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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-08-03
a WISE PASHA.
Who Was Able to Live AmIcably with
Several Wives.


lSmail appears to have been one of
the few men who have succeeded in
living in amity with a number of wives
under the same roof. Writing upon the
glamour of the harem and the khedive's
relation toward his spouses, Miss Chen
nells, in her book, "Recollections of an
Egyptian Princess" says:
The great object of European ladies,
either at Constantinople or Cairo, is to
get an introduction to the harem; but
once visited the charm is generally
broken. On fete days the impression
Is gorgeous; the magnificent dresses,
the splendid apartments, the flashing
OF Jewels, the open courts with the
ieathery palms, and the sound of fall
ing waters, all produce delightful eff
feet, But on ordinary visits you were
struck with the entire absence of any
thing TO promote amusement or mental
occupation. No books, music, or any
nttIe feminine work lying bout. The
windows might look out on a garden,
out there was sure 10 be high wall
''''"' 'ut al buJCT me Inc
Nhedjvc, TO do him justice, was anxious
70 raise the position of women; he
founded schools for girls, he endeav-
ored to promote education in his own
"arem' and gave much greater liberty
an" means, both of recreation and in
S'ructon, TO its inmates than any
sovereign had done before him. Ismail
IaSha had four wives, the full proper
oIon allowed by the koran. To the
Ur>t and second he was married when
IU''e Young, and TO the third after his
accession. These three ladies lived
WIN MN in the same palace. They, of
course had separate suites of apart
menus but they lived in perfect amity,
a.. mad full opportunity of knowing
,%.'r' once said what u wonderful
u,nE 1t was for three wives to live to-
S,'"'r like atfectionate sisters. but |
E ""s answered Immediately: That is
9.'au'e his highneSs never shows anv
i,'''rehce for one more than the others:
IL one is favored to-day, the others
lave lave their turn Tomorrow thought
" wonderful man TO keep the bal
ance 50 even" = '''' '"'
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-08-03
DISCARDED BY THREE STATES
The Original No Mans Land Lay Between
Maryland and Delaware.

When one speaks to you of No Mans
land, don't be so sure that he means to
refer you TO that strip of sand prairie
at the far end of the Indian territory,
otherwise 1.-The Panhandle" The or
iginal No Mans land is little tongue
of real estate extending few miles
south of the Mason and Dixon line, be-
tween the states of Maryland and Del
aware. Occasionally some one starts
the story that the aforementioned
tract is, properly speaking, part of
piece of the United States where no
one owns the land upon which he re-
sides. On the maps the land is usually
accredited to the state OF Pennsylva-
MIA, but high legal authority says that
the claim is very vague and Shadowy.
This triangular bit of territory was
marked off in curious manner, as re-
lated by the Philadelphia Press. The
eastern boundary of Maryland was
early determined, but the southern
boundary of Pennsylvania was long a
matter OF dispute. Finally Mason and
Dixon began their survey, starting at
the eastern boundary Of Maryland,
proceeding westward. At the same
time the northern boundary of Della
ware was declared to be semicircle,
the center of which was New Castle.
In surveying this semicircle it was
found that the circumference did not
touch the boundary of Maryland at its
junction with the Pennsylvania line.
Thus this three-cornered bit Of land
was actually left over, discarded by
three states and finally attached to
PENNSYLVANIA for judicial purposes.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-08-03

TWELVE young men of Bordentown,
N. j., are coming to the exposition in
freight car fitted up with sleeping
hunks, cooking range, and a we'll
stocked commissary department. The
car will be attached to freight trains,
and the estimated expense of the round
trip is only ten dollars apiece. The
palm for thrift and originality goes to
New Jersey.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-08-03
9OLLET-PROOF BREAsTPLATE
invention OF German Tailor to
Protect Soldiers,


u Protect Soldiers.
barao yectue makers in recent years
ingon expended much money, time and
oftbauIIy IN increasing the efficiency
in ' various missiles that come with
have y, OF their endeavors, and they
dcrt,(S undoubtedly achieved some won
alb MteSuits. But of what use is it
Proved So sooner is the projectile i'm
tbeIn'.Iv.o the extent of demolishing
Soma "e'lest object of its attack than
defo,tt o ~ Improvement is made to
plate 10 "e improved projectile. Armor
trated made too strong to be pene-
known " missiles of the greatest
are mad 'netration, and then missiles
10 penetrate the armor, and
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-22
A .woman,, Park A,,ooIation. -

