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The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
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army. hitherto employed In
guarding our Mexican frontier,
had been some days at hand, l
saw and heard nothing that indicated
or threatened belligerency on our
part. On the contrary, the president
sat listening to the endless whine OF
the ofiice-seekers, and dolling out vii
lage postofices to importunate or
lucky partisans just as though we
were sailing before land breezes on a
smiling, summer SEQ; and to my In
quiry, Mr.. President Do you know
that you will have to fight for the
place In which you sitp he answered
pleasantly, will not say lightly--but in
words which intimated his disbelief
that any fighting would transpire or
be needed land firmly believe that this
logged resolution not to believe that
our country was about to be drenched
In fraternal blood is the solution OF
his obstinate calmness throughout the
earlier stages Of the war; and especi-
ally, his patient listening to the de-
mand Of q deputation from the young
Christians of Baltimore as well as OF
the mayor and other city dignitaries,
that he should stipulate while
blockaded In Washington, and In
imminent danger Of expulsion,
that no more Northern volun-
teers should cross the sacred soil of
Maryland In Fastening to his relief.
We could not comprehend this at the
North-many Of US have not yet seen
through 1t; most certainly II he had
required a committee OF 10000 to
kick the bearers Of this preposterous.
impudent demand, back to Baltimore,
the ranks OF that committee would
have been flied In an hour from any
Northern city or county containing
80, 900 Inhabitants.
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
The Ideal Husband.

Miss Lillian b. Perry, OF Covington,
Tenn, has won prize for tho best
description of the kind OF man to
marry, and this Is the way she paints
her ideal: III ! wish to marry
(Which, OF course, / do not). would
desire a man too noble to commit q
mean act, but generous enough TO
forgive one. A man as gentle as q
woman, as manly as a man; one who
does not talk scandal nor tell disa-
greeable truths. A man whose name
l would be proud to bear, to whom
carry my doubts and perplexities. and
with whom / would find sympathy and
iOy.n
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sherman In the Field.

am reminded by reading the letter
Of my old commander, General How.
ard, OF an incident which occurred on
the Atlanta campaign, says a corre-
spondent. l was staff officer In the
Fourth Army Corps and was riding
about . o'clock in the evening. accom-.
panied by an orderly. from Marietta.
out TO the 'front.' distance OF about
six miles.
There had been some brisk Skin
misning with Gen. Johnston's rear
guard during the previous day. and
an occasional ambulance passed up
on its way to the hospital OF Marietta.
Belated supply trains and groups OF
stragglers. disabled horses and broken
down wagons were scattered along the
road.
Wishing to light my pipe and hay
ing no matches | rode out into the
woods. near the road, where I saw a
fire. As l approached 1t found two
soldiers holding candles. the light OF
which fell upon map spread upon
the ground. Lying prone upon his
breast with his chin resting upon his
left hand, and with the index finger
OF his right tracing the lines upon
the map. was General Sherman.
I Immediately alighted. and touch
ing him upon the shoulder. said:
General, do you know how fan you
are from headquartersp 1t Is fully
three miles"
He arose at once, and. accepting the
offer OF my horse. mounted him and
rode away toward the front. Know
ing the habits OF the chief. and that
regaining possession of the animal
depended upon keeping him In
sight, l promptly dismounted my
orderly and followed the general to
headquarters. He had not been
missed. There was nothing unusual
in the occurrence. He had started
out alone for a walk and his stout legs
had borne him three miles away.
His mind filled with the great prob
lem OF the campaign. he had need to
consult a map OF the country and,
calling up two struggling soldiers.
bade them light their candles that he
might then and there settle some
doubt as to the trend OF mountain
range, or the direction OF road or
water course. This is not much OF a
story. but it may serve to show to
people who never served under his
leadership how readily he adopted the
at hand to immediate use.
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
Built a Cottage HERSELF

A plucky and independent girl is
Miss Elizabeth More. OF Edgeworth,
Pa. With her own hands she recently
built neat little cottage, laying the
foundations, plastering the walls Of
the different rooms, and performing
all the carpenter work to builders
taste. TO do this she found it neccs-
sary to don male attire, and young
girl friend helped her over the hard
est part OF the work. Miss More Is
said to be as pretty Us she is ener-
getic. She was once protege of
Jane Gray Swisshelm, and the lessons
that stern champion OF woman's rights
taught her have apparently not been
forgotten.
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AndrexyJacksonss Nose.

