EIDDIIIS S2AS
m.mm vimi i w m ,,, , , ,,, . ... iw-m j.iww iwuu j mj.i. .-,' - m J'.-j I Oue of he JTlne Surviving General 'f?!?5TRr5'-i;?
V V: jA Of the 253 major generals and those cfWtf ASiAftjr
Mli'iWn wkr, tu 'h y nor rank, upon whom mi fjrsr
iStf' "': ' ' " VAl v'r military responsibilities of the field J UzZs&fiv!m
iwH'V (fWV' during the course of the Civil War, U JT"
(''W'rW.:Y:Cr there are only nine survivor Of -JnHM&lL-
tff; ithese M!,Jor Gcnera: Jr? ,I:,rri 3TjRnT'
r,V j i-y !" H Vivr V 4 '",'.'Vr l'UVv rx'v,' Wilson, famous cavalry leader and ea- " AnlbvEL fLr1
LV;,'.,,?JfcV''.;f tOUU7 fovL $WlT 'U oKicer, U president of the Car- V-V
ttyr 'XVv- ",VA' " V - t - Ki' ' "T' V i Tvitife airy Society of the Armies of the Unit-
fj;Xfv'; T&l$rlWM Tfh fvWlwVv xfi" v!r ''' 'iJilS' General Wilson was born In Shaw- A Missouri subscriber of Farm and
' 'fJrJJ SU''i I 'foA'V&C ' . ' ICJV: a?ar2 neetown, 111., in 1837. Ilia grandfather nome forwards a device for a haudy
&? W' J 'JA -ff was one of the founders of Illinois and .and inexpensive barn, and in describ-
"M-'f' fctf&l W. WtfthZiSZnm his father was an- ensign In the war ing same ays: "Many small farmers,
Vn ' H. J . 'of 1812 and a captain In the Black poultrymen, fruit and truck growers
'WmWmmf Tt?lSf WK.K7 ! Hawk War. General Wilson was edu- have no use for a large barn such as
-OS J Wi Ak JSlXX. ' ated at McKendree College and at the . .
i33S!JMSl United States Military Academy, froia j'7
aSSlglleiI t0 11,6 COrpS f topographical
wryxAw ; engineers and was the chief engineer, JMWtfflttjT , Mil
. .t&Swmfe:jK: of the Port Royal expedition. He then J-fM fl Vlif 'vjfi 1 ? 4 1 " HtrSff:r!
,F&S?A- " ' . K&ipr I served in the Department of the South, J fflfm! IffiW ' ' j
fv . y Jk and acted as aide-de-camp to General f 4tf,K i 'K-'rF5: .' ; ! J' 'tf& I lillS
'M' . ( QlTll ' .' George B McClellan, being present at WM&Wm$ S
' ' i$tmi' hm LCttr'- the battles of South Moutaln aml An- - SlliMP , , ffll I. "m
''$V$$Z tletam. Appointed lieutenant colonel Sr Wlimw.PHV
''V--' 'IW-ClL in the volunteer staff of the army, in ''".t
I ' i'TJ" 1V-g. - - 'L ; r- November, 18C2, he served as chief en- wiiiSfeS-'"'
Over a year ago the Treasury Department invited bid?
for the construction of n craft specially equipped for the
, , destruction of the many derelicts which are a continued
menace to vessels on the high seas.
This derelict destroyer, 'which has been named the
Seneca, has a wireless equipment, whleli enables her to
receive and give Information as to the location of dere
licts. In addition, the vessel Is provided with an am
munition room, stored with high explosives, for sinking
and blowing to pieces floating hulls and wreckage. As
In warships, provision Is made for flooding the magazines
In case of any emergency. Tho destroyer Is furnished
with an equipment designed to Resist her in salvage and
life-saving work, for which her size and the 1,700-horse-power
engines will render her highly efficient.
