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The times., 1899-06-04
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HERE'S A WOMAN NIMRGD.
Mrs. Stanford Hunts Big Beasts in
African JungIes.

African JunSies.
Mrs j. Bennett Stanford, the celebrated
Englishwoman, who hunts big game in At
rica, is one of the most fearless female
nimrods in the world. A friend OF hers,
who is with her on her present expedition
to Africa. writes that she shows daring
almost incredible zone day." he says,
wet got news of a lion, and Mrs. Stanford
sailed forth armed with camera only,
as she was anxious, if possible, to get a
snap shot of a living lion. But, luckily
perhaps, we couldn't find him.
There were hundreds of oryx and har-
tebeest antelopes, besides gazelles and a
few ostriches, on the open plains which
stretched for miles before us without a tree
to be seen. Mrs. Stanford made several
very fine shots at long range and one night
when we thought she must be lost she
turned up loaded with antelope meat, mEch
to the joy OF our very hungry followers.
She was present at the death of fine lion
ess, and shot in one night with her own
rifle two beautiful leopards, and third
the following night. This night shooting
she described as being tremendously excit-
ing But she did not rest even then. Get
ting into thick brush country again, and
seeing fresh 'spoor' of a large rhinoceros,
she followed it, black man carrying a
heavy 500 Express rifle for her. On and
and on she walked for miles under the ter
rife rays of the African sun. Sometimes
the bush was so dense she was obliged to
crawl under it on hands and knees, always
a most painful operation in Africa, owing
to the thorns and sharp-pointed grass The
track became fresher and fresher, she could
see the froth from the animals mouth upon
the roots of the thorn bush.
AT length, peering under the bushes,
she beheld the hugh monster slowly walk
ing along, all unconscious Of her presence.
Crawling on hands and knees silently
through the underground, and scarce dar-
ing to breath, she got close upon him. At
that moment he must have heard some
thing, for he turned sideways, pricking up
his ears. and snorted loudly. In an in
slant Mrs. Sanford sent ball crashing
through his ribs. and the gigantic animal
fell with dull thud upon his knees, stone
dead. So lifelike, indeed, did he look when
dead that not vulture would come near
him, and after cutting off his huge, ugly
head as a trophy, the men bore it back TO
camp, singing a song of victory" Besides
countless trophies OF dead game, Mrs.
Stanford brought oaCH to the coast YER
table menagerie of living animals. There
were a baby rhinoceros, two oryX antelopes
one of which is now to be seen in the 700
litter OF leopard cubs and some wildcats.
The times., 1899-06-04
The Dancing Mans Foe.

Il attribute the decay of dancing among
men to the high collar" says London So
ciety woman. Il feel sure that it is the
criminal in this case. The linen collar has
always been a mans bette noire, almost as
much so as his silk hat. Just think what
band of high, starched linen closely en-
circling the neck must be in the heat and
fatigue of the dance.
Perhaps the journalistic guide, philoso-
pher, and friend of every man who dresses.
as apart from merely clothing himself
would devise some idealized form of mas
culine costumes for the ballroom, with
silk shirt, lace ruffies, and tuckings OF the
finest lawn. league for the revival of
dancing might be formed. and combined
with another for the annihiIation of
starch"
The times., 1899-06-04
General Lee,s Remarkable Aunt.

One of the most remarkable women OF
the day. physically and mentally, is Miss
Emily V. Mason, the aunt of General Fitz-
hugh Lee. Miss Mason is now eighty-four
years of age, but she is making vigorous
preparation for trip TO Europe. which will
be her forty-third voyage to the other side.
During the civil war Miss Mason devoted
herself to hospital work, and she would
frequently soothe the boys in gray with
the assurance that if they died she would
take care of their children. AS conse-
quence thirty orphans were expressed TO
her 10 Baltimore from the south after the
war two of whom, found among the ruins
of Columbia and scarcely more than ba-
bies. were ignorant of their own names.
With the assistance of generous friends,
and the proceeds of the sale OF her collect
ed poems the first edition OF which
brought her 81 0O0) she has succeeded in
maintaining and educating these orphans,
all of whom, with one exception, are still
living and self-supparting. Her first trip
to Europe was made in 1868, when the con-
trast between gay, beautiful Paris and her
own desolated. sorrow stricken land was
indeed striking. The sympathy extended
TO me there" she says. II can never for
get; while upon my arrival in London l
was told: Put Virginia on your card,
Miss Mason 1t will be passport to every
home here 4" Miss Mason is a woman of
distinguished presence-tall, erect and
slender-and though the SHOWS OF eighty
four winters crown her, the fire of youth
still glows in her eyes. She dwells upon
the bright and beautiful things in life; or.
if she touches upon its dark side, it is only
to polish it up that it may reflect the
beneficent intent.-New York Mail and Ex
nrpcS
The times., 1899-06-04
BUN WORRIES.
This Is Another Name for Five
O'Clock Teas

