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LY, but with a mind wholly blind to the histori
cal, the artistic or the esthetic phases of their
tour.
No attempt is made in the average case, to be
come acquainted through a systematic course of
reading, with the story and the significance of the
spectacles to be unrolled shortly by the transat
lantic trip. If such a plan had been, adopted, there
would be less of the “rubberneck” element, to. use
expressive slang, and more of the truly apprecia
tive spirit. One is led to regret, vaguely, that the
opportunities of such personal inspection and re
search, the mental development that ensues from
actual contact with the revered objects of tradition
or history, could not be held out to persons poorer
in purse but richer in mentality. That is one of
the ironies of the everyday fates.
It is not alone in European travel that the spe
cies classified by Bishop Potter is noticeabe. Every
city, every town, every village, every hamlet has
its due quota. We live in an age of such hurry,
that many of us lose the habit of quiet, analytical
thought and meditation. The eyes become, to
many of us, eventually only indispensable aids to
the earning of a living, or in the chase of what we
are wont to variously name a pleasure.
We have the consolation that this fault is, at
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By FRJiWK L STJfNTOJ*
Seeing
m llERE is a wide divergence between
the exercise of the faculty of sight,
physically speaking, and an acute
mental digestion of what the eye
conveys to the brain. You will find
plenty of people in the possession
of unimpaired physical vision. But
there is a perceptible loss of power
between the images as they strike
on the retina of the eye and the im
pressions they produce on the con
sciousness seated way back of the
retina. One may see an apple
or peach tree in full bloom, and the
spectacle will mean to him merely
a physical phenomena. Another may view the
same objects, and find his esthetic sense stirred
deeply or his commercial sense stimulated into
calculating the amount of profit he can glean from
that tree when it comes to full fruitage. So that,
after all, the eye itself is but the servant of the
mind. It reproduces faithfully various objects in
the outside world, but the imagination, the reason
ing faculties and the memory must accomplish
something with the impression conveyed by the
visual apparatus before it becomes a thing of any
value. Only a few weeks ago Bishop Potter, of
New York, had an opportunity to graphically il
lustrate these truisms. The bishop is now on a
European tour and lie has been making a study
of the Americans who annually visit England and
the continental countries in the pursuit of pleasure
and, ostensibly, education.
In his shrewd observation, however, the bishop
was brought up against a certain genus of trav
elers who aptly come within the scriptural com
ment on those who “having eyes, see not.” Of
, this gentry he remarked, with a cawstic philoso-
J phy:
The Chronic Fireside Hus*
band
T first glance, the above caption may
appear a trifle dubious. So many
wives have suffered from the partic
ular brand of husband who never
stays at home, that for them the
problem is reversed in emphatic
earnest. But stop and reflect for a
moment and you will decide that a
good many households are afflicted
with a paterfamilias whose chief
quality, or we might say virtue, is
his tendency to cleave like a pine
burr to his own fireside, literally
speaking. He comes home in the
evening, supposedly exhausted from
his strenuous encounter with the world, the flesh
and the devil, and settles down for two hours of
relaxation and recreation, previous to tumbling in
to bed and dismissing the cares for the day with
the first reverberating snore. A large number of
wives doubtless appreciate this negative sort of
domesticity and point to their husbands as models
of all that the man of family should be. But a
great many women are of different stripe.
Throughout the day their activities have been
confined to the limits of the home, but night finds
them with still a fair amount of unspent vitality
and a strong desire to go out and see what the
rest of the world is doing.
That is just where the deadweight of the stay-
at-home man comes in. All suggestions on part of
the wife he evades with the old plea of “tired” or
“too much expense,” or some other equally unsat
isfactory excuse. In the meantime, he forgets that
while he has been rubbing the rust off himself all
day in contact with men of active mentalitv, she
Ingiish as She Is Bit.
Jestr sees with plezhur th ef4ts ov An-
dru Karnaygee 2 re4m t.h speling ov th
'Ingiish langiwage, and dezierz 2 nter ln2
th moovment bi profering th yuSe ov his
'kolumz 2 th Koniitee. Th reason ov
Jestr's grate nthusiazm iz a filanthropic,
or rather filogynic I—if sueh an eks-
preshun mae be yused—l'or he haz al-
wayz had a simpathetik feeling 4 th
poor put pritty stenografr. Think ov
having 2 receov diktashun under th 4mr
barbarus sistem of speling! Wat an aw
ful task it must hav bin! But now,
with th mi fcgietik sistem, how plezantlee
wil th ourz ov the stenografr pass, and
haw menee leezliur ourz will she ihav 4
us.
