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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-25

of timber per acre, whereas in Brazil,
for example, it is about one cubic foot.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28

as merciful butchers. pruned men as
though they were trees placed ready
tor their knives and saws-all part of
that stern discipline through which
north and south became better ac-
quaiated. first as foes, later as conquer
ors aud conquered, later still as friends.
And out of this furnace emerged trath
triumphant, union forged and annealed
under the hot hammers of war, flag
made sacred forever by the conflict
through which the cause it represented
bore charmed life, though thousands
Of its brave defenders fell
In this and many succeeding bat
Ties Frank Falconer bore himself
nobly, and then one day when the war
reared it's end he fell and was taken,
wounded, into the camp of the enemy.
lie was reported killed, and there was
mourning among his comrades and at
home. He had won promotion. too,
and was colonel of the regiment when
he met with this mishap. Tried in the
heated crucibles of conflict, his man
hood had stood the test, and his tails
man in every emergency had been the
miniature of his fiancee near his heart.
her better defined image in his soul,
and the letters breathing love and devo-
ton which she never failed 20 send
with faithful regularity. When news
of his death arrived, the gentle girl who
had wept at his departure and in many
lonely hours since shed not a single
tear now. With quiet energy she start
ed to the front, secured passes through
the lines, and one day there came soft
~ to the side of Col. Falconer's cot in
the roughly improvised hospital lit
tie figure in silver gray costume, with
the same loyal blue eyes, from which
| shone Unreasonable, unfathomable af.
| lection. There was glad and joyful
meeting in the soft twilight shadows
a meeting once more of blue and gray
Men saw the happy look which trans
figured the pale face on the cot and
the angel face bending DER it, but
God alone saw the TRANSPORTATION in
each loving soul, where the azure light
of hope replaced those gray shadows
| of grief wherein the death angels
wing had come between the tired spirit
and the trust which aids the angel OF
healing in turning such sad cases from
! the verge of the dark valley. The
| gentle girl, watchful ever of her lovers
needs. was thoughtful. too, of others
J and in few days eyes all along those
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28

of the cypress foliage, together with
the blue uniform of Falconer and tie
blue dress of his sister still displayed
the tjnts prevailing in the pictures
with which this story deals, the study
in blue and gray. 1t was noticeable,
also, that Col. Poindexter's gray uni
form and Miss Lettie's blue dresses
were often seen wandering together,
and that inside them at such times were
the wearers, not at all averse to the
near neighborhood of these once con-
f1icting colors. One evening Col. Fal-
coner, coming hurriedly around the
little pavilion in the grounds, found
the gray sleeves around his sisters
shapely waist, and really did not seem
greatly astonished or overcome. Then
came explanations, pretty confusion
upon the part of the girl in blue, play
full chidings from her brother because
of this easy surrender to the confeder-
acy, followed, of course, by sincere
congratulations and brothers bless
ing, most willingly and heartily given.
Evidently the blues and grays in the
picture were mixing, but the general
effect was pleasing and artistic, Poin
dexter being dark and stalwart, Lettie
a sunny-haired blonde of willowy form
and delicate features. Falconer and
PoindeXter had but two arms between
them, but two such arms were better
than million belonging to mere par
Tor pets and perambulating tailors'
dummies. The young ladies were more
than satisfied; what matter, therefore.
what cavilers and critics might say?
And not long after they all went
home. Poindexter had no near rela-
tives; his plantation had been despoiled
in great measure during the war, and
he had ample wealth in other forms.
| So he went to PENNSYLVANIA with his
| friends and became a resident there.
The double weddir.y at which these
well assorted pairs were married was
! pleasant picture. The interior of the
old church had been furnished long
years before in a pleasing tone of neu-
trail gray. Ruth wore silver-gray
| wedding dress and PoindeXter a gray
uniform. Then there were the blue
uniform of Falconer. the favorite blue
| in which his sister was married. the
boys in blue who turned out to their
commanders wedding. the spotless
blue sky above from which the sun
sent golden strands to brighten the
FURNISHED tresses of those beauteous
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28
HOW 1T FEELS TO BE SHOT.
Gen. Miles Gives Ills Sensations When
Wounded in the Civil War.

