The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, March 15, 1893, Image 2

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In the New York Times of February 5 there was told the story of the gallant feat of Admiral (then captain) Rhind in laying his vessel, the Keokuk, up to Fort Sumter in the Federal attack on the forts protecting Charleston and keeping her there till she was so riddled that she suck. After the engagement Capt. Ehind went to Washington bearing dis? patches to Secretary Welles. His duty there performed, he returned to Charles? ton. In conversation with a New York Times reporter Admiral Ehind said that before reaching Charleston be learned that the Confederates bad succeeded in raising the two gnns of the Keokuk, and had mounted one of them in Fart Sum? ter. That feat be considered one of the most daring of the war, and in point of skill bad probably no counterpart. The Keokuk lay on the bottom of Morris Island, with her turrets just awash at low I water. 8he was in full sight of the fleet in the daytime, and distant from the au vanced Union line not more than a mile. At the same time she was well below the protecting fire of the Confederate batter? ies. The work of getting hold of the Keoknk's guns was intrusted to Adolphua LaCoste, a Charleston rigger. The sub? sequent work is best told as recently related to a New York limes reporter by Ex-Confederates who participated in the undertaking. LaCoste was one of the best known Bhip riggers of his day, and nothing if not practical. Beauregard directed that all the men he wished be given to him. LaCoste got hold of a former lightship, which had done duty on Rattlesnake Shoal. He loaded the vessel well down by the bows with sand bags, and rigged a pair of shears over the bows so that the main purchase block would just clear the billet head. Before the lightship was towed down the harbor LaCoste and a gang of men worked silently a couple of nights on the turrets, cutting away the upper portion. All this bad to be done during darkness, and the work left ap parently intact in order not to be discov? ered should the wreck be visited from the fleet during the day. Two nights after beginning work the lightship was silently moved down past Fort Sumter and secured to the wreck. Divers attached the heavy tackles to the forward gun, the windlass was manned, and the gun slightly raised. When the heavy tackle was up two blocks LaCoste ordered the sand bags rushed aft. The force of men ran the bags back with a will, and as the bow rose up under the lightening process on deck so did the gun. Slowly tb.fi great cannon approached the surface, and then, to the utter con? sternation of all, when the last bag had been removed, it wa1 found that the gun hung in the turret, slightly caught by the muzzle. Had the lightship been weigh? ed down a little more in the first place she would, under the lightening process, have swung the gun clear; bnt now, with the first streak of light in the east, it looked as if all the night's work was lost. Just as LaCoste was about to give the order to lower the gun into the turret again, a heavy, lazy swell, one of that kind which on an apparently smooth day suddently. resurrects itself from the deep, rolled in from the .open sea, and as it struck the lightship it raised her bodily by the bows about two feet and at the same time swung the ponderous gun free of its iron cage. Aboard the lightship the Confederates could barely refrain from cheering, but the near presence of the Union fleet and the necessity for hurrying back under the protection of the fort caused prudence to reign. The lightship and the gun were towed into the upper harbor, and in a very short time one of the former eleven inch Dahlgrens of the Keokuk was pounding away from Fort Sumter in behalf of the Confederate cause. On the following night the after turret gnn was successfully raised, the necessary precau? tion having been taken to insure the gun tackles being of sufficient length. "I could hardly believe it possible," said Admiral Rhind, "that the Confeder? ates had got hold of those two guns, and yet when I pondered over it I waB not so surprised, though it did seem that our advanced ships must have been asleep." Continuing, he said: "When Dahlgren took command of the fleet off Charleston he was in poor health, and in anything but fit condition to com' mand an active attacking force. I well remember bis first day off the port. He desired to have a look at Fort Sumter, and so boarded the Catskill and hoisted his pennant. He ordered the vessel headed up the harbor. His flsg, of course, was observed from every Confed? erate battery, and when finally he got within range he drew upon himself the concentrated fire of Sumter and all the upper Sullivan's Island batteries. The Admiral did not continue his observa? tions very long in that locality, and I recall that when I visited him that