6 rpnT Tl AUHTTT WOM WN young lady lins produced a popular In JLUJiU AIHJU J. M Vi.Ur.jJJ. ,nn Kt(,0,,,te Bnj n.iept at ar- Progress of the Sex One of the Wonders of Our Age. Pact nrooaht Ont at Herent Con. rest of tirnrnl Federation Home Pnmnll liy o Menns Jteitlecteil, Special Lot Angeles (Cal.) Letter. nplll) reports of women's doings 1 ......... ,1 : (Tn .lit, ir ,i ii t . A ; , ' ' , . , , , , ... I tcr from those chronicled in he papers 30 years ago, ai u.ougn Min.c , time a great change had taken place in the status of what was even then looked upon as the -weaker sex. Ihe akill with which various questions.. r.onirrninir which dire prophesies hnd been made, were met, evaded or set aside in a tactful and masterly manner at the recent biennial of the (ienenil Federation of Women's clubs in Los Angeles, closing with the organization more united and firmly established than ever before, has proven conclusively what our public-spirited women are able to accomplish. Thirty years ago there was more or less prejudice against a "woman physician." The MOTHER OF To CHILDREN. yeneral public was it at all ready to place confidence in her ability, while she now ranks very favorably with her brethren of the medieval fraternity. Even now, however, it caused more than n ripple of excitement when it was announced that a royal princess had come to America and matriculated at a woman's medical college, in Chi sago to study for a degree as doctor of medicine. To-day Trim-ess Puleep Singh, with her large dogs, a Siberian ound and Great Dane, attracts much attention while on her daily prome nade. Her love of dogs rivals her pas don for reading and study. While this larticularly charming young lady al ways appears in the quietest of dress pon the street, in the evening, nt some formal function, she is appareled in rich and gay fabrics and colors woven nto flowing tissues. Her draperies are eld together by embroidered bands of 'ndinn gold work and nt the left knee fSj always knotted n tnsseled sash. With her magnificent jewels, her ap pearance is more than striking. This laughter of the old king of Punjab converses brilliantly. She belongs to he highest enste among East Indian oyalties. The coppery tinge of her kin accentuates the beauty of. her lerfect features nnd wonderful eyes, 'ndia became a forbidden land to her Vther and his family when his power ras taken from him and they were trought to England to reside. Here he princess was born. The parents vre dead, but the two sons nnd three laughters live at Hampton Court upon arge incomes granted by the English Town. They travel all over the world, mt may never st op on East Indian soil, "he princess desires to perfect herself a the study of medicine in order to be tide to prnetice among women of the morer classes. She wishes to receive Jl her instruction from female profes- BRAVE GLORY O'SHANE. rs. Whether she will be able to ob lin her degree in this way is as yet un ertuin. Recently American girls hove been chievlng great musical successes in 'aris, and Miss Alice Getty, of Chicago, i. announced as the first American omun to win distinction ns u mil fcal composer. Orus, the great French nisical editor, having heard of her ongs, wrote asking permission to pub 'h one of them. It had never been tins Oetty'u intention to make her ork public, but she yielded to per uaslon and sent "Pluie" to M. Grus. fe was ho charmed with it that he iu inted on having another song for a iial edition and "Tou Coeur Larmoie" ppenred at the same time. Both are tt rue ting much favorable attention. ilea Getty's musio is compared to chat of Schumann. This versatile ; hi vNX " t tistic li'uthrr book binding, lint while so many women are be ' mining known publicly, there is no danger that home pursuits will be neg lected. There are sill plenty who "du their own work." Among1 these Mrs. Sum Swnrtword, an Intelligent Ameri can, 43 years old, the mother of 2S children, resident, nt Mountain Top, about eight miles from Wllkesbnrre, lo., deserves especial mention. She is proud of her growing and Increasing family. Her husband is a locomotive engineer and both were born in the village where thev now reside. She it f hpf , t , tne p,,nir , )tR M essors. J ,.,.,,, to sny tlm, ,, .,, ,vll,.h W111, onpe tU.