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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-08

Il q sc4urly necessary Ia say that th.
most distInrilyg feature u spider lifo II the
web which noi of these creature. -pln.
and which enable. them 10 ensnnrr Insects
that would otherwise easily ovade them.
Some spiders pwnare no webs, hut they
spin clco0us, sn 10 - incorrect 10 call them
nou.snlnnrrs, ~ IL often done. To this
class beiong tho hunting apliers. which
pursue fhrlr prey ~ eat does mouse.
Ia siimmer time the zebra striped hunting
spider may be- .ecn 20 -urk on almost any
wall or trc 10 q. usually w intent UPON
~ stalking operations that % may BE- Oh
served quite closely without showing any
.lgus " fear n you should happen 10
catch sight n one ~ these active creatures
white II l. engaged In search for some
caiablr lnsrrt YOU will he surprised q, the
rnpldlty Of ~ movements
Il darts about, peering into crcvirc- and
exploring cracks ~ every direction. Now
aud then IL will raise itself ON H. forelesn
and take q good look around A. soon NJ
Il sights ny or gnat ~ rcsi le.ane-s II
changed Tor stalking as stellthy aud eau.
tlous ~ that of the checiah Il advances
slowly, taking advantage Of every lltilebh
Of cover, aud pansing Il IL victim shows
tho lctst sign u uneaslncsA These willy
tactics continue until u l. within lenplng
distance. when II darts upon the uusus.
peoiing insect with inopnoeiyAbls rnpldlty,
aud after short struggle Invariably dis.
engages Itself frum ~ yanqulshed foe.
10 prevent tho clinnoc Of n isll II. ~ Il
often the casr. h spring 10 made on per.
pcndicular wall, this spider drnwsa fragiie
thread behind n. which ncis A. support
im ease of catastrophe The accuracy
with which these little creature. spring
upon their prcy i wonderful They never
seem to MISS their stroke. Cophlll Mag.
nsiue
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-08

An elecirioiln who has nude a speei,l,,
o. spectacular electricity says tho dan l.
not lar on when electrical lirework. XIII
.aprI-ede those now usrd. he deelarr.
saal fora comparatively moderate ontla,
1901 vgqpl nianRe an electrical display thnt
. Nou'a l,sl Tor mfAy years, and could M
wpealsu an often ~ desired h would
,wo I rockets, roman candles. wheel.
s ..',l.. TAILS aud all tho modern ny.o.
''sAlieAl sueesa.-Philadelphia Ledger,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-08
Tho rubrIc In lllo prayer book, which

The rubric In the prayer book, which
sas added By Bishop Cosin, directs
that the man shall stand on tho right
hand and the woman on tho left hand
that h. the nap on tho right hand OF
the woman, and thewonian on the left
hand Of tia man, rs Il Is worded In the
Salisbury Manual The renaon given
Is very fanclful one-vlz. becnuse the
rib oui Of which tho woman was
formed was taken ont of the loft side
OF Adam Another reason Is that the
place AZ The right hand Is the most
Lonomblei itis therefore, both by the
Latin and Greek, and nh Christian
churches ng'nod 10 the man as being
bead OF tho WHO.
The Jews acc otherwise, placing the
woman ON tho right band Of her hus
band. In nllu-Ion 20 Jhat expression In
lhe forty Psalm. 40 thy right
hond DID stand tine queen IN gold Of
VpAlr Another WIson given Is that
thl' position Is the most convenient
when tho man has to take the ring and
put Ron the fourth finger Of the WON.
aus lelt hand London rit Bits.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-08

Molhcr'-l am glad 10 see that you gave
your sister tho larger piece Of oll.l.
llNlr Bly--Ihe llttlcst piece had tho
IagAI ralsins. Good AewA.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03
WOMAN'S GENIUS,

