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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21
ChoIoa shirlninr 60 SoSSaa oeIlaAu actIVA

Bananas-supply large: demand active
Choice shipping, $2.5O93.
Figs and and. Dates 3 te Figs. new, California,
SQ9c; HalIowee dates, new &c. e'
Apple Cider - Sweet, per Dbl. S.: sweet
rr per half , Dbl: s275: hard. per Dbl, So.
far. Veal, fancy, &c; veal, medina
TIC; hogs, country dressed, 5000:
mutton, country dressed, 607c; mill
lambs, pets off, T69c
Poultry = Dressed. TURKEYS choice 70
fancy, sole. culls, &c; chickens, S9S1ac;
hens, 7c; ducks, &c; geese, &c. ~
FIsh-Fair demand. Croppies, per ID, 614
&c; p1ckerel, per Id, &c; pike. per ID,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21

The receipts thus far this month, COM
pared with the same period in December,
1888, show an increase of 1920 cattle, an
4,79O hogs, an increase of 1858 sheep, an in
cars.
The total receipts thus far this year,
compared with the same period in 1898
are as follows. " 0'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21

lambs, s4;&@5;15; stock lambs, ss.5O@425;
Receipts light and mostly stock and
feeding stuff. There was practically no
market for fat sheep and lambs. and 9th
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21
W. NJ. CAMPBELL
COMMISSION COMPANY,
Live Stock Commission Merchants,
Union Stock Yards.
SOUTH ST. PAUL,

=, Consignments and correspondence So
licited. Market reports furnished on ap-
pltcation.
we DO strictly commission business.
Mo i've stock bought or sold on our own
References-Stock Yards bank South
81 TauIi Security bank, Zumbrota; Hon:
a I; koerneri state treasurer, Capitol
ier' st. Paul National bank. st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21

Miah lSI Of peaI4 SVoS % VJ-6 90 2 sos 90
Silver Eox-s60q25O, according to be can VO
Cross Fox-s4GG20 according to be ST1G'y'
kits, &c. 'VSc;
Quotations are for prime furs; unprime
at proportionate prices. ii'ie
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21
WHEAT TOOK A SLUMP
SLACK DEMAND AND SMALL CLEAR
ANCES TOOK ALL THE STARCH
OUT OF THE MARKET
LOSS WAS THREE-FOURTHs

Corn and Oats Went With Wheat,
and Each Lost Heavier Than for
Any Recent Previous Day-Frac-
tiOnaI Gain at Liverpool Fur
nished a Crumb of Comfort, but
Not Enough to Rally Prices.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21

SC. G. w. deb. 4 per cent, ex-dividend
z per cent. Federal Steel preferred, ex-
dividend. 3 per cent. National Steel Com
Western Union. IA per cent.
Total sales, S7O.S64
s RONDQ
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21
HOGS.

Comparative receipts:
Total for today (estimated). 1900
WSeA oSo''''... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2,259
SOell ctSO'. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1850
. quotations: Mixed and butchers, $3.50
3.95; heavy. packing and rough, So. 7O6S. rs;
good to prime light, So. S5@3. 9211z; stays and
Hog receipts were h s Filming con-
siderably. ahead of the same day last
year year Prices paid were about steady at
tuesdays CLOSE but 212Q5c off Tuesdays
bulk of the good hogs sold at S. 96@S. 92b
with g range of $9.8503 95 Heavy ends
ana pigs sold at $3.7OQ3.75. Representa-
Mixed and Rutchers-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21
ATTACK ON TRANSIT
FAMOUS FLOWER STOCK rs MADE
THE CENTER OF ACTION ON
STOCK EXCHANGE
WAS NOT A GREAT SURPRISE

Man1pulatiOns of the Brooklyn Sc
curitie@ Had Long Attracted At
tenttOn, and the Days Activity
Was Accepted as a Natural Out
cOme-General Market Showed
Improvement in Tone.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21
HIDES, PELTs AND wooT.

