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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1913)
iBwuifr'T" mt w iiimi iKt'i.li nw. tM-X& ijf J" kw,j u.'9VpnNm , THE NORTH PLATTE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. RULira HENRT HOWIAND ykdofffi pees- Sinful woman SUMMER CARE OF THE EGGS r2Tw& ST Al IfiHTFP OF.r " " .. Jr?v.WVV AM&KANS gF n KjP"! flj ll-l kATE seems to hnvo decrood that, In 1803, two great battles wore to ho fought on tho Aniorlcan conti nent, ono In tho cunt and tho other In tho southeast. Whether or not Futo decreed thus, chance, accident and neces sity, three elements that aro pres ent In nil great military opera tlons, combined to produce tho onlHcts of Gottysburg und Chlcknmauga. It Is n part of tho military history of tho United States that neither Meado nor Leo ii. tended that tho battle that was to decide tho issues between tho opposing forces of tho 1'nlqn and the Confederacy in tho cast would be fought at Gettysburg; 'but chanco and acci dent, otherwlso Fato, docrced that it should, bo decided there, and Gettysburg In a glorious heritngo in which all Americans aro common heirs. Sovcnty-llvo days after tho llamos of Get tysburg, two great armies of Americans threw themselves against each othor lllto thunder uolts of death on tho banks of Chtckamaugn creek, in the northwest comer of tho state of Georgia, ton miles south of tho city of Chatta jiooga, Tenn., and tho battloflold of Chlcka nauga is a mournful but glorious testimonial to American valor for all tlmo to como. Llko tho conflict of Gottysburg, tho slaugh tor of Chlckamauga wob duo largely, If not whol- ly, to chanco and nccldont. Neither General Itosecrans nor Gonoral Bragg, commanding tho I'nlon and Confedorato forcos, respectively, un derstood or expected that a battio would be fought on that wooded plain, Aftor tho Tullnhomu campaign of tho Union nrmy In mjddlo Tennessee, which ended July 4, 3SC3, General Uragg moved tho army of Tonnes boo to Chattanooga, Gonoral Itosecrans, about tho first of August, began moving tho army of tho Oumborlnnd to tho western slopes of thu Cumbolnnd mountains with tho intention of throwing Ills forcos across tho Lookout rango Into tho Chattanooga torrltory. Gonoral Rosocraus had established headquar ters at Winchester, Tonn., for tho purpose of di recting those military operations ngalnBt Chatta nooga. Ills loft corps, under Cilttendon, was ut aicMlnnvlllo, about fifty miles north of Winches tor, but tho Bamo dlstanco from tho western base of tho Cumborlands. Tho center of his lino was nt Dcchord, under Gen. Georgo II. ThomuB, who was destined to glorify his nnmo at Snod grass Hill. McCook, commanding tho 20th corps, was nt Winchester with Itosecrans. MInty's cavalry wnB to tho left of Crittenden. K. M. Mc Cook's division of Mitchell's cavalry corps wub on tho right of tho 20th corps, Gonoral Shorldnn's t vision early in tho month of August was ad vanced to Bridgeport and Stovenson, Ala., on tho Tonnossoo rlvor. Thomas and McCook woro sont through tho mountains many miles south of Chattanooga, Htrlklng tho valloy about forty miles south of that city Crlttondon was dispatched to tho vi cinity of Chattanooga, tho purposo bolng to on gngo tho nttonUon of Iiragg until Thomas und TUcCook could cross tho mountains and place their corps botwoon Chattanooga and tho Con federate baso of supplies to tho Bouth. General Uragg, however, waH not to be caught In such a trap. On tho night of Soptom ber 7 and morning of Soptombor 8 ho quietly evacuated Chattanooga, marching south to in tercept Thomas and McCook, as thoy ciuno down from tho mountains Into tho valley south of Chlckamauga. Tho Confodorato plan of cam paign Is clearly revealed in this movement. Gon tiral Hragg saw an opportunity to ongago tho "Union corps In detail and destroy thorn. Long etroot was coming over from Ringgold, Ga.. with heavy rolnforcomonts, having just reached that point from Gottysburg. It was tho golden oppor tunity for tho Confederates, but slipped through Dragg'a hands by failuro on tho part of corps fcommnnders to enrry out IiIb ordors. General Crlttondon discovered that Iiragg had tovneunted Chattanooga