The Many Inventions That Testify to Her
Ability as an Inventor.
While those who decry women use as
one of their chief arguments the state
ment that women have no inventive
faculty, women. it seems, from the
actual official returns, go straight on in
venting. Not to speak of Catharine
Greene, the wife of Gen. Nathaniel
Greene, who undoubtedly invented the
cotton gin, and whose second husband
induced her to abate her fear of rldicule
and claim an interest in it, or of Mrs.
Walton's achievements with noise
deadening. with smoke-burning, and
with similar experiments. there are
many other inventions by women of
equal importance. One woman has in
vented a method of converting barrel
of oil into ten thousand cubic feet of
gas; another has invented a sewing
machine that needs no threading;
others have invented the ruffiing and
quilting attachments to such machines.
and arrangements for sewing duck and
leather. One such attachment made a
fortune for Miss Helen Blanchford; and
q new baby-carriage brought to its in
ventor. q woman, the sum of a hundred
and fifty thousand dollars. Another
woman has invented superior street.
sweeper; another. q spinning-wheel
carrying as many as forty threads;
another, plan for heating ssrs;
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03
She Returned tho Compliment.

There is q curious marriage custom
In Brittany. At the close OF the we'd
ding ceremony, the bridegroom gives
the bride box on the ear saying:
THAT is how it feels when you make
me vexcd," after which he kisses her,
adding: And thus when you treat me
we'll"
A Breton once married German lass
from Swabia, and gave her the usual
salute on leaving the altar. But the
rcsolutc Gamsel. ignorant of the pre-
vailing custom, without waiting for the
kiss dealt her swain tremendous
clout on the side Of the face and said:
Look here; I'll have none Of that"
The young fellow rubbed his cheek,
and knew now, ut least, that his better
half would not stand any nonsense
London It'd Bits
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03

girls. who receive but six cents for sew.
ing on dozen buttons, whereas she
was paid ten cents for the same work.
The men in the same shop earn from
s. to &c a week. and the women and
older girls from s. to 81.
Another woman seen by the commit
tee, one Josie Fredericka. was pants
finishcr She and her mother occupied
a small. dark back room. Josie earns
- cents week and her mother $3.50.
They eat. sleep and work in the one
room whose dimensions are IA by 20 feet.
Two little children just beginning to
walk were also taught to consider this
place home.
These poor toilcrs make the goods
sold by the leading stores OF the city.
They do not receive their work from
the large firms directly, however. but
are engaged by middlemen, commonly
known as sweaters" who take the
lions share Of the contract price Of the
work sweater" will make an ar
rangement with a manufacturer agree
ing to furnish certain number of gar
ments for a certain sum. Instead Of
being satisfied with small profit, and
paying fair wages to his employees, he
will grind them down until absolute
necessity compcls them to work for
anything he may be inclined to pay.
That women cannot sustain their
self-rcspect under such trying circum-
stances is evident, and the only wonder
is that the moral atmosphere Of the
neighborhoods where these unfortunate
workers live is not more offensive.
The time was when tailors earned
fair wages in Chicago. but since women
have been found to do the work at al
most any price they are no longer en-
ployed by clothing manufacturers ex-
cept for the finest grade of goods. An
effort was made some years ago to or
ganizc trades union among the female
workers in clothing shops, but the ven-
ture proved unsuccessful. For some
reason women have not yet learned TO
''pull together" and until they do they
will be underpaid.
1t is true perhaps that not all women
dependent on their own resources can
be servants: but it seems that thou
sands who now 60 to bed nightly hun
CRY and tired might turn their atten.
ton to housework and thus relieve the
pressure. The only argument advanced
against this theory is that for every
woman who leaves the ranks Of the
toilers two arrive in the city to take tho
vacant place Large cities seem to
have a fascination for country girls who
think that the noise and glitter Of the
downtown streets will make life a con-
tinual pleasure. by the time they realize
their mistake. they are broken down in
health; their energy is gone and they
are as helpless as the slaves born and
bred in the city
Punched, hungry-loolSing faces every.
where. Nothing to relieve the disheart-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03
No Cause for Regret.

When Anna Beck was born in Phila-
delphia her father Charles Beck. was
greatly disappointed because of her
sex. No son has done more for the
father, however, than has Miss Anna.
She is a graduate of the high school.
has taken the full collegiate and post
graduate course at Wellesley. and pass
ed the rigid Harvard Annex examine
ton. Her tastes and instincts are pre-
eminently those of the student, bat
when her fathers health began to ia l
she relinquished all scholastic interests
and took up the practical study of the
proper place, at the bottom of the lad
der, precisely as her brother would
have done. This involved much mental
service, extremely distasteful to one of
her mental accomplishments, but she
accepted all uncomplainingly, refusing
all favors offered because she was a
woman. and SO proceeded round by
round by deserved and regular promo
ton, until she is to-day not only
member of the firm, but the treasurer,
secretary and financial manager of the
concern. which is one of the largest
exporting and importing establish
ments in the United States.-Chicago
Post
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03
Misinforuned.

