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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22
A Story of Gettysburg.

A story of Gettysburg which has not been
In print seems almost like an impossibilty.
yet l am pretty certain that the following
incident has never seen the light: When
the tremendous cannonsde which preceded
Pickett's great charge WAS going on and the
troops of Raucock's column were lying fiat
upon the ground in the sIifling July heat a
young soldier of the Second Vermont Bri-
gade, whose appropriate name is Allen,
though do not know if he is a descendant
Oh the redoubtable Ethan, left the ranks,
walked back a hundred yards where the
shells were flying thickest. filed his canteen
at spring. came back to the line and slowly
passed along it, giving to each man in his
company few drops. Then he dropped
back into his place entirely unhurt. A few
minutes afterward while comparatively in
the shelter, he received wound which has
famed him for life.
While getting The water and passing it
about, Mr.. Allen says he felt no fear what
ever, but as soon as he was wounded he
realized the danger of the situation, and was
mortally afraid of being Kill led until STAN
nard's charge shattered Pickett's splendid
column and the tide of battle ebbed back
from where lie lay.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22
In Der0lShirG in a General State
Of ElClaltnelt.
CASTLE OF ROUGEMONT NOW A RUIN.
sweet Cl0TellY On the Sea BGiGr-PiCtlT-
esQle Ruins That Are to Be SeGl-A
DHV0HShiTe Village-At The Mouth Of the
DaTt-Tls wild Romantic Inlet Of The
Sea Called " ARStGY'S Cove Where the
DTuidS Once Exercised Their Mysterious
Rites.
nsrOnshIre Is called tho faIrest county in

Devonshire Is called the fairest county in
England. One writer enthusiastically says:
"The women are, perhaps, the most beauti-
full of any; the men are taller and less awk-
ward than in the midland ana eastern coun-
ties; the wild flowers are more abundants
the climate milder on the coast and more
bracing on the moors. We have spent
weeks In Devon in a general state of en-
chantment with the scenery, the foliage,
the sparkling Scottish-ike burns and the
unrlvaled tors, besides being filled with
enthusiasm for the abundant remains of
British camps and circles and dolmens, to
say nothing of that weird Wistman's wood
Of which the gnarled and dwarfsh oaks are
Iaid to be coeyal with the Druids,"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22

the Norman conqueror of England. The
original extent Of its buildings may be
gathered from the statement that lit was a
Shut the easements belonging to them" Ac-
cordipg to a tradition of the county the
castle was shattered by terrific storm, and
its exposed position-from which it towers
above the highest trees of the magnificent
wood which surrounds 1t would lend
W eight to the story of its destruction.
There are also the remains of many an
cient abbevs and monasteries. OF all these,
perhaps the most interesting are the ruins
of Tavistock Abbey. which was founded in
the year 961, by Ordgar, Earl OF Devon. 1t
was completed in 9Si, by his son. The
abbey was plundered and burned by the
Danes in 997, but later was rebuilt.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22

it is incumbered with huge blocks of gran
ite The oaks which form the wood are
gnarled and stunted, their moSs-coyered up
per branches being strangely and fantastic
ally twisted. These trees grow from be-
tween huge granite masses, and in the
holIows beneath lie adders and other venO-
nous reptiles In the ueighborhood of
Mervale Bridge, on Dartmoor, there is also
a very interesting assemblage of Druidical
remains. In one place there is an avenue
1l40 feet long, of rough stone, at each end
Of which is Druidical circle. Near this
avenue is another about FIVE feet vide, and
as much as go feet long. In the same
neigh borhood are a rock pillar y feet high,
the ruins of cromlech, a pound 175 feet in
diameter, and yet another sacred circle 81
feet in diameter, and consisting of ten
stones,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22