Hides, Pelts, Wool Etc.-Quotations fur
nIshed by Joseph Uilmann. 14Sa15O East
Ihlrd street. ST. Paul. MINI.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21
LIVE STOCK MARKETS
HOGS SOLD ABOUT STEADY AT THE
CLOSING PRICES PAID
TUESDAY
COMMON CATTLE SOLD LOWER

Fat Cattle Were About Steady, and
the Market Showed More Activity
but Little Good STUFF offered
Common Stock Cattle Sold 70
Cents LOwer-NO QuOtabIe Change
in the Better Grades.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21

Mich Cow Exchange-Good cows steady
and in good demand. Thin and common
cows are slow sale, except Gamers Back
ward .springers out of demand Repre-
sentative sales:
No. Price. mo. Price
8 cows ........ $120 00[ cows . $8l 90
cows ........ Is col 1 cow ...... go 90
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21

The sales for the twenty-four hours
ending at o'clock, the closing hour for
the butcher market, each buyer purchas-
ing the number of head indicated, were
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21

Corn-No. s corn, 27alc; No. yellow,
0Gats-No. 3 oats, 2S1zc; No. white,
Rye-No. 2 rye quoted at 4S1kQ49c.
Barley ranges from 32941c for choice
mating. Feed barley is a little weak.
sacks, per ton, sacks extra, to jobbers
only, $11Q11. %.
No. ground feed, 2-s corn, 1-9 oats,
S0-lb sacks, sacks extra, $11.75Q12
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21
STOCK QUOTATIONS

STOCK QUOTATIONS.
The following were the fluctuations of
the leading railway and industrial shares
furnished by c. H. F. Smith & Co., mem
bers of the New York Stock exchange and
Chicago Board of Trade:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26
ME AN RILEY.

They say that Riieys comm! Well I'm glad to hear
the news
Amt felt iist right here lately Of bothered
Lemme see nine years last April ssnce I left the
place down there.
N come MP here TO the city time keeps ayin'.
declare,
Vie how long the lonesome eyenin's and the Sundays
o. hs
With few folks here TO task to or to care cent
fer me.
can stand II when I'm workin fer the horses tina,
I drive
Let me know there's liyn creatures ain, ferso. I'm
can tain to them and tell them how my lonely
heart Is tore
when sit so ,es' simply can't keep holdn
N fhes hook at N tell me jes' Is plain As
words kin say
That they re friends Of mine n love me in their
trtistin, honest way
And so Rile,'s RELY comm Comm up once mos.
To tell
All about the folk back yonder that he love. nj
Seems. Shsn scs there n iissen to him speskn
oa rame.
les Il ia ieft this racket n vas back ssin at
Back where everybody knows you-where You amt
iost m the crowd
Coin Down 10 cid Amt Mays. n the song birds
sinsin iond
Oh, H. hks harry visit back to where the shy 10
where the old folks still arg waitiu' n where
hearts are nalstis true
Raek there where they greet a feiler as man
wstiust thought
of the way hr misht b. worked er what he gits
Nhst he's get
When you set there hesvin' Riley in bis hornriike
way ynU know.
Tellin' all ahuut the falks vol loved and left 90
ia''s aso
=. kissr in Chicago Times Herald
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26

May ~, Chicago club women are decided
sy threShing the matter cut for them
selves At a resent meeting the board of
dsresto~s adopted the petition
We dta nes. however, indorse II sor
She club," says Mrs r r Cane. one 81
the directors, and at the rexs regular
fi*~Eing ths cllih can decide for ITSELF
In t"eiaing for iiss,f' he club ~ sure
80 eatov lively discussion week aga
tse hsl was 500 rolling hy Mrs Corlnne
hTo%7. prominent member - the
y te7a4Awn WeFaaa's Clne wao said:
Sign TIA; petition 10 unsesi a conxress-
siaan on b lot * aesrsay Sss~sig 70 tfs. Of
feF-t th4i he has four wtyss7 shsnk not
There srT sarse evils 10 this worid. any
h2w. iHan having four wives This il 3
pFecsEious paper. filed wtta anti Richer :
gossip. Do yosa think IL has h~en ureFsarssl
siisTs Helen 1Sgasd took her ssana against
Eot@gJse aTlasse II was In SHAPE org
axe. AMI only waiting far her sss 5ana-
sbcH 10 SPREAD * brssaSast aser she esosEss-
~, I grant sS7~ 10 A Superior wAsTsan. hus
ire women - th&S ecaatfY are uss gssrx
'rl,s saas subject logically. ! feai voa they
are taessy'ing tn Helen fsazssa " nas czszx-
plant hAvs we sGslnst Brig haFn IL RIB
s<ts9 The nan saieres tGto posyxaTy be-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26