She fsevcrcly)-I have been informed
that you intend to give . bachelor
dinner to your friends on the day be-
fore we are married. Now, as | under
stand it. a bachelor dinner is for the
purpose OF taking leave Of a gang OF fell
lows whom no gentleman would intro
ducc to his wife, and should Just like
to know why gentleman should have
such
Ie-My dear, you have been misin-
formed. ! haven't the least intention
Of giving bachelor dinner or taking
leave Of anybody.
''You haven't?"
''Of course not I shall meet them
every night at the club just the same as
before. IN. Y. Weekly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03

The opening of Oklahoma and the
rush for the Indian land have brought
fair women before the public in a new
character-that of woman boomer-and
as such she is said to be drawer and
more daring than even the man advent
urer. One of the most famous of the Sc
women is Nannetta Daisy, finely edu-
Gated and beautiful woman of thirty,
who was the leader of a score or more
of women boomers. having their head
quarters in Indian territory. Nannetta
had been a school teacher and newspa-
per writer and missed by but one vote
being state librarian Of Kentucky. At
the head of her amazon company of
boomers she took up claim near Ed
munds, one of the best in the country.
This claim was contested by railroad
engineer, the contest terminating in a
shooting match. Both were slightly
wounded, but public opinion was in
favor of the woman. A squatter jury
placed her in possession and warned the
man to leave the country. -Once q
Week
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03
THE SWEATER AND HIS VICTIMS.

assist her mother in the cares of house
keeping must be eradicated before
women workers will occupy the place
in the labor world to which they are
entitled
Saleswomen in cities who have no
other income than their salary ere
among the most unfortunate victims of
the present state of affairs. They do not
earn enough to live decently, and are
compelled either to resort to distonor
or to exist amid surroundings unhealth-
full and squalid. Many young coun.
try girl who comes to the city to make
her fortune" ruins her health and self
respect before she has been there six
months.
And yet this class Of toilers is far bet
ter housed and protected than the thou.
sands Of women and girls who have to
make living with the needle These
poor creatures have to work from twelve
to fourteen hours every day in the
week to earn a few dollars. A recent
investigation made at the instigation OF
the labor leaders of Chicago showed
poor condition Of affairs which to read
ers in country towns will seem almost
Incredible.
In tumble-down cottage in one of
the most miserable parts of the city the
committee discovered little girl,
eleven years Of age, Ida Harris by
name. who was engaged in sewing but
tons on the finest class of trousers.
Working with her in the filthy room
were six men and six women The
little girl was required to toll from
seven o'clock in the morning until nine
at night in order to earn two dollars
per week. She considered herself pref
ty well off, however. and stated that
she was doing much better than most
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03

another, a screw-crank, for steam
ships; and chain elevator, horse
shoe machine, q reaper and mower, q
danger signal, and SO on without end,
owe their existence to the brains OF
women. 1t was Miss Knight who in
vented complicated machine for max
ing the squarc-bottomcd paper bag,
and refused fifty thousand dollars for
the patent, and who also invented an
other machine that does the work OF
thirty pairs of hands in folding these
bags 1t is Mrs Armstrong who has
invented a machine for feeding cattle
on trains; it is Josephine Davis who
has invented an arrangement of lamps
and rubber cloth for a hot vapor bath
at home; Mrs Beastly, a machine for
turning out complete barrels by the
hundred; Anna Connolly. practical
fire-escapc; Mrs. Bailey. an attachment
to beds by means of which the patient
can raise and lower himself. And
among all these inventions none is per-
haps Of more pleasing and gratcfr,
character than that of Mrs Nancy
johnson, who invented the first ice
cream freezer, but who, not so wise as
some of her sisters. sold her patent for
fifteen hundred dollars, all ice-crcams
previous to her crank having been
made by a slow and laborious stirring.
And this is merely shimming over
the surface and selecting few in
stances that most easily strike the eye,
leaving the multitude unmentioned.
Nor are these inventions confined, it is
evident, to the walks in life most ia
miliar to women. as, among others, the
grain-elevator, the screw-crank for
steamships, and the barrel-maker tes-
tify. And while the existence of all
these patents and their results ought
to confound the careless speaker who
thinks SO lightly of feminine capability.
it does something far more important
in showing how greatly enriched the
whole world will be when the feminine
mind as well as the masculine is fully
brought to the work.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03