When | was at Alexandria recently,
writes Washington correspondent,
| heard an old mans statement OF how
President Jackson's nose was pulled
by Lieut.. Randolph. In the summer OF
1888. Said he: President jackson
was passing Alexandria on his
way to celebrate the building
Of monument to Washing
tons mother at Fredericksburg
The steamer stopped at Alexandria 10
get the mail. jackson was sitting In
the cabin back Of table smoking a
pipe. and there was hardly room to
pass him. His pipe was along.stemmed
one, and it hung almost to his knee.
A few men, including Maj. Donelson,
JacksOn's adopted son, were standing
about, and there were others who had
come on board 10 see the president and
to look at the boat.
Among these was Lieutenant Ran
dolph n connection OF the noted Ran.
dolph family to which John Randolph
belonged. He had been dismissed
from the navy by jackson for some
trouble In his accounts. He was a
straight young man, and not bad
looking. lie came on the boat and
pushed his way through the
crowd until he reached the
cabin. This he entered. and went up
TO jackson as though he would speak
to him. President jackson did not
know him, but held out his hand, ask
ing him TO excuse him from rising.
As he did so, Randolph. with a quick
gesture. seized Jackson's nose and
gave it three strong pulls. 1t was
done SO quickly that no one
had chance to interfere.
Old Hickory threw his pipe up
into the air as II 10 strike Randolph
with It, but before he could do any
thing Randolph had started of. and
he was helped by the bystanders on
to the wharf. He quickly mounted a
horse and rode Off into the country.
Jackson's excitement was intense.
His nose was as red as fire, and ! am
sure 1t did not regain its color
for days. He said angrily, III
/ had had an idea that 1 was
going to be assaulted 1 should have
been prepared. Randolph is the first
villain who has ever escaped me-
Hereupon bystander said, If you
will pardon me for the crime, I will
kill Randolph within the next fifteen
minutes This jackson refused to
promise. think an indictment OF
assault with intent to kill was filed
against Randolph in the courts at
but this was afterward
nolled by Mai. Donelson."
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
Women Horseback Riders.

Besides the roundness OF limb and
redundancy OF health that women &C
quire from vigorous horseback riding,
they gain a faculty for keeping their
balance while on their feet in con-
veyances. 1t is most desir-
able acquisition for the city woman,
whom we are accustomed to see tip
ping or staggering about in the street
cars when forced to stand. Sharp
eyed men who ride horseback know at
a glance when a woman standing In a
street car is horse-woman. They
know it by the ease and sureness with
which she adjusts herself to the
motions OF the vehicle, and at the
same time preserves her feminine
dignity.
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
The Last Buals Call.

With marshal thread and muffled
drums small band OF gray and griz'
zled veterans bear away to the last
camp ground, all that Is mortal Of 0
dead comrade. No band Of brilliant
uniform. no procession In bright re.
gala leads the way to the grave, but
an escort OF old soldiers, who bear
upon the bronzed faces the insignia
OF war and upon their bent forms the
scars OF battle. Who can fathom the
thought OF this little band
OF men as they march beside the bier
with slow and measured tread. A
thousand memories must come to
them Of the dark days long sgo-ol
the long, long marches over the
mountains, through the marshes, in
the burning sun. In the binding
storm, the cherries camp ground in
the chill twilight, the shrill bugle
call in the gray OF early morning, the
sharp command, the charge, the
rattle OF musketry, the sullen roar oil
cannon. the clash Of arms, the pallid
faces OF the dead, the groans OF the
dying. and black smoke Of battle hang
ing over all like pail Of death.
No secret order that holds men to-
gether In any brotherhood can COM
pare with the tie that binds the SOL
der to soldier. No initiation how
ever startling can equal that through
which the soldier has passed. His
ordeal takes him across the field OF
carnage into the jaws Of death, and
every degree he takes Is sealed in
human blood.
Lower the dead hero into his last
resting place with gentle hands and
let tho cold clods fall softly on the
bosom that once was barred to the
enemy's bulle Is in defense OF his
country. Plant an evergreen on his
grave, an emblem OF imm ortality,
and place q stone at his head with an
inscription that in the great here after
will outweigh the epitaph OF kings {:
He Was Soldier.
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
She Did IL Well,

