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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21
A Visitor From Persia.

A Persian woman has come 10 this
country, not TO get funds for the amel-
ioration Of the condition Of her country
women, like our charming Hindoo Wis
itor, Pundita Ramabai, but TO ameliorate
the condition Of American M She
has been giving lessons in the occult arts
OF Persian embroidery. Thus the Orient
sends 10 our restless women Of the Occj,
dent a messenger of peace. This dame Of
Persia brings light into the dark places
which have never been fully illuminated
by any Of the fashionable stitches that
have tried "a work their way into the
hearts OF women duringthep past 20 years.
Even Kensington stitch has suggested the
rivalries Of London society, but tho en-
broideries which the Persian woman
brings are suggestive of quiet, Of peace,
of the ability to sit still and move tho
hngers gracefully and not think-aD abil-
ity sadly lacking In American women.
II IL true that much Of the brain wor-
riment called thinking in this country ID
not conducive 10 intellectual growth and
is BY no means related 10 intellectual ac.
tivity. That has its proper time and
place and function, but the capacity for
quiet content Of head and heart needs
cultivation IN this busy and beclubbed
country OF ours, where faith that the
"woman's hour has struck" Is too acute
and lively. The Persian woman brings
suggestions Of restfulnoss and repCsC
into this busting Columbian year. Tn.
der her gentle instruction the fevered
minds Of women may be famed by
peaceful breaths from Araby, while they
''dream AID dOte" over ~embroideri0.
learned Of the little lady Of Iran.-Boston
Transcript
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21
rem,pIns slave. Of Fashion.


Save one or two notable exceptions Of
rebels TO fashion found in high life, all
women are abject slaves to those who
order and make their clothes. They have
not a will Of their own, and the utmost
limit Of their freedom of action is the
arrangement Of their chains-the man
ner in which their papers Of slavery are
blazoned and written out. When the
order has gone forth that the sleeves are
to be high and the lovely line Of the
finely nodded shoulder is to be not only
hidden but defaced, all the pretty serfs
hasten to obliterRte this charm In favor
Of unconditional submission to the ty-
rant decree Of fashion, which is but M
other name for faith. When the skirts
are tied back so that the whole figure is
seen as clearly as II IL were clothed in
eelskin, the clumsy, the obese, the IN
equal display their defects as proudly as
the beautiful display their projections,
and only a few of the more clear sighted
cry aloud in despair against the ordi-
nances of the tyrant.
Then the tyrant waves her wand, and
10, the eelskin becomes the Dutch cheese;
the slim and the graceful add plat to
plat and hounce to hounce till the or
dained rotundity is reached and the re-
dundant skirt measures its full tale Of
yards. In the bleak and bitter winter
weather the poor serf perches on the top
of her frizzy wig q ohild's tea plate,
which the adopts call a bonnet, and suf-
fers tortures from neuralgia In conse-
quence. II the command has gone forte
In the summer, she is mufied up with
huge rufus round her neck or a high
collar half way up her head al a setof
against the exiguity of that winter "cus
tard cup" miscalled q bonnet. Mrs
Lynn Linton.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21
GOOD WORK or THE RioHEsr YOUNG
WOMAN m AMERICA.

