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Two Absnr.l lsnglisl. raas.

tTharo aro two fashions very largely. almes5 universally, affected by English women just now that 1 don't think will be copied over here even by the most pronounced 1addist, . remarked q wem- an just hacls from long stay ill Eng land. They arc the ehignon and the walking cane.
 The fashionable eoiifure is hideous- nay, reyolting-ahd I'm sorry to say it is affected by aboeg eight iii ten Eng fish women. 1t is ainl9iga return to the most extreme stgI3 Of tko ul0 chi@Aon-- an intfaensa w;sa of hai9, or imitation If onu stuck straight ont from tho back of thn head ii iti ox.rcmo develop mont it is often fully as largo as tho head which it disf@ares- Sometimes you see a woman wEo ains te Do ulaa fashion able wearing two If these llonstrosi- ties, ena atep of t.ea other, a,4d maybe q little sailor ii.,s pereIlod stop of the wad, but ucs covering her head at all The only Improvement ever tho old ehignon is taat the present ono is hair eovered wire frame instead cf swab If hair Ire vulgar people call it q bun In trip around the continent l didn t see a single bun except on tray cling English women. It is purely Eng fish and likely to remain so.
 'efhe inevitable accompaniment of the ehignon is tho walking cane, and it was to mo tho oldest thing in the world when arrived i'll England ip tiIe spring to sec every woman walking with a regular man cane. The heavy fashion ables carry heavy canes, just as our 'Chollies' do. I traveled all round Eng land, to all the big towns and the fash ienable watering places, and everywhere the cane was most conspicuous.
 But there's a reason for the cane, and absurd as it is. it is point for the cane above the chigaun for the latter is without any excuse whatever. Queen Victoria is oolnpei1aa to use walking cano whenever she moves about, and it is in compliment to her majcsty-or from T silly aping of royalty, whicheecr you like-that the English woman ear lios q cane. Yoa remember, of course, tho AleXandra Emp, which nearly ey- cry English woman affected some years ago and which had its origin in d lame- ress of the Princess of Wales It is in just sach ways that many of tho fashion able absurslities of Earope originate But heaven forfend Us from the ehignon and the cane.
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Women In Bondage.

Miss Fleliea Gammirsham, q mem bor Of tho Worlds fair board of lady managers tren Soath Carolinn made a dno address a5 Ashayillc. \. C., Nov
 15 Shodeelarea tAo serfs of Russia and the negroes ef the south were free, but woman alone Iela..a4ea iu hpn,iagc The women do hot asi.G0 go iiaeb to sit iii legislative hais oa they Go to yoso for clean men to hold o'4les. Under exist ing circumstances, sho thought, the women who wora most admired ly men were those Who VsTo most tiapeEdent, and it is thia cfass cf wunen that is opposed to woman $ suiir@ ga. She be- scagilt the men el North Carolina to wal,o up and elese.l wash a reeommen- dation that lentA Carolina shonld serG D delegate 10 tho convention to bo held ia AfsaHta il Folrassy, 1885. This cloae;l tho i.eeging, and these who heard went l4a.9a thinking more prob ably on ti4e qsestien of womsn's suf- frage than they had ever dosse before
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xanhen Rasi.e.s.

No debutanto now considers her toi- let tssblo complete witiioat tho expensive and fashionahla addition of bonbon basket or box fer fancy candies. The most elaborate ones are made of solid silver and hAvo | monogram handsome ly engraved upon tho lid. Very pretty ones may he made, however, of litt.o fancy shaped wicker baskets {shose shaped like hampers are the prettiesi Some have covers; others do not. They should be giiaed, or, better still, painted with white enamel both inside and out. When dry, trim them with loops of rib bon. When filed with candies or nuts, these make very acceptable little gifts. New York Telegram.
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Wearing Jcmels.

