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Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-11-01

employed to set up the staff They went to the
roof, did their job, and then sat down and
grumbled because the female teachers in the class
rooms below did not take up collection to buy
them some beer! The wages Of carpenter are
three dollars and fifty cents a day, or twenty-one
dollars week. When his eight or nine hours of
work are done, he goes home and dismisses all
thoughts of toll with his supper and his pipe The
average woman who teaches IN the public schools
for living earns her six or eight hundred dollars
year, if she is lucky and doesn't have to hire
substitute for part of the time owing to confne-
ment in close atmosphere and strain upon the
nerves. Her mind is employed on her work from
the rising hour till bedtime comes again She gets,
in short, weekly pittance of twelve or fifteen
dollars, against the carpenters twenty-one. And
yet-ye gods!-the big fellow grumbles because
the woman who earns only sixty per cent as much
as he, does not contribute from her meagre saw
ings to buy him luxury she cannot afford for
herself, though she probably needs it more. And
this in case where patriotism ought to count for
something! l suppose it takes all kinds of people
to fill world but the choice Providence makes,
now and then, from the material at its disposal,
does puzzle the philosophers to account for.-Kate
Fields Washington.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-11-01
Jewels of the AstorS.

The Astor family possess some wonderful jewels,
particularly diamonds. The late Mrs. John Jacob
Astor used to wear tiara that few of the crowned
heads of Europe could match. Mrs. William
Astor wears beautiful riviere of diamonds three
rows graduated. She also possesses a famous
diamond necklace of six strings, set in such a
manner that no gold is visible, and having the ap-
pearance of being strung together. Mr.. Aston is
constantly having it altered, and increasing its
brilancy and value by the addition of larger dia-
monds in the place of small ones. There are some
fine emeralds in the family but no member seems
to care much about display, and, except on rare
occasions, these jewels are not worn One Of In
spector Byrnes' detectives, who stood in full even
ing dress in brilliant ballroom on the crest of
Murray Hill one night last winter, where Mrs.
Aston and all the wealth of New York were pres
ent, said: "There is nearly five million dollars
worth jewery and precious stones in this room"
Valuable gems glittered and glistened in the gas
light like ran-drops in the sun.-Foster Coates, in
Ladies' Home Journal.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-11-01

Experience is proving to the incredulous that
woman is Intellectually the equal of man. In the
past women had but few opportunities for mental
culture but having had greater educational advan-
tages in the last few years, have proved themselves
able to appreciate them 1t is after all the environ
ments of womans life which greatly influence
its growth. Given surroundings Of frivolty, and
woman will grow up frivolous, without aim or
use but in healthful, intellectual environments,
she will acquire earnestness of purpose and
thought. The names of Elizabeth Browning, and
Mary Somervle, and George Eliot, are so I'M
doubtedly crowned with due honor, that no eulogy
is needed to augment their fame. They are ex-
amples of talented women, just as Carlyle, Scott
and Browning are examples Of talented men; and
in Mrs. Browning and Mary Somerville we see how
perfectly possible it is for women to be true ex-
amples of womanhood as well as intellectual power
Ito be loved and reverenced for their purity and
goodness as we'll as admired for their work. ''Much
learning" did not unsex them, nor need it ever,
for true knowledge can but make the learner more
humble and more willing to learn-aye, and more
patient too, for no woman can achieve any intel
lectual triumph without paying a price for it.
Physical weakness hinders, though it does not
crush mental effort, and, in the words Of one who
in marvellous creative power is unrivaed among
women, acknowledge through suffering entereth"
Odd Fellows Magazine.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-11-01

