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Decorah-posten., 1892-12-13

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oil titss messt siisripnTsi." z. I, 1ettsien Sheees
ras, ga. "Ierss H7epieH CO ben beefe gaseietn, ion,
ion, 2s1 Htns 81. 0bieaso, IN. Der an uogsn bait
eug aunetfngeen eler nj prre uor GGsRt itne et2
GtS. "Stamp" fer $ns 20 Wiouett8to ~ 7. y. Sails
fen, is eumtelet e.. G9iclgc. ~. A. vA Tie iors
fynbf bet.
Decorah-posten., 1892-12-13

Yaris er ben reneiie 8p af ale itsrre
Gtebsr, men iaa fOlier osiaa ben aar'
lise Ren8jsrins Ell wailiUn ps 100
7uinbe 9raars.
Decorah-posten., 1892-12-13

Raa Wenisbebsmsbe / Gaitab Wees
nisbeo ben 28be Hppember 1892 toaes
ben 6Orenebe &irfes Gfolelaa, iom er
opersipet Menisbsbsn til Iisiprelie,
unber 8ebanblins meb fslssnbe llbfalb:
Befuttet: /. ut Naitab 81. 6. 8.
Wenisbeb, | Otter 3ail Co.. Minn.,
itemmer for, at ben Sorensoe airfe Dp.
boloer % briper fun ct College. 2.
VT ben fprbsrebenbe 0ibelins PED Guss.
burg Seminarium bliper Samiunbets
college, iaafremt Nussburs Semis
rtartum operbra9es uben nosen Bes
tinselie til ben SOrenebs &irte
inben Garsmsbet i 1898, iaa at Gam.
fnnbets Garsmsbe faar iulb 8pntrol
oper iamme; men, beriom Nussburs
Seminarium life ooerbraees inben ben
Glib, ftemmer Menisbebsn FIR, at ct.
OLAF College NOrtbielo, Iinn., bliper
Samfunoets College. 8 benne Spr.
binbelie bore bet Osiaa Menisbeber
tiQabt at nbtale fslssnoe: ut, ,taar ben
itemmer for Gussburs, iaa er bet insene
lunoe at ben @runb, at augsburg fore.
tretfes fremfor ct. OLAF, men forbi
Menisbeben BIZ sierne sjsre, bpao ben
fan, for at fremme 5reb Os gnisbeb
inben Samhrnoet.
Sts'e SeHutninser blep enitemmio
atttasre. 8. q. Brandt,
SefretRr.
Decorah-posten., 1892-12-13

3 Stalitn bar Der | ben isrite Salus
bel al inoeu9rsnbe Gar iuuoet tie mnore
enb 81 Gueaer Steo, / boilfe bog fun
A 8eriorer er falbne.
Decorah-posten., 1892-12-13
GorreipDnDarlce.

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nuiIt,tSfsrrers aorrtipsnbtnt snftu sd, Hsn "e'
i~s,tisntn raa taps saarHet % Asresisn-
Decorah-posten., 1892-12-13

ubuortes 8paitelier % 8eitaoiselisr
belbreoes ueo Bruseu al Ct. Safobs
Ole. 8ru9sanuisnins meo bper JlaIte.
Decorah-posten., 1892-12-13

Baa bet aarlioe WteuisbeosmsSe for
ben nor I .pan9elif 1utberIfe Menisbso
/ 9errp, Dane Co., Bis., aibolot ben
28oe Nop. 1892, bleo fnstnbe 8ei Tut
niuger enItemmig antasre:
8eIluttet. at Samfmoet opbolOsr ps
oriper ct College.
8eiluttet, at bette College bliper
augsburg paa ben S~etinselie, at bet
pu~erbraseS til ben Surenebe airfe /
Operensitemmelie meb iibite Narsmpbes
SsIutninser inoen ben tie april 1898.
8eIuttet, at bisie 9 ilutninser oifent+
liesisres "8ecorab'Epite o9 "Sfans
biuapen".
8errp, Zane 60, @is., Nop. 30. '92.
Ole @rimstoebt,
Sefret9r.
Decorah-posten., 1892-12-13

Qeiier grant Joief al Gterris ital
faa Gabber til ben tpife aeiier @il.
bsluis npfsbie 2otter.
Decorah-posten., 1892-12-13