fuse 20 seat Brigham Roberts ;he Nor
ns1n r. preventative from Utah. A letter
accompanying the petition is signed hy
Helen Miller Gould. Margaret T.. sangstsF
Mary l.. Dickinson ana Alice Mel. Bur
use.
The election 81 brigham II Roberts ta
represent Ttsa jH congress says tire les-
ter. ''vaf~~s th@ QUESTION whether a css-
:s se-s3 Ss2lyr sflsSs and An avuwe. sisfpisi.-~
ct pSjyesHy should be permitted - st.
0isfSnE TIRE lawmakers II the nation Tn :
movement fer the expulsion Of MI Hob
eFts IS in the interest of ~omsnhrca AMI
~ eoTauan morality. and. Thereafter.
strongly spp@Als 10 8s. The sssaAsasrS %
th~ crgsmizas3on vnich yau represent are
also. IA sarnaa. profoundly Interested IN
preserving tte pssvSty 81 tfse hozne. hieh
a. a. tbs same sifne the h&ppjHsxs - wo-
raen. ths sesy sc shs s,ate ard the hcyYe
~ etV.ltnaei,sn'
TIE League sor Ssrsas Service il Sew
Tors organisation - Tsen ard wonssts
Nh3eh eas for ~ efHeers sarh ppcels a.
Josiah Ssraux.' Spencer TTask Albert
Shaw, KoAsrs \ e. oStea washinetoe
t.asoaIs. Helen Gems. Mrs Russell Sase
ara esaesS- Sat 70 matter eAas the pre- -
sfgs 81 the EAsssFa sponsors - the peSitsoa
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26

Criticism Of the Mo1;,..
Trial
Julia Arthur's Rsbste


the adoring and patriotic NAB
uu' a. siae door, when shs. - Ia
TINE I" ny into = carriage W.. 49, "a
came pouring around the -. elset
eheereo Justify as the mon ,,s..sas ~
IN America drove away eslA
II ID u
The numbering cid amnihus III.
, r.lth avenue locks antique ara -
,ike me iass vestige of tue old a. 1900
ioe"1.iouSh. pottertsg alcnR. a.. ~
or with only an occasional nas.ss.' ~.
mad a short and exciting rsrss., ! 20
bewes week. taking the am !. uug
crowds mp and down the ayenns !. "a
decorations When the last n, - = - -
was torn down. the iast pas,rrsss .s ~
omnibus, preferring the faster ,a,..'s - Ma ss
crowded lines On Madison 49, ~
Broadway. II is now ranarsas - ~
Firth avenue stage line Ia. na-..s !. .
New York Electric yehie.a ~ = @
ton Company, The big s,arss - "a -
being changed into electr,csi n..ss
the Fifth Avenue Stage Cernra,- "a
owned by the Elliott +. Shenars s.....
ana was purchased in the Thirs 49,
raiiroad interests. who -esoid II ~ -.
{. whitney, agent for the elee,,ss ~
pany. Harry Payne Whitney 4 49,.
OF the latter company. The price - .
the franchise and equipment az ~ -. -
company is said 10 have been d aAS~
sa &x
The jewels of Mrs. Phyllis e noae. 8.
still in the hands of the cuSenrn -. ..
authorities, and the action IN snnss..ss
ton proceedings watch some mouths p.
was announced TO be ready for :rial Il X.
United States court. is apparently s q,
away from decision as il was whe, =.
first bill OF information was filed a. ~.
26. 1t Is very strange that the case Z y,
on the calendar. and the district altar,
Is silent on the subject. Gev. Rsdpvs',
is about to investigate number Of chars
against District Attorney Gardener -
the retention Of Mrs. D0dge's levels =,
then be explained. TEJuIA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26
SOLDIER KNEW HOW To WOO.
Won the Young Woman and Sue
creded with the Veteran Father,