This Is Another Name for Five
O'Clock Teas.
Bun worries" is descriptive enough. but
not near SO proper title as tea .rots,"
but they mean the same. One victim opens
her heart to the Cincinnati Enquirer" in
this fashion:
Il never remember finishing sentence
which l have commenced at one of these
functions. Before have a chance to round
it off l am interrupted. dragged away, or
confronted with a new face TO whom / am
introduced l begin again and again. /
have the same trouble with my cups of
tea. l put them down half emptied to
greet some new arrival, to find them
whisked away, and each one repeats the
history of its predecessor
II leave these bun worries with a trail
of unfinished phrases and undrunk cups of
tea behind me. | go home in thoroughly
unkempt frame of mind with a tendency
to leave off everything l undertake and
start something fresh. II is really a dis
ease, sort of o'clock tea paralysis. Just
listen at any of these receptions. and you
will agree with me. The women talk in
spasmodic, staccato gasps. You never get
the point of a story or the telling point of
a biography. Everyone has her eye on the
door for the new arrival. who may prove
more interesting or more desirable than
the one she is talking to.
% Pardon me- seems to be the excuse for
every form of conversational rudeness. l
believe this form of nervousness is one of
the many symptoms Of the national unrest
or lack OF poise of which foreigners so
bitterly COMPLAIN"
The times., 1899-06-04
AusTRIA's WOMEN BARRIERS.
They Are Required to Undergo u
Rigid Examination.

AFc incurred NnderGO
Rigid Examination.
Austrians take no chances with their
BARRIERS, says an exchange They must be
good, and the BARRIERS and Whigmakers'
Union of Vienna sees to it that they are.
Provision is also made in their code for
women BARRIERS who desire to carry on the
business of their husbands in case of the
latter's death or illness.
In order to do this the wife must have
been enrolled in the union as an appren-
tice for three years. Apprentices must
appear in Vienna in the presence of judges
of the union and show their skill before
they are allowed to open shops of their
own. properly certified barber must
have knowledge of and pass an exami-
nation in shaving, hair cutting, hair curl
ing and wig making. Poor persons and
others who are frugal serve as subjects for
experiment.
Not only must the barber be well yers-
ed in the practical side of the subject, but
questions are asked relating to the keep
ing clean of razors, brushes, ETC., and
the elementary rules of antiseptics are
thoroughly gone into.
At the practical examination the young
BARRIERS have their razors dulled by four
strokes on pine plank, and they must
then sharpen them. A subject is assigned
to each barber who must be tonsorially
perfect, in the opinion of the judges, be-
fore the apprentice releases him.
After this a certificate is issued, and the
apprentice serves two years as a journey
man before he may open a shop as an en-
ployer. In the case of widows who desire
to carry on the business of their hus-
hands, only the three years apprenticeship
is required
The times., 1899-06-04
8. u. G.

Girls who attend some of the women's
colleges in England are wailing because
they don't have enough to eat and they
don't like what they do have. Parents are
adding their voices to the lament. because
their daughters are driven by hunger to
buy food outside the college, the bills for
this extra diet being an additional charge
upon the parental purse. already taxed
with high enough fees This recalls the
American college boy whose parents were
puzzled, in reading over his accounts. by
the persistent temperance of the items,
IS. p. G." They appealed for an explana-
tion, which was prompt and to the point
S. P. G. meant 'Sundries, principally
grub
The times., 1899-06-04
"rhe Womnn,s Pnge.n