Deb loplist Menisbeosmpbe, aibptbt
ben LITE Dec. 1892, bleo fslsenbe Be-
lutninser autasne:
ct. Elephant Menisbeb, Ganbp,
Minn., beilutter:
/. UT ct Dlaf College i Nprtbiielb,
Minn., bliper ben Soreueoe upritsIutb.
8irfes College" = operenSitemmenbe
meb bpao Samfunbet for / ben Sag
enitemmist bar befIuttet. Zee NarS,
beretninsen for 1890. Sipe 117-118.)
2. 9erneit beIlutter Ct. Stepbani
@eniebeb, at, bois Samiunbet life ifal
boloe fine 9pfter, upfploe fine Sorpliss
telier eler tase Senipn til oeotasne
Def utuinser, us bet for nusle gerlp.
ners Stplo, Der er bilOet / ieiuitiite
Brinciper, iaa fraper 81. Elephant
Wsnisbeb, Ganbp, Minu., tilbasebetalt,
bpao ben bar pbet til 6Onbst, % op.
baper berueo I'm 6orbinoelie meo ben
5creneoe nprf.lutberIte 8irte i amsrita.
0isle 8sIutninssr bIsp enitemmig
antaspe. Ole q. 2ien,
Weniabebens SetretRr.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-10

whom the fort was named in 1888, MAS q
private in the Palmetto Guards; ex-Gover-
nor John L. Manning, grandson Of one Of
the conspicuous heroes Of Eutaw, was also q
private. The venerable Edmund Rufin, Of
Virginia, "a years of age, was private, and
having travelled all the way from Virginia
for the purpose, was allowed to fire the first
shot against Fort Sumter from what Is
known as the iron battery.
Fires were kept blazing in Charleston
harbor during the night for the purpose Of
detecting the launches of the distant feet,
If an attempt should be made to relieve the
garrison.
The second day was ushered in clear and
bright, and the air was laden with the per.
fume of early spring flowers. The flags OF
both the combatants were flying with
stately defiance, and as the first sunbeams
touched their folds, the laundering in
donations of the heavy artillery told the
listening multitude of the renewed strife.
The garrison of Fort Sumter were on
their last rations Their breakfast that
morning consisted of pork and rice, the last
of the rice being served at that meal. After
this meager breakfast, the first relief under
Captain Abner Doubleday and Lieutenant
G. w. Snyder, opened the return fire. This
was about o'clock From Fort Moultrie
General Ripley was throwing hot shot. and
about tall, steadily ascending column of
smoke was observable on the southern por-
tion of Sumter. First it was thin and pale,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-10

would otherwise put stop to agriculture.
Others are pests of the household, the
storehouse and the granary; still others live
in the water and feed upon small fishes and
minute water animals, while yet others are
parasitic upon higher animals and do much
damage to our sheep, cattle and horses
Each a study in Itself
Some insects are so small as to be scarcely
visible to the naked eye; others reach to .
considerable size. Many, from their bril-
liant colors, are among the most beautiful
creatures Of nature. Each kind of insect
has its own habits. Many live in commu-
mites and possess instincts so highly devel-
oped that they seem almost to be rational
beings Not single one Of the hundreds
of thousands of different kinds can be
studied throughout its successive stages of
life without exciting the most vivid in
terest.
Every boy, and especially every farmers
son, should be to certain practical extent
an entomologist. Miss Ormerod, the great
English authority on destructive insects, no
doubt would say that girls, too, should be
educated to recognize and destroy the foes
OF vegetation.
They say that can old dog cannot learn
new tricks" but there is hope in the rising
generation. 1 believe they will make more
money from the same land than their fathers
did, and that they will do it by profiting by
the experience OF their elders and BY their
superior education, and especially by their
practiced powers Of observation.
Collecting the Little Beings.
Every farmers son should make q col
lection of insects. So should every family
that has grass plat, garden, shrubbery or
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-10

