I WOMAN'S WORLD. WIFE OF A BOER GENERAL AN |l EMISSARY OF CONCILIATION. It Para to Be Conrteonn-Wlion Wo man In Weak—The Lnte Annie Wit tenmyer—Beautiful Madam Le Vert. The Motlier'x Health. Mrs. Louis Botha, wife of the eoin maudant general of the Boer army, who, report says, has been for months working for the pence of South Africa by trying to effect a conciliation be tween her husband and Lord Kitchen er, commander of the British forces, is related to the family of Robert Emmet, the distinguished Irish patriot. She is a woman of culture, having passed her girlhood days in school in Paris. In Pretoria she was recognized as a social leader while her husband was a mem ber of the Boer parliament. General and Mrs. Botha lived oil a farm some distance from the capital and were In MRS. LOUIS BOTnA. Pretoria only during the rand sessions. In the early days of the war it was Mrs. Botha's custom to visit her hus band frequently on commando, where her presence always had a cheering effect upon the burghers. She was a dashing woman and a tit companion for the gallant leader. When Pretoria was occupied, Mrs. Botha remained in the city. She met Lord Itoberts a few days after the capitulation and. being persuaded of the hopelessness of a con tinuance of the struggle, offered to try to mediate with her husband. A pass port was provided lief-, and the meet ing was effected. "If it is to visit me you come, I am delighted to see you," said General Botha, "but if you come to implore me to cease tbis struggle you only shame me." Mrs. Botha said nothing more about her mission, and nothing came of the negotiations at that time.—Chicago Times-Herald. It l'ars to lie Conrlt-ont. There is an old saying that "virtue is its own reward," and there is a girl in one of the department stores of the city who knows that to virtue may be ndd ed courtesy and kindness. There came to the counter where she stands a little old woman the other day. She was tiny and shriveled and not very well dressed in rusty mourning. She bought a number of little notions, all of the best, being very exacting and almost querulous, but the young clerk was more than usually attentive and cour teous in trying to please her customer. Once she said when the customer hesi tated about getting a certain article, "My grandma uses it," and the bar gain was clinched at once. When the little old lady was through at that counter, she started to go to one near by and wavered on her feet when she rose from her seat. The young lady was at her side in an instant and gave the support of her strong young arm for the few steps. When the counter was reached, the lady thanked the girl In tones tremulous with age. "I will remember you," she said. The clerk returned to her counter and had almost forgotten the Incident when a voice at her elbow startled her, and there was the little old lady. "I for got to ask your name," she said in apology. "Tlie young are not so thought ful of old age as you." The clerk gave her name, and then the customer asked if she could have the strong arm to lean upon again to her carriage. At this the clerks about began to look in terested. They had been chaffing the gill before about her "mash," but a wo man who had her "carriage" was not to be made the subject of ridicule. The young lady spoke to the floorwalker and then went with the customer to the door, where a handsome coupe, with foot may and coachman, was wait ing. "My maid was not well this morn ing, and I could not let her attend me," said the little lady simply, "but I am scarcely strong enough to go about alone. Thank you, dear. Your name is Martha —. I will not forget." Nor did she. Wednesday the little old lady sent her maid with an invitation for the young clerk to spend her time from Saturday night to Monday morn ing at the beautiful home in the sub urbs of northwest Washington, and the "carriage will call for and carry you back to your work."—Washington Star. When Woman In Weak. An amusing little Incident occurred at the meeting of the Era club that will interest women generally. The ladies were listening to the admirable talk of Miss fcadio American on the purposes of the Consumers' league, and after she closed her interesting explanation Miss Kate Gordon, president of the Era club, asked Miss American, who Is the first vice president of the Consum ers' league and naturally acquainted [ with all the legislation that it has ad vanced and advocated, if any effort ' had ever been made toward securing equal wages for men and women. Miss American answered: "Well, yes, a lit tle at a time. The question of wages or equal pay for men and women is one which we have handled In so far as we ask equal pay for equal work per formed. Upon investigating condi tions we liud some very harrowing