In size the county comes second, the
area being 1904 square miles. It's greatest
length from north 10 south is some seventy
miles, and its greatest breadth from east to
west is about the same On two sides it is
washed by the sea-northward by the Bris-
eeL, southwark by the English Channel
Cornwall forms its westward boundary, and
Somerset and Dorset lie on its eastward
borders. About two-thirds of its surface is
under cultivation, and its farming and dairy
produce are among the finest. Then, when
Il comes TO history, Deyonshire has fur
nished some of the most interesting pages
In English.annals. There is the Castle of
Rougrmont now ruin. that was one of the
strongest obstacles meeting the Norman in
Yaders. The name came from the red color
Of the ground on which the castle was built,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22

Kents Cavern, in the vicinity Of Torqusy,
is a remarkable cave, consisting of a great
excavation in the Deyonian limestone. 1t is
entered by narrow passage some feet
wide and only feet in height The central
cavern, which is almost 600 feet long, has a
number of smaller caverns or corridors lead
ing out from II. Its farther extremity is
terminated by a deep pool of water. In the
bed of this cavern research has been re-
warded by some deeply interesting dis
coveries. Over the original earth bottom of
the cave is bed or layer of considerable
thickness, in which are contained strange
mixtures of human bones with the bones Of
the elephant and the rhincceros, the hyena,
the bear and the wolf, intermiugled with
stone and flint tools, arrow and spear heads
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and Romans and SaxOns have in turn
erected fOrtresses on the site. More i'm
posing, however, and more charming to the
eye is the cathedral at Exeter. Edward the
ConfessOr made the place the seat of a
diocese in 1850, and in 1l12 the cathedral
was begun. 1t was finished in 1913, so it
can well stand as a monument of English
architecture.
One of the largest Of the country's towns
Is Plymouth, the chief seaport of Britain's
southwestern shore. Such names as Han
kins, Drake, Cook, Frobisher and Blake
are associated with the town, and 1t was
from here the Pilgrims sailed for American
shores. Formerly the harbOr was open to
the full force of the sea, but in 1872 work
was started to create barrier to the At
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22

Whenever | see public PROJECT not OF a
money-grabbing kind making big advances,
| generally conclude that somewhere out OF
sight one man is pushing along all the peo-
pie who are working to further it, and that
their activity is largely communicated to
them by him.
The man behind the Brooklyn Institute.
who has lifted it in a very short space OF
time from a sort of m0ribund debating
society, where respectable elderly people
went to sleep one evening week and ln-
agined they were improving their minds,
into live organization, full Of present use
fulneSs and future promise, is Professor
Franklin w. Hooper.
There is something marvellous about the
energy of the man. No one knows when he
eats, sleeps or earns his livelihood. Appar-
emily he Is always either buttonhollng a
wealthy man for a life subscription, doing
the work of some celebrated igurehead Pres
ident of department, lobbying for legisla-
tive aid or municipal appropriations, plan
ming the future museums and art galleries
Of the institute or otherwise hard at work
in its behalf. He Is a tall, STOPPING, awk-
ward lump of a man, with face which
seems rather heavy in repose, but lights up
wonderfully when in conversation.
The Institute will occupy buildings near
Prospect Park, not one of which is yet erect
ed. There will be art galleries, science lab
oratorieS, ieeture-hallS, botanical and hortI-
cultural grounds. There Will be members
by the thousand and facilities for work and
study in every department of human learn
ing. Already. before the institute has SO
much as a single building, it has large and
active membership and departments of
chemistry, mineralogy. languages, art, pho
Biography, history, architecture, astronomy,
political and economical science, zoology,
mathematics and more than dozen others.
Some remarkably interesting things are al
ways going on. The geographical exhibition,
now in the height of its success, is one of the
most entertaining and instructive shows
ever seen in any city in America.
People elsewhere, who regard Brooklyn
as sort of overgrOwn village, will perhaps
BE- surprised Ill ten years to learn that its
citizens have the finest museum privileges
in the country, ana the nucleus of great
university if it is thought advisable to found
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22