There Is nothing like self possession
In all emergencies. Not long ago a
clever woman was dining at a hand
some board in an interior city. She
had never, as 1t happened, seen lime
juice offered In the course OF meal.
When the bottle was handed around,
some salad had just been served to
her, and without giving the matter
any thought she assumed the liquid to
be sauce pipuante for the salad and
dashed few drops on her lettuce
hearts. In an instant she became
aware, by that sort OF intuition
which Is in the air at
such times, that she had done
something wrong, and when she saw
her neighbor adding some OF the con-
tents OF the bottle to his glass OF wa
ter, she OWNED at once what her
blunder had been. The meal pro-
crossed and she finished her salad with
apparent relish. Her hostess pressed
more upon her, and she accepted a
second serving. Then. with a little
air OF not having everything quite to
her liking, she looked up and down
the table and signaled the waitress:
''The lime juice, please" she said,
nonchalantly. and as II salad without
lime juice were an UNBEATABLE dish.
This bit OF adroitness at once set her
in niche among the company as an
aninnra ~ arcnlt and nnnuastinnad
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
Increase In Women workers.

1t is remarkable that nearly 80 per
cent Of the total female population is
employed in remunerative occupations.
In the last decade tho percentage was
only 2l.S3 Of the whole. Out OF the
eleven classes OF occupation women
have increased comparatively In nine,
viz. government service, professional
and domestic service, trade. agricul-
ture, fisheries, manufactures and as
apprentices, while they have de-
creased comparatively as laborers and
in personal service. In 1880 there
were nineteen branches OF industry In
which women were not employed; in
1885 the number was reduced to
seven.
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
RegImental Histories.

Among important records OF the
late civil war are regimental histories,
both Northern and Southern, but sur
vivors OF these organizations are so
few and scattered, and many are SO
poor. that all plans end when the
question OF ways and means is reached.
This difficulty has recently been OBJ.
waited In pleasing way for one hard
fighting New York regiment-the
First mounted rifles. An artist-ofiicer
OF the regiment Captain ID. Z. Cronin.
has for two years been compiling a
voluminous history OF the regiment,
illustrated with portraits of all men,
bers whose families could find war
time photographs. He has also COM
pleted many pictures from sketches
made during his service with the regi-
ment The entire cost Of the elabor-
ate and expensive book is met by a
wealthy citizen. Mr.. Daniel Parish,
whose sole interest In the work is pa
triotic. In any county in the union
there are men who could easily af-
ford to follow Mr.. Parish's example
and make enduring memories OF the
soldiers Of their vicinity. Such books
are needed now; in a few years they
will have become invaluable.
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
Tho Wrong Man.

The "Pall Mall Gazette" tells this
story Of modern Jenny Geddes, who
seems to have been as pronounced 10
her convictions and as candid In the
expression OF them as the original
one. A startling incident occurred Mt
the anniversary services Of the West
United Presbyterian church at Kir-
riemuir, entirely without parallel
in tho history OF the Oldest inhab-
itants. On the afternoon OF Sunday.
April 5, the minister was calmly
preaching his sermon, when a modern
Jenny Geddes, Infatuated at one Of
the male members OF the choir being
asleep, hurled her bible at the head
OF the delinquent from the gallery
where she was sitting. The biblo
missed the sleeper. but struck the
shoulder OF another man in the choir,
who started up amazed. The minister
became pale, paused In his discourse
and exclaimed whats wrongp"
THE bible struck the wrang man, !"
che cried. rising up in her pew, al.
though her friends vainly attempted
to hold her down; "twas meant to
wauken the sinful sleeper"
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
Our Hone Is I'm Thee.
We hope In thee. o Godi

We hope In thee. o Godi
The day wears on to night,
Thick shadows lie across our world;
In thee alone is light.
We hope in thee. o God!
The fading"time Is here;
But thou abidest strong and true
Though all things disappear.
We hope In thee, o God!
Our joys 60 one by one;
But lonely hearts can rest In thee,
When all besides Is gone.
We hope In thee, o God!
Hope falls us otherwhere;
But since thou art In all that Is,
Peace takes the hand of care.
We hope Ia thee, O God!
In whom none hope In vain
We cling to thee In love and trust
And joys succeed TO pain.
christian Union
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Canada,s Peerless.