One interested in social customs and who has va. ehed New York women for a generation or moro must have baen struck by tlo fact that New Workers havo learned when and where and how to wear jewels. Ono may occasionally see diamonds worn during roand ct morning shopping, but such wearers are conspicuous. and woman who would appear at hotel breakfast with her fingers covered with expensive rings would atoHee lose caste, noIaat;er what her personal recommendations might be- New York Press.
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 MONEY IN ANCIENT ROME
A Time When Miilionaires Were Considered
 OnIv NNnI1

Time When Mlilionaires Were Considered
 Only Well Off.
 Unlike the Greeks and Jews, the Romans were not particularly gifted with the commercial instinct. and lour remained poor and frugal people. using copper coinage. Silver was only introduced in 269 B. C.. inst be- fore the Punic wars, nor did the precious metals become abundant un- til after the fall of Carthage. more than a century later Between the death of Cato, however, and that of Cicero, in the year 43 B. C., a complete social revolution took place Treasure poured in from many conquered coun- trles, the accumulations grew to be vast under Julius Caesar, and under Am gustus, when the civilization culmi- mated, the flood was at the full. and the currency was made bimetallic.
 Meanwhile, natural selection did its resistless work. Masses of eapital were concentrated in the hands of those who were economically the strongest. and q fortune of $500, GOO was thought poverty by the wealthy. Even so late as the fifth century, families of the second rank had incomes of that amount.
 of all the ways under the empire in which moneyed capital could be em. ployed none seems to have been so In. cratiye as usury, for the structure of society favored the trade of the money lender. Mark Antony, while still 2 youth, owed $25o, ,ooo, while Caesar owed s1,e5o0o0 before he he held an office Added to this was the general extrava. ganee. Il man of moderate fortune like Cicero, for example, usually lived beyond his means, and was in constant difficulty with his creditors.
 Yet Rome was comparatively a noo,. field, for there the rate of interest wa . not customarily more than 12 per cent. and was often lower It was in the provinces that the rich harvests were reaped, for the fiscal system was SD on pressive Chat the inhabitants had toi nave money at any price, and they were sorely squeezed through manyI generations. Verres lent at 24 ne,. cent. in Sicily, Brutus at IS per cent In Cyprus, while Seneca, who was worth about Sig, ,ooo, ,ooo, made usurious contracts in Brittany. = Tortnightlv Review .
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Rnssla,s Royal Widow.

Tho widowed empress of Russia, ac- cording to the strict etiquette of the Muscovite court, will wear during the first six months of her mourning simple dresses of black flannel. They arc made high and plain, with sleeves in what is known a5 Charles VI style, fastened tight at ito wrist, but cut wide and loose so as to reach tho ground. A train some three yards in length trails from the waist, and broad collars, cuffs and streamers of white cambrie contrast with tho gloom of the rest of her attire. The costume Is completed by cap Ia Marie Stuart, tho material being crape,
 and band cut into point to fit the shape crosses tke forehead, A crapo veil, shrouding the whole figure, is used on ceremonial occasions, but shorter one is substituted for everyday wear. All the toilet accessories arc of course black. Except as regards tho length of tho train, the ezarina' S mourning differs ill no way from that prescribed for the grand duchosses and the ladies belonging to tho four upper grades of the court eirele.---St. Petersburg Correspondent
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what if it was unlocked? when Mrs. Skynhyntle was almost sure that some one was stealing her coal.
 About to awaken her husband, she remembered that this was the time to display her courage. Seizing dressing gown and slippers, she erept out and downstairs.
 The window was locked, but on re- turning, as she reached the foot of the stairs, she heard some one stealthily moving about the bedroom. She listened again; yes, there it was againl Proud of vindicating herself, she flew to the burglar alarm and back again.
 sHellow her husband called Don t move or I'll shoot!''
 Good graciousm she thought, what if Henry is killedn' and her knees giv- ing way she sank to the floor with a thud.
 There was a scramble at the head of the stairs and some one rolled down, kidding groans to her shrielxs.
 When the neighbors and police ar- rived they found Mrs. Brownsmith. in strong mysteries and Mr. Brownsmith with a dislocated shoulder at the foot of the stairs.
 "I-I thought there were burglars and gave the alarm, she sobbed, when the tumult was subdued.
 "And I was merely doing as I re- solved, and rising early when l heard some one moving about the house, 3 groaned her husband.
 And that was as near as they ever came to keeping their New Years reso- lutions.
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posca to women taking any part h pun- lie affairs, but on looking up their ar guments in preparation for dehate they became converted and spoke with much eloouenee and feeling Tie judges de- oided in ia or of the affirmative side. Three young men arc HOW added to the advocates Of woman suffrage Boston Letter.
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Women as Imitators.