Th wizdom ov th -Laird ov Skibo Kastl
in appointing PrezidenL Butlr and Pro-
fesr Brandr Matheuz on th Komitee wil
be rekognized wen it iz remembered: with
wat grate kindliness ov 'hart thae both
regard th young laydeez, the Profsr
klamoring 2 hav th lassez in bis klassez.
Therefor Jestr rejoices with a veree grate
rejoicing. 3 cheers 4 th speling re4m
and the funnee l'onetix!—Columbie Jes
ter.
He’s
doesn't
Greek
travelers lias in coming to Europe,” said Bishop Potter
on the eve of iiis departure for a fortnight’s trip to Eng
land. “For example, in Rome, one day recently, a coun
tryman of mine accosted me:
“ ‘What show is on at the Circus?’ he asked eagerly.
“I made out finally that the Coliseum was to him the
•circus.’ and that he hoped to see some sensational death-
defying performance there.
"Of course, venerable churches and historical monu
ments mean nothing to such people,” the bishop added,
lighing. “Along the Nile, too, I observed Americans who
saw hut who did not perceive. The mysteries of the
pyramids, t lie mighty temples of former civilizations,
were entirely lost on these unthinking tourists.”
The bishop’s experience and his frank utterance
serve to call attention to a fault that is distinctive
ly American—lack of thoroughness or of the
broader culture. We are essentially a money
making people, and possibly our standards have
suffered for the reason that we have, heretofore,
interpreted success only so far as it ministered to
the acquisition of material possessions. It hap
pens, therefore, that the men or the women plenti
fully supplied with money and leisure, persuading
themselves that they have exhausted the possibili
ties of their own country, proceed to “do” Europe.
The thing is done, in nine out of ten cases, in a
mechanical, perfunctory sense. Guide-book in one
hand and purse in the other, they romp through
the greatness of the old-world, with its infinite les-
One marvels what object a certain class of American ^ ias keen vegetating in the seclusion of the home,
with little leisure or pleasure except that which
breaks the monotony of the household routine.
This is the sort of man that wonders fretfully, in
later life, why his wife has grown strangely old
and uninteresting, while he himself retains a sur
prising supply of youth and spirits.
And yet, what are you going to do about it?
The woman cannot go out unescorted, and such a
man is usually inflexible in his selfishness. It
might be a good idea to import two or three of
your most talkative women friends, the kind that
chat about the most trivial and tiresome topics,
two or three evenings in succession ; make him un
derstand that they bore you as much as they do
him, and—perhaps—he will be led into taking you
out through self-protection.
If that doen’s succeed—and we have our doubts
—hammer him constantly with the argument that
while he may feel a trifle exhausted and unfit for
society, that a taste of it two or three times a week
will rejuvenate his spirits as eleven hours of sod
den slumber never can. Once get him to form the
habit and he will probably stick to it through pref
erence.
Yet, in chronic cases, even the most heroic meas
ures fail. That is why we have a good deal of
sympathy for the thousands of live-minded women
who are martyered this way every year—and they
Cralty Architect.
Flubb—Hear about Squigg?
successful architect.
Dub-b—Architect! Why, he
know the difference between
temple and a dog kennel.
Flubb—No. But 'he can put a six-room
apartment where there is only space for
a five room fiat.—Columbia Jester.
Alert.
Air. Wholesale—Vour former employer
tells me you were the quickest book
keeper in the place.
Young Applicant (dubiously)—Does he?
Mr. Wholesale—Yes. He says you could
throw the books into the safe, lock up
and get ready to go home in just one
minute and ten secoads.—Answers.
• Different.
The lone man who was sitting at the
table of the small hotel rose gallantly
as the head waiter ushered the strange
lady to the seat opposite hint. She bow
ed in acknowledgement of his extreme
courtesy. They fell naturally Into con
versation. “It is so refreshing,” she said
sweetly, after the preliminaries, “to see
such old-fashioned gallantry as you have
uis-played.”
"Indeed,” he n lied, “it is second na
ture to me. 1 was brought up that
way.”
“Were you?” she asked in surprise.
“How you have changed since the other
day—when I met you in the New York
subway.’ ’—Life.
sons, making note of what they see PHYSFCAL- j are martyered, never doubt that fact.
