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Mower County transcript., 1892-08-10

cupation as q professional liberator. He
crossed over to Mexico to take hand In
the uprising headed by Carravajal against
the church party The scheme failed, and
wheat, loath to dotf his regimentahs, cast
lois IN with the filibuster Walker, who
had been his college classmate at Nash,
vile. Hecarried re-enforcefhents and arms
70 walker at Nicaragua after the defeat
of1he filibusters at Rivas, and while there
was blown from the deck OF an exploding
steamer, but swan ashore, taking a
wounded man with him.
Meanwhile another and a more power.
ful uprising was afoot among the repub-
licans in Mexico, and Wheat offered his
sword 10 Alvarez, the champion of the Lib
erals against Santa Anna and the church.
he was appointed general of artillery, but
Alvarez resigned without fight and took
his we'll filled gold chests and his flyorite
officers to a peaceful hacienda far from
the madding turmoils Of revolution and
proceeded to take a rest. Wheat soon tired
OF the monotony, and hearing from afar
the rifle blasts of Garibaldi's carbonari
piercing the quiet air of sunny Italy, he
crossed the ocean for u chance to polish up
his liberating sword once more.
Garibaldi gave him all the chance he
wanted, and he went through battle and
sklrmlsh displaying the magnificent cour
age, the rare horsemanship and the per-
sonal chivalry Of the cavalier. He was
close to Garibaldi and in his confidence
and the enthusiastic Latins called him the
American Murat" He saw Qhe thing
through in Italy to the point where Carl
baldi crowned Victor Emanuel king, and
then set his face homeward to mix in the
great fight Of the age, the civil war.
Returning through Paris, Wheat was
presented at Napoleon's court. Soon after
ward he was strolling in the Bois de
Bologne with friend schooled in the op-
presslve. not to say suppressive, shadow Of
royalty. The Empress Eugene happened
to be in the park with her retinue, and the
royalist, for fear Of making break, pro
posed that Wheat and himself should back
Oft from the divine circle that hedges in
the crowned Rates and retire. Wheat had
no lack of respect for the situation, but
didn't see the need of such squeamishness
and went his way with gallant salute
that brought a nod and smile in return
from the proud Castilian who shared the
throne of France.
On landing in America Wheat went at
once to his old chieftain, Gen. Scott, but of
course couldn't agree with the old mans
view of coercion against state rights. and
crossed the lines to Richmond. AS an ex-
general of Italy and of Mexico to say moth
ing Of the other claims, he naturally ex-
pected something at the hands of jefferson
Davis. He got only rebuff, and in his
chagrin started for Pensacola to enlist as
a private in battery led by his younger
brother, John Thomas Wheat. He passed
through New Orleans on the way, and Gen.
Twiggs halted him to help organize the raw
levies flocking to the Confederate camps.
Mower County transcript., 1892-08-10

Il WILL PUT MINE ON RECORD
Suddenly orders reached there from
Richmond asking for soldiers to help de-
fend Manassas against the Grand Army of
the Potomac under Mcdowell Wheat
snatched up five companies Of recruits,
many Of them respited jailbirds, and
reached Bull Run just in time to play the
hero's role. His men were fresh, were
fancifully got up and were from faroff
Louisiana, that had its own ''bacon" to
look after, and was very generous to hear
the Virginians' appeal.
Wheat called his men the Old Dominion
Guard. as the situation suggested, but one
Of his companies carried n banner having
picture of lamb under the legend, "As
gentle as"-. The men styled themselves
"Tigers," and in the fight at Bull Run the
whole battalion initiated the terror of the
junglein fierce and reckless onslaught and
resistance. The men went into the fight
as Wheat's battalion and came out as the
Tigers, never to shake the name.
Wheat was in his element. "Beaure-
gar" the idol Of the creole population,
gave him place of honor. Before the
battle opened he crossed Bull Run stream
alone on a scout and spied out through the
bushes the Union columns trying to steal
a march on Beauregard's camp. His bat
talon was afterward deployed as skir-
mishers in the ambush, where the head Of
the Union columns were treading conf
IDENTIFY along the woodlands expecting
surprise and an easy victory.
The Tigers first encountered Burnsides
brigade, and made havoc in the ranks of
the Second Rhode Island regiment Their
rifles brought down Col. Slocum and Maj.
DILL = A. "a l>~S.
luckless followers. Wheat was shot
through the chest from side to side, the
bullet coursing both lungs. The sur
geons told him he must die, because there
was no case on record of recovery from
such wound. II will put mine on
record" he declared hopefully, and lived
to fight another day.
Beauregard praised Wheat for nipping
the Union assault in the bud, and the
Tigers. with the Black Horse cavalry, car
ried off the sensational honors of the field.
All Dixie rang with their praises for
months.
Wheat was on hand to lead his men in
Stonewall Jackson's campaigns in the
Shenandoah valley in the spring of 1861.
He went with the valley army to Rich
mond, when Jackson's forces united with
Lee in breaking up McClellan's lines on
the Chickahominy. In the first assault on
the Union batteries at Gaines Mill, he was
instantly killed at the head of the storm
ing party, where his tall, massive form
made Shining mark" for bullets.
Wheat carried in his pocket book Of
devotions given him by his mother, and
before daylight on the morning Of his
death he aroused his officers and read them
the Prayer for joyful Resurrection.
After reading the ''ration of the day." as
he called it, he made few remarks,
punctuated with tears, and then mounted
his horse and rode Off to battle with the
notoriously widest and wickedest body OF
men in the army.
GEORGE l.. KILMER,
Mower County transcript., 1892-08-10
Disease in Celery.

