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The times., 1898-10-23
WoMEN's CLUBS.
Some Points on How to Organize
the Associations.
CFrem the self-Cuiture Magazine)

From the elf-Culture Magazine1
This is the month for the coming to-
gether of club members, and also good
time for the formation of clubs. now that
women are back from their summer out
ings. and are settling down TO the vOca-
tions and amusements of the winter
There are many villages in which the
prejudice against clubs still exists; and.
if the truth must be told, these are the
villages where the people are most tired
of one another and most self-centered. II
these neighbors who now bore each other
to the verge of extinction were TO unite
themselves in a club. devote themselves
to the study of good books, discipline
themselves with the observance OF sane
parliamentary law and extend some club
courtesies TO one another. they woulG
be amazed at the interesting qualities
which they would excavate out of the
debris of their misunderstanding, their
petty jeaIousies and narrow estimates
Nothing is easier than the formation of
a club. Any good-natured and popular
woman can do il. She need not be skilled
in parliamentary law nor college wOm-
an nor social leader. If she has an
Intelligent understanding of her neighbor
hood and its needs. and a heart which
warns to her kind all she has to do is
to make few calls. arouse some interest
or at least get polite hearing and then
announce an hour of meeting at any con-
venient place.
Theu let her put on a simple street
dress and also a simple manner, and lay
before her listeners her ideas and call
for theirs This meeting can be prelim-
nary. Another day can be appointed for
the regular organization. A chairman
can appoint committee with power to
arrange all the details of constitution. by
laws and ticket of proposed officers The
election can proceed by ballot. and with
officers to perform their functions; ii is
easy to discover who the prouer women
are to prepare the lines Of study
The hriefer the constitution and the
fewer the bylaws the better. by the wav.
and the more modest the course of study
the more thorough it is apt to be. II the
club Is a small one. 1t is better for the
members to unite upon one line Of study.
If the members are many 1t Is desirable
to divide the cub into departments. Five
women desiring to study the same gen.
oral subject or to unite themselves for
anv particular purpose would make
sufficient number TO Justify the forming
of dG1artment-whether for study or
phi'anthropic rurnoses. experiments ir
cooking. or what not.
The times., 1898-10-23

ern State, and pointed to Iowa, Ne
braska. and the Dakotas as ''the West"
And now the name of '.the West is
claimed only by California, Washing
ton, and Oregon, and two or three other
States in their Immediate neighborhood.
Where is this western boundary of ours
going to stop? The question is an in
teresting one. Certain moneyed gentle
men, connected and upconnected with
the United States Government. are pull
ing it East with all their might and
they would have liked it to stop where
it has been for the last generation on
the coast of the Pacific States. But 1t
is as unmapageable as a tent in high
wind, and it got away from them. The
trade wind of commercial expansion
had it and farried it past Honolulu, and
it is now lowering over the Philippines.
But il the time ever does come when,
like Great Britain, we have chain of
empire extending round the world, 1t
will be an interesting question-and the
debating societies can begin on it now
where our Western States and our
Eastern States will be located 1t was
not exactly easy to determine, and
some people do not yet know, whether
Manila is east or west of us, and
whether the battle of Cavite Bay was
fought while we were at dinner Satur
day night or at breakfast Sunday morn
ing. But it will be nothing to this new
problem. All the people who do not
care to discuss politics, or fashion. or
religion. or any live topic, and are in
terested in recondite problems. can dis
cuss this question. Boston will be es-
pecially interested to know whether she
belongs to the effete East or the wild
and wnnlly West
The times., 1898-10-23
The sixth Toe.


Only one satisfactory explanitio of the sporadic
popularity of the bandit he accepted. II Is
that this admiration of crime Indicates the
lack of finish in the work of civilization. The
bandit is a relic of the old predatory instinct of
mankind. which has not been thoroughly eradi-
Gated in Greece. Corsica Italy, and Jackson
County, No. In Justice TO jackson County. Il
must be said that the sympathy with brigandage
is not general. but is limited to certain metes
and bounds and must be regarded sort of
sixth toe OF, similar abnormal feature. II is
found only in streaks and spots, which trium-
plant civilization is rapidly effaeing, and it is
evident that the persons who entertain sympathy
for bandits are themselves relics of other days.
The times., 1898-10-23
The biggest Camera.