night he was the worst-looking used up man I had seen in many a day. I said to him, rather laughingly, that there was no doubt that the presence of hib flag was the proper thing, but that for prudence's sake when making a reconnoissance it seemed to me rather injudicious to have it flying. At any rate, Admiral Dahlgren found out the strength of the Charleston batteries on that occasion. "At the time of the July attack of the fleet on Charleston's defences I had com? mand of four wooden gunboats. During the fight my little squadron took care of the Morris Island batteries, paying par? ticular attention to Battery Wagner and Ciimmiug's Point. The result of that second fight history has recorded. It only confirmed me in my belief that the monitor was not the vessel from which Hiiccess was to be expected in the work in hand. In my opinion the New Iron sides, with her powerful broadside bat tery, made up as it was of eleven inch Dahlgren guns, was the most efficient vessel the navy possessed, and, when it came to attacking earthworks the only ship iu the fleet before Charleston that could do really good service The fire of the monitors was too slow. The turrets easily jamrnerl injo usolessness: The vessels themselves were confined and cramped, and in rough water unfit for fighting. "To be sure, a monitor was sent to Europe, and one was sent to the Pacific, but the fact that these two craft managed to make the passage ho more demon? strated tbem as fighting vessels in rough weather than the ferry boats which we managed to send safely down the coast. What was patent to us all, who had ex? perience with monitors, was the absolute need of sufficient freeboard, and the New Ironsides was the nearest approach we bad to anything that could be termed a really efficient fighting ship before Char? leston. "Why, the Confederates cared little or nothing for the fire of the monitors, but whenever the New Ironsides took up a position and commenced her terrific broadside fire no living thing could with' stand it even behind the magnificent bat* teries which Sullivan's and Morris islands possessed. "It was a grand Bight to Bee Rowan , move forward into action with the New ironsides. The big ship would come stately on, wholly oblivious to the hail of shot rained upon her. Rowan nould rnn in shore as far as there was sufficient anchorage, connect springs to her cables, let go his anchor, and then, and not till then, man the batteries. As soon as all was in readiness, Belkoap wonld take charge on the gnn deck and the ball wonld open from our territory. I have Been the parapets on Morris and Sulli van's islands, lined with men in full view, when tbey were engaging only monitors, but when the New Ironsides Came up into position, it was only a question of a few minutes before she suc? ceeded in driving the men of any battery she concentrated her fire on into their bombro?fB. i "It was the practice before Charleston to send a monitor into the harbor every night to lie about the channels and inter? cept, if possible, blockade runners. Cal honn had this duty to perform one night with his monitor, and in the early morn? ing, when about. to withdraw from bis position, ran Mb vessel agronnd. The tide was falling at the time, and every instant imperilled the more hia ship. The Confederates detected with the ap? proach of dawn his predicament, and opened a heavy fire on him. Ab the under-water hull became exposed they aimed at that portion ef the ship. Cal houn responded as best he could, and in the meantime strove hard to free his ship. "His condition was observed from the Union fleet, and the New Ironsides was ordered to assist him. Rowan moved forward and threw himself directly be? tween Calhoun and the fire from Moul trie, and then, with a roar which only the New Ironsides could utter, began belphiDg forth broadside after broadside on to Moultrie's parapets. Rowan quiet? ed Moultrie for the time being and saved Calhoun. The latter managed with the assistance of another ship to pull himself free ef the shore. "Throughout the whole of the opera? tions before Charleston the New Iron? sides, I think I am safe in saying, never had a man killed aboard her, and she did the?hardest fighting of any ship in the fleet. She usually came in for the heaviest fire from the enemy, and yet, except for the tearing off of two port Bhuttera and the slight rupture of an overheard oarline, I do not recall that she ever suffered in the least. She car? ried four inch armor. "Oar signal system before Charleston was crude. It was nothing more than the simple wigwag and was early read by the Confederates from Fort Sumter. Dahlgren was constantly talking with Gillmore and subsequently events showed that the majority of these signals were read by the enemy." It was inferential from Admiral Rhind's remarks that there was not that cordial support between the fleet and the army at all times which were bo