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cavalry, about 5000 men in all, set
out from Little Rock intending to give
the Federals in Helena q Fourth Of
July surprise party. The gunboat Ty-
Ter guarded the water front and an IN
broken chain Of Notifications Enclosed
the town OH the west. Opposite the
center and just outside the town limits
WAS Fort Curtis, a heavy earthwork
mounting siege guns. About half a
mile inland on the crests Of 4 semicir-
cular range of hills lay the outer line
Of works. comprising four redoubts,
mounting field pieces and connected by
infantry parapets. On RICHTER hill, the
north and northwest quarter, stood
Batteries 4 and B. Graveyard hill,
west of the town and in line with Fort
Curtis. was crowned with Battery G..
Rnd on the southwest Battery D looked
down from Hindman hill.
There were but 1000 Federals at
Helena. and as there were six roads
from the interior to the town the de-
tenders must keep sharp lookout on
them all. The garrison had no trained
artilleriSts. and the guns We're in the
hands of Missouri infantry. The troops
were split into small dctachmentS. AMI
no regiment intact could be called 70 Il
given point in an emergency. The Con
federate leader, General Holmes, gave
to Marnaduke's cavalry the task cf
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/. FOUGHT AND LOST $: ::! :=;:$
Jul, a. ..., ON July FOURTH ]
copyright, 1903, by G. L. Ki1mer.1

lCOpyTlSul, 15Oo, ny ". -
~NHE GLORIOUS Fourth" forty
years ago was a day to date
from in the events of the war
Lee abandoned his lines IN
front of Meade's army ON the heights
around Gettysburg and retreated to
defensive position at a safe distance.
1t rained torrents, and the Confeder-
ates got away without q parting shot
in fun OF earnest from their foes.
At Vicksburg, however, the skies
were bright, and there was no little
Notification over the surrender OF
Pemberton's garrison and the occupa-
ton of the town by Grants victorious
battalions. Pemberton asked for terms
on the Sd, but the parley did not end
until the morning hours of the 4th, and
the climax was fixed for 10 o'clock
a. m. General Grant wrote Of it with
his usual frankness in the memoirs.
Said he:
az have no doubt that Pemberton
commenced his correspondence on the
Sd for a twofold purpose-hrst, TO
avoid an assault which he knew would
be successful, and, second, to prevent
the capture taking place on the great
national holiday, the anniversary of
the declaration Of American independ-
ence. Holding out for better terms as
he did, he defeated his aim in the lat
ter particular. On the 4th at the ap-
pointed hour the garrison of Nicks-
burg marched out of their works and
formed q line in front, stacked arms
and marched back in good order. Our
whole army witnessed the same scene
without cheering"
General Pemberton gave another rea-
son for surrendering July 4. IF l
should be Asked he wrote, "why the
Fourth of July was selected as the day
for surrender the answer is obvious.
believed that upon that day could get
better terms. Well aware of the van
ity of our foe. knew they would at
tach vast importance to the entrance
on the Fourth Of July into the strong
hold Of the great river and that to graf
ify their national vanity they would
yield then what could not be extorted
from them at any other time"
But the retreat Of Lee and the sur
render of Pemberton were not all that
the day had in store for the Confeder-
ates. They got the worst Of it in a
plucky but i'll fated assault on the
Federal Notifications at Helena, Ark,
on the Mississippi between Vicksburg
and Memphis. The assault at Helena
had been planned with view to draw
ing part of Grants army from the siege
of Vicksburg to its defense, for Helena
in control of the Confederates would
have been a second Vicksburg OBJ
structing the Mississippi.
In the closing days Of June General
Sterling Prices Missourians, Fagan's
Arkansas brigade and Marmaduke's
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Daily. For New Martinsville, Mounds
Vile, wheeling Pittsburg, Frank
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Pittsbsrg, daily except Sunday
Daily to wheeling.
u:35 P. II. Accommodation
Daily except For New Martinsville and Inter
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Daily. For New Martinsville, Mounds
Vile, wheeling, Pittsburg, BuhA
10, Washington, Baltimore, Phila
deiphia, New York and all point
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4:5S p. II. Accommodation
Daily. For Wheeling and intermediate
points.
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Daily except For New Martinsville, Mounds
Sunday. willie, Benwood, wheeling, Pittr
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ington, New York and all points
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Pittsburg. Parlor car.
WEST BOUND.
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Insurance cannot prevent
FIRE, but 1t can and does pre-
vent the ruin and suffering
that would ensue without 1t.
1t lets you down easy sus-
tains you until you get anoth-
er foothold.
I represent a score of the
oldest and best fire insurance
companies In the land, and
am giving very low rates just
now. The probability IS that
they will not be so much lon
ger. Better take out sumci
emit insurance without delay.
Z AS every Company now
charges exactly the same rates
why not have your property
insured with a company that
Is we'll known In this City and
one you know has and will
pay all Its losses promptly?
Here Is my list and everybody
knows that there are no better
companies on earth.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-24
High Protein and High Starch Corn.

