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The National tribune., 1902-09-11
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-Four hundred and nine Of thu enemy's
dead were buried by fatigue parties from
my division in my front, and / had in
formation, deemed reliable, that about 200
were carried back and buried by them
from the same portion Of the field. From
these statements, and from the terrible
punishment inflicted upon the enemy,
crowded together in dense masses. l can
safely estimate the losses in my front at
the least at $500 men,"
The following brief quotation Is made
from Gen. ThOmas'S report:
''The left and center advanced to frei
the enemy during the afternoon, and while
on open ground and unprotected by any
works, were assaulted furiously, the at
tack falling first on Newton's Division,
which calamity stood its ground, repellins
charge after charge, although his left was
very much exposed throughout the con-
test; thence sweeping toward the right
they assaulted Hooker's Corps, and the
left brigade CIeCook's) of Johnson's Divi-
sion, of Palmer's Corps. Each assault of
the enemy was met gallantly by the whole
line and hurled back, our men not yielding
a foot of ground. The fighting continued
throughout the afternoon till sundowr,
when the enemy, repulsed at all points,
fell back to his works. Our loss was
severe, numbering 1,600 in killed and
Of the cncmy's dead left on the field and
buried by us GOO being found in New
toms front alonel his loss must have been
been much greater. We captured $50
prisoners, of whom 122 We're wounded, be-
sides several stand of colors, small arms,
etc. Woods and Stanley's Divisions of
Howards Corps drove the enemy from
two lines of outer works, capturing some
prisoners. and developed strong line of
,nrIyc etIn ,rfh
Of Atlanta"
Gen. Hoods plan was to attack
Thomas's army while it was crossing
Peach Tree Greek. He was one day too
late for this. Thomas had succeeded far
beyond Gen. Hoods expectations in max
ing the passage of that stream. He had
FIVE divisions over on the night of July
10, all in good positions, and well in
trenched. with roads and bridges to the
rear. His whole army was across the
stream, ready for battle, when the Con-
federate attack was made. There is no
doubt but what the concert Of the attack
made by Gen. Hoods army was much
weakened by his movement of his three
corps to the right Immediately before max
ing the assault.
1t must be said of them that an assault |
ing column never displayed greater cour-
age and fortitude than did Gen. Hoods
the duty by their General ''to drive the |
enemy back to the creek, and then to-
ward the river into the narrow space |
formed by the river and creek. everything |
on our side of the creek to be taken at all |
hazards" This task was beyond their |
power. They were met by men of uncon-
querable valOr, were successfully resisted |
Mt every point, and instead of being de-
stroyed. the Army of the Cumberland on
Iuly 20. 1864, won a great victory at
Peach Tree Greek.
CTo be continued)
The National tribune., 1902-09-11
His Reputation.

"What do you know about this mans
reputation for truth and veracity?" asked
the lawyer of the witness on the stand.
SWELL" replied the witness slowly, with
the air of a man who hesitates about
speaking i'll Of a neishbor, IF this party
you refer to should ever tell me I was
looking well. would send for a hospital
ambulance Immediately"
The National tribune., 1902-09-11

Col. Dilwoith was soon reinforced By
the arrival of Col. John G. NIitcbell's
Brigade. Gen. Baird hurried forward
with his division. crossed the creek dur
ing the night and formed on the left of
Davis's troops. Gen. Morgans Brigade,
with Col. Banning's 12lst Ohio. of
Jitchelrs Brigade. with the batteries.
We're held as Il reserve on the north bank
OF the creek during the night of July 10.
This engagement of Dilworth was the
severest fighting any part of the army had
The National tribune., 1902-09-11

The following is taken from Geh. Geary's
report:
1.-The ridge occupied by Candy and Jones
was heavily timbered, as was the country
in their rear and to their right. The sur
rounding country presented broken ridges,
with deep ravines and thickets, while here
and there were isolated hills and spurs.
In front and to the right Of my First Bri-
for two miles. Directly in front Of Candy
and to his left it was cleared. The cleared
space in his front was about 600 yards
wide; that to his left opened out into the
valley Of Peach Tree Greek; and about
The National tribune., 1902-09-11
Precaution.
(Iudno

Ethel.-"May always hurries under COW
er rs soon as it begins to rain"
Believes. She believes, with Napo-
leon, that in order to succeed one must
keep the powder dry"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-06-06