necessary to success. The Admiral referred to Gillmore's asaault on Battery Wagner and the bloody repulse that followed, and declared that, in hia opinion, the assault wonld have been a success had the fleet been directed to open on the works prior to the charge. "As it was," said the Admiral, "I lay off Battery Wagner with the Paul JoneB anxiously awaiting an order to open on Wagner. I knew, and we all for that matter, that there would be an assault that night. Gillmore had been parading hie assaulting column in full view on the beach, and the fact that reinforcements were known to us to have been pushed over to Morris Island made it pretty cer? tain that others besides ourselves knew of something about to happen. "I moved the Paul Jones in as close as possible, and up to the last moment wait? ed with my battery manned for an order to open on Wagner. No order came. We heard the movement of the assault? ing column, and a littie later saw a blind? ing sheet of flame leap around the para? pets of Wagner, which mowed down over 1,200 Union men. The awful glare of that flash, the blinding fury which it seemed to impart, is something I shall never forget. I was, for the moment, completely staggered, but recovering myself, I said to Forrest, who was beside me: " 'It is too late for us to do anything. That column is annihilated.' "Had the New Ironsides and a num? ber of the wooden gunboats only been in position the parapets of Wagner could have been kept clear. The New Iron? sides had repeatedly shown that if she could not drive the defenders of Wagner from their position, she could at least keep them clear of the parapets. Why she was not ordered to open her fire pn Wagner that night is something I have never been able to explain." ? Beware of imitations. Take no "just as good." See that you get the genuine Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, the peerless specific. ? The average person trims off the thirty-second part of an inch from each finger nail a week, or about an inch and a half every year. The average of human life all over the world i3 40 years. There are l,300,0o0,00G people iu thu world who, therefore, wa*te on in average 2S,~ 400 ruilpa of fioger nails Jn a generation. SHOULD A SOLDIER FEAR ? Southern Generals Discuss the Question of Bravery. Philadelphia Time?. Washington, February 24.?Tro question whether a brate soldier experi? ences the sensation of fear is one on which there is great diversity of opinion. It would certainly seem that there was far greater merit in facing a danger from a Bense of duty, where a man realized the peril, than in a stolidity of feeling incapable of appreciating danger. Every? one recalls the story of the great French marshal who, when about to mount his horse before a battle, noticed his legs shaking with fear. Gazing scornfully upon them he is said to have remarked, "Oh, legs, if you know where I was going to take you, you'd be shaking worse than that," and then rode forth to mingle in the charge. No one can doubt but that his courage was of the highest order. Yet no authority can have more weight than the statements of warriors themselves, and here are the opinions of the famous Southern fighters. gen. bradley t. johnson. The question "Is fear in a soldier cow? ardice?" answers itself in the definition. Fear, as I understand it, is the physical shrinking from physical struggle with opposing physical force. Cowardice is the refusal of the physi? cal and intellectual nature of man to face opposition, either physical or intel? lectual. Fear is controllable by superior will either of the man himself or of another, who, for the time, dominates and directs him. Cowardice is uncontrollable. Both cowardice and fear are physical as well as moral conditions. Some men are unconscious of fear? they are actually unaware of what dan? ger is?and in the real gaudlum certam inis, the joy of battle, they actually de? light in the fierce excitement of the fight. I really believe that Major Jim Breathed, of the Stuart Horse Artillery, and Major Harry Critnor would rather fight than eat. Stuart enjoyed battle, bo did Stonewall Jackson, and my analysis of Lee was that when bis blood was up ? and the smell of gunpowder atways fired him?he was as fierce aa any far off Norse ancestor. Though I knew nothing personally of Grant, I am of the opinion that the scent of blood drove his pulse up. I know Hancock blazed all over with enthusiasm at the sound of the guns and the cheers of a charging line. I have no doubt that many men facing death , have felt their flesh Bhrink and their nerves give way and were sorely afraid. But pride of character, regard for the respect of those at borne and the presence and example of thousands around them, crushed out fear and made them as firm and self-controlled as the braVest. I do not recollect ever having seen a coward?that is, a man whose fear over? came his sense of