of the Third New York cavalry, returned to Newbern, N. C., after a successful reconnoissance into Onslaw, Jones and Trent coun- ’ CI6B. ' - ' - ■ - ' The schooner Etiwan, while attempting to run'the blockade at Swash Channel, Charleston Harbor, was captured by the gunboat Ottawa, under command of Lieut William D. Whiting. . One hundred of Morgan’s Confederate irregulars made a descent on Murfreesboro, Tenn., capturing a large force of Union troops and carrying off 30 wagons. Galveston, Tex., being occupied by Confederate troops engaged in erecting defenses, Commodore H. H. Bells, commanding the federal blockading squadron, issued a warning to the consuls in the city, foreign subjects, and all persons concerned that the city was likely to be attacked at any time, and giving them 26 hours in which to withdraw. Fitz-John Porter was cashiered and dismissed the federal service. January 22, 1863. ThjS second attempt of the Federal Army of the Potomac, under General Burnside, to obtain possession of the south bank of the Rappahannock, as a base of operations against Richmond, was unsuccessful. The attempt was foiled by rainstorm which made the roads impassable. The brig Windward was captured and burned off the Cuban coast by the Confederate privateer Orete. John Gill Shorter, Confederate governor of Alabama, issued an address to the people of that state urging them again to come forward in the defense of the southern government, and expressing the hope that “none would be permitted to hide under cover of home from their appropriate duty." The federals reopened the canal dug by General Williams in order to get below Vicksburg. January 23, 1863. The Richmond Dispatch of date said: “A band of Tories about 70 in number, under an outlaw named Taylor, were this day attacked by a body of Confederates under Colonel Folk, In Johnson county, eastern Tennesee. The Tory cavalry and Infantry were parading in a field near Fish Springs. Colonel Folk ordered his men to swim the river and charge them. The Tories seeing this, abandoned their horses and took shelter upon the summit of a large ridge, Folk’s men were then dismounted, and charged up the ridge, completely dispersing the Tories. All their horses were captured. Four of the Tories were killed, and a number wounded and captured. The captured were immediately hung, by order of Colonel Folk. Taylor was killed." A severe snowstorm prevailed at Taunton, Charlottevllle, and other points An the Shenandoah valley. The National army and gunboats at Arkansas Post, Ark., haring blown , up the fortifications and demolished everything that could be made a means of offense and defense, evacuated the place and proceeded to Vicksburg. Simon Cameron resigned his position as American minister to Russia. General Burnside, commanding the Army of the Potomac, dismissed from their commands Generals Hooker, **

Franklin, Newton and Brooke, tor' “undermining the confidence of the army". ' H. Wilson, United States senator; from Massachusetts, offered in the. senate an extraordinary resolution of inquiry, respecting “the conduct of subordinate generals, in undermining confidence in their military superiors," January 24, 19p83. , General Dodge, commanding the National military district of Corinth. Mississippi, reported that the Confederates were putting to death many of the inhabitants of his district, for the only reason that they were loyal toi the National government. He gave the names of Beveral who had been hanged, others who had been hunted down by bloodhounds, and of others whose their heads. The steamer Warsaw, while on her way to Memphis, was fired into by a Confederate battery of two guns, on Island Ntunber 84, on the Mississippi river. . 1 • Brigadier General Daniel 8. Donelson wasi appointed to the command of the Confederate department of the East Tennessee, in place of B. Kirby Smith. * ~ i ,u-'- ■ January 25, 1863. The organization of the First regiment of North Carolina Colored volunteers was completed,\and the regiment sent on an expedition to the cpast of Georgia. It was composed of 860 men, officered by white men. All its recruits were volunteers. A party of Confederate cavalry attacked a National train on the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad, nine miles below Nashville, captured and paroled fifty men, and made an attempt to burn the cars, but National reinforcements arriving from different points, they left, after partially destroying two platform cars. A battalion of Col. Mii> New York cavalry surprised and captured an important Confederate picket post on the road from Newberne to Kingston, North Carolina, taking nine Confederate soldiers, with their arms and accoutrements. The Union General Palmer lost two killed and nine wounded in a fight with Confederates near Woodbury, Tenn. The president relieved Gen. Burnside, at his own request, command in the Army of the Potomac, and appointed him to a station in the west \ Gen. Joseph Hooker was made commander of the Army of the Potomac. J. Sherman of Ohio introduced in the senate of the United Btatea the - National bank bill, proposing the establishment of one uniform circular tion, of equal value throughout the country, upon the foundation of national credit, combined with private capital. January 26, 1863. Major-General Joseph Hooker superceded Gen. Burnside in command of the Federal Army of the Potomae. At Vicksburg, Miss., the gunboat Chilllcothe was engaged in shelling the Confederate lower batteries, without return. The Bark Golden Rule, belonging to the Panama railroad company, was overhauled by the Confederate privateer Alabama, fifty miles south of St. Domingo,.and burned, her captain being unable.to satisfy Captain Semmes of the Alabama that the cargo belonged to neutrals. The captain of the Golden Rule was treated with courtesy on board the Confederate, but the mates and crew were 1 placed in irons. General Palmer’s division of Grant’s Federal army fell in with seven regiments of Confederates at Woodbury, Tenn., and defeated them, after a sharp skirmish. One hundred prisoners were taken. The Confederate congress debated a resolution Introduced by Mr. Crockett of Kentucky, outlining terms on which peace would be Concluded with the north. The debate becoming desultory, Mr. Foote of Tennessee, proposed a plan to disjoin the northwest, ern states from the union and form with them a military league, offensive and defensive. Mr. Foote announced again his intention of introducing enlarged resolutions covering peace proposals. Governor Vance of North Carolina issued an order commanding the soldiers of that state who were illegally absent from their regiments in the Confederate army to return to their posts of duty on or before the tenth of February under pain of being tried, and, on conviction, exe.nted for desertion. (Copyright, ISIS, by W. O. Chapman.)