Prom the b4ftiTnoFe SUM-
out in Chicago there i now in operation the
'i.-,~St camera and the strangcst phe tn:raphic
--irarat,Is in the world. The camera takes pic
ture y hv 32 inches in size ard is mounted on
tripod fifteen feet high For taking fla hlights the
operator has set OF fifteen poles from twelve 10
twenty feet in height On the top OF these. set up
III about a room. is plseed the powder, which is
ircd simultaneously hy electricity. 50 brilliant
., fash is made that people in conventions ard at
hanausts are taken in motion. as in sunlight
,uap shot But gueerest OF all is the ilct tat
his inventive photographer has devised balloon
bags TO suspend in rooms where the fashli@ht
powtler is burned to catch the dense and offensive
moke made by it. The bags close up automatf
eaIly after the fash.
The times., 1898-10-23
Morphine Poisoning.
From Murrelrs Nanual1

Morphine is eliminated chiefly from the bowels.
to a small extent by the kidneys, and still mora
slightly with the saliva. The man who would
use the stomach pump in ease of poisoning by
hypodermic injection Of morphine would by most
people, be set down an ignorarus; but he
would be right. for it has been shown experim n
tally that when the drug is administered sub
cutaneously, much OF it is eliminated by the
stomach-in fact, by repeatedly washing out of
the stomach, more than half the quantity in
iectcd may be recovered.
The times., 1898-10-23
A King. Opportunity.

war king wandering in the Holy Land make
a singular spectacle. As he looks upon the scenes
made enduring by the presence of the Prince o
Peace two thousand years ago he will be apt tc
mediate upon the hollowness and mockery Of the
prircs's occupation. But you can't tell. He may
be 50 wrapped in the ideas of his own importance
as to overlook and neglect the reflections ealcu
lated to make Of him better and a noblei
ruler He has at least a magnificent opportunity
for iItruspection, ard it will be his own loss il
he fails to improve it.
The times., 1898-10-23
German ware,.

(From the New York Commercial Advertiser.)
In Breslau Germany, where factory wages have
been reduced. whole family-a man. his wife,
and their children-work for % cents day. In
that country railroad brakeman gets "a week,
Mail carriers and weavers of woolens get $50 a
week, while a coed, active reporter draws s.
every Saturday.
The times., 1898-10-23
The Merrimac.

(From the New York Tribune.)
WIecking experts assert that the Merrimac
sunk by Hobson in the mouth of Santiago -Har-
Dor, easily be raised and restored to its hum
BILE but useful service as collier. n that be
done it will go anew into commission ballasted
with more history than any ship Of its class ap-
pearing in marine annals.
The times., 1898-10-23
In the keystone state.
fFrom the Harrisburg Patriot

The Republican party. with its record OF broken
nicdses. legislative scandals. buying and selling
Of laws. treasury looting. school appropriation
pairing and fraud upon fraud to get the people's
money. cannet be trusted in the next legislature.
The machine candidates cannot be trusted, for 1t
is well known that the machine will have No
candidate who will not take orders.
The times., 1898-10-23
The Girl and the Latcbkex

held my latchkey in my hand
AL through the matinee.
Jack should not say that | had lost,
A lstchkey every day.
l reached my door and proudly then
That treasured key took
To fit it in the lock. and 10,
II was a button hook
Chicago Record
The times., 1898-10-23
a Checrfur Place
{From the New York Trib,

tFrom the New YORK Tribune.)
TIE small town Of werda. in the Kingdom Of
Dahomey. is celebrated for its temple OF SER
pents, long building in which the priests keep
upward Of thousand serpents of all sizes. which
they feed with birds and frogs brought to them
as offerings by the natives.
The times., 1898-10-23
shorter Words Are better.
lFrom the Chicaro Times.Hrrald \