duty, personal pride and regard for reputation. I have seen lines of battle afraid, seen them waver in front of hostile batteries, seen them hesitate to meet the coming shock. But I have seen those very lines spring up at once animated by the bril? liant example of personal dash of their commanding officer, who, riding to the front, would swing his sabre above bis head and shout, "Follow me, men." And the thousand men, who a moment before were afraid, were thrilled by the electric shock of enthusiasm and went forward with a rush that was irresistible. The best veterans have been seized with panic. *When tl e nerves have been braced for hours the constant tension ex? hausts the endurance of human nature and the most trivial incident will throw them off their balance, lose their self control and send them senseless into panic, like a herd of buffalo. Napier records an incident of the Pe? ninsula war. Sir John Moore's army, than whom more seasoned soldiers never bore musket, was resting by the roadside and broke into utter confusion when a loose horse came galloping down the ranks. . Fear is physical and intellectual dread. Cowardice is fear uncontrollable. Bradley T. Johnson. fitz lee says yes. I would reply affirmatively to the question, "la fear in a soldier coward? ice ?" Fear is cowardice and cowardice is fear ?both are painful apprehensions of dan? ger. The meaning of both is "to be afraid" and an absence of courage is im? plied in each. If a soldier is afraid to fight, ho is de ficient in courage. There are however, two kinds of courage, the moral and the physical?the one obligatory in its na? ture, the other natural. I have often witnessed a display of both by officers and men where the skirmish line of con? tending armies first opened a big battle. Some would be nervous, excited and pallid, others stoical, tranquil and un? concerned. But after the skirmishers had been replaced by lines of battle and the rattle of muskets and war of cannon had drowned the first sputtering shots?while the combatants were shouting and men were falling and the battle was an accom? plished fact?the delicious excitement which Gen. Dick Taylor said Stonewall always enjoyed on such occasions, would possess equally the one and the other and no difference would be visible in their deeds of daring. FiTZHUGH Lee. jubal barley's op] \*ion. In response to the inquiry "Is fear in a soldier cowardice?" I wc d say that while cowardice is the result "excessive fear it does not follow that ft is alwayB cowardice. We are told in the Bible, tsalm 110, verse 10, and in several other paces, that "The fear of the Lord is beginning of wisdom." That, of course is not coward ice. Fear is a word that has a variety of definitions, amongst them being "anx? iety, solicitude, reverential regard, re spect mingled with awe." Viewing it in the sense of an apprehension of danger, I do not kuow Low I can better express my opinion rM tbG subject than by referring to ths ftdjectivn "bjavc" ;g WoFGWtW'fl Dictionary. In defining it he quotes from the Scotch poetess, Joanna Baillie, as follows: The brave man is not bo who fpels no fear, But he whose noble soul no fear subdues. From my own experience and observa? tion I can say that the bravest soldier in action is never without fear or apprehen? sion of dauger, but he encounters that danger without shrinking. It follows, therefore, that fear is not always cowardice in a soldier. Lynchburg, Va. J. A. Early. gen*. Wright's view. You ask from me an answer to the question, "Is fear in a soldier cowardice?" My division commander in the late civil war. Gen. B F. Cheatbam, who waB a hero of two great wars, once said to me: "The man who says, he goes into battle without fear is either an idiot, a lunatic or a liar." On the eve of an engagement, po far as my observation and experience go, there is always perceptible a fearful looking forward to the consequences. It is said of Tamerlane that on the eve of a battle he was heard to exclaim : "I wish I were a shepherd boy." I agree with Gen. Cheatham that no sane man ever engaged in a battle with a sense of fear. But this fear ia not the fear of a coward. The brave roan is he who goes into battle with a full knowledge of its perils which he wishes to escape, but willingly risks his life for bis cause and country. It is told of Governor (now Senator) Z B. Vance that being in a hotly contested engagement in the late civil war, he saw a hare between the lines running for life, when be exclaimed: "Go, it Mollie Cot? ton Tail; if I were not Governor of North Carolina I would run too." Marcus j. Wright. from a cavalry general. The following forcible sentiments are from the pen of a famous Southern Cal alry General who refuses to allow his name to appear; "I fancy every man will agree thr.t fear is aa universal and indispensable quality aa most others. "Self-preserv&tion is the first law of nature. Solicitude for