Mr. Allea4 IA-.s We -..-.aSville IS
visiting his sister, Mrs. Maria Haney.
Mr.. Mckay is past 86 years old, and is
on his way to his home in Taylorsville
after visit to his brother, Mr.. George
Mckay OF Palestine Tex. who is SO
years of age. Mr. Mckay is as lively
and hearty as man Of 80. and no one
would think that he had passed his
Goth year. While in Texas he also WIS.,
tied his sister, Mrs. Susan DUNCAN,
who has seen 81 summers. Mrs. Ha-
ney acknowledges SO years. Mr. Chas.
Mckay, the baby of the family, is an
active youth of II. The average age of
six brothers and sisters is So years,
and it is believed that there is not
another family in the United States
that can equal the record. All of them
are In good health and tho full enjoy
ment of their faculties, and there is
not one of them that cannot reason
ably expect to live several years more
At least, especially when 1t is known
that their mother died only q few
years ago at the age of log years.
Greensboro (Ky.) Inquirer
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-06-06
PEACH CULTURE.

An interesting and exhaustive paper
on Commercial Peach Culture" was
read by Professor Taylor at the an.
nual meeting of the Ohio Horticultural
society.
He advised proper business caution
in going into the business, and did
not think it best to invest ones whole
capital in one line of production. For
merly, in years of scarcity, prices
would be very high and favored locali-
ties free from frost and winter-kill-
ing would sell their whole output at
three or four times what they would
bring in seasons of plenty. This
made the business very profitable.
Such opportunities had mostly passed.
The country was so diversified in eli
mate and means of distribution were
so perfect that there was an abund-
ance of fresh fruit in the large mar
kets at all seasons and people would
not pay fabulous prices for peaches
or anything else. He would therefore
make peach-growing a part of some
other business, either farming or gen
eral fruit growing. Plant only in To-
calities especially favorable, freedom
from late spring frost being a prime
factor. The winter climate should
also be considered.
For selections for first planting the
experience of careful growers in the
vicinity should be the main guide, it
being foolish to plant varieties which
for some cause had failed. He would
plant number of varieties suiting
the whole season, and varying tastes
and markets. Yellow peaches delight
in a heavier soil than white-f1eshed
sorts He would propagate from we'll
known types of bearing trees. There
was no question that in some way
there were several types of several
leading sorts, some of which were de-
cidedly better than others. For the
first two years he would plant corn or
beans in the orchard, but after that it
did not pay. as it intcrfered SO much
in cultivation as to make the crop UNI
profitable. Finally, in producing
fruit, grow only the finest, which end
is reached by good cultivation, fer
tility and severe thinning. In pack
ing and shipping use carefulness and
economy.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-06-06
THE VARIATIONS IN CATTLE.


One of the most exasperating things
which breeder of cattle has to en-
counter is the variation in individuals
which constantly crop up, and which
in some Instances prove exceedingly
annoying. 1t is expected in breeding
up herd of scrub or common cat
tie to find considerable variation in
the individuals during the first few
generations, but according to all laws
of breeding this variation should be-
come less noticeable each year as care
full methods are followed. Some cat
tie appear to show special tendency
to considerable variation in the indi-
viduals. | remember particularly a
good Berkshire SOW which could be
depended upon to bring about one in
ferior pig into existence in each lit
ter. While all the others were I'D to
the standard and showed remark
able uniformity Of good breeding, one
little fellow invariably inherited some
poor tendencies from remote ancestors
which condemned it. This tendency
was not eradicated in some of the
sows progeny for two successive
breedings which followed
The variation in the individuals is.
of course, one of the points which
help the breeder in his work of selec-
ton. 1t is by discriminating between
the excellence of the best and the
poorest that we are enabled to mount
to higher standards by persistent eff
fort Yet this tendency to individual
variation is also the weak point in
the chain. 1t is the opening in which
the wedge of degeneracy can easily
enter. Let the animal with poorest
record and virtues be bred, and the
poorest of her progeny likewise be
selected for further breeding, and the
downward course would be marked
and rapid. Nature seems to have
placed this as stumbling block in the
way of those who are not careful to
make their selections according to
merit Whether accidental or other
wise the perpetuation of the breed
depends entirely upon the selection of
the best. If we once let down the
DnlS IHSIe VIII seI Ill HOOQ winch
will carry us down to the lowest
depths. To understand this one
should some day reverse the condi-
lions usually followed in breeding.
Take any fine breed and note the var
iation in the individuals, and select for
the work the poorest of the lot Then
make each succeeding selection from
the poorest for future breeding, and
within short time the stock bred
will not be worth the keeping. Not
only this, but the variation in the in
dividuals will increase rapidly until
it becomes almost remarkable. 1t is
by careful selection that we eliminate
this tendency to variation in the indi-
viduals, and to that alone must we
trust.-Prof. A. S. Doty, in American
Cultivator.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-06-06
FERTILIZERS FOR PLANTS.