The initiative has been taken by a
number of the representative ladies of
Sioux City in movement to secure for
the city a system of public parks.
A meeting was held in the Office of
Miss Jennie E. Rogers, in the United
Bank building, at which there were
twenty-five ladies in attendance. Miss
Rogers stated the purpose Of the meet
ing and introduced Miss Kate Field,
who had kindly consented to be present
and talk about parks. Miss Fields re-
marks were listened to with appreciative
interest. A general discussion followed
along lines suggested by Miss Field, and
was participated in by number of Ia
dies.
1t was decided to form Woman's
Park association. The following were
elected officers: President, Mrs. j. d.
Yeomans: vice president, Mrs. j. P.
Blood; secretary, Miss Jennie E. Rogers
treasurer, Mrs. E. E. Bailey; directors,
Mesdames E. 81. Boehmler, Frances N.
Davis, L. P. Gere, E. E. Lewis and ]. D.
Spalding and Miss Elinor Gordon
Sioux City Journal
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-22
IDAHO oPALs.
Rich Fields of Gems Found In the Owyhee
Mountains.

Rich Fields of Gems Found In the Owyhee
Mountains.
To the mineral wealth of Idaho-long
known to be rich in gold, silver and copper
have been added by recent discovery vast
deposits of opals and other precious stones.
When the discovery was first announced, it
was suspected to be a boomers trick, but
investigation confirmed the news, and
many valuableopals have since been found.
They vary from the size of pea to that of
a small acorn, and their value ranges all
the way from 81 to $40 a carat, some of
them having been sold at the latter rate.
New York experts have pronounced them
excellent, and capitalists from there and
many of the other large cities of the coun-
try are already upon the ground looking
for chances to invest their money.
The rush of prospectors has been sufficient
to start an incipient city. 1t has been named
Opaline, and the population increases every
day. 1t is city of tents and is situated In
the foothills of the Owyhee mountains,
about 20 miles from Silver City The site
is beautiful one and the neighborhood
abounds in hot springs, the water Of which
will boil an egg, and there is an ice cold
spring that supplies the town with drink
ing water The traces of volcanic action
in the region are abundant. Marks of great
heat are to be seen everywhere on the rocks,
and lava is plentiful.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-22

RoTUNDA IN GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
with a covered walk down the center. and
on either side a most remarkable aQQreQa-
ton of curiosities-human. Architectural
and scientific These are the evillares,' of
the plaisance of which SO much has been
written and said. In them the life. man
ners, industries and amusements of all
sorts and conditions of men are shown
forth. and man NAV learn here mora az
these things than he could by a tourney 10
the ends of the earth.
At the eastern end of the plaisance. after
passing under the Stony Island avenue via
ducts. the visitor finds himself before tbe
Woman's building. with horticultural hall
on his right hand as he looks toward tbe
east and a long vista of state buildings on
his left It will be best to start, with an in
spection of horticultural hall. unless Won
are a botanist or florist. or in some yyav
particularly devoted to plants and flowers
In which case YOU had better leave the Hor
ticultural building to be visited later. for
YOU will never be able to tear Yourself
away. The viticultural exhibit is In the
south wing and the rose garden on the
wooded island lust across the lagoon. and
IL YOU do not wish to return to Horticul-
tural hall you had better see them ON your
first visit.
Next in order is the Woman's building.
although If you are woman or have a wo.
man on your arm you will have gone there
first in spite of directions. Mere man. es-
pecially il alone, ought not to enter here II,
any spirit of irreyerence In fact. IL he he
at all thoughtful he cannot for this build-
ing for the glorification OF woman was
planned by women, designed by a woman.
decorated by women and has been alto
Gather ,,nda,. tba cont,.ol ora ,,,o,a ,ra,,,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-22

