The Cedarville Herald, Volume 13, Numbers 1-21

f t. •/L i K7 P \\. 1ft*-' t r I-KII'- The Ceda ' W. H. CEDARV ILL 3 . FIELD. MYTHS ABOUT. tyJltyfNG, *% Ti»e Horrible Luddor Utvurfand the Story a(aV iU l0](.«rO D |di J '"“Among the' strange and? weird de­ mons und bogies whicji rure believed by miners to haunt'tlie woieldujlfa-under­ ground not the least horrible is the ■‘ladd e r Dwarf,’'t? said a'-former-pros­ pector, recently. “I ,n®rer saw tlie. creature myself, but he i£ described us hunch-backed, with a short body, large bead and enormously long and. power­ ful arms. In fact, lie resembles an ex­ aggerated g o rilla .H is favorite trick is climbing the ladders by means of which the miners leave the mines, raising him­ self with his ' long arms;.and, as he passes the rungs, kicking' them put-one by one. Hc. is ,|jupppsed to ^lvjays; dp this ;just before Mn ajjoiilenf of somEr kind' in till mitfe; '■*' ' v *' e>' ‘*v 1“ In th e mines of Mexico form erly the descent .and..ascent,pf -t h e a f ts ..\yem; '-mad^^y §1i&} oj^i-jq£,jree'l.t^uplt*. •uHtli •. no£c|t($ cll^pu^Jif laborers: rested the great toe as, they stepped from one to the other. The.de­ mon in. suclvplaces was believed to have on each" big. toe a :huge , hail or cliiw, fiend always le ft tru n k s a fte r having usefulness, to ta n ta l..... men who were thu s imprisoned. .An o th e r -Mexican superstition, ve.ry c-oit)- moh among .miners in th a t couutryvre- lates.-to tine ‘gold.- snake.’ This species O^se^jent1^ ' pen^ lyM^nleilt^nc& j vojry bandsbme, - beipg & e e n 4 |n j|c o lp r7 w ith a golden iridescence in ifs se ttle # F a ith is entertained th a t "wherever a g o ld ' shako makes its nest th e re is a ■ledge_containing the precious 'm etal, and th ere are many^inincrs ,yyhq .wU.l 1* h ; -cate a claim at^pnfefe Jf lUipyifind iygold snake. • 'f-. J ; 0 g r ;# | “The sto ry of t^ c famqusJtr.easureVtof th e ' ’Madre. .d’Oro’ , is an •old one. I t comes from the Aztecs of Mexico. Some­ w here in southeastern Arizona there is a small 'e^Uey,v.abo^t.^five -miles,-long; an d two m iles wide, g a lled itt--$y.thyyer*£ ing mbuh&ins.;‘'.’Thh^8idesi-fare<- so i'p r^ ' cipitous th a t it is-impossible to climb down, them, anil th ere .is only, one en­ trance, through u caye;\whic|x is„ieare; fully b idden b y Inditiap/'w^o ^ua^d;4H| ■ treasure for th e seecmdbomlngpf.'tMpml tezuma. .I t is said th a t even among them th e entrance is only known to the th ree most uged men, and is never, com­ municated p.^ept;Avhenj, ong thg de'njb' oMqtle* itM $ ^ f j s e ^ i y i to-.wfve tfte knowledge iut»-tJib Ite^pifegdfblnUlinr. The valley itself, though surrounded by inhospitable rocks, is a'paradise. Wa-; tered by th e stream which ilows through it its soil is covered w ith flowers and beautiful trees, through the branches of -which', flit brighfc-hued birds. The only reptUejs seen a re the gdld snakes, w ith thHpfe g littering , greenish yellow scales. “ S tretching across the valley from one side to th e other is a ledge -qf .parti gold, its masses of, virgin metnl gleam ­ ing and glistening in th e sunlight', i t is said to be five, feet, ten feet, fifty feet,, one hundred feet wide. Thy gold lies in it in g re a t veins arid , nuggets; im­ bedded in clear-quartz, th e s h a rp 'a n ­ gles of which g litte r in th e sun lig h t like gigantic diamonds. Across th e ledge the stream ilows, form ing a little w aterfall, below which the nuggets o f gold cun bo seen in 'th e Water and.,out. Gold ih the ledfgdv gold in tho scates of snakes, gbld iu tH e 'Bbream! gold