IN WOMAN'S BEHALF.
WOMEN IN FRANCE.
Tfcoy Are Much More t'onaerrattve Than
The Men.
In one of the recent congresses Mrs.
Renrotin, of this city, discusncd the
question of women in finance, says the
editor of the Chicago Tribune, and in
the course of her remarks aptly and
truthfully said:
Man; of the profit financial dtflloulltc of tho
mjntry comn from the ftot that the women
nallzo In no manner Its financial condition. It
Is imperative that women now take a new
toad In the financial world, and should be in
fbrmnd an to the llnancinl condition of toe coun
try, and not only tlint, but she should have (he
mum of responHlhtllty which would make her
attend the meetings of the Institutions In which
he holds stock. There Is s large number of In
telligent wnmon In this country owning great
financial Intercuts. These women would make
excellent directors: with a little esertlon
they could acquire tho requisite knowledge of
finance, and then relieve the men of some of
the tremendous burdens from which thoy now
suffer. If once the feeling of moral responsi
bility toward the financial Interests of the
mintry could be aroused In women It would be
(Rally to the advantage of tho country. Hho
hates to be In debt and extended lines of credit
present no charms 'or her. She would bo
tremendous conservative factor could she once
Undertake the management of flnnncinl affairs
Kirs. Ilenrntin substantially has
thrown out a new HUgtfeBtion and one
worthy of consideration. If woman
should acquire a knowledge of finance
and take a prominent position in its ad
ministration, and if her present feel
ings should cuutinuuand be permanent,
he undoubtedly would prevent much
of the existing gambling, plunging and
mbexzletneiiU If, with adequate
knowledge, she had a larger voice in
bank management, for instance, Bho
would be conservative and look to tho
securities, and cautiousness instead of
recklessness would characterize the
conduct of bank business. Undoubtedly
Mrs. ilenrotiu is correct when sho says
women hate to be in debt. Those who
re careless about debts are the excep
tion. Men seem to be natural born
plungers and enjoy risking their accum
ulations on the turn of a card. Women,
on the other hand, are cautious, sus
picious, and debt-fearing. If this qual
ity were combined with the requisite
technical knowledge of finance and its
methods there docs not seem to bo any
reason why women should not make
successful bankers and financiers.
It is certain that under these circum
stances if women had had control of
the National bank of Indianapolis, the
Marine bank of Milwaukee, the Pacific
bank of San Francisco, the Chemical
bank of Chicago, and Silverman's and
Echaffner's banks in this city, they
till would have been going along,
paying one hundred cents on the dol
lar, and making fair dividends. The
high rollers would have no chance to
rou, or the plungers to plunge with a
cautious woman, hating debts, in
charge of finances. Mrs. Henrotin's
suggestions therefore as to the moral
responsibility of women towards finan
cial institutions, particularly those in
which they are interested, are sound.
It goes without saying that If women
were educated in the mysteries of the
finance they would not so often be at
the mercy of unscrupulous agents and
financiers who easily take advantage
of their ignorance.
A WOMAN OF NERVE.
Desperate liattle lletween a Woodman's
Wife and a Hungry Bear.
A desperate battle took place a few
days ago between a famished she bear
and the wife of Amos Corey, a woods
man on tho Upper Bcaverkill, near
Turnwood, N. Y., sayB the New York
Times. For several days bear tracks
had been seen in tho neighborhood,
and once a guod-sized bear had been seen
crossing tho road near Corey's cabin.
The other morning Corey started with
rifle and dogs to hunt down the animal,
and had been gone about an hour
when his wife heard a great commo
tion in the dooryard. Just then a little
dog ran into the house yelping with
error and covered with blood. Mrs.
Corey, thinking of tho bear, seized a
keen bladed ax from the rack and shut
ting her baby and little b6y in a bed
room ran into the yard. There she
saw a huge she bear rolling and
tumbling among the sawdust and chips
of the woodpile, while over it hovered
a swarm of honey bees. The bear
nod upset half a dozen hives of bees,
and the little creatures were having
their revenge. Mrs. Corey watched the
battle for awhile and then she made a
stroke at bruin with the ax, inflicting
i severe wound in tho animal's side.