1t is reproach to the American people
that some memorial to Mary Washington
has not been erected. One was begun as
long ago az 1888, but was never finished,
although congress took transitory interest
in the matter, and the senate twice passed
bill appropriating $4,000 for the purpose.
which was never ratified by the house. The
present association was organized in 1880
and proposes to erect a granite obelisk 80
feet high in place of the monument begun
so long ago and to inclose and adorn the
burial place and provide for an endowment
fund for the preservation of the memorial.
The association has had life membership
medals struck, which may be obtained on
the payment of sos and which are to descend
in the female line from the subscribers to
their daughters and granddaughters, whose
privilege it will be to preserve and perpetu-
ate the work done by the association.
A curious fact has been made public late
ly about the pictures that have been pub
lished as those of Mary Washington. 1t is
asserted on the authority of distinguished
antiquary that they are not portraits of her
at all, but of Dolly Madison. The gentle
man who said this did not think there was
aportrait of Mary Washington in existence,
but one has been discovered that seems to
uo SeHutnc' ~ Is JIG properly VI JuuSe
Townsend of New York city and was
painted by Mertmuller, whose portrait of
Washington is well known and must have
been done about the same time.
The painting is about 90 inches square
and represents a woman of about 60 years
costumed in a gownof the latter part of
the last century. The full face is remarka-
BILE for its character and presents striking
evidence of the genuineness of the purCrait
by its resemblance to the well known face
of Washington. There is the same mouth
and brow and the same sereneness of the
eyes, and no one who looks upon the pic
ture will find it difficult to tell whence
came the f1rmness and good Judgment of
the Father of His Country.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-22

Opals are found imbedded in the rock
like raisins in cake, only not as plentiful
as most people prefer the fruit. They are
scattered about at haphazard and not &C
cording to any special plan. They are OBJ
tanned by blasting or breaking the rock
with hammer, and great care must be
exercised lest they be shattered. Each
gem is inclosed in stone matrix that must
be cut away before its beauty can be seen.
The entire district in Idaho where opals
are mined is designated Opaline in gener-
al way, though there are several distinct
camps One of the most notable is Squaw
Creek camp, just over the ridge from Opal
inc. 1t is named from creek that gushes
forth as a spring from the heart of a noun
tain near by. Several valuable specimens
have been found there, and the claims are
fast being located by prospectors.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-22
flow t.
BAxTER's ITINERARY I s
JACKSON Pan

Good Advice For Those Whose 1f4s1
limited and Who wish to- Make tls4
Most OF It-Get Knowledge Of General
Features First.
Many people just now are seeking infor-
nation about the best way to see as much
IS possible of the big fair In short time.
The great majority have but few days to
spend there, and how to spend them profit
ably is a matter about which they would
like to be advised. How difficult IL Is to
advise them no one realizes half SO well as
a person who has been on the ground from
the beginning. The more one knows about
it the less possible does it seem that any
thing like an adequate comprehension of
its wonders can be obtained in few short
visits. Yet people who have time only for
few visits are still further handicapped
by not knowing definitely where to 60 and
what to look for, and an itinerary for them
from one who knows whereof he speaks
ought to be of some benefit.
Suppose a man enters the Midway plat
sance at its extreme western gate, in Cot
tage Grove avenue He will see before him
an avenue a mile long and 600 feet wide.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-22
women's work for SILK Culture.

The Philadelphia Silk Culture associa-
ton has done wonders, considering the
difficulties under which itlabors. 1t has
lived and persevered heroically, distrib-
uting information and cocoons until silk
is now produced in every state of the
Union, and of admirable quality. eff
we could only secure the cooperation of
the silk manufacturers" says Mrs. Lucas,
the woman to whom the industry owes
undying gratitude, 1--WE could offer at the
great Worlds fair in Chicago such an
exhibit of this most beautiful industry
as the world has not seen, and that
would impel our women to earnest
action. "-Homemaker.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-22
A wealthy young Woman.