Thomas comes to the shop after some solder. He
gets it, and then Henry comes after his tobacco
box, and then Thomas comes and wants to know
il it is gas-pipe or water-pipe. They knock off
then for the day, and about noon the next day get
around there and dig a hole in the pipe to put in
the faucet. The next day they get the faucet in,
and some time during the week that job is nicely
Finished
''And you charge twenty dollars for it!'' ex-
claimed the enraged judge.
''Just about that figure O wise Judge! But it
isn't my fault. The oldest apprentice says he had
to take out one hundred and fifty feet of pipe, and
the youngest says he had to put in two hundred
feet and between them they mix me up, and
have to average it. 1t isn't us plumbers--it's
those apprentices who are to bame''
"But don't you know they are lying to your"
~ sometimes suspect them; but how it would
look for me to say unto Thomas: Thomas, thou
art liar how that boy would fee'
Don't people ever stop at your shop and call
you liar and cormorant?'
'They do-some one coming almost every day
but they shouldn't do it. When the oldest ap-
prentice says that the job is worth twenty dollars,
and the youngest apprentice agrees with him,
have to make out my bills accordingly. l desire,
O judge, that my debtor may be forced to pay me
my honest DUE"
Then the meek and pensive Aloud Ell Bishen
bobbed up and down in the chair as il he were on
red.hot springs. His face grew black, his eyes
became bloodshot, and he yelled OUT
"The guard! The guard!'
And when two cross-eyed constables entered in
response to the yell, he continued
"Cut off the mans head, and let it be borne
around the city on staff, while the bearer shouts:
"Belold he has plumbed his last plumb.'
And when the judgment was carried out the
people threw up their hats and shouted
"Aboud Ell Bishen forever! We'd like see the
chap who can plumb it over him!'
And from that day to this no plumber has ever
dared charge half what a job is worth, and all
plumbers finish a job at the time agreed upon or
perish beside it.-Ex.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-11-01
A Fable.

One time there was good old man of such
meek and lowly disposition that the people made
him judge and they brought their disputes to him
to decide. His decisions were ever just, and the
people said:
''Great is Aloud Ell Bishen he is never wrong"
One day stranger came to the office of this
good man and said:
"a man owes me just debt and will not pay
'Does he give reasons?"
''He gives dozen of them. He says my bill
against him is blasted swndle and fraud"
"You have asked him for the ducats?"
II have, and he says he'll knock my head off If
I ever ask him again."
Then the good judge was puzzled. He chewed
at the end Of three-cent penholder for long
time, and finally asked:
'Did you furnish this man food for his camels
or robe for himself that he is your debtor?"
"Not by jugtul. The bill is for job Of
plumbing!'
Then the meek and pensive smile which had
covered the face Of Aloud FL Bishen faded away
like boy sliding over mill-dam, and in it's place
came an expression of malignant evil.
"Then you are plumber?" he asked in voice
as cruel as cross-cut saw.
IL doth plumb" answered the man.
Then the wise judge chewed up the rest Of the
penholder, dug his heels into the floor, and in
low, shr whisper he inquired
"Did you ever know plumber to get a job
done within fourteen weeks Of the promised timer"
mo, sir, never did," promptly replied the
plumber: "but let me explain. Now, suppose
you want small job done at the house-a little
soldering, faucet put in, or something Of that
kind. You leave your order, and say day after
tomorrow. send the oldest apprentice to your
house and when he gets there he sits down and
takes look at the job Then he stands up and
looks at it. Then he squnts his eyes and looks at
it. Then he walks all over the house and comes
back and looks at it. Then he figures on how
much the house cost, and wonders If there is
mortgage on it, sits down and talks with the hired
girl for couple of hours, and comes back and
reports. Day after tomorrow comes, and can't
send man up there, because they are finishing
another job which ought to have been done
month before Something happens the next day
and the next, and it's two weeks before can send
a man.
"Or two month";" put in the wise Judge.
''Wel split the difference and call it six weeks"
replied the plumber. ~ send two Of the boys
up. They walk around the job, 60 down cellar
and upstairs, sit down and figure the cost on the
front steps, and 90 home to dinner. When they
return they take another look at the job, and
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-11-01

THERE was something striking and typical in an
incident which occurred the other day at one Of
the school-houses in this city. A flag was to be
raised and half-dozen stalwart carpenters were
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-11-01

Sly.--Why do you always say "Thank you"
when the Baron Won Flick goes away without
giving yoa any tip?
$50 that the other people shall not think that
be hasn't "-FEegende Blstter.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-11-01
The Indian Mothers Love.