It would seem to require some vessel, specially
equipped as this one is, to clear the seas of the wrecks
which now Incumber them. In recent years it has been
the custom for a rescuing ship, after taking off the crew
of ii storm-beaten vessel, to set flre to the wreck. But
a derelict Is rarely, if ever, destroyed by this means,
and for the good reason that when a wooden sailing
vessel, which Is the type of craft that the majority of
derelicts are made of, readies a condition when its crew
Buds it Imperative to abandon, it, the hull, as a rule,
has become waterlogged, and therefore efforts to de
stroy it by fire are almost always unsuccessful. Such
fires as are kindled do little else except to burn away
. tho tipper works, thereby leaving the wreck still more
Invisible.
Through Its hydrogruphic oflleo, tho Navy Department
contributes much to the safety of all who travel upon
THE ORIGIN OF FLOWEES.
There were no roses till the first child
died, .
No violets, no balmy breath heartsease,
No heliotrope, nor buds so denr to bees,
The honey-hearted woodbine, no gold-eyed
And white lnwlit daisy-flower, nor, stretch
ing wide,
Clover and sowslip-cups, like rival sons,
Meeting and parting, as the young
spring breeze
Runs giddy races paying seek and hide;
For all flowers died when Eve left Pura
dise, And all the world was powerless
awhile,
Until a child was laid in earth,
Then from its grave grew violets for its
eyes,
And from Its lips rose-petals for Its
smile,
And, so all flowers from that child's
t death took 1)1 i t h.
Maurice Francis Egan,
1
Glockner's Scheme
m ttt it f f ( (( t tt ( t Cf trt
"Pretty as a little red wagon, ain't
he?" said the storekeeper, admiringly,
as he stood in the doorway and watch
ed the poppy-trimmed straw hat going
down the street. "She's a stlrrin' up a
right smart o' trouble, too, they tell
aie."
"It's nachel sho should," observed
Marvin Parsons, his gasse. also follow
ing the retreating hat. "There'd orter
be a law compellin' any gal Unit's got
more'n her fair share o' good looks to
settle dowu on some one feller for bet
ter or for wuss by the time she gits to
her eighteenth birthday."
"That tnont work, an then again It
nioutu't," said Washington Haneook.
"In some respw's it's right an' fair, an'
In others It 'ud work hardship."
"How's that?" asked Solomon linker.
"Who was It broke old Blgley'g
2-yenr-old for him?" asked Hancock.
"Dave Harper, wasu't It?" said Par
sons. "Dave It was," said Hancock, with
a grin. "Who was it loaned Blgley his
wagon an' worked half a day flttln' a
good new reach to It,, an never charged
the old man a et'iit for the use of It
for over a year?"
"I guess that was Jim Sellers," said
the storekeeper.
"Who's Rlgley's hired man?' Han
cock Inquired.
"He ain't got none," answered Pnr
sona. "I don't call to mind that he's
Had one for four or five years. Why?"
"Tee, why?" repeated Hancock.
That's what I'm asking you fellers. If
you don't know I c'n tell you. It's
beln he don't need no hired man's
long's he's got Malvlny. An' he don't
need to lack for anythln Jim Sellers
has got for the same reason an' Dave
Haner will break all the colts for
him that he c'n raise."
"Oh, shucks!" said the storekeeper.
"There was tdd mau Glookner," said
Hancock, "He had a gal. that w as jest
secli another ns Malvlny Blgley. Se
was red-headed as Malviuy's dark Cvm
plectixl, but they as both alike lu one
waj. All the Ixjjs was plumb cruty
OF DSSELICTS THAT MENACE f
the seas. It publishes charts, sailing directions and
other aids to navigation; it is constantly searching out
the dangers of the ocean and putting Its results into con
venient form. It is truly the "track walker" of the
great deep. A recent issue of Its monthly chart shows
five derelicts now washing about the North Atlantic.
And, with the perversity of inanimate things, they seem
ever to be where they are least wanted and where their
presence is most potential of harm. Partially submerged,
scarcely detectable by day, and almost if not wholly in
visible by night, their very existence is unsuspected, and
the question of plumping into tliem at night or in thick
weather Is one of merest, chance. The sodden and sullen
things make no signal, give no warning.
The danger that lies in them has been frequently ex
empllfled. Many disasters are known to have been due
to collision with these half-hidden dangers, and it la
believed that many in that melancholy roll of "miss
ing" have staggered away from such Impact to plunge
under with bows crushed in and water roaring into holds
and fire rooms. .