(,nrnf p(1 ls ,nlt vpry fe Mrs. Swnrtwood is .,, ,,,, ' , , ,' , ' names of each before she can tell how innny boys and how many girls,consti tute the number of her offspring. There are 14 boys nnd 11 girls. Their mother says that. In her younger days, girls nt 1.1 years old, her own age when married, were "as much women" ns they are now nt IS nnd 20. She re pudiates with Indignat ion the idea that she should ever have "kept" any "help." She snys they were too "poor" to even hire their washing dime, yet she managed to keep all her children in whole, clean clothing. The sewing presented the greatest difficulty. She has worn out three sewing machines, and now has a fourth. She sometimes fears that die is not sufficiently thank ful for her blessings, which consist principally of IS healthy, hearty chil dren, all with her. They are good and honest. She never knew one of the boys to take a glass of whisky or utter an oath. The older ones work in the railroad yards with their father and bring their pay home to their mother. Her only regret is that the other seven did not "lire to grow up." True womanliness is often associ ated with quick decision and great bravery. Just now, people residing near Marble Falls. Tax., unite in sing ing the praises of pretty (Slory O'Shane. A great cedar forest covers the moun tains of the Colorado, north of Marble Falls. About, two o'clock in the after noon. Tecentlv, attention was called tnn dense, black 'smoke, and telephones soon sounded an alarm and urgent calls for assistance. A large number of laborers were camping with their families in the cedar brake in which they were engaged in cutting. Some were living in tents, some in huts, A hVgh wind was blowing nnd only nar row and sometimes almost imjercepti ble trails traversed the country. A highway passes at one side of the for- LITTLE WEE LUNG FONG. est. Every one sought this as an ave nue of escape. As it was Saturday, numbers of the men were in town pur chasing supplies. No rain had fallen for months and the frightened women knew the cedar would burn like oil. Flames began to shoot to the skies. A roar that almost shook the earth was pierced by the shrieks of the fran tic people. Crazed men tried to hitch unmanageable horses to wagons, women with children in their arms and clinging to their skirts rushed in the direction of the fields. Jaguars and wolves fled cowering Into tents. When the others were all Bearing safety, Glory remembered helpless old Mrs. Kiner, whose son Paul had left her in her cabin alone, early in the day, to go to town. She called for help and rushed back to the rescue, but men fleeing past declared her task hopeless and urged her to go with them. She ran among the burning trees and reached the cabin, which was on tire, dragged the helpless woman out, just as the roof caved, and cut loose a gray horse which was struggling in the yard. Trees were uflame overhead nnd on both sides of the trail by this time, but the girl threw the aged Invalid across the horse and jumped on, holding her, while the animal with its double burden dashed through the burning forest and burst into the open just in time to meet Paul Riner, who had galloped from town to rescue his mother at the first alarm. The welcome he gave Glory and the nobl horse enn be better imagined than described, Greot compassion is felt for a little lady, native of a country whose women are les favored than our own. Little Wee Lung Fong was sold, In China, by her father for $800 to a merchant of New York. The agent who arranged the purchase brought his charge to America, where the was kept out of reach of the authorit ies because of the exclusion act. She was stolen from her guardians (presumably by the Highbinders, with whom her master husband was on bad terms) nnd has probably been carried to Sun Francisco to a life of degradation and slavery in the state where our -own women, the rooBt free and enlightened in the world, have just closed their great con gress. EDWARD JULIAN. w THE COLUMBIAN, THE MIDSHIPMAN OF TO-DAY. AVkn l.nnillnK In Irish Torts lxnh jected In Trent meiit. Itnmnalnv to DlKnlt)'. The midshipman who presents him self to most of us has n flavor of Marryr.t's Immortal creation of Mr. Knsy. In Irish portsvrvhere Mr. Mid shipman Easy Is not so