Gen. Miles Gives Ills Sensations When
Wounded in the Civil War.
Interview with Gen. Miles, in the
Bloomington photographic: You have
beer wounded several times, general.
How does it feel to be shot?'
That depends upon where the ball
strikes you," replied Gen. Miles. IF it
passes through the fleshy part of the
body without hitting the bone, it is
half mile. away before you realize that
you are shot. If it meets with resist
ance, however, you get the full force of
the bullet, and it strikes you like
sledge hammer. Twas shot in the neck
The ball cut along the side Of my throat,
under my ear and passed on. AtChan-
cellorsville a ball struck my waist-belt
plate and then DETECTING went into my
body. The blow paralyzed me. could
not move for weeks from my waist
downward, and everyone thought 1
would die. / was taken home to Mass
achusetts, and after few days l sur
prised the doctor by moving my right
foot. They took this for sign that the
ball was in the opposite side of the body
and probed for it, laying the bone of my
hip bare. They found the bone broken
and took out nine pieces, leaving one,
which they failed to find. They found
the bullet several inches farther down
than these pieces of broken bone. At
another time l was wounded in the
shoulder by the half Of a bullet. was
holding my sword up to my shoulder
when the bullet struck the edge of the
blade and was cut in two, one-balf of the
bullet flying on and the other going
into my shoulder. At another time I
was wounded in the foot, the ball strik-
ing Mexican spur that was wearing
and going off into my foot. By the
way. think have the spur" Here
the general opened a drawer in his desk
and pulled out a big Mexican spur.
which was broken on one side. The
break was caused by the bullet striking
the spur.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28
HoUsEcLEANINo TACTICS.
How to Meet the Annual Trial with COM
parative Ease.

How to Meet the Annual Trial with Com
parative Ease.
While the systematic housekeeper is
renovating the sleeping-rooms, she
should dispose of the winter garments.
Furs, wraps and gowns which are not
TO be worn until next fall should first
be thoroughly cleaned and then care
fully packed. To pack away any arti-
Gle of attire without first making it
fresh is a crime which should bar the
person committing it from the society
of good housewives.
Furs may be satisfactorily renovated
at home. Short-haired skins. such as
seal and ernine, should be rubbed
against the grain with soft flannel un-
til all the hair is reversed. Spots should
then be rubbed lightly with -four and
the flour finally removed by vigorous
shaking. Long-haired furs may be
cleaned by securing them with hot
bran. After this has been done rcll the
garments in paper, tie up in linen cases
with pepper and camphor bags, and
consign them to chests.
The spring housekeeping period is
not only the time when winter clothes
should be laid away, but it is also the
accepted season for plumbing. The
services of the plumber are likely to be
more necessary than those of any other
person in the spring renovation of the
bathroom. A beautifully enameled
tub is small compensation for sewer
gas. Consequently before any mere
superficial details are attended to an ex-
pert opinion concerning such homely
things as drains and pipes should be OBJ
tanned.
The bathtub will be less trouble to
keep clean if it is painted with enamel
paint. This may be purchased already
mixed, and the least skillful woman
will be able to apply it satisfactorily.
The tub should, of course, be perfectly
dry until after the last coat of paint
has been applied. The wall of the
bathroom back of the tub and wash
bowl, if they are not tiled or marble,
should be "papered' with linoleum in
tile patterns. This will permit unlim-
tied spashing of water without damage.
The floor may be well covered with this
material.
If the bathroom has not been
equipped with wire soap and sponge
trays, shelves for bottles, hooks for
clothes, racks for fowls, and the like,
there is no time like the days of the
spring house-cleaning in which to re-
pair the omission.
Before descending to the lower part
of the house, the mistress should dis
cover if her mattresses need renovat-
ing. If she uses feather ones she should
destroy them, for in the opinion Of ply
sicians they are positively pestiferous.
Hair mattresses, if they are hard and
dirty, may be freshened by ripping the
ticking, removing the hair, washing the
ticking, picking the hair and putting it
in dry, airy place for several days.
When the ticking is dry it should be
filled lightly with the hair and tackled
together again.
If painting is done in the bedrooms,
pals of fresh water should stand about
uncovered. This will prevent attacks
of painters colic.--N. Y. Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28
SCHOOL AND cnuRcti.