work Of the Chicago woman's U~iub-sup-
piled Her uusband's puIpit-Feminine
Slaves Of Fashion-A visitor From Per-
sia-Needs Of the American Girl
The negotiations Of Msssrs. Caleb T.
Ames s. Co., real estate brokers at 100
West Thirty-fourth street, for the pur-
chase Of lots on Third avenue, near
Tbirty-fourth street, have not been COM
pleted. The report that the intent Of
the purchaser Is to erect thereon a hos
pitnl for q class Of women ~unprovided
Tor IN other institutions Is not defined,
although they win not affirm II; neither
will they deny that the would be pur-
chaser for whom they are acting is Miss
Helen Gould, elder daughter OF the late
Jay Gould. There are many grounds
for the belief, however, that It Is Miss
Gould who desires TO make this notable
addition to New YoTk's charities. The
real estate men naively say that hepub-
Hcation Of the statement that they de-
sired TO purchase the property for such q
customer and for such a purpose would
embarrass their negotiations.
MANhN LAEANM NQMA0 70 AAOMM W 10 OMN
Of the most indefatigable workers in the
charities which have their fountain in
and are fostered by Rev. DR.. Paxton's
West Presbyterian church, Of which she
Is q communicate. She does not confne
her efforts to the mere signing Of checks,
bat personally vista the homes Of the
destitute and cheers by hearty words Of
encouragement while giving substantial
relief from her purse. 1t is said that she
takes a deep interest in the class Of un-
fortunates for whom the proposed hos
pital Il reported TO be designed, and the
establishment Of such a charity cannot
be too highly commended.
Rev. DR.. Paxton regards Miss Gould
e. an Invaluable ally In the benevolent
work Of his church. She is personally
Interested in the Home for the Friend
lees, and she was one of the walters at
table last Christmas, when 200 little
tots were made happy. She Is also a
liberal giver TO the Potted Plants asso-
citation, which gives flowers and shrubs
In pots to children Of the tenements, and
it Is said that her private benefactions
arc very numerous. She Is said to be
especially tender to poor and helples,
women and little children and Is known
to spend many hours In visiting and
reading to invalids, besides providing
for their physical needs.
Miss Helen Gould is the richest heiresr
In America. Her fortune is estimated
all the way from $40, 900, 900 to S15, 600,
900. She owns the home on Fifth ave
nue. which her father occupied and the
great mansion at IrvingtOn-on-the-Hud
son, and has absolute command Of thu
income from millions Of gilt edged, divi
dend paying securities. Miss Gould /
we'll along in her twenties, and while
not strikingly handsome has a womanly
expression and gentle manner that wiz
the esteem of all who meet her. Sh,
was devotedly attached TO her parents
She has never been q society woman il
the generally accepted sense Of the term
Her work among the city's poor wa
taken up before her father died, and he,
ample means since that event have beel
largely devoted to the same end.-Nev
York World.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21

1 once took some Kafirs from their
desolate island home in the Himalayan
gorges beyond the mountain ranges to
the more civilized south. Like most
savages, they looked with stupid indif-
ference ut the marvels about them, and
once only were they excited by an incl
dent which opened their eyes to what
they considered a most extraordinary
and unnatural state of things.
They were descending a road when
one Of them CHANGED to remark that he
was hungry, and the English 'sahib"
bought him some food at a wayside
shop. The Kafir saw the money change
hands.
"How is thisy" he inquired in sur
prise. "Do you have to pay for food in
this countryT
Certainly"
"What q country cried the man In
amazement. Then after bordering
awhile he continued doubtfully: Sup.
pose a man had no money in this Ooun.
hy. he might starver'
"It is quite possible"
The Kafir shook with uncomfortable
laughter. It was the best joke he had
ever heard. Hethen explainedth ridic
ulous system to his companions, and they
roared In chorus.-"Where Three En-
pires Meet"
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21
Nav Iakes la ths T.rritorv.

A dispatch from Elrono, o. T., says
that NJ OF the curious features of the
late unprecedented rise In the South Ca
madam river is the formation Of numer-
q lakes along the bottoms Of that
stream. The sand has blown out Of the
bed Of the river In times past until a high
embankment IL formed along the shores
OF the river, and behind this bank are
left the lakes upon the subsistence Of the
stream. They give every indication Of
permanency, and some Of them are many
square miles In tstent The loss Of val
liable farm lands 10 very great, In many
eases the settlers being driven from their
homes and improYom@ta
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21

"a gentleman by the name Of Thack-
cray, who once wrote some books" de-
hnes q gentleman as zone having high
aims" Judged by this standard, my
chappy friend, where are wef' Most
Of us are absorbed In a desire to wear
good clothes, to own horses or boats, to
20 to races and bet, to drink all the new
combinations Of abominable stuffs, to go
10 comic opera and get up an affair with
q chorus girl. These are our thigh
alma" Heaven save the mark know
Of a man who the other night ROBBED him
self in a flowing silk and do q s~erpentine
dance. Fancy tia mani Truly this is
the day Of vaudeville. We find the bone
less man more interesting than Hamlet,
and we prefer "Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay" Ia
dies 10 the tragedienne. Our pianos are
loaded with concert hall classics of the
Daddy Wouldn't Buy Mes Bow Wow"
order. To have the honor Of the Rc-
quaintance Of one Of the painted ladies
Of the ballet is to occupy a position Of
enviable distinction, and to be q real
"stage door Johnny" is better than to be
the writer Of many books.
Dear Mr.. Thackeray, you really must
have been mistaken about those ''high
aims" We are quite sure we are all
gentlemen, and you know you really
couldn't call our aspirations and long
ings "high aims" Let me place you
right. The true gentleman is he who
wears tine most swagger clothes, who
talks in the most exaggerated way, who
can drink and bet and swear, who car
most recklessly squander his Tor some
body else's) money, and whose intimat'
associates are the ladies Of the chorus
and the gentlemen of the turf. Oh, yes
Mr.. Thackeray, you were quite wrong
or else-we are. Whichi-fIarper's Ba
Enr.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21