A Tennessee authority has ruled that "Je.
whllikins' swearing. May be it is; but any FULL
grown man who wastes time with such word
while there are so many others which fit the re-
quirements better can't be bad enough to do much
Wrnnr with il = - -
The times., 1898-10-23
Money Thrown Away.

tFrom the Chicago Reeord)
England pensions its literary men and wo
men.''
''Does that make them stop wri,ins?''
''No."
well, what's the good CT it?''
The times., 1898-10-23

We greatly fear the New York Tribune
is making sport of those Republicans VINO
urge preposterous claims in behalf Of
Colonel Roosevelt. 1t announces In quite
large headlines that Roosevelt Is a Sure
Winner" that David ]. Hill Predicts
Republican Victory" Under these cheer
full headlines we read that Mr.. Hill has
lust returned from a two years visit to
Europe. and when he was seen on the pier
as he landed he was asked his opinion OF
the political situation. He explained that
he felt as though he had been dropped
from another planet. having known moth
ing of American affairs for two years, but
he believed Roosevelt would be elected.
Doubtless Mr.. Hill is just as good author
ity as the other persons who predict the
success of the Republicans.
Sagasta is an audacious and perfidlous
diplomat but there is no evidence that
he is blitherfng idiot. If he really be-
lieves there Is chance of involving other
powers In our peace negotiations and is
delaying the proceedings in the hope of
war between England and France that
may help him. 1t is not laughing matter
We are to consider that at the end of
three weeks we are exactly where we
were when the Commissioners first met,
except that Blanco has stolen most of the
portable government property at Havana.
The times., 1898-10-23
Autumn Leaves.
,r,,,r .h. ph;,,da,,h;. r;uos :,

From the Philadelphia Times)
Autumn's dropping foliage naturally suggests
melancholy time. What is it hut leaves takings
from lifelong associates?
The times., 1898-10-23

Judge Day appears to be quite indignant
over the useless delay caused oy the oo-
stinacy of the Spanish Commissioners o"'
all the same, he makes no effort TO prihs
them to terms. 1t is much better SO, since
the Republican managers at home are de-
ceiving the people by pretending we are
to demand all the Philippines. II the
deadlock can be made to hold until after
the elections the Republicans will proht
by it.
The times., 1898-10-23
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The times., 1898-10-23

1t has been an open secretfor some time
that Lemuel E. Quisg. of New York.
was remarkable man, and he appears to
be trying to live up to this reputation.
When Quigg was first nominated for Con-
gress he told his constituents that if
elected he. would smash the Wilson
bill. Somehow the Wilson bill managed
to slip through Congress in spite of Mr..
Quigg. In, the course of few remarks
the other night to his confiding constitu.
ents. Mr.. Quigs said:
..The Fifty-sixth Congress, whether Re-
publican or Democratic, will settle the
money question: II Democratic, it will
pass the free silver bill. If Republican, it
will REFORM the currency of the country
on the basis Of the gold standard of
value
Mr.. Quigg has either eliminated Presi-
dent Mckinley from all consideration In
the matter. or he has assurances that Nc
Kinley will sign either free coinage bill
or measure reforming the currency OF
the country on gold standard basis"
with equal alacrity 1t is most gratifying,
however. to learn from Brother Quigg
that the money question is to be settled
by the Fifty-sixth Congress, whether it
be Republican, or Democratic This will
no doubt relieve the anxiety of a large
number of eminent statesmen.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-11-05
PIentv Moro DavR.

In Spain the people take no note Of
time nor even from it's loss. Every
thing is to be cone by 'manana," to-
morrow. A wealthy Englishman, who
had long lived in Spain, had law suit.
He pleaded his cause in person, and,
knowing the customs Of the country,
won his case. The victory cost him
three days of trouble and expense, so
that when the Judge congratulated him
on his success he replied, Eyes, that's
all right; but 1t has cost me three
days; and time is money. l am a busy
man, and these three days are lost for
ever" "Oh you English" answered
the judge, ''you are always saying that
time is money! How are you to get
your three days back? I will tell you
Take them out of next week; surely
there are plenty more days TO come!
The Wichita tribune., 1898-11-05
ThK ISLAND or ZAP.
Rns Been Discussed as Possible Naval
Station.