on tho morning of Sop tombor 9, and immedlatoly occuplod tho city. Through tho most unreliable information, Gon oral noBecrans believed that Uragg whb in full retreat on Homo, Ga, Acting upon thli Informa tion ho ordorod pursuit through tho Pigeon moun tains, Crittenden's corps, with the, exception of ii garrison force, was sont aftor Hragg. Thoy found him nt Loo & Gordon's mill, on Chlckn mauga crook, preparing for battio, with tho forces of ThomaB and McCook. Thoro was now no ltngorlng doubt that n groat battio was to bo fought on tho bunks of tho Chlckamauga on tho morrow. On Soptombor IS, which was Friday, Gonoral Iirnxton Uragg, realiz ing that his plan to engngo his antagonists In do tall had miscarried, ordored a movement of bin nrmy down tho Chlckamauga to effect crossings nt a numbor of bridges and fords Lnto on tho ovonlng of tho 18th n sharp ongagomont occurred at Alexander's bridge Tho battloflold of Chlckamauga was n 'doiiBoly wooded plain with an occasional olovntlon from which the thunderbolts of war could bo hurled from honvy artillery. The visitor today to tho Hold, of Chlckamauga Is wheeled along tho Lafayetto road, an old high way, now well Improved by tho government, that did ecrvlco buforo tho wor for tho country folk I I Mil I $ A tt 't m?f aTV$ ' Vl SAT Tires'. 7 VI II jg030EAW& I &wav' 1 1 GAS V (P0HrtAl2Zri x&iy&scp (mptm&jzzmMwmm (SPA? GiO. ZYfOACAS. "J20CPK "X" ' eazeAZtslha of north Georgia. This road was the "dead lino" in tho battio of Chlckamauga, If its dust, its rocks and its tieoa could bo animated and en dowed with tho power of speech, tho story thoy could tell would turn into sickly romanco tho best pages of heroic history. Tho strugglo for pos session of this now historic highway was no Icsb horole and deadly than tho numerous assaults and ropulsos at Snodgrass Hill. Tho flamo of battio swept tho forest on each sldo of tho road with n fury thut no pon can desoilbo. Practically all of tho first day of tho battle of Chlckamauga was a contest for tho possession of Lafayetto road. Tho sun wont down and dark noss onvolopod tho field, leaving tho mighty hosts still contending for tho highway. The Confed erates had boon driving west all (Jay in an effort to break tho Union lines and Lafayetto road be camo tho "bloody lane" of Chlckamauga. Tho blood of tho two armies still flowed when night throw Kb shadows over tho Hold. Nolthor had been victorious. No moro indescribably op pressive spectacle can woll bo imagined than night brought to tho two nrmtos. They wero so closo togethor than tho groans .of tho wounded and dying of both armies could bo plainly heard. Tho field wn8 strown with tho unburlod dead. By tho closo of the first day's fighting tho Con fodorates had becomo tho aggressors. Their pur poso wits plainly apparent, to break across La fayotte rond and plorco tho Union linos, cutting tho urmy in two sections, hopelessly dividing It, and annihilating each section In dotnll Not until church hells In Chattanooga woro calling tho people to dlvlno worship did tho roar of battio again resound throughout tho plain Hut it came 'with a moro dendly roar than nny which had swopt through the forest on Saturday. Tho Union forces woro steadily driven back from Lafayetto road, but doggedly hold their position In Dyer and Kelley fields against every assault, Inflicting heavy daraago on tho Confodorato col umns. Through a Jumbling of field ordors, the Kolloy Mold lino of the "Union forceB was weak ou'etl, and LongBtroot drovo three divisions ngnlnst tho wonkonod point. It was tho opportu nity thnt had boon tho hopo of tho Confederates all day. Rosetfrans, Crittenden nnd McCook were caught In tho broak, Boparated from Thomas' wing and retired to Chattanooga. It Is not surprising thnt tho break tn tho linos and doparturo of HoBCcrnna for Chattanooga dls heartonod tho Union forces and lnsplrtcd tho Con federates However, tho Confcdorntos had a great commander to contond with In tho person of Gon. George II. Thomaa, now tho "Hock of Chlckamauga." As tho roar of battio swept through Kelley field. It Boomed that tho Union forcos woro doomed Snodgrass Hill rlsos somo threo hundred feet high