ening monotony Such is an outline OF
the sweaters districts" of Chicago.
Would that the thousands of young
women who are ambitious to live in
this city could be induced to look upon
the dark side of the picture. and much
misery might be averted.
"Ten women for every place. no mat
ter how poor it may be, is the plain,
yet eloquent, statement Of an official
who has made the question OF female
labor special hobby Hundreds Of
girls wreck their future every year
and destroy their health in the stuffy,
illy-ventilated stores and shops of Chi
cago. And yet scores Of recruits arrive
from the country towns every week to
assume the places vacated by these VIC
Tins of greed"
Women who are SO anxious to secure
bargains never give a thought to the
sad fact that every cloak and jacket
and every piece Of undertaking they
buy has in all probability been sa,u-
rated with the tears of the six or seven
women engaged in the manufacture OF
the article. Neither do they pity the
poor girl who sells the goods, They
are after bargain" and usually they
get it; but, alas at the expense of mem
bers of their own sex whom stern ne
cessity compels to labor for a pittancc.
1t has been suggested that shoppers
boycott all stores employing sweaters
and underpaid salesgirls The move
ment might be productive of somo
good, but after carefully examining
the field it seems that nothing would
secure relief rs rapidly Us organization.
II ever unionism was needed it is among
the female wage-earners of our large
cities. G. w WEIpplEIT.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03
DOlNGS OF WOMEN.

A YOUNG lady, the daughter of a min
lister. has recently been appointed a
pastors aid" at St. Paul's Church,
Chicago.
A YOUNG Mohammedan woman, Dr.
Razai- koulairof, from the Crimea. has
just passed her examination as doctor
and surgeon in Odessa.
MARTHA j. LAMB. the writer and edi-
tor. is a member of twenty-six learned
societies. some of which have never
before admitted a woman.
DIR. MARY c. LOWELL, a graduate of
the Boston College of Physicians and
Surgeons has accepted the chair of
physiology at Mount Holyoke college.
A UNION of a benevolent and protec-
tive character is contemplated by the
waiter girls of Chicago. There are
about five thousand girls serving as
walters in the hotels and restaurants
in that city.
THE Gutenberg Woman's Associa.
ton of Gutenberg, Sweden, which is
now fourishing literary and benevo-
lent club, began with a debating SO.
ciety formed by few school-teachers.
who met once q fortnight to discuss
matters of general interest
MRS. OWENS, tenement-house inspect.
or in Chicago, has reported to the chief
inspector that the proprietors of the
Boston" store, in response to her re-
quest. have fitted up a new and we'll.
appointed lunch-room for their women
employees at an expense of several
thousand dollars
THERE are two very expert and pop.
ular women mechanical engineers neal
Parkersburg. w. Va. One of them.
Addie +. johnson, 10 years old, lives
near Tallyho She has had entire
charge for three years of an engine
which runs grist and planning mill
She has natural talent for machinery,
and can take down and put together an
engine as quickly and as deity as any
experienced male engineer in this par,
of the country. The other woman en-
gineer is Ida Newett, of Cairo, ILL, who
has been a practical locomotive engi
neer for several years Both are un
married
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03