Miss Fletcher, who has brought so many Indian
children to the school for them at Carlisle, Penn,
tells this story:
The great grandmother Of one Of the boys was
once on the hunt when the Sioux came on the
Omahas. The women and children were placed in
the rear for safety and they began at once to dig
pits and jump into them to escape the arrows.
This woman had her three grandchildren with her,
and they pretty well filed up the pit. The Sioux
pressed forward and came toward the place where
the children were. The grandmother had no time
to conceal the hole so she threw herself over it as
il dead. The Sioux passed her, but she dare not
stir, for the shouts Of fighting were all about her.
Soon the Sioux returned, and two warriors dis
covered her. "Shes dead" said one. 'We'n
soon see" said the other, drawing his knife and
stabbng her in the shoulder. The woman never
WINGED "She's Dead" they said, and off they
went, leaving her in pain and joy, for her grand
children were safe. When the three little boys
were taken out Of the pit, they were nearly fright
ened to death, but they all grew 10 be men, and
lived to see their chldren's children, and tell many
times the story Of the loving grandmother. -Ex.
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CHRONICLE.
Chicago has Protective Agency for women and
Children which in the last three years has collected
nearly $4,000 Of wages due shop-grs, seamstresses,
domestics and clerks.
Sly.-Why do you always say "Thank you"
when the Baron Won Flick goes away without
giving yoa any tip?
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-11-01

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-15
Irndnr the L.lon's Paw.

England has pretty efectually bulldozed
Portugal in the matter of the East African
question. II was q clear case Of lion and
"feist" from the beginning. Under ordi-
nary circumstances the sympataies of the
world would have been with the Portu-
puese. All the civilized world loves fair
play as all the world loves lover, but in
this instance the Portuguese in East Africa
are the exception that proved the rule OF
love for fair play. For three centuries Por-
tueal has squatted at the gates of many OF
the avenues that lead TO the interior OF
Africa and for the last two centuries has
been swapping at the heels OF all who have
entered those gates. The policy of Lisbon
has been dog-in-the-manger policy, CON-
bined with one OF duplicity in everything
that appertained TO Observation-Disclosures
sessions, and if we except the work of afew
individual explorers it is not going too far
to say that almost since the days OF EMAs-
urr the Fortunate the Portuguese have
been blight upon the Dark Continent.
Their cupidity, as did the cupidity OF the
early Spanish explorers. has cursed their
every possession, and it seems like retri-
butive Justice that that sin should have
brought both Spain and Portugal to the
condition Of less than second-rate Powers.
When, therefore, the whole history of Por-
tuguese claims and policy in Africa is con-
sidered, it is not surprising that, unequal
as was the fight. it should be yather graft
flying TO see the fest" under the paw of
the British lion.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-15
Vast VirU1nia.

This is the day for the meeting of the Le-
gislature of West Virginia in extra session
TO declare the result of the election in No
venibcr, 1888, for Governor of that State.
Governor WILSON has acted rs Governor
for one wear in virtue Of that section of the
State Constitution which provides that tho
fncumbents shall continue to perform the
duties of their respective offices until their
successors are elected and qualified.
In his call converting the General Assem-
bly,, Governor WILSON, as required by the
State Constitution. catalogued the subjects
of legislation which that body might take
under consideration. We do not know
whether any of these subjects will be con-
sidered or not.
II is doubtful whether the Democrats
will be able to seat Mr.. FLEMING as Gov
ernor. One Democratic member of the
Legislature having died recently, and his
successor not having been elected the
Legislature now stands Democrats, As
Republicans. A; Labor. ]. II this last
mentioned member votes with the Demo
Gratis FLEMING will soon be Governor, but
IL he votes with the Republicans neither
FLEMING nor Corr can be seated, 80 far as
we can see.
We do not know that such contested
election case was ever before known. But
that the strong arm of the Federal Gov
eminent appeared in the distance the re-
suits might have been serious.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-15
Hanging Statistics.

The hanging statistics of the United
States are always IN order shortly after the
LIST Of each January, and some one has just
compiled those for 1889, which show that
Judge Lynch continues to do most of the
hanging of the country. The legal execu-
tions for 1889 reached only IS as against l7S
victims of lynch-law, and the South did
most of the hanging. two thirds of the
legal executions occurring in this section.
In commenting on tins the New Orleans
Tines Democrat makes several very good
points. II says:
1--WE are surprised that some of the
northern papers have not commented on
this fact. We do not know that II proves
anything one way or the other, but some
of our more bitter contemporaries might
easily torture IL into showing depravity of
some sort on the part Of the southern peo-
pie.
1.-The Chicago Tribune indeed is shocked
TO find that o majority of the negroes
lynched last year were disposed OF in the
South la view of the fact that the South
contains some nine tenths of the negroes,
this is not ~ extraordinary as it may appear
TO the Tribune.
ave would call tho Trilune's attention
20 the fact that mobs lynched three times
as many people as were legally hung in In
diana last year, and that all the hangings
in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and
Michigan were done by Judge Lynch in
stead Of by the Sheriff. and finally that in
the section styled the West, and of which
Chicago Is the capital. the lynchings were
more than seven TO one as compared with
the legal executions"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-15