Most derelicts are the wrecks of lumber-laden sailing
vessels, "floating on their cargoes," as the Lloyds phrase
It. But not long ago a steamship was added to the list,
and drifted about the North Atlantic as a menace . td
shipping for nearly four months. This was the Dun
more, wrecked on the coast of Europe. No action was
taken for Its destruction until the British government,
moved by numerous complaints, sent out a squadron of
warships to search for and destroy the wreck. The
search proved unavailing, the vessel probably having
foundered before the quest was begun.
over Joanna Glockner an' all the gals
jest nachelly deosplsed her. She was
the plumpest, peachlest, sassiest little
gal I ever laid my two eyes on. I
reckon the Lord Almighty never turn
ed cut a prettier Job In the woman line
before or sence. If He did there was
a lot of young fellers that got the
wrong idee about it. They was swariu
lu' around the Glockner place thlcker'n
Hies, and It went on that-a-wny for
nigh to four years.
"Fin'ly Caleb Wells got Joanna off
by herself one day an' says he, 'I
ain't eomln' 'round here no more."'
'"Why not? asks Joanna, smllln'
up nt him. 'Don't you like us?'
"I like you too blame well to stand
around an' watch a hull passle o'
coots makln sheops' eyes at you,' says
Caleb. 'I've tried my derudest to get
you to sny whether or no you'll take
nie, an' beln' as you can't make up ytfur
mind I'm goln' to sell tho place an'
move out to Utah.'
" 'How do you know I can't make up
my mind?' she says. 'P'raps I've made
It up. But o' course If you're goln'
to Utah It ain't no uso my tellln' you.
How many wives do you allow you'll
take out there?'
"Caleb ketches holt of her an' she
didn't squirm none particular.
" 'I reckon I won't go to Utah,' says
Caleb. 'Mizzoura's good ernuff for
me.
" 'But there's this about It. says
Joanna, after a while. 'Things has
"WILL YOU
WAIT VNT1L
VEST?"
AFTER HAR-
got to go on Jest the same as they has
been goln'. Paw's goln to be mad er
nult as 'tis.'
'"What do you mean.?' asks Caleb.
""You go see paw an' ask hliu,' says
Joanna. 'He's over by the corn crib
watcliln' Lee Hobinson shuck. Paw's
hands lias got the rheumatli an' Lee
said he'd come- over an help him out.
Mebbe Jack Ritchie's there, too.'
" 'I'll see to lv and Jack later on,'
says Caleb. 'Here goes for the old
man."
"He goes over to the coru crib an
there's the boys up on a wagon shuck
In' away for dei.r life. Old man Glock
ner, he's settln' down smokln' his pipe
an' encouragln' 'em. 'I never see bet
ter, quicker, cleaner shuekln',' he says,
ns Caleb walked up. 'I must have Jo
anna come out this afternoon an' see
you all shuck,. Why, here's Caleb!
Howdy, Caleb? Do you reckln you'll
ever git so's you can shuck com as
lively as that? Try It wunst'
"'I hain't got time, now,' says. Ca
leb. 'I want to speak to you on some
private an' particular business right
away.'
'The old nun got up an' after toll-
OCEAN LIUEES
in' the boys to keep right at It, he fol-
lers Caleb around to the back o' the the operations under General Philip II.
Darn- . Sheridan, including the Richmond raid
'"I want to tell you that me an Jo- ,.nd the combats near Petersburg. He
anna's goiu to get married, an' I division throngh the Shenan-
thought I'd see if you didn't want to ;loah campaign, including the battle of
give me your blessin',' says Caleb. . Opequan, until October, 18(14, when lie
'The ol man looked at him steady was asslsne( to the command of the
for a mlnuf. Then he says very slow: cavalry Corps of the military division
'I don't want to give you a cussiu' on- ))f tue Misslsf-ipiil. Organizing a mount
less you drive me to It, Caleb, but you cd boily of 15wo me( ue contributed
ain't goln' to do no sech a thing. inrgey t0 the success won In the west
You're welcome to come here with the 5y tIle nrin!(is of Gelleral Thomas and
rest of the boys an' be neighborly like Genpral Sherman, particularly by his
they all are, but I don't want Joanna rnl1hir f Soimn nn,i Mont-ronierv.
to decide on nothln' yet awhile.'