preservation is commonly called fear. "Cowardice, I apprehend, is an entirely different thing. Cowardice is unmanly submission to unworthy fear. You will find cowardice exhibited and well de? scribed in 'Measure for Measure.' Cae? sar was afraid and cried to Cassius, when be was sinking, to save him, Macbeth was frightened by the ghost of Banquo, bnt neither of them were cowards. "I repeat that fear is a natural emo? tion, and only becomes cowardice when it is yielded to. Perhaps the highest courage is that which conquers fear or which does its duty and shrinks from no peril, although the feeling of apprehen? sion may be racking the human soul. Fear in a soldier, in my estimation, is not cowardice, unless it makes him de? sert his post of duty. I have no idea that the Confederate soldiers who re? claimed the crater at Petersburg did not feel the emotion of fear when they were rushing over an earthquake to restore a broken line, but the courage that con? quered the fear is to me sublime." gen. lomax's reply. In reply to (be question, "Is fear in a soldier cowardice ?" I would say, in my opinion, it is not. The best soldier is one who knows and fears the danger and marches beldly for? ward to meet it. I believe the excitement we saw in many on the field was a cloak for real cowardice, and, if not 'successful in the first dash, they often gave up. A brave soldier is cool and persevering under fire. Every intelligent and educated man fears the contest, but is by no means for this reason a "coward." __L L. Lomax. Changed their Minds. A young couple in a Lancashire vil? lage had been courting for several years. The young man one day said to the young woman: "Sail, I canna marry thee." "How's that?" "I've changed my mind," said he. "Well, I'll tell you what we'll do," said she. "If folks knows that it's theo as has given me up, I shanna be able to get another chap. So'll we'll have the banns published ; and, when the wedding day comes, the parson will say to thee, 'Wilt thou have this woman to be thy wedded wife?' and thou say 'I will;' and when he says to me, 'Will thou have this man to be t?y wedded husband?' I shall say, 'I winna.' The day came; and when the minister said, " vVilt thou have this woman to be thy wedded wife?" the man answered, "I will." Then the parson said to the wo? man, "Wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded husband ?" and she said "I will." "Why," said the young man, furi? ously, "you said you would say, 'I winna.'" "I know that," said the young woman; "but I've changed my mind since." ? There is more Catarrh in this sec tion of the country than all other disea ses put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local dieease, and prescribed local rem? edies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, prononuced it incu? rable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollarB for any case it fail? to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggist3, 75c. ? "There !" exclaimed the fair syndi catresi. "I think this article will fill a long fell w.-.nt." "What la tha title, AmV> "tfQwlQ nymm MOP-'mW' SUBSTITUTE FOK COTTON. Fall Irish Potatoes as a Money Crop?Span* Ish Goobers as a Sub.itunto (or a Forage Crop. New Boston, Tex., March 1.?Id an article written to the Home and Farm, last May, I said that we could look out for excessive rains and high water?be? fore the article was published all the western streams were rising rapidly? and that these rains with the reduced acreage would cause a shortage in the cotton crop i?qual to the surplus then on hand. But look out for a big cotton crop in 1893. Now this was not wholly guess work. I further said all kinds of grain would be low. My reasons were then given, and it would take several lengthy arti? cles to explain. So here I will only say that the rains had already commenced and there was a ereat deal of water on i the ground everywhere except in the I Southwest. When this is the case at the beginning of warm weather it is sure to last until midsummer if not until mid winter. These wet seasons are the very thing for all kinds of grain, but very detrimen? tal to cotton. Still, good cotton can be made these wet seasons and the very best of grain made in dry seasons, but better preparation and cultivation are needed in both cases. I have not time to say more than this on the base of my last May's prophecy. Why I said look out out for a big cotton crop in 1893 was because the short crop of 1892 would, as I said then, sell cotton at 9 to 10 cents a pound and everybody would wish their grain was in cotton in 1893; and be? cause every even year since I came to Texas, in 1876, there had been much more rain than in the odd years, and corn has always been low in the fall and win? ter of even years and cotton high the next spring, while the falls of odd years have reversed things?high corn and low cotton in the fall. Still, this is by no