The celery blight is prominent among
cur destructive fungi. According to the
observations of various growers the prev
alence Of the blight seems to depend
largely upon the weather, although di-
verse views upon the condition for blight
may arise from a confusion of two or
more distinct kinds of fungi. At the
New Jersey station the following fungus
diseases of the celery have been studied
~ the botanist, namely: The common
s'rust," or blight, as it should be called;
the celery leaf spot, new species, a
second form of leaf blight, found in the
country for the first time during the
past season in Delaware and in New
Jersey, and bacterial disease due to a
species of bacterium.
As described in a special bulletin,
field experiments were made with the
celery blight, and the weekly spraying
with the ammoniacal carbonate Of cop
per made the practical difference of a
fair crop where it was used and fail
ure where it was not. Acting Director
Nelson believes similar treatment will
prove effective for all the diseases of the
celery, and wherever growers have had
blight or trust" they are encouraged to
try the same remedy or some other good
fungicide. The bacterial decay spreads
through the plant after it is banked or
stored, and great pains need be taken
not to let the tender heart of the plant
become wet.
The formula of the department of ag-
riculture for ammoniacal solution Of
copper carbonate is as follows: In an or
dinary water pail mix five ounces Of
copper carbonate with enough water to
make thick paste. Dissolve this paste
in three pints of strong aqua ammonia,
then dilute to forty-fve gallons. If
three pints of ammonia are not sufficient
to dissolve all the paste add enough to
bring about the result.
Mower County transcript., 1892-08-10
The Size of BeehtveS.

Opinions differ, though it is very gen.
orally agreed that before clover harvest
it is desirable to have plenty of room for
the queen to lay all she can SO there may
be q strong force for the main harvest,
and there arc queens that need all of the
ten frames. But when the time of main
storing begins there are many of our
best beekeepers who want the brood nest
contracted to q good deal smaller space.
They say that ten frames are more than
needed for brood nest, and so large
space merely gives room for the bees
to store there the nice, white honey that
ought to go into the surplus apartment.
DIR. Miller, to whom the foregoing
theory seems reasonable, says in The
National Stockman: II practced con-
traction to q radical extent, reducing the
brood chamber from ten Langstroth
frames down to eight, six, five and less.
l am obliged to say that I>could not tell
for certain whether I gained anything
by such contraction. think got just
as large crops with ten frames in the
brood chamber, but then there are so
many things to be considered, the differ
ent seasons among others, that it is hard
to be certain. Try it yourself. BY
means of division board you can con-
tract down to any number Of frames
you choose, and use the same supers
above. At present l use eight frames
all the year around, but do not know
whether it is best"
Mower County transcript., 1892-08-10
- ilGG[[l;::ii::sa!Si>iZMbz 81 s
FlELRatNpp |. .tRRpEN
FLOWING IN GREEN CROPS.
Double Profit In Feeding to Stock ani
Using the Manure.

