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The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
The Army Knapsack,

v Z. Ill. Yates, a veteran OF the late
war; writes: ION April 4, 1862,
Little Mack, as the soldiers familiar
ly spoke OF General Mcclellan, CON-
menced contracting his lines
about Yorktown, Va. On
this date our battery, with
the Sixth army corps, left Newport
News In the direction OF Yorktown.
The weather had become uncomfor-
tabiy warm for marching, and as this
was really the first days work our
corps had done the results were very
amusing before night. The infantry
we're clad in heavy overcoats and
carried beside their guns, rations,
ammunition and canteens, one Of
those ponderous kuapsacks so con-
spicuous during the first year OF the
wer. These knapsacks were burdens
OF themselves and very few men had
The nerve to cling to them moro than
two days, and even then were reduced
in size to mere skeletons. The regu-
iation sixty-three pounds had to be
carried, and then to pile on twenty TO
thirty pounds more in a knapsack was
simply too much, and long before the
sun had completed half its course on
the first day the fruits of the folly of
having crowded knapsacks began to
be visible upon every hand,
and for use of the artil-
lery, whose well-filled knapsacSs
were reclining against the sides of the
ammunition chests OF our guns, it was
very amusing to observe. Sometimes
the entire knapsack could be seen
carefully set aside just as il the owner
expected TO come that way again.
even if it took three years, and find
1t right there, waiting, in just as good
shape rs he had left il. But more
generally 1t began first with the things
most lightly priced, and later the
keepsakes and trinkets placed in the
soldiers care by loving hands at home.
Some had evidently been thrown
as far as the soldier could throw
them; some set carefully against some
permanent object by the roadside,
some carefully hung upon limbs Of
trees, but the most part were dropped
where anybody else could reach them
and take them II desired. / have no
doubt but some OF the discarded trink-
cts that day were picked up, carried
little distance, and then dropped
again by dozen different men.
along in the afternoon we began
TO pass the men themselves who were
tired out and had fallen by the way
side, Generally they were the men
who were yet refusing to part with
their kuapsacks or any OF the contents
thereof. Thus the proud army COM
menced its march toward Richmond.
Five months later, on its return, /
doubt II a knapsack could be found in
the entire army.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
Short Items.

At the Burr and Burton Seminary
(co-educationaD, Manchester, Vt. the
prize of $50 for the best SCHOLARSHIP p
and department was awarded to Miss
Belle A. Clark, of Williston. and one
of $25 for the best original essay to
Miss Maude A. Sanford, OF Manches-
ter.
The chair OF mathematics in Coates
College for Women at Terre Haute,
Ind, has been offered to Miss Mary
M. Wardwell, OF Buffalo, N. T., and
she has accepted the appointment.
While in Cornell Miss Wardwell made
name for herself as the best woman
mathematician in the University.
This appointment is distinguished
honor, coming to a young woman as
it does. without solicitation or appli-
cation. The college, which is under
Presbyterian auspices, has seventeen
instructors, and Miss Wardwell will
receive the highest salary paid by tn,
institution. one other instructor re-
ceiving the same salary.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
Notca Abou, Women.

Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, the editor
OF st. Nicholas, does her work at
home, leaving the office in charge OF
the assistant editors and clerks. The
unpleasant duty of seeing impecunious
writers and declining their manu-
scripts has been transferred to the as
sistant editor. The St. Nicholas gets
about six hundred manuscripts q
month, and probably does not need
thirty-five.
The New York Infrmary for Wo-
men and Children was one OF the first
institutions in the country to be man
aged by women physicians. More
than eight thousand patients are
treated each year. either in the dis
pensary or outside The allumn1
are now planning a hospital in con-
nection with the work. 1t has long
been needed. and they are endeavor-
ing, in every possible way, to secure
funds for the extension OF their work
Mrs. Annie Meyer, author OF a re-
Gently published book on the work OF
women in the United States, is beau
tiful young woman OF twenty-four,
with fair face. from which her dark
brown hair is gracefully rolled back.
Mrs. Meyer is sister OF Emma Laza-
rus. the Jewish poetess, and was the
first woman to take an examination at
Columbia College. She was also
among the enterprlsing women to
whom Barnard College for Women
owes its existence.
The Rev. Ida G. Hultin. who has
been pastor of the Unitarian Church
In Des Moines. Iowa, for the past five
years, has been called the "Beecher
OF women ministers" Her father
was q Swede. and her mothera native
OF New England. Miss Hultin was
born in Michigan, and she was
first q Methodist, and then Presby-
terrain, before she entered the Uni
tartan church. She speaks in an i'm
pressive manner in the pulpit, and
always breaches from notes. She was
for two years studying at the Univer-
sity OF Ann Arbor, keeping up her
pastoral work at the same time, and
often riding thirty miles a Sunday 10
, 'isit the several churches in her cir
cult and, in winter often broke her
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26