"A woman school teacher of Ames-
bury, Mass, retired last week after 81
years of continuous service.
EVERY game will be square" is the
assuring but somewhat astonishing an
nouncement in the advertisement of
church fair in Maine town.
Canon Mason,e of London, has ac-
oepted an invitation of the Episco-
palian club of Boston to deliver three
lectures on Archbishop Cranmer.
They will be given in st. Paul's church,
Boston.
DE-. Sesare Lombroso, late professor
of legal medicine in the University Of
Turin, has been transferred, says Science,
to the chair of psychiatry. He has als3
been given the dictatorship of the uni
versity clinic for mental diseases.
1t is proposed to utilize part of Miss
Culver's gift to the University of Chi.
cago in erecting four separate build
ings, one each for zoology, botany, an
atomy and physiology. Ground has al
ready been broken for the first of these.
The bishop of Bedford AYERS that
the east London district contains
population of 100000, nearly all poor.
From this statement some idea will
be had of the vastness of the work the
clergy are called upon to perform. The
difficulty of raising funds for so great
work is very great.
There were 1906 students in al
tendance at Russian universities at TIE
beginning of the year, divided as fol-
lows: Moscow, 3,SSS; st. Petersburg,
1925; Kiev, 2,244; Helsingfors, in
Finland, 1875; Dorpat in Livonia.
1854; Warsaw, 1885; Kharkov, 1900;
Kazan, 825; Odessa, 555, and Tomsk, in
Siberia, 405
According to the Pontifical Annual.
which has just been issued, there still
remain six cardinals in the sacred co..
lege created by Pope Plus TX. They are
Cardinals Mertel, Parrochi, Oreglia.
Ledochowslli, De Canossa and Hohen-
lobe. Cardinal Mertel, the senior, is
now 90 years old and Cardinal de Cans
ossa, the next oldest. is 81. The young
est cardinal, according to the book, ls
Cardinal Svampa, who is only As.
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shattered lines frightened at her com
ing, while rough voices softened as
they blessed her. Then came Lettie
Falconer, the colonel's pretty sister,
whose presence soon became as welcome
as that of the other ministering spirit,
whose superior faith and intuition had
led the way. And so the days passed
by with these shattered hulks in dry
dock, as it were, and the great struggle
at the front drawing to close. Next
10 Col. Falconer's cot was that of Col
PoindeXter, of the confederate army,
also severely wounded, and between
these two men of opposite views, but
kindred courage and devotion, grew up
a deep and lasting friendship. Such
friendships were neither few nor far
between in those days, and, thank God,
they have multiplied like white roses
and gold-heart daisies since then, until
now they dot the fields with peaceful
beauty and fill the once heated air with
fragrance. Lettie Falconer wore blue
nearly all the time, her union colors, as
she saucily said, and SO she, too, be-
came factor in the hospital coloring
Of blue and gray. Here in this world of
suffering there were pleasantmoments,
and the blue of heaven seemed SO clear
and translucent that they thought
they caught glimpses of the great
White Throne on the day the surgeon
assured them that Col. Falconer would
live. Those who saw Ruth that day
saw face so radiant that it seemed
to wear halo of celestial light reflect
ed from some unseen source far away
One glad day weeks thereafter came
tidings of peace. There was among
the men in gray deep sadness for the
cause lost, cause which had cost them
so much in treasure, so much in price
less human lives; but higher than this
scared their thanllfulness because car
mage was ended and human passions
no more to flash forth in flame and to
subside in shallow graves along which
bivouaclIed the silent soldiers who
await the last grand review. There
were congratulations, preparations for
departure, and a fitting to the planta
ton home of Col. PoindeXter as invited
guests. 1t was in the woods of north
ern Louisiana where the Spanish moss
festooning the trees, the greenish blue
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28
Brown Stews.

Stews made from beef, mutton, game
and dark-feshed birds are usually
cooked with brown sauce. The
French method of making brown stew
is superior to all others, because the
result is more savory, digestible and
nutritious than any other. The pre-
liminary browning accomplishes a
three-fold result, which is altogether
wanting in the English form of stew.
In the latter, the so-called Irish stew"
for instance, the meat is often Cooked
to rags" and yet those very individual
muscles are SO tough as to ilefy mastica-
ton. This undesira pie result is prob
ably attained by the rapid boiling,
which separates the muscular fibers
without softeping or making tender the
fibers themselves. On the other hand
the French method of first browning
the meat retains it's juice and preserves
its form during the prolonged gentle
cooking which entirely softens it's
fbers.-Home Queen
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28
CONOUERlNG A BRONCO.
How 1t Can Be Done, According 10 Vera
cious Citizens.

