Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-08-31
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Fairfax, G. H., Va, Aug. 90.

THE UHLANs - The Unans. who are Great
ng 81 murh alarm in +. ance by their raids
upon towns and villages, tar ahead oi the line
OF N nch of the Prussian army. also 6 We rise
tn y"Tp exup reports IA to the position OF the
German tur1es The UnIans are light c4valry,
OF Aslatic o'isin and We're introduced into the
norrh of Europe along with the co'onl' OF
Tar'arS. who established themselves 10 Poland
aid Li,huania. rhe name is derived from
Tartar word signfyiug brave They are
m mt, on hight, ac i've horses, and are ann
ed with sabre, lance. and attery with Car
bincs. The lance, from six to seven feet long,
it attach, to stout leather curd fastened 10
the lett shoulder, and passed around behind
the back, so as to allow it to oe couched under
the right arm. Immediately below the point
Of the lance is ATTACHED strip OF gaudy-cOl-
ored cloth, designed by its hu'tering to fright
ep the enemy's horses. The early dress was
Turkish, and the regiment or "polks' We're
distinguished from each other by red, green,
blue and yellow uniforms The Austrans and
Prussians first borrowed this kiud OF light
cavalry from the Poles. and 10 1874 Marshal
SAKE attempted to introduce the Uhlans into
the French service. and ''pok' of l,OUO
men was organized, hut it was dishanded after
the Marshal's death. Ru ,sia, Prussia anl
Austria are the only Governments mainta aiming
Western Russia, Poland and Galicia.
FARMING AS A BUSINESS "A man who is
not smart enough to run store ls not smart
enough to run farm. Farmers are not to be
made out OF what is left alter lawyers. doctors,
ministers, and merchants are sorted and picked
out. And if man fails on farm it is not likely
that he will succeed 10 store, for it requires
more talent to be thriving farmer than to be
an average merchant. The one cause of great
est failure is the disproportion between mans
farm and his capital. A farmers capital IS
Ills skilled labor and his money. 1t he has lit
tile cash, he must have no more land than ne
can thoroughly manage by his own personal
labor. Every acre byond that IS an incun-
brancc One acre we'll worked is more prof a.
bic than twenty acres skinned over. 1t is this
greed of land by farmers that have not the
capital 10 work it that keeps so many oor.
Small farms arc better than large ones, simply
because they are better suit, d to the capital OF
common farmers. Large farms with large
capital are better than the small ones. Farm
lnr Is good business for all men who cOuduct
1t on proper principles, and have capital accor
ding to the s'zs of their farms.
The HOTTEST SUMNER. Every one who
has SAID thar this has been the hottest summer
'hey nave ever known may be gratlntu 10 Know
that the recnrds OF Ya'e College prove their
assertion. From July 10 to August l5 1870,
the mean daily temperature was, at New
Haven IS degrees: aod no season, at least
since It's, has shown so many consecutive ho.
days Our highest temperature this summer
Was (Juy ~ noted at 9S degrees, and this
has been exceeded only four times during the
period above indicated, ar New Haven, the
thermometer rising to 100 deprees ore day
each year in 1884. 1890 aud lS45 In 1898 il
reached l0l. People, therefore, who have
broed and baspbemed this SUNNI r, will un-
derStand that while, morally speaking, they
had no right to swear. rorooxicaly speak
ing they &c quite justiG d. Whether they
cooled themselves at all by the use OF proiane
larRu g.. is a question tor the phVsiologlSt.