experiences," said Miss American, smil ing. "When a woman has just about rendered herself invaluable to her em ployer, ten chances to one she turns around and gets married. Women do not look upon employment in the same way that a man does. She is general ly looking forward to something that she calls 'better* in the shape of mat rimony, and once she has embarked upon this sea her employer of course loses her services. Generally as soon us she knows positively she is going to be married her interest In her work ceases, whereas when a man is contem plating matrimony his interest in his work increases. He seeks to make him self more and more invaluable to his employer, and from the moment he gets married he generally applies him self far more steadily and earnestly to his work than before, because the cares of a family demand extra labor and higher wages to properly maintain it. "Many women have a true idea of the first two principles, but precious few have any idea of the latter. When the right opportunity comes, they will get married." At this all the ladies laughed, and a pretty young girl said, "And they will continue to do so as long as the world lasts, all efforts of the business world to educate them up to the idea of the value of permanence to the contrary." —New Orleans Picayune. The Lnte Annie Wittenmyer. Annie Turner Wittenmyer was born In 1827 at Sandy Springs, O. She came of a long line of warrior ancestry. Iler great-great-grandfather was an officer of high rank in the French-Indian war, her great-grandfather was killed at Saratoga in the Revolutionary war, her grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812, and her father gave three sons to the civil war. It needed only the firing of the gun at Fort Sumter to fan Into a blaze the smoldering fire of pa triotism kindled in childhood by the oft told tales of her graiulslres. Annie Turner was married to Wil liam Wittenmyer in 1847 and became the mother of five children, all save one dying in infancy or early child hood. In April, 1801, she offered herself to the governor of lowa, of which state she was at that time a resident, and was sent to the front to distribute sanitary supplies. She continued to act in this capacity and that of a nurse during the subsequent years of the war. When peace was declared, she became active and aggressive in pa triotic work. She was instrumental in establishing a soldiers' orphans' home in lowa, a soldiers' home in Kentucky and a soldiers' memorial home in Pennsylvania. She was a leading spirit in the organization of the Na tional Woman's Relief corps and a prominent factor in establishing the National W. It. C. home at Madison, O. Mrs. Wittenmyer served five years as the first president of the National W. C. T. U. When the change of policy caused a division, she became a member of the Nonpartisan W. C. T. U., serving one year as president. Her last public work, only two days before her death, was at a temperance con vention. She possessed fine literary ability and was the author of "Women of the Revolution," "History of the Woman's Crusade" and "Under the Guns." She was editor and contributed to many popular periodicals. On the platform she was intense, witty and persuasive, abounding in telling illustrations of personal experience. Though above medium height, inclined to full habit, she was active and vigorous. She died after a half hour's illness at her beau tiful country home in Saratoga, on Feb. 2, in the seventy-third year of her age.—Sarah E. Wilcox in Housekeeper. Beuutlful Mine. Le Vert. "To no other woman of the south were there accorded so often the trib utes of poetic and romantic fancy that clustered around the name of Octavia Walton, or Mine. Le Vert as she was known after her marriage," writes Wil liam Perriue in The Ladies' Home Jour nal. "As a little child she charmed Lafayette with her brilliant conversa tion—she spoke the purest of French— and later she was the friend of Clay, Calhoun, Washington Irving and, in fact, of nearly all the prominent people of her day. Nor was her cleverness unrecognized in Europe when she made the first 'grand tour.' It was there at a state ball In Buckingham palace, whither she was escorted by Joseph R. Ingersoll, the American minister at London, that she was presented to Queen Victoria. Presentations on the occasion of a state ball were not fre quent, and the southern beauty was de lighted over the unexpected compli ment. When the dances were over and the queen was again seated, the lord chamberlain waved his hand, and the company moved back, leaving a vacant place around the royal chair. Mine. Le Vert, with all eyes upon her, ap proached and was presented. Victoria advanced and graciously gave greeting, smiling sweetly as the American eour tesied low