Little Tales of More or Less Veracity ^
ONE-LEGGED ATHLETES.
(From Tit-Bits.)
Although most of us have seen, or at
least heard of, the one-legged cricketers
—eleven of whom were often wont, in the
days when the game was not so strictly
disciplined as It is at present, to oppose
an eleven of one-armed players—one-
legged athletes are by no means com
mon, and a one-legged golfer Is probably
unique. Yet such a phenomenon does
exist, In the person of a member of the
Bulwell Artisans’ Club, who, It is said,
plays a very sound game. He, in all
probability, however, acquired the rudi
ments of th© science when acting as a
caddie in days previous to the accident
that necessitated the amputation of his
limb.
That such a handicap as the .loss of a
■* leg does not incapacitate a man from
excelling as a swimmer has been con
clusively proven on more than one occas
ion. One of the foremost exponents of
the natatory art at the present day la
bors under tins disadvantage, and many
old frequenters of Brill’s Baths at
Brighton will remember the head swim
ming master, Champ, who, despite the
fact that lie had but one leg, was not
only an ade.pt at trick swimming, but in
the matter of pace could give a start
and a beating to many who bad the nor
mal number of limbs.
More than once has a one-logged cyclist
w»n a race, and not so long since such
a one, named West, used, with a liheral
start, to hold his own with the speediest
professiop. Kilpratrick, too, must be
endowed with as much power in his one
leg as most men have in their two, if
we consider the many daring fact? he
has acuompilshed on his cycle, foremost
among which are his standing with his
machine on the summit of the 100-foot
high Laxey wheel, in the Isle of Man.
and his descending at breakneck speed
the east steps of itlie capitol at Wash
ington.
The annals of foot racing contain more
■than one record in point. We read how neral.
once Newmarket Heatn was the ^cec~
won by two or three yards.” Again,
over a hundred years later, in 1799. a
certain one-legged man, named Carter,
backed himself to cover 6 miles within
the hour, and performed the feat, with
6 minutes to spare.
Some years since a wrestler named
Binet gained much kudos among th©
habitues of continental fairs, less by ljis
wrestling prowess—although that wag
not inconsiderable—than by h1s being
handicaped by the loss of a leg. This
notwithstanding, he always mad© a gal
lant and not frequently a successful
show, his .great height, strength and
weight standing him in good stead. He
excelled, too, in feats of strength, and
was specially notable for his skill in
casting a heavy blacksmith’s liatnmerl
To a trial of skill with this implement
he was won’t to issue a general chal
lenge, and it was but seldom he found
his master.
Nothing, one would say, is more calcu
lated to place a boxer at a disadvantage
than the loss of a leg. Yet Thomas
Kench, a burly, 15-stone man, topping
6 feet by some 3 inches, well held his
AH AMERICAN CONSUL’S TRIALS
(H. G. DwIgTlt in The Bookman.)
A consul is considered legitimate prey
by young persons at home who collect
stamps, postcards, souvenir spoons and
other unconsidered trifles whose value
they consider it insulting to remit.
Others conceive that a consul has noth
ing to do but match ribbons or dis
charge similar commissions for a distant
well wisher. Not a few come to him for.
counsel—that Indeed is the way they
frequently pronounce his title—in affairs
of the heart, or in affairs yet more
surprising. The writer happened once to
hear of two ladies who presented at
one of our Italian consulates a request
that they be procured admittance—tem
porary'.—to a neighboring Insane asylum,
from which they had been debarred on
account of their sex and their unpro
fessional status. Discreet inquiries as to
their motive elicited the fact that their
him ,r.ho"a““‘“’T* them oh .comm,
of the booth with which he and other
bokers traveled the fairs and race
courses in the days when pugilism flour
ished.
Not only did he take on all comers at
mimic warfare, but on one occasion, at
least ne stripped in the ring for serious
fray, his opponent being a Leicester
butcher, who thought to compensate for
his inferiority in pounds and inches by
bis superior activity. In this, however,
he was mistaken, for the long left of
the cripple, which he was unable to
avoid, put him out of time after seven
teen well-fought rounds.
BITTER.
(From The iPhiladelphia Press.)
“Your’re prejudiced against Crabbe.
Some day you’ll admit, at least, that
his heart is in the right place.’”
