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taxes, He talked the matter over with his
wife, and with her discussed the question
as to whether he should rebuild or should
sell out and 60 elsewhere. His wife told
him that he had no business to sell out,
and that it was the duty of every Chi
and to devote both his fortune
and his energy to building
up the then burnt city. Mrs. Palmer and
her husband then went over the situation
together and the result was tire Palace no
tel and a number of fine business build
ings. The Palmer income has crept up
again and il is said that Potter Palmer has
about five million dollars in Chicago real
estate. Mrs. Palmer. in her %administra-
of managers, has shown herself possessed
of remarkable executive and business
ability. She is a woman of high culture
and she has that genius of common sense
and lack of snobbishness which is SC often
denied to the llttlo sisters of the rich. Dur
ing her visit abroad in the interests of the
fair. she was we'll received by the most
noted people in Europe, and she tells me
that Mime. Carnot, the wife of the president
of France, is very much interested in the
fair, and that the Princess Christian and
other English ladies are greatly interested
in the advancement shown by American
women. She said:
II feel confident that the result of our
work is going to surprise the people. The
interior of the building for the women's
department will be decorated by women,
and women will have to do with the archi-
tectural decorations of this building, which
is to be q very imposing structure. The
groups of statuary above the roof line will
be executed by women, and the models for
this work are now before the committee,
and the decision will be based entirely
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hat is the District Of Columbia doing

"What is the District of Columbia doing
for the fair, Mis-. Logan?' | asked.
1.-The ladies of the District of Columbia
and Washington cannot do much for the
reason that we have no local manufactures
or business industries here, but the gov
ernment will make Il fine display and there
viii be something in the way of ant and
charity. l don't believe you will find any
where 50 many charitable institutions as
there are in this ten miles square. Mrs.
President Harrison has given n bright OK
ample to the fashionable world here in de-
voting her time to the study of painting,
and the art circle of Washington is yearly
broadening. We have. many artists here
who will have pictures at the Worlds fair,
and we will show what our schools and un-
iyersities are doing in intellectual and
physical culture among the girls and the
boys
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was a leading social figure during the ad-
ministration of President Cleveland. and
often received with Mrs. Carlisle while Sen
ator Carlisle was speaker of the house. She
is a woman of practical common sense n
is devoting a great deal Of time to the
Worlds fair. Said she:
"We hope to make the fair a great sue
cess, and to show that the woman OF the
nineteenth century ia thoroughly up with,
and, if anything, ahead. of the times. The
doing, and we are getting efficient aid from
every part of the country. We arc going to
have q fine display from South America and
Mexico, and the ladies who represent these
countries in a social way here as the wives
and daughters of the diplomatic repre-
the fair. Some specimens of woman's
work which nave already been received
from Mexico and South America are sur
! prisingly beautiful and they show artistic
taste and marvellous skill. There were last
year a number of meetings of the South
American women here, and there have been
fourteen ladies. each Of whom has been in
correspondence with her people and has
brought out something new and interest
| ing in their manufactures in relation to
women. In this way many more and beau
tiful articles have been collected. Among
! the ladies who are doing a great deal for
tho fair in this way are: Madame
! Romero, wife of the Mexican minister; Mrs.
Mendonca, wife of the minister from Bra
I'll; Mrs. Legarra, wife Of the Peruvian
minister; Mrs. Hnbley Ashton, Mrs. Isham
Hornsby, Mrs. Lowrie Bell, OF Philadel-
phia; and Mrs. Dickens, wife of Lieut..
Dickens of the navy, who has been journey
ing with her husband in foreign ports, has
brought together a most valuable collection
of native manufactures. A lady reside mt
of Washington, Miss Schiller, who has de-
voted herself to the study of Spanish
with the intention of making a speciality of
translating the native South American pub
locations, shas among recent researches in
literature discovered many interesting
novels and short stories written by the
women of several of the smaller republics
that show marked talent and u knowledge
of men and letters far in advance Of
what one would give them credit
for. The study Of the products OF
these southern olimes brings to light
many valuable inventions and manu-
f~actures that are largely the handiwork of
females. AS most of the architectural work
upon the building is awarded to women
whose talents have won them high praise
both at home and abroad. the complete
whole will be n most gratifying proof Of
the talents and progress in the high arts
toward which the women of our generation
are advancing"
Copyright. E
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upon merit. We want to nave the columns
which uphold the entrance of the building
carved by women, and these columns will
be doric in design, and they will be donated
by three states. There will be three granite
columns from the state of Washington,
and there will be IN onyx column from
Missouri. The wainscoting in one of the
departments is now being carved by women,
and the paneling of the building through
women will superintend or give the direc-
tons as TO how it shall be put into the
structure. | took the plans which Miss
Hayden has made. to show tho beautiful
building which has been given us and how
we propose to fill it, with me to Europe and
tho fact that a young woman of 81 was
capable of planning such a building and of
making the working drawings. was an as
constituent to our European sisters.''
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classes and thew were referred TO the state