in ’Tlu> birds, gold, gold, gold, gold, is th e re­ fra in of th e golden story. < ‘‘The fearfu l precipices which stir- round tile placC? th e strange ceremonies and horrid banquets which have served to keep th e secret safe, th e trib e of Az­ tecs, living only to preserve for their mysterious ru le r th is treasure house o f' n a tu re , have a ll aided, in giving to th e sto re its strange interest. Small won­ d e r is i t th a t th e pulse should quicken an d th e eye grow b righ t as you henr tho ta le from th e lip s of men who more than h a lf believe it. The lonclyidescrt su r­ rounding yon, w ith tho ta ll cacti look­ in g lik e ghosts in th e pale moonlight, i th e long-drawn melancholy o f' th e coy­ o te s howk th e prospector’s fire of grease wood, tho men w ith their rough cloth­ in g and q u a in t language, a ll vanish as you listen , a n d In im agination you are, trrtnspdrtea to-Tbe wdhdrarful tbUdy, Iff w hich is tho ‘Mndre d’Oro,’ th e ‘MotfifeV of Gold.’ “ Nrtr are they content to te ll th e story as an Indian legend. They cite instances of w hite men who have seen th e place, who have descended into th e valley in- some w ay and returned w ith a ll the gold they could carry. The. location of th e sp o tisa lw a y s ilia, darigeronslndian country. I have been told tw ice th a t it w ftsin th e Chircahuam ountains. T ils alw ays said to. have been found merely l»y accident b y men who w ere either h u n tin g o r prospecting for ledges,:about th e only two occupations th a t w ill make unscientific men climb tlie mountains. I t can only be seen from tlie Upper end an d a fte r the morning m ists in tho val­ ley liavd cleared away. Thpn/nS oilo' stand s qn ip e rrig g e d .peaks and looks down, h e secs tlie g re a t ledge spanning th e valley below him, tho virgin metal g litte rin g in the sunlight, and h e knows th a t lie has before him th e place of which lie has heard so much and dreamed, to often* MOSBY. uerrHlS'Kiipporteil fion. Onuit for J’ruslilvnt, Gol. John ft!o.shy, on a recent visit to Atlanta, Ga,, was asked how his came to ' ally himself with the . jrepublicu.iV party, which he answered by paying: “ I surrendered a t Lynchburg. - 1 tjiinlc I was about the lastTnun to give in. I do. know any way th a t I was the only confederate, officer tliat Was bntbiwed by tlie United States government. When Lee surrendered,Levyns Wa? ip this lower end of. the vallcy with about four hun­ dred p>vpi Cjefa, Hancock was a t Win­ chester. .wltJi".forty thousand. ITe de­ manded my suirendeij; and I declined to comply}' asking fo r‘a ten days’ truce, because I wanted 'to*know what Gen,’ Johnson was going- to do. Hancock .telegraphed Secretary Stanton the situ- 'ation, saying -that;lie:, woujdy under -a flug of truce, have a conference with me. Stanton thought .Hancock.intend*. Fell*tcp^T .him not Ho do^so, -a»:'I womddikely tie' guilty of some act of treachery. Leter I-sen t Col. Cliapihatt^yitlr^,l|ag of truyq.. to mst^.trHancoe]i,s;'TrtaH.^''‘jiu of five days wns agrecd upi?q...^fglg®’l | i ^ it wag over we had lieerd uoiliing .from-' Johnson. Then Hancock made another : demand and .said if I did not Surrender ho WoulV! march his army iip the : vulley' and devastate it, ^ gpuld not..surrender ®*|riprahly bJgan^e1-diiljuat k-now what qlliuson wall'^oing to I disbanded Gregg was in.charge there and through friends lie began negotiating for my surrender. BroughP,tg;j;Tn%,anci j i h j h e ^ay-: , ilpon I ivFht to*Lyncliburg ih 'a buggy,' and wont to iny brotlier’s law oflice. l*\>r, safety I carried iny pistols wi th me, and p£cnde|i. : T n » f i^ n e 'a n ^ n e Had been instructed by'Sl'creTary S tan ­ ton, to arrest me; and send nie’on. Gregg was an honorable m a n .' lie lenew.that, J had.jCoine in o n , his .Btateinc nt flm t;.