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bore him back to the English reserves,
Capt. Nolan falling from his saddle just
before reaching his own lines.
Lord Cardigan seemed to think that
it had been the object Of Nolan to de-
prive him of his command, and resolved
to carry the Light Brigade the full length
Of the valley to the farthermost guns
of the Russian battery. He did not know
until after the charge that Nolan had
been killed. AS soon as the range OF
the first Russian batteries was reached
our pace quickened into q sharp trot.
The battery was the one to the left at
first. but we soon came into the range
of the one to the right. The air was
a perfect inferno of sound. Men and
horses were stricken with instant death.
the bursting shells making the bedlam
of noises more awful while the smoke
rolled in upon us, mingling with the
dust raised by the hoofs OF the horses
"Our ranks were closed as fast as men
were lost. The ranks kept growing thin
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valley down which the ride was made.
The sober green of the hillsides was
most excellent setting for the bright fig-
ures Of the troops and cavalry. in the
snowy uniform then worn. To our LEFT
were the low clumps of hills Of the
Fedioukine range, in which were placed
the heaviest batteries of the Russians.
Directly in front Of us. as the troops
faced the head of the valley, were more
Russian batteries dscernible against the
green of the hillsides. when the smoke
which they belched out permitted them to
be seen. To our right, held largely by
our own forces, was the Worenzoff road.
which threaded its glistening way along
the hummocks Of the Causeway heights:
Far back of the batteries at the head of
the valley could be seen the glistening
ribbon Of the Tchernaya river
Suddenly to our extreme right we saw
an officer galloping madly toward the
Light Brigade. 1t was Capt. Nolan. aid
de-camp to the commanding officer, whom
1 knew by sight. We were alert, but did
not know the nature Of the consultation
between our leader and Nolan. Lord Car
digan seemed to be in doubt as to the ma
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ner and thinner and the pace OF the
horses increased to q mad gallor.
lost all sense Of direction. could hear
nothing but the whine OF bullets ana
the kissing of bursting shells, the cross
fire from the Russian guns getting IN
terrible work. But We were nearing the
batteries to the 'front.' the real goal OF
the charge, and deadly execution was be-
ing made on our depleted ranks from
this new source.
II can never be sure of what followed
It seems to me that we reached the guns
at the head Of the valley-at least MS
tory says We did. The frantic Russian
gunners surprised and terrified by our
onslaught. were tearing at their guns,
trying to unlimber them. their horses
rearing and charging. There was the
thud of hoofs. the clash of sabeFs, groans
OF dying men-all forming q medley
which Hades itself could not initiate
The aged man stopped from sheer ex-
haustion. His hands aud arms had been
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one of the handful of survivors of the
immortal charge of the English Light
Brigade at the battle of Balaklava, in
the Crimean war. He is spending the
twilight of long and eventful life at
the National Soldiers Home
The piercing eye OF the old warrior is
little dimmed by age. Although for six
years during the past century he fought
the Maori cannibals In the New Zealand
bush. and in more recent times has re-
ceived an honorable discharge from the
United States cavalry on account of dis
abilities from hard riding, his years.
which now number but four less than
four score. weigh lightly upon him
survivors of the tragic charge of the
Lgnt Brigade were never many. OF the
600 cavalrymen who entered the fatal
valley under the ambiguous command.
Advance on the enemys 'front.' but a
hundred odd remained. The reason for
the charge being made as it was has
never been satisfactorily settled, al
though the theme for whole volumes,
whose authors delved into the question
from every possible angle.
To "Cornet" Baynes-for in the Eng
lish army he had the commission of
cornet, which corresponded very nearly
to that of second lieutenant in the army
of the United States--the events of the
war OF the Crimea IN 1854 are as well
remembered as events of yesterday Al
though his life has. been crowded with
deeds of daring. and although he has
faced every weapon of offense from the
broadsides OF Russian batteries to the
tomahawk of western Indians In the
United States, soon after the close of the
civil war, when the red men trailed the
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Overlooking Venom.