High Protein and High Starch Corn.
From the Farmers Review: Now
that the farmers Of Illinois are turn
Ing their attention to growing high
protein corn for the purpose of get
ting better balanced ration for
stock feeding, it will be well to con.
slider some of the probable results.
To grow large crop of high protein
corn will require soil rich in nitro.
gen. The trouble with most Illinois
farms, where a proper rotation of
corn and clover or other leguminous
plants have not been followed, is that
these lands are already deficient in
nitrogen, and to attempt to grow
high protein corn upon them in their
present condition, will likely result
in disappointing yields. 1t seems prob
able that the yield from such lands
will decrease as the protein content
of the corn is increased. 1t is now
an established fact that the corn plant
cannot obtain nitrogen from the air,
but is dependent entirely upon that
which Is available in the soil. There
is, therefore, but one course for the
grower OF high protein corn to follow
and that Is to increase the nitrogen
in the soil by growing more clover,
COW peas, soy beans and other
legumes, all of which have the power
Of obtaining nitrogen from the air
through the agency of bacteria in
their root tubercles. While it is es-
sential that these leguminous cronc
should be grown by every corn grow
er. wish to emphasize the point
that the grower of high protein corn
will exhaust available nitrogen in the
soil more rapidly than the grower of
high starch corn and must, therefore,
have soil rich in that element to OBJ.
tain the best results.
AS feeders we want the high pro.
tein corn for our live stock, but it
seems probable that a high starch
corn would be less exhausting upon
the soil and give larger yield on
light and thin soils. We do not know
this to be true. But since all plants
get their carbon from the air it
would seem that the variety of corn
containing the most carbonaceous
matter and least protein would pro.
duce the largest yield in bushels on
thin soils. This is a point of much
interest to the grain seller who cares
more for yield than for feeding value
We would like to hear from Prof
Hopkins on this point-Clayton C,
Pervier, Bureau County. Illinois.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-24
Photographinq on Apples,

Thornwell Haynes, United States con-
sui at Rouen, France, in a report says:
Apples upon the surface of which are
perfectly reproduced the photographs
OF the emperor and empress Of Rus
sia and Of the president of the French
republic have been shown in France.
Before photography was employed.
images were produced by means of
figures cut from paper and stuck on
the surface. When the paper was re-
moved, the image appeared light and
the fruit dark or vice versa, accord
ing to the manner in which the paper
was cut and applied. At present.
however, photographs are reproduced
with all their details Strong mega.
tive electrotypes are employed havin:
great resistance and reproduced on
their films. The films are obtained
by photographing the subject many
times The film is held in place by
two rubber rings or is stuck by some
matter that will not obstruct the rays
of light, such as albumen or the white
Of an egg.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-24
Small Things About the Orchard.

In talk to fruit growers r. Morrill,
said: II l were to have an orchard
to lay out in an ideal manner would
have it laid out with view of being
able to do all the work in that orchard
economically, to be able to gather the
fruit economically. l will mention one
thing to call your attention to what I
mean. If there is no other reason. no
climatic reason, why tree should
have long body. would give it
short body, because by and by you
have got to prune that tree, and eyery
foot you raise that tree in the air you
have expended energy from the be.
ginning of the pruning of the tree to
the end of its existence in going IN
and down ladders; every foot means
that percentage of extra labor for
every man that goes up and down that
ladder thousands and thousands of
times during the life of that tree.
That means difference of 10 per cent
on your expense; it might make 20 per
cent difference on your expenses
Those are little things, but those are
among the little things that count
so much. So I say, unless there
is some other excellent reason
why you should not do it. I
would advocate short bodies. Another
reason is there is not the same lever
age from the wind on the short bodv
that there is on long body. By the
same rule l would shorten nv limbs
and keep my tree compact and omen
for the same purpose; it is economi.
cal. | say open here, but If | were
clear down in southern Illinois proba.
bly, | would not say open, because tho
question of protection from the hot
and scalding sun makes difference
That is why wish to modify nv state.
ment, and what | say may be omen to
criticism II taken in different In.
cality.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-24
coLoRED INKS IN TATTooINo.
English Expert Now Does Work in
MANY ColorS.