| \voul§ b F paroled,% bu 1 he sqnt a npiiin fq me telling Siq.of hia;‘subseq’uoht, cifdersl The man said something about a rre st­ ing me, and I. picked.up my pistols, sey- t q ’T5(rrgst ind,’’pjl’lie- nj^n-Je{fc^.vi?itti. a peculiar smile; and .1 got out of Lynch­ burg. Gregg did not molest then, but twenty-four hours later sent a sqmid to Gen* G rant to parole me, Then I went uoi by those who know life story. “ With iny parole I went to WaireU- ton, Va., and s a t down to law;. Every, time- I would leave the County*some1 p e tty provost marshal would arrest me. I t was a ceaseless annoyance, besides being,; a constant Mmrcii.of anxjety to, ;mj‘ '-wife urui children. My .wih»"left: home for HaUlmorv, atnl in" passing through Washington, without iiiy knowledge, decided to cal) on Presi­ d e n t Jqhnsdh. Her father and Johnson had been bosom friends . In .fnre.tiie war and hud'been in tlie same congress. She .made herself know u to.Johnson- utul lie no t only refused her requ e st/bu t treated her Very V italy . , a'- ■. “As she was k‘4vingttlic White hqiiscj iny son, i ‘ItQver1y, scveh-yctii'S oid |afd; .‘Gd anti sed>Gcd.^Grarjti" ; >lrs. ;.trbshy diit.gofart.dftee. Geh ('.rant. 1‘ He ricq^ived h e r kindly arid treated I te rw ith the greatest eoiirtesy. When lie hud board her lhrottgh he w ro te too a passport which was ever a fte r a protection, and I h n v r'th n t te ltc rn ow in G.ea. G rant’s own handw riting in my trunk in Sail Francisco. awayVy Soon uftey tI }(>vus gpny Yankees eapie .gallopipg b.aclt. They had fopnd whosq cjotljing they hpd and tb'ey/Wqnted in'e. jau t I was rafe in the" mountains.” /The cdluricV hesitated q se'ccind, abd then vviih a peculiar umile remarked: “And do you know “tlml Negro ran away, the*very iiextdftj',”---’ ChicagojJpurnaJ.-.J 'V “STRUCK :WITH THE; SABER." ■ ’•*«e# t <f' ' .J--7 -ft; : Ho'wa s ilk Hamlkefeiilet Slaved a Seldler’s '•Hsjf’i . ,1 * . 1 u fei , d' •From the time yq reached Uie state rendezvous nutil y e went .into caiqp op thq, pcninspla 'it Hva§ drl^l! .dyilUjilrilli with the sii’lief.’ A corporal wohld'tfke lnilf h dozen—tlie captain .this Whole qom^a¥iy;s'4rid'foFatt Tiour abdia half we' would go tlirougliHiie eut4’anJ tbrust® and parries. >.There was' tlio'front cut, jjho dod;n cut, tlio sayage thrust! *tho bapk-hurid-eut and a dozen others, an$ we were told that our livesdepeiided op knowing., lio\y to givo and .receive each particular .one. It was gqod exercise, .perhaps, but on tlie very first day wF went into a; fight as cavalry-all p£ us '’"game, to sec. the absurdity-of it; •I was in thirty wivalry-fights' during the war and in.none of .thorn did I wit­ ness or, have use for anything like the :saber exercise. .Not tl)at i did. not see ineii s.tiriuik •ivith the, saber,, but- they were struck .during, tlie .confusion ail'd melee whqivthc. other partly could claim no credit. .For instance,,our regiment .drove full lilt iiito about, six .hundred confederate Cavalry a t lirandy Station* I used my revolver uritil itw a s empty and then giapped thy saber. The Smoke was very thick and men and horses wore g reatly excited. In th e .n iad whirl confederate rode upon mo and made a savage slash w ith his,saber. I t missed my head and cut the pommel'1of iny saddle., 'b e fo re he could . got aw a y ,I “swiped” a t him and ! know the edge of tlie saber- -struck- Ids >ftte.fr.v J niay have knocked ou t some of his teeth, b u t the edge was as blunt as a h o e ,and cmild not.liavg c u t the skin. At, :Shepa,rdstown we were charged abou t the saute way. ■■"There were ;a g re a t many, sabers flashing as‘ they came .on; .bu t by the, time, the shocic enme the revolvers .and 'carbines were doing the h e ft’of the work.’ ' I had ■ a fair, slihw in th a t figh t to give a th ru st; and it w as a lam e n ta b le failure: I got tile point of the saber in under the ene­ my’s upraised righ t arm, b u t Ir doubt if I drew blood;. I simply .pushed hini half, o u t-o f his: saddle, and lie- retaliated, w ith •a' side -cut, which uncovered my, .head and,did'no fu rth e r damugw • * There were probabl.yuriore men h it w ith the saber rit- G ettysburg than'' any- wheru e lse d u rin g th e war.,. T lieinain. reason for th is was .the cq.ua 1 it v of num ­ bers, together w ith th e fact th a t very few- of tiie union, cavalry had revolvers, We-charged with our.earbines slung tq our backs* and it was saber or nothing. I h ad a heavy sil k -liaiidkerehiof 'insirio my- new h a t1 th a t day as a preventive of sunstroke. I t prevented a confeder­ ate cavalryman -from sp litting iny head open.*, I; had a young, green horse; and he gave mq iip end of,trouble. While 1 w as try ing to preventl' him from going ou t of the fight backwards a confeder­ a te approached me*from the rear and adm inistered the down cu t.. It dazed me fi’ir a 'moment, bu t th e heavy lint mid Ipiiui1(ereh|ef. backcd up liy a thick grovyth of hair, saved my h e a d ., lie drew blood, .and l had ,at sore ’ head for a week after., h u t lie Inul wasted liis blow. ; , • , ■ ■After the first ten m inutes of th a t cavhlvy encounter ’nothing b u t saber® were used, 'We th ru st, hacked anti hut, h ittin g both horse and innii. b u t'ld o u b t if any,one was killed o u trig h t on either side with the steel; To make ft saber eifeetivc. it m ust curvy a keen edge. During 'my three years in tlie army I did not see -above .a- dozqii sharpened sabers. We hud Uo orders .to grind tlnim. and so we carried them w ith u lioc-cdge. "Then in ’T2 when G rant and Groeiy were before the people. ..G rant was te r­ rible abused find I trfok’ th e Mump for him to refute the abuse, and these were, the only political speeches 1 ever made. I never neet pled any th ing from Grant, because l premised the people in my speeches Hint I never would. *:How many times were you wounded,” the eohiUei was asked. . “Hi.v limes, am t I fu rry a Yankee bullet' in toy thigh U»'W.” “ Were “ ■ mi cvc-rcapttired'.1” “No. tmi I bad two ni* thrVe narrow- <s-ntHs l:v, ii.<cemh a fte r some k.i.-d lighting with troops, in w iiitb \yc were scattered, I, w ith Tommy Lore* ohe of my best inenf stopped one n ig h t a t a Air. Lake's* h ear Rector’s Cross Roads. OUr horses were hitched outside th e yard; and a squad of Yankees in passing saw them. They Then it takes h strong-armed mrtn to w ield a common cavalry snl.ier so as to strik e an effective blow, 11is horse must -lie reasonably steady', so lie can control him with- th e bridle, arm. and there m u st be plenty of mnseld lit th e arm to give w eigh t to the blow. With a sharp sab e r a man weighing one hundred and sixty pounds m ight sp lit a man's skull, b u t a man Weighing th irty pounds less, w ith a dull weapon* would only mnke piny tmvards it. In fa rt, realizing his iucaixuaty iti th a t ■lireclioii. he wouldn’t .try it. " lit a cavalry encounter a t Fo rd I struck :i eojifederpte fa ir on