AN actor ut the Players Club I'm New
"A York praised David Beiasco ardently.
You can't make a silk purse out Of
sow's ear" he said. but Mr.. Beiasco.
time and again, has made . skiliful and
fiery artistic out Of a cold and awkward
amateur.
Mr.. Belasco has q happy way, at re-
hearsals. Of driving home hts points.
Thus, one day, he wasn't sausned w1ti
the contempt that leading lady was
putting into q certain speech.
More contempt! he said More spite!
More venom!'
"sOh. can't do any better than l am.
said the lady.
Rubbish OF course you can,' cried
Mr.. sBelasco. Hiss the lines as you'd
hiss the word "Musquash!' II you saw n
lady friend ip q great. long, imitation
sealskin coat.
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ture of the orders he had received. No
Ian answered him in what seemed to me
to be an insolent manner. and our ieader
turned to the bugler Of the brigade with
an order. The shrill, thin notes or the
bugle sounded out the order to mount
Then came the order to charge, with
drawn sabers. was member of the 4th
Light Dragons, the queens own troop,
as it was called
Lord Cardigan was at the head OF the
troops, and as he led the Light Brigade
he looked neither to the left nor the right
We had proceeded on the charge but q
short way when Capt. Nolan suddenly
left the formation and, waving his sword,
started to cross ahead of the troops. No
one ever knew what the object of the mad
act was, for before he had gotten two
thirds OF the way across q splinter of a
she'll from q Russian gun burrowed its
way into his breast, killing him instantly.
His noble horse. feeling the change which
had come over his master, wheeled, ana
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- no Otner man III
the United States,
perhaps, and GER
tainly TO no other
man In Washing
ton. does the STIR
ring poem of Ten
n V SON $ THE
G. II arge of the
Light Brigade" ap-
peal as il does to
George III. Baynes,
soldier of fortune,
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Famous Charge Of the Light Brigade Now the Soldiers Home