Lady Macdonald, the widow OF the
Canadian premier, will hereafter be
known as the Countess Earnscliffe.
her title having its source in her late
husbands handsome county seat.
The countess is one OF the cleverest
as well as one OF the most popular
women In Canada. She is thoroughly
posted in the politics OF the dominion.
and 1t has been due as much to her
tact, wit and accomplishments as to
her position that she has been the
leader of society in the Canadian
capital.
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To Girls About Eating.

A physician In writing about the
health OF girls, tells them TO eat good.
but plain, wholesome. nutritious
food. and above all to eat hearty
breakfast. Too many young women
have grown up to regard 1t as vulgar
TO indulge the appetite at the morning
meal, and have been allowed TO Guilt
vate the habit OF 'mincing" and
slipping" at a few dainty dishes. or
have been permitted to go without
breakfast altogether. He thinks
nothing in moderate life Is more
pernicious to the health than this
dawdling over the much-needed
though often uneaten breakfast.
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
81 Don,f HeiIeye That.v

The well-known DR.. Fletcher. oil
Stepney, was once requested to visit
man who protested to be skeptic.
Speaking to him OF his need OF saliva
tion, he pointed kindly and earnestly
10 Christ as the only and all-sufiicient
Savior, who gave himself as ransom
for sinners, that they. through him.
might obtain forgiveness and be recon-
ciled TO God.
Hearing this, the dying man said:
Sir, don't believe that; wish |
could, as my dear wife there does; she
believes every word you are saying"
But" said DIR. Fletcher, 'you say
you wish you could; and that, II you
are sincere, 1t is a great point towards
attaining it. Now what do you be-
lieve concerning Jesus Christi"
why" he replied, II believe that
such man once lived, and that he
was very good and perfectly sincere
man; but that is ALL"
You believe thon that Jesus Christ
was truly good man. Now do you
think good man would deceive
others. or that sincere man would
use language that must mislead, and
that in things of the highest import
ancep"
Certainly not" he replied.
Then" said DIR. Fletcher chow
do you reconcile your admission that
he was good man with his saying.
Il and my Father are onep' And
when they took up stones to stone
him, he did not deceive them, but he
again rsserted the fact OF his divin-
ity."
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
Rose Coghlan on Beauty.

This is Rose Coghlan's answer to a
question as to how she preserves her
beauty: mot by wearing steel
corset, / assure you, although some
paper did declare l fastened myself
up in cage. Fancy how one would
feel! But my weight never varies.
/ keep my flesh off by letting my
brain work. There is nothing like
an active brain for reducing flesh.
Then, too, never drink while i am
eating. believe that drinking with
your meals makes you grow chunky.
l think American women drink too
much soda and apollinarls."
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08

This word OF encouragement 10 Of
fered by some kind hearted woman 10
girls who lament their bright locks:
1.-The Catharlnes who made Russia
great had red hair; so had Maria
Theresa, who saved Austria and made
it the empire that 1t is; SO had Aune
Of Austria, who ruled France for so
long; so had Elizabeth OF England
and Catherine Borgia, as well ms
Marie Antoinette, whose blond tsesses
had in them CLINT OF gold" Mary
Stewart. Queen OF Scots, might be
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
Value OF the s.bbatb-schoo,.

No person can outgrow the need OF
the Sa6bath-school. 1t holds him, in
the rush and stress OF life. to at least
one portion OF the revealed word.
That is kept before him; helps To
light it up are sought after; reading
and conversation and thought are
more or less entered on that
wonderful book, which furnish es
the souls nourishment. And
out OF this come grace and backbone
to meet temptation, and love and ten
derness for the tried and sinful. The
need OF systematic study, such as
this, grows with the years. The pull
OF ambition, and competition, and cares
OF the day. Is away from the feeding
places Of spiritual things; and one
must be held and compelled to resist
that pull. by duties and relationships
such as the Sabbath school provides.
The children need. in this work.
the sympathy and wisdom and guild
ance OF those who are older; while
we, In turn. need the inspiration and
cheer and refreshing that como from
intermingling with childhood. And
both alike need 10 drink deep and
Systematically for the sparkling wells
OF the precious word.
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
Love for ones own Church.

1t is neither narrowness nor bigotry
to love your own church more than
any other; to labor for her extension
and upbuildingmoret than for any other;
and to feel a deeper attachment to her
principles and usages than to those OF
other denominations. That man who
makes sighting remarks about his
own church, her principles or people;
who magnifies her defects; who dis
parages her efforts to maintain the
cause and advance the work entrusted
TO her. is usually one who would be
OF little use to any church. We never
could admire that boy who did not
love his own mother and who was
everlastingly making invidious COM
parsons between her and the mothers
OF other boys.
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
Medical Missionaries In China.