The correspondent who knows it all, is
out with her annual heart-to-heart talk
about the costliness of cheap gowns. There
is probably not a woman of ordinary sense
in this country or any other, who does not
know as much about the subject as the
oracle at the other end of the pencil, but
the man editor of the paper keeps on pay
ing for typewriter misinformation at
space rates, with the child-Iike conviction
that as far as woman page lore goes a
woman ought to know what's what When
the average reader gets far enough TO
find out what ii is all about she very
wisely skips it in favor of the next article.
unless that happens to be soul-to-soul
recipe for dishes that the most ordinary
housewife knows how TO make, when, be-
ing a wise woman, she very properly puts
that paper on her black list and never
reads it again. There is no telling how
many enthusiastic young housewives have
been duped into buying trashy decoration;
upholstering wobbly barrels and splintery
boxes into cartoon carieatures OF furniture
not fit to look at, and dangerous TO use.
and how they have spoiled good food and
good tempers by an indiscrimnate use Of
recipes written by unregenerate scribes
who evolved them simply with an eye to
space rates There are sensible. useful
recipes to be found. of course. in the up-to-
date woman's page OF the country, but
hundreds Of tricked followers would voice
out with a unanimous wall that there are
others
To go back to the costliness of cheap
gowns; no woman has a right TO set herself
up as an authority when she cannot possi-
bly, know Circumstances alter cases. the
world over and what might be expensive
for one may be cheap for another. II you
have to pay for the making Of cheap
muslin, and pay again so much extra every
time it is washed naturally the gown
comes high. II you make it yourself, and
ii is simply thrown in the weeks laundry
at home, you have fresh, pretty, AIRY
toilet in which you look and feel cool and
well dressed and il may have cost you less
than a dollar. The woman's page is
pleasant feature OF big Sunday paper, but
1t is never going to fulfill Its mission until
the women who write for II realize that
the women who read them have fair
share OF brains of their own.
The times., 1899-06-04
EAST INDIAN WIVES.
What One Traveller Hns to Tell
About Them

What One Traveller Hns to Tell
About Them
Until the day OF her marriage the East
Indian girl has been the spoiled pet of her
mother, but the hour that sees her put
into palanquin, shut up tight, and car
ried to her husbands house. changes all
that was happiness into misery, so says an
exchange.
She becomes from that moment the lit
tie slave of her mother-in-law, upon whom
she has to wait hand and foot, whose
lightest word is law, and who teaches her
what dishes her husband likes best and
how she is to prepare them.
A kind mother-in-law is a thing seldom
if ever met with and rarely does she give
the little bride leave to go home and visit
her mother.
OF her husband the girl sees little or
nothing. She is nothing more TO him than
cat or dog would be- She cannot COM
plain to him of the cruelty of his mother,
for he would never by any chance take
her part.
He sends in to her the portion of food
he wishes cooked for himself, her and the
children, and when it is ready she places
it upon large platter, and 1t is sent into
his room.
He eats all he fancies of it and then it
is sent back to her, and she and the chill
dren sit together upon the floor and eat
whatever is left.
The little girls are married as young as
three years of age, and should a little boy
to whom such baby is married die she is
called widow and can never marry again.
Married life is hard, but far harder and
more sad is the lot of a widow, for
she is a disgraced and degraded thing.
She must eat only the very coarsest sort
of food, and one day in two weeks she
must fast for twenty-four hours.
Her food must always be eaten apart
from other women, and she must never
dress her hair, never sleep upon a bed
and never wear any jewelry.
A piece of mating upon the hard floor
comprises her couch, and sometimes even
the strip of mattress is denied her. No
mater how cold the night may be, she
is allowed no covering except the thin gar
ment that she has worn during the day.
She may never look on at any marriage
ceremonies, for it would be an evil omen
for her to do so. She may have been a
high caste woman, but on becoming a
widow even the lowest servants may
order her to do work that is distasteful
to them, and no woman in the house may
even speak one word of comfort or pity
to her.
Any woman who so far forgets herself
as to show the slightest kindness to
widow is supposed to infallibly become a
widow herself before long.
Such barbarous behavior is hard for US
to understand, and yet these widows take
their miserable lot as a matter of course,
not even having the spirit to rebel against
its injustice.
The times., 1899-06-04
Perfumed Beds.

Perfumed beds are novelty ascribed to
the duchess Dues. 1t is said that when
she intends TO have house party she con-
trives to find out what is the favorite per-
fume of each of her prospective guests.
When they arrive and seek their curled-
hair couches-downy ones being no longer
the thing-they find themselves welcomed,
so to speak by friendly perfume OF vio-
let orris, rose. or whatever it may be.
This result may be obtained either by
packing away with perfumed sachets or
by placing long thin saehets in the bed
itself II sounds very pretty, but most peo-
pie would prefer no perfume at all rather
than the possibility of having it little
too strong.
The times., 1899-06-04
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC FAD.
1t Is n Growing Rage Among Societ,
Women.