lsh army. retiring to, private life far
awhile. The desire to wander sei1od him
again, however, and, within three years
after the close Of the Crimean war. he set
sail from England for Australia, to try
his fortune in what then was Engiand's
frontier.
Here again he found opportunity to
give vent to his desire for fighting. The
Maoris, tribes OF cannibals and savages.
in New Zealand had not yet been con-
quered by the English, and were giving
much trouble by their raids and wars.
Troops called the scouts" were formed
in Australia by former officers in the
British army, whose business it was to
crush these tribes. The invasions or
New Zealand by the English took them
into the heart Of the bush, and for six
years Baynes saw hazardous service in
these wars. At times he was sent as
spy or courier, on missions danger
GUS that when a dispatch was sent from
one detachment of the army to the other.
identical dispatches were given five dif-
ferent men at the same time in the hope
that at least one Of the dispatch bearers
would get through. Drummund Hayes.
well known Australian character. was
the most noted leader i'm the old days OF
the Australian scouts. Baynes SAYS
that he suffered more hardships while
scouting i'm New Zealand than he ever
did i'm the Crimean war.
At the expiration of his service in New
Zealand he once more went back to Eng
land. He remained there but 4 short
time however. embarking for Canada.
where he arrived I'm a little over year
from the time he left Australia From
Canada he came to the United States.
where the third chapter in his career as
a fighter was completed. In 1s12 on
the eve OF President Grants election ne
enlisted i'm Company / of the 9th Cav
airy at once being sent to the Indian
territory. where the Arapahoc Indians
had become very troublesome. He was
in a number OF skirmishes and nights
before the Arapahoes were finally sub
dued
After two years service in the United
States cavalry he was given an honor
able discharge on account OF Disability
contracted from hard riding as cavalry
man. While in tho cavalry he was under
the command Of Gen. Adna Chanee, ana
he is warm In his praise Of that ofnosr,
declaring that he was the best cavalry
officer that he ever knew.
After receiving his discharge from the
army he removed to COLORADO. Where ne
has lived most Of the time since. AFTER
his discharge from the United states
army he was married at Fort Russell,
Kan His wife died I'm 1909.
Throughout all his military career
Raynes has never received q wound. His
has been practically a charmed life, Tor
on many occasions II has seemed that
his career was to have an abrupt end.
but the goddess Of fortune. who always
befriended him. kept him unharmed. or
an essentially quiet nature. ne does NOT
have much to say of himself. and only
when questioned does he grow reminis-
cent of happenings which have long since
zone to make the history OF nations he
has been at the Soldiers Home since last
October.
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tober The early skirmishes had been IN
favor of the Russians. and number OF
the English Notifications in the neigh
borhood of Balaklava had been carried.
Heavy losses had been sustained by both
sides, the Light Brigade gradually being
worked to a position at the opening OF
the valley between the two ridges OF
hills.
Lord Cardigan was leader of the Light
Brigade-a most gallant omcer. l, OF
course. had no way of knowing the orders
that had been sent by the field marshal
to govern the movements Of the Light
Brigade during the day, and did not
know twenty seconds before the order
was given to advance that any forward
movement by the brigade was to be made.
] never VIII forget the appearance Of the
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1T never will forget the bleak, forbid
ding capes. and stern promontories of the
Crimean coast as they appeared to the
invading troops, who had entered the
Black sea by way Of the Golden Horn,
at Constantinople," said the old veteran
Frightening. as he remembered what to
him was but an adventure. Most OF
the transports and warships had left the
sickly harbor Of Varna, where myS-
terious scourge had fallen upon the
troops. creating great havoc among the
English forces for n time. We cast an
chor off the inlet of Balaklava, which,
though small. was capable of taking the
largest warships sent by the English
government. Our disembarkation was
made quite unopposed on the 14th or
September, 1854. and by the 18th the en-
tire force of the allies. consisting OF the
English French and Turkish forces, had
established themselves on Russian SOIL
in the peninsula of Crimea. Although
ii was impossible at that time to unload
much of the baggage of the soldiers, We
nevertheless seized about $50 'arabas,
or native wagons of the Tartars who in
them to convey the munitions and "a.
tions. A thousand cattle and sheep. with
poultry. fruit and vegetables. were SELF
ed from the hostile tribes.
in which / engaged before the fight on
the Balaklava plain was the battle Of the
Alma. or, as 1t Is called in the native
language. Tho Apple probably on ac-
count Of the splendid apples which grow
in the valleys along rivers sheltered by
the mountains"
He hesitated for moment, trying to
remember the date OF the battle of the
Alma.
IT think" he said. slowly. "it was on
the 10Th or the Goth of September His
tory records that 1t was on the 10th Of
September.
"While the Light Brigade did not take
a very active part in the battle, as most
OF the fighting was done by the infantry,
we nevertheless saw some sharp skirmish-
ing in the battle. which cost the Russians
about 5000 men and the English about
5000. killed and wounded. Two days were
spent on the Alma while we buried our
dead. The march around Sebastopoi was
a hard one. the high grassy steppes af-
fording little water for either horses or
men. My own charger suffered terribly
for water. on one part Of the march going
for nearly forty-eight hours without it,
'sThe weather during the months Of Sep
tember and October wee deliEhttuli the
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TELLS Interesting Story
! of Wonderful Charge
Old Fighter Spending Twi-
light of Long and Eventful
Life in Washington-Enlist-
ed as an English Soldier
When Eighteen Years of
Age-The Light Brigade's"
Wonderful Dash Through
Shot and Shell-Only a Small
Number of Survivors Living.
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warpath, he says that the most vivid
recollection Of his life, the one thing
which stands out above all else. is the
desperate ride he made into the teeth
kava, between the guns on tho Cause
way heights and the Fedioukine hills.
Baynes receives his visitor anably IN
the pleasant sun parlor at the Soldiers
Home. He Is comfortable there, despite
the fact that he expects soon to re-
Springs, Col, where his wife is buried.
and where his friends live. Pressed to
tell the story of the Crmean war. and
especially Of the carnage made immortal
through the song Of poet. he looked
uuizzicaliy at his visitor, and said:
TT may be a long story. my friend.
Though the battle Of Balaklava was the
most noted battle of the war. and the
best known in countries where Tenny-
sons poem is read. yet there were other
fights, even more desperate encounters.
and, withal. battles which told more for
England than did Balaklava." He
speaks in the broad infections of the
true Englishman, and every sentence
shows the effect Of a thorough edu-
cation received in Eton College, England
His father was Charles Robert Baynes,
chief justice of the English presidency
Of Madras. in India. The son was born
there, and when George was three years
old the elder Baynes took his family back
to England. where he carefully attended
to the education of his son. who re-
gentleman's son in England in that day.
Mr. Baynes was born August 2, 1885 A
wealthy uncle purchased commission
of cornet in the English army for him
at the outbreak of the war in the Cri-
mea. when he was eighteen years old,
making him one of the youngest COM
missioned officers in that conflict.
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Cannon to right Of them,
Cannon to left Of them.
Cannon In front Of them
Nollcyed and Numbered.
Sjorined at with shot and shell.
Boldly they rode and well,
Tntn the jaws Of death.
Into the Dnufh Of hell.
Rode the six hundred.
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veteran OF three wars and. he states, ci
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-25