Immediately west of Kol loy Held. Its eastern sldo Is precipitous and In some placos rough Gonoral Thomas rallied his men on Snodgrass Hill, and hero occurred tho heaviest fighting of tho entire engngemout Tho host roglments of tho southorn nrmles wero sent ngalnBt Thomas at Snodgrass Hill, to bo shob to pieces on tho very breastworks of tho Nonomy. Somo of tho, Confederate reglmonts lost as high as 70 per cent, of tholr men tn their at tempts to dislodge Thomas, whllo tho Union reglmonts sufforod almost as hoavlly. Tho shouts of tho living, mingled with tho groana of tho dying and walls of tho wounded, mndo SnodgrasB Hill n veritable Inferno of death Not long ngo I stood on horseshoe summit, tho crater of Snodgrnss Hill As far as tho oyo could roach along tho ctost of tho ridge I saw handsome monuments of marblo and bronze, tributes of a grntoful people to tho valor of tholr sonB. Hut theso memorials, emblazoned with tho deeds of tho living nnd tho dead, carvod Into them by tho chisel of an artist, did not ImprosB mo bo profoundly as what I snw through tho gray mists of fifty years. I allowod my mind to go back, and I saw as horole a display of human courngo as tho world over wltnossod. Tho roar Practice of Holding Product for High er Market Price In Autumn Re sults In Serious Loos. (Dy N. E. CHAPMAN. Extension Poultry Specialist, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.) In tho summer months, oggs nhould receive tho samo caro and considera tion as swoot milk nnd cream, and bo markoted dally, if possible. They should not bo exposed to draughts of warm air, and should bo protected from tho rayB of tho sun nnd from molsturo, in handling, marketing and shipping. Tho common practice of holding eggs for a higher market price In autumn results in poor quality and serious losg instead of gain, tinder ordinary farm conditions, eggs should nover bo held. Tho farmer, however, is not tho only one responsiblo for tho ohranken oggs on tho market. Coun try merchants have been equally blamable for tho annual loss. A fresh egg will absorb odors as readily as fresh milk. Mustincss or moldy growth In egg cases or fillers will taint the egg and lower Its qual ity. Eggs should not bo stored In musty cellars, or In rooms with fruit, vege tables or fish. Tho flockshould never bo allowed to drink filthy water, bo fed musty grains or strong-flavored vegotablps, as onions and garlic, or given access to decaying meat or substances that will flavor tho product and Impair Kb quality. ADVICE CANT BE FOLLOWED of battio swept through Kelley field. Then there camo ono of those mysterious and unexpected lulls In tho storm, but It was merely gathering force for the climax of n hurricane that had raged In the forest along Chjckamauga creek for two dnys. It was soon to break again, and its lightnings wero next to flash around horseshoe summit, whero I was standing. I saw the ad vancing Confederate legions sweeping all before thorn across the open plain In my front. Long Btroot hud driven his brigades through the Union lines nnd .swept the right wing of Rosecrans' army from' tho field In wild disorder. "Wheeling IiIb forces he started for Thomas in command of tho left wing. If Thomas could bo routed, a vic tory for Confederate arms was assured that would shako tho nation to its foundations. Next I behold the bravo General Hrannan rallying the romnants of n half dozon brigades on Snodgrnss Hill. Goneral Thomas was marshalling his shat torod forcos for a reslstanco that placed his name high In tho esteem of tho nation. Before I could grasp the meaning of the whirl and tho rush of tho regiments, Snodgrnss Hill had been converted Into a citadel of defense from which tho thunderbolts of Iron could be hurled against tho advancing foe. I looked again and 1 saw Longstreet's Confederates scaling tho side of tho hill with majestic tread. Then 1 saw a shoot of flamo burst from the Union linos on the crest of the hill, full In the faces of the advancing Confodorntes. No troops could stand in that Btorm of lead They halted, dazed and deadened by tho awful carnago. Their lines gave way, only to bo re-formed at the foot of the ridge for anothor charge. I