classes and they were referred to the state
board in accordance with the regulations.
Dur committee accepted them upon a com
to this equality that they took exception.
They claim that they should have represent
tative officers upon the board, and my re-
quest that the commissioners should give
them a special reguisition was voted down.
/ think on the whole, however, concluded
Mrs. Logan. that the ladies are doing very
we'll in connection with the Worlds fair.
1t is true we have had annoyances which
have kept back the work, but the diff
ferent states have helped it, and Illinois
alone gave $50, 900 toward the woman's
building. There is one thing, however,
that | would like to say. and that ls rs to
the character of the women who are push
ing the Worlds fair work. They are free
from the extreme views of that class usu-
ally ranked as strong minded. Tn COM
bined sentiment of them seems to be the
encouragement of talents and of the fur
thering of woman's interests aside from
any association of woman's rights"
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The C0IOred People,

"By the way, Mrs. Logan" said |, ''the
colored people seem to think that the lady
managers have not treated them right"
Tins is not So" replied Mrs. Logan.
"The colored women have been placed on
the same footing M others in connection
with the fair and they have been treated
with equal Difference. The whole trouble
arose from the action OF Il delegation of
colored women who called upon the ma
tioani committee and demanded that q san
of money be placed at their disposal. This
was refused upon the ground that the COM
mittee had no individual funds for special
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Mrs. Lockwood's Lectures.

A curious feature Of the preparation for
the Worlds fair is a set of lectures to be
delivered by Mrs. Mary s. Lockwood, one
of the national committee. to illustrate the
work of women in all parts of the world.
The profits of these lectures are to be used
to defray the expenses of young women
from each state to attend the Worlds fair
who would otherwise be unable to 60 to
Chicago. These women are to be women
workers md women who have exhibits, mt
the young woman to be sent from Washing
ton from the funds is Miss Jenny Stephens,
whose artistic merit is we'll known here,
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WOMEN At THE BIG FAIR.
Talks With Those Who Are Manag-
ing the Interests Of Their
Sex.
Mrs. Potter Palmer Tells of the
Wonderful Building They
Will Have.
Mrs. Logan Discusses the xhibit by Col
Ored WOmen-Mrs. Ex-
planatory Lectures.

Especial Correspondence of The INDEPENDENTLY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The ladies of
Washington are intensely interested in the
Worlds fair. We have here representative
women from all parts of the United States,
and there is scarcely a statesman's wife or
a generals daughter who does not expect to
visit it, and who is not anxious that her
state should have a good representation in
it. There is no diversity of opinion as to
the part that woman should take in it, and
the fair will probably have a better exhibit
of woman's work than any national expo
sition has had in the past. 1t was from
Washington that the movement was
started which gave women u repre-
sentation on the board of managers,
and there is in existance here a society
called the Isabella Memorial league.
This is named after Queen Isabella of
Spain, the woman who furnished the funds
which enabled Columbus to discover Amer
lea, and who, more than any man in the
world, is entitled to the credit for the
opening up of our continent. 1t is felt here
that the Philadelphia centennial gave no
adequate idea of what the women of the
United States are. and of what they can do,
and no effort will be spared in the com
ing exposition to show how. women are
nov managing all kinds of bushes in
the United States. including steamboat
lines and street cars, and. and how they are
engaged in every industry and trade,
from typewriting to medicine. and from
the law to the raising of fine stock. A part
of the exposition will show the inventive
genius of woman, and it will demonstrate
that some of the best patents in the United
States have been taken out by her, and the
whole exhibit of the woman's department
will put the American woman at the head
of her sisters all the world over. The work
of organizing woman's exhibits is rapidly
going on. and the lady managers, a number
of whom l have interviewed this week,
give me most encouraging stories of their
progress.
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What Mrs. Logan SAYS.