The whims of society move in cycles
This summer all women who do not en-
Enthusiastically golf have returned to the
camera for occupation, but for the time
there is very clear-cut method in the pho
tographic madness. Every woman has
chosen a subject of which she makes
speciality, and even the veriest tyro dis
dains to draw her snap shot on every will
ing and unwilling Photographic subject
that crosses her path.
The woman who elects TO perfect her
self as a landscapist looks for views and
nothing else while another who is collect
ing studies Of athletic subjects in and out
of action wouldn't waste plate on the
noblest view that ever wrung verses from
poet
To such an extent has the Photographic
mania seized on the inhabitants of New
port, Bar Harbor etc, that the owners OF
valuable lenses drive themselves to and
fro in light runabouts, their cameras set
up before them over the dashboards,
searching with eagle glance. and the aid
Of devoted masculine retainer for some
new and alluring subject in the cherished
individual line.
Perhaps no subject, however, has more
profound attraction for these ambitious
The times., 1899-06-04
AS LIKE AS PEAS.
American Women Who Wonderfully
Resemble Their English Sisters.

Resehble ihefr EnStfsn ststers.
An Englishman of high degree spent the
springtime in New York, whose women he
found notably beautiful, but many Of
them, he assured his gratifed hostesses,
might pass as the twin sisters of ladies
who by portrait or their existent selves
enjoy an almost international fame for
loveliness of feature. So strongly was he
impressed with some of the likenesses that
he is collecting photographs of the fair
doubles merely to prove his interesting
assertion. He has found that Miss Edith
Clapp might easily be taken for the twin
sister of that famous Duchess of Devon
shire, whose beauty Gainsboro's brush i'm
mortalized, while opposite a handsome
photograph of the viceerine Of India he has
placed a portrait of the Empress of Rus
sa and the most careless glance can at
once detect startling likeness between
these two.
Mrs. Charles Havemeyer shows almost
feature for feature the counterpart OF those
in the beautiful Duchess of Portland's face.
and it did not take this Englishman long to
The times., 1899-06-04

photographers than the study of moonlight
scenes. Miss Elsie Mitchell, Miss Clews
and almost a score of girls are deyoting
themselves TO lunar effects with a praise
worthy ambition OF fidelity. Some of them
indeed will gladly sit up all night in order
to watch the progress OF a promising ex-
posure, and already this occupation has
been productive Of several moonlight pic
MICS about the cameras. and interesting
engagements well have developed, not
on the sensitive plates OF the cameras, but
between the fair enthusiasts and their mas
culine sympathizers, who also elect to sit
up through long watches on cold, dewy
ness and loneliness that might menace the
gentle young artists.
The times., 1899-06-04
The Selfish Woman,

Most girl typewriters, clerks, etc. are
not only tidy. but are frequently charm
ing looking creatures on a salary of IS
per week, while foremen, confidential
men and business bosses who often earn
thousands yearly, are shabby to the last
degree. Thier wives no dosbt own
sealskins saeques, and diamonds, and to
see them out shopping one would fancy
them members of a rich mans fam
lily.
The plain, unyarnished truth of the
matter is, says an exchange. that the
American woman cheerfully expends
time. brains, and money on her own ap-
parel and doesn't care one button
whether her men-folk look like tramps
or gentlemen.
The times., 1899-06-04
He knows Her.

she-oh. dearest! let me comb your hair.
Dearest-No.
She-Well. let me rub your forehead with
eau de cologne.
Dearest-For the Lords sake Where's
the bonnet bill? Give it to me and III
pay 1t.
The times., 1899-06-04
LITTLE CHILDREN
OF 4BB WEALTHY
Something About the Million
aire Babies of Gotham.
Each Has Its Imposing Retinue of
Attendants.
Their Gorgeous Fincry Would Kecp
Macy II Poor Family From
StarvatiOn's Door.

New York, June 3-There are several
morsels of humanity, whose ages range
from six months to three years, who never
drive in Central Park or wheel about in
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Deaths DOings.
Flom the Fairmont Index.