the i neck w ith m y saber, and struck os hard | a s I eonhl. lie.tum b led from tJid sad* ’ die am l was cyptu-vd. 1 did no t even Illinois ’draty; blood. Lg.tye him such n blow.as to stuii him f o r a few- minutes, the same as if l hud stru ck him w ith a C'lub,.but. asidefrom a stiif n e c k h e was all Iiig* strong nien* w ith keen-edged £a| b e rs, would do some nw'ftil Ciitung* hiiq they would inspire fear whercvOF they ntignty ,u-. passed around to iny backbone, I knew I was liit h a n lr b u t before the Yankees came in my coat was under the bed. I Inul p u t my hand on th e bloody wound and smeared it over iny mouth, giving the appearance of hn internal hemorrhage. T he Ynnkees did n e t know me. T hey though t I \\-qs otic of ^Alosby's mor). hu t they were untfble to proVe it. 1 looked a s if l Were'done for, and a fte r tak ing my Clothing sand boots they' left,: I know th a t as soon as they w ent into my pockets they' would find ou t who I wns and come hack for me, so I got the fam­ ily' to' put, me in an nx-enrt. cover me w ith fodder* and a Negro drove me Quanttell pVdVAi flirtl there, was soijie- th id g far thore'effective th an the briber.' Edch of hfS Tneh' wnft-,nrtiied With a t least* two 'revolvers. EafeH one could shobt rig h t rfml left-handed. A sqnhd pf th irty of .them thim rtrmedtieVer he?^ itiited to e h a rg e ri hundred regulnh ^aW' fiirv,'and th e y -n e v e r‘charged w ithout inflictiiigkerrible destruction;—’Detroit F r e e l’tcssk a ^,■, 7~ «'' <?* —Prof. J . G. Schurmnn, dean of the. Sage school of philosophy hi Cornell university, has declined tho invitation to become president o f the university oi California. - ' IS HUMAN’S BEHALF. WOMEN AND. LAW* A b'inmi|lfti» Onbilen on- Why They Should ilc. Allowed to Enter.tlio l’i-otesNioii. Prejudice 'd ie s hard, even in tlie. la st deetidtrof tHe n in eteen th cen tu ry . Wit* ness th e a ttitu d e tak en by.soiiie legal Jigiits in- th e Ontario assembly' on the debate on.Mr. LalfourlB biU Ho confer ’o t t ^ e laW. society, power to adm it Women.te th e study Of law. W h at pos­ sible a;eusoii ';c*an -th e re be Why women should .nq t bp ,perm itted to study law if ’they w ish to .d o -so? 'i s not ju risp ru ­ dence one o f’ tlie noblest, tlie iiiost pro- fqnml, th e m o st proailgning ^«d elevate ing’of all'stud ies' in wliieh the hunian m ind 'Can engage? ily ' w h a t right, lnm ian or 'di vine, should tiie* .nuiseuline tmoiety of our citizen® take it, upon theihselves to Say th a t" they must have a monopoly of, the .’study of th is eri* 1nobling science? The men, purer mind*} ed, far-sighted creatures th a t they are, are afraiil, forsooth.i th a t if women are perm itted tq g e t a knowledge of law, they may wish to en te r the courts to practice it, and in the-course of their practice .may some day come, in contact w ith som ething so pitchy' as -to-be-lit to lie handled.oiily by' th e ir compeers of. th e otlier sex. Is not. sueli .an .argu­ m ent as th is a little too kite, in the day? Has j i no t now been p re tty well demon-, strate.d Unit women' may lie safely l e f t ’, t o ' follow the dictates of th e ir .ow n in n a te and .cu ltu red sense of propriety; and- .th a t; the.y are qu ite as well qualified to judge yvliat is modest and becom ing’for them as are th e average of their mentors of tlie oth- er sex? Is it not, indeed, ju st as possi­ ble if th a t the presence of the ladies, at, tin* bar slvouldliave.tlie effj-ct occasion­ ally of niodifviiig tlie ehar'acter of the cross-examinations’in certain .classes.of. criminal