Capacity of the House

Charles A. Chambers of fresno, one of California's park commissioners, is a friend of Thomas Wise, the rotund actor and part author of “The Gentleman From Mississippi." "When they were trying out the play in the small towns," narrated Chambers, “they came to a small one. night stand in Ohio. As you know, it is customary to take a play on the road for two or three weeks and try it out before opening in a larger city for a run. “In the Ohio town the treasurer of the troupe went directly from the train to the theater to find out just what kind of a show shop it was. The only man he found there was the Janitor. “ ‘What Is the capacity of this house?’ asked the treasurer. *“HuhT’ returned the janitor. “ T say, what is the capacity of thtt house? What does it bold?* " ‘Wall,’ said the Janitor, 'we bet fortv o’-hay In bare last falL’ *

INDIANA NEEDS PURE-BRED DRAFT HORSES

THOMPSON, Animal Husbandry Department, Purdue University

By D. O.

*- Experiment Station. Purdue University Agricultural Extension.

The pure breeding of this pair of Percheron fillies doubles their selling value, and that of any progeny they may have. They are Indiana and raised.

Importers of draft horses state emphatically that there is considerably less profit in Importing draft mares than In bringing over Btallions. This , Is because of the fact that the Frenchman, the Belgian, the Englishman, and the Scot, all Sire loath to sell their best female breeding stock, realizing that as soon as the United States becomes thoroughly stocked with purebred mares, the call for Imported stock will be less. : The United States should raise its own breeding stock; our importers should within the next fifteen years become exporters of American-bred and raised draft Btallions and mares. Indiana farmers should give their attoentlon not only to raising draft horses to supply the demands of the city markets, but should also study the problem of supplying the world’s demands for pure-bred breeding stock. Farmers who are financially able, and who work a team themselves or have competent help, should Interest themselves in this economic proposition. There are two aspects of the questiottr The immediate financial returns are greater than when grade draft horses are raised. The selling value of the pair of two-year-old fillies shown above is easily double the

FEEDING OF DAIRY COWS

By R. E. Caldwell, Dairy Department, Purdue University Experiment Btatlon, Purdue University Agricultural Extension.

In the central section of the United States the farmers are gradually realizing the value of feeding live stock as an Important factor in profitable and permanent agriculture. One particular phase of live stock husbandry that is increasing in importance in Indiana and states similarly located, is that of dairy farming. Located as is Indiana in the heart of one of the richest sections of the United States, and a section that is rapidly becoming a great center of population, we need only to reflect for a short time to determine what her position in this great field will be within a very short period. The natural resources of Indiana are greater than some of our well known dairy -states, and in addition to this, imagine a greatly increased population to furnish a ready market for dairy products, and you will have almost ideal conditions for dairying. Indiana farmers are not ignorant of the possibilities in thlß direction. In many sections dairy farming is already the chief occupation, the population Increases, especially in the cities and towns, thtere will be still greater demand for milk and butter than we have at present. The crekmeries are also offering an excellent market for dairy products even though purchased on a very small scale, and for this reason, we find almost all farmers keeping a few cows and selling a smaller amount of cream and butter. Each year at this season, the farmers begin to wonder what best to feed their cows to secure the largest returns. Milk is composed of the same materials as found in most feeds, although in somewhat different proportions. It is also true that milk is of a rather uniform composition, especially that produced by a particular breed of cows. Knowing the above to be true, our first consideration in compounding a ration should be to Include all elements found in the product and in somewhat the same proportions as found therein. Our second consideration should be to secure a correct understanding as to the use a cow makes of the food fed. In order to properly feed a cow, you must know and appreciate the fact that very little over one-half of the feed a cow consumes is available for milk production, the other half being used to maintain the physical performance of her body. With the above points in mind, our next consideration should be of the factors that are of special Importance to the ration itself. These factors may be considered under the following headings: Composition, palatablllty and cost. As stated above, the composition of t ration should be comparable with the composition of the product yielded. With this in mind, the first point to consider should be that of protein. Protein is found