Yes, that will be the day of his 'fu-
of a race between two cripples, each i
having a wooden leg. In the presence!
of a goodly throng, among whom was
the merry monarch, “they started fair,
and hobbled a good pace, which caused
great admiration and laughter among
th* beholder a; but the taller of the two
THE OPERATIC KIND.
(From The Louisville Courier-Journal.)
r\Vhy do they say "the even tenor?” .
“Weil, why shouldn’t they?”
“Most tenors are extremely odd.”
the wanton delights or tne tour they
were enjoying, and Ifliat they according
ly hoped to turn it to the advantage of
mankind by investigating the connection
between pellagra and polenta, and thus
eventually to bring about a concerted ac
tion of the powers whlcn should prohibit
the overconsumption in Italy of the deli
cacy last named!
An equally useful inquiry was once pre
sented under somewhat different circum
stances 'to a consul in the same country.
Happening to be away on business at a
minor city of his district he was urgent
ly telegraphed for to meet a gentleman
who demanded to see the consul in per
son. He accordingly dropped everything
In order to keep an appointment for the
following day. As much, however, could
not be said for 'the visitor. In fact, he
kept the consul waiting as much as an
hour. Having then, wnn the circum
stance befitting his urgency, been usher
ed into the consular presence, he pro
ceeded to set forth bis business. “I have
been informed,” he said, "that Cardinal
Sarto is t 0 be the next pope. Will you
kindly tell me whether this Is true?”
Cardinal Sartos as it happened, did be
come the next pope—to the credit of the
gentleman's Information. If somewhat to
the surprise of the world at large.
One Thing' He Noted.
A man had been employed to make
an inventory ol the furniture in the
house. He was so long about his task
in the parlor, however, that the mis
tress of the mansion went to sec what
he was doing. On the iloor lay an
empty bottle. On the sofa lay the man
sleeping sweetly like a tired child. But
the inventory had not been wholly for
gotten. At the top of the page stood
a solitary entry: “One Revolving Car
pet.”—Exchange. ^
Kruger’s VJit.
The late Paul Kruger was not an elo
quent man, but he excelled in brief and
pithy sayings. To a nephew who wanted
an office he said: “My dear boy, you
are not clever enough for a subordi
nate position, and all the higher offices
are filled.”—Argonaut.
The Solitude Terrified Him.
Nat Goodwin, 1n describing an unsuc
cessful play, said: “Why, one night, mir
ing this company's western tour, the
box office man was aroused from a nap
in the middle of the first act by an odd
sound. He yawned and looked out of
the box, and there befor© him stood a
little boy, weeping bitterly.
•• •,. ,,at is the matter, my little man?’
he ask'd.
“The boy, holding up a check said:
“ ’I want my money , back.’
“ 'Why do you want your money back?’
asked the box office man in surprise.
“ ‘Because,’ sobbed the boy, ‘I’m afraid
to sit up in the gallery all alone.’ ’’—Phil
adelphia Bulletin.
Sizing Them Up.
Not long ago Governor Folk, of Mis
souri, upon reaching his office at the
capitol in company with a friend, found
a number of men waiting in the ante
room. He paused as he passed through,
and made a joke that was a decided
chestnut. When the governor and his
friend were in the private office, the
friend rema rked:
“Say, that was a fearfully old one you
got off just now.”
“I know it,” was the complacent reply.
"Then why did you do it?” th*- puzzled
'friend asked.
“Did you notioe which of those fellows
laughed? Well, they are the ones who
have favors to ask,” was the explanation.
—Harper’s Weekly.
LOVE TIME’S FOR ALL TIME.
I.
Youth time is love time, but Love
can light the way
To the lonesome winter of Age, in
garments gray.
And brighter in the shadows doth
that Love appear:
Love time’s for all time—life and
death my dear!
II.
Love today—tomorrow—Love in deep
despair: '
Love that sings in sorrow, and
makes a rainbow there;
O'er the icy deeps of Death it forms
a heaven clear—
Love time’s for all time: Dwell with
Love, my dear!
Set your stakes for the brighter
day, but don’t forget that Time is
flying while you’re waiting for It.
A LAZY FELLOW.
When comes a breath of summer
It’s botherin’ me so!
Don’t want to plow the lilies up—
I’d rather see ’em grow!
SEEING SATAN.
I.
In de airly season—
’Bout de breakin’ er de day,
I look ter see Br’er Satan
To’ Br’er Satan fly away.
II.
But w’en I git one glimpse er him,
I think ’twas time ter git!