How 1t Can Be Done, According 70 Vera
cious Citizens.
1t is related of prominent citizen
of Arizona that he once met a promi-
nent citizen of Montana on the neutral
ground of Colorado. The subject Of
bucking horses coming up, tho promi-
nent citizen of Arizona said:
eve have some very sllillful riders
down in my country. This, of course,
shows out particularly when they are
breaking wild broncoes to ride. When
an Infatuated mustang, saddled for the
first time, and rearing and bucking
with all the terrific energy of his
savage nature, looks up out of the tail
of his eye and watches his rider calm
ly roll and light cigarette, it has an
excellent effect on him, and usually he
cools down, realizing the hopelessness
of his task"
Then spoke the prominent citizen of
Montana:
for the comparatively mild and inoffen-
sive horses of our southern latitude,
but it has been found to have no infu-
ence whatever on our fierce and vicious
beasts. But when ono of our cowboys
mounts a bronco for the first time it
helps greatly to subAue the creature
when, after he has laaped and pitched
for Is minutes, he happens to glance
back and finds his rider quietly shaw
ing, holding a small mirror in one hand
and the razor in the other, with the
mug, hot water and bay rum in little
basket on his arm. All, it's all in know
ing how, this subjugating Montana
bronco!"
Then the meeting of prominent citi-
zens d.-Harper's Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28

which made a menacing crest for the
lines in blue. On the mountain side
not far away wells of gray mist just ris-
ing toward the higher submits like
curtains rising upon a gigantic drama
soon to be enacted amid the matchless
scenic accessories of this mighty stage.
And just now the hush ofexpectation.i in
which loud voices were stilled and the
most conspicuous sounds were the
tread of armies, the rafting of cannon
wheels and accoutrements, the clear
voices of command. Something of the
gray tint appeared at times in human
faces, pale gray which told of grave
thoughts and dire possibilities.
And then the tempest. Gray smoke
rising from cannons which flashed
lightning athwart the clouds and shook
the earth with thunder. The rattle
of musketry, the whistling of bullets,
the shrek of the larger messengers of
death, which cannon belched from fu-
rious threats, the rush of cavalry, the
massing and melting of the blue lines
here and there, the charges and counter
charges in which blue and gray mixed
and intermingled like blotches of color
upon a mighty palette, with which su-
pernatural artists were painting his
toric scenes. And soon there was
crimson, wet and warm, in great
blotches upon the palette, and shrieks
punctuated the silencesleft occasionally
by the guns as they took breath for
loud defiances constantly renewed.
Here and there men in blue and gray
fell writing upon the earth, or moved
no more, and into the faces of these
crept the gray pallor in which is inn
pressed deeply upon human faces the
mystic seal of death.
Into this maelstrom of conflict swept
the regiment to which Capt. Falconer
belonged, carrying itself bravely, cross
ing steel with steel at the trenches,
finding these foemen worthy of it's
,nettle, hurled back again and again,
but returning with thinner lines and
more heroic endeavors, until it's part
and parcel of that red field was won.
When evening came there was crimson
in the sky mingled with gray, crimson
marks on the earth, spotting blue and
gray uniforms, crimson in the hos
pitai tents, where surgeons, employed
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28
ORIGIN OF BLUE GRASS.
Not Originally Kentucky Product, for
1t Came from Indiana.