before her, and then passed to the group that encircled the throne. About 2 o'clock in the morning the queen bade adieu to her guests. Then one of the noblemen escorted Mine. Le Vert around the picture and sculpture galleries and presented her to many eminent persons." The Mother'* Health. The child's dress should be plain and not elaborate. This makes a saving on the price of the material, on the work in the laundry and in the care of the child, who is often hampered and fret ted with the rutiles and embroideries and made to feel various restraints in the endeavors to keep clean and pre serve from other ravages the dainty apparel. A child should never be con scious of its clothes. Many mothers toil and deny themselves, even to the point of injuring their health, that they may satisfy their ambition to clothe their children in beautiful garments. They are led to do this from their so cial ambition and from their motherly love, which would lavish upon the child all that any child could have. The great temptations of mothers is to make dolls and puppets of their children. Fortunately to do this wom en do not have to work as hard as in other days, as children's dresses come ready made ami at reasonable prices, so t hat the maternal needle is not driven to such feats of embroidery and dressmaking as formerly. Nevertheless the purchasing of the children's ward robe and the care and mending which are necessary are not among the least of the demands upon the mother's time. A mother once said to me, "I look at my little ones trotting off to school and think that each child wears 50 buttonholes that 1 have made!"— I)r. Grace Peckham Murray in Har per's Bazar. The lii for in n 1 Dinner. Nothing is really informal nowa days, declares a fashionable woman. That is, you need not expect an en tertainment to lie simpler and less stately because the word "informal" is written on the invitation. If you are asked to dine "informally," you may be sure that you will be expected to dress as smartly and that you will partake of quite as elaborate a menu as if it were a grand dinner party. It simply gives you to understand that your hostess is giving a small and ex clusive entertainment. Oddly enough, it is what are called the informal func tions that are the smartest. Miss X. gives a large ball and asks ever}' one she knows; then, considering that her duty to society at large is accomplish ed, she gives small entertainments to a select few, which she calls informal. For instance, the invitation to the gen eral dance, which is not at all smart in . the sense that it includes society at | large, is on the stiffest and most Impos ing "at home" card, while the really exclusive affair Is often merely a visit ing card with "very small dance" written in the corner. With dinners it is the same way. If you are bidden by a personal note to an ultra fashionable house, then is the time to put on your best and freshest gown and to feel that you have really received a compliment, for you will find to meet you only mem bers of the ultra exclusive set. A form al dinner pard often includes "duty" people who are not particularly inter esting.—New York Tribune. Corilnroy Coats For Boys. Two pretty coats tlmt twin boys lip town are wearing are of corduroy witli a coarse rib and of a pretty tan shade, with brown linen collars and cuffs. The coats turn away in broad lapels at the neck, leaving a pointed opening in front, into which Is but toned a dickey of the brown linen. A broad circular collar slashed nt the shoulders lits up around the little standing collar of the dickey nt the throat. This collar is also buttoned on and can be removed and laundered. The dickey is interlined with flannel to give it sufficient warmth. The cuffs of the linen are busted in place, and they also can lie removed. The plain ness of the linen is relieved by bands of insertion in heavy white Hamburg, and there is a belt of white leather.— New York Times. t'nlncky Qneena. These are not propitious days for certain queens of Europe. A report comes from Spain that the queen re gent may be deposed, as was Isabella, her mother. Queen Natalie of Servla is in exile, and Marie of Bavarhi, widow of King Francis of Bourbon, the last king of Naples, also lives in exile. The ex-queen of Naples is still a striking looking woman. The mur dered empress of Austria was her sis ter. No Prettier Climber Than Ivy. Let me urge those who waut a vine for the bay window or parlor or to train over a screen to procure an Eng lish ivy tliis spring. I would rather have a flue specimen of it than a score of the plants usually found in wiudow garden collections. It is a shame that such a plant should have beeen crowd ed out by newcomers having but few | of its merits.