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The Coconino sun., 1891-09-12

folks that they are a-going 70 church.
bus II boy tells his folks thai they
think he Is lying to them. Girls can
60 to their brothers bureau and mix
everything up and read his letters and
then plague him about them. Then
they are mad at him II he scolds
about 1t. When he goes to his sisters
bureau to get something she took ou.
OF his she makes a noise like a wild
animal and scares the lie out OF
them. Girls are always on hand
when shars IL any candy brought
s5ta 80 sa.sssa and eat II
all UP bef0re their brother gets
around. And II the folks ever want to
go out to spend the evening their
brother has to stay with them, be-
cause they are afraid to stay alone.
II ever a boy smokes, his sister is
always around somewhere to see him,
and goes home to tell his father and
mother, and then he gets a scolding,
all on her account; and then she will
want him to go to the store three
times week for tea-leads to do her
hair up on. One boy is worth three
girls. Now. boys, this is oil true, for
l have two sisters myself, and ! know
all about it. Well, / can't think OF
much more to write, SO l will close.
The Coconino sun., 1891-09-12
No Need 10 Blush.

The following from a lady appears
In a London journal:
/ can sympathize with your "blush.
ing" correspondents, because at one
time blushed In the most distressing
fashion, and l was baptered by every
body ! knew about the matter, and
told that my face went locke boiled
lobster.
Though no one could be more eager
to receive good advice than was no
remedy that was suggested to me did
one iota OF good, SO l determined to
try a remedy OF my own, which I
found successful and willingly impart
to others. In my view there are two
causes for blushing-viz: too much
self-consciousness and weakness OF tn o
nervous system. think had COM
bination OF the two.
So fur as the former goes the VIC
Tins must most strenuously and with
all the power OF their will endeavor
to think less OF themselves, indulge
freely in outdoor passimes, and mix
In good company, thus diverting their
attention from self to other things and
people" Depend upon 1t the habitual
exercise of will may be relied upon TO
effect an improvement before long.
l would also advocate abstinence
from anything likely to enervate the
nervous system, such as smoking, tea
in excess, alcoholic drink, late hours,
excitement, and so on. Medical au-
thorities seem to agree pretty gener-
ally that nothing in the shape OF mere
drugs, will cure the distressing habit
Of blushing.
The Coconino sun., 1891-09-12
Things Good 10 Know.

Never set your lamps upon a red
table-cover. II you have not green
lamp-mat put piece OF green card
board under the lamp and you will
find the reflection upon your work
much more agreeable TO the eyes than
that from the red cover.
AS soon as the eggs are taken from
the nest rub them entirely over with
butter and put them in cool place,
and they will keep good for months.
Powdered alum stirred into water
will cause all dirt to sink 10 the bot
tom and make 1t fresh and clear.
The proportions are a tablespoonful
Of alum to four gallons of water.
Oyster shells, finely pulverized and
mixed into thick paste with the
white of an egg, will produce a good
cement.
The odor OF onions may be much
more readily removed from dishes
by first washing them in cold water,
then in hot water.
II is said to be good plan to soak
whale-bones few moments in warm
water in order to make them flexible
and conform to the figure when put in
the castings.
The Coconino sun., 1891-09-12
Notes About Women.

Georgia has a woman train-dis.
patcher.
There is nothing sadder than the
sight OF beautiful woman fading.
A debt OF cents. which she has
owed for forty-nine years, has just
been paid by a Philadelphia woman.
Miss Olive Buchanan, United States
Deputy Marshal at St. Louis, is the
only person of her sex now holding q
position OF that kind.
A woman touches . mans sensitive
ness In a very tender spot when she
insinuates that he does not know all
there is to know about how to drive
horse.
A women playing poker is one Of
the most dangerous combinations that
this world has ever known. Either
poker or women alone is about oil
that the ordinary man cares to tackle.
Singularly sad is the fate which has
just overtaken the lovely Princess
Alloys Liechtenstein. who has been
stricken with incurable blindness.
She Is one OF the most beautiful OF
women in Europe, and her charms
enjoy probably a wider fame than
those OF any other lady now living,
owing TO the fact that she and her
sister-now Countess Julius Szcch-
snyi--posed as models for the scauty-
robed figures which grace Makart's
celebrated picture OF the entry OF
Charles V. into Antwerp.
q London woman privileged to dine
at the literary ladies' banquet recent.
ly, describes her sensation somewhat
as follows: '.The chairman, who was
armed with small brown hammer.
led the way to the table with the
guest whom she delighted to honor,
whose diamonds were toe great and
too numerous to be in good taste. The
talk was not brilliant. being princi-
pally composed OF polite endeavors to
convince each other that we were in
tensely enjoying the undi u ed society
OF our own sex. After the dinner we
had two recitations. both on the sub
ject OF the immense superiority of
women. FIVE of the thirty-live
women smoked like practical perform
ers and the proceedings finished with
a recitation which included a murder,
an execution and some idea Of suicide.
Altogether, / left with keener ap.
probation OF the society OF the oppo-
site sex than ! had before expert
ouood
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Eating the "Respect.N