English Expert Now Does Work in
Many coIors.
In an article on the subject of tat
tooing, in Pearson's. the marvellous
results obtained by an English expert
are thus described
Until comparatively recently only
two colors, indigo blue (or India ink
Dlack) and red were used in tattooing,
but Japanese increased the number
by discovering permanent brown,
and Sutherland Macdonald has now
added four more to the list, so that he
works with no fewer than seven col
ors altogether The difficulty has been
TO get color that will hold: any color
can be pricked into the human skin,
but those made from minerals will all
set up. sooner or later, state of in
fammation of tie skin and the color
will be forced out again. leaving only
an ugly scar to mark the spot
But by careful experiments on his
own body, experiments which have
been going on for years now, he has
been able to produce very beautiful
green, a permanent ultramarine blue,
a lavender. and. most difficult of all,
rich yellow, all not only perfectly
harmless to the most delicate skin,
but colors that will hold, and by blend
ing some of these together he Is
able to produce brilliant effects, which
to the uninitiated would appear to be
altogether impossible.
"Tattooing in SO many colors, with
all their graduations of shading, is a
lengthy process-Mr. Macdonald will
spend matter of sixty or seventy
hours in completing a design to cover
a mans chest-not at stretch. of
course, but working two or three
hours day for twenty or thirty
Gays"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-24
Seed Corn.

From Farmers Review: Farmers
are getting ready for spring work.
The frost is nearly out of the ground.
The bulk of our corn last fall was
not fully ripe and the wise farmer
will carefully test his seed early. a
good way is to take one kernel from
each doubtful ear and put them be.
tween two pieces of cloth in dish
of earth, kept wet when the tempera-
ture is not too low, and If good it will
sprout in four or five days. Do not
use too old seed. had some three
years ago that was fine, having been
kept perfectly dry and looked bright
and good, and not having seed enough
used some to finish up planting with.
1t was three or four days longer in
coming up and was sickly and poor
all summer. and l had not more than
half crop.-G. w. Buffum, Steele
County, MINI.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-24
5
(AGRICULTURE)
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Points on Sugar Beet Growing.


The growers of sugar beets in Neb-
faska declare that the sugar beet is
great drouth resister. This Is GER
tainly one point in favor Of the sugar
beet. whether for sugar making or for
stock feeding. Whether the sugar
beet can be best produced on light or
heavy soil is a question yet in dis
pute. In some experiments the larg-
est yields were on the heavy soils.
but the largest average yields were
on the light soils. On the whole, the
results were more favorable to the
heavy soils. The use Of commercial
fertilizers has resulted in increasing
the sugar contents of beets. but fire.
quently not enough to pay the cost Of
the fertilizers used. The phosphates
made the best showing as to returns.
In the cultivation Of sugar beets. it
ia desirable to provide a dust mulch,
and the depth of cultivation will be
generally regulated by the depth re-
quired to keep up dust mulch. which
differs In different soils. In some
cases it cannot be maintained by any
thing less than three or four-inch
deep cultivation. The distance apart
Of the rows will have much to do
with the size of the beets and some
thing to do with sugar contents.
About eighteen inches seems to be
the ideal distance apart for the rows,
and the beets in the rows should not
be separated by more than eight
inches. Too much room means too
big beets with too little proportion
Of sugar.
1t is rather surprising to learn that
the weeds that are sometimes allowed
to grow In the sugar beet field have
the power of stealing the sugar from
the sugar beets or of at least keep
ing the beets from getting all the
sugar they would otherwise acquire.
test to prove this was made at the
Nebraska station. On four plats OF
belts some were left weedy and some
were kept clean. Beets from the four
weedy plats were analyzed and gave
respectively 1923, 12.O, 9.s, 9.2, per
cent of sugar content. From the clean
plats the beets analyzed 1872. 1875, 11O,
10.7. In all cases the difference was
In favor Of the plat that was kept
clean. 1t is true that this was but
one experiment and great law
should not be laid down on a single
experiment, but it must be consid-
cred as having some weight.
1t is not desired to iwe beets very
large nor is it desirable to start a
growth in the fall after the beet is
properly mature. A season Of wet
weather in the fall is very likely to
start new growth of the beet, which
increases in size without increasing
the amount Of sugar contained. If
the buds form and expand on the
crown of the beet there is an actual
loss of sugar.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-24
Set Strawberries Early.

People that are intending to set out
new strawberry beds this spring
should not neglect to send at once for
they be forwarded as soon as the time
approaches for putting them into the
ground. Every year a great many peo.
Pile neglect till very late the ordering
of their strawberry plants. We have
seen plants arrive with not only the
blossoms on them, but with small
green Strawberries among the foliage.
The plant had already expended much
energy in the development Of root.
which energy was lost when the p:.n:
was removed from its native bed.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-24
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7V|a(E
The Asparagus Bed.