means unchangeable, and large crops of grain may be procured in the grain belt proper in odd years. This would hold the price down as in 1S89. Then they may do just as we did last year in cotton and in the grain belt did in 1890? cut down the grain crop. It is now very certain the cotton acre? age will be larger and corn acraage at the South much below last year, with the probability of a dry season. This will bring high corn, and would bring low cotton but for the large per cent, of the crop being planted in (the very unpro lific) long staples. And long ctaples cut no figure in the cotton supply, except to count acreage and bales to bold down the price, because long staples cannot be used in general manufactured goods. Still there will very likely be a large enough crop mad? to fully supply the de? mand and hold the price below present prices. All the bottom lands will be forced to greatly increase the acreage, and should the season be dry, f.s We sus? pect, they will make fully 1,500,000 more bales than they made in 1892. Besides their increased acreage their land will be much richer and easily cultivated. Add this to last year's crop and we Bee, with? out counting the increase on the uplands, there would be ample to supply the de? mand. The South must have more than one money crop and more than one forage crop, On dry years the one forage crop, corn, seldom does well on sandy lands, but cotton and all other shade plants do best these dry seasons, and on the wet years cotton does not fruit well. One seasoD Spanish goobers will make twice as" much forage as corn on poor or very sandy lands, and on dry seasons tbree or four times as much. They are no more trouble to cultivate than a cow pea, will make in from ninety to 100 days planted in April, will be ready to harvest in July, are harvested by Dulling up vines as we used to pull up cow peas in the old States. The goobers all hangs to and come up with the vine. A hand can pull up enough to winter a milch cow or feed a horse three months in a single day. I grew them last year that made a quart of goobers to the single hill. We have our rows three or three and a half feet apart and drop two goobers about every eighteen inches in the drill at cot? ton planting time. A drouth that would ruin a corn crop would be the nuking of cotton. Next to the goobers cow peas come for forage on those dry seasons on poor or very Bany land. Now how about the substitute money crop ? When the goobers or cow peas are harvested in July, follow close npon the harvesters with plow and harrow, roller or log drag, or take up in the af? ternoon and plow and barrow the next morning, and harrow once a week nntil the first good season after the first of Au? gust, which i3 nearly always the middle of the month in the northern part of the cotton belt and last of August in the Southern part. Lay off rows same width as for the goobers, and plant Irish pota? toes. Cover with four furrows with turning plow. Always cut the potato; never plant a whole potato in second or fall crop, because the whole tuber may lie without sprouting till spring, while the cut potato will come right up, if there is sufficient moisture, to a perfect stand. It is not necessary to sprout them be? fore planting if cut. But the land must be pulverized very fine, so as to hold moisture. Never plant a second crop of potatoes on the eame land the spring crop grew on. But grow if pos? sible a shade crop, s^ch as Spanish peanuts or peas. Those gather nitro? gen and carbonic acid lrom the atmos? phere, which is not only food but causes the land to crumble well and hold mois? ture. A few days after coveriog the potatoes with four turning plow furrows drag off with a log or harrow and again every week until the potato shows above ground. When up sufficient to work run around with side barrow or sweep. A few days later lay by with turning plow, running shallow, but wrapping the dirt around the plant. Now, what variety to plant? By all means, if puauiM*?, planf. the Tennessee ? If ff};? prteinatofi for thifi mh pose in Tennessee a few years ago and will nearly double any other variety in marketable potatoes, at the South, plant? ed either in the spring or fall. The fall crop improves it for earliness, quantity and quality, and in all makes it far su? perior to any northern grown. The fall Irish potatoes are as far supe? rior to spring grown as the fall turnips or radish is superior to the spring crop. The seed from a spring radish no larger than a man's finger (and that is hot and stringy) will provide radishes as large as a man's wrist on the same kind of land sown in August, and it will be brittle and sweet. Now as to yield. My crop planted the 15th of last August (eighth crop here in four years without change of seed, and each succeeding crop was finer than the one before it) made at the rate of 160 bushels per acre of the finest potatoes I ever saw, without