saw the flags of Mississippi Alabama and Georgia, South Carolina nnd Vir ginia, and tho lono star of Texas flashing do flanco at tho foe on tho summit of the hill. An othor charge Into tho faco of a deadly volley and another retreat to tho foot of the rldgo! Will they nover desist In their mad attempt to scale tho rldgo? Now, I saw somo of the Confederate standards on the crest of tho hill, and men In hand-to-hand combat. They piled the dead In tho trenches and fought over their bodies. Hut, again I saw Gordon, Granger and Steedman come to tho rollef of tho Union defenders with fresh troops, and tho Confederates woro hurled, maim ed and shattered, from tho vantage point they had gained by superhuman effort and undaunted courage. Tho sldo of. the rldgo was strown with the dead and wounded. Bursting shells had ig nited tho dry leaves of tho forest and bodieB wero scorched and blackened by flame and smoko. At last, as tho sun was sinking behind Lookout Mountain, throwing dark and spectral shadows across tho plain upon which ono of tho greatest tragedies of modern or ancient wnrfaro had Juat boon onncted, General Thomaa withdrew his forces undor orders from Snodgrass Hill, leaving tho bloody flold of Chlckamauga In possession of vtho battered but shouting Confederate legions aftor two days or lighting that has nover been excelled In tho history of warB. Tho Confeder ates wero tho victors at Chlckamauga, but Rose crans and Thomas got tholr army to Chattanooga In safety, a fact that has boomed to make honors ovon. What followed tho carnage at Snodgrass Hill Jb history Gonoral Hragg hesitated, ho faltered, he lost. Every commander of a division undor htm on that fateful field oxpected to hear every mlnuto an order to follo Thomns nnd clinch the victory; hut tho order nover camo, Thomas reached Chattanooga In safety nnd soon aftor succeeded Rosocrnns In command Tho long siege of Chattanooga followed, with which rend ers of war history ore familiar Chlckamauga was the bloodiest two-dayB bat tio of history. Tho forces wore about equal In numbers. Much controversy hnB from time to time arisen ovor Chlckamauga statistics, but from tho best obtainable Information tho total strength of ench army was a little to tho rlso of 50,000 men, making tho number actually engnged some thing moro than 100,000. Tho casualties wero about ub follows: Confederate; Killed, 2,268; wounded, 13,613; missing. 1,090; nggregato, 16.971. Union; Killed, 1.650; wounded, 9,749; missing, 4,77t; aggregate, 10,179. Those deadly figures show that tho agrgognte slaughter at Chlckamauga was 33,150, Including dead, wounded and missing tn both armies. Impossible to Have Egg Layers Alone, Consequently Farmers Must Keep General Purpose Fowl. Tho advice Ib given generally to se lect an egg breed for egg production, but on tho average this advico cannot bo followed very well, as the principal egg breeds, Leghorns, Anconas and Minorcas are poor mothers and can scarcely bo kept to advantage unless Incubators and brooders are employed In raising tho chickens. Consequent ly a majority of farmers and back yard poultry men aro forced to keep a general purposo breed. Of theso the Barred Plymouth Rock, tho "Wyan dotte, the Rhode Island Red and tho Orpington aro all deservedly popular. Far too many flocks of mixed fowls or mongrolB are kept. These are less profitablo than the pure bred birds. Eggs uniform in color and slzo aro lit; s-&r 'n What's the first thins peoplo say When a man (joes wrong? There tH one conclusion thoy Who make up the thronij Always BtralRhtway como to when Any mun goes tumbling down. When ho robs his fellow men. When tho ones who praised him frown When his honor nnd his pride End In bitterness nnd shamcf, Do we not at once decide That somo woman was to blamo? Whrfn a Christian falls from grace All tho world declares There's a womnn In tho cnBo Who has spread her snures: When a banker flees we know, Though her name may not bo heard. That some woman brought him low, And vo pass along tho word. For the wrongs men do, tho shame That thoy have to bear who fall Woman nlways gets tho blame, Woman Is behind It nil. But when somo man rlies high. When he wins applause, When for him tho banners Hy, Do we guess the cause? Do wo tell each other then That somo woman made him great. That for her ho roso o'or men. Tolling early, striving lnte7 Vet, without her who would win. Who would caro to do his best? Why blame woman for tho sin And withhold from her tho rest? 