" 'Why not?' says Caleb.
I've got my prlvit reasons,' says
the old man, strokln' his billy-goat
beard. 'An' I've also got a shotgun.'
It's in the house, ain't It? says
Caleb.
" 'Yes, it's In the house right handy,' out of tne volunteer service and iu July j Mixed Breeding,
says the old man. 'was commissioned lieutenant colonel of , In mixed breeding, or cross breed-
" 'Onless you're a better foot-racei the Thirty-fifth Infantry and brevetted fng, nothing is accomplished beyond
than I take you for I can beat you to major general in the U. S. A. for gal- the first cross, says a Colorado veter
lt,' says Caleb. 'Joanna's in my buggy font and meritorious services during iuary bulletin. While a few good in
right now an' if I can't make Squire the war. ) dlviduals may be secured, the tend-
'Petersou's with her by the time you're j
out to tue rront gate witti your shotgun nnd engaged In large railroad and en- rather than above the average. A man
I'll farm this place five years an' not gineerlng operations at home and conducting his breeding In a haphaz
chargo you a cent.' abroad. In May, 1808, he was com- ard way is contending with fearful
"Old man Glockner looked over to missioned major general in the volun- odds, groping in the dark following a
tlte house, an' there by the gate, shore teer service for the Spanish war and will-o'-the wisp. In a hundred years
'miff was Joanna in Caleb's buggy. commanded the First and Sixth Army he would be just where he started. In-
" 'Caleb,' says the old man, 'why noi corps iu Georgia and Cuba and took cidentally this is just what we have
let things go on the way they are for part in the Porto Rico campaign. He been doing in this country from the
a few years an' not say nothln to no- was Wlth the China Relief Expedition beginning, and the reason why -we
body? Then if you want her you an(j commanded the co-operating force have so few pure breeds of live stock
can have her. 0f American and British troops in the and are, after all this time, sending
, "Caleb shook his. head. - 'capture of eight Chinese temples. He our good money across the water for
" 'Will you wait till after harvesi aso commanded the American forces pure-bred sires which we should pro
then?' in Peking. When King Edward of En- -luce at home.
" 'No, slree,' says Caleb. 'I'll wait gland was crowned General Wilson rep- After animals have been graded up
long enough for you to get on a b'iled resented the United States Army. He to a practical purity of blood, the
shirt nn go with us to the squire's.' was placed on tho retired list in 1901 longer they are bred along this line
" 'See here, Caleb,' says the old man. by special act of Congress as brigadier the more prepotent they become, and
Thnr's no use beln. mulish about this general of the U. S. A. j the more certain that the offspring
tiling. I'll compremlse with you. You will uniformly possess general excel-
walt till evenln' until after Lee an' j Too nrd to Pronounce, lence of fornj quallty( action an(1
Jack has got that corn shucked an ' A well-dressed man entered a flor- utility.
In the crib an' I'll go with you to the Ist's shop In a certain city recently, The same is, of course, true of all
squire's. But I'm bound to get that threw down a dollar and said he live stock. The only certain method
much done. It's the Inst free help I'll wanted some flowers to take home. He of raising the average standard of ex
get." Kenneth Harris In Chicago was quite unsteady, evidently taper- cellence is by persistent breeding to
Daily News. i lns oBt a spree nnd the flowers were sires of the same breed until the na-
, .. , .. j apparently Intended as a domestic the blood Is obliterated and the pro-
Mfe Saving and Un, i peace offering. The florist picked out geny uniformly possesses all those de-
The Roumanians are as curious In a collection of hyacinths, and the sirable qualities of the pure breed em
some things as the Chinese. A girl ?Mr started to leave, but at the door ployed.
who fell Into the river and was swept hesitated. I say. ne said, thickly,
down by the current Anally seized a "what's these flowers called?" "Hya
bush on the bank and drew herself to clntus." said the florist. The customer
shore. The owner of the land on which
the bush grew Immediately claimed a
reward of 4 shillings because his bush
was there and had saved her. HW.fa
ther refused to pay. and there was a
lawsuit. What the law has to decide
is whether drowning people can make
use of hushes ou the bank without pay
ing for the same, or whether the assist
ance of the said bush is worth a eer-
tain sum of money.