(By PROF THOMAS SHAW
Corn is a great soiling crop, but
the same objections obtain to using it
tor soiling food purposes as obtain to
sorghum. The nutriment in ii is less
prior to maturity than after maturity
When fed in the form 4 ensilage it
is fed virtually as soiling food. as it
is then fed slightly short of maturity
and in the succulent form.
For this use no plant in America
will equal corn, and this is unques-
tionably the most economical way of
feeding it when it is to be fed for a
number of years.
Under such conditions it will abund-
antly pay to build a silo, relatively
narrow and deep, that it may be
adapted to summer feeding.
The advantage of a narrow silo over
a wide one for such feeding arises
from the fact that less surface is ex-
posed from day to day during the
summer when small quantities are
fed.
The sowing of corn for soiling on
the broadcast plan has but few advo-
Gates. 1t has been condemned chiefly
on the ground of the small food value
possessed by corn so sown as COM
pared with corn grown in rows so far
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-25


When corn is to be planted on wheat
ground, cowpeas should be sown in
sell at so cents to 50 a pound. The
grain is harvested. One and one-half
bushels to the acre, sown broadcast
or drilled in with an ordinary grain
drill, will give the best results. If
drill is used, 1t should follow the bind.
er between the dropped bundles and
the standing grain. Where the field
is trashy or weedy and can be cleared
Of the grain before July l, it should
be cleared and disked. In no case
should the planting be delayed long
after this date, but disking will make
the sowing of the peas an easier mat.
ter. A thoroughly warm seed bed is
necessary for success with this crop.
Cowpeas, seeded in July and grown
through August and a part of Sep
TENDER, may be plowed under late in
September or early In October without
any danger to the succeeding crop or
to the soil On light soils a part OF
the crop should be removed. On heavy
clay soils blowing under the whole
crop is best. The ground should then
lie fallow until spring. Where 1t is
possible the peas may be pastured be.
fore being turned under with little
loss in fertilizing value and consider.
able additional gain in feed for farm
animals.
The expense of growing the peas
will be about 81 an acre. The ground
will raise almost enough more corn
the next year to pay this expense, and
then there will be diminishing gain
for q period OF nine years longer.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-25

apart as to freely admit the sunlight.
1t is possible however, that too
much has been made of this objection,
as the experience of many has shown
that much milk may be obtained by
feeding corn grown thus on a given
area of land
1t is very convenient way of grow
ing it, but it is costly of seed and does
not check weed growth so completely
as when grown in rows.
For purely soiling food uses, when
corn is grown in rows the aim should
be to obtain from it as much bulk as
is consistent with the free and ample
opportunity to cultivate the crop in
the usual way
This means that while the rows
should not be closer than three feet,
the corn may be grown thickly in the
row. To accomplish this the drill
may be made to sow seed twice or
three times virtually. in the same
place.
The cutting may begin as soon as
the crop is In full tassel, and may be
continued until the crop is nearly, II
not quite, ripe. The season Of feeding
may be prolonged by planting at least
two varieties which mature at differ.
emit times during season.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-25
0EhtALfARrl.
$,;AN0TES e

Every farmer who keeps stock Of
any kind needs a silo.
Horses are the most uneven graz
ers among our animals.
Give the orchard a goodly share of
time, thought and care.
Calves will learn to eat hay early
when it is kept within reach.
The wise farmer keeps all the fer
tility that he can ON the farm.
1t is well known that some bees are
more inclined to swarm than others
The skimmilk differs from whole
milk in being deficient In butter-fat.
There is positively no known treat
ment of any value for tuberculosis of
chickens.
1t is very necessary to teach the
calf to eat. grain early, when raised
on skimmilk.
Whatever breed Of sheep meets
your requirements 1t is the one for
you to land on.
Size, vigor and activity of both cock
erels and pullets are essential to good
breeding of fowls.
why not clean out the poultry build
ings as often and as thoroughly as
you do the barns?
There is no excuse for keeping
COWS that do not pay market price
for the feed that they consume.
The craving for salt by animals has
been considered within of the animal,
wnen in reality, salt was a necessity.
When put in the milk the calves
simply gulp it down which may mean
Indigestion or constipation. But II is
a mistake to put it in with the milk
feed. Let them have It dry.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-25