In most of the Northern states,
spring is the best time to start an
asparagus bed The work should be
begun as soon as the soil Is dry
enough. The advantaae OF beginning
early is to get the asparagus roots
into the soil In time to receive the
benefit OF the spring rains. The bed
may indeed be put in late, say June
or July, but In that case the roots
will be trying to send up shoots at
time of year when there is the least
ing is often resorted to in such cases.
but such application OF water is often
neglected or made too scantily. and
the supply that nature gives is thus
much to be preferred. Moreover. In
the case Of large bed on sandy
soil, the application OF water would
be found to entail an immense amount
of labor.
For asparagus the ground should be
thoroughly worked. II the land has IL
decided slope, run the asparagus rows
in accordance with It, so that the
soil may to some extent have II nat
ural drainage. 1t is best to give the
plants room enough. and II they are
from four to five feet apart 1t Will
be better for them and make it easier
to cultivate with a horse. II the bed
be of sufficient size to require 1t. AS
paragus roots spread rapidly and soon
cover large area. They will pro-
duce larger shoots and will continue
to produce longer than will be the case
If the roots are planted close together,
as used to be done. In too close plant
ings, the beds in few years become
a mass of roots, and the stalks become
smaller and tougher from year to
year.
When large field is to be planted
to asparagus it is interesting to know
how many plants will be required. If
they are set three feet apart each
way an acre will require 4,S40; three
by four feet, 3,640; four by four feet,
2,722 plants; four by five feet, 2,17S
plants per acre; five by five feet,
1892; five by six feet, 1,452; six by
six feet, 1.210. The roots of asparagus
will sometimes be found in the soil
ten feet from the parent stem, SO it
is readily seen that they can use all
the room given them.
Asparagus is not a deep-rooted plant
and does not require to be planted
in deep trenches, as some seem to
think. In it's wild state it grows on
the edges of marshes and has to send
its roots down only few inches to
reach water. The roots cannot live
in water and hence run far over the
ground near the surface. When they
are planted in deep trenches on heavy
soil the roots lie in water for weeks
at time and the plants die. The
writer knows of such bed being
made in the spring of 1902. 1t was
on heavy, wet soil. The old man that
dug the trench followed the old no.
tion and put it down good and deep"
which meant over two feet. He filled
the bottom with tomato cans and the
like rubbish. piled lot of manure
Continued from page 241.)
on top of that, then put in the as
paragus roots and the dirt A good
rain came on and filled the trench.
Not an asparagus shoot appeared dur
ing the entire season. The proper
depth to plant asparagus is from four
to ten inches. depending on condi-
tions Of soil, moisture supply and va.
riety of plant.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-24

1t is evident that silage is to he a
great factor in the future feeding Of
cattle in Illinois and neirhborina
states. The digestions of cattle ore
worn out by too high feeding of con.
centrated stuffs. Besides. the vast
in undigested material is great su,no
Genes c.. IN as a kind of feed that helps
out the others and saves the digestive
apparatus of the animals
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-24

1t pays to make first-class butter
but it is also necessary that the maker
should know how to get frst-class
prices for it. The man that takes his
butter to the corner grocery and sells
1t at the same price his neighbors are
getting for poor butter has not vet
learned how to get the most out of his
product.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-24
Then He Saw II

Won Blumer (roaring)-Who told
you to put this paper on the walli
Decorator-Your wife, sir.
Won Blumer-Pretty, isn't it?-Har.
per'S Bazaar.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-24

Nursery trees are greatly benefited
by transplanting them once or twice
before the final planting out
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-24
Hauling Milk Over Electric Lines.

Hauling Milk Over Electric Lines.
We notice that in some parts of
the West the farmers are asking the
electric lines to haul milk to market.
1t Is evident that this is one of the
purposes to be served by the electric
lines in the future. And why should
they not. They pass through the very
best of the land, where the soil is
richest and the population densest.
Such Is a good dairy region. for the
farms will be found to be generally
small and help quite easily obtainable.
The only drawback is the necessity for
the farmer to hitch up his horse to
draw the milk to the electric line.
This labor may be lessened by usiEg
a hand separator and shipping only
the cream. 1t could then be sent for
ward every day, and no excuse would
remain for it arriving at the factory
in sour condition. Up to the pres
ent time most of the electric lines run
ming through the country have con-
tented themselves with carrying pas
sengers, but it would certainly be a
great step in advance to provide facil-
tiles for the transportation Of much
OF the products of the farm.