The wild expanse of Dartmoor, with
gloomy forests where the DruidS once exer-
cisco their solemn and mysterious rites,
furnishes remarkable and interesting re-
mains in abundance. The weird twist
mans Wood" name which is believed to
be a corruption of the wise mems" (Or
Druids0 wood still exists to attest what has
been alleged OF the dark doings of the priests
of the sacred groves" of ancient Britain.
"Wistman's Wood" is distant about mile
from Two Bridges on Dartmoor. 1t lies on
the activity of a steep hill, and the road to
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22

lantic's waves. Thirty four years and
1000, 600 tons Of granite were required to Sc
cure the desired result; but now, with
stone wall from 40 to so feet high, 400 feet
wide at the base and about one mile long,
the most mighty pillows dash in vain at
tempt to reach the inner basin.
Picturesque ruins are scattered through
out the county. Those at Okehampton,
Plympton, Tlverton, Totnes and Berry
POmeroy are among the most striking and
most beautiful Of the relics Of feudal times.
powered in woods, and when viewed from
the valley below they impress the beholder
with seEse of their exceeding grandeur:
Berry Pomeroy Castle was erected by Rolf
Dc Pomeroy, enc Of the chief followers OF
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22

and fragments Of coarse pottery. The ami
NAL remains testify to the presence in the
ancient forests Of Britain OF beasts Of prey
which long since have become extinct.
Devonshire's northern coast line. extend
Ing from Glenthorne, which on the east
divides the county from Somersetshire, to
Marsland mouth, which is its extreme north
western boundary includes a holder sea
front than the northern sea line Of the
county, though from Doggy Point to Hart
land there are numerous easy sand beaches
fronting Barnstaple Bay. From Glenthorne
to llfracombe, and from Hartland Point to
Cornwall borders it is much holder and in
strong contrast to the gentle slopes.
In the southern lines of coast, extending
from the DeYenshire border to Plymouth,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22
London,s Fire Department.

From the annual report OF Captain Shaw,
the head of the Fire Department of London,
it appears that during the year 1899 there
were received calls for fires or supposed fires
to the number of 1916 OF these 76S were
false alarms and 2555 were calls for fires, Of
which 1913 resulted in serious damage
and 2402 in slight damage. The fires of
1890 compared with those of 1889
show an increase of 2l7, or compared
with the average of the past ten years
an increase of 400 The number of persons
seriously endangered by fire was 2l2, OF
whom 151 we're saved and 81 lost their lives.
Of these latter 81 were taken out alive, but
died afterward in the hospital or elsewhere,
and 80 were suffocated or burned to death.
The number of journeys made by the fire
engines has been SO, 261 aud the total dis
lance run 65, 455 miles. The quantity of
water used for eXtinguishng fires was be-
tween 20,000,000 and 21,000,000 gallons, or
about 81, COO tons.
The strength of the brigade is as follows !:
Fifty-fve land fire-engine stations, 4 floating
or river stations, 80 hoSe-cart stations, 179
fire escape stations, 8 steam flre-englneS on
barges, AZ land steam fire-engines, rs sx-inch
manual hre-englnes, 80 miles of hose, 105
hose carts and reels, steam tugs, 13 barges,
224 fire-escapes, Q long fire. ladders, 9 ladder
vans, ladder trucks. trolley for ladders, 2
trOllies for engines, ID hose and coal vans. 8
wagons for street duties, street stations,
156 watch boxes, 706 hremen Gncuiing chief
officer, second officer, superintendents and
all ranks, 16 pilots, 68 coachmen, 1873 horses,
70 telephones between stations, So alarm cir
cults round fire stations, with 1856 call points,
q telephones, 8 telegraphs, 48 telephones
and 10 bell ringing fire alarms to public and
other buildings. There have been during
tho year AL cases of ordinary Illness and 1O5
injuries, making total of $40 Injuries.
The Redands Citrograph says The Bear
Valley Irrigation Company has purchased a
steam dltch-digger with capacity of one
mile of ditch per day. The machine has
been ready for some time, but owing to
washouts could not be forwarded from Los
Angeles. 1t is expected to arrive shortly.
Meanwhile over 200 Indians and Mexicans
are working on the trenches, and the work
10 going rapidly forward.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22
NOT APPRECIATIyE.

CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES.
Bob Taylor-Deal away, but you know l
never play for money.
Jack Potter-I do, but notice the other
fellow usually gets it.
Bob Taylor-Oh. very well. I don't care
if do try my luck just for this once.-Puck.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22

The wife Of one of the best known wall
paper painters in the country rejoiees in
some room decorations and furniture which
are certain never to be widely initiated,
simply because they cannot be, although the
cost was quite small.
The ordinary wall paper is printed upon
cylindrical rollers, varying in size according
to the pattre, which is raised upon the m in
very high relief. The narrower borders are
printed upon flat strips of wood, whose de-
signs also stand boldly out. Of course the
cutting of these cylinders and strips is quite
expensive, but when the patterns become
old fashioned they are no longer useful.
This lady has taken large quantity of the
cast-off cylinders and flats and combined
them to make a library table. mantel, a
decorative frieZe, wall cabinet anu the
framework of piece or two of upholstered
furniture. The effect when the proper
coors are used in painting the furniture is
remarkably beautiful. 1t is not often that
private house in America can show any
thing like such quantity of beautiful relief
carvings. A folding screen, fashioned of
the fiat strips, swung from four columns of
cylinders, is the masterpiece of this abso-
lutely unique decorative scheme.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22

Newly made wldow-He is fashionable
undertaken, but even his charges are far be-
low what | eau afford, and | want to give
my husband the most expensive funeral L
can, you know.
The friend-Whv don't you get plumber
to bury him then? -Life.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22
So Like His Fatherl

The artist-illustrator, W. A Rogers, of
Harper's Weekly, is a thin, boyish-looking
young man who may possibly weigh 120
pounds after hearty meal, and whose dark,
slightly muStached face refuses to record
his years. He once ran some rapids on the
Housatonic River with his canoe, by the
safe if unromantic method of carting the
boat around by means of the friendly aid of
farmer and his yoke of oxen. His COM
panion. L. w. Seavey. the scenic artist.
waited long time at the foot of the rapids
for the outfit to appear. When at last the
numbering cart put in an appearance the
farmer, a grizzled veteran of 60, halted his
oxen by the river bank and, laying both
horny hands on Rogers shoulders, gazed
with emotion into his face.
Excuse me, sir. he said with trembling
voice. but you remind me so much of my
poor father who's been dead and gene these
five year that don't seem to can bear to let
We go. Eve been watchin' ye all the way !;
an We do favor him in the allfredest way.
Let me look at We once more afore we start"
At least, Mr.. Seavey swears it.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22

A game called progressive potato pick
ing" is all the rage in North Platte (Nebr.)
social circles.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-10-15
Teachers Association.

At the close of the institute the
teachers working within reasonable
distance of Redwood Falls, held a ses-
sion and adopted the following pro-
gram for the next meeting to be held
the first Saturday in Nov, the 9TH.
All teachers are requested to be pres
ent. Special study for the year.
Pages Theory and Practice-Leader,
w. X. Sherwin.
Lessons in Psychology-Leader, J.
V. Hawk.
Paper on the Recitation-W. X.
Sherwin.
Discussion by Nellie H. Larkin.
Primary Geography-Miss Clagett.
Discussion-Lena Theiring.
ST.. Race will lead in the study of
Pages Theory and Practice for the first
meeting. Lesson has been assigned
by mail, covering first three chapters
of the book. All teachers are very
earnestly requested to make a special
study of the lesson, as announced
above. Very truly,
S. j. RACE.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-10-15
Bulletin Of Mckay & Race,
MASONIC BLOCK CROCERS.

We are still before you. We still
lay claim to the oldest grocery house
in town. We make spe c:al:y CT fine
goods. We try to please you, to give
you what you pay for.
We wish to invite your special at
tention to recent consignment of tea.
We believe it to be tho best line cf
teas, which can be bought for the
money. We shall be glad to have YOU
sample them. The teas arc newly i'm
ported from Japan and of recent pick
ing.
THE COFFEE MARKET.
We find nothing better for high
grade coffee than "The High Life"
brand. 1t still stands without an
equal. It is found for sale in this
place by us only. Several importers
have tried to initiate its very fine flavor
and aroma, but have failed. We
handle many other brands, but High
Life" is our best.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-10-15
vESTA.