the European goods are made, and our man.
ufacturers cannot import the European wool
because there is a heavy duty upon it.. Since
the duty was enforced our fabrics have i'm
proved to some extent, but they are still in
ferior, and most women prefer to buy the
foreign cloth at the larger price, An Amer
dean serge ct 81 yard may seem to the
careless observer as a French one at 81 80,
but fabric experts will tell you that in it
you have less value for your money, and
this is the practical verdict indicated by the
sales
Every all-wool fabric will shrink. and
shrink in proportion as it is loosely woven.
When possible, If to be worn in all
weathers, it should be spohged before being
made up. Sponging can be ordered done at
the store where the cloth is bought. The
merchant will deliver it "a hours later, and
will charge for it cents yard extra.
Cheviots cannot always be sponged. Serge
is on this account, as we'll as from its weave,
the more useful of the two for all rough
wear
Merchants have many names for fancy
eheviots. which is confusing to the buyer.
For example, one OF the novelties of this
spring Is called "chevron." 1t has zigzag
lines in the weave, after the form of
ehevron, and the name refers to this aud
not to the fabric, which is eheviot.
The rough surface wool gown holds dis
tinctive place III the wardrobe, and Is the
ideal gown for the busy hours OF day.
ADA BACHE-CoNE
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from becoming dainty morsel for other
fishes. The mouth is that of monster; it
is very deeply cleft. extending behind the
ewes, and armed with many long, sharp
pointed and movable teeth. Such is its ap.
pearanee with an empty stomach.
Going about in search of food it espies an
other fish MANY times larger than itself
1t darts upon this fish from behind, seizes
the tail and gradually climbs over
the struggling victim with its jaws, using
first one and then the other. AS the cap
tive is taken in, the stomach and integu-
ments stretch out, until at last the entire
fish is passed through the mouth into the
stomach. Then the distended belly appears
as a great bag, projecting out far backward
and far forward. Over this horrible bag,
and resting on it, the swallower seems to
lie; the lower Fms appear dislocated and lie
far away from their usual position.
The walls of the stomach and belly have
Been so stretched that they are transparent,
and the species of the fish within can be
discerned Sometimes-three times at least
such rapacity is more than the captor it
self can stand. At length the fish within
the stomach begins to decompose and gas is
created. The chiasmodon is forced over
upon its back, when the imprisoned gas, as
in balloon, takes it upward from the
depths to the surface Of the sea. Thus have
the three specimens been found floating on
the surface, thousands of fathoms above
their true haunts. In each instance the
fish in the stomach has been about twice as
long as the swalloWer, and from six to IL
times bulkier.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-10

The two fabrics are sold from the same
counter and statesmen do not always dis
tinguish them to customers, yet they have
points of difference which shoppers would
do we'll to understand.
Serge is woven always of twisted threads,
and always has a twill. Cheviot may have
twill or not Cheviot woven with twill
resembles serge, but the characteristic
weave of cheviot is not twill. 1t is woven
more loosely, with more freedom than
serge, and with variety of pattern, with
threads of varying firmness, and is softer
and more beautiful fabric. Chevlot may
have many colors mingled in the weave
knots protruding here and there giving a
broken surface of color, or more degnite fig
ures, sand it is these that constitute a large
part of the novelty cloths offered at the be-
ginning Of each season.
But serge is expected to be of one-sized
threads and of solid color. Occasionally
a cheap serge initiates novelty fabric, but
in general the only variety good serge Of
fers is in the size of its twill, which depends
on the fneness of the thread and the close
ness of the weave. On these, and the twist,
depends also whether the surface is rough
or smooth. English serge has larger twill
than French.
A storm serge is one that is very fine and
has been we'll shrunk. Some beautiful
storm serges now in the market have half
visible plaid or check of another color rum
ming through them.
American made fabrics that bear the
names of cheviot and serge differ in quality
from the imported ones. Our wool is not
as goon as the fine SaXony wool from which
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-10

Prof. Boch had one consuming ambition,
and that was to see his son Karl win fame
as botanist and chemist This idea entered
into every step of Karl's training, almost
from his cradle. As the professor was him
self no mean authority in these branches of
science, 1t was no wonder that Karl, who
came early to share his fathers ambition
for him, made strides far beyond his years.
AS soon as he was old enough, Karl spent
his vacations in company with his father in
scientific expeditions to various countries.
The most important OF these journeys was
to Central America, in the interests of
German capitalists, who were bent on dis
covering a cheaper mode of manufacturing
quin1ne than that then known to science.
As Central America is the home of the ein-
chona tree, from the bark of which this
drug is manufactured, it was deemed advis-
able to dispatch Prof Boch to this distant
tropical region.
Naturally Karl, as we'll as his father,
hailed the opportunity to combine business,
study and pleasure with great delight, and
made speady and elaborate preparations for
the voyage. They arrived safely at their
destination, British Honduras, and entered
eagerly upon their investigation. In the
course of time il was determined that they
should push their way considerable
distance into the forests Of the interior.
After much trouble they managed to
secure a competent guide who spoke both
broken German and English, and set out to
penetrate the dense tropical forests They
were at great pains to provide themselves
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-10
IHvxHrIoH OF An ALrHABxL
How sequoyah Tried to Prove the 1ndia1
Equal to the white Man.