In China if a person falls Into the
water no one must help him out but
k -,.fno nn lw.
III linr faint- mm- vim ,ii-
prisoned for not advising the victim to
stay on dry land.
I
sta
A woman will fight her relatives nn
time for her lover; and, when he be-
comes her husband, will work him auj
uay ror uer reiaiives.
gineer and insieetor general of the
Army of the Tennessee, and was active
In the operations around Vicksburg. He
became captain of engineers in May,
1803, and brigadier general of volun-
teers in October of that year and was
engaged in the operations near Chat-
tauooga, the battle of Missionary Ridge
MAJOU GENERAL WILSON.
Iind the relief of Knoxville. Placed In
command of the third division of the
Cavalry Corps in the Army of the
Potomac, he bore a conspicuous part in
Ala., and Columbus and Macon, Ga.
In 28 days he , captured five fortified
itl g 2a t d f , 2S8 n
,.,, fiS.,ft n,.,n,.r9 amnn them .Tef-
'!fPI.son i),,vli Am-il 18115 be was nroi '
,uotlHi major general of volunteers. i
In Januarv. lSGG. he was mustered
Tn 1870' he was honorably discharged
shook his head, and, as he walked
back to the counter, said: "Cotter
Uave something easier. Gimme a dozen
roses.
Art and Teara
"I suppose you sometimes shed real
tears at the theater?" said the ad-
ntlrer.
"I am tempted to," answered Mr.
stormlngton Barnes, "when I look over
the box office statement" Washington
star -
: ; 4 "T
nil"! oiu.u iuira uuuiuri iv v
her gui-stand finds that she has a pre-
Ha . utr ta vi.miwi uiu una v
"vashed oft.
The man who has a motto is also api
f0 take op some of your time by quot-
icg poetry you arent anxious to neas
front view.
tise usually published by the papers.
i seud the plan here illustrated In the
ho1)e that it will be of some use "to
those wishing a small barn. It is lSx
24 feet on the ground and divided as
shown In the floor plan. The open shed
is used for tools, a wagon, buggy, or
a shop, and sometimes simply as a
place to store-manure. In some of the
colder States doors should be provided
for the shed, and possibly the parti
tions extended to the ceiliug. The
structure Is ten feet at the eaves and
fourteen to sixteen feet In front. The
loft is floored over eight feet above
the grade line. This provides ample
storage space for hay and rough feed
and the two feed rooms are ample foi
grain and bran. These may be floored
or not, as desired. The outer walls are
boarded up and down and battened.
The roof should be covered with some"
rather tight material not over eight
inches wide, and this Is turn covered
with any of the prepared roofing felt
now on the market. The barn has
been built several times at a price
ranging 'from $50 to $00, and can be
built some cheaper where native lum
ber is used. When neatly painted it
will make a very good appearance. I
was prompted to subinif the... sketch
from several articles written by sub
scribers stating that small barn plans
never appeared in the Journals, and as
It is very evident that they can only
publish such article as are submitted,
n i "?
i it
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St"
FLOOR PLAN.
possibly the readers are at fault and
Uot: the journals. I hope the above
will be found useful to many."
ency is for the progeny to be below
Don't Neglect the Garden.
In summer the farmer has plenty of
uave t attentioiv but the work
noedc1 ,n tue den .ttat whlca fle
h w ,engt ect H,8 ,lv, d da
on it, at least he ought to think so, and
act on that belief. It Is certain that
there is no other part of his entire
work so important to the health and
comfort of his family and himself, and
the actual saving of espenses which a
bounteous garden Insures Is a feature,
which alone warrants him in inaktag a
good garden, no matter what other
work many cause him to defer. It is
n)a(Je a neoe8Sa preparatioriS
for a supply of fruit for family use
during the entire summer, and much of
the provision for a supply of staple
vegetables should be completed, but
there Is time for much more, and It
win not pay w uegicT it.