wncn you use fertilizer you may
apply some kinds of plant foods that
are not desired. Plants have the
power of selection of foods and will
invariably select that which is best
suited for their purposes. A plant
that requires more potash than phos-
phoric acid will not use a larger guam
tity of phosphoric acid because of it's
being plentiful in the SOIL but will
make an effort to secure the potash;
hence, it is not economical to use fer
tilizers without attempting to select
the kinds which will be favored by the
particular crops to which they are ap-
pied.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-06-06
ROTATION OF CROPS,

The six years rotation of crops is
very good system of farming to work
on because you can bring the land into
high state of cultivation at little
cost: First year, corn; second, bar
ley or oats with clover; third, hay;
fourth, pasture; fifth, pasture; sixth,
wheat or oats. Much attention should
be given the part with the corn. 1t
should be well cultivated, the weeds
carefully picked out and made garden
clean. The first six years your farm
will require a good deal of work in
wedding; after that it will not be
nearly SO bad. Every particle of
barnyard manure that has been made
on the farm in any given year, should
be carted out on it,
In the following spring when SOW
ing it done with barley or oats with
clover; finish off with a dressing of
lime. The lime should be newly slack
ed and put on the land as hot as pos
sible, with the land perfectly dry.
about one ton to an acre; on clay. a
ton and a half. This quantity of barn
yard manure in the land stimulated
with lime, will insure a fine rich crop
of grass. The secret of good farming
is plenty of grass, and plenty of it
to plow down; all other crops will
grow equally well. One crop of hay
will be enough, as hay is hard on the
land; its tendency is. of course, toward
tall, slender grass. Two years of pas
ture will incline the grass to bush and
spread; pasturing the land also en-
riches it.-Henry Matthew, in the Epi-
tomist
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-06-06

In the town of Hildersheim, Ger
many. is probably tho most unique
plant In the world. 1t Is a rash bush
1000 years old, and sprouts from its
branches have realized fabulous sums.
Some years ago a rich Englishman Of
fered s250.000 for this entire tree, but
the sum was Indignantly refused. This
wonderful plant clings amid thickly
grown moss against the side of the IA
nous old Church of ST. Michael 1t
is claimed that it has bloomed peren.
nially since the days of King Alfred,
and this statement has never been dis
puted. for its record has been as care
fully kept as the pedigree of the blu
est-blooded family in the kingdom. It
is supposed II have been Dissolved
by some mysterious means through
the medium of King Louis of Hill
dersheim. as far back as 1922.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-06-06
EVEN IRISH WIT FAILS AT TIMES
One Instance where nm Answer Wa
Not Forthcoming.

Repartee is like tennis. The ball II
driven backward and forward from one
player to the other, and the one or
whose side it last strikes IS the loser
1t is a terrible thing for an artist al
repartee to find that he has no answer
The mere pretender does not care. H'
will answer something, to the point Oh
not, but the artist will not debase his
art with a bad answer; he merely sor'
rows for good one.
There was little Irishman who KEPT
a liquor shop, and he was noted for al
ways having a reply ready. One day a
man came in, laid dollar bill on the
bar and called for whisky. The pro
prietor set out the bottle and a glass
and the customer filled the glass right
up to the top. rs it towel you'd be
wantin'?" the proprietor asked, imply
ing thereby that the customer had
poured out bath, rather than drink
Look here" said the customer
pointing to the money, there's a dol
lar, you can take the price of this
drink out of it, and il there isnt
enough, tell me how much more you
want and I'll pay it, but don't want
any talk from a little Mick of a bar
tender"
The proprietor picked up the dollar
and laid down IS cents. AS the cus-
toner disappeared he walked around
In front of the bar and said to a friend
who sat there: Casey I'd have given
me liquor shop to have knowed what
to answer hack to +hct ~'c- "
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-06-06
EXPERIENCES WITH SCALE.