selling value of a pair of equally good but of grade breeding. The Indiana farmer who raised this pair of pure bred draft fillies would have expended an equal amount in growing a pair of grade fillies; the only difference is in the original investment and amount of risk on the mares. The other aspect of the question is this: Indiana, and the other states of the United States similarly situated, is adapted to raising draft horses of good quality. This has been demonstrated in the character of the grade draft horses she has raised. She is annually spending fortunes for pure bred stallions. Some of the best draft stallions in the world are in this state. Many of these stallions never have opportunity to mate with mares of pure breeding, hence their blood becomes! diffused, and their pure bred lineage broken, to the everlasting detriment of the horse breeding business. The work of generations of pure breeding is /shattered in contact with Indiana conditions. Ip order to conserve the pure blood of these highclass and royally-bred draft stallions, Indiana needs more pure bred draft mares. In this work of conservation there will be continued profit for the men who engage themselves and their capital in It

in an reeds to a .slight extent, but especially high in such concentrates as cottonseed meal, linseed meal, gluten, brewers’ grains and bran. Of the rough feeds, the general class of legumes, such as clover, alfalfa, cowpeas and soy beans, are well known examples of feeds high in protein. Carbohydrates and fats are the other - two general divisions of feeds. Their purpose in a ration is to supply heat and energy for the animal body and to supply fat for the body. Quite a number of feeds that are high in carbohydrates are also high in fat, therefore, very little attention need be given to the fat content of a feed, also the fact that fats and carbohydrates perform the same functions and are used for the same purpose is further reason for giving little attention to this factor. Some of the feeds that are relatively rich in carbohydrates are com, hominy, wheat and oats. Of the rough feeds that should be included in thir class, com stover, timothy hay, silage and oats straw are good examples. After all has been considered, the cost Is really the detennlning factor. Anyone that is at all acquainted with the composition of feeds knows of the great variation in this respect. Cottonseed meal, for instance, carries 40 per cent, protein and may be purchased for S3O per ton, which makes a cost of about 3.7 cents per pound protein, wheat bran at $25 per ton, and containing 12 per cent protein, costs about 14.0 cents per pound protein. The above is only one of the many examples that could be cited in regard to the variation in cost of feeds. Therefore, it is suggested that a correct knowledge be secured concerning its composition, and for this factor to be considered seriously before purchase is made. ' I» addition to the above one of the best methods of reducing the cost of feed is to grow those crops that form the best dairy feeds. Cora is the leading crop for this purpose, and its grain -forms the foundation for the grain ration, and its fodder an excellent roughage. If fodder of corn is placed in a silo, it supplies In the best possible form both succulence and nutrients of a high degree. Clover or alfalfa hay supply a roughage high in protein and very palatable. The following rations may assist those that are desirous of securing exact information in regard to the amounts of feed and the proportions of each to use. Roughage—Clover or alfalfa bay, 12-15 pounds; com silage, 30 pounds; com stover, 10 pounds. Grain Mixture—Corn meal, 4 parts by weight; oats and bran, 2 parts by weight; Cottonseed meal, 1 part by weight ' Of the above grain mixture feed one pound for each three or three and onehalf pounds of average testing (four and one-half per cent) milk produced. For those wh6 have no silo, I suggest that you feed the same grain ration and Increase the amount of hay and stover fed.' The result will not be as good as that secured by the ration which includes silage, but as good as is possible to secure without some succulent feed.