With a howl the bear rushed upon her,
unmindful of the bees. Rising upon its
hind legs-it advanced upon the woman
and tried to hug her. Mrs. Corey plied
the ax with energy, nnd after several
blown struck tho animal in the head,
killing it instantly. She received dur
ing the battle a blow from one of tho
bear's paws which badly lacerated one
if her urms. After the bear had been
killed the bees swarmed about Mrs.
Corey, stinging her soveroly. They
finally rested on tho bushes near by,
where she succeeded in hiving them.
Afterward she was surprised to find
that two llt.tlrt cubs had come out of
the brush und were smelling about
their dead mother. She captured them
and after feeding them with warm
milk they became quite tamo. She will
keep the cubs and raise them.
WOMEN AS FRIENDS.
Men Don't Know Thein us Thoy Really
Are.
A correspondence of the Woman's
Journal, in writing of women as
friends, says:
A man simply will not believe that a
ffirl does not want him to make love to
her; that she likes ideas In conversa
tion better thun sentiment; and that,
often, the more capable she is of deep
nnd true affection the more she buries
that capacity out of uisrht of the world,
and tries, while waiting for the one
man who can touch her heart, to keep
up merely friendly, impersonal rela
tions with all others.
There is a great untilled field, rich iu
experience, for men hero. If they
would understand a woman's nature,
let them approach bor from the calm,
assured standpoint of fellowship, tak
ing into consideration th fWt nl
their common humanity ratbei I
than their chance social relations.
Women are broader than men believe.
They can love not only in one way, but
in -twenty different ways. llccause
they must feel a thing le fore knowing
It well, they easily become attached to
an opinion, a plan, or an ambition,
lint they arc stanch adherents, and
worth having as allies. If a man can
onco enlist tho sympathy of n good
woman in his work, he is sure of an
anchor after that.
Women are always ambitious for
tholr friends; they delight In a purpose,
and will not let it be forgotten, fcvon
the silly and selfish woman can be in a
measure lifted out of her narrow ness
by lieing made a partner In some
worthy aim. Not that It Is advisable
to seek partners among the silly and
Selfish; there are numbers of others, In
telligent, conscientious and earnest if
men really care for them. What stands
in the way of an understanding by men
of the chuqactor of a modern woman is
their distrust of her. When they learn
to put that aside they will know her as
she really is.
GIRL BACHELORS.
A Cynical Nun Who Think They are 81m
ply AwfnL
Dr. Cieorge II. llepworth contributes
to the very amusing article on "(lirl
liachelors." He tells of a cynical friend,
whom nothing in the solar system from
the sun to Neptune pleases, who on
this particular occasion is growling
over the new subdivision In society
called girl bachelors. "Do you know
anything," he says, "so mortifying as a
controversy with a woman who knows
more about your specialty thun you do
yourself? I tell you, my optimistic
dreumer, when women begin to hear
men say their lessons, to pat them on
the head when they say them correctly,
and to keep them after school when
they say them badly, it is about time
to put up the shutters and advertise
the business for sale at public auction.
You may like thBt sort of thing,
but 1 prefer a dose of strych
nine. I think I've lived quite long
enough If women couldn't tell us to our
faces that they couldn't run the world
as badly as wo do if they tried, and that
we had "better step to the rear for a
while and let them straighten things
out and make life worth living. I feel
positively benumbed when I hear that
sort of talk. I can't get my opinion
without excoriating my throat."
After some controversy between the
author and his friend, one of the verit
able girl bachelors enters the room and
the growler finds that she can hurl as
sharp a spear as he. The article closes
thus:
My friend was glum. lie rose slowly,
got into his fur-lined overcoat, and as
he bade me good night, muttered, "It
was awful!"
"I5ut isn't it true?" I asked.