The mother OF Heinrich Heine, the
poet, was particularly careful about
matters OF etiquette, and her boys
were brought up with great strictness
and occasional severity. Among other
things she was extremely decided In
her ideas of table etiquette, and her
children's manners in this regard
were then thought quite irrepronch.
able.
They were taught when they were
guests at a table never to eat all the
food which was put on their plates; a
portion must always be left "for re-
spect SO their mother said. Also, they
must never take more than q certain
amount of sugar in their cups Of coffee
no matter what the cravings for 1t
might be.
The last rule was great trial
to Macmillan, Heinrich's younger
brother, who had particularly "swest
tooth.
On one occasion, relates Youths
Companion, Frau Heine and her chill
dren were at a garden restaurant in
the suburbs OF the city and had been
enjoying the fresh air and good coffee
at the same time. AS they rose to
leave the table, Max, then seven years
old, saw that large and tempting
piece OF sugar had been left in the
bowl. Thinking himself unobserved,
he quickly seized it and put it in his
mouth.
Unfortunately for him, he had been
noticed by Heinrich, who, without
meaning to be tale-bearer, ran TO his
mother with an expression OF horror
on his face, as If he expected some
calamity would instantly befall them,
and said in q shocked and astounded
tone:
''Oh, mother, mother. would you
believe it. Max has eaten the re-
spectr'
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Some War Statistics.

In reply to correspondent the Ma
tional Tribune gives the following
statistics Of the war:
The total number OF enlistments
during the war was 2,S59,J32. How
many different individuals served no
man knows. 1t was possible for one
man TO have served out as many as
five enIistments during the war. The
Acknowledgement has placed tho en-
listments reduced TO a three-yearS'
standard as 2. S27, 9l7 men.
There was about 800. men dis
charged at the close OF the war. The
exact figures cannot be given.
The actual strength OF the regular
army March 81. 1865, was Is. $50
present and 1889 absent-total 81
$50. A large force Of volunteers and
colored troops were kept in service
until as late as 1867.
President Lincoln called for rs, 900
three-months men April ID, 1861, and
81. Sl6 responded. May 8, 1861, he
called for 500, 900 men for three years
and there were furnished under this
call, 657, S68 three-years men, AIS
six-months men; 9, l47 one-year men,
and 80, $50 two-years men, making a
total OF 700. $50 men. In May and
June, 1862, New York, Ohio, In
diana and Illinois furnished about
$4,000 three-months men. July
2, 1862, the president called for 800, =
600 three-years men, and received
42i, 465. August 4, 1862, 800, 600
nine-months men were called for, and
81, 58S furnished. June Is, 1868, &c.
SCI six-months men were called out
October II, 1868, and February l..
1864, 500, 900 men for three years
were called for, and 369, $50 were fur
nished. March IA, 1864, 200,0
three-years men were called for, and
1872, 1873 furnished. In the summer of
1864, Ss,612 To-day men were called
out. July Is, 1864, 500, 600 three
years men were called for, and $780,
| 451 furnished. December 10, 1864,
800, 900 men were called out, and
PIP, 212 furnished, for one, two, three
and four years.
The drafted men actually held to
service numbered 52,068, and there
were rs, 429 conscripts who sent SUBJ
stitutes. 1t would take up too much
space to answer this question fully.
The latest estimates places the num-
Der OF killed in battle at 10000. Ii
was much more than this, as great
numbers of the missing" were really
killed. There were 249, 45S deaths
from diseases.
1t is estimated that about 20, 000
veterans are dying per annum.
The ceusus reports show 1,l60, 000
Union veterans were surviving last
year.
The Coconino sun., 1891-09-12
The WHO'S Pin Money.