’Twuz me he had a-flyin’,
En I ain’t quit flyin’ yit!
OLD-TIME PHILOSOPHY.
It’s a mighty good Idea to keep In
the middle of the road, but not to
think the road was made for you
alone.
It’s possible to make this world so
like heaven that heaven won’t seem
strange to us when we get there.
One trouble about the rainy day
is—a fellow’s conscience knocks at
the door, and walks in, and takes a
chair beside him.
The storms of life come to the
just and the unjust alike; but the
trouble is, the unjust are mighty
good at dodging lightning.
IT WON’T BE FOR LONG.
The sigh that comes ever an’ thrills
through thje song—
But It won’t be for long!
The black billows rise, an’ the temp
est is strong—
But it won’t be for long!
Over the gloom of the desolate way,
Shines the bright light of Eternity’s
day;
Red thorns may gleam round the
roses of May,
But it won’t be for long!
This world is so bright for many
of us we are accasionally inclined to
regard a bright hereafteer with some
suspicion.
HIS ANNUAL VACATION.
Farewell, the hard-worked author
Who needs a restful trip,
And farewell to the creditors
Loud-howling at his ship!
Important Hints for Southern Plant*
ers on Curing Silage Crops
By HELEN HARCOURT.
Written for The SUNNY SOUTH.
Defining Him.
Tommy—Papa, what is a consulting
physician?
Papa^-He is a doctor who is called in
at the last moment to share the blame.—
Life.
A Traveler’s Tip.
A guide Is too often a man who tells
you what you do not want to know in
a language you do not understand.—New
Orleans Tlmes-DcmocraL
Defined.
“Papa, what is savior faire?” “Savior
fair*?, my son, is the ability to lie with
out a moment's preparation.—Princeton
Tiger.
Miss Oldum—Oh, Mr. Rashe, this is so
sudden! You must give me time to con
sider. Mr. Rashe—You—er—you haven’t
much to spare have you?—Cleveland
Leader.
“What aTe your impressions of Amer
ica?” “You are a downtrodden people.”
answered the European revolutionist.
“You not dnly have laws, but you actu
ally seem to enjoy obeying them.”—Wash
ington Star.
“I thought Gwendolen’s mamma had
forbiden her seeing young Hankerton
any more.” “Well, she doesn’t see him
any more. They meet at our house, of
course but he always turns the gas down
as soon as she comes into the parlor.”
Chicago Tribune.
“So Smoothly Is a musician. W’hat
kinu at an instrument does he play.”
“Politics. He’s known as the party har-
monizer.”—Detroit Free Press.
“You can’t show me a single reason,”
blustered the paterfamilias. “why we
should go to the seashore this summer."
“What?’’ cried his wif°. pointing to their
quartette of marriageable daughters, “I
can show you four single reasons.”
Philadelphia Ledger.
HE south is specially favor
ed In its capacity for pro
ducing forage crops tuat
may be utilized for silage
purposes. The plants most
available and suitable are
Indian corn, red clover
rye, oats, wheat, sorghum,
the various millets and
alfalfa. These crops may
be raised over a large ex
tent of country, and in ad
dition, the south can raise
soy beans, velvet beans and
cowpeas.
Indian corn ranks first all over the
United States. It is emphatically the
leading silage plant of America, being
adapted to a very wide extent of lati
tude and longitude. Moreover it pro
duces a greater amount of good silage
stuff per acre, than any other crop that
can be grown. Fifteen to twenty tons
of green fodder per acre is no uncommon
yield in most parts of the United States.
While all varieties of corn are suitable
forthe making of silage, some kinds are
bel^l-Ttfrn others. The most imporyigit
object is to produce the largest quantity
of good food per acre.
The dent varieties are all better suited
to the south than the hard, yellow, flint
sorts. The best corn .for the silo in any
given locality is that which may be ex
pected to mature before frost, and that
which produces the largest amount of
foliage and ears. The Wisconsin yellow
dent doe^ best on the northern line of the
dent varteties. The Burrill and Whitman,
the Learning and Dungan, White Pro
lific. are better suited to a more south
ern climate. The common Horse Tooth
and Mosby's Prolific, are [favorites in the
southern states, and are very heavy
ylelders. But almost any of the ordinary
varieties will yield well, and it is the
usual custom for the stockman to plant
whatever kind “come handy," and to
draw on the general cornfields for filling
the silo.
THE BEST CONDITION.