The medical missionaries in China
appear TO be making deep impress
sion upon the people. The physician
is well-nigh worshiped; his person
and work are sacred. A remarkably
healthful and uplifting influence flows
from the labors OF the female physi-
clans and OF the native nurses trained
by them. Their work has opened tho
eyes OF tho Orientals to the capabili-
ties OF women. There are said
to be 100 medical mission
aries In China at the present time,
thirty-eight OF whom are women. all
but two OF whom arc from America.
The Medical Missionary Record says:
1T is not always easy to obtain en-.
trance into a Chinese city. The man
who gains the goodwill is the ply
stefan. With hospital. a daily
clinic, and large country field, the
most skilled surgeon would always
find his hands full. We ask our
friends OF the medical profession to
come over and help US. There are
about one hundred missionary doctors
in China; one thousand are needed.
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
Regarding LateHours.

Whatever other lessons l may
teach my sons" said sensible wo-
man, "there is one bit OF instruction
that will not be forgotten, and that is
to go homo at reasonable hours.
There are more scandals, more an
noyances and more damaged reputa-
tions caused by late callers than by
any other one social mistake in the
world. A gentleman calls upon a
lady. He enjoys her society and
presumably she enjoys his, or she
would not invite him. When the hour
grows late he does not Incline 10 go,
and the lady scarcely feels like hint
ing that his absence is desirable, and
so he stays. Possibly he hints that 1t
is time he was going, when she, for
courtesy's sake, says: ''Oh, it's not
very late YETI" and, although she most
ardently wishes that he would leave,
he settles himself for another hours
chat, and remains until there Is no
possible excuse for longer delay.
Nine times out of ten the lady suffers
some annoyance in consequence of
such a protracted call, and the gentle
man also suffers In the esteem OF
right-minded persons.
One OF the most philosophical Of
modern society men recently said:
IF men knew enough 10 go home at
proper hours there would not be one
scandal where now they are ten. And
they can say what they please, 1t is
not the fault OF the woman. No
woman likes - send man home, but
II he hasn't sense enough to go OF his
own accord she should do 1t and save
herself endless annoyance and possibly
open disgrace.
Young women who live with their
parents are less likely TO be annoyed
In this way than those who are de-
pendent on themselves and lead more
independ ent lives. The fact Of exist
ing natural guardianship is in itself
protection, for a big brother or father
Is sometimes an uncomfortable Fad
versary.
q But it is the triendless girl who is
the victim OF such indiscretion. Men
call themselves the stronger sex, and
should, therefore be the guardian OF
all women, especially those who are
young, weak or defenseless. The man
who takes advantage OF a woman be-
cause he can is coward and not
worthy OF the name OF man.
My sons have from their earliest
childhood been taught that all
women and girls are to be respected,
and that they as boys and men
should act toward them in such
way that no one can be scandalized by
their conduct"
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
A Brave Woman.

An Ohio woman picked up an arm
full Of sticks and carried them in to
throw on the fire. One OF the sticks
twined itself around her waist. Did
she shrek aud alarm the neighborsP
Not bit OF 1t. She put the snake In
bottle, corked 1t up. and when she
went to town sold it to the local
druggist for ~ as curiosity. A
woman as enterprising US that don't
The Coconino sun., 1891-08-08
A Martyr 10 StyIe.

/ desplse this way OF wearing
Gowns that trail into the dust
But the other women do II.
And so | suppose must
IL is mother neat nor nobby
To be whipping up the street.
And the only ones that like IL
Are the women with big feet
II l only had the courage
To endure the Scornful smiles
or my fellow female creatures
would cling to olden styles
Would ALWAYS have my dresses
Short enough to miss the dirt
And / wouldn't wear mud ruiiies
On the bottom OF the skirt
But ! am too great coward
A decided stand to take,
So with all the rost l follow
In a foolish fashions wake.
And my newest gowns I'm making
With a hateful, horrid dip.
Over which some luckless mortal
VIII some day be sure TO trip.
But hold l am martyr
Almost worthy of a crown,
For my meek and mild adoption
or the new prevailing gown.