familiar n night as in l-'sigland, our coming Ne-1- sons have unmet r-H n little difllcul- j ty In preserving- their gravity. A boat comes to the stairs ofa pier. The middy la charge is possibly more vigorously got up than usual, to Im press the natives of the savage land. Itiddy is looking at him. "1I! Mis tor sailor, will we sell that eholld?" "la bow. Way 'nulT. Forward there! Clear the stairs! Liberty men to land!" So hails young Nelson, but Itiddy will not. let him have the digni ty of his position. "Hand me up that pretty boy wid the roses in his cheeks 'tis him 1 want to kiss. Away wid y, brown devils! Ah, me, Miss Kate Macartney, nttindint. of Hs pier since (leorge the Fourth was king. Von won't kiss me, boy? Then you shall not land." Midshipman ltodncy Xclson Cum peril own has to submit to slight of this kind, says Army and Navv. It is on record that, one of the good breed which makes our admirals was once carried along the decks of a flagship under the arms of a negrcss, who wished to complain to the cap tain that this disgraceful boy had not paid his washing bill. BIRDS TnAT CAN TALK. A It (-llrrnxlnl (.nxslirnk Tlml Mn1e a 'onillmeiitsir- lirmnrk to His Mate. Prof. Scott, of Princeton, says that wild birds sometimes introduce varia tions into their song, and again, more rarely, imitate not only the stmgs of other birds, but the barking of dogs, mechanical sounds, like the creaking offwherls, the filing of a saw, and even human speech. A writer in llird-Lore gives this well-authenticated incident: . "One morning while 1 was standing, on my back steps 1 heard a cheerful voice say: 'You are a pretty bird. Where are you?' "I wondered how any parrot could talk loudly enough to be heard at that distance, for the houses on the street behind us are not near. Presently the voice came again, clear, musical and strong: 'You ore a pretty bird. Where are you?' "For several days I endured the sus pense of waiting for time to investi gate. Then 1 chased him up. There he was in the top of a walnut tree, nnd his gorgeous attire told me immediate ly that he was a rose-breasted gros beak. "At the end of a week he was saying: "Pretty. prety bird, where are you?" He and his mate staved near us all last summer, and this spring they came again. He Is making t he same remark, as plainly as ever a bird can speak." SALVATION STREET-CLEANING A Xew yprk Tnkrn t"p ly Ihe Army In W cMtern C'ltle with Trciflt to llolh sides. One of the newest achievements of the Salvation Army in the west is in the line of street cleaning. Itesides clenning the streets morally to some extent, the army in several western cities has taken up plain street clean ing, and not only does It well, but makes a profit out of It. Mayor Hugo, of Duluth, a few days ago made a formal proposal to the army that it should undertake the whole work of keeping that city clean, using the unemployed to do the work and taking its profit out of the Eale of rags, paper and street sweepings. The proposal is under consideration and will probably be accepted. In Chicago the army has been collect ing the city's wigs, waste paper and junk for some time. Last year the wagons of the Chicago branch gath ered up780tonsof paper, 50,000 pounds of rags and 5,000 pounds of string, nnd sold the lot at a good price. Many homeless waifs are employed in this work, and while coming under the good influence of the army thus get, a chance to earn their food and lodging. ConrornlnK Tonenri, Although it is the Chinese language which is spoken by the largest num ber of people on the face of the earth. It is in English that more thun half of all existing newspapers are writ ten, says the Westminster Gazette. Against a population of nearly 400,000,000 which speak Chinese English is spoken by about 100.000.000. Next comes German, with 85,000,000; then Russian,, with 65.000,000. French nnd Spanish are each the native tongue of 41,000,000, Italian of 30,000,000, and Portuguese of only 13,000,000. In the United States newspapers appear printed in twenty-four different Inn gunges. The Italian tongue is. out side of Italy, mainly spoken in Egypt and America. The use of Spanish is decreasing, but it is still a very im portent languuge in commerce. American Girls Win, The number of American girls