fertilizer of any kind. The fall crop will make potatoes as large as a teacup on land that would not make a tuber larger than a marble from north? ern seed spring gro^n. Now bow about the demand ? Does anyone have any idea about bow many Irish potatoes are shipped to the South between October and March, when mon? ey is plentiful and the farmer's mortgage is falling due? Jost think about it. Everybody in the town eat them, and ev? erybody that plante any kind of vegeta? bles buy seed Irish potatoes at from $1 to $2 per bosh el. Think about it. Cotton is sore not to be very high, and feedstuff is likely to be very high, and potatoes always high at the South, and they can surely be pro? duced at nominal cost. I will answer any and all questions either privately or through the News.?Jeff Welborn, in Gal vaston News. Central Asia's Cotton. St. Petersburg, March 4.?The News publishes an interesting article, with illustrations, showing the remarkable development of the cotton industry in Central Asia in a realm that fifteen or twenty years ago was a great desert, pro? ducing scarcely enough to support noma? dic hordes. One of the pictures shows the cotton market at Andijan, in the pro? vince ot Fergban, Turkestan. It Is the central mart of that entire region. When it is understood that this region now pro? duces and exports more cotton than all the rest of Asia combined, the signifi? cance attached to Andijah may be ap? preciated. Andijan is situated, as before stated, in the province of Ferghan, on the river Sir Daria. To the north, east and south of it extend the gigantic peaks of the branches of the Hindoo Ecosh range, but to the west stretches away an even plain, over which the cotton is conveyed to European Russia, principally to Nijni Novgorod' A feature of the Asiatic cot? ton production, which not only threatens to, but already does, rival the American product in the Rossian markets, is its immense and rapid growth. In 1871 but 23.000,000 pounds of Tor kestan cotton found its way to European Russia. In 1881 this had increased to 45,000,000 and in the year 1891 the total amount sent out was 58,500,000 pounds. While this, when compared to Ameri? ca's production of 2,814,000,000 pounds yearly may seem but minute, a careful examination will show that the progress of the increase ef production is so rapid that it will not be long before this Turk? estan cotton will rival the American pro? ducts not only in the Rossian markets, but also in those in Western Europe. Another significant factor is the ex? tremely low cost of production, It. is needless to go into elaborate explana? tions on his head. Suffice it to state that, whereas the average price of cotton in the United States is about 12 cents per pound, the Turkestan product may be bought at Nijni Novgorod for as low aa 7 and 8 cents, and even less. Nor is the Turkestan staple any inferior in quality to that of America. Indeed, on the con? trary, that country is very fortunate both in its climate and soil as regards the pro duction of cotton, The climate is soft and the ideal one for the semi tropical prodocts. The soil is rich with salt and sopersulpbate of lime. These two are quite significant items in themselves. Furthermore, the plant, which attains in this region some nine and a half feet in height, and a thickness of stalk of two and a half inches, is singularly free from the various kinds of worms, such as the cotton worm, ball worm, etc., which are accredited with destroying nearly 34 per cent, of the American cotton crop. While the caterpillar does appear here, it is only toward the end of the summer, and thus does more good than harm, since it eats off the top leaves of the plant and thus lets in the sunlight to shine npon the lower portions of it, at the time when it needs it most, as the crop is gathered in August. There are at present sixteen cotton mills at Andijan, and, as these have been found incapable of anywhere near filling the demand, eight more are already in course of construction, and several others have been contracted for. One of these ?present mills is capable of cleaning 2,000 puds (about 7,000 pounds) per day. 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On a recent Sunday, Dr. John*Hal), of the Fifth Avenne Presbyterian church, New York, ~ asked his people for their annnal contribution to the mission work of their church in that city, and although the day was stormy and a less number than usual was present, $10,500 was.; handed in. "It is such gifts as these," says the Tribune, "which does more than, conventions to convince the laboring man that the church is more than a social clnb, and that it does really care for him." ? A little boy was taken suddenly IV% and a celebrated doctor was called to attend the little patient. The noted phy? sician is short in stature, and is possessed of a pair of bow legs. 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