There Yves sound portentous not cen BY
4. shot and shell subdued-
low, deep rumble as II the burdened
earth did groan.
The startled eye may look and see the fiery
brood,
VITA steamtng nostrlls and with tangled
mano wild Gown
urreo by fierce riders, keen for the fray as
the poised sabre-blado,
Dash into battle. Dumb creaturesl How
they are almost human instinct show!
Brave as the bravest hand that guides them,
they likewise can boast blood tribute
paid.
Fen with the desperate troopers they TN
equal fate may know,
lis here the choice OF choicest cavalry
Did meet and grapple, or like storied Gen.
taurs wage
A conflict that had all OF knightly pride and
chivslry,
AS DER PROSTATE men ard beasts tho liv-
ing warriors wSafh did rage.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
N-E%u spenu v,.o 1901


1t 10 the eas!e hi LI ORD
to make an asset lion. o SEPT - J..
there is no difficulty saying, as d
modern sage does say nat the pos.
session Of great person loneliness Is
incompatible with an ual amount OF
good sense and good cling. But one
might be allowed to al ( why? Where
In lies the subtle connection, or dis
connection, between these qualitiest
The question is certainly an important
one. II it is true, as has been as
serted, that, in addition to being o
Ounce and virago. Helen as rule
marries unhappily, then certainly 1t is
time something was done about it..
Helen's mother should take the mat
ter in hand at once. Fortunately, or
unfortunately, personal beauty is easl.
ly gotten rid OF. Nothing on earth
is more fragile, or more illusory. 1t
is possible that this may not be true
in state of savagery, where stand
ards, tastes and habits are quite
unlike our own. But VEN
ture to say that in this quarter Of
the globe, and in our day
and generation, any mother who fears
that petite Mile. Helen will, as she
grows older, be harmed by her Beauty,
can easily put an end TO the danger II
she wishes. Persistent recklessness,
disregard OF the laws OF health, care
lessness and bad taste, generally, will
soon make this un fait accompli. II
hereafter Paris and Menelaus contend
for her favor there is little fear that
it will be her beauty that calls them
to arms.--Lippincotts.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
The BrIgadIer. are Going.

The dedication OF monuments to
Gen. Stonewall Jackson and other
Southern soldiers brings 10 mind the
fact that many OF the general officers
of the confederate army have passed
away. OF 49S, the original number,
only 1874 are now alive. and Beaure.
gard is the only surviving general
who attained full rank.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
Mems Three Choices.

There are three vitality important
choices to be made by young men,
bout which few plain hints may be
pertinent and useful. The first one
10 his occupation. He who does not
bring up his son for trade, brings
up boy for the devil" is an ancient
Jewish proyerb. In America too many
of our native born youth eschew me-
chanical trade as vulgar, and go
scouting about for some easier stu
alton" If Benjamin Franklin, the
printer, and Roger Sherman, the
shoemaker, were now alive, they
would tell their young countrymen
what foolish mistake many OF them
are making. So would Vice-Presi-
dent Wilson and Governor Banks,
who said that he graduated from an
institution that had factory
bel! on the roof and a
water wheel at the bottom.
In selecting your occupation, en-
deavor first to find out what the Gre
ator made you for. Consult your
natural bent and talent If you have
talent for trade, then you may ven
ture into counting-room or store.
II you have native skill in chemis.
try, and are made for doctor, then
study medicine. II your methemat-
ical capacity fits you for it, you
may be an engineer. No
one ever fails in life who
understands his forte, and few ever
succeeded in life who did not under
stand 1t. Seek for useful. produc-
tive calling; and steer clear OF ca
reer OF speculation as you would OF
a gambling den or glass of gin.
Don't be ashamed to begin at the bot
tom and work up. Remember that
every occupation is honorable in
which you can serve God and your
fellow men, and keep a clean con.
science
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
Triumph. of College Girls.