If things keep on as they have been
Of late, the dress refOrmers will have to
look TO the women bicyclists as their
leaders. From all sides come umors Of
strange garments seen In o fash as a
wheel woman spins past. One startled
woman writes the following description
Of q vision she saw on q country road;
"Gray was the color Of her. Coat over
blouse to begin with and combinations
that looked like Turkish trousers. Let
me add that the sole improperly about
the costume is in my description Of it."
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21

Alandlord in Orchard street was eject
ing a female tenant for nonpayment of
rent when a passerby inquired the cause
Of the trouble, and being told said that
be would not see a woman turned out Of
her home and that he would pay the
rent. He handed 500 to the landlord,
who took four months rent ont Of it and
gave the balance W52) back to the good
Samaritan and a receipt TO the woman.
The man then went away, and the land
lord a few minutes later discovered that
he had been swindled, as the 800 bill
was a counterfeit.-New York Letter.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21

The first woman, 30 far "A known, 10
make a descent IN a diving dress among
the pearl fisheries Of the Indian ocean
was Miss Jessie Alderman, the Worlds
Woman's Christian Temperance union
missionary, On her recent trip from
Australia TO Singapore the vessel she
was on stopped for two days among the
pearling heet, and here Miss Ackermen
went down 90 feet Ia the oceans depths
and returned IN safoty.-San Francisco
ArRonaut
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21

don't think Il Il half As mach fun - sailing.
have bosn Ia bathing two o. three limos. II ID
great fun 70 run IN the waves and have them
swallow you up almost. 1 was afraid the hni
time I went IN; the waves struck me 70 hard
and knocked me on my feel, butI have learned
70 duck M had and but Il tust like = goat,
you know. grandma That's The only WAY "a
treat the waves. / can win. but doa't 20
cut far. Qusaa I'd bsttsT stop nov. ] promised
" play q gnmo Of tannis with mY sister. Dc
you play tennis, Randmai Your grandson,
paul WHIT1 YoUEo.
Christian ~ Work
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21

How ought It to DO pronounced? All
the experts on the subject. like Voor-
bees, Allison, Sherman and Bland, call IL
FINANCE" with the accent on the first
syllable. Most Of the s~outherners make
it "fee-nance," with a lingering drawl.
Nobody yet has caught the classical
touch, finance" except Pasco and PEI
fer. But they are right.-Cor. New
York Racorder
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21

Aspecies Of acacia, which grows very
abundantly in Nubia and the Soudan, is
also called the "whistling tree by the
natives. It's shoots are frequently. by
the agency Of the larvae Of insects, dis
torted in shape and swollen into a globu-
lar bladder from 1 to 2 inches in diane
tor. After tho insect has emerged from
a circular hole in the side Of this swell
ing, the opening, played upon by the
wind, becomes a musical instrument
nearly equal Ia sonnd TO a sweet toned
hute.-New York Telegram.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21

A little boy who Is spending the sum
mer at Northampton, N. Y, wrote this
letter 10 his grandmother;
DEAR GHAEDMA-Wo are down here for the
summer. am having a Jolly time. Some boys
At the hotel aud l 20 Grabbing every day. Pape
takes " out In the sailb0At when he Il here,
bat VIII not let us go alone. Ny sister has .
rowboat, and somsumos We 60 rowing, but !
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21

Mrs. Hannah Davies, wife Of q lRborer,
living near Cardigan. England. Ia the
latest candidate for the queens bounty
She gave birth 10 four children. three
girls and g boy. recently, and all are do
ing well.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21

hasn't the slightest fear In the water.
swims with great rapidity, and, az her
teachers say. makes "the prettiest dive"
In lieu Of a Goat she will jump from the
crossed hands Of her mother and aunt.
She doesn't Ike the taste Of salt water,
however, and one little mouthful will
serve TO keep her head above It for some
time.
Little Miss Genevra is q cyclist as well
as q swimmer aud rides the smallest
wheel made. wearing q regular little BIZ
cycle suit and cap.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21

Mother Bickerdyke, whose services as
nurse during the war are well known,
lives now at Russell, Kan.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21