Mrs. John A.. LoRan's name is a house
hold word in connection with numerous
enterprises for the practical advancement
OF women. and her name heads Il score of
charitable boards and philanthropic socie-
ties. she has done n great deal in connec-
ton with the Worlds fair and she has her
own ideas as to what part women should
take n 1t. l found her in her home, Calu-
met Place. on the hills overlooking Wash.
lngton, the other day and talked with her
about the exposition. She said:
In the first place, / would like to have
1t understood that the lady managers do
not consider that We have q separate exhi-
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A Chat With Mrs. Potter Palmer.

met Mrs. Palmer at the Arlington hotel
daring her recent visit to Washington. She
is one of the brightest women of the United
States and one of the most beautiful. Born
in Louisville. KY. she was educated here
at Washington, and it was in 1871 that she
married the noted Chicago millionaire who
at that time had made a fortune in dry
goods and had retired to enjoy his wealth.
He had his money to n large extent invested
in Chicago business property, and a year
after his marriage the great fire came
and his losses were terrible. He had
then a rent roll of $192,O00
and his income in a night was re-
duced from about 100000 Il year to moth
ing. Ninety-fye of his buildings were de-
stroyed by fire, and when he figured up his
assets after it was over, he found that he
had not enough of an income to pay his
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thousands Of Suffering Women.

3 Delicate women who complain of tired
feeling, pains in the back and loins, desire
10 sleep, dizziness, painful or suppressed
m~enstruation, will End in Oregon Kidney
Tea a faithful friend. Itcan be relied upon
in every instance to give immediate relief
from kidney and urinary troubles Thou
snnds of women are suffering every day
from some disorder of the kidneys or liver,
who might be permanently cured by using
Oregon Kidney Tea.
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If you are not feeling strong and healthy,
try Electric Bitters. If "La Grippe" has
left you weak and weary, use Electric Bit
stomach and kidneys, gently aiding those
organs to perform their functions. II you
are afflicted with sick headache. you viii
find speedy and permanent relief by taking
Electric Bitters. One trial will convince
yon that this is the remedy You need. Large
bottles only so cents. Mt r.. $. Hale Dc Co.'s
drug store.
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From baok ache. Inflammation of the blad-
der, driok dust deposit or atone in the blnd-
der, or in fact any arrangement Of the
kidneys or urinary organs? II thus afflicted
do not lose time and waste money on worth
less linimants and worse plasters, but strike
ut the seat Of the disease Mt ones by using
the greateatof all known remedies, the cell
ebrated Oregon Kidney Tea. Pleasant to
take, purely vegetable. Satisfaction every
time.
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sou,h American Women.

The vice president of the ladies' organ
ization of the fair is Mrs. Ex-Congressman
wilkins, the wife OF one OF the proprietors
of the Washington Post. Mrs. Wilkins IL
a rosy-cheeked, bright-eyed Ohio woman,
who 10 noted for her nnnnlartty here. She
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Wisdom.s Violet Cream

Ia tho most exquisite preparation in the
world for softenino n whitening the
hands and face. IT is not only a substitute
for, but in every respect superior to glycer-
inc, cold cream, yaseline. II like prepare
tions. Try II.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Prescott are keepers
of the government lighthouse at Sand
Beach, Mich. and a,e blessed with a daugh-
ter, four years old. Last April she was
taken down with measles, followed with a
at home and at Detroit treated her,
but in vain. she grew worse rapidly, until
she was u mere ..nandful of bones" Then
she tried d.. Kings New Discover and
after the use of two and one-half bottles,
was completely cured. They say Dr: Kings
New Discovery is worth it's weight in gold,
vet YOU may get n trial bottle tree at X. 3.
Hale Il Co.'S drug store.
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Are You suffering

Many useful aud ornamental goods are offered
at tho grand cost sale this week at The Bee
Hivo
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A Little Girls Experience in y Light
house. G
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strength and Health.