who are now holding important positions in French opera has caused no little dis content among the Paris public. Not that there Is any personal prejudice against Americans, but simply because it is considered tnnt rrench artist should have the first showing where ! engagement at their national theaters ore concerned. Hut It is unquestion able that voices are beginning to be scarce in France, whereas America it advancing steadily ns the country for good material which requires only clnssicul training abroad to develop all the quulitlcs necessary for operatic success. BLOOMSBUROPA ,, mirinn Ifl.imWAn i a . .ft The nntlermllk Coir. Orandma had taken little Koger to the country for a visit over night. After all the wonderful visits to tho Imrnyard and pij sty, milking time mine. Ilogcr, cup in hand, went, tt see the cows milked. When he was drinking his cup of milk he looked nt nil the cows and then asked: (irnndmn, which cow Is the butter- milk cow?" Cincinnati Enquirer, Why Ihe C'ne Wai Hopeless. The dog greeted the customer with an ear-plitting bark of defiance, and kept up the disturbing racket Tint il finally the tobacconist's wife came to the front of the store nnd mildly nsked her husband If he could not. somehow manage to quiet the excited canine. "No," blandly replied the philosophic man, "it is utterly impossible you know it is a female dog." X. V. Times. nrent Head for nnslness. Sister Oh, Hob, that Hr Scrimp is a mean little fellow. I'.rother What's up with him? Sister Von know he attended me when I w as ill. Well, he began to call regularly after that for another rea- son till nt last he proposed and I re- jected him. And now he has charged all t hose love-sick calls as professional visits. Tit-Illts. rhnrley's Wenllier Ofmorvntlon. It was thundering xery loud one day when little Charlie Horner, aged four years, said: "Mamma, Ood must be scrubbing to day." "What makes you think so, Charlie?" asked his mother. "Why," faid Charlie, "don't you hoar Him moving the tables around?" Ethel Horner, in Little Chronicle. The Ho j- C.nrsmril Itlitht. "Do as 1 tell you," Tommy's mamma cried. "It's about time you realized the futility of struggling against the inevitable. Do you know .what that means?" "Yes'm," replied Tommy, "it means there's no use o' your washin' my hands an' face 'cause they'll only get dirty again." Philadelphia Tress. T Tronreoslve I'.nelire. Sybil Is that Harry Scribbler's writ ing. Kitty? Kitty Yes. I'm engaged to him, yon know. Sybil Of cours-e. I was engaged to him last summer. Kitty The dear boy! I wonder who he'll eventually marry? Psarson's Weekly. f'nnnswered. "litre's a problem for you. If it takes nine tailors to make a man " "The average fellow's only a ninth of a man, eiir 'No; I was going to add: 'How many tailor-made gowns will it tnke to break him?" Catholic Standard and Times. Knew What Wna Coinlnn. Ida You look nervous, dear. May Yes. I am sure Dick is going to propose when we get out on the links. Ida What makes you think ro? May Whv, I heard Dick bribing the caddy to make out he was too tired to keep up with us. Tit-Tilts. Good Hook to Own. Agent Here, sir, is a book that should be in every family. It contains a receipt for everything, sir every thing. Coolly Olive me three copies. If it has a receipt for my tuilor's bill I'll take five. Tit-Bits. Self-Centered. Now doth the youthful graduate Require a larger hat. He tMnks that hie diploma makes Of him a diplomat. Philadelphia Press. MISTAKEN 1IKTITY. The Pug Great Scott! He takes me for his honeysuckle! The King. Oat at the Harly llurly. We'd be more contented, perhaps. Know lens of Defeat's painfui throbs, If we woulcVqult looking for snaps, And stick to our regular Jubs. Puck. llrlaTUt Dog, "I tried to teach my dog to jump over my leg." "Did he catch on?" "Yes; twice. I've just got out of the Pasteur institute." Baltimore World. A Hatter of Necessity. May Why did you accept him? Belle Well, it was so hot I couldn't refuse him with the traglo dignity that would make him regret and come back and propose again. Town Topics. Always In Troable, Nan What is she worrying about now? Pan Because she can't think of any thing to worry about Somerville Journul. Well Off. "Jones proposed to Mary lust night," "Is he well fixed?" "Vesj