The triennial prize of $500 offered
by the Golden Club to the Victoria
University at Manchester for the best
essay on an economic question has
been awarded to Miss Victoria Jeans
for an essay on the industrial and
Commercial Effects, Actual and Pros
pective. OF the English Factory Act
Legislation" This is the first Cob
den Club university prize that has
been taken by a woman.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
An American beauty Abroad.

The latest American beauty to catch
the favor OF London society is Miss
Green OF Detroit, a granddaughter OF
Robert McCleland, who sat in
Pierce's cabinet. Miss Green is a tall
blonde girl and her glory is her lux
uriant golden hair. Her eyes are
brown. She was presented to the
Prince and Princess of Wales at Ascot
year ago. was presented ut court the
same season and caught the eye" of
Emperor William in his recent visit
to London.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
what Troops Fought In the Peach
Orchard.

i am truly surprised that the dis
cussion now going on as TO whose bat
terry and what regiments OF troops
fought in the Peach Orchard at Get
tysburg on July 2, 1868, has not been
settled long ago TO the satisfaction OF
all concerned; an undertaking, in our
humble opinion, very easy OF satisfac-
tory adjustment. VIII you permit one
who did not fight in the Peach Or
chard to cast little light npon the
much mooted question? l claim that
n single fact that has been overlooked,
seemingly, will settle all this contro-
yersy.
This fact simply stated, is this:
There were two peach orchards, and
speak as one who, when boy ran
all over these grounds in bare feet,
gathering berries, fighting humble
bees. and sampling the peaches in
these orchards. True, this was years
before the battle was fought, and
when feared Mr.. Sherfy's bull dogs
more than / feared the dogs OF war. +"
The writer was in the battle Of
Gettysburg as Captain OF Co. X, LIST
Pa. Reserves. 1.-THE boys that fought
at home" and therefore knows The
ground; and the details OF the great
battle are most familiar. much more
SO on this account than they could
possibly be to one who. never saw the
field before and possibly never since
the bate.
A few who have written on this
subject give their observations from
what they find there to-day, after a
lapse OF twenty-seven years; others.
as they existed at the time of the bat
tie.
Let me say, therefore, that the
peach orchard OF the war; that has
long since gone TO decay, and though
very recently replanted was not in ex-
istence for number OF years.
Paddy Harris" battery was in the
peach orchard nov in existence is not
the peach orchard as it existed at the
time OF the battle, while Randolph's
battery was In an orchard just in
front OF the Sherry house, and across
the road. north OF the orchard and in
the angle OF the two roads, back OF
the Wentz house III N. MINNIGH,
Captain. Company X, First Pennsyl-
vania Reserves, Pastor Methodist
Episcopal church, Duncansville, Pa.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
The Australian Way.

A novel plan for extinguishing q
church debt has been hit upon in Mel.
bourne. The church committee-or
vestry, as the case may be--divide the
total debt among themselves, and each
man insures his life for the amount
that falls to his share. The policies
are transferred to the church,
and the annual payments Of them are
made out of the collections. Then,
of course, as the members Of the COM
mittee drop off," the sums insured
on their lives drop in, and later. when
the last committeeman is dead, the
last installment of the church debt
will be nnid.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
locks on His Memory.

very bright little boy, but,
lung Rudyard Kipling, he has
hat he knows it all. and asks
that would worry a philoso-
ga.- nswer. Recently he accom-
F. mamma on a trip via the
.a ,. After being informed that
H ) no man under the car pull
iag rope and giving various
ODDS iitions to his store OF know.
mamma became tired and
TO answer questions.
is the use of telling you"
good lady, ''you don't re-
anyway. What l say goes
ir and out the other"
e delivered herself OF this
ig the car stopped and severa
q boarded it. One OF them
wure earrings that looked very much
like small padlocks.
That man must be like me-" saiC
the little boy, as he Dyed the Italians
closely.
"WhyP" asked his mamma.
why, what they told him went il
one ear and out the other until they
had to put padlocks on to keep it in.
Won't you get me II little paddock foi
my memory, mammap
By unanimous consent of the car
load OF pilgrims that boy was de
clared the greatest OF the great un
spanked.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
The Ntgt9aa3 ~