Fiom the Fairmont Index.
Mr.. Charles Google received tel.
egram on last Wednesday evening.
giving the sad news OF the death OF
his father, BENZ. f. Google. which oc.
Cured at Chattanooga. Tenn. from
Brights disease. His illness VS. an.
parentlY Of short duration, asa letter
had been received from him the weciS
before stating that he was i'm his usual
good health and expected to come TO
Fairnont shortly. His death was
therefore unexpected to his family and
friends The deceased was AGED about
6G ycar>. and leaves behind his wife
and four sons, Charles. Frank, James
and lloppY, all OF whom reside here.
except James, who is in Preston
county lie was soldier IN the war
of CT 90. and was commissioned n first
lieutenant lie was very we'll known
IN this county, where he had resided
for many years His remains were
buried the day following his death i'm
the cemetery at Chattanooga.
The deceased was the fatbcr OF
James w, Google. who clerks for l.. NJ.
Albright, o: Kngwood The son here
did not hear ofhis fathers death till
after the funeral
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CUPID'S CAPERS.

The polite aud popular cleek i'm the
Graham Drug Store here. rather sur
prised his friends the other day by
going over on Salt Lick an taking un-
10 himself a wife
Married, a. the home of the bride,
on Sunday, December cath. 1899. John
Ami Everly and Lily May Wolfe. The
ceremony was solemnized by Rev. J.
l.. Jones, pastor OF the NJ. +.
church at Terra Alta. AMI took place
about p IN. IN the -lltrge aud hand
some parlor at the brides home. IN tho
presence OF "A few invited guests. AZ.
ter the ceremony, sumptuous we'd
ding dinner was served and after that
the newly welded couple drove TO
this place and are stopping at the
Jenkins House, where they will re.
main some time before going TO house.
keeping. The groom is well known
school teacher of this county and n
brother TO Ed c. Everly of this place
He has been empioyed in the drug
store here the past year The bride is
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. III. Wolfe.
of Amblersbucg. and sister to Ser.
geant c. w. Wolfe, of this place.
On Christmas evening the Band re.
paired to the Jenkins House and gave
the couple rousinS big serenade.
The boys were invited in and served
with refreshments and had pleasant
time generally.
The groom has the joke on Mrs. lem.
llins the landlady at the hotel where
he has boarded the past year. She
was trying to tease him. recently.
about getting married and proposed
that if he brought home a brI3c before
Christmas, She would board them n
month free. Saturday night he asked
her about it again in the presence of
several witnesses and she repeated it
and he offered 10 bet her he would win
the bet and She took him up not think
ing it possible for him to do so then.
with only one day more and the
weather about the meauest we ever
had in this country and the bride six
teen miles away. with Cheat river and
Cheat mountain between here and
there The groom had the license
then and all arrangements made, but
had kept ii very quiet so that but very
few persons knew it till he brought his
bride home and won the bet and a
months board. They received num-
Der of handsome presents, also
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HIS PROTEST.
Chicago Daily Rorord.


Yes, It's me,
). Claus, Esq.
Purveyor of toys, bric-a-brac and
Everything else under the sun.
And I'm tired of my job.
Every year it gets worse and
have to
Run my sleigh runners off getting
through
by December 25.
Perhaps people think it's good
thing
Fitting over large tracts
or frosted scenery
Like - kind of
Bearded corvphce.
How would anyone else like TO carry
About 1000, 900 Noah's urks
Around on his shoulders,
TO say nothingof 800, 900, 900 dolls
And 5000 carloads of
Miscellaneous and assorted non.
sense
10 say nothing Of showing off
In II few million department
stores and
Spending my evenings
Frlsking around making
JoyousIy idiotic remarks in people
PurlorS.
Besides which | have TO keep up that
Painful expression which the art
lists have
Designed roindicate
Jovial laughter.
I've been wearing that laugh
Till my face has warped that way
And | can; s,raighten it out
And what do ! get for it all
Mo- blame thing.
The grown up people kick because
I'm fraud.
JUS AS if didn't have to
Be fraud in order to be at all.
And the children blame me
When the Noah s arks
Break or the red paint
Sucks off the toy COW
And for about 240 days Of the year
IN expcc,Od TO go back to some
heather
Place up north aud be chummy
With walruses and polar bears
And keep mum.
How would you like that program
Yourself?
If WASH under
Contract
| declare I'd go
On strike.
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A statue of Daniel Webster will
be unveiled in Washington City
on January Sth, with imposing
ceremonies. Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge Of Massachusetts, will be
the orator of the occasion.
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The b. & o. has purchased for
s6,OOO,O 600 the Monongahela River
Railroad, running from Fairmont
to Ciarksburg. The Monongahela
company retains its coal interests,
including 20, 900 acres Of land.