she refused him." Judge. Souiethliiar Ilolnu, "Helen, I haven't heard Brother Johnny for an hone. Go and tell him to stop t once." Life. : Sail Plan of Emperor William's Fa mous New Yacht. It Olres Her Great l)rlvln Tower, So That she, Hhotilil Make a fr'lne Crnlser as Well n n hm plnn llneer. The sail plan of the Herman em peror's new schooner yacht,. Meteor 111., shows that, A. Cnry Smith, the ! designer, while not giving the boat an excessive spread of canvas, has given her snfllcient driving power, which, with the fineness of her model, should develop good speed in the jncht, ro much so that she should not only make u tine cruiser, but should be able, to show her heels to any schooner. The vneht will spread, as nearly as can be figured from the I hs nearly as can ne ngureu sail plan, 11,012 square feet of can vas, under the measurement rule of the New York Yacht club. The main- mast, which is or tieorgia pine, aim a beautiful piece of wood, is 21 inches in diameter. It is stepped OS feet nft of the forward end of the water line, nnd from deck to cap measures 8!) feet. The maintopinast is 00 feet, over nil. of which 17 feet are in the doublings, so that from deck to truck the mainmast in 132 feet. The main boom, which is 82 feet mcr all, is five feet above the deck at the gooseneck, so that there is plenty of room on the quarter deck for any one to move nbove without any dan ger of being struck by the boom while the vessel is being sailed. To measure the spread of canvas the length from the upper side of the main boom to the sheave of the top sail halliard block Is taken, and this on the Meteor III. will be 11!) feet. The foremast, which is 20 inches in diameter, is stepped 29 feet nft of the forward end of the water line. From deck to cap it measures 8 feet. The foretopmast measures 55 feet over all, of which 10 feet are in the doublings, so that from deck to truck the foremast measures 123 feet. The foreboom is 3(i feet in length. At the gooseneck it is four feet above the deck, and from the SAIL PLAN OP JtKTEOnill. (Why Kaiser Wlllinm's Yacht Should Be a Prize Vt Inner.) boom to the foretopsail halliard block measures lit feet. From the end of the bowsprit to the end of the main boom is 195 feet six inches, and the base line for measurement is taken from the end of the main boom to a point midway between the jibstay and the jib top sail stay. This is 193 feet. The bowsprit extends 24 feet outward. nnd from the foremast to the end of the bowsprit is 71 feet. The main faff is 48 feet lonp- and the fore puff 3tl feet long-. The excess of the main puff over 80 per cent, of the main topmast measured from the hounds to the topsnil halliard block is four feet, and this is added to the base line for measurement. ,The club top sail spars are 52 and 41 feet lonp. respectively, the ynrd being S3 feet. These spars will carry the largest club topsail intended for use, and when set the head of the sail will be 14(1 feet above the deck and 150 feet above the water. The hoist of the mainsail nnd foresail will be 50 feet each. The mainsail will be OS feet lunp on the leach, nnd the fore sail SO feet lonp on the leach. The penral dimensions of the Me teor 111. are 1C1 feet over nil, 120 feet on the wnter line, 27 feet beam. IS feet six inches depth and 15 feet draft. The least free board is six feet.' The beak of the eagle, on the figurehead is 11 feet above the wn ter, and the tatfrail eight feet above the water. The forward overhang is 18 feet, and the after overhung 23 feet long. She is a keel boat. with an S section quite full below The yacht Is built of steel through out, in and out plated, and built for strength. On deck aft there is a low steel house, sheathed with teak. The windows in the house are high enough to permit n view of the hori zon just clear of the rail. Stairs lead from this house to the steerage, or three-tpjnrters of the width of the yacht. A, t'ary Smith, the designer of the yacht, is the son of a New York clergyman, and was orlginully a murine urtist by profession. City Debtsi Are Inerenslnir, There are several states without debt, but no American city, with the single exception of Washington, the loeul debt of which is an obligation of congress. State debts are decreas ing steudily; city