Double Profit In Feeding to Stock and
Using the Manure.
A. w. Cheever, editor of The New
England Farmer, in his familiar talks
to farmers, says most decidedly that he
would not advise sowing Hungarian
millet to be plowed in for fertilizing
field to be seeded to grasses in Septen1-
Der, and in this connection he expresses
the following opinions:
have never had much faith in the
economy Of raising good fodder to be
plowed in to enrich land. It is too ex-
pensive fertilizer. It is better to feed
it first to profitable stock and then get
two profits, one from the animals and
another from the manure made while
feeding. A crop Of millet growing
through the summer months will ex-
tract from the soil about all the availa-
BILE plant food the soil contains and can
not give it up to the succeeding crop till
it has itself become thoroughly decom-
posed, which will not be in season to
help the grass much this year. And if
the grass fails to get good start. sown
in September it might about as woll not
have been sown at ALL
Turning in green crops for manure is
popular practice in sections where
wheat raising is the chief business of
the farm, and where crop of wheat
cannot be grown without manure often
er than once in two or three years. We
are being taught now that clover and
other plants producing root tubercles
are capable of gathering nitrogen from
the atmosphere, and so by their growth
the fertility of soil may be actually
increased. Millet is not member of
this class of plants and can carry to the
soil nothing Of special value as fer
tilizer but what it has taken from the
soil during its period of growth. Clover,
beans and peas turned in will increase
the fertility of soils after decomposition,
but even these are worth much more
apply to the land.
have no doubt that man could exist
on the earth without the aid of farm
stock, but at the present time and with
existing ideas and habits it is far better
to encourage the keeping Of all the
profitable stock farm will carry and to
feed all the fodder grown rather than
turn it under for manure. There is
great amount of vegetation grown that
man cannot utilize as food till it has
first been converted into animal food by
the live stock of the country. The study
of the farmer should be how best to
utilize this material. Turning under is
not the best way.
Mower County transcript., 1892-08-10
Agricultural Notes,


As to the amount of hay in feeding
horses, the rule Of several London ON
nibus and delivery companies is ''ten
pounds Of hay and four quarts Of oats
per meal"
The estimated number of sheep in
Australia in 1892, according to an Aus
tralian exchange, is 10000, 900, against
81 900, 900 in 1884.
Professor Latta, Of the Indiana sta
ton, givk the average length Of time
required to mature corn as 115 days for
the earlier varieties and 125 days for the
later ones.
The American Cultivator says that
Hungarian grass is not only good hot
weather crop, but succeeds on land that
IN early spring is too wet for cultivation.
There is 9 rumor to the effect that an
effort Is being made to revive tee plant
ing in the south.
Mower County transcript., 1892-08-10

AID the Louisiana
Tigers never been
heard of, Boil
w h eat would
have cut q figure
in local southern
history and tradi.
tion just the same.
That not because
OF the six feet OF
electric physical
manhood with
1vyhtn1N
Mower County transcript., 1892-08-10
MINNESOTA
State Normal Schools
WINONA, MANKATO. ST. CLOUD
AND MooREHEaD.

These schools are organized, for The sraassss .
o' teacheFs Tor the runmoa scheuls q. sae
state.
ORGANIZATIoS.-gae spss,et .sssnsrass,s
two departmenss-'hc Normal department so.
Ihc Normal department embraces
ta) An Elementary Course for teachers 81
rural districts and elementary grades,
vanced grades.
tcl A professional Course. for teachers mbe
have completed the required academic sess
elsewhere.
I'D A kindergarten Training Course 10.
Winona.l
ADMISSION &c radua;rs of high scsaoss
and colleges. and teachers holding csssAss
superintendents' arst and second grade Get,
tihcates are admitted wishou, casasinasaesa
EAPEFSES.-Taition Is free To ali u ha
pledge themselves fo teach in Miaaestfa
dollars per year. Provision il made in rsesa
school FOR economical living. The average
cost OF furnished rooms with essasS is atsxssss
81 per week. The Ladies' home q. So Cloud
offers board, furnished room. heat and .sra,
at $275 per week.
DIPLOMAS.~By a recent act rs the seessss
turc, n diploma becomes a state teachers ces-
ttttcate OF the tirst grade.
The next school year opens as wsaona ard
Mankato August ~. lsa2. ST. Cloud and Moore.
head, September l. 1sas.
For free catalogues and circulars. giving
full information. address the presidents as
IRWIN SHEPARD. wsnona.
EDWARD SEARING. Mankasa.
JOSEPH CARHAkT. ST. Cloud.
1872 LIVINGSTON c. LORD. Mocssest.
Mower County transcript., 1892-08-10

A wire netting fence 900 miles long is
one Of the late Australian wonders. The
fence separates the colonies Of New South
Wales and Queensland, and It's object il to
Mower County transcript., 1892-08-10
Good Points of Corn Fodder.