Miss Virginia Fair, the young Califor
mia heiress, will hereafter make her home
in New York. She is charming young
girl in her early teens. She is refresh
ingly natural, as bright as the proverbial
dollar and wonderfully worldly wise for
her age. She is tall, slender girl, with
thick, curling hair of russell brown, very
decidedly tinged with auburn, and with
great gray eyes. When fair Virginia
Fair attains her majority she will be one
of the richest young women in America.
Her education, which has hitherto been
conducted in convent, will continue
under private tutors. New York Letter.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-22
The Fad for Spanish.

Many wideawake young people are at
present devoting themselves to the study
of Spanish. It is an effective linguistic
accomplishment and is likely to prove
practical when we come into close asso,
citation with our Spanish-American
neighbors. Spanish classes should be
one of the practical fads of the coming
season, if there are still any among us
who do not know it all.-Boston Com
monwealth.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-22
The women's University Club.

The college bred women of the me.
tropolis and its cluster of surrounding
towns and villages have determined to
found club of their own where they
may meet and exert their influence to-
ward the promotion of literature, art
and the hundred other questions in
which they are interested
1t is a new idea, born of desire to
effect higher development in all those
departments of life and industry in
which intelligent and educated women
are peculiarly interested. So far as we
can recall, no city in the Union has an
organization of this kind, and the COM
munities are few and wide apart where
such an association of women on large
scale is possible. Philadelphia, Boston,
Chicago, Washington, Baltimore, San
Francisco, New Orleans and perhaps one
or two other big cities have the material
from which clubs of this character can
be formed.
If the pioneer one here is what its pro-
jectors hope it will be, we may be GER
tain that the women in all those cities
will follow the example of their metro
politan sisters.
The influence of club of this charac-
ter laid down on broad lines and intelli-
gently directed would be incalculable.
It would count for all that is noble and
elevating in our social life. It would be
an aid to good government to the high
est and best development of the Ameri-
can principle irrespective of mere parti-
san parties and methods. 1t would set
the standard of good taste, of the pro-
prieties and amenities. York Re-
corder.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-22
Dickens Daughters.

In recent interview, Charles Dick
ems, the son of his father, said ''My sis
ter Mary, the second of the family, is
unmarried and manages typewriting
establishment in this very building. My
second sister, Catherine Elizabeth Ma
cready, married Carlo Pellegrini, the
artist, and is an artist herself, as you
know. My elder sister does not do any
literary work. She edited my fathers
letters, but at present she has nothing to
do with literature"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-22

.N9men who bad prov

X l4p<.@ CHARACTERIZATION PAL %
e 1870 could register. Then Chan
cei|pr Tuley ruled that women were en-
titled to register and vote.
With 80 many conflicting decisions the
precinct judges as well as the women
We're at loss to know what to do. and
the result was that in several precincts
Inc women We're registered, while in
Others they were turned away.
In the Twenty-sixth ward twenty-fiv
women, led by Miss Thompson, stormed
the precinct booth. They were turned
away. Mrs. Kate E. Tuley, wife of the
venerable chancellor, presented herself
at the Madison park booth and was per-
united to register, but got no assurance
that she would be allowed to vote. Mrs
Jenkins Lloyd Jones was not permitted
to register. Then she went to All Souls'
church, where many of her colleagues
had gathered, and started an experience
meeting.
Pension Agent Ada c. Sweet and the
wife of Bishop Fallows were also turned
away by the judges, who read their in
structions to the applicants. Miss HUI
ling, secretary of the Woman's Suffrage
association, came loaded for trouble
when she approached the booth in Ar
gyle park. But to her dismay she was
permitted to register, and the Judges
were even SO gallant that they tipped
their hats to her. 1t is not probable that
more than 100 women were registered
during the day.-Chicago Letter.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-22
wAsHlNoToN,s MOTHER.
hing About Her Monument and the
Only Authentic Portrait.

