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A Soldier’s Sensations When Engaged in Battle. Whenever you can find a soldier who under fire aims low and shoots to make every bullet wound or kill, you find fif ty who are nervously throwing away ammunition, seeming to reason that the reports of their muskets will check or drive the enemy. And yet this nerv ousness need not be wondered at, for they are playing a game of life or death. At Malvern Hill, seventeen soldiers, belonging to an Ohio regiment, took cover in a dry ditch, which answered admirably for a ritle-nit. A Georgia regiment charged this little band three times, and were three times driven back. The fire was low and rapid, and the loss in front of their guns was more than one hundred killed in ten minutes. Regiments have been engaged for an hour, without losing half that number. The fire of this seventeen was so contin uous that McClellan forwarded a brig ade to their support, believing that an entire regiment had been cut off. At Mine Run the writer was just in the rear of a New York regiment which was suddenly attacked. A single com pany of Confederates cut off from the regiment, and dodging around about to rejoin it, suddenly debouched into a field and found itself face to face with the Union regiment. Fighting commenced at once. A regiment fought a com | pany, both lying down for cover. I lay so near a third sergeant that 1 could touch his heels and I watched his fire. Every time he pulled the trigger he elevated the muzzle of his gun at an angle of forty-five degrees instead of depressing it for the enemy lying down. 1 saw him repeat this operation fourteen different times. The man in front of him fired as many bullets plump into a stump in his front, and the man on the other side shot into the ground about ten feet away. Others must have been wasting bullets about the same way, but the little company was shooting to kill. In that ten minutes of fighting the New Yorkers suffered a loss of thir ty-six killed and wounded, and then a bayonet charge doubled them back and opened a gap for the little band’s es cape. 1 walked over the ground and found one dead and one wounded Con federate. Not a gun, blanket, knap sack or canteen had been left behind. Any soldier will no doubt fight better under cover than he will in the open field, but cover does not always insure good fighting. At Pittsburg Landing five thousand Union soldiers skulked under the river bank, safe from the enemy’s tire, and many of them threw their guns into the river rat her than fire a shot. Again, at Yellow Tavern, five of Cus ter’s men, dismounted and lying behind a fence, held five companies of cavalry at bay for twenty minutes, and killed twenty-four men, and this without get ting a scratch in return. At Mine Run a Union regiment went into the fight with sixty rounds of am munition per man, making a total of perhaps four thousand bullets. This regiment was pla cd to act as a cheek to any advance oi the enemy in a cer tain direction. They did not see thirty Confederates timing the whole day, and yet it was twice more supplied with ammunition. It fired away at least twelve thousand bullets, and yet only killed two Rebel skirmishers. One cool man will do more execution with his musket than thirty men firing at random. One must nave a will strong enough to crowd down all emo tion, ami oblige his hands to cease trembling at the word. Out of every regiment, not more than one hundred men are fighters. These shoot to kill. The others shoot at random, and kill only by accident. Thirty cartridges would last a good fighter for all day’s light. The ordinary soldier would tiro out his sixty in an hour and a half, and like enough have his eyes shut half the time when he pulled the trigger. A member of the becond Michigan Infant ry hit the case pretty well at Blackburn lord. When the skirmishing began he counted his cartridges, and said: “ Just sixty of’em, and I’ll fire three a minute, and have these fellers licked in just twenty minutes to a tick!” Detroit Free Press Go Visiting. There nrny be time this month for some of the farmers to take a little rec reation. This can be done profitably by making it a visit of information and in struction. There are many of our read ers who do not know how to farm. There is an abundant evidence of this in any neighborhood—in fact, on three fourths of the farms. Too many farm ers never see the process by which some of their neighbors prosper. All thev see is along the road from their homes to town, and that they see too of tern But if you have no neighbors who Know how to farm, make money and live happy, go into some other neigh borhood. or township, or