Not Originally a kentucky Product, for
1t Came from Indiana.
Il notice by the papers that some
body in the south part of the state wants
to know where blue grass first started"
said Prof. John Collett, eX-state geolo-
gist.
ga great many people contend that
it was first found in Kentucky, but this
is not so. Blue grass is native of the
Wabash valley in Indiana. 1t was found
by William Henry Harrison's troops
during the solemn march to Tippe-
canoe in 1911. Harrison gathered
small army at Ohio Falls and started
rorth. AT Vincennes the gallant
heroes realized that they could not go
zoo miles up the Wabash without feed
for their horses. Gen. Harrison had
two cribs of corn at Terre Haute and
persuaded the men to go on. AS they
came on with hungry horses and scaI(
feed they found the ground covered
with blue grass Six miles west of
Newport on the Collett farm was found
bouDtiful supply of blue grass. Some
places in the bottom it was growing
Three lctG ulSn anu SuCn leeu ndu never
been heard of by the Kentucky soldiers.
AT State Line City more blue grass was
found and from there to Tippecanoe the
whole line of march was covered with
blue grass. The seed was carried back
to Kentucky and sown there, but they
could not make it thrive alone in the
warm soil and it had to be sown with
oats and rye. Mr.. Sandusky, the father
of the present family of that name, told
me in an early day that no blue grass
grew in Kentucky until after IT was
imported from Indiana. Tom Down
ing, of Terre Haute, was an ardent adj
mirer OF Henry Clay, and once went to
visit him at his home near Ashland,
Ky. After seeing the fine farm, well
set in blue grass, Downing suggested
that Mr.. Clay let him have some of the
seed to take back to Indiana.
"'Tom, don't make fool of your
SELF said Clay, the grandsire of Ken
lucky blue grass is growing around
your house in the fence corners of
your fields. We got the seed from
Terre Haute and the middle Wabash,
and after hard struggle got it to grow
here in it's present luXuriousness. -
indianapolis Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28
Some SchooIboY Definitions.

In recent examination some boys
were asked to define certain words, and
to give sentence illustrating the
meaning. Here are a few: Frantic is
wild. 1 picked some frantic flowers.
Athletic, strong; the vinegar was too
athletic to use. Tandem. one behind
another; the boys sit tandem at school.
And then some single words are funnily
explained. Dust is mud with the wet
squeezed out; fins are fishes wings;
stars are the moons eggs; circu1n-
ference is the distance around the midi
die of the outside. - Educational Ga
Zette
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28
An OnticaI Delnsinn.

The two eyes really see two objects.
If the two forefingers be held, one at
the distance of one foot and the other
two feet in front of the eyes, and the
former be looked at. two phantoms Of
the latter will he observed, one on each
side. If the latter be regarded. tive
phantoms of the nearer finger will be
observed mounting guard. one on each
side.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28
At a Photographers.

LADY, want to have my photograph
taken and want to have this little boy
taken with me.
Photographers - We make an extra
charge, madam, when two photographs
are taken at once.
"Oh, but I'll keep the boy In my lap
-Fliegendc Blaettes. ~
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28
Hail storms in the Orange Free state.


One of these republics Orange
Free State-is very nearly as large as
England, and just as large as the state
of New York. 1t lies from 1000 to 5000
feet above the sea, and is mostly level,
with some low ranges of hills. The
surface is bare of wood, except in
few sheltered spots along the streams,
but is well covered with heritage. The
air is pure and bracing, much like that
of Colorado or Wyoming. There are,
happily, no billiards.; but violent thun-
der storms are not uncommon, and the
hailstones-I have seen them bigger
than pigeons eggs-which fall during
such storms sometimes kill the smaller
animals and even men.-Prof. James
Bryce, NJ. p, in Century.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28
Her Chance.

"Jennie," said Mr.. Portly, 81 wish
you'd put W in my dress trousers.
I'm getting too stout to wear EN- II
will" responded his spouse; "but / wish
you'd put couple of VS. in my purse.
Us getting so thin that it slips through
my fingers. IN. y. Recorder.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28

rough and weary and the mystic shad-
ows fah
But the hearts that beat so bravely in the
battles fierce ARRAY
Will not falter at the summons. nor the
dangers of the way.
They are marching down the valley. Hark!
the sound of tramping feet!
They go on through summers sunshine
they go on through winters sleet;
Banners wave, and arms a-glitter, and the
music's throbbing breath
Echoes in the solemn valley, that we name
the vale of death.
They are marching down the valley, and
we follow gladly on,
For the music sweet and eery tells the way
that they have gone;
And We'll find them camped in meadows
where the waters Silly flow,
Where the sward is soft and verdant and
the flowers of Heaven grow
-Edlah c.. Hawks, in Springfield (Mass.)
Republican.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-28
tOriginal.l

III . AAASLAs
Z u Il w ere the
skies w b j C il
arched above Il
northern village in
1861, and blue
were the eyes
of the pinlpernels
Il n d forget-mc-
notS dottino the