With tho t.siite made girl an easy walk cafne i.l---a val: that did not have suegestic of :. stride, but still, as 1t was swiugiag, was perfectly feminine and easy. IL ys;:s much prettier than tho mi.lcisig steps attained by walking theriabon By the lye, itaoes seem that while Nolsi;aa s.ra talking 50 much about their rights they have left very few to men.
 They havc taken his loose, heavy stitched gloves N.ith tAo big huttons. They lave taken his shirt front his tie, his scarfpjH his watch chain. his cig: : rettos. his coat pockets, and if some of tho bicycle riders continue to divide their skirts they will have taken his trousers. I have trieIl my very best to be convinced that ! woman looks well on bicycle. She does lot The attitude is an un9l1ccfnl, strained one and if the rider h: sa3s to be q fat woman her face gets fiesceIy red, ;.lsd she does look all object No matter how much care may have been given to tho got up, they all look pretty much alike, and most of tho riders have an untidy loolS-tumbled hair, nesligae cap. and. we'll, the gen. eral loose set ID being far from natty looking. Riding tho iron and steel horse may Lo popular. but certainly it is not pretty
 Of course somo of the fashionable Folnen havo learned to ride. They are
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en on the police fierce, as was decided at the recent convention Of that organi- zation, desire to have my name enter ed upon your record as tho inst appli- cant for appointment as q female police officer I believe with tho leaders of the W. c. T. U. that moro can be ac- compiislled while making arrests by tho use of moral suasion than by the use of clubs, pistols and brute force Tho ex- pertinent of female police officers is worth trying ;
 It is unnecessary to state that the commissioners were somewhat startled by this application. It is true there are several women connected with the po- lice department as matrons at the va rious stations, but the idea of q female policeman patrolling beat and swing ing billy was entirely new How ever, the matter was referred to Com missioner Truesdell, and he is calmly thinking it over. h the meantime Mrs Belva A. Lockwood and other promi- nent woman suffragists in tho District havo interested themselves i'll the case of Mrs. Thompson and declare they pro ktN(f50 " ptsiA iiSi upp'iSeSeioA " ssA' eP pointment.
 Mrs Thompson, who is 23 years old, is native of Charleston. There are not many woman suffragists ill that section of the country, and Mrs. Thomp- sou has acquired her ideas on this sub ject since she came to Washington about four years ago. When she was years old. her parents moved to eastern Ten nesseo, and in that mountain region she grew to womanhood. It was there that she developed a fondness for outdoor exercise and became an accomplished hQxsewoman, and, according to her 1xiandel 2 splendid rife shot. She han
 Iea \ pistol quite as expertly as any < E1ala and in this respect she would <qbahly excel the average member of HE police forco. Mrs Thompson early 1S7uired q taste for athletics of all sorts, ! X 3IsW yenrs ago she became inter-
 F 3e Deisartean theory Of physic-
 z1<4t 6l3o is m expert with
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Easeniil,g Insults.

How can refined woman best pro tect herself from insult? This IS se- rious question il these days when wonl- en arc being forced to accept fesp6hsl- bilitias and to stand oftentiiaes 70 eom- pletoly alone. Insults are not always moritod, and suppose man or q woln- an malieiousiy offers an aiffant to Il woman and tho one afrontod is innate ly refined, A9lla5 redress has she? Houo whatever There ia no code of honor 10 fit tho occasion. Unfortunately there are men and women who tako advan- tago of this lack of protection Some ono will adviao, Treat them with ti- lent contempt. Well, that is the only way cpo8, but it ia not a jast way Tine contempt doesnt affect the offenders, and silence renders their vieiousncss, being unknown, danFcrous to another.
 There is sueh q thing as srighteoas in- dignation, and tso frequently peace IS bought Gt to dear 2 rlto. If tho affront is an indiesalie effcnse, thore Is the court, but iU9 fey women would avail thomsclyos of tho publicity of this model There is tho other alternative of appealing to maio relative, which i3 very apt b e5cse trouble, and then perhaps the insHls k oielod by wom- an. Then to male relative does IL avail. Thaaa should be some code of honor Jhat ~aaid piGoo gentlewoman in sact an attitgdo that, fearing some refribution, man or wo1lan of tho aar0dius kiad weald b9 required to adhere to ab leas5 a courteous way of haing rudo. -Hew Orleans Times-Dem- Acrat
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They All Voted.