In most rural and suburban homes
the husband and father carries the
pocket-bOOk into which every cent
realized from farm, garden. and house
tiuds its way. He is, perhaps. I'M
mindful that there are others about
the household wife, daughter, or
son, who work just as many hours.
think and plan as carefully as he does,
yet not one farthing does either get
for their labors, except bare living,
without first asking, more often re-
peatedly asking, for mere pittance
wherewith TO purchase trifling luxuries
which they may need or believe they
need, and usually former experience,
coupled with natural pride, impels
them to forgo rather than the humi-
liation of appearing as sort OF beg
gar, or submitting to blank refusal.
a pea OF poverty or a more pressing
demand. There are many men who
run along in this wise heedlessly, or
who have not discovered any plan
whereby this Objectionable feature In
family affairs can be avoided, and
TO those we would offer the sugges-
tion, viz: Fit up small poultry
yard in convenient place. inexpen-
sive but comfortable, and give to
their keeping the management, the
products and the disposition OF the
same TO their own proper use und ben
eft II they handle the poultry care
fully. Try it for a year or two, and
see the faces OF beloved and depend
emit ones brighten up with smiles Of
sunshine as they go forth to duties
day by day with songs OF laughter.
The Coconino sun., 1891-09-12
The woman ON Horseback.

Miss Rose Coghlan has given black
eye to the reformers who have 80 long
been urging women to straddle q
horse Manifestation when they ride. 1t
will be remembered that last fall there
was considerable agitation over tho
subject and number OF women went
so far as TO adopt the divided-skirt
habits and actually rode man-fashion
In the park. Miss Coghlan had a
very ugly fall while riding in this
style at Fort Hamilton last week and
her experience should be needed. She
had been practicing for several weeks
but had absolutely no control
over her horse when he
began to rear. She is one Of the
most expert and self-reliant horse
women In New York, and for years
she has ridden horse in the park
which required the most skillful
andling. She never ran TO hacks.
found that with II double-pommel
saddle she was as secure on q
H.. ixa,v nh ~ t.
The Coconino sun., 1891-09-12
The WheeIbarrow Test.

Three or four OF us on the car were
talking about Gen. Sherman's death,
and as might have been expected, one
of the group modestly admitted that
he was with the lamented general on
his famous march to the sea. There
was a woman in the seat ahead, sur
rounded by bundles and baskets and
evidently going somewhere on a visit.
The war talk soon stirred her up, and
she turned to the veteran and queried:
"Were you right in the battlsP''
'Yes'm."
dead men all aroundp"
"Yes'm."
Wounded crying for waterp"
Eyes M
"Bombshells and cannon balls fall
Ing around you like hailp"
'.Yes'm."
"And you didn't runP"
Nom. / should hope not" he
modestly replied.
STOOD right there and never got
scarf, ehp"
"Yes'm."
"Well now, I don't believe It'll" she
exclaimed. 1T amt human natur'.
1t amt accordin' to things"
II hope you do not doubt my
! word. madam"
.'Yes do" she sharply replied. /
don't believe you have got any more
nerve than my Sam has. and Sam
can't stand the test"
Then you have testp"
Eyes i have. You just get off at
Scottdale, where 1 am going to stop.
There'll be wheelbarrow somewhere
around there, and you just stand Off
about thirty feet and let me bear down
on you with it. II you don't jump, or
dodge, or climb telegraph pole I'll
give in you are the bravest man / ever
saw"
'.I--I'm afraid ! haven't time" he
stammered.
The Coconino sun., 1891-09-12
Grant and Lee ut Appomattox.