&os Been Discussed as o Possible Naval
Station.
Yap, one of the Caroline islands, has
become place CT growing interest to
the American people because Of its pos
sible use as naval station by the
United States as the result of the war
with Spain, says the Washington Star.
An interesting description of this is
land iS contained in recent report
to the state department In regard to
the Caroline islands. "Yap," says this
report, "is surrounded by coral reef
thirty-five miles long by Ave broad.
There are hardly any rivulets, but in
land are extensive swamps, carefully
planted with the water-taro (coloca-
sia). The island is full OF relics Of
vanished civilization-old embank-
ments and terraces sites of ancient
cultivation, tOne-paved roads, paes, or
ancient platforms Of stone, faced with
huge circular quartz wheels, set up at
their sides; enormous council lodges
OF quaint design, with bold, high and
projecting gables and lofty carved pill
lars. Walls of ancient fish ponds and
stone weirs FIJI the lagoon between the
reef and the shore, making navigation
a difficult matter. There are some 5000
natives on Yap-kind, industrious and
generally peaceable folk, very dark Ia
color, and speaking a quaint and bar
barous dialect, much akin to that OF
the Pelews, yet with a certain family
likeness to the isles farther eastward,
where the Polynesian inf1ltration ap-
pears to have been fairly strong. The
fruits Of the soil are as follows: Sweet
potatoes, yams (of which there Is
great VARIETY, taro 0ak) mammee ap-
pies. or pawpaws, pineapples, banan-
as (pao), sugar cane (maquiD, bread
fruit (thau), and the tropical almond
(terminalia catappa). Copra Is large
~ exported, mostly through the Ger
man traders, who have spent vast
amount OF money and labor here for
many years past. A varnish nut tad
hidh) grows here which should give
good results. The principal timber
tree is the tamanu, fetau or kamani OF
South Sea islands, the callophyllum of
botanists; the zap natives call it 'voi."
Tomil harbor is the place Of the Euro
pean settlement, the seat Of the Span
ish governor of the western Carolines.
There is garrison Of some 100 SOL
diers, with probably some $50 politi-
cal prisoners captured in the late Phil
ippine uprising. Tomil would be a
good coaling station. Yap is rich in
beautiful scenery, the groves of bam-
boo, croton, cocoanut and areca palm
being most impressive. Huge iguanas
are found in the bush, and the nights
are brilliant with fre1ies (kerrikir).
Bird life, however, is somewhat scarce,
and there are but few cattle and horses
on the island"
The Wichita tribune., 1898-11-05
Hoods pills cure sick headache. 8 cents
Following Storms q Nile High.

The United States weather bureau
is about to make the experiment OF
following the course OF storms and
cold waves, from the Rocky mountains
to the Alleghanies al al altitude Of a
mile from the cartks surface This
is to be accomplished by means Of a
series Of fifteen or twenty high-level
observing stations. BY means OF sim
ultaneous observations made at these
stations 1t is hoped that important
facts may be developed. At the height
or mile the diurnal variations OF tenn
perature felt at the earth's surface
practically disappear, and the progress
OF a storm at that elevation IS frea
from the distra citing elements introduce
ed by local effects near the ground.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-11-05
A Geyser Heated Greenhouse.

In the Yellowstone Park Geyser
basin a small greenhouse has been
erected over a geyser stream. A cur
rent Of nearly boiling water constantly
passes through it. Steam rises in pro-
fusion, moistening the plants, and the
sun aids in the work, SO that an ex-
traordinary rapidity of growth is the
result. Lettuce natures in two or
three weeks, and other plants grow
with proportional rapidity. The cli-
mate Of the locality is very severe,
which makes more striking this exam
pie OF the utilization OF natures energy.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-11-05
A TALE OF CARDS.