Cora A. Stewart, a Vassar girl, has
taken one Of the three special fellow
ships offered by the Chicago university.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-21
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
Llssls osnsyra ousbin4

Among the pupils OF the Dennott Swim.
ming school At Bay Ridge. l.. l.. IS little
Mis- Genevra Gabbius Of lighth v
nue., Brooklyn. She was only 4 when
ahe became = slilliui swimmer hummer
before last She Il q dear little woman.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-08
How Panic. are made snd Prevented.
JOIN T. SULLIVAN,
Rector Of Cathedral.
4tlaHta Constitution

The way to bring on panic is for
every man who has any prOpertyto talk
about the tight times. Let the bank
men talk dolefully and doubiiully about
money matters, and when a man wants
to borrow more money than you think
he ought to have, look frightened and
get excited. Let every manufacturer
shut down, and turn his hands out TO
grass. Take your money out OF the
banks and hide it where II will be stolen
so as to add TO the excitement. Don't
try TO pay your debts. Just croak and
croak, and speculate about how far this
is going anyhow!
Now this line, followed TO the letter,
will produce panic in any community.
We know several communities where 1t
IS being worked, and some for pur-
pose.
Panics are made just as we have des-
cribed. They are prevented, and rem
dered harmless by every man standing
shoulder TO shoulder, helping his neigh
Dor when he can, being cheerful, sup
pressing rascality in trade and paying
debts promptly. This, with the exer-
Csc OF pdtleLCt duu CCOuOulyt VIII 10 W'4
that is required.
The South is not materially affected
by the tight money market. II is true
the situation is not one to be courted,
but our business institutions are as
firmly fixed and, as stable as they have
ever been. With a proper change in
our financial system they will be better
prepared TO start on the next decade Of
prosperity than any part Of the United
States.
The South is better of to-day than
the North, East or West. We have
suffered so long for the want Of money
that we have, to certain extent, got
ten used to il. We don't Ike it, but
there is some consolation in the thought
that these times will level matters.
The people have it in their power to
make panic or prevent Que, and this
is why our Southern people are in no
state Of panic to-day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-08
MARTINS FERRY.


II some OF our people who aid in cir
culating wild rumors in reference to
runs made on the Wheeling banks and
the effect it would have on the banks Of
this city, would only stop to think Of
the injury that they might cause some
one through their reckless talk, they
perhaps would regret their rash way Of
Judging matters they know nothing OF.
There is no need OF any scare In this
town, as our banks are in good condi-
ton and the people here who do bust
ness with them have all the confidence
In the world In their perfect security.
At this time any Que that would start a
false rumor In regard to such matters
should be locked up as man unsafe 10
run at large.
Hon. VIM. NJ. Lupton, w. F. Bailey,
Henry Burke and Jno. w. Terrill will
leave to-day TO attend the Democratic
State convention, which will be held at
Cincinnati on the 9th and 10th inst.
Rev. Father Mattin gly and Glenn Nc
Cabe are in Columbus, attending the sill
YER jubilee OF Bishop Watterson.
Emerson Campbell has returned from
ZOar much improved In health.
Will Rogers, the accommodating bag
gage master at the c. & P. depot, is of
on two weeks vacation.
Chas. PAUL, of Steubenville, was in
the city yesterday on business.
Frank link, R. b. Rumick and j. E.
Reynolds left yesterday for Chicago TO
take in the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. Hutchinson. OF Blairsvllle, is the
the guest OF Mike Morton.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Thomas left yes
terday over the G, 81 P. +. r. for Buffa-
10, n. Y.
Tho Soldiers Relief orders for the
month are left at the Commercial bank,
where they can be had by those entitled
to them.
Miss Ella Schofeld IS visiting friends
in Sardis, o.
Mrs. Thomas Stroup and son, Hal, left
yesterday to visit friends in Adena, O..
The Town Trustees met in regular
monthly session last night at the Clerks
Office.
P. T. Anderson, Of the Times, is
spending his vacation this week taking
ia the Teachers Institute al st. Glars
Vile.
5. b. Williams has returned from s
business trip to DelphoS, Ohio.
HAIRY Hood and family left yesterday
for three weeks visit tie Niles, o.
Miss Bertha Walker, of Toronto, is
the guest Of Mrs. Hattie Morton OF
| Clinton street.
Rev, w. b. Hsrtzog, Of Ada, O., will
preach at the Baptist church, OF this
city, next Sabbath.
A. B. Gordon left yesterday for Ben's
Run, w. Va, on business for Spence &
| Son.
Ex-Probate Judge CASTOR and A. w.
Kennon, of st. Clairsville, were in town
yesterday. $50 -,
MIR. and Mrs. A. B. Gilmour will
leave this morning for a two weeks
visit TO Mt. Vernon, o.
c. A. Smith, J. w. Pennington, Evan
Davis and Francis Mullaney returned
Yesterday from Marietta.
Deputy Sheriff Derby was in town
Yesterday on business
A wrestling match was made between
David Thaxton aud John Saxon Satur-
| dav night. The match came off last
evening in Walnut Grove, and was woa
| by Saxon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-08
vot5RErTNG DAILY REGISTER. TUESDAY, AUGUST 1883.