| have had considerable experience
with various oils as q remedy for
San Jose scale Experience teaches me
that We need more effective remedy
than these. The best thing have yet
found is an emulsion, the composition
of which is as follows: Refined kero-
sene 10 gallons; whale oil soap 8
pounds; water 40 gallons. l am sure
this is more effective than the emul-
sion of twenty per cent. kerosene, with
laundry soap. With whale oil soap,
the oil and water mix much better
than with hard soap. l believe fifteen
per cent crude petroleum will kill as
many or more scale than twenty
per cent. kerosene, but the pc
troleum is more apt to kill or injure
the tree. Petroleum is harder to mix
with the water in an emulsion, a good
point in favor of kerosene.
| believe tree will stand twice as
much oil when there is sap in it as
when perfectly dormant. Decidedly
the safest and best time to spray is
when the sap is circulating, about
the time the buds begin to swell in
the spring. 1t may be applied in late
summer or early fall; this last spray
ing is very effective. The scale is very
easily killed then and it stops the
great breeding in progress at this
timer. w. Coviness, in New Eng
land Homestead.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-06-06
False Hair Justifies Jiltinq.

Jennie Amsler's beauty did not draw
William Strong with a single hair, af.
ter the fashion sung by the poet. 1t
drew him by a wealth of bewitching
nut-brown locks. apparently a most
perfect crown of womanly loneliness.
The spell endured till William found
the hair came from the store. Then
he broke the engagement, and the SUI
preme Court of Iowa has just upheld
him by deciding that he was won
through false pretenses because
through false hair.
There is likely to be a good deal of
contempt of court over this decision
among members of the fair sex who
see in it an abridgment OF their
rights to pursue happiness by calling
art to the assistance Of derlict nature.
Furthermore, the way does seem to
have been opened for much question
able backsliding in betrothals. For if
'made-up" hair can invalidate an en-
gagement, why not artificial teeth as
we'll or a reinforced complexion, or
a curve modelled by the mantua-
maker? 1t is indeed a most perilous
precedent.-New York World.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-06-06
m'KINLEY MADE THE JOKE GOOD.
circumstances Under which = Great
speech Was Delivered.

opcech was Delivered
Speaking Of Mckinley" said a
member of the New York Ohio society,
to a correspondent, reminds me of
one of the few jokes he ever cracked
from a public platform.
1T was at our dinner of 1900. given
in his honor just before the opening Of
his second presidential campaign. The
president had promised to attend. but
with the strict understanding that he
was not to De asked to speak.
The evening program was we'll I'M
der way when President Southland
arose, looked at Mckinley, with the
air of a man who was about to take
a plunge, and said: Il have promised
President Mckinley that 1 will not ask
him to speak. l shall keep that prom
Use, but 1 have made no agreement,
gentlemen. that will prevent your call
Ing upon him.
The house took the hint. There
was roar and the demand was en-
phatic and insistent
"The President arose. He looked
reproachfully at Southland and appeal
mgly at the guests Then he said: Il
had the solmen promise of your Off
GERS, gentlemen. that 1 should not be
called upon to speak. l have, there
fore, come carefully prepared
With that he took manuscript
from his pocket. 1t was written
speech, carefully prepared, and really
sounded the keynote of his 1900 presi-
Dental compaign"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-06-06
A JUDGES WIFE PELVIC S"'- s.f "a
She Suffered for Years and
Felt Her Case Was Hope
Iess--Cured by
Pe-ru-na.