—Eben E. Rexford in Ladies' Home Journal. The housekeeper is becoming more and more of a fixture in the New York household, and more of them are tak-1 iug positions each year. The houses are becoming larger and more elabo rate and the social life so complex that a woman lias not time to give her j house the proper attention if she is to any extent a society woman. Mrs. Eider of Colfax county, Neb., lias undertaken the task of mall deliv ery. Her contract requires her to take i the mail from Schuyler and deliver it to the postotflces of Wells, Fraha and Heun. Each trip involves a distance of 30 miles. Outing skirts are considered more stylish now when made without a plaid or contrast ing color on the under side. The colors have been growing more subdued, and uow it is considered in better taste to Lave the two sides alike. Miss Stasia Mills has been appointed by lier brother, Sheriff James Mills of Boise county, Ida., as his chief deputy. She is the third woman appointed to the position of deputy sheriff in Idaho. Prison Commissioners. The court has handed down an order appointing W. A. Banfield and I)r. F. C. Johnson, of Wilkesbarre, as prison com missioners. The names of several citi zens had been connected with the ap pointments, but those appointed were never mentioned In connection with the honor. The appointment of Dr. John son especially was a big surprise and was not solicited, as he was not a candi date. The salary of the office is 350 a year. The now commissioners are Republi cans and will take the places of Colonel E. lb Beaumont and John Rrazelle, Democrats, whose terms have expired. The board of prison commissioners will now be composed of four Republicans, County Commissioners Hay and Jones and the new prison commissioners, and one Democrat, County Commissioner Finn. Previous to the election of Judge Ferris the judiciary was Democratic and, of course, tiie prison board was of the same complexion. As the terms of all the officials at the county prison expire on April 1 the board will elect a new warden, depu ties, watchmen, etc., and there are many Republicans in search of the posi tions that the Democrats have been heir to so long. The leading candidates for warden are George J. Llewellyn, A. E. Detro and Charles Gardner. Prof. Ivison, of Lonaconing, Md.. suffered terribly from neuralgia of the stomach and indigestion for thirteen years and after the doctors failed to cure him they fed hirn on morphine. A friend advised the use of Kodol Dyspep sia Cure and after taking a few bottles of it he says, "It has cured me entirely. I can't say too much for Kodol Dyspep sia Cure." It digests what you eat. Grovor's City drug store. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Not Second Sight. In happenings that savor of the su pernaturnl there is often less rather than more than is "dreamt of in philos ophy." In the English county of Wiltshire there lived a woman whose deceased husband had been a pig dealer. After his death it was her habit to remark to chance visitors, without looking out the window: "That's a nice lot of young pigs, those." "Where?" the person present was sure to nsk. "Comln down the road," was the in variable reply. "They're in a cart, and, what's more, there's a fine fat sow among 'em." And It would not be long before a cart would appear and in it a litter of pigs and among them the sow which the woman had perceived at such a distance up the road. One day a vis itor, who saw In this exhibition an evidence of second sight, exclaimed: "How do you do it? It is simply won derful!" " 'Taln't no miracle," was the modest reply. "I've just got my ear trained to pigs—that's all." (■roan Ingratitude. Elizabeth Cady Stanton used to tell the story of a band of good women who furnished the means for educat ing a poor young man for the ministry, who rewarded their kindness and self sacrifice by preaching his first sermon from the text, "Let your women keep silence in the churches." Somewhat similar was the experi ence of Editor Cadby of the Whang ville Fatriot. He tells It In this wise: "I gave that boy of mine a college education. I had to economize, but 1 did It. Through my acquaintance with a friend in the big city I got him a Job on a first class city newspaper. I could have made good use of him in my own office, but I wanted to do bet ter for him than that. How do you suppose he repaid me? The first thing he did after he got his chair warm in his new Job, by George, was to write a two column burlesque on country printing offices!" Late Realization. "I now realize," said the pig as the} loaded him in the wagon hound for the butcher's—"l now realize that overeat ing tends to shorten life."—lndianapo lis Fress. Their promptness and their pleasant effects make DeWitt's Little Early liiseis most popular little pills wherever they are known. They are simply perfect for liver and bowel troubles. Grover's City drug store. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It artificially digests the food and aids Nature in strengthening and recon structing the exhausted digestive or gans. It is the latest discovereddigest ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It in stantly relievesand permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sick Headache, Gastralgia.Crampsand ail other results of imperfect digestion. Price SOc. end SI. Lariro alzncontain, 14 times lmall slio. Book all sbuut dyspepsia. malleUfree Pr.partd by E. C. DtWITT A CO- Cb'cago. Grover's City Drug Store. [i b ithj mm® MCMENAMIN'S SI pi Spring Stock I lijj op Li I HATS, CAPS, SHOES, 1 UNDERWEAR AND I FURNISHINGS, | Latest Plain and Fancy Shirts, | Neckwear, Hosiery, Etc., I IS NOW pj I Ready for Your Inspection. 1 P| . ra] aj We claim to have the most complete |gj seasonable lines of the above goods in the ra 3j town. Our goods are at all times up-to date pl| and our prices are always right. We invite [SSI || you to examine our stock. pij 1 MCMENAMIN'S iV LHat, Shoe and Cents' Furnishing Store. 1 86 South Centre Street. || WILL BUY A I zssm ASK THE MAN BEHIND THE CASE I W.K.GRESH & SONS. 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Trains leare Drifton for Jcddo, Eckley, Hazle Brook,Stockton, Boaver Meadow Road, Hoan and Hi zletoii Junction at ti 00 a m, daily except Sundry; and 7 07 a m, 2 38 i> in. Sunday. Trains lea* e Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry, l ontbicken and Derinyer at 8(0 a m, daily except Sunday; and 707 a m, 2 .IS p m, Sun- Trains leare Drilton for Oneida Junction, i llarwood Road, Humboldt Koad, Oneida and heppton at tt 00 am, dailj except Sun day; and 7 07 * ra, W 38 p ra, Sunday. Trains leare Hazleton Junction forHarwood, Cranberry* Ton-hlcken and Derinfrer p.t 3,"> a n, daily except Sunday; and S 63 a m, 4 28 p m, Sunday. Trains leare Hazleton Junction for Oneida Junction, Harwood Itoad, Humboldt Koad, Oneida and Sheppton at 832, 11 10 am,441 pm, daily except Sunday; and 7 37 a m, 3 11 pm, Sunday. Trains leare Derinfer for Tonahicken. Cran berry, Hat wood, Hazleton Junction and ftoan at 6UU p hi, daily except Sunday; and 337 i m, 507 pm, Sunday. Trains leare f>Uoppton for Oneida, Humboldt Koad, Harwood Road, Oneida Junction, Hazlc tou Junction and Roan at 7 11 a m, 13 40, i.6 p m, daily except Sunday; and 8 11 a m. 3 44 p m, Sunday. Trains leare Sheppton for Hearer Meadow Koad, Stockton. Ila/.le Brook, hcklry, Jeddo and Drifton at 58 p m, daily, except Sunday; aud 8 11 a iu, 3 44 p m, Sunday. Trains leare Hazleton Junction for Bearer Meadow Koad, Stockton. Hazle Brook, Ecklcy, Jcudo and Drifton at 849 p m, daily, except Sunday; and 10 10 a m. • 40 p ni. Sunday. All trains connect si Hazleton Junction with electric cars for Ha/.leton, Jeanesvillo, Audcn ried and other points on the Traction Com nsny's line. Train learinf Drifton at 600 a m makes connection at Deringer with P. K. K. trains for Wilkesbarrc, Sunbury, Uarrisburf and points west. LUTHER C. BMITH. fruwerlnf^rfewt.. EHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD. March 17, lyui. Asraksimist or PASSExoxa Trains. LKAVB FRKBLAND. 5 12 s m for Weatherly, Mauck Chunk, Alleutown, Hothlehem, Kaslon. Phila delphia, New Vork and Delano aud Pottsrille. 7 40 a ni lor Sandy Run, White Haren, WilkeH-llarre, l'ittston and Seranton. 8 18 a ui for Hazleton, Weainerly. Mauch Chunk. Alleutown, Hethleheni, Easton, Philadelphia, New York, Delano and Pottsrille. 9 30 a in for Hazleton, Mahanoy City, Shen andoah, .Mt. Oartnel, Shawokiu. 1 20 P m for Weatherly, Mauch ( hunk, Al lentown, Hethleheni, Kaatou, Philadel phia and New York. 5 34 11. ff 'V, r s * nd .f l'". While Haven, West 9 10 ' hc,lili,on *' lci all points 729 ni for Hazleton, Delano and Potts- ARRIVE AT KREELAND. 7 40 a ra from Weatherly, Pottsville and llazletoit. 9 17 a ra from Philadelphia, Easton, Bethle hem, Allentown, Maueli chunk, Wrath- S } 'i! Hazleton, Mahanoy City, Mheuan -0< _. doah. Mt. Carmel and Shumokln. 0 Bur nton, Wilkes-Uarre and White Haven. 1 12 I) m from New York, Philadelphia, Laßton, Hethlehera, Allentown, Mauch Chunk and Weatherly. 3 34 p m from New York, Philadelphia, Laston. Hethleheni, Allentown, Potts ville, Shamokin, Mt. Carmel, Sheuan r, c>t\ (loah 'J Mahanoy City and Hazleton. 729 Ji ® fr ,? m Seranton, Wilkes-Barre and \ hite Haven. F r further information inquire of Ticket ROLLIN ILWI LHUK. General Superintendent, fH ad a r^i°A tlandt .^ New York City. CH AS. S. LLK. General Passenger Aaent, n . .-pCorthuidt Street. New York City. G. J. GILDKOY, Division Superintendent,
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