existence becomes fercer and woman
has to enter the labor market to pro-
vide the means for her subsistence
Twenty years ago female labor was no
factor in the manufacturing interests of
the west. To-day tens Of thousands Of
girls are compelled to earn livelihood
in the shops and stores of our cities and
villages.
The result of her competition has
been general reduction of wages in oc.
equations enormously called ''genteel,"
such as Office work, selling goods in
stores and bookkeeping. Employers
know from experience that woman
will take smaller wages than man, and
consequently they pay her mere frac-
ton of what they gave her male prede.
cessor. The wage-earners of America
have never seriously objected to female
competition. Their criticism has al.
ways been directed against woman's
weakness in consenting to rate herself
lower than man by accepting less re.
Enumeration for performing similar du.
ties. The objection is well founded. II
a woman does the same amount of work
she is entitled to the same pay as her
brother or father. and If she accepts less
she is guilty of depriving home.
maker of his position and income. Nc
young man can to-day afford to engage
in stenography or typewriting or in
selling dry goods and similar merchan
disc Women nave monopolized these
two callings, and wages have been re.
duced fully 100 per cent.
The reason is obvious. Scores OF
girls employed in the large stores OF
Chicago live at home. They work
merely to secure spending money
Four or six dollars a week is all the
pay they ask; and other girls who are
dependent on their wages for a living
are compelled to accept the same pay
In years gone by men received for the
same class of work from Sic to SIS per
week The system which encourages
such a state of affairs is bad and will
eventually reduce women to the posi-
ton they now occupy in Europe. Home
making has already become secondary
consideration. The ever-growing de.
mand for the luxuries of life will keep
the ranks of female workers supplied
from a class which should withdraw
from the field altogether. The prepos.
ferrous idea that it is more gentccl for a
girl to work in a store or office than &c
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03
The Hasherwoman's Revenge.

Mr.. De Sharp tanxiouslyl-I inadvert-
emily sent my cuff buttons to the wash
last week. Did you find them?
Vasherwoman Sure, Oh saw a
APPLE in tn tub. but have no time to
oe 6shin' around for brass cuff-but-
tons. an Oh t'rew thin away.
Mr. De Sharp lin Mortified acccnts)-
Threw them awayl Those buttons
were pure gold.
Washcrwoman-Moy! moy! That's
too bad Oh niver thought q young
man wot was always beatin' down a
poor washcrwolnan's prices cud afford
to wear goold.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03
POOR WORKING GIRLS.
Their Condition In Chicago, the
Richest City Of tho West.
Why Women Should Demand the Same
Pay n Men for the Same Work.
The Iniguity Of the "SweatinG"
Systcm Exposed.
rspecial Chicago letter.


As people we are prone to point with
pride to the way in which we treat wom-
en-. Our newspapers publish eloquent
articles explaining to every foreigners
satisfaction that the average American
has nothing SO much at heart as the adj
vancement Of the opposite sex. In
theory the claim holds good, in practice
it has but very precarious existence.
Chivalry which is confined to the mum
bling Of few polite words to a we'll
dressed woman and which views with
aversion the illy-clad shop girl is not
the genuine article. It is travesty
calculated to destroy confidence in our
free institutions and to draw with dam
gerous rapidity line between plutoc-
racy and labor that may eventually
lead to serious results
Cheap female labor has led in all
lands to low moral condition. As the
population increases, the struggle for
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03
An Humble Parent.

Gus De Smith-Do you know my
father. Miss Birdie?
Birdie-l have never met him, but
believe he is very modest. unassum-
ing sort of man.
Gus DE Smith-Right you arc. You
can get some kind of an idea OF how
transformations he is, when tell you he
does not brag about having me for .
son.-Texas Siftings.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03
Imnnrfanf To Smokers

"You amt a-gwinc to give ten cents
for that cigar, are you?"
Il believe will, Sally" said he.
"Jcst to burn up?" said she.
"That's what it is make for, Sally"
said he.
WELL" said she, "I'd look at dime
a long time before I'd give it for that
thing and then burn it right straight
up. If | was gwine to be . fool Id be
a fool some other way."-Texas Sift
inrS
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03

Smart Youth ito rustic old party on
opposite side of the street car)-You
seem to be looking at me pretty close,
uncle. DO ! remind you of somebody
you used to know?
Rustic Old Party-Yes- You remind
me OF an aunt Of mine in Pennsylvania.
Only she's got leetle more beard than
you've got.-Chicago Tribune.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03
Woman Civil Servant.

Miss Creswell the postmistress of
Gibraltar. is an official who has very
important part to play in the regular
business of the colony She is the SUI
perintendent of the government tele-
graph Office. and for the last five years
has had sole control of the post office,
with a large staff under her, and
branches at Tangier, Magzagan and
other towns of Morocco Miss Creswell
gets $500 year and occupies the
unique position of being female civil
servant