10 Me Editor ~ ue Ispdch:
THANK you for your leader printed In
vour issue OF the 18th instant. and which
wac headed Exemption by Law" Right
here where live very valuable property
has been exempted from taxation FOR years
to come. whereas poor man IS sometimes p: ;
outraeeously taxed in advance, or else his
business has to be closed up. A license to
do business il State tax. as / regard the
matter. and I speak by the card when l
sav a man might lose $4,000 in year In
he business. and yet he Is higher taxed on
an oh ioss than one is who owns store that
wo,,id bring Slo.0 600 il put up and sold by
auctiou for the hard cash, Yes, you are
right. No city or county has any
right TO exempt from taxation manufac-
turing plants, city railways, or any
other property, and yet the thing mas
been done over and over again. The pro-
merry il exempted from taxation. and still
no law officer is TO be found that raises one
word of objection. In one instance do
believe that the exemption from taxation
ON certain property absolutely resulted IN
a Gain TO certain city, because OF the IN
creased value Of other property which was
taxed. and so by common consent no one
seemed TO dispose to go for the party
whose property was exempted by certal
CITY from taxation. While this may be
sill so, the question ~, why shouid tue
laws of the State be violated for the
sole good in the first instance of parties
doubly able to pay taxes as compared WIN n
really seems to me that pretty well all
legislation in Congress Except the pension
swindle). and the bulk of the legislation
GOING on in the States. are for the benefit
of manufacturers, railroads, and probably
sometimes for sort OF ring within a
ring,p every mothers son of whom is
abundantly able to pay taxes on any prlvi-
lege asked for. Unless the people have be-
come blind perhaps after awhile it may oc-
cur to them why have they permitted TINS
state of things year after year. Nj. q. A.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-15
Eounl Taxation.
To he Editor of he Dispatch:

To ne Editor Of he Dispatch:
There has been clamor for years about
the inequality of taxation. There IL a
plenty OF property in this State for taxa
ton if properly assessed, aud think
greater part of the trouble lies in the I'M
equal assessment. In our State only one man
is appointed to assess the real property IN
every county. There NAV be one or more
men IN every county capable OF this Work,
but the trouble is do we get that man or
the right man appointed. In other states
a board of three men are appointed to as
sess property, and if that was 1.-THE law
here think property would be more
equally assessed and a larger amount
of taxable values would be found, too.
never thought it was fair for the State, or
the people either TO trust this. matter OF
the greatest Importance, to any, one man
and think il is matter our Lawmakers
ought TO think about while they are look
ing around for improvements. II seems to
me that If one man is TO do this work that
before it is adopted as a basis for taxation
that board of at least three men should
be required TO meet at the courthouse.
and with these new assessments and the
decide before them revise the work OF
the assessor and pass upon 1t before IL be
adopted. That would cost very little more,
as these men could be paid per diem while
so engaged. We would then have surer
basis for taxation. COUNTRY.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-15
AFIRS7- GLASS INVESIMEN.
A NEW RICHMOND ENTERPRISE
oRieInOnd Ice NaclineConrl1r