FOR RENT houses on Jackson
street, rooms, city water, $3.50;
l house on Jackson street, rooms,
all conveniences, $4,000; l house on
West Fourth street, rooms, all
conveniences, $500; l house on
Bouie street, $3.50; house on Hall
Ave, rooms, city water, $1,000;
house on Elizabeth Ave, 5 rooms,
all conveniences. $500; house on
Court street, all conveniences, 5
rooms, $500; l house on Southern
Ave. and McSwain St, 5 rooms,
$500; 8 houses on East Pine St, 5
rooms each, city water, $500; l
house on West Seventh ST., s rooms
$500; l house on East Seventh ST.,
$1,000; l house on Upton ST., 5
rooms, S6.00.-P. r. Perkins. Office.
Citizens Bank Building. Both
phones 169.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-25
NERVOUS WOMAN
Lost Sleep And Appetite-Is No,., Mai,
And Strong.

Il men only understood hottor hon.
'u'iy woman's strength is taxed
ny her monotonous round of household
O0''eS' 'ney would not be surprised at
ah occasional spell of nerves
"nen woman is strong and well
She does not know what it is to be
nervous-it is only when she is weak
'hat her nerves go to pieces.
Mrs. NJ. A. Robinson Of Vast
Grove Pa, says; Il had nervous
trouble for some months affecting
ooth my appetite and my sleep. Soon
after began to take Vinol | felt ever
so much better anw now am as we'll
as ever Vinol did me a lot of good 5,
Our advice to all nervous, run down
women is-Take Vinol and regain
your strength, then you will have no
more nervous spells. This delicious
COO H'er and iron remedy without oil
always agrees with the stomach. and
l' has made thousands of weak. dis.
'omased. sickly women well and Wig.
'foUS' We guarantee it money back
Do Ninol does not please you.-HAYs
q FIELD.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-25
TWO GOOD THINGS FOR SILO
Sorghum and johnson Grass May Be
Used, But Not Considered as
Good as Dent Corn.

In reply to a query from Texas as
to the use of sorghum and Johnson
grass in the silo, the Hoards Dairy.
man makes the following reply:
Sorghum may be put into the silo
and we should expect it to keep as
well in the south as 1t does In the
north. About the only difference be-
tween silage keeping in the winter
and in the summer is that a little
more should be fed each day in sum-
mer than in winter, The air coming
in contact with the surface of the
silage in summer spoils IL more quick
ly than 1t will In winter This is due
different kinds of bacteria and fungi
to grow. But in an alright silo where
these plants cannot get in, silage will
keep as well In a warm as in a cold
climate. Sorghum makes a fairly
good silage, but owing to the large
amount of sugar it contains the silage
becomes more acid than when made
from common field corn.
Johnson grass may be put into the
silo Care must be taken, however,
to thoroughly pack 1t during the filling
process, and If 1t is little too ripe
when put in liberal amount of water
should be used. We think 1t a very
good practice, after the silo is filled,
no matter with what crop 1t is filled.
to add considerable amount of wa
ter, While sorghum and Johnson
grass may be put into the silo. yet we
think they are not as good crops to
use for this purpose as dent corn.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-25
C0NPEAS FOR HUMUS
Crop Also Furnishes Nitrogen
When Flowed Under.
They Are Deep-Rooted and Can, There
fore, Use and Make Available Plant
Food Other Crops Are Un-
able to Produce.

For green manuring purposes, no
plant is better than cowpeas, crop ex-
perts at the Kansas Agricultural col
lege say. One year of this crop will
improve the soil for ten years. They
are deep-rooted and can, therefore, use
and make available plant food which
other crops are unable to get. Nitro
gen is the fertilizing element usually
lacking in the soil. Cowpeas take this
element from the air and make it
available.
Cowpeas grow best in warm eli
mates, but many varieties will grow
in cooler regions. The Whippoorwill.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-25

BARRED ROCKS-Eggs $1.OO per Is
through season. No other bred
handled, new blood in entire flock
No exchange. Guinea eggs $1.OO per
17.-Mrs. J. P. keeton, Petal, Miss.
sat-april14