How sequoyah Tried to Prove the Indian
Equal to the white Man.
Perhaps one of the most wonderful
achievements of modern times is that Of 1.-THE
Indian oadmus," Sequoyah, the inventor
Of the Cherokee alphabet and written Ian
guage. As the first alphabet and so the
fountain of all language is supposed to have
originated with Cadmus the PhGnician, so
the first Indian alphabet and the source Of
written language and literature among the
red men of America Is traced with absolute
certainty to this famous Cherokee Sequoyah.
Although scarcely half century has
elapsed since his death. mist of uncer-
tainty already surrounds his birth and life.
But somewhere very near the beginning of
this century this remarkable parsonage was
born in the Cherokee Nation and educated
in its customs In fact he never knew any
other than the Cherokee language, which,
until he began to record it, was like the
other Indian dialects-purely oral.
Sequoyah's grandfather is said to have
been a white man, but there was no evidence
Of it in the personal appearance of the
grandson.
The story goes that at a council of Chero-
kee chiefs in their town of Saunta, an old
reservation east of the Mississippi, there
was debate on the comparative strength
and future of the red and white men. The
strongest argument advanced in favor of the
white man was his ability to use the talk
ing leaf and so send messages to a distance.
Sequoyah listened silently and then burst
out as if by an inspiration:
'sYou are alt fools! The thing is easy! I
can do it myself"
Thereupon he is said to have picked up a
fiat stone and with charred twig from the
council fire to have made certain marks
upon it, each of which, he told his fellows,
represented q certain word; he also told
them that tomorrow or month from then
he could and would tell them those words
without hesitation as soon as he saw the
characters on the stone
From this beginning Sequoyah conceived
and perfected the Cherokee alphabet, uti1-
izing the cries Of wild beasts, the call Of the
mocking bird, the shrill exclamations of
children, the softest tones of the squaws and
the notes of the rotund organ of the adult
brave for his vocal sounds. When he
thought he had gathered all the different
sounds, he attached to each pictorial sign
or image-birds and beasts and inanimate
objects alike furnishing him these signs
And SO the Cherokee alphabet was fin
ished, the vocal sounds were reduced to
writing, and in an incredibly short time
the entire Cherokee nation learned and
used 1t.
There are s. characters in Sequoyah's al
phabet, and BY appropriation from the
Cherokee Legislature newspaper called
the Advocdte is now printed and circulated in
that language.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-10

he, too, had exhausted his ammunition there
was still round dozen of the dangerous
brutes holding the fort and showing no signs
of raising the siege.
The guide then trained his carbine upon
them. 1t did deadly work as long as the
shells held out; but mismove on the part
of the nervous gunner sent his cartridge
case rattling down among the enemy after
he had reduced their number to o half
dozen.
There was but one alternative. They
must simultaneously descend upon the reso-
lutte remainder and make hand-to-tusk
fight, the Professor and Karl using their
hatchets and the guide clubbing with his
carbine.
The guide was reluctant-perhaps be-
cause he was much more intimately ac-
quainted with "the nature of the beast"
But q vigorous round of threats finally
induced him to descend, and when within
few feet of the ground they all three
dropped.
The entire battalion of warrees instantly
charged upon Karl. As he was unable to
bury his hatchet simultaneously in the six
heads the 'tusks of some two or three of
them were tearing into the flesh of his legs
before his father and the guide could reach
the center of the attack to strike.
Karl tumbled, fell, and but for lucky
stroke of the professors hatchet, the last
warree would have put an ignominious end
to the scientific ambitions of the young
botanist.
The father hastily dressed Karl's wounds
and they beat as headlong retreat toward
civilization as the lads condition would
permit, and you may be sure they took good
care to keep close to the line of climbable
trnas
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-10