"Hm!" he replied. "That's why it is
so awful."
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.
Now They Venture Into Fields Hitherto
I'nlnvaded Save lly Man.
Queen Victoria is never seen to lose
her temper with her Inferiors, but her
servants know that household arrange
ments must go as by clockwork, or the
royal lady speedily knows the reason
why. As a rule she calls them by their
christian names and encourages them
to speak freely to her and not to stand
in too much awe of her. She always
inquires their names when they first
come to tho palace, and, despite the
immense size of her household, she
never forgets any of these names. She
Is a kind mistress and much beloved by
the domestic staff.
There a-e throe fomous American
women of letters at present in London.
Mrs. Louise Chundler Moulton, Mrs.
Kate Douglas Wiggln and Mrs. Pratt.
Mrs. Moulton is a welcome annual in
the English metropolis, but this is Mrs.
Wiggius' first visit.
Tho only sister of Rudyard Kipling is
one of the foremost of Shakespearean
scholars. She is said to know the great
poet better than anyone in England,
always excepting, of course, Halliwell
rhilltps. Miss Kipling's power of
memorizing is truly phenomenal. Any
where ono starts a passago she can
readily match the line, following
straight along chapter and verse,
whether it be play or sonnet. Her
bhukespeurianu is exceedingly fine and
though not an author like her famous
brother, is yet a student and woman of
the finest literary perception.
Mrs. Van Kensselaer Cruger is sel
dom seen away from her famous coun
try seat, Idlesse Farm, on Long Island.
There she lives iu semi-royul state, en
tertaining brilliant house parties occa
sionally, but most frequently dividing
her time between her writing table
and beloved field and gardens. It is
said that Mrs, Cruder does not mean to
publish again for a year or more, but
she is at present engaged on tho mas
terpiece of her successful literary ca
reer. With the exception of Levi P. Morton,
Francis Shaw and N. K. Fairbank, the
finest herd of (lueriiM-y cattle In this
country is owned bv Airs. S. P. Tabor
Willets, of Eoslyn, L. I. Mrs. Wlllets
farms extensively and with remarkable
financial results. Her truck is an im
portant item every morning in the
Washington market receipts, and some
of tho best llamiltonian blood is found
in ber stables, where numerous and cost
ly trotters are bred every season.
Chicago Post.
Dueling I'linvoluhtbla Houiotlmea.
Huron von liauer, Austrinn minister
of war, said at a sitting of the budget
committeo of the Austrian delegation
tho other day that tho present condi
tion of society did not permit of the
abolition of dueling. He did not ap
prove of duels in principle, but many
classes of the population would not, la
the event of abolition of dueling, adopt
any less forcible method of settling
their differences, but would have re
course to "rougher moans," tho fist, the
stick or the revolver. In his opinion
there was nothing to bo said against an
officer who might decline to fight a
duel, but he recommended those op
posed to dueling to avoid the society of
those by whom thoy might be insulted
and to tako care not to offend others.
N. Y. Sun.
Origin of the Arab Steed.
The origin of the best strain of
Arabian blood has been related by
eome romancer. While Mohammed
was fighting his way to greatness he
was once compelled to lead his corps
ot ao.ooo cavlry lor three days without
a drop of water. At last, from a hill
top, they descried the silver streak of
a distant river. Mohammed ordered
his trumpeter to blow the call to (lis
mount and loose the horses. The poor
brutes, starving for water, at once
sprang into a mad gallop towards the
longed for coal. Moodner loosened
than came the alarm false, as it hap
pencd of a sudden ambush. "To
horse I" was blown, and repeated by a
hundred bugles. But the demand
was too great ; the patched throats
were not to be refused i the stampede
grew wilder and wilder as 20,000
steeds pushed desperately for the
river banks. Of all the frantic crowd
but five mares responded to the call.
To these duty was higher than suffer
ing. They turned in their tracks,
came bravely back, pleading in their
eyes and anguish m their sunken
flanks, and stood before the Prophet.