General Horace Porter, who was
an aide OF General Grant contributes
to recent number Of The Century
an account OF his last campaign.
From it we quote as follows The
contrast between the two command
ers was very striking and could not
fail to attract marked attention, as
they sat ten feet apart facing each
other.
General Grant, then nearly 43
years OF age, was five feet eight inches
in height, with shoulders slightly
sloped. His hair and full beard were
a nut brown, without trace OF gray
in them. He had on single-breasted
blouse, made of dark blue flannel, I'M
buttoned in front, and showing a
waistcoat underneath. He wore an Or
binary pair of top boots, with his trous-
ers inside, and was without spurs.
The boots and portions Of his clothes
were spattered with mud. lie had on
pair of thread gloves, Of dark, yell
low color, which he had taken off on
entering the room. His felt sugar
.aaf stiff-brimmed hat was thrown on
the table beside him. He had no
sword, and a pair of shoulder-straps
was all there was about him to des-
ignate his rank. In fact, aside from
these, his uniform was that OF pri-
vate soldier.
Lee, on the other hand, was fully
six feet in height, and quite erect for
one Of his age, for he was Grant
senior by sixteen years. His hair and
full beard were a silvery gray, and quite
thick except that the hair had become
little thin In front. He wore new
uniform OF Confederate gray, buttoned
up to the throat, and at his side he
carried long sword of exceedingly
fine workmanship, the hilt studded
with jewels. 1t was said to be the
sword which had been presented TO
him by the State Of Virginia His
top-boots were comparatively new,
and seemed to have on them some Or
namental stitching Of red silk. Like
his uniform, they were singularly clean
and bat little travel-stained. On the
boots were handsome spurs, with
large rowels. A felt hat. which in
color matched pretty closely that OF
his uniform, and pair of long buck
skin gauntlets lay beside him on the
table. We asked Colonel. Marshall
afterwards how it was that both he
and his chief wore such fine toggery,
and looked so much as IL they had jus,
turned out to go to church. while with
us our outward garb scarcely rose to
the dignity even of the 'shabby-gen,
teel.' He enlightened us regarding
the contrast by explaining that when
their headquarters wagons had beer
pressed so closely by our cavalry few
days before, and it was found they
would have to destroy all their bag
gage except the clothes they carried
on their backs, each one, naturally,
selected the newest suit he HAD, and
sought TO propitiate the gods of de
struction by sacrifice OF his second.
hast
The Coconino sun., 1891-09-12
Sontag's Three ShaMIs-

When the theater was founded In
Berlin in 1924 the directors sought to
gain special talent for the young stage
in order to secure rich dividends.
Henrietta Sontag, who was then IS.
was the rising meteor on the artistic
horizon. Two OF the directors jour-
neyed to Leipsic in order to induce
the artist to sign contract for sew
eral years.
In Leipsic they met passengers from
other theaters, who surrounded the
lovely singer with the same appeal.
After days of negotiations they made
no Roadway. A rich financier OF Ber-
lin. tired OF the delay, adopted meas
ures which co I'D not fail to have the
desired effect upon the young and
pretty, but poor artistic.
He bought beautiful shawl, and.
presenting it to the singer he pointed
TO the pen to sign the contract
Never had Henrietta Sontag pos
sessed so pretty an article OF apparel.
Completely overcome by the splendor
of so rich gift she turned to her
sister Nina, and said: Nina | am
faint; please sign"
So she was bound by contract and
formed the chief attraction for three
years, not only OF the theater, but of
the city OF Berlin.
The receipts OF the theater were
enormous, yet several shareholders
reproached the managers OF the treas
ury for making unnecessary expendi-
lures and demanded therefore, strict
account for the use Of the money.
These expenditures were soon made
public, and it came out IN the news
papers that the shawl, which the
singer received in Leipsic, was pre-
scented without the consent OF the
shareholders.
The morning this fact was published
in the French papers Fraulein Sontag
sealed up the valuable present, and
with true womanly tact, sent IL TO the
directors OF the theater.
Her messenger had scarcely entered
The assembly-room when the news Of
che occurrence spread all over the
SAtgs ouu III Nht tNtuluS vi tue same
day Turkish shawl lay on the sing
er's table. 1t had been sent by the
King and was more valuable than the
first one.
Early the following day the finan-
cier and director of the theater, who
had given her the shawl in Leipsic,
was announced, and. as he presented
her with far costlier shawl, he jok-
ingly reproached the lovely Henrietta
for giving away his present and
begged her not to let this one share
the same fate. The present was
from himself, independent OF the
shareholders.
Finally, by unanimous decree, the
directors appeared in body before
the public's fayorite to restore the
shawl in question.
The Coconino sun., 1891-09-12

"Are my biscuits light, JohnS" asked the
charming young wife,
As she smiles on her husband, and he
With emphasis answers, They're lovely my
life,
AS light as the foam Of the sea-"
us the steak cooked TO suit your" she gently
inquiries,
Aud he says as he smilingly mods,
lit might have been cooked at celestial fires
And Is tender enough.foTthe gods"
sand the coffee that pleases you, too does
IL, dearI"
She asks, overjoyed with his praise.
Which rather than strains OF sweet music
she'd hear
Il never drank BETTER" he says.
So she sits down beside him and with him
partakes,
-And the rigid, no doubt will confess
That II John tells her lies in the answer he
makes,
He's u gentleman, nevertheless.
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THE uousekeeper,s Creed.