Good soil, good tillage, good seed, good
cultivation will always bring an abun
dant crop of strong plants, barring un
usual droughts or other abnormal condi
tions. The seed corn may be planted in
drills J foot apart, and In rows from
three and a half to four feet apart. Ex
haustive experiments have proven that
corn for silage is at its best and most
nutritious condition when the kernels be
gin to glaze, that is, when they begin to
dent distinctly, and before the lower
leaves are dry. If the coin is cut earlier
than this, too much waier is present in
the stalk, and the ipll development o? its
food qualities has not been reached.
When tV plant Is fully ripe it contains
the greatest amount of dry matter, al
buminoids, nitrogen free extract, ether
extract and ash.
Red clover, if well cured, makes a very
fine silage. It is not easy, however, to
preserve it without loss, and so much
clover has been spoiled as snage that it
is not as much used as at first, before
its liability for higli fermentation was
discovered. But if the clover is well ma
tured before cutting, and the blossoms
are (partly browned, there will be less
danger of loss. The crop should be cut
when dry, not wet with dew or rain, and
then placed in a deep ilo and thorough
ly packed. It may be put v- either cut
fine or whole, as most convenient.
Cowpeas and soy beans are both very
productive, and give a better yield per
acre. In the southwest, however, where,
because of long droughts, cannot always
f>e relied upon as a sure thing, sorghum
or kaffir corn are often used as a sub
stitute. The stalks are more dense than
Indian corn, and not quite so nutritious,
nor are they liked so well by cattle.
Co<peas and soy beans are both very
nutritious and very productive, and, as
we have noted are both espe.^illy
adapted to the south and to the middle
parts of tl>c central western country.
But If ipacked alone in the silo, they are
not entirely satisfactory. They need to
have corn combined with them in alter
nate layers, and when this condition is
more to walk alongside, and gather up
the stalks as cut, and place them on the
wagon, or in piles on the ground, are all
that are needed for this portion of the
work.
The best wagon for hauling the crop
from field to silo, is a low built one,
such are becoming very 'popular on farms
now-a-days. These common sense wag
ons save much lifting. If they are not
on sale within a convenient distance of
the stockman, he can have his local
wheelwright make .small wheels with four
to six Inch tires, and these can be ad
justed to the ordinary farm wagon, thus
easily converting It into the more handy
low wagon.
In the earlier silage days, it was
thought best to allow corn to wilt some
what In the field, before putting it in
the silo. This Is now known to be un
necessary. and yhe silo is filled as fast
as the stalks can be cut and hauled. The
silo need not be filled rapidly, if care
is taken to put fresh fodder in it be
fore mould has formed on the surface.
While, as above noted, in placing corn
in the silo, the entire plant is to be used.
Including the ear, it is not to be packed
entire, but cut in short pieces. The
shorler the fodder is cut. the better for
feeding. A half inch cut Is the favorite
size for the fodder cutter to deliver.
Sometimes the whole* stalk is d _
the silo, but this is neither economic* >our ears as we sit dow* to recorn
Leaves from an Oi c
Scrap Book
By A GEORGIA COLONEL.
T
HE Jackson Crisis published
following statement in 18631
the authority of a gentleman
Missouri:
’ “Colonel William R. Pennlek, in
mand a regiment of militia, not
since left St. Joseph with his iroopd
search of ‘bushwhackers,’ and hav
reached Clay county, arrested Cha
Puilins, who left Buchanan in compJ
with Captain Gibson for the south
army. Puilins was taken to Liberty!
mock trial was gone through with,
he was condemned to be hanged
offered -to prove that he was a regula
enlisted confederate solider. but was
nied the privilege, and accordinl
hung. After hanging Puilins, Pennl
proceeded two or three miles further
found two men sitting in a widow’s do
He asked them if they knew o£
whereabouts of any bushwhackers. Ud
being answered in the negative, he pj
ceeded a short distance when he was
tacked and his regiment repulsed by ni
concealed in the brush. Pennick imme
ately returned to the widow’s hou^
hung the two men he had seen the
and burned the widow's house. CrrssiJ
the river into Jackson county, muninaa
in search of Quantrel, some of hi- ml
arrested a boy who was taking cloth!
to Quantrel’s command. They went
the bouse of the boy’s mother, who w^
a widow, seized and hung both her
her son. This man, Pennick, disgracd
the position of grand master cr‘ the 11^
sonic fraternity in Missouri.”
GENERAL BRECKINRIDGE.