an adjoining county, until you find a good farmer* This is the kind of \ isiting to do. There are many lessons to learn from such farmers. When you get there do not spend your time talking politics, but examine the farm, the stock, the imple ments used, the systems of underdrains, manner of feeding stock, when and how to seed to grass, what kind of grasses for pasture and what for meadow. A day spent in this way will be better than forty spent hanging about town. A thousand more farmers might pros per and be independent if they would try to know their business. And there is an abundance of opportunities to learn by having things demonstrate t. Go visiting among your prosperous neighbor farmers. There is some rea son why they succeed beyond surround ing neighbors. And this prospetous class of farmers are not generally selfish. They take pride in telling and showing how good farming is done why their stock is better than their neighbors’—why their land stands wet and drouth, and why their crops yield more to the acre. Such visits can not only be made profitable, in stimulating and awakening new processes, but win be found to be pleasant and wholesome recreation.— lowa State Heuisler. “The committee appointed to con sider the question of substituting a nickel coinage for the bron/.e coin ape now circulating in France, hsk<= decided in favor of nickel, which fias already been adopted in Germany and Belgium. GRAND and Public Pbocessiob OF THB GREAT FOHEPAUCH SHOW Bring Out the Children to See 251 ELEPHANTS 40 SUN-BRIGHT CHARIOTS OPEN DENS of WILD BEASTS 300 Handsome Horses DROVE 3 OfCAMELS WILD BEASTS LOOSE ORIENTAL PAGEANT HT LALLA ROOK II Eindcomcst Womaa in tai CHEAT IT AZ 18. Chamberlain of Iho Harem CABHMERIAN MAIDENS BEAUTIFUL PERI GUARDSoftheGREAT KEDAR KHAN EG YP TEA NJPA GE A NT Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt BARGE ABLAZE WITH GOLD SAILS OFJ? URPLK VENUS, Goddess of Love BOWER OF BEAUTY TREASURES of the ORIENT MYTHS OF THE NILE ART, POETRY and SONG MIRTH, MUSIC AND REVELRY BARBARIC GLORY OF ASIA STILL ANOTHER PAGEANT BA ND of ER EEDM EN COTTON FIELD NEGROES Camp - Meeting Melodists COTTON BALES and MULES SONGS AND SHOUTING Hippodrome Racing Chariots KNIGHTS-FA 111 LADIES 9-FEET-HIGH BICYCLE RIDERS PROCESSION OF INDUSTRY ’ 3 Great Brass Bands ILL EIITDB OF MUSIC .11 SORTS OF MUSICAL INVENTIONS 2 MILLION PARADE FREE FOR ALL NOTHING SO GRAND EVER SEEN NO SHODDY-NO SHAM It is nil there—not on payer, hut n tangible reality ; can be seen by all. and it is Worth More to see the Grand Street Parade ot the Great Forepangh Show than it la nil the In-ide and Outside Displays of all the Shows in America. IT IS FREE TO ALL. It will pay to see it, and let it not be forgotten, that it costs no more to visit this world-encircling, mighty, moving maslodonic. combination than it does any of the transparent frauds that visit your locality every season Usual Popu Inr Price of Admi-sion. Children under 9 years, half price. Opens nt 1 and 7. A rente exhibition commences at 2 and b P. M. People from out of tow n, should reach here ns early as 9 30, |n order to witne— this MAMMOTH SPECTACULAR DISPLAY Waste In Feeding Corn-Fodder. The amount of corn-fodder annually wasted on every farm through careless ness is very large. To throw it loosely over the fence into the barnyard in , hopes that it may be eaten in place of other provender is only to place it where it can be picked over amt finally trampled under foot. It saves time » and labor, of course, to feed it in that manner, but it depends on the supply i whether such usage will enable the farmer to carry his stock over winter and bring them out in the spring in good condition. The stalks are never eaten when the fodder is given directly from the shock, but, after the Hades are selected from them, are wasted It is the judicious use of corn-fodder that aids the hay to last till grass, and as lai or in winter is expensive, in a cer tain sense owing to the fact that but little out-door work can be done, the preparation of the corn-fodder so feed ing should be made an object on every farm, hor this purpose, the cutters used should be of a kind that not only cut sta kslnto short lengths, but also crush and tear them to pieces after they are cut As most cutters do this, the man ner of doing the work is well known. As to the importance of so doing, it can be safely stated that horses and cattle will eat them when sb cut and crushed, especially if they are moistened and sprinkled with bran or meal and seasoned with a little salt. The crushing tears the outer ha d covering of the stalks in such manner that stock will not ieject them In fact, they be come easily