Il tell you" shouted the old gentleman
I'm not give my consent I'm not the
man 10 buy pig In q poke or decide "a
case after hearing but one side of a. I
dent believe he was ever 4 soldier or
ever saw a battle In his iife. don't care
SO much for that hut It's the false pre-
lenses I'm u veteran and | know a sol
der when see him. I'll give him march
Ing orders the next time ne calls
"Rut. papa. see how straight he walks
and what trim fgure he has. And he
has told me about lots OF battles"
"fsosh, There haven't been lots Of bat.
ties since he WAS big enough To fight I
tell you thar he's a false alarm I'll tran
him yet. III tet house and lot tina, he
can't g. through the manual az arms"
But he can. He took a cane and show
Ell me the whole thing. II was Just
grand
What In creation do yoR know about
it, You couldn't tell the difference be-
tWeen a RICH, shoulder. shift and a
double quick. Did he enis, from De
truit~''
"Ne, Chicago"
oh ~ course. some big city where II
would take time 10 look him up. He's a
fraud. "
DO listen. pape He knows Nil about
you siraHd Army people, and SAYS that
you're the finest. bravest. most inielii-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26

f2fe Titan became a state: the Vrnisa,, stata.
accepted Utah and the Norr-onu. The sor.
mons chose Roberts as their rea.essut.,i,,.
m congress Where does cur carun.s,s,,
be surely nor with them or with atyn
tongrFssfaan Roberts supports hts ug,..
ne gives hts children name. There H. !.
greater evil fhan this among cur rongsesa
men today. have passed much .s,.. =.
/ tab. have seen many aorunsg, vto...u.
fuaygaFly Is social evil, hu. sh5s 81 e..
the way 70 destroy IT, Their. ws,i b.. -
in Washington Who Will fear gas,a,.x -
ne - fearless and he has hra.ns''
btheFs are quite "a otalET,1s@r az NJ
Brown AS usual. strenuous srrov.v a..
rsa3e To sappFsss the fact that ,hsra =
serious difference O: opinion in the I'D.
What 10 yea tnink % tire ssa,sr
Mormon Rooerts as a CONGRESSMAN.
When esaasornan had thss ~,vA,wh,
forward question preposndea 70 hsr g.
times Qua 81 ten sire struck 8 ms 90,
attitn9s. cscSe5 her nps with a Sna-,s.
Hike frn.sssz. anf remarked.
Yes. whsf of II
Then after a little Persuasion, Soc e..
osst - ten srs fAsEsss ard ~fssxe.s 81 -.
ssssn sptrit 81 free ssIyerisa or A. -
i1ai gostbag-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26