Copyright. Written for The HELENA INDIE
The Meeker herald., 1892-03-05
TOLD IN CONFIDENCE.
IN. Quad Thrsws = Clean 81 ssAshiss
Over . Bsv Legged Mas.

Over Bsv Legged Mas.
Down on the pier OF the Savannah
steamboat limo everybody was looking
at and talking about q man who was
bow legged to such degree as to APP
pear to be standing ON each side OF u
vinegar barrel. lie WAS not only bow
legged but bis toes turned In says tho
New York World and rs no walked
up and down even the stsvcdores quit
WORK to look at him By and by tho
man came and climbed upon tho cot
ton bale beside me. and Us ho was u
tnlkativo chap. We soon began con
versation. lis was going down tho
coast ss u passenger. but lived In the
interior Of tho state.
Two strange men II OF tho right
sort soon become friendly when
thrown together. II was so With Va
i, wasn't over hvo minutes after he
found had been ON the Georgia coast
when no conddentiaiiy asked
'iiow's that climate down there for
weak lungsf"
''spleniid. iou'll DO benefited RICH,
away"
Good for ca,nrrbf- -.
III IL said to be, +"
''rm troubled some with rheuma-
tIsm"
The change will probably 10 good
for you"
Then you'd recommend mo to go.
would youp'
why. l think II will help your
case"
Tho man looked all around To be
sure tim, no ono was noar enough IA
ovorhoar. and thea dropped his voice
almost To u whisper and said;
Il want TO tell you something IN
strict confidence and asx your advice 81
''Wallr'
ho whispered. looking around again.
',rNs had n sa-sklng Idea that ~ns
gu,t NJ n ,r.rc legged VIVA, do
you ,hInkp |! lbs 30 would tho climate
help mo anyg'
My dear sir. III. clImni, o! Gcot Ella
will do mos, any thing. bu, dont you
worry. ] assure you that there Is not
ia, ilighios, cause for IT,
''llAre you sean mo Oh tho grounda''
.'ic."
''And ~asn't-wasn',-"
'.Sot u bit OF H. II NO could trade
leg. Id give you $500 To boot"
You don, say Heaven bless you
Say. rs been worth d 3DO.sero farm
To mes, you' Hanged II ] hndn',
worried myself nlmos, sick over L.
Shake old fellow! II / had II In my
power I'D mako you tho nosi pro-i'
| dent"
! ilcd TO him Of course ] did II
deliberately. did I, Ia mak, hl'r
fool good and In order tina, he nigh;
enjoy his trip Any citizen Of New
York who will hurt n bowlo.rol mnn
feelings as no 10 about 10 call away OF
n trip for his health Is a moan man
md can ncrsr prosper.
The Meeker herald., 1892-03-05

contributor Ia this series OF mystical
experiences During III. early part oil
tins engagement visited the hall In
the village. no, far from the yiearag-,
wher. III. young lady resided. was
In the habit Of spending from Sunday
To Monday a, the hail. TN. OF these
mornings Of my departure found my
self standing between the two closed
windows in III. lady's bedroom.
II wa, about 5 o'clock on bright
summer morning. Her room looked
eastward, ,nin- directly west, and the
church stood between the two houses,
which wer. about 800 yards apart l
hay. no impression whatever how lie
same manipulated from the house.
III. lady wa, in camp b-tisi.ad. d.
r-1tly oppo.i,. - me. looking nj and
reaching out her arms toward me.
when my di,-ini.oil-d spirit instantly
disappeared la Join the material body
which 1, had .-t, in ZONE my,,criou,
way.
A. returned and was h,,ing
In Ia my body on my lief: SIDE.
when half united I could .--
within IN, the ununitci spiritual par,
glow liz. an electric light, while the
other united half was hidden In total
darkness. looking black A. through n
thunder cloud, when, like the shutting
Of drawer. tho Who'll. body b-cam,
united and awoil- In great alarm with
the belief that II any one had entered
my rom and moved my body from the
position In which Z, lay ON i,s back the
returning spiri, could no, have Joined
Its material case. and that death. as IL
|, sulgariy called. would have been
Inevitable.
In the morning attic brrakfas, table
the young lady aid she had strange
experience. She saw n. u. In her bed
room, looking n, her a. al. "a, up In
bed. and tina, h. disappeared after n
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EXECUTIONS IN CHINA.
Horrible Meas. ct Carrying oat tho
Death .s.i.as..


