Arizona republican., 1898-11-14
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.

FEMININE BUG HUNTERS.-AfteT four months Cf mirthscme scamQering over ihe dewy gTecnsward Of Fair mount park, much chasing, ret il hand aftcr tho elusive Butterfly. and endless search for trce fes i've caterpillar, the $50 pupils cf the gir.s' normal scocol tNrned over their harvest 0: crawling, squirming, wriggling bugs fcc judg mcnt at the school building. Th5re were pecks cf fuzzy cat2rpils5Is, bush els Of shiny many-legged bugs, bar rels Of lcng named bsttles and butter fys. worms and dragon flies galore.
 The gathering Of :lhe clans e. the feminine c1tomOiCgists was an event fer the $50 ma:dsns lclg to be r-mem- barad. Each Of the $50 bug lun,ers had more than 9 thousand bugs, and all were carefully labeled with thsir scientific and common names. In all it was estimated, thero were in the neighborncOd Of 112 bushels of bugs and cthsr insects, numbering in ths neighbcrhCcd Of rsarly 100000 or-ap- ing things.
 So carefully had the girls bse1 in structsd, that each cno cf these dead innccents is known by namo to each Of the pupils, and all knew just what they fsod On, and what larg2r animas CT birds feed on thsm.-Fhr3delph L. qui-er.
 A LAND WITHOUT WOMTN N There is cnly enc tcr1i cry Of any size-and never has been but ona-oc- cupied by any considerable population from which a woman $ absolutely eX- cluded. Yet such a place exists today and has existed for centuries. As far back as history reaches, to all f-nales it has been forbiddsn ground This country wi hout women is situated o1 a bold plateau between the old panin- sula of Acte in the Gree an archipelago F.L.5 the mainland. Here in the mi1st CEtdltivat2d fislds and extensive wood lands, dweES a. monastic confederation of Greek Christians with twenty-three cCnvents, and numb ring mora tran 1000 scqlls. Net cna Of th2 mcaast-s- ie3 dates from a later time than the twelfth century. few soldiers guard the borders Of ,his land, and no w-m1n is allowed tc crCss the fron.i-r. Nor ! is this all; thc ruls is extended to every female creature, and from time inn memorial no COW. n1ra. hsn, duck or gocse has been permitted to cn5er th s erritcry.-Chic8g go Record.
 FATE LURKED BEHIND A DOL LAR.-HerI is a little tale Cf hcw Ed1a Wallace first met DsWolf Hopper. l. | was after a rehearsal cif "F'2',ini5za' in 1 Philadelphia, in which the chorus work } was So magnifcently done that Col. McCaull walked to the center of the stage and said: "Gir.s, you've done splendily. What would you say if l raised each girls salsry a do lar?"
 There was painful silerc5 fer a full half minute. Than a mite Of girl in the last row stcpbod into view. Please, si- ' she said, addressing the mighty McCauH. ''please, sir,5 think we'd all fall dad"
 Of course everybody laUghod, and DeWclf Hopper, who loved 8 god jck2 walked up tc the girl, and said. with that mastodcnic grin of $: ''W-a,'s your nams, girl? YCIre funny onolg1 tc cultivate
 Edna Wallace" said the little chorus girl. And thet was how she met her future usbard.-Phi,ade7p ph ] Times
 Mrs. Jefferson Davis. though in the 70s, is a well preserved woman and q fire type of the cid school southern | lady. The routine of her life has for years remained unchanged, but her once famous wi. is aa brilliant as ever.