AUTHORIZED cAPlTAL-Minlmum e.
msximum. $4,000. Par value u shares, IS
each.
This company, chartered unier the laHs :
Virginia, Is the builder u CoMlktNNlDN I's
AND REFkIG GRATING MACNiNEki. Ir -
the Johnson patents. which II without = rival 'l
its simpl ity and the effectiveness ~ iis "a -.
aud ~ about the only pians where al no 70.
chinery ia on ono fio.r.
Our machines NOW % work are SWING erHs
satisfaction. The ice made by them f. 'ran,
parent that newspaper can be read through Z
block eleven inches thick
CAPITAL STOCK. $3.50. has already beea
subscribea and paid up, snd the comlal IL
now Offering for sale, at par So, on The il.F-
Ing terms-yiz., s. per share al the ume ui N
scription, s. per share in thirty lays 49, . ger
share In sixty DAYS. and tho bsiance upon 20
call Of tue Board OF Directors, no cal O. -
greater than s. por share NOR to be mai" N...l
thirty days of any prryiou9 call; i,Ai| sia .
($is,50h after which the bnos. VIII ne cNf a
1hl~ company does not manufacture ice. .
SELLS rHE MACniN EhY for ro tong.
No business mas sh0trn such ~ 10 lflwh il o. .
South a. tfat Of manufacturing ics. " Ns
nov building two l5-ton mach les ani have -.
tracte IN view that will yield dividend 20 ID .
cent per aunum on the st0ck. az 40 hsse e.
morous inquiries for our machinery flom sd
parts OF the South.
That this viii be nrst-clsss paying iuTs'-
ment We have 10 doubt, and W. recommrni :
to 10 large and small Investors.
Subscriptions may be psii O. 6. \. IailI1, -'.
cretary and treasurer; % = .. Wallace. l1t' t'
Citizens Bans. or 10 William n iiil. cashier
State Bank, mchmond. Va
The following are the officers o. the compalI -
VIZ: Herman schmidt prrsiielt, HINfn
slmpkib, yice-prcsidont and general ageni =
A. Catlin, secretary and treasurer; :. ". j la'
son, superintendent
once Of sbe company. ii05 east Main street
"a 3-eoiH
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-15
WaLed I'm Iedacfnallx.

A isthsrgic, dormant condition Of the liver Is
hardly 10 be overcome with drastic cathsrtics
and nsaseoas choisgozues. Ssntler, pleasant
or, and far more effective means exists Of
arousing the organ when somnclent This is
Hostetter's stomach Bitters, vouched for BY the
medical fraternity, tessed by the public for
many years. resumption By the hillary organ
Of its secretiye function, with the activity At
tendant upon health, return 10 regularity OF
the bowels, aud . removal Of Objection are the
no lees happy and certain results Of using the
Bittsrs systematically. its laxative effect ID
never painful asd drenchins. it, tendency being
rather V perpetuats regularity than 70 produce
scopious sction- Malaria, nervousness, dsbiii-
". kidnsy troubles, end neuralgia u sabdusl
e6sotusliy. u a1-WtwAvheu
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-15
For sale by the publishers.
Trial by Jury.

To he Editor Of The Dispatch:
Trial by jury Is perhaps the best mode
ever devised by the wit of man for the
decision of cases involving the rights of
freemen. The Anglo-Saxon has tenaciously
chung to il for many centuries as the pal
ladium of his liberties and the safeguard
of his property. Yet oil that is good in it
depends absolutely upon the manner OF
selecting the jury. Every objection of
any force which has been urged against
Jury trial can be traced to the mode OF
choosing the Jury. Every care should be
taken that our Jury system should be
jealously guarded 10y law SO that none but
good citizens can find their way into the
jury-box IL there be fraud or any unfair
ness in selecting the jury II brings disgrace
upon this time-honored mode of deciding
causes Jury trial ceases 10 be blessing !;
il becomes curse.
Our Legislature could do no greater SER
vice to the State than to carefully consider
and revise the laws now In force for the Sc
lection of juries. II would require too
much of your space to give the many OBJ
iections to the present system of procuring
Jurors. Under it the professional juror
flourshes like a green bay tree. lie Is not
only disgrace to the jury system, but
often increases the expense of trial. He
seeks the employment. and in q plain
case will sometimes hang a jury for days
SIMPLY to draw the per diem. He can and
should be eliminated. Let either party in
any case, criminal or civil. have the right
to peremptory challenge any man who
has served as juror at any previous term
of court during the year, and the profess
sional juror will soon seek other employ
ment. Again, the County Court judges
practice law in the Circuit Courts of their
county Tan anomaly which ought TO be
correctcdl. They prepare the lists from
which Jurors for. the trial of cases in the
Circuit Court are selected.
Thus he has the selection of jurors to try
his own cases, unless the additional ex-
pense is incurred OF empanelling a special
jury.
These hints may arrest the attention
of some member OF the Legislature who
will give the matter that consideration
which importance demands. MICK.