IN, preceding centuries. had indicated the
right Of heroic wcsns nhood 20 trench upon
the province of male kesoism-
In the time of the crusade there were
stately chaselaines who, rather than lose
the company OF their husbands. shared all
their hardships ard their dangers n coats
of mail thar defied arrows and detection
Michaud tells us that after the siege or
Saint-Jean dAcre the Saracens found threa
OF these heroines among their captured
heroes. We shall never know how many
were killed on that field. or how many
succeeded in making good their escape.
The woman soldier. In all recorded time,
has represented every rank in the social
scale from the daughters Of noble houses
to the daughters of the slums. Some OF
them were led naturally TO the career or
arms by the environment III which they
found themselves, by the contemporary
mood. They were warriors by instinct ana
by race. Others were thrust into battle
almost against their wills by the force OF
circumstances, some even becoming war
riors through very hatred OF WARM self
defense. and not Of offense.
Many Of Them Like Joan Of Arc.
Were they all Joan OF Arcs, all maids
our woman soldiers?" ask our historians
tentatively. They are fam to answer that
Il would be hazardous 10 INSIST upon the
virtue OF all. Nevertheless, Nine. de Saint
Baimont was known as the Christian anna
zon OF the seventeenth century. and Gene
We've Bremoy, who in the eighteenth as
sutned the title of the Chevalier Baltazar.
was as famous for her gallantry in the
higher sense as for her lack of IL in the
lower.
There were ladies of noble lineage and
convent training. The women en- culotte
who may paradox cally be said TO have
joined the sans culottes Of the French
revolution were OF coarser type. But
even among them there were doubtless
noble exceptions. They have had splendid
successors. Most famous of all these was
Angellque Brulon. who at Il years OF age
seized the musket TO avenge the death OF
her husband. shot upon the field Of battle,
and remained a soldier all her life. She
died as recently as 1850 having been raised
to the rank of suhiieutenant in 1S22. and
decorated with the cross Of the Legion OF
Honor in 1851.
Hannah Smell was the most notorious OF
English amaxons. She was born soldier,
and even In her gir.hood at Worcester was
known as the Amazon. II Is not to DC
wondered al. then, that when deserted by
her husband she decided TO don male at
tire ard enlist In l75J she became a ma
rine OF one of the vessels of fleet bound
for the West Indies. Subsequently she TOOK
part In the siege Of Pondiehe,ry, where she
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! .sh, Nnoa& the sns aalseEs eft ths Cb;cA-
50 NouseH's CauH. ~hich debated iae atses-
;}@H az ha~ euErs ies0 congress b* Aas
sfsyr Il Fjxas7sn~ supporters "a defend
hlge q hts constitutional rigsfs a. a duty
elected YaYssrss.a gzgsx4.
tnSssg - ths NsgnEn he>Si % ttse eoun-
rry. .p4sa'" ~1nsa - fhe wsneeFs r1cfAirs
"s}ss wmy ~ hHtuw - No wsore an lnxult
sc she woFssRnhssZsa gf 1hx country thar Il
= 81 shas nasNhoo5 - tie eren,Fy. far the
matter - tast WAY shspid th~ chicago
" aFusaS Cfuh r.ssset#. anyise~ -
tifhcvs A~s~ys tAst unsig congress = a
ssu~h ssar4 morally wpgl,1et fnstsFar&oa
tnan Z "a n1p ing r.St ~ sHs rsspfeS,s nta b
tiv*-s wre rather walking an ssSif< 70 sav
siassnt hA~a~ en the rngtgse-suarsts8 mat
grssrA ttsh
Tse Gae-stlcn h&s been SESsgsf Is tNe
freas }g gfah Affairs ey Z peti;aa:4 al. y
sss h&sn sect 20 GA8e1So @0ussHs riuas
~ sAss Sssessl S%rvsce League az New Naxk
csty TIE pusitsca asks that congress re-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26

Capt. Csltsn CAese Qseer Place for
HIS Wooang.
Before Acting Capt Cotton. of the Eliza
beth street station, went On the force.
twenty-five years ago. be was msnager Of
. circue. Among the parapnernaI;a in the
circus was a balloon. In which Cotton was
fond Of taking a spin In the air.
Twenty-Five years ago yesterday Cotton
took trip in midair. In his party was a
young woman whom he loved. but to whom
be had been too bashfui TO pop the 9ues-
ton Somehow up in the air Cotton took
courage.
IL love YOU" he stammered. land l
wish you would marry me-"
The young lady's answer 50 pleased Col
ten that he became even more coura geous.
"Wfii-will you marry me nowg'i he
pleaded. I'VE have q minister with us.
and we can be made one before We get
back to Gods EARTH
The young lady blushed and murmured
consent
Last night Mr.. and Mrs Cotton celebrated
the silver anniversary OF their marriage in
Arcadia hali.-New York World.
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Paris. Of which rerrasad
Eau and Gestave Girrane. sartoTia. as well
as literary geEiEses. are the authors.
The abolition OF all sexual differences In
dress says the Chicago Times-HeFala, Is
one of the appalling possibilities of the
next century, DIR. Mary Walker thought
IT was due In this century, but so far as
heard from only one ether American wo-
man. Mrs. Martin. wife of a Philadelphia
minister and mother Of seven csiildren, has
arrived at Miss Walkers stage of mascg-
line development. In France there are
several, at leas. one of whom Is given per-
mission by the government TO wear mascu-
lire attire because of her eminenee as a
scientific explorer. So tina. Gen. Grant 5
witty remark that DIR. Mary Walker was
the only real seif-made man in the world
Is not strictly true.
But what shall be said of the end OF
the century custom of wearing masculine
attire above the waist line? Has II not
grown into something that would have
affrighted even DIR. Walker In the earlier
DAYS. when she wore basaues and skirts
and frilis and furbeiows over trousers
which were apparent only from q fe&
inches below the knees?
The first chapter Of Women in Trous-
ers'' IL headed The Fight for the Breec1-
es." The authors have found caricaturss
on this subject dating as far back as the
fifteenth century and reaching up TO our
present era. The details are varied ae-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26