Good Points OF Corn FODDER.
There are many good things about
corn fodder that are not always esti-
mated at their true value. One is that
it is crop that is soon grown and is
quickly available, and if at all properly
cultivated rarely fails of at least mod
erately good yield. Another good thing
about it is that when corn is planted
for grain, as it usually is, the fodder
may be said to be chiefly gain. It is
quickly harvested and easily cured when
shocked up in the field where one can
leave it and take his time for husking
it, with but little loss to the grain or
the fodder. Corn when raised for both
grain and fodder should be cut as soon
as the ears are mature enough to keep
well if the fodder is to be in the best
condition. Objection is sometimes raised
against corn fodder on account of it's
bulk compared with the portion actu-
ally consumed by the animals. When
it is tied in bundles as soon as it is
husked do not consider it at all diff
cult OF expensive to handle. The best
Of it is that when it is bright and sweet
al kinds Of stock like it go we'll that very
little will be left Of it except the large
butts. These should be raked up In the
spring after they have been trampled by
the stock all winter, and be thrown into
piles where they will soon rot and be-
come manure. For cows giving milk,
corn fodder, i we'll cured, g ct least as
good as timothy hay, and while It can
not be as compactly stored away as hay,
r1oA ~ Saa
Mower County transcript., 1892-08-10
HE LED THE TIGERS.
STRANGE CAfEER or COB WHEAT
LlBERAToR AND CONFEDERATE,
With Taylor and Scott In Mexico, strik-
Ing for Cuban Liberty, q Filibuster I'm.
der Walker, and Fighting for Italian
Union Under Garibaldi. i.

tCopyright. 1892, by American Press Associa.
tion. Book rights reserved.]
The Progress., 1892-02-27

According to number, it is
claimed that less farmers fail in
business than any other class of
men.
Don't feed horses when they
have just come in from hard work,
and are very tired. Let them rest
a while first.
IF the pullets are permitted TO
get quite fat, they cannot be de-
pended on to lay when fully ma
tured in age and size.
Let the hogs have the run of
the orchard. They consume all
Of the fallen fruit and thrive on it,
The hogs benefit the orchard and
the orchard the hogs.
If you can't afford to whitewssh
and use disinfectsnts occasionally
in your fowl houses, better not
have any fowl houses. Add a few
drops of carbolic acid to the white
wash.
Don't stake anything on one
crop. That one crop may fail
then you will be in bad fix. The
one crop farmer in the South is
pretty sure to come to grief sooner
or latpr.-Exchange.
The Progress., 1892-02-27
The Household.

ono liiil' oroin iu the sandy har+.
uue little flower IN - liclIu ur flowers.
ON" nth star ~ . heaven Of star.
On" littlo houi ~ yrpr of hours
What if IT wol<'' ~ whnt If il NAV.
But the bar Is built of the liiIlo grain.
Nud thc little nowcra make the
meadows GAY.
AMI ~" little stars light the heavenly
plain.
NuI the .rtt}r hows ri onch little
dpy
.Giyr tu ~ all thIt lit" contains
Wunan's Missionary Advocate.
When we consider how produc-
tive of good or evil our actions
may he. we should ever pause and
reflect Actions based upon
Thought are materials out of which
we make or destroy character.
What n u makes OT what II II naIs
All great deal; the current of
a life is sometimes changed hv
what may seem to us n very trilling
incident
But the har 10 built Of the little
Grain
Let MS pray God to help us
build good. stable characters
worthy of imitation. go that we
may go to form not shifting,
changing bar of sand, but a vel
low. priceless bar of gold. and
welded in the plastic hand of the
Divine Master, who can tell what
our possibilities may he.
The Progress., 1892-02-27
Farm Hints.