Ssrs Judse McAllister writes from l2l7
WI 9Sd St, Minneapolis, Mimi, as fol.
lows:
tsr suffered for gears 10TH a pain
~ s1noiI Or mn back and right
~. ~ n intSrferea often acfth nan
ss,.,,,sifc and social duties and i
100, s,pDosed that 4 gould be
n,,,,ed. as the DOCTORS medicine did
NOT seem to hetp me any.
.1EotfunafcIV a member ar our
order ddUfsed me TO try Pcrund and
oo,,e n such high praise that de-
SSs,ied 10 f,.u ft, Although 4 started
"a, rim little faith, felt so much.
heller "a, a tceek that Jctt cncOuS--
III took 1t fdtthfuItp !or seven
,reeks aud am happy indeed TO De
q ME 10 san that 4 am entirely cured.
Words IA IL to cypress mn GRATITUDE.
perjecf health once more Is the best
fbi,i0 1 could tctsh fOr, ana THANKS
10 Perumd 1 enjoy hdt hoW'" ~
Minnie Il, McAtlister.
The great popularity Of Peruna as ca
tarrh remedy has tempted many people to
initiate Peruna A great many so-ealled
cotarrh remedies and catarrhal tones are
10 be found in many drug stohes. These
remedies can be procured by the druggist
much cheaper than Peruna. Peruna can
only be obtained at a uniform price, >and
no druggist can get it cent cheaper. =
Thus It is that druggists are tempted to
substitute the cheap limitations OF Peruna
| for peruna. 1t is done every day without
a Doubt
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-06-06
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IMGAKDtN SEARNl7al
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THE SMALL CROPS.

Do not miss having small patches of
sage, mint, thyme and other pot
plants. Parsley can be grown from
seed the first year, and will last two
or more seasons if cared for. Spear
mint will grow and increase from a
few plants and will thrive on damp
location. Sage, if once established,
will remain for years. Pot plants take
up but little room and can be made
ornamental in a garden.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-06-06
TOMATO CULTURE.

The tomato has come to be one of
our most important garden products
though elderly people tell US it was
once raised for its beauty The red
and yellow plum are grown for pick
ing and preserving, but for the late
market, when large quantities are
wanted, the large varieties are prefer
able. The first step toward success
is good, early plants. We plant in hot
bed about the middle Of March if the
weather permits, if net, we sow in
boxes in the house Soon after the
second leaf puts OFT we transplant
to larger boxes, and If short of room
we have taken the plants up, thorough
ly stirred the earth, and reset many
of them in the same box This pro-
cess is gone through with three or four
times; then If the weather is still too
cold to plant out we transplant to a
cold frame. The more transplantings
they have, the stronger better plants
we get.
The cold frame is a simple frame of
boards, banked against the side and
generally covered with cloth, although
glass is sometimes used. In this we
put about foot of good rich earth.
Plants that nave undergone the several
removals from box to box and lastly
to the cold frame, seldom give any
trouble when transplanted to the gar
den bed. In cold backward springs
| have kept them in the cold frame
until they were budded to blossom,
yet seldom lost plant The several
transplantings give stronger roots,
stouter stems and branching, bushy
tops, instead of the pale spindling
things kept in the hot bed without
transplanting, awaiting suitable
weather for planting cat. We are
aeyey IN A hurry to plant IN the garden
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-06-06
WORTHY OF CORPORATION LAWYER
Suggestion That Caused . Thirsty Crowd
to Rejoice.


-Four or five good fellows, in the
same line Of business. recently "swore
of" They had never tippled to ex-
cess, but they took q notion that 1t
would be a good thing to quit, and
accordingly quit for period of thirty
days. The agreement was drawn up
In writing and signed by each. The
third day after some Of the parties to
the agreement began to chafe under
the restraint. They had never before
felt the need of a drink quite as badly
as after tho ink used In drawing up
the agreement had become dry. One
of them, at last, dropped in on one OF
the others. and, of course. the swear
Ing off proposition was Immediately
brought up.
I'D like awful well to have a nip"
said the caller.
Same here" was the response.
But l don't see how we can get
around that agreement.
Neither do l."
Il read once that no document, how
syer carefully drawn. will stand in
court. If 1t is attacked in the right
way" LII ---- -
Il see CLEAN of hope" was the re-
ply. Lets read this agreement over
carefully" They did so, and it was
discovered that the agreement did
not call for thirty consecutive days,
but merely for thirty days. The man
that hit upon this bright idea was
hailed as a born lawyer, who was
wasting his time In the railroad bust
ness. There was an immediate ad-
iournment to popular West Superior
street thirst cure.-Duluth News-Tri-
bune.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-06-06
FLOWING THE GARDEN.

Plow the garden location deep and
work it well with the harrow until
the ground is very fine. One half
the labor will be saved if this is done,
as the laying off of the rows and the
covering of the seed can only be done
well when the ground is fine. For a
small garden there is no tool so SER
viceable as a steel hand rake. as it
can be used not only for making the
soil fine but also for destroying young
weeds.