London spectators have been holding
their breaths over the thrilling wirewalk-
Ing OF an acrobat who calls herself Mile.
Zuila. Her latest novelty Is the imper-
sonaticn OF an elephant crossing the wire,
an immensely difficult task. necessitating
as 1t does the employment OF an assistant.
Cycling. walking blindfoided. crossing the
wSre with baskets on the feet. etc. are
but few of her daring achievements.
Mile. Zuila Is said to be a very charming
and unaffected little woman. and. although
In her performances she gees far beyond
Bloniin in daring and dexterity, 1t il q
remarkable fact that she has never had
the slightest mishap
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cordinS to the Wit of the carcaturist. But
the general idea is always the same-ih,,
fight between one man ard one woman for
the possession of the bifurcatszl svr1baI of
undivided authority. In the cathedral Mt
Rouen the subject Is carved in wood by A
meaiaeval artist. 1t abounds in the popu-
lar prints OF the seventeenth ana eight
zenith centuries. II IS repeated In the
comic papers OF The present era
The Fair Sex on the battlefield.
The next chapter deals with women SOL
diers. The authors kindly assure lis that
they viii not 20 back to the lejuge nor
even 10 Egyptian antiquity. They viii NOT
trouble the eternal sleep Of the anazons
who hold so large a place I'm ancient art
ana literature: whose features and who's.
costumes have been made familiar to US hy
the statues Of Phidlas. of Cresilae and II
Polycetes. Nor viii they disturb the rest
Of those other amazons OF 1540 who. in
South America. fought for their liberty
against Francisco Pizarro zenobia of
Palmyra. Semiramis CT Assyria. and DzIy-
neso-kogo o. Japan. the conaueror Of
korea-may all rest in peace. 80 far as our
historians are concerned
Locked at from a distance, as thcv phflo-
sophically remark, skirts and hreeches alike
1ose their charms.
The authors acknowledge that the frs,
woman in hreeehes, II the term IL to he
used hgIatively was the woman who
flrst took MP arms In defense Of her city
or her country. And the first woman In
hreeches In q literal sense was she WIN
frs! enrolled herself In the regular army
and adopted the profession Of arms and its
necessary accoulremenss
The woman soldiers History has record
ed q long succession Of them Joan OF
Arc would meet much teSs astorishrnent
Il one remembered that far from beng an
xcenticn she was one Of long line "a hn
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is said TO have received twelve wounds
from ai OF which she recovered without
suspicion on the part of any that she Was
a woman. She was even stripped 10 the
wais, and logged twice for breach OF dis
cipline, and still passed for n man to the
end Of her term of service. OF course she
did not escape the usual romance of fe-
male adventures in male attire. Several
women fell i'm love with her-a quaint sa-
tire upon the sex which boasts its I'M
erring intuitions. After her return to civil
life she persisted In wearing mems clothes
and became landlord, il YOU will, and ap
parently the chief customer of tavern in
Wrapping. 1t Is said that her potations
were deeper than those of her male com-
panions. The government gave her pen
sion OF f2o year until her death.
Americas Most Noted Amazon
We in America have had our amazons In
every one of cur famous wars. Half
dozen were discovered in Cuba and In the
Philippines, but none has eclipsed the fame
of Lieut.. Harry Buford. of the Confederate
army. Her maiden name was Loretta Jane
tn Nelasquez. At the outbreak OF the civil
war she persuaded her husband 10 resign
from the United States army and to throw
his lot with the Confederacy She even
succeeded In raising a regiment of vo!un-
teers for him and accompa MED him In uni
form as his lieutenant Unfortunately he
was Killed by the explosion OF carbine
while drilling mis- men, and the widow was
Obliged 10 SNIFF for herself. She was pres
ent al the first battle of Bull Run, at that
OF Balfs Bum, and narrowly escaped cap
ture with her comrades at Donelson Sub
sequentiy she served IA a Confederate spy
while osiensib.y employed In the secret
service of the United States
Blue stockings and pantaloons seem IA