The following eulogy on Breckinrid-
appeared in The Richmond Whig in th
spring of 1864:
“This gallant general, whose manl;
form was as conspicuous among south|
ern chieftains in the bloody battles
Shiloh, Murfreesboro and Chl-"kaniauea
as was ever that of Harry of Xavarn
among his plumed knights was nhorse
and temporarily disabled in th '.gar • -
Friday. By the fall of his raitafu
charger that was instantly kilhd
left leg. we are sorry to learn, was tem
porarily disabled. It is chee* . hov-j
ever, to know that in a few days he will]
be again in his saddle ready to lead his
veteran division to victory. Breckinridge
came not into the army an unknown
knight, with visor down, but as the
representative of nearly the united elec
toral vote of the southern states in the
last presidential contest under the old
union. Hence, the eyes of the people have
ever been upon him, and he has yet to
disappoint their expectations. Sir Walter
Scott would have been a greater poet
had he not been so great a novelist, and
General Breckinridge wotfld already have
gained more renown as a warrior had
he not previously attained so high
position as a .statesman. But. independent
of this, in the estimation of our people,
he has achieved much, and with the con
tinued protection of a merciful Pip
donee will, as the war continues, do
more, so that when it closes (an -e
end seems not distant) the bravo Ken
tuckian will appear prominent
central group of the heroes that V i -he
unconquerable legions who ga.i.‘ . ■
independence.”
STORY OF A BATTLE
In The Richmond Dispatch appeared
the following vivid account of one of tne
great battles near Richmond:
The roar of artillery is still rtari-'
nor wise. Whole stalks will not pack
as closely as the cut fodder, and are not
so easy to handle. There is also ntoTe
waste In feeding.
FODDER TRANSMISSION.
The fodder cutter should be so iplaeed
as to deliver the cut fodder as near
the center of the silo as possible. A
device often used in distributing the si
lage- as it comes from the carrier tube,
is a long cloth tube made of burlap
sacks stiched together end for end. One
end of this tube is fastened to the top
of the silo so as to catch the silage,
and the other end reaches nearly to the
surface of the latter. This tube has sev
eral advantages. It is cheap, for burlap
sacks are usually plentiful on a farm,
and the tube made from them is so
light and flexible that it can be swung
round so as to throw the cut feed where
it is needed to even up the surface, and
allow it to be tramped down. As the
silo fills up. the cloth can be shortened
by ripping off one bag after another. It
is a simple, yet ingenious device, and,
makes easier the work of the packer in
the silo.
Up to within quite a recent period, the
silage was taken from the fodder cut
ter into an open carrier made of slats
and canvass, on an endless chain, worked
by sprocket wheels connected with the
■fodder cutt^. This open carrier Is
cumbersone, and often gets ouf of order,
while high winds blow off much of the
lighter silage. Recently a new, and
better metllod has been found. A “blow
er” is used to force the cut silage
through an eight inch galvanized iron
pipe leading into the silo. Of course this
blower must have (power behind it, and
this is the one drawback to its use. But
when a good engine is used, say one of
fifteen horsepower, it should have suffi
cient strength to work both the cutter
and blower. In using the blower, care
must be xercised not to feeid it too rap
idly, so as to clog the pipe Just beyond
the knife. The carrier and blower out
fits can generally be bought of firms
handling the fodder cutters.
CJlose packings of vast importance. With
loose packing, the loss Is three times as
great as in close packing. If C are is
taken to pack the silage so firmly that
all air Is shut out, the loss 6hould not
be over 4 to 8 per cent. For this
reason it is very unwise to trust “Tom,
Dick and Harry,” to pacK the silo. A
careful, painstaking man should do this
work, one personally interested in its
success, if such can be obtained. The
silage should be carefully trampled at
the corners and at the sides, so that
the entire contents are evenly packed.
Fill the silo considerably above the top.
for the silage is sure to settle as it
heats and ferments. No weights need
be put on the silage after the silo is
filled. Feeding from the silo is quite In
order at once, but if not used for some
time, a layer of straw or chaff should
go on top to a depth of several Inches.
heeded, better results could not be asked
for. Maturing at about the same time, | This will help to keep it from moulding,
the combination is a convenient one for | If the season before cutting, has been
the southern stockman lu every way. | very dry. the silage may be sprinkled
y.he larger, coarser grow ing kinds, whiolj
make heavy crops of foliage and leaves,
rather than beans or peas, are the' best
to raise for silage. The soy bean, being
harder than the cowpea, can be raised
further north.