II the patic 90 ot q Aggraaa
Is to be measugat lE 8% ilss.T
with the word5 son Hrau
then some or a U Of
country" wog ar Ma are
its freedom Ell, o. agrg-
ton Day about one nunureu women
were assembled in the parlors OF one
OF the women's clubs of New
York. The first number on
the program was the National
hymn, to be sung by the audience.
The first verse was sung after the
first two lines, with frmness; the in
terlude was played and the first chord
to begin the second verse given. There
was perfect silence, except from tho
piano, which was under the hands OF
a master. Again the chord was struck,
when a venturesome soul struck
wildly into the first line OF the third
verse. Each woman gained courage
and began independently wherever she
CHANGED TO remember a woru, and the
verse was sung in what was practl-
cally Volapuk, for each mumbled the
words TO hide her ignorance of what
the rest were singing. Imagine that
happening In body OF German w0-
men! The moment that soul-stirring
Watch on the Rhine" was started 1t
would roll heavenward, In sound II
not in music. The French woman
would not hesitate, but boldly. firmly
would sing the national hymn, living in
imagination the history OF her coun-
try as she sang it. while every form
would respond to the command. TO
victory or DEATH" and an army Of
woman would seem possible. The
English woman would sing her nh
tioual hymn more coldly, perhaps,
but would consider herself traitor
we're she not able to sing the praises
OF her Queen. What is the reason
that an American audience stumbles
and mumbles through the Nation
al hymn? The first verse can
be counted as familiar, but beyond
that the hymn is failure. The i'll
telligence of the audience has moth
ing to do with it. Is there not
moral force in the sentiment expressed
in our hymn that would make us all
feel more strongly love of country
II we could. when we come together,
form a common bond OF sympathy,
union OF voice and hearth Every
American woman should consider it
her duty to know the words Of our
National hymn, and feel them; she
should consider 1t part OF her duty
that every child brought under her in
Huence should know the words and
understand their meaning. The
knowledge, word for word, OF the
Declaration OF Independence and OF
our national hymn would have an in.
fuence in killing the machine politi,
clan; 1t would stop the cry that we
are ruled by foreigners. A
people that do not know the
reason for their existence as
a nation and feel no common bond OF
sympathy and sentiment, must suffer
the lack OF cohesive power, Of the
sense of kinship. There is great
truth In the craftsmanship that de-
clared "Let me make the songs OF
people and / care not who makes its
laws" The sentiment woven In the
songs would make It's laws, II the peo-
pie knew and sang the songs.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26

Mrs. Mary Clement Leavitt. who is
now in Chicago, has just completed q
tour of the globe in the interest OF the
Woman's Christian Temperance un-
ion. This undertaking occupied eight
years and subjected Mrs. Leayitt to
many hardships.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26

New York Weekly: Mrs. Bibbs (sus-
piciously)--I don't see how it Is that
typewriter GIRL of yours manages to
dress better than | can. Mr.. Bibbs-
Why, you see she works for living
and YOU don't.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
He Was a Good Little Boy.

He must have been very bright
boy, a very bright little boy, who
said to his mother: / wish a lion
would eat me up.
Whyp the mother asked.
Because it would be such joke on
the lion; he would think was inside
OF him, and should be up in heaven.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26

tnere was a man OuCe WIN
not think much of Shake
yenius, and remarked, 81
written the same sort oil
elf, il / had a mind to"
rs the quiet reply, iii you
d to do it." Some people
ink it very clever to admire
and to enjoy nothing,
it is a sure sign OF
OF taste and character.
say you know thai
htly written in verse) OF the
Or who was looking in the
naturalist, and called the
to tell him he had stuffed
cry badly, and to explain
differently it should have
ne. While he was finding
the bird, and declaring il
stuffed so as to look quite
|, the owl turned its head
ed at the fault finder--for il
one! Do not be too ready
laws in the work of others.
quite sure you could have
well yourself?
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
Seven Rules for Washing FIanneIs

Here are seven rules for the proper
washing Of flannels:
l. Use warm water in which sufi'
cient soap has been dissolved.
2. Wash thoroughly in this.
8. Rinse in clear warm water twice.
A. Wiring out and shake well Il
clear OF all soap.
5. Dry quickly.
6. Do not let the 1annels remain
in the water either before or after
washing.
7. Do not use soda or any washing
powder.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
Alive Yet Dead.