Wranins Vlgt.
It will soon tie time to take yonng
pigs from the sows, and In weaning
them much care will be necessary to
avoid stunting them or stopping their
growth. When about three weeks old
the young pigs will begin to look
around for feed, and a pen should then
be provided for them where they can
be coaxed and given a little fresh
milk It takes very little at first after
they have once tasted the milk they
may be easily called to their feed.
Corn should be constantly kept In this
pen and the little pigs have free access
to it at all times. Milk or swill should
be fed to -them, a little at first, and
increased gradually daily. It will be
beneficial to give them all the fresh,
clean swill ( they will drink up clean
at each feed. Never feed little, pigs
anything sour, or so much swill that it
will stand In the trough and sour. Feed
them this way until you see that the
sow. Is dried up, then remove her and
the pigs will be weaned. , .
United Statea Forest Land.
The United States Forest Servle
now has administration over more
than 104,000,000 acres of land. This
13 slightly more than one-fifth of the
country's total forested area; the re
mainder Is in the . hands of private
owners. Nearly all the timber land
of the unappropriated public domain
is new in tbe national forests. This
means that It is being protected
against .fire, theft, and wasteful ex
ploitation; that its power to grow
wood and etore water is being safe
guarded for all time, and that never
theless Its present supply of useful ma
terial is open to immediate use when
ever It is wanted
Dlxtr Unites Fertiliser. .
Fertilizer is the life of the' farm.
The man who. applies it generously Is
rewarded by large and fine crops, but
the farmer who Is
sparing with tho
s o 1 1 ': rejuvenator
pays the peualty
with decreasing
crops until he . dls
covers that his
ground is "worked
out." Next to the
use of this valuable
distuibutes material is me mat
fertilizes. ' ter of Its applica
tion. The best results are obtained by
its even distribution over the ground, so
that all parts will obtain the benefit
Where it is scattered in lumps and
heaps, much of its virtue is lost. In
order to accomplish this operation in
the most approved manner' the ap
paratus shown herewith lias been In
vented by a Virginia genius! He
claims that it Is the most effective and
compact of all the machines for the
purpose, and besides this it is capable
of very fine adjustment, so that the
amount of fertilizer may be regulated
to a nicety.
Seeding Clover.
There are customs which are rigid
ly adhered to in the sowing or plant
ing of staple crops. Clover is usually
sown on wheat land in the spring, the
seed being scattered over the ground
when it Is covered with suow in order
to facilitate the work." One of the
rigid rules is to sow a certain quantity
of seed (as little as possible If seed' Is
high), and should the stand be light
the cause is ascribed to everything but
the quantity of seed that has been
used. That fact Is that seed should be
used more liberally, as much ot. it is
destroyed in various ways before germi
nation, the saving of seed causing a
loss of clover. Another point Is to
harrow the wheat, seed down the clov
er and then use a roller on the land.
The better the preparation for clover,
the more seed will germinate and .the
more perfect the "catch."
Corner Poat tor Wire Fence.
This contrivance is Intended for the
attachment' of a portable .woven wire
fence at the ends. Two posts cleated
GOOD CORXEB POST.
together at botli top and' bottom about
four inches apart are set In line with
the fence at each end. Two pieces of
one by four Inch oak are bolted on the
fence In the form of clamps, placing
one on each side of an upright wire to
prevent slipping of the laterals.
Skin Milk for Chicken.
The West Virginia experiment sta
tion made a 122-day test to determine
the value of the skim milk as a chick
en feed. They selected twenty-two
bet s and fed them skim milk with the
result that they secured 1,244 eggs In
this time. Another lot of twenty-two
hens fed with mash wet with water
laid 906 eggs ia the 122 days.
Bet Soil tir Beet. ,
Beets will grow well on any kind ot
soli except a hard, compact clay. The
Ideal soil Is a mellow, moist one, pref
eraMy a sandy lonni. Well-rotted
manure should he applied, to the poorer
soils, t!ie amount d'.'ix-nding ou the cot
dit '.on of the soil .
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