'That Old Dispute. "Well, after all," she said, "you men can't get around one fact when you try to make out that man is woman's intellectual superior. You admit that it was a woman who caus ed tho first man's downfall. Now, if that doesn't show intellectual supe riority on the part of tho lady, I'd like to know why. If tho man had been above her mentally, how 'could she have accomplished his over throw? If ho was hor superior why didn't he" "Pardon mo," tho man Interrupted, "you haven't started quite far enough back. As in all such cases, there waB another fellow around to puthor up Ao it." After which she scorned him and entered into conversation with a boy at the other pldo of tho room. Prlze-Wlnnlng Plymouth Rock Pullet worth moro in the markets than eggs mixed in color and slzo. Tho samo principle holds true when any con siderable quantity of markot poultry 1g to bo disposed of. Then, too, tho farmor with a good flock of pure bred birds can always soil oggs for hatch tag at a considerable increase ovor tho prdlnary market price for tablo oggs, nnd in tho fall many of tho surplus cockerels can bo sold to good advant age for breeders. Cleanliness. There 1b one word which poultry men must nevor forget nnd that Ib cleanliness. Without it failure is cer tain. The ammonia fumes from drop pings left under tho roosts aro sure to produco roup and throat troubles which are particularly fatal. Lice will breed and thrive in filth, and will ruin your flock in a Bhort time, unless exterminated. Humbled. "Well," said Mrs. Kaflippe, "I guess that Mrs. Jordan who moved around tho corner from us last spring and has nover been at home when tho neigh bors hnvo called will not bo so stuck up aftor this!" "Why?" her dear friend asked. "Their girl thought tho house was aflro yrstorday morning, and beforo the mistake was discovered tho men who hurried In had set the awfullest lot of cheap bric-a-brao and shodd: furnituro I ever saw out on tho lawi whero overybody could examine it." Keep Chicks In Yard. The beBt way is to kcop tho chicks In a ynrd that Ib enclosed with poultry netting until the are fully feathered out. In this manner thoy aro at hand when you want them and aro not roaming off and getting lost. This will also keep thorn from bolng killed by cats, dogs, etc. Dark Colored Eggs. Tho color of tho eggs sold today aro considerably darker thnn thoy avor ogod 3Q years ago, all of which proves that Asiatic blood has boon largoly in troduced throughout tho country, and that It haB Its offoot on tho egg. The Other Fellow's Argument. We argued In the morning, Wo argued1 Into nt night: 1 tried my best to show him ' Tho wrong way nnd tho right; 'Twaa fair advico I gave him, ' I kindly sought 'to savo him, To lead him to tho, light. How can thoy seo who blindly Refuse to ope their eyes? Headstrong, ho thought mo foolish And fancied he was wise: Today ho still goes thinking That I fornooth am xtnklng In depths whore error llos. It Still Holds Good. "They say." said tho old man. "that It 1b an exploded thoory that fish la food for tho brain " "Don't you believe It,' replied his grandson, who had succeeded In gut ting hnlf-wny through college before they oxpollcd him for hozlng. "Don't you believe it I've always et lots of fish, and look at mo!" Late Hatched Chicks. Lato hutched chlcka are moro apt to suffer from tho big head louso than the early ones. If tho youngs torn look droopy protty buto thing that tho louso Is busy. Little swoet oil on tho top of the hood will relievo them. Just n Supposition. "What do you supposo your mother would think If oho know I kissed you?" "I supposo alio would wondor if we had agrood upon a dato for tho wedding." One Kind. "Pa, what's a falsa prophet?" "A man who gots me to take din ner with him downtown nnd snya your mother won't caro, he.n I ex plain that it was all In tho llnoof business." if j! I k 1