Death ...t.aT-.
"for Ia. minor ofiru,-, tho punish
men, In China Il heating Ca the mouth
with bamboo." sAys traveller who
has jus, returned frum thr Ilow-ry
Kingdom. II, Is terrible To scc tho
mouths Of women swell as the cane II
laid on, and men, too. When ,cut Ia
jail they must supply their own food
and tina, of tic la.lcr. or they hrc al
lowed to s,aryr. n they have not sdf-
acicn, blankets they are allowed ia
src-s. o. death Thcrr are different
methods 81 execution. One j. what
would correspond with our hanging.
bu, /, Ii Different. The victim IN pat
ngains, q pot aui rope Is thrown
a-,und hh n-sit Then 1, I, puil.d
| ihi the breath 81 iif- departs
Another form 81 cscru;ion 4, thu, Of
cutting u pieces by Inches, which II
done when the sentence u death I, for
the murder II father or mother or
.on, other near relative Firs, one ear
I. taken OF, then tho other. mex, the
tongue IL taken out, aud ~ on. a
third l. death by starvation. l have
seen a man Gagged In the public streets
aud allowed Ia end his life hy ,hi,
method, not being permitted 10 touch
either water or tod. Sometimes
small boy will bring him little opium.
which helps 10 lesson the suffering and
brings about a murc speedy death.
"rhc mos, common form j. taking
OF the head 10y the sword. and the ~.
,raoriinary nerve Of thctc Chinese IL
shown In this more than any other.
have seen two men lchcadc'l. one
placed before the other. 1, took three
strokes IT the sword to kill the first.
and while the operation was going on
the second kncl, down. with his neck
ou;.trc,chcd. waiting his turn. Think.
Ing that tho process was slow. he
turned to the -Nccu,luucr aud asked u
be was going to H. much longer with
The Meeker herald., 1892-03-05
ONE WAY OF PROPOSING.


Over the balusters bends face.
Dsrinsly sweet and beguiling;
Bomebody stands In careless grace,
And watches tho picture, smiling
Tired and sleepy, with dropping head,
! wonder why she fingers;
And when all tho good nights arc said,
While somebody hold, her fingers
Holds her fingers and draws hor down.
Suddenly growing holder,
Ill her loose hair drops its masses brown
Like a mantle over his shoulder.
Over the baius,cr soft hands fair
Brush his cheeks Ike feather;
Brisb, brown trss.es and dussy hair
Meet and mingle together.
There's a question asked. there. . swift,
cares,
She has flown Ill. bird from tho hall
But over tho baiust-rs drops a Yes
That shall brighten the world for him
Away.
-no,son Gioho
The Meeker herald., 1892-03-05
Quito Easy,

1fwar could be carried on By the
rules laid down for students in the
dreadful art, 1t would become an easy
process. In military tactics it is the
expected" which happens; in real lie,
tho unexpected"
A certain general, says the author
OF "a Transatlantic Holiday" had
gone to West Point on tour OF in
spection, and being n little vain OF his
own military requirements. he treated
the students to an elaborate demon.
strntion OF the tactics by which n par
ticulnr fort might be taken. with un.
failing certainty, in three weeks time.
lie then turned to his audience md
inquired:
But suppose, gentlemen, the stu
alton were reversed, and you were
shut up in that fort, say with fifteen
hundred men, what steps would you
take for its dcience?"
~ should walk out" said one.
"Walk out with your garrison from
n fort OF that strength Why, it would
be madness, cowardice"
But don't you see. SIR was the
cool reply, "in three weeks 1 should
have it again."