Jack Gray had a dim, hurt feeling
at his heart. He had gone to the
lawn party with the one desire that
he might spend the day with Dorothy,
but only moment before he had
seen her step lightly across the lawn
with his rival.
He walked away and sat under a
tree with his back to the direction in
which she had gone. For awhile he
watched the sports about him, and
was about to return home when he
spied near at hand tent which was
the conventional gypsy booth. An
irresistible longing seized him to enter
and learn his fate.
Rather doggedly and feeling like
a school boy he sat down on the low
seat before the fortune teller.
She bade him shuttle and cut the
pack. Then she spread them out one
by one before ber.
Let me see, you are not entirely
blonde. I think / shall take for you
the Jack of Hearts. All, yes: Wealth,
health and advantage cards together.
Rather pessimistically inclined, Yes.
at times very pessimistic."
The Wichita tribune., 1898-11-05
Cape Towns silver Mace.

Following the old feudal custom OF
presenting town or corporation with
a mace as an ensign OF authority, the
people Of London are about to present
the colonists of Cape Town, South At
RIGA, with an expensive silver mace.
The design follows the form Of the fin
est maces now In use in England. The
head. surmounted by an imperial
crown, is divided into four panels by
figures OF mermaids, typifying the mar
itime character of the city. The front
one is filled by the coat-of-arms of the
city, the reverse by those Of the col
ony. The whole Of the metal work,
which is of silver and richly gilt, was
designed and executed by a firm of sill
versmiths in Birmingham. The mace
is said to be among the handsomest
in the world.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-11-05
Child Marriages In Algeria.

A census was taken lately in AL
geria, and it was found that the young
est Arab married man was twelve
years old, and that there were very
many boys who were married at thir-
teen and fourteen, while some at fif-
teen had several wives. There Is a
youthful Algerian widower of fifteen
and a divorced husband of the same
age. Girls are still more precocious,
and are sometimes married when only
eleven years old, though twelve is the
more usual age. There are 189
widows of fifteen and 1,176 divorces OF
the same age.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-11-05
Popular Representation In japan

Reference has been made to some
recent innovations in the form Of gov
ernment in Japan. The most import
ant change was proposed in the cleo
ton bill, which was too heavily bur
dened with amendments to reach de-
cisive action in the late diet. This
bill, by reducing the amount of the
property qualifications, increases the
number of electors from 100000 to g.
100000, and the number of representa-
tives from 800 to 440. Hitherto, under
the scheme Of popular representation,
there has been but one member of the
lower house for 100000 inhabitants,
and this ratio has not been deemed
sufficiently representative. The en-
peror, desirous of increasing the popu-
larity Of his government, and of bring
ing it more into accord with that of
western countries, approved the orig
inal provisions of the bill, but the
house proved hostile to it, and 1t went
over to the next diet.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-11-05
The Doctors Dfsncreel

~ became seriously i'll three years ago
The doctor gave me medicine for indiges-
ton, but continued to become worse. I
had several physicians at intervals who
gave me some relief, but the disease would
Ieturn with all its accustomed severity.
II read in the newspapers articles re-
gerding the wonderful curative powers of
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People,
and finally concluded to try the pills.
purchased six boxes. This was five m onths
ago. The first box gave me much relief
| continued taking ths pills, and after
using four boxes was cured"
These pills are recognized everywhere as
specific for diseases of the blood and nerves.
For paralysis, jocomotor ataxia, and other
diseases long supposed ipcurable, they have
proved their efficacy in thousands OF cases.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-11-05
From Court to Altar.

Cupid played funny prank at Mex
leo, Mo-, the other day. In the space
of an hour Thomas Lewis secured a
divorce from his wife and remarked
her. In his petition for divorce he
charged his former wife and present
bride with trying to kill him with a
knife and an iron poker and that she
cared more for others than she did for
him. Nobody knows what caused him
to regret his former action.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-11-05
Paw What You Can.

The Swedish doctor on his native
heath tends the sick and makes no
rates. His wealthy patients pay him
handsomely, his poorer patients give
what they can afford, and the extreme
ly poor give nothing at all. All get the
same treatment. The system appears
to have it's advantages, but there are
grave doubts as to the practicability
of it's adoption in America. 1t might
resolve itself into a similarity with
the payment Of taxes on property, the
principles of which are so we'll known
that feature is made Of the fact that
certain rich men honestly pay in pro-
portion to their resources.