THE BOUDOIR

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HOW TO USE FLOWERS ■■ 1 ’ STUDY OF PLANT HABITS AND GROWTH ESSENTIAL. ■ ■ ■ *v: b Keynote of an Artistic Floral Decoration Now Is Irregularity and the Burface Space Must Be Well Balanced. The wopaan who essays to employ flowers for decorative purposes should delve deeply into the study of plant life to become familiar with their habits and growth. Flowers of a stiff, upright growth do not lend themselves readily for decoration. When they are used, their natural tendencies must be humored, if the effect is at all artistic. The erstwhile popular custom of banking cut flowers or growing plants and festooning with heavy ropes of evergreens no longer obtains. The more artistic and natural, loose, graceful arrangement of flowers and plants is now used, and bare stretches of wall are bridged over with delicate trailing vines, supplemented by generous sprays and branches of foliage. Receptacles for cut flowers Bhould be neutral in color, and In shape follow the main lines of the flower. When highly colored, fanciful shapes are used the beauty or harmony is destroyed. The keynote of an artißtic floral decoration is irregularity.;',There must be no geometric arrangement to tire the eye; no repeats to pall the senses. Instead, each portion of the decorative scheme must have a distinctive charin of Its own. . Surface space must be well balanced. There must be no overcrowding at one point and bare stretches at another. * Flowers employed for decorating should be seasonable. The flower that in midsummer would compel admiration for its appropriateness as well as in a midwinter decorative scheme. Nor must blooming plants or cyt flowers and evergreens be combined in a decorative scheme. The most artistic effect is produced by employing flowers of one color, with the setting of green that, nature uses in all her color schemes. Two colors may be combined, sometimes, with pleasing effect, provided they blend naturally or form a harmonious contrast. When a number of rooms in a house are to be decorated for some such an occasion as a reception or similar function, the treatment depends upon the arrangement of the rooms. When they may be thrown together, as may be done in modern houses of any pretensions, the same scheme should be. carried out in all. If this is not the case, an individual scheme may prevail, if desirable, in each room.

KNIFE EDGE VANITY CASE

It Is Extremely Thin, Made of Green Gold and Has Four Spaces Within. Vanity cases show new effects that please and attract. One of those of the more expensive type is called the “knife edge’’ vanity case. It Is extremely thin and a trifle smaller In outline than the conservative size. Made of green gold, engraved or bear-

TIDY FOR DRESSING TABLE

How This Useful Novelty Can Be v Made With Remnants of Colored Silk. In our sketch may be seen a little useful novelty that would make a nice, inexpensive present; it Is for standing upon the dressing-table, and forms a combined watch-Btand and tidy. It may be easily carried out with any prettily colored remnants of silk and for the foundation a piece of cardboard is cut out in the shape shown by diagram A. In the

center of the upper part of this card a.large dress hook is v sewn, and the card is next smoothly covered on both sides with silk, a small slit being cut in the material for the hook. Across the lower half a pocket is arranged lined with soft white silk and turned over at the top. so that it forms a little flounce and shows the lining with pretty effect Tbs tidy is finished off at the edges

ing the new finish of alternating* stripes of engine-turning and engraving, it contains four spaces within —- one to hold three cards, another for a slender memorandum, a third for a diminutive powder puff (with a mirror in the lid), and a fourth for coins. Thus, all that a woman may need for venient little case, which Is so easily carried. Among vanity cases of still suallev proportions there are little dainty enameled trinklets having gold inlays and hand painted Dresden designs beneath the transparency.

TOUCH OF CHINESE NEEDED

Fashionable Costumes For Spring Will Show Blight Suggestion of the Mongolian. If your new spring costume is Mongolian in suggestion, it will be absolutely ih line with fashion’s new plans for the coming season. The Chinese touch must not be too strong, however, and should be merely a suggestion conveying the idea that you know what is what in sartorial matters.

(Copyright, by Dnlinrett * Underwood, This gown by a famous Parts coutier baa a tunic of brocade, showing raised Chinese figures In velvet on a pin striped ground, and this tunio in the Russian style, falls over a skirt of silver gray lansdowne draped about the ankles in the Turkish fashion, but showing smart, modem boots with buttoned tops of light suede. i

Colored Shoes.

Colored shoes are being iron; they are In Russian green, russet, prune and other colors. For afternoon, the shoes should match the toilette In. color, or If a black dress is worn with any color introduced by the trimming or belt, the shoes should match the trimming.

with a tiny ribbon firill, or silk cord may take Its place If preferred.

TURTLE EBONY IS LATEST Lovely Brownish Red Wood That Is Being Used for Dressing Table Articles. There is something new for mademoiselle who wishes a change—not silver, not celluloid, nor ivory—turtle etybny. One of us are acquainted with the black ebony, and this new ebony .is also of the wood, but in a lovely brownish red hue that brings out the grain of the wood. Its newness is its most distinctive feature, and it would be rather easier to keep clean than silver. There are many and, various pieces, which come with little silver circles, quite plain and simple, ready marked with cne’a monogram or initial. And as to the pieces one may choose, there is everything, from a hand mirror, hair or doth brush, to shoe horns, nail flies, button hooks, salve jars and hat brushes that one would like for the drraser or <ihtf« fooler.

Revival of Braid.

The revival of braid In vai.ous widths and makes as s trimming is very welcome; it is difficult otherwise bo And variety for the finish of the many fabrics which are In vogue for tallor-suita Rateen, of course, is la itaelf such a lovely material 'hat It practically needs no trimming, but a lftUe wool-work tn Oriental celorings ts often introduced in the blouse and the coat of tha “three-place costume."