eases, and of preventing the put ling of unnecessary and outrageous- questions, neither, justice- nor m odesty would su ffer from the charge? Hut tlie question is no t whether it, is desirable tlia t ’women should- practice, as barristers in all kinds of eases. I t is w hether' they shall be perm itted to sluire educational advantagesfwliieh are furnished a t the public expense, and . to: which woi.nen therefore contribute their share of fixation* . I t is* also w hether women can be tru sted to govern them ­ selves jn accordance w ith their own yeiise of propriety, o r whether it is nec­ essary th a t, they should 'b e restricted and hampered a t every term by lim ita­ tions prescribed by'tlie sex which has h ith e rto had.a monopoly' Of the •law ­ m aking business, and which ,is only ju st learning a l this late day to ijse th a t "monopoly w ith any th ing like a ju st an d ‘reasonable consideration for tlie righ ts of the o th e r sex. ” . Wo c e rta in ly are not- particu larly ' anxious to see women advocates in the Civil and ..criminal'.courts, biit. we. are anxious th a t .women 'should be a t lib­ erty. to-follow th is’or any other honor­ able.'business or profession, if they' ehortse to clb so, and can find a demand for their .services. . We confess .tliat we have never before-given much thought,- to th is pa rticu la r phase of the question of woman's sphere, its it fins never be­ fore* w e. believe, lieeitj imide a living question" in Canada.' Alay we-be par- doited,, if w<y add th a t tlie wen Itness of the, o b j e c t i o n s raised against Mr. Hal- fotir's bill, even'more than the cogency of ^the reasoning ip its support; have convinced us of the essential justice of the measure. —T oroata Week. continued in this position until ishe ac- cepted the one she now occupies of asso­ ciate editor of th e Indianapolis News* Mrs. Harper is a Uiorqughly feminine woman, and is no t indifferent to any­ th in g which interests her sex, and,'.in­ deed, is k e en ly '.in te re sted -in -a ll that concerns- humanity'. She is an advocate of thejiighew ,education fo r women, and is p re p a rin g ■her, only daughter .for- u: university course. Slie is the represent­ ative of the 1'iess League for Indiana, and is actively engaged iii organizing th e newspaper women o f h e r state.— Chicago fkisl,, , j ‘ WOMEN AS DOCTOPS. H vcl -I vvi I tat** Ifte Medical I'rfifcieiiim Xow- • pdays Wltli fpcrcuHlag lirccdum. U n til a generation ago a woman doc­ to r w a s hardly :known w ithin the circle of th e regu lar medical profession, and they were looked upon in every com-: inun ity as ch arlatan s or. cranks. -The • p rejud ice"again st them.; entering th e , medical prbfession wus almost univer­ sal, and the prejudice of women against tiieir own sex in a profession for which they' should be specially' fitted and ie which, according to the .1’hikideiphia Times, they are. specially needed', was ' oven more profound than the same prejudice among the Sterner sex. ,,I!at steadily' although, slowly, public senti- • m en t h.