closing at 4s%c; Septemo Der 4ssIc: De-
cember 46Jka47c, closing at 4S%c. Oats,
receipts, $4,000 bushels; exports, 245,0OO
bushels: sales. So, 600 bushels futures aud
$4,000 bushels spot; market quiet ana
firm; August 3ls<a33ssc. closing at $780,
September 30a< a9l9sc, closing at 3O1lc; NO
Chicago Soc; mixed western Soa5o1Sc;
Cut meats steady. Lard, easier ana
quiet; western steam IS 90; September
81 OF: October 81 SIS. Pork, steady; new
mess SIS co. Butter, Arm; western
dairy l4al616c; do creamery l6a2Oc.
Cheese, quiet Eggs, steady; western
freah 1516c Tallow steady. Cotton SEED
oil dull. Petroleum, steady. Rosin, dull.
Turpentine, weak Rice firm and quiet.
Molasses quiet. Coffee, dull and IN
changed. Sugar firm.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, August Flour,
quiet. Wheat, firm: No. : red August
65I5ae55kc; September 67s674c; Octo-
Der 69a69Ac; November 7ls7l4c Corn,
dull; No. 2 mixed August 4SI la4S2[c; Sep
TENDER 4S5<a49c; October 49a4S14c;
November 4g%a5Oc Oats, firm; No.
Q white August 33s931{c; September S2a
32Ikc: October 331lc. Butter, dull; extra,
zoe; Pennsylvania prints extra, 24a26c; 90
jobbing, 25a2Sc. Eggs, firm; Pennsylvania
firsts, 15c. Cheese, steady. Receipts-tlour,
Z.uuU UdTT6lSs WuCatf NO,VOo 49, NSAS' -
81, 900 bushels: oats, $1,000 bushels. Ship
ments-Wheat, 6S, 1000 bushels; corn, lls,VOo
bushels; oats, $4,000 bushels.
CINCINNATI, o. August Cotton. quiet;
middling SIC. Flour, steady; fancy s. 5Oa
2 IS; family & 00a2 10. Wheat, steady;
No. 2 red 55c: receipts, 5000: shipments,
10 900. Corn, strong: No. . mixed 441{c.
Oats, easier at Csc Rye, easier; No. sec.
Pork, neglected at Sl4 90. Lard, dull at
81 90. Bulk meats, quiet at s. 50aS 90. Ba-
con. easy at $40 %. Whisky, dull at 81 IL.
Butter. steady; fancy Elgin creamery 22c.
Ohio 19a20c; choice dairy lie. Linseed oil,
quiet at 45a47c. Sugar, steady; hard re-
fined 52Sa6c; yellow 35sa5c Eggs, dull at
l9c Cheese, firm; prime to choice ONO
fat SAG.
TOLEDO, o., August Wheat, active
and lower; No cash Coo; September SIC;
December 695Ic. Corn, dull; No. 3 cash
Acc. Oats. quiet; cash 254c. Rye, dull,
steady: No. 2 cash 4714c. Cloverseed,
steady; prime October Sc 10. Receipts
Flour. $40 barrels; wheat, 1900 bushels;
corn, 5000 bushels oats, l 900 bushels;
rye. 1000 bushels. Approximations,
1000 barrels; wheat, 245,0 900 bushels corn,
5000 bushels; oats, 400 bushels.
BALTIMORE, August Wheat, dull; spot
G5Jlc; September &c; October 69c. Corn,
firm; mixed spot 47Isc; September 4511c;
October 4sc Oats, firm; No white west
ern SIC. Rye dull at Sc Hay, strong at
S21 OOa22 90. Butter, very quiet; creamery
fancy 2lc. Eggs, steady at 13c. Gomez,
quiet; Rio 1870.