The surprise camo from Capitol hill. The woman who wrote articles to prove that woman should not appear ia rr,nt, the woman rho talked to provo th' t woman shonld keep silence, the woman who had mysteries at the taeught of the polls, the woman who took no interest i'll politics anl tho woman who vo#ed she would ! ger, never, heger yo.e, all turned out and worked aud eleetioae cred and gave tilae and money and votes to elect ticket -Denvor News.
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A Bit of Pathos at Clristmastide.

There is Q little girl of who has proved herself one of tho ministering children not in name only A few weeks ago the baby of the family died Tho children as well as the mother had locked forward to hanging up the baby $ stocking at Christmas with q great deal of pleasure. But tho loss of tho baby brought such anguish to the mother that sho decided to have no Christmas celo- bration of any kind. Last Sunday even- ing, as the family sat in partial dark ness, recaunting their loss with all itj sad circumstances tender little voice pierced the gloom:
 Mamma. isn't there any Christmas i'll heaven?"
 Yes, darling, answered the weep ing mother It is always Christmas there. J
 Then why don't you keep it here?' persisted the little girl. Jus make b'lieve baby isn't dead, an hang up her little stociin, mamma, all les all have Christmas jus the samo an be happy. like she is.
 The child s wisdom prevailed against the unreasoning sorrow of the mother, and the lit''e ones are happy al3 busy filling the stocking of the baby who wiu keep Christians i'll heaven.
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Right to Their I3arn;nsss.

Tic Graft of tho bil giving married woaeH fail ontrol over th9 products Cr their Fersonal industry has heen ar- proved by | committee Of the French chambers. H. Cortland who introGu2e'l tho maasura. was inspired by Mme Henri Sehnahl, tho most energetic ad- voc;.to Of women's rights i'll Franco Gnl oditfess of L l'Avant Courier, the organ of the groupe femi:liste.
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The first Christmas carol, as Milton and Jeremy Taylor have said, was sung by the angels on the plains of Bethle- hem. This castom has prevailed iii most Christian countries and is perpetuated Tn England and on the continent Gala brian minstrels still leave their moun- tains during the last days preceding Christmas for Naples or Rome, saluting with their wild music the shrines of tine Virgin Mother, to cheer her until the birth hour of tho infant Jesus. now near at hand The first Christmas carols were hymns i'll honor of the nativity. They afterward assumed more secular char acter, many of them being songs or rev. esry accompanying the festivities of tho season
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continually seeking for some new dis traction But yoa caa be very cart;.ln that they will ride in prigate schools or on their own private grounds and net through tic streets ef New York CT in the public parks. They are too wise to make guys of themselves for the ben- eft of the general rdblic. Occasionally they might do it among their own crowd, but be very sure that they are not going to let the hoi pclloi sec them mako fools of themselves. -Editor No man's Page, Boston Globe
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TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF.
BY ELISA ARMSTRONG.


 The Brownsmiths were preparing to retire; the parlor clock had been wound, the window garden covered with newspaper and the key to the front door hidden under the mat.
 "Dear mef' cried Mrs. Brownsmith, "this is New Years eve"
 "so it is," responded her husband, land haven't told you how l intend to begin the year"
 .'True; and haven't given it a thought myself, I-nny goodness! Look, hstenl There is somebody under the sofaF
 "NonsenseI It's only the cat. wish you would cultivate little bravery. 1T will. I'll turn over a new leaf to- morrow; know Pm Q coward.
 ssYou certainly are. And l have de cfded to arise early after this; l lose tue best part of the day, as it is"
 ',True; besides, you put back all the housework.' D
 After all, I don't lie abed so very late"
 "Indeed you do. You've often promised to rise earlier, but you never do."
 And you've often promised to be sensible and not be afraid of ycux shadow"
 Afraid of my ghadow Pm not"
 "Absurd!"
 "Ridiculous!"
 They both founced off to bed with out even saying good night.
 In the very early morning, Mrs. Brownsmith, awakened at some sound, thought of the dining-room window
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EN FAMlLLE.

dy eoppers points oil tho twirling of a baton in tho most artistic manner. From her homo i'll Knoxville Mrs. Thompson came to this city, and since the death of her husband short time ago she has supported herself by sewing and by occasional work at copying Washington Cor. Chicago Herald.
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asE.lir end Toaue Alike.