-is.advime.eclyto accord -to .women the obviously' ju st rig h t of'entering any of th e professions, -an d ’women now - practice both Jaw and medicine in- every section.of the■ country.. ■. '. The progress of the age in .advancing , wotiitm to their ju st righ ts in the battle of life was impressively, illustrated in tlie. academy-of music recently, When, forty-two-..young.women.appeared upon the. stage as graduates of the women's, medical college, of this city', w ith their ; fairly' won title s of doctors of medicine. It is g ratify ing to know th a t th is col­ lege lias been in existence fo r forty yearti • but it is only' w ithin th e la st ■ score of years th a t it has been able to present anything approaching a gradu­ atin g class respectable in number. Nov* •women practitioners, are no t .only';. known but.respected in alm ost every- community, and the ..success they' have -attained- in the profession more-than justifies , the g re a t j battle th a t was fought to win for them ' open doors to ' distinction in th e profession; .' V I t w ill seem stran g e to the readers of . history'- h alf,’a centuryo hence to learn • that- women w ere --excluded from the professions of th e country until even . a fte r the noontide of the nineteenth century' for there is .little reason, to doub t th a t in lmioh less than a half cen tu ry -women physicians will fairly divide the .medical practice . w ith their professional brethren, a n d ' men • pliysi- cians. in the many’ eases, in which every ' consideration of delicacy' should prefer a woman pliysieian, w ill be quite, as un­ common as women were a y e a r ago. T he world moves. . . a N e w s p a p e r w o m a n * Mrs. Ilia A* l b i r |t r r iiik I lia r . W o rk m i llie lm lla iiii|iiilis Uullii-*. The career of Mrs. Ida A. Harper, who was the guest, pf tho press league at. the Auditorium hotel, in Chicago, recently, -aml. is the leading editorial ami editorial paragraph w riter of the Indiamipoiis News, has been in sevei'ai. respects unusual. The -common inoett- ite r to laborious eudenvors is for the most p a rt at least in the beginning* necessity, although sometimes long con­ tinued habit, makes effort easier Hum idleness. I t was fOndness for w riting .'tmi n o . jollier reason which induced Mrs. H arper first to devote herself to w riting. Later it was this same lilt-, ing which'induced h e r to take up regu­ la r newspaper work. For eleven years Mrs, Harper conducted u d.epartmunt called "A Woman’s Opinions” in Hie I". T ins W ay to W o rk . “ The forewoman in our sewing room,’’ said a m anu factu rer rtf men-.0 neckwear recently'; “ is likely (to. be at th e head of. an 'estab lishm en t of her own some day'. She came,, to us as an ap* preiiti.ee, and is an- excellent, illnstni- tio n ’of vvlint. n woinnn; or man. either, may .accomplish who gives her miiid.cn*. tirely to her work. .She did not. even sew very’ well a t first, but, improved from the first day. She advanced rap­ idly in lhe sew ing room,doing t.lu* finest work. Then she began to have.'ideas about seai’f.s and ties ivliicli we were only too glad to., develop. She is fore­ woman now: b u t we o ften send her out to select stiifl's, and her choice is always a rtistic and original. When 1 compli­ mented her the other day on a, specially important, suggestion. I said to her: •“ How do you th in k "of all these things?* ’ • “ ‘Why’.*she replied, ‘I eat, drink find sleep neckties. They' are never out of iny mind if moment. If I see a woman’ w ith a pretty dress I wonder how the c o m b in a tio n c a n b e a p p lie d t o a tie . I never pass a man w ithout.study ing and criticising his tie. My mother says I find a suggestion in the very; fond on% the tabic, mid 1 d o n 't know but. she if rig lib1 T h a i’* Die sp irit o f success in neckties as in every th ing else, and I be- liove tliat y'omig woman will eome intr the firm 'y e t or s ta rt o u t for herself.’’