Love for their master and a sense of
obedience had conquered their dis
tress, but their bloodshot eyes told of
a fearful torment the more pathetic
for their dumbness. The danger was
over j the faithful mares were at on'
released j but Mohammed selected
these five for his own use j and they
were the damn of one of the great
races of the desert. From them have
sprung the best of Arabian steeds. It
can, however, scarcely be claimed
that the average horse of the Orient
comes i.p to this ideal. lie must
have been bred from the 19.995.
from "KKlers ol lurkey, by Col. T.
A. Dodge, U.S.A., in Ifarjier't Maga
zine for November.
Cream -not Skim Milk.
Every farmer and villager, their
wives and boys and girls, will be inter
ested in the big-little, cream-not-skim-milk
paper, the Fak.m Journal, of
Philadelphia. Its 200,000 subscribers
are scattered from Maine to Washing
ton, and from Michigan to Texas. It's
breezy, crisp, boiled-down pages contain
as much information in the course of the
year as many of the high-priced week
lies ; while its earnest, manly tone and
its bright and common sense way of
treating farm matters leaves a good
and lasting taste in one's mouth. The
subscription price is 50 cents a year.
We have made arrangements with the
publisher by which he will send it one
full year free, to all who promptly pay
up for our paper. Sample copies will
be sent free by addressing a postal re
quest to Farm Journal, Philadelphia,
Pa. 1062 m.
How Do You Treat Your Sister ?
It is the easiest thing in the world
for a boy to be polite to some other
fellow's sister ; then, why is it some of
them find it so hard to remember to
be equally courteous to their own sis
ters ? Many a boy is rude to his sis
ter without realizing it; in other words,
he forgets to be polite. Then again,
he is afraid of being dubbed "sissy" if
he should be caught paying some at
tention to his sister. It is a bad ha
bit for anybody to get into, that of
saving one's polite ways for outsiders.
If you meet your sister in the street
take your hat off when you speak to
her. Vou would do it for some other
boy's sister.
If she asks you a question don't
answer it in a rude or careless man
ner, as if you thought she didn't know
what she was talking about, and wasn't
worth listening to.
Don't guy her or make fun of her
in any way to hurt her feelings. You
wouldn't do that to some other girl.
You can just bank all you've got
on the boy who is kind and thought
ful to his own, for you may be sure he
will develop into the right sort of a
man that is bound to win the respect
and affection of everyone.
The Chattge of Life.
Women nearing this critical
period require strength, health,
and cheerful spirits.
The sole aim of this time
should be to keep well.
The invaluable aid always is
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
The girl about to enter wo
manhood can find the same as
sistance from the same source.
Mrs. W. W. Culner, Palatka',
Fla., writes :
" I was in ill health from
chaige of life. I took your
compound and am now well.
I recommend it as the best
remedy for all weakness
through the
many changes
which all women
have to pass
from early life to
the grave.
All driilrirlKti (ell It.
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Street Fakes and Fakirs,
The old truism that "you can fool
all the people some of the time, and
some of the people all of the time,
but you can't fool all of the people a 1
of the time" has long been respected
as one of the most epigramatic ex
pressions of which Lincoln ever de
livered himself. But to the surprise
of those theorists who have claimed
that with each succeeding year the
percentage of into ligence of people
has increased, they are forced to ac
knowledge that more people are an
nually being "roped in" by various
"fake" schemes and schemers than
ever before.
Of course tnis is due in part to the
increased number of such methods of
making money by gulling the people.
Kvery day we hear of some new
schrnic by which the crtdulous have
been taken in and not only the ig
norant are duped, but men and wo
men of all classes have found them
selves the loser by some venture with
an unknown though oily tongueti
stranger. Perhaps many of these loss
es can be credited to a blind avarice
that leeds men into "get rich quick"
and "soap bubble" speculations and
there are thousands of such which are
never heard of, simply because the
people who have lost in them keep
quiet to conceal their plight.