digestible, and when fed in connection with good hay will take the ) lace of it in proportion to the quantity used. It is not claimed that corn-fodder is a complete food, for neither is hay. if animals are to be win tered with the expectation of the best results; but as all stock men make a practice of feeding concentrated food in addition to coarse prow nder, corn fodder answers a good purpose when it is prepared, and. while the item of labor is to be considered, it should be remembered, also, that it is much cheaper to keep laborers at work on a farm than to purchase hav, and, as the whole of a corn-stalk can be made serviceable, there is no reason why wo should allow any portio i to go to waste especially at times when the stock of hay is insufficient for the winter’s de- ' niand. — lndiana Scntincc, IStkx Annual Tour of America., First TO UAJuTOBJ; THE GREATEST of all GREAT SHOWS MPBANISI mMGS show WILL EXHIBIT; AFTERNOON &c EVENIITG/AT Dalton, Tuesday, November 14th, WSBtratawaaKmimiAHiimiinum Hiwuni»M*>*»i'iiwwwimwim w mtwimn:iMtnwuw-i 1 its wmmsmit:™ iimuih.i:i Hi 11 cl" ft (a| f/ LL-.W ■ I W*- KN 7 f l\ iff CvjPF Wfr I r I ° I r-r ! Rfl yJJI k -jSil /a I&. ||l OS I wW 9y Jrußhfe bWffl mJ?! flwW? wi EW | Ir WiwWraflJl; iK BULL w :I* wHMMLI A 11 JB) 22 TRAINED ELEPHANTS, WITH THE GREAT FOREPAUGH SHOWS Will Exhibit Afternoon and Evening, at DALTON, Tuesday, NOVEMBER 14th, LARGEST IN THE WORLD! (18th ANNUAL TOUR.) With two, three, and requires often 4 GREAT RAILWAY TRAINS. 1,200 Men and Horses, 1,000 Wild Beasts. Rareßirds C APITAL invested three millions. , E / ES " EPT CLEAN OF ITS AMUSEMENT FEATURES vnvv xL-vT-,®. I ,’?,”’ t,lne consolidated GREAT FOREPAUGH SHOWS 10l COMBINED. Three GREAT CIRCUS TROUPES. ' an am v? pro’.?? ’ .A 1 • LI M> OCEANIC AQUARIUM. ADAM lOh El.Al GH, Jr.’s Great CONGRESS OF 22 TRAINED ELEPHANTS RENZ S BERLIN CIRCUS, HIPPODRAMATIC SPORTS AND ’ GORGEOUS ORIENTAL SPECTACULAR DISPLAYS More than equalling in magnitude and cost nearly. ALL THE SHOWS ON EARTH COMBINED TT’ la , rßer ' p,r « r,n<ler ' c °’ ts more • i i ? 8t P e . rfect - chaste and respectable traveling tented exhibition ever or E^r S 1 t Z «n't I n°i k *!• the u "P* ral J eled and astonished array of famous foreign features • l-irst and Only Great Herd of 12 Performing Elephants, an the just added ‘ ROT Jv AT? LARGEST & HEAVIEST Elephant “to” Exist ? W1 | ll i’’ e l i oArJ‘it 0 A r J‘i te r d if “ny circus in the world can duplicate the unparalleled t aCt of ‘ ,K - A I J- Iron’-Milan R ac ing upon a Bicycle up and down a snir i ] e rated broad* ay 60 feet in height; or the Famous French Troupe—Si I bon s le m FeXs\’docitv o°f CUrd * ng gymnastic exhibitions ;or the incomprelSj GREATEST Living LADY Riders m the World.' LOUISA RENZ, from Berlin f LIZZIE DEACON, from London, Behold! See! 100 {Peerless Performers! Tallest Giants! Smallest Dwarfs! ZOLA blown from a cannon! Wild men Zolus! i 2001 erforming and Ring Horses! Hippopotami! Trained Lions! Tigers ! i Hyenas! BABY Camels! Wonderful SACRED Cattle of PERSIA! Moi e rare animals than all the Shows in America! Handsome women ! Fat ladies! ! TW( ‘ RACE TRACK ARENAS EQUAL to ANY. FOUR GREAT CIRCUS RINGS! Seats for 20,000 in the Cloud-Towerin g Pavilions! 5 ,000 OPERA CHAIRS ON THE GRAND STAND! THREE GREAT BANDS I PEERLESS, POETIC, PRINCELY, GRAND, GORGEOUS FREE STREET PARADE, U V-?-Vl ay ’ between 9 =3O and 10 :30, thb greatly grand and a'n d g Sublime Pagelnts, REET PARADE ’ in which is seen tbe wonderfully grand CLEOPATRA, QUEEN of Egypt! AND LALLA ROOKH, Princess of Delhi I WITH THE Handsomest Women in n^o^n^Lm^firh 8 ! 1141 Ko , ok ?‘’” and , tbe Rar ge of Cleopatra, with Egypt’s Queen, the I kina Wu/rp^ s L. ectac ! eH ever beheld upon the streets of ah American city. ’AT RTox °? Se ln •\ e i stroet - A score of sun-bright sumptuous chariots, nf ramn Pg ?°r g , Wltb I ' ,s9 feet ll,gb bicycle. A real simon-pure troupe of camp-meeting melodists, singing as the procession moves. 3 Great Banda of JMtaaie And grand, new and novel procession of industry, the very largest, longest, great l?r«ndest, Rratmtous and only 2 million dollar pageant ever seen on the streets. nnJ 50 * Centß i v chll “ ren under 9 years > cents. Exhibition after i‘ ‘ ' lr \R at usual hours. Arenic chairs. Promenado concerts one hour nn ,dE nC »' ng by A. h - e tbree great bands - ty Low rates and excursion trains 11 nu'i/i i ia 0 see this Great Show. ESUFortheespecialaccomodationofla- L f’v,' r ° n ' n j' V " ho desire t 0 »™id the crowd surrounding the ticket ’ ' agon on the ground, tickets will be on sale the entire dav the < xhibition is here, .at J. B. Gudger,s Book store, ADAM FOREPAUGH, Sole Proprietor