It is a fad to have huff and todue to match. 4 chic example is carried out ill reapolifan violet velvet. The square pointed sides of the toque are trimmed with violets and salle tail. Tho same is oa the ruif, with ito addition of a pretty gathering Of lace OH ono side.
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A now departure in Russian journal ism has been initiated at fIolsingfors, with the establishment in that city of q newspaper edited and conducted entire ly by a staff of ladies'
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Saving Space,

"R.nlins is going at a remarkable pace even for him
 sHe says it's economy"
 "EconomyI'
 "Yes. He's going to turn over a new leaf New Years day and he wants to get as much recorded as he can before he lets go of the old one. ."-Washing- tCu Star,
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Say, pa, I'm smarter'n you 1
WONAN'S WORLD.
AWAsHlNeToN WIDOW WHO WANT 8
 TO GET ON THE FORCE.
Two Absurd English Fadss Women as 1nli. tators-R Resenting Insults Shoulder to Shoulder With Men Russia's Royal widow-woman In Bondage.


 Mrs Lily A. Thompson is pretty young widow who wants position on the Washington police force. She doesn't weigh much more than 100 pounds, but she is rather athletic in appearance and has . pleasant smile and winning ways which might over come yiolators of the law and disturbers of the peace moro effectively than mere physical force. Mrs. Thompson sudden ly made up her mind that the police de- partment of tho city needed her serv- ices, and she accordingly sent the fol- lowing application to the commissions CTS of the District of Columbia:
 As tits the purpose of tic Woman $ Christian Temperance union to urge tho experiment ill this city of placing woin-
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Made Three Converts.

A branch of the l.. L. A. not far from Boston announced for their first public debate the question of woman suffrage
 Three young men were assigned the negative and three tho affirmative The three on the affirmative side were op-
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Woman suffrage is 1

Woman suffrage is n1arel ing en slow ly but surely wherever 1t has been tried in New Zealand as i'll dorado And it is coming ill Maine coming 50,000 strong Bath (Mo.) Daily Times.
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Mrs. Mautle NJ Peaslee had to with draw from her nomination as superin- tendcnt Of public schools i'll Ntyada county, Cal on the ground tkat her husband had not resided there long enough.
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The newest lacepins have bullet heads either iridescent, gre en, mauve or deep blue, sold in pairs, united by 2 chaiE-an cid fashion which reyisits us.
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The women's clubs in and aLcut Washington have federated under the title Of 'sTLa Federation of Women s Clubs of tho District of Columbia. /"
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CELEBRATED TEAM OF TRoTTING DOGS

na The the trong dog a who isconsde he wnerh just IT
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John Gary Evans, governor of South Carolina, recommends opening all four classes of state colleges to women.
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what if it was unlocked? when Mrs. Sl1ynfyntle was almost sure that some one was stealing her coal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01

Haying st about over. The crop is
light.
Smith creek is lower than it has
been for many years.
Owing to the unfavorablc weather
last Spring, the depredations Of aground
squirrels and the scarcity OF water
the grain crop Is very light.
Mr.. Frank Bowen is the best pleas.
cd nun in Huntington valley. Since
the Odd instant his visagc has literal.
ly beamed with smiles. When we
take into consideration the fact that
his wife presented him with u daugh.
ter, and that the mother and little
one are getting along nicely, wo need
not wonder that Frank is in such
good spirits.
Messrs. Ford and j. Il. Wheeler.
shGccpmcn Of Eureka. accompanied
by Mrs. Wheeler and Miss Tree Ford.
passed through the valley n few days
ago, cn.routc to Elko.
a flock Of sheep belonging to
Wheeler Bros, bound for their range
near South Fork, pissed through
Huntington a few days ago.
OBSERVER.
Shelton. Aug. %. 1898.