II believe that my chief duty to-
ward my husband and myself, my son
and daughter, man servant and maid
servant, and the stranger within my
gate, is to provide comfortable,
springy, lavender-sheeted beds; sec
ondly, soft, deep, smooth. roomy,
high-backed chairs; thirdly, broad,
unobtrusively legged tables to eat
from, and. lastly, more divans and
footstools than my worst-bored guest
could ever possibly find time to count
/ believe these things will do more to
prevent family jars than all the blue
bows and moral texts in christendom."
The Coconino sun., 1891-09-12
WaIfs for the soldier.

There are eighty-two national GENE
teries in the United States, and the
have 1927, 179 graves, about one-hay
of which are marked unknown" If
OF the 2,778. 304 men enlisted in the
union army and navy, less than 500
were recognized under the act of Con-
gress July IL, 1865, for distinguished
bravery.
A. M. Henry owns farm upon
which the first battle OF Bull Run was
fought, and owned 1t at the time OF
the fight. He was away from home
at the time, but his mother was killed
in her bed by shell from Federal
battery.
Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner-
Of Kentucky, is well preserved speci-
men of the Southern general. is tall
and straight, carries his 6S years
lightly. He was the commanding
officer who surrendered Fort Donel-
SON to Gen. Grant in February, 1862,
his superiors, Floyd and Pillow, max
ing their escape before their captiula-
ton. 1t was to Gen. Buckner that
Gen. Grant directed his famous dis
patch calling for the unconditional
surrender OF the big fort.
Gen. Longstreet says that on one Of
the long night marches in Virginia
the only way he could get rest was to
lie down on the ground while the COL
umn was passing and sleep tor an
hour or 80. He woke up just as the
stragglers were coming along the rear.
and an old Georgia cracker was solil-
oquising about the situation. II
love my country and I'll fight for it,
and I'll die for 1t, and I'll go naked
and barefooted for her. but when this
war is over I'll be cursed II / will
aver love another country
The Coconino sun., 1891-09-12
Hand.fo-Hand.


While the fight was raging about
Miser's farm house, at the battle OF
Pea Ridge, d Union soldier belonging
to the Twenty fifth Missouri regiment
and member Of rebe; Mississippi
company became separated from their
commands and found czech other
climbing the same fence. The rebel
had one OF those long knives made
from file, and the Missourian had
one also, having picked it up on the
field.
The rebel challenged his enemy to
q fair open combat with the knife, in
tending to bully him, no doubt; but
the challenge was promptly accepted.
The two removed their coats, rolled
up their sleeves and began. The
Mississippian had more skill, but his
opponent more strength, and conse-
quently the latter could not strike his
enemy while he received several cuts
on the head and breast. The
blood began trickling rapidly down
the Unionist's face and running into
his eyes, almost binding him. The
Union man became desperate, for no
saw the secessionisS unhurt He
made feint; the rebel leaned forward
to arrest the blow, but employing too
much energy, he could not recover
himself at once. The Missourian saw
his advantage. and knew he could not
lose it. In five seconds more 1t would
have been too late. His enemy giared
at him like a wild beast, and was on
the eve OF striking again. Another
feint; another dodge on the rebels
part, and the heavy blade OF the Mis-
sourian hurtled through the air, and
fell with tremendous force upon the
Mississippian's neck. The blood
spurted from the throat, and the head
fell over almost entirely severed from
the body. Ghastly sight-too CHASTITY
even for the doer OF the deed! He
tainted at the spectacle, weakened b.
the loss OF his own blood; and was
soon after butchered by a Seminole
who saw him sink to the earth.
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The leader of our armies rode

The leader OF our armies rode
Across the Southern plain.
Around his staff Of bearded men
Pressed with ungathered rein,
Beneath mansions vine.wreathed porcl
His chargers step he stayed.
To ask goblet from the spring.
A moment In the shade.
A little child, with eyes of blue,
Came shyly to his knee.
"My papa is a soldier, too.
And wears sword, said no.
"He has bright buttons on his coat,
He looks almost like you.
Only my papa's coat is gray
And yours mamma calls blue.
81 wish you'd find my papa, sir,
And send him right away;
And IL you say told you TO
I'm sure he will obey"
The soldier raised the childish form
Up to his martial breast,
And on the rosy, pleading face
A tear-wet kiss he pressed.
perhaps, my child" he slowly said,
"Your father | may see,
And may God grant me my desire
To send him safe to thee"
o, soldiers OF the Blue, the Gray,
Whom hostile weapons part,
The pleading of that little child
Made one each fathers heart
And never will the simple tale
From memory's pages cease,
And hearts shall melt as words recall
The soldiers kiss OF peace.