Miss A. Barber, of Manitoba, is Wis
iting her brother, Thos. Barber of Echo.
Mr.. Wagner is improving his farm
by the erection of a comfortable house
and barn.
Mr.. T. D. Barber is finishing the in
side painting of his house.
Gus Pasquietz has finished his
house. He has made one trip after
furniture, and expects to get the house
keeper next time.
Mr.. Patterson and son expect to re-
turn home to Canada next week.
Owing to high winds and unfavor-
able weather, threshing has been pro-
crossing slowly the past week.
Mrs. Mary Barber is visiting his rel.
atives and friends in this vicinity.
FLAxMAN.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-10-15
FOUR:>CORNERS.

Misses Katie Cumming and Sarah
Stewart, who have been attending the
Teachers Institute, returned to their
respective schools in Underwood.
John Stewart has returned from his
trip through Sioux Co., Iowa. He was
very favorably impressed with the
country around Boyden, Ia.
Geo. King came near being badly
injured by threshing engine.
Mr.. Bergen will begin school in the
Jno. Stewart district on Monday.
Misses Mary and Agnes McMichael
and Hugh McMichael and Mrs. Archie
Stewart will start for Illinois some time
this week.
Ed. Pease will start with a carload
of stock, for Minneapolis, Monday.
| r. K. D. s.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-10-15
ROSE Is READY.

William Rose appears to look for
ward to his fate without fear. In 8
letter to the Governor published in the
Pioneer Press yesterday, he protests
his innocence and declares his belief
that some unnamed person murdered
Lufkin for money, claiming that the
after had $500 in cash which has moi
been accounted for.
Yesterday the Gazette received the
following telegram, which would seem
to remove all doubt as to Gov. Merri-
ANS intentions in the matter of Roses
execution:
Gov. Merriam this morning informed
Attorney Brown and Senator Peterson,
applicants for Communication of Rose
sentence, that he positively refused to
interfere with death penalty, SO Rose
must hang. julius A. ScHMAHL.
New Ulm Review: One would nat
urally think that the knowledge of
certain death would cause man to
lose spirit and vital strength, but such
does not seem to be the case with Will
liam Rose, doomed to atone for the
murder of Moses Lufkin before the
sun rises next Friday morning. To
look at the prisoner now, he has the
same good hopes, the same good feel
ing and the same air of disregard that
he had when the prospects of commu-
tation were brightest. He knows that
he is to hang and that the governor
will not recede from his former stand,
but it does not appear to move him in
the least.
Last Saturday a Review reporter
visited the Jail and inquired OF the
watchmen how Rose took his fate. Be-
fore they could answer, the doomed
man spoke up and stated that he was
willing to talk for himself. He had not
lost any sleep, he said, did not dream
any and had not noticed any change
in his former good appetite. At the
time he uttered these words he was
seated comfortably in his cell with a
novel in his hands and smiling pleas
antly. His face showed no great loss
of color and his treatment of the inter-
viewer was in the same courteous style
that characterized his chats with the
writer on former occasions. The only
thing he had to complain of, he said,
was the refusal of the jailers to allow
him to read the Review and other pa
pers. He had not been permitted to
see news journal for weeks and he
could see no reason why he should be
prevented from reading the comments
of the press upon his case.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-10-15

Faribault Republican: The states
prison board has decided to buy an
other Irvine making plant to cost be-
tween $35, 600 and $40, 900, and to en-
ploy from thirty to forty convicts. The
new plant will be especially adapted
to the manufacture of long fine fiber,
The present plant works up short fiber
or tow and the combination of the two
machines will be more economical and
also utilize all kinds of fiber. The
board is highly pleased oyer the result
this season of the experiment with the
Irvine plant.