In packing Indian corn in the silos,
the entire plant, including the ears,
should be used. On small farms, it may
be cut by hand, but where a large acre
age has to be gathered, self-binding har
vesters are frequently used. A chea'p
home-made harvester can be construct
ed like a sled, with knives fastened at
the edges, so that, when drawn by a
horse, they cut off the stalks close to
fire ground. One man to drive this sim
ple, but effective machine, and one or
most tremendous slaughter that has
taken place on this continent—a
ter far exceeding that of Thursday.
12th. as the slaughter of Thursday, the
12th, surpassed every other field of car
nage.
“The battle commenced yesterday mor"-
ing for the possession of the Grape Vine,
or, as it is sometimes ca-lled. McClel
lan's bridge, over the Chickahominy. It
is the same by which McClellan withdr
his troops when they were defeated 1
the double battle of Cold Harbor and
Gaines’ Mill. Had Grant succeeded in
obtaining possession of this bridge he
might have passed the Chickahominy and
established himself in McClellan’s old
fastness on this side. It was the ob
ject of General Lee to prevent him. and
he accordingly took possession of and
fortified the position formerly held by
McClellan. The ground on which the bat
tle was fought was the same with that
of which the battle of 1862 was fought-
But the positions were reversed, we hold
ing McClellan’s and Grant holding Lee's
According to the accounts of prisoners.
Grant, on the night of Thursday, caused
a quart of whisky to be distributed to
each of the soldiers, and about 4 o'clock
yesterday morning, having primed them
well for the work, commenced an as
sault upon our works. Repulsed aga;
and again, with unprecedented slaugh
ter. he constantly renewed the attack
with fresh troops, sending his men up in
columns ten deep, and, in great part, so
drunlk that they knew not what they were
about, and pressed on with the most reck
less audacity. Nothing could exceed the
coolness with which they were received
by our troops, who, standing behind their
breastworks and suffering but little, shot
them down by thousands, with as much
deliberation as though they were firing
at so many marks. At I o'clock the ac
tion ceased along the whole une, our
troops having repulsed the enemy, who
left several thousand behind him, dead
or wounded, on the field. General Lea
afterwards rode over the field and de
clared that the slaughter exceeded that
of the 12th of May. Many of the yankees
were so drunk that they tumbled over our
'breastworks, and were either killed or
made prisoners; others, after firing their
guns, could not reload them. In a word,
the drama of the 12th of May was re
peated to the letter. Our lines were con
siderably advance,! in consequence of our
success yesterday. Doubtless the enemy
will seek to drive us back, and that an
other general battle may ensue. **e have
not beard how many prisoners and guns
were taken. In a battle of this sort,
where it is the object of one party to
defend the breastworks, and of the other
to capture them, many prisoners are not
usually taken. We saw about a thou
sand. however, pass down the street yes
terday.
“The most marvelous thing about this
battle is the small loss of our army.
12 o’clock, we learn from undoubted au
thority. Longstreet’s corps had not lost
a hundred men in kil'ed and wounded. A
few hundred wjll cover the whole loss.
Since New Orleans, when General Jack-
son said, ‘scarce a sprig of cypress was
mingled with the wreath of laurel,’ there
as It is packed, with a little water, but.
otherwise, this is not necessary.
S uch e wTde\y°di S fSg^fIctora, d that d i S t °is' n0t ^. in 5 “ ke thls ’ the
tr. „„„ „ „ ’ 1 * s J'ankees occupied those same lines from
impossible to name any fixed average.
Competent authorities, from personal ex
perience, vary as to the cost, all the way
from seventy-three cents to one dollar
and a half per ton. These estimates in
clude the cost of seed, all the work in
volved In preparing the land, planting
and cultivating, cutting and hauling and
packing, the interest on the investment,
cost of land, taxes, and all other ex
penses.
Careful experiments have been made
Continued on Fifth Pace.
yankees occupied those same lines from
which we have just repulsed them with
such terrible slaughter, we drove them
from them. At that time they were much
stronger than they are now. This fact
alone would be sufficient to show which
are the best troops. Devoutly thankful
should the whole confederate states be to
that .Providence which has watched over
us in this great cristd, and under him
to that brave army, and that great gen
eral, who have turned our day of trial
Into one of Joy. Especially ought we to
Continued on Look P«|i