We intend to- make this subject
an interesting feature Of our pa
per. The farming interest ~ one
which should be developed to its
fullest extent. IA with ito success
or failure the country feels its in
hueuce. aud is effected thereby.
Following is n brief paper on
the subject Of sorghum as food
for stock. written 10y one who
knows whereof he writes We
commend il to our farming read
ers:
"ru THE pRogrrgs.
see n all lrt piece IN your paper
on sorghum Let mo tell you
what | know about sorghum. !
put MP seventy tons in silo last
year. and | tell YOU it makes fine
ensilage. Stock Of all kinds will
eat it, and on any land that will
make bale nf cotton, can he made
two crops OF sorghum. II also
makes fine hay in summer, when
feed ia scarce. Cut it green and
feed to hogs: then in the fall. when
corn comes IN. your hogs are al
right. ready to receive the corn
| BY having n piece Of sorghum
where you can Cut IT night ano
morning. you can save corn enough
to pay for all the work it will take
To cultivate it. Plant your sOr
ghum in rows two and a half feet
apart. The ground should he wei
broken with n two-horse plow
then harrow smooth. aud lay the
rows of with a bull-tungue ol
small shovel. and cover with :
board or n one-hOrsn harrow The
barley amber or early orange Is
the best one buahel aud n half tc
the acre.
| will tell You something about
silo in my next letter. Truly
rours a.st "
The Progress., 1892-02-27
Deaths Summons.

Since our last issue death has
been among us with his sickle
keen, and a desolate home is left
to tell of his visit. The residence
of DIR. Walter Hilliard WAS invaded
and the Christian wife and mother
was summoned to appear before
the eternal throne to give an ac-
count Of the deeds done in the
body. That she safely passed her
examination and was assigned a
position on the right hand with
the sheep OF the Good Shepherd,
all who knew her in tins life feel
assured. A worthy servant has
been called home: may we all
profit 10y her example and be as
prepared to answer the summons
as was she.
The Progress., 1892-02-27
That City Primary--New
Orleans in Miniature.

On the 18th inst. tho primary
election for the nomination of
Democratic candidates for the Of
fees of mayor. aldermen and ex-
ocutive committee for the city Of
Shreveport was held, and from
what we could learn of it. there
wera scenes enacted and results
reacried which will cause the con
tervatiye. sober minded men. free
from factional bias, TO seriously
think for many a day.
II has formerly been the pride
Of him who owes allegiance TO the
United States flag. to reflect with
keen satisfaction on the subject uf
suffrage as helng Il proud heritage,
on tine strength of which he could
proclaim himself II freeman in
deed. aud evidence it Ivy the cast
ing Of his ballot independent of
men. powers OF measures, and thus
attest his claim tO the grandest
title which birth can bestow that
Of an American citizen. But a
sal change haa been wrought
since that evnntfnl 18th of Febru-
nrv. 1902. and that which was
Thought to he n prerogative loGtier
than princes birthright, has
proven to be but a hauhle. triil-
ing sentiment which the veriest
tramp can destroy. We are told
that there were occurrences Mt
some Of the polls which caused
Justice to blush and Fair Play to
cloak her face in shame. That
creatures called men. OF but n day
or two's soiourn here, were rushed
to the polls and voted for the
dram shop candidates with reck
less abandon of all honor that the
very air seemed to be reeking with
fraud. That honest citizens were
forced To submit TO their suflrages
being nulliiied by the votes of
buns. created citizens by the APP
plication OF a drink and the repe-
tition of lessons taught them be
fore they reached the polls, and
told off TO the queries of the com
missioners.
In the main, tl.e tippling- shop
politicians were triumphant. hav-
ing landed a majority of their can
didates: but though perhaps too
late now to remedy the matter for
the coming election, the honored
populace has been aroused to ITS
danger, and is fast becoming de
termined to curtail the saloon in
huence, which studies no politics
save its own advancement, no mat
ter what law isprostituted in order
TO secure it. Honor has been
taught severe lesson, but it has
been well learned, and over the
ruins of a devasted principle
across the body of debauched
prerogative the yeomenry OF oul
city, the sturdy manhood of ON
parish, will arise in their magniti
cent grandeur and crush this i'll
shapen deformity which is posing
as Democracy.