— N* Y, Times, INTERESTING .NOTES. T e rre -IIm ite Mail* A t th is time the ( Mail win; the most, prom inent S aturday ■ " I am « business woman through and evening paper in Indiana, arid iheso :tr* - Ihrongli, witii no time for tore.” said tid e s were w idely copied. Mrs, Harper I L illian Kassel!, the oilier day. is capable of doing an immense amount, r Missr N.vxov (’oitXKfJH's, vvlm lias just of regular Work. At one time’ she I obtained a dipkmul from' tiie, Hartford, traveled ami w rote weekly . letters j Ct.. (m ining School for burses, is wild, of eoiTespomienee .for cfeven diirer-* j to be th e first Iinlirttr known to hnve o il papers, sending lo each a le tte r j fitted tierself for such service by seicn- expressly prepared and qu ite unlike, itific tra in in g .. * • . ’■ r eitiier of th e others. For nine years she rMiss M. T. IlBntiKits.--who for (he pnst litis conducted the women's departm en t i six months lias been a ssistan t phnrinr.- in the Imcomotive Firem en's Magazine, j c ist iii a drug store a t Darby. Fa,, has which is one of the most widely eirett-1lieen made chief apothecaryof the latcd of any of the labor p u b lic a tio n s.!Howard Hospital, south -Frond streeb In speaking of it.she says th a t she. coti- \ I’liiladelpliia* v aiders this her most, in ipq rtan t work* on . A C oiixkij . g irl is said to be studying account of the class of women she is Ohio to reach through its columns. A few years ago Mrs. Harper wits offered tlie associate editorship of the .Terre Haute Djilly News, She aeeepted tho, position and in. a few months she was, made managing editor, which, by the way, is q most unusual position f o r a Womrin, to occupy on a pblilieal daily. During the time th a t slie Occupied this position (1n?io occurred one of the most exciting municipal campaigns in the history- of tlie city, T ak ing the best men from, the two tickets-she made up ifit independent ticket, mid .every man she lints 'nom inated was elected. She A N A TU ' A -True, St We will liu- m . Df vihui ■Ac:! w Of how Or, rfii-o - tiui ms Aii'.l vh( • Come Politely . A si* ti- piH sed f Uiii ns .She sett) Amt ull ' •' f errygo -. j, liftin' ' lid vmi h He'll. —Louise A L O F A ii E x c itin - • ■ N a r r . / J are Jielted • h eig lit’ by'-sh enough in th ■denizenf» of th e ir sure fee What tra r taken place i cougara, the tain sheep w . to inee.t in th wo m u st lea .versatile Ni chanced to b encounter w eiting as it w I t w as in D fori; of th e St i n . w h a t is Shoslione co p a rty of jolly engineors, wl naisance thro . Tlie day wi .along the ,w 'Bide of, the. eft edge of the ri wound, it wa, pleasant. Th 'side were. ma -and coloring, sublim ity o f t conniters “ to ; joy the- glorie; tlirough my -.scanning the saw a horse s around the. cu horse nnd a p The tra il w ; least five Iran tom of the c jog th e .cliff terrace which face, for the height, “ Whew!” _was in adv ticklish a tra whole Jstiukit ^enough, b u t I th’ full rig lit grizzlies a n ’ 1 they’re over-] must b e in home.” “ I should tl er of the pa meet a grizz ra th e r em bar “ Yes; espe [veterinary surgery'. O ther girl stu ­ dents a t Hint college, are talcing the course in agriculture. This’ course in­ cludes modern languages and Science, and w ith the desire to make it popular no tu ition is demanded. A im,r, hns'-heen introduced in the. l.tritish parliam ent to cxteijd to the women of Ireland tlie rig h t of munici­ pal suffrage’ th a t .the Women of Eng­ land and Scotland have, for many years ■enjoyed. In the city of lleSfasl women have been allowed to vote since the city* ohm te r was amended ft few years ago. T iicifigh t was obtained through the, ef­ forts of a woman, Uube’ht T jd j,' r