Shamokin is infested with fire bugs,
and several buildings have been de
stroyed during the past six weeks by
these evil disposed people. The
councils are offering a reward of $500.
00 for their conviction.
In ancient days nearly all Grecian
maidens dressed in white. Any other
color was considered immodest.
Buckeye Drills,
Richmond Champion Drills,
IVIoncy is 64 very
to buy what Implements you may require,
at the very low prices and liberal
terms we are offering.
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BLOOMSBURG, - - PA.
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Danger In School PenoiU.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH SOUNDS A NOTE OK WARN
ING. There is poison in lead and slate
pencils at least so the department of
health ot Minnesota aecicies. inucca,
so serious is the situation that Health
Commissioner Iloyt has issued the
following communication to the boards
of education :
In the majority of our public schools
all pencils used by the pupils are col
lected daily at the close of the school,
taken care' of by the janitor during
the night and indiscriminately distri
buted among the scholars in the morn
ing. This practice is a very danger
ous one and must be Mopped at once.
Children engaged in the use of pencils
will invariably hold the same in their
mouth. Very often a pupil will at
tend school, sometimes several days,
suffering from a mild case of diphth
eria before the same has been discov
ered by its parents or physicians. The
scholar will use the pencil as afore
said. The next day it will fall into
the hands (or mouth) of some pupil,
and in this very simple manner cause
numerous cases of diphtheria, the
origin of which has heretofore been
unaccountable. As a remedy, I would
suggest, first, that each pupil be al-1
lowed to retain his or her own pencil,
and be strictly forbidden to lend or
exchange it. If this cannot be done,
the janitors must then disinfect the
pencils daily.
No fictitio'is certificates, but solid
facts, testify the marvelous cures by
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your Catarrh, no matter how bad your
u.c may ue, ur 500 in casli. The
proprietors of the medicine nromiw
to pay you the money, if they can't
cure you.
The greatest bridge builder in the
world is the spider, says the New York
Sun. "There is a point on the Mer.
rimac River, not far from the Mis
souri Pacific bridge, where a hft
spider made a bridge clear across. a
distance of over 200 feet. He first
sent out a llycr, a sort of kite strin-
wnirn was carried across the stream
by the breeze and lodged in a tree op.
posite. It was then braced lv guys
to other branches, and thus fifty fc
above the water was a perfect suspen
sion bridge. In comparison with this
insect work the Niagara and lirook-
lyn bridges are trifling."
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WE TELL YOU
nothing new when we itstc that It ptyi toenjaje
In a permiuiptit, raont lioalthjr nnd plrii" ""J"
ni-ni, that rriurnt a probt for every ily .'
Such It Hie busini'S wo offi-r the workinjr cu
We tench them how to make money rllU-V,
piinrHiitee every ono who follows our iiutrucutw
fulllifully the making of tt.'ltKI.OO it iiiuiH"; ..,
Kvery one who laki i hold now nuil work',"
urely mid speedily inereaf e tlielr earning' W"
enn he no iiueitinu about Hi otlier '"" ' "Jl
re doiiii It, and you, reader, can do tlie
Tlili I tli.' best pavina busine" that yon
ever had the chauce'to aecure. You will
c rave mi.tuko il you fail to give It a trial at
If voii((nip the aituiition, and act quickly. 7
will directly II. id yourself in A mot V'0'",
bumifii, al which you cim aurely make ana
liirne mini of iiionev. The remits of only "
hour' work will o'llen equal a week
Whether you are old or voung, man or wf' '
make nn diflerenco, do at we tell you, "". 'E
ee will meet you nt the very tirt. e"!L
experlenoe or capital neeemary. Thoio who woj
for ui r rewarded. Why not write to-day i
full particuluri, free ? E. O. AL1.KN to..
U1M W , p
Improve vour stock
by getting a setting
of Barred or White
Plymouth Rocks.
Eggs from fine birds
at $1.50 per I3
or $2.50 per 26.
Address, W. B. German.
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