debts are Increas ing, v Cost of Oar Iteuolnr Army. A million dollars a week is the cost of the I'nited States army. - - The man on the stage who does the trick of escaping from firmly tied ropes, eubmits to the bond with a smile. He knows he can get ont of the rope that are being knotted. Put the same man in the woods and let Indian captors bind him to a tree for torture and he would struggle to the last against the bonds, Uhen the stomacn is diseased there are oonos oeing wotcii cinj nuui uuui the orenns denendent on the stomach- heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, etc. The folly of mankind is to passively submit to the fastening of these bonds with no effort to escape until the pain tbey cause arouses fear. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. It cure9 diseases of heart, liver, lungs, kid neys and other organs, when these dis eases, ns is often the case, have their origin in the diseased stomach. "For a long time I wn tufltring sad ws hnnlly able to crt atiout." writes Mr. Andrew J. JenninR. of Thomn, Tucker Co., W. Vs., Hox ,M- "Was bothered witli kidney trouble and my whole system w:m out of order j had m appetite. A friend of mine told me to try Dr. 1'ieree's Gulden Medical Discovery. I did so and the first twltte restored my appetite. I took aix bottles of 'Golden Medical Discovery' and some of the'Flcasaut Pellets' and lcel like ucw person." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleans the clogged system from impurities. Reduced Rates to Denver, Colorado 8prings and Pueblo, Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account Biennial Mooting, A. 0. H. On account of the Biennial Meet ing, A. O. II., to be held at Denver, Colo., July 15 to 22, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets to Denver, Colorado Springs, or Pueblo, Col., from all stations on its lines, at rate of single fare for the round trip. Tickets will be Sold and good going on July to to 12, inclusive, and will be good to return leaving Denver, Colorado Springs or Tueblo not later than August 31. Tickets must be validated for return passage by Joint Agent at any of the above mentioned points, for which service a, fee of 25 cents will! be charged. I'or specific rates and conditions, apply to ticket agents. PENNSYLVANIA CHAUTAUQUA. Reduced Rates to Mt. Gretna via Pennsyl vania Railroad. 1 For the Pennsylvania Chautauqua, to be held at Mt. Gretna, Pa., July 1 to August 5, 1902, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell special excursion tickets from New York, Philadelphia, Chestnut Hill, Phccnix ville, Wilmington, Terryville, Fred erick, Md., Washington, D. C, East Liberty, Butler, Indiana, Connells ville, Bedford, Clearfield, Martins burg, Bellefonte, Waterford, Cananda igua, Wilkesbatre, Tomhicken, Mt. Carmel, Lykens, and principal inter mediate points, to Mt. Gretna and return, at reduced rates. Tickets will be sold June 25 to August 5, in clusive, and will be good to return until August 13, inclusive. For speci fic rates, consult ticket agents. 2t. ATLANTIC) 0ITY. Excursion Rates July 10 and 24, via Ihe Heading, On the abovs dates the Philadel phia and Reading railway will sell special 10 day excursion tickets to At lantic City, Cape May, Ocean City, oc Sea Isle City, at greatly reduced rates. These tickets will be good going to Philadelphia on day of excursion, on two specified rrains, and from Phila delphia on any regular train to desti nation. Stop-off allowed at Philadel phia going and returning within time limit of ticket. For time of trains and rates of fare apply to Philadel phia and Reading ticket agent. TO EiGLES MERE, j Saturday Excursion Ratos via the Reading. The Philadelphia and Reading rail way will se'l reduced rate excursion tickets to Eagles Mere on Saturdays from June 28 to September 7, inclu sive, from Williamsport, Shamokin, Bloomsburg, Catawissa and principal intermediate stations. These tickets will be good to return until the follow ing Monday inclusive. For time of trains and rates of iare apply to Phil adelphia and Reading ticket agent. CASTOR 1 A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of I 'dsari the ) '8 MM " HavBAIVVaW BOlfift. Signature ok -u7" SIX . sVTHl 1
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