Dispatches were received hourly BY Beau
regard, the commander in chief, and COM
municated TO the people by bulletins. At
first the proud Carolinians were inclined to
rebel at the authority of a strange COM
lnander but there was something in the
well-defned physiognomy, the dark eve.
firm lin and massive chin of the great creole
that told of hidden power and inspired
confidence, and it was not long before the
hero of Contreras and Churobosco was en-
throned in the hearts of the people
A curious blending of humanity was to be
observed among those who manned the Con-
faderate fortifcations In their shirt
sleeves, with heads bare and features smoke
begrimed, working heavy guns were the
gentlemen whom you met only few DAYS
before at the Charleston Club, elegant types
Of wealth and leisure. Here was a clergy
man and some of his deacons, there a bank
president and clerks, and yonder group of
planters who could give you more points on
The age and quality of fine wine than on
military tactics MANY of these gentlemen
never had heard a shotted gun before that
dav. and vet, with a mixture of chivalry
ard recklessness, would spring to the crest
of the esrthworks after each fire to watch
me effect of their aim and then cheer for
NIaicr Anderson as his answering missiles
came shrieking back. The aggregated
wealth of the companies might have been
cor9ted hr millions, and the old historic
names of the State, Rutledge, Ravenel,
pinrknev, Lawrens, Huger, Rhett, Calhoun,
Middleton, Manigault, Hampton, Preston
and Others, answered 10 the roll call "here!"
>crne of the Famous Privates.
Colonel Thomas Sumter. the grandson of
.tbe gameeock Of the Revolution" after
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-10
THE FALL OF SUMTER
An EYEWITNESS Describes the First
and BloOdless Battle of the
War of the Rebellion.
CHARLESTON ALL EXCITEMENT,
When the First Gun Roared People Rushed
From Their Houses Half Dressed
to See the Fight.
CHARLESTON ALL EXCITEMENT,
BEAUREGARD SOON GREW POPULAR.
HoW the Fine Wines Flowed When Gallant Major
Anderson ToCk His Men Away
IwRIrrEN FOR THE p1sparcH.l !


Thirty-one years ago next Tuesday the
first gun sounded the prelude to the great
war drama, the curtain of which fell four
years afterward on the dead bodies of
nearly a million of the actors and loss of
billions of dollars
The echo of the last stroke of from the
historic chimes of ST. Michael's had scarce
ly died away, when a group of soldiers gath
cred around mortar in Fort johnson,
Charleston harhor, and waited, watch in
hand, for the moment when the signal
should sound the tocsin of civil war and the
death knell of 80 years of peace. A half
hour later, obedient to the orders from Gen.
eral Beauregard, followed a flash of light,
the thunder of gun and an 11-inch she'll
traced its pathway toward Fort Sumter
with long, thin line Of fire. Another quick
ly succeeded, and the chorus of battle began.
The first of these shells was fired by Captain
George S. James, the second by Lieutenant
Hampton Gibbes. Among the officers in
the mortar battery were Colonel James 81.
Chestnut, ex-United States Senator, Cap
tain Stephen D. Lee, subsequently q Lieu
tenant General, and Colonel Alexander r.
Chisolm. These officers were the aides of
General Beauregard, by whom bis final note
TO Major Anderson had been conveyed to
the fort.
People Rushed Out Half-Dressed.
No pen, tongue or canvas can accurately
portray the scenes of that April morning
in the city of Charleston, when its in
habitants were startled from their slumbers
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-10
THE SCIENTIFIC BOOMERANG.
Professor Langley Has Made Some Tha
Beat the Australian.

Professor Langley Has Made Some That
Beat the Australian.
Incidentally to his investigations respect
ing flying machines, Secretary Langley, of
the Smithsonian Institute, has been making
some most interesting experiments with
boomersngs He recently had made to
order number of ideal boomerangs, based
as to shape upon mathematical principles
Ordinary boomerangs, such as are employed
by the natives of Australia, would not
serve. There are 30 of them in the National
Museum, manufactured for actual use in the
land of the kangaroo, but not one in the lot
will do what the typical boomerang Is ad-
vertised to do-namely, return to the
thrower. These boomerangs If Prot. Lang
ley's do return. One Of his assistants, Prof
Otis T. Mason, the famous anthropologist,
has attained such expertness through prac-
ticing with them that, although small
man, he can throw them 100 yards, and they
will come back to his feet every time.
How did the "black fellows" of Austria
Iia, lowest of savages In the scale of hti-
manIty, discover such principle as that Of
the boomerang? Doubtless by accident.
They have found the weapon useful Tor kill
ing ducks and other water fowl on the
marshes, where missiles thrown were not
easily recovered. If the game was struck,
the stick fell with it, and the hunter could
wade in and recover both. Otherwise the
boomerang came back and was ready for an
other ehot.