tnnt aiming About Her Monument and the
Only Authentic Portrait.
The ladies of the National Mary Wash
ington Memorial association have recently
been able to congratulate themselves upon
Al great increase in the interest manifested
BY the general public in the object of their
Organization, and it is quite probable that
twill not be long before they obtain the
fewthousand dollars necessary to complete
theih monument to the memory Of the
mother of the immortal George. The first
exhibit placed in the Woman's building at
the Werld's fair was model of the pro
posed monument, and it is expected that
one result of its exhibition win be great
hcreasebf incoming funds.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-22
OF WoMEN's COLLEGES

buttons for Women Alone Ara
rowded and Prosperous.
popularity of the woman's col.
reases as rapidly in the next two
Is it has in the past decade, the
Who does not go college will be- re.
fded as greater anomaly than was
\ first girl considered who defied the
brld to win her collegiate honors.
Sixteen years ago Smith college opened
th twelve students; this year it has
hrly 700, and the trustees have voted
build two more dorinitories on the
npus at cost of $4,000. The
amne have already raised funds for
mpleting the basement hall and swim.
ing baths of the new gymnasium.
wellesley college enrolls this year more
an 700 students and refuses many an
cants ON account of limited accommo-
Itions.
More than 200 students are working in
Harvard annex, including graduates
the Cambridge Latin school, Kansas
Diversity, Wisconsin university, Ober-
and Bryn Mawr colleges.
II was about thirty years ago that
atthew Vassar wrote, ut occurred to
that woman, having received from
creator the same intellectual consti-
tion as man, has the same right as
an to intellectual culture and devotion.
hnt," and founded the great college
bich bears his name and is now crowd
with women students eager for the
chest and broadcast culture. Bryn Mawr
EMS with it's full quota of students,
ID the new Leland Stanford, Jr., uni
fsity has sixty young women among
800 accepted students. The new uni
rsity is coeducational in all its depart
ents.
The baby college, Columbia's adopted
ughter Barnard, opens with fifty-one
hdents, nineteen of whom are working
degrees. This is the only one of the
mex colleges to receive from the parent
ktitution equal recognition for equal
*brk.
fThe Johns Hopkins university now re-
Ives women in its medical college, and
e Pennsylvania university, after long
&lnbat, opens its doors to them. The
4oportion of women students constantly
*ereases in the coeducational institu-
pns of all grades.
#Bryn Mawr, Smith, Vassar, Wellesley,
"a Woman's College of Baltimore, Ober-
Northwestern university and the
University of Kansas all accept women
professors, while several other i'm
rtant institutions employ them as
{ TORS And why not? The University
81 Bologna had women professors in the
ys of its greatest glory, when 1900
pdents every year enjoyed its advan-
(ges.
q The university at Salamanca had a
pman enrolled among its professors at
he height of it's fame. And as early as
lie Thirteenth century Professor Laura
hssi lectured in one of the great Italian
Universities, though on account of her
puth and distracting beauty she was
pliged to speak to the men students
5Om behind screen or curtain.
Few of our state universities have,
pwever, offered professorships to wom-
b, although declaring strongly in favor
coeducation among students.
*ork Sun.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-22
Birds In Bonnets.

''The fight against birds in bonnets'
is not confined to England. A number
of German ladies, Notwithstanding the
failure of = earlier society with the
same object, have started new league.
The German society, like the English,
has duchess as president-the Duchess
of Mecklenburg. For all we know, WON
anly tenderness and good sense may be
starting similar crusade in other coun-
tries, SO that in these days of interna-
tional congresses for all sorts of good
things we shall probably soon have an
ecumenical synod of ladies to protect the
birds from slaughter in masses for pur-
poses of fashion" They may have Sec
ton for dealing with the slaughter OF
pigeons in masses by their husbands,
lovers, brothers and cousins, which is as
much done in the service of fashion
as the slaughter of birds for bonnets. =
Pail Mall Gazette.