''Did you ever see dead man walk
ing aboutp' 9ueried one friend Of
another the other day.
"Of course not
well. thero is case OF 1t. See
that man on the cornerP"
He looks pretty lively"
''Yes. but he's legally dead. Let
me tell you about him. We served
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
what Is Made from Banana stems.

Manila rope is made in the Philip
pine Islands from the stem OF the
banana. This stem, which usually
grows to be six inches in diameter
and fifteen or twenty feet high, has
very valuable fiber from which is
woven beautiful textile fabric.
Many OF the finest India shawls and
wrappers worn by ladies OF fashion
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
FauIl.FInders.

There are some people-even young
folks at times-who are always pick.
ing holes and finding flaws in every
thing and everybody, and limiting how
much better they could have done this
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26

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The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26

Capt. j. B. Williams of Alabama, IL
in peculiar position. He was q
soldier In the Confederate army. In
May, 1868, he was captured and re,
leased from that parole. And, Of
course, until l am discharged l am
simply a United States prisoner on
parole. i have never taken the oath
OF allegiance on that account.
But there need be no fear OF my
taking up arms against the govern.
ment The politicians may go ahead
and do or say what they please. I'll
do no fighting against this country
government. But IL any one OF those
foreign people get into a fight with
us then's when TIL come out get my
discharge, and go into the service"
The parole is yellow with age and al
most worn out at the folds. 1t is
dated at Meridian, and is signed by
Col. w. b. Miles for the Confederate
States, and by Col. Henry Bertram OF
the Twentieth Wisconsin for the Fed
eral government
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
Rloxyn from n Cannon.

Uzman Afzul Khan, being strict
Mohammedan, was sentenced by the
general court martial to be executed
by being blown from the mouth of a
gun.
The white troops formed on the pa.
rade. They paraded with fixed bayo-
nets and loaded with ball cartridge In
view of the Sepoys. On the fourth
side Of the square O. twelve FOUNDER
gun was posted, the muzzle pointing
inward, in charge Of the Europeon
artillery.
The prisoner was tied securely to
the muzzle of the gun, his back to it
facing the parade, The gun was
loaded with an extra charge OF pow.
der with ciod of grassy turf slight,
ly rammed home. The mans face
was as pale as death, but he still had
a resolute look and did not tremble
one whit. The word was given by the
commandant and the lanyard pulled.
A dull explosion followed, and the
unhappy wretch was launched into
eternity, blown into fragments.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26

ell me twas the faEhior,
ong aud long ago,
q IS to look like lilies whits,
sit at home and sew.
' strobe their sturdy brothers.
~ aiany agallant quest;
ne maids behind the lattice
r weary souls possessed.
the times have altered,
aa pretty Kate and Nell
aging merry tennis
9th, they do IL well.
I de across the country,
climb the mountain side.
a. tn oars that feather lightly,
the rivers glide.
~. We not yet been to college,
! " re going by.and-by,
the tree OF knowledge,
D its branches touch the sky.
MS, ieiF Greek and Latin.
7 ring over books.
r Is smooth as satin,
keep their dainty looks.
'ant a happy comrade.
iy or In funp
N, you'll find her quickly
ie girls OF Ninety-oue.
! nrt. ,ep that bright head steady,
.N' med in any whirl.
ba# a lad will love her less
N Use she Is girl.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
ectfons For the Young.

ections For the Young.
A I'D ury ago it was respectable to
ha ED
EN- we're taught to venerate
g. aga. The schoolboys were in
structed to lift their hats and the
--rhno,"iris ware taught to courtesy"